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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 1, episode 3 (S01E03) |
| Episode no. | 3 of 104 |
| US premiere | 15 November 2014 · Cartoon Network |
| France | 19 November 2014 · Traduis-moi ! |
| Written by | Dave Polsky |
| Storyboard | Jordi Valbuena |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
| US viewers | 1.02 million (Nielsen, premiere) |
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Translate This is episode 3 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 15 November 2014 on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis
Some inventions are too honest for their own good. Tails’ UT can translate any language, birdsong included, but aimed at friends who already speak the same one, it reveals what they really mean, and the team is soon at each other’s throats. Amy has it switched off just in time to keep her crush on Sonic a secret.
Eggman has been eavesdropping, and he smells an opportunity. A fake UT swapped in overnight lets him put insults in everyone’s mouths, while the real one tells him how wonderful he is. Tails sees through the fake, but the others are happy to see the back of UT, so he walks into the lair alone and bargains: his services as Eggman’s assistant, in exchange for UT’s freedom.
UT brings home a breezy message saying Tails is staying put, then helpfully translates it: help. The rescue goes better than expected, as Orbot never got the deal signed, and Sticks and Knuckles knock a photon bomb back into Eggman’s Mega robot. The team owes UT one, they admit, until it lets slip that Sticks wants to destroy it, and she flings it off a cliff.
Trivia
- UT is voiced by Roger Craig Smith, the voice of Sonic (Sonic Retro’s cast list).
- On DVD: Universal’s UK volume The Sidekick (8 Feb 2016); in the US, NCircle’s Season One, Volume One (2019), Go Team Sonic! (2019) and The Complete Season 1 (2021).
- French title: Traduis-moi !. The episode aired in France on 19 November 2014.
- About 1.02 million US viewers watched the premiere broadcast (Nielsen figures as listed by Wikipedia).
Watch the Episode
The full episode, uploaded by NCircle Entertainment, the show’s US home-video label, on its official YouTube channel (checked 6 November 2026).
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.