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{{quote|''Blue streak, speeds by; Sonic the Hedgehog''
''Too fast for the naked eye, Sonic the Hedgehog''
''Sonic - He can really move!''
''Sonic - He's got an attitude!''
''Sonic - He's the fastest thing alive!''
''He's the fastest thing alive!''
''[[Rule of Three|He's the fastest thing alive!]]''|[[Opening Theme]] <ref>Which is a [[Bragging Theme Tune]].</ref>}}
''Sonic The Hedgehog'' is the [[Darker and Edgier|more serious]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] cartoon adaptation made in the 90s, which inspired the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (
The series featured Sonic as a resistance commando, fighting against Dr. Julian Ivo Robotnik, a [[Emperor Scientist|dictator]] who has already enslaved most of the planet Mobius and [[Polluted Wasteland|turned it into a cold, urban, metal nightmare]]. Unlike other versions of the character, Robotnik's armies are comprised of factory-assembled [[Mecha
Despite being an [[In Name Only]] adaptation, the series is still highly regarded by its fans and is critically acclaimed, though to a degree that in recent years has caused a great deal of friction within the notoriously [[Broken Base|broken]] wider Sonic fanbase over how much of its style (if any) should be adopted by modern Sonic works.
In addition to the aforementioned [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]], this show also should not be confused with the other [[Western Animation|western animated]] series [[Sonic Underground]], the [[Anime]] [[Sonic X]], or the [[OVA]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie]].
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* [[Action Girl]]: Bunnie, Sally, and Dulcy.▼
▲* [[Action Girl]]: Bunnie,Sally, and Dulcy.
* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Dr Robotnik was already a villain in the games, but even in installments at the time was portrayed as somewhat clownish and whimsical ([[American Kirby Is Hardcore|despite the West's best attempts to harden him up]]). In the show however, he is a sadistic overlord of Mobius and, for the most part, taken dead seriously. He leans ''slightly'' closer to his original counterpart in later episodes, but is still a much more repulsive character.
* [[Armies Are Evil]]: General (Dr.) Robotnik and his initially [[Government Conspiracy|"defensive"]] army of SWATbots.
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* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Along with some instances of Antoine speaking French.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Roboticized victims remain fully aware of everything they do while under Robotnik's control. As {{spoiler|Uncle Chuck states when restored}}: "we just can't ''do'' anything about it."
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type III]], Sonic is.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Type 2, steadily progressing to type 4, with [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Mobians]] replacing humans.
* [[Arc Words]]: At the end of "The Void", King Max tells Sonic "Take care of her" when he refers to Sally. In "Spyhog" Uncle Chuck tells Sally "Take care of him" when he refers to Sonic.
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* [[Captain Crash]]: Dulcy.
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: While not as frequently so as the [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|AoStH]] Robotnik, he ''is'' inclined to boast about his evilness as if it's something to be proud of, especially in the company of those he believes are evil.
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'''Lazar's guardian''': You intend harm to my master.
'''Robotnik''': Oh, you wound me dear guardian! I merely want to wake the grand wizard and honor his evilness! We have much in common.
'''Lazar's guardian''': ... yes. I can see that. }}
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Tails in "Sonic and Sally".
** Sally after she travels back in time and tries to convince her father than Julian is evil.
** A less serious example in "Spyhog". Antoine genuinely did rescue Sally during a mission, but he plays up the story so much as he's retelling it that it's no wonder Sonic didn't believe him.
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
** For Sonic, it's "Gotta juice!", "I'm waiiiiiiting!" and "[[Totally Radical|way past cool]]!"
** For Bunnie, it's "[[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Oh my stars!]]".
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* [[Covers Always Lie]]: The art promo of the series on Netflix. It's the dvd boxart of ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' volume 1, which also has that show's version of Robotnik, Scratch and Grounder on it. The only thing there from this show is the logo and Lazaar's guardian in the background.
* [[Criminal Amnesiac]]: Sonic is this in "No Brainer."
* [[Cursed
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Bunnie.
* [[Cut Short]]: The series ended on a cliffhanger in which Dr. Robotnik appeared to have died but his increasingly dissatisfied henchman Snively has plans to usurped his place as the series' primary antagonist, revealing a threatening new foe, shown out of the darkness with menacing red eyes. Whoever this new character was, viewers never found out, as the series was abruptly cancelled. Writer Ben Hurst revealed his plans for a third season where the mysterious red eyes belonged to {{spoiler|Naugus}}, a minor villain featured earlier in the series and a former partner of Dr. Robotnik. The intended story was adapted by the Archie comics, but because the comic strove to merge the other (often conflicting) versions of the franchise, it fell short of serving as a [[The Resolution Will Not Be Televised|pseudo-conclusion]] for Sonic SatAM.
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* [[Cyber Cyclops]]: The SWATbots.
* [[Cyberpunk]]: The world has become a industrial nightmare, and cybernetics has transformed society. Young streetwise punks flaunt the law, conducting guerrilla raids to overthrow a corrupt government. Coming off the heels of the 1980's, it's no surprise that this show would feature these themes.
** [[Post Cyber Punk]]: Despite how bad things have become, the heroes are trying to save the world. About as far as the anti-heroes of cyberpunk can be.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: There were only two games, four counting the [[Game Gear]] ones, so there wasn't much to adapt. The writers took certain ideas from the games and ran with them.
** Watching the pilot episode makes the series ''itself'' seem like this. Much of the animation in the pilot (particularly Sally and Bunnie) had a much brighter, softer look than the actual show.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Most characters have their moments of this, but Sonic, Sally, and Snively were the most prominent examples.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Since this show has a full cast of characters, soon-to-become iconic sidekick Tails is reduced to minor character status. Also, Bunnie and Rotor get smaller roles in season 2. However, Tails may have become an [[Ascended Extra]] in a couple of episodes of the first season and toward the end of the second season.
* [[Depending
* [[Despotism Justifies the Means]]: Robotnik has turned most of Mobius into an industrial waste and a huge amount of it's population into unsentient drones so as to maintain his power over the planet.
* [[Determinator]]: Antoine, Sonic, Sally, and Robotnik have traces of this.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Sally's father King Max, {{spoiler|who is trapped in the void.}}
* [[
* [[Distracted
* [[Dodge the Bullet]]: Sonic throughout Season 1.
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Mobotropolis.
* [[The Ditz]]: Dulcy. Bunnie to a lesser extent on occasion as well.
* [[Downer Ending]]: "Ultra Sonic", "Warp Sonic", and "The Void".
* [[Dressing
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Dulcy.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The pilot episode, "Heads or Tails", has several noteworthy differences from the series proper:
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** [[Crowning Moment of Funny|And then he gets flung into Sonic's house after running into a twig.]]
* [[Episode Title Card]]
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French]]: This is the reason Ro-becca is so obsessed with Antoine.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Naugus to Lazar.
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* [[Fake Nationality|Fake Frenchman]]: Antoine, as voiced by [[Rob Paulsen]].
* [[Fan of the Underdog]]: Tails is the only one who can bear Antoine's self aggrandizing stories. Sally also seems to defend Ant at times, if more out of pity.
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'''Sonic:''' You mean besides his ''head''?
'''Sally:''' *thinks desperately* Errrr...he has a nice haircut. }}
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Dr. Robotnik.
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* [[Fighter Launching Sequence]]: Stealth Bots.
* [[Five-Man Band]]
** [[The Hero]]:
** [[The Lancer]]:
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Rotor.
** [[The Big Guy]]: Bunnie.
** [[The
** [[Tagalong Kid]]: Tails.
* [[Forbidden Zone]]: Simply labelled as such, it's a hazardous slum of Robotropolis where the wizard Lazaar rested.
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** In "Spyhog", Robotnik immediately realized that Sonic's presence was just to distract his troops so that the other Freedom Fighters could sabotage the fuel convoy they had been guarding.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]:
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'''Sonic''': I give up! {{spoiler|[[I Surrender, Suckers|Suckers!]]}} }}
* [[Good Bad Girl]]: Bunnie is the Y-7 version of this. She's flirty and wears a revealing outfit, but she's as kind-hearted as they come.
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* [[Green Rocks]]: The Deep Power Stones and the Power Rings.
* [[Gross Up Close-Up]]: Only one example, but a memorable one, found in "Sonic Conversion".
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* [[Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow]]: Snively used to have long wavy hair before a time-traveling Sonic accidentally blew it off.
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Most of the good guys are missing clothing in some way.
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** Not really an example, as Julian ''did'' put on a convincing act, and being instrumental in winning the Great War for the Mobians probably earned him a few brownie points as well. Until the King left earshot long enough for Julian to talk about his plans, the main reason viewers know that he's evil is that they already know [[Forgone Conclusion|what he eventually becomes.]]
* [[Humanoid Female Animal]]: All of the females except Dulcy.
* [[Humans Are
* [[An Ice Person]]: Dulcy, who can shoot ice beams through her nose.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Every episode in Season 1 (except for the pilot, "Heads or Tails") had "Sonic" in the title. Super Sonic, Ultra Sonic, Hooked on Sonics, etc.
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* [[In Name Only]]: The only thing this show has in common with the games is Sonic, Tails and Robotnik who, even then, barely resemble the games characters in personality and in Robotnik's case both personality and appearance.
* [[Insult Backfire]]: When Robotnik orders Bunnie shot with a paralyzing ray in "Super Sonic":
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'''Robotnik''': Why thank you, princess. }}
** And again in "Blast To The Past":
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'''Robotnik''': Why thank you. }}
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Sonic and Sally, a hedgehog and a chipmunk/squirrel hybrid, respectively.
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* [[Impossibly Low Neckline]]: Bunnie.
* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: Sonic does this a few times in the series.
* [[Jerk
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The orchestral background music [[Back to The Future|certainly sounds familiar]]...
** This extends even beyond the show's orchestral theme tune, to the point where the entire score is essentially one big riff on Alan Silvestri's style, complete with harmonies and dissonances based on octatonic scale patterns.
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Antoine has his moments of this.
* [[Killer Robot]]: Every robot built by Robotnik.
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* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Season 2, compared to Season 1. Robotnik became more comical in tone, Antoine became [[Flanderization|much]] goofier than his season 1 persona: see the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2tmCvYoMQA infamous Margarine! scene.] Dulcy, a comical dragon, is also added to the main cast.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Dulcy is both very strong and very fast, especially when she "Cracks The Whip".
* [[Lions and Tigers
* [[Lovable Coward]]: Arguably what Antoine was aimed towards, though [[Flanderization]] leaned him more along the lines of a [[Jerkass]] [[Dirty Coward]] and an [[
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Sonic.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Robotnik.
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* [[Myth Arc]]
* [[The Napoleon]]: {{spoiler|Snively}} becomes this at the end of the series.
* [[New Powers
* [[Nice Hat]]: Rotor's Cap.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Sonic, Bunnie, and Dulcy all were this at certain times.
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* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Villified]]: Subverted with [[Knight Templar|Naugus.]]
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "Shut up, Antoine!"
* [[Playing
* [[Poke the Poodle]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2tmCvYoMQA infamous Margarine! scene.]
* [[Polluted Wasteland]]: Robotropolis is right up there with [[Final Fantasy VII|Midgar]] when it comes to dark, polluted hell-holes.
* [[Positive Discrimination]]: A criticism occasionally issued towards Sally, who was of the strong independent woman type frequent in the early 90s. While toned down in the First Season, where her role was smaller and she was still prone to flaws in judgment or occasionally being as arrogant and stubborn as Sonic, the Second Season seemed to emphasize her more and more as the [[Only Sane Man]] and the main entity keeping the team alive (not to mention an [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]). Sally did play the [[
* [[Post-Kiss Catatonia]]: Subverted. In the episode, "Hooked on Sonics" it looks like Sonic has fallen to this after being kissed by Sally... but he gets back up, says he was just kidding, and that the kiss wasn't that great. [["Take That!" Kiss|He then "shows" her]] [[Big Damn Kiss|what a real kiss is.]]
* [[Power Loss Makes You Strong]]: "Super Sonic" involved Sonic losing his speed and saving the day without it.
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** Subverted with Uncle Chuck after he breaks free of Robotnik's control, after which he only uses this to blend in with the other roboticized mobians.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Sonic and Sally. Ironically, "Red Oni" Sonic has blue fur, while "Blue Oni" Sally has [[Heroes Want Redheads|red hair.]]
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Dulcy the Dragon.
* [[Rewarded
** Also Ari, after capturing Sonic for Robotnik in return for releasing his Freedom Fighters. He sticks to his word and hands them back...robotocized, Ari himself barely avoiding the same fate.
* [[The Rival]]: Antoine for Sonic in terms of winning Sally's affection.
* [[Rhymes
* [[Right-Hand-Cat]]: Cluck.
* [[Robo Cam]]: Stealth Pods.
* [[Robot Girl]] =/= [[FemBot]]: A ''mean'' one appears in "Sonic and Sally".
* [[Robot War]]: [[Emperor Scientist|Dr. Robotnik]] only uses [[Killer Robot|robots in his military.]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Princess Sally.
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* [[Science Fantasy]]: The episode "Super Sonic" has a literal [[Magical Computer]], for one thing, and it's impossible to tell if phlebotinium like the Power Rings are [[Magitek]] or [[Magic From Technology]].
* [[Science Is Bad]]: Subverted; the Roboticiser in itself is not an evil device. It was created by Uncle Chuck to allow the elderly and the injured to live longer: and when he realized it also had the side effect of making them into mindless automatons, he immediately shelved it with the intent of not using it at all until and unless he could figure out a way to remove that side effect. Things only went bad when Robotnik stole it and began deliberately using it to conquer the world by converting every Mobian he could get his hands on into a robot slave.
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Sealed
* [[Servile Snarker]]: Snively in the second season.
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]: Antoine.
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* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Lupe's hair could be described as this.
* [[Silence, You Fool]]: Issued a few times to Snively, especially in the second season.
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* [[Sketchy Successor]]: Robotnik gets the job of dictator of Mobius by kicking the previous ruler into [[Sealed Room in
* [[Skunk Stripe]]: Lupe has one in her hair.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Antoine. Sonic and Robotnik as well, even if they have far more valid reasons for it.
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* [[Smug Super]]: Sonic likes to talk about his amazing speed and stealth a lot.
* [[Southern Belle]]: Bunnie.
* [[Spared
* [[Spell Book]]: Subverted by Lazaar, who used a ''[[Magic From Technology|computer]]'' of magic spells, which is functionally identical beyond the user interface.
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Sally and Antoine join Sonic in the large majority of missions in the second season.
* [[Spot the Imposter]]: The episode "Sonic and Sally"
* [[Stalker
* [[The Starscream]]: Snively in Season Two. More [[The Renfield]] in Season One.
* [[Straw Loser]]: All the Freedom Fighters have noticable flaws, Sonic in particular is incredibly arrogant and prone to endanger the team in his recklessness or lack of tact. Antoine however, is a bastion of negative human qualities and has few redeeming ones to compensate. In general, if one character has a flaw, [[Shadow Archetype|Antoine has it tens times more]].
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* [[Tempting Fate]]: In Blast To The Past, after Robotnik's successful takeover of Mobotropolis, Snively informs him of present day Sonic's activities. With some careful contemplation, Robotnik dismisses him as a minor inconvenience, believing he's not worth the trouble.
* [[That Man Is Dead]]: From Blast To The Past part 2:
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'''Robotnik''': The name is no longer Julian; from this day forward, I am Robotnik. }}
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: The theme that plays when Sonic uses a Power Ring.
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* [[Through a Face Full of Fur]]: Sally, more than once.
* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: Tahj Mowry as young Sonic in a few episodes.
* [[Time Travel]]: In the two-parter "Blast to the Past", Sonic and Sally have to both think of the place they want to be while joining the [[Portal to
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Inverted. Girly-girl Bunnie is the more badass of the two, while tomboy Sally is the [[The Hero|leader]] and often a [[
** Played with more in the later episodes, where Sally became less [[Too Clever
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Sonic's chili dogs.
* [[Trap Door]]
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* [[Unwilling Roboticisation]]: The [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Dr. Robotnik, in the last episode:
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** That breakdown is also a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' where [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Robotnik's]] [[Catch Phrase]] was "[[Memetic Mutation|I hate that hedgehog!"]]
** Robotnik suffers a more minor one in "Blast to the Past, Part 2." During this time travel adventure, it turns out that Sonic accidentally caused Robotnik's left arm to be [[Unwilling Roboticisation|unwillingly roboticised]]. (He spun him around and tripped him up near the Roboticiser, you see.) Robotnik was not happy.
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* [[Villain World]]
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: In one episode, Antoine is being held captive and interrogated by Snively. Antoine insists that Snively can visit whatever horrors he wants upon the beleaguered
* [[We Come in Peace, Shoot
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: Sally, to Sonic.
* [[We Need a Distraction]]: Sonic's role in missions often boils down to this. Robotnik hating him so much that all of his robots have Sonic listed as "Priority One" tends to help.
* [[What Does She See in Him?]]?: Antoine asks this of Sally and Sonic.
* [[With Due Respect]]: Snively to Robotnik, often with [[Silence, You Fool|the same expected result]].
* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Sally, to Sonic and to an extent [[Only Sane Man|the rest of the Freedom Fighters]]. While balanced with occasional [[Not So Above It All]] moments in the First Season, it is played more or more gratingly straight later on, to the point of almost becoming [[Surrounded
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Said by Robotnik to an ill fated Swatbot in "Hooked On Sonics".
** He arguably does this to Snively at the climax of ''The Doomsday Project'': Enraged at his defeat, he kicks his nephew out of the only escape pod and leaves him to die in the detonating base. {{spoiler|Snively had predicted this would happen and had created his own means of escape, while Robotnik's pod ironically got caught in the implosion of the base.}}
* [[Your Worst Nightmare]]: "Sonic's Nightmare".
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