In 1993, DiC Entertainment released a pair of cartoons based on the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog ran on weekdays in the United States, meaning five episodes aired a week. The series had a high episode count as it was intended to be broadcast in syndication, meaning it could be sold to multiple television stations across the United States.

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was a comedic series, with exaggerated slapstick a common feature. The series owes much to classic American cartoons such as Looney Tunes, with Sonic himself being something of a parallel to Bugs Bunny, frequently donning paper-thin disguises to outwit his foes in a manner that could only happen in a cartoon world. Nevertheless, the series is arguably closer to the Sonic video game world than almost any other animated adaptation of the series, changing perhaps the least about the overall make-up of the series and maintaining the sense of wonderment that Sonic’s world can be anything you want and populated by anyone you can imagine.

The series also featured segments titled “Sonic Says,” in which the hero would impart life lessons or morals to viewers. These ranged from standard fare such as warning about the dangers of tobacco and alcohol, to general messages of positivity such as the benefits of reading, to the seemingly outlandish, such as warnings not to climb into washing machines. No, of course we’re not making that up. At the time, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was often dismissed as juvenile because of its tone but, in the intervening years, the larger Sonic community has come round on the series, accepting it on its own terms and realising the comedy holds up much better than viewers at the time may have realised it might.

The following table lists each Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episode in order of their original United States airdate.

ENTRY	ORIGINAL AIRDATE	KINTOBOR COMPUTER REVIEW RANK
Best Hedgehog	6/9/93
Tails’ New Home	7/9/93
Birth of a Salesman	8/9/93
Suberged Sonic	9/9/93
Pseudo Sonic	10/9/93
Over the Hill Hero	13/9/93
Robolympics	14/9/93
Lovesick Sonic	15/9/93
Subterranean Sonic	16/9/93
Grounder the Genius	17/9/93
High Stakes Sonic	20/9/93
Blank-Headed Eagle	21/9/93
Boogey-Mania	22/9/93
Big Daddy	23/9/93
The Robotnik Express	24/9/93
Momma Robotnik’s Birthday	27/9/93
Slowwww Going	28/9/93
So Long Sucker	29/9/93
Robotnik’s Rival	30/9/93
Trail of the Missing Tails	1/10/93
Momma Robotnik Returns	4/10/93
Too Tall Tails	5/10/93
Super Special Sonic Search & Smash Squad	6/10/93
Magnificent Sonic	7/10/93
Zoobotnik	8/10/93
Tails in Charge	11/10/93
Musta Been a Beautiful Baby	12/10/93
Sonic the Matchmaker	13/10/93
Attack on Pinball Fortress	14/10/93
The Last Resort	15/10/93
Coachnik	18/10/93
Sonic Gets Thrashed	19/10/93
Close Encounter of the Sonic Kind	20/10/93
Tails Prevails	21/10/93
Robotnik, Jr.	22/10/93
The Magic Hassle	25/10/93
Black Bot the Pirate	26/10/93
Hedgehog of the ‘Hound’ Table	27/10/93
Robotnik’s Pyramid Scheme	28/10/93
Prehistoric Sonic	29/10/93
Untouchable Sonic	1/11/93
Sonic Breakout	2/11/93
Sonically Ever After	3/11/93
The Mystery of the Missing Hi-Tops	4/11/93
Super Robotnik	5/11/93
Mass Transit Trouble	8/11/93
Spaceman Sonic	9/11/93
MacHopper	10/11/93
Baby-Sitter Jitters	11/11/93
Full Tilt Tails	12/11/93
Lifestyles of the Sick and Twisted	15/11/93
Road Hog	16/11/93
The Mobius 5000	17/11/93
Honey, I Shrunk the Hedgehog	18/11/93
Sonic’s Song	19/11/93
Sno Problem	22/11/93
Sonic is Running	23/11/93
Mad Mike, Da Bear Warrior	24/11/93
Robotnikland	25/11/93
The Little Merhod	26/11/93
Robo-Ninjas	29/11/93
Fast and Easy	30/11/93
Tails’ Tale	1/12/93
The Robots’ Robot	2/12/93
Hero of the Year	3/12/93
Sonic Christmas Blast	24/11/96

Production/Home Video Order

The following table lists the episodes in the order they were originally produced and also represents the order they were initially broadcast outside of the United States. This is also the order they are most commonly placed in for home video releases, effectively making it the correct “viewing order” – though continuity is usually a less vital component in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, some characters do recur and one adventure does take place over four successive episodes.

ENTRY	PRODUCTION ORDER	KINTOBOR COMPUTER REVIEW RANK
Super Special Sonic Search & Smash Squad	1
Subterranean Sonic	2
Lovesick Sonic	3
Slowwww Going	4
High Stakes Sonic	5
Sonic Breakout	6
Trail of the Missing Tails	7
Close Encounter of the Sonic Kind	8
Momma Robotnik’s Birthday	9
Big Daddy	10
Sonic’s Song	11
Birth of a Salesman	12
Best Hedgehog	13
The Robotnik Express	14
Too Tall Tails	15
Tails’ New Home	16
Over the Hill Hero	17
Blank-Headed Eagle	18
The Mystery of the Missing Hi-tops	19
So Long Sucker	20
Sonic Gets Thrashed	21
Pseudo Sonic	22
Grounder the Genius	23
Tails in Charge	24
Sno Problem	25
Submerged Sonic	26
Boogey-Mania	27
Musta Been a Beautiful Baby	28
Robotnik, Jr.	29
Full Tilt Tails	30
MacHopper	31
Momma Robotnik Returns	32
Spaceman Sonic	33
Mad Mike, Da Bear Warrior	34
The Last Resort	35
Robotnik’s Rival	36
The Magic Hassle	37
Sonic the Matchmaker	38
Tails Prevails	39
Zoobotnik	40
Attack on Pinball Fortress	41
Mass Transit Trouble	42
Coachnik	43
Untouchable Sonic	44
Super Robotnik	45
Robolympics	46
Magnificent Sonic	47
Black Bot the Pirate	48
Hedgehog of the ‘Hound’ Table	49
Robotnik’s Pyramid Scheme	50
Prehistoric Sonic	51
Baby-Sitter Jitters	52
Honey, I Shrunk the Hedgehog	53
Robotnikland	54
The Mobius 5000	55
The Little Merhog	56
Road Hog	57
The Robots’ Robot	58
Tails’ Tale	59
Hero of the Year	60
Fast and Easy	61
Lifestyles of the Sick and Twisted	62
Sonic is Running	63
Robo-Ninjas	64
Sonically Ever After	65
Sonic Christmas Blast	Special