No matter the weather, you know Dr. Robotnik is going to do whatever it takes to nab him a hedgehog and conquer him a planet. Every week on this series, he comes up with a brilliant, diabolical scheme for world domination, and it gets foiled in twenty short minutes. Therefore, it wasn't very brilliant or diabolical, was it? Seems like there's always some minor detail he fails to notice, maybe it has something to do with his two incompetent robot lackeys always screwing up the simplest of orders. Well, Robotnik comes up with a solution for that too. You wanna know how he does it? Sno problem. It all began when he invented himself an ultra Freeze-o-matic ray, capable of covering large areas in snow and ice. With this new invention, he plans to freeze every citizen on Mobius and then implant servitude chips into their brains, so they will be unquestionably loyal to him. Huh, I say just send them free money and offer affordable healthcare and you'll get unquestionable loyalty then. To test the servitude chips, he plants one into Scratch and Grounder's empty heads and they instantly become groveling servants to their master. He then instructs them to jump out the window, and they do it without hesitation, and I'm sorry to say that they both survived. Now that he's done playing around, Robotnik relocates to his igloo fortress and activates his Freeze-o-matic, instantly freezing the nearby Mount Splatterhorn where, at that very moment, Sonic and Tails were camping out. They were looking for a place to chill, but got more than they bargained for. Seeing that his adversary was in his crosshairs, he sends the overly-loyal Scratch and Grounder to go get him, and I'm wondering why they still need those servitude chips. They obey him anyway. Well, it's to setup the chips being misused in a few moments. The dumb robots go skiing down a conveniently placed ski jump and crashland, taking nasty blows to the head. So much so that they forget who their master is. Taking full advantage of this opportunity, Sonic tells them he's their master, and they instantly believe him. Gullible and stupid, they are. They reveal Robotnik's plan to the hedgehog, who orders them to take him there. On the way, he messes around, telling Grounder to provide him with hot chocolate and a hot tub, complete with whipped cream. Why would Grounder carry all that stuff on him? Instead of playing around, Sonic, why don't you just tell them to go back to the fortress and destroy the Freeze-o-Matic? Robotnik witnessed it all, angry that the servitude chips placed in his robots went awry, and instead of just carrying on with his plan of freezing Mobius, he diverts resources to stopping Sonic. Now really, when has that ever worked? You'd think he would know by now. He activates a monster avalanche, but Sonic predictably saves everybody by racing a large line of fire in the snow's path, turning it to water, and of course, he's surfing on the waves. I give that show-off a 9.5.
Angry that he was foiled yet again, Robotnik pulls out his remote servitude chip regenerator... wait, why didn't he do that before? This will allow him to reset the chips and return Grounder and Scratch's loyalty to the proper person. It happens when the gang are stuck crossing a vast chasm with only a thin layer of ice serving as a bridge. Tails can fly over it, easily, and Showoff the Hedgehog could race over it, no problem, but we stall with Scratch and Grounder begging him not to, until their chips are reset and they pretend to still be on Sonic's side, acting like Wayne and Garth, saying "we're not worthy." So, Sonic races across as the ice collapses, and once on the other side, he sees S&G capture Tails. How predictable. He can't race back across, as Robotnik generates a blizzard to slow him down. With the hedgehog forced to chill, Tails is brought back to Dr. Robotnik, who forcibly straps a servitude chip on his wrist. Huh, now I can see this having some potential. Tails under Robotnik's command, being forced to capture Sonic, like being ordered to beat him into submission, and of course Sonic won't fight back because that's his little buddy. Reminds me of an episode of the Adam West Batman series where Robin fights Batman under mind control, and the latter refuses to fight back. Unfortunately, they don't do anything cool with this idea, they just have Tails return to the cliff and robotically summon Sonic back over. He does, and instantly gets captured by Grounder and Scratch. So, do the bad guys win? Well, they would if it weren't for the robots' stupidity. Sonic uses reverse psychology to make Scratch and Grounder order Tails to jump around, dance, and even remove his own servitude chip. Oh, man. Bebop and Rocksteady from Ninja Turtles and Bulk and Skull from Power Rangers look like rocket scientists compared to these two idiots! Fortunately, this is the part of the episode where they get off, as Sonic places them on a ski lift and rockets them into the next time zone. With Sonic and Tails en route, Robotnik throws a few ice traps their way, and every one of them gets dodged, from icicles, to a rolling snowball, which is the oldest trick in the book, as Sonic literally demonstrates in a pretty funny moment, and then he defies physics by rolling the book down a hill, creating a fire trail... just go with it, eliminating their obstacle. They reach the igloo fortress, but how to get in? Sonic paints a scenic island view on the periscope, making a befuddled Robotnik come out to see how he somehow wound up in the middle of the ocean. Idiot. Sonic races inside and spins Botsy around on the periscope, so fast he goes flying into Lake Splatterhorn. With the frozen concentrate activated, they freeze the lake with Robotnik trapped underneath, literally putting him on ice. Tragically, Dr. Robotnik died five minutes later due to hypothermia and asphyxiation. Our Sonic Says is about bicycle safety, and how it's always a good idea to make sure all the nuts and bolts are tightened, otherwise it'll fall apart on you. Good safety tip.
Sno Problem is a pretty fun episode. Some gags are pretty funny, even if Scratch and Grounder become increasingly annoying throughout the whole thing. I know their purpose is to be annoying, but I like when we get our breaks from them. Here, they're around the whole time. As far as the servitude chips, I like how Robotnik planned to implant one in everyone on Mobius, but apparently he only had two of them, as when Scratch and Grounder go sailing "into the next episode", the doc laments that his chips are gone. Ha, I guess we can say "goodbye, Mr. Chips." LOL. I'm also proud of this episode for showing restraint and not having an overabundance of ice puns. There are some here and there, but at least the whole thing isn't loaded with them, unlike a certain superhero movie I know of, featuring a certain Austrian bodybuilder playing a tragic villain who packed a never-ending barrage of ice puns in every, single scene he was in. In closing, I recommend Sno Problem. It sno masterpiece, but it sno blunder either.
Angry that he was foiled yet again, Robotnik pulls out his remote servitude chip regenerator... wait, why didn't he do that before? This will allow him to reset the chips and return Grounder and Scratch's loyalty to the proper person. It happens when the gang are stuck crossing a vast chasm with only a thin layer of ice serving as a bridge. Tails can fly over it, easily, and Showoff the Hedgehog could race over it, no problem, but we stall with Scratch and Grounder begging him not to, until their chips are reset and they pretend to still be on Sonic's side, acting like Wayne and Garth, saying "we're not worthy." So, Sonic races across as the ice collapses, and once on the other side, he sees S&G capture Tails. How predictable. He can't race back across, as Robotnik generates a blizzard to slow him down. With the hedgehog forced to chill, Tails is brought back to Dr. Robotnik, who forcibly straps a servitude chip on his wrist. Huh, now I can see this having some potential. Tails under Robotnik's command, being forced to capture Sonic, like being ordered to beat him into submission, and of course Sonic won't fight back because that's his little buddy. Reminds me of an episode of the Adam West Batman series where Robin fights Batman under mind control, and the latter refuses to fight back. Unfortunately, they don't do anything cool with this idea, they just have Tails return to the cliff and robotically summon Sonic back over. He does, and instantly gets captured by Grounder and Scratch. So, do the bad guys win? Well, they would if it weren't for the robots' stupidity. Sonic uses reverse psychology to make Scratch and Grounder order Tails to jump around, dance, and even remove his own servitude chip. Oh, man. Bebop and Rocksteady from Ninja Turtles and Bulk and Skull from Power Rangers look like rocket scientists compared to these two idiots! Fortunately, this is the part of the episode where they get off, as Sonic places them on a ski lift and rockets them into the next time zone. With Sonic and Tails en route, Robotnik throws a few ice traps their way, and every one of them gets dodged, from icicles, to a rolling snowball, which is the oldest trick in the book, as Sonic literally demonstrates in a pretty funny moment, and then he defies physics by rolling the book down a hill, creating a fire trail... just go with it, eliminating their obstacle. They reach the igloo fortress, but how to get in? Sonic paints a scenic island view on the periscope, making a befuddled Robotnik come out to see how he somehow wound up in the middle of the ocean. Idiot. Sonic races inside and spins Botsy around on the periscope, so fast he goes flying into Lake Splatterhorn. With the frozen concentrate activated, they freeze the lake with Robotnik trapped underneath, literally putting him on ice. Tragically, Dr. Robotnik died five minutes later due to hypothermia and asphyxiation. Our Sonic Says is about bicycle safety, and how it's always a good idea to make sure all the nuts and bolts are tightened, otherwise it'll fall apart on you. Good safety tip.
Sno Problem is a pretty fun episode. Some gags are pretty funny, even if Scratch and Grounder become increasingly annoying throughout the whole thing. I know their purpose is to be annoying, but I like when we get our breaks from them. Here, they're around the whole time. As far as the servitude chips, I like how Robotnik planned to implant one in everyone on Mobius, but apparently he only had two of them, as when Scratch and Grounder go sailing "into the next episode", the doc laments that his chips are gone. Ha, I guess we can say "goodbye, Mr. Chips." LOL. I'm also proud of this episode for showing restraint and not having an overabundance of ice puns. There are some here and there, but at least the whole thing isn't loaded with them, unlike a certain superhero movie I know of, featuring a certain Austrian bodybuilder playing a tragic villain who packed a never-ending barrage of ice puns in every, single scene he was in. In closing, I recommend Sno Problem. It sno masterpiece, but it sno blunder either.