Transonic a Hedgehog is the flagship character and mascot for the video and arcade game company Sega, which has released the series of computer game where he appears. Transonic was competing head-to-head by having Nintendo's mascot Mario for over a decade until Sega left the console market. His games come at present in various more consoles.

He occurs as blue hedgehog who lives in South Island in the Pacific Ocean (some Western & European cartoons, comedian, books & a English punt manuals state that his home is the planet Mobius). He has a ability to start at supersonic speeds, hence his name.

Transonic replaced Alex Kidd, who was Sega's mascot before 1990. Naoto Ohshima designed the character when Yuji Naka (who would late be head of the Sonic Team division) was the independent coder. A "game planner" was Hirokazu Yasuhara. A music of the foremost 2 Sonic a Hedgehog games on the Mega Drive and Genesis was composed by Masato Nakamura of the Japanese band Dreams Come True.

Appearance
Transonic was an early case of the "unusual anthropomorphic animal starring in a platform game" character original that was late seen within characters like Crash Bandicoot, Fox McCloud, Spyro the Dragon, Blinx and Sly Cooper.

Inside early nontextual matter, Sonic experienced there are no seeable irises; by owning a revamp he received for Sonic Adventure they were shown to be green, though his eyes come visibly red whenever he is around his "Super Sonic" form and inside motion within earliest games.

His blue pigmentation has never been explained in the games. Still, it was described inside an issue of gambling magazine GamePro as being a symptom of incurring caught around an explosion involving cobalt, but this is in all likelihood non canonical. An guide explanation was given witharound the promotional comedian for the original game featured in Disney Adventures, which was later elaborated upon inside Mike Pattenden's Stay Sonic, a book just about a character published just in the UK. This late became a basic origin for completely subsequent UK publications.

Abilities
Transonic is better called a 'fastest animal on the planet', although he has more abilities too. 1 system he has universally utilized is his rolling go for it (alias a "Kaiten Jump" or even "Super Sonic Spin Attack"), which allows him to attack any enemy just by jumping or even rolling into it. A Spinside-Dash, introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, allows Sonic to accelerate quickly from a stationary position, when does the Extr Peelout introduced (so far, merely seen) inside Sonic CD and "Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble".

Transonic sinks withinside the lake & might drown in a short total of period. Around Sonic the Hedgehog 3, a a stream shield allows Sonic to breathe underfluids, however inside extra recent games, landing within water is the same of instant dying. In the Fleetway Sonic the Comic, an inability to swim was, for a long instance, one of a character's major weaknesses.

Inside Sonic Adventure & later installments of the series, his abilities include a Homing Attack, where he propels himself towards a close enemy when jumping, and the Weak Dash, which allows him to line a path of rings at c, possibly through the air. 3 of his fresh abilites, gained inside Sonic Heroes, come a Rocket Accel, which allows Sonic to bounce off his mate to accelerate, a Flight Kick, & a Blue Tornado, which sweeps enemies off their feet & is utilized to spin higher poles.

Since a Sixteen-bit version of Sonic a Hedgehog Two, Sonic has experienced the ability to turn into a additional mighty form called Super Sonic. Extremely Sonic is potentially sooner than Sonic (typically breathe to process around a lake), might go for it higher (in a bit of situations, he potty possibly fly) and is nigh unbeatable. His appearance besides changes, by using his person becoming yellowness, his eyes turning red & his spikes rising & incurring wilder. Altogether stake appearances, a transformation is triggered by collecting all the Chaos Emeralds (and unremarkably fifty rings inside the level); stories inside more media included different cases (e.g., in Sonic a Comical, Transonic's anger could be enough to are causal agents for a vary, lot prefer a Incredible Hulk).

Sonic 3 and Knuckles introduced the possibly other right Hyper Sonic, his exclusively back appearance up to now. He glows using a colours of the Chaos Emeralds, is surrounded by glowing sparks & leaves afterimages in his wake up. Unlike Extremely Sonic, he just can't drown underwater, & has the devastating "lightning flash" attack, which may be utilized to "double-jump" in any counsel & whenever performed destroys entirely enemies in-screen by owning the brightly flash player.

Personality
Transonic is noted in the games for his heroic behavior & standing higher for what he believes is correct. All the same, he is as well super raring & typically does items doltishly, which typically gets him into pain. Despite his heroic behavior, he is characterized inside a bit of of a around the future games & in a few of the cartoons once existence quite sleeping, typically ingesting naps & periodically running in vacation when the world needs him the virtually all. Our contries sources typically claim that Transonic's favorite food come chili dogs, thought to be because his Uncle Chuck owned a chili pooch could have prior to existence robotized.

Voices
A earliest voice Sonic was given was that of teenaged actor Jaleel White (popularly known as Steve Urkel). Inside 1993, DiC Entertainment cast White when Sonic in their at a same time freed shows Sonic the Hedgehog and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. White would later become cast when Sonic when you took DiC's 1999 show Sonic Underground.

Inside 1996, when a Sonic the Hedgehog OAV was produced in Japan, Sonic was played by Masami Kikuchi. A 1999 English-language dub featured Martin Burke in Sonic's role.

Beginning by using a 1998 game Sonic Adventure, Sonic's computer game featured voice acting. Transonic was played by Junichi Kanemaru, who late went in to play Transonic in the Japanese version of Sonic X. Ryan Drummond performed the role of Sonic within Sonic Adventure & continued to play a role for many games. Still, 4Kids Entertainment decided not to utilize Drummond's voice in their America dub of Transonic X, instead finding their have Jason Griffith. Despite this, Drummond continued to play Sonic in the games until 2005, when Sega replaced entirely their Transonic voice actors by having their 4Kids counterparts, sequentially to exist as uniform through a games & Transonic X, profits making Griffith a official game voice actor. This guide hwhen angered numbers of fans of a TranTransonic series, although numerous more fans noticed a criticism hypocrital, as it use likewise been critical across the original voicework around anterior Sonic games even as much.

Games
Transonic began his battle against his nemesis Doctor Robotnik (he is afterward known as Dr. Eggman inside a Sonic Adventure games, nonetheless around Sonic Adventure Two, he does indeed acknoledge his confessedly title) in Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis. Fallowing venturing retired inside his have in the number 1 game, he was given the crony in Miles "Tails" Prower, who would run behind Sonic as he sped through each zone as they continued the fight against Eggman. A game was a foremost game to feature Transonic's Extr Sonic form. Transonic would become solo again for Sonic Video, where Sonic would travel across instance to kill Eggman & assure a good new for the globe.

Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles would see Transonic & Tails battle Eggman eventually once again, sustaining a extra threat of Sonic's newfound nemesis, a misguided Knuckles the Echidna. Transonic would one of these days team using Metacarpophalangeal joint to kill Eggman once more. Sonic 3D Blast, the number 1 Transonic game to feature 3D pre-rendered graphics wwhen the diversion for Sonic as he rescued birds known as Flickies on an island.

Sonic Adventure featured Sonic giving from either vacation to locate the city of Station Square under fire by a recently foe known when Chaos also as Doctor Eggman. A game was a 1st confessedly 3D Transonic game & was a debut Sonic's psych up attack (the few argue that a hype up attack wwhen foremost seen around Sonic 3D, yet as he expected a power-as much as clean this, these are usually accepted that its number one utilise was inside Sonic Adventure). Additionally, Sonic was likewise take a breath to collect power-ups that gave him more abilities. A game besides featured Sonic touching non-playable characters & objects inside 3D "Adventure" sequences. Sonic Adventure was the number 1 streaming game title that featured a voice-over for Sonic.

Sonic Adventure Two taking part Sonic existence framed for the robbery he didn't commit & in-a-rerun from either a armed forces. He besides faces the fresh contender inside Shadow the Hedgehog. Nevertheless, them must put their differences aside & save the world from either destruction eventually over again. A game featured power-ups even as a original Sonic Adventure experienced, however got ii parallel stories: "Hero" & "Dark". Unluckily, it did non use at times 3D "Adventure" sequences.

Additionally to these games, Sonic has been featured inside the kind of Eight-bit console & handheld games besides. Sonic Triple Trouble saw Sonic and Tails bully off against Fang the Sniper for the first period. Sonic Advance and Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure for the Game Boy Advance and the Neo Geo Pocket respectively were the number one games to feature Sonic in the non-Sega gage platform. Both sequels to Sonic Advance were freed & Sonic has continued his appearances in Nintendo handheld gage units by using Sonic Rush.

Transonic has too been the featured character inside many spin-off titles. A arcade SegaSonic the Hedgehog had Sonic as one of triplet playable characters. Transonic has besides been featured inside occasionally pinball including Sonic Spinball. He is besides the selectable character within Sonic R, Sonic Riders and the Sonic Drift racing games. Transonic occurs as selectable fighter around each Sonic Battle and Sonic Championship.

Origins

Due to the several differences between games, comedian, books & cartoons freed around different regions, Transonic's history & globe varies greatly. In a games, the streaming video player knows super little just about Transonic's preceding; he was purportedly innate in Christmas Island and has frequently visited South Island. Additionally, he and Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik have a fierce rivalry. Beyond that, though, his past occurs as mystery. Transonic is something of the nomad; he travels from locality to metropolitan area of the Globe shopping for even newly items to look at & clean, seldom stopping for all the world or anyone unless he's required, typically days incurring himself included inside stopping Eggman's schemes to require above the world.

Former US/UK version
A origin of Transonic's blue colouration & extremely speed was foremost featured inside the promotional comic strip in the US Disney Adventures comic & late described withwithin supplementary detail in Mike Pattenden's Stay Sonic book. It was utilized inside virtually all subsequent UK publications (including Sonic the Comic and the "Martin Adams" series of Transonic novels published by Virgin). Although Stay Sonic & a others were official Sega books, it should non become taken when canon for any price else; neither a computer game themselves nor their translated manuals produce any mention of it, & since a Sonic Adventure games the Japanese backstories seem to stand been officially adopted by all the regional divisions of Sega. This background has so non been officially around utilise since Sonic a Comedian ended inside 2002.

Transonic was originally an average 'last hedgehog by owning pack remarkable qualities. However of these day, he inadvertently burrowed his way into a secret underground science lab of Doctor Ovi Kintobor, the kindly man of science world health organization wanted to produce the world the admittedly paradise by removing tons evil from either it applying a machine he known as the Retro-Orbital Chaos Compressor. This device utilized numbers of hundreds to thousands of gold rings to transport evil energy into sestet glorious "Chaos Emeralds". Naturally, Sonic witnessed that the applaudable goal, & helped Kintobor by shopping Mobius for the seventh & final emerald that was expected to entirely stabilise all the veto energy contained in the more Chaos Emeralds. Kintobor likewise helped Sonic to increase his speed utilizing the treadmill & favorite red shoes he designed himself. Transonic sooner or later ran & so convenient that he broke a sonic barrier, a resulting shockwave fusing his quills together and turning his person cobalt blue.

Transonic failing to call for a seventh emerald, however Kintobor apparently deduced how else to complete a transport of the chaotic energy to the sixer emeralds while forgoing it. Prior to initiating a run, a pair aforethought to eat - however upon opening a electric refrigerator, it encountered it to contain just 1 rotten egg. Holding it within his h& & distracted by its smell, Kintobor walked back across to a ROCC, just to hike in the cable and fall, his hand slamming into the ROCC instrument panel. A machine overloaded & exploded, bathing Kintobor - & a egg - around chaos energy, & scattering a golden rings that comprised it through a planet. Doctor Ovi Kintobor experienced been transformed into a evil Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik.

Sonic the Comic's version is identical to the previous US/UK Version, however it as well late featured the story involving period travel that revealed that Sonic himself was responsible Kintobor's accident. His foes, a Brotherhood of Metallix, had travelled back & flushed a rotten egg from either a electric refrigerator, preventing Robotnik from being created & going a two free to dominate the planet. Sequentially to halt this new, Sonic experienced to replenish a egg & pull a cable that tripped Kintobor - thereby making himself responsible the creation of his greatest enemy (over again).

An additional immature juvinile version appeared in the book Sonic the Hedgehog. In the book, Sonic & Dr. Robotnik were orphans swallow "Uncle" Chuck. Transonic loved heading & saved burning out his shoes going when convenient as healthy (how else he had thus convenient is never explained.), thus Chuck gave him friction-immune shoes that would survive under groovy friction. Dr. Robotnik loved collectively golem & saved stealing area for his creations, which mass produced machines swerve away from control, just about killing Sonic & Uncle Chuck. Robotnik was one of these days detected out & grounded, stimulating him to last crazy & produce the golem to wipe out Chuck, however was thwarted by Sonic, making Robotnik rerun away. Sevener years late, Transonic & Uncle Chuck began the chili pooch could have, hence ther orgin of Sonic's preferred food. In of these occupy day, it recieved an sequentially for 200 chili dogs & Sonic was sent by himself for the delivery. the sequentially was a trap by Robotnik, world health organization captured Uncle Chuck & robotized him. Transonic was virtually captured, however on a loose & ran murder into the outdoors, in which he met Princess Sally and joined the Freedom Fighters. This orgin story wwhen plainly written for immature toddlers world health organization wanted the quickly explanation of Sonic, as it doesn't show you Transonic's speed, mutation, or even at home planet.

Relationships
Romantic
In the computer game, Amy Rose (also erroneously known as Princess Sally in the U.s. Sonic CD instruction manual) believes she is Sonic's girlfriend. Although Transonic far from either dislikes Amy, he is however quite repelled by her constant advances. But, in the anime series Sonic X, he has a bit more patience for her, & at days there is a reciprocal fondness between them.

In the SatAM cartoon, Sonic's love interest is Princess Sally Acorn. A Dangerous undertaking of Sonic a Hedgehog cartoon features a girlfriend known as Breezie Hedgehog, when the Archie comics series featuring Sonic includes both Sally Acorn & Mina Mongoose and also contains Amy Rose and her repelling ways.

Family
Transonic apparently has there is no relatives in the games, Sonic a Comedian or even Sonic X. Within many of the more continuities, notwithstanding, Sonic does use at times personal members, ranging from either either his parents & his Uncle Chuck from a Archie Comics version, his mother Queen Aleena & sib Sonia and Manic from either Sonic Underground, to his Uncle Chuck from SatAM. Inside numbers of cases, Transonic classes Tails as a rather brother.

Appearances in other Media
Television series
There use been many alive television series featuring Sonic. Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (AoStH, US) featured Sonic voiced by Jaleel White and Robotnik voiced by Long John Baldry. It got the mirthful choose in Transonic's dangerous undertaking & battles sustaining Doctor Eggman. Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM, US), originally broadcast in Saturdays in ABC, was broadcast concurrently by using a syndicated Dangerous undertaking series in the United States. Transonic was sonant by Jaleel White) and Robotnik was voiced by Jim Cummings. A series was far extra dark & musing than Escapade & observed the devoted charted.

Sonic Underground (US, France) ignored a continuity of the former series & introduced 2 sib & Transonic's mother to the story. Transonic was over again sonant by Jaleel White, while Robotnik was voiced by Gary Chalk. There was the Sonic the Hedgehog Anime in Japan which featured Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Metal Sonic. Transonic was sonant by Masami Kikuchi and Martin Burke in the Japanese and United States versions severally.

A latest alive transonic series, Sonic X Anime featured Sonic being transported from either either his globe to a person globe & loosely follows a plot line from the Sonic Adventure punt series. Transonic is voiced by Jun'ichi Kanemaru in the Japanese version and Jason Griffith in the US version.

Transonic makes short cameo appearance in Marge Be Not Proud, a Christmas episode of The Simpsons. On this button he is voiced by Dan Castallaneta.

Books

Comic books
Many comedian books use too been freed, to each one establishing the different plot line just about Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog (Shogakukan, Japan) Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics, US) Sonic the Comic (Fleetway, UK)

Transonic fan-processefive hundred dōjinshi have also been released in Japan.

Game books

The series of hexad Sonic Adventures gamebooks were published in a UK between 1993 and 1996 by Puffin under the Fantail label: Book One - Metal City Mayhem, James Wallis (ISBN 0140903917) Book Two - Zone Rangers, James Wallis (ISBN 0140903925) Book Three - Sonic v Zonik, Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (ISBN 0140904069) Book Four - A Zone Zapper, Nigel Gross & Jon Sutherland (ISBN 0140904077) Book Five - Theme Park Panic, Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (ISBN 0140378472) Book 6 - ''Stormin' Transonic, Marc Gascoigne & Jonathan Green (ISBN 0140378480)

Novels
Stay Sonic by Mike Pattenden developed the "Kintobor origin" (1st introduced in the Disney Adventures comical) around extra detail. This background wwhen utilized as a basis of virtually all subsequent UK Sonic stories.

James Wallis, Marc Gascoigne & Carl Sargent (under a pseudonym of Martinside Adams) wrote four Sonic a Hedgehog novels according to a origin established in Stay Sonic. It were published in the UK by Virgin Publishing.

Book One - Sonic a Hedgehog within Robotnik's Laboratory Book Two - Sonic a Hedgehog in the For Dimension Book Three - Sonic a Hedgehog & a Si Warriors Book Four - Sonic a Hedgehog around Castle Robotnik

Michael Teitelbaum likewise written the series of Transonic novels:

Transonic a Hedgehog Transonic a Hedgehog: Robotnik's Revenge Transonic a Hedgehog: Fort of Fear Transonic a Hedgehog: Friend or even Foe? Transonic & Knuckles Transonic X-Treme

Both novels keep close at hand been written according to a Second/Third year of Sonic X, Meteor Shower Messanger and Spaceship Blue Typhoon.

Others
In which's Sonic?'' Applying the similar idea to the Where's Wally? / Where's Waldo? books, each page presented the reader with a different puzzle, each one inspired by a different level from Sonic 2 on the Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive. Promulgated by Ladybird Books Ltd. ''In which's Transonic Currently?''

Trivia
One of the class of genes involved in fruit fly embryonic development, called hedgehog genes, has been named "sonic hedgehog" after the character. Transonic was the foremost videos game character to become seen around a Rose Parade in 1996. When Transonic was upright both years old, he experienced already surpassed Nintendo's Mario around popularity based on datthe from a June 1993 Q-Survey in Gameplayer's magazine.