Hedgehog Manor
8:31 a.m.
April Fools Day
It's a fine, bright morning in the unnamed town where resides Hedgehog Manor. Inside the mansion's living area, Sonic sits at the coffee table opening a package.
Sonic: "I can't believe it's finally come!"
The hedgehog removes a joy buzzer device from the box.
Sonic: "The oldest, most classic prank in the book. Perfect for April Fools Day... [he turns to face to the reader] which, if you read above, is today in case you were wondering."
He smirks slyly as he slips the buzzer under his glove. Much to his convenience, Knuckles approaches him from behind the couch where he sits.
Knuckles: "Hey, Sonic! Ready to work out today?"
Sonic: [quietly] "The perfect opportunity…"
Without hesitation, Sonic gets up and turns to Knuckles.
Sonic: "Knuckles, I just wanna say how good of a coach you are in working out. When it comes to lifting, you're always the best spotter I could ask for. And so you have my thanks. [he holds out his hand] Put her there, buddy!"
Knuckles: "No problem!"
Nary a second thought, Knuckles shakes Sonic's hand in return and the buzzer goes off, causing him to shake in response to the electric jolt.
Sonic: [laughs] "April Fools! You just fell for the oldest prank in the book!"
The echidna grasps his hand out of pity and hurt.
Knuckles: "Hey, no fair! You know how gullible I am!"
Sonic: "Says the guy who always tries to pull jokes on me with little to no success! If it makes you feel any better, though, I meant every word I said."
Knuckles: "That's awfully kind of you, but then that joy buzzer thing still hurts."
Sonic: "Hey, come on, I'm just joking! It's April Fools after all!"
Knuckles: "April Fools? Oh no, my biggest weakness!"
Sonic: "Well, Sonic says, better stay on top of it if ya wanna avoid getting pranked!"
9:05 a.m.
Tails' Workshop
As per usual, Tails is working on a new invention at his workbench when Amy opens the door beside him.
Amy: "Tails, do you have any-"
The door hits an air horn against on the wall, which goes off, startling Amy and causing her to jump away.
Tails: [laughs] "April Fools!"
Amy: [sarcastic] "Wow, very creative, Tails! What is this your security measure?"
Tails: "I did install it just last night for security purposes, but it just so happens to be April Fools Day too so, I'll say the timing couldn't be more perfect!"
Amy: "I didn't really mean that, but okay. Just try not to have too much fun startling people, got it?"
Tails: "Trust me, I won't. Hopefully, it's just a one time thing."
Amy leaves, shutting the door as she does so. Within a few seconds, Knuckles then slams the door open very quickly, setting off the air horn before he can even utter a word.
Tails: [laughs] "April Fools, Knuckles! Better be a little less quick on your feet next time!"
Knuckles: "Wow, you too? These April Fools are contagious!"
The echidna walks away, outraged over getting tricked again.
9:14 a.m.
Kitchen
Ever so sneakily, Blaze is setting up an upside down water glass at the counter and writes a note.
Blaze: "Perfect! Let's see who's gullible enough to make this mess."
Just in time, Amy arrives on the scene, happy to see Blaze, her best friend of all people.
Amy: "Hey there, bestie! Having fun April Fooling yet?"
Blaze: "Oh, it's a joy! Are you thirsty?"
Without a second glance, Amy notes the water glasses.
Amy: "Like I would fall for that one!"
Blaze: "I don't know! Maybe Knuckles would though. He seems a bit… clueless when it comes to this stuff."
Much to her surprise, Knuckles conveniently arrives on the scene.
Knuckles: "Who's clueless now?"
Blaze and Amy turn around to face him, surprised that he would show up on cue like that.
Blaze: [faking] "Um, nobody. Here, have a sip if your thirsty!"
Knuckles: "Oh, boy! Don't mind if I do!"
In an instant, he spots the note, picks it up, and reads it.
Knuckles: "'Have fun cleaning up this mess!' What mess? Doesn't matter, though, I'm thirsty!"
Without thinking, Knuckles picks up the glass and the water spilling all over the counter, leaving him frustrated. Amy and Blaze laugh in amusement.
Blaze: "I knew you'd fall for it!"
Having been pranked already twice before, Knuckles remains unamused.
Knuckles: "That's the third time today. I gotta start start getting everybody back!"
Somewhat angrily, Knuckles walks away leaving Blaze and Amy concerned.
Blaze: "Oh, was it something we said?"
10:15 a.m.
Weight room
For a moment, Knuckles is seen placing a whoopee cushion onto the weight room bench.
Knuckles: "When Sonic walks in to lift here in a bit, he won't believe what I have in store for him!"
Excitedly, Knuckles tiptoes away to hide behind a piece of equipment. Sonic then walks in, stretching his legs, cracking his back, and jogging in place.]
Sonic: "Time for a daily workout routine!"
He notices the whoopee cushion on the bench, and is able to guess who put it there.
Sonic: "Oh, hello, Mr. Whoopee Cushion! Thought you could outsmart me this time?"
The hedgehog flicks it off the seat.
Sonic: "Nice try, Knucklehead!"
Knuckles pokes his head out to look Sonic in the eye.
Knuckles: "What?! How'd you know it was me?"
Sonic: "It's only the oldest trick in the book… and knowing you, you're so full of them!"
In response, Knuckles slumps in shame and groans.
10:45 a.m.
Tails' Workshop
Tails is seen working on a machine when he hears the door open alerting him. When he sees and hears nothing, he continues working away leisurely. Suddenly, when he least suspects it, Knuckles hops out of nowhere behind Tails with a pillow in hand.
Knuckles: "Pillow fight!"
An excited Knuckles smacks Tails with a pillow, throwing him off balance and onto the ground much to his annoyance.
Knuckles: "April Fools! You just got surprised by Knuckles!"
Tails: "Knuckles, that's not a prank, you just surprised me by sneaking through the door and smacking me with a pillow!"
Knuckles: "Is too a prank! You surprised me earlier so I decided to surprise you back with a vengeance!"
Tails: "If this is another one of your joke defenses, I'm not buying it."
Knuckles: "Whatever you say. That'll cost you five bucks if you really want it."
The fox lowers his eyes in annoyance to the echidna's response.
Tails: "Haha, very funny."
11:11 a.m.
Hallway
Eagerly, Knuckles is seen spreading a piece of paper across the door of Amy's room.
Knuckles: "We'll see whose so easily pranked by a sign now!"
Without another word, Knuckles scurries off behind a plant in the corner of the hallway. Right then, Amy and Blaze are walking by, unaware of where Knuckles is hiding.
Amy: "...and I thought he'd never fall for it! Seriously, though, ever wonder why we celebrate fools in April?"
Blaze: "That's a topic of discussion that remains a mystery to me. I mean why would fools want to be celebrated through a bunch of practical jokes?"
Amy: "Maybe it's their specialty and others want to get them back-"
Amy and Blaze arrive at the door, Amy startled by the sign, which reads "I'M WITH STUPID" with an arrow pointing to Blaze. From a distance, Knuckles almost cracks up thinking about what they're about to say.
Amy: [angered] "What?!"
Blaze: "Who would put up such an offensive sign?"
Amy: "Well, whoever it is they didn't understand that the safest April Fools joke is both harmless and not offensive."
From where he hides, Knuckles looks away from them in shame.
Blaze: "My bet is on Shadow. He seems to be the most offended by all of us. I doubt even Knuckles would be stupid enough to refer to me as stupid. Even he knows not to get on my bad side."
Knuckles sighs, ashamed of what he's done and the fact that he unintentionally hurt his friend.
11:14 a.m.
Living room
Ashamed, Knuckles is walking toward the sofa in shame and plops down, head hanging low.
Knuckles: "None of my pranks seem to be working. I thought for once I could get back at 'em, but nobody seems to like my ideas and… they're not falling for them. Admit it, Knux, you're just a big fat loser when it comes to this stuff."
Shadow: "Don't be so down on yourself. That's my gig here."
Alerted, Knuckles looks over to see Shadow with Rouge on the easy chairs and is shocked by their sudden appearance.
Knuckles: "Whoa! You guys just sort of came out of nowhere! What are you doing here, Rouge?"
Rouge: "Why, I'm flattered you asked. It's my turn to treat Shadow to something fun other than April Fools Day. It really isn't his style, but I bet you didn't know that knowing how oblivious you tend to be."
Knuckles: "Hey! I'm not oblivious! I just… I can't seem to prank anybody today. Everybody's pranked me and all my attempts to get back at them have resulted in failure or disgust. Can't tell if either I'm not funny or I don't know my stuff."
Shadow: "Well, that last part is certainly true."
In disagreement, Rouge nudges Shadow to make him shut up.
Rouge: "Stop! The boy's lamenting his failure. The least we could do is help him out."
The dark hedgehog closes his eyes to contemplate his options.
Shadow:"I'm not usually one to give advice, but I just happen to know a way you could reasonably extract your silly revenge pranks."
Hearing this, Knuckles is sparked with curiosity.
Knuckles: "Really?! What would you know about pranking? I thought all you ever did was sit in your dark room and brood all day."
Shadow: "Rouge just happened to bring me to a place once called the 'Ultimate Prank Store'. It's a place where all can get their hands on creative methods for pranking others."
Knuckles: "More creative than my own, I hope?"
Shadow: [disgusted] "Only if you really want to give them a taste of their own medicine, go ahead and try the 'Ultimate Prank Store'. Ultimate as I may be, I'm no pranker so go ahead and have all the fun you want!"
In a huff, Shadow gets up, Rouge following as she glances at Knuckles out of concern. She then walks off to join Shadow on their little "date".
Knuckles: "Where is it anyway?"
The hedgehog turns back to face Knuckles, annoyed.
Shadow: [annoyed] "Downtown. Now don't make me say another word!"
Knuckles scratches his chin out of interest. For a moment of clarity, he's starting to believe he has more options for getting silly revenge on his fellow friends.
12:07 p.m.
Downtown
Having ventured into the city, Knuckles strolls up to the entrance of the Ultimate Prank Store, looks up and reads the sign.
Knuckles: "This must be the place! But of course it is! It's all right there in big, bright letters colorful enough for any casual bystander to notice! And it's got my attention alright!"
Out of curiosity, Knuckles walks into the door and is awestruck at the sight before him. His hand remains glued to the entrance as his eyes brighten up at the various shelves and stands containing various creative prank props and devices.
Knuckles: "Whoa! This has got a whole lot of prank ideas to last me a lifetime! Still, I can't be here all day and I can't buy out the whole place. Let's look for a good one that's cheap!"
Ever so eagerly, Knuckles marches off into the store, casually strolling passed all the shelves in amazement of what they contain. Soon enough, he notices a rubber chicken hanging from a wrack.
Knuckles: "Hey, look! A rubber chicken!"
He picks up the rubber chicken and squeezes it, but all it makes is the sound of a dying crow.
Knuckles: "Awww, well that's no good. It's just a discount whoopee cushion!
The echidna turns to notice something else.
Knuckles: "Hey!
He runs over to a product labeled "Exploding Flour Bombs" and picks it up.
Knuckles: "'Exploding Flour Bombs'? Sounds a little violent; and I'm not looking to be violent anyway."
Disappointed, he places it back on the shelf carefully.
Knuckles: "Careful…"
Despite his care, the bomb explodes in his face anyway, leaving his face covered in flour much to his dismay.
Knuckles: "I'm gonna pretend that didn't happen."
Knuckles wipes the flour off his face and then turns his head over to a product labeled "Portable Funhouse Mirrors".
Knuckles: "Funhouse mirrors? I want one!"
He runs over to it and picks one up, looking into it with funny faces.
Knuckles: "It's funny, but I don't know. Better keep looking!"
12:30-3:00 p.m.
Ultimate Prank Store
Later on, Knuckles holds a can of "Inverse Silly String". He shakes it and accidentally sprays himself with it. Annoyed, he tosses it away and continues onward. He then finds himself grabbing a laser pointer labeled "Lethal Laser" and presses the button, only for it to fire a real laser that burns into the floor. He shakes his head "no" and puts it back. Knuckles finds a can of something labeled "Fun Jelly" and happily picks it up. He struggles to get the lid off for a bit and, when he finally does, a shower of fake snakes pops out and startles him to where he runs off. Having run out of ideas, the echidna continues to walk shamefully through the store.
Knuckles: "Not one good prank and already half the day's been wasted! Does this place even have a decent manager or salesman I could talk to on where to look?"
Suddenly, a boisterous salesman with a mustache appears in front of Knuckles.
Salesman: "Did somebody say salesman?!"
Knuckles: "Yeah, I did. Just now. You wouldn't happen to be a salesman now would you?"
The salesman appears shocked.
Salesman: "Why of course I'm a salesman! Why else would I be asking a schmuck like yourself-uh, I mean, as a salesman I'm happy to service all your happily requested customer needs with a happy smile!"
Knuckles: "Well then, if it makes me any happier, could you help me find the best, most hilarious, non-harmful prank device you have? I've been searching for the best April Fools prank all day and still nothing hits the mark for me!"
Salesman: "At your service, sir! Right this way!"
The salesman leads Knuckles to the right as the latter willfully follows him to the front desk where they keep all the best methods/devices.
Salesman: "You're most lucky we still have this in stock!"
He reaches for a bottle on the shelf rack labeled "Liquid Love".
Knuckles: "'Liquid Love'? What is it some kind of love potion?"
Salesman: "It just so happens to be something that cannot be used on anybody until the buyer buys it. Simply put, though, it contains a lot of hilarious side effects for the user that will leave the pranker rolling on the floor laughing, speechless!"
Intrigued by his description, Knuckles assumes a thinking position.
Knuckles: "Sounds like it would be suitable for me extracting the ultimate revenge prank. How much is it?"
Salesman: "It'll cost you 25 Mobian credits and a lifetime guarantee!"
Knuckles: "Those do sound like good benefits. 25 credits is all I have too. I'll take it!"
He slams the amount of coins onto the counter, which the salesman collects with an evil smirk.
Salesman: "Enjoy it, my red friend! And have a happy April Fools Day!"
Knuckles: [he takes the Liquid Love bottle with him] "Don't mention it! Thanks!"
Knuckles happily strides away with a smile on his face. Meanwhile, the salesman is snickering evilly under his breath.
Salesman: "That red echidna's so gullible he never even noticed it was really me. Dr. Eggman!
He rips off his disguise, revealing himself as Eggman followed by Orbot and Cubot appearing from under the desk.
Eggman: "And, of course, who could forget Orbot and Cubot?"
Orbot: "Security footage indicates that Knuckles is on his way home. Should we follow him, doctor?"
Eggman: "Of course, that was all apart of the plan! What's the point of enacting a plan if you don't see it come to fruition?"
Cubot: "Fruition! Now there's a fancy word! Let me try… *clears throat* Hey, doctor, may I be one to lead about this fancy escort?"
Eggman: "Shut up, you're not even trying to sound fancy! Allow me to lead the charge. Make no sudden movements and try not to be seen. Don't even try to prank him yourself!"
Cubot: "Yes, sir!"
Orbot: "Will do, sir!"
Eggman: "Good! This will be the ultimate April Fools prank I never had!"
Clenching his hands together, Eggman smiles evilly at the idea of pranking his foes.
Hedgehog Manor, Kitchen
3:30 p.m.
After a long walk home, Knuckles places the Liquid Love bottle up on the island counter.
Knuckles: "Perfect! Now for to think of the perfect ploy..."
He assumes a thinking position for a few long seconds.]
Knuckles: [to the reader] "I didn't think this through, so now I'm just staring into space."
Right then, Sonic walks into the room.
Sonic: "Hey there, Knux! Whatcha got there?"
Knuckles: "Sonic, perfect timing! I just bought this sweet, new drink called Liquid Love and it tastes really good. Wanna try it?"
Sonic: "Neat! Don't mind if I do!"
Sonic reaches for the bottle and twists the cap off. Just as he's about to chug it, his watch communicator beeps signaling him away from the drink.
Sonic: "Or, on second thought, I need to take care of some Eggman robots attacking our front porch according to Tails. Be back in a flash!"
The hedgehog speeds off leaving Knuckles to sigh in disappointment. Soon after, Amy walks in and notices Knuckles.
Amy: "Knuckles, are you aware of who posted the 'I'm with stupid' sign on my door?"
In shock, Knuckles looks at her and throws his hands behind his head, nervous.
Knuckles: "Nope! I imagine it might have been Shadow, though. I mean, come on, he doesn't like us all that much so why not?"
Amy: "That's what Blaze and I though, but then-"
She turns to notice the Liquid Love on the counter and gasps.
Amy: "Liquid Love? What is this some kind of love potion?"
Knuckles: "Um… Yes! Yes it is!"
Amy: "Wow! Will it make people fall in love?"
Knuckles: "Yeah! Just take a drink and the person you like will fall in love with you in an instant!"
Amy: "Oh, wonderful!"
She opens the cap and takes a sip before putting it down and smacking her lips.
Amy: "Tastes funky… but I bet it'll help-"
She begins to dance around rather stiffly as if unable to control herself. Knuckles, meanwhile, bursts out in laughter. Just then, Blaze walks in and notices the scene.
Blaze: "Amy, what's wrong?
She takes the bottle from her.
Blaze: "What do you have there?"
Knuckles: "Drink it, Blaze! It's funny!"
Blaze: [reluctant] "...Okay then."
She takes a sip and begins to dance funny too, increasing Knuckles' laughter. Suddenly, Tails walks in.
Tails: "Hey, guys!"
He then spots Amy and Blaze dancing.
Tails: "Whoa, hey! I wanna dance funny too!"
Knuckles: [laughing] "Try the drink, Tails. Trust me, it's funny!"
Tails swipes it from Blaze and sucks the rest down. He too begins to dance oddly, turning up Knuckles' laugh by several notches.
Knuckles: "APRIL FOOLS! You've all just been hit with hilarious side effects!"
In a moment of bliss, Knuckles continues to crack up when all of the sudden, Tails, Blaze, and Amy are magically encased by metallic shells around their body. Knuckles immediately stops laughing and becomes scared. Just then, Sonic shows up at the kitchen entrance.
Sonic: "Eggman's robots are toastier than to-"
The hedgehog notices his friends all turned into robot versions of themselves as they turn their weapons toward him.
Sonic: "What?! Guys, why the robot get up? Is this another one of your April Fools where you pretend to be one of Eggman's robots? 'Cause if it is, this are your sickest-looking costumes yet!"
From the shadows, we hear slow clapping as Eggman steps out of the shadow in the corner along with Orbot and Cubot.
Eggman: "Way to go, Knucklehead! You fell for the most evil and dastardly prank ploy of all time! No thanks to my genius have you involuntarily turned your friends into my robot henchman!"
Orbot: "Technically, though, it was my idea so call me genius too!"
Eggman: "You stay out of this or I'll tear out your thinking circuits!"
Orbot: "Yes, sir. Right away, sir!"
Out of fear, Orbot salutes and switches himself into standby mode.
Eggman: "Very well then."
Knuckles stands up in a fighting stance as Sonic races over to Eggman.
Sonic: "What have you done?!"
Eggman: "Me?! I did nothing at all. Unless maybe Knuckles handing them Liquid Love - which, by the way is actually an organic to metallic conversion potion I conjured up for this occasion - and it being my creation from my fake prank store ploy counts as doing something. And it was all apart of my April Fools joke for you!"
Knuckles: "Eggman, you'd better talk or we'll… we'll- I don't know what we'll do, but it's gonna hurt!"
Eggman: "But of course, I'm always glad to share. All day I watched you, Knuckles, as you failed to amuse your friends just as I have in years before. Security cameras, robot sentries, you name it! But that's besides the point. Point is, you fell for my disguise and now you're the one who put the fools in April Fools!"
Knuckles: "I have no choice, but to fight. Take this!"
In a rage, Knuckles raises his fists and charges as Eggman wags his finger.
Eggman: "Ah, ah, ah! They only listen to me now! Metallic Squad of Sonic's Friends (or MSSF for short) ATTACK!"
Metal Tails, Blaze, and Amy stand in front of Eggman coming to his defense.
Sonic: "Guys, guys, wait! You don't wanna do this! It's us! Sonic and Knuckles!"
Knuckles: "And Knuckles!"
The metal trio fires a barrage of projectiles at Sonic and Knuckles forcing them to dodge them and run away toward the back door. The metal trio gives chase as Eggman watches.
Eggman: "This should be entertaining. Orbot! *nudges Orbot awake* We've got a movie to catch called 'The Foolery of Sonic and Knuckles Fighting Their Metal Friends'!"
Orbot: "Ooh! Sounds like my kind of flick!"
Cubot: "Oh, I love flicks! Can I join?"
Eggman: "For being good robots and not pranking me today, I'll let you both in on this!"
Orbot: "Oh, how wonderful!"
Eggman presses a remote switch, which calls in the Eggmobile. They hop on and fly away to catch the action.
Manor Backyard
3:35 p.m.
Sonic is fleeing from his converted friends as they continue to fire on him from behind and above. Metal Tails, whose flying, then swoops in from above in an effort to tackle Sonic who hops out of the way.]
Sonic: "Tails, buddy! It's me!"
As they're passing by, Knuckles ambushes a distracted Metal Tails from atop a picnic table, tackling him to the ground.
Knuckles: "Tails, come on! We're your friends!"
Metal Tails blasts a laser beam out of his chest throwing Knuckles off of him.
Knuckles: [flatly] "Oh no!"
Dazed, Knuckles swings his fist around in an effort to hit any target, but only does a lousy 360. Suddenly, Metal Amy runs up to him with her hammer, striking him and throwing him across the lawn.
Knuckles: [flatly] "Oh no!"
His eyes shut, Knuckles flies across the lawn and opens his eyes only to witness Metal Blaze at the end of his arc. She delivers him a kick that sends him flying into the pool nearby.
Knuckles: [flatly] "Oh no!"
The echidna makes a splash before emerging from the pool spitting out pool water he swallowed.
Knuckles: [flatly] "Oh no!"
In a blaze, Sonic speeds over to the edge of the pool.
Sonic: "Knux, what was that?"
Knuckles: "Oh sorry. Maybe I'm just off my game today. April Fools is my biggest weakness after all."
Sonic: "Not that. I meant your fancy way of saying 'oh no' there."
Knuckles: "Oh that. That's just an exclamation of hurt in response to the pain I'm experiencing."
Sonic: "Is that really your best way to show you're hurt?"
Knuckles: "Yeah, I've been working on it a while. Whatcha think?"
Sonic: [annoyed] "Seriously, that's just bad acting. If you wanna be funny, you gotta get better material."
Knuckles: "But it's supposed to be funny because it's April Fools so... Hah, APRIL FOOLS!"
In response, Sonic groans and rolls his eyes before zipping away towards his robotic friends on the basketball court. The four of them continue to talk as Sonic dodges their attacks.
Sonic: "Guys, can't we just talk this out? We're all friends here right?"
Metal Tails: [robotic voice] "We don't listen to your kind. We only listen to Eggman."
Sonic: "Of course. But seriously, whatever your weakness is I must know!"
Metal Amy: [robotic voice] "Does not compute."
She takes out her hammer and attempts to slam Sonic who dodges and spins into her hammer, knocking it away.
Metal Blaze: [robotic voice] "You'll pay for that!"
Metal Blaze delivers a pyrokinetic kick that zeroes in on Sonic who leaps over it and onto the basketball hoop.
Sonic: "Seriously, guys, I know you're in there. Any time the bad guy turns the hero's friends turn against them there's always some way to reach inside to pull them back!"
From elsewhere, Eggman views them overhead through binoculars while they continue to converse.
Eggman: "There's a word for this: boring!"
Hastily, he slams onto the Eggmobile's control pad, activating a comlink.
Eggman: "MSSF, obliterate that hedgehog! Slam dunk him until he burns up!"
Metal Tails: [robotic voice] "Right away, sir!"
Each of the metal friends leaps into the air, lunging toward Sonic who just stands there bracing himself. Just before they can lay a finger on him, Knuckles appears to deliver them a powerful punch, blowing them all different directions. Sonic and Knuckles turn to face each other.
Sonic: "Knuckles, why'd you do that?"
Knuckles: "I'm stronger than you, that's why!"
Sonic lowers his eyes in annoyance. Meanwhile, Metal Tails gets up with gaping holes in his metallic exterior. He tries to take off, but is unable as his jet boosters aren't functioning. Sonic notices the holes and snaps his fingers.
Sonic: "Knuckles, I got it!"
Knuckles: "Aw, shucks, you shouldn't have!"
Sonic: "No, dude, I mean I got an idea!"
Knuckles: "That's excellent, what idea?"
Sonic: "It's not that we shouldn't attack them rather we break their metal shells, which should hopefully free them safely."
Knuckles: "Isn't coming out your shell rather painful, though?"
Sonic: "It doesn't matter now what happens. I will never give up the fight! Let's kick some robot butt and free our friends all at once!"
Knuckles nods as they both run off to attack their metal friends.
Metal Tails: [robotic voice] "MSSF, attack!"
Limping, each of the metal friends rev up their guns and fire at Sonic and Knuckles. Sonic swerves around Metal Tails' projectiles and ultimately spins into him. The two get into a hand-to-hand fight in midair before Sonic kicks Tails into the nearby basketball hoop.
Meanwhile, Knuckles digs under the ground to avoid Metal Blaze and Amy's bolts.]
Metal Blaze: [robotic voice] "Target lost. Scanning for lifeforms."
Metal Blaze browses the area when all of the sudden she gets thrusted up into the air from Knuckles busting out of the ground. Knuckles then literally slam dunks her into the basketball hoop and she lands next to Tails.]
In a breeze, Sonic then spins toward Amy and stops next to her.
Sonic: "It's gonna pain me to do this to you, Amy, but you leave me no choice!"
Metal Amy: [robotic voice] "Lifeform detected. Eliminate Sonic the Hedgehog!"
Sonic: "Not on my watch!"
Sonic and Metal Amy charge at one another, Sonic narrowly dodging her oncoming fist when he kicks her toward the other basketball hoop. She lands next to the decimated Metal Blaze and Tails, all three of their shells bursting open simultaneously. Overhead, Eggman slumps in shame.
Eggman: "Oh… Well, I suppose that's what I get for overlooking the breakability of metal alloys… if breakability is even a word."
Back on the ground, Sonic and Knuckles approach their friends as they regain consciousness.
Tails: "Whoa, what happened? And why does it feel like I've been crushed between two metal pistons?"
Sonic: "It was another one of Eggman's tricks, but we took care of it. Right, Knuckles?"
Ashamed of what he's done, Knuckles looks off and slumps.
Knuckles: "Yeah, about that… I'm kind of the one who caused this. See, I got tired of losing to your guys' pranks all day and Eggman-"
Blaze: [interrupting] "Tricked you again?"
Knuckles: "Admittedly so. After I tried to prank you all back - which, by the way that 'I'm With Stupid' sign was my doing too - I ran out of options and Shadow directed me to Ultimate Prank Store. The salesman seemed nice, but I guess I should've known it was Eggman judging by his mustache. Guess gullibility is my biggest weakness… especially on April Fools. Go ahead and hate me for it all you want."
Tails, Blaze, and Amy stand up, the latter facing Knuckles.
Amy: "Knuckles, we don't hate you for what you did, but you know how big of a trickster Eggman can be. Even so, I wouldn't go letting personal jealousy and gullibility get in the way of you pulling a practical joke - especially if you don't know whether it's predictable… or offensive."
Relieved, Knuckles sighs.
Knuckles: "I guess you're right. I let revenge go to my head and it got you all hurt in one way or another. I can't think of a time when revenge was ever justified."
Sonic: "Try telling that to Shadow. He won't listen, but I don't blame him. You know who we can justifiably get back at for pranking us though?"
Knuckles: "Who?"
Sonic turns Knuckles up toward Eggman whose sputtering away in his Eggmobile with Orbot and Cubot. Suddenly, Sonic appears on their windshield, startling Eggman.]
Sonic: "Yo, Egghead! I just wanted to say how brilliantly you pranked us back there. After I gave it a second thought, I realized what a true genius you are to get us so smartly. And so, I wanted to call it a truce to commemorate this April Fools Day!"
Sonic holds his hand out and Eggman stares at it.
Eggman: "Whatever this is, Sonic, this better not be a trick. However, for complimenting my genius, I will say thank you, you're too kind! Put her there!"
Ever so willingly, Eggman shakes Sonic's hand, the buzzer underneath his glove shocking him and sending him hovering backward toward Tails who blasts his air horn in his face. The Eggmobile then lands on the ground onto Knuckles' whoopee cushion, which emits a fart sound that sends him flying up into the air. Blaze then bolts by and splashes water in Eggman's face. Ultimately, Amy uses her hammer to smack Eggman into the horizon.]
Eggman: "Curse you, Sonic the Hedgehog!"
Together, Sonic and the rest watch as Eggman flies away until he's a mere twinkle in the sky.
Sonic: "Haha! APRIL FOOLS!"
He turns to face the gang in celebration.
Sonic: "Great job, guys! That's what I like to call a rare, one in a million holiday collaboration!"
Tails: "True dat!"
Sonic and the gang give each other a group high five for being so clever and inventive.