Cat Trick is a Tails complete story that first appeared in Issue 132 of Sonic the Comic.
Staff
- Lew Stringer - script
- Carl Flint - B&W art
- John M Burns - colours
- Elitta Fell - letters
Story
It's just another day for Tails, with the two-tailed fox outwitting a Nebula Badnik, watching as it plows into a wall. Tails laps up the adoration from the watching crowd, but is thrown when a cat arrives with three tails, announcing himself as "Kat O'Three Tails". The fox admires his multi-tailed antagonist, asking if he is talented, the response being he can paint a fence, wash windows and unblock a sink all at once. Tails asks if he can fly as well, but the nasty cat merely snarks that if he wanted to fly, he'd catch a plane. Tails isn't the only one annoyed, as a group of handymen wonder if they'll lose their individual jobs if word gets round about Kat. A beaver decides to take matters into his own hands, ringing Mike O'Chip's Hire-A-Bot to do a "special job".
Later, a deer is thanking Kat for sweeping the chimney, mowing the lawn and re-tiling the bathroom in under ten minutes when the multi-tasker is suddenly threatened by the beaver and his new robot. Tails arrives and tells Kat to escape by using his tails, but the tendrils seem to spark when the robot gets close. The faker reveals that they aren't real tails, merely mechanical ones. The robot picks up Kat, ready to destroy the multi-tailed target, when it spots Tails punching it. Unable to ascertain which character to attack, the robot simply crashes. Tails angrily man-handles the beaver responsible for the trouble and the enemy is shocked to discover the talented cat to actually be Tom Manx, his tailless neighbour! Jealous of Tails having "his share of tails", Manx wanted to go one better. Tails understands and assures him that it's quality, not quantity and that Manx has done well to help others with his genius.
Trivia
- Tails appears to be fighting a Nebula, a Badnik design Doctor Robotnik stopped using over a year ago.
- Tom Manx engages in two jobs that involve him carrying out several tasks at once. However, certain jobs conflict (such as mowing the lawn and re-tiling the bathroom); even though he can do more than one thing at once, his tails couldn't possibly reach that far.
- Furthermore, Manx was only ever seen doing three tasks at once, despite being able to carry out five if he used his hands.
- The beaver that hired the robot to kill Manx seemingly gets away with it, not being seen arrested by the police.
- The character also has a tap in his pocket that is always leaking, despite not being connected to water.
Timeline
The following Tails story was Making the News. The next is The Sky's the Limit.