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SatAM is the abbreviated title for the self-titled "Sonic The Hedgehog " cartoon series which originally aired on ABC in North America. Because the character, television series, and video game series all share the same name, fans began referring to Sonic The Hedgehog as SatAM to distinguish it from the others. Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated television series created by DiC? also known as SatAM Sonic because it was originally aired in America on a Saturday morning slot. It is based on the video game series of the same name. The series aired from September 18, 1993 to December 3, 1994 on ABC. The series sharply contrasts with Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, a syndicated series that premiered in the same month.
The show ran for two seasons. A third season was in the early planning stages until ABC canceled the show because of low ratings (thought to result from competition with FOX Kids' Power Rangers). After Sonic the Hedgehog was canceled, reruns of the show appeared on USA Network's USA Action Extreme Team.
The series was also telecast in Canada on the CTV Network, although it was aired between September 18, 1993, and September 2, 1995. The possible reason for CTV airing the series during the summer of 1995, which ABC never did, was to simply run the rest of the 1994-1995 broadcast year out. The show has not been aired in Canada since its cancellation.
The program was partly recently broadcast on the UK television channels Pop and ITV2?. It initially had a complete run on Channel 4 on Sunday mornings.
Despite its cancellation and limited recent airings, the show enjoys a small but loyal Internet fanbase. The show was also the partial basis for a comic book series called Sonic the Hedgehog, which continues even a decade after the cartoon's cancellation and still features many of the cartoon's own characters.
In response to popular demand, the entire series was released onto DVD by Shout! Factory on March 27, 2007. More information about this release can be read below.
Contents [hide] 1 Plot summary 2 DVD releases 2.1 Super Sonic DVD (2002) 2.2 The Complete Series (2007) 2.3 Other releases 3 Differences with AoStH? 4 Theme song 5 Vocal talents 6 Character cast 7 Home video release history 8 Episode list 8.1 The Third Season 9 Pre–Sonic the Hedgehog 10 Cancelled Video Game 11 Footnotes 12 External links
[edit] Plot summary
Kiss conceived between Sonic and Sally seen in the Sonic the Hedgehog series finale. Ixis Naugus's eyes in the background at the end of the final episode, "The Doomsday Project".The show takes place on a planet called Mobius sometime in the 33rd century. An evil scientist named Dr. Julian Ivo Robotnik (Jim Cummings) who owned a pet robot chicken named Cluck in the first season, invaded and conquered a huge city named Mobotropolis, with the help of his assistant and nephew Snively (Charlie Adler) and his army of robot soldiers called SWATbots. He then used a giant airship called the Destroyer to turn Mobotropolis into a new city, renaming it Robotropolis, a polluted city of factories and warehouses. This invasion occurred on Friday the 13th, 3224, in an unknown month (potentially either September 13, 3224 or December 13, 3224) (Blast from the Past Pt. 1 and 2).
Robotnik soon abducted the city's king, Maximillian Acorn (Tim Curry), exiling him to a dimensional warp known as "The Void" and made the palace his own personal headquarters. From there, he captured the rest of the citizens, including a brainy old hedgehog named Sir Charles Hedgehog (William Windom) and his dog Muttski, and used a machine called the roboticizer to turn them into robot slaves.
Those who managed to escape retreated into the Great Forest and built a village named Knothole to hide from Robotnik, including a group called the Freedom Fighters, among them the protagonist, Sonic the Hedgehog (Jaleel White), Charles' speedy nephew, as well as his best friend Tails (Bradley Pierce), a young two-tailed fox who can twirl his tails to fly.
Other Freedom Fighters include Rotor (Mark Ballou/Cam Brainard), a walrus with a knack for machines, Antoine (Rob Paulsen), a French coyote and former palace guard with many personality flaws, and Bunnie Rabbot (Christine Cavanaugh), a pretty southern cyborg rabbit who was partially roboticized before being saved by Sonic. Last is the group's leader (although she at times refers to Sonic as the leader), Princess Sally Acorn (Kath Soucie), the king's only daughter. Sally carries a sentient mini-computer named NICOLE.
For ten years, the Freedom Fighters constantly foiled Robotnik's schemes. In the show's second season, a winged female dragon named Dulcy (Cree Summer) was a new star. Dulcy's mother Sabina was captured and roboticized along with most of her species.
The show ran for two seasons before it was canceled. The final episode, "The Doomsday Project", ended with a cliffhanger suggesting a new villain for season three; it was later revealed that the villain would have been a sorcerer from a previous episode named Ixis Naugus. There were rumors of a third season, but it was never produced.
Many fans and newcomers have debated over whose eyes were in the background at the end of "The Doomsday Project". Some thought it was Knuckles the Echidna, while others thought Metal Sonic. On the popular semi-official Sonic the Hedgehog website and on the DVD, Ben Hurst revealed that the eyes belonged to "Ixis Naugus. Not Knuckles. Not Metal Sonic. Ixis Naugus." He also mentioned at Sagexpo that Knuckles would have appeared at the end of Season 3, and would have been more of a main character in the fourth season, had the series been allowed to continue. No mention of Metal Sonic appearing in the series was made.
[edit] DVD releases
[edit] Super Sonic DVD (2002) A DVD of five first-season episodes was available from DiC? and Lions Gate Home Entertainment under the title Sonic the Hedgehog: Super Sonic, which was released on February 26, 2002. However, this was pulled when Buena Vista claimed to have distribution rights to the series.
The five episodes that were on this disc, all from Season 1, were:
Super Sonic Sonic Racer Sonic Boom Sonic and Sally Sonic and The Secret Scrolls
[edit] The Complete Series (2007)
The Complete Series DVD cover for Sonic the Hedgehog.It was thought that the Super Sonic DVD would be the show's lone DVD release. However, a Boxset entitled Sonic The Hedgehog: The Complete Series was released by Shout! Factory on March 27, 2007. More details to the above information can be found here: [1], [2].
There are bonus features spread out on all four discs: storyboards, concept art, storyboard-to-screen comparisons, deleted/extended scenes, a printable prototype script of the series pilot (Heads or Tails), and interviews with Jaleel White and head writer Ben Hurst. The individual cases and the DVDs? themselves also feature fan art submitted to Shout! Factory during the box set's development phase [3].
Like many Shout! Factory sets, there are hidden Easter eggs: two additional interviews with White and Hurst each.
[edit] Other releases A box set of the first 12 episodes has been released in Korea and a box set is currently planned for the UK [4]
[edit] Differences with AoStH? While Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is known for its bright colors and whimsical humor, Sonic the Hedgehog featured darker stories which constituted a departure from the tone of the Sonic games of the time. To distinguish between the two series, fans typically refer to this series as SatAM, because it was a Saturday morning cartoon, while Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog aired on weekdays in syndication in the United States.
[edit] Theme song The theme song ("Fastest Thing Alive") was produced by: Noisy Neighbors Productions. video
[edit] Vocal talents Jaleel White - Sonic the Hedgehog Kath Soucie - Princess Sally "Acorn" (no actual last name given) & "NICOLE", Sally's Computer Rob Paulsen - Antoine "Depardieu" (this last name was used instead) Christine Cavanaugh - Bunnie Rabbot William Windom - Sir Charles 'Uncle Chuck' Hedgehog Jim Cummings - Dr. Ivo Robotnik/Julian/Additional SWATbots? Charlie Adler - Snively Cree Summer - Dulcy the Dragon Bradley Pierce - Miles "Tails" Prower Mark Ballou/Cam Brainard - Rotor Dana Hill - Young Princess Sally Tahj Mowry - Young Sonic the Hedgehog Shari Belafonte - Lupe Michael Bell - Ixis Naugus Joan Gerber - Rosie the Nanny Tim Curry - "King Acorn" (the character was unnamed in this series)
[edit] Character cast Freedom Fighters:
Princess Sally Acorn Sonic the Hedgehog Antoine D'Coolette Bunnie Rabbot Rotor Miles "Tails" Prower Dulcy the Dragon Other characters:
King Acorn Sir Charles 'Uncle Chuck' Hedgehog Rosie Ari Griff Lupe Wolf Pack Freedom Fighters Villains:
Doctor Robotnik Snively SWATbots Ixis Naugus
[edit] Home video release history October 21, 1994 (VHS, Hooked on Sonics) December 19, 1994 (VHS, Sonic Racer and Super Sonic) February 26, 2002 (DVD, five episodes) March 27, 2007 (DVD, complete boxed set)
[edit] Episode list Main Article: List of Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series) episodes
[edit] The Third Season Though the series ended with Season 2, there were more episodes planned. According to writer Ben Hurst, the third season would have featured Snively briefly attempting to take over, but he quickly fails.
He would then accidentally release Naugus from the Void, who would take over as the main villain with Robotnik as his lackey (Naugus is also the person whose eyes were seen behind Snively at the end of Season 2). The King would also be freed from the Void and Snively, reduced to nothing, would later defect to the Freedom Fighters (which briefly occurred in the Sonic Archie comic).
Furthermore, more developments would have come along between the relationship of Sonic and Tails, coming a little closer to the game relationship it strayed so far away from. [5] It has also been said that Sally is romanced by someone other than Sonic. Also, Ben Hurst mentions that Tails would discover some great power hidden inside him and that he would save the Freedom Fighters from a great disaster.
[edit] Pre–Sonic the Hedgehog In 1993 an article in Sonic the Comic the British Sonic/Sega comic, officially licensed by Sega Of Europe, announced two new television series starring Sonic the Hedgehog, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog. Within the four pages of plot synopsis and concept art, a group of screen shots that greatly differ from the rest appear without explanation.[1] These screen shots have circulated through the internet contributing to the theory of a cartoon series aborted before production which has been dubbed "The Mystery cartoon" also "Pre-SatAM".
One of these images, showing 'The Freedom Team' was later reused to promote the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog series, along with another, using similar art, presumably from the same timeframe.
While there has not been any confirmation from DiC? on the matter, it is internet speculated that these images were a prototype for Sonic the Hedgehog, due to similarities (Sally Acorn, The Robotocizer, Freedom Fighters) with the series and their appearance within an article announcing Sonic the Hedgehog.
The supporting characters in the Pre-Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon are most likely based on the small animals freed from enemies in the original Sonic the Hedgehog game. Most notable is the lack of Tails; it could be that the concept was drawn up before Tails' arrival in the franchise.[2]
[edit] Cancelled Video Game In a recent interview with Peter Morawiec, a former programmer for Sega Technical Institute and the famed creator of Comix Zone, he had developed a prototype game based off of the SatAM continuity, using a completely different engine than the traditional Sonic games. It would have been a second time that characters from the SatAM series would've shown up, and possibly the first video game appearances of both the SatAM version of Robotnik and Snively. The interview can be seen here.[6] Also, a probably leaked video of the said game can be found here: [7]
[edit] Footnotes ^ Burton, Richard (1993), "It's Sonic the Hedgehog on TV!", Sonic the Poster Mag (no. 1) ^ Before SatAM. SonicHQ?. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
[edit] External links Sonic the Hedgehog at the Big Cartoon DataBase? Saturday Morning Sonic Fans United for SatAM SatAM Online Pre-Sonic the Hedgehog pictures Knothole Express Sega-16 interview with Peter Morawiec Sonic SATAM Videogame prototype (STI) [hide]v • d • eSonic the Hedgehog comic and TV characters Comic/TV Show Heroes: Sonic · Tails · Sally · Bunnie · Rotor · Antoine · NICOLE · Dulcy · Freedom Fighters (Minor) · King Acorn · Knuckles · Amy Rose · Chaotix · Athair · Locke · Julie-Su · Secret Service · Brotherhood of Guardians · Elias · Mina · Shadow · Rouge · Lara-Su · Minor comic characters
Villains: Robotnik (Comic / TV show) · Snively · Ixis Naugus · Metal Sonic · Scourge · Anti-Freedom Fighters · Fiona · Destructix · Dimitri/Enerjak · Mammoth Mogul · Dark Legion · Lien-Da · A.D.A.M. · Finitevus · Minor comic villains
Locations: Knothole Village · Angel Island · Mobotropolis · House of Acorn · Eggman Empire · The Void / Zone of Silence Sonic the Comic Sonic the Hedgehog · Doctor Robotnik · Freedom Fighters · Shortfuse the Cybernik · Captain Plunder · Commander Brutus · Drakon Empire · Sonic the Comic characters Locations: Nameless Zone · Shanazar · Special Zone Sonic X Chris Thorndyke · Cosmo · Metarex · Sonic X characters Underground Sonic · Sonia · Manic · Queen Aleena · Knuckles · Underground characters AoStH? Scratch and Grounder · Coconuts [hide]v • d • eSonic the Hedgehog video game features Emerald/Ring Chaos Control · Chaos Emeralds · Master Emerald · Rings · Minor power objects · Special Stage (Blue Sphere) · Super transformation (other media) Locations Angel Island (Hidden Palace) · Prison Island · Space Colony ARK · Tiny Chao Garden · Central City · Soleanna · Arabian Nights Vehicles The Tornado · Death Egg · Dr. Eggman's vehicles (flying fortresses) Other Eggman's robots (E-Series) · Mobians (Echidnas) · Eggman Empire · Roboticizer (Roboticization) · Minor technology · Sonic Team · Voice Actors · Evolution of the Sonic Universe Spin offs Manga · Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (episodes) (Sonic Christmas Blast) · Sonic the Comic · Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series) (episodes) · Sonic the Hedgehog (comic series) (Knuckles) · Movie · Sonic Underground (episodes) · Sonic X (episodes) (comic) (card game) · List of printed media
SatAM was chosen because the show aired on Saturday (Sat.) mornings. In the twelve-hour time system, the first twelve hours of the day are referred to as "A.M." Thus when the two designations were combined, they formed SatAM.