Og Man Out

"Og Man Out" is the sixty-seventh episode in the Sonic Boom television series. It first aired on 18 February 2017 in the United States.

Synopsis
The gang is suspicious when Froglodyte Og comes to the surface. Their suspicions may be correct when the Froglodyte army attacks.

Appearances
Characters:
 * Admiral Beaverton
 * Ancient
 * Badniks
 * Beetle Bot (multiple)
 * Mantis Bot (multiple)
 * Scorpion Bot (multiple)
 * Cubot
 * Dave the Intern
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Drill Bot
 * Fennec Male
 * Froglodytes
 * Og
 * Ice Cream Vendor
 * Lady Goat
 * Lady Walrus
 * Male Fennec
 * Mayor Fink
 * Mrs. Vandersnout
 * Orbot
 * Team Sonic
 * Amy Rose
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Sticks the Badger
 * Wild Cat

Locations:
 * Sonic Boom World
 * Seaside Island
 * Amy's House
 * Froglodyte Caves
 * Tails' Workshop
 * Sonic's Shack
 * Sticks' Burrow
 * Seaside Island
 * Unnamed Village
 * Village Center
 * Mayor's Mansion
 * Meh Burger

Items:
 * Amy's Hammer
 * Communicator
 * Enerbeam
 * Meh Burger
 * Wrist controller

Vehicles:
 * Blue Force One
 * Eggmobile
 * Tailsmobile

Plot
The episode begins with Eggman watching Drill Bot drill for Ancient mech suits, bemoaning that despite them being scattered around Seaside Island, he has had no success in finding one. Just then, Team Sonic arrives to stop him, only for Eggman to state that he is not harming anyone and simply digging, with Sonic convinced that such an act seems harmless; Eggman, offended by the term, immediately orders his robots to attack, but Team Sonic easily destroys the robots with help from Tails' Enerbeam. Eggman then orders Drill Bot to attack, but Sonic easily saws through its drill arm with his spin attack, where it digs into the ground and leaves a large hole. Defeated once again, Eggman leaves with Orbot and Cubot, and Team Sonic high-fives in celebration and walks off, failing to notice a mysterious figure emerge from the hole in a green mist.

Later, Dave walks to the counter at Meh Burger, only to notice the place has been ransacked for food. A trail of slimy footprints leads away from Meh Burger, and Sticks sniffs it over to a nearby business, where the Fennec Male mentions that bandages were stolen. Sticks continues sniffing the trail to Amy's House with the others continuing to follow her (though she mentions she was only following the footprints and the sniffing is only for effect), and they notice wrappers inside. Amy goes to sit down on her couch, only to sit in some slime left on it; Sticks sniffs it and comes to the conclusion that their culprit must have slept there. The team hears a flushing sound from the toilet stall; Sonic investigates and sees a Froglodyte inside. The Froglodyte introduces himself as Og and assures them he is not like the others, beginning to tell them his story.

Og narrates that he never fit in with the other Froglodytes in the caves, questioning why they bow to the giant statue, being berated by the Froglodytes' drill instructor, and getting served cafeteria slop despite asking for a vegan option (at this point, Sonic interrupts to ask why he ate Meh Burgers despite being vegan, but Og mentions they are made of newspaper clippings and library paste). Og narrates that Drill Bot's drill arm smashing through his bedroom wall allowed him to escape to the surface. Back in the present day, Sticks sympathizes with Og, knowing what it is like being surrounded by "spineless conformists", but Amy tells him that having a rough childhood does not excuse him ransacking Meh Burger; Og explains he did not mean any harm and that he was just hungry. Tails adds that he still stole from the nearby shop, but Og explains that he cut himself on a Meh Meal toy, so he had to grab a bandage. He then explains he was tired and needed a place to sleep, so he went to Amy's House. Amy refuses to let him stay over, since it will take her weeks to clean up the slime he left. Sticks offers to let Og stay in her burrow, having an entire room dedicated to slime, but Sonic refuses to let that happen, since he believes Og could be a Froglodyte spy sent to open the door in the burrow that the Froglodytes nearly escaped from the last time Team Sonic encountered them, instead deciding to have Og live with him so he can keep an eye on him.

That night, Sonic brings Og to his shack and, tired from the long day, lies in his hammock to sleep, but Og continually makes loud noises during his nighttime routines despite Sonic asking him to stop repeatedly. At the end of his rope, Sonic brings Og to Tails' Workshop, passing responsibility of the Froglodyte to Tails. Og criticizes Tails' inventions and is concerned that technology could destroy them all, mentioning the Ancients and their mech suits scattered all over the Froglodyte caves. An annoyed Tails next brings out a can opener that he deems harmless and attempts to open a can only for its lid to shoot out and embed itself in a wooden beam, further convincing Og. Later, Knuckles is punching a tree when Tails shoves Og over to him. Og observes Knuckles punching the tree and asks why he is being so violent with it; Knuckles explains he is trying to get coconuts, but Og is certain that violence is not the answer, instead asking him to wait for Mother Nature to provide him with what he needs. As Og lies down to rest, Knuckles waits a full day for coconuts to fall, only to become frustrated with Og when that does not happen, dragging him off (and just missing the coconuts finally falling from the tree). Later, Knuckles throws Og into Sticks' Burrow, and Og explains to Sticks that her friends are too caught up in their routines, a sentiment she agrees with.

Meanwhile, in the Froglodyte caves, the drill instructor enters Og's room and notices his escape route; later, in the Village Center, the Froglodytes emerge using Drill Bot's drill arm and are ordered by the drill instructor to search everywhere for loot and valuables, causing panic amongst the villagers. Amy walks onto the scene soon after, calling Sonic on her Communicator to scold him for allowing Og to do this, but Sonic explains he brought him to Tails, who joins the conversation to explain that he brought him to Knuckles; Knuckles tells them he brought Og to Sticks' Burrow, to the others' shock. Sonic runs there to inform Sticks of the invasion and accuse Og of being a spy and opening the door to the caves as he figured, only to notice the door is still sealed from Team Sonic's last encounter with the Froglodytes.

Back in the Village Center, the Froglodytes cause destruction all around, and Team Sonic is unable to handle their superior numbers, but Og comes to their rescue, singlehandedly fighting the Froglodytes off using martial arts and the environment around him. He then confronts and defeats their drill instructor who, after Og is joined by Team Sonic, orders the Froglodytes to retreat into the hole they dug, which Knuckles blocks with a massive boulder to prevent them from returning. Later, Team Sonic eats with Og at Meh Burger, with Sonic apologizing for his earlier behavior. Amy asks why Og chose to fight despite being nonviolent, to which he explains that he is willing to fight for a "righteous cause" and that he finds them alright. Tails asks if that means he is staying above ground; he confirms this, but he wishes to search for his own home, saying to Sticks that the others are a little too much to handle over elongated periods of time, though she assures him that it is something he can get used to.

Continuity

 * Dr. Eggman recalls all the Ancient mech suits that have been found on Seaside Island, namely Charlie's Mech Suit in "Counter Productive" and Sonic's Mech Suit in "Mech Suits Me".
 * Tails shows Og his Auto Adjuster 3000, a device he invented in "Beyond the Valley of the Cubots".
 * Sonic does not want Og living with Sticks in her burrow because he does not trust him not to open the door to the Froglodytes' cave that was previously opened accidentally in "Closed Door Policy"; when the Froglodytes surface, he checks the door, but it is still sealed by the designer shelf that was placed there in that episode.

Goofs

 * When Sticks attacks the Scorpion Bot with her club, the robot's head slams into the ground a split-second before it connects with Sticks' club.
 * When showing the Auto Adjuster 3000, the touchpad on Tails' Communicator is brown.
 * Tails' Communicator is missing when Tails shows Og a regular can opener.

Trivia

 * The title of this episode is a parody of the title for the 1947 film noir Odd Man Out.
 * Sticks acting like she was tracking Og's scent when following his footsteps might be a reference to how Sticks appeared to sniff out the Rock-cyborg when she was just sniffing the grass while following the cyborg's footsteps in Sonic Boom #1, a comic which happened to have been written by the same writer for this episode.