01x10 - Grounder the Genius

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COME ON, YOU OVERSIZED CALCULATOR,

LET'S HAVE THAT MICROCHIP!

PATIENCE, DR. ROBOTNIK.

"I AM DOWNLOADING THE GENIUS PROGRAM ONTO THE CHIP

EVEN AS WE SPEAK. JOB COMPLETE.

IT'LL ALL BE WORTH IT.

IF THIS CHIP REALLY MAKES MY MAGNIFICENT MIND

TEN TIMES SMARTER.

EUREKA! NOW I AM A TRUE EGGHEAD!

SCRATCH! GROUNDER!

PWHEEETT!

URRHHGG!!!!

ALL RIGHT, PUT OUT THE BAIT.

THE DOLL, YOU DODO, THE DOLL!

OH... YEAH.

DOLL: HELP...SAVE ME, SONIC.

WILL YOU BE CAREFUL?!

NOW HIDE!

SONIC'LL BE ALONG ANY SECOND!

DOLL: SAVE ME, SONIC! HELP, SAVE ME, SONIC!

HELP, SAVE ME, SONIC... HELP, SAVE ME, SONIC!

HELP, SAVE ME, SONIC!

HELP, SAVE ME, SONIC! HELP, SAVE ME, SONIC!

HELP, SAVE ME, SONIC!

HAHAHAHAHA!

OH, MAN, ROBOTNIK IS REALLY SLIPPIN' IF HE EXPECTS ME TO

FALL FOR SOMETHIN' THIS BOGUS.

HMMM...

HUNH...?!

THOSE DUMBIES ARE REALLY DUMMIES!

NOW! NOW! SPRING THE TRAP!

SOMEONE PULLED A FAST ONE ON ME?

UH-OH...

WHEW!

TALK ABOUT A CLOSE SHAVE!

SOLID DIAMOND..?

THIS PLAN'S WAY TOO INGENIOUS FOR ROBOTNIK!

GROUNDER, YOU DOPE!

IF YOU WEREN'T SO SLOW, WE'D'A HAD HIM!

WELL, LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, SCRATCH.

AT LEAST WE DIDN'T GET TRASHED THIS TIME.

I MEAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME

WE WENT AFTER SONIC AND DIDN'T GET -

TRASHED.

THAT MOUSETRAP SET-UP LOOKED SO LAME.

ROBOTNIK HAD ME CONNED!

HE'S GOTTA HAVE A NEW COMPUTER, OR SOMETHIN'.

I KNOW! LET'S ASK HACKER!

YOU ALWAYS SAID HE'S A REAL COMPUTER EXPERT.

NO, I SAID HE'S A REAL COMPUTER NERD.

BUT LET'S TRY HIM. C'MON!

WE ALMOST HAD SONIC, BUT THANKS TO GROUNDER, WE -

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME.

I CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED.

HEY, YOU ARE GETTING SMART!...

OOF!

AT LEAST I'M SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG.

I NEED MORE BRAIN POWER.

AND NOW I SHALL HAVE IT!

MY COMPUTER RANDOMLY COMBINED EVERY PROGRAM AVAILABLE.

IT WAS A MILLION-TO-ONE sh*t, BUT THE RESULT WAS THIS.

A PROGRAM THAT WILL MAKE ME A THOUSAND TIMES SMARTER...

I'LL BE THE GREATEST GENIUS WHO EVER LIVED!

I THOUGHT HE ALREADY WAS.

THAT'S WHAT HE ALWAYS TELLS US...

SHADDAP!

Yowwwww!!!

OOH, SORRY, DOCTOR ROBOTNIK.

HEH, HEH... GUESS I LOST MY HEAD...

YOU BREAKAWAY BUMPKIN!

COMPUTER: SECURITY ALERT, DR. ROBOTNIK.

HACKER: HEY, MY VIRUS CRACKED THE SYSTEM!

WHOA, WHAT A HUMONGOUS PROGRAM!

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF INTELLIGENCE-BOOSTER.

MAYBE CAN DOWNLOAD IT ON A MICROCHIP.

COMPUTER: DOCTOR, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!

SILENCE!

IN A MOMENT, THAT SUPER-GENIUS PROGRAM WILL BE WRITTEN ONTO A

MICROCHIP AND ATTACHED TO MY HEAD.

AND WHEN I'M A THOUSAND TIMES SMARTER THAN I AM RIGHT NOW,

MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, I'LL FIGURE OUT SOME USE FOR YOU!

LIKE MAYBE THE WORLD'S LARGEST PAPERWEIGHT!

ALL RIGHT, DOWNLOAD MY SUPERGENIUS PROGRAM,

AND MAKE IT SNAPPY.

COMPUTER: I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU, I WAS JUST INVADED BY A COMPUTER

VIRUS-AHHCHOOO!

IT COPIED THE WHOLE PROGRAM AND THEN ERASED IT FROM MY MEMORY!

WH-A-AT?!

ERASED?!

WELL, STOP JABBERING AND GET IT BACK!

MAKE ANOTHER PROGRAM!

SORRY, NO CAN DO.

YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, THE SUPERGENIUS PROGRAM WAS A

MILLION-TO-ONE ACCIDENT.

WHO DID THIS?

WHO DARED TO ENTER MY CYBERSPACE,

AND STEAL MY PROGRAM?

SCRATCH, GROUNDER!

TAKE THIS COMPUTER NETWORK SENSOR,

TRACK DOWN THE VANDAL WHO COPIED MY PROGRAM-AND DRAG THEM HERE!

YES, YOUR VICIOUSNESS!

DOES THIS MEAN I'M NOT GONNA BE A PAPERWEIGHT?

IT MEANS IF YOU FAIL ME, YOU'RE SCRAP METAL!

GET GOING!

HI, HACKER! WHATCHA DOIN'?

HIYA, TAILS, SONIC.

JUST TAKING A PEEK AT SOMEONE'S PROGRAM.

YOU MEAN, YOU CAN GET INTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S COMPUTER?

THEY HAVEN'T MADE THE SYSTEM I CAN'T cr*ck.

SO WHAT ARE WE WAITIN' FOR!

GET CRACKIN'!

LOT OF COMPUTER ACTIVITY NEARBY.

GET READY TO PINCH THIS CROOK!

ALMOST DONE...

GROUNDER: HEH, HEH! YOU'RE MORE THAN DONE!

YOU'RE DONE FOR!

YEAH!

YOU MESSED WITH THE WRONG COMPUTER!

ER, EXCUSE ME, GENTLEMEN THIS IS MY COMPUTER.

I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT OCCURRED.

OK, WISEGUY, YOU'RE TAKING A TRIP!

UURRGGHH!!!

WHOOOOOOOOOO ...!

SAY, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

YOU'LL FIND THE ANSWER SHOCKING.

YA-HA-HOOOIEE!...

OOF!

DUHHH, I FEEL SO LIGHT-HEADED...UH...

I HOPE I CAN FIND EVERYTHING.

EXTRAORDINARY!

I'M BRILLIANT...

INGENIOUS...

OMNISCIENT!

OM-WHAT?

WHAT ARE YOU BABBLING ABOUT?

YOU METALLIC MORONS!

YOU LET SONIC ESCAPE!

I'LL SCRAMBLE THE BOTH OF YOU INTO JUNK!

UH, UH, UH! NOT SO FAST, MY OVOID FRIEND.

LET US BE LOGICAL.

SCRATCH HAD THE SENSOR, THUS, IT WAS HE WHO LED US INTO DISASTER.

WHAT?! BUT I...

HMMM. AMAZINGLY, YOU HAVE A POINT.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUST JUNK SCRATCH.

UH, RATHER INADVISABLE.

SCRATCH CAN BE OF SIGNIFICANT USE IN A STRATAGEM I HAVE

TO APPREHEND SONIC.

YOU HAVE A STRATAGEM?

YOU?!

YES.

IT INVOLVES MOLECULAR REARRANGEMENT AND ELEMENTARY

NANOTECHNOLOGY.

TELL ME MORE.

WE'LL DISCUSS IT ON THE JOURNEY BACK TO OUR ABODE.

INCIDENTALLY, I'LL NEED A LACKEY TO ATTEND TO MY NEEDS...

YOU CAN HAVE SCRATCH.

WH-A-A-ATTT??!!

I DOWNLOADED THE GENIUS PROGRAM ONTO A CHIP,

BUT NOW IT'S GONE.

GONE?

HOW?

I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT THOSE BADNIKS TOOK IT.

ARE YOU TELLING ME ROBOTNIK'S GOT SUPER BRAIN POWER?

WITH THE GENIUS CHIP HE DOES.

BUT YOU CAN DO A QUICK SWITCH OF THE GENIUS CHIP

FOR THIS STUPID-CHIP.

THIS'LL MAKE HIM ONLY HALF AS SMART AS HE IS.

MAYBE YOU'RE SMARTER THAN I THOUGHT.

I SURE HOPE YOU CAN OUT-THINK ROBOTNIK.

[CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC]

UH, YOU NEGLECTED A SPOT OVER THERE.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I'LL GET IT.

"I'LL GET IT,"...WHAT?

I'LL... I'LL GET IT, MR. GROUNDER, SIR.

AR, SPLENDID.

BUT DON'T CLENCH YOUR TEETH WHEN YOU ADDRESS ME.

AND WE REALLY MUST ENGINEER AN UPGRADE FOR THAT SQUAWK-BOX

YOU CALL A VOICE.

OH, THAT DOES IT!

I DUNNO WHAT THAT MEANT, BUT I KNOW IT'S AN INSULT!

OH, DEAR, MUST I AGAIN DEMONSTRATE MY

CEREBRAL SUPERIORITY?

INITIATE FAST-PECK MODE.

H-H-H-E-E-E-E-Y-Y-Y-Y!

OK, OK!

NOW CARRY ON LIKE A GOOD LACKEY.

AN INVENTION HAS JUST OCCURRED TO ME.

NOW, IF I CAN JUST TAP INTO ROBOTNIK'S SECURITY MONITORS,

WE CAN SEE HOW SONIC'S DOING...

LUCKY YOU HAVE A SPARE COMPUTER.

YOU DID IT!!

I CAN SEE SCRATCH!

CHIP-RECYCLER!

ANY OLD MICROCHIPS LYING AROUND YOU WANNA SELL?

LIKE THIS ONE?

HMM.

I'VE SEEN A CHIP LIKE THAT BEFORE.

NATURALLY YOU HAVE.

IT RESEMBLES THE GENIUS CHIP I PUT IN MY HEAD.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO HEAR!

I CAN'T MOVE MY FEET!

WHAT'S GOING ON?

ISN'T IT OBVIOUS, SONIC OLD BOY?

MY NEW PETRIFYING RAY IS TRANSFORMING YOU INTO STONE!

INCREDIBLE!

YOU MEAN, YOUR INVENTION PETRIFIED SONIC?

OH, IT WAS NOTHING.

A LITTLE GADGET I TINKERED TOGETHER OVER MY LUNCH HOUR.

MOST IMPRESSIVE.

HMM!

I'M A BETTER ROBOT-BUILDER THAN I THOUGHT.

C'MON! WE GOTTA GET GOING!

G-GOING?

WHERE?

TO SAVE SONIC, OF COURSE!

L-LOOK, SONIC WAS RIGHT, I DON'T GET OUT MUCH.

I THINK I'D BETTER WAIT HERE AND MONITOR THINGS...

WAIT! BRING THAT BACK!

OOOOFFF! OHHHH...

THIS IS WHY I DON'T LIKE THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

I ESTIMATE A NINETY-EIGHT POINT-NINE PERCENT PROBABILITY

THAT SONIC'S FRIENDS WILL ATTEMPT A RESCUE.

GROUNDER, I'M PROUD TO HAVE BUILT YOU.

IN FACT, I'M PROMOTING YOU TO VICE-TYRANT.

WH-H-A-A-A-T?

OW-WOW-WOW-WOW!

TERRIBLY GENEROUS OF YOU, DOCTOR.

BUT QUITE INADEQUATE.

THE TITLE I HAD IN MIND WAS PARTNER.

PARTNER?

MY PARTNER?!

WHY, YOU UNGRATEFUL BUCKET OF BOLTS,

I BUILT YOU.

AND I CAN SHUT YOU-OFF, TOO!...

YOWWWW!

NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY!

I ANTICIPATED YOU'D ATTEMPT THAT.

YOU SEE, I POSSESS THE GENIUS CHIP.

YOU?!

SO, I DISCONNECTED MY OFF-SWITCH.

SCRATCH, SEIZE THE BAD DOCTOR.

OH, GEE, GROUNDER, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD.

HE MADE YOU MY LACKEY, DIDN'T HE?

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT I SAY.

YEAH, I... I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.

HOW DARE YOU?!

NOW, DEMONSTRATE SOME FANCY DRIBBLING.

YES, SIR, MR. GROUNDER.

WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA --!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

OH! NASTY SLICE.

AND IN VIEW OF MY INTELLECTUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS,

IT REALLY SHOULD BE "DR. GROUNDER",

DON'T YOU AGREE?

OOH-OOH! WOW!

W-WHATEVER YOU SAY, DOCTOR.

OK-OK-OK!

I-I'VE CHANGED MY MIND.

YOU CAN BE MY PARTNER.

AH, ROBOTNIK, THAT'S TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.

IT OCCURS TO ME THAT I DON'T NEED A PARTNER.

I CAN RULE MOBIUS BY MYSELF!

BUT GROUNDER, I...YOU WERE ALWAYS MY FAVORITE CREATION!

REALLY?

NO DOUBT THAT'S WHY YOU REFERRED TO ME AS "SCRAP METAL",

"BREAKAWAY BUMPKIN" AND...

OH, YES, "THE WORLD'S LARGEST PAPERWEIGHT".

THROW HIM IN THE DUNGEON.

AND IF HE ATTEMPTS ANYTHING, PETRIFY HIM.

AND PLACE THE SONIC STATUE IN WITH HIM,

TO KEEP HIM COMPANY.

UH, YES, SIR, DR. GROUNDER.

WA-HOO!

UMPHH!...

SCRATCH, YOU DOLT, DON'T YOU REALIZE YOU

WERE MY ALWAYS MY FAVORITE?

REALLY? I KNEW IT!

TOO BAD YOU AIN'T BOSS ANYMORE.

FREE ME, AND I'LL GRANT YOU ANYTHING YOU DESIRE.

THE FINEST LUBRICANTS, IMPORTED SPARE PARTS!

SORRY, DOCTOR, BUT IF I WANT TO KEEP MY BEAK IN ONE PIECE,

ORDERS ARE ORDERS.

YEOOOOOWWWWWW!

PHHEEWW!

GROUNDER: ATTENTION, SCRATCH.

REPORT TO THE REPAIR BAY AND SCRUB OUT THE PITS.

WHO DOES HE THINK I AM, CINDER-ROBOT?

MY ONLY CONSOLATION IN THIS WHOLE CATASTROPHE IS THAT AT

LEAST I'M BETTER OFF THAN YOU, SONIC.

[RASSBERRY]

TAILS: THAT'S NOT SO!

CAUSE SONIC'S GOT FRIENDS.

DO YOUR STUFF, HACKER!

MAYBE, IF I REVERSE THE ORDER OF THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE

"RAYGUN'S SOFTWARE...

HACKER, IT'S WORKING!

HACKER, WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?

BELIEVE ME, IT WASN'T MY IDEA.

LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A FEW BUGS IN MY PROGRAM.

AAA, WHO NEEDS IT?

MEET ME AROUND FRONT, AND WE'LL GO NAB THAT GENIUS CHIP.

THE NAIVE NITWIT!

HE PROVIDED MY ESCAPE ROUTE!

OOOO-HOOOO-HOOO!

[GIGGLING]

AH, PROBLEMS IN MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

ALWAYS PROVIDES A FEW CHUCKLES...

HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THAT GENIUS CHIP OUT OF HIS HEAD?

LEMME TELL YOU MY PLAN.

GROUNDER: I'M SORRY,

BUT THAT WOULD BE AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY.

YOU SEE, BEING A THOUSAND TIMES SMARTER

ENABLED ME TO PREDICT YOUR LITTLE ESCAPE

DOWN TO THE LAST DETAIL.

THEREFORE, I CONCOCTED MY LATEST INVENTION,

THE LIGHTNING ROD.

DIDN'T SOMEONE ALREADY INVENT THAT?

YES, BUT THIS ROD DOESN'T PROTECT AGAINST LIGHTNING

IT CAUSES IT!

EGAD!

MY CAPE GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR LATCH-OOF!

I'M IN LUCK!

I MUST WARN YOU THAT LIGHTNING TENDS TO STRIKE

THE TALLEST OBJECT IN VIEW.

KEEP LOW-I GOT AN IDEA!

GROUNDER: AND IN SIX-POINT TWO SECONDS...

THE TALLEST OBJECTS AROUND HERE WILL BE YOU!

WA-HOO!

IT'S AN att*ck!

WHY ISN'T GROUNDER CALLING ME?

AAA, I GUESS HE THINKS I'M TOO DUMB TO BE OF ANY HELP.

OH HE DOES, DOES HE?

I'LL SHOW HIM!

GROUNDER: THREE-POINT-ONE SECONDS TO GO...

AND NOW, THE AVARD FOR THE VORLD'S SMARTEST YENIUS.

THE COVETED NO-BULL PRIZE GOES TEW...

GROUNDER THE YENIUS.

HMM.

HORNS OBVIOUSLY DESIGNED TO ATTRACT LIGHTNING..

AND THE LEGS ARE CLEARLY STICKS OF DYNAMITE.

MAN! THERE WENT MY BEST BIT!

NICE TRY, OLD CHAP BUT YOU CAN'T OUT THINK ME.

I'VE THOUGHT OF EVERY POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE.

I'M COMING, DR. GROUNDER!

WHHOOOAA!

UMPHYAAHH.

EXCEPT THAT ONE.

WHO'D HAVE IMAGINED SCRATCH WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW UP TO HELP?

I SUPPOSE NO ONE'S COMPLETELY IMPERFECT.

YOU'RE FORGETTING ME!

AND NOW, THE GENIUS CHIP WILL BE MINE!

SONIC, THE STUPID-CHIP!

I, ROBOTNIK, SHALL BE THE SMARTEST PERSON IN UH...

IN...

DUH, WHAT WAS I SAYIN', ANYWAY?

WHADAYA MEAN I'M NOT SMART ANYMORE?

OH, IF YOU HAFTA ASK WHAT I MEAN,

YOU'RE NOT SMART!

DR. ROBOTNIK IS THE GENIUS NOW.

RIGHT, DOCTOR?

DUH, MISTUH GROUNDAH, I THINK YUH DROPPED UH, YER PRIZE.

C'MON, C'MON, LET'S BURN!

SCRATCH: NO!

GROUNDER: AW, PURTY LIGHT.

SO WHAT DO YA THINK WE SHOULD DO WITH THE GENIUS CHIP?

YOU WERE RIGHT, TAILS, HE'S A SMART GUY.

SPEAKING OF SMART GUYS, I WONDER WHERE ROBOTNIK

AND HIS FRIENDS ARE.

OH, WHO NEEDS THESE WRETCHED CHIPS?

I'M ALREADY A GENIUS,

ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO YOU TWO.

OH GEE, SCRATCH, ISN'T IT GREAT TO HAVE

THINGS BACK TO NORMAL?

YEAH, NORMAL IS RIGHT.

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!

TOO BAD WE ALL CAN'T PLUG IN SOME GENIUS CHIP WHEN WE NEED

SOME SMARTS.

IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD WORK TO GET AN EDUCATION.

YOU'VE GOT TO STAY IN SCHOOL, DO YOUR HOMEWORK,

USE THE LIBRARY. READING AND LEARNING ARE LIKE EXERCISE

FOR YOUR HEAD.

IF YOU DON'T PUT IN THE TIME,

YOU END UP WITH A FEEBLE MIND.

IT'S NOT HOW BIG YOUR BRAIN IS, ITS WHAT YOU DO WITH IT

THAT COUNTS.

TAKE IT FROM ME: USE ITOR LOSE IT.