Dr. Eggman's Tomato Sauce


 * [Tails is outside, making some adjustments to his plane, as Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, and Sticks walk up to him.]
 * Sonic: Tails, we're heading to Meh Burger. Wanna come along?
 * Tails: I'm installing an awesome speaker system in my baby. Check it out!
 * [Tails pushes a button on his control device, and the plane starts playing a rock tune and shaking. He turns it off after a few seconds.]
 * Amy: You spend way too much time with that plane.
 * Knuckles: [teasingly] It's like he loves it. Do you love your plane, Tails? Do you looove it?
 * Tails: [not amused] I do.
 * Knuckles: Oh, that took the wind right out of my cells.
 * Tails: Well, if you guys will excuse me, it's time for her propeller-to-tail fuselage massage.
 * Sticks: Okay, now that's just nuts. We're gettin' you out of here.


 * [Team Sonic is walking through the village, with Tails holding a toolbox.]
 * Tails: Thanks for talking me into coming along. It was good for me to get away from the workshop... so I could buy more stuff for my plane! [Tails walks on while the others stop. They all groan.]
 * Dr. Eggman: [offscreen] Free samples! [The camera cuts to Dr. Eggman, who is standing at a stall with people walking towards it. He is also wearing a chef's hat, and an apron with a picture of him on it.] Get your free samples here! [Eggman has a large pot with his symbol on it on one side of the stall, and cans stacked up on the other side. Using a wooden spoon, he pours something red into a bowl he's holding.] Step right up and try the zestiest, lip-smacking-est flavor extravaganza ever to hit your taste buds: Eggman's Tomato Sauce! Made with real tomatoes.
 * Sonic: Uh-oh, this isn't good. [Sonic speeds over and knocks the bowls of the sauce out of the villagers' hands, to their surprise and irritation.] You'll thank me later. I know you're up to something, Egghead; I just don't know what it is yet.
 * [Amy, Sticks, Tails, and Knuckles arrive as well.]
 * Amy: You're trying to poison these villagers! [The villagers gasp.]
 * Dr. Eggman: Poison? There's no poison here, just my patented blend of herbs and spices! Here, I'll try some myself. [Eggman reaches for the spoon in the pot and takes out a spoonful of sauce. He slurps it, and nothing happens.] See, harmless and delicious. You try. [He aims the spoon's scoop toward Sonic, who is pondering what to do.]
 * Sonic: Eh, yeah I think I'll pass.
 * Dr. Eggman: Well, looks like I've finally found Sonic the Hedgehog's weakness. He's scared of tomato sauce!
 * [The crowd bursts into laughter, except for Team Sonic. Sonic, not amused, snatches a can with its lid open, and slurps the tomato sauce from it.]
 * Sonic: Oh no, my worst fears have come true.
 * Tails: What's wrong?
 * Sonic: [His mood changes and joyful music plays in the background.] It's delicious! It's like my taste buds are swimming in a sea of mouthwatering, tomatoey goodness!
 * [Knuckles drinks it from a bowl too.]
 * Knuckles: Ooh, zesty!
 * Dr. Eggman: The spices are all organic and lair-grown.
 * Tails: [concerned] I'd better buy a few cans and run some tests, just to be safe.


 * [Sonic is pedaling on a machine that is wired to a scanning device, and Tails is watching it carefully.]
 * Sonic: It's been hours since I ate the sauce and I'm feeling totally fine. Find anything on your end?
 * Tails: I've tested for acidity, radioactivity, arsenic, old lace, and mind-control serum; it comes up clean every time.
 * Knuckles: What about brainitis? Did you check for that?
 * Tails: For the last time, Knuckles, there's no such thing as "brainitis".
 * Knuckles: Then how do you explain?!
 * Amy: I hate to say it, but, um... maybe Eggman really has changed?


 * [Sonic is running along, feeling just fine, but he notices something and screeches to a halt in surprise. There is a poster with a picture of Eggman grinning, and four tomatoes with smiling faces surrounding him. It's an advertisement for Eggman's tomato sauce.]
 * Stratford: [offscreen] Hey! Hey mister, you're my hero! [He comes up running towards Sonic.] Can I get an autograph?
 * Sonic: Sure, kid, anything for--
 * [Stratford runs past him and up to Eggman instead.]
 * Dr. Eggman: Sure, kid, anything for a fan.
 * [Sonic growls in irritation.]
 * Stratford: When I grow up, I wanna be just like you!
 * [Stratford gives Eggman a pen, and Eggman signs a can of sauce.]
 * Dr. Eggman: Woah-ho, don't set the bar too high; not everybody is cut out for the big time. [Gives v the can] Just look at that Sonic the Hedgehog guy; whatever happened to him? Is he still a thing?
 * Sonic: [Angry and jealous] Hey Tails, get this-- [Suddenly, his communicator sparks and stops working.] Oh come on, seriously? Nothing's going right today.


 * [Sonic walks in, and he stops behind Knuckles, who is wearing a pair of headphones.]
 * Sonic: What's going on? I need Tails to fix my communicator.
 * Knuckles: Hey, get in line, dude; first he's gotta fix my headphones.
 * Amy: And my Ancient Artifact Analyzer.
 * Sticks: And my magic light tube. [holds up her "magic light tube", and it's shown to be just a flashlight.]
 * Tails: [walks up, holding a drill] Sorry, guys; I'm having problems of my own. My plane's been acting funny lately. I've been working on her all night. [puts down the drill and opens a toolbox]
 * Amy: Maybe you just need a break. [picks up a can of sauce.] Let's eat lunch, and then you can get back to the repairs.
 * Sonic: [takes the can] Ugh, can we go to Meh Burger instead? I'm sick of that stuff. [places the can down on the worktable.]
 * Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Sticks: Meh.
 * [The camera moves up to angle above the can, and then part of it opens up. Four legs and two pincers come out, and then it crawls over to a tool on the table, and it begins doing something, with sparks flying. The camera moves up to the window, and the can's shadow is shown crawling around again, suspiciously.]
 * [Team Sonic eating at Meh Burger.]
 * Sonic: Mmm! How do they do it?
 * Dave: The secret ingredient is: Meh-onnaise [TV Turns on.] What the....?
 * Comedy Chimp: Welcome back to a very special edition of the Comedy Chimp Show, live from Dr. Eggman's Evil Lair.
 * Dr. Eggman: Thanks for having me, CC.
 * Sonic: Oh, you've gotta be kidding!
 * Comedy Chimp: So Dr. Eggman, you were a successful... super-villain. Why the switch to celebrity chef?
 * Dr. Eggman: Well, Comedy Chimp, honestly I needed a change. Besting Sonic week in and week out had become tedious. It was time for a real challenge.
 * Sonic: Okay, that's enough [Tries to turn off the TV.]
 * Eggman: And what's the deal with his haircut? I feel like I'm getting attacked by a blue pineapple!


 * Knuckles: Burn! [laughs] You know. 'Cause your head has those pointy things on it.


 * Comedy Chimp: Now I'm told you have a special announcement for our viewers at home.
 * Eggman: That's right, CC. You see, In just a few short weeks, I've gotten cans of Eggman's tomato sauce into every home and business in town. But Sonic and his friends assumed I poisoned the tomato sauce. Can you believe that?
 * Comedy Chimp: That's just...bananas!
 * Eggman: I know right? My sauce was never tainted. It was the cans they should've been looking out for.
 * Comedy Chimp: Yeah... Wait, what?
 * Eggman: Well you people had my backs turned, my cans have taken control of all your electrical devices! [laughs]