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"Fuzzy Puppy Buddies" is the forty-seventh episode in the Sonic Boom television series. It aired on 31 August 2015 in France and on 10 October 2015 in the United States.

Synopsis[]

Amy and Dr. Eggman bond over a tabletop figurine game called Fuzzy Puppies. When the gang finds out, they begin to worry about her safety.

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Plot[]

At the beginning of the episode, Amy is in her house playing a tabletop figurine game called "Fuzzy Puppies" against herself. She then “wins” against her self and starts doing a victory dance, only to see that the rest of the team has walked in and witnessed her silly behavior. Amy tells them about the game and claims that it is becoming very popular, though the others do not believe it and tease her, thinking that Fuzzy Puppies is lame. Amy heads to Meh Burger where she sits at a table with other players, when Dr. Eggman shows up and declares that he too takes interest in the game. In the midst of a battle between Eggman and Team Sonic later on, the two agree to have a meeting at Eggman's lair before Amy knocks him and his Eggmobile over the horizon with her hammer; there, Eggman shows Amy his collection of figurines, but one of them, the Fancy Poodle piece that Eggman has been looking for, is missing. Amy decides to teach Eggman the rules of the game. The goal of Fuzzy Puppies is to eliminate the opponent's puppies from the board. Amy then tells what each puppy can do. One of them, Gertie the Bulldog, tracks mud in the house and is thus instantly removed from the game, yet Amy keeps her on the board as a good-luck charm. After Eggman plays several rounds against Amy and the other players, Amy admits that he has mastered the game.

Sonic and the rest of the team suspects something is up with Amy and head to her house to investigate. As they spy on Amy setting up food (during which Knuckles teases Sonic with how it seems like Amy is setting up for a date), they see Dr. Eggman. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Sticks burst through the window and Sonic ties Eggman up with a curtain. To cover their friendship, Amy and Eggman awkwardly pretends to admit that Eggman was indeed attacking Amy, and Eggman runs off. However, the group suspects something is up and Amy admits her newfound friendship with Eggman and that they are going to Puppy Con tomorrow. Suspecting Eggman is up to something, Sonic, despite the risk of ruining his image by showing up on a Fuzzy Puppy fan convention, decides the team are heading there to keep an eye on the pair.

At the convention inside town hall in the Village Center, Amy and Eggman walk around admiring all the things there when Eggman sees the Fancy Poodle figurine he is missing. However, it belongs to Stratford, so Eggman starts negotiating. While this is happening, Amy buys a Cuteness Hat from Zooey, who explains that this accessory makes a certain puppy adorable. Then, somebody cries for help, and Team Sonic runs to the rescue. It appears that two members of the Lightning Bolt Society are rolling boulders down a hill, but the team disposes of them. While Dave is being arrested by the Beaver Policeman, Eggman has stolen the Fancy Poodle and reveals that Orbot and Cubot were masquerading as the Lightning Bolt Society members as a distraction. Amy then challenges Eggman to a game; if Amy wins, Eggman must give the Fancy Poodle back, but if she loses, Eggman will take her bulldog.

A crowd gathers around the table to watch the challenge. Eggman plays very well, and only the bulldog is left on Amy's side. Suddenly, Amy places the Cuteness Hat on top of Gertie, saying that since she is adorable, she will not get blamed for tracking mud around the house; thus, she blames it on Fancy Poodle. Though initially refusing to do so until Amy threatens to end their friendship, Eggman finally gives up and gives the Fancy Poodle back to its original owner. Amy and Eggman are then playing another game in the lair as the episode ends.

Continuity[]

Goofs[]

  • In the opening scene where Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Sticks walk-in on Amy playing Fuzzy Puppies by herself, the floor in front of them is empty. In a following shot, Sonic reaches down and collects a playing piece that has appeared by his feet.
  • When Eggman first shows up at Meh Burger, one can see in the background that the town hall has already been decorated for Puppy Con, despite the event being at least a week away.
  • When Sonic tells his team not to look at him while they are spying on Amy, Sticks' eyelashes disappear.
  • In the shot of the decorated town hall, Lady Walrus can be seen walking into the building, but in the next scene she is already inside.
  • During the rock slide scene at Puppy Con, before the group rush outside, Sticks' eyelashes disappear briefly.
  • Before the gang unfreezes outside the Mayor's Mansion, Tails' eyes open.
  • When Eggman demands Amy's Gertie the Bulldog if he should beat her in Fuzzy Puppies, the gasping crowd in the next shot is suddenly standing much further into the room than they did in the previous shot.
  • During Amy's match against Eggman, as she reaches to use a Cuteness Hat on Gertie the Bulldog, her eyelashes disappear briefly.

Production[]

When animating this episode, the team had a lot of work to do when it came designing a board and the play pieces.[4] Gertie the Bulldog in particular was modeled and named after Cindy Robinson's late-female bullbog using a photo of her put on Robinson's Facebook page. Robinson, thus, had a hard time recording this episode.[5]

Title in other languages[]

Language Title Translation
Dutch Pluizenpuppy-buddy's Fluffy Puppy Buddies
Estonian Kutsika semud Puppy buddies
Finnish Söpöt pennut Cute puppies
French Chiot choupinou copinous Darling Puppy Buddies
German Fuzzy Puppy Kumpels Fuzzy Puppy Buddies
Greek Χνουδωτά φιλικά κουτάβια Fluffy Friendly Puppies
Hungarian A bolyhos babák The fuzzy dolls
Italian Ciccio cucciolo Eggman Chubby puppy Eggman
Japanese ゲーム仲間 Game Buddies
Korean (Cartoon Network) 멍멍이 보드게임 Puppy Board Game
Korean (Netflix) 멍멍이 보드게임 친구 Puppy Board Game Buddies
Persian سگ‌های نازنازی Cute Dogs
Polish Przyjaciele puchatych piesków The friends of fluffy doggies
Portuguese (Brazil) Filhotinhos Fofinhos Cuddly Puppies
Portuguese (Portugal) Amigo dos Cachorros Fofinhos Friend of the Cuddly Dogs
Romanian Prietenii cățelușilor Friends of puppies
Russian Пушистые собачки Fluffy dogs
Spanish (Latin America) Compañeros de Cachorritos Peludos Fuzzy Puppies Partners
Spanish (Spain) Perritos Mimosos Fuzzy Puppies
Ukrainian Пухнасті цуценята Fluffy Puppies

Trivia[]

  • This episode was first revealed by the series' cast at the Sonic Boom event in 2014 where they did a live reading of parts of the script.
    • Coincidently, this episode premiered exactly one year after its table script read on the 2014 Sonic Boom event.
  • This episode's title name was first revealed by Bill Freiberger on his Twitter account.[6] Also, the term bears little resemblance to one of R.E.M.'s title song, "Shiny Happy People".
  • Dave the Intern's line, "Don't tase me, bro!", said when he is mistakenly arrested for attacking the town, is a reference to an incident in 2007 at The University of Florida, where twenty-one-year-old student Andrew Meyer screamed the phrase while being restrained by police.
  • Knuckles putting on sunglasses and making a pun as Dave is taken away is a reference to Horatio Caine on CSI: Miami, whose trademark gesture is putting on his sunglasses at the beginning of the episode prior to making a dramatic remark.
  • There were many rumors that there would be a strong reveal of Sonic and Amy's romantic relationship. However, this was turned down because the plot never shown any references to the relationship.
  • Puppy Con is based on the real-life Comic Con.
  • The Fancy Poodle playing piece is derived from Lady Goat's poodle robot in the episode "Robot Battle Royale".
  • The episode's presentation of the trading of Fuzzy Puppy game pieces may be an allusion to the Pokémon Trading Card Game or Littlest Pet Shop toys.
  • Concept artwork for this episode appeared in Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice.
  • Cindy Robinson's favorite moment in the entire series is from this episode, where Gertie the Bulldog wins the game.[7]

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: Fuzzy Puppy Buddies. zap2it.com. Retrieved on 2 October 2015.
  3. Cartoon Network - Schedule (2015/11/17). Retrieved on 10 March 2017.
  4. Sanzaru Games (September 27, 2016). Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice. Nintendo 3DS. Sega. Level/Area: Sonic's Shack. "Fuzzy Puppies: When Eggman and Amy became superfans of a cutesy board game craze called Fuzzy Puppies, our team had a lot of work to do when it came designing a board and the play pieces. Here is some early concept art of that. As for the actual rules of the game? Eh, we’re still not sure what’s going on."
  5. Sonic Revolution 2016: PART 6 - Sonic Boom Panel. YouTube. Sonic Revolution (22 June 2016). Retrieved on 29 June 2016.
  6. Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (1 August 2015). Retrieved on 4 August 2015.
  7. Cindy Robinson‏ on Twitter. Twitter (18 March 2017). Retrieved on 18 March 2017. "CraigBeverlin‏: do you have a favorite Sonic Boom moment. / Cindy Robinson: it's in Fuzzy Puppy Buddies when Gertie the Bulldog wins the game."
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