Next Top Villain

"Next Top Villain" is the thirty-seventh episode in the Sonic Boom television series. It first aired on 1 August 2015 in the United States and on 29 August 2015 in France.

Synopsis
When Dave The Intern sets out to prove to his mother his villainy, his attempts are a failure until he inadvertently captures Eggman. With Eggman out of the picture, Dave the Intern hijacks his robots and attacks the village. Sonic must rescue Eggman and save the village.

Appearances
Characters:
 * Badnik
 * Crab Bot
 * Child Monkey
 * Cubot
 * Mrs. Dave's Mom
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Ice Cream Vendor
 * Lady Goat
 * Lightning Bolt Society
 * Dave the Intern
 * Tree Spy
 * Willy Walrus
 * Weasel Bandit
 * Nominatus
 * Octopus Bot
 * Orbot
 * Pepper People
 * Soar the Eagle
 * Team Sonic
 * Amy Rose
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Sticks the Badger
 * T.W. Barker
 * Walrus Male
 * Wolfie

Locations:
 * Sonic Boom World
 * Bygone Island
 * Amy's House
 * Sonic's Shack
 * Unnamed Village
 * Village Center
 * Meh Burger
 * Dr. Eggman's Lair

Items:
 * Boomerang
 * Electrocage
 * Piko hammer
 * Wrist controller

Vehicles:
 * Eggmobile
 * Tails' Plane

Plot

 * For the transcript of this episode, see Next Top Villain/Transcript.

At the start, Dave the Intern is playing with action figures in his room, imagining that he is an evil supervillain fighting Team Sonic. He then hears his mother calling him, questioning him why he is with the Lightning Bolt Society instead of being like Dr. Eggman. The Lightning Bolt Society are then seen gluing a coin to the ground as a prank, and Dave tells them that his mother does not allow him to hang out with them. Dave then attempts to destroy Team Sonic by blowing a fan on a block of ice, resembling a freeze ray, using a reflecting mirror with the sunlight, and releasing rabbits on the team. None of these ideas work, however. Dr. Eggman is then seen applauding Dave for his efforts, and then shows Dave his new invention, the Electrocage. Suddenly, one of the rabbits accidentally knocks over a tree, trapping Eggman himself inside the cage.

The cage and Eggman inside it are then seen in Dave's room. Dave gloats about Eggman's capture, and then proceeds to mock Sonic and his friends on the news that he has taken over Eggman's position as the top villain. Sonic is then seen in an interview with Soar the Eagle, telling the reporter that he is glad Eggman is gone, and he thinks Dave is not much of a threat. Later on, Dave is seen piloting Octopus Bot, but he drives it poorly. Team Sonic has had enough, so Sonic goes to rescue Eggman. After freeing the doctor, Sonic asks how Octopus Bot can be turned off. Eggman initially refuses, but after seeing Amy and Knuckles destroy two of the tentacles, he complies. He explains that there is an off switch at the bottom of Octopus Bot's head. Luckily, as Dave takes a selfie, the Octopus Bot crashes onto his house, and Sonic easily turns off the robot. Mrs. Dave's Mom is then heard congratulating her son, saying that he is no longer a loser. Team Sonic heads home, but Tails sees the coin that the Lightning Bolt Society glued down. He tries to pick it up, but he cannot.

Continuity

 * Dr. Eggman recalls Dave the Intern's time as his intern in "Double Doomsday".
 * The Electrocage is created. It would appear again in "No Robots Allowed".

Goofs

 * When Team Sonic turns around to go home, Amy's piko hammer overlaps with her head for a split second.

Trivia

 * This episode aired in France as the thirty-eighth episode in the series.
 * The music that Team Sonic dances to is based off the "Y.M.C.A." song.
 * The bears that attack Team Sonic during Dave's fantasy use the same character models as the Stuntbears'.
 * The action figures Dave plays with uses the same models as the ones for the figurines used by the evil Team Sonic in "Eggheads" when they planned their attack on Sonic.
 * During the scenes where Eggman is trapped in Dave's room, one can see Dave has action figures of various subjects in the Sonic Boom television series. These include:
 * T.W. Barker in his lawyer outfit from "Don't Judge Me".
 * The Pepper People from Knuckles's dream in "Chili Dog Day Afternoon".
 * The rubber crocodile used by Dave in "Double Doomsday".
 * Nominatus from "Let's Play Musical Friends".
 * A lone Crab Bot.
 * Tails' Plane.
 * The part where Knuckles is riding the Octopus Bot's tentacle, and says "I'm Billy the Echidna" is a reference to the frontier outlaw in the American Old West named "Billy the Kid."
 * Sticks has no dialogue in this episode.
 * The book that Sticks reads in Amy's House is Sonic's Autobiography, a toy that can be found in Q-N-C's Toy Shop in Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal.
 * Despite that Sticks is disgusted by anything cute, adorable and fuzzy, she seems to be quite fond of rabbits released by Dave the Intern in this episode.
 * The way that Dave's Mom talks is like the same way Mrs Wolowitz talks from The Big Bang Theory. Also, when Sonic and Dr. Eggman said "Nothing Mrs Dave's Mom," they briefly resembled the cast of The Big Bang Theory.