Big Match

"Big Match" is the fifth episode in the Sonic the Hedgehog animated series. It first aired on 20 March 2017 worldwide.
== Synopsis ==
Eggman organized a football match, who will win, will get Chaos Emeralds. Team Sonic will somehow defeat Team Eggman and return all Chaos Emeralds.
== Appearances ==
Characters:
* Big the Cat
* Chao
** Dark Chao (multiple)
** Hero Chao (multiple)
** Neutral Chao (multiple)
* Cheese
* Cream the Rabbit
* E-123 Omega
* Marine the Raccoon
* Team Eggman (football team) (Only appearance)
** Badnik
*** Balkiry (First appearance)
*** Bladed Spinner (First appearance)
*** Caterkiller (First appearance)
*** E-10000B (Only appearance)
*** E-10000G (Only appearance)
*** E-10000R (Only appearance)
*** E-10000Y (Only appearance)
*** Egg Pawn (First appearance)
*** Moto Bug
*** Snail Blaster (First appearance)
** Cubot
** Dr. Eggman
** Dr. Eggman Nega
** Metal Sonic
** Orbot
* Team Sonic (football team) (Only appearance)
** Amy Rose
** Babylon Rogues
*** Jet the Hawk
*** Storm the Albatross (First appearance)
*** Wave the Swallow (First appearance)
** Blaze the Cat
** Chaotix
*** Charmy Bee
*** Espio the Chameleon
*** Vector the Crocodile
** Knuckles the Echidna
** Miles "Tails" Prower
** Rouge the Bat
** Shadow the Hedgehog
** Silver the Hedgehog
** Sonic the Hedgehog
** Sticks the Badger (First appearance)
* Vanilla the Rabbit
Locations:
* Earth
** Chao Garden
** Eggmanland
Items:
* Chaos Emerald (x7)
Misc.:
* Boost (First appearance)
* Chaos Control (First appearance)
* Football Match (First appearance)
== Plot ==
Sonic broke into Eggmanland, because Eggman stole all Chaos Emeralds. And he burst into Eggman's office. And Eggman just will not give up Chaos Emerald, but offered to play a football match, who will win, to all Chaos Emeralds.
Sonic gathered his own team. The main players of Team Sonic are Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Blaze, Silver, Vector, and spare are Jet, Wave, Storm, Espio, Charmy, Rouge and Sticks. Eggman gathered his own team. The main players of Team Eggman are Eggman, Metal Sonic, Orbot, Cubot, Eggman Nega, E-10000B, E-10000G, Caterkiller, and spare are E-10000R, E-10000Y, Moto Bug, Egg Pawn, Snail Blaster, Balkiry and Bladed Spinner. Goalkeepers are Vector and Eggman Nega. In the match appointed judge Big. The fans are many Chao (Neutral, Hero, Dark), Cream, Cheese, Vanilla, E-123 Omega and Marine. In Chao Garden the match began. Initially, the team Sonic lost 1:0 in favor of Eggman. Then Shadow decided to make Chaos Control so that Eggman's robots missed the ball. But Big put Shadow a yellow card, as this is a dishonest trick. Then Blaze pricked Caterkiller with needles, then Big replaced the replacement: Caterkiller will be replaced by Bladed Spinner. That Metal Sonic did not let Knuckles and Silver to the ball. The first half ended with a score of 3:0 in favor of Team Eggman.
In the break, Sonic thought of one way to learn how to use Boost and be faster than his opponents. When the second half began, Sonic and his team became fast, even Team Eggman had to replacements. When the score equaled 3: 3, Eggman could not stand it and decided to finish them once and for all. All Eggman's members attacked Sonic's members, completely not letting them in to the gates of Eggman Nega. Ten seconds to go, Sonic ran to the gate, but Eggman did not start there, then Sonic made Spin Attack, rolled with the ball under Eggman's feet and rolled to the gate. Eggman Nega tries to catch the ball, but accidentally caught Sonic, and the ball hit the gate. Score 4:3 in favor of Team Sonic. Eggman was very angry, but he will have to give Chaos Emeralds to Sonic, as he promised. Tails and others thanked Sonic that all Chaos Emeralds had returned and that Sonic had figured out how to win the match.
== Title in other languages ==
Language	Title
Japanese	大試合
Russian 	Большой матч
== Trivia ==
* The appearance of Sonic in Eggmanland at opening of episode is reminiscent of opening cutscene from Sonic Unleashed.
* In the episode uses music from previous games:
** When Sonic appeared in Eggmanland, sounded excerpt from "Cutscene - Opening" from Sonic Unleashed.
** When Team Sonic and Team Eggman began to talk about the tactics of the game, the music sounded "Get Ready for the Big Event" from Sonic Riders.
** At the start of football, the music sounded "Seaside Hill" from Sonic Heroes.
** When Shadow begins to use Chaos Control, the music sounded "Jingle: Chaos Control" from Shadow the Hedgehog.
** Before Blaze touched Caterkiller, the music sounded "Vela-Nova (Part 2)" from Sonic Rush.
** Before the first half ended, the music sounded "Ocean Palace" from Sonic Heroes.
** When Team Sonic reasoned until the second half, the music sounded "Event: Disquieting Shadow" from Sonic Heroes.
** When Sonic matured a plan, the music sounded "Event: My Ambition" from Sonic Heroes.
** During the second half, the music sounded "Crank The Heat Up!!" from Sonic Adventure.
** During the last beat of Sonic, the music sounded "Jingle: Speed Up" from Sonic Heroes.
** When Team Sonic got the Chaos Emeralds, the music sounded "Battle: City Area" from Sonic Heroes.
Category:Sonic the Hedgehog (2017 TV Series) season one episodes