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"Too Tall Tails" is the fifteenth episode of the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series. Despite being produced as the fifteenth episode, it aired as the twenty-second episode during the show's original run.
Appearances[]
Characters:
- Sonic
- Tails
- Scratch
- Grounder
- Dr. Robotnik
- Professor Von Schlemmer (first appearance)
- Coconuts
- Mayor Knackwurst (only appearance)
- Citizens of Wienerville (only appearance)
- Evil Wizard Lizard (only appearance)
Locations:
- Wienerville
- Super Sausage Factory (mentioned)
- Major Mustard's 41-Flavor Ice Cream Emporium (mentioned)
- Unnamed corn field
- Jungle of Doom
- Gargantuan Islands (mentioned)
- Pico Boulevard (mentioned)
- The Garden of the Evil Wizard Lizard
- Unnamed canyon
Items:
- Humongo Gizmo and Gizmo Gas
- Hi-tops
- Chili dog
- Egg-O-Matic
- Mobian Melons
- Hoot-n-Toot Garlic
- Insto-Freeze Cannon
Sonic costumes:
- Athletic trainer
- Crane Operator
Plot[]
Robotnik has kidnapped Professor Von Schlemmer and has forced him to tell how to create his Gizmo Gas machine. Scratch and Grounder finish putting together the Gizmo Gas machine, but when tested, it fails. Robotnik, now furious, tortures Von Schlemmer to see what they have to do to get his contraption to work (by tickling his feet with a feather), and Von Schlemmer finally reveals what to do. Robotnik then sends Von Schlemmer to the deepest darkest hole in the Jungle of Doom.
Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails are being chased by Coconuts, but they easily get rid of him. The two heroes then arrive in Wienerville, the weenie capital of Mobius. Mayor Knackwurst greets Sonic and Tails and insists on feeding them a feast. Tails gobbles down a ton of food and leaves to get some dessert. At the same time, Robotnik tests the machine on a piece of belly-button lint, but the machine explodes and casts Gizmo Gas into the air, and it eventually settles on Tails, who breathes it in as it rolls into town. Tails grows to an enormous size and gets very hungry and starts eating and breaking the whole town. He leaves so as not to hurt anyone. The citizens of Wienerville are quick to forgive Tails until Robotnik flies in on his Egg-O-matic and tells them that Tails did it on purpose and Sonic is the mastermind behind the destruction. They don't believe Robotnik until he gives them all a bunch of free gifts. The citizens then turn on Sonic and Tails.
Tails continues to grow and continues to eat whatever he can. Tails' burps cause earthquakes. The citizens go after Tails like he is a monster. Robotnik leaves and puts Scratch and Grounder in charge. Sonic overhears them talk about Von Schlemmer, so he tricks them into telling him where to find the Professor.
Sonic runs to the bottomless pit in the Jungle of Doom and pulls Professor Von Schlemmer out with a crane. Von Schlemmer tells Sonic that the antidote to the Gizmo Gas is the fragrance of the rare Hoot-n-Toot Garlic from the garden of the evil wizard lizard. Sonic runs and gets it.
Meanwhile, the Wienerville citizens have Tails cornered in a canyon. Tails tries to justify his actions, but they do not listen. Sonic and Von Schlemmer arrive with the garlic, but the citizens insist Robotnik uses his Insto-Freeze Cannon to turn Tails into a Popsicle. Von Schlemmer gives Sonic blueprints to build the world's largest wiener launcher which fires a giant Chili Dog (with the garlic on it) into Tails' mouth. Tails shrinks back to normal and Robotnik's freeze ray misses him and bounces back at the villains, hitting them. Professor Von Schlemmer explains everything to the Mayor. The diner's waitress asks how to make things up to Sonic and Tails. Tails asks for 746 Chili Dogs and some dessert.
Sonic Says[]
Tails is eating junk food, but Sonic intervenes and tells him that he needs to eat fruit, veggies, dairy, poultry, fish, bread and cereals. Tails gets a tummy ache from eating too much ice cream. This segment reveals that although Sonic loves chili dogs, he eats healthy too.
Goofs[]
- As the waitress tells Sonic that Robotnik has come up with a weapon to do away with Tails (which is the Insto-Freeze Cannon), the scene cuts to Robotnik as if he had her voice.
- When Robotnik, Scratch, and Grounder flee after one fire of the Insto-Freeze Cannon misses Tails and gets them instead, Scratch's neck is colored yellow just before they get frozen.
- When Coconuts is chasing Sonic and Tails, Sonic's arms are blue instead of tan when he is talking to Tails.
Title in other languages[]
Language | Title | Translation |
---|---|---|
Chinese (mainland) | 长得太高的塔尔斯 | Too Tall Tails |
French | Le Petit Géant | The Little Giant |
German | Die Riesenerfindung | The giant invention |
Italian | Mini-Scheggia | Mini-Tails |
Portuguese (Brazil) | O Gigantismo do Tails | The Tails Gigantism |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Tails e a Geringonça Monumental | Tails and the Monumental Gadget |
Spanish (Spain) | Colas demasiado altas | Too Tall Tails |
Spanish (Latin America) | Colitas se hace grande | Tails gets big |
Trivia[]
- There is a car in this episode which has a name that is a parody of the DeLorean from the Back to the Future series, but also refers to the short lived Ford Motor Company branch product Edsel.
- Coconuts rides a strange unicycle type scooter vehicle. He first used this vehicle in the episode "Big Daddy".
- One of the Wienerville residents refers to Sonic as Mobius' National Hero, even though Mobius is a planet.
- The voice clip of Robotnik saying "I hate that hedgehog!" was reused from "Sonic Breakout".
- This episode has had the following DVD releases:
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 1
- Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 /Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 1
- Tall Tails