Sonic the Hedgehog is an traditionally/computer-animated television series created by Greg Weisman and Rebecca Sugar. It is based on the fictional character of the same name. It is a reimagining of the Archie comics and the original Saturday morning Sonic cartoon (known to fans as Sonic SatAM). The series follows Sonic and the Freedom Fighters in an all-out war against Doctor Robotnik for the sake of the planet Mobius. The series aired for 5 seasons from 2016 to 2020 on Cartoon Network (moved to Disney XD in Season 4) and Adult Swim (from 2016 until 2019 due to being more of a kid's cartoon than an Adult Swim action comedy) programming and is very popular among fans.
Overview[]
In a futuristic Earth known as Mobius, the evil Dr. Robotnik has taken over most of the planet, pitting humans into a war with creatures called Mobians. During this time, Sonic the Hedgehog constantly battles the wretched dictator with only his best friend Tails by his side. Eventually, Princess Sally Acorn of the Knothole Freedom Fighters recruits them both to join her team of rebels. During the team's new adventures, they meet new friends, battle new foes, search for the Chaos Emeralds, learn about the history of the planet, and assemble more teams to take down the army of Robotropolis for good. The series ends with the Freedom Fighters celebrating their victory and looking forward to the future.
Characters[]
Heroes[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Josh Keaton in style of Peter Parker/Spider-Man) - One of the two main protagonists and co-leader of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Miles 'Tails' Prower (Cathy Weseluck in style of Spike) - Sonic's best friend and a member of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Amy Rose (Andrea Libman in style of Pinkie Pie) - A member of the Knothole Freedom Fighters who has a crush on Sonic.
- Princess Sally Acorn (Tara Strong in style of Twilight Sparkle) The princess of Mobotropolis, one of the two main protagonists and co-leader of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- NICOLE the Holo-Lynx (Mandy Moore) - A member of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Antoine D'Coolette (Rob Paulsen) - The boyfriend/husband of Bunnie Rabbot and a member of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Bunnie Rabbot (Ashleigh Ball) - The girlfriend/wife of Antoine D'Coolette and a member of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Rotor Walrus (Scott McNeil) - A member of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Cream the Rabbit (Ariel Winter in style of Princess Sofia) - A member of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Cheese the Chao (Dee Bradley Baker) - Cream's best friend and a member of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Big the Cat (Kevin Micheal Richardson in style of Groot) - A member of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sean Schemmel in style of Goku) - A treasure hunter and the guardian of the Master Emerald.
- Vector the Crocodile (Fred Tatasciore) - The leader of the Chaotix.
- Espio the Chameleon (Phil LaMarr) - A ninja and a member of the Chaotix
- Charmy Bee (Lara Jill Miller) - The youngest member of the Chaotix.
- Mighty the Armadillo (Jesse McCartney in style of Roxas) - Ray's older ally and a member of the Chaotix.
- Ray the Flying Squirrel (Greg Cipes in style of Michelangelo) - Mighty's younger ally and a member of the Chaotix.
- King Acorn (J.K. Simmons) - The king of Mobotropolis and the father of Sally Acorn.
- Rosie Woodchuck (Candi Milo) - A motherly figure to the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Uncle Chuck the Hedgehog (Peter Capaldi) - Sonic's uncle and a fatherly figure to the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Manic the Hedgehog (Drake Bell in style of Peter Parker/Spider-Man) Sonic's long lost twin brother.
- Sonia the Hedgehog (Lacey Chabert in style of Gwen Stacy) - Sonic's long lost twin sister.
- Ben Muttski (Bumper Robinson) - Sonic's long lost pet dog.
- Vanilla the Rabbit (Kathleen Barr) - The mother of Cream the Rabbit.
- Lupe Wolf (Estelle) - The leader of her own team of Freedom Fighters.
- Dulcy the Dragon (Cree Summer) - A close friend of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
- Honey the Cat (Kate Micucci in style of Velma Dinkley) - A fashion designer and a close friend to Amy Rose.
- Relic the Pika (Tabitha St. Germain in style of Rarity) - A friend of Knuckles the Echidna.
- Fixit (David Kaye) - The assistant robot to Relic the Pika.
- Tikal the Echidna (Grey DeLisle in style of Azula/Frankie Foster) - The daughter of Pachacamac the Echidna.
- Pachacamac (Phil LaMarr) - The father of Tikal the Echidna.
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Johnny Yong Bosch in Season 3, Brad Swaile in style of Jin Kazama in Seasons 4-5) - The Ultimate Lifeform created by Gerald Robotnik. He started off as a villain at the start of Season 3, but he has since become a reliable ally to the Freedom Fighters.
- Rouge the Bat (Nicole Sullivan in style of Shego) - A jewel thief who eventually works with GUN.
- E-123 Omega (David Kaye) - A robot with a grudge against Dr. Robotnik.
- Maria Robotnik (Mae Whitman) - The deceased daughter of Gerald Robotnik. She sacrificed her own life for the sake of her friend Shadow.
- Blaze the Cat (Janet Varney in style of Korra) - A princess from another dimension.
- Marine the Raccoon (Kate Micucci in style of Velma Dinkley) Blaze's best friend from another dimension.
- Silver the Hedgehog (Will Friedle) - A hedgehog from the future.
- Professor Von Schlemmer (David Tennant) - An old friend to Silver the Hedgehog.
- Gold the Tenrec (Kelly Hu) - A loyal ally to Silver the Hedgehog.
- Commander Abraham Tower (Ron Perlman) - The leader of the G.U.N. Agency.
Villains[]
- Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik (Keith Ferguson in style of Lord Hater)- The main antagonist and the ruler of Robotropolis.
- Julian Snively (Tom Kenny in style of Commander Peepers) - Dr. Robotnik's assistant.
- Metal Sonic (Corey Burton) - A robot created by Dr. Robotnik that resembles Sonic.
- Walter Naugus (Brian Drummond) - An evil troll and former apprentice to King Acorn.
- Wendy Naugus (Jennifer Hale) - An evil troll and the twin brother of Walter Naugus.
- Thunderbolt the Chinchilla (Grey DeLisle) - An apprentice to Dr. Robotnik.
- Nack the Weasel (Corey Burton in style of Captain Hook) - The leader of Team Hooligan and a former member of the Chaotix.
- Bean the Dynamite (Nolan North in style of Wade Wilson/Deadpool) The wild card of Team Hooligan.
- Bark the Polar Bear (Dee Bradley Baker) - The strong yet silent member of Team Hooligan.
- Breezie the Hedgehog (Yvonne Strahovski) - The head of Breeze Media.
- Coconuts (Ian James Corlett) - The loyal butler of Breezie the Hedgehog.
- Scratch (Gilbert Gottfried) - One of Breezie's employees.
- Grounder (Bobcat Goldthwait) - One of Breezie's employees.
- Jet the Hawk (Robin Atkin Downes in style of Frank Castle/The Punisher) - The leader of the Babylon Rogues.
- Wave the Swallow (Kate Higgins reprises her role) - The brains of the Babylon Rogues.
- Storm the Albatross (Scott McNeil) - The muscle of the Babylon Rogues.
- Angelus the Babylon Guardian (David Kaye) - A security system created by the Babylonians.
- Gerald Robotnik (Steve Blum) - Dr. Robotnik's late grandfather, and the creator of Shadow the Hedgehog.
- Black Doom (Corey Burton in style of Brainiac) - The leader of the Black Arms.
- Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik Nega (Keith Ferguson in style of Lord Hater) - The descendant of Dr. Robotnik and the arch-nemesis of Silver the Hedgehog.
Episode List[]
Trivia[]
- This is the first and only non-anime Adult Swim series to be based on a video game franchise.
- Surprisingly, it is much more light-hearted compared to Adult's Swim's series with a rating of TV-PG and it aired on Adult Swim until they wanted to air on CN because of the popularity of Steven Universe.
- However, when it moved to Cartoon Network (Disney XD and sometimes Disney Channel on Disney XD in Season 4), it was related TV-Y7-FV (for most episodes) while some are rated TV-PG as mentioned above.
- Similar to Airline Launch, it also airs on Disney XD thus making the second Warner Animation Group television series to do so.
- This is the first and only Adult Swim television series to be made by Greg Weisman and Rebecca Sugar as they felt that is much more lighter and softer than almost of all of Adult Swim's programming.
- King Acorn in this series is voiced by J.K. Simmons who uses his Mayor Leodore Lionheart voice from the Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2016 film Zootopia.
- Most of this was based on the Post-SGW Archie comics Universe with Sally appearing in her new outfit.
- In this series, the name "Eggman" is used (usually by Sonic) as an insult to Doctor Robotnik.
- Amy Rose's personality is similar to her counterpart from the Fleetway comics and her maturity is similar to her counterpart from the Fleetway (75%) and Archie comics (25%).
- Manic, Sonia, and Muttski are introduced sometime in season 2.
- Antoine and Bunnie get married near the end of the series.
- Each season has a different story arc.
- In this series, Mighty the Armadillo is voiced by Jesse McCartney who also voices Roxas and Ventus from the Kingdom Hearts series and as well as Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing from Young Justice.
- In addition, he also uses his Roxas voice in this series.
- The relationship between him and Honey in this series is similar to Roxas and Xion's relationship.
- This series had a tone that is somewhere between the serious and the light nature such as Young Justice, some LEGO video games like the LEGO Star Wars series and Steven Universe.
- Shadow has a vigilante-type role in the series, similar to characters like Batman and the Punisher.
- However, this is not the first time Johnny Yong Bosch voiced an anthromorphic animal before and the first time was Artemis in the Viz/Studiopolis English dub of the Sailor Moon series.
- The series tries to stay as true to the video games as possible.
- The show's main theme song is a cover of The Fastest Thing Alive by Estelle who voices Lupe Wolf as well as Garnet from Steven Universe.
- Big the Cat is more competent in this series. Also, his relationship with Cream is similar to the relationship between Rocket Raccoon and Groot.
- Sonic and Manic are voiced by Josh Keaton and Drake Bell, who have both voiced Peter Parker/Spider-Man.