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"The Sidekick" is the first episode in the Sonic Boom television series. It is set to air on 8 November 2014.
Synopsis
When Tails is injured in a battle with Doctor Eggman, Sonic holds auditions for a new sidekick to replace him.[2]
Characters
- Sonic the Hedgehog (first appearance)
- Miles "Tails" Prower (first appearance)
- Knuckles the Echidna (first appearance)
- Amy Rose (first appearance)
- Dr. Eggman (first appearance)
- Burnbot (first appearance)
- Orbot (first appearance)
- Cubot (first appearance)
- Fastidious Beaver (first appearance)
Plot
The episode starts off with Sonic chasing Dr. Eggman in his Egg Mobile through some canyons while taunting Eggman with his name. The pair enters a corkscrew-shaped mineshaft where Dr. Eggman summons Burnbot to destroy Sonic, but Sonic mocks the inconsistency of Burnbot's name as it does not actually use fire. Regardless, Sonic and Burnbot chase each other towards the bottom of the mineshaft. Tails then arrives in the Tornado, where he contacts Sonic over their communicators and they make a plan. As Sonic and Burnbot are about to clash in the shaft, Tails flies in and helps Sonic counterattack Burnbot, where Sonic swings into the robot with an EnerBeam launched by Tails, knocking it into a wall. However, Burnbot gets up and pierced the Tornado's wing, causing Tails to fall. Sonic and Burnbot then face off again, but Sonic knocks a boulder loose which smashes the robot and gets out of the shaft, only to see Tails crash. As Sonic runs over to the wreckage, Eggman decides to retreat, taking Burnbot with him. Sonic finds Tails in bad shape, but discovers to his relief that he is still alive. Sonic then carries the unconscious Tails back home, promising he will never let this happen to him again.
Back at Tails' house, Tails awakens and Sonic is glad to see he is up. Tails is ready to get back in action, but Sonic, rather than saying as it is, tells Tails that he has gotten early retirement from his job as his sidekick. Tails however, is confused, so when Sonic is about to leave, he lets him know that he fired him. Surprisingly, Tails takes it casually enough. While feeling guilty about his decision, Sonic begins advertising for his "sidekick try-outs," where all qualified candidates are welcome, for a new sidekick so Tails can stay in retirement. At Dr. Eggman's lair, Eggman, Orbot and Cubot learn about Sonic's try-outs. While Eggman finds this unbelievable (despite showing some interest in being Sonic's friends), it makes him slowly hatch an evil scheme.
At Sonic's house, the sidekick try-outs are at full swing with several participants having shown up while Sonic acts as the host. The first participant that tries out is Amy who tells him that she wants to try out as his sidekick and starts juggling and singing, but Sonic is unimpressed. For the next, Fastidious Beaver appears, though he admits he is a coward. Sonic is then met by Amy once more who tries the tryouts again with the same act except that she talks like an Italian pizza man, but Sonic sends her away. Knuckles is up next who wants to make Sonic his sidekick. However, Sonic is apathetic about, but Knuckles goes on and states he would have to name him "Knuckles Jr." Amy makes another attempt to audition to be Sonic's sidekick with the same act, but again, this has no luck.
At the end of the try-outs a cloaked figure applies and Sonic is impressed by the answers to his questions. However, the person then uncloaks himself and reveals himself to be Tails, who is attempting to become Sonic's sidekick. Sonic disagrees, but Tails reveals he has the right to, since all qualified candidates can apply, which Sonic begrudgingly accepts. Eggman then shows up to apply for the sidekick position too. Sonic insists he cannot since they are enemies, but like Tails, Eggman proves his right to by bringing up that all qualified candidates can apply. Despite the fact that Sonic is against both becoming his sidekick, he lets them move on, and additionally accepts Fastidious Beaver as a third candidate and alternative when the latter wanted his parking ticket validated.
To test his candidates, Sonic sets up a race for them on Extreme Gear-like boards to Mount Safety to capture the red flag he has placed there. While Eggman gives Fastidious an early start, Tails and Eggman soon takes the lead as Eggman tries to use his board's weapons against Tails, but the latter manage to avoid them while knocking Fastidious out of the race. As Sonic watches the race, Tails and Eggman move onto the next part of the race and fly towards the flag in the Tornado and Egg Mobile. However, Fastidious gives up and lies down in fetal position and sucks his thumb after he crashes. As they race, Eggman reveals to Tails that his real plan with the try-outs is to get rid of both him and Sonic, and picks up Burnbot from the jungle. Sonic sees as he runs past.
Burnbot manages to clip the Tornado's wing again and Tails crashes in a frozen lake where he is stuck. However, Sonic comes to his aid and gets him out just before the Tornado sinks. There, Sonic comes clean and tells Tails he fired him to protect him, but Tails forgives him. Eggman and Burnbot then face the duo again, except this time, the updated Burnbot can actually use fire, and uses it to make the ice they stand on crack. Sonic, unable to swim, falls through the cracks and into the water and Tails cannot get him out of the water as he is water logged. Sonic insists to drown so Tails can get away, but Tails swims in and saves him. With Tails' help, Sonic lands a hard hit on Burnbot who cause the ice to crack further and it sinks into the lake. Sonic and Tails then flies away while Eggman retreats, promising to be back with a better robot.
As the sun sets, Sonic and Tails, who are watching the view, have reconciled with each other, and Sonic basically rehires Tails as his sidekick for his earlier actions. Back at Sonic's house, Amy demands a callback, when Knuckles depressingly passes by and notes that it was not going well having his own sidekick. However, Amy realizes Knuckles needs a sidekick and starts her act again, and Knuckles gets another name idea for his sidekick: Knuckalina.
Trivia
- This episode shows Sonic Hugging Tails for the first time.
- This episode was the first footage shown of the series back in February 2014.
- Like the first episode of Sonic X, This showed Sonic's weakness that he can't swim and saved by Tails. However, in Sonic X, he was saved by Christ Thorndyke.
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References
- ↑ Sonic Boom – Episode Guide for Season 1. The Futon Critic. Retrieved on November 6, 2014.
- ↑ File:SB S1E1.jpg
