Line #15 Awesome/SonicBoom


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4	As is typical for most Sonic media, the Sonic Boom subfranchise (including the more comedy-focused cartoon) has its share of awe-inducing moments that are likely to make you want to stand up and cheer.
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8	!!The cartoon
9	* The [[https://youtu.be/OW6ylJmi8mk opening theme]] is a short but thunderous percussive electronic-rock song which wonderfully compliments the show's action-adventure feel while also keeping in with the many pieces of the genre that Sonic media has brought us over the years.
10	** [[https://youtu.be/did9FVs7IVc The French dub of the show]] takes things up a notch, extending the piece and adding in some extra AirGuitar for further coolness.
11	* Burn-Bot may have a misnomer of a name, but it's a force to be reckoned with -- in Sonic and Tails' first fight with it, it defeats Tails and crashes the Tornado, and is able to keep up with Sonic. And then Eggman upgrades him with twin hip-mounted flamethrowers, so he actually ''can'' burn things.
12	* The giant robot from "Translate This" was strong enough to deal with Sonic and his friends on its own. Not even Knuckles' fists or Amy's Piko Piko Hammer could harm it. However, the way it was defeated deserves a special mention. When the robot launched photon bombs at them, Sticks lobbed one of them into the air and Knuckles spiked the bomb into the robot's eye. He drops into a {{Three Point Landing}} with a triumphant grin on his face just before the bomb explodes.
13	** [[ChekhovsSkill Funny how Sticks and Knuckles were playing volleyball in the beginning of the same episode...]]
14	* Sticks leaps into action at the end of "My Fair Sticksy", ditching her "lady-like" guise for good in order to save her friends from Eggman.
15	--> '''Sticks''': That's it! I'm sick of being proper! (''[[ActionDressRip pulls her dress off]], revealing her regular clothes underneath'') [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Time to get primal!]]
16	* Chalk one up for Eggman in a couple of episodes, as despite him being as comically ineffectual as ever he still manages to prove himself a legitimate threat. In particular:
17	** In "Can An Evil Genius Crash At Your Place For A Few Days", he pulls an effective BatmanGambit wherein he acts like a friendly guy who just wants some help while he's down, while annoying Sonic and Tails to the point of exhaustion -- making it impossible for them to retaliate when he finally uncovers his plan.
18	** In "Sole Power", Sonic seemingly develops a condition that causes a painfully loud noise to occur whenever he uses his super speed. As a result, [[TheLoad he is unable to help his team during a robot attack]]. Much to his dismay, his friends easily destroy Eggman's robots without him. Eggman then arrives, claiming that Orbot and Cubot accidentally triggered the attack. Since the attack went just fine without his guidance, he claims that he feels unneeded as a result. When Sonic confides in Eggman and asks for his assistance, he then develops a set of shoes that seemingly cure Sonic of his condition. Turns out, there was nothing wrong with Sonic. Eggman actually created a device that would play the deafening tone every time Sonic runs. The shoes he made for Sonic serve as a external power source and generator for Eggman's giant robot, converting his super speed into power for the robot's battery, force field, and weaponry. Additionally, Eggman knew that Sonic would celebrate his "cure" by using his speed more often, that Sonic [[HatesBeingAlone hates being left out of a fight between Eggman and his friends]], and that Sonic has a habit of [[LeeroyJenkins senselessly charging headfirst into danger]] -- all of these factors gave the robot more than enough power to deal with all of our heroes at once. To top it off; as a nice subtle ShoutOut to ''[[VideoGame/SonicLabyrinth Sonic Labyrinth]]'''s Slow-Down Boots, ''Sonic can't remove the shoes''.
19	*** And then Sonic manages to beat it... by [[GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy running circles around it nonstop]], [[ExplosiveOverclocking causing it to overload]].
20	** "Dr. Eggman's Tomato Sauce". The heroes were suspicious of said sauce and so they tested it for everything they could. To their surprise [[RedHerring it came up negative]] so they dismiss it. But then it turns out that Eggman ''knew'' they'd find the sauce suspicious... which is why he made the ''cans'' the sauce is marketed in the real danger, programming them to take over all technology on the island. If not for Sonic and co., he probably would have won this time -- and indeed, it took them a while to foil the plan.
21	** In "Chez Amy", Eggman actually gets [[TeamRocketWins an understated victory]] by destroying Amy's restaurant and getting away with it scot-free.
22	* In "Battle of The Boy Bands", Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles successfully manage to break the mind control of Justin Beaver and all of the girls through a combination of [[TakeThat insults against the boy band industry]] in a song in a singing battle, and going from Dreamboat Express to Dude-itude rocking out to conclude the episode. Keep in mind that the last time in Sonic history that he played in a band was in ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.
23	** This episode in general wowed many viewers, especially those that really hate the boy band industry, especially Music/JustinBieber, to the MythologyGag relating back to another Sonic TV series from the past. The crew deserves special mention for doing their research and listening to certain boy band songs, and placing in cameos of other ''Sonic Boom'' characters like Perci and Zooey.
24	** Special mention goes to Creator/CindyRobinson here; her singing voice as Justin Beaver falls under SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound, even if you don't like Bieber's music.
25	* In "Tails' Crush", after failing to impress Zooey several times, Eggman of all people, tells Tails to BeYourself instead of listening to other people. Then, after finally getting his long-awaited package and attacking the village with his new robot, Tails goes OneManArmy by taking out Eggman's robot mooks with only his wrench, gets into his plane, saves Zooey, and destroys the robot in two blasts. And he got the girl in the end.
26	--> '''Eggman''': Well well, look who got the girl by being himself! [[SarcasmMode Didn't see that one coming.]]
27	** Earlier in the episode where Eggman goes to attack the delivery turtle for not getting his package, despite being grabbed by a robot with the potential to kill him, Leroy the turtle points out that thuggery wouldn't send the package any faster. Quite the amount of bravery for a minor character.
28	** The heroes' disposal of the Decimator-bot afterwards, especially Knuckles' "wheelbarrow race".
29	* In "It Wasn't Me, It Was the One-Armed Hedgehog", after being accused by Eggman of stealing his particle accelerator, Sonic must clear his good name by finding the real thief. Joined by Knuckles, he tracks down the culprit to a house in the jungle and is confronted by none other than Metal Sonic. Knuckles attempts to take the robotic double down with a barrage of punches, but Metal [[NoSell stands his ground without even flinching]] and proceeds to unload a point-blank energy blast from the [[ChestBlaster hole in his chest]] to knock the echidna into a nearby tree, [[OneHitKill rendering him unconscious]]. That's right-- Metal managed to withstand the blows of and [[TheWorfEffect knock out]] ''[[TheBigGuy the strongest member of the team]]'' [[CurbStompBattle with barely any effort!]] Enraged by this, Sonic attempts to make his nuts-and-bolts copy pay, even repeatedly Homing Attacking him for a brief period before Metal pulls out the particle accelerator to power himself up, confirming he's the thief. Realizing he's outmatched, Sonic runs off with Metal giving chase and periodically firing lasers at him. The two zip across the entire island before Sonic finally stops near his shack, seemingly exhausted. Metal floats nearby, ready to end the fight... until the one and only Sonic reveals he was faking it. He then runs toward and tosses a horseshoe at his mechanical foe, its presence causing the particle accelerator to malfunction and let out a discharge of energy that sends Metal ''flying across the island''.
30	-->'''Sonic''': I guess when you get tired, you can just recharge.
31	-->'''Metal Sonic''': (''charges up, ready to attack'')
32	-->'''Sonic''': That's the difference between you and me, Metal -- I. Don't. ''Get. '''Tired.'''''
33	* "Designated Heroes" gives one for both sides.
34	** For Eggman: After convincing Sonic and Co. to take him on one at a time, he outwits them one by one through the use of flattery, compliments, and exploit of their own weaknesses so he can swipe the objects they have (or created for him unintentionally in Knuckles' case) and put them in a Rube Goldberg-esque machine, which he uses to easily capture Sonic after waiting until the hedgehog lets down his guard. It just goes to show that Eggman still has the IQ points to be dangerously clever.
35	** For the good guys: Amy, Knuckles, Sticks, and Tails showing off impressive teamwork, each countering Eggman's attacks with their stolen gear, getting it back, and ultimately busting out Sonic to finish the fight-- all while tagging each other in and out when they needed to to uphold their 1v1 arrangement that they made with Eggman.
36	* After spending most of the series (and the episode itself) acting as incompetent comic relief, Knuckles finally gets a solo Awesome Moment in "Counter Productive". After breaking neurotic local Charlie into insanity with his stupidity, Knuckles turns the other cheek towards his bullying due to feeling blame for it. However, when Knuckles discovers that Charlie has become a supervillain [[CardCarryingVillain (from hearing Charlie say so himself)]], [[HesBack he finally decides to fight back]]. He then quickly spars with Charlie's giant mech and destroys it. Extra points due to demolishing it by backfiring one of its rays with a trash can lid, [[SmartBall marking a rare case Knuckles won by being]] ''[[SmartBall smart]]''.
37	* In the Season One finale "It Takes A Village To Defeat A Hedgehog", Sonic and co., despite being stretched thin, manage to take out a NotSoHarmless ambush by Eggman, who was working with a team of evildoers that the gang has fought before and Shadow the Hedgehog.
38	** Shadow plain and simple stole the show, serving as an equal match for Sonic in their duel. Eventually, he even came close to defeating his rival and, had it not been for an Eggman selfie, certainly would have finished the job.
39	** [[RuleOfThree One more for the Season One finale:]] Dr. Eggman gathers every other antagonist from the show so far, and [[LegionOfDoom they form an alliance to destroy Team Sonic once and for all.]] What makes this awesome, you ask? Not only did they have [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder NONE of the issues that usually plague villains in this situation]], they take it in the exact opposite direction, [[CurbStompBattle using absolutely AMAZING teamwork to give the heroes a run for their money]]! Had it not been for [[SpannerInTheWorks Shadow's intervention]], [[TheBadGuyWins they would have won too!]] And the best part? By the end, the team's still together, and they've shown no signs of slowing down.
40	* In "Tommy Thunder Method Actor", Sonic's battle against Eggman's robots is capped by a SuspiciouslySimilarSong of the theme to ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''. Regardless of your opinion on the show in question, it's a pretty great throwback.
41	* Sonic's ''epic'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech rant]] towards his friends and the rest of the Sensitivity Training group in "Just a Guy", after they ostracized him throughout the entire episode and [[UngratefulTownsfolk showed no respect towards him]] for saving the villagers' lives up to this point. This continues even after they themselves called Mike the Ox "just a guy" -- or in other words, [[{{Hypocrite}} exactly what they mistreated]] ''[[{{Hypocrite}} him]]'' [[{{Hypocrite}} on the basis of]] -- and a passive-aggressive remark from Amy is what [[RageBreakingPoint finally pushes him over the edge]], leading Sonic to explode at them and ([[TenMinuteRetirement as it turns out, temporarily]]) quit being a hero. [[https://youtu.be/4ECdGEtB2zc The exchange leaves everyone present completely speechless.]]
42	-->'''Amy:''' Alright, perhaps our enthusiasm yesterday was a bit premature, seeing as it turns out (''glares at Sonic'') '''''some people''''' still have a long way to go in their training. But, I'm sure we'll ''all'' learn to be compassionate, after tomorrow's... (''eagerly'') SENSITIVITY TRAINING CAMPING TRIP~!
43	-->''(everyone except Sonic cheers'')
44	--> '''Sonic:''' (''[[TranquilFury quietly furious]]'') You know what ''I'' think is compassionate? Saving the village from Eggman. Like, every week! (''slowly gets angrier'') [[DudeWheresMyRespect But do I get any props for that?!]] '''NO!''' Everyone just goes around ''[[{{Gasp}} gasping]]'' at me when I call a guy ''"a guy,"'' or people ''"people!"''
45	--> ''([[IResembleThatRemark everyone gasps in shock again, proving his point]])''
46	--> '''Sonic:''' '''[[SuddenlyShouting I QUIT HEROING! AND]] ''[[SuddenlyShouting I QUIT THIS STUPID GROUP!]]''''' ''(throws his paper hat on the ground and storms out)''
47	** Kudos to Creator/RogerCraigSmith here. His performance during this scene [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct sounds genuinely hurt and angry]], almost like he's TryingNotToCry, and really gets across how the usually-cheery and upbeat Sonic feels the townsfolk do just take him and the things he does for them for granted.
48	* Knuckles once again gets a chance to shine in the climax of "Spacemageddonocalypse". The echidna rockets into space to attempt to knock the asteroid that's about to hit his home planet off its collision course using an invention of Tails'... which he accidentally breaks because he has no idea how to use it. [[{{Determinator}} Undeterred]], however, Knuckles exits the rocket, jumps into the air (or lack thereof), and punches the asteroid hard enough to ''break it apart''. He then manages to narrowly escape by [[SkySurfing surfing back to the rocket]] [[ImplausibleBoardingSkills using one of Eggman's satellites]]. It bears repeating: Knuckles destroyed a massive asteroid that was going to destroy the planet. '''''WITH A SINGLE PUNCH'''''. Truly, his strength knows no bounds.
49	-->'''Knuckles:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Looks like I'm gonna have to do this the old-fashioned way]]. ''(punches his way out of the spaceship, and jumps down onto the surface)'' I'm sorry to do this to you asteroid, '''''[[ThePowerOfFriendship but I've got a lot of friends on that planet!]]'''''
50	** Then afterward, the broken pieces of the asteroid begin raining down on the island. Cue Sonic borrowing Amy's giant mallet, racing to each segment's predicted landing site as they enter the atmosphere, and smashing ''all thirty of them out of the air within the space of only a few seconds''. Bonus points for deliberately leaving one of them to land outside Eggman's bomb shelter and trap him after [[LaserGuidedKarma he'd earlier been trying to charge the village's elite to use it]].
51	* In "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Worse-er", Tails spends most of the episode trying to prove to both Sonic and Eggman that he would be much better at capturing Sonic. He comes up with some pretty creative and clever traps, but Sonic bests him at every turn. Which, in itself, is a bit of an awesome for Sonic. But at the climax, Tails finally gets the better of the blue blur by playing to all of his weaknesses. Even Eggman's robots acknowledge Tails' improvement rate is much faster than Eggman's.
52	* After one of Eggman's Crab Bots cuts Sonic's air tube during ''I Can Sea Sonic's Fear From Here'', Sticks [[BigDamnHeroes dives into the ocean without any scuba gear to give Sonic a new air tube-- thus rescuing him from drowning-- and help Amy and Knuckles, who were struggling with fighting underwater]], [[SuperNotDrowningSkills all whilst holding her breath]]. Quite an impressive moment for an often-understated individual [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who's usually considered a paranoid fruit-loop]].
53	-->'''Tails:''' But Sticks, you don't have a wetsuit!
54	-->'''Sticks:''' I don't ''need'' a wetsuit. (''dives into the ocean to save everyone'')
55	** Afterwards, Sonic decides to get some much-needed payback by using Eggman's new Shark Bots to knock over the seismic generator, both [[HoistByHisOwnPetard defeating Eggman and redirecting the seismic generator's currents toward his own lair]]. Even though his fear of water wasn't cured (in fact, it got worse from the experience), he did pull through in the end.
56	* Sticks manages to save the day ''again'' in the climax of "In the Midnight Hour". After being thrown in jail while attempting to explain to everyone that the mysterious Dreamcaster is attempting to use mind control on them through their [=TVs=] while they sleep during the night, she finds out he's a robot created by Eggman to do just that, explaining everyone's strange behavior. Being the only one not hypnotized because she [[{{Technophobia}} purposefully doesn't have a TV]], Sticks manages to break out [[SpannerInTheWorks with the help of a mind-controlled Knuckles]] and barely resists the subsequent mind-control attempt by Dreamcaster long enough to return to her burrow and pack five [[TinfoilHat tinfoil hats]], the one thing that can block mind control indefinitely. Upon returning to the scene, she puts one on herself and gives the others to the rest of Team Sonic, allowing them to take care of Eggman's robots while she deals with Dreamcaster; she squirts paint in his eyes and then uses her patented "jujitsurrealism" (i.e. martial arts) to take him offline for good, freeing the rest of the villagers from the mind control and forcing Eggman to retreat. Again, not bad for a nutcase.
57	-->'''Sticks''': [[PreMortemOneLiner Dreamcaster, time for bed! And here's the lullaby...]] '''''[[PreMortemOneLiner OF PAIN]]!'''''
58	** Props to Eggman as well; this is probably the closest he's gotten to successful world domination in the entire series. He had ''everyone'' under his mind control thanks to Dreamcaster-- ''even 4/5ths of Team Sonic--'' and was in the process of using them to build a satellite that would allow Dreamcaster to mind-control ''the entire world!'' Had Sticks been mind-controlled as well, there would be no one left to stand in his way. He would have ''won''. Eggman may be a comical villain, but he still has his moments of competency.
59	* In "The Evil Dr. Orbot", Orbot...well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin becomes an evil mastermind]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext after downloading an evil textbook and passing the exam]]. This leads to him pulling evil deed after evil deed ''without'' senseless destruction, and manages to better pull off Eggman's Fuzzy Puppy Buddy scheme from earlier in the episode. [[NotSoHarmlessVillain He even gives Team Sonic a run for their money]], only being thwarted when his increasingly power-hungry nature caused him to blow up the villainy permits.
60	** Orbot's aforementioned version of the Fuzzy Puppies plan? Rather than brazenly attack the warehouse and grab the attention of Team Sonic like Eggman earlier, Orbot legally purchases the entire stock at discounted prices. He then put up posters all over the village claiming that there was a mystery buyer willing to buy a Fuzzy Puppy figurine at $1000. He then put an ad in the newspaper for a figurine sale with each unit at $500. As he predicted beforehand, each of his customers bought three units; one to play with, one to keep mint, and one to sell to the mystery buyer. Later, Cubot as the mystery buyer made the sales with paying out $1000 to each customer as promised, but due to Orbot's previous sales resulting in an initial $1500 profit, he overall scammed every customer out of $500, and the ensuing value surge boosted the value of Eggman's collection.
61	** Also in the episode, all the villains seen thus far managed to pass the evil exam while Eggman didn't, thus proving themselves once and for all to be better at villainy than [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Eggman]]. Or at least smart enough to bring non-breakable pencils.
62	* ''In Mech Suits Me'', Sonic uses a suit created by the Ancients and totally whoops Eggman with no sweat.
63	** The rest of the team fighting Mech-Suit Sonic and manage to release the symbiotic program. Now they have a weapon that they can use in future episodes.
64	** Also counts also as a moment of funny, but Amy calling out Hollywood for continuously using recycled plots rather than try something new.
65	* In the climax of "Og Man Out", Team Sonic is fighting the recently-surfaced Froglodyte army, but unlike the last time they fought the Froglodytes, they're overwhelmed by their enemies' superior numbers. Fortunately, it's at this point that the usually nonviolent Og [[BigDamnHeroes comes to their rescue and fights off his former Froglodyte brethren and their drill instructor]]. ''By himself''. This, combined with Team Sonic rejoining the battle, is enough to get the drill instructor to order the Froglodytes to retreat back into the hole they surfaced from.
66	* Amy gets a surprise moment in "Knine-to-Five Knuckles", which is otherwise a Knuckles-focused episode (natch). After Knuckles tells his friends that the returning T.W. Barker is threatening to evict him from his new home, the pink hedgehog takes matters into her own hands, studying Barker's terms for living in the house and noting them as completely unfair to Knuckles, then telling him that despite seeming like "the girly one", she is ''not'' to be underestimated, as she has a huge hammer and ''will'' use it on anyone that wrongs her or her friends. She then ''flies into an animalistic rage'' to the point where her friends have to hold her back, scaring Barker into freeing Knuckles from the contract before running away and just plain scaring his bears off. Yes, people-- Amy is threatening enough to scare off a con wolf and his ''two guard bears''. Ticking her off is ''NOT'' a recommended course of action.
67	-->'''Amy''': Do you know what I do to my enemies?! I crush 'em and I eat 'em for breakfast, even after I've already had breakfast ''and'' brunch! So do ''not'' push me and ''don't mess with my friends!''
68	* In "Robots from the Sky" Part Three, Knuckles, Amy, Sticks and Og are dealing with the robot army attacking Hedgehog Village while Sonic and Tails are in Morristown finding the source of the malware infecting them. However, even these experienced heroes end up grossly outmatched and outnumbered, and for once, they need some serious assistance. So, with the help of a rallying speech from Knuckles, the previously fleeing villagers stand up and join the three in ''fighting back'', easily holding out long enough for Sonic and Tails to defeat Hypno-bot, thus freeing all robots from his influence. Most of them may be background characters, but this scene shows the villagers can still put up a fight and defend their home (with the right motivation, at least).
69	* Partway through "Robots from the Sky" Part Four, things aren't looking good for Team Sonic. Eggman has teamed up with Hypno-bot, Mighton and some Morristown citizens have been hypnotized in order to add to their already large army, and Team Sonic and Bolts are highly outnumbered, forcing them to retreat to the lead-lined bunker where Hypno-bot's hypnotizing signal doesn't work. What are our heroes to do? Well, Bolts and Tails use Team Sonic DNA to create Team ''Cybonic'', robot lookalikes of Team Sonic complete with organic brains to prevent them from being hypnotized, and together, each member of Team Sonic and their cyborg counterpart ''decimate'' the enemy forces (aside from robots the team is friendly with, of course). It is an absolutely ''glorious'' sight.
70	** At the end of the battle, Sonic is punched by the hypnotized Mighton's rocket fist, exacerbating his leg injury from the previous episode and leaving him vulnerable; Hypno-bot commands Mighton to finish him with another rocket punch. Horrified by the thought of losing his best friend, Tails quickly gets over his hesitation to harm Hypno-bot on account of being his creation and, as the others assist him by destroying the robots attempting to stop him and disabling Hypno-bot's gun, flies over with all his might to bash the robot's hypno-ray off with his wrench, putting him out of commission just before the rocket punch can connect with Sonic and finally ending the crisis for good. Way to go, Tails!
71	* The climax of "Planes, Trains, and Dudemobiles"; a car chase through a lava filled jungle between the males of Team Sonic, the police, and a criminal maniac set to a [[NarmCharm wonderfully cheesy]] rock song.
72	* The plot of "Mister Eggman" comes into play as [[VillainsOutShopping Eggman, Orbot and Cubot visit the DangerCo Deadly Equipment Warehouse to do some shopping.]] At the checkout however, a worker wants to see Eggman's credentials, as only those with a doctorate in evil science are allowed to shop at the warehouse. We ultimately learn Eggman is two credits short of his graduation requirements, meaning he is not a legitimate doctor. He and the robots leave, but one of the villagers has caught word of this and decides to spread it around...[[MusicalEpisode in song.]] This soon leads to a TheVillainSucksSong where the villagers [[TelephoneSong gossip on the phone between each other]], singing about how they now see Eggman as a fraud and cast aside notion about him being a threat. Performed to the tune of "Telephone Hour" from ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie'', this is one heck of a MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber.
73	--> '''Staci:''' ''Hi, Perci!''\
74	'''Perci:''' ''Hi, Staci!''\
75	'''Staci:''' ''Here's the rumor in good humor''\
76	'''Perci:''' ''Here's the tale, Walrus Male''\
77	'''Walrus Male:''' ''Tell me all about Mister Eggman!''\
78	'''Dave's mom:''' ''Hi, Amy!''\
79	'''Amy:''' ''[[NoNameGiven Hi, Dave's mom!]]''\
80	'''Dave's mom:''' ''Here's the babble on the rabble''\
81	'''Amy:''' ''Here's the word, anchor-bird''\
82	'''Soar:''' ''Have you heard about Mister Eggman?''\
83	'''Amy, Beth, Perci and Staci (Sonic and Knuckles):''' ''He's no longer a doc (No way!)\
84	His degree is a crock (Oh, word!)\
85	He was once feared a lot (Sort of)\
86	[[StealthInsult Now he's just a crackpot!]]''\
87	'''Dave:''' ''Hello, Lady Walrus, this is Dave the Intern\
88	Can I talk to your annoying kids?\
89	(Cue SpontaneousChoreography as the scene changes to Meh Burger)''\
90	'''Sonic, Tails and Walrus Male (Amy, Sticks, Beth and Rabbit Girl):''' ''[[CounterpointDuet Back to school, boy (Not a doc, not a doc)\
91	You're a fool, boy (Not a doc, not a doctor)\
92	Academia can be cruel, boy (Not a doc, not a doc, not a doc)]]''\
93	'''Amy, Sticks, Beth and Rabbit Girl (Sonic, Tails and Walrus Male):''' ''His whole life is a lie (So true!)\
94	What a miserable guy (So blue!)\
95	Everyone sing along (Alright!)\
96	[[LampshadeHanging To this parody song!]]''\
97	'''[[CrowdSong Ensemble]]:''' ''He's no longer a doc (No way!)\
98	His degree is a crock (Oh, word!)\
99	He was once feared a lot (Sort of)\
100	Now he's just a crackpot!''\
101	''(Eggman arrives just as the song ends)''\
102	'''Eggman:''' Why do you all look like [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall you just finished a musical number?]]
103	* At the end of "The Haunted Lair", Eggman reclaims his robots, and then has this exchange with Sonic.
104	-->'''Eggman:''' Eggman's back in business, baby! You ready for a battle, hedgehog?!\
105	'''Sonic:''' Aren't I always?!\
106	''Sonic and his team prepares to clash with Eggman and his Badniks.''
107	** Earlier in the episode, T.W. Barker attacks the gang with the Badniks in more co-ordinated and ruthless tactics (carpet bombing and suppressing fire, for one example). Tails proclaims that they've never handled the Badniks in this sort of capacity, and T.W. Barker himself praises that "All these old robots needed was a new business plan!"
108	** To his credit, Eggman manages to turn the tables on Barker, remotely directing Orbot and Cubot to upload a virus to the Badniks causing them to turn on their master, forcing Barker to give Eggman back his property.
109	* Near the end of "Return of the Buddy Buddy Temple of Doom", Eggman succeeds in his goal of getting a power source for the [[MiniMecha mech suit]] he built in the same episode. So what's Sonic to do? Well, he calls in his Ancient mech suit, [[TheBusCameBack returning from "Mech Suits Me"]], and the two duke it out in a fight sequence that's as awesome as one would expect a mech fight to be and a definite change-up from ''Boom'''s usual brand of climactic battle. The [[AutobotsRockOut badass heavy metal background track]] is the cherry on top.
110	* In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTd3Bry-ZT4 Eggman's Anti-Gravity Ray]]," Knuckles manages to give [[DumbassHasAPoint a surprisingly insightful speech on how to do feminism correctly]]. Several viewers have pointed out that not only would this viewpoint be a healthier one for the feminist movement in general but that it would be healthier for ''any'' group feeling maligned and/or mistreated.
111	-->'''Amy:''' It all comes down to this one penalty kick. Can the young woman break the glass ceiling and prove once and for all that a female can be just as good an athlete as a male?\
112	'''Knuckles:''' You know Amy, any time someone calls attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is an exception and not the status quo. ''(the others stare at him in {{stunned silence}})'' What? Just because I'm a meathead doesn't mean I'm not a feminist.
113	* In "Vector Detector", Vector the Crocodile makes a surprise appearance as the star of a detective reality show in an effort to find Amy's stolen hammer. It sounds like he's going to be comic relief, but, [[BunnyEarsLawyer aside from getting a bit snide and being obviously greedy, he plays it completely straight with some really solid reasoning]] thanks to Sonic's help, even noticing when the evidence isn't adding up the way it should and seeking Sonic out by himself to make his continued work on the case more difficult to track.
114	* Near the end of "Eggman: The Video Game Part 1", Shadow's out for revenge because of a poorly-edited video of Sonic "trash-talking" him that Eggman showed him (and also edited and recorded), but he's not just going after the Blue Blur; no, he's fighting the ''entirety'' of Team Sonic (though not all at once). How does this experienced group of heroes take him down? Trick question. ''They don't''. Instead, Shadow ''utterly '''[[CurbStompBattle demolishes]]''' Sonic's friends'' and shoulder-charges Sonic himself into a wall as soon as he appears on the scene, then prepares to finish him off as the episode ends on a cliffhanger. This is perhaps ''the'' most brutal beating Team Sonic has suffered over the course of the entire series-- ''so'' bad, in fact, that the show's usual approach of AmusingInjuries gets defenestrated; Sonic's friends are shown struggling to get back to their feet after the beatdown with such a level of pain outlined on their faces that you know it definitely ''wasn't'' a fun experience for them, and the entire gang is ''still'' bruised and sore all over from the whole thing by the middle of Part 2. Shadow, as always, is a force to be reckoned with.
115	** Shadow's downright awesome and sinister entrance, right after one-shotting [[TheBigGuy Knuckles]] by smashing him through a brick wall at blinding speed:
116	-->'''Tails''': Knuckles! What happened?!
117	-->'''Knuckles''': (''groggily'') If I had to guess, I'd say I was... knocked into a wall.
118	-->'''Shadow''': (''[[DramaticEntrance teleports in behind them and slowly descends to the ground]]'') Correction -- ''pummelled'' into a wall.
119	-->'''Tails''': [[OhCrap Shadow...?]] What are you doing here?
120	-->'''Shadow''': (''pulls a PsychoticSmirk'') '''''[[PreasskickingOneLiner Fox-hunting]]'''''.
121	* At the beginning of "Eggman: The Video Game Part 2 - The End of the World", we get the Sonic vs. Shadow rematch we've waited for since the end of season one, and round 2 is even more awesome than round 1; the two combatants exchange punches, kicks, and Spin Attacks galore, though eventually, it degrades to them just ''tumbling on the ground, wailing on each other''. Because of Eggman's trickery being brought to light by Sonic midway through, however, Shadow cuts the fight short to seek revenge on the doctor, leaving a true victor undecided. Nevertheless, Shadow might as well be given the win by technicality, as he's in far better shape than Sonic by the end of it; meanwhile, the Blue Blur is, again, left licking his wounds afterward alongside his friends.
122	** Metal Sonic returns, and he's just as dangerous as ever, thanks to the data of Team Sonic and Shadow Eggman uploaded into him. Sonic and Shadow can barely stop him, and when he crosses over into the main dimension with them in tow, it takes 4/5ths of Team Sonic (minus a knocked-down Amy) to take him down, with the guys holding onto his limbs with their Enerbeams so Sticks can deliver the coup de grace by jamming her bo staff directly into his chest cavity just before he can land a shot on Amy. Impressive, especially considering that the gang remains injured from their fight with Shadow.
123	*** On top of that, Metal Sonic defeated Shadow. Knowing the sheer pain the latter put Team Sonic in, this is nothing short of awesome.
124	** Once again, you have to give Eggman props for his borderline XanatosSpeedChess antics this episode. After Shadow realizes he's been fooled and comes gunning for Eggman, he hops over to Lord Eggman's dimension and tells him where Sonic is, causing him to jump over to the main dimension and distract Shadow while the real Eggman stays behind. And when ''that'' gets cleared up, he already has Metal Sonic on hand to defend against both Sonic and Shadow. It may have ended with him being captured by Shadow, but Eggman managed pretty well while he could.
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126	!!The games
127	* The period after first contact with Lyric has some awesome moments.
128	** Lyric himself shows resourcefulness by using his shackles and Enerbeam binding array against the group - first by using the shackles to block Sonic's spin attacks, then the binding array to ensnare the four of them. What really makes it awesome is that Lyric only saw Sonic spin attack him twice before, which invokes AwesomenessByAnalysis.
129	** Tails shows his own resourcefulness by disabling the binding array on his own and recalibrating it into [[GrapplingHookPistol grapple units]] for the group to use.
130	* At the end of ''Rise of Lyric'', Lyric uses the teams' Enerbeams to capture the group. They struggle, hovering in the air, as he moves to finish them off. Who comes to the rescue? Eggman. He shoots Lyric from behind and breaks his control over the Enerbeams.
131	* Despite the game being bad in the eyes of many, at least the bosses were pretty good.
132	* At the end of ''Shattered Crystal'', Shadow shows up and makes short work of Lyric's "ultimate" machine before kicking him away, with Sonic opening the drop chute for Lyric to fall through.
133	-->'''Shadow''': [[PreMortemOneLiner I said I'd find you.]] ''([[DisneyVillainDeath throws him out the airlock]])''

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