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 Hedgehogseries, "Sonic Christmas Blast" was regularly shown in their annual Christmas marathons.
Storyline
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.
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.
Also See
Air Date
- November 24, 1996
Sound Effects Used
- Audio Fidelity, "Boings"/Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - SPROINGS (2nd sproing)
- Cartoon Twangy Boing Sound/Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boings 7 Type CRT015901 (7th boing)/Sound Ideas, COMEDY, BOING - BIG J HARP SPROING/BOING, CARTOON - BOING WITH QUIVER
- Cartoon Whoosh 13
- Famous Studios Cartoon Fall Sound
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN, HIGH/Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN/RICCO ZIP IN 01 (R & B)
- Hollywoodedge, Heavy Bonk Wbass Dru CRT033001
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 01
- Taz Spin (Sonic spin)