Granechidna

Granechidna is the first episode of the fourth season of Sonic the Hedgehog and Friends, and the seventy-ninth episode overall. It is a parody of the Thomas and Friends episode, Granpuff.

Cast

 * Sonic as Thomas
 * Tails as Percy
 * Chuck Thorndyke as Toby
 * Rotor as Duck
 * Athair as Duke
 * Timothy (A Fan-Made Sonic character) as Sir Handel/Falcon
 * Bean as Peter Sam/Stuart
 * Nack as Smudger
 * Big as Henry (cameo)
 * Knuckles as Gordon (cameo)
 * Sonic Jr. (A Fan-Made Sonic character) as Skarloey (cameo)
 * Roman (A Fan-Made Sonic character) as Rheneas (cameo)
 * Sir Robert Norramby as Himself (indirectly mentioned)
 * Everyone else as Themselves

Transcript
Narrator: "One winter's night, when the cold wind blew, the animals found it hard to sleep."

Chuck Thorndyke: "What we need..."

Narrator: "Suggested Chuck,"

Chuck Thorndyke: "Is to listen to a story."

Tails: "Yes."

Narrator: "Said Tails."

Tails: "A mysterious story."

Rotor: "But,"

Narrator: "Added Rotor,"

Rotor: "It must have a happy ending."

Sonic: "Driver told me a story,"

Narrator: "Said Sonic, so everyone listened."

Sonic: "Once upon a time,"

Narrator: "Began Sonic."

Sonic: "There were three little characters, who lived in their own little house on their own little land. Their names were Athair, Bean and Timothy. Athair was the oldest, and was named after his grace. He was proud of this, and liked to keep the younger characters in order.

Whenever they did anything that Athair thought wrong, he would say,"

Athair: "That would never suit his grace."

Sonic: "Other characters came and went, but Athair outlasted them all.

Bean and Timothy used to call him 'Granechidna.' They were fond of him, but they got very tired of hearing all about 'his grace.'

Sometimes they would tease him and chant,"

Timothy and Bean: "Characters come and characters go, Granechidna goes on forever."

Athair: "You impertinent scallywags!"

Sonic: "Athair would say."

Randolph: "Whatever are you characters coming to?"

Bean: "Never mind, Granechidna. We're only young once."

Athair: "Well, you better mind. Unless you want to end up like Nack."

Timothy: "Oh, Granechidna? What ever happened?"

Athair: "Nack,"

Sonic: "Said Athair,"

Athair: "Was a show-off!

He rode roughly and often came off the road.

I warned him to be careful, but he took no notice."

Fang: "Listen, Athair,"

Athair: "He said,"

Nack: "Who worries about a few spills?"

Athair: "'We do here,' I said, but Nack just laughed."

Nack: "He he he he he!"

Athair: "Until one day, manager said he was going to make him useful at last. Nack stopped laughing then."

Bean: "Well, why? What did he do?"

Athair: "He turned him into a generator. He's still out there behind our house. He'll never move again."

Sonic: "After that, Bean and Timothy became really useful characters, and all three were happy together for many years.

Then, hard times came. The companies near the hills closed, and the land was closed, too. People came to buy the characters."

Passengers: "We'll take Bean and Timothy."

Sonic: "No one wanted Athair. They thought him 'Too old'."

Bean: "Cheer up, Granechidna."

Sonic: "Called Bean."

Beab: "We'll find you some nice land, and then you can come and keep us in order."

Sonic: "They tried to be brave and cheerful, but no one really thought their dreams would come true.

Athair's driver and fireman polished and greased him one last time. They sheeted him snugly, and said good-bye. Then they had to go away and find work. Athair was alone.

Athair: "Oh, well."

Sonic: "He sighed."

Athair: "I'll go to sleep. It'll help to pass the time."

Sonic: "Winter torrents washed soil from the hills. Trees and bushes grew all around. You wouldn't have known a house was there, let alone an echidna asleep inside."

Tails: "That's not a happy ending!"

Narrator: "Cried Tails."

Sonic: "Ah,"

Narrator: "Murmured Sonic."

Sonic: "There will be one, but that will have to wait until next time.