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{{quote|''"[[You Meddling Kids|I hate that hedgehog!]]"''|Doctor Ivo Robotnik, [[Once an Episode]]}}
'''''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog''''', a syndicated [[Sixty
The show deviates from the games a ''lot'', but does feature occasional nods to them. (Compared to ''[[Sonic Sat AM
In addition to the afforementioned ''Sonic SatAM'', this show is not to be confused with the other [[Western Animation|western animated]] Sonic adaptation ''[[Sonic Underground]]'', the [[Anime]] ''[[Sonic X]]'', or the [[OVA]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie]]''.
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Katella the Intergalactic Huntress is this to Robotnik - sure she's pretty sexy for a cartoon character, but she's [[No Guy Wants to Be Chased|WAY too aggressive]].
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** "Ahh! HapPINESS is always so much more enjoyable when it's based on the misery of millions!"
* [[Acid Reflux Nightmare]]: The knowledge that Tails has these sometimes is what propels the resolution of an episode.
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: In a more literal sense than usual: Robotnik falls into a vat of super-strength potion, and the only part that didn't hit was his... well, as he terms it, "caboose". Terms it after calling it his 'unmentionable' two seconds before.
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* [[Acronym Confusion]]: From the "Zoobotnik" episode.
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'''[[Deadpan Snarker|Robotnik]]:''' Get to the point or your name will be M.U.D. }}
* [[The Ahnold]]: Arnold Robonegger from "Robolympics".
* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Scratch seems to show a little too much like for Robotnik.
** Robotnik has had his [[Foe Yay]] moments.
* [[Animation Bump]]: [[TMS Entertainment]] animated the opening to AOSTH, like they did for ''[[
* [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]]: Sonic Says. Got [[Mythology Gag|mythology gagged]] in ''[[Sega Superstars|Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]''.
* [[And That's Terrible]]: See above. "If someone tries to touch you in a place or in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that's no good!"
** Admittedly the show was aimed at kids generally under 10 who probably could use the warning...
** When Sonic and Tails are pulled over (on foot) for speeding, Tails suggests they outrun the policeman before he takes them to court. Sonic replies, commenting on how that would be illegal.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: ''"You lost my rocket ship, you let the hedgehog ruin my plans, and NOW YOU'RE RUNNING UP MY LONG DISTANCE BILL!"'' - Robotnik
** In an earlier episode when listing Sonic's offenses he tells his men that he ruins his schemes, he escapes his traps, and he helps nice people.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Several background characters from the second (officially aired) pilot "The Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad" are used as opponents in the Genesis video game ''Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine'', being given slight redesigns and individual names and personalities most of them didn't even have long enough to establish in their one appearance in the show. Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts themselves come from badnik designs from ''[[
* [[Aside Glance]]: Just one of many fourth-wall breaches.
* [[Attack of the 50
* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: "Sonic's Song"
* [[Balloon Belly]]: Tails is forced to eat tons of junk food ([[Big Eater|although he's rather happy to do so]]) in order to create a dream creature to combat a nightmare monster, and ends up massively bloated.
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* [[Big Bad]]: Robotnik.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: The show had their share of these. In the episode "Zoobotnik", {{spoiler|Mama Robotnik}} even makes one.
* [[Bigger
* [[Big No]]: Often done by Robotnik.
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: In the American Spanish translation, Tails is translated as a [[She's a Man In Japan|female character]]. For Latin fans of the games, this created a series-long problem, especially when talking to people who only knew of Sonic via the Spanish translation of the cartoon, and of course, were entirely (and understandably) convinced of Tails's female gender.
* [[Bond One
* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Many characters, including Sonic and Tails, end up like this a lot.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: A very good case can be made for Robotnik falling into this trope. In the episode "Birth of a Salesman", Wes Weasley sells him a variety of weapons that are surefire tools to catching Sonic, yet Robotnik passes them all off to Scratch and Grounder, who of course fail miserably, being too dumb to use the gadgets properly. Oddly enough, Robotnik puts most of the blame on Weasley, demanding refunds and accusing him of selling defective products. Weasley points out that if anything, his gadgets have worked too well, and are in incompetent hands. Robotnik remedies this by...threatening Wes Weasley into going along with Scratch and Grounder to oversee Sonic's capture, despite clearly being ''the only one'' capable of effectively operating the weapons, or at least more capable than his minions "supervised" by an unwilling peddler. The good doctor doesn't seem to realize capturing his hated enemy may require ''physical effort on his part.'' You'd think he would either step up his game or quit whining.
* [[Brother
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Pretty much all of the bad guys, but especially Coconuts.
* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: In one Sonic Says, Scratch and Grounder collapse after ''sharing one bottle'' of [[Memetic Mutation|"booooooooze"]].
* [[Card
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
** Sonic: "I'm waiiiiiiting!", "Way past cool!", "Gotta speed, keed!", "Up, over, and GONE!" and "Gotta [verb], [noun that rhymes with the verb]!
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* [[Clueless Aesop]]: The Sonic Says segments were absolutely drowning in these.
** The first episode's [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle|Sonic Says]] segment showed Sonic and Tails surrounded by Badniks. Tails suggests they call 911 and Sonic tells him not to do that unless it's a real emergency. Although Sonic is very capable of trashing an army of Badniks, children could very easily get the wrong impression and think that [[Good Old Fisticuffs]] is the right approach when surrounded by bigger, stronger, and possibly armed attackers.<ref>Actually, fighting in self-defense may seem to be the right approach when you have no time to reach for a phone or cellphone by the time stronger foes quickly approach to kill you, or if the power is out when trying to use a phone.</ref> Possibly, the writers themselves realized that this was a stupid lesson to teach kids, so in a later Sonic Says, Tails is being chased by Badniks, and calls for help by a nearby police officer. He arrests the Badniks, and Sonic congratulates Tails for doing the right thing.
** Another one has Sonic talking about how bad an idea running away from home is. This one is fine in itself, but he was telling it to Coconuts, whose "parent" is [[Bad Boss|Dr.]] [[Abusive Parents|Ivo]] [[Card
** Sonic begins the "Poison Ivy" Sonic Says by saying "There may not be any poisonous flowers on Earth." [
* [[Conjoined Eyes]]: Sonic and Dr. Robotnik.
* [[Conviction
* [[Cranial Eruption]]
* [[Dartboard of Hate]]: Schoolteacher Lucinda keeps one of Robotnik in her classroom.
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Sonic and Breezie, {{spoiler|at least in the beginning}}.
* [[A Day in
* [[Department of Child Disservices]]: Averted. Sonic is temporarily put into the custody of [[Abusive Parents|Momma Robotnik]], but a social worker annuls the adoption when it's revealed that Momma Robotnik disowned her own son.
* [[Deranged Animation]]
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* [[Disguised in Drag]]
* [[Disney Death]]: Sonic briefly has one in "Lovesick Sonic".
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: "The Robots' Robot"
** In one episode, Grounder makes a comment on the radio about being "single and willing to disassemble". Now think about what that would mean for robots.
** Also, the rivalry among Robotnik's robots seems to be a reference to sibling rivalry. "He made me first! I'm his favorite!"
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* [[Dumb Is Good]]: Pretty well averted. Scratch and Grounder are dumber than sin, and Sonic is just as likely to defeat Robotnik with his intelligence as with with his super-speed.
* [[Efficient Displacement]]: Used to comedic effect in Pseudo Sonic in that while piloting the robot Tails had no way to go through doors other than bashing through them.
* [[Engineered Public Confession]]: The Scrap Valley episode has Sonic mess with Robotnik's speech in a way similar to a scene in ''[[
* [[Exact
* [[Exit, Pursued
* [[Expy]]: Scratch resembles Clucker, a [[Mooks]] who appears in the Wing Fortress Zone in [[
** Breezie seems to be one of [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Jessica Rabbit.]]
** Wes Weasley is very clearly inspired by Phil Silvers.
*** Scratch and Grounder were popular enough with Sega to gain their own Expies in the form of Decoe and Bocoe from ''[[Sonic X]]'' and Orbot and Cubot from ''[[
* [[Expressive Mask]]: In "Magnificent Sonic" Scratch uses a mask in the shape of a mustached man with a moving mouth in order to deceive Ms. Possum.
* [[The Face of the Sun]]: A somewhat bipolar variation of this appears in "Tails' New Home"
* [[Falling Into His Arms]]: Two characters invoke this towards Sonic at separate points: [[Fan Girl]] Sonette...and [[Disguised in Drag|Scratch]].
* [[Family
* [[Fan Disservice]]: There's many shirtless shots of Robotnik, as well as scenes that draw a little too much attention to his rear end. The epitome of this trope, however, is that bikini shot in "Hero of the Year." Seriously, are all those scenes of Robotnik bathing/shirtless/in skimpy clothes/wriggling his butt ''really'' necessary?
** What makes this all the more hilarious is how in an interview, Milton Knight (the show's head animator) mentions that in creating Robotnik's design for the show, he strove to convey the doctor's perception of his own sexiness. It's no wonder he calls Robotnik "animation's sexiest fat man." and why Robotnik-in-bikini is in the page picture of [[Fan Disservice]].
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* [[First Name Ultimatum]]: "You get outta here now or I'll tell everyone your real name is Miles."
* [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome]]: Grounder becomes super-intelligent in one episode.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: The abstract, Jackson Pollack-esque backgrounds? The thin, nonsensical plots? The loose, [[Off
** [[Looney Tunes
* [[Fountain of Youth]]: Sonic, Tails, and Dr. Robotnik get turned into babies in "Musta Been a Beautiful Baby".
* [[GASP]]
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Bordering on [[Mythology Gag]] and [[Fridge Brilliance]], Tails gets to show this on occasion, repairing trucks and even building Sonic a hovercraft from scratch.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
** "You robot chickens make me sick. Get a couple of pints of [[Drunk
** In "Lovesick Sonic", there's a scene where an arrow points to Robotnik's underground drilling vehicle that is labeled "The Dastard", but it looks like "The Bastard".
** Also when Katella the bounty huntress arrives, Coconuts falls to the floor and tries to look under her dress and smiles before she kicks him.
** Katella's whole role in the Zoobotnik episode was remarkably dirty for a kids' cartoon. It arguably qualifies as sexual harassment towards Robotnik, [[Master of the Mixed Message|which seems odd in a show whose aesops are otherwise AGAINST sexual harassment]].
** There was also the sequence where Dr. Robotnik makes his extremely busty robot wife Omeletta.
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'''Grounder''': "She has ''really'' big...."
'''Scratch''': "HAIR!" }}
* [[Girl of the Week]]
* [[Girls
* [[Go
** Coconuts tends to get the most sympathetic treatment from these. Scratch and Grounder usually serve as [[Goofus and Gallant|the Goofuses to Sonic's Gallant.]]
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]
* [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]: Robotnik built Scratch and Grounder to be superintelligent bounty hunters.
* [["Growing Muscles" Sequence]]: At least four times - ''Tails's New Home'' had Sonic puffing it up for about 5 seconds. Tails flexes comically in ''Spaceman Sonic'', Robotnik became and stayed [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|pretty well-muscled]] in the Chaos Emeralds special part 2. Tails got a taste of the power too, just long enough to [[Memetic Mutation|scratch Grounder and ground Scratch]].
* [[Harmless Villain]]: Dr. Robotnik himself.
** Robotnik is debateable since he is implied to be [[Beware the Silly Ones|rather imposing to anyone who isn't Sonic]] (and even then has [[Not
* [[Haven't You Seen X Before?]]: "What's everybody afraid of?" "Yeah! You'd think they never saw a blue hedgehog before."
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Robotnik Jr. and Breezie.}}
* [[Hellevator]]: "Robotnikland".
* [[Hero
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: In Tails' Tale", Sonic brings LeQuack and Tails to safety from a cursed temple at the expense of having to remain prisoner in said temple. However, this convinces King Kommamachs that Sonic's not as evil as [[Horrible Judge of Character|Robotnik led him to believe]].
* [[High
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Captain Rescue in "Over-The-Hill Hero", who allows [[Obviously Evil]] Robotnik to convince that he's another hero who's overshadowed by show-off Sonic.
* [[Humans Are
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: Happens to Robotnik in nearly every episode. Particularly noteworthy is the ending of "Robotnik Express" and "Robotnikland".
* [[I Am Not Weasel]]: Quark, who, despite his duck-like lower half, insists that "I'm not a duck!"
* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: Master Kwai Chang Crane perpetually rode the line on this. Some of his statements were alarmingly sensible.
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* [[If I Wanted You Dead...]]: In one episode, Tails had been kidnapped and Sonic thought it was Robotnik's doing. Robotnik denied it by claiming he'd be torturing Tails had he kidnapped him.
* [[In Name Only]]: The actual stories told in the show definitely don't have much to do with the games, but ''Adventures of Sonic'' definitely borrows more elements from the games than [[
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Even though they're both robots, Robotnik Jr. (human) is involved with Breezie (hedgehog).
** Many of Sonic's [[Girl of the Week|Girls of the Week]] qualify too.
* [[Invincible Hero]]: Sonic is more-or-less this. Robotnik, Scratch and Grounder very seldom get the opportunity to lock him up in a trap he can easily escape from.
** The extent of this varied from episode to episode due to a bit of [[Power Creep, Power Seep]]. There were at least a few odd times Sonic was [[Badass in Distress|outsmarted or put in genuine danger by Robotnik]] (usually when the show wanted to play on Sonic's [[Determinator]] role or let [[A Day in
** [[Comically Invincible Hero]]: On average, how much of an edge he had over Robotnik [[Rule of Funny|depended on what was funniest]].
* [[Iris Out]]
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** Sonic dupes Robotnik into trading loot he stole from a nearby town for fake gold. Coconuts gets blamed in spite of not even being around for the dupe.
* [[Large Ham]]: Rrrrrrrrobotnik, thanks in no small part to the incomparable Long John Baldry.
* [[Lawyer
* [[Lions and Tigers
* [[Leitmotif]]: Several of of the recurring characters have music that plays alongside their scenes. Most recognizable is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WRK9uf-zOw Sonic's], which doubles as the show's title theme. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK9I8RJdvcA Robotnik] also gets a pretty catchy one. Even [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYLxwWf5mQE Scratch & Grounder] have one, which is just a shortened version of Dovregubbens Hall.
** While the title theme was used as background music on occasion, Sonic was more often accompanied by an extended remix of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG5D9it4JDE original title theme from the Sonic games].
* [[Look Behind You!]]: Sonic manages this by just pointing and saying "''I'M'' over ''there''."
* [[Losing Your Head]]: A constant occurrence with Scratch and Grounder.
* [[Mass Hypnosis]]: Wes Weasley's Hypno-Vision commercials during Robotnik's campaign do this, however Sonic is immune since his eyes are too fast.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Sonic Says segments had this sometimes, as well as the show itself.
* [[Mix
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Breezie.
* [[Musical Pastiche]]
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: Despite being named Robotnik as opposed to Eggman, Robotnik makes a very, very large amount of references to eggs, either in puns or in his general planning (like the Omeletta episode noted above), in reference to his alter-ego; in the beginning of "Robotnikland", he even flies into a rage when Scratch and Grounder attempt to serve him pancakes for breakfast, rather than the egg-related dishes he prefers.
** The episode "Lifestyles of the Sick and Twisted" actually had Tails call Robotnik "Eggman".
* [[
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: The show went to great lengths to avoid this, with "Road Hog" being an exception.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Most of the characters have worn some of these during the show.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Collie Chang, Throbbin' Screech, Katty Carlise. Wes Weasley may have been based on [[The Phil Silvers Show|Phil Silvers]].
* [[No Fourth Wall]]
* [[Not Me This Time]]: One episode featured Tails being kidnapped and it wasn't Robotnik's doing. In another episode, somebody steals Sonic's shoes. The fact Coconuts had been caught at the crime scene suggested he had something to do it but Sonic reasoned Coconuts would have captured him instead of just stealing his shoes.
* [[Not
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Sonic claims to not know how Grounder's snare trap is supposed to catch him. Grounder frustratedly proceeds to demonstrate, and [[Hoist
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Dr. Robotnik.
* [[Off
** Not to mention the character art inside the disk cases of the second box set.
** Hell, if you made a drinking game counting how many times Dr. Robotnik went off model, you'd be dead twelve times over.
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** Wes also says "I ''love'' that hedgehog" at the end of "Hero of the Year".
** There are a few episodes where Robotnik does ''not'' say the phrase once, including the above-mentioned "Over the Hill Hero".
* [[Paper
* [[Parental Bonus]]: A few, one example being [[The Silence of the Lambs|"Silence of the Yams"]].
* [[Prepare to Die]]: During the fight with Boss Scorpion at the Pinball Fortress:
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* [[Punctuated Pounding]]: [[No Indoor Voice|I DON'T REMEMBER PROGRAMMING YOU TO BEAT ME!]]
* [[Reaching Between the Lines]]
* [[Recurring Character]]: A couple, like Da Bearz.
* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[Ret
* [[Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue]]: Parodied in Sonic's love poem to Breezie in "Lovesick Sonic":
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Alfalfa is sneezy;
The minute I met her,
I loved my Breezie. }}
* [[Rule of Cool]]
* [[Rule of Funny]]
* [[Rushmore Refacement]]: Done by Sonic, ironically.
* [[Series Fauxnale]]: The series was supposed to end after 65 episodes but after that they released "Sonic Christmas Blast" in December
* [[Shout
** There was also a rabbit character named Updike which is a reference to John Updike, the author of the book "Rabbit, Run".
** The end of Robotnikland is heavily indebted to ''[[
** Energizer.
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** The episode "Attack On Pinball Fortress" is based on ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball]]''.
** [[Mad Max|Mad Mike, Da Bear Warrior!]]
** [[Star Wars|I...HAVE...YOU...NOW!]]
*** Just a few seconds later in the same episode, [[Star Trek:
** [[
* [[Sidekick Glass Ceiling]]: Tails in ''Full Tilt Tails''.
* [[Silence, You Fool]]
* [[Smart People Speak the
* [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]: Invoked in "Sonic the Matchmaker".
* [[Spin
* [[Squashed Flat]]
* [[Storming the Castle|Storming The Fortress]]: Done with Robotnik's fortress a number of times, but also in "Attack on the Pinball Fortress".
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* [[Sudden Anatomy]]: Grounder's drills are replaced with human hands whenever he needs to hold something. This is [[Justified Trope]] by him being a [[Swiss Army Weapon]].
* [[Surreal Humor]]
* [[Surrounded
* [[Taken for Granite]]: Used four times throughout the series: first by Grounder in "Grounder the Genius", then by Scratch and Grounder in "Tails in Charge", then by Coconuts in the episode "The Magic Hassle", and last by Merlynx in "Hedgehog of the Hound Table", though that time it only affected Sonic's legs.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Complete with a [[You Just Had to Say It]].
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* [[Tickle Torture]]: Used a few times.
* [[Time Travel]]: The Chaos Emeralds four-parter. Complete with a massive...
* [[Timey
* [[Tongue
* [[Too Smart for Strangers]]: "That's no good!"
* [[Totally Radical]]: Both used and lampshaded.
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* [[Turned Against Their Masters]]: Breezie and Robotnik Jr. after their [[Heel Face Turn]]. Grounder also openly questions his allegience to Robotnik after becoming intelligent in "Grounder the Genius"
* [[The Unfavourite]]: Coconuts, which is saying something considering how Robotnik treats his "favorites" Scratch and Grounder.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: The show sometimes borders near this. While Sonic and Tails are still often the center focus, ''a lot'' of screentime and focus is given to Robotnik and his henchbots in many episodes. The fact the show takes notes from [[Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner
* [[Villain Song]]: Robotnik writes two brief ones in "Sonic's Song"; in his first attempt, Catty Carlyle twists it into a [["The Villain Sucks" Song]].
** The second attempt, which is sung very badly by Robotnik himself, actually becomes [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] (and a tad ironic), considering that his voice actor was a professional blues singer.
*** It's also hilarious in [[Fan Disservice|a different kind of]] [[A Worldwide Punomenon|hindsight]].
* [[Villain
* [[Visual Pun]]
* [[Walking the Earth]]: Pretty much what Sonic and Tails do for the entire series because they are never sure where Robotnik will strike next.
* [[Wearing a Flag
* [[What Do You Mean
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* [[
* [[William Telling]]: Sonic does this to one of Robotnik's robots. Getting up in [[Robin Hood]] garb and balancing an apple on his head, Sonic tauntingly asks the robot (Called Dragon Breath in ''[[Doctor Robotniks Mean Bean Machine]]'') if he's ever heard of [[William Tell]]. Infuriated, Dragon Breath throws his spiked club at Sonic, but the hedgehog's super speeds allows him to dodge just in time, so that the only damage done is that apple is split in half...and the tree behind Sonic falls over onto Dragon Breath.
* [[You Answered Your Own Question]]: "What would I want with a two-ton baby ape who can lift giant rocks, fire bananas like a shotgun-- ''HUH?'' and help me capture that pesky hedgehog SO ROBOTNIK WILL TAKE ME BACK!"
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