History WesternAnimation / SonicUnderground

Not to be confused with the [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM two]] [[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog other]] [[WesternAnimation western animated]] series based on Sonic the Hedgehog, the {{Anime}} series ''SonicX'', or the {{OVA}} ''SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie''.

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* MythologyGag: In the first episode, we can see Uncle Chuck and Sonic in Uncle Chuck's base from ''[[Series/SonictheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. When Robotnik is taking over, we can see a statue of King Acorn (also from ''SatAM'') crumble.

* NeverSayDie: Averted hard in the second episode when the trio fail a training excersize. Sonic: "I got us killed."

* RePower: Famously super fast Sonic gets...ThePowerOfRock.

Adapted from a French cartoon called ''Sonic le Rebelle'', this was the third [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] AnimatedAdaptation made. It was produced by DICEntertainment.

Sonic and his two siblings, Sonia and Manic, are left by Queen Aleena the Hedgehog as [[DoorstopBaby Doorstop Babies]] to families, each of a different class. Eventually, they meet together when grown up, and guided by the Oracle of Delphius, they set out to thwart Robotnik, find their mother, and form the Council of Four.

Thanks to so many Original Characters and the omission of almost all the official characters existing at the time, despite there being potential room for them (Cyrus could easily have been Tails), and since many of the background characters were more alien than any Earth-based animal, many Sonic fans and even fans of the series debated that it was really even intended to be a Sonic show, and that the characters of Sonic and Robotnik were just a hook for Sonic fans. Even the series plot is basically a ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs take of the Sonic Vs. Robotnik story.

Regardless of the characters used, it was most likely the "hook" for the show that resulted in its thorough panning. This was that the REAL premise of the show was that Robotnik had banned all music, and our three protagonists were {{Musical Assassin}}s with ThePowerOfRock. Each episode's climax would inevitably be a song performed by the triplets, often with AnAesop based on the events of the episode.

Not to be confused with the [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM two]] [[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog other]] [[WesternAnimation western animated]] series based on Sonic the Hedgehog, the {{Anime}} series SonicX, or the {{OVA}} SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie.

* ArrangedMarriage: Sonia to Bartleby, and Queen Aleena to Robotnik in a one-off episode.

* BreadAndCircuses[=/=]AristocratsAreEvil: The series shows [[FridgeLogic how Robotnik can afford to stay in power]]. The upper-class aristocrats can either provide his funding, or lose their land and priviliges, and risk roboticisation.

* CanonImmigrant: Knuckles's grandfather, Athair, was a character from the Archie Sonic comics.

* DissonantSerenity: Early in the series, there was a strange problem with the animation where the characters would be smiling, even when talking about something depression or when something bad was happening. Thankfully this went away.

* {{GASP}}! ... Everytime the villans caught the Trio off-screen.

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Used, and nearly invoked, in "Wedding Bell Blues." Since Queen Aleena didn't show for her forced marriage to Robotnik, they'll instead crown Sonia queen in her stead--with Robotnik as the real power.

* InNameOnly: The only connections to the video games are Sonic, Dr. Robotnik, Knuckles, and the Chaos Emerald. Absolutely nothing else. Some critics of the show speculate it wasn't meant to be a Sonic show at all.

* MythologyGag: In the first episode, we can see Uncle Chuck and Sonic in Uncle Chuck's base from ''[[Series/SonictheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. When Robotnik is taking over, we can see a statue of King Acorn (Also from [[Series/SonictheHedgehog SatAM]]) crumble.

* NoEnding: The show was canceled before an ending could be written; the final episode doesn't resolve anything.
* NeverSayDie: Averted hard in the second episode when the trio fail a training excersice. Sonic: "I got us killed."

-->'''Sleet:''' [[DeadpanSnarker No, through the wall, genius]]

* RePower: Famously super-fast Sonic gets...ThePowerOfRock.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Bartleby of the high-class, haughty variety, and Cyrus, the street-smart resistance member. Sonia's also shown affection for Knuckles, who doesn't really fit into either category.

* SilenceYouFool: Possibly this Robotnick's catch-line in the show, usually used against Sleet and Dingo when they try to explain themselves about why they are incompetient.

* WeddingSmashers: The hedgehogs try and crash Queen Aleena's forced marriage to Robotnik--except there was never one to begin with as she didn't show.

* AutobotsRockOut: Sonic the Hedgehog with his own rock band. Need I say more?

* BodyScreenFillUp: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-yhESPjC-U Happened at least all these times]]

* ShoutOut: Manic's hoverboard looks like a Federation Scoutship from the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' movies.

Now on DisneyXD for your...[[LoveItOrHateIt Enjoyment?]]

Now on DisneyXD for some reason.

Not to be confused with the [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM two]] [[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog other]] [[WesternAnimation western animated]] series based on Sonic the Hedgehog, the {{Anime}} series SonicX, or the {{OVA}} SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie.

Widely panned among much of the fandom, although, like every show, it is not without its fans. And some people think it sucked that the show ended so early. YMMV, though.

Regardless of the characters used, it was most likely the "hook" for the show that resulted in its thorough panning. This was that the REAL premise of the show was that Robotnik had banned all music (if they'd made it more about the 'freedom of expression' that music represents it might have made sense, but Robotnik just hated music), and our three protagonists were {{Musical Assassin}}s with ThePowerOfRock. Each episode's climax would inevitably be a song performed by the triplets, often with AnAesop based on the events of the episode.

Widely panned among much of the fandom, although, like every show, it is not without its fans.

* CrossDressingVoices: Jaleel White as Sonia. Oddly though, if one watches an episode of ''Sonic Underground'', you can tell the voice Jaleel White uses when providing the voice of Sonia sounds inconspicuously identical to the high-pitched voice White used from his other (more) famous role as [[FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]].

* TalkingToHimself: Jaleel White voicing all three siblings.

* HoYay: At the end of the second episode, Sonia kisses Sonic on the cheek for a job well done, and Sonic turns to Manic and says, "You're not gonna kiss me, are you?" Manic's answer? "No way, but you are kinda cute." [[CrowningMomentOfFunny One of the funniest lines on the show.]]
** In another episode, Sonic asks for a dance while looking Sonia's direction. She accepts, but then he says he was talking to Manic, and the two begin slow dancing. The pair had a surprising amount of this.

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[[caption-width:320:Left to right: Sonia, Sonic and Manic.]]

* {{GASP}}!

* HoverBoard

* SilenceYouFool

* CrossDressingVoices: Jaleel White as Sonia. Oddly though, if one watches an episode of ''Sonic Underground'', you can tell the voice Jaleel White uses when providing the voice of Sonia sounds inconspicuously a lot like the high-pitched voice he used from White's other well-known role as [[FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]].

* CrossDressingVoices: Jaleel White as Sonia.