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"Trail of the Missing Tails" is the seventh episode of the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series. Despite being produced as the seventh episode, it aired as the twentieth episode during the show's original run.

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Plot[]

Inside the fish-infested Warp of Confusion sits the disgruntled scientist, Doctor Warpnik, who is angry at his cousin, Dr. Robotnik, for banishing him to this strange place, five years ago. He watches Mobius through a telescope, plotting his revenge.

Meanwhile, in Mobius, Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts each prepare their own trap to catch Sonic. They set a single Chili Dog on a table in the middle of the three traps. Scratch has a "Sonic-Snatcher"; a machine with a chicken-claw attached to a coil (keeping to his theme of chicken/egg-related inventions). Grounder has four catapults loaded with fish, anvils, a chest of drawers, and a large safe. Coconuts has a cannon which makes the target explode when triggered (fitting with Coconuts' fondness of lasers, cannons and such weapons). Sonic and Tails smell the chili dog from far away, and they know that it's a trap. To Tails' disappointment, Sonic insists that he gets the chili dog on his own and that Tails should stay put.

Sonic grabs the chili dog and makes all three traps backfire on the Badniks. Some smoke and fish from the traps make Tails think Sonic is in trouble, so he comes to help. The Badniks grab Tails and tie him up. Sonic returns to where Tails was waiting and does not find him. Sonic quickly rescues Tails from the three robotic goons and yells at him for not staying put, but eventually forgives him and states that he is important to him. Dr. Warpnik watches them through his telescope projector object and realizes that he can use Tails to lure in Sonic, which will lure in Robotnik. That night, he goes to sleep.

The next morning, Sonic wakes up to find that Tails is missing. Sonic goes to Dr. Robotnik's fortress and asks Robotnik where Tails is. He insists that he did not capture Tails, but he continues to talk to Sonic, distracting him so his badniks can catch him off guard. Robotnik asks Sonic if he and Tails had a misunderstanding between them, Sonic says they did. Robotnik says Sonic probably made him run away. Sonic feels bad, but still does not get caught by the Badniks sneaking up on him. Sonic leaves to find Tails, and Robotnik and his three goons follow him with hopes of catching him off guard.

Sonic follows Tails' tracks into the Warp of Confusion. He is welcomed by Dr. Warpnik who reveals that he captured Tails and now he and Sonic are his prisoners. He also shows Sonic an old movie of Robotnik literally throwing him into the Warp of Confusion. Sonic's boredom makes him angry. Robotnik, Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts show up after finding the entrance through a trash-bin, which Coconuts accidentally uncovered by leaning against a rock which fell over. Robotnik and Warpnik get into a fish fight. Sonic unties Tails and they start looking for a way out. Trying to prevent their escape, Dr. Warpnik fires a cannon that turns fish into monsters. Sonic and Tails run around avoiding the monsters. Dr. Robotnik tries to use the machine, but Dr. Warpnik gets mad at him. The cannon hits Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts, turning them all into giant monsters. Since they are large and powerful, the three Badniks decide to teach Robotnik a lesson for treating them badly. They try to hit him, but hit the cannon instead. The cannon sets alight and Scratch states that they 'laid an egg' (messed up). Robotnik and Warpnik try to put out the fire with fish. With the cannon broken, Sonic and Tails are able to escape the Warp of Confusion.

Back in the real world, Sonic apologizes for getting mad at Tails. Tails says he would never run away because they are best buddies. The bin explodes and turns to dust, but the Warp stays intact. Sonic says it's good to know that Robotnik and Warpnik will be stuck with each other for a while.

Back in the Warp of Confusion, Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts, who are still giant monsters, share a giant bucket of popcorn as they watch Robotnik and Warpnik slap each other with fish.

Sonic Says[]

Tails is lost and needs to call home, but he does not know his phone number. Sonic comes and whispers the number to him. Sonic turns to the audience and tells them to learn their own phone number before it is too late.

Goofs[]

  • When Robotnik tells Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts to get Sonic and Tails, his mustache and mouth briefly disappear.
  • When Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts get hit by the cannon, a silhouette identical to Coconuts runs away from the smoke.
  • When Scratch turns around and freaks out, his head turns yellow.
  • When Scratch, Grounder, Coconuts and Scratch's invention are about to crash-land on the table, Coconuts' tail is longer.
  • When Coconuts' invention crushed him, his invention's tail is missing.
  • The second time Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts get piled up with sardines, Scratch's head is still showing.
  • Every time Coconuts rubs his hands together before planning to shoot Sonic with his laser cannons, one of his elbows briefly turns gray.
  • When Scratch's Sonic Snatcher lands on him, his voice sounds deeper.
  • When Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts say “Yes, your evil excellence.“, Coconuts' voice is not heard.

Title in other languages[]

Language Title Translation
Chinese (mainland) 追踪失踪的塔尔斯 Track down the missing Tails
Chinese (Taiwan) 塔爾斯不見了 Tails is missing
French Tails fait une fugue Tails runs away
German Robotnik's Cousin Warpnik Robotnik's Cousin Warpnik
Italian Il cugino pazzo The crazy cousin
Portuguese (Brazil) A Pista do Sumiço do Tails The clue to Tails' disappearance
Portuguese (Portugal) A Lenda do Tails Perdido The Legend of the Lost Tails
Spanish (Latin America) Buscando a Colitas Looking for Tails
Spanish (Spain) En busca de Tails In Search of Tails

Trivia[]

  • This is one of the few episodes where Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts work as a trio rather than Coconuts being in competition with the other two.
  • Sonic does not wear any disguises in this episode.
  • The Warp of Confusion was based on the Special Stages from the early Sonic the Hedgehog games (the fish that float in the background are specifically taken from the Special Stages from Sonic the Hedgehog for the Mega Drive). These stages were in fact referred to as "Warps of Confusion" in early English-language background material, including Sega of America's internal Sonic bible, the Sonic the Hedgehog promotional comic, and the Sonic Interview from 1991's edition of The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook.
  • At one point when Sonic follows Tails' footprints, they have numbers on them, making them look similar to the foot placement training cutouts that are often used by those who are practising dances.
  • At one point in the episode, Sonic remarks that trying to escape the Warp of Confusion is "like being trapped in a pinball machine". This may be a reference to Sonic Spinball, which released approximately two months after this episode aired.
  • When Scratch is turned into a monster, he looks similar to the Cluck from Sonic the Hedgehog television series.
  • In this episode, Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts turn against Robotnik by hitting the cannon in an attempt to teach him a lesson. The stunt presumes that the three Badniks helped Sonic and Tails escape from the Warp Of Confusion by doing this.
  • This is the second episode where Robotnik does not say "I hate that hedgehog!" at the end.
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