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* http://www.saturdaymorningsonic.com - [[Saturday Morning Sonic]] - a newer SatAM Fan Site, run by [[PorpoiseMuffins]].
 
* http://www.saturdaymorningsonic.com - [[Saturday Morning Sonic]] - a newer SatAM Fan Site, run by [[PorpoiseMuffins]].
  
A 5-episode DVD was released based on this show back in 2002, called 'Sonic The Hedgehog-Super Sonic'. But that was pulled due to licensing issues with Buena Vista Home Video. However, on March 27, 2007, the entire 26-episode SatAM series will be released by Shout! Factory, with bonus features in it, and will be entitled 'Sonic The Hedgehog: The Complete Series'. It is available for pre-order [http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Hedgehog-Complete-4pc/dp/B000M8N41W/sr=8-4/qid=1167794148/ref=pd_bbs_4/105-7497215-7816447?ie=UTF8&s=dvd]here.
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A 5-episode DVD was released based on this show back in 2002, called 'Sonic The Hedgehog-Super Sonic'. But that was pulled due to licensing issues with Buena Vista Home Video. However, on March 27, 2007, the entire 26-episode SatAM series was released by Shout! Factory, with bonus features in it, and is entitled 'Sonic The Hedgehog: The Complete Series'. It is available for ordering at: [http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Hedgehog-Complete-4pc/dp/B000M8N41W/sr=8-4/qid=1167794148/ref=pd_bbs_4/105-7497215-7816447?ie=UTF8&s=dvd]here.
  
The Boxset will also have the following front cover, designed by former Archie Sonic Comic writer Ken Penders.  
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The Boxset has the following front cover, designed by former Archie Sonic Comic writer Ken Penders.  
  
 
[[http://www.satamsonic.com/10424_Sonic_72.jpg]]
 
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Revision as of 22:25, 24 May 2007

Sonic the Hedgehog the television series was a joint effort by SEGA and DiC which was released in 1993 on ABC in the Untied States. While it doesn't follow the game establishments to a tee, it was still a storyline that was founded by the combined works of SoA (Sega of America) and Sonic Team, before the creative staff at DiC would expand on the story they were provided. Unknown to most Sonic fans, the storyline, the profiles and the world would actually be made by the Sonic Team and SoA prior to any of the workers at Dic handling the story. The American cartoon would be one of action, which differentiated itself from DiC's other Sonic offering during the early 90s, the comical Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Because the two series were released around the same time, fans refer to this series as SatAM (because it originally aired on Saturday mornings).

The show takes place on a faraway planet called Mobius. An evil, bald, dark-eyed and mustachioed scientist named Doctor Robotnik (Jim Cummings) invaded and conquered a huge and beautiful city named Mobotropolis, with the help of his intelligent but craven assistant Snively and his army of laser-toting robot soldiers called SWATbots. Robotnik then used a giant airship to turn Mobotropolis into a new city renamed Robotropolis, a polluted city of factories and warehouses.

Robotnik soon invaded the castle home of the city's king (Tim Curry) who mysteriously vanished. Robotnik captured the rest of the citizens, including a brainy old hedgehog named Chuck (William Windom) and his dog Muttski, and used a machine called the Roboticiser to turn them in to robot slaves. Those who managed to escape retreated into the Great Forest to build a village named Knothole to hide from Robotnik. Among the youngest of the citizens were a group called the Freedom Fighters. First there's Sonic the Hedgehog (Jaleel White, or Urkel on Family Matters), Charles' speedy nephew. Then there is his best friend Tails, a young two-tailed fox who can twirl his tails to fly. Next, there's Rotor, a walrus with a knack for machines. Next, Antoine (Rob Paulsen), a French coyote with many personality flaws who is the palace guard. Next is Bunnie Rabbot (Christine Cavanaugh), a pretty southern cyborg rabbit who would almost certainly have been completely roboticised if not for Sonic (as it were though, she was roboticised up to her waist). Last is the group's leader, Princess Sally (Kath Soucie), the king's only daughter.

For 10 years, the Freedom Fighters constantly foiled Robotnik's schemes. In the show's second season, a female dragon named Dulcy (Cree Summer) was a new star. The show went up to 2 seasons and it got cancelled after the final episode, "The Doomsday Project", ended with a cliffhanger (suggesting a new villain for season three... it was subsequently revealed that it would have been a sorcerer from a previous episode, named Ixis Naugus). There were rumors of a third season but it never aired.

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A 5-episode DVD was released based on this show back in 2002, called 'Sonic The Hedgehog-Super Sonic'. But that was pulled due to licensing issues with Buena Vista Home Video. However, on March 27, 2007, the entire 26-episode SatAM series was released by Shout! Factory, with bonus features in it, and is entitled 'Sonic The Hedgehog: The Complete Series'. It is available for ordering at: [1]here.

The Boxset has the following front cover, designed by former Archie Sonic Comic writer Ken Penders.

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The Boxset will retail for $29.98 USD.