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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 1, episode 46 (S01E46) |
| Episode no. | 46 of 104 |
| US premiere | 3 October 2015 · Cartoon Network |
| France | 30 August 2015 · Interdit aux robots |
| Written by | Story by Sam Freiberger and Phaea Crede & Justin Shatraw; teleplay by Phaea Crede & Justin Shatraw |
| Storyboard | Jean-Charles Andre |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
| US viewers | 0.61 million (Nielsen, premiere) |
| Previous | Robot Battle Royale (S01E45) |
| Next | Fuzzy Puppy Buddies (S01E47) |
No Robots Allowed is episode 46 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 3 October 2015 on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis
Even a supervillain has to answer to his homeowners’ association. Eggman’s, the Archipelago Homeowners Association, takes an interest after a smashed robot crash-lands on its lunch table at Meh Burger, and the ultimatum is blunt: no more machines, or no more home.
The doctor only had robots to spare because of a heatwave. Too stingy to run his air conditioning, he fitted solar panels and poured the surplus power into an attack on the village, which failed like all the others, while Team Sonic were busy being blown about by the Tailsmobile’s propeller in an attempt to keep cool. Now he hides every machine he owns and invites the board to a posh dinner.
The forecast rain brings lightning, the lightning hits the solar panels, and the overcharged robots run amok in the middle of the meal. Caught out, Eggman locks his guests in his Electrocage, and Team Sonic has to rescue them, which is easier than usual because his frazzled robots refuse to move. Eggman keeps his home anyway, by convincing the association that his robots are art, and settles in for a long night of repairs.
Trivia
- On DVD: Universal’s UK volume No Robots Allowed (10 Oct 2016); in the US, NCircle’s Season One, Volume Two (2020) and The Complete Season 1 (2021).
- French title: Interdit aux robots. The episode aired in France on 30 August 2015, before its US premiere.
- About 0.61 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.