MacHopper
- Studio
- DiC Entertainment, Sega of America
- Animation studio
- Rainbow Animation, Hong Ying Animation, Sae Rom Production, Tokyo Movie Shinsa
- Distributor
- Bohbot Productions
Synopsis
Robotnik attempts to brainwash MacHopper, a friend of Sonic's, into doing his dirty deeds, but an explosion causes his memory to become unstable.
Characters
Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Dr. Robotnik, Scratch, Grounder
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kent Butterworth
Producing
- Producer
- Kent Butterworth
- Executive Producers
- Andy Heyward, Robby London
- Associate Producer
- Kent Meredith
Writing
- Writer
- Doug Booth
Voices
- Voice
- Jaleel White (Sonic), Long John Baldry (Dr. Robotnik), Gary Chalk (Grounder), Ian James Corlett (Coconuts), Phil Hayes (Scratch), Michael Donovan (Wes Weasley), Christopher Welch (Tails), Kathleen Barr (Momma Robotnik), Michael Benyaer, Jay Brazeau, Jim Byrnes, Babs Chula, Jennifer Coppling, Mike Donovan, Terry Klassen, Wally Marsh, Scott McNeil, Shane Meier, Jane Mortifee, Pauline Newstone, John Stocker, Jayleen Stonehouse, Venus Terzo, French Tickner, Lee Tockar, Louise Vallance, Dave Ward, Cathy Weseluck, Alec Willows, Dale Wilson, Kyle Fairlie, John Tench
Music
- Music
- Reed Robbins, Mark Simon
- Music Supervisor
- Joanne Miller
- Assisted By
- Monica Wakefield
- Main Title Theme
- Clark Gassman
Editing
- Editor
- Gregory K. Bowron, Donald P. Zappala
- Supervising Film Editor
- Richard Bruce Elliott
Crew
- Story Editors
- Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly
- Executive In Charge Of Production
- Brian A. Miller
- Production Supervisor
- Stacey Gallishaw
- Assisted By
- Ranae Bonella, Kimberly C. Francis
- Developed For Television By
- Reed Shelly, Bruce Shelly, Phil Harnage, Kent Butterworth
- "Sonic Says
- Phil Harnage
- Script Coordinator
- Lori Crawford
- Director Of Research
- Renee Toporzysek
- Production Coordinators
- Kim Rawl, Heidi Newell, Helen Brennick, Jennifer Pelphrey, Antran Manoogian
- Production Assistants
- Ben Fried, Sally Ritchey
- Additional Production Assistants
- Trace Ellis, Dave Marling, James Epstein
- Script Assistants
- Kevin Donahue, Penny Lee, William A. Ruiz
- Casting
- Marsha Goodman, Paul Quinn
- Voice Directors
- Paul Quinn, Marsha Goodman, Madeline Bascom
- Recording Assistants
- Shirley Ford, Brenda Frank, Stephanie McCorkle, Linda Quanh
- Art Direction
- Blair Peters, Chris Bartleman, John Wong
- Character Design
- Michael Fontanelli, Jordan Reicher, Gary Paul Terry, Chris Labonte, Marlon Deane Styles, Harry Taupman, Rib Davies, Milton Knight
- Prop Design
- Trevor Bentley, Chris Roberts, Gerald J. Lauze, Steve Savitsky, Keith Matz, Charlie Bean
- Background Design
- Robert Dranko, Gil Hung, Tim Soman, Dave Merrit, Olaf Miller, Richard Forgues, Eda Soong
- Color Background Stylist
- Laura Lee Lizak
- Color Background Painters
- Caren Scarpulla, Greg Gibbons, Gord Coulthart, Tim Barnes, Teri Shikasho, Doug Appleton, Barbara Butterworth
- Color Key Artists
- Derda Aghamalian, Kathrin Drorian, Tina Oliva, Artin Aghamalian
- Color Key Assistants/Painters
- Adelina Aghamalian, Jose Alfonso Perez, Bob Watts, Kassi Galinos
- Storyboards
- Vincent Waller, Joe Horne, Milton Knight, Mark Schirmeister, Owen Fitzgerald, Drew Edwards, Tom Nesbitt, Louis Scarborough, Howard Post, Garret Ho, Scott Shaw, Joe Barruso, Roger Vizard, Art Mawhinney, Neil Hunter, Gary Paul Terry, Len Glasser, Ben Fried, Eddie Fitzgerald, David "Mucci" Fasset, Peter Kingston, Liz Rathke Bakunovich, Milimetron Dibujos Animados
- Storyboard Supervisors
- Greg Sullivan, Tony Stone, Blair Peters, Chris Bartleman, Brian Chin, Don Dougherty, Michael Swanigan
- Storyboard Assistants
- Emmanuel Soupiois, Scott Manz, Shavonne Charry, Gary Paul Terry, Mark Rubinchik
- Storyboard Translation
- Jung Ran Son, Joseph Cho
- Animation Timing
- Ed Love, Tony Love, Fred Crippen, Walt Kubiak, Cullen Blaine, Kent Butterworth, Glenn Wright, Drew Edwards, Jill Halliday
- Storyboard Slugging
- Kent Butterworth, Brad Neave, Roger Jakubiec
- Lip Assignment
- Kent Holaday, Rebecca Greenwood, Trishe Stolte
- Post Production Supervisor
- Richard S. Gannon
- Administrative Assistant
- Ted Supa
- Dialogue Editors
- Heather C. Elliott, Trudy Alexander, Peter Tomaszewicz, Ron Fedele
- Supervising Sound Engineer
- Michael J. Cowan
- Music Editors
- Stuart Goetz, John Mortarotti, Pete Fauson
- Supervising Sound Effects Editor
- Michael Mancini
- Sound Effects
- Gary McLaughlin, Robert Hargreaves, Greg Beaumont
- Re-Recording Engineers
- Michael Mancini, Hector Rosa, Mitch Dorf
- Format Editors
- Mark A. McNally, Sue Odjakjian, Ck Horness
- Assistant Editors
- Kirs Gilpin, Mel Ashkenas
- Videotape Supervisor
- Tonda Lark, Fifun A. Amini
- Dubbing Assistant
- James Epstein
- Animation Production By
- Tokyo Movie Shinsa Co
- Overseas Animation Supervisors
- Pierre Decelles, Sebastian Grunstra, Chris Labonte, John Pagan, Terry Pike, Doug Williams
- Crew
- Sega Of America
Companies and other credits
- "Sonic Says: " Segments Written By: Kevin Donahue
- Animation Production By: Rainbow Animation
- Animation Production By: Hong Ying Animation Co
- Animation Production By: Ltd
- Animation Production By: Sae Rom Production Co
- Animation Production By: Ltd
- Animation Production By: Ltd
- Characters And Name Created And Used By DiC
- Under License Of Sega Of America Inc
- 1992
- © 1993 Dic Animation City
- Inc
- Bohbot Entertainment
- Inc
Production notes
Sega's answer to Nintendo's Mario Bros. was the speedy ball of energy known as Sonic the Hedgehog. The spiky-haired hedgehog caught on in the video game world and, like Mario, made the transition to animated series with ABC's Sonic the Hedgehog and the syndicated The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog emphasized comedy over the adventure aspects of the ABC show. In both series, Sonic battled the red-mustachioed baddie Dr. Robotnik and his army of henchmen, but this version features gags like Sonic's dressing up in disguises any fool could see through and getting away with it.
When the superfast hedgehog got his speed up, he balled up into a buzzsaw-like turbo roll, bowling over his enemies. Sonic's video game partner, Tails the fox, joined up for the animated series as the perpetual sidekick who wanted to be the star.
This show began five days before Sonic the Hedgehog aired on ABC. Jaleel White (TV's Urkel) provided the voice of Sonic in both series, which debuted within a week of each other in the fall of 1993. The syndicated series lasted 65 original episodes, but Sonic and Tails continued their streak of popular video games on Sega's Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast systems long after the show left the air.
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog emphasized comedy over the adventure aspects of the ABC show. In both series, Sonic battled the red-mustachioed baddie Dr. Robotnik and his army of henchmen, but this version features gags like Sonic's dressing up in disguises any fool could see through and getting away with it.
When the superfast hedgehog got his speed up, he balled up into a buzzsaw-like turbo roll, bowling over his enemies. Sonic's video game partner, Tails the fox, joined up for the animated series as the perpetual sidekick who wanted to be the star.
This show began five days before Sonic the Hedgehog aired on ABC. Jaleel White (TV's Urkel) provided the voice of Sonic in both series, which debuted within a week of each other in the fall of 1993. The syndicated series lasted 65 original episodes, but Sonic and Tails continued their streak of popular video games on Sega's Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast systems long after the show left the air.
Reviews
MacHopper
After successfully capturing MacHopper, an Australian stereotype kangaroo and good friend of Sonic, Robotnik brainwashes the marsupial to only remember one order - find and capture Sonic.
A slight flaw occurred during the brainwash process, causing MacHopper to constantly fluctuate from his own mind to his brainwashed form.
Seeing Robotnik's face in any way triggers his brainwashed state, while eating any kind of chili product will regain him his own mind for as long as the chili taste lingers in his mouth.
Very funny episode with an interesting ending, and MacHopper is, in my opinion one of the better featured characters in the show.