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"Robotnikland" is the fifty-fourth episode of the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series. Despite being produced as the fifty-fourth episode, it aired as the fifty-ninth episode during the show's original run.

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Plot[]

At Dr. Robotnik's fortress, Scratch and Grounder decide to make the doctor hotcakes for breakfast instead of eggs like usual. Robotnik is outraged, but quickly cheers up when he realizes it is Sonic the Hedgehog's birthday. Robotnik, Scratch and Grounder clear out everybody from Mobiusland, the local amusement park and they rig all the rides to be dangerous.

Sonic and Tails sit at a food court. Sonic pretends to be sad that no one remembered his birthday except Tails. When Tails excuses himself to the "Little Foxes Room", Sonic turns to the screen and says that he knows Tails has some kind of a surprise waiting for him. Scratch comes disguised as a big mouse and he gives Sonic a free ticket to Mobiusland, a theme park. Thinking it is the surprise from Tails, Sonic takes the ticket and goes to the amusement park. Tails returns with Miss Possum and some of Sonic's other friends to surprise him, but to their surprise, Sonic is gone.

After Sonic enters Mobiusland, Dr. Robotnik reveals that he took over the amusement park, has re-named it "Robotnikland" and has made it dangerous. Sonic goes to attack Robotnik but is struck by a wrench. Soon, Sonic tries to escape the park, only to discover that he cannot because the exits have been barred with tempered steel and the ground has been covered with reinforced concrete. Sonic thus decides to make the best of it, as he starts going on rides. He starts with a giant pinball machine where he competes with Robotnik to earn more points. Sonic wins and Robotnik cries and throws a tantrum like a little boy. Sonic then goes to a jungle boat ride where it turns out all the robot animals had been re-programmed to be vicious. Scratch and Grounder show up to watch Sonic be eaten by a vicious robot snake, but Sonic tricks them into rescuing him and then leaves them to be mauled by the robot snake and other vicious robot animals.

Meanwhile, Tails and Sonic's other friends explore some underground tunnels, trying to find a way inside the park. They get in and see a video of a puppet of Sonic on a roller coaster saying he needs help and he is stuck. Tails and the others get on the roller coaster to go help Sonic, but they soon learn it is a trap and Robotnik now has them all trapped on this very deadly ride. Sonic shows up and rescues his friends, but they all end up getting trapped in a giant Birthday Cake that has ten foot sticks of Dynamite for candles.

Inside the cake, Sonic finds some pipes that are filled with steam, he connects the pipes to the candles and blows them off the cake and into Robotnik, Scratch, and Grounder. Grounder finds a candle of dynamite, and says Sonic's wish won't come true as he didn't blow them all out, only for it to explode in their faces. As payback, Sonic then puts the villainous trio on the Sonic ride which is full of Ghosts and even the Devil. Sonic then re-names the park "Sonicland" after himself.

Sonic and his friends celebrate his birthday in Sonicland with a cake and decide to have a fun rest of the day in the park. Robotnik comes up through an underground tunnel right into the cake. He pouts and screams about how much he hates that hedgehog.

Sonic Says[]

Scratch and Grounder set themselves on fire with the stove while cooking breakfast (finally making sure to cook eggs for their master instead of something else). Sonic comes and puts out the fire with a fire extinguisher. Sonic says to never use a stove without parental permission (in their case Robotnik).

Title in other languages[]

Language Title Translation
Chinese (mainland) 机械王国 Robotnikland
French Robotnikland Robotnikland
German Sonic's Geburtstag 2 Sonic's birthday 2
Italian Un parco divertimenti per il Dottor Nick An amusement park for Doctor Nick
Spanish (Spain) Robotniklandia Robotnikland
Spanish (Latin America) Mostachónlandia Mustache Land

Trivia[]

  • This marks the first ever instance a variant of "Eggmanland" was ever used in any Sonic media, predating the mention of "Robotnikland" in Sonic Adventure by six years and even the Japanese manual of Sonic Labyrinth by one.
  • Amongst Sonic's friends is a gray man who bears a striking resemblance to comedian Andy Dick and also a Cheetah named Leo who resembles the Cheetos mascot Chester Cheetah.
Comparison

A side-by-side comparison of the scene from "Robotnikland" (left) and Halloween is Grinch Night (right).

  • The inside of the Sonic Ride bears a resemblance to some other horror-themed dark rides, and all the surreal imagery seems reminiscent of Halloween is Grinch Night.
  • The "Jungle Ride" is a parody of Disney's Jungle Cruise.
  • The three scenes, in which the Badniks open several different doors until the last one swallows them up, where Scratch's shadow had his head sliced off, and where his heart (literally) came up from his throat; which he immediately swallowed back down, came from the Betty Boop cartoon "Bimbo's Initiation".
  • The blasters Robotnik gives Scratch and Grounder before he throws them into the pinball machine look identical to the Subatomic Slow-go Beam Weapon from "Slowwww Going".
  • This is the second episode of any of the American Sonic cartoons in which Sonic celebrates his birthday, the first being "Tails Prevails".
  • Several characters from previous episodes appear in this episode: Harry the Hawker and Leo from "The Mystery of the Missing Hi-tops", Miss Possum from "Magnificent Sonic", one of the unnamed Beach Bunnies from "Prehistoric Sonic", Cleaver Beaver from "Baby-Sitter Jitters", and Professor Caninestein from the Quest for the Chaos Emeralds quadrilogy. The last one is the only character with lines to suggest he is the same character, while the rest of the characters may simply be a case of reused designs. This is supported by the characters besides Caninestein being slightly recolored, as well as the fact that Harry the Hucker went to jail for stealing Sonic's Hi-tops.
  • The phrase "Welcome to Sonicland!" (said by Sonic in this episode) was already used in a commercial for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in Japan.
  • Sonic's hand goes out of the monitor in one scene.

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