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"Sonic Christmas Blast" is a Christmas television special for the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series produced by DiC Entertainment. It aired on the USA Network in 1996, nearly three years after the previous episode to end the series. When Toon Disney aired the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog series, "Sonic Christmas Blast" was regularly shown in their annual Christmas marathons.

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Plot[]

Christmas Eve has come to Robotropolis, and everyone in town is gathered around a jumbotron in the middle of the town square so they can see Santa Claus (who is clearly a robot) make a very important announcement - he's retiring, and he has chosen Dr. Robotnik, now wearing a Santa Claus costume and calling himself Robotnik Claus, as his replacement. Now that Robotnik is in charge of Christmas, he demands that everyone give him presents for Christmas instead of the other way around. Robotnik then sits in a mall so kids can sit on his lap and tell him what they are going to give him for Christmas. A little boy then punches him in the stomach after Robotnik tells him about his new rule, and Robotnik orders Grounder to take the boy to work as a slave in one of his robot factories.

Sally in Sonic Christmas Blast

Sonic talking to Sally.

Meanwhile, Sonic recruits Tails to help him find some Christmas presents for Princess Sally. This confuses Tails, because Sonic just agreed with Sally that they wouldn't get each other anything this year. It turns out that they made the same agreement last year, and Sally ended up getting Sonic a bunch of cool stuff anyway (such as a ring on his finger she gave him last year), while Sonic usually took the agreement seriously and did not get her anything. This year, however, Sonic's decided to actually get Sally a bunch of presents.

The duo arrives at Robotropolis only to find that all the stores in the local mall are empty. A nearby kid shows and alerts Sonic (and Tails) about Santa's retirement and Robotnik taking over the chore. Just then, Scratch and Grounder show up with the Robot Santa who was actually giving the retirement announcement earlier and try to kill them, but of course, they fail miserably. Sonic, disguised as a garbageman, then tricks the henchbots into telling him where the real Santa is.

In spite of attacks by some SWATbots, Sonic manages to free Santa, but it doesn't change the fact that Robotnik still has all the presents. Just then, Santa recognizes the squiggle on the ring that Sally gave Sonic last year as being the same as a squiggle on an ancient cave painting that reveals the secret of achieving ultimate speed. Apparently, the one who wears the ring (Sonic in this case) must pass three tests of skills to use its power.

Sonic passes the tests easily, in spite of Scratch and Grounder's attempts to stop him, and he then uses his enhanced super speed to steal back the presents Robotnik has taken (as well as the doctor's clothes) and redistribute the presents all over Mobius. After the hedgehog delivers Sally's presents, Santa, impressed with the job, decides to retire after all and turns his job over to Sonic. An elf then gives Sonic Santa’s hat—"crowning" him in essence—and Tails says that he is Sonic Claus. Sonic then wishes the viewers an extremely merry Christmas every year of their lives.

Title in other languages[]

Language Title Translation
Bulgarian Соник таралежа на коледа Sonic the Christmas hedgehog
Croatian Sonic spašava Božić Sonic saves Christmas
Dutch Sonic Christmas Blast Sonic Christmas Blast
French Le père Noël est une doublure Santa Claus is an understudy
Italian Sonic salva il Natale Sonic saves Christmas
Norwegian Sonic Christmas Blast Sonic Christmas Blast
Polish Sonic: Świąteczna przygoda Sonic: A Christmas Adventure
Portuguese (Brazil) O Natal Fantástico de Sonic Sonic's Fantastic Christmas
Portuguese (Portugal) Sonic: Um Natal Estrondoso Sonic: A Booming Christmas
Russian Соник спасает Рождество Sonic Saves Christmas
Serbian Соников Божићни јуриш (Sonikov Božićni juriš) Sonic's Christmas Rush
Spanish (Latin America) Sonic: Explosión sónica Navideña Sonic: Christmas Sonic Blast

Trivia[]

  • This is the series finale of the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series.
  • This is the only episode of the entire series not to feature a Sonic Says segment.
  • This Christmas special was never aired in Spain.
  • The special is advertised in Sonic the Hedgehog #41 comic book as An X-Tremely Sonic Christmas. This suggests the special was intended to promote the Sega Saturn game Sonic X-Treme (which was later cancelled). As a result, the special was changed to be named after the Sonic game that did come out in time for Christmas, Sonic 3D Blast. Additionally, a later issue of the comic series refers to the special as A Very Sonic Christmas. Sonic also wishes the viewer 'an extremely (X-Tremely) Merry Christmas' at the end of the episode.
  • Sally makes her first and only appearance in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog in this special. She has no lines in the special beyond a brief gasp.
  • Sonic talks to a bird (possibly a Flicky) in a tree in one scene. This was most likely tacked in to help promote the concept of Sonic 3D Blast.
  • Tails is not voiced by Christopher Welch like he is in all the other episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Instead, he is voiced by Chris Turner.
  • Interestingly enough, several concepts in this special originate from the Sonic the Hedgehog television series, Including Sally, Robotropolis, and the SWATbots. Even a few of the sound effects in this special are taken directly from Sonic the Hedgehog.
  • Robotnik has robot helpers that look similar to Heavy from Knuckles' Chaotix and Humpty from Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, rather than just Scratch and Grounder.
  • When disguised as a garbage hedgehog, Sonic tells Scratch and Grounder they'll have to pay a fine of ten thousand Robotnibucks. But in previous episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, the currency was referred to as Mobiums.
  • Like his video game counterpart, Sonic has five fingers in this special, unlike his appearance in the other Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episodes but is randomly shown with four. The only other DIC Entertainment cartoon in which Sonic has five fingers is Sonic Underground.
  • This marks Long John Baldry's final voice role as Dr. Robotnik.
  • This is also marks the final appearance of Scratch and Grounder.
  • The French name for this special is a reference to Le père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus Is a Stinker in English), a popular French comedy play and movie.

References[]

  1. 3 Points of Articulation (13 November 2009). Sonic's Christmas Blast-Part 1. YouTube. Retrieved on 26 January 2015.
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