The sixty-fifth and final episode of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, and the penultimate episode of the series overall.
While in Mobius City Park, Sonic, Tails and Dr. Robotnik get trapped into a book of fairy tales caused by Scratch and Grounder's mistake. When they escape, Robotnik uses a stolen magic wand and teams up with the Fairy Tale Villains to take over Mobius.
This episode provides examples of:
- Abhorrent Admirer: Snow Height becomes this to Robotnik after Sonic tricks her into thinking that he's Prince Charming.
- Accidental Kiss: Sonic disguises himself as Rapunzel to seduce Robotnik and tricks him into kissing Snow Height to break the spell he cast upon her that turned her into a toad.
- Art Shift: This episode features many realistic painted backgrounds as opposed to the often-absurdist backgrounds typical of the show. Such backgrounds would become the norm for the following Sonic show, Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM).
- Beatnik: The giant from Jack and the Beanstalk is one.Giant: Like, Fee, Fi, Fo, Fog, I smell the blood of an uncool hedgehog!
- Breath Weapon: James the Dragon attacks his enemies with his fire breath.
- The Cameo: Among the children that Miss Saccharine reads her book of fairy tales to are Rocket the Sloth and his unnamed sister, Tiny the Hippo, and the elephant girl and the pink lab rat from "Musta Been a Beautiful Baby".
- Delightful Dragon: James turns to Sonic's side after Sonic pulls a thorn out of his foot.
- Disguised in Drag: Robotnik uses the Fairy Godfather's magic wand to turn Snow Height into a toad. To turn her back to normal, Sonic disguises himself as Rapunzel to trick Robotnik into kissing her.
- Dragged into Drag: When Scratch and Grounder transport Sonic, Tails, and Robotnik into the book of fairy tales, they end up in the story of Hansel and Nettle. Upon noticing he's been hampered with the latter role, Tails points out "Hey, I just noticed; I'm a girl!". Doesn't help that
a handful of fans have probably mistook him for one in the past. - Edible Ammunition: In the story of Hansel and Nettle, Robotnik tosses balls of chili at Sonic and Tails, which Sonic notes did not happen in the original story.Tails: Is there a part where the Witch throws giant balls of flaming hot chili at Hansel and Nettle?
Sonic: Nope.
Tails: Well, somebody ought to tell Robotnik that. - Expy:
- Snow Height resembles a taller and uglier version of the Disney incarnation of Snow White.
- Cinderella's Fairy Godfather is a clear parody of Vito Corleone from The Godfather.
- Forced Transformation: When Robotnik steals the Fairy Godfather's magic wand, he uses it to turn Snow Height into a toad. Sonic disguises himself as Rapunzel to trick Robotnik into kissing Snow Height to turn her back to normal.
- Fractured Fairy Tale: This episode features such fairy tales as Hansel and Nettle, where the witch owns a house made of chili dogs, and "Snow Height and the Seven Squatty Guys", where instead of being the fairest in the land, the Evil Queen desires to be the tallest.
- Gingerbread House: In Hansel and Nettle, the Witch's house is made out of chili dogs. Since this is the Trademark Favorite Food of Sonic and Tails, Robotnik takes on the role of the witch and uses this to lure Sonic and Tails into a trap.
- Green Around the Gills: Tails' face turns a pale green after he eats the poisoned chili dog that Robotnik feeds him.
- Happily Ever After: This episode's title is a play on the phrase, and said phrase is also the key to defeating Robotnik near the end of the episode. Sonic and Tails skywriting "HAPPILY EVER AFTER. THE END!" overpowers the Fairy Godfather's magic wand and foils Robotnik's plan to destroy Mobius with natural disasters. The episode itself ends with Miss Saccharine saying that everyone lived happily ever after after Sonic saved the day.
- Heart Symbol: These appear above Snow Height when she kisses Robotnik.
- Heel–Face Turn: James worked for Robotnik after they escaped from the book of fairy tales, but turned to Sonic's side after Sonic pulled a thorn out of his foot.
- Height Angst: Snow Height is so tall that she barely fits in the Seven Squatty Guys' cottage, and bumps her head on a beam that Tails tries to warn her about when she tries to answer the door.
- Impact Silhouette: After the Beatnik Giant falls from the beanstalk when Tails, Miss Saccharine, and the children cut it down, the Beatnik Giant lands on Robotnik and leaves a hole shaped like his body in the ground.
- Karma Houdini: Ironically for the series finale (Sonic Christmas Blast notwithstanding), it is one of the few episodes where Robotnik's scheme is simply stopped and he gets to walk away scot-free with all-new plans that he cooked up from the events in this episode.
- Magic Mirror: At the beginning of the story of Snow Height and the Seven Squatty Guys, the Evil Queen asks her magic mirror, "Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the tallest of them all?". Robotnik appears in the mirror's reflection and says, "It ain't you, string bean!", then runs out of the mirror.
- Mythology Gag: The plane that Sonic and Tails fly at the end of the episode looks similar to the Tornado.
- Noodle Incident: After Sonic tricks Robotnik into kissing Snow Height as a toad to turn her back to normal, Robotnik complains to Scratch and Grounder "I kissed a toad!". Scratch tells him he did that once, and Grounder tells him that so did he, and he thinks the toad liked him.
- Oh, Crap!: After Sonic pulls a thorn out of James' foot, Robotnik yells, "Burn him up, you big slobbering idiot!". James then glares angrily at Robotnik who then nervously says, "Uh, big, nice slobbering idiot." James retaliates by torching Robotnik.
- "Reading Is Cool" Aesop: This episode's "Sonic Says" segment is about the wonders of going to the library and reading the books there.
- Sequel Hook: This episode ends with Sonic saying to the viewers, "Every story must end, even this one! But it's no fairy tale to say, "See you soon for more Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog!". Ironically, the series was not renewed for a second season, making this the final episode, at least until the Sonic Christmas Blast special three years later.
- Series Fauxnale: This episode is the last one from Adventures' original 65-episode run. Although the series was not renewed for a second season, the Sonic Christmas Blast special was made three years later, and was a crossover of sorts with Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM), as it featured Princess Sally Acorn and the Swat-Bots.
- Shout-Out:
- Cinderella's appearance in the episode is very similar to the character's design from the 1950 Disney film, but her dress is pink instead of blue.
- The scene where Robotnik stands atop Mt. Mobius and uses the Fairy Godfather's magic wand to cause some natural disasters is a reference to the Night on Bald Mountain segment from Fantasia.
- Sleepy Head: After Cinderella escapes from the book of fairy tales and runs from Robotnik and the Fairy Tale Villains, she decides to take a nap. Sonic complains that she thinks she's Sleeping Beauty. She wakes up when all the Fairy Tale characters are returned to their book at the end of the episode.
- Sticky Situation: After Robotnik steals the Fairy Godfather's magic wand, he uses it to turn the ground into flypaper to trap Sonic, Tails, and Snow Height.
- Tempting Apple: While in the story of Snow Height and the Seven Squatty Guys, Robotnik disguises himself as a chili dog vendor and tricks Tails into eating a poisoned chili dog that makes him fall asleep for twenty-six weeks. Sonic convinces Snow Height to kiss Tails to break the spell under the promise of introducing her to Prince Charming.
- Tempting Fate: After Sonic tricks the Beatnik Giant into climbing a beanstalk while Tails, Miss Saccharine, and the children cut the beanstalk down, Robotnik says "Where is that big doofus? How long can it take for him to conquer a hemisphere? When I'm through with him, he won't know what hit him!". Cue the Beatnik Giant falling on Robotnik.
- Terrible Trio: When Robotnik escapes from the book of Fairy Tales, he forms one with James and the Beatnik Giant.
- Two Beings, One Body: After Scratch and Grounder get Robotnik out of the book of fairy tales, Robotnik demands to know which of them melted his Portable Portal Teleporter. When the two robots argue over who did it, Robotnik says "I know how to make you get your act together!" and uses the Fairy Godfather's magic wand to fuse them into a single, two-headed robot.
- Villain Team-Up: After he escapes from the book of fairy tales, Robotnik teams up with James and the Beatnik Giant to conquer Mobius.
- Visual Pun: At the beginning of the second act, Robotnik thinks about turning Sonic into a horsefly, and in the cloud above Sonic, Tails, and Snow Height is an image of a horse's head on a fly's body.
- Wicked Witch: Robotnik takes on the form of one in the story of Hansel and Nettle.
