Sonic Prime


Sonic Prime is an animated television series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, co-produced by Sega Sammy Group, WildBrain Studios and Man of Action Entertainment. It is the sixth animated television series based on the franchise and shares its continuity with the primary canon.
The first season, consisting of eight episodes, was released on Netflix on December 15, 2022. The second season, also consisting of eight episodes, was released on July 13, 2023. The third and final season, consisting of seven episodes, was released on January 11, 2024.

Plot

During a battle with his arch-nemesis Doctor Eggman, Sonic the Hedgehog accidentally shatters the Paradox Prism, a crystalline artifact with reality-bending powers. This drastically warps reality and creates the "Shatterverse", a new section of the multiverse with five alternate dimensions called "Shatterspaces", each of them formed by one of the Prism shards and inhabited by alternative versions of Sonic's friends, but lacking their own versions of him.
Sonic first arrives in New Yoke City, a futuristic dystopian version of Green Hill ruled by a quintet of Doctor Eggman variants who call themselves the Chaos Council and used the power of its shard to conquer it. After learning of the Prism's existence, they seek to conquer the Shatterverse by obtaining all five shards, but are opposed by Sonic and a resistance formed from the city's inhabitants.
While attempting to reassemble the Prism and restore his reality, which became the dull and lifeless Ghost Hill following the Prism's shattering, Sonic ventures to other Shatterspaces to retrieve the shards before the council can. These Shatterspaces consist of:
  • The Boscage Maze - A jungle world with primitive versions of his friends.
  • The No Place - A flooded world with pirates.
  • The Grim - A barren wasteland.
Along the way, he befriends the respective versions of his friends and helps them with their problems, including Nine, the New Yoke City version of Tails who has grown bitter and untrusting due to not having Sonic to help him with bullies, Rusty Rose, the New Yoke City version of Amy who was converted into a cyborg by the Chaos Council and struggles to figure out her loyalties, and Dread, the No Place version of Knuckles whose obsession with claiming his realm's shard as his personal treasure ends up alienating him with his crew.
Later, Sonic's arch-rival Shadow the Hedgehog, who managed to avoid Green Hill's destruction by using Chaos Control, reluctantly agrees to help him. Once the Chaos Council's plans for domination begin to endanger the Shatterverse, the natives of each world join the war against them and work with their counterparts.
Eventually, the Paradox Prism is reassembled, but Nine, worried that restoring the primary universe could destroy the Shatterverse and out of anger at Sonic for projecting the original Tails onto him, takes the Prism for himself, wanting to use it to terraform the Grim into a new home. However, use of its power threatens the stability of the other Shatterspaces. Believing that the remaining Prism energy from Sonic's body could be the key to stabilizing the Prism, he creates an army of robotic versions of Sonic and his friends to hunt him down and extract it from him, although it will kill him in the process. This forces Sonic, Shadow and the rest of the Shatterverse's inhabitants to form a truce with the Chaos Council to stop Nine. Ultimately, after a climactic battle, Sonic and Nine make amends after the latter realizes the consequences of his actions, Rusty sides with the resistance after bonding with the other Amy variants: Thorn Rose and Black Rose, Dread lets go of his obsession and appoints Black as the new captain of the crew, and the Chaos Council are banished to the void for their misdeeds. Sonic then decides to use his energy to restore Green Hill and stabilize the Shatterspaces, allowing them and their inhabitants to continue existing, although doing so nearly kills him. After saying goodbye to the Shatterverse denizens, Shadow gets Sonic to the gateway in time and they return to the battle with Eggman before the shattering. They manage to stop him from obtaining the Prism.

Characters

Main

  • Sonic the Hedgehog : A blue anthropomorphic hedgehog with the power to run at supersonic speeds. Despite being cocky, egotistical, impulsive, and careless at times, he cares deeply for his friends and works hard to protect the world from Dr. Eggman. In the different parts of the Shatterverse, Sonic's footwear grants him different abilities, such as electric capabilities in New Yoke City, climbing walls in the Boscage Maze, hovering across water in No Place, and generating hexagonal platforms and shields in the Grim. Mack is the second Black voice actor to portray the character, after Jaleel White in the 1990s DiC cartoons.
  • Miles "Tails" Prower : An anthropomorphic fox who is Sonic's best friend and genius inventor and can fly with his twin tails.
  • Knuckles the Echidna : A red anthropomorphic echidna who likes to punch with his large fists.
  • Amy Rose : A pink hedgehog who loves nature and wields her Piko Piko Hammer. Chan-Kent previously portrayed a waitress in the 2020 live-action film.
  • Rouge the Bat : A jewel-loving anthropomorphic bat who works as a spy.
  • Shadow the Hedgehog : A black hedgehog whose air shoes allow his speed to rival Sonic's. As a result of using Chaos Control, he was not split off into the Shatterverse like the rest of Sonic's friends. After seeing the damage the Prism's shattering caused, Shadow makes it his mission to stop Sonic from causing any more damage and help him fix his mistake.
  • Big the Cat : A purple anthropomorphic cat who likes to fish and is commonly seen with his pet frog Froggy.
  • Birdie: A Flicky who is friends with Amy.
  • Orbot and Cubot : Doctor Eggman's robot henchmen with less-than-average competence. Orbot is the red, sphere-shaped robot while Cubot is the yellow, cube-shaped robot. Unlike other characters, Orbot and Cubot do not have counterparts in the Shatterverse.
  • Doctor Eggman : A mad scientist with an IQ of 300 who is Sonic's arch-nemesis and seeks to use the Paradox Prism for his plans. Drummond previously voiced Knuckles in Sonic Underground.

    Residing in The Grim

  • Nine Tails : Tails' counterpart from New Yoke City. After being constantly bullied for his twin tails, he built seven additional mechanical tails to prove himself and get revenge. He was originally an ally of Sonic's, but later becomes his enemy and seeks to use the Paradox Prism to build his own ideal reality until Sonic has him realize the consequences of his actions after a climactic battle.
  • Alpha Grim Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, Birdie and Rouge: Robot counterparts of Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, Birdie and Rouge who were created by Nine.
  • Grim Big: A robot counterpart of Big who was created by Nine and is the largest of Nine's robots.

    Residing in New Yoke City

  • The Chaos Council: A group of five Doctor Eggman-like figures that act as dictators to New Yoke City and each control their own district. After learning of the Prism's power, they make it their mission to obtain its shards. The Chaos Council later helps Sonic when Nine goes rogue.
  • * Mr. Dr. Eggman : Doctor Eggman's counterpart from New Yoke City who is the leader of the Chaos Council and wears a toupée. He is the one who claims that the Chaos Council are fragmented versions of Doctor Eggman's ego.
  • * Dr. Done-It : A member of the Chaos Council who resembles an older version of Doctor Eggman. He wields a cane that can shoot plasma lasers.
  • * Dr. Deep : A member of the Chaos Council with a tattooed arm who speaks philosophically and has an oriental flair to him while making more flamboyant gestures than the other members. In battle, he wears a suit equipped with knives and buzzsaws.
  • * Dr. Don't : A teenage member of the Chaos Council who is lazy and frequently plays video games, but is a skilled programmer. He can control the Eggforcers with his video game controller.
  • * Dr. Babble : An infant member of the Chaos Council who, despite his young age, is as physically and intellectually capable as the other members. Although he only makes baby noises, the other members of the council appear to understand what he is saying. A flashback revealed that Dr. Babble was responsible for having the rest of the Chaos Council compromise and divide New Yoke City's districts among themselves.
  • Rusty Rose : Amy's counterpart from New Yoke City. She is a cyborg who was formerly controlled by the Chaos Council. but joins Dread's crew after the Chaos Council deserts her. Rusty and Black Rose took command of Dread's crew after Dread betrayed them for one of the Prism Shards. Over the course, Rusty forms a sisterly bond with Black Rose and Thorn Rose during their conflict with Nine.
  • Birdie of New Yoke City: Birdie's counterpart who was found in the chest of Rusty Rose.
  • Resistance: A group of freedom fighters who oppose the Chaos Council.
  • * Rebel Rouge : Rouge's counterpart from New Yoke City. She is the leader of the Resistance.
  • * Renegade Knucks : Knuckles' counterpart from New Yoke City who is a member of the Resistance. He speaks with a Brooklyn accent.
  • * Squad Commander Red : A cat who is a member of the Resistance.
  • * Denizen 1998 : Big's counterpart from New Yoke City. He would later side with the Resistance.
  • Chaos Sonic : A robot created by the Chaos Council that resembles Sonic and matches him in speed and abilities. His personality is a heavily exaggerated version of Sonic's, much to the latter's annoyance. Being a robot version of Sonic, he is similar to Metal Sonic. With help from Nine, Sonic destroyed Chaos Sonic. For this character's voice, Mack provided an impression similar to that of Jaleel White's rendition of Sonic from the 1990s DiC cartoons.
  • Eggforcers : Robots created by the Chaos Council to patrol the streets and punish those who try to step out of line.
  • * Jumbo Eggforcers: A group of larger Eggforcers enhanced by the shards and working for Dr. Done-It. They possess a strong-armored body and wield different weapons like laser eyes, a buzzsaw on one hand, and a flamethrower on another hand.
  • Security Drones : Mass-produced helicopter-type robots created by the Chaos Council that patrol the Chaos Council's districts.