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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 1, episode 32 (S01E32) |
| Episode no. | 32 of 104 |
| US premiere | 20 July 2015 · Cartoon Network |
| France | 6 May 2015 · Notre maire Knuckles |
| Written by | Reid Harrison |
| Storyboard | Patrick Schwerdtle |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
| US viewers | 1.26 million (Nielsen, premiere) |
| Previous | Closed Door Policy (S01E31) |
| Next | Eggman the Auteur (S01E33) |
Mayor Knuckles is episode 32 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 20 July 2015 on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis
Mayor Fink fancies a fishing trip, and of all the people who could mind the village while he is gone, he ends up with Knuckles. The new mayor’s approach to government is simple: stamp everything, read nothing.
The results arrive quickly. Sticks wakes from a nap to the sound of a jackhammer, because a shopping mall is going up on her land; three villagers are fighting over one plot that Knuckles has promised to all of them; and the garbage collector has been sent on holiday, which brings a furious Eggman to city hall to complain, only to be told to take a number.
When Sonic and the gang try to stop the madness, their new mayor simply outlaws each of their attacks, and only an empty ink pad saves them. Eggman then storms in with robots, planning to stamp a law of his own, until Sticks smashes the stamp and Knuckles flattens the lot with one ground pound. Fink comes home to a wrecked village and an apologetic stand-in, and Eggman, still waiting about his bins, is told to take a number.
Trivia
- On DVD: Universal’s UK volume Mayor Knuckles (25 Jul 2016); in the US, NCircle’s Season One, Volume Two (2020) and The Complete Season 1 (2021).
- French title: Notre maire Knuckles. The episode aired in France on 6 May 2015, before its US premiere.
- About 1.26 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.