Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog#Characters

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is a comical, light-hearted and gag-driven adventure series based on the titular character Sonic the Hedgehog, an arrogant and mischievous yet kind-hearted teenage hedgehog with the power to move at supersonic speeds. Sonic, along with his idolizing young friend Tails, regularly oppose the main antagonist Dr. Robotnik, his robot henchmen Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts, and thwart their plans to conquer their home planet of Mobius.{{cite web |url=http://dhxmedia.com/shows/animation/sonicthehedgehogadventuresof.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317103740/http://dhxmedia.com/shows/animation/sonicthehedgehogadventuresof.html |title=Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog |publisher=DHX Media |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=March 24, 2019 |quote=Sonic the Hedgehog, the most fearless hero on Planet Mobius, uses his supersonic speed and teenage irreverence to thwart the comedically despicable Dr. Robotnik. Sonic's idolizing little buddy, Tails, tags along on every fast-action, gag-driven adventure.}}

The series features a short PSA segment titled "Sonic Says" at the end of each episode (excluding "Sonic Christmas Blast"); these segments were written by Phil Harnage and allowed the show to meet the newly implemented guidelines set forth by the Children's Television Act.{{cite web |author=Emad Ahmed |date=September 5, 2018 |title=When Sonic and Mario dominated children's television |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-05-09-when-sonic-and-mario-dominated-childrens-television |access-date=March 24, 2019 |website=Eurogamer}}

• Sonic (voiced by Jaleel White{{cite web |title=Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993 TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Adventures-of-Sonic-the-Hedgehog/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=7 March 2021}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.) is a blue hedgehog who is the main character of the series. He travels the world and works to defend Mobius from the threat of Dr. Robotnik. Just like in the video games, Sonic can move at fast speeds. He has also shown to be quite cunning and deceitful, using various tricks and disguises to get one over his opponents, especially whenever his speed is nullified.
• Miles "Tails" Prower (voiced by Christopher Stephen Welch in the TV series,{{Cite web|title=The REAL "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" Tails voice actor speaks up!|url=http://segabits.com/blog/2014/04/15/the-real-adventures-of-sonic-the-hedgehog-tails-voice-actor-speaks-up/|access-date=2021-06-10|website=SEGAbits|date=15 April 2014 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418154958/http://segabits.com/blog/2014/04/15/the-real-adventures-of-sonic-the-hedgehog-tails-voice-actor-speaks-up/|archive-date=2014-04-18}} Chris Turner in "Sonic Christmas Blast") is a two-tailed fox who is Sonic's best friend and sidekick. Sonic found him as a toddler, apparently abandoned because of his multiple tails, which he can use to fly like in the video games. He usually displays childlike intelligence but has shown to have exceptional skills as a mechanic and a pilot like his video game counterpart.

• Doctor Ivo Robotnik (voiced by Long John Baldry{{cite news|author=Ben Sisario|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/25/arts/john-baldry-64-singer-who-shaped-british-rock-dies.html|title=John Baldry, 64, Singer Who Shaped British Rock, Dies|newspaper=latimes.com|date=2005-07-25|access-date=2021-06-05}}) is an evil mad scientist and the archenemy of Sonic the Hedgehog who uses his robots and inventions in order to take over Mobius. His headquarters is a fortress atop a mountain, where he uses his Robo-Matic Machine to create robots called Badniks to aid him in his plots. While Robotnik's mechanical aptitude can make him a genuine threat, his childish, manic and often egotistical nature greatly overpowers his tyrannical side, always leading to his defeat and humiliation. In the first episode, it is mentioned that he once had a full head of hair, but the constant foils from Sonic caused him to gradually tear it out.
• Scratch (voiced by Phil Hayes) is a hot-headed chicken-like Badnik, though taller and more stylized than any specific bird-based one from the games. Originally, Robotnik wanted the Robo-Matic Machine to create a super robot only for it to produce Scratch instead due to a malfunction. Despite this, Scratch has a self-inflated opinion of his talent, despite being only marginally more intelligent than Grounder.
• Grounder (voiced by Garry Chalk) is Scratch's younger non-identical twin brother, based on the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 enemy of the same name. He is a dimwitted mole-type Badnik who was created by Dr. Robotnik from parts of Scratch who accidentally sabotaged the building process. He has tank treads for legs and drills for a nose and hands. A recurring gag involves Grounder expressing desire for a mother.
• Coconuts (voiced by Ian James Corlett) is a cynical monkey-type Badnik who was demoted to janitor duty before the creation of Scratch and Grounder, also based on a Sonic the Hedgehog 2 enemy. He is not respected by anyone and seeks to up his status by impressing Robotnik or outdoing Scratch and Grounder. He seems genuinely smarter than other robots (which is always humorously dismissed or unrecognized) using his own styled gadgets in solo attempts at defeating Sonic and is less likely to be fooled by outlandish disguises.

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|Title= Pilot

|WrittenBy= Kent Butterworth

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992}} (initial test screening)
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|Aux1= Looking before you cross the street

|ProdCode=238-100

|ShortSummary=This is the pilot that was used to sell the show.

Note: While Sonic is voiced by Jaleel White, the voices of Dr. Robotnik and Scratch are provided by Jim Cummings, the voice of Tails is provided by Russi Taylor, and Gary Owens plays the narrator. One of the scenes from the pilot was later reused for the ending credits of the show. Additionally in the episode "Untouchable Sonic", Scratch and Grounder can be seen watching clips from the pilot on TV.

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{{Episode table|background=#191970|overall=|title=|aux1=|aux1T=Sonic Says segment|writer=|airdate=|prodcode=|prodcodeR= From the United States Copyright Office catalog: {{cite web|url=http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First|title=Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog"]|publisher=United States Copyright Office}}{{cite web|url= https://www.netflix.com/title/70217161 |title=The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|work=Netflix|publisher=Netflix, Inc. |access-date=January 10, 2023}}{{cite web|title= The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|url= https://tv.apple.com/us/show/adventures-of-sonic-the-hedgehog/umc.cmc.5gzq7y4ftl794hj521ypxn53n|work=iTunes|date= 6 September 1993|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=January 10, 2023}}|episodes=

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|EpisodeNumber=1

|Title=Best Hedgehog

|Aux1=Reading

|WrittenBy=Martha Moran

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|06}}

|ProdCode= 238-113

|ShortSummary=Sonic and Tails rescue Lucas, Robotnik's first prisoner, and attempt to reunite him with his and Robotnik's high school sweetheart, Lucinda.

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|EpisodeNumber=2

|Title=Tails' New Home

|Aux1=Running away

|WrittenBy=Bruce Shelly and Reed Shelly

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|07}}

|ProdCode= 238-116

|ShortSummary=Learning about Sonic's resolve to find Tails a suitable foster home to ensure his safety, Robotnik has two of his Badniks pose as Tails' long-lost parents.

Note: For unknown reasons, the background music in this episode is lower pitched compared to other episodes in the series.

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|EpisodeNumber=3

|Title=Birth of a Salesman

|Aux1=False advertising

|WrittenBy=Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly, and Steven J. Fisher

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|08}}

|ProdCode= 238-112

|ShortSummary=Energetic salesman Wes Weasley sells Robotnik numerous gadgets to help Scratch and Grounder capture Sonic. However, Robotnik later comes to regret it when they keep backfiring.

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|EpisodeNumber=4

|Title=Submerged Sonic

|Aux1=Shallow water

|WrittenBy=Bob Forward

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|09}}

|ProdCode= 238-126

|ShortSummary=When Robotnik attacks the city of Submerbia in the Labyrinth Zone with the intent of obtaining its fabled Power Pearls, Sonic and Tails are enlisted by a local citizen to thwart his plot.

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|EpisodeNumber=5

|Title=Pseudo Sonic

|Aux1=Poison ivy

|WrittenBy=Cliff MacGillivray

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|10}}

|ProdCode= 238-122

|ShortSummary=Plotting to tarnish Sonic's reputation, Robotnik develops a robotic suit-like replica of him that he forces his unwilling laboratory rat to operate.

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|EpisodeNumber=6

|Title=Over the Hill Hero

|Aux1=Wisdom of elders

|WrittenBy=Francis Moss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|13}}

|ProdCode= 238-117

|ShortSummary=When former superhero Captain Rescue bungles in his attempts to help Sonic, he grows tired of his incompetence. Robotnik then manipulates Rescue into detaining Sonic in an impenetrable force field and he and Tails must save him.

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|EpisodeNumber=7

|Title=Robolympics

|Aux1=Being active

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|14}}

|ProdCode= 238-146

|ShortSummary=An asteroid is heading for Turtle Town and Robotnik offers to save it, but only if Sonic agrees to play in the Robolympics against him and his robots.

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|EpisodeNumber=8

|Title= Lovesick Sonic

|Aux1=Sexual harassment

|WrittenBy=Bruce Shelly and Reed Shelly

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|15}}

|ProdCode= 238-103

|ShortSummary= When Sonic saves a female hedgehog named Breezie, he falls in love. Sonic does not know that Breezie is a robot that Robotnik created to keep Sonic occupied while he floods a village near his fortress.

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|EpisodeNumber=9

|Title= Subterranean Sonic

|Aux1=Sharing

|WrittenBy=Robert Askin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|16}}

|ProdCode= 238-102

|ShortSummary= Sonic and Tails escape underground from Scratch and Grounder, but they are held captive there by a miserly mole named Spelunk.

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|EpisodeNumber=10

|Title=Grounder the Genius

|Aux1=Using your brain

|WrittenBy=Doug Molitor

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|17}}

|ProdCode= 238-123

|ShortSummary=Grounder accidentally puts a "genius chip" in his head and it makes him so intelligent that he easily captures Sonic and even takes over Robotnik's operations.

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|EpisodeNumber=11

|Title= High Stakes Sonic

|Aux1=Dares

|WrittenBy=Robert Askin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|20}}

|ProdCode= 238-105

|ShortSummary=Sonic and Tails infiltrate Robotnik's new Casino Night Zone to stop him and his henchmen from scamming some Mobians into becoming the doctor's slaves.

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|EpisodeNumber=12

|Title=Blank-Headed Eagle

|Aux1=Seat belt safety

|WrittenBy=Dennis O'Flaherty

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|21}}

|ProdCode= 238-118

|ShortSummary=When Scratch suffers a blow to the head which makes him believe he is his television idol, Edgar Eagle, Sonic uses this as an advantage to foil another one of Robotnik's schemes.

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|EpisodeNumber=13

|Title=Boogey-Mania

|AltTitle=Dream On

|Aux1=Sleep

|WrittenBy=Rowby Goren

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|22}}

|ProdCode= 238-127

|ShortSummary=Robotnik reconfigures Professor Von Schlemmer's machine that can bring figments of dreams into reality and unleashes a dream monster upon Mobius.

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|EpisodeNumber=14

|Title=Big Daddy

|AltTitle=King Coconuts

|Aux1=Telling parents where you are going

|WrittenBy=Jess Borgeson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|23}}

|ProdCode= 238-110

|ShortSummary=After being exiled by Robotnik, Coconuts finds a lost baby gorilla who thinks he is his father and attempts to use it to stop Sonic. The baby gorilla's father is under the control of Robotnik and Sonic has to save him.

Note: Pierre De Celles, an animation director, described this episode as one he felt "really proud of," though he described the editing as "poor." He described that the animation process took "four times longer than usual" since the episode's animator was a deaf-mute; He described his translator as "just great."

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|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=The Robotnik Express

|Aux1=Strangers

|WrittenBy=Doug Booth

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|24}}

|ProdCode= 238-114

|ShortSummary=En route to stop a runaway train from arriving at Robotnik's munition facility, Sonic and Tails must deal with a duo of bears named Big Griz and Mad Mike after they mistake Scratch and Grounder for them.

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|EpisodeNumber=16

|Title=Momma Robotnik's Birthday

|Aux1=Trees

|WrittenBy=Francis Moss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|27}}

|ProdCode= 238-109

|ShortSummary=Robotnik's obnoxious and abusive mother visits her son on her birthday and expects a present. After he fails to destroy a nearby forest as a present, however, she decides to capture Sonic as her own gift.

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|EpisodeNumber=17

|Title= Slowwww Going

|Aux1=Those who have something special to offer

|WrittenBy=Eleanor Burian-Mohr and Jack Hanrahan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|28}}

|ProdCode= 238-104

|ShortSummary= Sonic must save a family of sloths from Robotnik's slow-motion ray, but when he himself is affected by the device, Tails and the sloths must take action.

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|EpisodeNumber=18

|Title=So Long Sucker

|Aux1=Pets

|WrittenBy=Cydne Clark and Steve Granat

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|29}}

|ProdCode= 238-120

|ShortSummary=Tails adopts a squishy creature from another dimension named Goopster, who can sometimes act like a black hole.

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|EpisodeNumber=19

|Title=Robotnik's Rival

|Aux1=Cheating

|WrittenBy=Gordon Bressack

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|09|30}}

|ProdCode= 238-136

|ShortSummary=Robotnik and a rival named Doctor Brandon Quark try to cooperate in capturing Sonic. However, Sonic tricks them into becoming enemies and they eventually try to outdo each other.

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|EpisodeNumber=20

|Aux1=Remembering your phone number

|Title= Trail of the Missing Tails

|WrittenBy=Bob Forward

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|01}}

|ProdCode= 238-107

|ShortSummary=Robotnik's insane cousin, Doctor Warpnik, kidnaps Tails and lures Sonic into the Warp of Confusion in order to take revenge on the doctor for banishing him there.

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|EpisodeNumber=21

|Title=Momma Robotnik Returns

|AltTitle=Mama Robotnik's Return

|Aux1=Obeying laws and going to court

|WrittenBy=Francis Moss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|04}}

|ProdCode= 238-132

|ShortSummary=Momma Robotnik visits her son, and after he fails once again, she disowns him and decides to adopt Sonic as her own son in order to capture him. In a turn of events, Sonic ends up living the life of Cinderella.

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|EpisodeNumber=22

|Title=Too Tall Tails

|Aux1=Healthy diets

|WrittenBy=Rowby Goren

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|05}}

|ProdCode= 238-115

|ShortSummary=While Sonic and Tails visit Wienerville, the "weenie capital of Mobius", Robotnik attempts to use Professor Von Schlemmer's size enhancement machine for his next scheme. However, the machine backfires and instead enlarges Tails. Unable to control his appetite, Tails now begins to cause chaos for Wienerville. Sonic must return Tails to his former size as Robotnik tricks the citizens into thinking that Sonic is responsible for it, while he is planning to save the town.

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|EpisodeNumber=23

|Aux1=Emergency calling

|Title= Super Special Sonic Search & Smash Squad

|WrittenBy=Bruce Shelly and Reed Shelly

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|06}}

|ProdCode= 238-101

|ShortSummary=When Sonic and Tails are captured by Scratch and Grounder, Sonic creates a diversion by telling the duo the story of their creation.

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|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=Magnificent Sonic

|Aux1=Gun safety

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|07}}

|ProdCode= 238-147

|ShortSummary=Sonic becomes the sheriff of Tranquil Gulch, in hopes of keeping Robotnik's cronies from harassing the locals.

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|EpisodeNumber2=25

|Title=Zoobotnik

|Aux1=Wildlife

|WrittenBy=Rowby Goren

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|08}}

|ProdCode= 238-140

|ShortSummary=An intergalactic huntress visits Mobius, capturing various citizens and falling in love with Robotnik.

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|EpisodeNumber=26

|Title=Tails in Charge

|Aux1=Home safety

|WrittenBy=Martha Moran

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|11}}

|ProdCode= 238-124

|ShortSummary=When Scratch and Grounder use Robotnik's latest invention to turn Sonic to stone, Tails attempts to foil the duo to ensure Sonic's safety.

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|EpisodeNumber=27

|Title=Musta Been a Beautiful Baby

|Aux1=Tumble dryers

|WrittenBy=Gordon Bressack

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|12}}

|ProdCode= 238-128

|ShortSummary=Robotnik's attempt to cause Sonic to age rapidly with his newest device backfires, turning him and Tails, and later himself, into toddlers. Now stuck in a daycare, the infantile Sonic and Tails must try to keep Robotnik under control, while Scratch and Grounder attempt to get him back.

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|EpisodeNumber=28

|Title=Sonic the Matchmaker

|Aux1=Playground safety

|WrittenBy=Robert Askin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|13}}

|ProdCode= 238-138

|ShortSummary=Robotnik pursues Breezie and Robotnik Jr. in order to find out why they betrayed him with the intent of building a perpetually loyal robot wife. In a subplot, Junior falls in love with Breezie and enlists Sonic's help in winning her affection.

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|EpisodeNumber=29

|Title=Attack on Pinball Fortress

|Aux1=Stupidity

|WrittenBy=Bob Forward

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|14}}

|ProdCode= 238-141

|ShortSummary=Robotnik has unleashed his Stupidity Ray on Mobius, knowing that those affected by it will be too unintelligent to stop him. As Sonic and Tails make their way to Robotnik's new lair, the Pinball Fortress, they find themselves competing with Wes Weasley and Sergeant Doberman, both of whom want to capture the device for their own purposes.

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|EpisodeNumber=30

|Title=The Last Resort

|Aux1=Walking alone

|WrittenBy=Gordon Bressack

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|15}}

|ProdCode= 238-135

|ShortSummary=Robotnik seemingly announces his surrender to Sonic and he invites him to a resort in his gratitude. Unbeknownst to Sonic, the resort is just another trap created by Robotnik.

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|EpisodeNumber=31

|Title=Coachnik

|AltTitle=The Coachnik

|Aux1=Warming up

|WrittenBy=Doug Molitor

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|18}}

|ProdCode= 238-143

|ShortSummary=Robotnik constructs a pushy robot coach in an attempt to increase Scratch and Grounder's fitness. This leaves Robotnik time to create a football-like bomb in order to defeat Sonic by secretly placing it in Grounder's head.

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|EpisodeNumber=32

|Title=Sonic Gets Thrashed

|Aux1=Pollution and non-recyclable packaging

|WrittenBy=Cydne Clark and Steve Granat

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|19}}

|ProdCode= 238-121

|ShortSummary=When Robotnik opens up a resort to make resident Mobians his slaves, Sonic enlists the help of some robots from an area of Mobius called Scrap Valley.

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|EpisodeNumber=33

|Title= Close Encounter of the Sonic Kind

|Aux1=Sunburns

|WrittenBy=Douglas Zip Purgason

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|20}}

|ProdCode= 238-108

|ShortSummary=Sonic and Tails help an alien prince fix his space shuttle so he can return to his home planet for his coronation - before his younger brother is crowned in his place and has Mobius destroyed.

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|EpisodeNumber=34

|Title=Tails Prevails

|Aux1=Using your imagination

|WrittenBy=Bob Forward

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|21}}

|ProdCode= 238-139

|ShortSummary=On Sonic's birthday, Tails builds a flying bicycle. Realizing Tails' potential with mechanics, Professor Von Schlemmer invites Tails to be his research assistant, but then Robotnik captures and impersonates him to get Tails to build his latest anti-Sonic weapon.

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|EpisodeNumber=35

|Title=Robotnik, Jr.

|Aux1=Peer pressure

|WrittenBy=Robert Askin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|22}}

|ProdCode= 238-129

|ShortSummary=Robotnik constructs a robotic son in order to help him with his conquest of Mobius. The son, however, is inspired by Sonic and helps him thwart his latest scheme.

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|EpisodeNumber=36

|Title=The Magic Hassle

|Aux1=Money

|WrittenBy=Douglas Zip Purgason

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|25}}

|ProdCode= 238-137

|ShortSummary=Coconuts acquires a magic wand and magical gadgets from Wes Weasley (after agreeing to forward all payments to Robotnik) and attempts to master them. Meanwhile, Robotnik tries to reshape the Mobius Mint's Sonic-themed banknotes in his image.

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|EpisodeNumber=37

|Title=Black Bot the Pirate

|Aux1=Caution with sharp objects

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|26}}

|ProdCode= 238-148

|ShortSummary=Robotnik goes time-traveling to find the four Chaos Emeralds that bestow the user unlimited power. His first stop is the time of Blackbeard the Pirate, where he enlists the pirate's help to find the first emerald. However, with help from a local scientist, Sonic and Tails go after him, and thwart his attempts to obtain the emerald.

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|EpisodeNumber=38

|Title=Hedgehog of the 'Hound' Table

|Aux1=Swimming alone

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|27}}

|ProdCode= 238-149

|ShortSummary=Robotnik's next stop in his search for the Chaos Emeralds is the Middle Ages, where the second emerald is. Sonic follows him, but Robotnik, with the unwilling help of a local wizard, obtains the emerald and rises to power.

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|EpisodeNumber=39

|Title=Robotnik's Pyramid Scheme

|Aux1=Skateboard safety

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|28}}

|ProdCode= 238-150

|ShortSummary=In his next time-travel stop, Robotnik plans on erasing Sonic's family tree while he attempts to get the third emerald in Ancient Mobigypt. Sonic manages to prevent Robotnik from interfering with his ancestors' meeting and then races to the crypt of Robotnik's ancestor, where the emerald is kept.

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|EpisodeNumber=40

|Title=Prehistoric Sonic

|Aux1=Electrical appliance safety

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|10|29}}

|ProdCode= 238-151

|ShortSummary=Despite the intervention of Sonic and Tails, Robotnik obtains the fourth and final emerald in prehistory. With the emeralds gathered together, Robotnik uses them to become an all-powerful being.

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|EpisodeNumber=41

|Title=Untouchable Sonic

|Aux1=Gangs

|WrittenBy=Dennis O'Flaherty

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|01}}

|ProdCode= 238-144

|ShortSummary=Sonic comes to the rescue of a town that is held for ransom by Robotnik's crime syndicate.

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|EpisodeNumber=42

|Title= Sonic Breakout

|Aux1=Graffiti

|WrittenBy=Douglas Zip Purgason

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|02}}

|ProdCode= 238-106

|ShortSummary=Robotnik imprisons a satirical cartoonist for mocking him in his comic book, much to the chagrin of his biggest fan Sonic, who purposely allows his own capture as well, but does not expect to be placed in a maximum-security jail cell. Robotnik angrily sends Sonic in the cell for interfering with his plans once again.

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|EpisodeNumber=43

|Title=Sonically Ever After

|Aux1=Library

|WrittenBy=Gordon Bressack

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|03}}

|ProdCode= 238-165

|ShortSummary=Scratch and Grounder use Robotnik's latest invention to transport him, Sonic and Tails into a book of fairy tales. When some of the fairy tales come to life under Robotnik's control, Sonic and Tails have to try to give them happy endings to stop Robotnik.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=44

|Title=The Mystery of the Missing Hi-tops

|Aux1=Stealing

|WrittenBy=Ed Ferrara and Kevin Murphy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|04}}

|ProdCode= 238-119

|ShortSummary=During a fair in his honor, Sonic's shoes are stolen and he and Tails use detective intellect to find the thief.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=45

|Title=Super Robotnik

|Aux1=Chemicals

|WrittenBy=Rowby Goren

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|05}}

|ProdCode= 238-145

|ShortSummary=A chemical accident caused by Coconuts ends up giving superpowers to Robotnik, who quickly uses them to threaten Mobius's world leaders and publicly humiliate Sonic. However, Robotnik is not completely invincible and Sonic must find a way to exploit the weak spot in Robotnik's newfound powers in an Olympics-style gladiator match.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=46

|Title=Mass Transit Trouble

|Aux1=Bicycle safety

|WrittenBy=Ed Ferrera and Kevin Murphy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|08}}

|ProdCode= 238-142

|ShortSummary=When Robotnik threatens to bomb an airport, a lighthouse and a train station at once, Sonic is forced to travel to all three places in order to remove the bombs.

Note: This episode ran for approximately a year and a half before the Oklahoma City bombing forced the episode's withdrawal from circulation. Later, as the incident died down, Toon Disney picked the episode up again, only to have it removed from circulation after about three years of airtime due to the September 11th attacks.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=47

|Title=Spaceman Sonic

|Aux1=Common colds

|WrittenBy=Bruce Shelly and Reed Shelly

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|09}}

|ProdCode= 238-133

|ShortSummary=Robotnik sends Scratch and Grounder into space to pillage an asteroid belt, with Sonic and Tails in pursuit. When the spaceship runs out of power, they are stranded at an abandoned space station, pursued by a residing alien.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=48

|Title=MacHopper

|Aux1=Currents and riptides

|WrittenBy=Doug Booth

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|10}}

|ProdCode= 238-131

|ShortSummary=Robotnik attempts to brainwash MacHopper, a friend of Sonic's, into doing his dirty deeds, but an explosion causes his memory to become unstable.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=49

|Title=Baby-Sitter Jitters

|Aux1=Babysitting

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|11}}

|ProdCode= 238-152

|ShortSummary=Sonic and Tails babysit a trio of unruly beaver infants who end up being abducted by Scratch and Grounder. Robotnik uses the beavers as bait to capture Sonic and Tails, but the beavers become resourceful and help their friends thwart the doctor.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=50

|Title=Full Tilt Tails

|Aux1=Smoking

|WrittenBy=Robert Askin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|12}}

|ProdCode= 238-130

|ShortSummary=Robotnik makes a special type of chewing gum that makes the consumer as fast as Sonic. However, the gum ends up in Tails' possession.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=51

|Title=Lifestyles of the Sick and Twisted

|Aux1=Vandalism

|WrittenBy=Kevin O'Donnell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|15}}

|ProdCode= 238-162

|ShortSummary=When Throbbin Screech features Sonic on his talk show, Lifestyles of the Very Good, Robotnik kidnaps his niece in order to be featured on the show.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=52

|Title=Road Hog

|Aux1=Calling for help

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|16}}

|ProdCode= 238-157

|ShortSummary=Sonic and Tails are arrested for speeding as a result of Robotnik's latest creation – artificial pollen that causes brainwashing.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=53

|Title=The Mobius 5000

|Aux1=Car safety

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|17}}

|ProdCode= 238-155

|ShortSummary=Sonic and Tails enter a car race in order to save an orphanage that Robotnik threatens to put out of business.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=54

|Title=Honey, I Shrunk the Hedgehog

|Aux1=Recycling

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|18}}

|ProdCode= 238-153

|ShortSummary=Sonic, Tails and a group of mole miners are hit by Robotnik's shrink ray and must work together to reverse the effects.

Note: This episode was inspired by the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" franchise.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=55

|Title=Sonic's Song

|Aux1=Hearing

|WrittenBy=Donald P. Zappala and Kevin Donahue

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|19}}

|ProdCode= 238-111

|ShortSummary=Outraged by a popular song about Sonic, Robotnik outlaws all music in Mobius and takes the song's composer captive with the intent of creating his own song.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=56

|Title=Sno Problem

|Aux1=Bicycle safety check

|WrittenBy=Sandra Ryan

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|22}}

|ProdCode= 238-125

|ShortSummary=When Robotnik introduces his "Ultra Freeze-O-Matic" and announcing a plan to freeze every citizen on Mobius so that he can install "Servitude Chips" into the frozen citizens and make them unquestionably obedient, Sonic and Tails must foil it.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=57

|Title=Sonic is Running

|Aux1=Tooth pain

|WrittenBy=Doug Molitor

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|23}}

|ProdCode= 238-163

|ShortSummary=When Momma Robotnik threatens her son into campaigning for the Mobius presidency, Sonic decides to run against him.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=58

|Title=Mad Mike, Da Bear Warrior

|Aux1=Medicine

|WrittenBy=Doug Booth

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|24}}

|ProdCode= 238-134

|ShortSummary=Robotnik forces a starving village of rabbits into building a statue of himself. With help from Da Bears, Sonic manages to save the day.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=59

|Title=Robotnikland

|Aux1=Cooking

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|25}}

|ProdCode= 238-154

|ShortSummary=Robotnik takes control of a local amusement park on Sonic's birthday and uses it in an attempt to defeat him.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=60

|Title=The Little Merhog

|Aux1=Matches

|WrittenBy=Jeffrey Scott

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|26}}

|ProdCode= 238-156

|ShortSummary=Sonic and Tails help a mermaid-like hedgehog named Merna save her kingdom from the wrath of an evil sea captain.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=61

|Title=Robo-Ninjas

|Aux1=Road safety

|WrittenBy=Francis Moss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|29}}

|ProdCode= 238-164

|ShortSummary=Robotnik captures a martial arts master and uses him to turn Scratch and Grounder into effective ninjas to defeat Sonic.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=62

|Title=Fast and Easy

|AltTitle=48 Hour Sonic

|Aux1=Breakfast

|WrittenBy=Bruce Shelly and Reed Shelly

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|11|30}}

|ProdCode= 238-161

|ShortSummary=A bully named Easy Eddie picks at Robotnik's Chaos Emerald ring, much to his anger. Sonic must keep Eddie hidden so that he can discard the ring.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=63

|Title=Tails' Tale

|Aux1=Computers

|WrittenBy=Bruce Shelly and Reed Shelly

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|12|01}}

|ProdCode= 238-159

|ShortSummary=When Sonic mysteriously goes missing, Tails, Professor Von Schlemmer and a pilot named William le Due search for him.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=64

|Title=The Robots' Robot

|Aux1=Fire

|WrittenBy=Jess Borgeson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|12|02}}

|ProdCode= 238-158

|ShortSummary=Scratch and Grounder build a robot of their own who soon runs away and ends up befriending Sonic.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=65

|Title=Hero of the Year

|Aux1=Alcohol

|WrittenBy=Bruce Shelly and Reed Shelly

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1993|12|03}}

|ProdCode= 238-160

|ShortSummary=Wes Weasley pretends to host a testimonial event for Sonic that Robotnik uses to force his surrender.

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|EpisodeNumber= N/A

|Title=Sonic Christmas Blast

|WrittenBy= Bruce Shelly and Reed Shelly

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|11|24}}

|ProdCode= N/A

|ShortSummary= Robotnik disguises himself as Santa Claus in order to force him into retirement and con the children out of presents during Christmas. During a visit to Robotropolis, Sonic and Tails rescue the real Santa Claus, who presents Sonic with a speed run test due to a ring Sally Acorn gave him as a gift serving as a key. After passing the test, Santa chooses Sonic to be his successor. Sonic now becomes Sonic Claus.

This special includes aspects of the Saturday-morning Sonic TV show, such as Robotropolis and SWATbots (neither of which appear as they did in that series) and Sally Acorn. Said series had aired concurrently with the original run of "Adventures", but in a different time slot, and had stopped producing new episodes by the time "Christmas Blast" premiered. Despite this, the special maintains the humorous tone of "Adventures" rather than the darker one of the Saturday morning series.

Note: The letters page of issue #41 of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book promotes the special as "An X-Tremely Sonic Christmas" as this episode was originally going to be a tie in for Sonic X-treme on Sega Saturn. However, the game was cancelled, and the title was changed to tie in with Sonic 3D Blast instead.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

This is also the only episode not to feature a Sonic Says segment at the end.

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Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was created by DIC Animation City (in association with Sega of America whose CEO Tom Kalinske and newly appointed consumer products director Michealene Risley licensed the characters to DIC), which produced a total of 65 episodes for its one-season, and was syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment, later known as 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 and Korean subdivisions of Rainbow Animation Group (later renamed Galaxy Digimation,{{Cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/korean-animation-explosion|title=The Korean Animation Explosion|website=Animation World Network}} not to be confused with the Italian studio Rainbow S.p.A.),
• the Korean Sae Rom Production (which also at the same time worked on the animation for the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon for ABC),
• the Taiwanese and Chinese Hong Ying Animation (which would later work on the animation for Sonic Underground),
• the Japanese Tokyo Movie Shinsha (more specifically its subsidiary, Telecom Animation Film{{Cite web|url=http://www.telecom-anime.com/telecom/sakuhinreki/nenpyo2_i.html|title=作品歴１９９０年代|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912085610/http://www.telecom-anime.com/telecom/sakuhinreki/nenpyo2_i.html |archive-date=2011-09-12 |language=ja}}), which coincidentally would later become part of Sega and produce its own Sonic cartoon, Sonic X.

Additionally, some of the storyboards were done by the Spanish animation studio Milimetros Dibujos Animados, which also worked on the animation for the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon and the main title animation for Sonic Underground. Pre-production stages of the show (as well as the first season of the Saturday morning cartoon) were handled by Canadian Studio B (later known as DHX Media Vancouver).

According to Robby London, DIC originally made a deal to produce only the Saturday morning Sonic series for the ABC network, which was originally planned to air in the Fall of 1992.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SatamHistorian/status/1524877479025975298|title=x.com}} The cartoon was to be more light-hearted compared to the final product, as reflected by the episode "Heads or Tails", early promotional material found in Fleetway's Sonic the Comic{{Cite web|url=http://www.saturdaymorningsonic.com/features/freedom_fighters/|title=Saturday Morning Sonic - Features - The Evolution of the Freedom Fighters|website=www.saturdaymorningsonic.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.sonichq.net/newsite/cartoon/before/|title=Sonic HQ Cartoon Info - Before SatAM|website=archive.sonichq.net}} and the early issues of Sonic the Hedgehog comics by Archie, which were based on the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon. However, DIC also wanted to expand the show and produce additional episodes for weekday syndication as well, similar to what DIC has previously done with The Real Ghostbusters, but Mark Pedowitz, ABC's senior vice president of business affairs and contracts, expected Sonic to air exclusively on ABC and rejected the idea, telling London "If you guys want to do syndication, be our guest, go with God, but you won't be on our network." ABC would not agree to the deal until London came up with a proposition that DIC would produce a separate, vastly different Sonic show for syndication instead, the result of which became Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Afterward, ABC was at first willing to air only a single half-hour episode as a prime-time special scheduled for March 1993 (which would become the episode "Heads or Tails") before ultimately delaying it and including it as part of the show which ABC picked up again for a full season, this time airing in the Fall of 1993, alongside Adventures airing in syndication at the same time. During that time, the Saturday morning Sonic cartoon received a makeover and was made darker and more serious in order to differentiate itself from the syndicated Sonic cartoon.{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/18/21140375/sonic-90s-cartoons-streaming-satam-jaleel-white-adventures-of-sonic |title=How Sonic scored two different animated series at the same time |date=February 18, 2020 |publisher=Polygon |access-date=March 14, 2020 |archive-date=March 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312042057/https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/18/21140375/sonic-90s-cartoons-streaming-satam-jaleel-white-adventures-of-sonic |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.gamestm.co.uk/uncategorised/from-pixels-to-primetime-the-making-of-mario-and-sonics-cartoon-careers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114112308/http://www.gamestm.co.uk/uncategorised/from-pixels-to-primetime-the-making-of-mario-and-sonics-cartoon-careers/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2015 |title=From Captain N to Sonic Underground: Behind videogames' earliest cartoons |publisher=GamesTM |access-date=March 14, 2020 }}{{cite tweet|number=1168937938299891712|user=katewillaert|author=Kate Willaert|title=Thread: Why were there two different Sonic cartoons by DiC airing within the same period? |date=September 3, 2019}} The two shows would be connected through Family Matters star Jaleel White portraying Sonic in both series; ABC itself was airing Family Matters during both shows' run, keeping White busy playing Sonic on two different series alongside his Family Matters role as Steve Urkel.

The theme song is composed by Clark Gassman and it is a combination of the main theme from the 1991 video game as well as In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg and Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.{{cite web |last1=Barry |title=The Weekly Five: Game Inspired Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog |url=https://segabits.com/blog/2011/07/01/the-weekly-five-game-inspired-adventures-of-sonic-the-hedgehog/ |website=Sega Bits |date=July 2011 |access-date=26 October 2023}}

The series was shown through syndication in the United States in the fall of 1993 on either weekday afternoons or mornings, depending on the TV station. In the United Kingdom, the series was screened on Channel 4 in 1993 on Sunday mornings at 9:00, but with the "Sonic Says" segments edited out. They were also edited out on The Children's Channel and the UK VHS releases of the series. The weekday morning airings in Australia on Seven Network as part of Agro's Cartoon Connection retained the segments. The cartoon was broadcast in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ Two from 12 September to December 1994 on weekday afternoons with the segments retained also.{{list journal|work=RTÉ Guide|date=10-16 September 1994 edition and subsequent dates}}

USA Network re-aired the original episodes of the show in the United States from 1994 to 1996 (with an additional Christmas special ordered by Sega to be produced for the Christmas season of 1996 to ride on the coattails with the release of Sonic 3D Blast). The series later returned to syndication as part of the BKN block from 1997 to 1998, and later BKN Kids II from 1999 until 2000. Toon Disney would start broadcasting the series in September 1998, and aired on the channel until 2002.

This TV subsequently aired the first 13 episodes of the show from 2010 to 2011 on their Cookie Jar Toons block. 20 episodes of the series were also available on Netflix. From December 2018-November 2020, reruns of the series began airing on Starz. Later starting on September 3, 2019, the show aired its reruns on the streaming service Pluto TV for the first time. In 2024, MeTV Toons aired the Christmas special as part of the network's "Tis' the Season for Toons" event.{{cite web|title=Enjoy classic holiday cartoons on MeTV Toons with 'Tis the Season for Toons!|publisher=MeTVToons|date=2024-11-01|url=https://metvtoons.com/stories/metv-toons-presents-tis-the-season-for-toons|access-date=2024-12-07}}

In the UK, Pop re-aired the show with the "Sonic Says" segments restored.

In Italy, the show aired on Italia 1.

In Spain, the show aired on Telecinco.

The show was re-aired on in Australia on Saturday mornings on Network Ten as part of Cheez TV from 1993 to 1999, and also aired on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel.

In Brazil, the show aired in January 1996, on Rede Globo on the block TV Colosso. Only the first 22 of 65 episodes aired in Brazilian Portuguese, as well as the Christmas special. The show also aired in Sweden on TV3, in Portugal on SIC, in The Netherlands on RTL4, in Germany on Kabel 1 and RTL II and in 2000 in Arab countries on Spacetoon and Qatar Television.

In September 2003, DIC revealed a new international package consisting of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog and the Sonic Christmas Blast special, titled "Totally Sonic!". The package would also feature digitally re-mastered, color-enhanced versions of the shows with new contemporary music, as well as bonus director's cut "Secret Sonic" episodes.[https://www.animationmagazine.net/2003/09/dic-goes-totally-sonic-at-mipcom/ Dic goes totally Sonic at Mipcom] animationmagazine.net September 2003 {{dead link|date=February 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www.awn.com/news/mipcom-news-dic-go-sonic | title=MIPCOM News: DIC to Go Sonic }}

The series also aired on KidsCo, as with many other DIC-produced cartoons.

In the Philippines, it aired on Yey! in 2020 everyday at 2:00 pm.

• Channel 4 (1993–1997)
• The Children's Channel (1995–1998)
• POP (2004–2010)
• ITV2 (4 October 2004 – 31 December 2004; as part of GMTV2 kids)

In 1994, Buena Vista Home Video through their DIC Toon-Time Video label, released 6 VHS tapes of the series each containing 2 episodes.

Shout! Factory has released all 65 episodes of the series on DVD in Region 1 in three-volume sets. The first volume, released on July 17, 2007, features the first 22 episodes along with two featurettes: "A Conversation With Artist Milton Knight" and "How to Draw Sonic the Hedgehog". The second volume was released on December 9, 2008, and features episodes 23–44 with the featurette "How to Draw Dr. Robotnik". The third volume was available on March 16, 2010 exclusively via Shout! Factory's website as a Shout! Select title and contains the final 21 episodes of the series, plus the "Sonic Christmas Blast" special and the featurette "How to Draw Tails". These episodes were compiled in production order instead of airdate order. All three sets were discontinued in 2012 along with Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground after Shout!'s deal with Cookie Jar Entertainment expired.

Between 2008 and 2010, NCircle Entertainment released a number of single disc releases of the series, each containing 4 episodes (in random order), as well as two volumes of 4-disc collections in 2012, with each volume containing 16 episodes.

Invincible Pictures re-released the complete series set on August 13, 2019 (originally scheduled for April 9, 2019 and July 16, 2019).{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07KLNHNHF/metacritic_newsletter-20|title=Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Animated Series|website=Amazon|date=13 August 2019}}

The series along with its successors Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground is available on the streaming services Paramount+ and Tubi, as well as the official WildBrain YouTube Channel.

Under license from 41 Entertainment and Invincible Entertainment Partners, Discotek Media released the complete series on standard definition Blu-ray on February 22, 2022. The unaired pilot and the Christmas special Sonic Christmas Blast were included as bonus features, as well as commercial bumpers and commentary by storyboard artist Milton Knight.{{cite web|title=Discotek Licenses Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san, Tales of Phantasia, As Miss Beelzebub Likes It, Yowamushi Pedal New Generation, More Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-13/discotek-licenses-skull-face-bookseller-honda-san-tales-of-phantasia-as-miss-beelzebub-likes-it-/.180592|website=Anime News Network|date=December 13, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Adventures-of-Sonic-the-Hedgehog-The-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/114971/|title=Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series Blu-ray (SD on Blu-ray)|via=www.blu-ray.com}}

Throughout 1993–1994, Abbey Home Entertainment through their Tempo Video label released 8 VHS volumes of the series each containing an assortment of episodes. PolyGram Video through their 4Front Video label would also release a VHS tape of the series in 1997.

In Region 2, Delta Home Entertainment released Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series on DVD in the UK on June 11, 2007,{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Sonic-Hedgehog-DVD/dp/B000PI3VC6/|title=The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog [2007] [DVD]|work=Amazon.com|date=11 June 2007|access-date=7 July 2012}} as well as a number of single disc releases of the series, each containing 4 episodes (in production order).

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog received a mixed reception. Randy Miller III of DVDTalk said, "While it's obvious that The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog [sic] won't ever be mentioned in the same sentence with Disney, Pixar or Studio Ghibli (except for this one), there's enough goofy fun here to entertain any resident of the 16-bit gaming era."{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/29366/adventures-of-sonic-the-hedgehog-volume-1-the/?___rd=1|title=The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: Volume 1|first=Randy|last=Miller III|date=July 25, 2007|work=DVDTalk.com|access-date=7 July 2012}} Michael Rubino of DVD Verdict criticized the series for being dated, contrived, and bloated with chili dog jokes.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/adventuressonichedgehog.php|title=The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog|first=Judge Michael|last=Rubino|date=August 8, 2007|work=DVDVerdict.com|publisher=Verdict Partners|access-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523211125/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/adventuressonichedgehog.php|archive-date=23 May 2012}} GamesRadar listed the series as one of "the worst things to happen to Sonic." It commented that it "made Ren & Stimpy look like a rigid, strictly story-driven opus of animation", and criticized the supporting cast as "wholly uninteresting, unfunny and just all around annoying."{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/the-absolute-worst-sonic-moments/2/ |title=The absolute worst Sonic moments |publisher=GamesRadar |date=April 23, 2008 |access-date=December 7, 2012}}

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series an overall rating of 3/5 and noted that while the show's pace is "frantic", "the series emphasizes positive themes for kids about personal safety and interpersonal relationships."{{cite web |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-adventures-of-sonic-the-hedgehog# |title=The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog TV Review |first=Emily |last=Ashby |date=2 February 2011 |publisher=Common Sense Media |access-date=August 18, 2017}} Bob Mackey of USgamer wrote that the show's attempts to emulate Looney Tunes and The Ren & Stimpy Show "were done in by the lack of quality control that typically plagued 65-episode syndicated series", and that "the zippy, timing-reliant slapstick Adventures relied on never stood a chance against the animation sweatshops DIC regularly used to pump out their nearly endless supply of televised content."{{cite web |url=http://www.usgamer.net/articles/on-saturday-mornings-sonic-the-hedgehog-turned-platforming-into-patho |title=On Saturday Mornings, Sonic the Hedgehog Turned Platforming into Pathos |author=Bob Mackey |date=October 7, 2014 |work=USgamer.net |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810071926/http://www.usgamer.net/articles/on-saturday-mornings-sonic-the-hedgehog-turned-platforming-into-patho |url-status=dead }}

Ian Flynn, writer for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series by Archie Comics, remarked that Adventures was the closest to "[getting] Sonic right" despite "fail[ing] on the details", although he observed that the show's gags were "polarizing" and that the guest characters "ranged from tired tropes (Breezie) to Saturday Night Live knockoffs (Da Bears)".{{cite web |url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/2018/12/14/leave-those-legs-alone-there-is-no-true-sonic/ |title=Leave Those Legs Alone: There is No True Sonic |author=Ian Flynn |author-link=Ian Flynn |publisher=Escapist |date=December 14, 2018 |access-date=March 24, 2019 |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325014919/https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/2018/12/14/leave-those-legs-alone-there-is-no-true-sonic/ |url-status=dead }} Pierre DeCelles, who worked on the show as a Senior Animation Director at Hong Ying animation studio, has described the show as "fun and humorous".{{cite news|title=Pierre De Celles on Animating Sonic the Hedgehog and Other Tales|first=Walter|last=Burns|url=http://www.toonzone.net/2007/07/pierre-de-celles-on-animating-sonic-the-hedgehog-and-other-tales/|date=July 25, 2007|work=ToonZone.net|access-date=29 October 2015}}

The show's characterisation of Robotnik has become iconic within the Sonic fandom. Robotnik's remark "Snooping as usual, I see" from the episode "Boogey-Mania" gave rise to the internet meme "Pingas," first featured in a 2007 YouTube poop.{{Cite web |last=Hadge |first=Mike |date=2024-09-12 |title=The origins of Pingas, a Sonic meme |url=https://www.dailydot.com/memes/pingas-meme-sonic/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}} The quote has been widely referenced on YouTube since the late 2000s, both in videos and in music remixes, and in the Sonic Boom television show and Archie comic series.{{Cite web |last=Feldman |first=Brian |date=10 February 2020 |title=How Pingas Became One of Sonic the Hedgehog's Most Famous Memes |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/how-pingas-became-a-famous-sonic-the-hedgehog-meme.html |website=New York Magazine}}

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