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Also credited as Jimmy Zoppi, he was one of the longest-tenured actors
in the Pokémon franchise voicing Gary Oak, Gary Oak, James, Professor
Oak, Butch, Mirror James, Todd Snap, Charles Goodshow, Kurt, Dr. Namba, Mr.
Briney, Pryce, Koga, Samurai, Tomo, Cleavon Schpielbunk, Mayor of Trovitopolis,
Kenzo, Infernando, Mr. Gan Gogh, Jack Pollockson, Captain Marius, Wings
Alexander, Kaburagi, Sigourney, Evan, Oriba, Zeus, Fergus, Godey, Carn Russet,
Meowth, Aggron, Crawdaunt, Gengar, Blaziken, Banette, Lairon, Ninjask. Shelgon,
Bronzong, Quagsire Rattata, Spearow, Grimer, Muk, Shellder, Dustox, Shieldon,
Foongus, Seismitoad, Lairon, Snubbull, Raticate, Probopass, Mareanie, Toxapex,
Aron, Slowpoke, Cloyster, Darmanitan, Seaking, Swampert, Granbull and other
minor roles; Buchie in One Piece; Lumus, Weevil Underwood and Hobson in Yu-Gi-Oh!;
Mong, Cerebrix and Mixmutt’s Owner in Cubix: Robots for Everyone; Cinnamonkey
in Fighting Foodons; Cyniclons Tarb in Mew Mew Power; Chef Nagoya
and Sir Gallant in Kirby: Right Back At Ya!; Raz and Sleeg in Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003); and Vector the Crocodile, Construction Worker
A and various small roles in Sonic X.
Best known as the original English voice for Misty, Jesse, Violet, Darlet, Jessebell, Yolanda, Tommy, Suzie, Tilly, Maylene, Kenny, Keanu, Alyssa, Gary’s cheerleaders, Yuko (Hoenn), Vulpix, Venonat, Goldeen, Jigglypuff, Beautifly, Horsea, Poliwag, Torchic, Chansey, Blissey, Ditto, Ralts, Caserin, Luverin, Wigglytuff, Ninetales, Jynx, Clamperl, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Surskit, Masquerain, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Silcoon, Spoink, Swablu, Luvdisc and various other minor roles in the first 8 seasons of Pokémon. She also voiced Adena’s Nursmaid and a fairy in Yu-Gi-Oh!; Danny and a reporter in Sonic X; Tomoe Ame and Lonae in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003); Ursula, Laura and Dr. Reece Drake in Dinosaur King; Faragonda, Amaryl and Lucy in Winx Club; Ms. Globular in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures; and provided additional voices in Mew Mew Power.
For the history of Sonic the Hedgehog, check out the post here.
After three American animated series
and a two-episode
OVA,
Sonic the Hedgehog was finally coming home to his native Japan in a long-form
anime. Sonic X was developed by TMS
Entertainment (which would become a subsidiary of
Sonic’s creators Sega
in 2005) and was designed with a Japanese audience in mind. As a result, it
featured none of the original characters introduced in DiC Entertainment’s
previous programs and relied heavily on established ones from the various games
intermixed with TMS’ original creations.
The series began with an original
storyline. Sonic (Jun-ichi Kanemaru & Jason Griffith) and his friends were
attempting to stop Dr. Eggman’s (Chikao Ohtsuka & Mike Pollock) latest scheme
when one of his own robots damaged a machine containing the mystically-powered Chaos
Emeralds. The resulting explosion teleported them all from
their native planet Mobius
(unnamed in the anime) to the planet Earth in another dimension populated by
humans. There, Sonic met and befriended 12-year-old Chris Thorndyke (Sana
Kobayashi & Jerry Lobozzo), had to find his missing friends, and keep Eggman
from conquering an entirely new world. The second season would incorporate
adaptations of Sonic
Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2and
Sonic
Battleinto its narrative, as
well as introduce the characters associated with them.
Amy Rose with Big the Cat, Cream the Rabbit and Cheese.
Among the misplaced Mobians was
Sonic’s ever-present sidekick, Tails (Ryō Hirohashi & Amy Palant): the
two-tailed flying fox and inventor. There was also Sonic’s friendly rival,
Knuckles the Echidna (Nobutoshi Canna & Dan Green), who had previously
appeared in animation in the OVA. He’s the guardian of the Master
Emerald, a powerful ancient relic, possesses super strength,
a short-temper and gullible nature, and could float via his dreadlocks. New to
animation was Amy Rose (Taeko Kawata & Lisa Ortiz), a pink hedgehog armed
with a giant mallet who could be bossy, stubborn, and constantly strived to get
Sonic to date her; Cream the Rabbit (Sayaka Aoki & Rebecca Honig), a
well-mannered young girl always in the company of her pet Chao, Cheese
(Hirohashi & Honig); Big
the Cat (Takashi
Nagasako & Oliver Wyman),
a large but gentle cat whose only desire in life is to just be fishing with his
best friend, Froggy (Tomohisa
Asō
& Amy Birnbaum); Rouge
the Bat (Rumi
Ochiai & Kathleen Delaney),
a jewel thief who is capable of altruistic deeds but always has her own agenda—usually
resulting in something being stolen; and the Chaotix,
a team of adventuring detectives consisting of Vector
the Crocodile (Kenta Miyake
& James
Carter Cathcart), Espio
the Chameleon (Yūki Masuda
& David
Wills) and Charmy Bee (Yōko Teppōzuka
& Birnbaum).
Sonic with Ella, Mr. Tanaka, Knuckls, Amy, Cream, Cheese, Tails, Chris and Chuck.
Newly created characters included
the rest of Chris’ family: Chuck Thorndyke (Bin Shimada & Lobozzo), Chris’
grandfather who was a scientist and inventor that became fast friends with Tails;
Ella (Kujira
& Pollock), the Thorndyke family maid who could be a force of nature when
made angry; Mr. Tanaka (Naoki
Imamura & Darren Dunstan), the Thorndyke’s butler and
bodyguard who enjoyed meditation and martial arts; Sam Speed
(Sōichirō
Tanaka & Frank
Frankson), Chris’ uncle who led a special unit of the Station
Square Police Department known as the Speed Team
that utilized high-speed race cars; Nelson Thorndyke (Ken Yamaguchi & Ted
Lewis), Chris’ father who was a wealthy industrialist and usually very absorbed
with work; and Lindsey
Thorndyke (Naomi
Shindō & Veronica Taylor),
Chris’ mother who was a famous actress and spent most of her time traveling
from one set to another. Chris’ human friends included Helen (Noriko Hidaka
& Birnbaum), a paraplegic that readily accepted Sonic and his friends; Danny
(Shindō & Rachel
Lillis as a kid, Frankson as a teen), an always-optimistic
athlete who approached everything with enthusiasm; and Frances
(Yuka Shioyama
& Kerry
Williams), a thrill-seeker who loved a challenge but would
always look to protect her friends from harm.
The President and his unscrupulous aide, Jerome Wise.
Other characters included The
President (a combination of George
W. Bush and Richard
Nixon, voiced by Tomohisa Asō
& Lewis), who was initially wary of the Mobians but came to regard their
value in defeating Eggman; Jerome Wise
(Kōji Haramaki
& David Lapkin),
the President’s aide who viewed the Mobians as a threat to the President’s
re-election and often worked against them; Mr. Stewart (Michio Nakao
& Rannells), a government agent initially assigned to pose as a teacher at
Chris’ school to keep an eye on the Mobians; and Topaz
(Yukari Hikida
& Jennifer
Johnson), a by-the-book agent of the President’s Guardian
Units of the Nations military organization (G.U.N. for short,
although not uttered on the English version of the show) that was eventually
partnered with Rouge.
Dr. Eggman with Bocoe, Bokkun and Decoe.
Eggman, not one to be kept down,
quickly set about establishing new bases and war machines on the planet, as
well as built his own robot army. Among his minions were Bocoe (Shimada &
Dunstan) and Decoe (Yamaguchi & Rannells), who served as his personal
assistants, and Bokkun (Yumiko Kobayashi & Rannells), a messenger robot
that communicated with Sonic on Eggman’s behalf via explosive televisions.
These three robots were all original to the series. The E-Series
of robots were Eggman’s primary soldiers in his attempts at world conquest and
reacquiring the Chaos Emeralds, each with a different appearance and
functionality. Eggman would come to free an ancient and immortal being from
their world called Chaos
to aid in his plans. Chaos was powered by the Chaos Emeralds and could assume
different and more powerful forms the more Chaos energy it was exposed to. To
aid Chaos, Eggman created the E-100
Series of robots which were powered by placing animals
inside of them. The most notable of these robots was E-102 Gamma (Imamura &
Rannells) who would defy his programming and seek to free the captured animals
and his brethren from Eggman’s control. There was also Shadow the Hedgehog
(Koji Yusa & Griffith), a dark version of Sonic created by Eggman’s
grandfather, Gerald Robotnik (Ōtsuka & Pollock). Faster and more powerful
than Sonic, Shadow wanted to destroy the world due to the death of his closest
friend, Maria Robotnik (Yuri
Shiratori & Honig), but ultimately fell into the role of
hero.
Gotta move fast!
Sonic X originally debuted on
TV Tokyo
in Japan on April 6, 2003. The series was preceded by two trailers: the first
featured most of the footage that would end up used in the series’ intro as
well as unused scenes featuring unique characters, and the second
was shown by Sega at the World
Hobby Fair video gaming event in February of 2003 comprised of
footage from the first few episodes. Notably, the second trailer ended with a
still frame of the original design for Super
Sonic—a Sonic super-powered by the Chaos Emeralds—that
ended up being changed by the time the episode went to air. Yuji Naka,
then-head of Sega’s Sonic
Team
(the group responsible for developing all Sonic games) served as an
executive producer, and several of the voice actors utilized had previously
voiced their characters in the games. The original anime writers were Chinatsu Houjou,
Hiro Masaki,
Kiyoko Yoshimura,
Koji Miki,
Masahiko Shiraishi
and Yoshio
Urasawa. The anime’s theme, “Sonic Drive”, was composed by Takeshi Aida
and Cher
Watanabe with vocals by Hironobu
Kageyama and Hideaki
Takatori. There were also three ending themes: “Future” by Kazuyoshi Baba
performed by Run&Gun,
“Shining Road” by Shun Taguchi
and Masataka
Matsutoya performed by Aya Hiroshige,
and “T.O.P.” by KP
and URU.
The characters were designed by Satoshi Hirayama, adhering closely to the
original game designs for the established characters.
Shadow reluctantly working with Rouge.
4Kids
Entertainment acquired the rights to handle the
localization for the American market. As with their other acquired programs,
4Kids made
extensive edits for content and length. They reduced
depictions of violence (like blood and death), removed instances of alcohol and
sexual innuendos, modified language (removed curses or lessened threats),
replaced gunfire with lasers, and eliminated instances of breaking the fourth
wall. Eyecatch
cards, which displayed information about a character at
various intervals utilizing game-inspired art, were also removed. The only
thing Sonic X managed to escape was having entire episodes cut out of
the rotation; something that befell other 4Kids acquired programs. Rather than
use the games’ voice actors, 4Kids cast all-new ones for the show since the
game cast didn’t live in New York. Norman J. Grossfeld
invited Pollock and Griffith to audition since he knew them from Kirby:
Right Back at Ya!and Ultimate
Muscle. Griffith, in fact, auditioned for the role of Chris thinking it
would be thrilling to be Sonic’s companion, but the producers felt his voice
fit Sonic better.The rest of the cast was found through general
auditions. Sega would go on to decide to recast their games as well with the
4Kids cast for their games made between 2005-10.
Despite being designed for a
Japanese audience, Sonic X actually performed quite poorly in Japan. In
contrast, it was a ratings hit in both the United States and France. This would
inspire TMS to focus on making properties that would sell well outside of
Japan, as well as continue on with the third season of Sonic X (known as
series 2 in Japan). Despite having a full Japanese audio track done, the third
season aired first in France on Jetix,
followed shortly by the 4Kids version later that same year. The third season
wouldn’t be seen in Japan until 2020 when Sonic X was re-aired on Kids Station as part of a promotional
campaign for the Sonic
the Hedgehogfilm.
The Metarex leadership: Dark Oak in front of Pale Bayleaf, Black Narcissus, Yellow Zelkova and Red Pine.
For the third season, the show was
given new foes in the forms of the Metarex:
a large army of cyborgs and robots equipped with advanced powerful weaponry.
The Metarex traverse the galaxy to claim objects of great power, in particular Planet Eggs. Planet Eggs
embodied the life force of the planet it rests on, causing the planet to begin
to die in a variety of different ways once removed (one planet went from desert
to flooded, one became an ice planet, vegetation died off on another, etc.).
Their leader was Dark Oak (Jōji Nakata with Katsuyuki Konishi as his alter ego,
Lucas, and Matt Hoverman), an incredibly powerful and brilliant schemer capable
of laying out complex plans that resulted in the Metarex’s continued success. Directly
under his command were his generals: Pale Bayleaf (Jūrōta Kosugi & Jim
Napalitano), a resourceful tactician with advanced reflexes, strength and
durability; Black Narcissus (Ken Narita & Sean Schemmel), a vain narcissist
who liked to study his opponents thoroughly, although he wasn’t initially a
particularly adept fighter; Yellow Zelkova (Takeshi Watabe & Lewis), a
dim-witted powerhouse who used brute force as his first course of action; and
Red Pine (Hōchū Ōtsuka & Jonathan Todd Ross), the most cool-headed of the
group who liked to plan carefully. Each one was capable of Mover Mode: the
shared ability of the males of their plant-like species to assume powerful
dinosaur-like forms for a limited time.
A budding romance between Tails and Cosmo?
Joining the heroes was a female from
their species, Cosmo (Etsuko Kozakura & Birnbaum), who could communicate
with plant life, jump high and float with her skirt, and unlock the power of a
Planet Egg. Cosmo’s homeworld was destroyed by the Metarex and she was raised
on a space colony until the Metarex came for that as well. She came to find the
legendary one—Sonic—who could wield the power of all the Chaos Emeralds to stop
the Metarex. Unfortunately, Sonic hand to scatter the Emeralds across the
cosmos to prevent the Metarex from getting them, leading to a hunt to retrieve
them that saw Eggman often joining in to help. Tails created the Blue Typhoon, a massive
space-faring vessel, to accomplish this task. Its primary weapon was the Sonic Power Cannon,
which fired Sonic as a projectile. Along for the ride was a now 18-year-old
Chris, who had invented a portal that allowed him to visit Sonic’s world. The
time differences between the dimensions (years for Chris, months for Sonic)
reverted him physically to his 12-year-old self, although he still retained his
mind and experiences from the years that passed.
Sonic and Shadow going Super.
At 78 episodes, Sonic X was
the longest-running Sonic animated series until it was passed by Sonic Boom in
2017, which ultimately topped-out at 104 episodes. It was also the longest
consistently-aired of the Sonic shows with reruns being continually broadcast
in various territories. Following 4Kids’ bankruptcy in 2012, Saban Brands’ Kidsco Media Ventures acquired
their rights to the series until 2014. As of 2015, the
American rights for Sonic X lie with Discotek Media.
The comic series from Archie Comics.
ShoPro licensed extensive waves of
merchandise for the show in North America, which included toys, bedding,
towels, backpacks, stationery and pajamas. Toy Island produced a line
of action figures for the 4Kids version, which actually began as repacked
versions of their line
for Sonic Adventure. Eventually, more on-model figures were
produced. FEVA distributed the toys in the United Kingdom, which also included
a radio-controlled
Sonic by Spin Master. While Archie Comics had the Sonic the
Hedgehog license, they began a tie-in series for the anime also titled Sonic X.
Beginning in 2005, it was originally set to be a 4-issue mini-series, but high
demand turned it into an ongoing series that ran for 40 issues (the same thing
happened with their main Sonic title).
The comics would follow the premise of the show, but greatly expand some of the
concepts and characters introduced; such as a new G.U.N. agent, Captain Westwood,
starting the secret group S.O.N.I.C.X.
(Society for Observing and Neutralizing Inter-dimensional Creatures and
Xenomorphs) comprised of characters somehow wronged by Sonic, such as Jerome
Wise. Some of the issues would be reprinted by Jetix Magazinein
the United Kingdom, Italy and Poland. In 2003, McDonald’s featured five LCD
sports games in their Happy Meals based on the show; with two featuring
Sonic and one each for Tails, Knuckles and Shadow. Another one with Big the Cat
arrived the following year. In 2007, they’d release another collection of spinner toys. LeapFrog Enterprises released an
educational Sonic X math game for its Leapster handheld consoles in 2005,
and the VortexxSonic X
website featured the browser game Sonic X Ring Thing.
There was also a collectible card
game produced by Score
Entertainment where two players competed to score three Chaos Emeralds in
order to win a game. Between 2005 and 2007, six novels
were published by Grosset
& Dunlap. Four of them were written by Charlotte Fullerton and the last
two by Paul Ruditis and Diana G. Gallagher,
respectively.
EPISODE
GUIDE (translated Japanese titles in parenthesis):
“Chaos
Control Freaks (Super Sonic Hero Appears!)” (4/6/03 JAP, 8/23/03 US) – Stopping
Eggman’s latest scheme sends Sonic and his friends to an alternate dimension
where humans are the dominant species.
“Sonic
to the Rescue (Infiltrate! Area 99)” (4/13/03 JAP, 9/13/03 US) – Sonic invades
a high security military research facility to rescue Cream and Cheese.
“Missile
Wrist Rampage (Dr. Eggman’s Ambition)” (4/20/03 JAP, 9/20/03 US) – Eggman
begins his attempted takeover of the world and Knuckles and Amy join in the
fight to drive him back.
“Chaos
Emerald Chaos (Get the Chaos Emerald!)” (4/27/03 JAP, 9/27/03 US) – The
government becomes aware of the ongoing battle as Sonic and his friends and
Eggman head out after a Chaos Emerald.
“Cracking
Knuckles (Clash! Sonic vs. Knuckles)” (5/4/03 JAP, 10/4/03 US) – Eggman manages
to convince Knuckles that he’s remorseful and just wants to get everyone home,
pitting him against Sonic for another Emerald.
“Techno-Teacher
(Fierce Battle! School Wars)” (5/11/03 JAP, 10/11/03 US) – Believing in
education for world conquest, Eggman sends a teaching robot to Chris’ school
but it becomes too enthusiastic and puts all the children in danger.
“Party
Hardly (Giant Free-for-All! Chris’ House Party)” (5/18/03 JAP, 10/18/03 US) – Chris
learns Mr. Stewart has been calling his home and tries to keep Sonic and his
friends secret from the rest of his family.
“Satellite
Swindle (Emergency Launch! X-Tornado)” (5/25/03 JAP, 10/25/03 US) – Eggman
gobbles up all the satellites, sending Sonic on a mission to discover why Cream
can’t watch her favorite show.
“The
Last Resort (Amy on the Beach)” (6/1/03 JAP, 11/1/03 US) – Eggman crashes the
opening ceremony of a beach resort, looking to build his own amusement park on
the site.
“Unfair
Ball (Fierce Fight! Sonic Baseball Team)” (6/8/03 JAP, 11/8/03 US) – Chuck
convinces Sonic and Eggman to have a baseball game to determine who gets to
claim an Emerald found in an abandoned ballfield.
“Fly
Spy (The Beautiful and Mysterious Thief Rouge)” (6/15/03 JAP, 11/15/03 US) –
The President sets a trap to try and capture and recruit Sonic and his friends,
but Rouge is the one that ends up taking the bait: a Chaos Emerald.
“Beating
Eggman, Part 1 (Attack on the Eggman Base! Part One)” (6/22/03 JAP, 11/22/03
US) – The President launches an attack on Eggman’s base with Rouge in the lead
while Sonic’s friends try to claim a Chaos Emerald from Eggman.
“Beating
Eggman, Part 2 (Atack on the Eggman Base! Part Two)” (6/29/03 JAP, 11/29/03 US)
– Eggman manages to grab the Chaos Emerald while the Eggman base invaders end
up trapped inside after planting some bombs.
“That’s
What Friends Are For (Chase the Hero Sonic!)” (7/6/03 JAP, 12/6/03 US) – In
order to help the President look good, an aide intends to get a picture of him
shaking hands with Sonic—no matter what.
“Skirmish
in the Sky (Mobile Fortress Egg Fort Attacks!)” (7/13/03 JAP, 12/13/03 US) – Eggman
renews his attack on the city with a flying Egg Fort.
“Depths
of Danger (Aim for It! The Sunken Ship in the Southern Sea)” (7/20/03 JAP,
1/17/04 US) – Sonic and his friends follow the Chaos Emerald as it leads them
to another one below the sea.
“The
Adventures of Knuckles and Hawk (Knuckles! Fist of Fury)” (7/27/03 JAP, 1/24/04
US) – Knuckles reunites with treasure hunter Hawk and they set out to find a
Chaos Emerald in Oriental City.
“The
Dam Scam (Huge Shoot-out on the Savanna!)” (8/3/03 JAP, 1/31/04 US) – Chris and
Tails try to get two men to stop building a dam in the middle of the Savanna
just as Eggman decides to attack.
“Sonic’s
Scream Test (Ghost of the Old Castle King Boom Boo)” (8/10/03 JAP, 2/7/04 US) –
Chris and his friends visit his mother’s film set to watch the shoot, but it
turns out someone accidentally released the ghosts haunting the old castle
there.
“Cruise
Blues (Departure! Egg Fort II)” (8/17/03 JAP, 2/14/04 US) – Sonic finds himself
going nuts with the slow pace the passenger boat they’re on travels and will do
anything to get to go home.
“Fast
Friends (Speed Match! Sonic vs. Sam)” (8/24/03 JAP, 2/21/04 US) – At the behest
of the President’s aide, Sam challenges Sonic to a race.
“Little
Chao Lost (Summer Vacation, a Chao Observation Diary)” (8/31/03 JAP, 2/28/04
US) – Chris goes away with some of the animals and his school friends only to
have their vacation interrupted by Eggman.
“Emerald
Anniversary (Mayhem! 6 Chaos Emeralds)” (9/7/03 JAP, 3/6/04 US) – Chris’ father
purchases a ring for his wife not knowing it’s actually a Chaos Emerald various
parties want to get their hands on.
“How
to Catch a Hedgehog (Sonic Goes Wild! Strategic Capture Operation)” (9/14/03
JAP, 3/13/04 US) – Sonic suddenly goes wild during a battle with Eggman and his
friends come up with more and more complicated plans to stop him.
“A
Dastardly Deed (The Last Chaos Emerald)” (9/21/03 JAP, 3/20/04 US) – Knuckles
wants to convince Sonic to work with Eggman to find the last Emerald but
instead manages to recruit Chris.
“Countdown
to Chaos (Birth! Super Sonic)” (9/28/03 JAP, 3/27/04 US) – Chris gives Eggman
the Emeralds they found in order to help his friends get home sooner.
Season
2:
“Pure
Chaos (The Beginning of Disaster)” (10/3/03 JAP, 9/18/04 US) – Eggman returns
with new robots piloted by animals and a monster called Chaos.
“A
Chaotic Day (The Mysterious Life Form Chaos)” (10/12/03 JAP, 9/24/04 US) – The
X-Tornado crashes during a battle with the Egg Carrier as Amy ends up captured
by Eggman while helping a small bird.
“A
Robot Rebels (Amy the Captive)” (10/19/03 JAP, 10/2/04 US) – Eggman’s robot
E-102 ends up releasing Amy after capturing Froggy while Sonic and Tails chase
after the Egg Carrier with Knuckles.
“Head’s
Up, Tails! (Battle on the Egg Carrier)” (10/26/03 JAP, 10/9/04 US) – The heroes
infiltrate the Egg Carrier and end up in a confrontation with Eggman and Chaos.
“Revenge
of the Robot (Gamma the Wanderer)” (11/2/03 JAP, 10/16/04 US) – While Sonic
infiltrates Eggman’s underground base, Gamma wanders around freeing the animals
captured by his fellow robots.
“Flood
Fight (The Scream of Perfect Chaos)” (11/9/03 JAP, 10/23/04 US) – Chaos defies
Eggman and uses the Chaos Emeralds to evolve into the ferocious Perfect Chaos.
“Project:
Shadow (The Mystery of Project Shadow)” (11/16/03 JAP, 10/30/04 US) – Eggman discovers
his grandfather had connections to GUN’s top-secret weapon and sets out to
steal it.
“Shadow
Knows (Sonic the Fugitive)” (11/23/03 JAP, 11/6/04 US) – Sonic ends up a
fugitive when GUN believes him to be the one that committed Eggman’s thefts.
“Sonic’s
Big Break (Escape from Prison Island)” (11/30/03 JAP, 11/13/04 US) – Sonic’s
friends set out to rescue him from Prison Island while Eggman, Shadow and Rouge
head there for the Chaos Emeralds.
“Shadow
World (Threat from Outer Space)” (12/7/03 JAP, 11/20/04 US) – Shadow
inadvertently rescues Chris from Prison Island’s destruction and takes him to
Space Colony ARK where Eggman threatens the planet with a cannon.
“Showdown
in Space (Maria’s Wish, Everyone’s Wish)” (12/21/03 JAP, 12/4/04 US) – The two
sides fight it out until they’re forced to come together and stop ARK from
crashing into the planet like a giant bomb.
“Defective
Detectives (Chaotix Detective Agency)” (12/28/03 JAP, 12/11/04 US) – Eggman
seemingly reforms and fixes up the moon he destroyed while strange detectives
have an interest in Cream.
“Sunblock
Solution (Eggman Corporation)” (1/4/04 JAP, 12/18/04 US) – Eggman’s moon covers
the sun, giving him leverage to offer the President a sunlight supply device.
“Eggman
for President (Give Us the Light!)” (1/11/04 JAP, 1/22/05 US) – The public
reacts badly to Sonic’s attempts to stop Eggman.
“A
Date to Forget (Amy, Love’s Escape?!)” (1/18/04 JAP, 1/29/05 US) – Sonic blows
off a date with Amy, prompting her to go on a trip with Sam Speed that lets
them discover a mech trying to free Eggman.
“Mean
Machines (Huge Home Electronics Panic!)” (1/25/04 JAP, 2/5/05 US) – Eggman,
Decoe and Bocoe are put to work in an electronics factory where they slip chips
that put the city’s appliances under Eggman’s control.
“Sewer
Search (The Ridiculous Epic Spy Battle)” (2/1/04 JAP, 2/12/05 US) – Chris and
his friends join in Stewart’s search for the escaped Eggman.
“Prize
Fights (Sonic Battle: Face Off!)” (2/8/04 JAP, 2/19/ 05 US) – The President
sets up a martial arts tournament with a Chaos Emerald prize in order to lure
out Eggman.
“A
Wild Win (Sonic Battle: Finale!)” (2/15/04 JAP, 2/26/05 US) – Emerl has a
strange reaction to the Chaos Emerald and goes wild.
“Map
of Mayhem (Big Decisive Battle on Lattitude 0!)” (2/22/04 JAP, 3/5/05 US) –
Eggman uses a giant battleship to threaten the planet with destruction by
triggering the “navel of the world”.
“The
Volcanic Venture (Sonic vs. the Underground Monsters)” (2/29/04 JAP, 3/12/05
US) – Sonic and his friends follow Eggman to an underground world where they
meet giant ferocious creatures.
“The
Beginning of the End (The Day the World Stood Still)” (3/7/04 JAP, 3/12/05 US)
– Sonic and his friends must return home to prevent a time stagnation phenomenon
from occurring, but Chris doesn’t want them to go.
“Running
out of Time (Morning of Farewells)” (3/14/04 JAP, 3/19/05 US) – Tails and Chuck
work to make a device to send the animals home while GUN launches an
unsanctioned attack on Eggman’s base.
“Friends
‘till the End (Chris’ Long Journey)” (3/21/04 JAP, 3/19/05 US) – Chris snatches
Sonic away from returning home and runs off with him.
“A
New Start (Memories of the Wind)” (3/28/04 JAP, 3/26/05 US) – Sonic finally
returns home while a now 18-year-old Chris works on a portal to allow him and
his friends to visit Sonic’s world.
Season
3:
“A
Cosmic Call (The Messenger from a Meteor Shower)” (3/12/05 FR, 9/10/05 US,
3/25/20 JAP) – The Metarex attack Sonic’s world and steal its life source, causing
Sonic to scatter the Chaos Emeralds across the galaxy just as Chris warps to
the planet to visit.
“Cosmic
Crisis (The Spaceship Blue Typhoon)” (3/12/05 FR, 9/17/05 US, 3/26/20 JAP) –
Alien being Cosmo comes to recruit Sonic’s help in defeating the Metarex and
restoring all the planets they’ve visited.
“H2
Whoa (The Water Planet Hydo)” (3/13/05 FR, 9/24/05 US, 3/27/20 JAP) – While
looking for planet Hydo’s Planet Egg to restore it, Sonic ends up captured by
the Metarex and Chris has to save him.
“An
Enemy in Need (Dr. Eggman Joins the War!)” (3/14/05 FR, 10/1/05 US, 3/31/20
JAP) – Eggman tricks Knuckles into helping him steal a Chaos Emerald, but the
Metarex end up taking it first.
“A
Chilling Discovery (The Battle on the Ice Palace)” (3/15/05 FR, 10/8/05 US,
4/1/20 JAP) – Sonic and his friends track a Chaos Emerald to an ice palace
where the Metarex are holed up working on some kind of procedure.
“Desperately
Seeking Sonic (The Maidens’ Jungle Trap)” (3/16/05 FR, 10/15/05 US, 4/2/20 JAP)
– Sonic’s friends manage to repel the Metarex stealing a jungle planet’s Planet
Egg, but he ends up being hurled towards the planet and lost in the process.
“Galactic
Gumshoes (The Chaotix Go Into Space)” (3/17/05 FR, 10/22/05 US, 4/3/20 JAP) –
Cream’s mother hires the Chaotix to take the items sent from Chris’ world to
the Blue Typhoon.
“Trick
Sand (Shadow Rebirth)” (3/18/05 FR, 10/29/05 US, 4/6/20 JAP) – Sonic finds a
Chaos Emerald on a dead planet only to fall into a trap set by Deserd.
“Ship
of Doom (Metarex Battleship Attacks!)” (3/19/05 FR, 11/5/05 US, 4/7/20 JAP) –
Sonic’s friends, Eggman and Shadow find themselves at the mercy of the Metarex
Hellship.
“An
Underground Odyssey (The Secret of the Underground Valley)” (3/20/05 FR,
11/12/05 US, 4/8/20 JAP) – In an underground cavern, Tails and Cosmos stumble
upon the Metarex creating copies of the Chaos Emeralds.
“Station
Break-In (Space Fortress Metal Plant)” (3/21/05 FR, 11/19/05 US, 4/9/20 JAP) –
Eggman teams up with Sonic and his friends in order to get the last two Chaos Emeralds
out of the Metarex fortress.
“A
Metarex Melee (Clash! Sonic vs. Shadow)” (3/23/05 FR, 11/26/05 US, 4/10/20 JAP)
– The Metarex army descends on the fortress to spring their trap while Sonic
ends up locked into battle with Shadow.
“Mission:
Match Up (The Chaotix’s Incredibly Shocking Lovey-Dovey Operation)” (4/5/05 FR,
12/3/05 US, 4/13/20 JAP) – The Chatoix decide that Tails has feelings for Cosmo
and decide to help him along in expressing them.
“Clash
in the Cloister (Cross the Galaxy Corridor!)” (4/6/05 FR, 2/4/06 US, 4/14/20
JAP) – The Blue Typhoon’s path is blocked by cosmic roots that allows Yellow
Zelkova the time to attack.
“Teasing
Time (Black Trap)” (4/7/05 FR, 2/11/06 US, 4/15/20 JAP) – The heroes track down
large amounts of Chaos Emerald signals to an old asteroid factory where they
discover an Emerald production plant.
“A
Revolutionary Tale (Upon a Destroyed Planet)” (4/8/05 FR, 2/18/06 US, 4/16/20
JAP) – Eggman’s group arrives on Cascade tracking a Chaos Emerald signal and
discover one of the group of heroes protecting the planet may be working with
the Metarex.
“The
Planet of Misfortune (Please Marmolim!)” (4/9/05 FR, 2/25/06 US, 4/17/20 JAP) –
The heroes recover a Chaos Emerald from three aliens, and then proceed to free
their planet’s Planet Egg from a diseased part of the world.
“Terror
on the Typhoon (The Eggman Fleet Appears!)” (4/10/05 FR, 3/4/06 US, 4/20/20
JAP) – The heroes discover that Eggman has joined forces with the Metarex.
“Hedgehog
Hunt (Café Chaotix)” (4/11/05 FR, 3/11/06 US, 4/21/20 JAP) – The heroes are
stranded on an alien planet with the Chaotix with Pale Bayleaf lying in wait
above, until Eggman arrives and disguises his ship as the Blue Typhoon as a
decoy.
“Zelkova
Strikes Back (The True Form of the Metarex?!)” (4/12/05 FR, 3/18/06 US, 4/22/20
JAP) – Zelkova’s ambush backfires as the heroes manage to take him out, and
Shadow and Rouge end up coming upon some information that will help them defeat
the Metarex.
“The
Cosmo Conspiracy (Shadow the Assassin!)” (4/13/05 FR, 4/1/06 US, 4/23/20 JAP) –
Shadow invades the Blue Typhoon to kill Cosmo, leaving a desperate Tails to try
and save her.
“Eye
Spy (Lost Planet)” (4/15/05 FR, 4/8/06 US, 4/24/20 JAP) – It’s discovered that
Cosmo has unknowingly been spying on the heroes for Dark Oak, but instead of
letting her leave they vow to help free her of the Metarex.
“Agent
of Mischief (The Day of the Forestation)” (4/15/05 FR, 4/15/06 US, 4/27/20 JAP)
– The heroes confront the Metarex and the plant dragon they summoned while
Chris infiltrates Dark Oak’s ship to free Eggman.
“The
Light in the Darkness (Decisive Battle! Dark Oak)” (4/16/05 FR, 4/22/06 US,
4/28/20 JAP) – The heroes use the Master Emerald to strike at the dragon,
rendering it powerless and only succeeding in taking out Black Narcissus and
Pale Bayleaf.
“A
Fearless Friend (What Can I Do For You)” (4/17/05 FR, 4/29/06 US, 4/29/20 JAP) –
The Chaos Emeralds regain their power, turning Sonic and Shadow super and
allowing them to take on the dragon’s nut-like form.
“So
Long, Sonic (The Place Where Planets Are Born)” (4/18/05 FR, 5/6/06 US, 4/30/20
JAP) – With the threat eliminated, Eggman sends Chris home so that he and Sonic
can resume their rivalry.
