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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 2, episode 45 (S02E45) |
| Episode no. | 97 of 104 |
| US premiere | 30 September 2017 · Boomerang |
| France | 18 April 2017 · En moins de trois minutes |
| Written by | Freddie Gutierrez |
| Storyboard | Hugues Malety-Fischer & Milena Mardos |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
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Three Minutes or Less is episode 45 of Season 2 of Sonic Boom, the CGI comedy series made by Technicolor Animation Productions with Sega of America. It premiered in the United States on 30 September 2017 on Boomerang.
Synopsis
Meh Burger’s new delivery service promises 30 minutes or it’s free, and Team Sonic’s order turns up three hours late and cold. At a focus group the next day, Sonic boasts he could deliver in three minutes or less, and owner Mr. Slate, listening behind a one-way mirror, hires him. His wages? Chili dogs, one per successful run.
Sonic is a natural, despite delays like the Old Monkey hunting for the wallet in his own hand and a surprise candlelit dinner for two at Amy’s, which he wolfs down in a blur. Then Eggman sees Sonic’s TV ad and smells a free lunch. Fake complaints and a prank order to a made-up address get him nowhere, so he plans something bigger.
Three orders, three corners of the island and an ambush: Badniks outside Meh Burger, a guilt-tripping Gogoba Chief, Obliterator Bot holding hostages and Cubot stalling behind a bunker door. The last stop is Eggman’s own lair, ringed by robots, and Sonic slips in with a second to spare by following Orbot and Cubot through a secret tunnel. A bonus heap of chili dogs from the boss finally does what Eggman couldn’t: Sonic eats himself sick and quits.
Trivia
- The title plays on the “30 minutes or less” delivery promise; in this episode it is Comedy Chimp who announces Meh Burger’s new delivery service.
- On DVD in the US: NCircle’s Season Two, Volume One (May 2021), The Complete Season 2 (2021) and The Complete Series Blu-ray (2022).
- French title: En moins de trois minutes. The episode aired in France on 18 April 2017, before its US premiere.
Watch the Episode
NCircle Entertainment, the show’s US home-video label, has not uploaded this episode on its own to YouTube at the time of writing, though its official channel carries two-episode compilations and Season 2 marathons. Season 2 is on DVD from NCircle (The Complete Season 2, 2021) and has been on Hulu and Netflix; see the series page for details.
Part of our Sonic Boom Season 2 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.