As the sun sets on Seaside Island, Eggman watches on as Drill Bot looks for some ancient mech suits, bemoaning that despite them being scattered around the island, he has had no success in finding one. Just then, Team Sonic arrives to stop him, only for Eggman to state that he is not harming anyone and simply digging, with Sonic convinced that such an act seems harmless; Eggman, offended by the term, immediately orders his robots to attack, but Team Sonic easily destroys the robots with help from Tails' Enerbeam. Eggman then orders Drill Bot to attack, but Sonic saws through its drill arm with his spin attack, where it digs into the ground and leaves a large hole. Defeated once again, Eggman leaves with Orbot and Cubot, and Team Sonic high-fives in celebration and walks off, failing to notice a mysterious figure emerge from the hole in a green mist.
Later, Dave walks to the counter at Meh Burger, only to notice the place has been ransacked for food, which Team Sonic investigates. A trail of slimy footprints leads away from Meh Burger, and Sticks sniffs it over to a nearby business, where the Fennec Male mentions that his bandages were stolen. Sticks continues sniffing the trail to Amy's House with the others continuing to follow her (though she mentions she was only following the footprints and the sniffing is only for effect), and they notice wrappers inside. Amy goes to sit down on her couch, only to sit in some slime left on it; Sticks sniffs it and comes to the conclusion that their culprit must have slept there. The team hears a flushing sound from the toilet stall; Sonic walks over and pulls aside the curtain to reveal a Froglodyte inside. While the team is surprised and initially hostile towards him, he introduces himself as Og and assures them he is here in peace unlike the other Froglodytes, beginning to tell them his story.
Og narrates that he never fit in with the other Froglodytes in their caves, questioning why they bow to the giant statue of Frogymandias, being berated by their drill instructor for being a pacifist, and getting served mystery slop in the cafeteria despite asking for a vegan option (at this point, Sonic interrupts to ask why he ate them despite being vegan, but Og mentions that there is no meat in the burgers—only newspaper clippings and library paste). Og then goes on to say that an opportunity allowing him to escape to the surface presented itself, which is visibly shown to be Drill Bot's disconnected drill arm smashing through his bedroom wall and giving him a path out. Back in the present day, Sticks sympathizes with Og, knowing what it is like being surrounded by "spineless conformists", but Amy tells him that having a rough childhood does not excuse him ransacking Meh Burger; Og explains he did not mean any harm and that he was just hungry. Tails adds that he still stole from the nearby shop, but Og explains that he cut himself on a Meh Meal toy, so he had to grab a bandage. He then explains he was tired and needed a place to sleep, so he went to Amy's house. Amy refuses to let him stay over, since it will take her weeks to clean up the slime he left. Sticks offers to let Og stay in her burrow, having an entire room dedicated to slime, but Sonic refuses to allow it, since he believes Og could be a Froglodyte spy sent to open the door in the burrow that the Froglodytes nearly escaped from the last time Team Sonic encountered them; instead, he decides to have Og live with him so he can keep an eye on him.
That night, Sonic brings Og to his shack and, tired from the long day, lies in his hammock to sleep, but Og continually makes loud noises during his nighttime routines, despite Sonic asking him to stop repeatedly. At the end of his rope, Sonic brings Og to Tails' workshop, passing responsibility of the Froglodyte to Tails. Og criticizes Tails' inventions and is concerned that technology could destroy them all, mentioning the Ancients and their mech suits scattered all over the Froglodyte caves. An annoyed Tails next brings out a can opener that he deems harmless and attempts to open a can only for its lid to shoot out and embed itself in a wooden beam, further convincing Og. Later, on the beach, Knuckles is punching a tree when Tails shoves Og over to him, wishing him luck. Og observes Knuckles punching the tree and asks why he is being so violent with it; Knuckles explains he is trying to get coconuts, but Og is certain that violence is not the answer, instead asking him to wait for mother nature to provide him with what he needs. As Og lies down to rest, Knuckles waits a full day for coconuts to fall, only to become frustrated with Og when that does not happen, dragging him off (and just missing the coconuts finally falling from the tree). He later angrily throws Og into Sticks' burrow and slams the door shut; Og tells Sticks that her friends are too caught up in their routines, a sentiment she agrees with.
Meanwhile, in the Froglodyte caverns, the drill sergeant enters Og's room and notices his escape route; later, in the village center, the Froglodytes emerge using Drill Bot's drill arm and are ordered to search everywhere for loot and valuables, causing panic amongst the villagers. Amy walks onto the scene soon after, calling Sonic on her Communicator to scold him for allowing Og to cause an attack, but Sonic answers with the rebuttal that he brought him to Tails. Tails also denies responsibility by saying he gave Og to Knuckles; the echidna chimes in as well and reveals that he took Og to Sticks' burrow, to the others' shock. Sonic runs there to inform Sticks of the invasion, once again accusing Og of being a spy sent to open the door to the caves; his accusation falls to pieces, however, once he notices that the designer shelf the team blocked the door with after their last encounter with the Froglodytes remains undisturbed. Back in the village, the Froglodytes cause destruction all around and Team Sonic is unable to handle their superior numbers, but Og comes to their rescue, singlehandedly fighting the Froglodytes off using martial arts and the environment around him. He then confronts and defeats the drill sergeant, who, after Og is joined by Team Sonic, orders the Froglodytes to retreat into the hole they dug, which Knuckles blocks with a massive boulder to prevent them from returning.
Later, Team Sonic eats with Og at Meh Burger, with Sonic apologizing to him for his earlier distrust. Amy asks why Og chose to fight despite being nonviolent, to which he answers that he is willing to fight for a "righteous cause" and that he finds them "pretty righteous". Tails (worriedly) asks if that means he is staying above ground; he confirms this, but he wishes to search for his own home, saying to Sticks that the others are a little too much to handle over elongated periods of time, though she assures him that it is something he can get used to.
Tropes
- Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!: When Og manages to fight off the Froglodyte drill sergeant (and later taunts him with Team Sonic's help), the latter forces the Froglodytes to get back into the hole from which they entered the village from.
- Big Bad: The Froglodyte Drill Sergeant Nasty usurps the role as the main antagonist here while Eggman's only part here was drilling a hole that freed Og, leading to the Froglodyte sergeant ordering an invasion of the surface world.
- Big Damn Heroes: The usually-outcast Og becomes a One-Man Army and leaps to Sonic and the gang's rescue just as they are outnumbered by the invading Froglodytes. By himself.
- Call-Back: Og, who was mentioned in "Closed Door Policy", makes his on-screen debut in this episode.
- Commonality Connection: Og and Sticks become fast friends as they bond over playing music and having minimalist lifestyles. Though in the end, Og decides not to move in with Sticks deciding he'll get his own place.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: The Froglodyte drill sergeant. This guy's basically the R. Lee Ermey of the Boom universe, and if you dare mess with him, you shall face his wrath.
- Heroes Gone Fishing: We get a brief glimpse of Sticks' rarely seen leisure life outside of fighting crime as when Knuckles decides to dump Og on her place, she was playing on a ukulele. Og joins her with his pan flute.
- Ludd Was Right: Og expresses Luddite sentiments towards Tails as he tries to talk Tails out of inventing things comparing Tails to the Froglodytes who built the MECH suits that caused Sonic to go rogue three episodes ago. Tails gets agitated over the unfair comparison and as he tries demonstrating a can opener to Og who also disapproves, the can opener fires away the lid that nearly takes Tails head off.
- Magical Flutist: Og plays a few rounds on his pan flute to meditate while at Sonic's shack, much to the latter's unamusement. Said instrument also comes in handy as background music later on in the episode when he fights off the Froglodytes.
- Mystery Meat: It is revealed in this episode that Meh Burgers don't have any actual meat in them, just shredded newspapers and library paste. Og tells Sonic this when Sonic questions why a vegan like him would eat at Meh Burger.
- Reluctant Warrior: Og turns out to be an excellent fighter despite being a pacifist.Og: I don't like fighting, but I'll do it for a righteous cause.
- Shout-Out: "WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION, TADPOLE?!"
- Taunt Button: After Og goes One-Man Army and manages to take down the Froglodytes and their drill sergeant, Team Sonic leap back into action and together, they and Og taunt their enemies back to where they came from.
