AT4W: Sonic Super Special #7

Memorable quotes from episode 311:

Linkara: "We open with this lady being interviewed by the FBI."
Woman: *speaking in a weird font* "PARTICLE. My name is Particle."
Linkara (as Particle): "And you have to pronounce it in that weird font or it doesn't work."
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Linkara: "And thus, Particle ends up in another dimension; specifically, Sonic the Hedgehog's Earth."
Particle: *narrating* "I have been prepared to encounter a world much like ours with some variations-- but nothing could have prepared me for what I actually encountered!"
Linkara (as Particle): "In this world, Adam Sandler movies have won" *makes "finger quotes"* "'Best Picture' at the Oscars fifteen years running!"
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Linkara: "'Overlanders', from what I could find from research, are basically a mutated offset of humanity in the comic, similar to ordinary-looking humans, but more aggressive and xenophobic."
Sonic: "What do you think, guys? Should we rush her?"
Linkara (as Sonic): "Let's loudly discuss our plans when we're only five feet away!"
Antonie: "She's an Overlander, mon ami! Not only zat, she's a female-- one part ooh-la-la and two parts treachery!"
Cinema Snob: "#feminist".
Bunnie Rabbot: "Antoine! Is that how you think of me?"
Antoine: "Au contraire, mon cherie! I was merely recalling a bad experience I once had!"
Linkara (as Antoine): "Ze friend zone is a hellish place, milady. It's a good zing zat I am, how you say, a nice guy."
Linkara: "Particle spots the group."
Particle: "Oh my--! The animal life on this world has mutated in some bizarre ways!"
Linkara (as Particle): "They're French!"
Linkara: "So apparently, Particle's dimensional tuner doubles as a wide-angle phaser, since she's able to knock out Sonic and pals to avoid hurting them. Aaaand why she fired on them while they were just standing there is anyone's guess. Oh, and it's also a tricorder since she uses it to lock onto a power source that's got her attention – on a floating island in the sky."
Particle: *narrating* "Do you remember that campy "Batman" show from the Sixties? I felt like I was living in an episode when I discovered--" *normal* "THE ZOOT CHUTE?"
Linkara: "Zoot Chute Suit?"
Linkara (as Batman announcer): "Will our plucky Particle participate in Robotnik's playtime? Find out soon, same Sonic time, same Sonic channel!"
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Linkara: "It seems Particle is here to steal the power source for some reason and uses the tuner to transport the emerald back to her universe. We cut back to the interview, where the FBI agents say that she didn't realize what she had set in motion. When she asks to use the bathroom, she touches one of the agents and knocks him unconscious. It is there that we learn that the agent's name is... Scolder. And he has a redheaded partner, Mully." *incredulously* "Mully and Scolder..." *rolls eyes, then becomes quite irritated* "Congratulations, "Sonic Super Special"! You have the best out-of-nowhere reference to The X-Files since "Sinnamon #11"! You must be so proud!"
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Linkara: "Once they've convinced Eddie they're the real deal, they explain what's happening – in a flashback. We have now entered flashback-in-a-flashback territory. So, Particle, being such a smart character, apparently didn't realize that the Chaos Emerald was keeping the island afloat and thus, it crashed into the water after she took it and nearly drowned Knuckles. And then he... uh, got a two-page spread that I have to turn on its side? Oh, it's a poster. A really badly-drawn poster with very questionable anatomy on Savage Dragon, ShadowHawk, or this lady with green face paint covering her misshapen and ill-placed eye. Well, okay, the Maxx up at the top looks fine, but that's because the Maxx is supposed to look that weird. Um, anyway, Knuckles met up with the others and compared notes about Particle, figuring out that she must have come from another dimension. As such, they use a... recently-recovered transdimensional car..." *covering his face in embarrassment* "I ran out of alcohol around "Marville" and I haven't had a chance to replenish it yet! ...and go on the Cosmic Interstate, which is a literal highway between universes which lets them travel to and from different dimensions. And thus, they follow the trail to Earth, which, from this image, appears to have a bit of a rust problem in North America. Sally asks Eddie to help them and..." *in the comic, they smile creepily at each other* "and... uh..." *utterly horrified* "WHY ARE YOU TWO SMILING AT EACH OTHER LIKE THAT?!?!?!"
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Linkara: "Yet another superhero joins the action: Union, who's actually a WildStorm character, but that's another topic for another day, and just–" *stops abruptly as he becomes horrified at the appearances of ShadowHawk, Savage Dragon and Union* "GOOD LORD, THIS ARTWORK!! I don't know if, at this point, it's deliberately cartoony or if the Sonic art style just really, really does not work with the overmuscled, gargantuan Image characters. Anyway, ShadowHawk gets separated from Sonic, and the three superheroes go in pursuit of them and the Chaos Emerald, which is on a train going out. Speaking of, Sonic and company confront... this guy [Particle's boss, simply known as the Doctor]..."
The Doctor: "It took you a bit longer than I expected, but I knew you'd come after this little bauble regardless!"
Linkara (as the Doctor): "You will never take my technologically-advanced belt!"
Sonic: "How would someone like you know anything about the Master Chaos Emerald?"
Linkara: *confused* "Someone like him? The hell are you talking about, Sonic? The dude looks like Dr. Chaotica! Of course he knows about the friggin' Emerald!"
The Doctor: "That would be telling! Suffice it to say that I know you all quite well!"
Knuckles: "Really? I don't ever recall ever stumbling over you either, bub!"
The Doctor: "You get to know me very well, echidna-- but that's in the future!"
Linkara (as the Doctor): "Warning you about future events means you'll be better prepared to face me then!" *holds up fist* "I AM A VERY INTELLIGENT VILLAIN!"
Linkara: "Before this moron can continue to monologue more than Harvest, the three Image characters break through the roof and accidentally shoot the Chaos Emerald. This somehow opens a portal that the train speeds into, sending everyone into another dimension. Or another planet or something, I don't know; we're like three-fourths of the way through the comic and it feels like we're only now hitting the first plot point. The pacing on this thing is all over the place, but mostly it's "let's speed through this as fast as we can". Still Unnamed Villain Guy has an army of robots – I think they're the same that Robotnik uses – that he has retrieved the Chaos Emerald while all of our heroes remain unconscious."
The Doctor: "Phase one is now complete! I have gathered together the unwitting components for the most insidious plot ever devised..."
Linkara (as the Doctor): "I will give Perez Hilton his own talk show! I AM AN EVIL GENIUS!"
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Knuckles: "Manohman... Not sure--I can do this!"
Spirit of Knuckles' father: "Look inside yourself, Knuckles!"