Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated television series. It is based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, produced by Sega of America, DIC Animation City, Bohbot Entertainment and the Italian studio Reteitalia S.p.A. in association with Spanish network Telecinco. The show aired a total of 65 episodes from September 6 to December 3, 1993. It was syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment in the United States. The show features Jaleel White as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, a fast and wisecracking blue hedgehog, and his companion Tails (voiced by Christopher Stephen Welch), a young two-tailed fox. Set in the franchise's main world of Mobius, the cartoon mainly follows the pair's comedic adventures against the series' antagonist Doctor Ivo Robotnik (voiced by Long John Baldry), and his minions Scratch and Grounder.

A spin-off video game, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, was developed, featuring several original characters from the series. Additionally, on November 24, 1996, USA Network aired Sonic Christmas Blast, a Christmas special which was produced to promote Sonic 3D Blast (originally meant for the ultimately cancelled Sonic X-treme). The show has been met with mixed critical reception both contemporarily and retroactively: more favorable reviews praised the show's fast pace and positive tone, while less favorable reviews derided the humor and animation styles. In the 21st century, the show produced the Internet meme "pingas", based on an abbreviation of a line spoken by Robotnik in the episode "Boogey-Mania".