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| Series | Sonic Boom (TV series, 2014–2017) |
| Season | Season 2, episode 20 (S02E20) |
| Episode no. | 72 of 104 |
| US premiere | 25 March 2017 · Boomerang |
| France | 9 April 2017 · Le bourdon d’Amy |
| Written by | Cindy Robinson |
| Storyboard | Jean-Charles Andre |
| Directed by | Natalys Raut-Sieuzac |
| US viewers | 0.08 million (Nielsen, premiere) |
| Previous | Robot Employees (S02E19) |
| Next | Mombot (S02E21) |
Give Bees a Chance is episode 20 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 25 March 2017 on Boomerang.
Synopsis
After foiling Eggman’s grab for the newly dug-up Fregosi Sapphire, Amy wonders what happens to all the Bee Bots she smashes. In the wreckage she finds one still buzzing, and Tails not only fixes it but gives it a personality chip. Amy names her new pet Bea and teaches her tricks, like fetching a hoop.
Eggman recognises his property and activates her homing device (once customer service helps him make it work). A hiding place in the Gogoba Village fails, Bea flies off to rejoin the swarm, and a heartbroken Amy won’t let her friends fight Bee Bots that might include her. Eggman exploits her hesitation, snatching the gem he plans to wire into an unbeatable Mega Bot.
The others can’t dent the powered-up robot, but a photo in Amy’s scrapbook gives her an idea. She turns up at the lair and throws the hoop, and Bea peels out of the swarm to fetch it. Mega Bot blasts Bea on Eggman’s orders, and a furious Amy hammers the gem right out of it, shutting the robot down. Rebuilt by Tails with a shard of the gem as her power source and a fresh coat of paint, Bea returns slightly stronger.
Trivia
- The title riffs on John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance”.
- On DVD in the US: NCircle’s Season Two, Volume Two (September 2021), The Complete Season 2 (2021) and The Complete Series Blu-ray (2022).
- French title: Le bourdon d’Amy. The episode aired in France on 9 April 2017.
- About 0.08 million US viewers watched the premiere broadcast (Nielsen figures as listed by Wikipedia).
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.