WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:01.030 --> 00:00:06.380 So, we've looked at what the Americans and Japanese have done with Sonic the Hedgehog in terms of cartoons. 00:00:06.990 --> 00:00:12.100 So far the Americans have done a good job of turning the franchise into a very serious story. 00:00:12.100 --> 00:00:15.570 Now they return with another cartoon. Must be a good one, right? 00:00:17.810 --> 00:00:18.610 SONIC! 00:00:18.610 --> 00:00:19.880 Triplets born 00:00:19.880 --> 00:00:21.440 The thrown awaits 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:24.340 A seer warns of a deadly fate 00:00:24.450 --> 00:00:25.590 In 1999, 00:00:25.590 --> 00:00:30.850 DiC Entertainment among others created another Sonic cartoon titled Sonic Underground. 00:00:30.850 --> 00:00:33.640 It was based on SatAM with its dark atmosphere, 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.540 and Robotnik having taken over half the planet. 00:00:36.540 --> 00:00:41.910 It stars Sonic at a younger age so the first assumption is that this would be a prequel to SatAM. 00:00:41.910 --> 00:00:45.870 However, there are several differences that make it very different from SatAM. 00:00:45.870 --> 00:00:49.030 Though Robotnik may control half, or less of the world, 00:00:49.030 --> 00:00:51.160 he has not roboticized everyone, 00:00:51.160 --> 00:00:54.450 and keeps unroboticized aristocrats around as income. 00:00:54.450 --> 00:00:59.250 The bidding starts at 100 000 Mobiums! 00:00:59.250 --> 00:01:03.330 Plus he enlists the aid of 2 unroboticized bounty hunters named 00:01:03.330 --> 00:01:04.790 Sleet, a wolf, 00:01:04.790 --> 00:01:06.920 and Dingo, a morphable oaf, 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:08.800 both of which are dimwits. 00:01:09.050 --> 00:01:11.120 Dingo, have you seen LaTour? 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:15.800 No, but how do you suppose these suitcases can move all by themselves? 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:19.270 You remind me of somebody... 00:01:19.270 --> 00:01:22.010 For some reason makes me think of 2 other morons. 00:01:23.100 --> 00:01:25.660 Grounder, you are as dumb as a rock! 00:01:25.660 --> 00:01:26.570 Metamorphic, 00:01:26.570 --> 00:01:27.120 igneous, 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:28.010 or sedimentary? 00:01:28.010 --> 00:01:29.790 Dimwitaraenteous! 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:36.490 The other major difference is that Sonic's mother is a queen, 00:01:36.490 --> 00:01:37.460 named Aleena, 00:01:37.460 --> 00:01:38.740 making him a prince. 00:01:38.740 --> 00:01:40.080 She had 2 other kids 00:01:40.080 --> 00:01:42.080 giving him a brother named Manic, 00:01:42.080 --> 00:01:43.600 and a sister named Sonia. 00:01:44.710 --> 00:01:45.550 What? 00:01:45.550 --> 00:01:51.510 For some reason, a seer tells her that she needs to abandon her kids and separate them until the time is right. 00:01:51.510 --> 00:01:57.230 Some day you will reunite with your children to become the Council of Four, 00:01:57.230 --> 00:01:59.910 and overthrow Robotnik... 00:01:59.910 --> 00:02:02.770 But there is a price, Your Highness. 00:02:02.770 --> 00:02:05.570 For the prophecy to be fulfilled, 00:02:05.570 --> 00:02:09.220 I had to give up my babies. 00:02:09.220 --> 00:02:14.570 I think it has something to do with that if they are apart, it is much harder for Robotnik to capture them all. 00:02:14.570 --> 00:02:18.830 Though it doesn't make sense seeing as the siblings get together some 10 years later. 00:02:18.830 --> 00:02:24.000 Aleena sends them to the 3 corners of the city, and they get brought up in different manners. 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:25.460 Sonic becomes... 00:02:25.460 --> 00:02:27.830 Well, I'm sure you know that personality. 00:02:27.830 --> 00:02:29.660 No problemo, Uncle Chuck! 00:02:29.660 --> 00:02:31.660 Fast is my middle name! 00:02:31.660 --> 00:02:35.800 Sonia gets brought up by aristocrats and is a snooty acrobat. 00:02:36.050 --> 00:02:38.660 I am never stepping foot in a sewer again! 00:02:38.660 --> 00:02:39.150 It's dirty, 00:02:39.150 --> 00:02:39.700 it's smelly, 00:02:39.700 --> 00:02:41.100 and it's disgusting! 00:02:41.100 --> 00:02:43.410 Hey, that's my home you're talking about, princess! 00:02:43.410 --> 00:02:47.000 And Manic becomes a thief because he was brought up by the wrong crowd. 00:02:51.620 --> 00:02:56.430 Hey, we could sell this to a crooked antique dealer I know and make a bundle for the resistance! 00:02:56.430 --> 00:03:00.690 Each sibling wears a medallion representing an instrument they are good at. 00:03:00.690 --> 00:03:07.140 With these medallions they can call apon great power by materializing instruments and using them as weapons. 00:03:08.290 --> 00:03:10.360 We gonna let these cool instruments go to waste? 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:12.790 Well, of course, if they've got instruments, 00:03:12.790 --> 00:03:13.950 why not? 00:03:17.340 --> 00:03:20.220 There's something missing 00:03:20.220 --> 00:03:22.770 Something's not quite right 00:03:22.770 --> 00:03:25.510 Honestly, who thought this was a good idea? 00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:30.560 Hey, Sal, don't you call me a fool 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.660 Cause, baby, you know that I'm way past cool 00:03:33.660 --> 00:03:35.660 Way past cool 00:03:37.310 --> 00:03:38.710 Way past cool, huh? 00:03:41.380 --> 00:03:46.130 Yo, put the peddle to the metal and baby I guarantee 00:03:47.470 --> 00:03:51.730 You'll be juicin' to the 10th degree 00:03:52.640 --> 00:03:55.380 Thankfully, this time it is not Jaleel White singing, 00:03:55.380 --> 00:03:56.290 but still... 00:03:56.290 --> 00:04:00.130 Oh and yes, Jaleel White does the voice for all 3 siblings. 00:04:00.130 --> 00:04:04.080 Can you picture over a hundred Urkles gathered together in one house? 00:04:06.510 --> 00:04:08.510 Please, not before I eat! 00:04:08.890 --> 00:04:13.390 Ok, just to clarify, I do not have a problem with Jaleel White voicing Sonic. 00:04:13.390 --> 00:04:17.950 At the start of every episode, Aleena narrates what the kids are gonna go through... 00:04:17.950 --> 00:04:22.760 Sometimes you have to take a step back to realize how far you've come. 00:04:22.760 --> 00:04:30.120 In Manic's case, however, that one simple step could turn into a slide of no return. 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:34.430 And somewhere in every episode there is a music video about something or another. 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:37.160 All the diamonds and pearls 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:40.240 Can't put love in the world 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:42.440 If you look inside your heart 00:04:42.440 --> 00:04:46.020 I know you'll see 00:04:46.020 --> 00:04:47.870 That money can't buy 00:04:47.870 --> 00:04:49.660 The things you really need 00:04:49.990 --> 00:04:50.700 POLL TIME! 00:04:50.700 --> 00:04:52.500 Which moral lesson would you prefer? 00:04:52.500 --> 00:04:53.520 Sonic Says? 00:04:53.520 --> 00:04:54.850 Sonic Says? Sonic Underground? 00:04:54.850 --> 00:04:56.710 Ok, it's not only moral lessons, 00:04:56.710 --> 00:04:58.710 there are other excuses to sing... 00:04:58.710 --> 00:05:00.930 The vacation starts today 00:05:00.930 --> 00:05:02.220 And we're gonna have 00:05:02.220 --> 00:05:03.680 Fun in the sun 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:05.330 Super vacation 00:05:05.330 --> 00:05:06.790 Fun in the sun 00:05:06.790 --> 00:05:08.790 Gonna have a good time 00:05:08.880 --> 00:05:12.080 At some point Sonic and the others form the Sonic Underground, 00:05:12.080 --> 00:05:14.870 a kind of freedom fighter resistance gang. 00:05:14.870 --> 00:05:17.940 But at the same time they also wish to find their mother. 00:05:17.940 --> 00:05:21.180 So they travel the world and end up in all sorts of adventures. 00:05:21.180 --> 00:05:24.240 During which they discover the powers hidden within, 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:25.660 learn how to use them, 00:05:25.660 --> 00:05:27.660 and learn about themselves. 00:05:27.660 --> 00:05:29.530 We can still hit the beach for a swim. 00:05:29.530 --> 00:05:30.680 Swim? 00:05:31.350 --> 00:05:33.210 Why would we want to do that? 00:05:33.210 --> 00:05:34.680 Here's another tidbit for you: 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:37.520 While trying to follow the theme of Sonic not swimming, 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:39.340 they gave him aquaphobia. 00:05:39.340 --> 00:05:41.020 I knew Sonic didn't like water, 00:05:41.020 --> 00:05:42.760 but he's acting like if he's afraid of it! 00:05:42.760 --> 00:05:47.200 Though Queen Aleena and her kids are supposed to be separated until the time is right, 00:05:47.200 --> 00:05:50.750 I get the feeling she is constantly watching them. 00:05:50.750 --> 00:05:54.120 I, Queen Aleena, shall never abandon Mobius, 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:55.540 or her children, 00:05:55.540 --> 00:05:57.850 as long as I may live! 00:05:57.850 --> 00:06:02.030 I also get the feeling that almost every clue that they get about her whereabouts, 00:06:02.030 --> 00:06:07.350 is actually a message from her telling them to go to a place that needs extra help fighting Robotnik... 00:06:07.350 --> 00:06:09.710 Why would mother want to come to a place like this? 00:06:09.710 --> 00:06:12.460 ...or that will teach them something about the world they live in. 00:06:12.460 --> 00:06:13.520 There's not much here. 00:06:13.520 --> 00:06:14.370 Read it! 00:06:14.370 --> 00:06:15.300 Ok. 00:06:15.300 --> 00:06:17.300 According to this, the seer told her: 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:22.270 "I will rejoin my children, but there are many roads that we all must travel before we are reunited." 00:06:22.270 --> 00:06:24.090 And here's something I find annoying: 00:06:24.090 --> 00:06:26.400 Do the tears have to be slimy? 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:36.750 Honestly, sounds like something I ate, 00:06:36.750 --> 00:06:38.750 or excreted... 00:06:39.140 --> 00:06:42.250 Also, what's up with some of these creatures' designs? 00:06:42.250 --> 00:06:45.270 Didn't think Robotnik's waste was that radioactive. 00:06:45.270 --> 00:06:48.870 In this series, Knuckles and his floating island makes an appearance, 00:06:48.870 --> 00:06:53.040 and where there's a floating island, there is of course a Chaos Emerald. 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:55.750 Their first encounter is pretty much like in the game. 00:06:55.750 --> 00:06:59.970 Robotnik's henchmen trick him to believe that Sonic and his gang are the enemy... 00:06:59.970 --> 00:07:01.880 Gotta cruise, dudes. 00:07:01.880 --> 00:07:06.670 We gotta find that Chaos Emerald before that dop ee defender Knuckles gets us. 00:07:06.670 --> 00:07:09.690 while they steal the Emerald that keeps the island afloat. 00:07:09.730 --> 00:07:12.260 Like with most things, if it's used properly, 00:07:12.260 --> 00:07:14.040 it can be a source of great power. 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:18.300 My Fortress of Altitude can take care of a trio of troublesome hedgehogs 00:07:18.300 --> 00:07:19.680 without your help. 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:23.140 But if broken and consumed by an unstable dingo... 00:07:23.140 --> 00:07:25.140 I don't feel so good. 00:07:54.980 --> 00:07:56.570 We also get to see Knuckles' 00:07:56.570 --> 00:07:58.310 Great Grandfather Athair! 00:07:58.310 --> 00:08:00.130 There's been a terrible... 00:08:00.130 --> 00:08:03.550 A Chaos Emerald has been broken. 00:08:03.550 --> 00:08:07.940 I can feel the chaos swirling around us, tearing Mobius apart. 00:08:07.940 --> 00:08:09.580 Why the Sean Connery accent? 00:08:09.580 --> 00:08:11.670 Somehow it doesn't seem to fit. 00:08:11.670 --> 00:08:15.400 Anyways, the show lasted 40 episodes and was then canceled. 00:08:15.400 --> 00:08:18.770 I can safely say, even though I'm curious how it ends, 00:08:18.770 --> 00:08:20.020 I won't miss it. 00:08:20.020 --> 00:08:22.730 And to think that Ben Hurst had a hand in this. 00:08:22.730 --> 00:08:27.030 If anything I was hoping that Ben Hurst would show us the continuation of SatAM. 00:08:27.030 --> 00:08:29.340 I suppose we could call it a parallel universe, 00:08:29.340 --> 00:08:31.870 I mean, the Archie series seems to like playing with that. 00:08:31.870 --> 00:08:35.820 But imagine the kids' confusion if they watch Underground before SatAM. 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:37.560 Did they ever find their mother? 00:08:37.560 --> 00:08:39.200 Where did the siblings go to? 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:40.800 And if that's the king of Mobius, 00:08:40.800 --> 00:08:42.390 and that's the queen of Mobius, 00:08:42.390 --> 00:08:44.610 does that make Sally a sibling too? 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:46.880 What's going on? 00:08:47.370 --> 00:08:50.450 Ok, I may be comparing to SatAM a bit too much... 00:08:50.450 --> 00:08:52.580 There are some redeeming factors like, 00:08:52.580 --> 00:08:53.670 the music's good... 00:08:53.920 --> 00:08:56.660 I'm so glad I found my home 00:08:56.660 --> 00:09:00.000 I've been walking through this world alone 00:09:00.250 --> 00:09:02.310 And the messages to the kids are ok, 00:09:02.310 --> 00:09:05.170 but some of it seems to be a little too rushed, 00:09:05.170 --> 00:09:08.220 and there are points in which I am reminded of Adventures. 00:09:12.460 --> 00:09:14.170 Excuse me, Mr. Swatbot. 00:09:14.170 --> 00:09:17.990 Can you tell me if I'm a dangerous member of the Anti-Robuttnik Underground? 00:09:21.630 --> 00:09:24.740 I am unable to identify you. 00:09:24.740 --> 00:09:25.450 Cool! 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:28.290 Well, that was the end of that. 00:09:28.290 --> 00:09:30.200 And there's one more cartoon out there. 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:32.200 We shall look at that in part 5.