 Japanese title card · “We Can See the Light!!” | |
| Series | Sonic X (ソニックX), TMS Entertainment |
| Season | Season 2 (2003–2005) |
| Episode | Season 2, episode 15 · no. 41 of 78 |
| English title | “Eggman for President” (4Kids) |
| Japanese title | 光をわれらに！！ (Hikari wo Warera ni!!, “We Can See the Light!!”) |
| First aired (Japan) | 11 January 2004 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 22 January 2005 · Fox Box / 4Kids TV (Fox) |
| Directed by | Mamoru Enomoto |
| Written by | Hiro Masaki |
| Storyboard | Kiyoshi Egami |
| Previous episode | Sunblock Solution (S02E14) |
| Next episode | A Date to Forget (S02E16) |
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Eggman for President is episode 15 of Season 2 of Sonic X and the 41st of the anime’s 78 episodes. In Japan it is called “We Can See the Light!!” (光をわれらに！！). It premiered on TV Tokyo on 11 January 2004, and the 4Kids English version followed on Fox Box / 4Kids TV (Fox) on 22 January 2005. It was directed by Mamoru Enomoto and written by Hiro Masaki.
Synopsis
The President sends G.U.N., with Rouge and Topaz, after Sonic, while Eggman reveals the real purpose of his Sunshine Balls: they broadcast a hidden signal that wins their owners over to him and turns them against Sonic. At the mansion, Amy smashes a way out to the X-Tornado, and Sam Speed’s Speed Team scatters the mob led by Jerome Wise.
Even Chris begins to wonder whether Sonic has gone too far, but Sonic explains his thinking: keeping the Moon parked in front of the Sun takes constant, deliberate steering, so Eggman must be controlling it from below. Riding his new popularity, the doctor takes the President hostage and moves to seize the government.
Sonic and his friends, backed by Mr. Stewart, rescue the President, while Knuckles, Mr. Tanaka, Rouge and Topaz take a space shuttle to the Egg Moon and cut Eggman’s control of it. Lured into one last trick, Eggman ends up behind bars with Decoe and Bocoe, and the cheering crowds send Sonic running from his own fans.
Key Moments
- The Sunshine Balls are revealed as brainwashing devices.
- Eggman briefly takes control of the government.
- Eggman is arrested.
Trivia
- The Japanese title, “We Can See the Light!!”, looks ahead to the end of the eclipse; 4Kids named the episode after Eggman’s power grab instead.
- On home video: Japanese DVD/VHS volume 11 (Victor Entertainment, 21 May 2004); 4Kids/FUNimation volume 9, Into the Darkness (7 February 2006); the The Egg Moon, Emerl & Homebound Sagas DVD set (2009); and Discotek’s Sonic X Collection 1 (2016) and complete-series Blu-rays.
Watch the Episode
The full 4Kids English episode, uploaded by TMS Entertainment’s official “Anime! on TMS” YouTube channel (checked 6 November 2026).
Part of our Sonic X Season 2 guide. See the Sonic X series page for the cast, theme songs and home video.
Sources: titles, credits and air dates from Wikipedia’s list of Sonic X episodes and Sonic Wiki Zone, cross-checked with each other and with Luke’s original Sonic Scene episode table; synopsis written for Sonic Scene from the episode, Wikipedia’s summary and Sonic Wiki Zone’s plot notes; title card and screenshots via Sonic Wiki Zone, copied to our media library.