Air date: February 8th, 2004 (JP), February 19th, 2005 (US)
This episode contains examples of:
- Attack Backfire: Hawk tries to grab Tails by his namesakes and is spun around into submission for his trouble.
- Battle of the Still Frames: The match between Tails and Rouge is presented mostly as this.
- Combat Pragmatist: Chris, of all people, uses this in his match against Danny by tricking him into lowering his guard and then pinning him.
- I Shall Taunt You: In her match against Tails, Rouge stands on the edge of the ring and taunts Tails into charging at her. When he does so, she grabs him, stuns him with a peck on the cheek, and dumps him out of the ring.
- Post-Kiss Catatonia: Tails is so surprised at being kissed by Rouge that he does a Wild Take and just lays sprawled on his back after falling out of the ring.
- Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...: Happens to the president in his match against Jerome Wise / The Black Knight.
- Tournament Arc: The beginning of one.
- Underestimating Badassery: Rouge does this to Tails at the start of their match.Rouge: Not exactly what I'd call a challenge, but here goes.
- Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing: Lucky wins his matches because Chuck hurted himself before the match and Decoe or Bocoe were chased off by the police.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Bokkun tries to pull one against Amy on their match and is brutally beaten for his trouble.
