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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 1, episode 8 (S01E08) |
| Episode no. | 8 of 104 |
| US premiere | 6 December 2014 · Cartoon Network |
| France | 10 December 2014 · Moustaches Party |
| Written by | Story by Jean-Christophe Derrien and Romain van Liemt; teleplay by Romain van Liemt |
| Storyboard | Gaston Jaunet |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
| US viewers | 1.00 million (Nielsen, premiere) |
| Previous | Double Doomsday (S01E07) |
| Next | Guilt Tripping (S01E09) |
Eggheads is episode 8 of Season 1 of Sonic Boom, the CGI comedy series made by OuiDo! Productions with Sega of America. It premiered in the United States on 6 December 2014 on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis
Eggman’s most devious recipe yet is a batch of cookies baked with his own DNA: one bite and you become a copy of him, moustache and ego included. The basket left at Sonic’s shack misses its main target, because Sonic gets called away to help Tails with a runaway super vacuum, but Knuckles, Amy and Sticks all help themselves, and Tails claims the last one.
Suddenly the doctor has four evil geniuses (or, in Knuckles’ words, three geniuses and a mastermind of average intelligence) and puts them through villain school, from moustache care to exams on capturing Sonic. Orbot and Cubot can’t stand having so many bosses and tip off Sonic, whose rescue attempt ends with his friends cornering him, then brawling over who gets the credit.
Ducking out of the fight, Sonic spots the cookie machine and feeds Eggman a cookie made from his own DNA, which turns the doctor blue and briefly heroic. While his new ally holds the line, Sonic collects hair from his friends’ homes for a batch of antidote cookies. Once everyone is back to normal, Sticks returns the favour with one of Eggman’s originals, and the restored villain stomps off to plan again.
Trivia
- On DVD: Universal’s UK volume The Sidekick (8 Feb 2016); in the US, NCircle’s Season One, Volume One (2019) and The Complete Season 1 (2021).
- French title: Moustaches Party. The episode aired in France on 10 December 2014.
- About 1.00 million US viewers watched the premiere broadcast (Nielsen figures as listed by Wikipedia).
Watch the Episode
This episode does not have an official full upload on YouTube at the time of writing. Season 1 is on DVD from NCircle in the US (The Complete Season 1, 2021) and Universal in the UK (2016), and has been available on services including Hulu, Netflix and Tubi; see the series page for details.
Part of our Sonic Boom Season 1 guide. See the series page for the cast, the redesigns, the games and the comics.
Sources: air dates, writers and storyboard artists from Luke’s original Sonic Scene episode list, cross-checked with Wikipedia, Sonic Retro (Wayback copy) and Sonic Wiki Zone; synopsis written for Sonic Scene from the episode summaries on those sites; title card and screenshots via Sonic Wiki Zone, copied to our media library.