A Hedgehog's Home is Her Castle (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

"A Hedgehog's Home is Her Castle" is the twelfth episode of the AngieYaz/RoseOfSharon reboot of the the Sonic Underground television series. 
==Appearances==
Characters:
*Sonic the Hedgehog
*Manic the Hedgehog
*Sonia the Hedgehog
*Sleet
*Dingo
*Queen Aleena
*King Jules
*Amy Rose (mentioned)
*Swatbot
*Bellok 
*Hooter 
Locations:
*Mobius
*Robotropolis
* Worst Castle 
*Mirror Dimension 
Items
* Shapeshift Remote
* Chili dogs
* Medallions
* Mirror 
Vehicles
* Camper Van
Misc:
* Sonic Super Spin
==Plot==
Manic is exploring the sewers and entering numbers into a calculator, when suddenly, what appears to be Queen Aleena and King Jules pass by right in front of him. He calls out and runs after them, but they don't stop. She just drops a letter on the ground, which Manic picks up and soon takes back to his siblings. Shortly after, it is revealed that she was actually Dingo transformed into Aleena - he rendezvouses with Sleet and confirms that Manic has taken the letter, setting their plan in action.
The letter is an invitation to Worst Castle, addressed to Sonia from their fictitious cousin Albert. Sonia is excited about having her own castle, but Sonic is reluctant to attend (not to mention suspicious), so Sonia heads off with Manic while Sonic stays behind. He feels hungry for chili dogs (as usual) and comes across a chili dog stand run by Dingo, who he initially doesn't recognize until he speaks his name. Sleet and Dingo then try to shoot Sonic down in a gunship (after serving the prince his chili dogs), but he easily defeats them by jumping on top of the ship and distracting them so that they crash into a wall.
Sonia is enchanted by the sight of Worst Castle, but Manic is a little bit creeped out. As they enter, a flash of lightning reveals a scary-looking vampire bat called Bellok, the castle caretaker, and his owl Hooter. Bellok welcomes them to the castle and shows them their rooms, but while the rooms are quite beautiful they are infested with creatures and Manic screams in pure terror. Sonia finds him ridiculous and insists that they at least give Worst Castle a chance. Just then, Sonia spots her mother and father for a split second, but Manic finds no evidence at all and suggests that they go to bed. That night, while Sonia is trying on a dress in the mirror, she sees something unnatural in its reflection - this is no ordinary mirror! Manic is disturbed by a creature lurking in the corridor, but it's only Sonic; he wanted to show off his new anti-gravity shoes that allow him to walk on walls and ceilings. Sonia arrives and tells Sonic that she saw their mother and father, and Sonic storms out to look for them. He ends up having an awkward encounter with Bellok and almost gets crushed by a falling chandelier, making him suspicious. Meanwhile, Sonia has been looking in the mirror and has seen Queen Aleena and King Jules on the other side!
Sonic follows Manic down a trapdoor into a dungeon, which they escape by tearing the exit down with their instruments. Upon returning to Sonia's room, they find no answer from her but they are unaware that she went into the mirror. Sonic spots Bellok nearby and runs after him and stops him to ask him what's going on. Bellok refuses to explain it to him at first, but after being tortured by Manic's loud and heavy guitar playing (Sonic gives Manic's permission to use his brooch), he confesses that Sleet threatened to eat Hooter if he didn't aid his scheme to destroy the Underground. He begs Sonic to protect him and Hooter and warns that Sleet will arrive in less than an hour! Sonic has meanwhile picked the lock on Sonia's door and discovered that she is inside the mirror. Manic steps inside and finds Sonia, who was looking for Aleena and Jules but ended up getting lost. They find that running at high speeds is futile (and painful) so they walk slowly and eventually get out of the mirror. Outside, Aleena touches a sleeping Sonic's forehead (and Jules embraces him) and tell him that the mirror is the way out, and disappear before he wakes up and Manic and Sonia return from the mirror. (Sonic, despite being asleep (in the dream, though, he is in a dark cave), can’t see anything. He can only hear his mother and father’s voices, and wants to know how to stop Robotnik. The King also hugs his son while breaking down in tears, wishing that he and his queen could go back to raise Sonic and his siblings.)
Sonic felt his parents' touch and thought he was dreaming. Suddenly, Bellock rushes up to announce that Sleet has arrived with a group of Swatbots ready to attack! The hedgehogs, with the help of Bellok, counter the Swatbots by utilizing the castle's many trapdoors, chandeliers and revolving fireplaces.
Enraged, Sleet calls all units and has Worst Castle surrounded by elite enemy ships. The four heroes have no hope of defeating them. All at once, Sonic remembers Aleena and Jules' words from his "dream" and tells the others to escape through the mirror. Sonia is worried that they could become eternally trapped if the mirror is broken, but she and Manic realize there is no other way and have to trust Sonic's "dream". The hedgehogs and Bellok head into the mirror's dimension, just in time to escape an oncoming missile which shatters the mirror. While inside, the heroes briefly encounter the King and Queen and are almost reunited as the prophecy foretells, but before the reunion can occur everyone is engulfed in a golden whirlpool which transports them to a clifftop overlooking Worst Castle, which becomes decimated by missiles. Sonic recalls his "dream" and how Aleena and Jules' touch and embrace felt so vivid, and Bellok reassures him it really happened. Bellok turns around and nods to Queen Aleena and King Jules, who are standing nearby with tears in their eyes.
==Quotes==
: Manic: One... two... three... What the...? [gasps] [two cloaked figures pass by] Mother? Father?! [chases after them] Wait! [emerges from a tunnel and pauses] Why didn't they stop?
: Sleet: Welcome back, Your Majesty. Did he get it?
: Dingo: (Aleena's voice) He got it!
: Sleet and Dingo: [malicious laugh]
: Sonia: My own castle? Wow!
: Manic: I didn't even know we had a cousin. Why'd he leave it just to you?
: Sonia: Because he didn't know about you two.
: Sonic: [chuckles] 'Cos nobody else would take the drafty old thing. Who wants a dumb old castle anyway?
: Sonia: I do. We can use it as a headquarters. Hm.
: Sonic: [excited] Or maybe, after some renovation, I can give it to Amy as a jointure!
: Manic: Yo, maybe we'll find out more about Mom and Dad!
: Sonic: Ah, probably no chili dogs for me, or chili burgers for Dad, there either. Unless we can make them in the castle's kitchens.
: Sonia: Fine! You stay here. We'll go check it out.
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: Sonic: Oh man! I gotta have a dog! [sees a sign] "Eat at Bruno's chili dog stand"? "Listen for the happy whistle"?
: [whistling "Do Your Ears Hang Low?"]
: Sonic: [gasps] YES! [rushes to the chili dog stand] Three footlongs with the works, pal! I need fuel for where I'm going.
: Dingo: Where you going, Sonic? Aren't you gonna buy one for Amy?
: Sonic: Okay, give me another one, for Amy. You got a sister?
: Dingo: Nope. Just chili dogs.
: Sonic: Count yourself lucky, pal. Sisters are royal... hmm... Hey! How'd you know my name?!
: Dingo: Huh? [attempts to grab Sonic] Hah!
: Sonic: Argh!
: Dingo: Sleet! Help!
: Sonic: The old double team, huh? Well, hate to be rude, dude, but I'm outta here!
: Sleet: After him!
: Sonic: [yawns] It's a good thing I'm bored, or they'd be eatin' my dust. [a cannon is aimed at him] Ho-hum. The laser cannon again. Ohh, I'm sooo scared...(!) [zooms around dodging shots] I don't think so, Sleazo and Dingbat!
: Sleet: This time I'm going to get you, hedgehog!
: Dingo: Yeah! Me too!
: Sonic: Hey, where are my chili dogs?
: Dingo: Oops! Sorry!
: Sonic: Okay. Time to play a little hardball! [jumps onto the vehicle] Hellooo? Anyone home?
: Sleet and Dingo: Huh? [Sonic beats their heads] Oof, oof! Where did you-?
: Sonic: Aren't you forgettin' somethin', bucketheads?
: Dingo: Oh yeah?
: Sleet: What?
: Sonic: That wall!
: Dingo: Huh? [sees the wall] Aargh!
: Sleet and Dingo: Ahhhh!
: Sleet: Hello... Oof!
: Dingo: Ugh! [groans]
: Sonic: Another case for always usin' seatbelts.
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: Sonia: There's the castle! Isn't it beautiful?
: Manic: If it has a bathroom, it is!
: Sonia: Oh, this is so exciting! I've always wanted my own castle. Haven't you?
: Manic: I would be happy with my own room. [Sonia drives up to the entrance] Whoa. Gives me the creeps.
: Sonia: Hmm. Not exactly what I expected. Well, it has... potential.
: Bellok: Yowww! Ooh... Whoo... Welcome. I've been expecting you.
: Manic and Sonia: [gasps]
: Bellok: I am Bellok, the castle caretaker. This is Hooter. Welcome... to Worst Castle!
: Manic: At least the name fits.
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: Bellok: Your room, Miss.
: Sonia: Thank you, Bellok. [gasps]
: Manic and Sonia: Argh!
: Manic: Oh, look! More potential!
: Sonia: Nah, it just needs a little spring cleaning.
: Manic: Yeah, along with summer, winter and fall.
: Bellok: And your room, sir. [rats run from the room] Huh?!
: Manic and Sonia: [both scream]
: Manic: Okay, that's it, I'm outta here.
: Bellok: All right. I admit it's a bit on the creepy side, and that it needs some fumigation and such. But-
: Manic: Puh-leeze don't say it has potential!
: Sonia: Look, let's just give it a chance! And maybe it'll look better in the morning.
: Manic: Whoa, whoa, hold up, hold up! You wanna sleep? Here?!
: Sonia: Manic Hedgehog-Celeritas, don't tell me you're afraid!
: Manic: Afraid? [coughs] Me? [coughs] I'll show you "afraid".
: Sonia: MANIC! MANIC!
: Manic: What, what, what?!
: Sonia: I think I just saw Mother and Father.
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: Sonia: I'm telling you, I saw them!
: Manic: Well, there's nothin' here, no way out. I guess we should just try coppin' some Zs.
: Sonia: Maybe you're right. [yawns] Maybe I was just pre-dreaming.
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: Sonia: [gasps] Huh? [flames burn in the mirror] [gasps]
: Manic: Who-wh-who's there?!
: [A growl is heard as a shadow appears]
: Manic: [gasps] [runs to his room] Urgh! [strains] [the door opens and squashes him against the wall] Oof! [sighs]
: [Another growl]
: Manic: Ahhh!
: Sonic: Sup, bro?
: Manic: Sonic! Oh, what are you doin' here?!
: Sonic: Got some new sneaks. Thought I'd test 'em out. Anti-grav. Way cool! [runs onto the ceiling] [imitates cheering with his breath] Thank you! Thank you!
: Manic: [screams]
: Sonic: What's the matter?
: Manic: I'm cool. This place just has bad vibes, that's all.
: Sonic: Yeah, this dump is a real dump. Where's Sonia?
: Sonia: Manic? [sees Sonic] Well, well, what are you doing here?
: Sonic: Thought you might need some help.
: Sonia: Right. You got bored, didn't you? There's no danger here, and on top of that, I saw Mother! And Father!
: Sonic: Oh yeah? Where?!
: Sonia: Down there. But we already- [Sonic storms out] Sonic, wait! So typical.
: Sonic: Huh? Mom?! Dad?! If you're here, come on out! It's your favorite kid and heir to the throne, Sonic! Your most handsome, most talented son! Sonic! [hears something] Mom? Dad? Is that you? [heads into another room] [gasps] Mom? Dad?
: Bellok: May I be of assistance, sir?
: Sonic: Argh! [screams and rushes onto the ceiling] Never come up behind me like that! Who are you, anyways?
: Bellok: Bellok, sir. The castle caretaker. And you are...? [Sonic rapidly spins him round] Whoa, eeh! Whoa, dizzy! Getting very dizzy here! Eeh!
: Sonic: Where have you been, pal?! I'm Sonic the priority-one hedgehog!
: Bellok: May I show you to your room, sir?
: Sonic: I'm waiting for you to say "walk this way". Are you gonna, Bellok?
: Bellok: Hmm? Sir?
: Sonic: Oh, forget it. Just tell me where my room is.
: Bellok: Use that stairway. Go to the tenth floor, turn right, go to the next corridor and turn left, then up the second stairway on your right, go three flights, turn left and go past-
: Sonic: Hold it, hold it! WAIT A MINUTE! I'll find it myself!
: Bellok: As you wish, Prince Sonic.
: Sonic: Clue me in, Mom and Dad! Why do you want us to inherit a dump like this? Maybe we could renovate it and- [hears a creaking sound] Huh? [a rope snaps and a chandelier falls] Ahh! [gasps] Incoming! [escapes the impact] Man! That was cuttin' it just a little close. And speakin' of cuttin', [picks up the rope] it's been cut! Definitely not cool.
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: Sonic: No way!
: Manic: Way! I'm telling you, Sonic. She's in there! And Pa's there too!
: Sonic: 'Sup with the mirror, pal?
: Bellok: A portal to different places. But Queen Aleena told me it is very difficult to find your way around. Hooter will back me up!
: Manic: Whoa! You met our mother? And our father too?
: Bellok: Oh, yes. They are very fond of Hooter. But perhaps we should discuss this another time. [indicates the mirror] Your sister?
: Sonic: Sleet and Dingbat'll be here in thirty minutes. If I'm not back before then, give a yell.
: Sonic: [gasps]
: Manic: Sonia! Where are ya?
: Sonia: Manic, wait!
: Manic: Are you okay?
: Sonia: I'm fine. I thought I saw Mother and Father and followed them in here, but they've disappeared again! Oh, Manic. I'm lost.
: Manic: No prob, sis! Hop on.
: Sonia: And you know the way out of the mirror?
: Manic: Trust me.
: Sonia: You're absolutely sure?!
: Manic: Is Robuttnik round? Exit's that way. [Sonia climbs on his back] Hold onto your lunch, sis. We're outta here!
: Manic and Sonia: Ugh! [sigh]
: Manic: [chuckles weakly]
: Sonia: Is Robuttnik round? Mr. "I'm sure of it"?!
: Manic: Now what?
: Sonia: We walk slowly until we find the way out.
: Manic: Walk? Slowly? "Slow" goes against Sonic's nature, sis, unless he has to.
: Sonia: But Sonic isn't even here! You speed around on your hoverboard and bounce off the walls. I'll walk slowly.
: Manic: Okay, okay, I'll give hovering slowly a shot. [makes intermittent dashes forward with his board and then Sonia stops] What?
: Sonia: It's her! It's Mother! And Father is with her too!
: Manic: I'll get them.
: Sonia: Manic, wait!
: Manic: Oww! That hurt!
: Sonia: I believe my point is made.
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: Aleena: Sonic!
:Jules: My firstborn! [he hugs him] Sonic, can you hear me? It's me, your father.
: Aleena: And me, your mother.
:Sonic: (dreaming) Mother, Father, where are you? It's too cold and dark.
:Aleena and Jules: Just follow the sounds of our voices, son.
:Sonic: (dreaming) Okay.
:Jules: I wish we could go back, and raise you and your siblings in the ways of our bloodline; to train you for the day when you claim the throne.
[Aleena and Jules hear a mystical sound and gasp. They then turn back to Sonic and kiss him on both cheeks.]
:Aleena: We cannot stay, but remember: The mirror is the way you get out of here.
:Jules: Remember, son: the mirror.
[Jules and Aleena kiss Sonic on both cheeks then magically vanish. Sonic wakes up.]
: Sonic: Sonia, Manic?!
: Sonia: Did Mother and Father come through here?
: Sonic: Mother? Father? I didn't see anyone. Someone touched... [gasps]
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: Sleet: I want every unit here, now!
: Sonia: This is serious business.
: Manic: Well, it's been nice knowin' you all.
: Sonic: Ah, it's not that bad. [gasps] [missiles head their way] Cancel that! Incoming!
: Manic and Sonia: [both scream]
: Sonia: Yup. Serious.
: Sonic, Manic and Sonia: Argh!
: Sonic: Come on, everybody! Hang on and we'll blast right past them!
: Sonia: [coughs] No, Sonic! We'll never make it past all of them! [coughs]
: Sonic: The mirror... That's it! We have to go in the mirror!
: Manic: Are you crazy?!
: Sonia: Sonic, if the mirror breaks, we could be stuck in there forever!
: Sonic: Whoa! But Mom and Dad told me in my dream!
: Manic: A dream? Now there's something I can trust, bro.
: Bellok: Come, Hooter! We must go!
: Sonia: Sonic, we don't have a choice. If we stay here, we're goners!
: Sonic: Good point! Let's do it!
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: Sonic and Manic: Mother! Father! Wait up!
: Sonia: Wait, Sonic! Don't!
:[Aleena and Jules reach for their sons, but an invisible wall forms, thanks to the power of the Mirror Dimension itself, causing Sonic and Manic to bounce off the wall and are thrown back. Aleena and Jules are knocked down as well, landing on the floor.]
:Aleena and Jules: [groans]
: Sonic: Oww! [sighs]
: Manic: I know, you don't like to, but gotta go slow in here, bud.
: Sonia: Oh God, no.
: Manic: What's happening?
: Sonic: I can't move!
: [Everyone yells, screams and groans as the portal warps them]
: Sonia: Wow!
: Manic: Gotta hand it to you, Sonic. That was one mondo dream!
: Sonic: [tearing up, sobbing] I dreamed they touched and spoke to me. It felt so real.
: Sonia: Maybe it was real.
: Bellok: Yes. I believe it was real.
:[Aleena and Jules look back at them, this time in total darkness. Tears well up in their eyes.]
==Goofs==
*In the very first scene, Manic is holding a calculating device, but when he runs after Dingo (disguised as Queen Aleena), it disappears from his hand for a split second.
**Manic's fanny pack is absent in certain shots in this scene.
*Even though Manic typically calls Aleena "Ma" and Jules "Pa" in most episodes, he addresses them as "Mother" and "Father" (as Sonic and Sonia would) three times in this episode.
==Trivia==
*The title of this episode is a reference to the idiom "a man's home is his castle".
*This episode is arguably the closest the hedgehogs have ever gotten to reuniting with their mother and father before Amy Rose figured out their locations. There are many scenes when they are in close proximity; in one scene, Aleena, Jules and Sonic are literally in physical contact with each other. The next instance is Who Do You Think You Are.
*One of the biggest departures from the original episode is who has the dream and who's in the mirror with Sonia.
*This is one of very few Sonic Underground reboot episodes in which Doctor Robotnik makes no appearance. However, he is mentioned briefly by Manic and Sonia when they are lost inside the mirror ("Is Robuttnik round?").
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