The Ridiculous Epic Spy Operation/Sewer Search

**The Ridiculous Epic Spy Operation** (or **Sewer Search**) is the forty-fourth episode of Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Characters

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Sally Acorn
* Cream the Rabbit
* Cheese the Chao
* Rouge the Bat
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Amy Rose
* Shadow the Hedgehog
* Hope Kintobor
* Payback Fox
* Maria Robotnik
* Shard the Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* NICOLE (Mentioned)
* Shade the Echidna (Mentioned)
* Dulcy the Dragon (Mentioned)
* Mighty the Armadillo
* Vanilla the Rabbit (Does not speak)
* Scourge the Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* Emerl
* Christopher Thorndyke
* Chuck Thorndyke
* Ella (Mentioned)
* Danny
* Frances
* Helen
* Mr. Stewart
* Topaz McCarther
* Michael K.
* Christina Cooper
* Doctor Eggman
* Decoe
* Bocoe
* Bokkun
* Grounder
* Scratch
* Coconuts
* Rachael Hops
* Blake Prisma
* Brandon Mutt
* E-71 Egg Spider

## Plot

This episode starts with Michael K. realizing that Eggman and his minions escaped from prison and they have to catch him again. Hope notes that would be easier said than done, and Shadow notes that while G.U.N. has technology on par with Eggman, it would still be very difficult. Rouge admits that according to Eggman’s schemes, the phrase “no news is good news” does not apply to him as he’s planning something big when he's not drawing attention to himself. Payback also mentions Eggman’s as persistent at Scourge. Chrsitina asks if there’s any sightings of Eggman and Michael admits they’ve got agents searching everywhere. When Michael tells Team Dark they will get a reward of some kind, but, Rouge admits the job would be difficult. Hope admits she can’t terminate Eggman as he’s family and Topaz notes that she’s got the moral high ground over Eggman.

Unknown to the children at the local school, Mr. Stewart is searching for Eggman and Chris, Helen, Frances, and Danny are on their way home. The four kids wonder where Sonic and Sally have gotten to, to which Chris admits that because he saw Sonic carrying Sally bridal style, it was a safe bet that they were on another date. Frances wishes she had an Ability Type, but, Chris admits that Chuck got one himself - Intelligence. The quartet then see that Cream, Cheese, Emerl, and Maria are nearby and Chris notices that Tails isn’t with Cream. A dismayed Cream admits Tails is too sick to come out and her mother didn’t want her near Tails when he was like that. Cream then explains that she, Maria, and Cheese are showing Emerl around the neighborhood and they and Chris explain to the others that Emerl isn’t a robot, but, a Gizoid and that Shard, NICOLE, and Shade found him and he’s 4000 years old.

Hope had joined Mr. Stewart by now and the two were looking at a hollow “tree,” realizing that Grounder and Scratch were hiding there, and the two robots dash off when they had been found out. Unfortunately, the duo see the children, young Mobians, Chao, and Gizorid all rush over to them and Hope and Mr. Stewart lie by saying that the latter was a witness to Eggman’s evil doings. She tells the group to head home and let the capturing of Eggman be kept to Team Dark and the group all leave in disappointment. Hope admits that she didn’t appreciate Mr. Stewart spying on her friends, but, admits it was better safe than sorry. The two decide to tail Eggman in Mr. Stewart’s car.

Meanwhile, Danny suggests to Chris that they all go back to help Hope catch Eggman, but, Chris declines. Frances then gets the idea that Mr. Stewart can drive everyone home, Chris is dragged along by his school friends, and the Mobius residents decide to tag along to keep them out of trouble. Everyone takes Mr. Stewart and Hope by surprise when they hop in the car and Hope explains that “Mr. Stewart was the only person with a vehicle available” as another cover story and decides to discuss punishments later.

Sonic and Sally return from their date and Chuck asks them if they’ve seen Cream, Cheese, Maria, and Chris and explains that Tails is sick. The two Mobians race out to try and find their friends.

Meanwhile, Mr. Stewart, Hope, and their stowaways manage to locate Eggman exiting the taxi and he turns invisible. The young Overlander manages to locate Eggman underground and before Chris can get his friends to back out, Hope insists last time Chris was alone, he was thrown into outer space.

When the group are underground, it’s revealed Eggman’s Inhibitor Rings are gone and the group see a lizard in the car. Unfortunately, Danny is shaken about it after one bit him at the reptile house at the animal park and he’s shaken about bugs after seeing closeups of some in a book. Hope gets the lizard to leave and Danny hopes he wouldn’t have to see lizards or bugs in the future. Before Cream can tell Danny what her own fears are, the group catch up with Eggman. This is a mistake as Eggman traps the boat with the passengers inside.

Above ground, Shadow is keeping a lookout while Topaz, Rouge, and Payback are eating some ice cream. Things are going well, when Shadow receives a distress call from Maria. He calls out to Sonic and Sally and tells them what’s going on. The blue hedgehog and squrrielmunk speculate that Cream, Cheese, and Chris are among the “others” that Maria mentioned.

While Eggman is gloating over his victory, Scratch, Grounder, Coconuts, Decoe, and Bocoe show up with Mr. Stewart’s spy equipment. Eggman guesses that Mr. Stewart is a spy, but, the kids don’t buy that. Once he and his robots leave, Hope decides to tell everyone the truth. Maria, Emerl, and Hope are the only ones who are not surprised by this claim and Hope admits that no one’s getting their memories wiped. The group wonder how they can escape and Mr. Stewart borrows Helen’s hairpin. When they escape, Chris admits he owes Amy $5 because she thought, correctly, that Mr. Stewart was a spy. Mr. Stewart then manages to open a trap door with a science experiment and Emerl manages to use NICOLE’s Hacker’s Pigtail to hack into the second one. When Eggman’s face shows up, the group are trapped again, and Cream catches sight of Bokkun. The “robot” is shown to have a crush on her, and the group decide to lure him to let Ella know of their whereabouts using his love of food. Bokkun also lets it slip that he knows Tails is sick and Chris realizes that Tails was fine that morning before he left for school. Cream speculates that Bokkun made Tails sick.

While Bokkun is flying out of the manhole, he’s spun around by Sally, Shadow, and Sonic with their speed. When he lets the trio know where their friends are, Shadow calls up the girls to come over, too. Sally mentions that Bokkun can have some strawberry shortcake for telling them what’s happened and he races off.

Back in the sewers, Eggman is showing off his E-71 Egg Spider and is about to attack the group. He doesn’t get very far when Sonic, Shadow, and Sally arrive and topple the robot over. Shadow gets a fake emerald out and uses his Chaos Upper technique and shatters the claw. When the other claw is about to grab Shadow, Sonic pushes him out of the way and gets caught himself. Thankfully, Rouge leaps into the battle with her Agent Eagle kick and knocks Sonic free. Emerl copies Rouge’s technique and attacks the robot and Cream and Cheese leap in with an attack of their own: Chao Arch, denting one of the legs. Emerl kicks the barrier down and everyone is surprised, sans Shadow who’s more impressed than anything. Sonic then gets an idea for him and Shadow to use their flame rings in an Upgrade Item Combo: Nitro Somersault, which causes the Eggmobile to explode. Everyone manages to get out safely and go home.

That evening, Vanilla and Cream are making Tails some soup to help him feel better. Poor Tails is bed ridden with an ice pack and a runny nose.

Meanwhile, Amy is interrogating Bokkun tied in a chair and Amy calls out to Dulcy so she can know for sure if Bokkun is telling the truth. He manages to let the truth out regardless. Mighty then comes out and shakes Bokkun until the Sick Ray falls out of him and he gives it to Amy. She wants to eject Bokkun out next time, but, agrees with Mighty that Tails and Cream should be the ones to do it this time around. Amy hands the ray to Hope so she can reverse it.

Cream is still feeding Tails the soup when Hope comes in with the Sick Ray, now a Health Ray, and fires it at Tails. He feels better immediately and the young couple hug before they head over to show Bokkun out with a new combo move: Twirl-wind. He goes flying out the window as Sonic and Sally congratulate the younger couple. Sonic admits that Bokkun usually goes for bomb pranks, making this was unusual.

Bokkun starts flying home as he stares at a photo of Cream in his locket as the episode ends.

## Differences between this and the real episode

* As well as Topaz and Rouge, others are present for the meeting with Micheal K., such as Shadow, Payback, and Hope. The conversation at the meeting is also expanded.
* The English dub monologue of the president is used.
* Rouge is more serious about the mission rather than admiring what rewards she’d receive.
* The children are asking Chris if he knows where Sonic is per the English dub and Chris admits that Sonic took Sally on a date. In the English dub, Chris doesn’t know where Sonic was going and even HE didn’t know. In the Japanese dub, Chris asked Sonic if he knew where Eggman was and he replied that he didn’t care.
* Maria is with Cream, Cheese. and Emerl and Tails is sick. He was presumably fine in both dubs. Cream also wishes Tails was with her, but, in the episode, she doesn’t seem to mind.
* The conversation with the children and Mobians is expanded to explain Emerl’s ability to copy others and that Chuck has an Ability Type. The children also want Ability Types.
* Decoe and Bocoe were in the tree in the episode. Here, it was Scratch and Grounder.
* Hope is with Mr. Stewart and she covers the story that Mr. Stewart was an eye witness to Eggman’s misdeeds.
* Danny tries to pinch Mr. Stewart’s binoculars in the episode. He doesn’t here.
* Hope admits she wasn’t pleased with Mr. Stewart spying on her friends. No one finds out the truth in the real episodes.
* The kids don’t find out that Eggman is on the loose until after they get back to the car. In the episode, Danny spots him through the binoculars.
* Chris isn’t willing to go along with the mission in this episode, but, in the real episode, he was as eager as the others. In addition, Frances decides that Mr. Stewart can drive everyone home in this episode.
* Cream, Maria, and Emerl all agree to tag along if only to keep the human kids out of danger. In the episode, Cream, Cheese and Emerl all tag along for fun.
* Sonic is relaxing on the roof by the time we see him again in the episode, but, in this episode, he and Sally have just gotten back from their date.
* Mr. Stewart finds Eggman with a stethoscope in the real episode. In this episode, Hope realizes Eggman’s using holographic camouflage and her DigiTab shows he’s underground.
* Danny’s fear of bugs and lizards is explained.
* Rouge and Topaz are slacking off in the real episode, eating ice cream. While they and Payback are still eating ice cream here, it’s implied they are on a break, while Shadow is standing on the lookout.
* Sonic finds out everyone’s in the sewers when Bokkun tells him. In this episode, Shadow has a telepathic vision showing Maria in distress.
* Shadow calls out to Sonic and Sally in this episode and explains the situation. In the real episode, Sonic merely rushes past Topaz and Rouge a few times before they ask him what’s going on.
* The children find out the truth about Mr. Stewart and Chris admits he owes Amy $5. They don’t in the episode.
* Bocoe and Decoe are with Team S6 in this episode. In the real episode, they are alone.
* Frances jokes about Mr. Stewart being like James Bond in this episode. She merely imagines him being this way in the real episode.
* Bocoe and Decoe don’t cry in this episode, while they do in the real one.
* Mr. Stewart uses his computer to hack into the system in the real episode. Here, Emerl copies NICOLE’s technique to hack into the system.
* It’s here we find out about Bokkun’s crush on Cream instead of later in the series.
* Bokkun is the one who made Tails sick, while he didn’t do that in the real episode.
* Shadow and Sally also make Bokkun spin alongside Sonic.
* Sally is the one to tempt Bokkun with strawberry shortcake instead of Sonic. In the Japanese dub, it’s simply a strawberry cake.
* Mr. Stewart asks if anyone has a hairpin he could borrow instead of simply grabbing it off Helen.
* Shadow transmits a message to Topaz, Rouge and Payback that Eggman is in the sewer, instead of Bokkun telling Topaz and Rouge.
* Sonic, Shadow and Sally knock the robot over instead of Sonic.
* Shadow takes out the first claw with Chaos Upper, and Sonic manages to save Shadow from being grabbed by the second one.
* Instead of saying she’ll fight without actually doing it, Cream launches into battle with Cheese.
* Rouge’s kick is Agent Eagle, not Screw Kick like in the real episode.
* Shadow and Sonic use an Upgrade Item Combo - Nitro Somersault, to take out the Eggmobile instead of it merely malfunctioning.
* The ending is very different. Instead of Bokkun eating Ella’s baked goods, Vanilla and Cream make Tails some soup while Amy interrogates the “robot.” When Mighty gives Hope the Sick Ray, she reverses it, heals Tails and Tails and Cream toss Bokkun out of the building. Bokkun also shows his photo of Cream in his locket.

## Trivia

* There is a fourth wall break with Racheal, Brandon, and Blake talking about how the series was delayed - Rachael admits her creator was making Thomas stories with her friend, Zack. Brandon also explains that the Chaos Emerald mashup will be longer and very different.