Номер телефона соника ежика

27 июня 2022

27.06.22

1

1065

21 июня ежу с именем Соник неожиданно стукнуло 31 год. Да, настолько эта игровая серия, насчитывающая более 15 основных игр и невообразимое число спин-оффов и ответвлений, стара. А ведь когда-то всё началось с одной японской компании SEGA.

Быстрый ёж, собственной персоной

Выпускала это SEGA игровые консоли и игровые автоматы, не забывая при этом делать для них и собственные игры. Особо углубляться в историю самой этой компании я не буду, т. к. история там запутанная и долгая. И вот в один момент SEGA поняла, что им нужен маскот. Но тут я немного вру вам, потому что, у SEGA уже были маскоты. И один из самых известных — паренёк Alex Kidd из  Alex Kidd in Miracle World, выпущенная для Sega Master System — 8-битной консоли SEGA.

Алекс Кидд — бывший маскот SEGA

Тогда SEGA уже выпустила свою 16-битную приставку — Sega Genesis или же как знают у нас в краях Sega Mega Drive. SEGA, зная прибыльность бизнеса, хотела быть главной компанией на игровом рынке. Но была одна проблема… Nintendo и её NES, а позже и SNES захватывали американский (и не только) рынок намного быстрее, чем это делала SEGA. Было очень много причин, почему так происходило, но главная была такова. Это Марио! Да! Тот самый итальянский усатый водопроводчик, который прыгал на всякие грибы и спасал свою возлюбленную принцессу.

Вот он — усач водопроводач

В 1990 году SEGA поручила своим внутренним студиям наконец таки сделать маскота, который сможет конкурировать с Марио. Было множество вариантов. Заяц? Пожалуйста! Мужик с удивительно прекрасной причёской? Берите, сколько хотите! Может пса (или волка) в американской футболке?

Тот самый заяц

Тот самый мужик

Та самая собака (или всё таки волк?)

Но в конечном итоге все эти варианты благополучно канули в Лету, и миру явился японский художник и геймдизайнер (прям как Кодзима) Наото Осима (Naoto Ohshima), показавший руководству SEGA будущего маскота. Да, это был Соник.

Концепт-арты

Первом же проектом, в котором появился будущий маскот, был не Sonic The Hedgehog, а в Rad Mobile — аркадной игры SEGA, в которой синий ёж мотался как ёлочка с ароматом мяты.

А можно с аромат летнего дождя?

Но, я думаю, что пора всё-таки переходит к первой игре серии.  Sonic The Hedgehog, вышедшая в 1991 стала необычайным успехом. Игроков просто поражала до сели невиданная скорость происходящего. Продалась же игра до сих пор огромным тиражом размером в 22 миллиона проданных копий! Конечно же это обеспечилось тем, что игра продавалась в комплекте с самой приставкой. Но и никак нельзя отрицать, что и сама игра была просто восхитительна.

Вот с чего начиналась история

И так, геймплей. А, он… Он довольно прост. У нас имеется персонаж, сам Соник, которым нам и предстоит управлять. Мы можем бегать в одну сторону, в другую, смотреть наверх, потом насмотревшись можем посмотреть и вниз. Ну и как у всякого платформера, мы имеем возможность прыгать. Ещё и скатываться в клубок. Суть игры заключается в том, чтобы дойти до конца уровня, покрутить табличку с злобным Роботником и уйти в закат. Ах, да!.. Я ж забыл совсем о нём рассказать. И так, вот он. Доктор Айво Роботник — злобный гений, выступающий против природы и желающий завладеть всем этим миром.

Усач, прям как Марио. Не удивлюсь, если он ещё и сантехник.

Помочь ему в этом желании могут Изумруды Хаоса — артефакт, дающий суперсилу и выделяющий суперэнергию. Их всего 6, хотя позже выясниться, что их 7, а иногда и 8, но не суть. Роботнику нужны эти минералы, чтобы запитать свои всякие гениальные изобретения. Но главная его проблема, это сам Соник, т. к. он любит всячески мешать Доктору. Мешать же Сонику, по пути к битве с Роботником, будут бадники. Роботы, которые в прошлой жизни были обычными зверушками, там птичками, свинками и так далее. Уровней все 6, по 3 акта в каждом. Это: Green Hill Zone, Marble Zone, Spring Yard Zone, Labyrinth Zone, Star Light Zone, Scrap Brain Zone и Final Zone. В Final Zone только 1 акт, представляющий собой битву с боссом. Как раз о боссах. Появляются они только в конце 3 акта каждого уровня, и представляют собой всяких роботов Роботника.

Самый первый босс

Чем же Соник отличается от Марио? Ну, много чем. Во-первых, основная механика в серии игр — кольца. Это предметы, которые можно собирать, и при уроне выпадающие из игрока. Раньше игры делались по другому, сохранятся нельзя было, поэтому проходили всё с первого раза. И кольца давали возможность второго шанса, при каком-то шальном уроне или что-то вроде того. Есть также чекпоинты, если вдруг ты всё-таки умрёшь, то появишься около последнего чекпоинта. Во-вторых, это скорость. Если в Марио ты будешь довольно монотонно прыгать на грибы и пролезать в трубы, то в Сонике намного разнообразней и быстрее. Хотя, буду честен, вся это скорость теряется уже на второй зоне. В-третьих, ну блин, не знаю как вам, но при выборе играть за усатого итальянца, который мне в квартире может толчок пробить, или за милого синего ёжика, то уж извините, но выбор для меня очевиден. Также о чём я забыл упомянуть, так это мониторы со всяким разным. Там может быть и дополнительная жизнь, и 10 колец, и неуязвимость, и ускорение, и наконец таки щит. А также, мы можем помешать доктору Роботнику собрать все Изумруды Хаоса, забрав всё себе, и открыв хорошую концовку (в игре 1991 г.!). Делается это всё на специальных спешлстейджах, где нам и придется их искать по психоделическим уровням. Попасть же на спешлстейдж можно только собрав к концу уровня 50 колец, и успев запрыгнуть в огромное кольцо.

Как-то так

Вроде бы всё про первую игру в серии. Я конечно же мог бы рассказать, что Соник — это компиляция кота Феликса, Микки Мауса и Майкла Джексона, но уж не буду.

И так, 1992 год. Спустя год, после выхода первой части, выходит  Sonic The Hedgehog 2. STI (разработчики первой части) во главе с Юдзи Накой (Yuji Naka) задались вопросом, а что же сделать в будущей игре серии. И вот ответ, кооператив. Да, они наделили Соника другом. А этого друга зовут Майлз «Тейлз» Прауэр или же просто Тейлз, разработанный японским художником Ясуси Ямагути (Yasushi Yamaguchi). Лисёнок обладает двумя хвостами, позволяющие ему летать, правда не очень продолжительное время.

Вот это да! Лис летает!

В остальном, игра вся та же. Но есть и небольшие, но всё-таки изменения. Первое, что сказывается на геймплее, помимо Тейлза, это новая способность Соника — Spin Dash. Она позволяет ежу быстро скрутиться в клубок и разогнаться до максимальной скорости, что очень помогает в геймплее. Второе, уровни, их стало больше (11!). Это: Emerald Hill Zone (практически точная копия Green Hill Zone), Chemical Plant Zone, Aquatic Ruin Zone, Casino Night Zone, Hill Top Zone, Mystic Cave Zone, Oil Ocean Zone, Metropolis Zone, Sky Chase Zone, Wing Fortress Zone и Death Egg Zone (да-да, яйцо смерти). Правда актов стало на 1 меньше, то есть 2. Забыл сказать, что наш Лисёнок умеет не только летать на своих двоих хвостах, но и так же пилотировать самолёт собственной сборки (да, он изобретатель) — Tornado. Это нам поможет на нескольких уровнях.

И швец, и жнец, и на дуде игрец

Так же и изменились спешлстейджи. Теперь нам предстоит бегать по трубе, собирая определённое количество колец и избегая ловушки. Чтобы попасть на спешлстейдж нужно уже собрать 50 колец около чекпоинта, и запрыгнуть в звёздочки, повисшие над столбом. Собрав все Изумруды (а именно 7), у Соника появляется его суперформа — Суперсоник (оригинально).

Банан

Также понятное дело изменились и боссы, на финальном уровне нам предстоит противостоят не только самому Доктору Роботнику, но и его роботу — Мехасонику.

Игра многими считается лучшей в серии, и я не могу с ними не согласиться. Игра получила великолепные оценки как и у игроков, так и у прессы. Собрав очень хорошую кассу, размером в 6 миллионов копий, игра стала классикой.

Примерно в тот же период на свет выходил аддон для Sega Genesis — Sega CD (либо же Sega MegaCD, в зависимости от региона). Аддон, как понятно из названия, использовал CD диски для игр. И для этой приблуды не могло не выйти игры про нашего сегодняшнего героя.  Sonic CD, дамы и господа, вышедшая в 1993 году. По фабуле, всё тоже самое. Бегаем, прыгаем. Но тут при первом же запуске нас встречает анимированная кат-сцена. Вот она, прелесть CD.

Опенинг игры

И впервые для серии, осмысленный сюжет. Да, он и раньше был описан на мануалах к играм, но здесь всё намного серьёзнее. Существует такая планетка — Never Lake, появляющаяся над озером в определенное время на определенный срок. И тут, злой Доктор Роботник решил приковать её к цепи, так как на ней находятся древние артефакты — Камни Времени (не путать с Изумрудами Хаоса). Соник решил спасти планетку от оков Доктора, по пути встретив свою подругу Эми, которая по нему сохнет (не взаимно), а также нового антагониста — Метал Соника (не путать с Мехасоником — это разные вещи, то есть роботы). На этом всё и завязывается. Существует несколько концовок, хорошая и плохая, в зависимости от решений игрока. Да, главная механика данной игры — это перемещения во времени. Игроку нужно пробежать через специальную табличку с названием того времени, куда он переместиться (соответственно Future и Past). Само перемещение происходит в отдельной анимации. Уровни в разных моментах времени изменяются, чаще всего в прошлом всё хорошо, а в будущем конечно же плохо.

Сама анимация перемещения

Так же концовка будет отличатся от того, соберёт ли игрок все Камни Времени, либо же нет. Сами спешлстейджи также преобразились. Теперь нам приходиться бегать по 3D уровню, разбивая какие-то висящие в воздухе капсулы. Чтобы попасть на спешлстейдж, нужно как и в первой части, прыгнуть прямо в огромное кольцо.

Я же говорю, капсулы!

Уровней стало 7: Palmtree Panic, Collision Chaos, Tidal Tempest, Quartz Quadrant, Wacky Workbench, Stardust Speedway и Metallic Madness. А вот актов вновь стало 3. После каждого уровня нас ждет босс, и кроме всем уже известного усатого Доктора, тут будет и новый персонаж о котором я уже говорил — Метал Соник. Он даже один раз захватит Эми в «заложники»!

Игра получила хуже оценки, чем у предыдущих игр, но всё равно это был хороший результат для такой консоли, как Sega CD. 1.5 миллиона копий сделало эту игру бестселлером на своей платформе.

На сегодня я думаю всё. За этот «выпуск» мы узнали, как же сделали этого быстрого ежа и что было с играми по началу. Встретимся уже в следующий раз!

---

Это — незаконченная статья Вы можете помочь проекту, дополнив её

Ежи (англ. Hedgehogs, яп. ハリネズミ — Harinezumi) — это вид антропоморфных персонажей, который появляется в видеоиграх, комиксах и телесериалах серии «Sonic the Hedgehog» и её спин-оффах. В отличие от реальных видов, ежи в франшизе Соника являются антропоморфными животными, и многие выдающиеся персонажи в франшизе — представители вида ежей, наиболее известный из них — Ёж Соник. Существует также несколько роботизированных копий ежей, большинство из которых были созданы доктором Эггманом в подражание синему ежу, самым известным из которых является Метал Соник.

Описание

Анатомия

Ежи появляются в основном как антропоморфные животные своего одноименного вида с анатомией, близкой к человеческой форме, хотя их пропорции тела варьируются от носителя к носителю. Особенности, которые они разделяют, включают большие головы, короткий мех на большей части их тела (исключая определенные области, которые отличаются между каждым человеком), который часто ярко окрашены, короткие морды и острые иглы на их головах различных стилей, подобных человеческим причёскам.

Как и люди, ежи мужского пола имеют более мужские, а ежи женского пола имеют более женственные фигуры. Кроме того, в то время как точные измерения высоты ежей остаются неоднозначными между каждой средой, они кажутся примерно на один метр высотой в среднем.

Характеристики и культура

С точки зрения характера и культуры, ежи ничем не отличаются от людей, то есть они разумны, интеллектуальны, имеют свои собственные уникальные личности и могут быть либо добрыми, либо злыми. У них также нет известных обычаев или культуры, связанных с их видом.

Силы и способности

Ежи часто (но не равномерно) обладают особыми способностями, такими как скорость и повышенная сила. Это также подразумевается в игре «Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood», что все ежи в играх естественно обладают врожденной способностью двигаться на высоких скоростях. Они также могут свернуться в шар и отталкиваться от других объектов, подобно рикошету, для того чтобы казаться для врагов опасными, например, когда в игре «Sonic Forces» гигантская змея проглатывает Соника, он намекает, что он не является закуской. Это было намёком на то, что ежей обычно не едят как еду.

Список ежей

В данном разделе предоставлены персонажи — ежи.

Игры

• Ёж Соник.
• Ёж Шэдоу.
• Ёж Сильвер.
• Эми Роуз.
• Сэр Ланселот.
• Сэр Галахад.
• Нимуэ.
• Классический Соник.
• Классическая Эми.
• Аватар (форма ежа).

Комиксы

Archie Comics

В серии комиксов Archie ежи подпадают под категорию мобианцев, и их яркие цвета меха являются наследственными чертами. Синяя пигментация Соника происходит от его семьи (его родители и его дядя также синие). Тем не менее, Эми и ёж Роб двоюродные брат и сестра, но одна розовая, а другой цвета чирок, без видимой причины. Список нуждается в заполнении.

Sonic the Comic

В серии комиксов «Sonic The Comic» большинство ежей коричневые. Соник и Эми оба родились коричневыми, и получили свои отличительные цвета позже из-за несчастного случая и мутации. Список нуждается в заполнении.

Sonic the Hedgehog Manga

В манге «Sonic the Hedgehog» от автора Shogakukan ежи бывают разных цветов и размеров, а также живут в соответствующих сообществах. В этой непрерывности Соник является бестелесным духом, который овладевает молодым Никки, превращая его в героя. Список нуждается в заполнении.

IDW Publishing

• Ёж Соник.
• Ёж Шэдоу.
• Ёж Сильвер.
• Эми Роуз.

Paramount

• Ёж Соник.

Примечания

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Title card
Genre	Comedy Action Adventure Slapstick
Based on	Sonic the Hedgehog by Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima Hirokazu Yasuhara
Developed by	Bruce Shelly Reed Shelly Phil Harnage Kent Butterworth
Directed by	Kent Butterworth Blair Peters (Special only)
Voices of	Jaleel White Christopher Welch Long John Baldry Garry Chalk Ian James Corlett Phil Hayes
Theme music composer	Clark Gassman
Composers	Reed Robbins Mark Simon Stephen C. Marston (Special only)
Country of origin	United States Italy
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65 1 special 1 pilot
Production
Executive producers	Andy Heyward Robby London Michael Maliani (Special only)
Producer	Kent Butterworth
Editors	Mark A. McNally Sue Odjakjian CK Horness
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	DIC Animation City[a] Sega of America Reteitalia, S.p.A.
Distributor	North America DIC Enterprises Bohbot Entertainment Europe Silvio Berlusconi Communications Worldwide ABC Distribution Company
Release
Original network	First-run syndication (U.S.) Italia 1 (Italy) Telecinco (Spain)
Original release	Pilot: August 20, 1992 Main series: September 6, 1993 – December 3, 1993 Christmas special: November 24, 1996
Chronology
Related	Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Underground Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie Sonic X Sonic Boom Sonic Prime

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an animated series that is based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series produced by Sega of America,^[1] DIC Animation City, Bohbot Entertainment and the Italian studio Reteitalia S.p.A. in association with Spanish network Telecinco. Airing during the autumn of 1993, 65 episodes were produced, which was syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment in the United States.

A spin-off video game, Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine was developed, which features several original characters from the series. Furthermore, other elements, such as Sonic’s fondness for chili dogs, would be featured in later video games and media of the franchise. Additionally, on November 24, 1996, USA Network aired «Sonic Christmas Blast», a Christmas special which was produced to promote Sonic 3D Blast (originally meant for the ultimately cancelled Sonic X-treme).

Plot[edit]

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is a comical, light-hearted and gag-driven adventure series based on the titular character Sonic the Hedgehog, an arrogant and mischievous yet kind-hearted teenage hedgehog with the power to move at supersonic speeds. Sonic, along with his idolizing young friend Tails, regularly oppose the main antagonist Dr. Robotnik, his robot henchmen Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts, and thwart their plans to conquer their home planet of Mobius.^[2]

The series features a short PSA segment titled «Sonic Says» at the end of each episode excluding «Sonic Christmas Blast»; these segments were written by Phil Harnage.^[3]

Characters[edit]

Heroes[edit]

• Sonic the Hedgehog is the main character of the series. Sonic travels the world and works to defend Mobius from the threat of Dr. Robotnik. Just like in the video games, Sonic can move at fast speeds. He has also shown to be quite cunning and deceitful, using various tricks and disguises to get one over his opponents, especially whenever his speed is nullified.
• Miles «Tails» Prower is a two-tailed fox who is Sonic’s best friend and sidekick. Sonic found him as a toddler, apparently abandoned because of his multiple tails, which he can use to fly like in the video games. He usually displays child-like intelligence but has shown to have exceptional skills as a mechanic and a pilot like his video game counterpart.

Villains[edit]

• Dr. Ivo Robotnik is an evil mad scientist and the arch-enemy of Sonic the Hedgehog, who uses his robots and inventions in order to take over Mobius. His headquarters is a fortress atop Mobius’ tallest mountain, where he uses his Robo-Matic Machine to create robots called Badniks to aid him in his plots. While Robotnik is somewhat capable at defeating Sonic and Tails due to his technology, his childish, manic and often egotistical nature greatly overpowers his tyrannical side, always leading to his defeat and humilation by Sonic and/or Tails.
• Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad (S.S.S.S.S. Squad for short) are a trio of Badniks that are Robotnik’s primary minions who more than often help him in his schemes.
  • Scratch is a hot-headed chicken-like Badnik. Originally, Dr. Robotnik wanted the Robo-Matic Machine to create a super robot only for it to produce Scratch instead due to a malfunction. Scratch is arrogant, but not very bright, although he does seem to be more intelligent than his usual partner, Grounder.
  • Grounder is Scratch’s younger non-identical twin brother; a dimwitted mole-type Badnik who was created by Dr. Robotnik when he put one of Scratch’s tail feathers into the Robo-Matic Machine. He has tank treads for legs and drills for a nose and hands (though he frequently swaps them for other tools, even actual hands on occasion). He is based on the enemy of the same name from Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
  • Coconuts is a cynical monkey-type Badnik who was created before Scratch and Grounder. At some point, he was demoted to working as Dr. Robotnik’s janitor and is often trying to impress him by outdoing Scratch and Grounder in stopping Sonic to no avail. He is shown to be somewhat smarter than Scratch and Grounder and is shown to have his own styled gadgets in his attempts of defeating Sonic. He is based on the enemy of the same name from Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

Other[edit]

• Breezie is a beautiful hedgehog-type Badnik created by Dr. Robotnik in a plot to get rid of Sonic. She initially manipulated Sonic into falling in love with her and giving her various gifts, but when she realized that Sonic really did care for her and does not see her as a robot, she developed genuine romantic feelings for him and betrayed and left Dr. Robotnik’s services. Breezie later met Robotnik Jr. who later developed a crush on her.
• Momma Robotnik is the mother of Dr. Robotnik who is even worse than her son. While kept in an asylum called the Mobius Home for Really Bizarre Mothers as punishment for bad parenting, she tends to escape on occasion and her insanity even scares her son. At the end of most of her appearances, she ends up recaptured and taken back to the home against her will.
• Wes Weasley is a weasel who works as a salesman at H.D.S.V.A.D.L. (Handy Dandy Super Villain Appliance Distributors Limited) company. He would often sell devices to Dr. Robotnik that would either fail because of either Sonic’s ingenuity or Scratch and Grounder’s incompetence. He frequently alternates between being on Robotnik and Sonic’s side, and will switch to another if there is a profit to be made or if something does not lean in his favor.
• Sergeant Doberman is a Doberman Pinscher who is a retired army sergeant and a known war hero.
• Professor Von Schlemmer is a brilliant but eccentric and kooky scientist who is an ally of Sonic and Tails.
• Professor Caninestein is a highly-intelligent dog scientist that invents gadgets for Sonic to use. Dr. Robotnik once captured him and had him build a time machine in order to steal four Chaos Emeralds in different time periods.
• Robotnik Jr. is a diminutive Badnik resembling Robotnik, which the latter initially created to be his son and carry on his legacy when he passes away. Unfortunately, he defects from his creator and sides with Sonic and Tails. Jr. later fell in love with Breezie.
• Mad Mike and Big Griz are a duo of Bears who both go by the name «Da Bears». They are Sonic and Tails’ proclaimed biggest fans and despite their low intelligence, display great feats of courage and strength.
• Roxy is a female racoon and the only known employee of Bert’s Diner. She has a crush on Sonic, which he returns at the end of her debut episode, Untouchable Sonic.
• Bert Whoo is a green owl. He is the owner of Bert’s Diner as well as the Mayor and Sheriff of Mobius Corners. When Robotnik issued an unlawful protection service on Mobius Corners, Bert was one of its few citizens who refused to pay and as a result, ran his own Diner to financially support himself. He is kidnapped by Scratch and Grounder, but is rescued by Sonic and Tails, with some assistance from his employee Roxy.
• Miss Possum is a possum who became the Sheriff of Tranquil Gulch following the retirement of Sonic. She develops an attraction towards Sonic as he frequently saves her from Scratch and Grounder. She later attends Sonic’s birthday in Robotnikland.

Voice cast[edit]

Main[edit]

• Jaleel White as Sonic the Hedgehog, Masonic, Mummified Hedgehog^[4]
• Christopher Stephen Welch as Miles «Tails» Prower^[5]
• Long John Baldry as Doctor Robotnik, Robotnikhotep I^[6]
• Phil Hayes as Scratch, Sergeant Doberman
• Garry Chalk as Grounder, Professor Caninestein, Captain Rescue, Dragon Breath, Computer
• Ian James Corlett as Coconuts, Robotnik Jr., Rocket the Sloth, Gambling Sheep, Doctor Warpnik, Wallace A. Ditso, Sketch Lampoon, Goobster

Additional[edit]

• Kathleen Barr as Katella, Momma Robotnik, Miss Sniffed, Lucinda, additional voices
• Michael Benyaer as Lawrence
• Jay Brazeau as Robot Santa, Santa Claus, Spelunk, additional voices
• Jim Byrnes as Thrust, Coachnik
• Babz Chula
• Jennifer Copping as Henrietta
• Michael Donovan as Wes Weasley
• Kyle Fairlie
• Terry Klassen as Doctor Quark, additional voices
• Wally Marsh
• Scott McNeil as MacHopper
• Shane Meier
• Jane Mortifee
• Pauline Newstone
• John Stocker
• Jayleen Stonehouse as the Waitress (in «Too Tall Tails»)
• John Tench
• Venus Terzo as Breezie
• French Tickner as Professor Von Schlemmer
• Lee Tockar as Wick
• Louise Vallance as Miss Possum, Catty Carlisle
• David Ward
• Cathy Weseluck as Suzie, Robot, Rebot, Becky, Penelope, Cat, Parrot
• Alec Willows as the Music Destroyer
• Dale Wilson

Unaired pilot[edit]

• Russi Taylor as Miles «Tails» Prower
• Jim Cummings as Dr. Robotnik, Scratch, Additional voices
• Gary Owens as Narrator

Episodes[edit]

Pilot[edit]

Main episodes[edit]

Special[edit]

Production[edit]

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was created by DIC Animation City (in association with Sega of America whose CEO Tom Kalinske and newly appointed consumer products director Michealene Risley licensed the characters to DIC), which produced a total of 65 episodes for its one season, and was syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment, later known as BKN International (in the original run, every episode began and ended with the «Bohbot Entertainment Presents» logo), and the Italian Reteitalia S.p.A., part of Fininvest. The show’s animation was outsourced to four animation studios:

• the Chinese subdivision of Rainbow Animation Group (later renamed Galaxy World, Inc.,^[12] not to be confused with the Italian studio Rainbow S.p.A.),
• the Korean Sae Rom Production (which also at the same time worked on the animation for the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon for ABC),
• the Taiwanese Hong Ying Animation (which would later work on the animation for Sonic Underground),
• the Japanese Tokyo Movie Shinsha (which would later produce its own Sonic cartoon, Sonic X).

Additionally, some of the storyboards were done by the Spanish animation studio Milimetros Dibujos Animados, which also worked on the animation for the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon and the main title animation for Sonic Underground.

According to Robby London, DIC originally made a deal to produce only the Saturday morning Sonic series for the ABC network, which was originally planned to air in the Fall of 1992.^[13] The cartoon was to be more light-hearted compared to the final product, as reflected by the episode «Heads or Tails», early promotional material found in Fleetway’s Sonic the Comic^[14][15] and the early issues of Sonic the Hedgehog comics by Archie, which were based on the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon. However, DIC also wanted to expand the show and produce additional episodes for weekday syndication as well, similar to what DIC has previously done with The Real Ghostbusters, but Mark Pedowitz, ABC’s senior vice president of business affairs and contracts, expected Sonic to air exclusively on ABC and rejected the idea, telling London «If you guys want to do syndication, be our guest, go with God, but you won’t be on our network.» ABC would not agree to the deal until London came up with a proposition that DIC would produce a separate, vastly different Sonic show for syndication instead, the end result of which became Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Afterward, ABC was at first willing to air only a single half-hour episode as a prime-time special scheduled for March 1993 (which would become the episode «Heads or Tails») before ultimately delaying it and including it as part of the show which ABC picked up again for a full season, this time airing in the Fall of 1993, alongside Adventures airing in syndication at the same time. During that time, the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon received a makeover and was made darker and more serious in order to differentiate itself from the syndicated Sonic cartoon.^[16][17][18]

Broadcast and distribution[edit]

First-run broadcast[edit]

The series was shown through syndication in the United States in the fall of 1993 on either weekday afternoons or mornings, depending on the TV station. In the United Kingdom, the series was screened on Channel 4 in 1993 on Sunday mornings at 9:00, but with the «Sonic Says» segments edited out. They were also edited out on The Children’s Channel and the UK VHS releases of the series. The weekday morning airings in Australia on Seven Network as part of Agro’s Cartoon Connection retained the segments. The cartoon was broadcast in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ Two from 12 September to December 1994 on weekday afternoons with the segments retained also.^[19]

Rebroadcast and international airings[edit]

USA Network re-aired the original episodes of the show in the United States from 1994 to 1996 (with an additional Christmas special ordered by Sega to be produced for the Christmas season of 1996 to ride on the coattails with the release of Sonic 3D Blast). The series later returned to syndication as part of the BKN block from 1997 to 1998, and later BKN Kids II from 1999 until 2000. Toon Disney would start broadcasting the series in September 1998, and aired on the channel until 2002.

This TV subsequently aired the first 13 episodes of the show from 2010 to 2011 on their Cookie Jar Toons block. The series was also available on Netflix, and contains 20 episodes. From December 2018-November 2020, reruns of the series began airing on Starz. Later starting on September 3, 2019, the show aired its reruns on the streaming service Pluto TV for the first time.

In the UK, Channel 4 and Pop re-aired the show with the «Sonic Says» segments restored.

In Italy, the show aired on Italia 1.

In Spain, the show aired on Telecinco.

The show was re-aired on in Australia Saturday mornings on Network Ten as part of Cheez TV from 1993 to 1999, and also aired on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel.

In Brazil, the show aired in January 1996, on Rede Globo on the block TV Colosso. Only the first 22 of 65 episodes aired in Brazilian Portuguese, as well as the Christmas special. The show also aired in Sweden on TV3, in Portugal on SIC, in The Netherlands on RTL4, in Germany on Kabel 1 and RTL II and in 2000 in Arab countries on Spacetoon and Qatar Television.

The series also aired on KidsCo, as with many other DIC-produced cartoons.

In the Philippines, it aired on Yey! in 2020 everyday at 2:00 pm.

Home media[edit]

North America[edit]

In 1994, Buena Vista Home Video through their DIC Toon-Time Video label, released 6 VHS tapes of the series each containing 2 episodes.

Shout! Factory has released all 65 episodes of the series on DVD in Region 1 in three-volume sets. The first volume, released on July 17, 2007, features the first 22 episodes along with two featurettes: «A Conversation With Artist Milton Knight» and «How to Draw Sonic the Hedgehog». The second volume was released on December 9, 2008, and features episodes 23–44 with the featurette «How to Draw Dr. Robotnik». The third volume contains the final 21 episodes of the series, plus the «Sonic Christmas Blast» special and the featurette «How to Draw Tails». These episodes were not compiled in the correct airdate order in the final volume. These sets were discontinued in 2012 along with Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground after Shout!’s deal with Cookie Jar Entertainment expired.

From 2007–2010, NCircle Entertainment released a number of single disc releases of the series.

Invincible Pictures re-released the complete series set on August 13, 2019 (originally scheduled for April 9, 2019 and July 16, 2019).^[20]

The series along with its successors Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground is available on the streaming services Paramount+ and Tubi, as well as the official WildBrain YouTube Channel.

Under license from 41 Entertainment and Invincible Entertainment Partners, Discotek Media released the complete series on standard definition Blu-ray on February 22, 2022. The unaired pilot and the Christmas special Sonic Christmas Blast were included as bonus features.^[21][22]

DVD[edit]

DVD name	Episodes	Release date
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Animated Series	1–65	August 13, 2019[23]

Blu-ray[edit]

Blu-ray name	Episodes	Release date
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series	1–65 + Sonic Christmas Blast Episode, Original Pitch Pilot, Commerial Bumpers, & Commentary on 3 episodes with Storyboard Artist Milton Knight	February 22, 2022[24]

United Kingdom[edit]

Throughout 1993–1994, Abbey Home Entertainment through their Tempo Video label released 8 VHS volumes of the series each containing an assortment of episodes. PolyGram Video through their 4Front Video label would also release a VHS tape of the series in 1997.

In Region 2, Delta Home Entertainment released Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series on DVD in the UK on June 11, 2007.^[25]

Broadcast UK history[edit]

• Channel 4 (1993–1997)
• The Children’s Channel (1995–1998)
• POP (2004–2010)
• ITV2 (4 October 2004 – 31 December 2004) (as part of GMTV2 kids)

Reception[edit]

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog received a mixed reception. Randy Miller III of DVDTalk said, «While it’s obvious that The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog [sic] won’t ever be mentioned in the same sentence with Disney, Pixar or Studio Ghibli (except for this one), there’s enough goofy fun here to entertain any resident of the 16-bit gaming era.»^[26] Michael Rubino of DVD Verdict criticized the series for being dated, contrived, and bloated with chili dog jokes.^[27] GamesRadar listed the series as one of «the worst things to happen to Sonic.» It commented that it «made Ren & Stimpy look like a rigid, strictly story-driven opus of animation», and criticized the supporting cast as «wholly uninteresting, unfunny and just all around annoying.»^[28]

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series an overall rating of 3/5 and noted that while the show’s pace is «frantic», «the series emphasizes positive themes for kids about personal safety and interpersonal relationships.»^[29] Bob Mackey of USgamer wrote that the show’s attempts to emulate Looney Tunes and The Ren & Stimpy Show «were done in by the lack of quality control that typically plagued 65-episode syndicated series», and that «the zippy, timing-reliant slapstick Adventures relied on never stood a chance against the animation sweatshops DIC regularly used to pump out their nearly endless supply of televised content.»^[30]

Ian Flynn, writer for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series by Archie Comics, remarked that Adventures was the closest to «[getting] Sonic right» despite «fail[ing] on the details», although he observed that the show’s gags were «polarizing» and that the guest characters «ranged from tired tropes (Breezie) to Saturday Night Live knockoffs (Da Bears)».^[31] Pierre DeCelles, who worked on the show as a Senior Animation Director at Hong Ying animation studio, has described the show as «fun and humorous».^[11]

Robotnik’s catchphrase «Snooping as usual I see» gave rise to the internet meme «PINGAS» during the late 2000s, which has been widely referenced on YouTube.^[32]

See also[edit]

• Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Quotations related to Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at Wikiquote

• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at DHX Media
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at The Big Cartoon DataBase
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at IMDb

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Title card
Genre	Comedy Action Adventure Slapstick
Based on	Sonic the Hedgehog by Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima Hirokazu Yasuhara
Developed by	Bruce Shelly Reed Shelly Phil Harnage Kent Butterworth
Directed by	Kent Butterworth Blair Peters (Special only)
Voices of	Jaleel White Christopher Welch Long John Baldry Garry Chalk Ian James Corlett Phil Hayes
Theme music composer	Clark Gassman
Composers	Reed Robbins Mark Simon Stephen C. Marston (Special only)
Country of origin	United States Italy
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65 1 special 1 pilot
Production
Executive producers	Andy Heyward Robby London Michael Maliani (Special only)
Producer	Kent Butterworth
Editors	Mark A. McNally Sue Odjakjian CK Horness
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	DIC Animation City[a] Sega of America Reteitalia, S.p.A.
Distributor	North America DIC Enterprises Bohbot Entertainment Europe Silvio Berlusconi Communications Worldwide ABC Distribution Company
Release
Original network	First-run syndication (U.S.) Italia 1 (Italy) Telecinco (Spain)
Original release	Pilot: August 20, 1992 Main series: September 6, 1993 – December 3, 1993 Christmas special: November 24, 1996
Chronology
Related	Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Underground Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie Sonic X Sonic Boom Sonic Prime

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an animated series that is based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series produced by Sega of America,^[1] DIC Animation City, Bohbot Entertainment and the Italian studio Reteitalia S.p.A. in association with Spanish network Telecinco. Airing during the autumn of 1993, 65 episodes were produced, which was syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment in the United States.

A spin-off video game, Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine was developed, which features several original characters from the series. Furthermore, other elements, such as Sonic’s fondness for chili dogs, would be featured in later video games and media of the franchise. Additionally, on November 24, 1996, USA Network aired «Sonic Christmas Blast», a Christmas special which was produced to promote Sonic 3D Blast (originally meant for the ultimately cancelled Sonic X-treme).

Plot[edit]

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is a comical, light-hearted and gag-driven adventure series based on the titular character Sonic the Hedgehog, an arrogant and mischievous yet kind-hearted teenage hedgehog with the power to move at supersonic speeds. Sonic, along with his idolizing young friend Tails, regularly oppose the main antagonist Dr. Robotnik, his robot henchmen Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts, and thwart their plans to conquer their home planet of Mobius.^[2]

The series features a short PSA segment titled «Sonic Says» at the end of each episode excluding «Sonic Christmas Blast»; these segments were written by Phil Harnage.^[3]

Characters[edit]

Heroes[edit]

• Sonic the Hedgehog is the main character of the series. Sonic travels the world and works to defend Mobius from the threat of Dr. Robotnik. Just like in the video games, Sonic can move at fast speeds. He has also shown to be quite cunning and deceitful, using various tricks and disguises to get one over his opponents, especially whenever his speed is nullified.
• Miles «Tails» Prower is a two-tailed fox who is Sonic’s best friend and sidekick. Sonic found him as a toddler, apparently abandoned because of his multiple tails, which he can use to fly like in the video games. He usually displays child-like intelligence but has shown to have exceptional skills as a mechanic and a pilot like his video game counterpart.

Villains[edit]

• Dr. Ivo Robotnik is an evil mad scientist and the arch-enemy of Sonic the Hedgehog, who uses his robots and inventions in order to take over Mobius. His headquarters is a fortress atop Mobius’ tallest mountain, where he uses his Robo-Matic Machine to create robots called Badniks to aid him in his plots. While Robotnik is somewhat capable at defeating Sonic and Tails due to his technology, his childish, manic and often egotistical nature greatly overpowers his tyrannical side, always leading to his defeat and humilation by Sonic and/or Tails.
• Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad (S.S.S.S.S. Squad for short) are a trio of Badniks that are Robotnik’s primary minions who more than often help him in his schemes.
  • Scratch is a hot-headed chicken-like Badnik. Originally, Dr. Robotnik wanted the Robo-Matic Machine to create a super robot only for it to produce Scratch instead due to a malfunction. Scratch is arrogant, but not very bright, although he does seem to be more intelligent than his usual partner, Grounder.
  • Grounder is Scratch’s younger non-identical twin brother; a dimwitted mole-type Badnik who was created by Dr. Robotnik when he put one of Scratch’s tail feathers into the Robo-Matic Machine. He has tank treads for legs and drills for a nose and hands (though he frequently swaps them for other tools, even actual hands on occasion). He is based on the enemy of the same name from Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
  • Coconuts is a cynical monkey-type Badnik who was created before Scratch and Grounder. At some point, he was demoted to working as Dr. Robotnik’s janitor and is often trying to impress him by outdoing Scratch and Grounder in stopping Sonic to no avail. He is shown to be somewhat smarter than Scratch and Grounder and is shown to have his own styled gadgets in his attempts of defeating Sonic. He is based on the enemy of the same name from Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

Other[edit]

• Breezie is a beautiful hedgehog-type Badnik created by Dr. Robotnik in a plot to get rid of Sonic. She initially manipulated Sonic into falling in love with her and giving her various gifts, but when she realized that Sonic really did care for her and does not see her as a robot, she developed genuine romantic feelings for him and betrayed and left Dr. Robotnik’s services. Breezie later met Robotnik Jr. who later developed a crush on her.
• Momma Robotnik is the mother of Dr. Robotnik who is even worse than her son. While kept in an asylum called the Mobius Home for Really Bizarre Mothers as punishment for bad parenting, she tends to escape on occasion and her insanity even scares her son. At the end of most of her appearances, she ends up recaptured and taken back to the home against her will.
• Wes Weasley is a weasel who works as a salesman at H.D.S.V.A.D.L. (Handy Dandy Super Villain Appliance Distributors Limited) company. He would often sell devices to Dr. Robotnik that would either fail because of either Sonic’s ingenuity or Scratch and Grounder’s incompetence. He frequently alternates between being on Robotnik and Sonic’s side, and will switch to another if there is a profit to be made or if something does not lean in his favor.
• Sergeant Doberman is a Doberman Pinscher who is a retired army sergeant and a known war hero.
• Professor Von Schlemmer is a brilliant but eccentric and kooky scientist who is an ally of Sonic and Tails.
• Professor Caninestein is a highly-intelligent dog scientist that invents gadgets for Sonic to use. Dr. Robotnik once captured him and had him build a time machine in order to steal four Chaos Emeralds in different time periods.
• Robotnik Jr. is a diminutive Badnik resembling Robotnik, which the latter initially created to be his son and carry on his legacy when he passes away. Unfortunately, he defects from his creator and sides with Sonic and Tails. Jr. later fell in love with Breezie.
• Mad Mike and Big Griz are a duo of Bears who both go by the name «Da Bears». They are Sonic and Tails’ proclaimed biggest fans and despite their low intelligence, display great feats of courage and strength.
• Roxy is a female racoon and the only known employee of Bert’s Diner. She has a crush on Sonic, which he returns at the end of her debut episode, Untouchable Sonic.
• Bert Whoo is a green owl. He is the owner of Bert’s Diner as well as the Mayor and Sheriff of Mobius Corners. When Robotnik issued an unlawful protection service on Mobius Corners, Bert was one of its few citizens who refused to pay and as a result, ran his own Diner to financially support himself. He is kidnapped by Scratch and Grounder, but is rescued by Sonic and Tails, with some assistance from his employee Roxy.
• Miss Possum is a possum who became the Sheriff of Tranquil Gulch following the retirement of Sonic. She develops an attraction towards Sonic as he frequently saves her from Scratch and Grounder. She later attends Sonic’s birthday in Robotnikland.

Voice cast[edit]

Main[edit]

• Jaleel White as Sonic the Hedgehog, Masonic, Mummified Hedgehog^[4]
• Christopher Stephen Welch as Miles «Tails» Prower^[5]
• Long John Baldry as Doctor Robotnik, Robotnikhotep I^[6]
• Phil Hayes as Scratch, Sergeant Doberman
• Garry Chalk as Grounder, Professor Caninestein, Captain Rescue, Dragon Breath, Computer
• Ian James Corlett as Coconuts, Robotnik Jr., Rocket the Sloth, Gambling Sheep, Doctor Warpnik, Wallace A. Ditso, Sketch Lampoon, Goobster

Additional[edit]

• Kathleen Barr as Katella, Momma Robotnik, Miss Sniffed, Lucinda, additional voices
• Michael Benyaer as Lawrence
• Jay Brazeau as Robot Santa, Santa Claus, Spelunk, additional voices
• Jim Byrnes as Thrust, Coachnik
• Babz Chula
• Jennifer Copping as Henrietta
• Michael Donovan as Wes Weasley
• Kyle Fairlie
• Terry Klassen as Doctor Quark, additional voices
• Wally Marsh
• Scott McNeil as MacHopper
• Shane Meier
• Jane Mortifee
• Pauline Newstone
• John Stocker
• Jayleen Stonehouse as the Waitress (in «Too Tall Tails»)
• John Tench
• Venus Terzo as Breezie
• French Tickner as Professor Von Schlemmer
• Lee Tockar as Wick
• Louise Vallance as Miss Possum, Catty Carlisle
• David Ward
• Cathy Weseluck as Suzie, Robot, Rebot, Becky, Penelope, Cat, Parrot
• Alec Willows as the Music Destroyer
• Dale Wilson

Unaired pilot[edit]

• Russi Taylor as Miles «Tails» Prower
• Jim Cummings as Dr. Robotnik, Scratch, Additional voices
• Gary Owens as Narrator

Episodes[edit]

Pilot[edit]

Main episodes[edit]

Special[edit]

Production[edit]

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was created by DIC Animation City (in association with Sega of America whose CEO Tom Kalinske and newly appointed consumer products director Michealene Risley licensed the characters to DIC), which produced a total of 65 episodes for its one season, and was syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment, later known as BKN International (in the original run, every episode began and ended with the «Bohbot Entertainment Presents» logo), and the Italian Reteitalia S.p.A., part of Fininvest. The show’s animation was outsourced to four animation studios:

• the Chinese subdivision of Rainbow Animation Group (later renamed Galaxy World, Inc.,^[12] not to be confused with the Italian studio Rainbow S.p.A.),
• the Korean Sae Rom Production (which also at the same time worked on the animation for the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon for ABC),
• the Taiwanese Hong Ying Animation (which would later work on the animation for Sonic Underground),
• the Japanese Tokyo Movie Shinsha (which would later produce its own Sonic cartoon, Sonic X).

Additionally, some of the storyboards were done by the Spanish animation studio Milimetros Dibujos Animados, which also worked on the animation for the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon and the main title animation for Sonic Underground.

According to Robby London, DIC originally made a deal to produce only the Saturday morning Sonic series for the ABC network, which was originally planned to air in the Fall of 1992.^[13] The cartoon was to be more light-hearted compared to the final product, as reflected by the episode «Heads or Tails», early promotional material found in Fleetway’s Sonic the Comic^[14][15] and the early issues of Sonic the Hedgehog comics by Archie, which were based on the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon. However, DIC also wanted to expand the show and produce additional episodes for weekday syndication as well, similar to what DIC has previously done with The Real Ghostbusters, but Mark Pedowitz, ABC’s senior vice president of business affairs and contracts, expected Sonic to air exclusively on ABC and rejected the idea, telling London «If you guys want to do syndication, be our guest, go with God, but you won’t be on our network.» ABC would not agree to the deal until London came up with a proposition that DIC would produce a separate, vastly different Sonic show for syndication instead, the end result of which became Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Afterward, ABC was at first willing to air only a single half-hour episode as a prime-time special scheduled for March 1993 (which would become the episode «Heads or Tails») before ultimately delaying it and including it as part of the show which ABC picked up again for a full season, this time airing in the Fall of 1993, alongside Adventures airing in syndication at the same time. During that time, the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon received a makeover and was made darker and more serious in order to differentiate itself from the syndicated Sonic cartoon.^[16][17][18]

Broadcast and distribution[edit]

First-run broadcast[edit]

The series was shown through syndication in the United States in the fall of 1993 on either weekday afternoons or mornings, depending on the TV station. In the United Kingdom, the series was screened on Channel 4 in 1993 on Sunday mornings at 9:00, but with the «Sonic Says» segments edited out. They were also edited out on The Children’s Channel and the UK VHS releases of the series. The weekday morning airings in Australia on Seven Network as part of Agro’s Cartoon Connection retained the segments. The cartoon was broadcast in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ Two from 12 September to December 1994 on weekday afternoons with the segments retained also.^[19]

Rebroadcast and international airings[edit]

USA Network re-aired the original episodes of the show in the United States from 1994 to 1996 (with an additional Christmas special ordered by Sega to be produced for the Christmas season of 1996 to ride on the coattails with the release of Sonic 3D Blast). The series later returned to syndication as part of the BKN block from 1997 to 1998, and later BKN Kids II from 1999 until 2000. Toon Disney would start broadcasting the series in September 1998, and aired on the channel until 2002.

This TV subsequently aired the first 13 episodes of the show from 2010 to 2011 on their Cookie Jar Toons block. The series was also available on Netflix, and contains 20 episodes. From December 2018-November 2020, reruns of the series began airing on Starz. Later starting on September 3, 2019, the show aired its reruns on the streaming service Pluto TV for the first time.

In the UK, Channel 4 and Pop re-aired the show with the «Sonic Says» segments restored.

In Italy, the show aired on Italia 1.

In Spain, the show aired on Telecinco.

The show was re-aired on in Australia Saturday mornings on Network Ten as part of Cheez TV from 1993 to 1999, and also aired on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel.

In Brazil, the show aired in January 1996, on Rede Globo on the block TV Colosso. Only the first 22 of 65 episodes aired in Brazilian Portuguese, as well as the Christmas special. The show also aired in Sweden on TV3, in Portugal on SIC, in The Netherlands on RTL4, in Germany on Kabel 1 and RTL II and in 2000 in Arab countries on Spacetoon and Qatar Television.

The series also aired on KidsCo, as with many other DIC-produced cartoons.

In the Philippines, it aired on Yey! in 2020 everyday at 2:00 pm.

Home media[edit]

North America[edit]

In 1994, Buena Vista Home Video through their DIC Toon-Time Video label, released 6 VHS tapes of the series each containing 2 episodes.

Shout! Factory has released all 65 episodes of the series on DVD in Region 1 in three-volume sets. The first volume, released on July 17, 2007, features the first 22 episodes along with two featurettes: «A Conversation With Artist Milton Knight» and «How to Draw Sonic the Hedgehog». The second volume was released on December 9, 2008, and features episodes 23–44 with the featurette «How to Draw Dr. Robotnik». The third volume contains the final 21 episodes of the series, plus the «Sonic Christmas Blast» special and the featurette «How to Draw Tails». These episodes were not compiled in the correct airdate order in the final volume. These sets were discontinued in 2012 along with Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground after Shout!’s deal with Cookie Jar Entertainment expired.

From 2007–2010, NCircle Entertainment released a number of single disc releases of the series.

Invincible Pictures re-released the complete series set on August 13, 2019 (originally scheduled for April 9, 2019 and July 16, 2019).^[20]

The series along with its successors Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground is available on the streaming services Paramount+ and Tubi, as well as the official WildBrain YouTube Channel.

Under license from 41 Entertainment and Invincible Entertainment Partners, Discotek Media released the complete series on standard definition Blu-ray on February 22, 2022. The unaired pilot and the Christmas special Sonic Christmas Blast were included as bonus features.^[21][22]

DVD[edit]

DVD name	Episodes	Release date
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Animated Series	1–65	August 13, 2019[23]

Blu-ray[edit]

Blu-ray name	Episodes	Release date
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series	1–65 + Sonic Christmas Blast Episode, Original Pitch Pilot, Commerial Bumpers, & Commentary on 3 episodes with Storyboard Artist Milton Knight	February 22, 2022[24]

United Kingdom[edit]

Throughout 1993–1994, Abbey Home Entertainment through their Tempo Video label released 8 VHS volumes of the series each containing an assortment of episodes. PolyGram Video through their 4Front Video label would also release a VHS tape of the series in 1997.

In Region 2, Delta Home Entertainment released Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series on DVD in the UK on June 11, 2007.^[25]

Broadcast UK history[edit]

• Channel 4 (1993–1997)
• The Children’s Channel (1995–1998)
• POP (2004–2010)
• ITV2 (4 October 2004 – 31 December 2004) (as part of GMTV2 kids)

Reception[edit]

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog received a mixed reception. Randy Miller III of DVDTalk said, «While it’s obvious that The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog [sic] won’t ever be mentioned in the same sentence with Disney, Pixar or Studio Ghibli (except for this one), there’s enough goofy fun here to entertain any resident of the 16-bit gaming era.»^[26] Michael Rubino of DVD Verdict criticized the series for being dated, contrived, and bloated with chili dog jokes.^[27] GamesRadar listed the series as one of «the worst things to happen to Sonic.» It commented that it «made Ren & Stimpy look like a rigid, strictly story-driven opus of animation», and criticized the supporting cast as «wholly uninteresting, unfunny and just all around annoying.»^[28]

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series an overall rating of 3/5 and noted that while the show’s pace is «frantic», «the series emphasizes positive themes for kids about personal safety and interpersonal relationships.»^[29] Bob Mackey of USgamer wrote that the show’s attempts to emulate Looney Tunes and The Ren & Stimpy Show «were done in by the lack of quality control that typically plagued 65-episode syndicated series», and that «the zippy, timing-reliant slapstick Adventures relied on never stood a chance against the animation sweatshops DIC regularly used to pump out their nearly endless supply of televised content.»^[30]

Ian Flynn, writer for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series by Archie Comics, remarked that Adventures was the closest to «[getting] Sonic right» despite «fail[ing] on the details», although he observed that the show’s gags were «polarizing» and that the guest characters «ranged from tired tropes (Breezie) to Saturday Night Live knockoffs (Da Bears)».^[31] Pierre DeCelles, who worked on the show as a Senior Animation Director at Hong Ying animation studio, has described the show as «fun and humorous».^[11]

Robotnik’s catchphrase «Snooping as usual I see» gave rise to the internet meme «PINGAS» during the late 2000s, which has been widely referenced on YouTube.^[32]

See also[edit]

• Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Quotations related to Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at Wikiquote

• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at DHX Media
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at The Big Cartoon DataBase
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at IMDb