Sonic the Hedgehog: Unused Intro

Hello, my name is Jade Yukich. For my 11th birthday, I got a Sonic the Hedgehog Complete Series DVD box set. There were four discs. I put Disc 1 in the DVD player, then played the bonus features. There were two; one was entitled, "Heads or Tails Printable Script." Nothing to special about that one. The next one was called "Unproduced Opening Title Sequence."

To describe the DVD, it included four discs with two cases; I didn't bother to do an episode count. I thought it was cool that the true fans of this show were able to send in art, and then the makers of the DVD would use some of it on the case.

So, let me explain how the strange bonus feature went.

It was all in black and white; rough sketches mostly. The music was the instrumental version of the original "Fastest Thing Alive" title theme. It didn't make much sense either.

It starts out with a picture of Sonic running, as the word "SONIC" appeared in puffy letters. Then a picture of the original logo for the tv show appeared. Sonic then jumped toward the logo, and as he looked up, Sonic noticed that there was a huge swarm of Buzz Bombers heading for Knothole. A crazy looking Dr. Robotnik then smashes the logo, worrying Sonic. Millions of Buzz Bombers were bombing a terrified-looking Flickies (those little animals Sonic saves). The Buzz Bombers then zoom approach the Flickies, grabbing them in a violent way.A terrified Tails is then seen running, with Sonic right behind him. Sonic then grabs Tails by the neck and runs toward Sally and Rotor. Sonic screeches to a stop. Sonic and Sally then start arguing for no reason at all. Tails, looking very sick, nervous, and confused, almost vomits.

The screen then cuts to a building with tubes containing various animals and, seconds later, the animals are turned into robots. The robots are then let loose, attacking other Flickies. Two guards are seen guarding an unknown object. Sonic speeds past the two guards, mocking them. Sally then jumps from a pipe. Unloosening bolts on the pipe, she takes off the cover and finds a control pannel. She then reverses the roboticizer, making the other robots that have not been released turn back into animals. Bunny Rabbot is seen, breaking out of the tube and freeing the other animals. Sonic is then seen in a corner, surrounded by robots. Sally throws a power ring at Sonic, and the screen then goes to white.

A frustrated Dr. Robotnik tries smashing Sonic and the gang, but misses and smashes his own building. Then Robotnik's ship crashes into the building. The gang hops onto Sonic, who starts running. A battle-damaged Robotnik is seen, looking very angry. Sonic, Tails, Sally, Rotor and Bunny all look very proud. It then shows a picture of a damaged city. Sonic runs off, jumps into the logo, looks at the screen, winks, and points at the screen.

Then the video ends.