Thank you so much for watching! If there are any references I've missed let me know in the comments below! If you enjoyed the video, please hit that like button as it helps me out a lot. And consider subbing for weekly, high-quality Sonic and SEGA videos. Cheers! PS: Shout out to Razorgeist for reminding me Roller and Ballhog showed up in AoStH in the comments section of one of my previous videos. And to Moralis for letting me know about the fifth Chaos Emerald. I had completely forgotten! Cheers!
I will confess I have never seen Sonic Christmas Blast 😅 I was going to look at it for this video but decided to save it for a video I have planned for December. Thank you for watching and for your comment!
I just realized something about the Chaos Emeralds in AOSTH. There were 4 known Chaos Emeralds, a secret 5th Emerald and a possible 6th Emerald seen on Sonic's ancestor. This further connects the concept of Sonic 1 having only Six Chaos Emeralds My guess on the 5th Emerald is that it can Create and destroy Landscapes And for the Possible 6th Emerald it could give you an energy Shield that gives an immunity to the other Emeralds powers
I heard the secret 5th emerald is Chaos Emerald Ring, it's an Emerald that sticks on the ring that grants any choice, Robotnik use it to alter landscape in "Fast and Easy" The emerald is actually the most strongest
The 5h emerald reminds me of the Master Emerald. Instead of making chunks of landmass float, it sinks them into the ocean. It the "extra in the set" (of 4 instead of 7). It's meant to be place on a secret altar (a la Hidden Palace Zone). However, Sonic 3 (let alone Sonic & Knuckles) wouldn't be relesed until a year later after the episode's first airing, so this is all just a nice little coincidence. ^_^
I swear, there was a reference to Starlight Zone from Sonic 1 in the space episode. I do not remember the name or episode number, but I know the zone was mentioned.
Thank you! You're right! It was even in my notes but forgot to add it to the final script! 😅 I am a dope. Starlight Zone IS in it. (Although from what I recall it's just a bit of space somewhere. I didn't rewatch the episode.) Cheers!
In the episode "High-Stakes Sonic" the casino in that episode is referred to as Robotnik's Casino Night Zone Anyway great video, I don't see much AOSTH appreciation outside of YTPs on youtube
Yeah they really didn't go over the top with game references at all, thankfully. It's like they made a creative funny cartoon show first, and then put in references to the games here and there.
You know it feels like some idea for Sandopolis was taking from the Pyramid episode, mostly the idea of pushing blocks to get pass obstacles and spike crushers. Though it could also be completely coincidently.
@@HillTopTerebi There were episodes of AoStH (including the unaired Pilot) where Robotnik is riding a Drill Mobile of sorts. It feels like a weird hybrid between the Drill Pods from Sonic 2 and 3; the latter being the version that lacked wheels. What's even crazier is that in "So Long, Sucker", there was a literal Eggmobile, but lacks the drill and color scheme of the Sonic 2 Drill Car.
Thank you for the heads up! I *knew* I'd miss some 😅 I guess at least the zone got a mention because of the Mobius 5000's "Casino Zone" but its a shame I missed that. Cheers again, and thank you for watching!
5:02 I'm pretty sure at that point they are in a different location entirely and plus the background at the convention scene looks more like Emerald Hill
Nice video! Despite the creative liberties going on, there were quite a few game references (although the Mario cartoons take that crown). I can recall a few more references that weren't covered. The end of the intro, Sonic, and Tails pose together in a circle similar to Sonic 2's title screen. The Jump sfx and the Collected Ring sfx can be heard in one part in "Grounder the Genius" coming from the character Hacker's computer halfway in the beginning of the episode. A badnik couple who I thought were based on the "Buzz Bomber" badnik, show up after disguising themselves as Tails' Parents in "Tails New Home". They are later tied by their fake Tails by Sonic and after a bit of trying to break free...combine to turn into a random "Antran" Apple Sauce can. There...are no badniks named Antran however. So despite their badnik design (at least as far as this show goes), they might be original creations! O.o;
Cheers for the awesome comment. I need to go back and rewatch these episodes because I had completely forgotten about this stuff! Seems like there are quite a few things I missed. Thanks again!
The jump sound too! I'd remembered the ring SFX from Hacker's computer but not that. Now I can go take that out of my own comment. And what is up with that apple sauce can?? So damn random lol
@@HillTopTerebi I’d argue that some of the creative liberties in AoStH ended up being referenced in future Sonic games, for better or worse. Here are some examples. 1. The “Egg-0-Matic Tunnelizer and Town Terrorizer", which can be seen in a few episodes, looks like it was used as a basis for the Egg-Drill Pod from Sonic 3, as both have a singular drill; however, Sonic 3’s Egg-Drill Pod can change the positions of the drill from front to back. 2. the first In-Game Sonic cast (in Sonic Adventure 1) has Sonic, Tails and Eggman share a similar cadence to AoStH’s casting. 3. In the same game (Adventure 1), there’s a Badnik called Kiki, which bares a resemblance to Sonic 2’s Coconuts (or Aiai in Japan); However, Kiki has monkey-like ears that are more similar to the AoStH Coconuts. 4. Sonic Rush Adventure features a Robot by the name of Captain Whisker. He’s meant to be a Pirate Robot version of Eggman, but he resembles more to Blackbot, despite Blackbot losing facial hair in the midst of Roboticization. 5. Sonic fights a Black Knight in the titular game. However, Sonic and the Black Knight felt like a bad version of “Hedgehog of the Hound Table”; because while Sonic is dubbed the “True” King Arthur in the game, AoStH Sonic has a more fitting role: “The Holy Hedgehog”; which is more appropriate for Sonic, because Sonic as a character worked better as an opposing force against an abuse in power, rather than being in control and abusing said power. 6. While not part of the mainline of games, Sonic Boom has a design of Eggman that is reminiscent of Robotnik’s Wartime outfit from Lovesick Sonic, complete with a change in girth. 7. Of all the games to make an explicit reference, the infamously bad Sonic Forces actually took a scene directly from "Lovesick Sonic"; Sonic runs across a giant snake, who then eats him, only to be spat out because of what Sonic did to the snake's mouth.
5:01 If you look up the scenery and the background right there, it's basically Sonic and Robotnik with the wrecking ball in Hill Top Zone. Also that Green Hill background you mentioned in unaired pilot looks more like one from Emerald Hill Zone to me.
I'm guessing what happened with the episode "Untouchable Sonic" is that the writer intended for it to be Roller and Ball Hog from the games, just dressed as gangsters for the shake of the Untouchables parody, but the storyboard artists didn't know they were from the games, and so designed the characters' model sheets based only on how they were describe in the script. Maybe the stript mentioned how they look but not their spieces, assuming everyone would already know what they are meant to be, which would explain why Roller looks so different and yet still retains his horns in substitution for the ears real armadillos had, and maybe the script said something like "He then transformed into a ball" and if you were a character deisgner who didn't know what he was meant to be, you might assume it's some sorta magic looking kinda thing, and maybe if you're looking a visual gag to toss in there, you draw it as a bowling ball. Meanwhile Ballhog was probably stated to be short and fat, with big eyes and a scrawny tail, if you assumed the "hog" in his name refered to only his weight, and wasn't literal, you might end up with something like that. Yea, I'm sure it was something along those lines, some misunderstanding between the different people working on the show trying to make the deadline.
6:42- Believe it or not, that would be the second time “Casino Zone” would’ve appeared in the show. It also appeared in the 5th Episode, High Stakes Sonic.
Thank you very much. Yep I have more 'game references' videos on other Sonic animations coming up. They take a bit of time to make because I end up rewatching loooaads of episodes but they will all be covered 😁 Cheers!
@@HillTopTerebi Classic Sonic and Adventure 1&2 are my prime go-to games; there may be a few good ones after the Death of the Dreamcast, but I feel the bad outweighed the good in Modern’s case, especially with Frontiers now taking Sonic to the Seinen direction, which alienates me, a Sonic fan that loves the Shonen direction that started with the first game.
First, I hope Wildbrain would not dmca this but I like all of the references of all game material on the DiC Sonic Cartoons, and I hope you make a sequel to that
A few notes: * In the Tom Payne Archive (one of Sega Of America's graphical backups), there's a collection of Sonic 1 badniks using the game's default palette. Chopper appears yellow in these graphics. * Ball Hog's coloration in the show is closer to that of their appearance in Sonic 2 8-Bit. * The 5th Emerald and its island sinking powers likely refer to the Master Emerald and how it holds up Angel Island. * Spinball itself mixes in characters from AoStH (Scratch, Pink Sally from Christmas Blast), SATAM (The other Freedom Fighters, that monkey I think), and the games proper (Crawl, Clucker)
Don’t forget Dr. Robotnik’s pet chicken robot named Cluck from season 1 from Satam! Where in Spinball, Just like how Scratch is portrayed in the game’s bonus levels, Cluck is also a mass produced Badnik that appears in almost every level in the game.
In one episode of the show, Scratch jokingly said time to time to pay as visit to “Dr. Badwrench” which is in reference to one of the concept art information for Sonic 1, where it is one of Dr. Ivo Eggman Robotnik’s original names that were scrapped at the time.
there are some unintentional sonic references in this show. like some areas that resemble lava reef and ice cap from sonic 3. there's one episode where they go into a temple that vaguely resembles hidden palace zone the unused one from sonic 2. there's an episode where they go to a abandoned space station that vaguely resembles the one from sonic adventure 2. there another episode where scratch and grounder are driving a plain threw desert like a part of a level from sonic mania. there's also and episode where sonic runs into a giant snake that eats him and then spits him out like a scene in sonic forces.
For the record, in the Sonic Bible the Special Stages for the first game are referred to as "Warps of Confusion" created by the "Containment Rings" that hold the Chaos Emeralds. This was dropped as with many other elements of the bible, but some early Sonic books and this show still use that name.
The 1st episode had badniks from Robotnik's mean bean machine. That space station episode had Starlight zone & it could probably give death egg vibes. One of Sonics birthday episodes they were at Sky City & he was battling Buttnik in the sky. That Pseudo Sonic was like Metal or Mecha Sonic.
Ironically you missed the Hill Top zone reference. Don't remember exactly the episode where it was mentioned, but I think it was "Slow Going", the one with the sloth chatacters.
Robotnik: "Is my new Casino Night Zone ready?" "The racers then head to Sonic 2's Casino Night Zone, referred to as the Casino Zone. Which is located next to Chemical Plant, finally we'll transition to the special zone." Robotnik: "NOOOO!?! I SPENT A BILLION MOBIUMS!! I MADE IT A TOP PRIORITY!! HOW COULD MY MAGNIFICENT NEW CASINO NIGHT ZONE; NOT BE REFERENCED!?!" Grounder: "Because it's locked, and I have the key." Robotnik: "THEN GO OPEN IT YOU NINCOMBOT!! YOU STUPPO!! YOU MISERABLE MESS OF MICROCHIPS!!"
In the episode "Spaceman Sonic" we see the show's interpretation of Star Light Zone. Also, it's a long shot, but I think the Scrap Valley from episode "Sonic Gets Thrashed" might be a reference to Scrap Brain Zone. And what about Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine?
Sonic 2's Special Stage is referenced in AoSTH's opening sequence. Or, maybe it's just a generic half pipe that Sonic runs through. But I doubt it's a coincidence. Also! The very second phrase in the opening theme song, listen to the bass line - it should sound VERY familiar to Sonic 2 fans 😉
Agreed on the intro - definitely a nod to the half pipe I reckon. Also... 😮!!! I have never noticed that in the intro music!! 😮!!! Thank you for your comment!
ngl it’s pretty surprising how many (distorted) game elements are featured in this cartoon heck, if you even discount the characterizations, sonic’s is pretty similar to his game self (a wayward adventurer who goes where he pleases)
You forgot the concept of Robotnik turning people/animals in to robots which he does in _Blackbot the Pirate._ There’s also _Sonic Christmas Blast_ which Sonic do extreme sports like in some of the Game Gear games and was supposed to tie in to some of them as evinced by the title.
You missed one in terms of zones. The episode "High Stakes Sonic" was about Robotnik's Casino Night Zone which he mentions by name. I think the Casinoville title was used in "The Mobius 5000" for this reason.
She just puts lyrics to the show's theme song. The theme song is in turn based on the title theme from the first two games, and the invincibility music in those games was also based on that title theme.
The TV show Scratch and Grounder are watching in "Untouchable Sonic" is also a clip from the Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Pilot Episode. Edit: I made this before you said it was from the pilot in actually video sorry about that.
Actually in an earlier episode robotnik builds a new zone and calls it casino night zone and has rigs the machines and takes a bunch of sheep to build a robotnik monument and sonic has to un-rig the machines and save everyone
As much as I love both of those shows, I'm glad there wasn't more game references in this - the Mario Bros Super Show shoved them in at every corner and it was just excessive.
Actually, unlike Grounder and Coconuts, Scratch has no direct Badnik basis found in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, although Sonic the Hedgehog Encyclo-speed-ia states he is loosely based off Clucker, a Badnik in the Wing Fortress Zone. The show's bible and a few episodes of the show depict Scratch manning a turret with egg bomb projectiles, similar to Clucker
I have one criticism. You showing your animated character picture doing the same pose and facial expression makes this video look cheap. If it weren't for the Dreamcast controller, I would've thought it was a clipart character. No offense.
None taken. It's a fair point. I'm constantly thinking whether I should set up a small studio and appear on camera at some point instead of using the avatar. We'll see what happens! Cheers!
No offense, but can you please keep your sona out of the video? It really annoys me when people shoehorn their cartoon selves into most of the video. I want to watch the *VIDEO,* not stare at their sona taking up a big chunk of the screen. Having them at like the start and ending of the video is okay as those segments don't usually contain elements of the video's topic. I know you mean well, but that UA-camr trope just *really* gets on my nerves.
Thank you so much for watching! If there are any references I've missed let me know in the comments below! If you enjoyed the video, please hit that like button as it helps me out a lot. And consider subbing for weekly, high-quality Sonic and SEGA videos. Cheers!
PS: Shout out to Razorgeist for reminding me Roller and Ballhog showed up in AoStH in the comments section of one of my previous videos. And to Moralis for letting me know about the fifth Chaos Emerald. I had completely forgotten! Cheers!
You forgot that the Christmas Special, Sonic Christmas Blast also has an badnik/enemy that is possible similar to Heavy from Knuckles Chaotix.
Oh yeah, and doesn't it also have a hang glider in it? In reference to one of Sonic's Game Gear aventures?
@@d-manthecaptain1382 yeah or maybe even the snowboarding like in Sonic 3
@@d-manthecaptain1382 and let's not forget that the whole special is based on Sonic 3D Blast (originally based on Sonic Xtreme the cancelled game)
I will confess I have never seen Sonic Christmas Blast 😅 I was going to look at it for this video but decided to save it for a video I have planned for December. Thank you for watching and for your comment!
Yeah and I bet you know the way past marble zone?
9:34 this moment always summarized whenever I tried to do a special stage in Sonic 2.
Robotnik: How did you do?
Grounder: ONE. RING. SHOOOOOORT!
I owe it to Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog for convincing me to get Sonic 2 as a kid.
I just realized something about the Chaos Emeralds in AOSTH.
There were 4 known Chaos Emeralds, a secret 5th Emerald and a possible 6th Emerald seen on Sonic's ancestor. This further connects the concept of Sonic 1 having only Six Chaos Emeralds
My guess on the 5th Emerald is that it can Create and destroy Landscapes
And for the Possible 6th Emerald it could give you an energy Shield that gives an immunity to the other Emeralds powers
Great theory! Sounds like you're probably correct. And yep - that ticks off all six of Sonic 1's Chaos Emeralds! Cheers!
I heard the secret 5th emerald is Chaos Emerald Ring, it's an Emerald that sticks on the ring that grants any choice, Robotnik use it to alter landscape in "Fast and Easy"
The emerald is actually the most strongest
@@Rayvc12 AoStH is not canon to the games, but it is it’s own separate canon inspired by the games.
The 5h emerald reminds me of the Master Emerald. Instead of making chunks of landmass float, it sinks them into the ocean. It the "extra in the set" (of 4 instead of 7). It's meant to be place on a secret altar (a la Hidden Palace Zone).
However, Sonic 3 (let alone Sonic & Knuckles) wouldn't be relesed until a year later after the episode's first airing, so this is all just a nice little coincidence. ^_^
@@robbiewalker2831 yeah
I swear, there was a reference to Starlight Zone from Sonic 1 in the space episode. I do not remember the name or episode number, but I know the zone was mentioned.
Spaceman Sonic, yeah they mention Star Light Zone
Thank you! You're right! It was even in my notes but forgot to add it to the final script! 😅 I am a dope. Starlight Zone IS in it. (Although from what I recall it's just a bit of space somewhere. I didn't rewatch the episode.) Cheers!
"We're drifting into Star Light Zone!" - Scratch
In the episode "High-Stakes Sonic" the casino in that episode is referred to as Robotnik's Casino Night Zone
Anyway great video, I don't see much AOSTH appreciation outside of YTPs on youtube
I’m happy that they didn’t go for more badniks from the games because we get to get characters like Mama Robotnik, and the best character Mr.Weasly.
Yeah they really didn't go over the top with game references at all, thankfully. It's like they made a creative funny cartoon show first, and then put in references to the games here and there.
Personally i dislike weasly
@@SNIXC Mr.Weasly:Why don’t you like me?
@@SNIXC Robotnik:Yeah. I want to know why you don’t like him too?
I absolutely adore this show and it had some fun ideas like Robotnik having a cousin he trapped away in another dimension.
You know it feels like some idea for Sandopolis was taking from the Pyramid episode, mostly the idea of pushing blocks to get pass obstacles and spike crushers. Though it could also be completely coincidently.
Quite possibly. Sonic 3 was out in early 1994 so maybe they had access to some zone things etc. pre-release? Thank you for watching!
@@HillTopTerebi There were episodes of AoStH (including the unaired Pilot) where Robotnik is riding a Drill Mobile of sorts. It feels like a weird hybrid between the Drill Pods from Sonic 2 and 3; the latter being the version that lacked wheels. What's even crazier is that in "So Long, Sucker", there was a literal Eggmobile, but lacks the drill and color scheme of the Sonic 2 Drill Car.
It’s weird that the marble zone looks like a whole new level in the show
You missed another reference to Casino Night Zone (mentioned in full). High Stakes Sonic was the episodes name.
Thank you for the heads up! I *knew* I'd miss some 😅 I guess at least the zone got a mention because of the Mobius 5000's "Casino Zone" but its a shame I missed that. Cheers again, and thank you for watching!
I was gonna say, I was SURE Dr. Robotnik said the full name at some point.
@@MSOGameShow “How could my magnificent new CASINO NIGHT ZONE not be ready?”
5:02 I'm pretty sure at that point they are in a different location entirely and plus the background at the convention scene looks more like Emerald Hill
Nice video! Despite the creative liberties going on, there were quite a few game references (although the Mario cartoons take that crown). I can recall a few more references that weren't covered. The end of the intro, Sonic, and Tails pose together in a circle similar to Sonic 2's title screen. The Jump sfx and the Collected Ring sfx can be heard in one part in "Grounder the Genius" coming from the character Hacker's computer halfway in the beginning of the episode. A badnik couple who I thought were based on the "Buzz Bomber" badnik, show up after disguising themselves as Tails' Parents in "Tails New Home". They are later tied by their fake Tails by Sonic and after a bit of trying to break free...combine to turn into a random "Antran" Apple Sauce can. There...are no badniks named Antran however. So despite their badnik design (at least as far as this show goes), they might be original creations! O.o;
Cheers for the awesome comment. I need to go back and rewatch these episodes because I had completely forgotten about this stuff! Seems like there are quite a few things I missed. Thanks again!
The jump sound too! I'd remembered the ring SFX from Hacker's computer but not that. Now I can go take that out of my own comment.
And what is up with that apple sauce can?? So damn random lol
@@HillTopTerebi I’d argue that some of the creative liberties in AoStH ended up being referenced in future Sonic games, for better or worse. Here are some examples.
1. The “Egg-0-Matic Tunnelizer and Town Terrorizer", which can be seen in a few episodes, looks like it was used as a basis for the Egg-Drill Pod from Sonic 3, as both have a singular drill; however, Sonic 3’s Egg-Drill Pod can change the positions of the drill from front to back.
2. the first In-Game Sonic cast (in Sonic Adventure 1) has Sonic, Tails and Eggman share a similar cadence to AoStH’s casting.
3. In the same game (Adventure 1), there’s a Badnik called Kiki, which bares a resemblance to Sonic 2’s Coconuts (or Aiai in Japan); However, Kiki has monkey-like ears that are more similar to the AoStH Coconuts.
4. Sonic Rush Adventure features a Robot by the name of Captain Whisker. He’s meant to be a Pirate Robot version of Eggman, but he resembles more to Blackbot, despite Blackbot losing facial hair in the midst of Roboticization.
5. Sonic fights a Black Knight in the titular game. However, Sonic and the Black Knight felt like a bad version of “Hedgehog of the Hound Table”; because while Sonic is dubbed the “True” King Arthur in the game, AoStH Sonic has a more fitting role: “The Holy Hedgehog”; which is more appropriate for Sonic, because Sonic as a character worked better as an opposing force against an abuse in power, rather than being in control and abusing said power.
6. While not part of the mainline of games, Sonic Boom has a design of Eggman that is reminiscent of Robotnik’s Wartime outfit from Lovesick Sonic, complete with a change in girth.
7. Of all the games to make an explicit reference, the infamously bad Sonic Forces actually took a scene directly from "Lovesick Sonic"; Sonic runs across a giant snake, who then eats him, only to be spat out because of what Sonic did to the snake's mouth.
5:01 If you look up the scenery and the background right there, it's basically Sonic and Robotnik with the wrecking ball in Hill Top Zone. Also that Green Hill background you mentioned in unaired pilot looks more like one from Emerald Hill Zone to me.
The background in Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad (the background with the tent) was a reused background of the unaired pilot.
The random sonic 2 special stage reference is epic
I'm guessing what happened with the episode "Untouchable Sonic" is that the writer intended for it to be Roller and Ball Hog from the games, just dressed as gangsters for the shake of the Untouchables parody, but the storyboard artists didn't know they were from the games, and so designed the characters' model sheets based only on how they were describe in the script.
Maybe the stript mentioned how they look but not their spieces, assuming everyone would already know what they are meant to be, which would explain why Roller looks so different and yet still retains his horns in substitution for the ears real armadillos had, and maybe the script said something like "He then transformed into a ball" and if you were a character deisgner who didn't know what he was meant to be, you might assume it's some sorta magic looking kinda thing, and maybe if you're looking a visual gag to toss in there, you draw it as a bowling ball. Meanwhile Ballhog was probably stated to be short and fat, with big eyes and a scrawny tail, if you assumed the "hog" in his name refered to only his weight, and wasn't literal, you might end up with something like that.
Yea, I'm sure it was something along those lines, some misunderstanding between the different people working on the show trying to make the deadline.
Yep, that all sounds plausible. Loads of stuff going on behind the scenes and many cogs in the machine. Good theory!
Hey no problem its nice to get a shoutout!
6:42- Believe it or not, that would be the second time “Casino Zone” would’ve appeared in the show. It also appeared in the 5th Episode, High Stakes Sonic.
Wow this was an amazing video! I hope you make more in other sonic series/movies/ova
Thank you very much. Yep I have more 'game references' videos on other Sonic animations coming up. They take a bit of time to make because I end up rewatching loooaads of episodes but they will all be covered 😁 Cheers!
I really love how your channel focuses on early 90’s Sonic multi-media!
Thank you! It'll eventually cover modern Sonic stuff and other Sega franchises too, but will *always* have plenty of 90's Sonic content uploads too 🙂
@@HillTopTerebi Classic Sonic and Adventure 1&2 are my prime go-to games; there may be a few good ones after the Death of the Dreamcast, but I feel the bad outweighed the good in Modern’s case, especially with Frontiers now taking Sonic to the Seinen direction, which alienates me, a Sonic fan that loves the Shonen direction that started with the first game.
First, I hope Wildbrain would not dmca this but I like all of the references of all game material on the DiC Sonic Cartoons, and I hope you make a sequel to that
A few notes:
* In the Tom Payne Archive (one of Sega Of America's graphical backups), there's a collection of Sonic 1 badniks using the game's default palette. Chopper appears yellow in these graphics.
* Ball Hog's coloration in the show is closer to that of their appearance in Sonic 2 8-Bit.
* The 5th Emerald and its island sinking powers likely refer to the Master Emerald and how it holds up Angel Island.
* Spinball itself mixes in characters from AoStH (Scratch, Pink Sally from Christmas Blast), SATAM (The other Freedom Fighters, that monkey I think), and the games proper (Crawl, Clucker)
Great comment! I didn't even think the 5th one could relate to to Angel Island/Sonic 3! All great points. Thank you!
Glad to see I'm not the only one who saw the Master Emerald connection.
Don’t forget Dr. Robotnik’s pet chicken robot named Cluck from season 1 from Satam! Where in Spinball, Just like how Scratch is portrayed in the game’s bonus levels, Cluck is also a mass produced Badnik that appears in almost every level in the game.
In "High Stakes Sonic", the majority of the episode takes place in the Casino Night Zone.
In one episode of the show, Scratch jokingly said time to time to pay as visit to “Dr. Badwrench” which is in reference to one of the concept art information for Sonic 1, where it is one of Dr. Ivo Eggman Robotnik’s original names that were scrapped at the time.
4:48 that's actually based off of Emerald Hill Zone (you can tell from the background and trees), no clue why they used a Green Hill loop though
4:48 That's clearly Emerald Hill from Sonic 2, only with the loop and boss from Green Hill.
On a rewatch... you are clearly correct! 😅 Cheers!
You should do another one of these with satam and/or underground!
Definitely 🙂 They're both on my to do list. Thank you for watching!
there are some unintentional sonic references in this show. like some areas that resemble lava reef and ice cap from sonic 3. there's one episode where they go into a temple that vaguely resembles hidden palace zone the unused one from sonic 2. there's an episode where they go to a abandoned space station that vaguely resembles the one from sonic adventure 2. there another episode where scratch and grounder are driving a plain threw desert like a part of a level from sonic mania. there's also and episode where sonic runs into a giant snake that eats him and then spits him out like a scene in sonic forces.
For the record, in the Sonic Bible the Special Stages for the first game are referred to as "Warps of Confusion" created by the "Containment Rings" that hold the Chaos Emeralds.
This was dropped as with many other elements of the bible, but some early Sonic books and this show still use that name.
The 1st episode had badniks from Robotnik's mean bean machine. That space station episode had Starlight zone & it could probably give death egg vibes. One of Sonics birthday episodes they were at Sky City & he was battling Buttnik in the sky. That Pseudo Sonic was like Metal or Mecha Sonic.
i think robotniks mean bean machine came out after the show tho
Ironically you missed the Hill Top zone reference. Don't remember exactly the episode where it was mentioned, but I think it was "Slow Going", the one with the sloth chatacters.
Haha whoops! I'll have to go back and check that episode out. Thanks for letting me know. Of all the ones to miss... haha Cheers!
3:12 I think it's to reference how Roller in Sonic can also do Sonic's triple spin
8:13 I guess this is the start of the idea of Robotnik becoming buff when using the Chaos Emeralds (in fan content)
8:08 so superstars emerald powers are from here huh
Robotnik: "Is my new Casino Night Zone ready?"
"The racers then head to Sonic 2's Casino Night Zone, referred to as the Casino Zone. Which is located next to Chemical Plant, finally we'll transition to the special zone."
Robotnik: "NOOOO!?! I SPENT A BILLION MOBIUMS!! I MADE IT A TOP PRIORITY!! HOW COULD MY MAGNIFICENT NEW CASINO NIGHT ZONE; NOT BE REFERENCED!?!"
Grounder: "Because it's locked, and I have the key."
Robotnik: "THEN GO OPEN IT YOU NINCOMBOT!! YOU STUPPO!! YOU MISERABLE MESS OF MICROCHIPS!!"
In the episode "Spaceman Sonic" we see the show's interpretation of Star Light Zone. Also, it's a long shot, but I think the Scrap Valley from episode "Sonic Gets Thrashed" might be a reference to Scrap Brain Zone. And what about Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine?
8:33 something tells me this is an adaptation of Sonic and Tails Chaos (what call Sonic Chaos/Sonic and Tails as that games has two different names)
Normal sonic:I cant swim,go without me
american sonic:im a mermaidhog
Ooookay thanks for the information
Sonic 2's Special Stage is referenced in AoSTH's opening sequence. Or, maybe it's just a generic half pipe that Sonic runs through. But I doubt it's a coincidence.
Also! The very second phrase in the opening theme song, listen to the bass line - it should sound VERY familiar to Sonic 2 fans 😉
Agreed on the intro - definitely a nod to the half pipe I reckon.
Also...
😮!!! I have never noticed that in the intro music!! 😮!!!
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5:02 that's in Hill Top notice the background
It probably got mentioned already by now, but Buzz Bombers also appeared in Sonic SatAM.
ngl it’s pretty surprising how many (distorted) game elements are featured in this cartoon
heck, if you even discount the characterizations, sonic’s is pretty similar to his game self (a wayward adventurer who goes where he pleases)
This is why I like AoStH better.
i think in some episodes you can hear a part of oil oceans melody in the background. but i could just be a coincidence
You forgot the concept of Robotnik turning people/animals in to robots which he does in _Blackbot the Pirate._ There’s also _Sonic Christmas Blast_ which Sonic do extreme sports like in some of the Game Gear games and was supposed to tie in to some of them as evinced by the title.
You missed one in terms of zones. The episode "High Stakes Sonic" was about Robotnik's Casino Night Zone which he mentions by name. I think the Casinoville title was used in "The Mobius 5000" for this reason.
I always thought Grounder had similarity to that badnik
1:23 Not to mention those who've played the first Sonic games before
That green hill zone looking area
Could be emerald hill as well
Well, this is quite good for a 1993 SatAM cartoon... Even I enjoyed quite a lot.
AoStH is a syndicated show, made to have 65 episodes shown on weekdays.
If this is mentioned before, sorry for that - but that songstress (Cattie, I think) sings and uses Invincibility music.
She just puts lyrics to the show's theme song. The theme song is in turn based on the title theme from the first two games, and the invincibility music in those games was also based on that title theme.
I didn’t recognize a lot of these references because of the different coloring.
I wonder if in Episode 55 if Sonic & friends took the shortcut through the Special Stage, they'd gotten a chaos emerald?
They should have kept going to the end! 😁
@@HillTopTerebi Now everything ticks together. They probably dropped out early in order to win the race.
Fun fact: I forgot the name of the episode. But Robotnik made casino night zone as a way of making more people to build his sphinx for "Robotnik day."
I remembered the name! It's "High Stakes Sonic."
You forgot the episode robotnik jr there was a character called Robotnik jr and I think that is a reference to the metropolis act 3 boss
The TV show Scratch and Grounder are watching in "Untouchable Sonic" is also a clip from the Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog Pilot Episode.
Edit: I made this before you said it was from the pilot in actually video sorry about that.
Actually in an earlier episode robotnik builds a new zone and calls it casino night zone and has rigs the machines and takes a bunch of sheep to build a robotnik monument and sonic has to un-rig the machines and save everyone
As much as I prefer this show over Sonic SatAM, it could've done a lot better with references to the games.
As much as I love both of those shows, I'm glad there wasn't more game references in this - the Mario Bros Super Show shoved them in at every corner and it was just excessive.
4:52 I think that’s emerald hill zone
Shame the show wasn't more like the unaired pilot. That looks great!
i want to see you do the same thing with satam
0:48 more like spinball drew from both Aosth and it's more serious sequel? show
Ah quite possibly, yes! Good way of looking at it. There were elements of both in Spinball.
@@HillTopTerebi That's exactly the case. Scratch first appeared in the show before he showed up in Spinball
Actually, unlike Grounder and Coconuts, Scratch has no direct Badnik basis found in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, although Sonic the Hedgehog Encyclo-speed-ia states he is loosely based off Clucker, a Badnik in the Wing Fortress Zone. The show's bible and a few episodes of the show depict Scratch manning a turret with egg bomb projectiles, similar to Clucker
this is just taken from the wiki
@@Alizamk1 what's wrong with that
I swear there's an episode where Tails actually refers to Robotnik as Eggman
Oooo I'll have a look into that. Cheers! Doesn't ring a bell off the top of my head but very possible!
"Lifestyles of the Sick and Twisted"! I have a VHS recording of that episode!
Happy Fourth of July!
Scratch was from Sonic Spinball
i would say that green hill is more like emerald hill
Yep, looking at it again I think you're right. Cheers!
Dr. Robotnik is actually “Dr. Eggman”!
Not in this show though???
Did You Owned "Sonic Origins" By Buying it on The Store or You Get a Physical Copy?!
I bought in on the Xbox store digitally. No physical release yet, but I hope they do one some day like they did with Sonic Mania plus 😀
I have one criticism. You showing your animated character picture doing the same pose and facial expression makes this video look cheap. If it weren't for the Dreamcast controller, I would've thought it was a clipart character. No offense.
None taken. It's a fair point. I'm constantly thinking whether I should set up a small studio and appear on camera at some point instead of using the avatar. We'll see what happens! Cheers!
You forgot pseudo Sonic
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Bruh its Not green hill Its EMERALD HILL
No offense, but can you please keep your sona out of the video? It really annoys me when people shoehorn their cartoon selves into most of the video. I want to watch the *VIDEO,* not stare at their sona taking up a big chunk of the screen. Having them at like the start and ending of the video is okay as those segments don't usually contain elements of the video's topic. I know you mean well, but that UA-camr trope just *really* gets on my nerves.
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