Hey, guys. Today, I'm going to be reviewing a very painful, and I do mean very painful, episode. That episode is Alone Again, Unnaturally. I think the title is supposed to be based on a song or something, but anyway let's get this over with. And yes, I will find a way to fix it. So, let's get started.
The episode starts with an unconscious Sonic, having crashed into a wall. He wakes up, wondering where he is and why he is dressed like a discount Ben figure. I… don’t get the reference. Is it supposed to be a parody of a Ken doll? Sonic then runs around the village (offscreen) only to find it deserted and desolate. Hey, episode. Care to show us, instead of outright telling us? He runs off to Tails’ workshop to find Tails, but he isn’t here. Thinking that the fox is in Amy’s house, he runs off the find the two. But they are not here, much to Sonic’s relief. You really do care about your friends, don’t you, Sonic?
Sonic runs off to Meh Burger, only to find the restaurant deserted as well. For a village that’s supposed to be deserted, it looks too utopic. Sonic then tries to remember what lead up to this event. I’ll… try to make this as painless as possible for you guys. Tails does his experiments on Sonic (via slingshot, rocket skates and a moving escalator), much to Sonic’s dismay. Good thing, because they are extremely dangerous. He ends up getting injured every time, and no one (and I mean NO ONE) cares about him. Aren’t the rest of Team Sonic supposed to be his friends, by the way?
At the workshop, Tails puts an armour plate thing on Sonic, to make him go faster via remote control. Every time Sonic commands him to speed things up, Tails does so (almost) without hesitation. And when Tails, against his own will, cranks up the speed for the last time, Sonic goes so fast that he ends up going through a wormhole (to the ‘deserted and desolate village’), and crashes into a wall. Personally, PowerPuff Girls did better than this.
With that out of the way, Sonic (instead of blaming himself for the turn of events) blames Eggman, because… why not. Ugh. Sonic, how hard did you hit your head to COME TO THAT CONCLUSION? Again, I’ll spare you guys the pain. Sonic tortures and scares Eggman (who thinks there is a ghost haunting him) in his lair, moving on. Knuckles blames Tails for disintegrating Sonic, and Amy and Sticks think he’s dead.
Wow, just wow. Normally, Amy wouldn’t believe that so easily. She’d probably be bursting into tears of anger and denial at this point. But, no. Can’t have that in a kids' show, right?
Tails knows that Sonic is alive, and uses his machine to find him. He succeeds and the two then go back to the real world. Sonic (without Tails, because of nausea) finds Eggman attacking Team Sonic and defeats him, saving the day. Hooray, the end.
This episode was basically a Sonic, Tails and Eggman torture episode. And I did not like this episode one bit, because of the way those three characters were treated. I believe the episode could have worked if it showed us that the place was deserted in a slightly dystopic way, Sonic's friends cared for him physically and mentally (with Sonic wanting to try out more things, while ignoring his injuries), Tails' friends assured him that Sonic was at fault for his own disappearance (because he was impatient) and Sonic was more worried about his friends (and the village and its inhabitants) and blamed himself for what happened to him.
Everything in this episode would have been fine, but I guess the writers were in a rush, thinking that a bad episode is better than no episode.
So, that’s it for my review. Let me know in the comments (Google+) what you think of it and what you have in mind for this episode to work.
Thank you guys for reading, and take care.
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