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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 1, episode 49 (S01E49) |
| Episode no. | 49 of 104 |
| US premiere | 24 October 2015 · Cartoon Network |
| France | 5 September 2015 · Des exemples à ne pas suivre |
| Written by | Reid Harrison |
| Storyboard | Jean-Charles Andre |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
| US viewers | 0.71 million (Nielsen, premiere) |
| Previous | Designated Heroes (S01E48) |
| Next | Cabin Fever (S01E50) |
Role Models is episode 49 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 24 October 2015 on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis
Saving the village for the millionth time earns Team Sonic a trophy each and the title of official role models, which sounds lovely until it comes with a minder. D.B. Platypus, an image consultant sent by the mayor, arrives with a whistle and a rulebook, and he blows the one every time someone breaks the other.
Out go goofing off and fighting; in come table manners, home cooking (which leaves Amy’s kitchen coated in purple sludge) and lectures about setting an example. Sticks is the first to snap and quits. Eggman, meanwhile, is sulking because he has never won a trophy, and after failing to earn one, he decides to steal one instead.
When the doctor attacks, D.B.’s safety rules mean Sonic must wear a jacket and honk a horn as he runs, and the team is told to use words, not fists. The Bee Bots are unimpressed, and so are the watching children. Sticks, the one dropout, saves the day: she arrives Tarzan-style, slingshots D.B. into a bin, treats the kids to lunch and gets the others fighting again. Sonic’s verdict: role models are overrated.
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: Des exemples à ne pas suivre. The episode aired in France on 5 September 2015, before its US premiere.
- About 0.71 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.