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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 1, episode 31 (S01E31) |
| Episode no. | 31 of 104 |
| US premiere | 17 July 2015 · Cartoon Network |
| France | 6 May 2015 · Bon débarras |
| Written by | Eric Trueheart |
| Storyboard | Patrick Schwerdtle |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
| US viewers | 1.49 million (Nielsen, premiere) |
| Previous | Chili Dog Day Afternoon (S01E30) |
| Next | Mayor Knuckles (S01E32) |
Closed Door Policy is episode 31 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 17 July 2015 on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis
Sticks’ burrow is crammed with junk, and Amy, who has dropped by before their girls’ night at the volcano, is appalled. Ignoring her friend’s protests (and Sonic’s warning that she is being pushy), she drags the lot outside for a yard sale. Shoppers arrive, Eggman among them, haggling and trying to shoplift.
It turns out at least one piece of junk was doing an important job. The old surfboard Amy pulls from the back of the burrow had been wedged against a stone door, and behind it lives a tribe of Froglodytes, who pour out, overrun the sale and drag Sticks underground as a sacrifice to their idol, Frogymandias. The boys can’t resist pointing out whose fault this is.
Armed with whatever the yard sale has left, the team storms the caves, though Sticks has already wriggled free and has the high priest in an armlock by the time they arrive. With the door barricaded again, the girls finally get their night out, the boys mind the stall, and the comic book Eggman buys is promptly blown up by a leftover Explode-o-nut from his coconut-bomb scheme. Down below, the Froglodytes are enjoying their new furniture.
Trivia
- The most-watched episode of the whole series in the US, with 1.49 million viewers.
- The Froglodytes and their idol Frogymandias are back in Season 2’s “Og Man Out”, the story of Og, a Froglodyte who never fitted in (Sonic Wiki Zone).
- On DVD: Universal’s UK volume Mayor Knuckles (25 Jul 2016); in the US, NCircle’s Season One, Volume One (2019) and The Complete Season 1 (2021).
- French title: Bon débarras. The episode aired in France on 6 May 2015, before its US premiere.
- About 1.49 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.