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After a tenure as Jack Kirby’s assistant and an editor at DC Comics, he
went on to work for Filmation and Sid & Marty Krofft Productions before
forming his own puppet studio with Gregory Williams. They provided the O.G.
Readmore puppet for ABC Weekend Specials, several of the puppets for Pee-wee’s
Playhouse, and the penguin puppets for Beakman’s World, one of which
he operated.
For the history of Sonic the Hedgehog, check out the post here.
By the close of the first decade of
the 21st century, Sega
had come to find that Sonic
the Hedgehog’s appeal in the western markets seemed to
be fading. After a number of lukewarm releases beginning with 2006’s Sonic the Hedgehogreboot,
they saw that sales were declining with each successive title. Sega decided to
take some drastic action and create a new spin-off franchise geared expressly
towards the west that would run concurrently with the “modern” Sonic games
in Japan as an official alternate universe.
BRB's proposed update to Sonic, making him look more like a real hedgehog.
And who better to cater to western
audiences than westerners themselves? Sega gave the project to Big Red Button Entertainment (BRB)
in 2009, the studio started by Naughty
Dog’s
Bob Rafaei
and Luxoflux’s
Jeff Lander,
based on Rafaei’s experience at starting successful franchises from scratch.
This would be the first time a western developer would be put in charge of
developing a mainline Sonic game. Sega told BRB to radically change the Sonic
formula and to get away from the speed aspect, since focus groups had led
them to believe that western audiences found Sonic to be too fast.
The
new Sonic game would feature co-op and skill-based platforming with a focus on
exploration and discovery and very little in the way of speed, restricted
mostly to vehicle levels. To lean into the fact that this was a whole new
universe, BRB opted to delve deeper into the origins of Sonic and his
traditional foe, Dr. Eggman, and crafted a whole lore around them and their
environs. BRB spent a year working out their proposal for Sega’s approval,
including gameplay mechanics and level and character designs, under the name Project
Apollo to keep the fact that they were working on a Sonic game a
secret. Official names up for consideration were Sonic Origins based on
the story, and Sonic Synergy based on the focus on co-op play which
entire sections of levels would be based around.
Sonic Boom's environments featured many statues depicting a story that would never be told.
Unfortunately, Sonic Team,
headed up at the time by Takashi Iizuka,
had a number of problems with what they were presented. They felt it deviated too
much from what the franchise was (despite that being the goal) and gave
them a number of changes to bring it more in line with what they considered a Sonic
game to be. Further, Sonic Team had their own intentions of tackling
Sonic’s origins and didn’t want a western developer to beat them to it (even
though this was supposed to be an alternate universe take to begin with). So, a
good portion of the narrative was jettisoned despite traces of it remaining in
the level design and backgrounds. The biggest and most project-shattering
change, however, came with the news that as part of an exclusivity deal Sega’s
signed with Nintendo,
BRB’s Sonic game would now become a Wii U
exclusive. Up until that point, the game was being developed with CryEngine 3
which was completely incompatible with the Wii U’s hardware.
The Sonic Synergy logo.
With an unmovable deadline of 2014, BRB
had to seriously scale back on the game’s features. 4-player co-op and online
support were tossed, taking entire bits of levels with them. Characters and a
collectible system were completely removed. The story itself was even heavily
trimmed, taking out narrative elements and lines of dialogue. They even had to
call on CryTek
to help them adapt CryEngine 3 to the Wii U, ultimately resulting in their
creating a special version of the engine not used by any other game. Parts of
the game were co-developed by studio IllFonic.
The game, ultimately titled Sonic
Boom: Rise of Lyric, was released in North America on November 11, 2014
with a wider release expanding to other territories in the following weeks. The
game saw Sonic (Roger Craig Smith), Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey), Knuckles
(Travis Willingham) and Amy Rose (Cindy Robinson) pursuing Eggman (Mike
Pollock) to a tomb adorned with Sonic and Tails’ visages. Inside, they
encountered a powerful new foe in the form of the titular Lyric
the Last Ancient (Patrick Seitz),
who recognized Sonic from thousands of years ago. Lyric plotted to use Chaos Crystals
to create a metallic world populated by robots, and Sonic and his friends sought
to stop him. Tails developed new Enerbeams
that they could all use to hang from rails, remove enemy shields, and various
puzzle-solving mechanics. Each character also had their own unique abilities
and attacks.
Concept art for the young Eggman when the game was meant to focus on their origin.
The resulting game ultimately proved
a disaster, scoring negatively with both critics and fans. Many found the level
designs repetitive, the puzzles and combat dull and tedious, the camera system
broken, the controls unresponsive, and bugs and glitches galore (including one
that allowed Knuckles to basically leap over entire parts of
levels). Not to mention long-time fans had a problem with
the new character designs when they were first revealed. A Nintendo 3DS
game, Shattered
Crystal, was developed by Sanzaru Games
and released at the same time as Rise of Lyric with identical game
design. It fared a bit better in reviews, but was still widely panned.
Both games were announced by Sega as being the worst-selling
games in the franchise.
The original teaser image for Sonic Boom.
So, what does this have to do with
Saturday mornings, the reason we’re all here? Well, part of Sega’s plan to
reinvigorate their western audience was to not only hit them on home consoles,
but on television as well. They entered into a deal with French animation
studio OuiDo! Productions (later Technicolor
Animation Productions after they were acquired by Technicolor SA
in 2015) to produce an animated series for western TV along with Sega of
America. They decided to enhance the brand synergy by making BRB incorporate
elements of the show into their game, such as the name, while the show also
took some inspiration from them.
The cast of Sonic Boom: Sticks, Knuckles, Sonic, Amy and Tails.
Sonic Boom was developed by Evan Baily,
Donna Friedman
and Sandrine
Nguyen, with Baily and Bill Freiberger
(who also voiced several characters) serving as showrunners. The series was set
on Seaside
Island, primarily Hedgehog Village
(formerly Unnamed Village), where Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy lived along
with a variety of other animal characters (the production usually let the
animators decide what kind of animal each would be unless they needed someone
to be something specific). Sonic and his friends, known as Team Sonic,
were often tasked with stopping Dr. Eggman’s elaborate schemes at conquering
the island (and turn it into a theme park) which in turn would allow him to
conquer the entire world. All of the game’s voice cast reprised their roles for
the series, with voice director Jack Fletcher
also working on the show.
Concept art for Hedgehog Village.
Besides the setting, another change
from previous Sonic media was the characters’ appearances and, in some cases, their
personalities. 15-year-old Sonic remained a good-hearted hero with supersonic
speed who often was oblivious to the feelings of others and extremely
impatient. For the first time, his arms were covered in blue fur and he was
given a scarf (playing into the action-adventure trope), as well as additional
spikes (to help differentiate him from the Japanese Sonic, since both looked so
similar). 8-year-old Tails continued to be Sonic’s sidekick and served as the
team’s mechanic, pilot and inventor. He was given a pair of goggles and a tool
belt, as well as a tendency to be blunter and more skeptical at times. 12-year-old
Amy Rose was the peppiest member of the team who served as their organizer and
archaeologist, as well as the mature voice of reason. Unlike other versions of
Amy, this one was shier about her attraction to Sonic and was given an outfit
to make her seem more like the adventuring type proficient in hammer-based
combat. 16-year-old Knuckles received the most drastic makeover of all the
characters, being made significantly taller than the others and bulkier to
emphasize his role as the team muscle and removed his ability to glide as they
couldn’t fit it into their stories. He was also made dimwitted and gullible to
the point that he often exasperated his friends. His trademark boxing gloves
were changed to regular ones in order to allow his hands to be as expressive as
the storytellers needed them to be. The sports tape Sonic and Knuckles sported
were inspired by fighters and American football players to make them seem more
grounded and less vain, which to the producers meant more heroic.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean someone's out to get you.
Newly created for the franchise was
Sticks the Badger (Nika Futterman), Amy’s best friend who replaced her as a
playable character in Shattered Crystal. Sticks was a free-spirit who
came from the jungle. Although she’s a skilled fighter proficient in boomerangs
and homemade weaponry, it’s often overshadowed by her extremely paranoid nature
and wild habits. Despite coming off as a little mad, that unique worldview
often pushed her towards genius in finding solutions that none of the others
could even begin to consider. Freiberger created her as a sort of surrogate for
himself. She was meant to bring in a healthy dose of cynicism to contrast with
the unwavering heroism of the others, as well as add more humor and surprises.
Eggman plotting with Cubot and Orbot.
Eggman lived in an island fortress
off the coast of Seaside Island, where he possessed unlimited resources to come
up with new robots and devices meant to darken the heroes’ day. Eggman was
often buffoonish and his schemes more zany than threatening, and at times
seemed to almost be on friendly terms with Team Sonic. Eggman’s primary henchbots
were Orbot (Kirk Thornton), who was wise and often spoke bluntly, and Cubot
(Wally Wingert), who was dimwitted and often misunderstood the meaning of
statements characters made. His main army were the Badniks; foot
soldiers who resembled various animals. In keeping with their perception on
vanity and heroism, Eggman was made extremely vain and was often seen caring
about his appearance and that of his robots. Other previously established foes
included Metal
Sonic, Eggman’s robotic duplicate of Sonic, and Shadow the Hedgehog
(Thornton), who was depicted as being even more aggressive and vengeful that
other versions with a desire to beat Sonic at all costs.
Eggman with one of the Weasel Bandits, Willy, Dave, Chameleon, and T.W. Barker and his stunt bears.
New foes included Charlie
(Thornton), a desert rat archaeologist whom Knuckles got fired, turning him
evil; The
Lightning Bolt Society, a secret society consisting of small-minded
small-time crooks like the teenaged Dave the Intern (Smith), egotistical spy
Chameleon (who was actually a wolf, voiced by Thornton), triplets The Weasel Bandits, and
Willy Walrus (Wingert); the Froglodytes, a horde of evil frogs that lived in
caves beneath the island; Hypnobot (Willingham), a robot created by Tails that
could control other robots and gained sentience; sentient computer virus
Nominatus (Wingert) who was foe to both Eggman and Sonic; and T.W. Barker
(Thornton), a dog who served as the ringmaster for a circus where all the
performers were slaves and commanded a pair of stunt bears.
Sonic Boom was teased in
October of 2013 with an image of the main characters’ silhouettes against a
wall. Sega released the first
trailer for it on February 6, 2014. It finally debuted on Cartoon Network on November 8, 2014,
and made its French debut on Canal J the
following week. It was the fifth Sonic series and the first to be
completely rendered in CGI. Each episode was 11-minutes in length, and often
paired up with another to round out a complete half hour of air time (typically
a rerun once it aired for a while). Each episode took about 18 months to
produce. Writers would write their scripts independently, then get together to
do a punch-up session and iron things out. Voice recording typically happened
over a year before an episode ever aired, with four-hour recording sessions
scheduled once every two weeks. The entire production was overseen by Sonic
Team; only the second time after Sonic X.
Two intros were used: the full version aired in France, while a shortened
version was used in the United States due to the countries’ different delivery
requirements.
The
show was renewed for a second season, as revealed by Sega at the Sonic 25th
Anniversary party in at San Diego Comic-Con
2016. The series was given a graphical
upgrade: textures were added to the various animal furs and clothing, Eggman
gained some definition on his skin, and the animation moved a lot smoother.
Plans were in place to bring in more characters from the games, such as private
detective Vector
the Crocodile (Keith Silverstein),
along with new and returning characters. The season debuted on October 29, 2016
on Cartoon Network but then moved over to sister channel Boomerang for the remainder as an attempt
to bring more viewers to the network. The French version would begin the
following April, now sporting the truncated American opening.
Eggman attacks with his inventions.
Upon
Sonic Boom’s conclusion in 2017, there went a long period of silence
where fans were speculating whether the show would continue on for another
season. It wouldn’t be until 2020 that Freiberger would
confirm on his Twitter account that Boom, along with Sega’s entire
alternate universe plan, was dead. Over the course of 104 episodes, Sonic
Boom managed to secure a loyal and dedicated fanbase, as well as net itself
four award nominations; winning “Best Animation” from the Chico Independent Film Festival.
It was translated into multiple languages and broadcast around the world in
various countries.
Two
more games were made in the Boom franchise. The first was Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom,
a mobile endless runner platforming game from Hardlight Studio that served as a
sequel to Sonic Dash.
Along with the main Boom cast, Shadow and Vector were added as
playable characters and each character possessed a special ability to help with
scoring.The second was Fire & Ice;was another
Nintendo 3DS game developed by Sanzaru. Unlike the previous two games which
served as prequels to the show, this one was set during the second season.
Learning from their mistakes, the levels were made shorter and the option for
players to either speed through or explore was given to accommodate different
playing styles. Amy returned as a playable character alongside Sticks, and a
new fire and ice power element was added. It also introduced the new character
D-Fekt (originally RagnaBot, voiced by Wingert), a malfunctioning Eggman robot
that ended up joining Team Sonic, that would find his way into the show. The
game was released on September 27, 2016 to coincide with Sonic’s 25th
anniversary, and while the reception still wasn’t stellar it was a noted
improvement over the previous entries.
The first issue of the Archie comic.
Archie Comics, then the current rights
holder to publish Sonic-based comics, began publication of a tie-in
comic series in 2014. The series was primarily written by
regular Sonic writer Flynn, who would also pen a season two script,
along with Aleah Baker.
He would be joined by both Freibergers to help integrate the book better with
the show. Art was provided by Stanley, Ryan Jampole, Jennifer Hernandez, Steven
Butler, Dan Schoening,
Tracy Yardley, Edwin Huang, Tyson Hesse and Diana Skelly. Despite good
sales, Archie cancelled the book after 11 issues, feeling that the stories
would be served better outside of a monthly book. No further new stories
appeared, but various issues were reprinted in the pages of Sonic Super Digestand
Sonic
Super Special Magazinebefore their own cancellations. In France, a
series of 6
children’s books were published by Hachette Jeunesse
between 2015 and 2016. Tomy handled the toy
end
of the franchise, releasing action figures in single, double and multi-figure
packs along with playsets, and plush toys in standard, talking, large-headed
and clip-on forms. The toys were first displayed at New York Toy Fair in February 2014, and a
Sonic figure was offered as a GameStop
and EB Games exclusive as a pre-order
bonus for the Wii U and 3DS.
Gift set version of Season 1 volume 1.
The
first Boom DVD came as a free
gift in the launch
version of Fire & Ice. It contained the episodes “Chili
Dog Day Afternoon”, “It Wasn’t Me, It Was the One-Armed Hedgehog” and “It Takes
a Village to Defeat a Hedgehog”. Other DVD releases followed in 2016, as Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released
the first season across 4
volumes in the United Kingdom. In 2019, NCircle Entertainment began
releasing the series regularly on DVD in North America. The first two were the
episode compilations Here
Comes the Boom!and Go
Team Sonic!, containing 8 and 9
episodes, respectively, with the 8-episode Robot
Uprising!following in September of
2020. That October, they released the
first 26 episodes in both a regular edition and a limited
edition gift set including Tomy’s Sonic and Eggman action figures. The remaining
26
followed in February, with that limited edition version featuring Knuckles and
Tails figures. The complete
first season was released onto a single Blu-ray set in
2021, the same day as the first 26
episodes of season two came onto DVD. The limited edition
version this time around featured a Sonic backpack clip rather than a figure.
The first season was made available to stream in the United States on Hulu in 2016
(combining two episodes into one, making it seem like only 26 are available),
with the second coming in 2017. Internationally, the show could be found on Netflix. Episodes from
the first season were also made available to purchase for streaming on Amazon
Prime Video.
EPISODE
GUIDE: Season
1: “The
Sidekick” (11/8/14 US, 11/14/14 FR) – Sonic looks for a new sidekick after
Tails gets hurt. “Can
an Evil Genius Crash on Your Couch for a Few Days?” (11/8/14 US, 11/14/14 FR) –
Eggman moves in with Sonic while his fortress is under repair. “Translate
This” (11/15/14 US, 11/19/14 FR) – Tails’ translation device causes problems
when it reads his friends’ thoughts aloud. “Buster”
(11/15/14 US, 11/19/14 FR) – In trying to be nicer to animals, Sticks befriends
a slime-belching robot dog. “My
Fair Sticksy” (11/19/14 FR, 11/22/14 US) – Amy teaches Sticks how to be a lady
so she can attend an awards ceremony. “Fortress
of Squalitude” (11/22/14) – Eggman asks Amy to help redecorate his lair for its
appearance in a magazine. “Double
Doomsday” (11/29/14 US, 12/10/14 FR) – Eggman decides to take on an intern
whose ambitions prove very dangerous. “Eggheads”
(12/6/14 US, 12/10/14 FR) – Eggman bakes cookies that turn Sonic’s friends into
his henchmen. “Guilt
Tripping” (12/17/14 FR, 1/17/15 US) – The Gogobas guilt Sonic and Tails into
staying at their village after they saved them. “Dude,
Where’s My Eggman?” (12/17/14 FR, 1/24/15 US) – Orbot and Cubot wake up with no
memory of the previous day and have to find Eggman. “Cowbot”
(12/24/14 FR, 1/31/15 US) – Sonic has to protect Eggman from a robot Tails
reprogrammed to take revenge on its creator. “Circus
of Plunders” (12/24/14 FR, 2/7/15 US) – When Tails temporarily leaves after an
invention jeopardizes a mission, Sonic and his friends volunteer to perform at
T.W. Barker’s circus. “Unlucky
Knuckles” (1/14/15 FR, 2/14/15 US) – Knuckles looks for a cure to his run of
bad luck. “The
Meteor” (1/21/15 FR, 2/21/15 US) – A meteor causes Sonic and Eggman to switch
brains. “Aim
Low” (1/14/15 FR, 2/28/15 US) – Eggman hires Soar the Eagle as his life coach
to improve himself after his latest defeat by Sonic. “How
to Succeed in Evil Without Really Trying” (1/21/15 FR, 3/7/15 US) – When Tails’
friends get angry at his latest machine’s blunder, he unknowingly joins an evil
organization. “Don’t
Judge Me” (2/11/15 FR, 3/14/15 US) – Eggman fakes a broken neck after a battle
so that he can sue Sonic in court. “Dr.
Eggman’s Tomato Sauce” (2/11/15 FR, 3/21/15 US) – Team Sonic suspects there’s
something fishy about Eggman’s tomato sauce that turned him into a celebrity
chef. “Sole
Power” (2/18/15 FR, 3/28/15 US) – Sonic goes to Eggman for help when his speed
causes a deafening tone that affects everyone. “Hedgehog
Day” (2/18/15 FR, 4/4/15 US) – Eggman turns to Sonic for help when his new
invention gets him trapped in a time loop. “Sleeping
Giant” (3/11/15 FR, 4/18/15 US) – Team Sonic needs to find a way to put a rock
giant back to sleep after accidentally waking it up. “The
Curse of Buddy Buddy Temple” (3/11/15 FR, 4/18/15 US) – Eggman and Sonic are
forced to cooperate to escape a temple. “Let’s
Play Musical Friends” (4/1/15 FR, 4/25/15 US) – Orbot and Cubot have to go into
the cyber-world to expel a sentient virus from Eggman’s systems. “Late
Fees” (4/1/15 FR, 5/2/15 US) – Returning Amy’s library book on time turns out
to be a herculean task for Sonic. “Into
the Wilderness” (4/1/15 FR, 5/9/15 US) – Sticks’ attempt to teach Amy survival
skills leads Sonic and Knuckles to challenge them to a race through the jungle. “Eggman
Unplugged” (4/8/15 FR, 5/16/15 US) – Eggman swears off technology for good just
when Team Sonic needs it to beat the Lightning Bolt Society. “Chez
Amy” (4/8/15 FR, 7/13/15 US) – Tired of the poor service at Meh Burger, Amy
decides to open her own restaurant with help from Eggman. “Blue
with Envy” (4/8/15 FR, 7/14/15 US) – Sonic becomes suspicious of a visiting
shrew that immediately becomes popular in the village. “Curse
of the Cross Eyed Moose” (4/22/15 FR, 7/15/15 US) – Sticks believes a
cross-eyed moose cursed them all, so they quest for a mystical marmoset to
remove it. “Chili
Dog Day Afternoon” (4/22/15 FR, 7/16/15 US) – Knuckles goes on a grand
adventure for a particular pepper to help him win the annual chili dog
cook-off. “Closed
Door Policy” (5/6/15 FR, 7/17/15 US) – Amy forces Sticks to hold a garage sale
to get rid of some of her junk, accidentally freeing a horde of Froglodytes as
a result. “Mayor
Knuckles” (5/6/15 FR, 7/20/15 US) – While Mayor Fink is away, Knuckles assumes
his duties to disastrous results. “Eggman
the Auteur” (5/20/15 FR, 7/21/15 US) – Eggman manages to get Sonic to portray
himself in his movie about their rivalry. “Just
a Guy” (5/20/15 FR, 7/23/15 US) – Amy attempts to help Sonic become more
sensitive towards others. “Two
Good to Be True” (6/3/15 FR, 7/23 15 US) – Team Sonic must help an alternate
Knuckles return to his home dimension where he’s the leader of the team. “Beyond
the Valley of the Cubots” (7/24/15 US, 8/29/15 FR) – Cubot decides to protect
prototypes of himself from Eggman with Sonic and Tails’ help. “Next
Top Villain” (8/1/15 US, 8/29/15 FR) – Dave the Intern traps Eggman and takes over
his armies to prove himself a supervillain. “New
Year’s Retribution” (6/3/15 FR, 8/8/15 US) – Eggman slows down Sonic so he has
a chance to defeat him before the new year. “Battle
of the Boy Bands” (8/15/15 US, 8/29/15 FR) – The boys of Team Sonic start up a
boy band to pull Amy and Sticks out of their obsession over pop star Justin
Beaver. “Tails’
Crush” (8/22/15 US, 8/29/15 FR) – Tails’ friends give him lousy advice in
dealing with his crush on a fox named Zooey. “Bro-Down
Showdown” (8/29/15 US, 8/30/15 FR) – Sonic and Knuckles enter a game show to
win Amy a new couch, but end up on opposing teams. “Late
Night Wars” (8/30/15 FR, 9/5/15 US) – Knuckles takes over Comedy Chimp’s
late-night show when he becomes popular. “Fire
in a Crowded Workshop” (8/30/15 FR, 9/12/15 US) – Sonic, Knuckles and Amy tell
their own versions of how they set Tails’ workshop on fire. “It
Wasn’t Me, it was the One-Armed Hedgehog” (8/30/15 FR, 9/19/15 US) – Knuckles
helps Sonic try to clear his name related to thefts around the village. “Robot
Battle Royale” (8/31/15 FR, 9/26/15 US) – Knuckles enter a robot fight to prove
he can invent stuff just as well as Tails. “No
Robots Allowed” (8/30/15 FR, 10/3/15 US) – Eggman has to convince the
homeowner’s association there are no robots in his lair or be evicted. “Fuzzy
Puppy Buddies” (8/31/15 FR, 10/10/15 US) – Amy and Eggman secretly bond over
their favorite game. “Designated
Heroes” (9/6/15 FR, 10/17/15 US) – Eggman tricks Team Sonic to face him
one-on-one and to defeat themselves. “Role
Models” (9/5/15 FR, 10/24/15 US) – An image specialist tells Team Sonic they
need to change to be better examples for the villages’ children. “Cabin
Fever” (8/31/15 FR, 10/31/15 US) – Team Sonic takes refuge from a storm at
Amy’s house and her play about them drives them apart. “Counter
Productive” (9/30/15 FR, 11/7/15 US) – Knuckles attempts to help Charlie the
Rat to make up for a past mistake, but ends up making things worse instead. “It
Takes a Village to Defeat a Hedgehog” (9/20/15 FR, 11/14/15 US0 – Eggman unites
all of the island’s villains in a bid to defeat Sonic together.
Season
2: “Tommy
Thunder: Method Actor” (10/29/16 US, 4/8/17 FR) – Sonic lets a movie star
shadow him and ends up regretting it when his ego begins making him take credit
for the team’s victories. “Spacemageddonocalypse”
(11/19/16 US, 4/8/17 FR) – Team Sonic must save the planet from an asteroid. “Nutwork”
(11/26/16 US, 4/15/17 FR) – Sticks starts a pirate radio station in order to
fill the truth she feels the regular media lacks. “Alone
Again, Unnaturally” (12/3/16 US, 4/22/17 FR) – Tails’ speed amplifier causes
Sonic to become trapped in another plane of existence. “The
Biggest Fan” (12/10/16 US, 4/29/17 FR) – Sonic makes the mistake of making his
self-proclaimed #1 fan his personal assistant. “Anything
You Can Do, I Can Do Worse-er” (12/17/16 US, 5/6/17 FR) – Sonic challenges
Tails to come up with a trap that can actually catch him. “I
Can Sea Sonic’s Fear from Here” (12/24/16 US, 5/13/17 FR) – Sonic must overcome
his fear of the water to face Eggman. “In
the Midnight Hour” (12/31/16 US, 5/20/17 FR) – The others don’t believe Sticks
about a mysterious figure trying to hypnotize the village at night. “Multi-Tails”
(1/7/17 US, 5/27/17 FR) – To amplify his brain productivity, Tails splits
himself into five beings. “Strike!”
(1/14/17 US, 6/3/17 FR) – Orbot and Cubot lead the other robots in a strike
against Eggman. “The
Evil Dr. Orbot” (1/21/17 US, 6/10/17 FR) – Failing to get his evil license has
Eggman put Orbot in control as a puppet, but Orbot soon becomes mad with power. “Knuck
Knuck! Who’s Here?” (1/21/17 US, 6/17/17 FR) – Knuckles gets amnesia during a
battle, and when he learns he’s the last of his kind sets out to find a foster
family. “Mech
Suits Me” (2/4/17 US, 6/24/17 FR) – Sonic finds an ancient mech suit that makes
him more powerful and increasingly dependent on it. “FiendBot”
(2/11/17 US, 7/1/17 FR) – Eggman programs his new robot with everything it
needs to know to defeat Sonic, but instead it wants to become his friend. “Og
Man Out: (2/18/17 US, 7/8/17 FR) – Team Sonic is suspicious of Og’s arrival,
which seems justified when a Froglodyte army is soon behind him. “Knine-to-Five
Knuckles” (2/25/17 US, 7/15/17 FR) – Knuckles decides to get a job so he can
buy a house for the lamp he won. “Blackout”
(3/4/17 US, 7/22/17 FR) – Team Sonic has to get through trap puzzles set by the
ancients to get a new power source for the village. “Unnamed
Episode” (3/11/17 US, 7/29/17 FR) – The village residents find out it used to
be named after Sticks’ evil ancestor, and their decision to rename lets Eggman
take over. “Robot
Employees” (3/18/17 US, 8/5/17 FR) – Eggman creates automated robot workers for
Meh Burger, driving Dave to join the Lightning Bolt Society. “Give
Bees a Chance” (3/25/17 US, 8/12/17 FR) – Amy takes care of one of Eggman’s
beebots and adopts it. “Mombot”
(4/1/17 US, 8/19/17 FR) – Eggman creates a mothering robot for himself, which
ends up just criticizing and embarrassing him in front of Sonic. “Muckfoot”
(4/8/17 US, 8/26/17 FR) – Tails wants to prove that a mythical creature is real. “Nominatus
Rising” (4/15/17 US, 9/2/17 FR) – The sentient virus returns and this time
tries to take over the world from outside the computer. “Eggman’s
Brother” (4/22/17 US, 9/9/17 FR) – Eggman’s long-lost brother comes to the
village and joins forces with Team Sonic. “Do
Not Disturb” (4/29/17 US, 9/16/17 FR) – Government regulations keep Sonic from
evicting an endangered creature from his shack. “Robots
from the Sky Part 1” (5/6/17 US, 9/23/17 FR) – Mighton and Bolts come from the
robot sky city Roboken and believe Team Sonic to be evil for attacking robots. “Robots
from the Sky Part 2” (5/13/17 US, 9/23/17 FR) – When robots across the world
turn evil, Sonic and Tails head to Roboken for help. “Robots
from the Sky Part 3” (5/20/17 US, 9/23/17 FR) – Tails learns he may have
inadvertently caused the Roboken to be taken over by evil robots. “Robots
from the Sky Part 4” (5/27/17 US, 9/23/17 FR) – Hypnobot joins forces with
Eggman to conquer the world. “Flea-ing
from Trouble” (6/3/17 US, 9/30/17 FR) – Eggman attacks with extremely tiny
robots. “Lightning
Bowler Society” (6/10/17 US, 10/7/17 FR) – A bowling match could see the
Lightning Bolt Society steal all of Team Sonic’s fans. “Planes,
Trains and Dude-Mobiles” (6/17/17 US, 10/14/17 FR) – The boys’ band has been
booked for their first road gig and set out in their new van. “Sticks
and Amy’s Excellent Staycation” (6/24/17 US, 10/21/17 FR) – Belinda plans to
attack the village since the boys are away on their gig. “Inn
Sanity” (7/1/17 US, 10/28/17 FR) – Eggman turns his lair into a luxury resort
to raise money for his tax bill. “Mister
Eggman” (7/8/17 US, 11/3/17 FR) – When it comes out Eggman isn’t actually a
doctor, he goes back to school to finish his PhD. “The
Haunted Lair” (7/15/17 US, 11/10/17 FR) – Believing it to be haunted, Eggman
sells his lair to T.W. Barker. “Return
of the Buddy Buddy Temple of Doom” (7/22/17 US, 11/17/17 FR) – Eggman recruits
the Froglodytes to make the Gogobas mine for a crystal to power his giant mech
suit. “Eggman’s
Anti Gravity Ray” (7/29/17 US, 11/24/17 FR) – Eggman creates a ray to turn his
lair away from the morning wind and ends up causing chaos in the village
instead. “Victory”
(8/5/17 US, 12/1/17 FR) – Sonic challenges Eggman to a soccer game to save the
rec center. “Three
Men and My Baby!” (8/12/17 US, 12/8/17 FR) – Sonic, Tails and Knuckles
accidentally injure Lady Walrus and offer to take care of her baby. “Where
Have All the Sonics Gone?” (8/19/17 US, 12/15/17 FR) – Morpho sends Sonic to a
universe where he never existed. “If
You Build It They Will Race” (8/26/17 US, 12/22/17 FR) – Team Sonic becomes
very competitive with each other when they enter an auto race with cars they’ve
designed. “Chain
Letter” (9/2/17 US, 12/29/17 FR) – Sonic quickly regrets accepting Eggman’s
friend request on social media. “Vector
Detector” (9/9/17 US, 1/5/18 FR) – Vector is hired to find Amy’s missing
hammer. “Three
Minutes or Less” (9/30/17 US, 1/26/18 FR) – Eggman tries to interfere with
Sonic’s 3-minute delivery promise. “Lair
on Lockdown” (10/7/17 US, 2/2/18 FR) – Team Sonic gets trapped in Eggman’s lair
with him after accidentally triggering a lockdown. “You
and I Bee-come One” (10/14/17 US, 2/9/18 FR) – Tails’ new teleporter
accidentally merges him with a beebot. “Don’t
Make Me Angry” (10/21/17 US, 2/16/18 FR) – An experiment causes Eggman to
become an adorable creature whenever he gets angry. “Eggman
Family Vacation’ (10/28/17 US, 2/23/18 FR) – Mighton and Bolts call on Team
Sonic to help stop the evil schemes of the Eggman brothers in Roboken. “Return
to Beyond the Valley of the Cubots” (11/4/17 US, 3/2/18 FR) – D-Fekt joins up
with the Cubots to take down Eggman. “Eggman:
The Video Game Part 1” (11/11/17 US, 3/9/18 FR) – Eggman recruits Shadow to
help bring more evil into his video game. “Eggman:
The Video Game Part 2” (11/18/17 US, 3/9/18 FR) – When he realizes he’s been
duped, Shadow decides to get revenge first on Eggman and then the entire
universe.
