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"That's What Friends Are For" (英雄ソニックを追え! Eiyū Sonikku o Oe!?, lit. "Chase After the Hero Sonic!") is the fourteenth episode of the anime series Sonic X. It first aired on 6 July 2003 and 6 December 2003 in Japan and US respectively.
Characters
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Miles "Tails" Power
- Amy Rose
- Cream the Rabbit
- Cheese
- Christopher Thorndyke
- Chuck Thorndyke
- Helen
- The President
- Ella
- Mr. Tanaka
- Jerome Wise
Songs
Japanese version
- Sonic Drive - Opening theme
- Hikaru Michi - 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, Sonic and his friends are invited to a party in 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. 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.
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 they are constantly attacked by the army forcing Sonic to take drastic, stunt actions to escape with Helen in his safety. 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.
Despite being vastly outnumbered, thanks to the efforts of the hedgehog, Sonic and Helen managed to commandeer a helicopter and fly away. Sonic finds out it is late and he decides to bring Helen home. Helen confronts Sonic to visit the White House because the President is waiting for him there. 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.
Screenshots
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Eyecatch Cards
Dubbing Changes
- The following scenes in the gallery have been cut/edited:
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.jpg "Untitled 168 (2).jpg (57 KB)") Comparison between the Japanese (left) and English versions (right). .jpg "Untitled 207 (2).jpg (42 KB)") In Japanese (left) Jerome serves glasses of wine while in the English version (right) it is recolored to orange juice. .jpg "Untitled 176 (2).jpg (43 KB)") 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. .jpg "Untitled 206 (2).jpg (129 KB)") Two swans are seen flying over the lake's surface (cut) during Sonic's flashback with Helen. .jpg "Untitled 208 (2).jpg (340 KB)") Sonic and Helen are seen crossing their little fingers together (cut) during Sonic's flashback with Helen. .jpg "Untitled 209 (2).jpg (286 KB)") After kicking out the government agents, Tanaka bows and says sorry (cut). .jpg "Untitled 210 (2).jpg (391 KB)") The photographers and reporters are seen drinking (cut) before Jerome serves them another type of drink. .jpg "Untitled 211 (2).jpg (377 KB)") Jerome is then seen serving another type of wine to the complaining photographers and reporters (cut). .jpg "Untitled 212 (2).jpg (406 KB)") Another scene of the photographers and reporters drinking (cut) after Sonic and Helen stepped foot onto the island. .jpg "Untitled 213 (2).jpg (358 KB)") Helen's dad grabbing two bottles of wine (cut). |
- In the original, the party was "in two days time". In the dub, it was on Thursday.
Trivia
- This is the first episode to feature a new ending song ("Hikaru Michi").
- This is the second episode that Dr. Eggman does not appear in.
References
External links
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