"Grr!" "(Karate cries)" "Sticks, you are a mixed martial artist." "Don't lie to me, me." "This thing stinks!" "(Gasps)" "(Screams)" " Sonic!" "Wake up!" " What did you say, sugarplum?" "Don't call me sugarplum." "I'm not Amy." "What?" "Sticks!" "What're you doing?" "Unhand my face!" "You gotta come with me to the TV studio." "There's a red-eyed prowler up to no good!" "But I was right in the middle of a really sweet dream." "I was dancing with sugarplums." "When I say it out loud," "I kinda regret having said it out loud." "Whoa!" "Oh, no!" "(Yawns)" "But I saw him with my own two eyes." "I smelled him with my nose." "I smorphed him with my sixth sense." "I'm going back to bed." "That's the trouble with being paranoid." "When something is going on, no one believes you." " You can say that again." " I know, right?" "And you saw him at midnight, all by yourself, in the empty Village centre while finger painting?" "It's called Jiu-jit-surrealism and it's the purest form for expressing the depths of my soul." "Plus, I found 40 paint cans in my burrow and couldn't think of anything else to do with 'em." "(Yawns)" "Tired, huh?" "Not me!" "I slept like a baby last night." "No, really!" "An abandoned crib washed up on the beach." "You know, Sticks, sleep deprivation has been linked to delusional behaviour." "That can't be it." "I never sleep." "But I'm telling ya, there was something fishy going on at that TV station." "And I'm gonna prove it." "(Gasps)" "Hello, my sleepy friends." "This is the Dreamcaster, and I'm going to take you on a magical journey." "All you have to do is follow my silky voice to the land of sugarplums, where you want to go of your own free will and not because you're hypnotised." "(Battle cry)" "Denizens of our Village, you're all being brainwashed!" "Don't be fooled!" "A robot is controlling your thoughts!" "Wake up, sheeple!" "Sheeple is a negative term!" "We prefer Sheep Villagers." "I'm writing a letter to that network!" "Your minds are being taken over by the Dreamcaster!" "Oh, jeez!" "Sticks, what've you done now?" "(Murmurs)" "I'm glad you're here!" "You guys ready to rage against the machine?" "You!" "You destroyed my studio, ya wacky broad." "And I lost the insurance payment in a poker game!" "(Murmurs)" "Hold on." "I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation." "There is." "I had pocket deuces!" "Who doesn't go all-in with pocket deuces?" "No, I meant a reasonable explanation for all of this." "The studio was destroyed by a brain-washing robot trying to invade your dreams through the television!" " Well, I'm 0 for 2." " Sticks, nobody's seen this robot but you." "But he really exists!" "His name's Dreamcaster!" "It's the worst name I've ever heard." " It's not so bad." " Yeah." "The "er" at the end is kinda nice." "Look, we all agree the name is terrible." "But he's hypnotising you with dreams of sugarplums." "Why can't you get it through your dumb heads?" "As the proud owner of a dumb head," "I don't like that you're talking down to me." "And I don't care for your condescending altitude." "Not sure if that was a clever pun or you've no idea what you're saying." "Why can't it be both?" "I can't believe you guys don't trust me." "I thought you were my friends!" "That's her, officer." "The one who broke into my studio and went bananas!" "It wasn't me!" "It was Dreamcaster!" "If Comedy Chimp says it, it's gotta be true." "After all, he is on TV." "(Screams)" "Oh, man, I'm glad you guys showed up to... arrest me?" "That's not what I was going to say." "Sorry, Sticks, it's for your own good." "Maybe a night in ol' stoney lonesome will clear your head." "You have all earned your sugarplums." "(Harmonica playing)" "This is so depressing." "Even Melancholy Harmonica Music, Volume 2 can't cheer me up." "I can't believe my friends think I'm whacky." "What if my perception of reality really is distorted?" "Maybe this isn't my hand." "Maybe it's my foot!" " (Low growls)" " Oh!" "(Evil laugh)" "You fools!" "I finally have you all under my control!" "And all it took was the power of television and a charmingly hypnotic robot." "I don't find him particularly charming." "I don't like to brag." "I love to brag!" "And using the TV to broadcast dream-controlling mind waves was a work of brag-worthy brilliance." "It's a shame you're too humble to bring it up." "The mind control began slowly, thanks to Dreamcaster's hypnotic commands." "But it's now in full effect." "Observe!" "Everyone, dance the dance of dreams." "I knew it!" "I knew Dreamcaster was real!" "I guess my hand really is my hand!" "Aaah!" "Ow!" "You weren't affected by Dreamcaster's control 'cause you're the only one without a TV!" "What's wrong with you?" "What do you do on Saturday?" " What do you talk about?" " I knew TV was just a big conspiracy to control everyone's minds!" "I'm not talking to you." "You keep watching." "A town full of sleepwalking minions is nice, but an entire planet-full is better!" "Begin construction of the Super-Slumber-Satellite!" "Psst!" "Knuckles!" "I've got sugarplums up in here." "Ha, ha!" "Listen to Dreamcaster and fall into slumber." "Taste the plums made of sugar, and join us." "Must... fight... delicious..." "candied... fruit things!" "(Screams)" "Wow!" "I never pegged her for the cowardly type." "Hypnotised minions, this is a glorious day for me!" "For you, not so much." "My evil influence will no longer be limited to this Village, but will spread to villages all over the planet!" "They're not applauding cos they're zombies," " not cos they're unimpressed." " Duly noted." "When my plan is complete," "Dreamcaster will broadcast worldwide, and I'll be unstoppable!" "(Evil laugh)" "And it all begins with just a press of this button." "And then a flick of this switch." "Then I gotta enter my key code here." "Scan my thumb print..." "Swipe my ID badge..." " And finally..." " Not so fast, Eggman!" "Fast?" "What part of that process seemed fast to you?" "Curses!" "A tinfoil hat!" "The only sure-fire way to protect from mind control." "No matter." "I have my unstoppable army of sleepwalkers!" "Zombies, attack!" "Admittedly, not the most effective army." "But still..." " Sticks?" "What's going on?" " Mind control!" "Now, put these on Knuckles and Tails!" "I'll get Amy!" "Hey!" "I'm no longer in a mind-numbing stupor." "I'm back to my regular stupor!" "Grr!" "(Makes befuddled sounds)" "(Gasps)" "Finally, I'm free!" "You know, this experience has been a metaphor for my entire life." "No longer will I be just another face in the crowd!" "I'm gonna turn my life around." "Look out, world, Wildcat's coming at ya!" "Sorry to interrupt." "Kinda need this to fight bad guys!" "Dreamcaster, time for bed!" "And here's the lullaby..." "of pain!" "(Roars)" "(Cheering)" "(Crashing)" "So much for my mind-control scheme." " Don't mind if you control us." " That's pretty clever, Orbot." "When we get back to the lair, I'm removing that wit chip." "Well?" "Aren't you going to apologise?" "Apologise for what?" "We were under mind control!" "It wasn't us." "It was Dreamcaster talking." "Really?" "So, you don't think I'm nuts?" "Uh... (Clears throat)"