List of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episodes

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American cartoon created by DIC Entertainment. The show ran for 65 episodes on American Broadcasting Company (ABC) between 1993 and 1995.

Episodes

Episode number / Aired order	Episode name	Writer	Original airdate	Production Code
0	"Sonic Strikes Again"	Unknown	1993 (1993)	0
This is the pilot used to sell the show. There is hardly any talking from most of the characters, except Sonic. The voices of Scratch, Tails, and Dr. Robotnik are different and there's a narrator. In one episode, Scratch and Grounder are watching the Sonic cartoon on TV. This is the episode they are watching. There is also no music or sound effects, with the exception of Tails screaming heard in the Sonic Sez segment. Sonic Sez segment: Looking before you cross the street.
1	"The Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad!"	Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly	September 6, 1993 (1993-09-06)	1
When Sonic and Tails are captured by Grounder and Scratch, Sonic tells the duo the story of how he first met, taking place in a flashback. Sonic and Tails end up defeating Scratch and Grounder like usual and speed off. Sonic Sez segment: Calling of 9-1-1.
2	"Subterranean Sonic"	Robert Askin	September 13, 1993 (1993-09-13)	2
While escaping Scratch and Grounder in the Marble Zone, Sonic and Tails cross paths with a grumpy, self-centered mole named Spelunk, who does not take kindly to any intruders in his mines. Sonic Sez segment: Sharing The way Scratch holds a sign which says "Help" is a reference to the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner.
3	"Lovesick Sonic"	Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly	September 20, 1993 (1993-09-20)	3
When Sonic saves a female hedgehog named Breezie, he's in love; however, Tails does not like her. What Sonic doesn't know is that Breezie is just another evil invention from Dr. Robotnik, created to keep Sonic occupied while Robotnik floods a city near his fortress. Robotnik, however, doesn't count on Breezie genuinely falling in love with Sonic. Sonic Sez segment: Sexual harassment
4	"Slowwww Going"	Jack Hanrahan & Eleanor Burian-Mohr	September 27, 1993 (1993-09-27)	4
In this double-length episode,After trashing the home of a family of sloths, Robotnik returns to his hilltop fortress and introduces the Subatomic Slow-Go Beam Weapon, a Mobian Mega Crystal-powered weapon that drastically curtails the molecular motion of its target. Scratch and Grounder attempt to use it on Sonic, and, unfortunately for him, they succeed. Now, Sonic is just another slo-mo, and it's up to Tails to get him back up to speed. Sonic Sez segment: Fast People
5	"High Stakes Sonic"	Robert Askin	October 4, 1993 (1993-10-04)	5
Sonic and Tails infiltrate Robotnik's new Casino Night Zone to stop his henchman Smiley the Shark from scamming the Mobians into becoming Robotnik's slaves. Sonic Sez segment: Dares
6	"Sonic Breakout"	Douglas Zip Purgason	October 25, 1993 (1993-10-25)	10
Robotnik imprisons an obnoxious cartoonist named Sketch Lampoon(a parody of Comix Zone's Sketch Turner) who has made fun of him in his comic book, and Sonic purposely allows himself to be captured as well in order to rescue him. Sonic Sez segment: Graffiti
7	"Trail of the Missing Tails"	Bob Forward	November 8, 1993 (1993-11-08)	9
Robotnik's insane cousin, Dr. Warpnik captures Tails and lures Sonic into his Zone of Confusion as bait for Robotnik. Sonic Sez segment: Remembering your phone number
8	"Close Encounter of the Sonic Kind"	Douglas Zip Purgason	January 10, 1994 (1994-01-10)	34
Sonic and Tails have to help fix a rocket ship for an alien prince who's is going to be late for his coronation. Sonic Sez segment: Sunburn
9	"Momma Robotnik's Birthday"	Francis Moss	January 17, 1994 (1994-01-17)	7
It's Momma Robotnik's birthday and what she wants for a gift is the capturing of Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic Sez segment: Trees
10	"Big Daddy"	Jess Borgeson	February 21, 1994 (1994-02-21)	6
Coconuts teams up with a baby gorilla to stop Sonic. The baby gorilla's father, however, is under the control of Robotnik, and Sonic has to save him. Pierre De Celles, an animation director, described "Big Daddy" as an episode he felt "really proud of." He described the editing as "poor." He described the animation process as taking "4 times longer than usual" since the animator of the episode was deaf and mute; De Celles described his translator as "just great." Sonic Sez segment: Telling parents where you're going
11	"Sonic's Song"	Kevin Donahue & Donald P. Zappala	March 14, 1994 (1994-03-14)	12
In response to a popular song about Sonic, Robotnik creates a robot designed to destroy all the music on Mobius. Sonic Sez segment: Hearing
12	"Birth of a Salesman"	Steven J. Fisher, Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly	March 28, 1994 (1994-03-28)	11
Just as Robotnik frustratingly questions his ability to get rid of Sonic with such unreliable aid as Scratch and Grounder, an energetic salesman comes to Robotnik's doorstep introducing himself as Wes Weasley, a representative of the "Handy Dandy Super Villain Appliance Distributors Limited Company". Robotnik takes a liking to Weasley's brash, obnoxious, pushy, rude demeanor and odd attire, and immediately hires the salesman. However, he later regrets it when Wes's gadgets keep backfiring on his minions. Sonic Sez segment: False advertising
13	"Best Hedgehog"	Martha Moran	September 19, 1994 (1994-09-19)	16
Sonic and Tails rescue Robotnik's first prisoner, a hairy Gossamer-look alike man called Lucas, and work to reunite him with his lost girlfriend, Lucinda, whom Robotnik is also after. Sonic Sez segment: Reading
14	"The Robotnik Express"	Doug Booth	September 26, 1994 (1994-09-26)	17
En route to stop a train of explosives from reaching Robotnik's munitions factory ("The Emporium of Devastation, Destruction, and Demolition"), Sonic and Tails get caught by Scratch and Grounder, only to quickly escape. However, when "Da Bearz" Big Griz and Big Mike arrive and mistake the robots for their heroes, things start to get crazy throughout the train ride. Sonic Sez segment: Strangers
15	"Too Tall Tails"	Rowby Goren	October 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)	15
Tails and Sonic stop at a place called Wienerville to eat. Meanwhile, Dr. Robotnik acquires a growth machine from a scientist and accidentally fires it at Tails and making him grow huge. At the same time, Robotnik claims to the villagers that Sonic and Tails are the villains while he is the hero planning to eliminate Tails. Sonic must then find the antidote before Tails gets into any more trouble,like for example,Robotnik planning to zap Tails with a freeze ray. Sonic Sez segment: Healthy Diets
16	"Tails' New Home"	Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly	October 10, 1994 (1994-10-10)	20
After Sonic saves Tails from Scratch and Grounder once again, Sonic does all he can to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. A local pair of storks prove to be too incompetent to safely take in Tails as their adoptive son, and Sergeant Doberman proves to be too dangerous, but Sonic refuses to give up in his search for a loving family for Tails. But when they meet a pair of foxes claiming to be Tails' real parents, it seems too good to be true... and it is, for they're Robotnik's robots in disguise. Upon discovering this, Sonic breaks Tails out yet again, and apologizes for failing to find Tails a family. However, Tails assures him that Sonic himself was his family all along. Sonic Sez segment: Running away
17	"Over the Hill Hero"	Francis Moss	October 17, 1994 (1994-10-17)	18
After rescuing the out-of-shape Captain Rescue, Sonic grows tired of his incompetence, which leads to Robotnik tricking him into capturing the hedgehog. Sonic Sez segment: Elders
18	"Blank-Headed Eagle"	Dennis O'Flaherty	November 7, 1994 (1994-11-07)	13
Scratch suffers a blow to the head and thinks he's TV hero Edgar Eagle. Sonic Sez segment: Seat belt
19	"The Mystery of the Missing Hi-tops"	Kevin Murphy & Ed Ferrara	November 21, 1994 (1994-11-21)	14
During a fair in his honor, Sonic's shoes go missing and he has to resort to detective work to find them. Surprisingly, the culprit is not Robotnik. Sonic Sez segment: Stealing
20	"So Long Sucker"	Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	December 19, 1994 (1994-12-19)	22
Tails adopts a pet from another dimension that grows larger when it gets angry. Sonic Sez segment: Pets
21	"Sonic Gets Thrashed"	Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	January 16, 1995 (1995-01-16)	19
When Robotnik opens up a resort to make the resident Mobians his slaves, Sonic enlists the help of some robots from an area of Mobius called Scrap Valley. Sonic Sez segment: Rubbish
22	"Pseudo Sonic"	Cliff Macgillivray	January 23, 1995 (1995-01-23)	26
Robotnik creates a (rather unconvincing) robot look-alike of Sonic with the intent of using it to ruin the hedgehog's reputation. This episode's plot was also used in issue #9 of the Sonic comic book. Sonic Sez segment: Poison Ivy
23	"Grounder the Genius"	Doug Molitor	February 6, 1995 (1995-02-06)	21
Grounder accidentally puts a "genius chip" in his head, and it makes him so smart that he easily captures Sonic and even takes over Robotnik's operations. Sonic Sez segment: Using Your Brain
24	"Tails in Charge"	Martha Moran	February 13, 1995 (1995-02-13)	24
When Scratch and Grounder zap Sonic with Robotnik's new freeze ray, Tails has to keep him safe. Sonic Sez segment: Open Your Door to Strangers
25	"Sno Problem"	Sandra Ryan	February 20, 1995 (1995-02-20)	25
Robotnik introduces the "Ultra Freeze-O-Matic", announcing his plan to freeze every citizen on Mobius so that he can install "Servitude Chips" into the frozen citizens and make them unquestionably obedient. However, when he tries to test it on Mt. Splatterhorn where Sonic and Tails are at, things quickly go crazy. Sonic Sez segment: Bicycle Safety Check
26	"Submerged Sonic"	Bob Forward	February 27, 1995 (1995-02-27)	23
Robotnik is after the Power Gems from the city of Submerbia in the Labyrinth Zone. Sonic Sez segment: Shallow Water
27	"Boogey-Mania"	Rowby Goren	March 6, 1995 (1995-03-06)	29
Robotnik reprograms a machine created by Von Schlemmer capable of turning dreams into reality and unleashes a Nightmare Monster upon Mobius. Sonic Sez segment: Sleep
28	"Musta Been a Beautiful Baby"	Gordon Bressack	March 13, 1995 (1995-03-13)	30
Robotnik's attempt to turn Sonic into an old man with his newest device backfires, turning him and Tails into babies. Now stuck in a day-care, the infantile Sonic and Tails must try and keep Robotnik under control, while Scratch and Grounder attempt to get him back. Sonic Sez segment: Tumble dryers
29	"Robotnik Jr."	Robert Askin	March 20, 1995 (1995-03-20)	27
Robotnik creates a robot son to help him capture Sonic, but the robot defects to Sonic's side. Sonic Sez segment: Peer pressure
30	"Full Tilt Tails"	Robert Askin	April 3, 1995 (1995-04-03)	32
Robotnik makes chewing gum that makes the consumer as fast as Sonic, and then Tails steps on it himself. This episode's plot was later recycled for the Sonic Underground episode "Sonic Tonic". Sonic Sez segment: Smoking
31	"MacHopper"	Doug Booth	April 10, 1995 (1995-04-10)	28
Robotnik attempts to brainwash a kangaroo who acts like Crocodile Dundee into doing his dirty deeds, but an explosion causes his memory to become unstable. Sonic Sez segment: Currents and Riptides
32	"Momma Robotnik Returns"	Francis Moss	April 17, 1995 (1995-04-17)	36
Momma Robotnik is loose from the Home for Really Bizarre Mothers, and she wants to adopt, of all Mobians, Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic Sez segment: Obeying laws and going to court
33	"Spaceman Sonic"	Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly	April 24, 1995 (1995-04-24)	38
Sonic and Tails are blasted into space whilst trying to prevent Robotnik from launching a deadly rocket towards a space station. Sonic Sez segment: Common colds
34	"Mad Mike, Da Bear Warrior"	Doug Booth	May 1, 1995 (1995-05-01)	31
With help from "Da Bearz", Sonic and co. put a stop to the construction of a Robotnik statue. Sonic Sez segment: Medicine
35	"The Last Resort"	Gordon Bressack	May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)	46
Robotnik announces his retirement from villainy. Sonic Sez segment: Walking alone
36	"Robotnik's Rival"	Gordon Bressack	May 15, 1995 (1995-05-15)	37
Robotnik and a rival scientist named Doctor Brandon Quark try to cooperate in capturing Sonic. At first they are successful, but due to Scratch and Grounder's incompetence, Sonic and Tails get away. A stream of attempts from Sonic to make the 2 doctors hate each other (along with Scratch and Grounder tricking Quark's super-intelligent robot, "DOOFUS", into turning against its master) eventually results in their failure. Sonic Sez segment: Cheating
37	"The Magic Hassle"	Douglas Zip Purgason	June 5, 1995 (1995-06-05)	35
Coconuts acquires a magic wand and magical gadgets from Wes Weasley (after agreeing to forward all payments to Robotnik), and attempts to master them while Robotnik trying to change the released Sonic banknotes into Robotnik money in the Mobius Mint. When Robotnik's pressing the buttons on the computer at the beginning, it makes noises from the Mario games. Sonic Sez segment: Money
38	"Sonic the Matchmaker"	Robert Askin	June 19, 1995 (1995-06-19)	39
Robotnik captures Breezie and Robotnik Jr. (who has fallen for the former) in order to find out why they betrayed him so he can build the perfect robot wife. Sonic Sez segment: Playground Safety
39	"Tails Prevails"	Bob Forward	June 26, 1995 (1995-06-26)	33
It's Sonic's Birthday and Tails builds Sonic an interesting gift. Realizing Tails' potential with mechanics, Sonic asks Professor Von Shlemmer to make Tails his research assistant, but then Robotnik captures and impersonates him to get Tails to build his latest anti-Sonic weapon. Sonic Sez segment: Boredom
40	"Zoobotnik"	Rowby Goren	September 4, 1995 (1995-09-04)	44
An intergalactic bounty huntress comes to capture Sonic and falls in love with Robotnik while doing so, almost marries Robotnik but Sonic ruins the ceremony by inviting Momma Robotnik to the party. Sonic Sez segment: Wildlife
41	"Attack on the Pinball Fortress"	Bob Forward	September 11, 1995 (1995-09-11)	45
Robotnik has unleashed his "Stupidity Ray" on Mobius, knowing that the newly-stupefied Mobians will be too braindead to stop him. As Sonic and Tails make their way to Robotnik's new lair, the Pinball Fortress (a reference to Sonic Spinball, complete with a scorpion-like guard robot reminiscent of Scorpius from the first stage), they find themselves competing with Wes Weasely and Sergeant Doberman, both of whom want to capture the Stupidity Ray for their own purposes. Sonic Sez segment: Stupidity
42	"Mass Transit Trouble"	Kevin Murphy & Ed Ferrera	September 25, 1995 (1995-09-25)	40
Robotnik plants bombs at three of Mobius' centers of transport (an airport, a lighthouse and a railway station), threatening to cause chaos unless Sonic can effectively be in three places at once. Sonic Sez segment: Bicycle safety
43	"Coachnik"	Doug Molitor	October 2, 1995 (1995-10-02)	42
Robotnik constructs a pushy P.T. robot in an attempt to increase Scratch and Grounder's fitness. Sonic Sez segment: Warming up
44	"Untouchable Sonic"	Dennis O'Flaherty	October 9, 1995 (1995-10-09)	43
Sonic comes to the rescue of a town as it is held to ransom by Robotnik's crime syndicate. A few scenes from the pilot animation are integrated into this episode. Also of note BallHog and Roller are 2 badniks from the first Sonic game on the Sega Genesis. Sonic Sez segment: Gangs
45	"Super Robotnik"	Rowby Goren	October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)	52
A chemical accident caused by Coconuts ends up giving Robotnik superpowers, and the mad doctor quickly uses them to threaten Mobius's world leaders and publicly humiliate Sonic. However, Robotnik isn't completely invincible, and Sonic must find a way to exploit the weak chink in Robotnik's newfound powers in an Olympics-style gladiator match. Sonic Sez segment: Chemicals
46	"Robolympics"	Jeffrey Scott	November 6, 1995 (1995-11-06)	8
An asteroid is heading for Turtle Town and Robotnik offers to save it, but only if Sonic agrees to play in the Robolympics against him and his robots. Sonic Sez segment: Being Active
47	"Magnificent Sonic"	Jeffrey Scott	November 13, 1995 (1995-11-13)	41
Sonic becomes the sheriff of Tranquil Gulch, in hopes of cleaning out Robotnik's robots from harassing the locals. Sonic Sez segment: Gun safety
48	"Blackbot the Pirate (Chaos Emeralds Part 1 of 4)"	Jeffrey Scott	November 27, 1995 (1995-11-27)	48
Robotnik goes time-traveling to find four Chaos Emeralds that could make him all-powerful. His first stop is the time of Blackbeard the Pirate, where he enlists the pirate's help (after robo-transmogrifying him, that is) to find the Emerald of Invisibility. However, with help from a local scientist, Sonic and Tails go after him, and thwart his attempts to obtain the Emerald. Sonic Sez segment: Caution with Sharp Objects This episode's plot is similar to the plot used in Sonic Rush Adventure for the Nintendo DS.
49	"Hedgehog of the Hound Table (Chaos Emeralds Part 2 of 4)"	Jeffrey Scott	December 4, 1995 (1995-12-04)	49
Robotnik's next stop is the time of King Arfur and the Knights of the Round Table to get the Emerald of Invincibility. Sonic and Tails follow him, but Robotnik, with the unwilling help of local wizard Merlin, obtains the Emerald, magically petrifyies Sonic's feet and takes over the kingdom. After escaping and reversing the spell with Merlynx's help, Sonic challenges Robotnik to a jousting match. However, as Robotnik is now invincible, nothing Sonic tries is effective. Tails steals the Emerald while Robotnik is distracted, and Robotnik, Scratch, and Grounder are defeated and sent back in time to ancient Rome, where they are attacked by a lion in the Roman Coliseum. Sonic Sez segment: Swimming Alone
50	"Robotnik's Pyramid Scheme (Chaos Emeralds Part 3 of 4)"	Jeffrey Scott	December 11, 1995 (1995-12-11)	50
Robotnik then heads to ancient Egypt to get the Emerald of Immortality and to ensure Sonic's ancestors never meet so that he'd never be born. Sonic and Tails go after him, prevent Robotnik from interfering with his ancestors' meeting, and then race to the crypt of Robotnik's ancestor Robotnikhotep, where the Emerald is kept. Robotnik successfully obtains the Emerald, but, with help from his ancestors, Sonic steals it back and sends him, Scratch, and Grounder forward in time to a dogfight during World War II. Sonic Sez segment: Skateboard Safety
51	"Prehistoric Sonic (Chaos Emeralds Part 4 of 4)"	Jeffrey Scott	December 18, 1995 (1995-12-18)	51
Robotnik travels back to prehistoric times to obtain the Emerald of Life, but is once again met with interference by Sonic and Tails. However, despite their best efforts, Robotnik obtains all four Emeralds and uses them to become the Supreme High Robotnik, and then attempts to finish off his nemeses once and for all by sending them back in time to the Big Bang. The duo narrowly escape, and then gather four versions of themselves from earlier points in the timeline and successfully defeat Robotnik. Afterwords, the four extra Sonics and Tailses use Robotnik's time machine to return the Emeralds to their proper owners, and also to destroy the time machine afterwords. Sonic Sez segment: Eletcrical Appliance Safety
52	"Baby-Sitter Jitters"	Jeffrey Scott	May 6, 1996 (1996-05-06)	47
Sonic and Tails babysit a trio of baby beavers who are at least as much trouble as Robotnik and get themselves kidnapped at least as often as Tails. Sonic Sez segment: Babysitting
53	"Honey, I Shrunk the Hedgehog"	Jeffrey Scott	June 17, 1996 (1996-06-17)	53
Sonic and Tails are hit by Robotnik's shrink ray and have to work with the citizens of other shrunken cities. The name of this chapter is a reference to the movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Sonic Sez segment: Recycling
54	"Robotnikland"	Jeffrey Scott	June 25, 1996 (1996-06-25)	54
Robotnik takes control of the local amusement park on Sonic's birthday. Sonic Sez segment: Cooking
55	"The Mobius 5000"	Jeffrey Scott	August 6, 1996 (1996-08-06)	55
Sonic and Tails enter a car race in order to save an orphanage that Robotnik threatens to shut down. Sonic Sez segment: Car safety
56	"The Little Merhog"	Jeffrey Scott	August 27, 1996 (1996-08-27)	56
Sonic and Tails help a merhog hedgehog named Merna save her underwater city. Sonic Sez segment: Matches
57	"Road Hog"	Jeffrey Scott	September 10, 1996 (1996-09-10)	57
Sonic and Tails get sentenced to hard labor for speeding as a result of Robotnik having hypnotized the law through pollen. Sonic Sez segment: Calling for Help
58	"The Robots' Robot"	Jess Borgeson	September 24, 1996 (1996-09-24)	59
Scratch and Grounder build a robot of their own who soon runs away and ends up befriending Sonic. Sonic Sez segment: Fire
59	"Tails' Tale"	Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly	October 8, 1996 (1996-10-08)	60
When Sonic mysteriously vanishes, Tails goes looking for him (with help from a pilot and Von Schlemmer), searching in a pyramid. Sonic Sez segment: Computers
60	"Hero of the Year"	Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly	October 22, 1996 (1996-10-22)	65
Wes Weasley pretends to host a roast (actually a clip show) to Sonic that Robotnik is using to trap him. Sonic Sez segment: Alcohol
61	"Fast and Easy"	Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly	November 5, 1996 (1996-11-05)	61
Robotnik is after Easy Eddie, a pick pocket that took his Chaos Emerald ring that he was going to use to conquer Mobius. Sonic Sez segment: Breakfast
62	"Lifestyles of the Sick and Twisted"	Kevin O'Donnell	November 26, 1996 (1996-11-26)	58
When Throbbin Screech picks Sonic for his program instead of him, Robotnik kidnaps his unnamed niece in order to be featured on the show. Sonic Sez segment: Vandalism Although it was an insult made by Tails, this episode marks the first use of the name "Eggman" in America, which was Dr. Robotnik's name only in Japan at the time this episode was made, until it was brought worldwide in Sonic Adventure.
63	"Sonic is Running"	Doug Molitor	December 3, 1996 (1996-12-03)	62
When Robotnik announces his campaign for the Mobius presidency (having been threatened by his Mama to do so), Sonic must fight him on a new battleground: Politics. Sonic Sez segment: Tooth Pain The plot for this episode is similar to The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode, Princess Toadstool for President.
64	"Robo-Ninjas"	Francis Moss	December 10, 1996 (1996-12-10)	63
Robotnik captures a master of martial arts in order to turn Scratch and Grounder into Robo-Ninjas to stop Sonic. After Sonic saved Crane, Robotnik's fortress explodes for reasons unknown. Sonic Sez segment: Road safety
65	"Sonically Ever After"	Gordon Bressack	December 17, 1996 (1996-12-17)	64
Scratch and Grounder use a ray gun Robotnik invented to transport Sonic, Tails and Robotnik into a book of fairy tales. But when some of the fairy tales come to life under Robotnik's control, Sonic and Tails have to try to give them happy endings to stop Robotnik. Sonic Sez segment: Library

Special

Episode number / Aired order	Episode name	Original airdate	Production Code
S01	"Sonic Christmas Blast"	December 24, 1996 (1996-12-24)	S01
In the final film,Sonic and Tails try finding a Christmas present for Princess Sally. Santa 'retires' so Robotnik declares that he is Santa's replacement! Robotnik-Claus, however, wants the kids to give him gifts instead! Can Sonic find Santa and ask him to come back?