History Recap / SonicBoomS1E39BattleOfTheBoyBands

* RockTrio: Sonic is the singer, guitarist and the FaceOfTheBand, Tails is the bassist, and Knuckles is [[DumbAndDrummer the drummer]].

* StartMyOwn: Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles start their own boy band so they can investigate the "Beaver Fever" phenomenon.

Yo, yo, yo! [[TakeThatUs We're bringing it weak, and we're bringing it lame,]]\\

--> '''Knuckles:''' Ladies and, [[ItsAWonderfulFailure uh...ladies,]] prepare for the bad-boy musical stylings of... Dude-itude!

* RockTrio:
** [[AirGuitar Guitar]] / FaceOfTheBand: Sonic
** [[LeadBassist Bass]]: Tails
** [[LeadDrummer Drums]]: Knuckles

* AbsenteeActor: Dr. Eggman doesn't appear in this episode.

[[MoralGuardians We're focus-tested, and radio-friendly,]]\\
'''Tails:''' [[MoneyDearBoy The only thing that matters]] [[AttentionWhore is that we stay trendy!]]\\
'''Dreamboat Express:''' You should expect the expected, and nothing more,\\

* SelfDeprecation: Courtesy of Dreamboat Express:
--> ''You should expect the expected, and nothing more,\\

[[TakeThatUs We're bringing it weak, and we're bringing it lame,]]\\

''(Tails solo)'' [[MoneyDearBoy The only thing that matters]] [[AttentionWhore is that we stay trendy!]]\\
You should expect the expected, and nothing more,\\

[[caption-width-right:350:They say EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes, [[DontExplainTheJoke so I made my guitar look like a set...]]]]

* ExplodingCalendar: When Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles form their own boy band, they have to come up with a name, and a montage is shown. This includes the usual montage tropes, such as the WastebasketBall and SpinningClockHands. Then we see pages coming off the calender, only to {{subvert|edTrope}} it, when Sonic reveals it was Knuckles:

* RockTrio: Dude-itude. If you need any further explanation as to who plays what instrument:

* TruckDriversGearChange: When Justin hits them with a long, extended note during the sing-off, Tails' Measure-o-meter is able to counter the mind control the girls are under, and so Dreamboat Express shift performance gears to become Dude-itude, whose [[ThePowerOfRock power of rock]], complete with a guitar solo from Sonic, is able to break the girls out of the mind control.

* SelfDeprecation: All of Dreamboat Express's verses in the [[PissTakeRap sing-off]] feature plenty of this.
--> You should expect the expected, and nothing more,\\

'Cause we're just another - huh - generic boy band!

* TruckDriversGearChange: As soon as Justin Beaver hits them with a long, extended note during the sing-off, Tails' Measure-o-meter is able to counter the mind control the girls are under, and so Dreamboat Express shift performance gears to become Dude-itude, whose [[ThePowerOfRock power of rock]], complete with a guitar solo from Sonic, is able to break the girls out of the mind control.

As luck would have it, Justin Beaver is in town right now doing an autograph signing, and he's scheduled for a concert that weekend. Unfortunately, their efforts to investigate are stymied by the fact that only music industry professionals are allowed where they need to go. However, Sonic comes up with a plan: He, Tails, and Knuckles form their own boy band, "Dreamboat Express", passing themselves off as Justin's opening act so they can get into the music industry professionals-only area.

* IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut:
** Sonic pulls one of these in the episode.

** Tails then does it later in the episode.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: If there's anything more amazing that this episode got the chance to do, it would definitely have to be the fact that it allows Sonic, Tails and Knuckles' respective voices, Roger Craig Smith, Colleen Villard and Travis Willingham, to pull off some amazing singing together. Bonus points also go to Cindy Robinson as Justin Beaver here, even if you hate the music of [[Music/JustinBieber whom her character knocks off]].

* TruckDriversGearChange: When Justin Beaver hits them with a long, extended note during the sing-off, Tails' Measure-o-meter is able to counter the mind control the girls are under, and so Dreamboat Express shift performance gears to become Dude-itude, whose [[ThePowerOfRock power of rock]], complete with a guitar solo from Sonic, is able to break the girls out of the mind control.

* EpicRocking: Sonic does NOT shy away from doing this when Dreamboat Express shift into their Dude-itude gears.

''(cut to Sonic's Shack)''\\

''(cut to Tails' Workshop)''\\

* MoralGuardians: "We're focus-tested, and radio-friendly!"

* SelfDeprecation:

'Cause we're just another - whoo - generic boy band!\\
We're bringing it weak, and we're bringing it lame,\\

We're focus-tested, and radio-friendly,\\
The only thing that matters is that we stay trendy!\\

Our phoney-baloney image is bland,\\
'Cause we're just another - whoo - generic boy band!

* TruckDriversGearChange: When Justin Beaver hits them with a long, extended note during the sing-off, Tails' Measure-o-meter is able to counter the mind control the girls are under, and so Dreamboat Express shift performance gears to become Dude-itude, whose [[ThePowerOfRock Power of Rock]], plus an epic guitar solo from Sonic, is able to break the girls out of the mind control.
--> '''Amy:''' What happened?\\

* ThreeLittleBops: Dreamboat Express / Dude-itude.

* TheThreeLittleBops: Dreamboat Express / Dude-itude.

* SelfDeprecation: Dreamboat Express get straight to the point during the sing-off:

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: If there's anything more amazing that this episode got the chance to do, it would definitely have to be the fact that it allows Sonic, Tails and Knuckles' respective voices, Roger Craig Smith, Colleen Villard and Travis Willingham, to pull off some amazing singing together. Bonus points also go to Cindy Robinson as Justin Beaver here, even if you don't like the music of whom it knocks out.

* MoralGaurdians: "We're focus-tested, and radio-friendly..."

As luck would have it, Justin Beaver is in town right now doing an autograph signing, and he's scheduled for a concert that weekend. Unfortunately, their efforts to investigate are stymied by the fact that only music industry professionals are allowed where they need to go. However, Sonic comes up with a plan: He, Tails, and Knuckles form their own boy band, "Dreamboat Express," and pass themselves off as Justin's opening act so they can get into the music industry professionals only area.

They conveniently arrive just in time to hear the evil scheme: Justin's manager has embedded a method of mind control in Justin's music, intended to turn any females that hear it into mindless consumer zombies, which will make him filthy rich. Sonic and the others manage to escape and try to warn the girls, but they don't believe them because they're still smitten with Justin Beaver. However, now Tails comes up with a plan: If the mind control is embedded in Justin's music, there must be an opposite sound frequency to counter it. Thus, he invents a device he calls the "Measure-o-meter" to find it.

Of course, the Measure-o-meter requires that they get close enough for it to measure Justin's music, so at the concert, Dreamboat Express takes the stage and challenges Justin Beaver to a sing-off. They hold their own for a while, but then Justin hits them with a long extended note. This, however, tells Tails exactly what they need to counter the mind control, and Dreamboat Express quickly shifts gears to become the rock-and-roll band, "Dude-itude." Their rock-and-roll defeats Justin, and frees the girls in the audience, as well as Justin himself, from the producer's mind control.

* AbsenteeActor: Doctor Eggman doesn't appear in this episode.

* FurryConfusion: Yanno, Sticks, "fat cat" isn't nearly as pejorative in a world of talking animals.

* TakeThat: The concept and appeal of boy bands is amusingly torn apart and criticized, not to mention the fact that the star, Justin Beaver, is totally not Justin Bieber, a singer who is constantly mocked for various reasons.

* ExplodingCalendar: When Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles form their own boy band, they have to come up with a name, and a montage is shown. This includes the usual montage tropes, such as the WastebasketBall and SpinningClockHands. Then we see pages coming off the calender, only to subvert it, when Sonic reveals it was Knuckles:

* ExplodingCalendar: When Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles form their own boy band, they have to come up with a name, and a montage is shown. This includes the usual montage tropes, such as the WastebasketBall and SpinningClockHands. When it gets to this trope, it is revealed to be subverted with this line from Sonic:

* StartMyOwn: Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles start their own boy band so they can investigate the "Beaver Fever" phenomenon.