Hey, guys. Last time, we had a lot of dirt to shovel through in my 'Just a Guy' rant. Today, we are going to fix the Sonic Boom episode and discuss how it could work to get the moral of the episode done correctly. Bear in mind that this is just my idea of how Just a Guy would work. So let's get started, shall we?
This is what I have in mind for the story of this episode: it starts off with Tails detecting an incoming Eggman attack on his computer and calling out his friends to help him out. Everyone except Knuckles agrees, as Knuckles wants to see a movie – about jungle oysters – with his friend, Mike. Sonic tell Knuckles that the battle is more important and, for no reason, calls Mike ‘just a guy’.
Sonic then rambles on about this statement, while the upset and devastated villagers repeatedly beg him to stop, until Knuckles stops him in the middle of his rant and leaves with Sonic. Knuckles explains what happened to the team and everyone is upset with him. The next day, there is a news report with the villagers explaining exactly what happened, while Sonic gets no customer service because of what he did.
After Amy calls Sonic’s attitude (and deed) ‘condescending and insensitive’, she then puts him and the rest of Team Sonic into a sensitivity training seminar. Knuckles gets upset and badmouths Sonic and the seminar, to which Amy rightfully defends it. And when she explains why she put them through this training (to help them control their thoughts and feelings properly, though most of the team are innocent to the recent situation), Knuckles agrees with this and rubs it in Sonic’s face.
The scene then cuts to where some of the members talk about what they have learned so far. The next day, Sonic finds Mike and apologises to him for what he did, and desperately and foolishly makes the decision to take him to the battle to make up for it. A confused Mike accepts the apology and Sonic takes him straight into the battle.
As soon as the battle starts, Sonic impatiently tells Mike to do something. A panicked Mike tries, and fails, to deal with the pressure of the being in the battlefield – while Team Sonic calls Sonic crazy and irresponsible for endangering Mike’s life – only for him to end up getting injured. Knuckles forces Sonic to take Mike to the hospital, and along with Sonic takes him home.
The angry villagers scold Sonic for his stupidity and recklessness, and Sonic rudely refers to them as ‘you people’, with Knuckles sighing in exasperation. The scene then cuts to Team Sonic trying to get Sonic to change his ways to make himself more compassionate, to which Sonic snaps at them and leaves the seminar while he quits the heroics, with Team Sonic failing to call him back.
Some time later, Eggman attacks the village, so the remaining members of Team Sonic head over to stop him. Everything goes well until they are attacked, to the point where they nearly can’t help themselves or each other. The Old Monkey heads over to find Sonic and tell him to help them out. Sonic refuses because of the ‘maltreatment’ he gets, to which the Monkey angrily explains that Sonic’s attitude is the main reason for the lack of respect and admiration, and that he must change his ways to get the respect and gratitude he deserves.
Sonic then unwillingly returns his heroic deeds, rescuing his team and defeating Eggman in the process. The villagers (Mike included) and Team Sonic thank Sonic for his efforts. He apologises for his actions and thanks ‘you people’ for helping him out with his realisation, causing everyone to (jokingly) gasp at this.
This, overall, is how you make an episode of Sonic being a jerk and learning to overcome this problem. Think of it as a way of Sonic turning from a despicable jerk to a lovable jerk, if you know what I mean. Maybe the version I came up with would be too long or too short for an 11-minute episode, but this is the version I would personally go with; as it gives the characters and the viewers a reason to dislike how Sonic behaves in the episode.
Believe it or not, it teaches the moral of the effects of being a jerk correctly. Maybe my version of ‘Just a Guy’ would have had more hate than the original, but at least the characters and the viewers would have had a good reason to turn against Sonic in this episode. That’s all I have to say.
So, what do you think of this idea? If you like it, that's fine. If not, then that's fine too. For those of you who disagree with my idea, let me know how you would fix this episode.
Thanks for reading, and take care.
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