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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 1, episode 38 (S01E38) |
| Episode no. | 38 of 104 |
| US premiere | 8 August 2015 · Cartoon Network |
| France | 3 June 2015 · La bonne résolution |
| Written by | Reid Harrison |
| Storyboard | Jordi Valbuena |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
| US viewers | 0.79 million (Nielsen, premiere) |
| Previous | Next Top Villain (S01E37) |
| Next | Battle of the Boy Bands (S01E39) |
New Year’s Retribution is episode 38 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 8 August 2015 on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis
Some people make New Year’s resolutions about exercise. Eggman’s was to beat Sonic at least once, and with hours of the year left he is still waiting. The answer arrives on a dinner plate, in the form of Orbot’s pot roast: if slow-cooker technology can do that to a roast, why not to time itself?
He springs his Slow Motion Machine on the village party just before midnight. Unfortunately for him, Sonic is so fast that slowed-down time barely affects him, while the doctor’s own weapons dawdle along with everyone else. Plan B is a string of contests, from hopscotch to chess, and Sonic wins them all.
Finally, with seconds to spare, Sonic lets Eggman win a dance-off by tumbling into some boxes on purpose. The catch: in real time the whole thing took a blink, so not a single witness saw the great victory. The old enemies settle for wishing each other a happy New Year under the fireworks.
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: La bonne résolution. The episode aired in France on 3 June 2015, before its US premiere.
- About 0.79 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.