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| - Sonic The Hedgehog is the more serious Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon adaptation made in the 90s, which inspired the Archie Comics series that's still ongoing (though the comic book came to the consumers first). It is very a sharp contrast to its contemporary and much more comedic weekday counterpart where Sonic was a drifter traveling the planet with Tails. Also known as SatAM (as in Saturday Morning, when it aired on the American ABC network), to distinguish it from AoSTH (which was in syndication on weekdays) and the games alike. The series featured Sonic as a resistance commando, fighting against Dr. Julian Ivo Robotnik, a dictator who has already enslaved most of the planet Mobius and turned it into a cold, urban, metal nightmare. Unlike other versions of the character, Robotnik's armies are comprised of factory-assembled robot shock troops rather than from animals trapped in robot shells; said trapped animals underwent Unwilling Roboticisation and served as forced laborers instead. Also, Sonic is not the actual leader of the resistance group, but serves as their most reliable soldier. The leader, Sally Acorn, lost her father, while Sonic lost his uncle as one of the mindless robots. The show dealt with much more mature subject matters than other parts of the Sonic franchise, (as well as most mainstream Western Cartoons in general) such as coping with loss and the trials of war. Despite being an In Name Only adaptation, the series is still highly regarded by its fans and is critically acclaimed, though to a degree that in recent years has caused a great deal of friction within the notoriously broken wider Sonic fanbase over how much of its style (if any) should be adopted by modern Sonic works. Ironically enough, the one time Sega tried to make this series into a SpinOff game, it was canceled. In addition to the aforementioned Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, this show also should not be confused with the other western animated series Sonic Underground, the Anime Sonic X, or the OVA Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie.
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