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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Even with the underwater suits, Team Sonic are not used to underwater combat and struggle against the Crab Bots, some of Eggman's most basic robots. They nearly drown Sonic and have Amy & Knuckles pinned down with little effort.
** Sonic attempts to get over his fear of water, leading to him being forced to scuba dive to help stop Dr. Eggman's plan to flood their village with a wave machine. At the end after they have stopped Eggman's latest evil plan, Tails thinks that Sonic's overcome his fear, but Sonic points out that it's only gotten ''worse'', especially since he almost drowned during the fight.
** Even with the underwater suits, Team Sonic are not used to underwater combat and struggle against the Crab Bots, some of Eggman's most basic robots. They nearly drown Sonic and have Amy & Knuckles pinned down with little effort.
** Sonic attempts to get over his fear of water, leading to him being forced to scuba dive to help stop Dr. Eggman's plan to flood their village with a wave machine. At the end after they have stopped Eggman's latest evil plan, Tails thinks that Sonic's overcome his fear, but Sonic points out that it's only gotten ''worse'', especially since he almost drowned during the fight.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: When Amy scolds Sonic when he admits he skipped out on swimming lessons, he at first responds indignantly that they had wanted to put him in the beginners' class, implying that he feels that being made to learn alongside little kids was beneath him... and then his tone turns slightly fearful as he explains that five-year-olds [[KidsAreCruel "can be so cruel when they sense weakness."]]
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Team Sonic gets their meal from Meh Burger offscreen and sits at a table just outside Tails' Workshop to enjoy it, with Sonic suggesting more activities... that don't so much as involve the name "Eggman". Amy can tell Sonic's stalling, and eventually, the whole team's knowing stares force him to admit he never learned to swim. Amy reminds him that he promised he would, but he just couldn't take swimming classes because the children they'd inevitably place him with would mock him. Tails changes the subject, saying he figured Eggman would try an underwater plan and made high-tech wetsuits for the entire team ahead of time for such an occasion. Later, Sonic's dressed in his wetsuit and attempts to take to the waves, but his body just won't let him, even when pushed by Tails, Knuckles, and Sticks. Amy, meanwhile, stays back and watches, convinced Sonic's phobia is more serious than they thought; she concludes they'll need professional help to persuade him that there's nothing to fear.
Later, at Amy's House, they've found that professional help in the form of Soar the Eagle, who attempts to convince Sonic that water is completely harmless by dipping his fingers into a cup of the stuff. But despite his best efforts, he accidentally flings some into an outlet, causing a fire that the team is quickly able to put out. Soar tries again, taking a wetsuit-clad Sonic out to sea in a boat and saying he has a system to help him get over his fear. Step one... is abruptly push the hedgehog out of the boat and leave him to fend for himself. Smooth. Nothing to worry about, though-- Sonic has a flotation device... which he pops involuntarily with one of his quills as he flails about. Seeing no other options, Sonic decides to face his fear and dives under the waves just as his team shows up in Tails' Plane to support him, with Amy and Knuckles joining him in their own wetsuits while Tails and Sticks stay nice and dry in the plane. When contacted by Amy on his Communicator, he admits things aren't as bad as he thought, but really, he's still on edge.
The wait was so long for Eggman, apparently, that he decided he'd rather not suffer through it awake, as he's asleep when the team finally arrives. Amy remedies that with a quick knock on the glass dome surrounding the Eggmobile, telling him that Sonic's conquered his fear and is ready to stop him. Eggman remains unconvinced, however, worrying his arch-nemesis by describing in excruciating detail the many, ''many'' gallons of water around him... and also revealing he brought Crab Bots with him. The team, as usual, fights off the bots without a problem-- nah, we're kidding. They're unused to underwater physics and are unable to so much as make a dent in the army using their usual moves. Sonic decides it's better to retreat and swims into some nearby seaweed to lose the Crab Bots. But Eggman's not about to let him escape, so he fires a laser from the Eggmobile at a nearby coral reef, destroying it and burying Sonic up to his neck in rocks. To make matters worse, the immobile hedgehog's air hose ''is snipped apart by a Crab Bot'', and with no oxygen supply, he slowly begins to ''drown''. His desperate gasps for air leave no doubt-- Sonic the Hedgehog is in ''serious'' danger this time.
Amy knows it, immediately informing Tails of this dire turn of events, but the child genius says he didn't bring a backup hose, so he quickly improvises by grabbing a hose from his plane's cooling system. With no time to waste, Sticks steps up to deliver it and dives into the ocean. ''Without a wetsuit''. As Amy and Knuckles struggle with the Crab Bots and can do nothing but watch Sonic continue to drown, the badger races against time to reach her teammates and, despite getting her leg briefly caught in some seaweed, manages to hand the replacement hose to Amy and destroy a Crab Bot before swimming for the surface. After a tense few moments, she surfaces, taking in a much-needed gulp of air and knowing her gamble paid off. At last, Amy and Knuckles break free of the Crab Bots, allowing Amy to replace Sonic's air hose; as the two free him from the rubble, he knows he might have been seconds away from a watery grave.
But Eggman won't let Sonic take a breather yet; he proudly introduces his newest mechanical minions, created specifically for underwater combat: Shark Bots. Undeterred, Sonic lures the metallic sharks to him and fashions reins out of the nearby seaweed to control two of them. Tails guides him, saying there's a weakness on the bottom-right of Eggman's wave machine; Sonic steers the Shark Bots into it, while the two unguided Shark Bots slam into the Eggmobile, putting a large crack in its watertight barrier. The wave machine topples, and a happy Tails says it now points away from the Village. Their job done, Team Sonic leaves in Tails' Plane as the machine generates a wave that sends a screaming Eggman crashing onto his island; defeated once again, he looks over to find his lair destroyed by the wave and hopes his flood-insurance policy covers this.
Meanwhile, Team Sonic has returned to Tails' Workshop, where the fox himself asks Sonic if the underwater experience has cured his fear. You'd expect the answer to be "yes", right? Wrong-- Sonic's ''still'' an aquaphobe; in fact, no doubt because of his near-death experience, he says he's even ''more'' scared of water now, and he doesn't even want to ''see'' H[[superscript:2]]O again. Too bad Soar didn't get the memo, because he suddenly returns with step two of his system, which involves splashing the hedgehog with a cup of water. Dripping wet, Sonic shoots an incredibly annoyed glare at the eagle, who asks if this is a bad time to mention his check.
Later, at Amy's House, they've found that professional help in the form of Soar the Eagle, who attempts to convince Sonic that water is completely harmless by dipping his fingers into a cup of the stuff. But despite his best efforts, he accidentally flings some into an outlet, causing a fire that the team is quickly able to put out. Soar tries again, taking a wetsuit-clad Sonic out to sea in a boat and saying he has a system to help him get over his fear. Step one... is abruptly push the hedgehog out of the boat and leave him to fend for himself. Smooth. Nothing to worry about, though-- Sonic has a flotation device... which he pops involuntarily with one of his quills as he flails about. Seeing no other options, Sonic decides to face his fear and dives under the waves just as his team shows up in Tails' Plane to support him, with Amy and Knuckles joining him in their own wetsuits while Tails and Sticks stay nice and dry in the plane. When contacted by Amy on his Communicator, he admits things aren't as bad as he thought, but really, he's still on edge.
The wait was so long for Eggman, apparently, that he decided he'd rather not suffer through it awake, as he's asleep when the team finally arrives. Amy remedies that with a quick knock on the glass dome surrounding the Eggmobile, telling him that Sonic's conquered his fear and is ready to stop him. Eggman remains unconvinced, however, worrying his arch-nemesis by describing in excruciating detail the many, ''many'' gallons of water around him... and also revealing he brought Crab Bots with him. The team, as usual, fights off the bots without a problem-- nah, we're kidding. They're unused to underwater physics and are unable to so much as make a dent in the army using their usual moves. Sonic decides it's better to retreat and swims into some nearby seaweed to lose the Crab Bots. But Eggman's not about to let him escape, so he fires a laser from the Eggmobile at a nearby coral reef, destroying it and burying Sonic up to his neck in rocks. To make matters worse, the immobile hedgehog's air hose ''is snipped apart by a Crab Bot'', and with no oxygen supply, he slowly begins to ''drown''. His desperate gasps for air leave no doubt-- Sonic the Hedgehog is in ''serious'' danger this time.
Amy knows it, immediately informing Tails of this dire turn of events, but the child genius says he didn't bring a backup hose, so he quickly improvises by grabbing a hose from his plane's cooling system. With no time to waste, Sticks steps up to deliver it and dives into the ocean. ''Without a wetsuit''. As Amy and Knuckles struggle with the Crab Bots and can do nothing but watch Sonic continue to drown, the badger races against time to reach her teammates and, despite getting her leg briefly caught in some seaweed, manages to hand the replacement hose to Amy and destroy a Crab Bot before swimming for the surface. After a tense few moments, she surfaces, taking in a much-needed gulp of air and knowing her gamble paid off. At last, Amy and Knuckles break free of the Crab Bots, allowing Amy to replace Sonic's air hose; as the two free him from the rubble, he knows he might have been seconds away from a watery grave.
But Eggman won't let Sonic take a breather yet; he proudly introduces his newest mechanical minions, created specifically for underwater combat: Shark Bots. Undeterred, Sonic lures the metallic sharks to him and fashions reins out of the nearby seaweed to control two of them. Tails guides him, saying there's a weakness on the bottom-right of Eggman's wave machine; Sonic steers the Shark Bots into it, while the two unguided Shark Bots slam into the Eggmobile, putting a large crack in its watertight barrier. The wave machine topples, and a happy Tails says it now points away from the Village. Their job done, Team Sonic leaves in Tails' Plane as the machine generates a wave that sends a screaming Eggman crashing onto his island; defeated once again, he looks over to find his lair destroyed by the wave and hopes his flood-insurance policy covers this.
Meanwhile, Team Sonic has returned to Tails' Workshop, where the fox himself asks Sonic if the underwater experience has cured his fear. You'd expect the answer to be "yes", right? Wrong-- Sonic's ''still'' an aquaphobe; in fact, no doubt because of his near-death experience, he says he's even ''more'' scared of water now, and he doesn't even want to ''see'' H[[superscript:2]]O again. Too bad Soar didn't get the memo, because he suddenly returns with step two of his system, which involves splashing the hedgehog with a cup of water. Dripping wet, Sonic shoots an incredibly annoyed glare at the eagle, who asks if this is a bad time to mention his check.
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Team Sonic gets their meal from Meh Burger offscreen and sits at a table just outside Tails' Workshop to enjoy it, with Sonic suggesting more activities... that don't so much as involve the name "Eggman". Amy can tell Sonic's stalling, and eventually, the whole team's knowing stares force him to admit he never learned to swim. Amy reminds tersely chastises him, reminding him that he promised he would, ''promised'' he'd learn, but Sonic explains that he just couldn't ''couldn't'' take swimming classes because the children they'd inevitably place him with would sense his weakness and mock him. Tails changes the subject, saying that he figured Eggman would try an underwater plan sooner or later and made high-tech wetsuits for the entire team ahead of time for such an occasion. Later, Sonic's dressed in his wetsuit and attempts to take to the waves, but his body just won't let him, even when pushed by Tails, Knuckles, and Sticks. Amy, meanwhile, stays back and watches, convinced Sonic's phobia is more serious than they thought; she concludes they'll need professional help to persuade him that there's nothing to fear.
Later, at Amy's House, they've found that professional help in the form of Soar the Eagle, who attempts to convince Sonic that water is completely harmless by dipping his fingers into a cup of the stuff. But despite his best efforts, he accidentally flings some into an outlet, causing a fire that the team is quickly able to put out. Soar tries again, taking a wetsuit-clad Sonic out to sea in a boat and saying he has a system to help him get over his fear. Step one... is to abruptly push the hedgehog out of the boat and leave him to fend for himself. Smooth. Nothing to worry about, though-- Sonic has a flotation device... which he pops involuntarily with one of his quills as he flailsabout.about in panic. Seeing no other options, Sonic decides to face his fear and dives under the waves just as his team shows up in Tails' Plane to support him, with Amy and Knuckles joining him in their own wetsuits while Tails and Sticks stay nice and dry in the plane. When contacted by Amy on his Communicator, he admits things aren't as bad as he thought, but really, he's still on edge.
The wait was so long for Eggman, apparently, that he decided he'd rather not suffer through it awake, as he's asleep when the team finally arrives. Amy remedies that with a quick knock on the glass dome surrounding the Eggmobile, telling him that Sonic's conquered his fear and is ready to stop him. Eggman remains unconvinced, however, worrying his arch-nemesis by describing in excruciating detail the many, ''many'' gallons of water around him... and also revealing he brought Crab Bots with him. The team, as usual, fights off the bots without a problem-- nah, we're kidding.They're Not ''this'' time; the gang is unused to underwater physics and are finds themselves unable to so much as make a dent ''dent'' in the army using their usual moves. Realizing their chances are slim, Sonic decides it's better to retreat and swims into some nearby seaweed to lose the Crab Bots. But Eggman's not about to let him escape, so he fires a laser from the Eggmobile at a nearby coral reef, destroying it and burying Sonic up to his neck in rocks. To make matters worse, the immobile hedgehog's air hose ''is snipped is ''snipped apart by a Crab Bot'', and with no oxygen supply, he slowly begins to ''drown''. His desperate gasps for air leave no doubt-- doubt: Sonic the Hedgehog is in ''serious'' danger this time.
Knowing the situation has turned dire, Amyknows it, immediately informing informs Tails of this dire turn of events, event, but the child genius says he didn't bring a backup hose, so he quickly improvises by grabbing a hose from his plane's cooling system. With no time to waste, Sticks steps up to deliver it and dives into the ocean. ''Without a wetsuit''. As Amy and Knuckles struggle with the Crab Bots and can do nothing but watch Sonic continue to drown, the badger races against time to reach her teammates and, despite getting her leg briefly caught in some seaweed, manages to hand the replacement hose to Amy and destroy a Crab Bot before swimming for the surface. After a tense few moments, she surfaces, taking in a much-needed gulp of air and knowing her gamble paid off. At last, Amy and Knuckles break free of the Crab Bots, allowing Amy to replace Sonic's air hose; as the two free him from the rubble, he knows he might have been seconds away from a watery grave.
But Eggman won't let Sonic take a breatheryet; yet (ha); he proudly introduces his newest mechanical minions, created specifically for underwater combat: Shark Bots. Undeterred, Sonic lures the metallic sharks to him and fashions reins out of the nearby seaweed to control two of them. Tails guides him, saying there's a weakness on the bottom-right of Eggman's wave machine; Sonic steers the Shark Bots into it, while the two unguided Shark Bots slam into the Eggmobile, putting a large crack in its watertight barrier. The wave machine topples, and a happy Tails says it now points away from the Village. Their job done, Team Sonic leaves in Tails' Plane as the machine generates a wave that sends a screaming Eggman crashing onto his island; defeated once again, he looks over to find his lair destroyed by the wave and hopes his flood-insurance policy covers this.
Meanwhile, Team Sonic has returned to Tails' Workshop, where the fox himself asks Sonic if the underwater experience has cured his fear. You'd expect the answer to be "yes", right? Wrong-- Sonic's ''still'' an aquaphobe; in fact, no doubt because of his near-death experience, he says he's even ''more'' scared of water now, and he doesn't even want to ''see'' H[[superscript:2]]O again. Too bad Soar didn't get the memo, because he suddenly returns with step two of his system, which involves splashing the hedgehog with a cupof of-- you guessed it-- water. Dripping wet, Sonic shoots an incredibly annoyed glare at the eagle, who asks if this is a bad time to mention his check.
Later, at Amy's House, they've found that professional help in the form of Soar the Eagle, who attempts to convince Sonic that water is completely harmless by dipping his fingers into a cup of the stuff. But despite his best efforts, he accidentally flings some into an outlet, causing a fire that the team is quickly able to put out. Soar tries again, taking a wetsuit-clad Sonic out to sea in a boat and saying he has a system to help him get over his fear. Step one... is to abruptly push the hedgehog out of the boat and leave him to fend for himself. Smooth. Nothing to worry about, though-- Sonic has a flotation device... which he pops involuntarily with one of his quills as he flails
The wait was so long for Eggman, apparently, that he decided he'd rather not suffer through it awake, as he's asleep when the team finally arrives. Amy remedies that with a quick knock on the glass dome surrounding the Eggmobile, telling him that Sonic's conquered his fear and is ready to stop him. Eggman remains unconvinced, however, worrying his arch-nemesis by describing in excruciating detail the many, ''many'' gallons of water around him... and also revealing he brought Crab Bots with him. The team, as usual, fights off the bots without a problem-- nah, we're kidding.
Knowing the situation has turned dire, Amy
But Eggman won't let Sonic take a breather
Meanwhile, Team Sonic has returned to Tails' Workshop, where the fox himself asks Sonic if the underwater experience has cured his fear. You'd expect the answer to be "yes", right? Wrong-- Sonic's ''still'' an aquaphobe; in fact, no doubt because of his near-death experience, he says he's even ''more'' scared of water now, and he doesn't even want to ''see'' H[[superscript:2]]O again. Too bad Soar didn't get the memo, because he suddenly returns with step two of his system, which involves splashing the hedgehog with a cup
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Downplayed; the episode still carries the show's humour but the lighthearted tone is mildly dampened as Sonic's fear of water is treated realistically, Eggman's latest scheme is to drown the island with a tidal wave, he revels in taking advantage of Sonic's fear by taunting him, Sonic's oxygen tube is cut by a crab-bot nearly drowning in the process, and by the end of the episode Sonic's fear has gotten worse and is now even more afraid of the water.
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* FlawExploitation: The reason why Eggman was going for this evil scheme to begin with: to take advantage of Sonic's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of water]].
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* FlawExploitation: The reason why Eggman was going for this evil scheme to begin with: to take advantage of because Sonic's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of water]].water]] would make the scheme easy to pull off, and it could end Sonic's life at the same time.
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: One of the rare times Eggman matches his game counterpart in terms of sadism towards Sonic. He psychologically torments Sonic brutally when he's underwater, takes advantage of the team's usual on-land combat skills, planned on sweeping the Island away with a tidal wave, and Sonic nearly ''drowns'' thanks to one of Eggman's crab-bots cutting his oxygen tube!
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: One of the rare times this Eggman matches his game counterpart in terms of sadism towards Sonic. He sadism. His latest evil scheme involves taking advantage of Sonic's fear of water, psychologically torments Sonic brutally when he's underwater, takes advantage of the team's usual on-land combat skills, skills by bringing it to the water, planned on sweeping the Island away with a tidal wave, and Sonic nearly ''drowns'' thanks to one of Eggman's crab-bots cutting his oxygen tube!
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* BigDamnHeroes: The only reason why Sonic doesn't drown is because Sticks delivered a backup tube at the last second.
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* FlawExploitation: The reason why Eggman was going for this evil scheme to begin with: to take advantage of Sonic's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of water]].
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: One of the rare times Eggman matches his game counterpart in terms of sadism towards Sonic. He psychologically torments Sonic brutally when he's underwater, takes advantage of the team's usual on-land combat skills, planned on sweeping the Island away with a tidal wave, and Sonic nearly ''drowns'' thanks to one of Eggman's crab-bots cutting his oxygen tube!
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* SinkOrSwimMentor: Soar the Eagle becomes a ''literal'' example when he tries to teach Sonic how to swim by taking the hedgehog out to the middle of the ocean in a rowboat and shoving him into the water. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] since Sonic is wearing a scuba suit, goggles, an oxygen tank, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking an inner tube shaped like a duck]].
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Eggman has one of his best schemes in this episode. Remembering Sonic's fear of water, he creates a scheme underwater which Sonic and friends nearly fail to foil due to psychological warfare and Team Sonic being out of their depth. He even nearly drowns Sonic by having a Crab Bot cut his oxygen supply.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sonic attempts to get over his fear of water, leading to him being forced to scuba dive to help stop Dr. Eggman's plan to flood their village with a wave machine. At the end after they have stopped Eggman's latest evil plan, Tails thinks that Sonic's overcome his fear, but Sonic points out that it's only gotten ''worse'', especially since he almost drowned during the fight.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: KidsAreCruel: The main reason Sonic never learnt to swim was because kids in the beginners class would make fun of him.
* NearVillainVictory: Eggman and his robots nearly drown Sonic and had Tails not found the weak point of the wave machine, he would have destroyed the village with a tidal wave.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Even with the underwater suits, Team Sonic are not used to underwater combat and struggle against the Crab Bots, some of Eggman's most basic robots. They nearly drown Sonic and have Amy & Knuckles pinned down with little effort.
** Sonic attempts to get over his fear of water, leading to him being forced to scuba dive to help stop Dr. Eggman's plan to flood their village with a wave machine. At the end after they have stopped Eggman's latest evil plan, Tails thinks that Sonic's overcome his fear, but Sonic points out that it's only gotten ''worse'', especially since he almost drowned during the fight.
* NearVillainVictory: Eggman and his robots nearly drown Sonic and had Tails not found the weak point of the wave machine, he would have destroyed the village with a tidal wave.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Even with the underwater suits, Team Sonic are not used to underwater combat and struggle against the Crab Bots, some of Eggman's most basic robots. They nearly drown Sonic and have Amy & Knuckles pinned down with little effort.
** Sonic attempts to get over his fear of water, leading to him being forced to scuba dive to help stop Dr. Eggman's plan to flood their village with a wave machine. At the end after they have stopped Eggman's latest evil plan, Tails thinks that Sonic's overcome his fear, but Sonic points out that it's only gotten ''worse'', especially since he almost drowned during the fight.
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* RealityEnsues: Sonic attempts to get over his fear of water, leading to him being forced to scuba dive to help stop Dr. Eggman's plan to flood their village with a wave machine. At the end after they have stopped Eggman's latest evil plan, Tails thinks that Sonic's overcome his fear, but Sonic points out that it's only gotten ''worse'', especially since he almost drowned during the fight.
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* RealityEnsues: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sonic attempts to get over his fear of water, leading to him being forced to scuba dive to help stop Dr. Eggman's plan to flood their village with a wave machine. At the end after they have stopped Eggman's latest evil plan, Tails thinks that Sonic's overcome his fear, but Sonic points out that it's only gotten ''worse'', especially since he almost drowned during the fight.
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But Eggman won't let Sonic take a breather yet; he proudly introduces his newest mechanical minions, created specifically for underwater combat: Shark Bots. Undeterred, Sonic lures the metallic sharks to him and fashions reins out of the nearby seaweed to control two of them. Tails guides him, saying there's a weakness on the bottom-right of Eggman's wave machine; Sonic steers the Shark Bots into it, while the two unguided Shark Bots slam into the Eggmobile, putting a large crack in its watertight barrier. The wave machine topples, and a happy Tails says it now points away from the Village. Their job done, Team Sonic leaves in Tails' Plane as the machine generates a wave that sends a screaming Eggman crashing onto his island; defeated once again, he looks over to find his lair destroyed by the wave and hopes his flood-insurance policy is covered by this.
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But Eggman won't let Sonic take a breather yet; he proudly introduces his newest mechanical minions, created specifically for underwater combat: Shark Bots. Undeterred, Sonic lures the metallic sharks to him and fashions reins out of the nearby seaweed to control two of them. Tails guides him, saying there's a weakness on the bottom-right of Eggman's wave machine; Sonic steers the Shark Bots into it, while the two unguided Shark Bots slam into the Eggmobile, putting a large crack in its watertight barrier. The wave machine topples, and a happy Tails says it now points away from the Village. Their job done, Team Sonic leaves in Tails' Plane as the machine generates a wave that sends a screaming Eggman crashing onto his island; defeated once again, he looks over to find his lair destroyed by the wave and hopes his flood-insurance policy is covered by covers this.
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Dr. Eggman decides to create a massive tidal wave using a machine operated from the bottom of the ocean, knowing he will have the advantage due to Sonic's fear of the water. Sonic's friends must help him overcome his fear in order to stop Eggman before he destroys the island.
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A periscope rises from the water, and a voice the gang knows all too well spews from it. It's Eggman again, and he reveals his latest plan-- he's made a wave machine and placed it in the ocean, where it'll erupt again in eight hours, this time spawning a tidal wave that'll wipe out the Unnamed Village should Team Sonic be unable to stop him. Team Sonic's
Team Sonic gets their meal from Meh Burger offscreen and sits at a table just outside Tails' Workshop to enjoy it, with Sonic suggesting more activities... that don't so much as involve the name "Eggman". Amy can tell Sonic's stalling, and eventually, the whole team's knowing stares force him to admit he never learned to swim. Amy reminds him that he promised he would, but he just couldn't take swimming classes because the children they'd inevitably place him with would mock him. Tails changes the subject, saying he figured Eggman would try an underwater plan and made high-tech wetsuits for the entire team ahead of time for such an occasion. Later, Sonic's dressed in his wetsuit and attempts to take to the waves, but his body just won't let him, even when pushed by Tails, Knuckles, and Sticks. Amy, meanwhile, stays back and watches, convinced Sonic's phobia is more serious than they thought; she concludes they'll need professional help to persuade him that there's nothing to fear.
Later, at Amy's House, they've found that professional help in the form of Soar the Eagle, who attempts to convince Sonic that water is completely harmless by dipping his fingers into a cup of the stuff. But despite his best efforts, he accidentally flings some into an outlet, causing a fire that the team is quickly able to put out. Soar tries again, taking a wetsuit-clad Sonic out to sea in a boat and saying he has a system to help him
The wait was so long for Eggman, apparently, that he decided he'd rather not suffer through it awake, as he's asleep when the team finally arrives. Amy remedies that with a quick knock on the glass dome surrounding the Eggmobile, telling him that Sonic's conquered his fear and is ready to stop him. Eggman remains unconvinced, however, worrying his arch-nemesis by describing in excruciating detail the many, ''many'' gallons of water around him... and also revealing he brought Crab Bots with him. The team, as usual, fights off the bots without a problem-- nah, we're kidding. They're unused to underwater physics and are unable to so much as make a dent in the army using their usual moves. Sonic decides it's better to retreat and swims into some nearby seaweed to lose the Crab Bots. But Eggman's not about to let him escape, so he fires a laser from the Eggmobile at a nearby coral reef, destroying it and burying Sonic up to his neck in rocks. To make matters worse, the immobile hedgehog's air hose ''is snipped apart by a Crab Bot'', and with no oxygen supply, he slowly begins to ''drown''. His desperate gasps for air leave no doubt-- Sonic the Hedgehog is in ''serious'' danger this time.
Amy knows it, immediately informing Tails of this dire turn of events, but the child genius says he didn't bring a backup hose, so he quickly improvises by grabbing a hose from his plane's cooling system. With no time to waste, Sticks steps up to deliver it and dives into the ocean. ''Without a wetsuit''. As Amy and Knuckles struggle with the Crab Bots and can do nothing but watch Sonic continue to drown, the badger races against time to reach her teammates and, despite getting her leg briefly caught in some seaweed, manages to hand the replacement hose to Amy and destroy a Crab Bot before
But Eggman won't let Sonic take a breather yet; he proudly introduces his newest mechanical minions, created specifically for underwater combat: Shark Bots. Undeterred, Sonic lures the metallic sharks to him and fashions reins out of the nearby seaweed to control two of them. Tails guides him, saying there's a weakness on the bottom-right of Eggman's wave machine; Sonic steers the Shark Bots into it, while the two unguided Shark Bots slam into the Eggmobile, putting a large crack in its watertight barrier. The wave machine topples, and a happy Tails says it now points away from the Village. Their job done, Team Sonic leaves in Tails' Plane as the machine generates a wave that sends a screaming Eggman crashing onto his island; defeated once again, he looks over to find his lair destroyed by the wave and hopes his flood-insurance policy is covered by this.
Meanwhile, Team Sonic has returned to Tails' Workshop, where the fox himself asks Sonic if the underwater experience has cured his fear. You'd expect the answer to be "yes", right? Wrong-- Sonic's ''still'' an aquaphobe; in fact, no doubt because of his near-death experience, he says he's even ''more'' scared of water now, and he doesn't even want to ''see'' H[[superscript:2]]O again. Too bad Soar didn't get the memo, because he suddenly returns with step two of his system, which involves splashing the hedgehog with a cup of water. Dripping wet, Sonic shoots an incredibly annoyed glare at the eagle, who asks if this is a bad time to mention his check.
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* FaceYourFears: Sonic is forced to attempt to overcome his fear of water in order to help his team stop Eggman from destroying the Unnamed Village with a tidal wave. While he ultimately ''does'' foil the plot, the experience only leaves him even ''more'' afraid of the water.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: After a dangerous battle with Eggman at the bottom of the ocean in which he almost drowns, Sonic's fear of the water not only isn't cured, it's now even worse.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: After a dangerous battle with Eggman at the bottom of the ocean in which he almost drowns, Sonic's fear of the water not only isn't cured, it's now even worse.