Give Bees A Chance

"Give Bees A Chance" is the seventy-second episode in the Sonic Boom television series. It first aired on 25 March 2017 in the United States.

Synopsis
Amy nurses one of Dr. Eggman’s beebots back to health and adopts it as a pet.

Appearances
Characters:
 * Ancient
 * Badniks
 * Bee Bot (multiple)
 * Bea the Bee
 * Child Monkey
 * Dave the Intern
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Gogobas
 * Gogoba Chief
 * Lady Goat
 * Lady Walrus
 * Mayor Fink
 * Mega Bot
 * Mr. Slate
 * Mrs. Vandersnout
 * Old Monkey
 * Sheep Villager
 * Team Sonic
 * Amy Rose
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Sticks the Badger
 * Wild Cat
 * Wolfie

Locations:
 * Sonic Boom World
 * Dr. Eggman's Lair
 * Seaside Island
 * Amy's House
 * Gogoba Village
 * Hedgehog Village
 * Village Center
 * Mayor's Mansion
 * Meh Burger
 * Sonic's Shack
 * Tails' House
 * Tails' Workshop

Items:
 * Amy's Hammer
 * Boomerang
 * Communicator
 * Enerbeam
 * Fregosi Sapphire
 * Wrist controller

Vehicles:
 * Blue Force One
 * Eggmobile
 * Tails' Plane

Goofs

 * Dr. Eggman mentions Mombot, despite her having not been introduced in the series at this point.
 * This is because this episode was produced after "Mombot", as the episodes does not necessarily air in their production order.

Productions
This episode came about when Bill Freiberger and Cindy Robinson talked about writing in general, which led to Freiberger asking Robinson to write an episode of Sonic Boom. The story itself was broken by Freiberger, Robinson, Greg Hahn and Alan Denton on 15 September in Freiberger's guest house.

The plot came out of a desire for action. Robinson wanted to write "The Eggman Cometh", but Freiberger thought it would be too wordy. When writing this episode, Robinson made several drafts which were edited by the staff when she turned them in. The first record draft of this episode's script was written on 15 December 2016.

Bea the Bee's robot model (the Bee Bot) was chosen out of Eggman's minions because the Bee Bot had a tighter alliteration. The scrapbook scene was inspired by Robinson's own experiences about looking at pictures of her late dog, Gertie. Also, the staff went through several names for the tech support guy before settling on "Kevin."

Trivia

 * This episode was revealed by Bill Freiberger on his twitter before its official reveal.
 * Nine days before this episode aired on Boomerang, Bill Freiberger released the title card for this episode on Twitter as a teaser.
 * Concept artwork for this episode appeared in Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice.
 * This is the first episode in any Sonic the Hedgehog media to be written by someone who is primarily a voice actor for the Sonic series.
 * The English title of this episode is a pun on the John Lennon song "Give Peace A Chance".
 * The Fregosi Sapphire's name is a reference to the episode "The Fregosi Emerald" from The Munsters, which was included in this episode by Bill Freiberger. Also, Knuckles naming the Sapphire "Herman" is a reference to Herman Munster.
 * Sonic teetering at the edge of the cliff is a reference to classic Sonic games, in which Sonic has a special animation when he is about to fall off an edge.
 * Sonic's slip in voice after Tails calls him "Roger" is a nod to Roger Craig Smith, Sonic's English voice actor. In fact, Sonic's lines at that point were spoken in Roger Craig Smith's natural voice.
 * Sonic and Amy's talk about relationships while Sonic fell from the cliff at the beginning of this episode is a nod to "SonAmy" fans.
 * Knuckles' assuming guardianship of the Fregosi Sapphire and his remark about how people have complained that he is not guarding enough "rare stones" is a nod to how Knuckles is the guardian of precious gems, like the Master Emerald and Chaos Emeralds, in other media.
 * The destroyed minions, and Orbot and Cubot carrying the stretcher is a reference to Gone with the Wind.
 * Eggman's line "feel the burn, now" is a workout reference.
 * Knuckles wearing a baby bjorn in this episode is a reference to The Hangover.
 * Bill Freiberger has revealed that Knuckles will be using the baby harness again in Evan Stanley's upcoming episode in the Sonic Boom television series.