History Recap / SonicBoomS2E28RobotsFromTheSkyPartThree

With no other options, the two run as the guards give chase, blasting at them all the while. However, running fails them when they come to a dead end. Fortunately, there ''is'' an escape-- a trapdoor that stretchy arms extend from, the owner of those arms telling them to get in fast. Against common sense, they let the arms grab them, and they slide down a chute and into a small room, where they're ambushed by yet more robots. However, another voice tells them to stand down, as the two are allies. The voices turn out to be Mighton and Bolts, the two robot protectors that Team Sonic [[Recap/SonicBoomS2E26RobotsFromTheSkyPartOne rescued from Eggman's clutches earlier]]. Sonic ''tries'' to extend a friendly greeting, but Mighton has no patience for that at the moment; Bolts explains he was made leader of the robot resistance, and he's been on edge since. The two further explain that a surface bot sent out a signal for miles in every direction, which is the reason why all robots went berserk. They'd take care of things themselves, but were they to leave the lead-lined bunker everyone's standing in, they'd no longer be safe from the waves, and the bot in question would be in complete control of them. As beings of organic nature, Sonic and Tails are immune to the signal, so they offer to take care of the problem in their stead. They're given a map and a destination to follow it to: the Central Power Core of Morristown, where the surface bot is currently located.

Elsewhere, Sonic, Tails, Mighton, and Bolts have all returned to Morristown's lead-lined bunker, where Sonic's getting his injured leg cast sloppily with duct tape; after all, the city has no methods for treating organic injuries... that, and Bolts says duct tape fixes everything. As Sonic continues to wince, Mighton tells him ''he's'' gone through worse-- namely, a situation in Guatamañana where he awoke to find his platoon decapitated (though since they were robots, he just screwed the heads on again). Guilt continues to eat away at Tails, who says he feels horrible about everything that's transpired. Upon Sonic's attempt to convince him that it wasn't his fault, he argues that he created a robot that hypnotizes other robots and unknowingly abandoned him, then hesitated to destroy that robot and got Sonic's leg messed up as a result. Sonic has to agree with his best friend's point, but he reassures him that everything ultimately turned out fine, despite those mistakes.

However, the Blue Blur is unaware of the truth: this adventure has one last ace up its sleeve. From inside a watertight Eggmobile, Eggman's gone underneath the icy lake Hypno-bot fell into to investigate the odd signal he got. And surprise, surprise-- it's Hypno-bot himself, now frozen in a block of ice. Eggman grabs the robot with the Eggmobile's claw, then welcomes him to Team Eggman, going into another fit of sinister laughter as the episode ends (and for the third time running, Knuckles is annoyed by the cliffhanger). Looks like we're heading into overtime, folks. The final battle for Morristown is fast approaching. Will Team Sonic triumph?

The robot guards take Sonic and Tails to the Central Power Core, where their leader sits in a chair high above; the guards inform the leader about their new captives. In response, the chair swivels, revealing the leader to be Hypno-bot, an old creation of Tails'! He welcomes Sonic and Tails and says it's nice to see them again. Tails is confused at Hypno-bot's newfound ability to speak, because when he created the robot to [[Recap/SonicBoomS1E45RobotBattleRoyale participate in the Robot Battle Royale robot-fighting tournament]], he never programmed him with sentience. Hypno-bot confirms this wasn't Tails' doing and goes on to explain how he got here, starting with the day he was created; he recalls participating in the tournament, then later being defeated by a back-flipping poodle robot, the explosion of which flung him into space. He floated there for weeks, believing Tails would come to save him, but the only thing that did was a passing Morristown sentry; he was brought to Morristown, where he was repaired, improved upon, and granted sentience... allowing him to realize his creator had ''abandoned'' him. Feeling betrayed, he used his ability to hypnotize any robot to bring the population of Morristown under his control (and yes, even ''he'' thinks of a better name for the city) so it would serve as his stronghold and did the same with the rest of the world's robots so they would destroy every last organic lifeform-- his form of retribution for being left behind.

Tails, overcome with guilt, tells Hypno-bot that he never realized the robot needed his help and honestly apologizes for doing nothing. Too bad Hypno-bot refuses that apology by sarcastically stating that he should just give up his world domination plans, then ordering his minions to laugh condescendingly (and immediately retracting that order when Sonic makes a pun at his expense and his minions laugh at ''that''). Tails says that no one else needs to suffer the consequences because it's him and ''only'' him Hypno-bot has a problem with, and Sonic adds that it's not cool for him to hypnotize the very robots who repaired him and took him in. Hypno-bot responds that he'll never be cool... because Tails built him in his own image. Harsh. Having exhausted all pleasantries, the rogue robot then commands his legions to attack, and Sonic and Tails find themselves struggling to fight off the large army with just the two of them.

Returning to Hedgehog Village, the B-team faces a similar situation: the robot armada ''they're'' fighting is becoming too hard for ''them'' to repel alone. As the villagers continue to hide and watch, Knuckles decides it's time to rally them to fight back, so he launches a big speech about protecting the things they care about most: their personal belongings. Sure enough, it works, and every single villager, regardless of alignment or background character status, joins the battle to take back their home. With some backup behind them, Knuckles, Amy, and Sticks have more of a fighting chance. Unfortunately, back in Morristown, Sonic and Tails have no such luxury. Tails notices Hypno-bot running off and gives chase as Sonic continues to struggle with the guards, though he too breaks free and joins Tails outside, only for them to be surrounded by ''more'' guards. Frustrated, Sonic decides the only way to deal with the guards is to take Hypno-bot down, so he shoves his way through the guards and causes one to drop his weapon. Tails picks it up and takes to the sky with his namesakes, aiming at Hypno-bot... but he fails to pull the trigger. Sonic notices his hesitation and asks him what gives; Tails answers that Hypno-bot is his creation, and he can't bring himself to destroy him.

Obviously, this wrinkle allows for a consequential turn of events; Hypno-bot fires a bola gun that causes Tails to fumble and drop the weapon, but not before accidentally firing a shot that blows a hole in Morristown's glass dome. Sonic gets the back of his left leg brutally kicked by one of the guards, injuring it and causing him to crumple to the ground in pain. Noticing this, Tails attempts to move closer to Hypno-bot, but another bola from his creation's gun ties up his tails, and the momentum sends him flying out of the hole he created; he barely manages to grab the edge of the floating city as Hypno-bot laughs at his misfortune. Refusing to let his best friend suffer a terrible fate, Sonic runs toward them, pushing through the inevitable pain and kicking Hypno-bot off the edge of Morristown, then grabbing Tails' hand just as he loses his grip; unfortunately, the pain gets worse when one of the guards crushes his injured leg by stomping on it.

All the while, Hypno-bot continues to fall until he finally crashes into an ice-covered lake. The hold he has on every robot he's hypnotized is broken, causing the robots in the Village Center to retreat and giving Team Sonic's B-team and the villagers reason to celebrate. Amy applauds everyone for their efforts in ending the attack, but as soon as she asks who wants to clean up the mess, the villagers mumble to themselves and walk off, much to her dismay. Inspiration only goes so far. Back at Morristown's lip, as Sonic continues to struggle pulling Tails back up, the leg stomping relents, as do Hypno-bot's former guards; seeing as it's safe for them to surface, Mighton and Bolts show up nearby, and Bolts gives Tails a ''hand'' with his extending arms (sorry). Meanwhile, in Eggman's lair, the evil scientist is sitting depressed at his computer and eating cold cereal, saying he doesn't deserve to eat anything better after losing nearly his entire stable of robots. His day improves again, however, when his radar shows all of his robots returning to the lair... but ''another'' blip shows up on the radar not long after, and judging by Eggman's surprised reaction, this signal's ''not'' one of his.

** Knuckles' speech to the villagers includes a nod to the infamous ''Film/Braveheart'' speech, explained in the RousingSpeech example above.

** Knuckles' speech to the villagers includes a nod to the infamous ''Film/BraveHeart'' speech, explained in the RousingSpeech example above.

--> ''(Bolts hands over a map to Tails)''
--> '''Mighton:''' [[GoodLuckGesture Give 'em heck,]] boys.
--> ''(Mighton, Bolts and the rest of the robots salute Sonic and Tails, who return the favor with a salute of their own)''

* RousingSpeech: Knuckles, Amy, Sticks, and SixthRanger Og are backed against the wall when it comes to the robot invasion in Hedgehog Village, and they're unable to deal with the mass of robots on their own. It seems like the heroes won't prevail this time, but Knuckles, seeing the many villagers cowering around them, stands atop the village well and [[DumbassHasAPoint inspires everyone to fight by informing them through a speech that all of their belongings are in danger of being destroyed if they sit around and do nothing, and that, regardless of whether they're heroes, villains, or "reoccurring background characters", it's time to fight back and stop that from happening]]. The speech works, and the villagers gain the strength to assist them in holding off the robots.
* ShoutOut: Sonic and Tails are said to be found in Sector 7-G, [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson's workplace]].
** Another excellent example from Knuckles later on:
--> "It's time to tell our enemies that [[Film/BraveHeart they may break our spirits, but they can never break our stuff!]]"

* StoryArc: This episode is part three of an overarching plotline taking place over the course of four episodes.