Disney’s Sonic the Hedgehog (Tv series 1991)

This is about the actual television series, for the airing shedule go here.
Sonic the Hedgehog is a Disney (Originally a ABC Cartoon until Disney bought the show in Early 1992) cartoon that ran from June 23, 1991 to September 28, 2007. The first season aired on ABC until being moved to The Disney Channel (now known as Disney Channel) until Season 5 when it was being moved to ToonDisney on December 23, 1998, this was done to get more viewers on the ToonDisney channel it was also done because Sonic the Hedgehog was intended to end with Season 5 before being announced for 4 more seasons, following extremely succesful reruns on Disney Channel in 2002 the show started premiering episodes on there again starting December 19th 2002 until it's 9th and final season when the show moved to ToonDisney for that full final season with reruns remaining on Disney Channel but mostly only from the first 7 seasons as Season 8 and 9 had more reruns on ToonDisney.
Season 1 never reran after January 1993 due to ABC exclusively owning that season although when Disney bought them up in 1996 it started rerunning again starting in February 1997
It was followed by the movie Disney’s Sonic The Hedgehog The Movie which released in theaters on November 21, 2008 in the US, November 27th 2008 in Australia, November 28, 2008 in the majority of Europe and February 20, 2009 in Japan.
After the movie there was a revival in June 2009 called “Disney’s Sonic The Hedgehog: Back in Action”
It was animated in France by France Animation until late Season 6 (2005 Episodes only) when the French animation studio MoonScoop took over the animation. This also lead to the France Animation Era voice cast being replaced.
This Disney Sonic show out of the three is the only one to have some seasons on VHS and HD-DVD as both were discontinued before Disney’s Sonic The Hedgehog: Back in Action had released however the 2008 movie did get a very late HD-DVD release in April 2009 exclusively in America, this makes Disney’s Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie the final major HD-DVD release which has made it quite rare.
== Voice cast ==
=== Season 1 - Season 5 ===
Jaleel White as Sonic
=== Season 5 - Season 6 episode 15 + Season 4 episode 10 ===
Ryan Drummond as Sonic the Hedgehog
David Humphrey as Shadow the Hedgehog
=== Season 6 episode 16 - Season 9 ===
Jason Griffith as Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog and Jet the Hawk
==Season 1==
Season 1 is the first Season of Sonic the Hedgehog which debuted on June 23, 1991 and ended on March 3rd 1992. It consists of 20, 11 minute episodes aswell as 1, 22 minute episode. Episode 1 - 15 + 21 was produced in December 1990 - March 1991 and episode 16 - 20 was produced in April - August 1991.
Sonic in School was delayed heavily for unknown reasons.
This along with Season 2, 3 and 4 were all edited for American broadcast as they didn't like the Japanese design.
Title 	Plot 	Release date 	Episode Number	Production Code	Production Year	US Television View Ratings
Blue Streak 	Sonic lives on the peaceful island South Island until the evil Dr. Eggman starts making havoc. 	June 23, 1991 	1 	101a 	1990 	1.8m
Flicky Chaos 	A flicky families youngest family member has gone missing so Sonic ventures out to find it. 	August 1st 1991 	2 	101b 	1990 	1.1m
Once Upon a Trap 	Eggman tries to trap Sonic but Sonic always finds a way to escape. 	August 2nd 1991 	3 	103b 	1990 	1.3m
Chaos in a Emerald 	Sonic finds the 7 chaos emeralds and looks into they’re powers. 	August 3rd 1991 	4 	104 	1990 	1.0m
Toxic Waist 	Sonic has been tricked by Dr. Eggman and is hanging right over Toxic waist, the only ones who can save him now is the flickies of South Island	August 4th 1991 	5 	102a 	1990 	843k
Firework Festival 	Sonic is ready to celebrate International Fireworks Day but Eggman has a new plan. 	August 5th 1991 	6 	102b 	1990 	1.6m
Sonic’s Dream 	Sonic has a weird dream. 	August 6th 1991 	7 	106a 	1991 	2.1m
No Fun in the Burning Sun 	Sonic goes on a cruise but Eggman is also there. 	August 7th 1991 	8 	105 	1991 	2.2m
Commercial Sonic 	Sonic does a commercial for a Cat food company 	August 8th 1991 	9 	107a 	1991 	2.4m
Eggman the Superstar 	Eggman leaves his evil self behind and becomes a Hollywood Superstar. 	August 10th 1991 	10 	106b 	1991 	2.8m
Swap for a day 	Sonic and Eggman switches lives for a day. 	August 11th 1991 	11 	103a 	1990 	3.2m
Circus of Doom 	Sonic goes to a circus but it’s revealed to be one of Eggman’s traps. 	August 12th 1991 	12 	108 	1991 	3.1m
Farm Sonic 	Sonic takes a break from stopping Eggman for a day and gets a job at a farm. 	August 13th 1991 	13 	109a 	1991 	2.7m
Me and My Friend Flicky 	Sonic grows attached to a friendly Flicky and they become friends but when Eggman kidnaps the Flicky it’s up to Sonic to save it 	August 14th 1991 	14 	107b 	1991 	1.8m
Death Egg Threat 	Eggman has built a giant ship known as the Death Egg 	August 15th 1991 	15 	110 	1991 	1.5m
Haunted Halloween 	Halloween has arrived and Eggman gathers 3 spooky creatures to haunt Sonic for the night. 	October 29, 1991 	16 	111 	1991 	2.1m
Turkey Mischievousness 	Sonic’s dinner turkey is missing so he goes looking for it. 	November 19, 1991	17 	112 	1991 	1.7m
A Merry Sonic Christmas 	Sonic tries celebrating Christmas but he’s disturbed by Dr. Eggman. 	December 10, 1991	18 	114 	1991 	1.9m
Sonic 92 (Known as “Sonic’s New Year” in reruns)	Sonic awaits the new year 1992. 	December 27, 1991	19 	115 	1991 	2.7m
Love in the Air 	Dr. Eggman dresses up like a girl to get Sonic to give him the chaos emeralds. 	February 14, 1992	20 	113 	1991 	2.4m
Sonic in School 	Sonic is sent back to school after failing a year prior, meanwhile Eggman terrorises South Island. 	March 3, 1992 	21 	109b 	1991 	1.3m
==Season 2==
Season 2 is the Second Season of Sonic the Hedgehog. It debuted on November 21 in Japan and November 24 in America. It ended on January 4, 1994. It consists of 25, 11 minute episodes, 4, 22 minute episodes and 1, 44 Minute episode. Similiar to the first season this season was released in 2 batches, the first batch had the first 18 episodes and was produced in April 1992 to August 1992 and the second batch had the final 12 episodes and was produced in February 1993 to July 1993 the second batch was a late decision by Disney to be produced to see how well a new batch of episodes would do.
Title 	Plot 	Airdate 	Episode Number	Production year	US Television View Ratings
Sonic meets Tails 	A little fox arrives on South Island called Tails and he becomes Sonic’s new best friend.	
*November 21, 1992 (Japan)
*November 24, 1992 (America)	1 	1992 	3.8m
Sonic's Resturant 	Sonic and Tails open up a resturant. 	December 8, 1992 	2 	1992 	
 	 	December 15, 1992 	3 	1992 	
 	 	December 22, 1992 	4 	1992 	
 	 	December 29, 1992 	5 	1992 	
 	 	January 5, 1993 	6 	1992 	
 	 	January 12, 1993 	7 	1992 	
 	 	January 19, 1993 	8 	1992 	
 	 	January 26, 1993 	9 	1992 	
 	 	February 2, 1993 	10 	1992 	
 	 	February 9, 1993 	11 	1992 	
 	 	February 16, 1993 	12 	1992 	
 	 	February 23, 1993 	13 	1992 	
 	 	March 2, 1993 	14 	1992 	
 	 	March 9, 1993 	15 	1992 	
 	 	March 16, 1993 	16 	1992 	
 	 	March 23, 1993 	17 	1992 	
Sonic’s Birthday 	Sonic and Tails celebrates Sonic’s birthday. 	June 23, 1993 	18 	1992 	4.7m
Rosy the Rascal 	Sonic and Tails meets a girl called Rosy the Rascal. 	September 23, 1993	19 	1993 	5.2m
Metal and Rosy 	Rosy has been kidnapped by Metal Sonic so Sonic and Tails has to save her, 	September 24, 1993	20 	1993 	5.0m
 	 	November 2, 1993 	21 	1993 	
 	 	November 9, 1993 	22 	1993 	
 	 	November 16, 1993 	23 	1993 	
 	 	November 23, 1993 	24 	1993 	
 	 	November 30, 1993 	25 	1993 	
 	 	December 7, 1993 	27 	1993 	
 	 	December 14, 1993 	28 	1993 	
 	 	December 28, 1993 	29 	1993 	
An End to finish a Season	Sonic tries to figure out how to get renewed for Season 3. 	January 4, 1994 	30 	1993 	3.7m
==Season 3 & Knuckles==
“Season 3 & Knuckles” also simply known as Season 3 is the third season of Sonic the Hedgehog.
It debuted on February 2, 1994 and ended on October 18th 1994.
It consists of 6, 11 minute episodes and 1, 22 Minute episode which makes it run for a total of 1 hour and 28 minutes.
This is the shortest season of Sonic The Hedgehog.
It was produced during August - December 1993. At one point Season 3 was going to be the final season as revealed by the writers, the ending was intended to cap off the show once and for all.
It released on VHS on December 5th 1994 and on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2009. It was planned to release on HD-DVD in 2008 but it was cancelled due to HD-DVD’s downfall.
The Season was originally supposed to be a full length Direct to Video movie but it was cut down to fit a TV format however the Direct to Video format was kept in some international markets specifically: Japan, Thailand, Spain, France, Italy, Russia, Brazil, the UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland although a seperate tv dub for these markets was recorded many years later.
It was aired out of order so due to it having a full story arc there's 2 versions, TV Version which was slightly changed to feel like it was in the right order and the original which was used for the original Direct to DVD cut and reruns on television.
Title 	Plot 	Airdate 	Episode Number	Production Code	Production Year	US Television View Ratings
They Call Him Knuckles 	Dr. Eggman tricks a echidna called Knuckles into working with him. 	February 2, 1994 	1 	301a 	1993 	5.8m
Chaos in Hydrocity 	Sonic and Tails arrive in Hydrocity but they're met by a surprise. 	February 23, 1994 	2 	301b 	1993 	
The Ice Caps are Melting 	Sonic and Tails arrive in Ice Cap but they have to hurry as the Ice Caps are melting. 	April 13, 1994 	3 	302b 	1993 	
The Mushroom Hills and Flying Batteries	Sonic and Tails arrives in Mushroom Hill to make an attempt and board the Flying Battery Aircraft 	May 25, 1994 	4 	303b 	1993 	
Eggman's Plan 	Following defeat in multiple zones, Eggman tries to plot the perfect plan to finally defeat Sonic, however he takes to long to finish a working plan. 	July 13, 1994 	5 	303a 	1993 	
Marbles, Gardens and Carnivals 	Sonic and Tails arrive at Marble Garden which is currently holding a Carnival but Eggman is also there. 	September 14, 1994	6 	302a 	1993 	
Sonic & Knuckles 	In the final chapter of the Knuckles the Echidna saga, Sonic and Tails arrives in the mysterious Hidden Palace where a fight against Knuckles takes place however Dr Eggman takes the Master Emerald and Sonic, Tails and Knuckles have to join forces and reach the Death Egg but first they have to get through Sky Sanctuary.	October 18, 1994 	7 	304 	1993 	2.6m
==Season 4==
Season 4 is the 4th season of Sonic the Hedgehog. It debuted on March 1, 1994 (Prior to Season 3 finishing) and it ended on November 14, 2000 (After Season 5 finished airing). It consists of 10, 22 minute episodes.
This season is considered a “Mini Season” since it was made to give fans any sort of content while they we're working on the biggest season so far, Spinball Trouble has also been confirmed to have been the long lost Episode 31 and 32 of Season 2 but due to time constraints it was released as 2 episodes which was originally not part of a Season but later formed what is now known as Season 4.
It was produced during December 1993 to March 2000 however excluding it's final episode which was produced way after as a bonus inbetween story for Season 5 and the upcoming 6th Season then the season would've finished production in 1997.
Title 	Plot 	Airdate 	Episode Number	Production Code	Production Year	US Television View Ratings
Spinball Trouble Part 1 	Eggman has trapped Sonic and Tails in a Spinball machine 	March 1, 1994 	1 	231 	1993 	4.7m
Spinball Trouble Part 2 	Sonic and Tails realizes that if they launch to hard they could escape by making a hole in the Spinball machine walls. 	March 2, 1994 	2 	232 	1993 	4.6m
Meet the Chaotix Part 1 	Knuckles meets the Chaotix and together they try to stop the evil Metal Sonic. 	March 7, 1995 	3 	402 	1994 	1.2m
Meet the Chaotix Part 2 	 	March 8, 1995 	4 	403 	1994 	1.0m
Meet the Chaotix Part 3 	 	March 9, 1995 	5 	404 	1994 	900k
Meet the Chaotix Part 4 	 	March 10, 1995 	6 	405 	1994 	850k
Dr. Eggman’s Mean Bean Machine of Doom	Eggman makes a machine where Flicky’s turn into evil beans. 	September 24, 1994	7 	401 	1994 	5.8m
Sonic's Xtreme Adventure 	Unknown, Would've been a 3 parter and most likely be a fully cgi episode. 	Cancelled 	- 	406/407/408 	1995 - 1997 	-
Sonic Blast 	Sonic, Tails, Amy and Knuckles embark on a journey to save Flicky’s and take them to another place through portal rings.	November 9, 1996 	8 	409 	1996 	1.1m
Chaos Cup R 	Sonic and gang joins a race to win a grand prize of 1.000.000 Flickbucks 	November 11, 1997 	9 	410 	1997 	1.9m
Board Game Chaos 	Sonic and friends gets trapped in a board game and they try to get out. 	November 14, 2000 	10 	001 	2000 	4.3m
==Season 5==
Season 5 also known as Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Season 1 is the fifth season of Sonic the Hedgehog.
It debuted on December 23, 1998 and ended on June 23rd 2000. This is the second season to have some episodes air in the 2000s.
It consists of 15, 11 minute episodes and 5, 22 minute episodes.
Title 	Plot	Airdate 	Episode Number	Production Year	US Television View Ratings
Sonic Adventure 	 	December 30, 1998 	1 	1998 	8.7m
 	 	January 17, 1999 	2 	1998 	6.4m
 	 	February 10, 1999 	3 	1998 	6.7m
A Super Sonic Christmas	 	December 23, 1998 	4 	1998 	9.4m
 	 	March 28, 1999 	5 	1998 	6.1m
 	 	May 3, 1999 	6 	1998 	6.8m
 	 	June 13, 1999 	7 	1998 	
 	 	July 29, 1999 	8 	1998 	
 	 	August 4, 1999 	9 	1998 	
 	 	September 17, 1999	10 	1999 	
 	 	October 1, 1999 	11 	1999 	
 	 	October 8, 1999 	12 	1999 	
 	 	October 15, 1999 	13 	1999 	
 	 	October 22, 1999 	14 	1999 	
 	 	November 5, 1999 	15 	1999 	
 	 	February 8, 2000 	16 	1999 	
 	 	March 4, 2000 	17 	1999 	
 	 	April 21, 2000 	18 	1999 	
 	 	May 30, 2000 	19 	2000 	
Open your Heart 	 	June 23, 2000 	20 	2000 	5.7m
==Season 6==
Season 6 (Also known as Sonic Adventure Season 2) is the 6th season of Sonic the Hedgehog
It premiered on June 23, 2001, Over 6 months after Season 4’s “Board game chaos” and ended on November 19, 2005.
The season is considered having 3 arcs.
Adventure Part 2 arc, Advance Arc and Heroes Arc.
Despite Advance Arc being the 2nd aired arc the 2 final episodes in the arc is listed after Heroes arcs 5th episode
All 3 arcs together contain 20, 11 minute episodes.
The Season released on VHS and DVD on June 29th 2006 and Blu-Ray on November 25th 2008 making Season 6 the first season to release on Blu-Ray.
===Adventure Part 2===
Title 	Plot	Airdate 	Episode Number	Production Year
I found you Faker 	 	June 23, 2001	1 	2000
Prison escape 	 	June 30, 2001	2 	2000
2 Thief’s and 2 mechincal geniuses	 	July 6, 2001 	3 	2001
Shadow’s Origins 	 	July 13, 2001	4 	2001
Escape from the Space ark 	 	July 20, 2001	5 	2001
===Advance Arc===
Title 	Plot	Airdate 	Episode Number	Production Year
Let’s get Advanced	 	December 20, 2001	6 	2001
Saving a Rabbit 	 	December 19, 2002	7 	2001
Cream tags along 	 	December 26, 2002	8 	2001
The Copy Robot 	 	December 4, 2003 	14 	2002
Birth of Gemerl 	 	June 7, 2004 	15 	2002
===Heroes Arc===
Title 	Plot 	Airdate 	Animation Studio	Episode Number	Production Year
Team Sonic 	 	December 30, 2003	France Animation	9 	2003
Team Rose 	 	January 6, 2004 	France Animation	10 	2003
Team Dark 	 	January 13, 2004 	France Animation	11 	2003
Team Chaotix 	 	January 20, 2004 	France Animation	12 	2003
Metal Sonic Showdown	 	January 27, 2004 	France Animation	13 	2003
Who Am I? 	Shadow goes on a quest to figure out who he is.	November 15, 2005	MoonScoop 	16 	July 2005
 	 	November 16, 2005	MoonScoop 	17 	July 2005
 	 	November 17, 2005	MoonScoop 	18 	July 2005
 	 	November 18, 2005	MoonScoop 	19 	August 2005
 	 	November 19, 2005	MoonScoop 	20 	August 2005
==Season 7==
Season 7 is the 7th season of Sonic the Hedgehog.
It debuted on November 15, 2005 and ended on November 24th 2005. It released on VHS and DVD in February 2006 and as a launch title for the HD-DVD on April 18th 2006. It also released on Blu-Ray in 2009 making this season the most accessible season on home media since it’s the only complete season to be on VHS, DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray all at once, it also marks the final season on VHS however in release order Season 6 is the last season on VHS. Episode 6-10 was animated in widescreen for unknown reasons while the rest of the season remained 4:3.
It consists of 10, 11 minute episodes.
Title 	Plot 	Airdate 	Episode Number	Production Year
Another Dimension 	 	November 15, 2005	1 	October 2004
 	 	November 16, 2005	2 	October 2004
 	 	November 17, 2005	3 	October 2004
 	 	November 18, 2005	4 	November 2004
 	 	November 19, 2005	5 	November 2004
 	 	November 20, 2005	6 	March 2005
 	 	November 21, 2005	7 	April 2005
 	 	November 22, 2005	8 	May 2005
 	 	November 23, 2005	9 	May 2005
Defeating 2 Eggheads	Sonic and Blaze team up to defeat Eggman and Eggman Nega and stop them from taking the Chaos and Sol Emeralds.	November 24, 2005	10 	June 2005
==Season 8 ==
Season 8 is the 8th season of Sonic the Hedgehog which premiered on November 14, 2006 and ended on January 7th 2007. This is also the first season to have every episode be widescreen and HD. The Season released on DVD and HD-DVD in March 2007. The season also released on Blu-Ray in 2010.
It consists of 7, 11 minute episodes.
Title 	Plot 	Airdate 	Episode number
Future, Past and.. Present?	 	November 14, 2006	1
 	 	November 21, 2006	2
 	 	November 28, 2006	3
 	 	December 5, 2006 	4
A Crisis Christmas 	After the events of Season 8, Silver tells everyone about Christmas in Crisis City.	December 25, 2006	5
Mephelis Showdown 	 	January 1, 2007 	6
Riders Style 	Sonic, Tails and Knuckles is challanged to a hoverboard race. 	January 7, 2007 	7
==Season 9 ==
Season 9 is the 9th and final Season of Sonic the Hedgehog. It debuted on September 14, 2007 and ended on September 28th 2007.
This season would get a DVD and HD-DVD release in November 2007. In 2010 the season would also release on Blu-Ray.
It consists of 15, 11 minute episodes.
Title 	Plot 	Airdate 	Episode number
The Return of Blaze	Sonic and Tails wakes up on a mysterious island where they meet Marine, they also meet Blaze again for the first time since the Sol Emerald Incident in that other dimension. (Season 8 was removed from the timeline after it's poor sales)	September 14, 2007	1
 	 	September 15, 2007	2
 	 	September 16, 2007	3
 	 	September 17, 2007	4
 	 	September 18, 2007	5
 	 	September 19, 2007	6
 	 	September 20, 2007	7
 	 	September 21, 2007	8
 	 	September 22, 2007	9
 	 	September 23, 2007	10
 	 	September 24, 2007	11
 	 	September 25, 2007	12
 	 	September 26, 2007	13
 	 	September 27, 2007	14
One Last Showdown 	It's the final showdown, if Eggman and Eggman Nega wins this one the world is lost so it's fight for life or death. Something they didn't expect happends however.. The universe resets. (The Final episode of the show) 	September 28, 2007	15
== Networks/Availability ==
Networks and home media the show is available on in multiple countries.
=== America ===
* VHS (December 5th 1994 - June 29th 2006)
* DVD (March 20th 2000 - 2011)
* HD-DVD (April 18th 2006 - November 24th 2007)
* Blu-Ray (November 25th 2008 - 2012)
* ABC (Premieres: June 23rd 1991 - March 3rd 1991. Reruns: August 5th 1991 - April 30th 1992)
* Disney Channel (Premieres: November 24th 1992 - November 11th 1997, December 19th 2002 - January 7th 2007. Reruns: May 8th 1992 - August 3rd 2011)
* VHS (December 5th 1994 - June 29th 2006)
* ToonDisney (Premieres: December 23rd 1998 - December 20th 2001, September 14th 2007 - September 28th 2007. Reruns: May 10th 1998 - February 11th 2009)
* DVD (February 10th 2006 - 2011)
* Blu-Ray (November 25th 2008 - 2012)
* Disney XD (February 15th 2009 - October 10th 2011 [Reruns only])
* 4K Ultra HD (June 23rd 2021 - February 2nd 2024)
=== Japan ===
* DVD (November 1997 - November 29th 2008)
* Nippon TV (August 18th 1991 - January 31st 1994)
* Kids Station (October 16th 1993 - June 1st 2004)
* Disney Channel (July 20th 2004 - March 9th 2007, October 18th 2012 - Present)
* ToonDisney (January 20th 2006 - July 1st 2009)
* Disney XD (September 2nd 2009 - January 31st 2021)
=== Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland) ===
* VHS (November 1st 1993 - May 9th 2004)
* DVD (April 25th 1999 - December 7th 2009)
* Nickelodeon (June 20th 1997 - September 4th 2005)
* Barnkanalen [Sweden] (February 1st 2003 - March 8th 2006)
* Disney Channel (May 18th 2004 - July 12th 2010)
* ToonDisney (October 5th 2005 - August 1st 2009)
* Disney XD (September 30th 2009 - January 2nd 2014)
== Disney+ ==
In March 2020 Disney announced that the first 2 seasons of Disney's Sonic the Hedgehog and the 2008 movie was gonna be available to watch on June 1st 2020 with more seasons on Disney+ being teased but not mentioned. In September 2020 it was announced that the reboot Disney’s Sonic The Hedgehog: Back in Action would have it's first 5 seasons available alongside announcing Season 3 and 4 of the original show finally coming to Disney+ all on November 1st 2020. In February 2021 the final 3 seasons of the revival was shadow dropped on Disney+ alongside the second movie but nothing from the original. Finally in March 2021 they announced that Season 5, 6 and 7 were coming to Disney+ on July 1st 2021 however for unknown reasons it was delayed to December 1st 2021 alongside a brand new christmas special "Disney's Sonic The Hedgehog: Christmas at the Speed of Light" which canonically takes place between the original show and the first movie. It then took until August 2022 when Disney announced Season 8 and 9 of the original was coming to Disney+ on December 18th 2022 alongside the first Season of the third and most recent Disney Sonic cartoon Disney’s Sonic The Hedgehog: Better than Ever! which was set to premiere on Disney Channel the same month as the announcement and had long since been set for a Disney+ drop December the same year which it now shared with the final 2 seasons of Disney's Sonic the Hedgehog.