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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 1, episode 34 (S01E34) |
| Episode no. | 34 of 104 |
| US premiere | 22 July 2015 · Cartoon Network |
| France | 20 May 2015 · Un gars normal |
| Written by | Alan Denton & Greg Hahn |
| Storyboard | Jean-Charles Andre |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
| US viewers | 1.12 million (Nielsen, premiere) |
| Previous | Eggman the Auteur (S01E33) |
| Next | Two Good to Be True (S01E35) |
Just a Guy is episode 34 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 22 July 2015 on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis
Two words get Sonic into more trouble than any Eggman scheme. Turning down Mike the Ox’s request to come along to a battle, he calls him “just a guy”, and the village decides it has been insulted. Amy diagnoses an attitude problem and signs everyone up for her sensitivity seminar, complete with paper hats and trips to their happy place.
Sonic’s apology backfires. He invites Mike to the next fight, Cubot lands on him and breaks his leg, and now Sonic is being scolded for taking “just a guy” into danger. Defending himself, he refers to the villagers as “you people”, and that is the last straw for everyone, including Sonic, who quits being a hero altogether.
With Sonic in his hammock and the others off camping, the Lightning Bolt Society gets ambitious and sets a flock of sheep loose on the village. Sonic can’t ignore the cries for help, and with Mike calling out tips he fends off Eggman by hurling sheep, then pens the Society in with the flock. The villagers apologise, Sonic calls Mike a hero and Amy takes the credit, before Willy Walrus says “you people” and the whole cycle starts again.
Trivia
- On DVD: Universal’s UK volume Mayor Knuckles (25 Jul 2016); in the US, NCircle’s Season One, Volume Two (2020), Here Comes the Boom! (2019) and The Complete Season 1 (2021).
- French title: Un gars normal. The episode aired in France on 20 May 2015, before its US premiere.
- About 1.12 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.