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The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog logo
Genre Action/Adventure
Comic science fiction
Science fiction
Slapstick comedy
Developed by Bruce Shelly
Reed Shelly
Phil Harnage
Kent Butterworth
Directed by Kent Butterworth
Blair Peters (Special only)
Voices of Jaleel White
Christopher Stephen Welch
Long John Baldry
Phil Hayes
Garry Chalk
Ian James Corlett
Theme music composer Clark Gassman
Composer(s) Reed Robbins
Mark Simon
Stephen C. Marston (Special only)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 65 (+ 1 pilot) (+ 1 special) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Andy Heyward
Robby London
Michael Maliani (Special only)
Producer(s) Kent Butterworth
Editor(s) Mark A. McNally
Sue Odjakjian
CK Horness
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) DIC Animation City
Bohbot Communications
SEGA of America
Hong Ying Animation
Saerom Animation
Distributor Cookie Jar Group (2008–12)
DHX Media (2012–present)
Release
Original network First-run syndication
Audio format Dolby SR
Original release September 6 – December 3, 1993
Chronology
Related shows Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Underground

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series produced by DiC Animation City and Bohbot Entertainment that was based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series produced by Sega. Running from 1993 to 1994, sixty-five episodes and one special were produced for first-run syndication.

The series 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.

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, Stinky the Badger, 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.

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, his own incompetence and the stupidity of his henchbots, after which he says, "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!".

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.

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was created by DiC Animation City and Sega of America, Inc., which produced a total of 65 episodes each for its one season, and was syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment, now 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 Suzhou/Rainbow Animation (not the Italian Rainbow S.p.A.), the Taiwanese Hong Ying Animation, the Korean Sae Rom Production, and the Japanese Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Pierre DeCelles was Senior Animation Director in Asia, he described the show as "fun and humorous".


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