Bug! (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

"Bug!" is the fourteenth episode of the AngieYaz/RoseOfSharon reboot of the Sonic Underground television series.
==Appearances==
Characters:
*Dingo
*Dr. Robotnik
*Rudy
*Sheila
*Sleet
*Sonic Underground
**Manic the Hedgehog
**Sonia the Hedgehog
**Sonic the Hedgehog
*Stripes
*Swatbots
Locations:
*Mobius
Items:
*Medallions
Vehicles:
*Camper Van
==Plot==
Manic surfs the air thermals in the sky over a large lake on a small red surfboard. He is attacked by a giant Stealthbot that rises out of the water and fires at him. Manic dodges and weaves in an attempt to escape. Sonic runs up and catches the robot's leg with a lasso, spinning it around and then smashing it to pieces against the rocks on the lake's shore. However, the robot's radio receiver is still active, and Sonic hears a message from Sleet saying that Queen Aleena and her husband have been spotted in Quadrant 10. In order to allay suspicion, and getting really excited, Sonic imitates the Stealthbot's robotic voice and confirms his intention to search Quadrant 10, then disables the radio. Sonic then finds Manic (whose surfboard crashed into a cliff) and demands to know why he was out all alone, as it is dangerous and they should always go out in pairs. Manic just says he was surfing thermals, and Sonic says that he likes to surf thermals too (and is very good at it). They return to the van to tell Sonia about Sleet's message.
The van soon arrives in Quadrant 10, a bleak wasteland. Sonia wonders why Aleena and Jules would come to such a place. The van is being driven by Sonic, who has a habit of hitting every pothole he passes, leading his siblings to complain about his horrible driving. Pretty soon, the van needs a wheel change, and while they're stopped they are approached by a tall, leather-wearing lizard in another car. Although they are initially suspicious of him, he reveals through a secret codephrase that he is actually a local Freedom Fighter named Rudy.
Rudy hasn't seen Queen Aleena or King Jules, but he says that's a good thing because he's been having problems. The previous night, while returning to his base, he saw a swarm of bright orange bugs, like bottle flies, leaving the village. Immediately afterwards, he was attacked by bis own friends, other Freedom Fighters, who tried to take him to Robotnik. He suspects the bugs were involved, and Sonic Underground agree to help him investigate.
Sonia is disgusted by the thought of bugs. She suggests that Manic investigate the village, after which they will all attempt to go and catch one of the bugs. Sonic wants to go with his brother, but Manic says there's no time and tells his superfast older bro to stay behind. However, once Manic is gone, Sonic decides that if Manic can go out alone then so can he, and he flies off on Manic's thermal surfboard to look for a bug himself (Manic, meanwhile, has a spare one).
Manic finds the village burned down and no sign of the Freedom Fighters. However, he sees one bug, which he catches in a glass jar, joking "You're a real bug and I'm a 'swat'-bot." Elsewhere, Sonic also encounters a bug, which stings him on the nose. Suddenly his eyes dilate and in a monotone voice he repeats "Must report... must report to Robotnik..." before flying away on his board.
Manic returns to Rudy and Sonia, but there's no sign of Sonic. Sonia gives Rudy the bad news about his village, then shows them the bug. They discover that it is definitely Robotnik's, as it is actually made of metal. Inside, they contain a mind control serum that makes people obey Robotnik if stung.
In Robotropolis, Sleet reports to Robotnik on the testing of their new Flybots. He explains that a full does lasts an hour, which is long enough to compel a person to come to Robotropolis to be roboticized. Sleet also says that they burned down the Freedom Fighter village on Robotnik's orders, but when Robotnik asks for an update on the search for Aleena and Jules, Sleet is forced to admit that they haven't heard from the Stealthbot, and Robotnik orders him to find it. Sonic arrives at Robotropolis, completely under Robotnik's control. Robotnik develops a plan to use Sonic to capture the other Freedom Fighters. They put a modified, remote-controlled Flybot into his pouch, which will administer a micro-dose of serum when activated by radio. They'll take Sonic back to the desert before the effects of the serum wear off, and use him to deliver the other hedgehogs to Robotnik.
Sonic returns to the group with little memory of where he's been, saying only that he chased a Flybot and it got away. The others say that they plan to use the cannons mounted on the roof of the van to shoot the bugs. That night, Sonic is stung and reports in to Robotnik, revealing their location. A short while later, Manic wakes up (Sonic is back sleeping) and sees Robotnik's forces heading for them, so he drives the tank away before they arrive. Rudy says to hide the tank in a cave he knows. On the way, Sonic is stung again and reports in to Robotnik, but he isn't able to tell Robotnik where the hedgehogs are going before Sonia spots him and takes the radio. They realize he has been stung and find the bug in his pouch, which Manic destroys with Sonic's guitar brooch.
Manic and Rudy develop a plan to destroy the bugs. They intend to use the van as bait to lead the bugs to a place Rudy knows where they can be destroyed. While Rudy drives, the hedgehog siblings sing a song in the back of the van, which attracts the bugs' attention the same way real bugs are attracted to sweet smells. They reach an area in the middle of an electrical storm. Sonic leaves the van and flies around on Manic's thermal surfboard, luring a group of bugs into the storm where they are destroyed by a lightning strike (Sonic is also struck four times). The other bugs are blasted by the other Freedom Fighters with the van's cannons.
Rudy and the others return to the village, where everything has been burned. However, some Freedom Fighters begin to emerge from the wreckage, including a female lizard named Sheila. She explains that Swatbots burned the village, but some of them escaped. Rudy is glad to be reunited with them.
==Quotes==
: Sleet: So as you see, sir, a full dose lasts an hour or so. Plenty of time to restrain the prisoners and roboticize them!
: Robotnik: Excellent!
: Sleet: The fly-bots are working just as you planned.
: Robotnik: [snickers] Sometimes I'm awed by my own brilliance! What of the Freedom Fighter village?
: Sleet: Burned to a cinder, sir! Just as you ordered.
: Robotnik: Ha! And what news of the Queen and King?
: Sleet: Er, well, we haven't been able to raise the stealth bot on the radio.
: Robotnik: D'oh! Blithering incompetent! Find that stealth bot or I'll turn you into a can opener!
: Sleet: [gasps] I understand, sir.
: Dingo: Look what I found.
: Robotnik: Well, well, Prince Sonic Hedgehog, my honored guest! [chuckles] I am pleased. Do come in.
: Sonic: I am your humble servant, sir.
: Sleet: I believe he's a fly-bot victim, sir. You see the sting mark?
: Robotnik: Ha!
: Sonic: At your service, Doctor Robotnik.
: Robotnik: Excellent, sweet hedgehog! Because I have a very important job for you.
: Sonic: Anything for you, sir.
: Robotnik: We need to extend the effects though. Give me one of the modified fly-bots! [Sleet gives him an upgraded fly-bot] To redose, we'll simply activate a radio signal, and the fly-bot will administer a microdose with its stinger.
: Sleet: So, just before the effects wear off, we drop him in the outback?
: Robotnik: Exactly. Then he'll deliver the hedgehogs to us. Bow before me, Prince Sonic.
: [Sonic bows to Robotnik. The doctor then takes his hands in his own.]
: Robotnik: Ah, loyalty! You've gotta love it. [laughs]
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: Sonic: Huh? [marches outside and gets out a walkie-talkie] This is Sonic calling Doctor Robotnik. Come in.
: Manic: [gasps] [checks Sonic] Huh? [heads outside to a rumbling noise] Hmm... [runs to a clifftop and sees many vehicles approaching] Time to launch some major haunch!
: Sonia: But how did Robotnik know?
: Manic: Oh, I'm clueless, sis. Rudy, we need a place to hide this tank. Any ideas?
: Rudy: There's a cave just south of here. They won't find us there.
: Sonia: What's that? [Sonic walks away] Huh? [Sonic grabs a walkie-talkie and enters the toilet] Sonic, you all right?
: Sonic: Doctor Robotnik. This is Sonic. Over.
: Robotnik: I hope you have good news for me, Hedgehog.
: Sonic: They know you're comin'. They're headed for-
: Sonia: Sonic, what are you doing?!
: Sonic: Must contact Robotnik.
: Sonia: Oh my gosh!
: Robotnik: Sonic! Come in! Where are they heading? I repeat: where are your siblings heading?! [the signal is lost] Dahhh! [throws the walkie-talkie] NO!
: Manic: Sonic? Talkin' to Robuttnik?
: Sonia: He's obviously been stung by one of those disgusting fly-bot things.
: Sonic: Hey guys, what's up? [indicates the walkie-talkie] What are you doin' with that?
: Manic: You don't know? [the team enters the cave] So you don't remember talkin' to Robuttnik?
: Sonic: Oh man, that's way past uncool! I wouldn't talk to Robotnik! Why would I?
: Rudy: Because you were stung by a fly-bot which makes you loyal to Robotnik.
: Sonic: I was stung by a fly-bot? I don't remember bein' stung by a... [the sting takes effect again] flybot...
: Robotnik: (voice) Prince Sonic Hedgehog...
: Manic: I've heard that sound before!
: Rudy: Me too.
: Sonic: Must contact Doctor Robotnik.
: Sonia: It's coming from the fanny pack you gave him, Manic!
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: Rudy: Everything's gone.
: Sonia: Rudy, look!
: Rudy: Sheila, you're alive!
: Sheila: Rudy!
: Rudy: Oh, I'm so glad you're safe.
: Sheila: Oh, it's great to see ya, mate! SWATbots burned the village, but we got away.
: Rudy: Where are the others?
: Sonia: Well, we got rid of the fly-bots, but we missed Mother and Father... again!
: Manic: No biggie. We'll catch up to them. But in the meantime... [looks at Sonic] Now bro, about your goin' solo...
: Sonic: I know, I know, dumb idea. From now on, it's all for one and one for... Robotnik. Must contact Robotnik.
: Sonia: Oh my gosh!
: Sonic: Gotcha!
: Manic: [gasps]
: Sonic: [laughs]
: Manic and Sonia: [laughs]
==Trivia==
*Sonic says that the Flybots have "full metal jackets", a reference to the 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket.
*One of the biggest departures from the original episode is who gets stung by the Flybots. It's not Manic, but it is instead Sonic that is stung.
*Sonic's brief loyalty towards Robotnik is what inspires Robotnik to create Metal Sonic later in the series.
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