Sonic XF Episode 230

Sonic XF Episode 230: “Wapol and the Power of the Munch Munch Fruit!”

We start off with Chopper being able to outsmart Sonic somehow, with Sonic actually behind bars while Chopper is outside with the key in hand.

Sonic: Hey, come on! What’s the big idea, little guy!?

Chopper: For being so persistent!

Sonic: You totally need to join my team!

Chopper: You see!?!

Sonic: You’d be in for some AWESOME adventures!

Chopper: Shut up! Besides, you’re not supposed to be moving around like that!

Sonic: Huh?

Chopper: Your wounds that you got…they’re nothing to laugh it!

Sonic: Well, hate to break it to ya but….

Chopper: Huh?

Sonic breaks his way via Spin Dash.

Chopper (runs away; comically shocked): HOW IN THE WORLD!!?!

Sonic: Wait, little guy!

Chopper: [Who is this guy!? How in the world did he do that!?]

Then….

Chopper: ….!!?!

Chopper stops immediately after noticing something. Sonic stops soon after.

Chopper: …..!?!

Sonic: Hm?

Chopper: This scent…! It’s Wapol!!

Somewhere, Wapol is seen laughing…

Wapol: MAAAHAHAHAH!!!

We go back to Knuckles, Nami, and Dr. Kureha.

Nami: ….

Knuckles: ….

Dr. Kureha: After learning that Hiriluk had 10 days to live, Chopper became quite distraught. It’s only natural I suppose. However, just as he was apt to do, he took matters into his own hands.

**flashback resumes**

Chopper is running somewhere in the forest, after learning Dr. Hiriluk’s condition. Chopper runs into a tree from thinking about Dr. Hiriluk a bit too much.

Chopper: …

Then, that causes him to run into a tree and he falls into the snow on his back.

Chopper: …..

Chopper suddenly remembers something….

Chopper: ….!!

Rewinding a bit, we see Chopper’s memory of a moment where Dr. Hiriluk and Chopper try to sneak by Dalton and the guards, by keeping their heads low while crossing a small bridge.

Dalton: Tell me, why have so many guards gone missing lately?

Wapol’s Soldier 1: Well, the 20 MDs were out picking mushrooms.

Dalton: Mushrooms?

Wapol’s Soldier 1: Yes, Sir. The doctors think that there’s some kind of mushroom that can cure anything. So they got the other guards looking for it.

Chopper: Mushroom?

Chopper was eavesdropping on them.

Dr. Hiriluk pulls in Chopper by surprise.

Chopper: WAH!

Dalton: Hm?

While the two are hiding…

Dr. Hiriluk: You idiot! They’ll see us!

Chopper: Doctor, about what they said…

Now back to the current timeline, we find Chopper looking through Dr. Hiriluk’s bookshelf. Later, he finds the book and looks through it.

Chopper: …..

He apparently finds it and immediately closes it. He takes his blue backpack, puts the book in there, and heads out. He thinks about the actions Hiriluk has done for him, including kicking him out for good.

Chopper: ….

Chopper carries on. Later, Hiriluk finds his home a mess, having books lying around on the floor.

Dr. Hiriluk: ……

Dr. Hiriluk, later, continues to work on his experiment. He tests around with the formulas once again. Then, that explosion reaction occurs once again.

Chopper: …

We see a montage of Chopper making his way as he looks for the mysterious mushroom.

Dr. Hiriluk: Well here goes again!

**BOOM!!!**

The Doctor gets flying out from his house after a violent reaction.

Chopper: ….

Chopper continues to walk, then…

Chopper: ….!!

We sees a whole herd of deer. The deer stare back at him, revealing that it’s the herd that left Chopper. The alpha male deer soon notices Chopper’s presence.

Alpha Male Deer: ….

Meanwhile, Dr. Hiriluk is lying in the snow…

Dr. Hiriluk: …..!!! Dammit! I’m running out of time…!

Chopper, in his deer form, travels his way through the herd, avoiding eye contact of any kind.

Chopper: ….

Alpha Male Deer: ….

Chopper (cautious): …!

**WHAM!!!**

The Alpha Male Deer attacks Chopper with his antlers and the Blue-nosed Reindeer goes down.

Alpha Male Deer: !!!!

The Alpha Male comes charging but Chopper gets right up and attacks back. Meanwhile back at Hiriluk’s….

Dr. Hiriluk: Nothing is impossible for the man who raised the jolly roger! That’s what I’ve told you!!

Alpha Male Deer: !!!!

Though bloodied, he fights back, sending Chopper flying.

Dr. Hiriluk: I will fight! Just like the pirates!

Chopper, beaten and dripping with much blood, staggers buts stands on his hooves.

Chopper: …!!!

Alpha Male Deer and Chopper charge towards each other.

Alpha Male Deer: !!!!

Chopper: RAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!

**scene change**

Later, it appears that he has found the mushroom he’s been looking forward after looking through a scope somewhere in a different location.

Chopper: I found it! The Amiudake mushroom…That’s the one! But…

We see a large cliff with the water below.

Chopper: How do I get across?

But then….

Chopper: ….! **turns around**

The Alpha Male Deer stands behind Chopper from a distance.

Alpha Male Deer: ….

Chopper stares him down with a tough look in his eyes.

Chopper: ….

It is now night, where we find Dr. Hiriluk on the floor, with many broken instruments. He coughs up some blood once more.

Dr. Hiriluk: ….DAMMIT!! I’m close…I’m so close!

His complexion has begun to lose its glow. He hears a noise by the door.

Dr. Hiriluk: ….?

The door opens we find a mangled up Chopper limping with his way. Dr. Hiriluk hides behind cover with his gun out.

Chopper: Doctor…I’m sorry…I lost one of your precious books…

Dr. Hiriluk:……! What…happened to you….!?

We see Chopper is missing one of his antlers, beaten, bloody, but still standing.

Chopper: Heh…A mushroom.

Dr. Hiriluk: !?!

Chopper has the mushroom in hand.

Chopper: Medicine.

Dr. Hiriluk: That’s an Amiudake mushroom! **drops his pistol** You…got it for me…!?

He slowly approaches his friend….

Chopper: Please live…please live, Doctor. I wanna be a doctor. Please teach me how to become a doctor.

Dr. Hiriluk falls to his knees in shock, after getting close to Chopper.

Chopper: I’ll fight too…just like pirates…do…!

Dr. Hiriluk: …..!!!

Chopper: Heh….Do you think a reindeer can become one too?

Dr. Hiriluk (tearing up): ….!!! **embraces him** You can! Of course you can!!

Chopper: …..!!

Dr. Hiriluk: I know you’ll be a great doctor someday…!

Chopper: Doc…I can’t…breath….

Dr. Hiriluk: ….because you have such a kind heart….!

Chopper: Heh heheh…!

Dr. Hiriluk: You idiot…!

Choppr: Heh heh…heheheh!

Later sometime, we find Wapol in his throne…

Wapol: Chess, Kuromarimo. Is the doctor hunt going well?

Chess: Haha! Yes, sir! Most of the doctors have already been exiled.

Wapol: Most, you say?

Dalton: …

Kuromarimo: There are two that haven’t been captured yet.

Chess: That Dr. Kureha and…

Kuromarimo: Hiriluk the Quack.

Wapol: What’d you say!?! Mrrrrggghh…!!!! Oh! Oh yeah! I’ve come up with a good idea!

Chess and Kuromarimo: ??

Wapol: Send an official notice to the citizens. The 20 MDs have all…fallen ill!!

Dalton: ….!!

Meanwhile, Chopper has been treated with much bandages and uses a cane to help himself stand.

Chopper: How’s the mushroom soup? Good?

Dr. Hiriluk: BWAH! This soup reeks!

Chopper: !!!

Hiriluk: No living creature could eat this!

Chopper: Sorry….

Dr. Hiriluk: Hey, don’t worry! Good medicine always tastes bad, ya know? That’s just means it’s working! Thanks for the soup, Chopper!

Chopper (smiles): ….!

Hiriluk: Hahahha!

Chopper: ….

Then, Chopper notices Hiriluk’s change of expression.

Hiriluk (shocked): ….!!!

His experiment is reacting in a different way, giving off a pleasant glow of some kind.

Chopper: ??

After turning around, Chopper is still confused…

Chopper: ….What’s…that?

Dr. Hiriluk: I’ve done it!

Chopper: Huh?

Dr. Hiriluk: I’ve finally done it! This is it!

He walks to the machine….

Dr. Hiriluk: …This reaction…! I’ve waited 30 years for this! I’ve done it, Chopper!! My research is a success!! I was right all along! See that!? See that!?!

Dr. Hiriluk bursts outside his home and lets a holler of victory.

Dr. Hiriluk: YEEAAAAAAAAHHH!!! HHAHAHAHA!!! I CAN DO IT!!! I CAN MAKE CHERRY BOLOSSOMS BLOOM ON THIS ISLAND!!

Chopper: Hah…!

Later, Chopper is put to bed while Dr. Hiriluk tends to his errands.

Dr. Hiriluk: I’ll be heading out but you stay put and rest.

Chopper: Okay.

Dr. Hiriluk: See ya later!

He leaves the scene…and Chopper lets out a wide smile.

Chopper: [The Doctor was happy!] **giggling** [Wow! I can cure human diseases!]

Dr. Hiriluk comes in briefly, suddenly…

Chopper: Huh??

Dr. Hiriluk: You’re going to become a great doctor. I’ll make sure of it! **leaves**

Chopper continues to giggle and smile after a tiny window of silence.

Later, Dr. Hiriluk is found at Dr. Kureha’s home.

Dr. Hiriluk: You realize this entire country is a madhouse right now?

Dr. Kureha: Yeah, I’ve noticed. Have you heard about the 20 MDs falling ill? What a crock. So…brings you here today?

Dr. Hiriluk: I have a favor to ask—

Dr. Kureha: I refused. Anything else?

Dr. Hiriluk: I didn’t even asked it yet.

Later, he shows Dr. Kureha his miraculous success which has a form of pink dust.

Dr. Kureha: What is this dust suppose to be?

Dr. Hiriluk: That dust is supposed to be 30 years of my life. It’s the discovery I’ve been looking for! It’ll treat this country’s sickness! And it will cure it!

Dr. Kureha: You just wasted 30 years of your life. Nicely done. Anyway, why are you showing it to me?

Dr. Hiriluk: I wasn’t able to make enough dust. There’s no time. I want YOU to make it, to make cherry blossoms bloom for me.

Dr. Kureha: Nonsense! Why should I-!?

Dr. Hiriluk: I’m not finished.

Dr. Kureha: !?!

Dr. Hiriluk: I want you to teach Chopper about medicine. He wants to become a great doctor more than anything! **kneels**  

Dr. Kureha: Are you mad?? Why would I--!?!

Dr. Hiriluk: He may be a reindeer and a freak, but I know he’ll make a great doctor! He’s a good person with a kind heart! He risked his life to make medicine for me! Please, help him become a great doctor!

Dr. Kureha: You sure have a lot of nerve, you quack!!

Dr. Hiriluk: …

Dr. Kureha: Why should I take care of your half-baked research and your weird pet!?! You know me I’m not the type that would be sentimental just because one has short time to live!

Then….

Dr. Kureha: NOW GET OUT OF MY TREE!!

Dr. Hiriluk gets thrown out of her home along with his bag.

Dr. Hiriluk: Yeah…I know….We’ve known each other for a long time…Hahahaha….Goodbye….

Dr. Kureha contemplates about the Quack as she glares at the powder given by him.

Dr. Kureha: This doesn’t seem like him. Giving up so easily like that…

She remembers….

[Dr. Hiriluk: I’m almost out of time.]

Dr. Kureha: No….! He couldn’t mean…!!

The village hears about the 20 MDs falling “ill”.

Villager A: What do you mean!?! The 20 MDs are ill!?!

Villager B: What who will treat the ill!?

Villager C: At least give us medicine!

Wapol’s Soldier A: It’s no good! We’re just telling you!

Then….

Dr. Hiriluk: Everyone get out of my way!!!

Villagers (comically shocked): !!!?!

Dr. Hiriluk is armed with bombs as he rushes towards the cable car.

**BOOM!!!**

Wapol’s Soldiers: WAAAAAAGHHH!!!

Wapol’s Soldier A: **coughs**…..That guy is insane!!

Then, Dr. Hiriluk has his pistol pointed directly to the soldier’s face.

Wapol’s Soldier A: !!!?!

Dr. Hiriluk’s complexion appears to have gotten worse.

Dr. Hiriluk: Head for the ropeway, then the castle.

Later, Dr. Kureha bursts into Hiriluk’s home with Chopper still inside.

Chopper: ??

Dr. Kureha: Where’s that damn fool Hiriluk!!?

Chopper (comically panicking): !!!!!

Dr. Kureha: Look there’s no need to hide! I know all about you! Now where’s that quack of to!!?! Dammit talk!

Chopper: D-doctor got better so he went to town. That’s all.

Dr. Kureha: Better? He can’t get better. His condition cannot be cured by any modern medical science!

Chopper: That’s not true! Look at this!

He shows her the mushroom.

Chopper: He’s all better now! Because I gave him this to eat!

She cannot believe what she is seeing…

Dr. Kureha: …..!!!! It can’t be….!!

Chopper: This is an all-purpose medicine, so he’s fine now. He said he felt like he was full of energy.

Dr. Kureha (provoked): ……!!!

Chopper: Doctor said he was going to teach me how—

**POW!!!!**

Dr. Kureha gives Chopper a clean punch to the face, sending him slamming to the floor.

Chopper: ….!!!?!

Dr. Kureha: ….

Chopper: ….!!!

Dr. Kureha: ….!!!!

Chopper: What was that!!?!

Dr. Kureha picks him up and punches him once more, sending him slamming to a dresser.

Dr. Kureha: YOU STUPID FOOL!!!!

Chopper: Rrrrggh….!!!

Dr. Kureha: DON'T YOU KNOW!!?! That mushroom…..!!!!

Chopper: Huh?

Dr. Kureha (tearing up): ….It’s poison…!!!

Chopper: ……!?!

Dr. Kureha: Once you eat it. You’re dead in half a day!

Chopper: …..!?!

Dr. Kureha soon falls on her knees.

Dr. Kureha: That’s why that idiot came to me….!

Chopper: That can’t be true. I checked in one of doctor’s books. Although I lost the book…It can defeat all diseases!

**DOOM!!!**

Chopper remembers the flag Hiriluk presented, symbolizing his belief of the ways of the pirates.

[Dr. Hiriluk: I raise this flag as a challenge to all diseases of the world!]

Chopper: That’s right! There was a skull next to the picture Amiudake mushroom! And doctor said he got better!!

Dr. Kureha: …….

Chopper: There’s no way he’ll die!

**DOOM!!!**

Chopper: You’re lying to me!!!

Dr. Hiriluk: Stop dawdling! Hurry it up!!

He makes his way towards the castle.

Dr. Hiriluk: I haven’t got any time left to waste!!

Back to Chopper and Dr. Kureha….

Dr. Kureha: He was touched by the kindness in your heart. The skull in that book means poison, understand?

Chopper: LIER!!

Dr. Kureha: No….remember it. There’s no known medicine in this world that can work for all diseases! That’s why doctors exist!

Chopper: But I…..!!!!

Dr. Kureha: Listen….You can’t save people with just kindness!! If you really want to save them, you’ll need the medical skills and the training to use them!! Without that can’t save anyone!!

Chopper (teary-eyed): …….!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!! AAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

Dr. Kureha: You poor fool….

Meanwhile…..

Wapol’s Soldier B: Lord Wapol, Hiriluk is heading to this castle.

Wapol: It worked! Maaahahahaha!! That jackass! Maaahahahaha!!

Dalton: …..!!! [Is he serious!?! Why!?! What for!?!]

Dr. Kureha grabs one of Hiriluk’s liquor, umeshu.  

Dr. Kureha: He’ll never return to this home again. I guess he chose the castle to be his tomb.

**DOOM!!!**

Dr. Hiriluk: I demand that you take me to the patients! I’ve come to save the 20 MDs!!

**DOOM!!!**

We see the 20 MDs alive and well.

Dr. Hiriluk: What….!?!

Wapol: MAAAHAHAHAHAH!!! You idiot!! Don’t you get it yet!?! It was a trap!! The 20 MDs are fine as you can see!! MAAAHAHAHA!!! The only life in danger is your’s, Dr. Hiriluk!!! MAHAHAHAAH!!!

Dalton: [Why did he come here!?!]

Dr. Hiriluk’s condition worsens…

Chopper, in his reindeer form, makes a dash towards the castle.

Wapol: Guards!! READY!!!

His soldiers point their guns…

Chopper: !!!!

Dr. Hiriluk: So that was it… **falls to his knees**….Good….none of them are sick.

Dalton: !!!!

Dr. Hiriluk (teary-eyed): I was afraid…this was a national crisis! But no…luckly it was just a trick!

20 MDs: …!!!!

Wapol: Hah! It really was a national crisis. I wouldn’t want someone like you. Ignore his babbling! Execute--!

Dr. Hiriluk: Save your bullets. You don’t have what it takes to kill someone like me.

Wapol: Huh?

Dr. Hiriluk: Hey…When do you think a person dies?

Meanwhile Chopper is still running…

Dr. Hiriluk: When a bullet from a gun pierces through his heart? Nah…When he is attacked by an incurable disease? No….

Chopper runs up the rope of the cable car…

Dr. Hiriluk: …When he eats the soup of a poisonous mushroom? No!

Dr. Kureha: …..

Dr. Hiriluk: A man….dies when people forget him.

Dalton: …..!!!

Dr. Hiriluk: Even if I disappear right now…

Hiriluk pours himself some sake from his flask.

Dr. Hiriluk: …. my dream will come true. When it does…the citizens’ sickness of the heart will be cured as well. You’re crying…why, Dalton?

Dalton (crying): ……!!! Is that….true for a country??

Dr. Hiriluk: Yeah, if the word of do is passed on.

Wapol: Come on, Dalton! Why are you crying!? Maaahahaha!!!

Dr. Hiriluk: Very shortly a monster will be coming. He’s my son. Please, don’t hurt him.

Blood seeps out from his mouth…

Dr. Hiriluk: [Don’t worry, Chopper. Your mushroom won’t kill me.] **raises sake** I’ve had…. A MARVELOUS LIFE!!!

Dr. Kureha: Goodbye….Quack. **drinks**

Dr. Hiriluk drinks his sake…

Dr. Hiriluk: THANK YOU, CHOPPER!!!!

Then….

**BOOOOOM!!!!**

His body explodes with such energy. His hat, flies and lands in front of Chopper who stands now on castle grounds.

Chopper: …

Everyone is shocked by what just happened…

Dalton: …!!!

Chopper: ….!!!

Chopper remembers all the times he spent with his mentor, his friend, his father.

Wapol: MAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! He blew himself up!! What an idiot!!! MAAHAHAHAHAA!!!

Chopper: …..!!!!....ROOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Chopper transforms into his monstrous, bipedal form that everyone recognizes. He rushes through the smoke.

Chopper: RRRROOOAAAHH!!!

Wapol’s Soldier C: OH CRAP!!!!

Wapol’s Soldier D: IT’S THAT THING!!!

Wapol’s Soldier E: IT’S A MONSTER!!!! SHOOT HIM SHOOT HIM!!!!

Dalton: STOP!!!!

Dalton, in his Bison hybrid form, stops Chopper in his tracks and pins him down.

Dalton: Leave! Leave at once! If you can’t even defeat me, you can’t possibly defeat them! Rrrrgggh….!!!

Chopper: !!!!!!

Dalton (with tears): I apologize! For those who had the nerve to laugh at Hiriluk’s death!!

His tears stops Chopper’s rage and calms him.

Chopper: ……!?

Dalton: Without enough strength, you’ll die in vain. Don’t waste your life! Don’t sacrifice it for this country! Please…!

Wapol: Hm???

Later, Dalton lets Chopper go in peace, carrying Hiriluk’s hat as he walks back on the rope.

Wapol: You let him get away!!

Dalton: You shut you mouth!! The only man that cared enough to save and cure this sick country just died while you laughed!! Even while everyone else gave up in despair, this kind doctor tended to save us all and died for it!!!

Wapol: So what if someone like that guy died!?

Dalton: I see the path this country should take. It should just die out!! As long as we stay here, it can’t be rebuilt because….even with medical care progress, even with medical research goes on…..!!!

**DOOM!!!**

Dalton: THERE IS NO MEDICINE THAT CAN CURE FOOLS!!!!!

Wapol: Grrrggghh!!! I let you have your say!!! AGH!! ALL YOU’VE DONE IS MAKE ME ANGRY!!!!

Later, we find Chopper crying and begging and pleading outside of Dr. Kureha’s home. He waves Hiriluk’s pirate flag as he does so…

Dr. Kureha: …..

Chopper: Please!! Please teach me how to be a doctor!! You’ve got to teach me how to become a doctor!! You’ve got to!! I’ll prepare the all-purpose medicine!! I’ll become a doctor who can cure anything!!! You’ll see!! I’ll even cure an entire country!! I’ll do anything you ask! But I’ve got to become a doctor!!! Because I know there’s no disease… no illness that’s can’t be cured!!!

Dr. Kureha: …..Call me doctrine, for now on.

We go back to Dalton, where he appears to have been beaten and thrown behind bars for his crime of betrayal.  

Dalton: I wont give up…I’ll carry on…his will…!

**flashback ends**

Nami and Knuckles give their silence to respect Chopper’s tragic past.

Nami: ….

Knuckles: ….

Nami: So for the six years, Chopper has since studying medicine under you.

Dr. Kureha: Yeah. I taught him everything I know. He’s been a very good student.

Chopper: DOCTRINE! DOCTRINE!

Nami, Knuckles and Dr. Kureha: !?!

Sonic (looking out through window): Tch, it’s him.

Wapol and his kin are finally outside his former castle.

Wapol: MAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!! At LONG last! I’ve finally returned!!!

Sonic: That guy with the big mouth!

Wapol: Now! We shall restore Drum Kingdom back to its glory!!

Chopper: Doctrine! There’s trouble! Wapol is back!

Dr. Kureha remains cool and calm.

Dr. Kureha: Is he?

**DOOM!!!**

-- To be continued….