A Traitor Among Us is the fourth episode of Sonic X Skylanders Academy Season 3.
Synopsis[]
When Eon increases his beard sense, he discovers there's a traitor at the Academy -- and Sonic, Eruptor and Knuckles are convinced it's either Kaossandra or Midnight.
Appearances[]
Characters:
- Spyro
- Sonic
- Tails
- Knuckles
- 'Dark Scratch'
- Stealth Elf
- Eruptor
- Pop Fizz
- Jet-Vac
- Master Eon
- Kaossandra
- Midnight
- Glumshanks
- Strykore
Plot[]
With the threat of Kaos's pirate ship along with the Doom Raiders lingering, Master Eon increases security measures with his beard sense. However, his beard detects that someone in the Academy is working for Strykore. As a result, Eon tasks the Skylanders of investigating the traitor's identity while he puts the Academy on high alert. Eruptor, Sonic and Knuckles believe it to be Kaossandra, based on their prejudice, Midnight's story about being an alternate dimensional counterpart of Spyro as well as recent sightings of Kaossandra attempting to contact someone all around the Academy. Although 'Dark Scratch' quickly supports the boys' suspicions, Stealth Elf, Spyro and Tails strongly oppose the possibility. Unwilling to back down, Eruptor and his group plan to gather evidence to prove his case.
Meanwhile, 'Dark Scratch' rushes back to her room and reports to Strykore about the Academy's acknowledgement of a traitor within. 'Dark Scratch' proposes that she uses the confusion to take out the Skylanders by surprise but Strykore objects, since they still hold knowledge of the Map to Arkus' location. Therefore, 'Dark Scratch' has to resort of keeping the suspicions of a traitor in check while proceeding to find a way to access the secret underground vault.
At the Library, Eruptor, Sonic and Knuckles begin their process of gathering evidence that will prove Kaossandra as the mole, by tasking Pop Fizz and Jet-Vac to scour the entire Academy for any such signs, while they try to lure Kaossandra away from the Academy to prevent her from knowing the investigation. Unfortunately, Eruptor and his group manage to lure Kaossandra and Midnight out, but make a terrible excuse while they are at an isolated isle, allowing Kaossandra and Midnight figure out the group's intentions. While the five dispute, they obliviously fall victim to a net trap sprung by trolls.
Back at the Library, 'Dark Scratch' manages to breach the Relics Room and proceeds to access the vault, shortly stumbling on a small puzzle cube which she assumes is a toy. When the feathercat recites the Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme as the password, the security program denies her access since the nursery rhyme needs to be recited by Master Eon's voice only. She is prevented from having another turn, when Stealth Elf finds her. She asks for her best friend's help on her quest to discover the true traitor, not Kaossandra or Midnight, which her instincts suspect is "someone close to her".
Meanwhile, Eruptor, Sonic, Knuckles, Midnight and Kaossandra are brought to the Troll Dome where every year, trolls gather their captives and are forced into combat. Kaossandra blames Eruptor, Sonic and Knuckles for having her and Midnight lured and get captured. Eruptor and his friends confess their intentions and reveals to her that they and the Skylanders were trying to gain proof for the lava monster, hedgehog and echidna's accusation that either Kaossandra or Midnight are traitors, and firmly declares that they'll never trust either one of them. Soon, they are then forced to combat against their contender: a squirrel.
Using Stealth Elf's earlier suspicions, 'Dark Scratch' plots to distance the suspicion away from her by planting suspicious items in each of the Skylanders' room. Consequently, Jet-Vac, Pop Fizz, and Stealth Elf all accuse each other of being the mole, while 'Dark Scratch' stands as a witness. When they present the items as evidence, all are equal in their accusations, resulting them to inspect each other's items to deny and prove the other as being the traitor. 'Dark Scratch' uses the confusion to slip away from the scene and proceed to Master Eon's bedroom. While Eon is sleeping, she struggles but manages to get him to recite Little Miss Muffet by using a recorder.
Elsewhere, Glumshanks is having no success of reaching out to Kaossandra with his phone, unable to leak vital information about Strykore. He recalls another way of contacting her, by using Kaos's telepathic mirror still kept at his former castle. When he attempts to use the mirror, Strykore suddenly appears, angrily suspicious of Glumshanks's actions. Fortunately, Glumshanks manages to narrowly convince Strykore that he plans no betrayal. Strykore prepares to break contact, but not before revealing to Glumshanks that he has installed a telepathic block around the castle, rendering any outside communication impossible.
At the troll arena, Kaossandra and Midnight argue to Eruptor, Sonic and Knuckles that neither of them are traitors, but the three are unconvinced. Their bickering heats up and in the process defeats their opponent, who is thrown in a cell with the other defeated prisoners. They all learn that the cell would later be blasted into space by the trolls. The two groups come into a hard agreement of ceasing all hostilities with one another in order to rescue the prisoners just as they are forced to battle against each other. While appearing to be ready to face each other, Eruptor, Sonic, Knuckles, Midnight and Kaossandra instead instinctively damage the cell bars, creating a prison riot that overwhelms their captors. Eruptor's group finally loosens their prejudice and trust Kaossandra and Midnight as they charge for freedom.
'Dark Scratch' returns to the Relics Room and plays the terribly edited recording of Master Eon reciting Little Miss Muffet to the security program, which finally allows him access. When she ventures down the vault, she finds that the entire area is actually a beard salon for Master Eon and not a single sign that the map is kept there. 'Dark Scratch' flies back up in anger and frustration and lands back on the pedestal, where she notices that her flight path caused the book to flip a few pages and land on a page where it reveals that the small puzzle cube she found earlier is called a Wumpan Puzzle Box. The box itself contains the map to Arkus, meaning 'Dark Scratch' already had it all this time. However, the box proves too difficult to open.
Eruptor, Sonic, Knuckles, Midnight and Kaossandra arrive back at the Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz's house, where the lava monster, hedgehog and echidna apologize for their actions and fear that if neither Kaossandra or Midnight are not the traitors then one of their other teammates are. Midnight then comforts them saying that the three don't have to do it alone, although Eruptor and Knuckles demand an explanation for Kaossandra's recent attempts to contact someone, to which she explains she was actually trying to call Glumshanks but received no answer. When Eruptor, Sonic and Knuckles enter the house to inform the others of Kaossandra and Midnight's innocence, Stealth Elf, Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz y telling each other that one of them is. Fortunately, Master Eon, Spyro and Tails arrive to resolve their crisis, as Eon apologetically explains that his beard sense detected a literal mole in the Academy, hiding at his beard salon, which Tails and Spyro soon found thanks to the help of the fox's gadgets after Eruptor and his group left to do their mission. With this misunderstanding, all Skylanders drop their accusations and apologize.
Outside of the Sky Baton and gremlin's house, Eruptor, Sonic and Knuckles express their apology to Stealth Elf, Spyro and Tails for not believing Stealth Elf's infallible instincts, with the elf, fox and dragon expressing their gratitude. However, Stealth Elf still wonders where all the fake evidence in their home came from. Eruptor, Sonic and Knuckles have no answer, but just as they begin to resume their walk, Stealth Elf, Spyro and Tails notice and observe 'Dark Scratch' from a distance, still struggling to open the Wumpan Puzzle box.
Transcript[]
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Continuity[]
- 'Dark Scratch' learns that the Wumpan Puzzle Box in the Relics Room contains the Map to Arkus and she keeps it at her side to try and open it.
- Stealth Elf, Tails and Spyro become suspicious of 'Dark Scratch'.
- With Eruptor, Sonic and Knuckles finally trusting Midnight and Kaossandra, she and the black dragon are labeled as official allies of the Crystalwing Clan.
Trivia[]
- When Glumshanks is fantasizing about his award ceremony, he is holding a trophy similar to the Droste Effect.
- This is the only episode in the TV series to not feature Kaos.
- Sonic wielding a sword in the arena is a reference to Sonic and the Black Knight, where the game counterpart of Sonic used a sword during the aforementioned game.
- Knuckles also used armored gauntlets that look identical to the Shovel Claws, a level up item for Knuckles' game counterpart in Sonic Adventure 2.
- Unlike canon, it is Spyro and Tails who find the mole instead of Eon.