As you may have ascertained from the title, this episode is going to be out of this world... well, technically they all are, since none of them take place in our world, but this one is set out of the world of Mobius. Space, the final frontier, yadda yadda yadda. Dr. Robotnik has built himself a spaceship, with which he plans to send his two incompetent lackies out into the asteroid belt to collect a rich power source to aid him in his plan to conquer Mobius. Bringing Scratch and Grounder to his launchpad, dubbed Cape Robotnik, he exposits to them in the elevator that he needs two tons of Destructicite Crystals, which he will use to power an army of giant robots to help him take over the world. But little did Botsy know that Tails happened to overhear his plan, then he raced back to wake Sonic, who was trying to catch some Z's. When Tails finally raises the hedgehog's interest, the two race to Cape Robotnik and quickly board the rocket just as it takes off. Once they reach outer space, Robotnik instructs Scratch and Grounder to increase their thrust to thirty-two million units, but of course the two dumb-bots quickly forget the number, so Grounder tries them both. When told to 'stop that', he takes it literally and shuts down the rocket, permanently, as he breaks the power lever in the process. Once again, a monkey wrench has been thrown into Robotnik's plans because he entrusted his two idiot robots to handle it. Without power, the rocket drifts into the Starlight Zone, named after the level from the first Sonic game, except there, that level was set in the middle of a city. Still a good level though, and a great way to unwind after three levels of Labyrinth hell, but I digress. The robots are none too worried about how Robotnik will react to their failure, as he's back on Mobius, and when the rocket runs out of oxygen, they'll be fine. Not so much their stowaways, Sonic and Tails however, but the hedgehog is always the optimist and knows where they can take refuge: the old Mobius space station, left abandoned after Robotnik stole the government's funding for it. So, um, why isn't he in federal prison for doing that? Does Wacky World not have laws about pilfering government funds? No matter, so, how are they going to get Scratch and Grounder out of the control room and somehow get the rocket to the space station? Sonic dresses up as a traffic cop and cites the two simpletons for parking in a no parking zone, then sends them to the back to write, "I will not park my rocket ship in a no parking zone" 10,000 times, which they quickly comply with. Oh lord. Good, one problem down, but how to move the inoperable space vessel? With a spacesuit and magnet shoes, Sonic races atop the ship and rolls them over to the space station... lucky he brought those along, as well as the space suits, or did Robotnik have all that stashed in the rocket before liftoff? Anyway, once they arrive, Sonic and Tails head inside the station, which looks remarkably like an Escher painting... if Escher were on drugs. As for Scratch and Grounder, it takes crashing into the station to finally shake a little sense into the former's empty head, as he realizes that weren't no traffic cop, it was Sonic! Naww, really?! This is, like, the 33rd time he's pulled that trick on you, you boneheads. Realizing they'd been had, they jump out of the rocket to chase their adversaries, only Grounder gets stuck between the rocket and platform, and when spinning his treads to get out, he sends the rocket rolling away. Lol! I remember laughing so hard at this scene as a kid. Hope Robotnik had that thing insured.
Wandering around the space station, looking for a way back to Mobius, Sonic and Tails see Scratch and Grounder chasing them, and make a run for it. They open a couple of doors, looking for a way out, and behind door number 1 is a skeleton on a payphone, a nice homage to Bimbo's Initiation, and we see another rather big homage to it in Robotnikland, but that's a story for another day. Just then, they see something slimy pouring out of an open pipe. It's a ravenous space alien who looks like a melting, one-eyed Grimace and talks like Cookie Monster. He eyes Sonic and Tails hungrily, says he hadn't eaten in 13 years. Yeah, that's usually a good indication that you don't require food. Managing to elude their slime and metal pursuers, our heroes come upon an escape pod. However, before they can move it to the launch area, Scratch and Grounder show up to steal it and send Slimer's purple alien cousin to chase away Sonic and Tails. Well, just when it looks like things are going the robots' way, Dr. Robotnik calls up, wanting to know why his rocket is drifting away and why his robots are at the space station. They tell him about Sonic being up there with them, and let it slip that they have the only escape pod. Getting an idea, Robotnik remotely forces Grounder to destroy the pod, saying that with the hedgehog stranded in space, he no longer needs them, and subsequently has them destroyed too. Well, it looks like... yeah, I always say this and then I'm proven wrong, but I'll just say it for the heck of it, looks like Robotnik will succeed. I mean, he's not going to get his power crystals to charge his giant robots, but his only adversary is stranded off world, along with his two weakest links, so now he can do whatever he likes. I mean, that escape pod is totaled, how will Sonic and Tails ever get out of this one? Well, again, always the optimist, Sonic figures out a way to put it back together, using a few "spare parts." Assembling what was left of the pod, along with a few of Scratch and Grounder's appendages, and heads, it's good as new. When the bots protest their new job as escape pod parts, Sonic suggests they'll be put back together again properly when Robotnik realizes it will be cheaper than just building new robots. Well, that may be true, but considering all that these two idiots have cost him in damages over the years, I think he'll make an exception. Oh, but how to power their escape pod? The robots don't have power, especially brain power, though Sonic finds a way to remedy that. By attaching that purple alien to the back, his sneezes propel them out of the station and head for home. I forgot to mention, this guy has a very bad cold, and if you remember the old adage, it's feed a cold, starve a fever, so no wonder this guy is so hungry. You gotta wonder what made him switch sides and help the guys he was going to eat, so Sonic reveals that he made a deal: get them back to Mobius, and he can chow down on something even bigger than a hedgehog and a fox: a morbidly obese mad scientist. Almost the moment they land, Slimy chases after Dr. Robotnik, and he was never heard from again. Our Sonic Says is about taking care of yourself when you're sick, which is a very good lesson.
So ends "Spaceman Sonic," a very good episode and one of my favorites. It has plenty of funny moments, the animation is decent, and the story is entertaining. I compare it to the Saturday show which had their own space episode called, "Harmonic Sonic," in which Robotnik sends up a spy satellite to find Sonic and the freedom fighters, so the hedgehog, along with Rotor Walrus, head up to the satellite to dismantle it. That one was also pretty good, but if I had to choose, I'd pick the Adventures episode. I dunno, I guess I'm just partial to that series and I like seeing Sonic and Tails go on the adventures. This would be the only off-world episode of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, and like I said, it's well done and very entertaining. Next time you're in a Sonic mood, I recommend Spaceman Sonic, as in space, nobody can hear you run.
Wandering around the space station, looking for a way back to Mobius, Sonic and Tails see Scratch and Grounder chasing them, and make a run for it. They open a couple of doors, looking for a way out, and behind door number 1 is a skeleton on a payphone, a nice homage to Bimbo's Initiation, and we see another rather big homage to it in Robotnikland, but that's a story for another day. Just then, they see something slimy pouring out of an open pipe. It's a ravenous space alien who looks like a melting, one-eyed Grimace and talks like Cookie Monster. He eyes Sonic and Tails hungrily, says he hadn't eaten in 13 years. Yeah, that's usually a good indication that you don't require food. Managing to elude their slime and metal pursuers, our heroes come upon an escape pod. However, before they can move it to the launch area, Scratch and Grounder show up to steal it and send Slimer's purple alien cousin to chase away Sonic and Tails. Well, just when it looks like things are going the robots' way, Dr. Robotnik calls up, wanting to know why his rocket is drifting away and why his robots are at the space station. They tell him about Sonic being up there with them, and let it slip that they have the only escape pod. Getting an idea, Robotnik remotely forces Grounder to destroy the pod, saying that with the hedgehog stranded in space, he no longer needs them, and subsequently has them destroyed too. Well, it looks like... yeah, I always say this and then I'm proven wrong, but I'll just say it for the heck of it, looks like Robotnik will succeed. I mean, he's not going to get his power crystals to charge his giant robots, but his only adversary is stranded off world, along with his two weakest links, so now he can do whatever he likes. I mean, that escape pod is totaled, how will Sonic and Tails ever get out of this one? Well, again, always the optimist, Sonic figures out a way to put it back together, using a few "spare parts." Assembling what was left of the pod, along with a few of Scratch and Grounder's appendages, and heads, it's good as new. When the bots protest their new job as escape pod parts, Sonic suggests they'll be put back together again properly when Robotnik realizes it will be cheaper than just building new robots. Well, that may be true, but considering all that these two idiots have cost him in damages over the years, I think he'll make an exception. Oh, but how to power their escape pod? The robots don't have power, especially brain power, though Sonic finds a way to remedy that. By attaching that purple alien to the back, his sneezes propel them out of the station and head for home. I forgot to mention, this guy has a very bad cold, and if you remember the old adage, it's feed a cold, starve a fever, so no wonder this guy is so hungry. You gotta wonder what made him switch sides and help the guys he was going to eat, so Sonic reveals that he made a deal: get them back to Mobius, and he can chow down on something even bigger than a hedgehog and a fox: a morbidly obese mad scientist. Almost the moment they land, Slimy chases after Dr. Robotnik, and he was never heard from again. Our Sonic Says is about taking care of yourself when you're sick, which is a very good lesson.
So ends "Spaceman Sonic," a very good episode and one of my favorites. It has plenty of funny moments, the animation is decent, and the story is entertaining. I compare it to the Saturday show which had their own space episode called, "Harmonic Sonic," in which Robotnik sends up a spy satellite to find Sonic and the freedom fighters, so the hedgehog, along with Rotor Walrus, head up to the satellite to dismantle it. That one was also pretty good, but if I had to choose, I'd pick the Adventures episode. I dunno, I guess I'm just partial to that series and I like seeing Sonic and Tails go on the adventures. This would be the only off-world episode of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, and like I said, it's well done and very entertaining. Next time you're in a Sonic mood, I recommend Spaceman Sonic, as in space, nobody can hear you run.