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"That's What Friends Are For"

Japanese title card

Overview

Series

Sonic X

Season no.

1

Episode no.

14

Written by

Yoshio Urasawa

Premiere dates

U.S. air date

6 December 2003^[1]

International premieres

12 February 2005 (GER)
19 October 2004 (IT)
6 July 2003 (JP)^[1]

Episode chronology
Previous	Next
"Beating Eggman, Part 2"	"Skirmish in the Sky"

"That's What Friends Are For" is the fourteenth episode of the anime series, Sonic X. It first aired on 6 July 2003 and 6 December 2003 in Japan and the United States, respectively.

Appearances

Characters:

Sonic the Hedgehog
Miles "Tails" Power
Amy Rose
Cream the Rabbit
Cheese
Christopher Thorndyke
Chuck Thorndyke
Helen
Ella
Mr. Tanaka
President
Jerome Wise
Police officers
Doctor Eggman (Mentioned; Japanese version only)
Doug (first appearance)

Songs

Japanese version

"SONIC DRIVE" - Opening theme
"The Shining Road" - Closing theme

English version

"Gotta Go Fast" - Opening theme (USA and CAN)
"Sonic X" - Opening theme (AUS, NZ and UK)
"Gotta Go Fast" (shortened) - Closing theme

Plot

Following Eggman's defeat, the episode starts at the White House with Jerome Wise happily telling the President that the news of Eggman's defeat is sure to get him re-elected, but the President sadly retorts that Sonic is the one people see as the hero responsible for defeating Eggman. Wise notices Sonic's picture on the front page of many newspapers and then turns on a TV and finds that Sonic is on every channel. Wise panics about this and says that if they don't do something, the people will elect President. Wise suddenly comes up with an idea to host a victory celebration party at the White House and invite Sonic and the media so that the citizens will believe Sonic and the President are friends to increase the President's popularity so that he gets re-elected. Wise proceeds to get the preparations ready.

At the Thorndyke Mansion, Chris receives a letter addressed to Sonic from the President that he and his friends are invited to the celebration party in the White House, resulting in Sonic's friends being excited. Sonic however declines the invitation because during the party's schedule, he promises to take his new friend and another one of Chris' classmates, Helen, that they would visit an island where it is said to have a beautiful species of flowers, according to her father, Doug. The scene then flashbacks to Sonic's first meeting with Helen by the river leading to that island, where he saw Helen's wheelchair stuck in the mud. Sonic proceeded to rescue her. After greeting each other, Helen told Sonic that she wanted to visit the island. She mentions that her father at one point wanted to take the family to visit the island but he has been too busy working for long hours and has yet to fulfill that promise to this very day. Disheartened, Helen is desperate to go to the island so Sonic agrees to take her. Sonic needs to get his preparations for his trip and runs off.

The party begins with the guests and media at the White House, expecting Sonic's visit. A limousine appears outside and when the passengers Tails, Amy, Cream, Chris and Chuck stepped out, Wise is surprised that Sonic did not come to the party. Frustrated on not seeing Sonic, the photographers and reporters who are present turn to leave but Wise prevents them for leaving and asks them to wait in the buffet area, reassuring that Sonic will come. Meanwhile, he orders three government agents to retrieve Sonic. The three government agents visited the Thorndyke Mansion in order to retrieve Sonic but Ella called Mr. Tanaka who takes them out. After hearing about this, Wise resorted to using the military to capture Sonic by contacting the military secretary. His military division spotted Sonic running back to the Thorndyke Mansion to retrieve a boat. They tried to attack him but Sonic escapes from them. Back at the White House, the photographers and reporters complain about Sonic's absence again, but Wise kept them company by serving food and drinks.

Sonic and Helen finally started sailing towards the island, but their boat is attacked by the army which forces Sonic to take drastic actions to escape with Helen in his safety onto the island. Despite all of the risks, Helen takes it as a thrill ride of an adventure. Time passed by and at the buffet of the White House, Chris wonders what Sonic is doing. At the island, Helen tells Sonic how much she greatly appreciates the effort of her parents to look after her health but ponders that she could spend more time and have fun with them. Without much time to reflect on this, Sonic discovers that the army has dispatched a squadron of soldiers pursuing them, leaving Sonic and Helen on the run again. They manage to outrun the soldiers to safety and then arrive at the meadow of flowers which Helen's father mentioned about. This is an adorning sight to Sonic and Helen as they see the meadow seemingly covering a large area of land. Sonic proceeds to pick one flower for her but she stopped Sonic from doing so to which he understands to leave the flowers as they are. The soldiers are still persistent enough to capture Sonic so he takes off with Helen again until they seem to be cornered against the edge of the cliff leading to the lake by the authority soldiers. An authority helicopter flies by as well.

Despite being vastly outnumbered, Sonic managed to trick the authority soldiers and the helicopter into firing their hooked weapons together so that they formed a very tight knot, allowing Sonic to use the rope as a path to escort Helen into the helicopter. The pilot of the helicopter tried to grab Sonic but misses and falls out of the helicopter. Sonic quickly grasped the ability to pilot the helicopter and fly away. As it is late, he decides to bring Helen home. Helen pleads for Sonic to visit the White House because the President is waiting for him there and she didn't want to be the cause for not being able to meet with him. Sonic and Helen finally arrive at the party and he meets the President. Excitedly, Wise asks the cameramen and reporters to come but they are too tired from the long wait and fell asleep, causing Wise to go haywire while everyone else laughed. In the end, Helen tells the story of her exciting adventure to her parents. As Helen's parents excused themselves to have a private discussion with each other, Helen's mother is touched by her daughter's excitement in which they had not seen for some time while Helen's father notes that he has been working too long and hopefully wishes to take the family on a trip to the island Helen visited soon. The episode ends with Sonic resting on a tree not too far from Helen's house.

Eyecatch cards

Regional differences

The following scenes have been cut/edited:

Gallery

In the original, the party was "in two days time". In the dub, it was on Thursday.

Title in other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Dutch	Sonic en de President	Sonic and the President
Japanese	英雄ソニックを追え！	Chase the Hero Sonic!
French	La chasse au héros	Hunting the hero
German	Echte Freunde	Real friends
Italian	Un vero amico / L'isola dei fiori	A true friend / The island of flowers
Spanish	¡Buscad al héroe Sonic!	Seek the hero Sonic!
Polish	Po to są przyjaciele	That's what friends are for
Russian	Погоня за героем Соником!	Seeking the hero Sonic!

Trivia

The Australian DVD gives the name of this episode as "Cream and Cheese".
This is the first episode to feature the new ending song "The Shining Road" for the Japanese version.
This is the second episode that Dr. Eggman does not appear in.
This episode is the second Sonic-related media to feature drunkenness, the first having been the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episode Hero of the Year.
This is the first time the 4Kids Entertainment logo was no longer shown in the PAL version of the series after the ending credits. The TMS Entertainment was still shown after the theme has ended. It remained like that for the rest of the series.^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Team Artail
↑ https://youtu.be/ShS0UJyQE1s?t=19m57s

Sonic X episode list

Chaos Control Freaks

Sonic to the Rescue

Missile Wrist Rampage

Beating Eggman, Part 1

Beating Eggman, Part 2

That's What Friends Are For

Skirmish in the Sky

Depths of Danger

The Adventures of Knuckles and Hawk

How to Catch a Hedgehog

The Beginning of the End

Running Out of Time

Friends 'Til the End

A New Start

Sonic X pilot

[Team_Artail-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Team Artail

[2] ttps://youtu.be/ShS0UJyQE1s?t=19m57s

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 *[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic X)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]
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-*[[Mr. Tanaka]]
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+*[[Doug]] {{1st}}
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-*[[Sonic Drive]] - Opening theme
+*"[[SONIC DRIVE]]" - Opening theme
-*[[Hikaru Michi/The Shining Road|Hikaru Michi]] - Closing theme
+*"[[The Shining Road]]" - Closing theme
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-*[[Gotta Go Fast]] - Opening theme (USA and CAN)
+*"[[Gotta Go Fast]]" - Opening theme (USA and CAN)
-*"Sonic X" - Opening theme (AUS, NZ and UK)
+*"[[Sonic X (theme)|Sonic X]]" - Opening theme (AUS, NZ and UK)
-*Gotta Go Fast (shortened) - Closing theme
+*"Gotta Go Fast" (shortened) - Closing theme
 ==Plot==
+Following [[Beating Eggman, Part 2|Eggman's defeat]], the episode starts at the [[White House (Sonic X)|White House]] with Jerome Wise happily telling the President that the news of Eggman's defeat is sure to get him re-elected, but the President sadly retorts that Sonic is the one people see as the hero responsible for defeating Eggman. Wise notices Sonic's picture on the front page of many newspapers and then turns on a TV and finds that Sonic is on every channel. Wise panics about this and says that if they don't do something, the people will elect President. Wise suddenly comes up with an idea to host a victory celebration party at the White House and invite Sonic and the media so that the citizens will believe Sonic and the President are friends to increase the President's popularity so that he gets re-elected. Wise proceeds to get the preparations ready.
-Following Eggman's defeat, Sonic and his friends are invited to a party in [[White House|The White House]] by the President, but he declines the invitation because he promises to take his new friend and another one of Chris' classmates, Helen to an island where it is said to have a beautiful species of flowers, according to her father. The scene then flashbacks to Sonic's first meeting with Helen Tails, Amy, Cream, Chris and Chuck go to the party without Sonic. Frustrated, the cameramen and reporters who are there turned to leave but Jerome Wise, the President's secretary, prevents them for leaving and asking them to wait in the buffet area while ordering the army and police forces on a mission to retrieve Sonic. The cameramen and reporters still complain over and over again, but Jerome kept them company by food and drinks.
+At the Thorndyke Mansion, Chris receives a letter addressed to Sonic from the President that he and his friends are invited to the celebration party in the White House, resulting in Sonic's friends being excited. Sonic however declines the invitation because during the party's schedule, he promises to take his new friend and another one of Chris' classmates, Helen, that they would visit an island where it is said to have a beautiful species of flowers, according to her father, [[Doug]]. The scene then flashbacks to Sonic's first meeting with Helen by the river leading to that island, where he saw Helen's wheelchair stuck in the mud. Sonic proceeded to rescue her. After greeting each other, Helen told Sonic that she wanted to visit the island. She mentions that her father at one point wanted to take the family to visit the island but he has been too busy working for long hours and has yet to fulfill that promise to this very day. Disheartened, Helen is desperate to go to the island so Sonic agrees to take her. Sonic needs to get his preparations for his trip and runs off.
-Sonic runs back and forth to retrieve both Helen and the boat and life jackets while some government agents arrive at the Thorndyke mansion to look for Sonic much to Ella's disgrace. Mr. Tanaka approaches and knocks them out, forcing them to retreat. Sonic and Helen finally started sailing towards the island, but their boat is attacked by the army which forces Sonic to take drastic, stunt actions to escape with Helen in his safety onto the island. Despite all of the risks, Helen takes it as a thrill ride of an adventure. The duo finally arrive at the garden with the flowers which is an adorning site to Sonic and Helen. Sonic proceeds to pick one up for her but she stopped Sonic from doing so to which he understands to leave the flowers as they are. The GUN forces are still persistent enough to capture Sonic so he takes off with Helen again until they seem to be cornered against the edge of the cliff leading to the lake by the GUN forces.
+The party begins with the guests and media at the White House, expecting Sonic's visit. A limousine appears outside and when the passengers Tails, Amy, Cream, Chris and Chuck stepped out, Wise is surprised that Sonic did not come to the party. Frustrated on not seeing Sonic, the photographers and reporters who are present turn to leave but Wise prevents them for leaving and asks them to wait in the buffet area, reassuring that Sonic will come. Meanwhile, he orders three government agents to retrieve Sonic. The three government agents visited the Thorndyke Mansion in order to retrieve Sonic but Ella called Mr. Tanaka who takes them out. After hearing about this, Wise resorted to using the military to capture Sonic by contacting the military secretary. His military division spotted Sonic running back to the Thorndyke Mansion to retrieve a boat. They tried to attack him but Sonic escapes from them. Back at the White House, the photographers and reporters complain about Sonic's absence again, but Wise kept them company by serving food and drinks.
-Despite being vastly outnumbered, thanks to the efforts of the hedgehog, Sonic managed to help Helen onto a helicopter while mopping out the military forces and fly away. Sonic finds out it is late and he decides to bring Helen home. Helen pleads for Sonic to visit the White House because the President is waiting for him there and she didn't want to be the cause for not being able to meet with him. Sonic and Helen finally arrive at the party and he meets the President. Excited, Jerome asks the cameramen and reporters to come but they are too tired from waiting for a long time and fell asleep. In the end, Helen tells the story of her exciting adventure to her parents. As Helen's parents excused themselves to have a private discussion with each other, Helen's mother is touched by her daughter's excitement in which they had not seen for a while; Helen's father notes that he has been working too long and hopefully wishes to take the family on a trip to the island Helen visited soon. The episode ends with Sonic resting on a tree not too far from Helen's house.
+Sonic and Helen finally started sailing towards the island, but their boat is attacked by the army which forces Sonic to take drastic actions to escape with Helen in his safety onto the island. Despite all of the risks, Helen takes it as a thrill ride of an adventure. Time passed by and at the buffet of the White House, Chris wonders what Sonic is doing. At the island, Helen tells Sonic how much she greatly appreciates the effort of her parents to look after her health but ponders that she could spend more time and have fun with them. Without much time to reflect on this, Sonic discovers that the army has dispatched a squadron of soldiers pursuing them, leaving Sonic and Helen on the run again. They manage to outrun the soldiers to safety and then arrive at the meadow of flowers which Helen's father mentioned about. This is an adorning sight to Sonic and Helen as they see the meadow seemingly covering a large area of land. Sonic proceeds to pick one flower for her but she stopped Sonic from doing so to which he understands to leave the flowers as they are. The soldiers are still persistent enough to capture Sonic so he takes off with Helen again until they seem to be cornered against the edge of the cliff leading to the lake by the authority soldiers. An authority helicopter flies by as well.
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+Despite being vastly outnumbered, Sonic managed to trick the authority soldiers and the helicopter into firing their hooked weapons together so that they formed a very tight knot, allowing Sonic to use the rope as a path to escort Helen into the helicopter. The pilot of the helicopter tried to grab Sonic but misses and falls out of the helicopter. Sonic quickly grasped the ability to pilot the helicopter and fly away. As it is late, he decides to bring Helen home. Helen pleads for Sonic to visit the White House because the President is waiting for him there and she didn't want to be the cause for not being able to meet with him. Sonic and Helen finally arrive at the party and he meets the President. Excitedly, Wise asks the cameramen and reporters to come but they are too tired from the long wait and fell asleep, causing Wise to go haywire while everyone else laughed. In the end, Helen tells the story of her exciting adventure to her parents. As Helen's parents excused themselves to have a private discussion with each other, Helen's mother is touched by her daughter's excitement in which they had not seen for some time while Helen's father notes that he has been working too long and hopefully wishes to take the family on a trip to the island Helen visited soon. The episode ends with Sonic resting on a tree not too far from Helen's house.
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-==[[Eyecatch Cards]]==
+==[[Eyecatch card]]s==
 <gallery>
 Sonicx-ep14-eye1.jpg|[[Helen]]
-Sonicx-ep14-eye2.jpg|[[Francis]]
+Sonicx-ep14-eye2.jpg|[[Frances]]
 </gallery>
-==Dubbing Changes==
+==Regional differences==
-*The following scenes in the gallery have been deleted/edited:
+*The following scenes have been cut/edited:
 {{Gallery start}}
 <gallery>
@@ Line 81: / Line 81: @@
 Untitled 207 (2).jpg|In Japanese (left) Jerome serves glasses of wine while in the English version (right) it is recolored to orange juice.
 Untitled 176 (2).jpg|Comparison between the Japanese (left) and English (right) versions. Note that the wine on Jerome's hands in the left picture is replaced with salami.
-Untitled 206 (2).jpg|Two swans are seen flying over the lake's surface during Sonic's flashback with Helen has been cut from the English dub.
+Untitled 206 (2).jpg|Two swans are seen flying over the lake's surface during Sonic's flashback with Helen, which has been cut from the English dub.
-Untitled 208 (2).jpg|Sonic and Helen are seen crossing their little fingers together during Sonic's flashback with Helen which has been cut from the English dub.
+Untitled 208 (2).jpg|Sonic and Helen are seen crossing their little fingers together during Sonic's flashback with Helen, which has been cut from the English dub.
-Untitled 209 (2).jpg|After kicking out the government agents, Tanaka bows and says sorry which is cut from the English version.
+Untitled 209 (2).jpg|After kicking out the government agents, Mr. Tanaka bows and says sorry, which is cut from the English dub.
-Untitled 210 (2).jpg|The photographers and reporters are seen drinking just before Jerome serves them another type of drink which has been cut from the English dub.
+Untitled 210 (2).jpg|The photographers and reporters are seen drinking before Jerome serves them another drink, which has been cut from the English dub.
 Untitled 211 (2).jpg|Jerome is then seen serving another type of wine to the complaining photographers and reporters.
 Untitled 212 (2).jpg|Another scene of the photographers and reporters drinking after Sonic and Helen stepped foot onto the island.
-Untitled 213 (2).jpg|Helen's dad is seen grabbing two bottles of wine which is cut from the English dub.
+Untitled 213 (2).jpg|Helen's dad is seen grabbing two bottles of wine, which has been cut from the English dub.
 </gallery>
 {{Gallery end}}
 *In the original, the party was "in two days time". In the dub, it was on Thursday.
+==Title in other languages==
+{| class="wikitable" style="width: 500px;"
+|-
+!Language
+!Title
+!Translation
+|-
+|Dutch
+|Sonic en de President
+|Sonic and the President
+|-
+|Japanese
+|英雄ソニックを追え！
+|Chase the Hero Sonic!
+|-
+|French
+|La chasse au héros
+|Hunting the hero
+|-
+|German
+|Echte Freunde
+|Real friends
+|-
+|Italian
+|Un vero amico / L'isola dei fiori
+|A true friend / The island of flowers
+|-
+|Spanish
+|¡Buscad al héroe Sonic!
+|Seek the hero Sonic!
+|-
+|Polish
+|Po to są przyjaciele
+|That's what friends are for
+|-
+|Russian
+|Погоня за героем Соником!
+|Seeking the hero Sonic!
+|}
 ==Trivia==
+*The [[Sonic X Volume 5 (Australia)|Australian DVD]] gives the name of this episode as "'''Cream and Cheese'''".
-*This is the first episode to feature the new ending song ("[[Hikaru Michi/The Shining Road|Hikaru Michi]]").
+*This is the first episode to feature the new ending song "[[The Shining Road]]" for the Japanese version.
 *This is the second episode that Dr. Eggman does not appear in.
+*This episode is the second Sonic-related media to feature drunkenness, the first having been the ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' episode ''[[Hero of the Year]]''.
+*This is the first time the [[4Kids Entertainment]] logo was no longer shown in the PAL version of the series after the ending credits. The [[TMS Entertainment]] was still shown after the theme has ended. It remained like that for the rest of the series.<ref>https://youtu.be/ShS0UJyQE1s?t=19m57s</ref>
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+{{Sonic X episodes}}
-==External links==
-*[[Wikipedia:List of Sonic X episodes]]
+[[Category:Sonic X season one episodes]]
-{{Sonic Episodes}}
-[[Category:Sonic X episodes]]

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