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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 1, episode 41 (S01E41) |
| Episode no. | 41 of 104 |
| US premiere | 29 August 2015 · Cartoon Network |
| France | 30 August 2015 · Les Z’amis |
| Written by | Charles-Henri Moarbes |
| Storyboard | Jean-Francois Galataud |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
| US viewers | 0.76 million (Nielsen, premiere) |
| Previous | Tails’ Crush (S01E40) |
| Next | Late Night Wars (S01E42) |
Bro-Down Showdown is episode 41 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 29 August 2015 on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis
Never leave Sonic and Knuckles alone in your house. Amy learns this the hard way while she is out collecting a Most Selfless Award she nominated herself for: a few stunts and a plate of nachos later, her couch is ruined. The boys’ only chance of replacing it before she gets back is to win one on Comedy Chimp’s new best-friends quiz.
Eggman has been eavesdropping, and turns up at the auditions too. When the show’s producer pairs Sonic with his arch-enemy, Sonic ditches Knuckles without a second thought, and a hurt Knuckles finds his way onto the show with Mike the Ox instead.
The doctor’s real trick comes mid-show: his robot attacks the village, and stepping in would break the rules and forfeit the couch. Knuckles goes it alone and is soon in trouble, until Sonic picks his friend over the prize and the pair finish the robot off together. The prize ends up with Dave and Lady Walrus, of all people. Amy’s, meanwhile, is destroyed for good when a missile Knuckles knocked away earlier crashes into her house, which at least gets rid of the nacho stains.
Trivia
- On DVD: Universal’s UK volume No Robots Allowed (10 Oct 2016); in the US, NCircle’s Season One, Volume Two (2020), Go Team Sonic! (2019) and The Complete Season 1 (2021).
- French title: Les Z’amis. The episode aired in France on 30 August 2015.
- About 0.76 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.