Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

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Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog title card.

First broadcast in September 1993, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (or AoStH for short) has been "running" in cartoon syndication ever since. It's a fast-paced cartoon with a lot of slapstick humor, similar to shows such as Ren and Stimpy or Tiny Toons.

The show follows the escapades of world-known video game hero, Sonic and his best bud Miles "Tails" Prower as they stop the evil Dr. Robotnik and his array of vicious robots from taking over the planet Mobius. The plots often loosely followed the storyline of the video game, although at the time the Sonic games were still quite new, and lacking much plot or character development, which was in turn filled in by the show's writers. The show features very few characters, usually just Sonic, Tails, Robotnik and his two hench-bots Scratch and Grounder. Characters from this show made cameos in the 8-bit and 16-bit versions of Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.

Each episode featured the famous "Sonic Sez" segments where Sonic gave viewers advice on different topics, ranging from staying in school, not running away from home and not using guns to smoking, alcohol abuse and false advertising. Probably the most famous of these segments is the one featured in "Lovesick Sonic", which dealt with sexual harassment. With the advent of video sites like YouTube these segments (especially the "Lovesick Sonic" ones) have become viral hits.

The show was created by DiC Entertainment, who produced a total of 65 episodes for its first season. The first episode was "The Best Hedgehog" (shown Sept 6) and the last was "Hero of the Year" (shown Dec 3). DiC ceased production of to this comical interpretation to spend more time on its darker interpretation, dubbed just "Sonic the Hedgehog" (commonly known as SatAM), a series launched on ABC's Saturday morning line-up. This wasn't to be the end of AoStH, however, for DiC created one more episode in the winter of 1996, Sonic's Christmas Blast - which ended up being a strange mix of AoStH and SatAM.

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was orignally broadcast in syndication, meaning it was shown on any television station that wanted it. USA Network picked it up from 1995-1997 and then it later picked up by Toon Disney from 2000-2002. It was also broadcast internationally and currently is shown three times a day on POP!. AoStH villains also appeared one weekend on "Chillin' with the Villians" program hour - Robotnik was even on their commercial for it.

Trivia

• Tails' voice was provided by Christopher Evan Welch, who was 11 years old when the program began. When Sonic Christmas Blast was released, he was 14 years old and was replaced because his voice changed.
• The series and the theme song regularly features the title screen theme from the first two Sonic games. This was the only show, up until Sonic X to feature music from the games.
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was originally offered to ABC for Saturday morning broadcasting. But because ABC executives found the series to be lacking in plot and animation, ABC told DiC to scrap it and work on another Sonic cartoon. Its replacement was the second series, known by fans as SatAM.
• In the episode "Untouchable Sonic", Scratch and Grounder were seen watching Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog on TV. The footage they were watching was from the original pilot episode. The pilot itself is available for viewing here.
• In Germany this show is named "Sonic der irre Igel" (Sonic the Insane Hedgehog).
• In the episode "Tails Prevails", there is a Star Trek reference when Tails says "I'm giving her all she's got captain." In an attempt at a stereotypical Scottish accent.
• This show is the source for the Sonic YTMND fad.
• The games Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Sonic Spinball are set in the same continuity of this television series as characters from the show make cameos.

Voice actors

Role	Voice Actor
Sonic the Hedgehog	Jaleel White
Miles "Tails" Prower	Christopher Evan Welch/Chris Turner (Sonic Christmas Blast)
Doctor Ivo Robotnik	Long John Baldry
Grounder, Additional Voices	Gary Chalk
Scratch	Phil Hayes
Coconuts, Additional Voices	Ian James Corlett
Narrator (pilot episode)	Gary Owens
Doctor Ivo Robotnik and Scratch (pilot episode)	Jim Cummings

Episodes

Season 1

Episode #	Episode Title	Original Airdate
1	"Best Hedgehog"	: 06/09/1993	Sonic and Tails learn about the sad story of Lucas and Lucinda. They were once very much in love, but their lives were ruined by Doctor Robotnik. He had wanted Lucinda to be his and didn't take her rejection very well. Lucas spent years imprisoned as a result of Robotnik's sick need for revenge. Now, with help from Sonic and Tails, Lucas has another chance to be with Lucinda. Still, it won't be easy for them to find her and evade Robotnik.
2	"Tails' New Home"	: 07/09/1993	When Sonic decides to find Tails a suitable foster home, Robotnik finds out and creates a robot fox family which poses as Tails' long lost parents. Sonic leaves Tails with the fox family, but finally realizes they're robots and rescues Tails.
3	"Birth of a Salesman"	: 08/09/1993	To deal with Sonic, Dr. Robotnik gets a new weapons supplier – Wes Weasley. He is all too happy to provide Robotnik with powerful weaponry – so long as he gets paid, of course. Armed with new weaponry, Scratch and Grounder are sent out after Sonic and Tails, but they screw up anyway. Wes assures Robotnik that a new weapon will make all the difference, but each new purchase just damages the Dumbbots and tries the villainous doctor's patience.
4	"Submerged Sonic"	: 09/09/1993	Robotnik is after the Power Gems from the city of Submerbia in the Labyrinth Zone. After kidnapping the Princess Bubbles, her Merman boyfriend goes to Sonic for help.
5	"Pseudo Sonic"	: 10/09/1993	Mobius is suffering a crime spree and all the evidence points to Sonic as the culprit. But the real thief is a lab rat wearing a high-tech vehicle suit who was sent by Robotnik to discredit our hero. When Sonic becomes ill, Tails uses the suit to try to be a hero. Sonic has to leave his sickbed and save the day.
6	"Over the Hill Hero"	: 13/09/1993	An elderly, out of shape superhero keeps trying to help Sonic battle Dr. Robotnik, and keeps getting him in more jeopardy. Sonic helps the old hero regain his self respect and they team up to battle Robotnik's latest scheme.
7	"Robolympics"	: 14/09/1993	Turtle Town faces complete destruction from an incoming asteroid. Time is running out and Turtle Town's best chance for survival lies with none other than Doctor Robotnik. He really just uses the situation to force Sonic into a new villainous scheme. With innocent lives on the line, Sonic is promptly thrust into the new Robolympic games. Robotnik and his Dumbbots are the only competition, and they plan on using every single game and dirty trick to take Sonic down.
8	"Lovesick Sonic"	: 15/09/1993	It appears to be business as usual when Sonic again gets the best of Scratch and Grounder. However, this confrontation leads Sonic to meet Breezie and love is soon in the air. Unfortunately, Breezie is actually just another Robotnik creation – meaning that the earlier battle was just a set-up. Tails can tell that something is wrong with Breezie, but Sonic refuses to listen to him. Can anything save Sonic before it's too late?
9	"Subterranean Sonic"	: 16/09/1993	Sonic and Tails' latest run-in with Scratch and Grounder takes them through a mine. It turns out that the mine is the underground home of a mole and his many diamonds. The two heroes learn the hard way that the mole is very protective of these diamonds and paranoid that others want to steal them. Things only get worse, though, with Scratch and Grounder still in the area and up to no good. Can Sonic and Tails convince the mole they are not his enemies and to free them?
10	"Grounder the Genius"	: 17/09/1993	Hacker – a friend of Sonic and Tails – has gotten a hold of a new computer chip from Doctor Robotnik. This chip is capable of vastly increasing one's intelligence, which Grounder finds out firsthand following a confrontation. The once stupid robot becomes a genius and is not going to be taking anymore abuse from anyone. Robotnik and then Sonic learn the hard way that the new Grounder is a formidable foe. Can Tails and Hacker do better, or will someone else have to?
11	"High Stakes Sonic"	: 20/09/1993	Tails and other Mobius citizens are lured into Robotnik's robotic games of chance, and when they lose they're sent to slave labor camps. Sonic rescues Tails and the others by beating the house in games of chance at Robotnik's Casino, and outsmarting the robots in a climactic chase.
12	"Blank Headed Eagle"	: 21/09/1993	When Grounder makes a bet with Scratch that he can catch Sonic first, the robotic chicken orders a build-it-yourself Eagle Copter kit from his favorite TV Show called Edgar Eagle. Scratch fails to catch Sonic as usual while piloting the Eagle Copter, and crashes into a barn in the process. The crash scatters the chicken's brains as he now believes he's Edgar Eagle, earning a turkey fangirl in the process!
13	"Boogey-Mania"	: 22/09/1993	A new invention can literally bring dreams to life, but Doctor Robotnik is more interested in nightmares. A massive nightmare of his own is soon unleashed upon Mobius and the results are devastating. Despite their best efforts, Sonic and Tails can't handle this one on their own. Instead, they'll have to fight fire with fire to win, which means getting to that invention in Robotnik's fortress.
14	"Big Daddy Robotnik"	: 23/09/1993	While Coconuts is on a permanent vacation, he runs into Boom-Boom, a long-lost Gorilla who thinks that Coconuts is his father. Therefore, Coconuts decides to team up with Boom-Boom to capture Sonic, although Robotnik is controlling Boom-Boom's real father to conquer half of Mobius.
15	"The Robotnik Express"	: 24/09/1993	Dr. Robotnik is awaiting Scratch, Grounder and a train shipment of explosive weaponry. Though Sonic and Tails will certainly intervene, Scratch and Grounder do get some unlikely help. Unbelievably, two bear bikers named Mad Mike and Big Griz have confused the two heroes and the Dumbbots with each other. Now, Sonic and Tails find their efforts complicated by Da Bears. Can they convince them of the truth before time runs out?
16	"Mama Robotnik's Birthday"	: 27/09/1993	It's Mama Robotnik's Birthday and she's broken out of the asylum again to get her birthday present. She seems to hate just Sonic as much as her son, so Dr. Robotnik decides to catch Sonic for her for her birthday.
17	"Slowwww Going"	: 28/09/1993	Dr. Robotnik's finally done it as he's invented a ray gun that's supposed to slow Sonic down for good! Sending the Dumbbots out to do his dirty work, a family of sloths comes under attack from Scratch and Grounder, who use them to lure Sonic into the path of the Doc's new Slow Motion Ray. Sonic is then captured, but saved by Tails when he reverses the effects of the ray and turns it on the sloths, turning them into a high speed fighting force, before turning it back on Sonic!
18	"So Long Sucker!!!"	: 29/09/1993	When the robots rip open a door to an alternate dimension, a mysterious small purple alien blob creature from another dimension falls through into Tails hands and Sonic lets him keep it. The one problem is, the alien will only eat chilidogs! And if it doesn't get them it grows into a huge alien, goes ballistic, and sucks everything up in sight. The alien (now named Goopster) is in constant danger as the robots would find it more useful as a weapon, and are constantly try to capture it. However, Dr. Robotnik steps in, kidnaps it and Sonic and Tails must go to rescue it!
19	"Robotnik's Rival"	: 29/09/1993	A half man, half duck named Quark suddenly appears with his robot servant in tow, and attempts to oust Robotnik from the villainy stakes. The two attempt to co-operate and defeat Sonic, but rivalry and stupidity mean that they fail and the newcomer is sent back to from whence he came.

Video Releases

DVD

• Complete Series: Volume 1: Contains first half of the shows episodes, Milton Knight interview, How-to-draw Sonic feature.
• Complete Series: Volume 2: Contains second half of the shows episodes, How-to-draw Dr. Robotnik feature. Lacks Sonic Christmas Blast.
• Robotnik Family Values: Contains four episodes: Momma Robotnik's Birthday, Robotnik Jr., Sonic the Matchmaker, and Momma Robotnik Returns.
• Robotnik Strikes Back: Contains four episodes: High Stakes Sonic, Sonic's Song, So Long Sucker, and Pseudo Sonic.
• Robots Attack: Contains four episodes: Grounder the Genius, Sno Problem, Full Tilt Tails, and The Coachnik.
• Sonic Christmas Blast: Contains Sonic Christmas Blast and 3 Sonic Underground episodes.
• Sonic Search & Destroy Squad
• Sonic the Hero: Contains four episodes: Over the Hill Hero, Mass Transit Trouble, Robolympics, and The Mobius 5000.
• Super Mario Bros. 3/Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Box Set: Contains contents of Volume 1 of the complete series.
• The Best of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
• The Fastest Thing in Time: Contains four episodes: Blackbot the Pirate, Hedgehog of the "Hound" Table, Robotnik's Pyramid Scheme, and Prehistoric Sonic.
• Tall Tails: Contains four episodes: Trail of the Missing Tails, Too Tall Tails, Tails' New Home, and Tails in Charge.

VHS

• Grounder the Genius: Contains two episodes: Grounder the Genius and Blank-Headed Eagle.
• Road Hog
• Robotnik Express: Contains two episodes: Tails New Home and Robotnik Express.
• Slowwww Going
• Sonic Christmas Blast
• Sonic's Song: Contains two episodes: Sonic's Song and The Best Hedgehog.
• Super Special Sonic Search & Smash Squad: Contains two episodes: Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad and Sonic Breakout.

Box Scans

DVD

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  Complete Series Volume 1

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  Complete Series Volume 2

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  Robotnik Family Values

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  Robotnik Strikes Back

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  Robots Attack

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  Sonic Search & Destroy Squad

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  Sonic Christmas Blast

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  Sonic the Hero

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  Super Mario Bros. 3/Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Box Set

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  Tall Tails

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  The Best of AOSTH

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  The Fastest Thing in Time

VHS

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  Grounder the Genius

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  Road Hog

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  Robotnik Express

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  Slowwww Going

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  Sonic Christmas Blast

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  Sonic's Song

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  Super Special Sonic Search & Smash Squad

External links

• Fansite
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog at TV.com