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Tails' Workshop is home to some of his greatest inventions.


— Statue description, Sonic Dream Team

Tails' Lab[1] (テイルスラボ[2] Teirusu Rabo?), also known as Tails' House[3] (テイルスハウス[4] Teirusu Hausu?), Tails' workshop[5] (テイルスの工房[6] Teirusu no kōbō?) or simply the workshop[7] (研究室[8] Kenkyūshitsu?, lit. "Laboratory"), is a location that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is Miles "Tails" Prower's basic operating location which he uses to construct his inventions. It also functions as his second home, where he usually can be found hard at work. In most games, the workshop's main purpose is to store the Tornado, a plane owned by Sonic but typically piloted and maintained by Tails.

Game appearances[]

Tails Adventure[]

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Tails' house, from Tails Adventure.

The first time Tails had an operating location is in Tails Adventure, where it is named Tails' House[3] (テイルスハウス[4] Teirusu Hausu?). It serves as Tails' base and home on the south shore of Cocoa Island. The Japanese instruction manual states the game taking place before Tails met Sonic in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as the house could be his temporal living place. However, the English instruction manual has its own variation, stating the game taking place after Sonic the Hedgehog 2but it would later be decied that the game is after tails meets sonic.[9] and describing Tails being on vacation at his favorite holiday spot (dubbing it "Tails Island"). It is a small house with a hammock being set on the yard. The house has two main rooms for different purposes.

During Tails Adventure, Tails' house operates as a hub for swapping equipment and other mundane affairs, but not as a full playable stage. There also is the research lab where the Sea Fox is stored and is the place where the player can equip it.

Sonic the Fighters[]

But does Tails' Workshop located in Westside Island

Tails' lab, from Sonic the Fighters.

The second time, a different operating lab is only seen at the intro demo and preclude scene of the Death Egg II fights in Sonic the Fighters, where it is located on the beach of an undisclosed tropical island. It is large grey house with yellow roof with large satellite dish on it, which can be utilized to get signals from the space. It has the large door of round shaped Tails' double-tail symbol on it. The Tornado is seen parked right next to the lab. The front yard has round launch area.

The inside of the lab is actually a large storage area and launchpad for the Lunar Fox. There are seen boxes and large computer table connected to the satellite on the roof. The upper layer leads to the cockpit of Lunar Fox. In the game, Sonic and Tails notices the terror of Death Egg II and tries to get eight Chaos Emeralds to power source of Lunar Fox. After for doing that, Lunar Fox is then moved to the outside to the round launch state and thus launched to the Death Egg II.

Sonic Adventure[]

So Tails hide Thunderbird in his workshop all the time

Tails' workshop initializing the airfield, from Sonic Adventure.

A similar workshop owned by Tails is seen in Sonic Adventure, this time located at the Mystic Ruins, close to the Angel Island (which is located in the air before landing) and a wooden train station tower, that leads to Station Square. It is very similar to the one from Sonic the Fighters with the exception of it its size and having a separate small apartment on the top. It is seen that the workshop is powered with hydro power, as the generator is rotating next to the workshop. The player is only able to go to the small hall, where the first Tornado is always parked.

During the game, Sonic and Tails have to collect a crystal item on a small staircase of the workshop's door to access Windy Valley. As Eggman gets away with the Egg Carrier, after getting the fourth Chaos Emerald, Tails engages the airfield on the peninsula to launch the Tornado into the air. The small walking path disappears and the palm trees get moved horizontally while the airfield rises from below. After Sky Chase becomes a failure with the Tornado getting destroyed and the duo becoming separated, Tails got another Chaos Emerald, proceeding to build another Tornado at the workshop. Tails uses a separate launch tunnel for this new Tornado. It is located underground, leading out from beneath the waterfall near the workshop.

Sonic Battle[]

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An external view of Tails' Lab, from Sonic Battle.

In Sonic Battle, Tails has two separate houses located in Emerald Town with his residing place being Tails' House in the center of the town and separate Tails' Lab (テイルスラボ Teirusu Rabo?) located in the south portion. In Sonic's story, Tails took Emerl to his lab after Sonic found him in the beach. Later, as Sonic gets to Tails' Lab, Phi approaches him on the spot. After getting defeated by Sonic, Tails informs him that a robot that looks like Emerl has been spotted on the news, which Sonic states that he already fought him. While also explaining that Emerl possess amazing technology inside it, they begin testing his abilities in the arena. Later on, Knuckles heads to the Tails' Lab to find Emerl to help him reach his full potential.[10] Around there, he spots a news report on television about a mysterious robot appearing in Night Babylon as Knuckles and Emerl head to the city. They later come back to the Tails' Lab to present a shard of Chaos Emerald to Tails before heading back to train in the Emerald Town's beach.

Amy and Emerl are later seen in Tails' Lab, as they bring all Emerald shards to create the first Chaos Emerald and increase Emerl's Skill Points. During the Shadow story, Emerl returns to Tails' Lab to practice with Tails as he promised to Shadow.[11] After the fight, Tails no longer has anything to teach Emerl.

Tails' Lab in Sonic Battle also appears as the battle area when Emerl is chosen to train with him in the Story Mode. It also has a unique Virtual Training mode to truly test the Gizoid's abilities. The arena is almost entirely open, with only a few cylinders in the corners.

Sonic Rush[]

Sonic Rush Tails Workshop

Tails' workshop, from Sonic Rush.

Tails' workshop is seen briefly in Sonic Rush, where it is located to the west of Water Palace in Sonic's story. In this game, it appears to the Zone Map after clearing the previously mentioned Stage of the game to provide one dialogue cutscene and after that, it becomes unable to be returned to. Based on its icon, the workshop has its appearance based on the one from Sonic Adventure. During the game's story, Sonic and Tails head to the workshop,[7] where they find out the space-time continuum being teared apart as it keeps expanding.[12]

Sonic Lost World[]

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Tails' Lab, from Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World.

Tails' Lab reappears in the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World to the left of Windy Hill on the World Map. After Sonic collects enough Materials from the Zones, Tails can build items and RC vehicles that can be used in-game. The Lab also allows the player to change the game's settings, listen to music (during which Tails will subtly dance to whatever's playing), re-watch cutscenes, and play in the various multiplayer modes. Notably, Sonic can enter the lab while on the Hard Mode map, although this does not change anything.

The lab itself can be upgraded through the use of Material up to four times. Each upgrade adds additional decorations to the interior and also unlocks more RC vehicles. Once the lab reaches Level Three, RC vehicles can be sent to the Wii U version of the game, to be controlled by a second player. In the Wii U version, the RC vehicles can assist Sonic in co-op mode by collecting Rings and other items while he progresses through the stage.

Other game appearances[]

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood[]

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Tails' workshop, from Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.

Tails' Workshop is also seen in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood as it functions as the team's base for the first 4 chapters. In the north area of Central City, it serves as a hangar for the Tornado.

In the game, the workshop serves as the team's first stronghold. Here, it serves as a rest stop so that the team can rest and fully replenish their HP and PP after a battle and allows the player to select their party's characters upon leaving. In the game, there are other strongholds that also serve this purpose.

Sonic Runners[]

In Sonic Runners, the appearance of Tails' Lab is depicted directly from Sonic Adventure. After receiving broken Chaos Emerald detector from Cubot, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles head to the Tails' Lab, where they were encountered by Dr. Eggman.[13] Shortly after Eggman's defeat, Tails fixed the detector in his lab, as Sonic and his friends begin hunting the Chaos Emeralds.[14]

Sonic Speed Simulator[]

In Sonic Speed Simulator, Tails' Lab was introduced around the version 1.13 update and it is located on the left near close to the circular market place and the tunnel entrance of Chemical Plant in Green Hill. The appearance of the lab is taken straight from Sonic the Fighters with the inclusion of similar airfield on a rock promontory from Sonic Adventure and additional air traffic control tower behind the lab. The Tornado is also found parked in front of the lab along with Giant Ring entrance to the Tornado Assault right next to it.

In other media[]

Animation[]

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie[]

In Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, Tails' lab is the welling place of Sonic and Tails on one of the floating islands of the Land of the Sky. The island has ruins of a crashed Boeing 747 and USS Enterprise, that has a workshop inside, where Tails works. It is seen to have a satellite to collect radio signals.

Sonic X[]

Main article: Tails' Workshop (Sonic X)
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Tails' Lab, from "Flood Fight".

In the Sonic X anime series, Tails established his own workshop at Mystic Ruins after the second Chaos Control occurred. Later, the workshop was sent to Sonic's world. After defeating the Metarex, Tails kept the pot in which the seed left behind by Cosmo grew from in his workshop.

Sonic Boom[]

Tails Workshop Sonic Boom

Tails' Workshop, from the Sonic Boom television series.

In the Sonic Boom franchise, Tails has his own workshop located on Seaside Island, right next to his home. It looks like a huge tool shed. Inside it, Tails stores his various inventions, as well as his plane. The workshop is also equipped with a special defense system for dealing with uninvited guests.

In Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal, Tails' Workshop is one of the locations on Seaside Coast's world map. The player assemble Blueprints here to unlock new upgrades. Similarly, in Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, in Tails' Workshop, the player can help Knuckles assemble Trading Cards in order to unlock new tracks on Thunder Island.

Sonic Prime[]

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Tails' Lab, from "Shattered".

In Sonic Prime, Tails' Lab appears as part of Green Hill. Debuting in the episode "Shattered", Tails is found residing in the workshop as some sort of home, and a base for his work. During the episode, Sonic visits the workshop to find Tails ask him about what Eggman was doing at the time, with Tails explaining the Speed Amplifier on Sonic, only for Rouge to break in through the open door. Once they come to an agreement to check things out, they exit the workshop to find Amy and Knuckles. The workshop is presumably destroyed when Sonic broke the Paradox Prism, although continues to make cameos through Sonic's memories.

Books and comics[]

Archie Comics[]

Tails Cocoa Workshop Archie Comic

Tails' workshop on Cocoa Island, from Sonic Universe #17.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Tails' workshop on Cocoa Island appeared. After discovering Cocoa Island, Tails dealt with Sonic's year-long absence by building his workshop on the island, amongst other things. Tails later returned to his workshop when he took Antoine and Bunnie on their honeymoon to Cocoa Island. There, he built T-Pup before the Battle Bird Armada attacked. After dealing with the armada, Tails and allies would celebrate in the workshop.[15][16][17][18]

Trivia[]

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Merchandise[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. Sonic Team, Dimps (29 October 2013). Sonic Lost World. Nintendo 3DS. Sega. Area/level: Zone Map. "Map menu: Tails' Lab"
  2. Sonic Team, Dimps (24 October 2013). Sonic Lost World. Nintendo 3DS. Sega. Area/level: Zone Map. "Map menu: テイルスラボ"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tails Adventure (Sega Game Gear) United States instruction booklet, pg. 7.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Tails Adventures (Sega Game Gear) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 11.
  5. Stratton, Bryan (17 June 2003). "Sonic the Hedgehog". Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 13. ISBN 978-0761542865. "When you defeat Robotnik's Egg Hornet, the Wind Stone appears near Tails' workshop"
  6. "テイルスとMRの工房へ". ソニックアドベンチャー ナビゲーションガイド. SoftBank. 16 March 1999. p. 32. ISBN 978-4797308624. "テイルスの工房前に風の石がある。 これを持って風の洞窟へ向かおう。"
  7. 7.0 7.1 Sonic Team, Dimps (15 November 2005). Sonic Rush. Nintendo DS. Sega. Area/level: Zone Map. "Tails: Even so, Eggman wouldn't change without a reason. Eggman's speech about "ultimate power"... It's really bugging me. Sonic, let's go to my workshop! There's something I want to check out."
  8. Sonic Team (23 December 1998). Sonic Adventure. Dreamcast. Sega. Area/level: Mystic Ruins. "Tails: ソニック、 追いかけよう! ボクの研究室が近くにあるから、トルネードを出そう!"
  9. https://www.youtube.com/live/UzwyjJcycgg?si=Zvi9fEbvIkSolrpr
  10. Sonic Team, Dimps (5 January 2004). Sonic Battle. Game Boy Advance. Sega. Area/level: Prologue (Knuckles' Episode). "Knuckles: The harder he trains, the stronger he gets? Here's a warrior after my own heart! I must help him reach his full potential! He's with Sonic?! If Sonic trains him, he'll never grow strong! They're probably at "Tails' Lab." I must find them!"
  11. Sonic Team, Dimps (5 January 2004). Sonic Battle. Game Boy Advance. Sega. Area/level: Emerald Town (Shadow's Episode). "Tails: Emerl! I already heard the news from Rouge! Congratulations! / Emerl: I promised Shadow that I'd come and battle with you all. You want to go a round? / Tails: Sure!"
  12. Sonic Team, Dimps (15 November 2005). Sonic Rush. Nintendo DS. Sega. Area/level: Zone Map. "Tails: There's a tear in the space-time continuum ... and it's expanding! If it continues to expand ... the fabric of reality will become altered!"
  13. Sonic Team (25 June 2015). Sonic Runners. iOS. Sega. Area/level: Episode 41: Uncovering Eggman's Plans 3. "Knuckles: Guess you should start fixing that detector right away, Tails. / Sonic: Hold on guys - we'd better give our guest a nice warm welcome first! Hey there, Eggman!"
  14. Sonic Team (25 June 2015). Sonic Runners. iOS. Sega. Area/level: Episode 42: Collecting the Chaos Emeralds. "Narrator: Tails has fixed the detector, so it's time to go hunt down the Chaos Emeralds! Inside Tails' lab... / Tails: Sorry for the wait, guys! / Sonic: Did you finish fixing the detector? / Tails: Hee hee! I sure did! All right, let's fire it up..."
  15. Sonic Universe #17, "Trouble in Paradise Part One: No Rest for the Weary"
  16. Sonic Universe #18, "Trouble in Paradise Part Two: The Honeymoon's Over"
  17. Sonic Universe #19, "Trouble in Paradise Part 3: Undercover"
  18. Sonic Universe #20, "Trouble in Paradise: Stuff of Heroes"
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