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This location exists primarily or exclusively within the Sonic Boom continuity.
Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.

Buddy Buddy Temple is a location that appears in the Sonic Boom series. It was an ancient temple of unspecified origin on Seaside Island meant to foster life-long friendships between strangers by putting them through death traps which could only be escaped through collaboration.

Description[]

Buddy beavers

Temple images of the figureheads of Buddy Buddy Temple, the Buddy Beavers.

Buddy Buddy Temple is a large stone temple whose purpose is to make close friends out of strangers using excessive trust exercises. Once entered, visitors will be trapped inside. The only way to escape is through a number of death traps which require teamwork and trust to overcome. These methods, while controversial, are quite effective; even if the participants have no interest in collaborating, they have to in order to survive, and should they escape, the participants will inevitably have gained appreciation for each other's assistance.[1]

The entire Buddy Buddy Temple is built inside a mountain and its surrounding underground, which are located deep inside Seaside Island's jungle. The only entrance is through an door on a mountainside. This entrance is decorated with a golden image of the Buddy Beavers and has large skulls above the entrance. Approaching it will unveil the way in, but it will seal itself once someone enters. The temple houses several rooms and is erected right on top of the Froglodyte Caves' central catacombs.[1][2]

The temple uses the Buddy Beavers as examples of cooperation and inspiration to encourage its visitors to become friends. They are also depicted on the walls in each room inside the temple to serve as instructions on how to clear the current trap.[1]

History[]

TV series[]

Season one[]

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Sonic and Eggman stuck in Buddy Buddy Temple.

One time, Sonic and Dr. Eggman got trapped in Buddy Buddy Temple while fighting and fell through a floor, leaving Eggman's Eggmobile disabled and Sonic with a twisted ankle. Unable to escaped on their own, the two joined forces, only to fall deeper into the temple, where they triggered a rising lava pit. Fortunately, Sonic found the Buddy Beavers' instructions, and he and Eggman escaped the room.[1]

Passing through the next trap-ridden rooms, during which Sonic saved Eggman, Eggman betrayed Sonic by faking an injury and locking him inside a room with enclosing walls. However, Eggman could not proceed without Sonic and so freed him, only for the last trap to make the temple cave in. Fortunately, Sonic and Eggman found a mineshaft, which they used to escape the temple with the remainder of Team Sonic, Orbot and Cubot, who accidently fell into the temple through a crack in the ground, just before it was destroyed.[1]

Season two[]

Learning that the Tummel Crystal, a relic that could power any mech suit, was in the catacombs below Buddy Buddy Temple, Dr. Eggman went to excavate it. When they breached the Froglodyte Caves however, Eggman's robot workers got taken out by a magnetic pulse. Eggman then encountered the Froglodytes, who believed him to be a kingly being they had to serve, and Eggman used this to employ the Froglodytes for his excavation efforts.[2]

Points of interest[]

Entrance hall[]

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Buddy Buddy Temple's entrance hallway.

Starting from the entrance to Buddy Buddy Temple is a long hallway with torches on the walls lightning up the passage. Venturing further down this hall will make individual sections of the hallway close up behind the visitors the to temple, thus ensuring escape from the temple becomes impossible. There is also a crossroads at the end of the hallway; there is also a collapsible lid on the floor that connects the next two corridors.[1]

Introduction room[]

In the bowels of Buddy Buddy Temple, which is located underneath the crossroad in the intrance hall, lies the temple's introduction room. It is where its escape route seeded with death traps begins. It can be accessed through a thick lid in the roof of the room that connects it to the entrance hallway. Along the introduction room's walls are the temple's welcome message which is written in its lost ancient language:[1]

Congratulations. You are in the bowels of Buddy Buddy Temple. Enter as strangers, leave as best pals forever. Follow the example of the Buddy Beavers to become true bosom amigos.


— Introduction message[1]

Stepping on a floor tile here will cause the floors to slide away, thereby unveiling a rising lava pit. The retracting floor will only leave two narrow ledges against the parallel walls of the room for the participants to stand on. To complete this room's challenge, the participants in this room have to switch between pulling levers on the walls to unveil platforms for the other to reach, thereby creating "stairs" for the participants to climb up to the door in this room that leads to the next challenge room. This exit door can only be opened when the two levers on both sides of said exit door are pulled at the same time.[1]

Darts and crusher room[]

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Buddy Buddy Temple's darts and crusher room.

In the room after the introduction room, there are two traps. The first is a wave of darts which are shot from holes in the walls. The second, which is triggered by stepping on a floor tile, makes the walls protrude spikes and slowly close in on each other. The only way out is through a door which can be opened by pressing a button on each side of the door at the same time. Alternatively, the door can be opened on the other side by pressing a button.[1]

Two-switch room[]

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Buddy Buddy Temple's two-switch room.

The room following the room with the darts and crushers holds a empty space with a lever on each of two opposing walls. These levers must be pulled in unison to open the exit. Failing to complete this trial will make Buddy Buddy Temple cave in.[1]

Hidden mineshaft[]

Hidden behind one of the walls in the two-switch room is a mineshaft with a rail and a stylized handcar. This path leads straight out of Buddy Buddy Temple's mountain, although it ends abruptly over a cliff.[1]

Trivia[]

  • Buddy Buddy Temple already made a cameo in "Buster" where it is seen during one of Sticks' imaginary flashbacks.

References[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Lieblich, Doug (18 April 2015). "The Curse of Buddy Buddy Temple". Sonic Boom. Season 1. Episode 22. Cartoon Network.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Freiberger, Sam (22 July 2017). "Return of the Buddy Buddy Temple of Doom". Sonic Boom. Season 2. Episode 89. Boomerang.
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