Sonic the Hedgehog 033 (Archie)

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Sonic the Hedgehog #033 "Sonic the Hedgehog"
Writer: Mike Gallagher
Pencils: Dave Manak, Harvo, Mindy Eisman, Barry Grossman, Scott Fulop and Victor Gorelick
Cover artist: Patrick Spaziante/Brian Thomas
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Sonic the Hedgehog 33 is the thirty-third issue of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic.

This comic features two stories: "Let's Get Small" and "Sonic Shot" This issue also features the Knuckles' side-story "The Big Pictures", part 3 of the story.

Let's Get Small

Sonic the Hedgehog has finished his latest mission and returns to Knothole Village via their secret trunk entrance. He confidently bounces off a tree in his dash and jumps into one of the Knothole buildings expecting a triumphant welcome. He skids to a halt as he finds that nobody is present, especially at the security monitoring station. He zips out of the building and looks around, noticing nobody is around. He calls out to anybody, but he gets no reply. Confused, he is approached, silently, by Rotor from behind, who throws a surgical mask over Sonic's face. Sonic is shocked at first, but turns around to see Rotor, who is very ill and disoriented. Sonic helps Rotor keep his balance, while they walk over to Rotor's lab so that he can explain what has happened.

As they enter the lab, the sight of what Sonic sees shocks him so much that he lets go of Rotor, sending him tumbling to the ground. All the Freedom Fighters are bed-ridden and are deathly ill. Sonic wants answers, but Rotor is too disoriented. Sonic slaps Rotor slightly to bring him to, which works successfully. He points to a bag of smelly fast food that the group had ordered from a new fast food restaurant: McRobos. Sonic picks up the smelly, leaking bag of food, instantly recognizing it as a trap set up by Robotnik. He then asks why the group didn't eat what he left in the fridge. Unfortunately for Sonic, Rotor notes that the group has grown tired of his left-over chili dogs. Rotor then thinks back when they got the food, and that Robotnik must've put robotic germs on their french fries. He then notes that everybody else had succumbed to the virus, but he held out so he could warn Sonic. Right then, he passes out on the floor.

Sonic heads over to Rotor's closet, deciding that the only way these robotic germs can be fought is at the microscopic level. After rummaging through lots of junk, he brings out the reduce/enlarge component of the roboticizer they destroyed some time back. He plugs the utility into Rotor's amplifier, for the best results. All set up, he flicks a switch on the component, activating it and shrinking him to microscopic size.

The reduction process is a success, as Sonic looks in awe at Rotor's large tusks. Not wanting to waste any time, he zooms into Rotor's mouth to deal with their newest threat. As he goes deep into Rotor's throat, he is overcome with the strong stench of fish. Despite this pungent smell, he arrives at the inner systems crossroad, road signs that lead whomever is in the body to any part of the system. There are so many areas to go to, and Sonic has no idea where the germs could be located. Suddenly, a voice from nearby calls out to Sonic, telling him he can't do anything to stop the germs. He turns around and sees a granny-like version of Rotor who calls herself Auntie Bodies. Sonic notes that she is supposed to be fighting the germs, but she notes that the 'French Frirus' is too strong for her to fight. She also mentions that the other Auntie Bodies in the other Freedom Fighters also agree that they cannot fight this new germ. Despite this news, Sonic intends to save his friends. He runs past Auntie Bodies and prepares to enter the vital organs.

As he enters the vital organs of Rotor, Sonic notices a number of green sores located all over the membrane wall around him. As he runs by, the sores pulsate and explode, covering him in puss. More of the sores remain, talking to Sonic and calling themselves the French Foreign Lesions. Before the remaining sores can do anything, Sonic gets up and enters a spin dash, removing all the sores from the membrane walls. He stands over all the destroyed lesions, thinking he has stopped the virus from spreading, but his troubles get worse as an unknown entity whacks Sonic with cane. It claims that he has only taken care of his bodyguards.

Sonic gets up and sees a large virus with a French accent and clothes, calling itself Paris-Site, twirling it's cane around. Despite the hit with the cane, Sonic intends to continuing fighting, raising his fists to have a one-on-one battle with the virus. Paris-Site, however, has no intention of fighting personally. One of his henchmen, covered in fire, launches a burst of flames at Sonic, who jumps just in time to prevent getting burned. Paris-Site introduces his henchman personally, a flame-covered being called Fever. It launches another burst of flames at Sonic, who jumps away again using his Super Peel-Out technique. While using his peel-out, he launches at Fever and tries to punch him, but only ends up singeing his hand. As Sonic deals with the burn, Paris-Site walks up and prepares to take out Sonic with his cane.

The virus' efforts, however, are stopped, as Auntie Bodies steps in and grabs his cane. Fever and Paris-Site react in fear as Auntie Bodies' confidence has returned after observing Sonic's brave acts. She uses the cane and destroys Paris-Site with a quick whack to the head. With the virus out of the way, Fever is more vulnerable. Sonic takes this opportunity and rapidly runs circles around Fever, putting the fire out. With the French Frirus destroyed, Auntie Bodies brings out her one-cellular phone and contacts the Auntie Bodies in the other Freedom Fighters and tells them what to do to destroy the virus.

Slowly-but-surely, one-by-one, the Auntie Bodies in the other Freedom Fighters take care of the French Frirus with ease. As the virus is knocked out, the Freedom Fighters start to feel better. Rotor starts to feel well, causing his body to rumble. Auntie Bodies tells Sonic that he better get going.

Background Information

• McRobos is an obvious parody of the fast food restaurant McDonalds.
• The roboticizer Sonic mentions in "Let's Get Small" was shown in issue 3 and 4.
• Numerous body-related puns are mentioned in this issue, including Auntie Bodies (Antibodies), Paris-Site (parasite)