Alright, let's talk about one of the OTHER Sonic cartoons that has made it's way onto TVs in the 1990's, and that show would be known as "Sonic the Hedgehog" or "Sonic SatAm" for short. This is the show that not only has Sonic and Tails, but also has other anthropomorphic characters like Princess Sally Acorn, a partially roboticized rabbit named Bunnie, a walrus named Rotor, and a coyote named Antoine, plus there's a dragon named Dulcy who shows up in season 2. Plus it also has not only Dr. Robotnik as an antagonist, but Dr. Robotnik has a sidekick named Snively who happens to be his nephew instead of someone like Scratch and Grounder from "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" or someone like Orbot and Cubot from the modern Sonic games. Now, I will say right off the bat that "Sonic SatAm," along with "Sonic Underground," is one of the better Sonic cartoons, but it does have a lot of problems. But the problems have nothing to do with Dulcy or the attempt at a serious tone, emphasis on attempt.

There’s so much to talk about. I'd say that Antoine is the biggest problem with this show because almost every single time he’s given the focus, whether it’s his cowardly annoying noises and quivering or his bragging and lying, it’s complete filler. Filler is a really big problem with "Sonic SatAm." Every episode has worthless filler, like Snively and Robotnik talking to each other when we could just see the plan carried out for the first time from Sonic’s perspective, and basically any attempt at comedy in a show that never made me laugh once. I loved seeing all the episodes of "Sonic SatAm" that I could before "CrystalMaiden 77" reviewed them all and seeing the ones that she did review, and she gave great reviews on that show on YouTube. Robotnik's so painfully boring.

Robotnik's so generic. I give props to his voice being really creepy, but it’s trying too hard, and I prefer how Long John Baldry voiced Robotnik in "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" even if Robotnik was mostly an incompetent villain. I loved the moment in "Sonic SatAm" where he was bothered by bumblebees and Snively was trying to lead him somewhere, and while he was trying to talk all menacing as usual, he was interrupted. It was a parody, a "Take That," instead of taking him completely seriously. I love that he’s a threat, a genuine strong antagonistic force who rules a whole city.

Eggman SHOULD be a threat if you’re gonna make him a one-dimensional character with no real reason for what he’s doing because you need to at least make a villain like Eggman a threat to take seriously. Villains need to be credible and taken seriously by the heroes so that I can see taking him down as a major goal, unlike in the cartoon called "Sonic Boom" where he’s just treated as a particularly smelly coworker at the office. And people say that he was made goofy and the target of jokes in season 2? I didn’t really notice that at all, he seemed the same to me, but it’s fine to make him that way to make up for how boringly serious he is, when he’s already a huge threat. One episode I can remember genuinely loving was "No Brainer," where it was SNIVELY who was in the major villain role, and being very competent at it. That was an episode that was like a ” done right ” version of a story Ken Penders did in the Archie Sonic comics called ”A Scrambled Hedgehog ” in every way except for Sally calling Sonic the leader of the heroes when THAT’S HER JOB.

And if I will give at least some compliments to "Sonic SatAm," at least it doesn't have Sonic constantly grabbing disguises or materials out of nowhere like what happened in "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog," plus it doesn't have him being a sadist, either. Another compliment I will give to "Sonic SatAm" is how well-drawn the environments are compared to "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog," plus another compliment I will give to "Sonic SatAm" is that unlike "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog," it has a good balance of being lighthearted and tense. But there are more problems with "Sonic SatAm," and they are NOT MINOR... check out more posts for information on why I think so, and until then, I will see you next time for part 2 of my review of "Sonic SatAm."