Huge Home Electronics Panic!!/Mean Machines

**Huge Home Electronics Panic!!** (Or, **Mean Machines**) is the forty-third episode of Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Characters

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Miles "Tails" Prower (Does not speak)
* Amy Rose
* Cream the Rabbit
* Cheese the Chao
* Maria Robotnik
* Sally Acorn
* Shade the Echidna
* Rotor Walrus
* Antoine D’Coolette
* Bunnie D’Coolette
* Mighty the Armadillo
* Ray the Flying Squirrel
* Manic the Hedgehog
* Sonia the Hedgehog
* NICOLE
* Shard the Hedgehog
* Marine the Raccoon
* Blaze the Cat
* Silver the Hedgehog
* Vector the Crocodile
* Espio the Chameleon
* Charmy Bee
* Saffron Bee
* Liza the Chameleon (Does not speak)
* Dulcy the Dragon (Does not speak)
* Mina Mongoose (Does not speak)
* Vanilla the Rabbit
* Chocola the Chao
* Jules Hedgehog
* Queen Aleena Hedgehog/Bernadette Hedgehog
* Sir Charles Hedgehog
* Sleet
* Dingo
* Brandon Mutt (Voice only)
* Hope Kintobor
* Emerl
* E-02 Heavy the Robot
* E-03 Bomb
* Christopher Thorndyke
* Chuck Thorndyke
* Nelson Thorndyke
* Lindsey Thorndyke
* Mr. Tanaka
* Ella
* Scarlet Garcia
* Miranda Curtis (only appearance)
* Dr. Eggman
* Snively Robotnik
* Decoe
* Bocoe
* Bokkun
* Scratch
* Grounder
* Coconuts (Does not speak)
* E-69 Gatyameca (only appearance)
* Cucky
* Ricky
* Pecky

## Plot

This episode starts with the day being very quiet, almost too quiet as a Cucky, Ricky, and Pecky all run around the Chaotix’s house and a young human couple. While that’s happening, Sonic and Sally are running up a building together. The blue hedgehog sees something from the top and decides he and Sally should investigate what’s going on below. They come across another convention dedicated to the Freedom Fighters, but, much to Sonic’s frustration, he’s overshadowing all his friends in the convention without even trying. Suddenly, fans start flocking toward the Mobian couple and Sonic and Sally decide to bail out, losing the stampede.

At a company tower, Nelson is typing on his computer when his secretary, Miranda, walks into the office. She mentions there’s a few documents he should look at and he wishes for them to be sent in, only for the few documents to be a *lot* of documents. A lot of complaints were sent in about how appliances work and this was because of the Freedom Movement that started since the Egg Moon debacle four days prior, as is seen in Scarlet’s latest news report. Many of the employees have left the company so they can start Sonic fanclubs and the ones that didn't have been talking about Sonic so much that they failed to notice the quality of their work has dropped. The company is in danger of bankruptcy and Nelson decides to take action to fix things. Suddenly, he gets a call from Ella about Chris being sick with a cold. She says he’s recovering quickly, but, Nelson decides to return home despite Ella mentioning Maria can heal Chris a bit, hanging up the phone in the process. At this point, Hope enters with her distant cousin at her side and Ella explains that Nelson and Lindsey have a system when worried about Chris’ well-being. Hope remarks that the Thorndyke’s wedding anniversary has been proof of that, on the second one she was tasked to remodel an entire section of Twinkle Park in dedication to Lindsey. Maria thinks it’s sweet they care so much for Chris and each other (much to the human’s embarrassment) when Jules drops in saying if the Thorndykes continued to drop everything when Chris was sick, nothing would get done. Maria realizes this is an issue and Ella asks the Overlander-turned-Mobian if she can heal Chris. She says she’ll give it a try.

Down at the prison, Eggman is with most of his minions, who are moving appliances around for Eggman to mend. They get put into a moving van. Sleet then gets bumped by Grounder, causing him to drop the toaster ovens he was carrying. Scratch wonders they are doing this and Eggman explains it’s because Sonic and his friends had sabotaged Eggman’s plans since he was on Earth, the Freedom Movement had started, Sonic wasn’t even trying to receive public attention, and the public was either quitting their jobs or continued to decrease the quality of products due to their distractions talking about Sonic. On top of that, Eggman’s intelligence had gone all the way down to an average human’s intelligence because of the Inhibitor Rings Maria forced onto him. He was also not recognized as anything besides being a threat to society. Dingo asks why need to do the dirty work and Eggman replies that they own a debt to the “backwards” society. Sleet reveals a plan, in that Snively anticipated the rescue wouldn’t go so well because Team S6 were so incompetent, so, Snively gave Sleet some Nanite Battle Chips salvaged from E-69 Gatyameca that Eggman subconsciously placed into the repaired items. Eggman then praises Sleet on being his second most competent lackey next to Snively, but, Sleet reminds him there’s work to be done.

At the Thorndyke Mansion, Mr. Tanaka gets a vacuum cleaner delivered and he rushes off without tipping the delivery guy, while Shade lectures her new friends on how Gizoids like Emerl work. Rotor is surprised to learn they were made 4000 years ago and Antoine is intrigued by it. Amy asks if “prefect” meant anything in Shade’s old language and she replied it meant “elemental,” and Bunnie understood. Ella comes out with more refreshments and Chuck asks how Chris is doing and Ella explains he’s taking a nap with Maria and Hope watching over him. Ella also admits she called Nelson about things. Mighty and Ray both remember when Chris broke his ankle once and how his parents overreacted. “Bernadette” comments that the parents need to learn restraint and Vanilla comments that while she loves her daughter, she still allows her to grow and learn on her own. Mr. Tanaka returns with Ella’s vacuum cleaner and Sir Charles comments that the Intelligence-Types could have fixed it for her, but, Ella says she needs to use the membership to the company as she hasn’t in a long time. Chuck admits he’s trying to figure out what’s wrong with Emerl and Cream hopes he’s not sick, though, Shade reveals that Gizoids don’t get ill the same way organic beings can. Emerl starts repeating words the group say, much to Amy’s surprise, though, Shade explains that’s all his power can take right now and he doesn’t have his memory. Shade suspects it has to do with the Argus Event which Emerl induced to wipe the memory of all the Gizoids and only her clan has access to computers capable of reprogramming them, thus reverting back to his basic form. She also warns that the more combat Emerl partakes in, the more aggressive he will become. The group hear the sound of helicopters and Nelson and Lindsey rush in to check in on their son.

Hope tries to explain to the human couple that everyone gets colds and Chris will recover soon, but, as the parents try to explain they couldn’t concentrate on work, Jules tells them off for leaving work at the drop of a hat. He knows full well what it was like to be separated from his children and wished he could have been there, but, was proud of the triplets and what they became. He also tells them there is work to be done and Nelson shouldn’t pin the blame on Sonic for trying to steal attention away from work and it’s as much Nelson’s fault for neglecting his own job as it is for his employees. Nelson reluctantly chooses to leave the house and takes Lindsey back to work, too.

While all this is happening, Ella is talking to Chuck about preparing Chris his favorite cherry pie and the vacuum cleaner is pinning the battle chips onto the appliances in the Thorndyke’s kitchen. Hope is quietly contemplating her uncle’s misdeeds, much to the confusion of Maria and Amy as they feel Eggman’s in jail with Inhibitor Rings, incapable of causing problems. Hope is revealed to be right when the beater starts moving on its own. Hope quickly uses her EMP on the beater to stop it and finds a Nanite Battle Chip on the beater. The Overlander asks Manic for confirmation on if Sleet and Dingo were on Earth and he says yes and they are working for “Snobbly.” Vanilla remarks they need to get rid of the Battle Chip, but, Hope realizes the beater didn’t have one before the vacuum returned from the repair shop. Amy and Cream realize the vacuum has been planting the chips all over the mansion and Hope quickly stops the fridge with her EMP. She asks NICOLE to scan the mansion for more chips and a whole group of them are heading for Chris’ room. Before they could move, the beater comes back to life and Shard quickly uses his Cyber End move on it and Mighty reminds the group they need to help Chris.

They head up to Chris’ room, and before anyone could do anything, Emerl uses the Cyber End move on the appliances himself, much to everyone’s (sans Shade’s) shock. The echidna explains that Emerl is a Mimic-Type, a common Gizoid trait. The appliances begin to reassemble just as Marine enters the room. After Vanilla explains the situation, Marine quickly uses her Water Gun technique to short circuit the appliances, leaving Hope wondering why she didn’t come up with that. Marine then lays down a surfboard and levitates water until she can ride on it. Sonia tries to protest against this, but, Marine is off, surprisingly leaving the others dry. Silver admits that Marine’s water powers only allow her to attack what she wants to and leaves anything else free from it. Hope realizes that it’s not just the mansion having problems and if her guess is correct, Gatyameca would be giant. Blaze figures they’d better help the citizens and NICOLE decides to call Sonic and Sally.

Outside, Sonic and Sally’s day had gone from annoying to weird as they were battling a squadron of sentient toasters, a sentence Sally never thought she’d say. They quickly get a call from NICOLE, asking them if they are near water. Sally catches sight of a lake and NICOLE advises they fight closer to it as water can short out their electrical circuits. At this, Sonic uses his Magic Gloves & Bounce Bracelet and Sally uses her Grapple Whip to toss some toasters into the lake. Sonic then gets the idea to use both their Upgrade Items at the same time, and they create a Magi-Grapple Hand Bind, an Upgrade Item combo. Sally congratulates Sonic on the idea.

In prison, Eggman and his minions are playing poker. Decoe manages to win, much to Eggman’s disgruntlement as he still has the Inhibitor Rings on and Bocoe comments on Eggman being a sore loser. A piece of ceiling falls onto Decoe’s head and Bokkun ends up flying through the crack, announcing Snively’s come to bust them out. Everyone is put into the Eggmobiles and they fly away, leaving Scratch wondering why they didn’t break out sooner. Eggman admits humans aren’t that stupid.

Back in Station Square, Sonic and Sally are still attacking more appliances and telling the humans to find more water to short circuit them, and asking the fire chief for water to help. He agrees and then the Mobian couple runs into the Chaotix, Vector remarking Eggman was written all over it, causing Charmy to be sarcastic. Sonic and Sally explain they should short circuit everything with water, causing Heavy to open the nearby fire hydrant to spray everything. Eggman and Snively arrive in their Eggmobiles, revealing the water supply is being shut down, which would hinder the heroes greatly. Just then, Marine zips by and Saffron warns everyone to get back. Much to everyone’s surprise, the water misses the heroes and buildings, but, the appliances and villains are soaked, Espio comments it was very helpful, though. Eggman is shocked as the water supply was being cut off and the Eggmobile activates its “Haphazard flying autopilot mode.” Decoe and Bocoe wonder why such a mode was put onto the Eggmobile at all, much to Eggman’s chagrin, and Bokkun flies after them. Snively decides to call it quits and flies away. Vector says that the war will end with the heroes winning and Bomb says something Vector can’t understand, but, he likes the way he said it.

At the Thorndyke Mansion, Marine is dehydrated and Ella gives her some water. She decides to bathe for a while to rehydrate herself. Chuck hopes Emerl didn’t copy the water techniques from Marine and Shade admits that only Prefect Gizoids can do that. Bunnie and Shade are glad they don’t have to worry about unexpected floods as the episode ends.

## Differences between this and the real episode

* In the original episode, Sonic hates everyone chasing him and seems merely confused at his fame. In this episode, while Sonic appreciates the recognition, he is upset *he’s* the one getting the most recognition and his friends are tossed to the side.
* The Japanese name for Nelson’s secretary, Miranda, is used, not Suzy.
* Nelson laughs in the original episode about Sonic’s fame before going on with his statement about it being ridiculous. He doesn’t laugh here.
* The original episode had Nelson blame Sonic for his company losing his reputation. He doesn’t here, but, still acts irrationally about Chris being sick.
* Ella and Chris both raise concerns about Nelson coming home in this episode. They don’t in the original. Nelson’s conversation with Miranda is cut shorter.
* Nelson picking up Lindsey is also dropped from the episode, instead showing Hope, Maria, and Jules come into the room raising concern for Chris’ parents acting irrationally. Maria is also asked to heal Chris a little.
* Instead of Eggman disassembling and repairing Bocoe, Sleet trips over Grounder and drops the appliances he was carrying.
* Instead of just blaming Sonic, Eggman blames all the Freedom Fighters for his predicament and the fact he’s seen as just a threat to Earth.
* We get more details on Sleet’s plan with the Nanite Battle Chips. Furthermore, Sleet comes up with the idea in this episode, while Eggman came up with the idea on his own in the real episode.
* The chips were salvaged from E-69 Gatyameca.
* Thanks to Shade, the group are starting to understand Emerl’s capabilities a lot more and his role is expanded.
* Cream suggested she and Cheese take care of Emerl in the real episode, but, that doesn’t happen here thanks to Shade’s information.
* Chuck tries to get Chuck and Lindsey to go back to work, but, it doesn’t go to plan and Chris’ parents and Chuck end up in a fight which Chris tries to stop. Nelson eventually does go back to work on his own. Jules does so here and he manages to get Chris’ parents to get back to work successfully.
* Instead of Chuck, Hope explains that it’s just a common cold.
* Everyone bakes the pie together in the real episode. In this one, Ella goes to make it herself.
* Emerl copies Sonic’s Spin Dash in the real episode, but, he copies Shard’s Cyber End move in this one after seeing Shard destroy the beater. A different Gizoid copied Sonic’s Spin Dash in the previous episode. Furthermore Sonic wasn’t even in the house during this episode. Emerl does save Chris both times, though.
* Amy fights off some random cans of food in the real episode and hits the fridge. The cans don’t attack anyone here and Hope stops the fridge and beater with her EMP weapon for a few moments.
* Thanks to Marine’s water powers, she manages to short circuit the appliances in the house instead of the emergency sprinkler systems.
* Sonic and Sally were already fighting the toasters outside. In the real episode, Sonic has to rush outside to do so.
* The water supply was shut off much earlier in the original episode.
* Some of the dialogue while Eggman and his minions were playing poker was a little different.
* Sonic ran into Knuckles who was fighting household appliances in the real episode. In this one, he and Sally run into all the Chaotix except Knuckles and Julie-Su, who were busy guarding the Master Emerald at the time.
* Tails and Amy fly Nelson to the water bureau to turn the water supply back on as well as help fight through the appliances and Chuck, Lindsey, Chris, Mr. Tanaka, Nelson, Amy, and Tails turn the valve to open the sluicegate. Thanks to Marine, this wasn’t as urgent a concern.
* The episode ends with a joke about clean up being a piece of cake, or pie as Chris puts it. This story ends with Marine rehydrating herself with a drink and bath.

## Trivia

* Most of, if not all the Thorndyke residents know about “Bernadette” truly being Queen Aleena, but, she takes this disguise out of habit.
* A Phineas and Ferb reference is made with the “how did that miss us” line.