Previously on Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Dr. Robotnik invented a time machine with which to go back to four specific time periods to find four specific Chaos Emeralds to grant him four specific mystic powers. The first trip was to the days of pirates, and even though he and his robots sustained a few bruises, he succeeded in finding the emerald of invisibility. Well, that's one down and three to go, and I'm referring to the number of episodes left too, but hey, at least we're halfway through this silly farce. Their next stop is the days of Camelot. Like I said before in my review of Blackbot the Pirate, a story about traveling back in time to famous moments in history doesn't work when your show is set on a foreign planet. I guess for this to make any sense, we have to pretend that Mobius is just an alternate reality version of Earth. Maybe that will help in some way. So now that they're back in the Middle Ages, Dr. Robotnik is going to seek out the emerald of invincibility, and he starts by paying a visit to the eccentric magician, Merlin... oh, excuse me, Merlynx. Yeah, lynx, he's a cat, get it? Get ready for warped names of everything related to King Arthur here. So, what is the first thing Merlynx does? Turns himself into a set of exercise equipment. Oh, man, this is going to be a long episode. Robotnik then orders Scratch and Grounder to whip up a spell to turn the magician back... like they can just do that? So, really, it's not their fault when they screw it up. Hey, how come none of these Chaos emeralds are for intelligence? I mean, you can be invisible, invincible, immortal and create life all while being dumb as a rock. They turn Merlynx back, and after Robotnik threatens him, he quickly gives up the emerald and Robotnik can now be invincible. Huh, that was easy. The End.
So that was Hedgehog of the...sigh "Hound" Table and while it was brief, it... oh, no, wait, there's more. Darn. Merlynx explains that the invincibility emerald will only fully work if the holder is king of the aforementioned Hound Table. Oh, how will Sonic stop him this time? How will he even know this is happening? Well, somehow Professor Caninestein was looking into the past and discovered that Robotnik arrived in the Medieval times. He seeks out Sonic, who was at that moment putting the moves on a babe at the beach, but when he discovers this woman is part octopus, he runs away. He always did like to judge. Strap on those boots, boy, you've got a dragon slay. Just like before, he and Tails race around the planet so fast, it rips a hole in time and space, putting them back in ye olden days. They arrive at the castle of King... Arfer. Yeah, he's a dog and he's named Arfer. Aw, that's cute that Jeffrey Scott let his 2-year-old name the characters. Presently, the castle was under attack by the Bloated Knight, but the legend foretells that they will be saved by the Holy Hedgehog. That's a load of holy crap. Arfer's knights are no match for one, loan knight with an arsenal of gadgets at his disposal. It's funny the king is a dog, but the knights are human? Hello, animators? Consistency, please. As Robotnik prepares to climb the castle walls, he spots Sonic, who throws in a credit card joke by showing off his Sonic Express card. Oh, don't let the Nostalgia Critic see that, he still hasn't gotten over Batman having a credit card in a movie that shall remain nameless. Anyway, after bumbling and stumbling during his attempted break-in, Robotnik unveils Merlynx, who casts a spell that encases Sonic's feet in impenetrable stone. With the hero out of commission, Robotnik steals the crown and is awarded invincibility. Wasting no time, he has Sonic and Tails thrown in the dungeon. Well, it looks like he's won. King Robotnik is invincible, including having himself a ripped new bod, and Sonic is powerless to stop him. That's when Guinevere, er I mean, Gwendolyn, brings our boys some chili dogs with nail files hidden in them and tells them to seek out Merlyx. They very slowly make their escape, while the king continues to test his new powers on death traps. Gonna take a while for the hedgehog to find the magician, so why doesn't he just wait somewhere while Tails flies over to get him? Why is Tails so useless here? I think Jeffrey Scott let his two-year-old write the whole script. Scratch and Grounder show up to try and stop Sonic, and prove they're even useless against a hedgehog with stone feet. He uses a sludge hose Scratch has for some reason to make himself a slick path to Merlynx's house. This is such a waste of time. Like I said, Tails should have just gone to get him while Sonic waited. Stupid! They get to Merlynx's house, just as he turns himself into a block of cheese. This isn't funny!! The magician quickly removes the stone spell and Sonic formulates a plan to dethrone Robotnik the Invincible. They hold a good, old fashioned Medieval joust, and while it seemed that Robotnik had the upper hand at first, he eventually gets knocked off his horse(?), allowing Tails to find the emerald hidden in his helmet. Robotnik is swiftly defeated, and when Scratch and Grounder attempt to get the emerald from Tails, he summons its powers and turns into Super Fox, mangling the two dumb droids. This scene is so cool, I'll let it slide that the emerald wouldn't work unless Tails was king. Now with everything put right again, King Arfer is returned to his throne, and he knights Sonic as Sir Sonic the Speedy, even though he isn't a British citizen and can't use the title 'sir', but no matter. As for Botsy and his two robots, Sonic sends them back to Ancient Rome where they land in the Colosseium and are quickly devoured by lions. Our Sonic Says is about using the buddy system when you go swimming, which is a very good lesson.
So that was Hedgehog of the Hound Table, and I gotta say, it was just as bad as Blackbot the Pirate, maybe even moreso. It's just more of the same: Robotnik trying to find a Chaos Emerald in a familiar historical time period, Sonic arrives to stop him, they do things germaine to said period, rinse and repeat. Did this need to be four parts? Oh, and while it was left up in the air whether or not Robotnik got the invisibility emerald, we know for sure he didn't walk away with the invincibility one, so I hope the next episode remembers that. Oh, speaking of which, if Robotnik still had the invisibility emerald, why didn't he use it here? He could've been super strong and invisible. Guess he's not that smart? So, here's the rundown: the gags were not funny, the writing was horrible, the animation was sloppy and off-model, and in the great DiC tradition, they take established famous people and change their names for no real reason. We had Merlynx, King Arfer, Gwendolyn. It's not cute or funny. I know I gave Jeffrey Scott alot of crap in this review, and while I am thankful to him for being a part of my childhood, when he writes a bad script, I will give him a hard time for it. So, do I recommend Hedgehog of the Hound Table? Not really. For a better representation of the Arthur legend, watch A Kid in King Arthur's Court, or The Sword in the Stone, or Monty Python and the Holy Grail, or Camelot. Heck, even Spamalot was more faithful than this. Well, we have two more time-travel episodes to go: Ancient Egypt for immortality, and prehistoria for life. Check them out if you dare, or you could just assume Robotnik loses and watch something else.
So that was Hedgehog of the...sigh "Hound" Table and while it was brief, it... oh, no, wait, there's more. Darn. Merlynx explains that the invincibility emerald will only fully work if the holder is king of the aforementioned Hound Table. Oh, how will Sonic stop him this time? How will he even know this is happening? Well, somehow Professor Caninestein was looking into the past and discovered that Robotnik arrived in the Medieval times. He seeks out Sonic, who was at that moment putting the moves on a babe at the beach, but when he discovers this woman is part octopus, he runs away. He always did like to judge. Strap on those boots, boy, you've got a dragon slay. Just like before, he and Tails race around the planet so fast, it rips a hole in time and space, putting them back in ye olden days. They arrive at the castle of King... Arfer. Yeah, he's a dog and he's named Arfer. Aw, that's cute that Jeffrey Scott let his 2-year-old name the characters. Presently, the castle was under attack by the Bloated Knight, but the legend foretells that they will be saved by the Holy Hedgehog. That's a load of holy crap. Arfer's knights are no match for one, loan knight with an arsenal of gadgets at his disposal. It's funny the king is a dog, but the knights are human? Hello, animators? Consistency, please. As Robotnik prepares to climb the castle walls, he spots Sonic, who throws in a credit card joke by showing off his Sonic Express card. Oh, don't let the Nostalgia Critic see that, he still hasn't gotten over Batman having a credit card in a movie that shall remain nameless. Anyway, after bumbling and stumbling during his attempted break-in, Robotnik unveils Merlynx, who casts a spell that encases Sonic's feet in impenetrable stone. With the hero out of commission, Robotnik steals the crown and is awarded invincibility. Wasting no time, he has Sonic and Tails thrown in the dungeon. Well, it looks like he's won. King Robotnik is invincible, including having himself a ripped new bod, and Sonic is powerless to stop him. That's when Guinevere, er I mean, Gwendolyn, brings our boys some chili dogs with nail files hidden in them and tells them to seek out Merlyx. They very slowly make their escape, while the king continues to test his new powers on death traps. Gonna take a while for the hedgehog to find the magician, so why doesn't he just wait somewhere while Tails flies over to get him? Why is Tails so useless here? I think Jeffrey Scott let his two-year-old write the whole script. Scratch and Grounder show up to try and stop Sonic, and prove they're even useless against a hedgehog with stone feet. He uses a sludge hose Scratch has for some reason to make himself a slick path to Merlynx's house. This is such a waste of time. Like I said, Tails should have just gone to get him while Sonic waited. Stupid! They get to Merlynx's house, just as he turns himself into a block of cheese. This isn't funny!! The magician quickly removes the stone spell and Sonic formulates a plan to dethrone Robotnik the Invincible. They hold a good, old fashioned Medieval joust, and while it seemed that Robotnik had the upper hand at first, he eventually gets knocked off his horse(?), allowing Tails to find the emerald hidden in his helmet. Robotnik is swiftly defeated, and when Scratch and Grounder attempt to get the emerald from Tails, he summons its powers and turns into Super Fox, mangling the two dumb droids. This scene is so cool, I'll let it slide that the emerald wouldn't work unless Tails was king. Now with everything put right again, King Arfer is returned to his throne, and he knights Sonic as Sir Sonic the Speedy, even though he isn't a British citizen and can't use the title 'sir', but no matter. As for Botsy and his two robots, Sonic sends them back to Ancient Rome where they land in the Colosseium and are quickly devoured by lions. Our Sonic Says is about using the buddy system when you go swimming, which is a very good lesson.
So that was Hedgehog of the Hound Table, and I gotta say, it was just as bad as Blackbot the Pirate, maybe even moreso. It's just more of the same: Robotnik trying to find a Chaos Emerald in a familiar historical time period, Sonic arrives to stop him, they do things germaine to said period, rinse and repeat. Did this need to be four parts? Oh, and while it was left up in the air whether or not Robotnik got the invisibility emerald, we know for sure he didn't walk away with the invincibility one, so I hope the next episode remembers that. Oh, speaking of which, if Robotnik still had the invisibility emerald, why didn't he use it here? He could've been super strong and invisible. Guess he's not that smart? So, here's the rundown: the gags were not funny, the writing was horrible, the animation was sloppy and off-model, and in the great DiC tradition, they take established famous people and change their names for no real reason. We had Merlynx, King Arfer, Gwendolyn. It's not cute or funny. I know I gave Jeffrey Scott alot of crap in this review, and while I am thankful to him for being a part of my childhood, when he writes a bad script, I will give him a hard time for it. So, do I recommend Hedgehog of the Hound Table? Not really. For a better representation of the Arthur legend, watch A Kid in King Arthur's Court, or The Sword in the Stone, or Monty Python and the Holy Grail, or Camelot. Heck, even Spamalot was more faithful than this. Well, we have two more time-travel episodes to go: Ancient Egypt for immortality, and prehistoria for life. Check them out if you dare, or you could just assume Robotnik loses and watch something else.