User:Gabldotink/archive/List of Sonic X episodes

A rewrite of the plot summaries in the list of Sonic X episodes, improving on problems such as past tense, inconsistent tense, omitted plot details, incomplete summaries, and unclear language.

This is based on the English localization by 4Kids Entertainment. I have currently viewed 40 episodes and have rewritten/reviewed 4 summaries. The full series is officially available on YouTube here.

Episode list

Season 1: The New World and Chaos Emerald Sagas (2003)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date	American air date
1	"The Supersonic Hero Takes the Stage!" ("Chaos Control Freaks") Transliteration: "Chōonsoku hīrō tōjō!" (Japanese: 超音速ヒーロー登場！)	Hajime Kamegaki	Hiro Masaki	Hajime Kamegaki	April 6, 2003 (2003-04-06)	August 23, 2003 (Sneak Peek) September 6, 2003 (Series Premiere)
In a battle, Sonic the Hedgehog destroys Dr. Eggman's Energy Amplifier, powered by the seven Chaos Emeralds. This causes a huge explosion, a result of a phenomenon known as Chaos Control, which sends Sonic; Eggman and his fortress; Rouge the Bat; Cream the Rabbit and her pet Chao, Cheese; Miles "Tails" Prower and his biplane, the Tornado; Amy Rose; and Knuckles the Echidna to Station Square, a city on Earth. Sonic wakes up in the middle of the city and starts running down the freeway to look around. The police try to catch him by deploying the Speed Team, led by Formula One car driver Sam Speed, but he outruns the team and escapes; however, he falls off the road and into the pool of a mansion. Sonic, who cannot swim, is saved by Chris Thorndyke, a young boy and resident of the house.
2	"Infiltrate Area 99!" ("Sonic to the Rescue") Transliteration: "Sennyū! Eria 99" (Japanese: 潜入！エリア９９)	Keiichirō Furuya	Hiro Masaki	Kazuhide Tomonaga	April 13, 2003 (2003-04-13)	September 13, 2003
The day after Sonic comes to Earth, Sonic meets Chuck, Chris' scientist grandfather. A television news report shows footage of Cream and Cheese being rescued from a high advertising sign by firefighters. Chuck finds that Cream and Cheese have been moved to Area 99, a secret military base. With Chris' and Chuck's help, Sonic infiltrates the base and rescues Cream and Cheese, reuniting with Tails in the Tornado on the way out. Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman, whose fortress has been teleported to a deserted island, schemes to establish an "Eggman Empire" starting with Earth.
3	"Dr. Eggman's Ambition" ("Missile Wrist Rampage") Transliteration: "Dr. Eggman no yabō" (Japanese: Ｄｒ．エッグマンの野望)	Keiko Oyamada	Hiro Masaki	Toshihiko Masuda	April 20, 2003 (2003-04-20)	September 20, 2003
Dr. Eggman selects his giant robot Missile Wrist to destroy Station Square. Meanwhile, Amy and Knuckles are traveling through the sewers when they hear Eggman's rampage. Sonic, Tails, Chris, Amy, and Knuckles engage in battle with Missile Wrist and defeat Eggman, who returns to his fortress. A group of SWAT police officers confronts the heroes, but they escape and return to the Thorndyke mansion, where Knuckles leaves the group.
4	"Get the Chaos Emerald!" ("Chaos Emerald Chaos") Transliteration: "Kaosu Emerarudo o te ni irero!" (Japanese: カオスエメラルドを手に入れろ！)	Masafumi Satō	Hiro Masaki	Kazuyoshi Yokota	April 27, 2003 (2003-04-27)	September 27, 2003
The President authorizes the assignation of an undercover agent, Mr. Stewart, to spy on Chris, becoming his classroom's teacher. At home, the news reports that the green Chaos Emerald has been found at a construction site, its energy causing machinery to malfunction. Sonic, Tails, and Amy set off for the site. Dr. Eggman, also seeing the report, selects his giant robot bird, Beacon, to help him retrieve the Emerald. After seeing his friends fight Eggman, Chris leaves class and retrieves the Emerald from the construction site. Eggman steals the Emerald from Chris, but the heroes get it back and destroy Beacon.
5	"Clash!! Sonic vs. Knuckles" ("Cracking Knuckles") Transliteration: "Gekitotsu!! Sonikku vs Nakkuruzu" (Japanese: 激突！！ソニックｖｓナックルズ)	Keiichirō Furuya	Kiyoko Yoshimura	Kazuhide Tomonaga	May 4, 2003 (2003-05-04)	October 4, 2003
Knuckles, who had separated from Sonic and the others and was acting alone, was hiding in the city. Dr. Eggman approached him and told him that he was going to collect the Chaos Emeralds and return to their own world, apologizing for all the bad things he has done and wanting him to defeat Sonic. Knuckles is deceived by his words. At that moment, a news report announced that an unidentified jewel had been discovered. Sonic and Knuckles headed for the jewel, which was in fact a trap set by Eggman. There, Sonic and Knuckles have a showdown.
6	"Fierce Battle! School Wars" ("Techno-Teacher") Transliteration: "Nessen! Sukūru wōzu" (Japanese: 熱戦！スクール・ウォーズ)	Naoyuki Kuzuya	Yoshio Urasawa	Kōji Hōri	May 11, 2003 (2003-05-11)	October 11, 2003
Chris and his classmates are on an extracurricular outing at school, and Dr. Eggman sends a robot to them, thinking that to conquer the world, he needs to educate the children. The robot is very enthusiastic about teaching, but it starts to run amok, putting Chris and his classmates in danger. Sonic rushes in and an epic battle with the robot begins.
7	"Giant Free-For-All! Chris' House Party" ("Party Hardly") Transliteration: "Daikonsen! Kurisu no hōmu pāti" (Japanese: 大混戦！クリスのホームパーティ)	Keiko Oyamada	Chinatsu Hōjō	Toshihiko Masuda	May 18, 2003 (2003-05-18)	October 18, 2003
Chris is in a panic when he finds out that Mr. Stewart from his school (actually a spy sent by the President) is suddenly coming for a home visit and he doesn't want him to know about Sonic, Tails, Amy, Cream or Cheese. Of course, no one in the house except Chuck knows about them yet, so they try to keep it a secret somehow, even from Ella and Tanaka. However, they are in big trouble when Cream and Cheese leave the room on their own.
8	"Emergency Takeoff! X-Tornado" ("Satellite Swindle") Transliteration: "Kinkyū hasshin! X Torunēdo" (Japanese: 緊急発進！Ｘトルネード)	Makoto Bessho	Masahiko Shiraishi	Makoto Bessho	May 25, 2003 (2003-05-25)	October 25, 2003
Dr. Eggman found out that he was being monitored by the military and used a robot (E-11 Pelican-type) to swallow the satellites. This has wreaked havoc on the surface. Cream can no longer watch the TV program she was looking forward to. Sonic is on his way to solve the problem, but he can't make it to outer space. So, Tails and Chuck modify the Tornado to take Sonic on-board and head out to defeat the Eggman robot.
9	"Amy at the Beach" ("The Last Resort") Transliteration: "Nagisa no Emī" (Japanese: 渚のエミー)	Keiichirō Furuya	Kiyoko Yoshimura	Kazuhide Tomonaga	June 1, 2003 (2003-06-01)	November 1, 2003
Chris is attending the opening ceremony of a resort facility, so everyone goes to Chris' family's villa. However, Sonic had gone somewhere. Amy wishes she could have come with Sonic while looking out at the ocean. At that time, Dr. Eggman appears at the ceremony and goes on a rampage with his robot to create Eggman Sea Park. When the amulet she was going to give to Sonic is destroyed, Amy becomes furious and defeats the robot, but falls into the sea.
10	"Fierce Fight! Sonic Baseball Team" ("Unfair Ball") Transliteration: "Gekitō! Sonikku yakyūgun" (Japanese: 激闘！ソニック野球軍)	Masafumi Satō	Mutsumi Mikuni	Masafumi Satō	June 8, 2003 (2003-06-08)	November 8, 2003
A Chaos Emerald is discovered in the stadium, which is scheduled to be demolished. Sonic and friends immediately rush to the stadium, but of course, Eggman arrives and a standoff ensues. Chuck suggested that they play a fair game of baseball, and the Chaos Emeralds were fought over by Dr. Eggman's team and Sonic's team in a baseball game.
11	"The Beautiful, Mysterious Thief, Rouge" ("Fly Spy") Transliteration: "Utsukushiki kaitō Rūju" (Japanese: 美しき怪盗ルージュ)	Keiko Oyamada	Hiro Masaki	Toshihiko Masuda	June 15, 2003 (2003-06-15)	November 15, 2003
Due to Chaos Control from episode 1, Rouge was also sent to this world. Rouge is a jewel thief in this world. At that time, the presidential office was plotting a plan to bring Sonic on board to overthrow Dr. Eggman. They then spread a false rumor that a Chaos Emerald had appeared, and tried to capture Sonic. Rouge ended up being caught in the trap. The government told Rouge to become an agent of the president and infiltrate Dr. Eggman's base. However, when Rouge finds the Chaos Emerald inside the base, she tries to take it away and gets into a fight with an Eggman robot.
12	"Assault on Eggman's Base! (Part I)" ("Beating Eggman, Part 1") Transliteration: "Egguman kichi sōkōgeki! (zenpen)" (Japanese: エッグマン基地 総攻撃！（前編）)	Naoyuki Kuzuya	Hiro Masaki	Naoyuki Kuzuya	June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22)	November 22, 2003
In the presidential office, plans were being made for an attack on Eggman's base. A presidential envoy visited Chris' house and asked Sonic for cooperation, but negotiations failed. The government tried to infiltrate the Eggman base with special forces led by Rouge while Eggman left the base. At the same time, Tails and Chris on the X-Tornado and Eggman are at war with each other over a Chaos Emerald. Sonic, learning of this, rushed out to save Chris and the others.
13	"Assault on Eggman's Base! (Part II)" ("Beating Eggman, Part 2") Transliteration: "Egguman kichi sōkōgeki! (kōhen)" (Japanese: エッグマン基地 総攻撃！（後編）)	Eiichi Kuboyama	Hiro Masaki	Satoshi Kimura	June 29, 2003 (2003-06-29)	November 29, 2003
Sonic rushes to Chris and the others in a pinch, but Eggman takes the Chaos Emerald away from them. When Sonic and friends chase him to Eggman's base, they find Eggman and the government's army fighting at the base. Rouge, Knuckles, and the others infiltrate the base, set a bomb in the power unit, and try to escape, but they are trapped by the shutters.
14	"Chase After the Hero, Sonic!" ("That's What Friends Are For") Transliteration: "Eiyū Sonikku o oe!" (Japanese: 英雄ソニックを追え！)	Keiko Oyamada	Yoshio Urasawa	Kenji Yazaki	July 6, 2003 (2003-07-06)	December 6, 2003
Eggman's base collapses. However, the topic of the press conference focused on Sonic, who was not in attendance. The presidential aide is disappointed, believing that if nothing is done, the president will lose the next election. He decides to hold a victory party for Sonic and let the press take pictures of him shaking hands with the president so that his popularity will go up. Immediately, he sent Sonic an invitation. Chuck buys new tuxedos for Sonic and the others. However, Sonic had something to do. In fact, he had an appointment to meet with Helen, a girl in a wheelchair who is a classmate of Chris'. The aide, who wants Sonic to attend the meeting at any cost, chases after him with special forces.
15	"Attack of the Mobile Fortress, Egg Fort!" ("Skirmish in the Sky") Transliteration: "Idōyōsai Eggu Fōto shūrai!" (Japanese: 移動要塞エッグフォート襲来！)	Toshikiyo Ishikawa	Kiyoko Yoshimura	Toshihiko Masuda	July 13, 2003 (2003-07-13)	December 13, 2003
With his base collapsed, Dr. Eggman terrorizes the city with his mobile fortress Egg Fort that was hidden underground. Sonic rushes to the scene, but he can't reach the high-flying Egg Fort, and Chris and his friends are fretful, wishing they had the X-Tornado to reach it. Tanaka had loaded it onto a trailer. Sonic rode the X-Tornado into the Egg Fort and a great battle unfolds.
16	"Aim for It! The Sunken Ship of the Southern Sea" ("Depths of Danger") Transliteration: "Mezase! Nankai no chinbotsusen" (Japanese: 目指せ！南海の沈没船)	Masafumi Satō	Chinatsu Hōjō	Masafumi Satō	July 20, 2003 (2003-07-20)	January 17, 2004
A Chaos Emerald (green) left a signature over an overseas resort. Apparently, there is a fourth Chaos Emerald in the sea. But Sonic cannot swim, so he went to a diving store, puts on underwater equipment, and dove into the sea with his friends. The team searches for the Chaos Emerald, and they find a sunken ship from the Age of Discovery. In it, they find the Chaos Emerald. Then all of a sudden, an Eggman Robot attacked them, leading to a disastrous situation.
17	"Knuckles! Fist of Fury" ("The Adventures of Knuckles and Hawk") Transliteration: "Nakkuruzu! Ikari no tekken" (Japanese: ナックルズ！怒りの鉄拳)	Hiroshi Kimura	Masahiko Shiraishi	Toshihiko Masuda	July 27, 2003 (2003-07-27)	January 24, 2004
In Oriental City, Knuckles seeks out and reunites with a treasure hunter man called Hawk. The two escaped from the dungeon and rode in a wheeled taxi to the hiding place of a Chaos Emerald. There, the wheeler-dealer from earlier appeared. It turns out to be a female ninja robot sent by Eggman. An epic battle begins between the female ninja robot and Knuckles over the Chaos Emerald. This episode's Japanese title is a reference to the 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film of the same name.
18	"Huge Shoot-out on the Savannah!" ("The Dam Scam") Transliteration: "Sabanna no dai kettō!" (Japanese: サバンナの大決闘！)	Makoto Moriwaki	Hiro Masaki	Naoyuki Kuzuya	August 3, 2003 (2003-08-03)	January 31, 2004
Tails and Chris meet two men building a dam in the middle of the savanna. Tails and Chris question the pointlessness of the construction. They appealed to the men to stop the construction, but the men refused. Tails and Chris, accompanied by a group of animals, march through the city in protest. The men resist in order to carry out the dam construction work at all costs. Then an Eggman robot comes and finds Sonic, whom it was looking for, and a fight breaks out, with the men getting involved in it.
19	"The Ghost of the Old Castle, King Boom Boo" ("Sonic's Scream Test") Transliteration: "Kojō no bōrei Kingu Būbu" (Japanese: 古城の亡霊キングブーブ)	Keiko Oyamada Sim Sang-il	Hiro Masaki	Toshihiko Masuda	August 10, 2003 (2003-08-10)	February 7, 2004
Chris and his friends come to an old castle by the lake to watch Chris' mother Lindsay film a movie. However, the filming is temporarily halted due to a strange noise that occurs during the shooting. In fact, someone has moved the hourglass that had sealed the demons that live in the old castle. As a result, various mysterious phenomena occur there. King Boom Boo is based on the same boss that Knuckles fought in Sonic Adventure 2.
20	"Departure! Egg Fort II" ("Cruise Blues") Transliteration: "Shutsugeki! Eggu Fōto II" (Japanese: 出撃！エッグフォートII)	Nana Harada	Hiro Masaki	Hajime Kamegaki	August 17, 2003 (2003-08-17)	February 14, 2004
Sonic and his friends are enjoying their trip on a luxury cruise ship. Sonic, who runs at supersonic speeds, is frustrated by the slow and sluggish journey of the ship. When his stress reaches its peak, Sonic takes outrageous action.
21	"Speed Match! Sonic vs. Sam" ("Fast Friends") Transliteration: "Supīdo shōbu! Sonikku vs Samu" (Japanese: スピード勝負！ソニックｖｓサム)	Yukio Okazaki	Yoshio Urasawa	Toshihiko Masuda	August 24, 2003 (2003-08-24)	February 21, 2004
The S-team leader (Sam) suddenly came to Chris' house and challenged Sonic to a race showdown. Apparently it was a race put on by a presidential aide to increase the president's popularity. Sonic reluctantly joins the race. The race showdown between Sonic and the S-team leader begins.
22	"Summer Vacation - Chao Observation Diary" ("Little Chao Lost") Transliteration: "Natsuyasumi Chao~ na kansatsu nikki" (Japanese: 夏休み・チャオ〜な観察日記)	Masafumi Satō	Kiyoko Yoshimura	Kōichi Sasaki	August 31, 2003 (2003-08-31)	February 28, 2004
During summer vacation, Chris was enjoying a summer camp in an island country with Tails and his group of schoolmates. Suddenly, a huge Eggman mecha descends on the mountain to catch Chris and his friends, causing the mountain to collapse and the river to overflow, creating a big mess.
23	"Mayhem! The Sixth Chaos Emerald" ("Emerald Anniversary") Transliteration: "Daikonran! 6 Kaosu Emerarudo" (Japanese: 大混乱！６カオスエメラルド)	Keiko Oyamada Sim Sang-il	Chinatsu Hōjō	Toshihiko Masuda	September 7, 2003 (2003-09-07)	March 6, 2004
Chris' dad had purchased a ring (actually a Chaos Emerald) from a jewelry store and was going to give it to his mom as a wedding anniversary present. Mom, an actress, was filming at the studio that day, and Dad had secretly planned a fancy surprise party by calling Chris, Chuck, and the S-team leader to the studio, but when Eggman, Rouge, and Topaz notice the Chaos Emerald, they come crashing in like an avalanche and wreak havoc.
24	"Runaway Sonic! Big Capture Operation" ("How to Catch a Hedgehog") Transliteration: "Bōsō Sonikku! Hokaku daisakusen" (Japanese: 暴走ソニック！捕獲大作戦)	Makoto Moriwaki	Masahiko Shiraishi	Kōji Hōri	September 14, 2003 (2003-09-14)	March 13, 2004
Sonic, who had fought Eggman, suddenly started to run out of control. Chuck, Tails, and the others begin their mission to capture Sonic in order to somehow stop him from running all around. Knuckles, Amy, and Sam Speed join them, and the situation becomes precarious.
25	"The Last Chaos Emerald" ("A Dastardly Deed") Transliteration: "Saigo no Kaosu Emerarudo" (Japanese: 最後のカオスエメラルド)	Yukio Okazaki	Hiro Masaki	Toshihiko Masuda	September 21, 2003 (2003-09-21)	March 20, 2004
Knuckles believes that the only way to get the seventh Chaos Emerald quickly is to cooperate with Eggman, so he comes to persuade Sonic. However, he could not meet Sonic, and Chris, who heard his plan, went with Knuckles to the forest where Eggman is.
26	"Birth! Super Sonic" ("Countdown to Chaos") Transliteration: "Tanjō! Sūpā Sonikku" (Japanese: 誕生！スーパーソニック)	Hajime Kamegaki	Hiro Masaki	Hajime Kamegaki	September 28, 2003 (2003-09-28)	March 27, 2004
Chris thinks that he has to return Sonic and the others to their own world as soon as possible, so he gives the Chaos Emeralds that Chuck had been keeping to Eggman. Sonic and his friends rushed after him. However, Eggman finally finds the last of the Chaos Emeralds. The original Japanese TV broadcast uses an insert song "Kotoba ni Dekinai" by OFF COURSE, while the home video release uses an instrumental of "The Shining Road."