Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness
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- This issue takes place between Sonic the Hedgehog #39 — #40
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Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness was the sixth individual 48 page Sonic Special,
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Summary
Story One
- "Sonic & Knuckles: Mecha Madness"
After beating Bunnie Rabbot and Knuckles the Echidna, Mecha Sonic proceeds in destroying Knothole Village. Believing Sonic to be a traitor, Sally orders Rotor to bring in the Roboticizer that was used to roboticize part of Bunnie's body. Knuckles awakes in a daze and attacks his friends, thinking that they are enemies. Sally snaps Knuckles out of his dizzy state by kicking him from behind. Sally explains their need for drastic measures and hands him a Neuro-Overrider to let him keep his free will. Now in a stable mind, Knuckles agrees to be roboticized and jumps in the roboticizer.
Meanwhile, Mecha Sonic finds Tails and targets him with the intention of vaporizing him. Inside though, Mecha Sonic begins struggling with himself, knowing that even as a robot slave, he can't kill his young sidekick. Before an ultimatum is reached, Dr. Robotnik contacts Mecha Sonic, demanding the coordinates needed to find Knothole so he can nuke it. Mecha Sonic still has second thoughts, but he is unable to disobey his master. Right before Mecha Sonic can give Robotnik the numbers to locate Knothole, Mecha Knuckles arrives and attacks Mecha Sonic, destroying the communicator linking him to Robotnik. The most intense brawl, "Mecha Madness", has just begun.
The battle between Mecha Sonic and Mecha Knuckles is brutal and seems endless. Eventually Mecha Sonic decides to put a stop to it and brings all his strength into one powerful hit, sending Mecha Knuckles straight towards Robotropolis, where a stockpile of nuclear warheads are waiting to go off. Mecha Knuckles realizes there is no way he can stop himself before the impact, but is not about to go alone. By reversing the polarities of the magnets built into his knuclaws, he manages to pull Mecha Sonic in with him. The two are caught in the explosion, and the Freedom Fighters fear the worse.
In the rubble that was Robotropolis, Robotnik emerges from his secret shelter and finds Mecha Sonic among the ruins, barely alive. Amazed at his creation's survival, Robotnik gloats about his success. Out of the blue, he is head-butted by Mecha Knuckles, who then explains his survival through the use of an older roboticizer unit that did not use cheap foreign parts and how Mecha Sonic pushed himself in front to shield Knuckles and took the brunt of the blast. Robotnik passes out and Mecha Knuckles flies back with Mecha Sonic to Sally and the Freedom Fighters to restore him, barely making it and in danger of burnout. While Knuckles is changed back into flesh and blood, Rotor tells Sally that Sonic may not be easy to restore, due to the lethal damage done to his body by the explosion. Sally stands near Sonic with tears coming down her eyes, wishing that their was a way she could save him. Suddenly, NICOLE volunteers to restore Sonic herself by synchronizing with the aura protecting his psyche created by his One Billionth Power Ring. Dubious at first, Sally eventually allows NICOLE to try and she succeeds in restoring Sonic back to normal. Sonic gathers his senses and stands up in front of his fellow teammates, but then Knuckles comes in front of Sonic to gloat about his victory. Angered, Sonic tells Knuckles to take a hike, Knuckles does so, leaving Knothole in the care of the Freedom Fighters.
Immediately after, Antoine snaps handcuffs on Sonic and uses NICOLE's wartime protocols to charge Sonic for treason by allowing himself to be roboticized. Before Sonic can explain himself, the other Freedom Fighters realize what Antoine is saying makes sense and Sally orders Sonic to be taken to the Knothole jailhouse for holding until his trial.
Story Two
- "Don't Let the Island Hit You on the Way Down!"
While the battle for Mobius is being fought...another battle is being lost on the Floating Island where Predator Hawk and Sergeant Simian are powerful against Charmy and Mighty. Vector and Espio invisible are ready to ambush the enemy, but Lightning Lynx uses his hearing to detect Espio and attacks. Vector focused on their attack, gets hit from behind by Flying Frog. The Fearsome Foursome meet together with the unconscious Chaotix, knowing that they won with Lesson 1:The element of surprise. The Chaotix awaken that they followed the other 5 lessons, while punching them. The Chaotix easily have outmatched the Fearsome Foursome, but from behind Mammoth Mogul strikes the Chaotix that the most important lesson is "expect the unexpected". Mammoth Mogul explains his history to the Chaotix and his plans of taking the Chaos Emerald, to make him more powerful and able to destroy Dr. Robotnik's empire and rule. The Chaotix then launch themselves at Mogul. Seeing this as not the right time, Mogul uses his staff to summon his ship and send himself and the Fearsome Foursome away. Mogul shouts that they'll return and Vector shouts back that they'll be waiting.
Story Three
- "Eel of Fortune"
P.B. Jellyfish watches as a fleeing Octobot runs away from an unknown enemy. P.B. tries to sting him, but Octobot isn't looking for a fight and goes away. P.B. is then ambushed by the boss of the underwater underworld, Eel Capone. Eel then attacks P.B. with his hired mussels, leaving P.B. in bad shape. Some time later, P.B. is found by the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters, who have been told by the P.I.A. that it was Eel Capone. P.B. asks if Big Fluke could help them, but he is migrating. Ray, Bivalve and P.B. at the mercy of Eel, someone appears to help them. Eel Capone with his mussels are attacked by Finja, who came to the aid of the FF. The FF easily recognize Bottlenose in his clothing and congratulate him for defeating Eel Capone. For the celebration, the FF watch a choral choir, with Eel Capone suffering from their singing.
Quotes
- Eel Capone: Haw! Not likely, jelly belly... My hired mussel will see to that!
Key Events
- Mecha Sonic badly damages Knothole
- Knuckles allows himself to be roboticized, becoming Mecha Knuckles
- Mecha Knuckles and Mecha Sonic fight, eventually smashing into Robotropolis
- Robotropolis is badly damaged from the blast
- Mecha Sonic took most of the damage for Mecha Knuckles, thus allowing the latter to knock out Robotnik
- Mecha Sonic is brought back to Knothole and restored to normal by the One Billionth Power Ring
- Sonic is arrested for treason
- Mammoth Mogul debuts.
- The Chaotix face off against the Fearsome Foursome and defeat them.
- The Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters battle and defeat Eel Capone after he drives off Octobot, who doesn't appear again until after fusing with Crocbot to become Croctobot.
Background Information
- The first two stories were reprinted in Sonic Select #2.
- Rotor makes a reference to Sega, when Mecha Sonic is fighting with Mecha Knuckles, saying "This is the battle of the Sega century".
- Despite appearing in the cover, Bunnie Rabbot doesn't have a main role in this issue.
