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"Don't Judge Me" is the seventeenth episode in the Sonic Boom television series. It first aired on February 11th, 2015 in France and on March 14th, 2015 in the United States.

Synopsis[]

After claiming to be injured during a battle with Sonic, Eggman takes Sonic to court to receive justice.

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Plot[]

In the middle of the night, Dr. Eggman attacks the Unnamed Village and its residents in his Moth Bot when Sonic arrives with his Swat-a-pult and pursues Moth Bot while Knuckles baits the robot into following him by holding up a giant glowing light bulb. Surveying the chase from above in Tails' Plane, Tails and Sticks drop moth balls on Moth Bot to stagger it, allowing Sonic to bring it down with his weapon. In the wreckage, Eggman claims his neck is broken and has Orbot and Cubot fly him away as he accuses Sonic of "cheating" during the battle.

The next day, Sonic and Tails are having lunch in the Village Center when the two are approached by a Process Server, who reveals Eggman is suing Sonic for needlessly injuring him. Sonic is unworried, sure that nobody will take this seriously, but soon learns the seriousness of the situation when Soar the Eagle interviews him on the coming "trial of the century," which he claims will ruin the loser's life. At the courthouse, Sonic finds Eggman in a wheelchair with T.W. Barker as his lawyer and the local villagers as both the audience and the jury. Serving as Sonic's lawyer is Knuckles, which Sonic had allowed since he still thinks this trial is a joke. The Beaver Policeman then introduces the judge, Burnbot (under the alias of "Judge Bot"), who subtlety hints his loyalty to Eggman, despite his impartialness.

Opening the case is Barker who reveals his intent to prove that Sonic injured Eggman permanently in maliciousness. Sticks is first called up as a witness where she accidentally blurts out her prejudice against Eggman and his creations, as Barker states that Eggman was merely taking an evening drive in his Moth Bot when Sonic attacked him. Orbot is called up next, where he proclaims that Eggman is good-hearted and shows a (fake) film of Eggman playing compassionately with Orbot and Cubot as evidence, which moves the jury.

Tails takes his turn, whom Sonic considers to be the most reliable witness. With Barker interrogating him, Tails lists the things he admires about Sonic, which Barker turns around to make Sonic seem like an outlaw bent on destroying anyone who disagrees with him, namely Eggman. Despite losing his case, Sonic is confident that people will believe in his innocence (unaware that Comedy Chimp has made jokes on his show about him that enforce Barker's claim).

For the next part of the trial, Knuckles calls himself up to the defense. In a humorous display of Knuckles interrogating himself, Knuckles explains that Sonic is incapable of injuring Eggman, but on the grounds that he is too weak. Knuckles then continues to insult Sonic, provoking Sonic to make an outburst defending himself, only to end up incriminating himself further. With Knuckles resting his case, the jury leaves to deliberate while the rest hold a dance party. When the jury returns however, the jurors (Fastidious Beaver in particular) delay their verdict. Impatient, Burnbot deems Sonic guilty. But before making it official, Amy, who has just come back from a week-long beekeeping seminar, bursts into the room and pounds the floor with her hammer in objection, shaking the whole building. Burnbot and Barker stumble, causing Eggman to turn his head around in confusion and Sonic points out that he is not injured. With his deception revealed, Eggman calls his robots to battle, which engages Team Sonic. As Soar is doing a news report on the trial outside the courthouse, Sonic and Eggman in his Eggmobile burst out from inside and do battle. Unfazed, Soar cuts over to Comedy Chimp's New Year's Eve event, which is rather dull.

Continuity[]

  • Tails reveals that Sonic has a beautiful singing voice. This was confirmed in the episode, "Battle Of The Boy Bands".

Goofs[]

  • During the groovy hippie themed dance party, the jury is still seen in the room instead of deliberating.
  • During the "New Year's Eve Rockin' Bananaganza" scene at the end of the episode, Wolf Sidekick is shown being as tall as Comedy Chimp. In "Late Night Wars", however, Wolf is a head shorter than Comedy Chimp.

Title in other languages[]

Language Title Translation
Chinese 休想审判我 Stop Trying to Judge Me
Dutch Veroordeel me niet Don't Judge Me
Finnish Tuomionpäivä Judgement's Day
French Ne me jugez pas Don't Judge Me
German Sprecht kein Urteil über mich Speak no verdict about me
Greek Μη με κρίνεις Don't Judge Me
Hungarian Ne ítéljetek el Don't Judge Me
Italian Nessuno mi può giudicare No one can judge me
Japanese 判決はどっち Which One Gets the Sentence
Korean (Cartoon Network) 소닉, 재판정에 서다! Sonic at the Law Court
Korean (Netflix) 세기의 재판 Trial of the century
Persian مرا قضاوت نکن Don't Judge Me
Polish Spotkamy się w sądzie We'll meet in the court
Portuguese (Brazil) Não Me Julgue Don't Judge Me
Portuguese (Portugal) Não Me Julguem
Romanian Să nu mă judeci
Russian Не судите меня
Spanish (Latin America) No me Juzgues
Spanish (Spain)
Turkish Beni Yargılama
Ukrainian (Pixel TV) Не засуджуй мене Do not condemn me
Ukrainian (PlusPlus) Не судіть мене Don't judge me

Trivia[]

  • The reading glasses that Knuckles wears during the trial are identical to the ones he briefly wears in "My Fair Sticksy".
  • The song that Sticks sang on the witness stand was lyrics from the classic folk song, "Turkey in the Straw", by Bill Monroe.
  • Tails's statement about Sonic having a lovely singing voice foreshadows the events of the episode, "Battle of the Boy Bands".
  • This is the first (and only) Sonic Boom episode in which Burnbot is actually talking.
  • The music played during the segment with the Comedy Chimp Show is the theme of The Benny Hill Show, "The Yakety Sax".
  • The giant banana dropped during Comedy Chimp's "New Years Eve Rockin' Bananaganza" segment is a parody of the Times Square Ball.[4]
  • Concept artwork for this episode appeared in Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice.
  • The plot of this episode is similar to the SpongeBob SquarePants episode, "Krabs vs. Plankton."
  • At the end of the episode, it's revealed that Amy was at a week-long beekeeping seminar. This explains why she was absent for a majority of the episode. But if she hadn't made an appearance at the end, "Don't Judge Me" would've been the second episode where she doesn't appear, and the third one would've been "Beyond the Valley of the Cubots".

References[]

  1. Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (18 March 2016). Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved on 18 March 2016. "Alexander Soerensen: Has Natalys Raut-Sieuzac directed every Sonic Boom episode? / Bill Freiberger: Yes she has."
  2. Sonic Boom : Don't Judge Me. Zap2it.com. Retrieved on 22 February 2015.
  3. Cartoon Network - Schedule (2015/10/27). Retrieved on 8 March 2017.
  4. Sonic Boomcast Episode 8: Welcome to Freibergers. Sonic Boomcast (25 March 2015). Retrieved on 26 March 2015.
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