Board Thread:Sonic Boom/@comment-6518289-20151114123212/@comment-5424180-20151124064504

NipsterXLI wrote: PecolaFromScratch wrote: Shadowlink9000 wrote: Man...

They really pushed their boundaries with this episode, what with all those subtle references to how not just Sonic Boom, but the entire game series in general is based on cookie cutter characters, tropy plots, and never offering a satisfactory experience. Kudos to the writers for not only incorporating these elements in a likeable way, but for also having the guts to mock Sega. Easily the best episode of the season and one of THE best out of all four shows.

Subtle fourth wall breaks (YMMV):

Amy: "Oh you'd be surprised ho much they can fit in one little box" (Sonic Boom's genre-busting capabilities despite innitially conceived as a simple action/platformer)

Eggman's fanboying over Shadow: "Hey everybody, look! Shadow's here!" (who didn't feel this is what the rise of lyric game designer's said when pitching the idea to include Shadow due to his popularity?)

Imeadiately followed by: "He's only the second most popular character in the whole canon!"

Knuckles: "Hmm... The plot's there, but the characters are all over the place." (metaphor for the Sonic boom TV show)

Eggman: "With Shadow on our squad, we had a real chance! He's so cool and edgy!" (same as before)

When Sonic and co. return to building Amy's furniture piece:

Tails: "Then when we mess up, we can get yet another one! Great idea, Sonic!"

Sonic: "That's why I'm the leader. Now let's dominate this cheap piece of furniture! To the best of our limited ability..." (refers to the Sonic game development cycle in which fans are never pleased with the final result due to the game appearing unfinished mostly due to time or hardware constraints or even due to a lack of communication between the developers)

Sonic: "Welp! We're out of parts and instructions. I think we're done!" *everyone looks over at the failed project*

Amy: "Great work, team..." (the end of a phase of the aforementioned cycle in which due to the lack of resources and guidance, the product is a flop)

Sonic: "Call off your goons or I'll smash you into next week."

Eggman: "I'm busy next week. I mean, I can reschedule, but I..." (reference to the fact that there won't be a new episode next week as this is the season finale)

When Shadow crushes the furniture and Sonic yells at him: Shadow: "Your shoddy craftsmanship brings shame upon all hedgehog-kind." (the game was brought down by the fans as it has disgraced the series they had once known and loved)

The whole Orbot and Cubot conversation. nuff said.

The whole episode is literally just one gigantic metaphor and a good one at that. Oh gosh, never thought about that... Don't know if you found something or your looking to deep :P What game are you referring to? Shadow's own game or Rise of Lyric?

In Shadow's quote I'm referring to just about any Sonic game that emphasizes a new experience such as introducing new mechanics and gimmicks, but fails to live up to fans' expectations. Sonic Boom and Shadow the Hedgehog can both be examples, with the latter receiving less hate since it actually had a lot of good ideas done right; it just wasn't for everyone and I think Sega knew this was the case. Likewise, Rise of Lyric can be interpreted as the greatest example of Sega's "shoddy craftsmanship" since '06.