Sonic The Hedgehog Research Paper
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series produced by DIC Entertainment and Bohbot Communications based on the Sega video game franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog. It was first broadcast in September 1993 and ran for 65 episodes, with a christmas special airing in 1996. It follows the adventures of the titular character Sonic the Hedgehog, and his sidekick Tails, as they attempt to stop Dr. Robotnik and his array of robots from taking over the planet Mobius. Another series featuring Sonic, simply titled Sonic the Hedgehog, was aired concurrently. Unlike the other series, Adventures had a light-hearted tone and quirky storylines that portrayed Sonic as being skilled and clever, whereas Robotnik and his robot allies Scratch and
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Grounder were clumsy.
Contents
1 Series overview
2 Voice Cast
3 Production
4 Broadcast and distribution
4.1 First-run broadcast
4.2 Rebroadcast
4.3 UK VHS releases
4.4 DVD releases
5 Reception
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Series overview
Dr. Robotnik as he appears in the very first episode, 'Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad '.
Animator Pierre De Celles described the show as "fun and humorous".[1] Episodes of the show normally revolved around Sonic and Tails foiling Robotnik 's latest villainous scheme to dominate the zany, colorful world of Planet Mobius. At the end of each episode, Dr. Robotnik 's plan would ultimately fail due to Sonic 's efforts and his own incompetence.
The plots often used elements loosely borrowed from the storyline of the Sonic video games series. Three of Robotnik 's henchbots, Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts, are directly based on badniks that appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The series also incorporated several recurring original characters not seen in the games, such as Robotnik 's mother and Wes Weasley, a salesman and con-man, not dissimilar to Phil Silvers. The show 's other characters largely consist of non-human creatures, such as anthropomorphic animals and robots.
The end of the show is bookended by an additional segment called "Sonic Says" (or "Sonic Sez", as Tails misspelled it on screen). This segment teaches viewers life lessons about subjects such as alcohol abuse and general safety. The segment was edited out during the original UK broadcasts[citation needed].
Voice Cast
Jaleel White as Sonic the Hedgehog, the eponymous character and the protagonist of the show. He is speedy, quick thinking, cheeky, sly, carefree, but overall he is friendly deep down inside. As in the games, he runs faster than the speed of sound. A catchphrase often said by Sonic was "I 'm waitiiiiing!" when annoyed, getting impatient or when something is not happening when it should. Sonic 's also somewhat of a ladies ' man, flirting with females including Breezie, Merna, Ms Possum and others. Unlike most other Sonic continuities, Sonic does not fear water and can swim quite well.
Christopher Stephen Welch as Miles "Tails" Prower, Sonic 's best friend and sidekick.
He is a little fox who was born with two tails, which enable him to fly, thus giving him his nickname "Tails". To Sonic, Tails is like a little brother to him - sometimes he 's a little too overprotected. Tails loves chili dogs as much as Sonic does: Tails ' appetite is even bigger. According to one episode, Tails is 4-and-a-half years old, whereas he is eight years old in most other Sonic continuities. Also, Tails ' fur is colored brown, whereas in most of the games his fur is yellow. Tails is just a child, but loves his adventures with Sonic. He is kidnapped by Robotnik to provoke Sonic on a regular basis. He is voiced by Chris Turner in the Sonic Christmas Blast …show more content…
special.
Long John Baldry as Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the main antagonist of the series (portrayed by Jim Cummings in the unaired pilot). He is a bumbling despot who seeks to rule Mobius and control the world, but his plans are always foiled by Sonic, in no small part due to Scratch and Grounder 's stupidity. His catchphrase, which is said at least once per episode (usually when Sonic thwarts him), is: "I hate that Hedgehog!". In one episode he is referred to as Eggman by Tails, long before Sega started naming him as such in international versions.[according to whom?] In this version, he wants to conquer Mobius simply because he is evil. He is shown to like anything and anyone that does evil.
Phil Hayes and Garry Chalk as Scratch and Grounder, a pair of robots created by Robotnik to capture Sonic. The two are extremely incompetent to the point where they struggle with even simple tasks, and are highly gullible, easily being tricked by Sonic no matter how bizarre, obvious, or pathetic his disguises are. Their constant failures result in the two regularly being abused, both verbally and physically, by Robotnik. They also constantly fight about which of the two are Robotnik 's "favorite" but mostly just fight in general. This is one of the main reasons that they always fail at catching the speedy blue hedgehog. Scratch was originally created by Robotnik to be a super-robot that could easily catch Sonic for him, but a malfunction created Scratch, a product almost the exact opposite of what Robotnik wanted. He attempts to clone Scratch sometime later, but Scratch pulls a lever that Robotnik did not, resulting in the creation of Grounder. Scratch resembles a tall, humanoid chicken, and Grounder is a small green Swiss Army knife-like robot with tank tracks and drills replacing his legs and hands.
Ian James Corlett as Coconuts, a small robot monkey, who is constantly demoted by Robotnik, usually to some janitorial role. Unhappy with his position, he attempts to capture Sonic with the hope of obtaining a promotion. Despite appearing in the show 's opening sequence, Coconuts appears less often than Scratch and Grounder. Whenever he does appear, he usually attempts to go after Sonic on his own and make sure that Scratch and Grounder do not beat him to the punch, though he will occasionally join forces with them. Despite his low status and general disrespect by his peers, Coconuts has proven that he is much smarter than Scratch and Grounder, often being the only one to see through Sonic 's disguises. His plans also come close to succeeding, until Scratch and Grounder come along and ruin them.
Michael Donovan as Wes Weasely, a weasel salesman who has no interest into the person he is selling his items to as long as they have money for him to earn. He often makes deals with Doctor Robotnik, who hates him due to many of his products backfiring his schemes to capture Sonic and take over Mobius. Robotnik 's minions often were stupid enough to purchase his items despite the trouble he caused to them. Weasely often tricks both Robotnik and Sonic, which makes him something of a wild card.
Professor Dinglehopper Von Schlemer is a brilliant but goofy scientist who is an ally of Sonic and Tails. Despite having the intelligence to invent many contraptions, he often forgets his name and keeps being remind by Sonic and Tails. He keeps himself entertained with his Dream-A-Ma-Jig contraption which brings the user 's dreams to the real world. He often helps Sonic and Tails with dangerous missions.
Production
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was created by DIC Entertainment and Sega Corporation, which produced a total of 65 episodes each for its one season, and was syndicated by Bohbot Communications, now BKN International (in the original run, every episode began and ended with the "Bohbot Entertainment Presents" logo). The show 's animation was outsourced to four animation studios: Rainbow Animation, Hong Ying Animation, Sae Rom Production and Tokyo Movie Shinsha.
Another cartoon series based on Sonic, simply titled Sonic the Hedgehog, was produced and launched on ABC 's Saturday morning line-up in 1993. Animator Pierre De Celles said in an interview that neither he nor the rest of the staff working on Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog knew about or competed with the other series, which he describes as "serious and heavy"; he also described the staff as too busy to pay attention to the other series.[1]
In addition to the original 65 episodes, DiC also produced an additional episode that originally aired in winter 1996, "Sonic Christmas Blast", which included aspects of the other Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon such as the city of Robotropolis, SWATbots, and a non-speaking cameo by Princess Sally Acorn.
Broadcast and distribution
First-run broadcast
The series was shown through syndication in the United States in 1992 and ran until 1996. 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 UK VHS releases of the series. The weekday mornings 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 RTE Two in 1993 on weekday afternoons.[2]
In Italy, the Italian dub had a theme song and by using random clips of different episodes as part of the Intro. Lyrics were sung by Cristina D 'Avena.
In France, the French dub had an identical intro to the Italian dub, and had exactly the same song, but it was roughly translated in French and the lyrics were done by Alexis Tomassian.
In Portugal, RTP aired the show in Portugal from 1993 to
1996.
In Spain, the Spanish dub had a theme song with the same music as the Italian theme song of Widget, but with different lyrics.
In Germany, the show was broadcast on Kabel eins in 1994.
In Japan, the show was distributed by Toei Company and Asatsu and aired on TV Asahi in 1993.[citation needed]
In Czech Republic, the show was broadcast on TV Prima in 1996.
The show was also broadcast on Filmnet in Sweden and the Netherlands.
Rebroadcast
USA Network re-aired the original episodes of the show in the United States from 1994 to 1996, before Toon Disney picked the show up in 1998 for a four-year run. This TV subsequently aired the first 13 episodes of the show from 2010 to 2011.
In the UK, TCC, POP! (2004–2011) and KidsCo (TBA) re-aired the show with the "Sonic Says" segments restored. The show was re-aired on in Australia Saturday mornings on Network Ten as part of Cheez TV from 1993 to 1996, Nick Jr. from 1995 to 1999 and Disney Channel from 1996 to 2000. Sweden rebroadcast the show on TV3, while RTL4 did the same in The Netherlands. Germany also rebroadcast the show on RTL II. KidsCo subsequently acquired the rebroadcast rights for several regions, including the UK, Australia and Portugal. Spacetoon started rebroadcasting the show for the Arab world in 2005.
UK VHS releases
Abbey Home Media (1993–1994)
4 Front Video (1997)
VHS Title
Release Date
Episodes
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 1
1993
The Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad!, Subterranean Sonic, Lovesick Sonic
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 2
1994
Best Hedgehog, The Robotnik Express, The Birth of the Salesman, Slow Going
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 3
1994
Too Tall Tails, Big Daddy, Tails New Home
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 4
1994
Close Encounters of a Sonic Kind, Sno Problem, Tails in Charge, Grounder the Genius
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 5
1994
Blackbot the Pirate, Hedgehog of the Hound Table, Robotnik 's Pyramid Scheme, Prehistoric Sonic, Trail of the Missing Tails
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 6
1994
Honey, I Shrunk the Hedgehog, The Mobius 5,000, Spaceman Sonic
The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog - Sonic Breakout
1994
Sonic Breakout
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog - The Biggest Ever Video
1994
Road Hog, Robolympics, The Little Merhog, The Birth of a Salesman, Robotnik 's Rival, Tails ' New Home, Love Sick Sonic, Sonically Ever After, Hero of the Year
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog - Momma Robotnik 's Birthday
1994
Momma Robotnik 's Birthday, Grounder the Genius
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog - High Stakes Sonic & Sonic Breakout
1997
High Stakes Sonic, Sonic Breakout
DVD releases
Shout! Factory and Vivendi Entertainment have released all 65 episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog 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 after Shout! 's deal with Cookie Jar Entertainment expired.
In Region 2, Delta Home Entertainment released Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series on DVD in the UK on June 11, 2007.[3]
Reception
The show met with mixed reviews. 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."[4] Michael Rubino of DVD Verdict criticized the show for being dated, contrived, and bloated with chili dog jokes.[5]
The show 's popularity resurfaced in the late 2000s decade mainly with the introduction of Youtube and is one of the most common sources of YouTube Poop fanmade shorts.
See also
Sonic portal
United States portal
Television portal
Animation portal
1990s portal
List of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episodes
References
1. Burns, Walter (July 25, 2007). "Pierre De Celles on Animating Sonic the Hedgehog and Other Tales". ToonZone.net. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
2. RTÉ Guide: 5–12. November 1993.
3. "The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog [2007] [DVD]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
4. Miller III, Randy (July 25, 2007). "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: Volume 1". DVDTalk.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
5. Rubino, Judge Michael (August 8, 2007). "The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog". DVDVerdict.com. Verdict Partners. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
External links
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at Cookie Jar Entertainment
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at the Big Cartoon DataBase
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at the Internet Movie Database
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at TV.com
Grounder were clumsy.
Contents
1 Series overview
2 Voice Cast
3 Production
4 Broadcast and distribution
4.1 First-run broadcast
4.2 Rebroadcast
4.3 UK VHS releases
4.4 DVD releases
5 Reception
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Series overview
Dr. Robotnik as he appears in the very first episode, 'Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad '.
Animator Pierre De Celles described the show as "fun and humorous".[1] Episodes of the show normally revolved around Sonic and Tails foiling Robotnik 's latest villainous scheme to dominate the zany, colorful world of Planet Mobius. At the end of each episode, Dr. Robotnik 's plan would ultimately fail due to Sonic 's efforts and his own incompetence.
The plots often used elements loosely borrowed from the storyline of the Sonic video games series. Three of Robotnik 's henchbots, Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts, are directly based on badniks that appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The series also incorporated several recurring original characters not seen in the games, such as Robotnik 's mother and Wes Weasley, a salesman and con-man, not dissimilar to Phil Silvers. The show 's other characters largely consist of non-human creatures, such as anthropomorphic animals and robots.
The end of the show is bookended by an additional segment called "Sonic Says" (or "Sonic Sez", as Tails misspelled it on screen). This segment teaches viewers life lessons about subjects such as alcohol abuse and general safety. The segment was edited out during the original UK broadcasts[citation needed].
Voice Cast
Jaleel White as Sonic the Hedgehog, the eponymous character and the protagonist of the show. He is speedy, quick thinking, cheeky, sly, carefree, but overall he is friendly deep down inside. As in the games, he runs faster than the speed of sound. A catchphrase often said by Sonic was "I 'm waitiiiiing!" when annoyed, getting impatient or when something is not happening when it should. Sonic 's also somewhat of a ladies ' man, flirting with females including Breezie, Merna, Ms Possum and others. Unlike most other Sonic continuities, Sonic does not fear water and can swim quite well.
Christopher Stephen Welch as Miles "Tails" Prower, Sonic 's best friend and sidekick.
He is a little fox who was born with two tails, which enable him to fly, thus giving him his nickname "Tails". To Sonic, Tails is like a little brother to him - sometimes he 's a little too overprotected. Tails loves chili dogs as much as Sonic does: Tails ' appetite is even bigger. According to one episode, Tails is 4-and-a-half years old, whereas he is eight years old in most other Sonic continuities. Also, Tails ' fur is colored brown, whereas in most of the games his fur is yellow. Tails is just a child, but loves his adventures with Sonic. He is kidnapped by Robotnik to provoke Sonic on a regular basis. He is voiced by Chris Turner in the Sonic Christmas Blast …show more content…
special.
Long John Baldry as Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the main antagonist of the series (portrayed by Jim Cummings in the unaired pilot). He is a bumbling despot who seeks to rule Mobius and control the world, but his plans are always foiled by Sonic, in no small part due to Scratch and Grounder 's stupidity. His catchphrase, which is said at least once per episode (usually when Sonic thwarts him), is: "I hate that Hedgehog!". In one episode he is referred to as Eggman by Tails, long before Sega started naming him as such in international versions.[according to whom?] In this version, he wants to conquer Mobius simply because he is evil. He is shown to like anything and anyone that does evil.
Phil Hayes and Garry Chalk as Scratch and Grounder, a pair of robots created by Robotnik to capture Sonic. The two are extremely incompetent to the point where they struggle with even simple tasks, and are highly gullible, easily being tricked by Sonic no matter how bizarre, obvious, or pathetic his disguises are. Their constant failures result in the two regularly being abused, both verbally and physically, by Robotnik. They also constantly fight about which of the two are Robotnik 's "favorite" but mostly just fight in general. This is one of the main reasons that they always fail at catching the speedy blue hedgehog. Scratch was originally created by Robotnik to be a super-robot that could easily catch Sonic for him, but a malfunction created Scratch, a product almost the exact opposite of what Robotnik wanted. He attempts to clone Scratch sometime later, but Scratch pulls a lever that Robotnik did not, resulting in the creation of Grounder. Scratch resembles a tall, humanoid chicken, and Grounder is a small green Swiss Army knife-like robot with tank tracks and drills replacing his legs and hands.
Ian James Corlett as Coconuts, a small robot monkey, who is constantly demoted by Robotnik, usually to some janitorial role. Unhappy with his position, he attempts to capture Sonic with the hope of obtaining a promotion. Despite appearing in the show 's opening sequence, Coconuts appears less often than Scratch and Grounder. Whenever he does appear, he usually attempts to go after Sonic on his own and make sure that Scratch and Grounder do not beat him to the punch, though he will occasionally join forces with them. Despite his low status and general disrespect by his peers, Coconuts has proven that he is much smarter than Scratch and Grounder, often being the only one to see through Sonic 's disguises. His plans also come close to succeeding, until Scratch and Grounder come along and ruin them.
Michael Donovan as Wes Weasely, a weasel salesman who has no interest into the person he is selling his items to as long as they have money for him to earn. He often makes deals with Doctor Robotnik, who hates him due to many of his products backfiring his schemes to capture Sonic and take over Mobius. Robotnik 's minions often were stupid enough to purchase his items despite the trouble he caused to them. Weasely often tricks both Robotnik and Sonic, which makes him something of a wild card.
Professor Dinglehopper Von Schlemer is a brilliant but goofy scientist who is an ally of Sonic and Tails. Despite having the intelligence to invent many contraptions, he often forgets his name and keeps being remind by Sonic and Tails. He keeps himself entertained with his Dream-A-Ma-Jig contraption which brings the user 's dreams to the real world. He often helps Sonic and Tails with dangerous missions.
Production
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was created by DIC Entertainment and Sega Corporation, which produced a total of 65 episodes each for its one season, and was syndicated by Bohbot Communications, now BKN International (in the original run, every episode began and ended with the "Bohbot Entertainment Presents" logo). The show 's animation was outsourced to four animation studios: Rainbow Animation, Hong Ying Animation, Sae Rom Production and Tokyo Movie Shinsha.
Another cartoon series based on Sonic, simply titled Sonic the Hedgehog, was produced and launched on ABC 's Saturday morning line-up in 1993. Animator Pierre De Celles said in an interview that neither he nor the rest of the staff working on Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog knew about or competed with the other series, which he describes as "serious and heavy"; he also described the staff as too busy to pay attention to the other series.[1]
In addition to the original 65 episodes, DiC also produced an additional episode that originally aired in winter 1996, "Sonic Christmas Blast", which included aspects of the other Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon such as the city of Robotropolis, SWATbots, and a non-speaking cameo by Princess Sally Acorn.
Broadcast and distribution
First-run broadcast
The series was shown through syndication in the United States in 1992 and ran until 1996. 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 UK VHS releases of the series. The weekday mornings 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 RTE Two in 1993 on weekday afternoons.[2]
In Italy, the Italian dub had a theme song and by using random clips of different episodes as part of the Intro. Lyrics were sung by Cristina D 'Avena.
In France, the French dub had an identical intro to the Italian dub, and had exactly the same song, but it was roughly translated in French and the lyrics were done by Alexis Tomassian.
In Portugal, RTP aired the show in Portugal from 1993 to
1996.
In Spain, the Spanish dub had a theme song with the same music as the Italian theme song of Widget, but with different lyrics.
In Germany, the show was broadcast on Kabel eins in 1994.
In Japan, the show was distributed by Toei Company and Asatsu and aired on TV Asahi in 1993.[citation needed]
In Czech Republic, the show was broadcast on TV Prima in 1996.
The show was also broadcast on Filmnet in Sweden and the Netherlands.
Rebroadcast
USA Network re-aired the original episodes of the show in the United States from 1994 to 1996, before Toon Disney picked the show up in 1998 for a four-year run. This TV subsequently aired the first 13 episodes of the show from 2010 to 2011.
In the UK, TCC, POP! (2004–2011) and KidsCo (TBA) re-aired the show with the "Sonic Says" segments restored. The show was re-aired on in Australia Saturday mornings on Network Ten as part of Cheez TV from 1993 to 1996, Nick Jr. from 1995 to 1999 and Disney Channel from 1996 to 2000. Sweden rebroadcast the show on TV3, while RTL4 did the same in The Netherlands. Germany also rebroadcast the show on RTL II. KidsCo subsequently acquired the rebroadcast rights for several regions, including the UK, Australia and Portugal. Spacetoon started rebroadcasting the show for the Arab world in 2005.
UK VHS releases
Abbey Home Media (1993–1994)
4 Front Video (1997)
VHS Title
Release Date
Episodes
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 1
1993
The Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad!, Subterranean Sonic, Lovesick Sonic
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 2
1994
Best Hedgehog, The Robotnik Express, The Birth of the Salesman, Slow Going
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 3
1994
Too Tall Tails, Big Daddy, Tails New Home
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 4
1994
Close Encounters of a Sonic Kind, Sno Problem, Tails in Charge, Grounder the Genius
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 5
1994
Blackbot the Pirate, Hedgehog of the Hound Table, Robotnik 's Pyramid Scheme, Prehistoric Sonic, Trail of the Missing Tails
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 6
1994
Honey, I Shrunk the Hedgehog, The Mobius 5,000, Spaceman Sonic
The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog - Sonic Breakout
1994
Sonic Breakout
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog - The Biggest Ever Video
1994
Road Hog, Robolympics, The Little Merhog, The Birth of a Salesman, Robotnik 's Rival, Tails ' New Home, Love Sick Sonic, Sonically Ever After, Hero of the Year
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog - Momma Robotnik 's Birthday
1994
Momma Robotnik 's Birthday, Grounder the Genius
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog - High Stakes Sonic & Sonic Breakout
1997
High Stakes Sonic, Sonic Breakout
DVD releases
Shout! Factory and Vivendi Entertainment have released all 65 episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog 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 after Shout! 's deal with Cookie Jar Entertainment expired.
In Region 2, Delta Home Entertainment released Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series on DVD in the UK on June 11, 2007.[3]
Reception
The show met with mixed reviews. 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."[4] Michael Rubino of DVD Verdict criticized the show for being dated, contrived, and bloated with chili dog jokes.[5]
The show 's popularity resurfaced in the late 2000s decade mainly with the introduction of Youtube and is one of the most common sources of YouTube Poop fanmade shorts.
See also
Sonic portal
United States portal
Television portal
Animation portal
1990s portal
List of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episodes
References
1. Burns, Walter (July 25, 2007). "Pierre De Celles on Animating Sonic the Hedgehog and Other Tales". ToonZone.net. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
2. RTÉ Guide: 5–12. November 1993.
3. "The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog [2007] [DVD]". Amazon.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
4. Miller III, Randy (July 25, 2007). "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: Volume 1". DVDTalk.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
5. Rubino, Judge Michael (August 8, 2007). "The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog". DVDVerdict.com. Verdict Partners. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
External links
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at Cookie Jar Entertainment
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at the Big Cartoon DataBase
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at the Internet Movie Database
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at TV.com