Sonic Underground

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Sonic Underground premiered in 1999, and is the third U.S animated adventure to feature Sonic The Hedgehog, as with the previous two series, this show takes a slightly different direction and tone. This time, Sonic is one of three siblings, who together, are known as the hit rock band "Sonic Underground". In addition to being a rock band, the siblings are also the children of Aleena, queen of Mobius, who hid her kin away at an early age to keep them safe from the evil dictator who overthrew her: Sonic's age-old enemy, Dr. Robotnik. Robotnik learns of a prophecy that the hedgehogs will one day defeat him, find their mother, and restore peace to the planet. He immediately schemes to ensure the super-charged siblings do not fulfil this premonition. But with the aid of powerful medallions, Sonic, his brother Manic, and their sister Sonia, are determined to take the fight to Robotnik and his SWAT BOTS, as well as take the fight for freedom to a whole new velocity level. NOTE: It was shown on the BKN (Big Kids' Network), which Sci-Fi was affiliated with until 2001. It was syndicated onto UPN, but originally was with the Sci-Fi Channel weekdays at 6 A.M. Central Standards Time.''''Sonic Underground Theme Song:''''Triplets Born''The Throne Awaits''A Seer Warns Of A Deadly Fate''Give up Your Children, Seperate''Bide Your Time, Lie in Wait''Sonic Underground''Sonic Underground''They Made A Vow''Their Mother Will Be Found''''The Children Grow, Learn What's Right''Leaders Of The Freedom Fight''They Seek Their Mother, She Knows They Do''Is It Time?''If She Only Knew..''Will the Prophecy come True?''''Sonic Underground''Sonic Underground''Queen Aleena: I long for my children, but I have to wait, to act too soon could seal thier fate...''They Made A Vow''Their Mother Will Be Found''SONIC UNDERGROUND!''''CHARACTERS:''''SONIC: One character that definitely doesn't need to be introduced is Sonic the Hedgehog. He is the fastest and coolest hedgehog in all of Mobius. His famous Super Spin lets him buzz right through walls, robots, and any obstacle Robotnik can come up with. Just like the 2 previous cartoons, he's voiced by Jaleel "Urkel" White. MANIC: One of the new characters in "Sonic Underground" is Sonic's brother Manic. Being a drummer, his brain can sometimes be too busy listening to his own unique beat to focus on what's happening arond him. He doesn't have any speed skills like Sonic; the only one he has mastered so far is speed drumming. He too is voiced by Jaleel White.''''SONIA: Another character is Sonic's sister Sonia. Her musical instrument is a portable keyboard synthesizer which also serves her as a gun. While Sonia doesn't have Sonic's speed, she has an unique ability: the Super Twirl, which lets her accelerate into a whirlwind spiral.Belive it or not, she's also voiced by Jaleel White. DR. ROBOTNIK: Robotnik is the ultimate villain, which we all love to hate. He is as mean and evil-looking as always, and more determined to catch Sonic and his siblings than ever, removing the last threat that stands between his final triumph. Voiced by Gary Chalk, who you may remember as the voice of Grounder from AoStH''''SWATBOTS: The new model SWATBOTS are meaner and more dangerous than the version in the previous cartoon series. They are all hi-tech, sporting a red metal body and dark grey metal limbs.''''Dingo and Sleet: Dingo and Sleet are Dr.Robotnik's evil Bounty Hunters. Dingo is a buff and muscle-bound dingodile who is in love with Sonia and not too bright however he is able to transform into anything. Sleet is a very smart Wolf who can make up very good plans to catch Sonic and his siblings.moreless
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  • so bad so sad

    8.0
    "Great"
    By JeanAlainBlis, Jan 12, 2012 Report Abuse
    I seriously enjoy the show. Sorry for those who hates it. True I am not a sonic fan and that is probably why some people did not like that show: because it doesn't fit with the rest.

    The opening was great, it is rare that I say that on any anime. It give you a big overview of the plot. And I must say that the mother speech at the end is touching. If you listen well, you can feel a mother's sorrow while she try to act couragious.

    Ok I must say that it would have like to see Tail instead of Cyrus. But like everything else in the show, it is a complet different universe. Sonic having a brother and sister was weird at first I must admit. But the background they give to sonic is great. You know everything that happened. compare to other series. Tough having him prince... it was only useful to give a reason why the mother had to separate with them (She was suppose to have some importance at the end but the show never ended). Compare to sonic Satam that we only knew that he was friend with the princess since childhood.

    The music was versatile and that what I like, it wasn't just one style but a lot of different style. So it wasn't a bad thing to have a one minute taste of different music style, even if I did not like some..

    I was sad when I found out that the series stop, cause I was seriously impatient to see how they would found there mother, and compared to the serie soinc the hedgehog, no fan the a potential following.

    PS: For those who did not like the show just because it doesn't fit with the other sonic stuff get down. What you you have say if it wasn't sonic. Seriously. Lot of critics like CartoonKing50 are more constructive than a lot that I saw (even though our opinion are not exactly the same) at least he do not see only the bad side.moreless

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  • Some episodes were boring, I don't see the point in giving Sonic a brother and sister, and why is Sonic suddenly a prince?

    4.5
    "Poor"
    By CartoonKing50, Dec 12, 2011 Report Abuse
    "Sonic Underground" is the 3rd animated TV show based on the popular Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. While the 1st one (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog) wasn't close to the game by any means, it still didn't stray too far from the source material. The 2nd one (simply called "Sonic the Hedgehog") used the same plot, but expanded on it to make it bigger and more complex. Besides there was only 2 Sonic games at the time that show premiered. And the games didn't have any dialougue and didn't have a very big story. This one on the other hand, was not close to the games at all. The only similarities to the games are the characters Sonic, Dr. Robotnik and Knuckles, and the idea of Robotnik roboticizing animals to make them his slaves. So it's probably closer than the first Sonic show. But that changes when you see that this show got the weird idea that Sonic is a prince and had a brother and sister. Now I'm not usually one to complain about straying slightly from the source material, but this show strayed way too far. Just the idea of Sonic being a prince is pretty stupid. I also don't understand why they made Jaleel White voice Sonia. He was great as Sonic and I'm fine with him voicing Manic, but couldn't they have gotten a voice ACTRESS to play Sonia? Plus she sounds way too similar to Jaleel's most well-known role, Steve Urkel. And I hate the new voice actor for Dr. Robotnik. Jim Cummings was perfect, why didn't they keep him?

    PROS:

    -This show has that feel to it that's pretty hard to describe. And that feel makes this show a lot better. I can't describe it though.

    -Great animation. It looks nice and I've never found a mistake in the animation yet.

    -Catchy music. "411", "When Tommorow Comes" and "Someday" will never leave my head. And even though I don't like the idea of Sonic singing this kind of music (I prefer the songs he sung on the SatAM series), these are pretty catchy songs.

    CONS:

    -Why did they make Sonic a prince? That's just wrong. It's way too different from the games, and it's just not what Sonic's supposed to be like.

    -Sonia, Bartelby and The Oracle of Delphius are very annoying. Sonia's too prissy and spoiled wich makes her irritating, Bartelby is like Antoine, only far more whiny, prissy and annoying, and The Oracle of Delphius has an annoying voice and he's just boring, bland, flat and one-dimensional.

    -Knuckles. Something about him just seems very wrong. He's my favorite character on the games, but this show made him seem like a whiny little kid.

    -They didn't continue Sonic SatAM's cliffhanger ending. The second Sonic show (wich is commonly known as "Sonic SatAM") ended on a cliffhanger, wich dissapointed a lot of fans. So with this show being produced, directed and written by a lot of the same people, you'd think it would be a sequel to SatAM and continue that cliffhanger ending right? Wrong! They completely rebooted it and it just wasn't Sonic. Also what happened to Snively, Sally, Antoine, Dulcy, Rotor, Tails and Bunnie? Where are they?

    Rating: 45% "Mediocre"

    It could've been better, and a SatAM sequel would've been the best way to do it.

    -Cartoon Kingmoreless

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  • Could have been epic if it weren't a Sonic show

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    By DGoesIn, Dec 12, 2011 Report Abuse
    I'm reviewing all the Sonic shows. SatAM, X, an Underground. Yup, that's ALL the Sonic shows. Yeah, everyone that's ALL of the Sonic shows that exist... no more... at all!!! Anyways, this show had potential, sort of, but it shouldn't have been a Sonic show. Sonic is about speed and fighting robots with skills super powers and rolling into balls and flying through robots and airhsips....Not playing instruments that make musical notes into lasers. I mean, they completely abandoned all that Sonic should be and put it in this. People like it, and I don't blame them, but ask yourself: is this really SONIC? I mean, this is based on a platforming video game, and has nothing to do with the game. Not to mention that everything seemed so unmotivated. The songs were weak, the animators didn't try to make every scene fit, and they got Urkel to do all of the voices. He shouldn't be doing Manic and Sonia, but he didn't even try as Sonic. You can totally tell he's uninterested and doesn't even produce a voice that sounds right. This show is what would happen if you took the epic musical it could have been and turned it into a SatAM ripoff that failed to do what SatAM did and just produced the unfitting mound of crap that Underground is. It had potential, just not as SONIC. I could see it being better if they dropped Sonic and Hedgehogs and made it more realistic and actiony. Luckily this is the worst and there's no show that just mixes up a bunch of random cartoons, most notably Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, throws random colors up for the backgrounds, has stupid characters and childish "comedy", and threw Sonic and Tails in the mix to make money...and then flipped off the fans by having Sonic teach life morals to the kids watching.......Luckily a show like this DOESNT EXIST!! Luckily Sonic Underground is the worst Sonic can get and luckily no show like the one I described exists....at all!!

    I would do the rating system here, but it's pointless this show is a fail. Some potential, but not Sonicmoreless

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  • this show in my opinion is amazing it was the best show i ever seen it put a real twist on sonic and gave a little background to him in my honost opinion this should aire again and should be shown to the world and i think they shouldmake anotherseasonmoreless

    10
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    By DannySimpson, Nov 26, 2011 Report Abuse
    i instantly fell in love with this show it was amazing i was sadden to found out episode 40 was the last it was an amazing series i thought it was horridle it wasnt continued i didnt think it gave it justice it was an amazing series i wanted more episodes to no avail they stopped airing the series i wish they would make more and make a second season that show was amazing and it should get justice and be continued im sure kids everywhere whould love this show i wish it would get another chancemoreless

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  • Cartoon King's review of Sonic Underground:

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By CartoonKing100, Nov 09, 2011 Report Abuse
    Sonic Underground is the third animated TV show based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video games by SEGA. It premiered on UPN in 1999 and is the last Sonic cartoon to be produced by DiC Entertainment, and the last one to have Jaleel White (Steve Urkel) voice Sonic. This show kind of rebooted the Sonic series. For example in this show Sonic has a brother named Manic and a sister named Sonia, (who are both also voiced by Jaleel White) and his mother is a queen. It seems like Robotnik has a sidekick in every Sonic show. In Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog he had Scratch and Grounder, and in Sonic the Hedgehog he had Snivley. Well in this show he has Sleet and Dingo. Sleet is the smarter one, the more serious one, the more evil one and the leader of the duo. (Sleet is probably the most likeable character in this show for some reason) He is voiced by Maurice LaMarche. (Brain from Pinky and the Brain) Dingo is a muscular orange Dingo with an Austrailian accent. He is the dumb one. This show is in a way a lot similar to the ABC Sonic the Hedgehog show. Even though some things that were good about that one aren't in this one. Similarities are: -the Roboticizer, -Sonic's uncle Chuck, -Mobotropolis/Robotropolis, -Bartleby is alot similar to Antoine, -and Sonic's catchphrases from the other show are in here too. (such as "Let's do it to it" and "It's Juice time") Things that sadly didn't make it to this show are: -The Freedom Fighters Sally, Bunny, Antoine, Tails and Rotor, -Robotnik's assistant/nephew Snivley, -Jim Cummings as the voice of Dr. Robotnik,

    -Rings,

    -and it didn't continue the cliffhanger ending from the ABC Sonic show.

    At first I didn't like this show I thought the changes it made from the other Sonic games and shows were stupid and unneccesary, but watching it again It's a really good show and the changes really aren't that bad. Sleet and Dingo are really good characters, and Sonia and Manic aren't that bad either. And the animation is awesome. It dosen't have near as many mistakes as the other shows by DiC. A lot of people critisized the music in this show. I thought it was good. The theme song was really catchy and some of the songs they sung during the show were pretty catchy too.
    (especially "Someday", "When Tommorow Comes" and "411") Sonic Underground may not be as good as the ABC Sonic cartoon but it is an overall great cartoon show.

    RATING: 9.0/10 (Excellent)moreless

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