The Christmas Episode

The Christmas Episode is the twenty-second episode of the first season of TFAWPS. It is the twenty-second episode overall.

Plot
Zack and his team head to the North Pole to disrupt Earth's rotation, displacing Santa in the process. Sonic, Ted, and Pink Panther head to the North Pole to rescue Santa.

Synopsis
During the holiday season, Zack meets with Bart and Agent Yellow in his Lair to discuss their next move. Zack explains to them that Dr. Robotnik has created a device to melt the ice caps at the North Pole and that they will be traveling there themselves to do so. According to Zack's plan, doing so will allow them to bribe TFAWPS into giving them the location of the shard. At the North Pole, Zack, Bart, and Agent Yellow get the new device in place when they are met by Santa Claus. Santa explains that they are on the naughty list and that they have no business building something on Santa's property. Zack uses the device to drain Santa of his powers and then laughs maniacally. Santa then vows not to let the Dark Order ruin Christmas.

Later on, Sonic, Ted, and Pink Panther arrive at the North Pole and confront Zack, Bart, and Agent Yellow. Sonic says that there's no way they would allow the Dark Order to cancel Christmas without them noticing and they begin a three on three battle. During the fight, Zack manages to corner the TFAWPS members against the device and Agent Yellow electrocutes them with his laser vision. Ted is unaffected by this and uses his energy blast on Agent Yellow, but Agent Yellow dodges and it hits Bart instead, bringing him to the ground. Zack uses this opportunity to freeze Ted in place with a freeze ray. Sonic and Pink Panther then get up and Sonic takes down Agent Yellow while Pink Panther frees Ted. The three beat up Zack and toss him towards the device, which Zack then activates.

In the Land of Ooo, a weather bulletin reports that a strange heat wave is making its way across the Land of Ooo and that people should dress accordingly. Meanwhile, Paco, Mofo, and Buster are out in the park with shovels wondering where all the snow went, since they volunteered to shovel the park. Mofo says that they could at least try and mop up all the water from the melted ice with Buster saying how much he hates water, but Paco says that they volunteered to clean up the park so they should clean up the park.

A powerless Santa strolls around the city with people asking him why he's not delivering presents and if people can get a last minute switch from the naughty list to the nice list, but Santa is unable to do anything without his powers and he hopes that Sonic will be able to help him out before Christmas is over.

At the S.E.C.R.E.T. Training Academy, Professor Everdeen gives a lecture on the heat wave to a bunch of S.E.C.R.E.T. recruits as well as Wally, who has since become her teaching assistant.

Back at the North Pole, Sonic questions Zack about what the device does and Zack confidently explains that it will melt the ice caps and that if TFAWPS wants it to be stopped, then Sonic will have to hand over the shard they've hidden to Zack. Sonic refuses and says that melting the ice caps would kill nearly everyone on the planet and that there's no way Zack would really let that happen. Zack then turns the machine's power up and the ice caps begin melting at a much higher speed. Suddenly, a large wave starts heading towards Sonic, Ted, Pink Panther, Zack, Bart, and Agent Yellow.

In the distance, the wave approaches the city, ironically as Buster complains again about how much he hates water. At the S.E.C.R.E.T. Training Academy, Professor Everdeen tells the class that it will be a very very long time before the polar ice caps actually melt, but Wally points out the news, which is reporting a giant wave approaching the city, telling her that it'll be a lot sooner. Back at the park, Mofo has had enough of Buster's complaining and tells him that water is good and it gives life, but Paco points out that maybe Buster was onto something and the three get washed away.

Returning to TFAWPS Tower, Sonic meets with Ted, Pink Panther, Oscar, Phoebe, and Mega Man. Sonic sends Oscar to try and look for Paco, Buster, and Mofo, while Ted, Pink Panther, Phoebe, and Mega Man coordinate a search and rescue for trapped civilians. As the groups split up, they manage to push back some of the water and save civilians. Sonic rushes out to find Santa. Sonic finds Santa in the S.E.C.R.E.T. hideout, but Santa refuses to come out of his room, believing he's let everyone down. Sonic tells him that there's no time for his and that the city is almost underwater, but Santa still refuses to believe him. A Santa continually refuses Sonic's requests, Sonic decides that he has no other choice but to go in there and drag Santa out even if it puts him on the naughty list. Santa then realizes that Sonic has a good heart and agrees to help him.

Wally rescues Professor Everdeen from the rising water. Meanwhile, Sonic and Santa travel to Zack's Lair. Sonic tells Zack that even though they fought each other viciously in the past, there's no reason they shouldn't come together now to save the planet from a global catastrophe and requests the blueprints and schematics for his device as well as Santa's powers back. Zack refuses and slams the door in their faces, but Sonic busts the door in after him and destroys a robot. Agent Yellow and Bart charge at Sonic, but Santa uses some remaining powers to partially freeze them. Sonic and Zack then have an intense battle. Sonic eventually manages to defeat Zack and Zack gives Sonic the schematics for the device.

Sonic, Ted, and Santa travel back to the North Pole and meet up with Dr. Robotnik, who is already there trying to fix everything. He tells Sonic that the plan wasn't supposed to happen like this and Sonic tells him to save it and step aside and let the real heroes to the work. Sonic plans to reverse engineer the device to pull the water back to the North Pole, then they deploy Santa. Pink Panther calls Sonic and tells him that whatever he plans on doing, he better do it fast. After tinkering with the device, Sonic reverses the flow of the water, pulling it away from the Land of Ooo, bringing Buster along with it, shouting that he hates water. Paco and Mofo swoop in and save him from being washed away. Sonic then tells Ted and Santa that they're up. Ted flies Santa back to the North Pole and Santa promises to put him on the nice list. Santa then returns to his throne at the North Pole, puts his hat back on and his powers return to him. Santa then freezes the polar ice caps once again, fixing the weather.

Santa then tells Sonic that he's going to have to help deliver presents fast and enlists his help. Sonic and Santa then set out and get all the presents delivered just in time for Christmas. As Sonic and Santa drop off presents at City Hall, it is shown that Genesect's ice block is now empty.

Characters

 * Sonic
 * Ted
 * Pink Panther
 * Paco
 * Mofo
 * Buster
 * Oscar
 * Phoebe (no lines)
 * Wally
 * Santa Claus (first appearance)
 * Zack
 * Agent Yellow
 * Bart
 * Professor Everdeen
 * Mega Man (no lines)
 * Dr. Robotnik
 * Genesect (frozen, no lines)

Trivia

 * Genesect is unfrozen for the first time since before the events of It's A Bird, It's A Plane, Nah, It's A Pilot.
 * The original plot for this episode had Paco, Mofo, Buster, Oscar, and Phoebe fighting Pig King, who took advantage of Santa's absence and became the new Santa and threatened to destroy Christmas, but this idea was scrapped since having Pig King imprisoned on Fin-Land since the events of Oh Brother!.
 * The events of this episode are referenced by Buster in the Season 2 episode The Clone Wars, as one of Buster's craziest adventures.