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"Eggman Family Vacation"[2] is the one hundred and first episode in the Sonic Boom television series. It aired on 4 October 2017 in France and on 28 October 2017 in the United States.
Synopsis[]
Dr. Eggman and Steve turn a family vacation in Roboken into an opportunity for evil. Mighton & Bolts enlist the help of Sonic & friends.[3]
Appearances[]
Characters:
- Badniks
- Bolts
- Cubot
- Cyborg Sonic
- Dr. Eggman
- Dr. Eggman (Morpho's dimension) (mentioned)
- Fire Bot
- Mighton
- Mombot
- Morpho
- Orbot
- Team Sonic
Races and species:
- Animal people
- Granifer Giganticus (cameo)
- Human
- Widabit
Locations:
Items:
- Amy's Hammer
- Boomerang
- Communicator
- Intelligence Chip (only appearance)
- Wrist controller
Vehicles:
Plot[]
The episode begins with Dr. Eggman having Morpho fight Sonic as a Granifer Giganticus, only for Sonic to escape. This prompts the two villains to argue over who is to blame for their failure. Eventually, the two take their argument to Mombot. Tired of her boys arguing, Mombot announces that she is taking them, along with Orbot and Cubot, on a vacation to a timeshare she has bought in Roboken so they can do some family bonding.
While Eggman and his lackeys are busy packing the Egg Rocket, Team Sonic sees the villains preparing for departure. As such, the team celebrates that they are now able to relax with Eggman gone for the time being. The crew's excitement is knocked down a few pegs though when Amy pulls out a list of activities for them to do.
Having arrived in Roboken, Eggman is not surprised to discover that Mombot's timeshare is a dump. This does little to put a damper on Mombot's mood, who is ready to do some sightseeing with her family. Meanwhile, back on Seaside Island, Team Sonic is on a hike. While goofing off however, Knuckles pulls a fake tree branch, thereby accidentally activating one of Eggman’s hidden missiles. Using Tails' Plane though, the crew catches up to the missile and stops it from hitting Gogoba Village by diverting it into the mountains. A montage follows soon after, which shows how discontent Eggman is with his vacation; while the rest of his robot family find excitement and enjoyment in everything, Eggman has a tough time living in a city meant for robots (such as getting painful massages and being unable to eat the literal metal food). Meanwhile, Team Sonic keeps running into trouble, like being attacked by a giant snake, and exploring a dark cave full of angry widabits. Eventually, Team Sonic is getting a bit annoyed and exhausted by their time off.
Back in Roboken, Eggman runs into Mighton, Bolts, and Cyborg Sonic. The trio suspects Eggman is up to no good until the doctor (with Mombot's aid) convinces them that he is just on vacation there. While conversing with the trio though, Eggman notices how intelligent Bolts is. During the same evening, Eggman reveals to Morpho that he is plotting to steal Bolts' Intelligence Chip so he can make his robots smarter, and that he needs his help to pull it off. Morpho promptly helps Eggman by distracting Bolts with a Mighton disguise before assuming the form of a monster plant. With Morpho holding Bolts in his grasp, Eggman takes Bolts' Intelligence Chip. This causes Bolts to shut down. Eggman and Morpho then make their escape with the chip, but Mighton soon finds Bolts, and suspects Eggman is behind this. With Mighton and Cyborg Sonic hot on their trail, Eggman and Morpho grab Mombot and the others and evacuate Roboken. As the Eggman family flies back to Seaside Island in the Egg Rocket however, Mighton and Cyborg Sonic follow them in a spaceship of their own. Meanwhile, an exhausted Team Sonic manage to spot the spaceships while trying to get home.
Team Sonic soon arrive at the landing site of the spaceships, where Eggman is ready to square off against Mighton and Cyborg Sonic with his robots. However, Eggman has already put Bolts’ Intelligence Chip into a Fire Bot. This allows Fire Bot to shoot its flames more precisely, and use better strategies while fighting Sonic. As Mighton takes a lethal shot at Fire Bot though, the robot throws the Intelligence Chip to a Motobug. This grants the Motobug more intelligence as well, and it starts driving in circles around the others with tricky maneuvers. Eventually, Team Sonic keeps chasing the robots around while smashing the robots, who keep passing the Intelligence Chip onto the next.
Eventually, Team Sonic loses track of the Intelligence Chip. As such, they resort to just smashing all of Eggman's robots. All of a sudden, however, Mombot starts ranting about how they should stop fighting, and lectures them about how violence leads to more violence. Sticks gasps, and points out how Mombot must have the chip. The heroes promptly charge at Mombot, but Eggman, Morpho, Orbot, and Cubot step in front of her, stopping the heroes in their tracks. Deciding that losing Mombot is not worth revenge on his enemies, Eggman takes the Intelligence Chip out of Mombot, and hands it back to Mighton, who uses it to restore Bolts.
Later, back in the Mombot's house, the Eggman family have gathered around for dinner. There, Mombot expressed her joy at how the vacation has brought their family closer together. Eggman likewise tells Mombot what he has learned about what it means appreciate the family you got. However, Eggman's mood is ruined by the metal nut pie Mombot has served him.
Continuity[]
- Mombot, a robot Dr. Eggman made in "Mombot", makes a reappearance.
- Morpho is still an associate of Dr. Eggman as a result of the events in "Eggman's Brother".
- Cyborg Sonic, a cyborg created in "Robots From The Sky Part 4", makes his return.
- Mighton, Bolts and Cyborg Sonic remembers Eggman from his invasion of Roboken in "Robots From The Sky Part 4".
Goofs[]
Tails and Amy's perspective error.
- In the cave scene on Seaside Island, Amy's right ear can be seen overlapping Tails' left ear so it lies on top of it. This should not be possible since Amy is in the background while Tails is in the foreground.
Title in other languages[]
| Language | Title | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| French | Les vacances en famille d'Eggman | Eggman Family Vacation |
| Italian | Vacanze in famiglia | Family vacations |
| Polish | Rodzinne wakacje Eggmana | Eggman's family vacation |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Férias em família | Family vacation |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | As Férias Em Família do Eggman | Eggman's family vacation |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Las vacaciones en familia de Eggman | |
| Ukrainian | Відпустка родини Егменів | Vacation of the family of Eggman's |
Trivia[]
- Nine days before this episode aired on Boomerang, Bill Freiberger released the title card for this episode on Twitter as a teaser.[4]
- The "Bottywood Walk of Fame" mentioned in this episode is a parody of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Sonic's nickname for Eggman in this episode ("Baldy McNosehair") is a nickname Sonic gave Eggman in Sonic Colors and used again in Sonic Lost World.
- The music playing whenever something flies by is similar to “Another Part of Me” by Michael Jackson.
- This is the only episode when only one member of Team Cybonic appears.
- Knuckles swinging on a vine and slamming face-first into a tree is a reference to George of the Jungle.
- The sound Eggman and Morpho made when sneaking around Roboken is the same sound from The Flintstones which was made when someone was tipping around on their toes or sneaking around.
- The "Insta-snaps" and "Bit-Tube" Morpho mentions in this episode are references to Instagram and Snapchat, and YouTube respectively.
- Bolts’ Intelligence Chip looks identical to the Symbiont Chip from Sonic's Mech Suit that turned Sonic evil in "Mech Suits Me".
- The plant Morpho turns into in this episode looks identical to the mutant plants created by the Mutant Seed Gun in "How to Succeed in Evil Without Really Trying".
- Sonic's quote "You're too slow" when facing Fire Bot is as the same as one of Sonic's infamous taunts in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
References[]
- ↑ Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (29 October 2016). Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved on 29 October 2016. "Tailooey Fan: Jack Fletcher is still the dubbing director and Natalys Raut-Sieuzac is still the director in Season? / Bill Freiberger: Jack Fletcher is the voice director. Natalys Raut-Sieuzac is the director. / Tailooey Fan: In season two too? / Bill Freiberger: Yes, Jack Fletcher is the voice director and Natalys Raut-Sieuzac is the director in season 2 of #sonicboom."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sonic Boom: Eggman Family Vacation. Zap2it.com. Retrieved on 27 September 2017.
- ↑ Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (26 October 2017). Retrieved on 28 October 2017. "Bill Freiberger: 248: Dr. Eggman and Steve turn a family vacation in Roboken into an opportunity for evil. Mighton & Bolts enlist the help of Sonic & friends"
- ↑ Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (19 October 2017). Retrieved on 20 October 2017. "Bill Freiberger: A #sonicboom preview for next Saturday: Ep. 248, "Eggman Family Vacation" Written by @ReidHarrisonLA"
