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It Takes a Village to Defeat a Hedgehog

"It Takes a Village to Defeat a Hedgehog"

The title card for "It Takes a Village to Defeat a Hedgehog".

Overview

Series

Sonic Boom

Episode no.

52

Written by

Alan Denton & Greg Hahn

Premiere dates

U.S. air date

20 September 2015 (FR)
14 November 2015 (US)^[1]

Episode chronology
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"It Takes a Village to Defeat a Hedgehog" is the fifty-second and final episode in the Sonic Boom television series' first season.^[2] It first aired on 20 September 2015 in France and on 14 November 2015 in the United States.

Synopsis

In his most diabolical plan yet, Dr. Eggman decides to band together with all of Sonic's enemies. Shadow the Hedgehog, joins the fight.

Appearances

Ball Bot (multiple)
Badniks
- Bee Bot (multiple)
- Crab Bot (multiple)
- Motobug (multiple)
Cubot
Giant Robot
Lady Walrus
Moth Bot
Octopus Bot
Orbot
Shadow the Hedgehog (first appearance)
Team Eggman (first appearance)
Team Sonic

Plot

At the beginning of the episode, Dr. Eggman is in his lair and has gathered all of the villains on Bygone Island. Included are the Lightning Bolt Society, T.W. Barker and his Stuntbears, and Charlie. Eggman says that one member has not shown up yet and explains that he has assembled the villains to finally beat Team Sonic. Meanwhile, at Amy's House, Team Sonic is busy putting together a bookcase that Amy has bought at a store, but all the pieces are together in the box and the directions are complicated. Back at the lair, Eggman has passed around cheese, but when somebody asks if he would like crackers, the doctor has none. Then, Eggman hears a voice behind him. It turns out to be Shadow the Hedgehog, and Eggman is overjoyed with him joining the team. The villains then start to argue about Shadow being cooler than all of them, and Eggman decides he should train his recruits in team-building exercises.

While Team Sonic continues trying to build the bookcase, training starts for Eggman's recruits. In one game, the villains pass around an invisible laser, saying "zip", "zap", or "zop", but when it comes to Shadow, he does not speak. At the end of training, Shadow states that the villains Eggman gathered are all fools and decides to go off on his own, shocking the recruits. He then disappears on the spot.

Back in the Village, Team Sonic thinks they are done with the bookcase, but there are a lot of parts laying around. Eggman then shows up with his Giant Robot. All the villains attack, and Team Sonic has to split up in order to defeat them. For example, Amy and Sticks chase after the Lightning Bolt Society because they have stolen Lady Walrus's purse, Tails pursues Willy Walrus with his plane, and Knuckles battles T.W. Barker piloting the Octopus Bot. Charlie then comes in his mech, but Sonic has an idea. He stands on one of the boards, resembling a seesaw, and calls to Eggman to fire on the other end. The seesaw catapults Sonic into Charlie's mech, and it crashes into Giant Robot, disabling them both.

Shadow then reappears, standing on Giant Robot's shoulder, unable to watch Eggman fail further. The hedgehogs then duel, with Eggman trying to keep up with the attack. Shadow is able to knock Sonic into a pit, and Eggman gloats that Shadow has finally beaten his nemesis. Eggman takes a selfie, but Eggman forgets to take the flash off, blinding Shadow momentarily. Sonic then gets up and makes his move, knocking Shadow into a building. Shadow swears that the two will meet again but on his terms and then vanishes, but blames Eggman for his defeat. The rest of the team comes back and fist-bump each other. Eggman tries to retreat inside his Eggmobile, but the team walks toward it.

Team Sonic is then playing a volleyball-like game using the Eggmobile with Eggman inside. Orbot and Cubot then say they couldn't wait for more adventures next year, and maybe start an internet petition.

Goofs

When Eggman is reciting the rules of Zip, Zap or Zop, Shadow is seen standing back from the rest of the group. However, when T.W. Barker passes the "imaginary ball" to him, he is standing directly opposite.

Production

According to Alan Denton, it was initially decided during the writing process of the first season of the Sonic Boom television series that Shadow was not going to be used. The reason was that if they had to, it would have to be in a way that did not make fun of him or made him look stupid or goofy. After a lot of work though, the writers came up with "It Takes a Village to Defeat a Hedgehog" which they believed both served the character and made for a funny episode.^[3]

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 Shadow then reappears, standing on Giant Robot's shoulder, unable to watch Eggman fail further. The hedgehogs then duel, with Eggman trying to keep up with the attack. Shadow is able to knock Sonic into a pit, and Eggman gloats that Shadow has finally beaten his nemesis. Eggman takes a selfie, but Eggman forgets to take the flash off, blinding Shadow momentarily. Sonic then gets up and makes his move, knocking Shadow into a building. Shadow swears that the two will meet again but on his terms and then vanishes, but blames Eggman for his defeat. The rest of the team comes back and fist-bump each other. Eggman tries to retreat inside his Eggmobile, but the team walks toward it.
-Team Sonic is then playing a volleyball-like game using the [[Eggmobile (Sonic Boom)|Eggmobile]] with Eggman inside. Orbot and Cubot then tells the viewer to stay tuned for the episodes next year, and maybe start an internet petition for more episodes.
+Team Sonic is then playing a volleyball-like game using the [[Eggmobile (Sonic Boom)|Eggmobile]] with Eggman inside. Orbot and Cubot then say they couldn't wait for more adventures next year, and maybe start an internet petition.
 ==Goofs==

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