Hey, guys. It's time to make another review for Sonic Boom. This episode (which excludes Sticks and Eggman) is called The Biggest Fan, and it mainly focusses on… well, how some fans are when it comes to celebrities. It even went as far as to reference a certain book or movie, which I’ll get to later. But first, let’s get this show on the road. Just a warning: this review contains spoilers, so please watch the episode (if you haven't) before reading this review.
The episode starts with Amy snidely commenting Sonic on speaking for Career Day, while Sonic bites back, saying that she is speaking for Snide Comment Day. That joke amused me, and it still does. Amy should get the aloe vera out. We then cut to Comedy Chimp, Leroy the Turtle and (ugh) Lady Walrus giving kids advice on what to pursue for a career. Lady Walrus was unlikable in this episode, telling the kids to descend from a long line of aristocrats, instead of working, and going as far as to call them ‘peasants’. Grumble.
I wonder what will happen when Lady Walrus loses her riches; she would have to find a job to support herself and her children. But seeing as the show is called Sonic Boom, it would either make the story silly or the show would not do it at all because… it’s a kids’ show. Anyway, we cut to Sonic explaining his victory against Eggman (which is never shown for some reason) and everyone applauds him, except Amy (who rolls her eyes in disgust). What is wrong with that girl? Maybe being a hero isn’t really considered as a career, but come on, Amy. Let the guy show off for once.
Sonic does a mic drop (which is awesome) and walks off the stage. Then suddenly, a brown, overweight, mouse-eared, elephant-nosed thing shows up and runs to the cerulean hedgehog. He introduces himself as Mark the Tapir (pronounced ‘tay-per’) and claims to be his number one fan.
Now here’s the thing about Mark: aside from him looking like Arthur Read – according to some people – this guy is just plain creepy. His behaviour is cringe-worthy and unsettling, his smile is demented and deranged and his eyes look crazy and… they stare… into your soul.
Back to the episode. Mark wants Sonic’s autograph, but he doesn’t have any paper with him so he doesn’t get one, and vows to see him soon. Which he does at Meh Burger, jump scare style. Shudder. Sonic goes over to his friends to eat with them, and Mark drags the table across the floor, to where Sonic and friends are. Ugh, the sound it makes is enough to make your ears bleed and your teeth shatter.
Sonic introduces Mark to the gang and vice versa, and Mark says that he ordered the same meal as the hedgehog. With the exception of grape soda (is it Crush? Hehehe), as Sonic ordered orange. Mark rushes to get an orange soda, while Amy says that Mark has an unhealthy obsession with Sonic. You definitely are one to talk, aren’t you, Amy? Mark gets the right soda, but Sonic and friends have finished eating, so Mark throws away his uneaten, unfinished food and leaves.
Then we cut to Sonic waiting in line to deliver/post something, when Mark suddenly shows up and criticises the villagers. He asks Sonic to hire him as an assistant, which the azure hedgehog does, and rudely pushes through the queue to deliver/post the package (which needed another stamp). With that out of the way, Mark and Sonic do things together. They go shopping, they plan an attack against an enemy, they relax and Mark gives Sonic an elbow massage.
Now, this is when things get really, REALLY unsettling. Mark, instead of taking Sonic to see… a movie, crashes his vehicle into a rock. Sonic wakes up to find himself in bed, in Mark’s cabin (filled with Sonic stuff), in the style of the book/movie Misery. Mark feeds Sonic some pie and reads ‘Sonic fanfiction’ to him. Blah blah blah, creepy stuff, moving on. After Sonic’s friends watch… the movie, they go off to Mark’s cabin to find Sonic, and Mark unsuccessfully tries to hide the fact that Sonic isn’t here. Amy and friends get knocked out by a log and end up in the same condition as Sonic.
Team Sonic has had enough and try (and fail multiple times) to defeat the deranged and insane tapir. Slapstick comes in and saves Sonic from his body cast, and in turn, he saves his friends (except Knuckles, who saves himself). Sonic uses his sports tape to tie up Mark and fires him. Then the episode ends (far away from Mark and his cabin) with Sonic running away from an adorable, pink shrew girl asking for his autograph, while Sonic’s friends start laughing.
To put it shortly and simply, this episode was terrifying but OK. Seeing as my reviews are based on fixing episodes, I don't have anything to fix in this episode expect... tone down the psychotic, annoying behaviour, don’t make Mark evil or insane (or whatever the emotion is) so quickly and make his eyes look more... innocent, so that people would take him the wrong way (i.e. mistakenly assume that Mark is a good person).
To tell you the truth, when I heard about Mark being Sonic's self-proclaimed number one fan, I thought of two things: Mark was going have the same attitude as Sonic and Sonic will continually push him away (because he didn't believe Mark's words), or Mark was going to have the combined behaviour of Buddy Pine from The Incredibles and Max Dillion from The Amazing Spiderman 2, with a little bit of the sandwich kid – from Recess – mixed in. I also kind of thought that Mark would be thinner, lime green and taller.
Well, that’s it for my review on The Biggest Fan. If you like this episode, that's fine. If not, that's fine too.
Until next time, thanks for reading and take care.
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