Queen Aleena, the kind and fair ruler of Mobius, was overthrown by Dr. Robotnik and his robotic armies. While Sonic and Sonia search for its parents Manic is left to look after it and utilizes his mothering instincts. Our royal family was outlawed, a price placed on our heads. Sonic Underground is the third Sonic Animated Adaptation made. He is voiced by, This page was last edited on 17 February 2021, at 11:53. His medallion's string is blue. Origins (Part 3 of 3). Chaos Emerald Crisis (Part 2 of 3). It aired 40 episodes in one season until October 21, 1999. Dr. Robotnik, with the assistance of the bounty hunters Sleet and Dingo, tries constantly to capture the royal family and prevent the prophecy from being fulfilled. At both ends of the city are Roboticizers with one of Sonia's brothers inside. [20][21][22] The show later premiered in English in the UK on 2 May 1999, airing on ITV's GMTV strand, on the Disney-produced block Diggit on Sunday mornings. [33] This marked the second time a Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon has aired on a Disney-themed channel, with the first being Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog on the now-defunct Toon Disney from 1998 to 2002. All of them are glad to see each other again, and they give Sonic his old guitar and medallion he used when he was in the band. The cartoon follows a main plot separate from all other Sonic the Hedgehog media. In the United Kingdom in 2005, Sonic Underground aired on Pop, which has also aired Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog on its sister station Kix!. These publications derive their backstory from the Sonic bible, an internal document produced by Sega of America in 1991, during the production of the original Sonic the Hedgehog game. Robotnik obtained the pieces for this machine due to being mistaken for one of his own counterparts by Evil Sonic, an evil counterpart of Sonic's who later came to be known as Scourge the Hedgehog. Sonic Underground: The Continuation is a 2016 relaunch of the 1999 Sonic Underground TV Series by DIC Entertainment. According to Robby London, Sega of Japan had an active role in the approval process for Sonic Underground, going so far as to force DiC to reanimate the character to have 5 fingers instead of the usual 4, because in Japan 4 fingers were associated with the Yakuza. Sonia the hedgehog is the eccentric yet understanding sister of Sonic the Hedgehog and Manic the Hedgehog. Sonic and his royal siblings seek to find their mother and defeat the tyrant, Robotnik. There, Sonia is reunited with an old friend, Mindy LaTour, and her father. [13] According to Mike Piccirillo, when he was writing songs for the show, there were no storyboards done yet, so he could only work off of the scripts, which often said what moral or lesson the song should be about in each episode. The show first aired in France from 6 January 1999 to 23 May 1999 on TF1, and then premiered in the United Kingdom on 2 May 1999 on ITV on the GMTV strand and finally in the United States in the syndicated children's block BKN Kids II on August 30th, 1999 and ended on October 22nd, 1999. Robotnik seized control of the planet and forced Queen Aleena into hiding. On 19 January 2006, CBS announced a multi-year deal with DIC to broadcast some of their shows on the "CBS's Secret Saturday Morning Slumber Party" segment, including Sonic Underground. [32] Re-runs of the series aired on Disney XD starting 11 June 2012 and ending on 14 December 2012. This gives Sleet the opportunity to finish off ARTT and the hedgehogs before time runs out. The Oracle prophesied that when Robotnik invaded Mobius, Aleena and her children would form the Council of Four to overthrow Robotnik and free Mobius. The newly reunited Sonic Siblings must learn to work as a team if they are to do battle with Robotnik. Then, the Oracle of Delphius revealed the prophecy to me. [10][11][12], When the show was in development, two episodes per week were produced, and the writers felt that they were not given enough time to "tie everything together" in the plot, being limited to a three-part "Origins" saga for coherency. Original Run About a month after Eggman's defeat in Sonic Dimensions, there was no sign of him at all, which bored out the Sonic Gang. The Sterling versions of the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 "King Koopa Katastrophe" and The Legend of Zelda "Ganon's Evil Tower" DVDs also included 1 and 2 episodes respectively as DVD bonuses which the NCircle reissues of both releases excluded. He sets off to find out the truth and uncovers a shocking secret. Sonia inherits a spooky and dilapidated castle and she enjoys the idea of making it the Underground headquarters. In the UK, The complete Sonic Underground series, comprising all 40 episodes on 10 DVDs, was released by Anchor Bay UK in 2004, compatible only with region 2 players. In order to raise money for his own cause, Robotnik auctions off artifacts from the lost city of Mobupinchu. When Manic met his siblings, they disapproved of his thieving tendencies, but his skills as a lock-pick were greatly appreciated. [27][28][29] It also aired in Canada on Teletoon. Knuxonia is the het ship between Knuckles and Sonia from the Sonic the Hedgehog fandom. Lake Valley Resort is led by Stripes, who believes that making deals with Robotnik is safer than fighting Robotnik. [23] ITV1 aired the first 18 episodes in the original UK run before taking it off the air.[24]. Sonic, Sonia and Manic try to get him away from Robotnik. Being a hedgehog, Sonic can roll into a ball to perform his trademark move, the Spin Dash. He is a calculating and sarcastic hedgehog that was raised by thieves, and is a master of their trade. As the source of Robotnik's money, the aristocrats were left to play, while our people were roboticized... and became slaves. [39][40][41] David Cornelius of DVD Talk said, "While many Sonic fans did not take too well to all the changes, preferring the original 'Sonic' cartoon to this stranger, sometimes darker, sometimes sillier incarnation, the series did win a small but loyal cult following. Sonic Underground (French: Sonic Le Rebelle) is an American-French animated children's television series co-produced by DIC Productions, L.P., Les Studios Tex S.A.R.L. the Underground first unknowingly formed in a club where Sonic, Manic, and Sonia met for the first time. The high impact concussive sonic energy was stabilized by a containment sphere within the cannon until impact against a target, at which point it broke up to create an omnidirectional blast. [46] The Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe series were later cancelled when SEGA terminated the publishing partnership. The three siblings have powerful medallions that can change into musical instruments, and also weapons when the triplets are in perfect harmony with each other. It was first broadcast on 12th August 2016 on Cartoon Network with the pilot episode - Enter: Miles Prower. https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_Underground?oldid=28499. The Sonic Underground remade as you imagined it, with more Freedom Fighters, Knuckles, plot with character development from both sides, and twists and turns along with some 4th wall breaking. Commonly, the LR1K required two Geonosian or battle droidgunners to operate, although the cannon's advanced, highly-precise targeting computers were capable of doing most of the work. The show ran only for one season consisting of forty episodes. His second attempt was to adopt Queen Aleena's daughter Sonia. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (16-bit) Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (8-bit) Sonic the Hedgehog 3. But just after my children were born, the evil Doctor Robotnik used his technology... to turn our world... into a place of terror. French-American animated television series, Interview on the Sonic Underground DVD box set ("Developing the Underground"), Interview on the Sonic Underground DVD box set ("Songs From the Underground"), Interview on the Sonic Underground DVD box set ("Giving Sega the Finger..."), CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (, the Saturday morning Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, "Sonic Underground — A Twentieth Anniversary Retrospective", http://www.episodeworld.com/show/Sonic_Underground, "alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog – Sonic cartoon - comments? The show takes place in a separate canon and continuity than any other Sonic the Hedgehog media. Here are the results! The hedgehogs attempt to stop them from the source. When the playable characters enter the cannon, they curl into a balland are launched from the cannon as living cannon balls to another location. Twenty years on since its debut in 1999, let’s reminisce, retrospect, and rock out to Sonic Underground’s peculiar legacy, and where it left a mark on Sonic’s history, if any at all. Knuckles bargains with Robotnik in order to recover and repair the Chaos Emerald before Mobius is destroyed but, to acquire the villain's help, the echidna must betray the Hedgehogs.