My super duper self-indulgent SHIP-BRAINED idea where Nine & co. did in fact end up on that stupid dating show. Having half his memories wiped, it would be so amusing to see Nine struggle horribly in such a setting. He'd instinctually be distrustful of everything happening, but just mollified enough to actually engage with others. And be very, very flustered by hot people talking to him for some reason. Socially awkward dorkus constantly bursting into flames. It would be glorious.
Also, those people are just random background chars. Since this Nine is the one from my Someplace au, I don't know what actual Sonic characters I'd even ship him with? Maybe Cosmo could magically be there, idk... I didn't think about it that hard. Despite my SHIPPY BRAIN and the SHIPPY SETTING, the main focus is actually just Nine as an individual. So the other characters aren't as important. But also, this is pure noncanon fun, so I could get VERY silly with it if I wanted to.
Tails would suspect foul play immediately. Not even the memory wipe could completely mask the memory of Sonic/Amy trying to set his lonely ass up with people in the past. He doesn't remember them specifically, just their meddling auras!
Edit: Aside from the addition with Tails, this is now a fic. :]