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These cartoons were my childhood. It's really interesting to get your retrospective on them and how they look from a modern eye's perspective. Interestingly, as an adult, I look back on Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog the most because of it's sheer novelty and how unpredictable it is😄

You know, if Sleeping Egg Zone is a manifestation of Eggman's mind.... It's surprising tame compared to his actual hand built bases. Like... I feel like someone with a psych degree should study the meaning of this zone. =V

17:11 WHAT!!! I never thought of him being mad was why he was red i always thought it was because he got burnt from the explosions but being mad just makes more sense

This video is amazing fr man! God bless ya and Jesus loves ya :D

There IS one notable exception to the Japanese side ignoring the name "Robotnik".... Gerald Robotnik. I'm like, 99% sure even in the Japanese version of SA2. Eggman when refering to Gerald Engrished "Geraldo Robotniku" (sorry for butchering that). So, even in Japan, Robotnik is the canonical last name for Eggman.... But yeah, he never refers to himself with that name. (Not even in Generations.) Still, I love when localizations become canon. Something similar happened in Mario Kart Wii. Where the... Flamerunner? The Bowser themed bike. In Japan, it was called the "Super Bowser". Also, Bowser showing up in a Nintendo Direct with Doug Bowser. And in the Japanese version of the stream, explaining that, Bowser is Koopa's English name.

0:49 Man, feels so weird to see Hedgehogs Can't Swim only go up to 2021. I've actually seen someone redraw Sonic from the cover art in a way that looks halfway decent, dare I say good, without making it look completely different. 15:14 _"Try not to get scolded by my tea, everyone!"_ As if it wasn't clear enough that you're British :P Also I know that it would've probably distracted from what you're saying, but it would've been hilarious if you had used the "Pingas" remix of Gourmet Race instead. :D _("THIS VIDEO CONTAINS WIN")_ 16:52 I'm 20 and I felt genuinely sucked in by SatAM's "Blast to the Past" and Sally's "power high" from the Deep Power Stones in "The Doomsday Project" _(to the point that I'd call the latter a "wish fulfillment")._ Can't say the same about this mess of a comic. Ah, yes. This is definitely an issue to get the dubious honor of being the first 1/10. Probably for the best that you stopped giving separate ratings for art, writing and the like, 'cause otherwise we wouldn't probably never gotten a 1/10. If I may give some personal suggestions for a rewrite/"how-to-fix" of "The Last Game Cartridge Hero"... - instead of Sonic's friends being captured, have it so they're in the middle of a fight with Robotnik's forces, so that - while they'd still barely appear in the comic - they'd at least be implied to have done something badass while Sonic was off on his goofy adventure; - have both Sonic _and_ Robotnik "vaporized" into another dimension _(kinda like during their confrontation in Issue 50, but not the exact same scenario)._ This would allow one to give the "millenial-sounding exposition dialogue" from the "in-between zone" to a more fitting character that is the obese dictator, if such dialogue was even still deemed needed in the first place; - have Sonic ask the kids to pull him out but fail and pull them in instead, as opposed to intentionally pulling them in for no reason; - GIVE THE KIDS MORE TO DO; - completely skip the middle part with the rocket, instead jumping straight to the "another dimension where Robotniks build a giant robot" section, giving it more room to breathe; - speaking of which, instead of a bunch of alternate cyborg-Robotniks, use only one Robotnik - the one from the games _(albeit designed after the Greg Martin look, the one with pure black eyes from Sonic 2's cover art)_ - this helps streamline it a bit, give the alternate actual character and make way for a slightly better executed "Robotnik can't even stand himself/doesn't want to be a servant to another himself" plot; - when Sonic and the kids are about to be sent back to their home dimensions, have Robotnik jump in at the last second while running away from Game!Robotnik's bots, as opposed to the heroes just being OK with taking their nemesis with them instead of leaving him stranded in another world; These are just a few of the ideas I have, but I feel like they would've made the still terrible story at least somewhat more bearable. Unfortunately, it would mean Snively wouldn't be involved and as such we would've lost the funniest moment in the story but oh well. 🙃

I'm making a reboot of Sonic Underground.

The animations before/after the stories have gotten better and better as time went on. Love the one in this episode! The effort has definitely payed off. 👍 I guess even the channel lore is in its own Endgame now, huh? 😉 6:08 WHY IS ALWAYS ANTOINE MUNCHING ON A SANDVICH?! 0_o 13:44 Making _what_ pieces? "Mood pieces"? 'Cause I'm hearing something else that... doesn't seem apropriate here (or at all). o_0 15:21 Yeah, as someone who has heard of some events from the comics but not quite _when_ they happened, I assumed this was supposed to be foreshadowing to _that_ story, but no, it's just a robot fake. 16:08 Now _that_ was some dynamic animation! Even if it was just shaking and panning, it still added quite a lot to the experience. Good job, Holmes! I also like the way you integrate what I assume is TV Tropes terminology _(like "BFG" or "Villain Exit: Stage Left")_ into your script. I've seen what it looks like when it's done _badly (and I will refrain from mentioning the person by their online nickname, as I feel like I've badmouthed them enough in the past),_ so it's nice to see it done properly. 31:01 Gallagher. It's 100% Gallagher and I refuse to think otherwise. He just _looves_ giving Sonic _(and others too!)_ ludicrous powers and feats out of nowhere, whether it's the invisibility from the "Robotnik falls in love with Sally in a witch costume" story or the electric zapper used by Mecha Sonic on Bunnie in Issue 39, or... pretty much everything from the "Sonic Blast" special. I'm pretty sure it was Steven Butler who drew the actual Hershey-on-Drago beatdown, not Dave Manak _(the latter only drew the parts right before and right after)._ 48:37 Ah yes, the guy whose name was totally not inspired by Ivo Robotnik and wasn't namedropped solely through a copyright information section. Good job, Ken. /s 51:23 🥰

8:20 I got an ad at this exact moment. Is that what the special stages look like in Sonic Chaos? :D

Gonna be honest, I had sonic 1, 2, and chaos on game gear here in USA. Hated 1 and 2, loved Sonic Chaos. One day I sat down and said 'alright, I'm gonna beat this today!' and made it all the way to the egg base at the end and then my batteries died. Never did beat it, and that's my only complaint is that the game is longer than a fresh set of 6 AA batteries

Wow, what an intro! The plot thickens! :o 3:46 xDDDD alright, so we're at the point where Kenders is considered pure evil. Cool :D 9:25 Even while squinting, I can't see it >_> 9:58 I mean, the whole dimension blew up, so obviously there wouldn't be a portal to another dimension, just a lake full of rings. Every time I look at Issue 2's cover, I keep wondering why they put piano keys at the bottom of it, only to remember it's actually Condorbot's wings :/ 13:27 I think it's simply that they first wrote it as a singular Emerald - matching what the instruction of Sonic 3 standalone said _(ok, it mentioned emerald[s] plurar, but still),_ including the Japanese one thay almost definitely didn't have access to - and then once Sonic & Knuckles came along, they decided to just go with what they've already written and not retcon it out _(possibly due to Penders's ideas for Echidna society already being made)._ *tl;dr they probably could tell the difference but that difference didn't exist yet as far as the public knew when Sonic 3 was released* 15:34 First Sonic gets blasted by raspberry-flavored kool-aid, now Knuckles gets sprayed by raspberry jam. xD 17:47 It's Tails! _(duu-nuuuun!)_ -[reference to the "Guts Man's ass" meme in case it's not clear enough; sorry for killing the joke]- 20:06 xDDD

7:00 He's Carbuncle, former pet of Satan himself. His dark powers are beyond human and Mobian understanding...

"Holy Star Wars reference, Batman!" xDDD What the heck does the artist being "Heroic Age" mean? Did they pay an anonymous person from a different company to color this issue or what? 9:14 *Disgusting Penders tweet jumpscare* 😨 12:33 *Holy Star Wars reference, Batman!* xDDDDDD

No matter how many times I try I just can't get into this game 😢

Regular mean bean stage in the guide: This is ___, he focuses on ____. The best way to beat him is to focus on ____. Dr. Robotnick's Stage in the Guide: "Good luck" (not even kidding, thats all it said) Dr. Robotnik's Stage in Reality: - Pray to your God of choice. - Pray to every pantheon you've ever heard of. - If Odin, Zeus, Krishna, Quetzalcoatl, Papa Legba, the Hebrew God, Ra, and Chuck Norris team up, you have a 50/50 shot, good luck.

The Sonic cartoons were so wild and speaking on my own experience with them, I feel like I had one of the most awkward experiences with them. The funny thing is that my exposure to Sonic the hedgehog was through the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon. I didn't have a Sega Genesis growing up and though I had seen a picture of Sonic before, I had no actual experience with the franchise until I watched the AOSTH show around 1996/1997 (I was born in 91 lol) when it aired on the Toon Disney channel and needless to say, I was hooked on it and my brother and I would try to wake up every morning to watch it. And even when I eventually learned about the actual game series shortly after, I still enjoyed AOSTH for what it was and I saw itas a nice little interpretation of the first 3 Sonic games with a nice sprinkling of Looney Toons style humor and it all just worked. The characters were fun (including the voice acting), the music was fitting, and the visuals even if "dated" by today, were appealing at the time. There was a lot to like about it at the time for 90s kids. Unfortunately for me, I totally missed out on Sonic SatAM as a child. I didn't even know it was a thing until much later in my life and even more sad, my next exposure was Sonic Underground lmao and even as a kid, I thought it was pretty lame though at the same time, it was sort of a comfort show though I think the reason why is because when I would ditch school when I was in middle school (yeah I know lol), when I would want to watch cartoons, Sonic Underground would be on and as lame as I thought it was, I wouldn't change the channel haha.I will agree that some of the music was pretty okay (personally aside from the intro, I also liked the song "We're the Sonic Underground", the guitar riff is pretty good). And the characters were okay(ish) but having Jaleel voice Sonia was such a dumb decision. He was fine as Sonic and Manic but they really should've just hired a woman to voice her because his Sonia voice sounded bad LOL Like they couldn't have got someone like Cheryl Chase or Elizabeth Daily? Just saying lol Anyway with Sonic SatAM, I learned of it when I was round 19-20 and I watched it here on RUclips and I fell in love with it and was so pissed at young me for not knowing of it. It had a lot of heart in it and it really was a great successor of AOSTH. And it was such a shame that it got the axe only after 2 seasons and hearing about what more they had planned for the series, what a totally misserd opportunity there. It really does give a harsh reminder that as cool as the 90s was when it came to entermainment, it was pretty harsh and unforgiving in the animation world where a promising show could be cut short if ratings aren't there. That said, AOSTH was amazing and though it sucks that the show was never officially brought back, it's so cool how dedicated fans are trying to continue the series and after seeing that feature clip here of what it looks like, they totally nailed the style and hopefully they'll be able to finish the project. Best of luck to them. Anyway fun retrospective!

I'll fully admit, I was there for the Genesis games, I've seen AoStH, Underground, I played Sonic 2 on GG (cry for me), I bought like 2 comics, and I'll be honest... I can't stand the Sonic spinoffs. These things have so little to do with the source material that it almost feels like a mockery. When I watch SatAM, I don't see an epic Sonic cartoon. I see someone who desperately wanted to make an epic with what little he was stuck with. Even today, I can count the adaptations that have been faithful on one hand. Sonic Prime, Sonic X, IDW, Sonic movies. Quality may differ, but at least in those, you can actually see Sonic pull a Spin Attack and plow through a base with reckless abandon, not be held back with plans, dragging the cast, and forced to use literally any other weapon.

11:36 Thanks, Ian Flynn :D Never stop with your obscure references.

Sonic Cartoon are weird It weird How they were based on the sonic games and yet is so different from the games I Could go on and on about how sonic satam is basically the 1993 super mario bros the movies but It was made with passion and care intro it To be fair I Like the concept of the 1993 super mario bros the movies the idea of bowser trying to take over the worlds by De-evolution the human race sounds like the cool idea but I Feel like sonic satam have the same idea ( robotnik trying to taking over mobius and turn animal intro robot slaves) but with passion and care intro it And to be honest im not the fan of stories of rebels' struggle against the evil empire and tyrants that really not my cup of tea And I Would have love to see the crossover between sonic satam and 1993 super mario bros the movies

You know. I legit kinda wonder something.... Considering this game is unlockable in the Japanese versions of Sonic games where you can play it. I wonder what the Japanese thought of both this game, and the Sonic cartoons? I've always been curious about the Japanese's thoughts on Western adaptations.

Regarding the low vision: you could always stop and look down or up by holding the direction for a few secs. just to check what is below a cliff.

14:00 You mean the MEAN-U? 🤣🤣🤣

*ears perk up* is that... the Fester Blatz theme from Space Quest III?

rest in peace ben hurst aka best sonic writer. fuck ken penders aka worst sonic writer.

I grew up with all of these shows and loved them, but I don’t remember jack from any of them besides random details, I watched these all a ton but just don’t remember almost anything vividly

I never liked the "Mobius is earth" thing. Ruins the escapism, and is the least original thought ever had. No disrespect to Ben, man was otherwise brilliant and he is missed.

0:52 Dammit, I was about to say "Radical Entertainment is filing copyright claims as we speak". :v 11:27 🎶 _"He'll take his fist and then_ _Punch right through the page!_ _[End of the World!]_ _And the memories of the blood!"_ 🎶 Sorry, it reminded of that JoJo opening song. 😅 Sooo I guess we're skipping Issues 34 through 36? I mean, the first 2 I can understand - both have an "Echidna society backstory" backup and a main story that, aside from introducing a minor concept (Combots and Sonic's Billionth Ring respectively), is pretty skippable - but 36 has the Freedom Fighters try to rescue King Acorn and find out what exactly happened to him! Sure it's not _great_ but I'd still call it notable enough to warrant covering it! _I_ for one found the plot twist about the knight to be quite surprising when I first read it _(helps that it was after a bunch of re-reads of previous issues so it was a real breath of fresh air)._

This issue sucks. I randomly read it at some point at "Hedgehogs Can't Swim" before truly getting into Archie Comics and uuhhhhhhhhhhh...... yeah no thanks. Except maybe some of the "so-bad-it's-good" puns _("microbe bar" lmao)._ 0:31 How can you eat anything while reading this disgusting issue and not throw up? :P 1:56 Can Chuck even eat? I mean, he was shown to be able to eat in SatAM, somehow, but what about this comic? 7:01 Maybe he was making up for that brief period when Antoine didn't have his acccent yet? :P I just realised: can an issue even get a score lower than 3/10? You'd have to give at least one metric a score of 0 for that to happen and I doubt any issue will be so bad as to deserve such a score. ...well, except maybe that one infamous issue where half the panels are just white void with snowflakes. That one I feel like deserves 0/5 for art.

Quality "The Misadventures of Skooks" reference :D 7:11 I didn't even notice until now. >_>

Wow, issue credits right after the intro, with no talking in-between? You really _are_ entering a new "speed catch-up" era of reviews. :) 0:42 I only just now noticed Snively sitting in the front of the train. You can barely see him with how high the opacity is on the train's front glass. 4:28 lmao haven't seen this meme in a while

3:00 Whoops! It seems like you accidentally duplicated Issue 40's credits in place of Mecha Madness special's credits. 😅 The actual credits for it are: *Cover Artists:* Patrick Spaziante & Harvey Mercadoocasio *Writers:* Mike Gallagher (story 1 and 3), "Kent Taylor"/Scott Fulop (story 2) *Pencils:* Patrick Spaziante (story 1), Harvey Mercadoocasio (story 2), Dave Manak (story 3) *Inks:* Harvey Mercadoocasio (story 1), Rich Koslowski (story 3) *Letters:* Jeff Powell (story 1), Vickie Williams (story 2 and 3) *Colors:* Kyle Hunter *Editor:* Freddy Mendez-Gabrie *Managing Editor:* Victor Gorelick *Editor-in-chief:* Richard Goldwater *Release date:* July 1996 *Publishing Company:* Archie Comics 14:22 Kingpin combined with Vandal Savage, from what I've heard. I'm not familiar with either character. 😅 19:01 This is a bit of a weird thing to talk about right now, but I kinda like how Amy is colored in this comic. In the games, she has a fully green shirt, orange skirt and blue/purple shoes. Here, only the sleeves are green while the rest of the shirt is white, the skirt is more yellow and her shoes are pink. It's a relatively minor bunch of differences but they add up to a surprisingly neat design. 25:02 ...oh. I forgot about that. 😅 -[holy smokes somebody should play a game of "take a shot every time i use the grin-sweat emoji" because seriously how many times am I gonna use the same goshdarn emoji]-

Wow, isn't it a bit too early to cover these? There were like 3 stories titled "A Sense of History" to build up the Echidna lore. And the next video in the playlist is 39 and Mecha Madness?! What?! Thank goodness I'm already familiar with these stories because _goodness gracious_ you did _not_ keep your reading order straight. Still entertaining though. :) 2:21 Don't you dare insult Enerjak's helmet! >:( I just noticed - thanks to your lovely credits at the start of the video - that this miniseries was colored by Kyle Hunter, who I remember for drawing some _really_ crappy art in Issue 41. Yeah, not a very good legacy to have. 😅 Hearing you _(well, Anti-you if we go by kayfabe)_ lash out at Archimedes suddenly being treated as an ally is quite entertaining, not gonna lie. :)

Yeah, it was around this issue where I started kind of disliking the way these comics were written. I was a bit disappointed by this special. At least the cover art was cool. Definitely made "Metal Sonic Kai" _(for lack of a better JP-accurate name)_ look better than the story inside.

Wow, what a way to start an episode! And it seems like there was a long break between this and the previous episode. Fitting that this one has slightly higher budget. You know, I just realised something: on which coast of Not-America is Robotropolis and the Great Forest are supposed to be? 'Cause if it's the east... then I have to wonder how the heck Tails managed to get to Downunda so quickly. He'd have to get around Not-South-America! 18:27 oh, nevermind, apparently in this universe the two 'muricas drifted apart at some point. Still, that's quite a long detour! 23:53 Pendering :P 31:54 Oh... ...so much for "slightly higher budget", I guess. Still, what you made was more than enough to call it "satisfying", so don't beat yourself over it, uh, you from 5 years ago. 😅

9:30 If only you said that 3 years later... ;) 21:03 Fun fact: Paul - on top of being an editor for a few early issues and writing two stories total - was also supposed to be the writer of the first ever Archie Sonic story (as in, for the miniseries), but due to quality concerns, his stories got rejected and Gallagher did his job instead. I think "WHO KEEPS STEALING MY CHAOS EMERALDS?!" shows us why that was a good idea. :) 26:41 You _are_ crazy, but we are all crazy in our own way. Oh snap, Hexbot got hacked! o.o

I remember stumbling upon Sonichu on TV Tropes, but seemingly not actually read the page, only look at the cover art. I assumed it's just some kid's comic that someone decided to make a page about because they enjoyed it for whatever reason. People can put whatever they want on TV Tropes. Oh how wrong I was. Thankfully(?) I realised my error years later.

how does this video not have 1M views? you did such a great job at capturing and retelling this radically different moment in Sonic history.

1:43 Except it was _way_ more entertaining that this two-parter. :P 10:19 xD ok, that was unexpected :D 13:05 I dunno man, I think this one is quite amusing. :) 20:05 Too bad that's not what a "Maguffin" is. Get your terminology right, Gallagher!

Well, that was idiotic. Off to hang mys- -socks on the drying rack. Yeah. Totally what I meant to say. 😅 Not a dark joke from a famous machinima.

Issue 25 is probably my favourite issue from the pre-50 era. Something about it just feels so fun! EDIT: OH HEY I can finally post comments here again! RUclips didn't like them for the last 24 hours, it seems. Oh well. I'm not going back to all those videos. All I will say is that I love the animations with or without Anti-Holmes. Dorky in a good way. :) I also like the detail of whatever bonks your head in the intro being different in each episode.

So nice to hear someone echo my exact thoughts on these.

25:18 Imagine if sega brings her back!

24:39

For a second I thought I accidentally put the video on 2x speed. 😅 0:48 Hey, you can't be a hero 24/7. You gotta try have a normal life from time to time. 3:04 Good thing you didn't say "human" cuz... well we'll see. :) I wonder what Bunnie's halloween costume would've looked like? 🤔 4:40 She gets captured... I think 3 or 4 times over the course of two seasons? But one is a group capture caused by Antoine's incompetence, one is Robotnik teleporting the most dangerous Freedom Fighters that aren't Sonic (read: Sally and Bunnie) to him and hypnotizing them, and one is Naugus kidnapping Sally and Bunnie (why is always the girls) to lure in Sonic (and he almost immediately releases them one he meets Sonic). I can only recall one time where she simply messed up and got captured with no ifs or buts, that being in "Sonic and Sally". This is also excluding the times she got captured alongside Sonic. *tl;dr she gets captured a few times but it's usually somewhat justified in a way that doesn't make her look incompetent* 6:10 You can't say "dictator" without "dic-" ;) Very fitting use of "Porky's Porkies" in this episode, considering how many hero-bots Robotnik throws at Sonic :) You know what's the worst thing about Spawnmower? It's the 2nd time I've ever seen Spawn and the first one was from this comic book series too - one of the Super Specials to be exact. I legit never heard of Spawn until then >_> I thought he was a straight up villain (and a living shadow, too).

That's the third way I've heard DeCesare's last name pronounced. :) One was "De Ceasar" (like the famous Roman dictator), the other was "De Tche-za-ray" (or however you'd spell it phonetically). Your would be something like... "De Tche-sa-ree"? 3:57 It almost makes me bad for Robotnik. Or maybe it's for them disassembling the city. Either way, sad :( 7:26 The cover literally says "January". I'm not versed in how comic publication works, but Sonic Wiki Zone says that Issue 6 was "released" in November and "published" in January. I assume January is when it was actually avaiable for sale, while November is when it was sent to stores or something.

"Robotnik is boomer" Well it would match his age :P 4:11 "Raspberry-flavored kool-aid" 😂 I love your sense of humor in these. The corner box of issue 4 though. "Today, the corner box, tomorrow THE WORLD!!!" :D Something about hearing Kevin MacLeod's copyright-free music in a Sonic video feels particularly funny. 8:40 Sonic _Two-ish_ Fun fact: there was another planned story starring Universalamander after this one, which although got scrapped, it was still featured years later as a "lost story" in one of the Archives issues. It also featured an alternate origin for NICOLE (an underwhelming one compared to what whe got).

It does seem strange to have Green Hill not be the first stage of the game. If we look at the prototype of the game that exists, the original level order does have it as the first zone, with Under Ground as the fourth. For whatever reason they swapped places by the time the game was finished.

For sime reason the O in the sonic font you use triggers me. 😂 Anyway live your videos

4:57 -- I remember sitting down for breakfast before school one morning. I was flipping channels and i got to the Sci-Fi Channel, and there it was, Sonic Underground. I hated it. No Tails? No Sally? No Bunny? No Rotor? No irritating French Guy? Absurd! And not 1 but 3 characters voiced by Urkel? NOPE, NOPE, NOPE!!! No thanks!

"Super Sonic _fetal position_ Spin" xD