SONIC X Was Awful Here's Y Z (@RebelTaxi)

[@RebelTaxi]

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[@BugsyFoga]

Never expected you to sponsor a mobile game but ok 😄👌

[@kren62]

Can you get Chris chan on the pizza party podcast pan

[@ninedude]

dam dude. I feel like you're becoming cynical and a little jaded. It's a cartoon meant for kids and your here in 2019 criticizing it after watching years and years of amazing content. Of course, It's not going to hold up. I'd argue it's still a better kids show then the new teen titans. but that's just my opinion

[@operationmaga6711]

Hey dude upload at normal time

[@redhotheadvt]

Sonic X, the rich get richer.

[@connorbeith3232]

What's funny about the maid and Eggman being played by Mike Pollock is that in the Sonic X comics it's revealed that Eggman has a crush on the maid. So it's Pollock falling in love with himself.

[@RebelTaxi]

Woah

[@2diefor]

Selfcest

[@mrnukes797]

What the hell

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Cue footage of face melting scene from Raiders

[@CristianMartinez-rg9sz]

@Non-Ugandan Knuckles :/ what

[@Spyroclinical2]

“...at least it’s not Sonic Underground” That should be the quote on the back of the DVD

[@kanchomerocks12]

I like Sonic underground...

[@MrDmoney156]

I don't understand the hate to the show, did vinesauce made people believe it's an awful series

[@AlonzoTompkins]

A lot of people just don’t like it. Especially since it hasn’t aged well in any way.

[@TemmiePlays]

@@MrDmoney156 its a terribly try hard edgy af teen bop. Joel is correct in hating it. not to mention all the hilarious animation errors. The show was horrible, dude.

[@HeilRay]

MrDmoney156 No, watching it is, especially compared to the others.

[@Spookybluelights]

"I can cause a lot of problemas for you, lady!" Did... Did he just threaten to have her deported?

[@KillThad]

based af

[@spiky724]

@@KillThad based on what

[@russellgxy2905]

I don't know if it was THAT heavy, but I definitely heard a racist undertone there

[@Elvusmiw]

I never thought of that. Dang 4 kids

[@Shorty2Die4]

i laughed at that line as child😳

[@ReviewYaLife]

The fact that he made this review without mentioning The upcoming Sonic movie displays how timeless his content is. Good on ya!

[@BugsyFoga]

True dat

[@Nova2AceGirl]

Maybe, but the RAID ad won't be timeless lol.

[@milesedgeworth132]

So reviewing an old cartoon is timeless but mentioning a recent movie ruins that?

[@selassieaspen9940]

@@milesedgeworth132 damm right! The movie isn't the real Sonic the hedgehog.

[@pentilex4338]

@@milesedgeworth132 The movie isn't out yet and mentioning something where we only vaguely know the plot would date the video

[@izanami8249]

Fun fact: The Japanese intro of Sonic X has the same singer who sang Cha-La Head-Cha-La from Dragon Ball Z

[@emmanuelhernandez888]

That fact was really fun

[@reasyrandom]

You mean "Shut up! Hey, Shut up!"?

[@SeaHorseOfYoutube]

Reminder that the studio that animated Sonic X also made Akira. Big yikes.

[@gurin9451]

The first opening and ending are really good in japanese!

[@HeilRay]

ReasyRandom Uh I’m pretty sure it’s SHAAA-LONG AYE SHALONG!

[@AntR803]

Chris is relatable to the average kid by: • Having Parents who are famous and don’t take care of him themselves. • Having an extremely racially diverse. set of friends and house workers. • Being extremely rich. • Living in a giant mansion. • Being “Alone”

[@sprinklesdonuts]

WOW it can't get more RELATABLE than THIS

[@christhorndykesbiggestfan5810]

And I can go Super Chris with the 7 Chaos, Super,Hyper,and Ultra Emeralds

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

He's relatable to the fellow Mary Sue's

[@gold9523]

His parents actually love him and try take time for him.

[@nifralo2752]

Are you saying Kevin from Home Alone isnt relatable ?

[@sketchful.78]

Honestly, Helen (the girl in the wheelchair) would've been a better relatable character than Chris.

[@reasyrandom]

A plank of wood would've been a more relatable character than Chris.

[@camkid5866]

Do I smell Ed,Edd, n’ Eddy?

[@heroldofvortos178]

@Pan Pizza Chris as in Chris Chan?!?

[@reasyrandom]

@@heroldofvortos178 Holy shit. He also vaguely resembles SammyClassicSonicFan.

[@haileyharmon5298]

Love your icon btw.

[@Mochitachi70]

> ''We're not allowed to mention him'' > Mentions him on the title.

[@gertrud8274]

And talks about him for 5 minutes

[@AnvilPro100]

Pan knows how to get clicks

[@seralouise.]

do you guys know what a joke is?

[@andreware2039]

@@seralouise. what's that?

[@SameriddAndCave]

"MINECRAP"

[@outsynced3934]

theme song: "no time for relaxation. Sonic: relaxes

[@notarmani4804]

Sonic Relaxes X

[@emozbunny]

Well, he is a REBEL!

[@Nonjola]

That always bothered me with Chris. He actually had a good life. He had three best friends with Helen, Danny, and Frances, his parents weren't the worst either. When they had time, they wanted to spend this free time with their son. There were a handful of episodes where his parents left in the middle of their work to be there for Chris. But it seems his life is only worth something if he can hang out with Sonic, which makes him come off more like an ungrateful, pathetic, loser fanboy rather than a lonely child.

[@Uncompromising_Mode]

I think the message they were trying to get across was that life without Sonic is no life at all.

[@Nonjola]

@@Uncompromising_Mode Which only someone would say if they have nothing else in life.

[@islandboy9381]

What if Chris was a brilliant meta commentary by the writers on the kids who obsess over Sonic or any fictional character to the detriment of socially connecting with anyone else outside of that or losing sense of reality? nah most likely it was Japanese executives meddling with TMS because most anime always have a human companion (for example Doraemon, Marvel anime ect) and they didn't think through if Chris was relateable at all.

[@gunpuncher3817]

Well he makes the perfect insert character for Sonic fanboys, so I guess they were right on that one.

[@theamazingmaymay123]

This is why I hated Chris, his “lonely child” persona pissed me off to no limit. He had friends, family and a lot of people that cared about him, plus the fucker was RICH. He just come off a spoiled brat. Commentary or not, every scene without him was better

[@PrexCannon]

I always thought Tails was a girl until my older brother pointed out to me that everyone in the show had been referring to Tails as a "he" and then I got mad.

[@reasyrandom]

In that context, Tails is a lesbian. Two aliens, chilling in a spaceship, five feet apart cause they're not gay!

[@Lucario1121]

I heard that apparently Tails originally was suppose to be a girl, but no one has proof of that sadly

[@hotdogdanieltheceoofhotdog1453]

Im getting deviantart flashbacks

[@moritzzz1]

ITS A TRAP

[@anary1087]

Well tails is voiced by a woman voice actor, so yeah thats why he sounded a bit girl but yeah tails is actually a boy Edit: God dammit I got myself as R/woooosh Fuck

[@TheWaverunners]

Fun Fact: The voice actor for the Mexican Maid is the same VA as Eggman.

[@playerback7722]

What?

[@xemnasxiii3992]

Excuse me what ?

[@assaultapple6561]

I’m currently questioning my life right now...

[@jonmcintyre1144]

I wish Mike Pollock was Consuela

[@sunswift]

Wtf?!

[@BugsyFoga]

Say what you will about Sonic X , but we definitely got to thank it for giving us the blessing that is Mike Pollock's Eggman

[@_mango_]

Nathaniel Foga gotta love PINGAS though

[@keithcreatesmedia6503]

I more of a Alfred guy. (Sonic Fan Dubs)

[@BugsyFoga]

@@keithcreatesmedia6503 HE PISSED ON MY FUCKING WIFE

[@luciuswhite4502]

@@BugsyFoga AND HE SAID HIS DICK WAS *THIS BIG.*

[@ajshiro3957]

The best

[@SpyroTheGerudo]

Jason Griffith really stole the show with his Sonic Sez segment on condoms

[@KDaddy463]

Fun story: the Metarex arc is so different because it originally wasn’t supposed to happen. Sonic X initially was planned for cancellation at the end of its second season as it wasn’t a big hit in Japan. It WAS however very popular with kids in the US and in other countries (which usually used 4kids’ English dub as it’s source). So much so that 4Kids themselves actually commissioned Sega/TMS to make 26 more episodes. Given that the planned game adaptation/human world stuff was the initial end goal, they had to come up with something new. Hence the change in setting, villains and an increased focus on the core Sonic cast. Rewatching it as an adult I’d say that was the right call to make, and I only wish the whole show was like it. I just can’t help but find it funny that 4kids is the reason the best season of the show got made at all.

[@ludd4411]

4kids did not commission Japan to make season 3 otherwise it would have been made in mind with their regulations content aka how the extra 4kids commissioned Ultimate Muscle episodes and Yu Gi Oh Capsule Monsters miniseries were made with their editing standards in place. Plus Season 3 was more violent than the first two seasons. It's true that the season was produced for Foreign Markets but it was not paid to be made by 4Kids Entertainment. Its a common misconception.

[@thesloshiestarman4879]

>main human character who accompanies Sonic is named "Chris" >Chris >Christian Weston Chandler _huh..._

[@genesisdcardenas9360]

It predicted Christian Weston Chandler’s discovery!

[@M4RU5U]

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohly shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

[@chellismcelveen4402]

@@genesisdcardenas9360 Chris Chan was actually active before Sonic X (he "published" Sonichu in 1999/2000). It was when 4chan discovered his comic where his infamy really blew up.

[@genesisdcardenas9360]

@@chellismcelveen4402 I know that. I was saying that it predicted the internet's discovery, and in turn 'hate', of CWC's comic. I should have worded that correctly.

[@genesisdcardenas9360]

@AT Productions Who knows honestly?

[@dandy269]

The worst thing 4kids did with the series was cutting out “Live & Learn” during the Sonic Adventure 2 Arc

[@hoodedman6579]

They probably cut it due to rights issues.

[@Lugbzurg]

They probably cut it due to English words.

[@aloevera3317]

WHAAAAAAAT??? That alone would have made the English dub so much better.

[@islandboy9381]

Can't have the kids rock out, it's the devils music!!1!

[@hoodedman6579]

@Non-Ugandan Knuckles They also made it worse in other ways.

[@Fuzon-S]

Sonic X: [exists] DeviantArt: *It's free real estate*

[@madcap3450]

That's a funny way of spelling rule34

[@Sirzan540]

@@madcap3450 lol

[@ScottaHemi440]

it's funny cause it's true :D and i still can't find a bleach strong enough to wipe some of these from my memory...

[@masahirosakurai2042]

Guys, I just wanted to see the Sonic X version of Shadow. Why is fetish art in my history?

[@mr.kevin1209]

@@masahirosakurai2042 cause people have issues

[@avionbruce9749]

Everyone:Its impossible to talk about sonic without mentioning the movie Rebeltaxi:hold my chilli dogs

[@kirbyofthestarsfan]

It's almost like there were 27 years of nothing movie related or something

[@kingofthehillfan3500]

Who's this "Everyone" person cause no one said that

[@avionbruce9749]

@@kingofthehillfan3500 I was referring to the internet and all the memes surrounding it

[@alanalves7649]

Sonic has only ONE movie.

[@alanalves7649]

But he should have mentioned THE FANDOM!!

[@ryancarless7921]

Sonic Adventure X Chris is left at Daycare

[@islandboy9381]

Chris doesn't get picked up from baseball practice

[@grandmasterslam859]

Ryan Carless Sonic X is left at Chris Chan’s house

[@AllHailTheAnimeLover]

Not gonna lie. I didn't hate Chris he was just...there. Funny enough though I watched the Japanese version of the anime and season 3 Chris is what he should have been through the whole series

[@falkner9072]

Same here. It's nice to meet someone who doesn't completely despise Chris.

[@maymay5600]

i don't you think the dub some play in how chris was? cause i've side by side shots of dub and sub, my guy, the dub suck ass, also i want to start reading some sonic manga

[@setsers1]

@@maymay5600 😠shush

[@shadyboy5090]

Non-Ugandan Knuckles Chris has friends loaded living in a mansion with a bunch of people who care for him. He just wants a friend when he has a bunch of them. Sonic and Chris barely talks and Chris is an annoying pest who has a strange creepy obsession with Sonic and he took away major scenes from other better characters

[@shadyboy5090]

Non-Ugandan Knuckles Theu were still his friends he hung with he wasnt friendless. He rarely hung out with sonic Sonic had more of a connection with helen in 1 ep than he ever did wit Chris. He took away screen time from everyone and he was a trust fund baby in a mansion and he complains too much and is real fuckin selfish, his obsession with sonic is creepy.

[@SupremeMarioGamer]

Sonic X gave us Mike Pollock as THE definitive voice of Eggman.

[@TheMaestroMizerous]

@@uhmuh7484 N-Nani?!

[@nezarredondo6101]

@@uhmuh7484 You shall say your verb in past, since Eggman's japanese voice is dead

[@aloevera3317]

Hoo hoo hooooo!

[@papeleradereciclaje4375]

But now we have Jim Carrey

[@Cappytain101]

A small price to pay for salvation.

[@SuperiorGothBun]

Pan’s review of Sonic X is instantly credible be he didn’t start out by saying “Sonic has had a rough couple of years recently “ and admits he would bang Rouge the Bat

[@bunni2583]

@Shaman X What are you trying to accomplish here

[@Angel_Dusk02]

@Shaman X BRUH

[@adamrolston526]

Shaman X Lol no. It literally beat Nintendo in the market share in the 90s

[@puke.1393]

Adam Rolston why is this still a debate

[@adamrolston526]

puke.13 Ikr sonic's a good franchise with a few blunders

[@ruggiebuggie3195]

So, Chris is like a fanfiction self-insert where he can help all of his favoirte childhood heroes while leaving some of the heroes useless and with no purpose...Hmm...Sounds like another brown haired Chris that I know of.

[@bunsmasterbunny]

He's nothing like that. Also he didn't leave anyone useless or with no purpose.

[@rockhistoria2537]

@@bunsmasterbunny although she did do some other things in the anime, Amy is a prime victim of this, since in the original SA 2, she was the one who gave the big speech to shadow about giving a new chance to see the good in mankind and thus reminding him of the last words that Maria spoke, which showcased her optimism and ability to sympathize with people past first impressions, in contrast to her more imperative and tenacious character traits. In the anime, CHRIS is the one to give shadow the big speech, which considering his lackluster interactions with him beforehand and his even more bland personality, it just erases a lot of the significance of it, since this was the turning point in which shadow decides to unit which sonic and destroy the big lizard, and also pushes Amy to the side to be nothing more than a support character

[@danielclark653]

Hey now listen here mister, that’s just mean I’ll have you know the original creator of sonichu and cwcsville is a good guy and didn’t do anything completely disgusting and vile on his love quest to lose his virginity

[@MagmaPaint]

"A Gardevoir named Cosmo" How did you know I named my Ralts this for this exact damn reason?

[@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283]

I actually don't have a consistent name for female gards. I call my my name ones Merlin?

[@rosieeroots7562]

Libra The beautiful War Monk what about nimue? It’s one of the names for the lady of the lake, who enchanted merlin and gave Arthur excalibur

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Kirlia is basically Creatures, Inc. trying to copy Sega's homework withour getting caught. Or, ya know, tracing their Sonic OC off of official art and altering it. Like a Sonic OC maker.

[@yetanotherhankhill1032]

Major props to Pan for not doing the typical "Sonic USED to be good but now sucks" shtick

[@MrDmoney156]

Honestly i'm really sick of that fucking bullshit people keep saying in the internet

[@MrJonesito]

Or how about "Sonic was NEVER good"... Like, really? At all?

[@MrDmoney156]

@@MrJonesito it's just really repetitive at this point and basically just ran the joke into the ground

[@LordArikado]

@AT Productions IGN said it too.

[@harrylane4]

@@MrJonesito I mean sonic 1-3 were clunky as hell so... yes.

[@GIRru11]

I do agree that Sonic X is more of a nostalgic show, it definitely did not age well. But yeah, season 3 was awesome, too bad they had to bring Chris back into it

[@husariuspl117]

I actually haven't seen it when it first came out, I didn't had some channels. So I am one of those who like it without nostalgia. For some reasons a lot of shows (and Anime) that I've watched in recent years did not aged well...like Bakugan

[@MrChaotic4]

If you want to see a good 4Kids show that has aged incredibly well, go watch Chaotic. It's an actual original program from them for once.

[@ratchetexperience8379]

@@MrChaotic4 yeah. They actually stepped up their animation and artstyle in later seasons instead of doing the opposite.

[@bunsmasterbunny]

X is a masterpiece and has aged well. Japanese version is the only true version. Chris made the show better.

[@ANGST.ARGENTINA]

@@MrChaotic4 Late to this party but I figured you would like to know that one of my biggest regrets in life is that I couldn't ever play the chaotic game because I'm from 3rd world country. Chaotic was insanely good.

[@annache250]

Oh man I just realized that RebelTaxi had to watch 3 seasons of Sonic

[@Dasher_The_Viral]

At least the 3rd season is worth it.

[@michaelgrant6899]

"At least it's not Sonic Underground."

[@bruno17289]

He has watched all of the Nutshack, Pan is unbreakable at this point

[@adamrolston526]

Anna Che Sonic X yes. 3 seasons of SONIC Satam would've been much better

[@adamrolston526]

Neku's Headphones lol dang

[@kenbenobi36]

The kid fron Iron Man 3 is a better character than Chris

[@valenzuelasstudios1838]

100% agree.

[@thebadger622]

And HE actually returned in the Mcu

[@valenzuelasstudios1838]

@@thebadger622 when? I haven't seen Endgame yet so don't spoil anything.

[@jamesfears8940]

Valenzuelas Studios not spoiling but hope you watched Spider-Man homecoming

[@valenzuelasstudios1838]

@@jamesfears8940 I didn't watch Spiderman Homecoming. The reasons are they rebooted Spiderman again but too early. Understandable back in 2012 since there was a five year gap between Spiderman 3 and The amazing Spiderman but having a two year gap between amazing Spiderman 2 and Captain America civil War is too soon for me. I didn't see Far from Home because I didn't see Homecoming. The most recent Spiderman movie I watched is Into the spider verse.

[@lrgogo1517]

Seeing a Japanese opening for Sonic X for the first time ever blew me down

[@valenzuelasstudios1838]

That is the only good thing in Sonic X Japanese.

[@kamenriderking6543]

In the Japanese opening it shows the pilot and clips from previous episodes which is kind of cheap but not interesting

[@valenzuelasstudios1838]

@@kamenriderking6543 I didn't see the pilot because I can't find the Japanese version of it.

[@ItsLeavee]

@@kamenriderking6543 I mean isn't the English opening only made up of clips from episodes

[@revolution_is_my_name8981]

@@valenzuelasstudios1838 the japanese version is the undisputed best version imo, the soundtrack and junichi kanemaru as sonic cannot be beaten

[@Owlbundy5052]

5:50 So you're telling me that Chris lives with Rick Sanchez, Samurai Jack as a butler and Consuela? What is he complaining about? I'd love to have them in my house!

[@SmashLiXs]

i'd kick out rick

[@cornbread3711]

That sounds like a disaster

[@BigK13372]

schmickler 83! Actually his grandpa is Doc Brown, not Rick. If it was Rick than we wouldn’t have this show in the first place on account of Rick would probably experiment on the Sonic characters in an attempt to make an awesome cocaine like drug that literally makes you go fast just because the usual drugs and alchohol he ingest aren’t doing anything for him anymore.

[@rocketgrunthyunho]

Sonic X but the audio is ripped from What's Up? The movie.

[@goldylover1000]

schmickler 83! Actually I would love to see a series where Chris acts like morty and sonic acts like rick and has sonic forcing Chris on his wild adventures now that would be a better sonic x show

[@authenticlimeflavor432]

Nobody: Pan Pizza: YEAH I’D BANG ROUGE WHAT OF IT

[@TheCheesybeef]

I’d bang Cream

[@lurkio804]

What's that game called again? Babysitting Cream?

[@Conejoazul2018]

Te equicovaste amigo

[@Gamsterjeff600]

Par for the course

[@marx4538]

Humanity is a mistake, and you (Authentic Lime Flavor, jbiehlable, TheCheesybeef, Lurkio, Aidansreviews Productions, Enosh Starcrod, DMC 234) are one of the reasons why.

[@TheBronyHipsters]

Hey, you forgot the second best thing to come out of this anime... GOTTA GO FAST!!!!

[@astrowolvez]

That is the only thing I know about this show.

[@bisexualichigo4227]

Same, I only know the song.

[@tankgayle]

That was my favorite intro, it had that Pop Punk sound I liked from Burnout 3 Takedown soundtrack. I wish I knew what the band was called...

[@chaotic2186]

Sonic X is the thing I don’t watch out of fear that someone somewhere is somehow watching me watch it

[@chaseer64]

Chaotic 218 why is this so relatable

[@0boro]

@@chaseer64 hey man don't forget to buy toilet paper, you're running low.

[@chaseer64]

Oboro thanks

[@stoicdoum3323]

Like Winx Club

[@MetaKnuxXbeats]

Chaotic 218 probably Ken Penders..... Watch Sonic Armageddon, then this comment will make sense...

[@gearguts7259]

"Who uploads KZbin videos at 6 am?" Pan: OH BOY! 6 AM!

[@redhotheadvt]

6 AM?! Damn... good thing I live in Europe then lol

[@PoopTVYTP]

8 am for me

[@zakkybounce]

1:28pm here

[@zetareserve]

and wake up the whole house to the Sonic X theme because I don't know!

[@CCubedStudios]

Emily: "Pan, what are you doing?" Pan: "Uploading a KZbin video." Emily: "It's 6 o'clock in the morning, why on Earth are you uploading a KZbin video?" Pan: "Because I've lost control of my life.."

[@akasharkieboi]

2:35 I remembered the AVGN did a video on a Mario DVD Menu that had Inspector Gadget explaining the complicated rules of BUTTONS

[@embrikchloraker8186]

And Mike Matei, as usual, being annoying and unfunny.

[@WilsTube]

Button, button, who’s got the 🅱️utton?

[@Legoluigi26]

@@embrikchloraker8186 you can shut up now.

[@rafaynoman1180]

4:39 so basically a reverse Isekai.

[@TheBronyHipsters]

well, its an isekai, as isekai means "other world", just that we see it from the point of view of the people living in the world to which the isekai'd characters get isekai'd to.

[@commenter_HIMIK-MAN]

13:25 That's not a Gardevoir, that's a Kirlia, you doof!

[@HeilRay]

She evolves later.

[@commenter_HIMIK-MAN]

@@HeilRay Yeah, into like Mega Kirlia

[@TheArceusftw]

I was thinking more Roselia.

[@WildManToons]

No it's a Lilligant guys

[@HeilRay]

HIMIK-MAN More like French Gardevoir.

[@Richiedoesmc]

I forgot how condescending sonic sounds when thanking Chris for saving his life.

[@BugsyFoga]

Can we all just agree Sonic Boom is the best Sonic cartoon of them all Endgame Spoilers: Thanos snapped Chris from existence and everyone celebrated

[@bartsimpsongoatbootleg682]

Indeed. It's Meta and Snarky humour is what makes it golden.

[@obd9660]

Some people are entitled to disagree. Sonic Boom being the best Sonic cartoon is an opinion, not a fact.

[@BugsyFoga]

@@obd9660 i know , i just want to see if others feel the same way

[@1065chris]

It really is a great show. Glad to see more people like it.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Still going with satam

[@thejedisonic67]

Does inspector gadget count every single brown brick in Sonic SATAM?

[@MystPlaysGamesMPG]

The episode opens sonic begins saying something important. All of a sudden his voice gets quieter. You hear gadget over him. "I see 10 Brown Bricks in that right side of the background."

[@icecreamhero2375]

5:08 Chris: Wait, so you're a blue talking anthropomorphic hedgehog Sonic: Don't know what that last word was but yeah Chris:.....*dives in pool* Sonic: YOU'RE NOT DREAMING! YOU'RE NOT DREAMING!

[@setsers1]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bunsmasterbunny]

NWHI.

[@mistersureshot1749]

I don't care, Helen the Wheelchair Girl should of have been the main human character!! This would also helped that She looks like Maria Robotnik, an important character to Shadow the Hedgehog, It gives her character more purpose in the situations, They F*cked up! You see in their timeskip that she gotten smarter and more useful with technology, She has the brain, but lacks the strength and feet to be "Normal" like other kids. But then incomes Sonic who is all about running, It's crazy how well they compliment each other, and the whole thing of the fastest thing alive helping a kid in a wheelchair have fun is honestly so touching and this could maybe start some tension with some characters like Tails being already good with technology and Amy who'll just get jealous of Helen hanging around Sonic. I think there is more you can do with Her that would made things interesting for this series, talk about missed opportunity :(

[@mdstevens0612]

It's also just good writing. Like, Sonic, someone defined by his land running speed being paired with a character who is his foil like that is just decent boy and his buddy writing, or girl and her buddy writing in this case.

[@SmrtPhonRtistCF]

Sure is.

[@goldylover1000]

MisterSureShot damn right atleast the show will actually focus on sonic and not on Chris and have a likable character too

[@Lugbzurg]

Dang, I never thought about this, but you're right. Sonic arguably has more of a connection with her in one episode than he does with Chris in the entire series.

[@Something775]

But a disabled female protagonist would have been less marketable. Gotta think about the money.

[@maxwasson2000]

The best takeaways from X were Dark Sonic and the voice cast which ended up being better in later Sonic projects.

[@BigK13372]

Max Wasson Agree with the latter but disagree with the former on the account of the concept of a Dark Sonic have existed as far back as that Fleetway Comic with its interpretation of Super Sonic.

[@islandboy9381]

The best takeaway was Eggman commenting on Rogues boobies and getting smacked :V

[@OnlyGoken]

I still have a soft spot for X, even if it is flawed. Early on it tries to find its niche but the JP version at least uses Live & Learn when Super Sonic and Shadow use Chaos Control. That's pretty damn awesome still

[@semvision]

"Sonic X, at least its not Sonic Underground." OOF

[@tabletaussendienst2721]

Oooooooofffffffffffgg

[@setsers1]

What An Asshole. 😠😆

[@metaouroboros690]

*inhales* MORE LIKE SIX FEET UNDERGROUND *cackles in Joel*

[@tabletaussendienst2721]

@@metaouroboros690 sonic satam fanbrat

[@tabletaussendienst2721]

@@setsers1 who

[@DexDexter0]

"Everybody hates Chris".

[@chillplayer1234]

Dex Dexter I think Pan did that joke once LOL.

[@LoneWolfZakuro14]

Ok, so I noticed you made fun of TMS for the bad animation, saying “but they made Akira and the good parts for Batman!” In Japan, the majority of anime are made as requests from other companies (in this case, Sega). A production committee made up of various sponsors decide a budget and gives it to the studio. TMS would have almost no say in what budget they got, and probably did what they could. If you want to blame someone, blame Sega. Btw, nice video overall :)

[@remixchild]

Keep in mind that TMS was responsible for *sigh* little Nemo and sonic movie late 90’s

[@LoneWolfZakuro14]

@@remixchild And uh who do you think ordered and funded the Sonic movie...?

[@remixchild]

@@LoneWolfZakuro14 sega

[@BlackBloodCombatClub]

Honestly, I can relate a lot more with Tails than Chris.

[@bunsmasterbunny]

Doubt.

[@Handlelesswithme]

Yeah sure your malware

[@insertunoroginalnamehere6189]

I mean, he was a kid bullied for his appearance (his 2 tails) but also had positive qualities such as his intelligence. Then he meets a guy who teaches to use something everyone else perceived as negative for good (using his tails to fly) and sonic becomes like a bigger brother figure to him. Though, at the start, he was too dependent on him, and always just known as the sidekick, constantly in sonics shadow. Later tails gets over his fears and becomes his own hero. There's a lot of stuff relatable about tails

[@coopeachu]

Loved that you watched robobuddies' review before doing this! Shame it got removed..

[@rooksclown316]

I didn't know that it got removed, was it copyright claimed?

[@_-Lx-_]

Wait it got removed? Noooooo

[@Malum09]

😢😢😢

[@dracocrusher]

Ehh, couldn't care less about that channel after how shitty they got around their Steven Universe episode. Even when they were doing solid stuff, I still felt like I wasn't really getting anything at all from their content.

[@SpookeyGael]

"I can cause lots of problemas for you, lady! GET SONIC!"

[@keithcreatesmedia6503]

Robobuddies is the Best Silver Voice actor. PERIOD

[@sharktheguy3265]

Grand Slam

[@mephbow]

This is the worst, this is actually the worst.

[@krashboombang1898]

Can you carry me--oh.

[@JLMetak]

I'd like to be in the friendzone, I like friends!

[@mephbow]

*It’s not as pleasant as you’d think.*

[@michaelgrant6899]

I'm under the impression that Chris Thorndyke was just the writer's kid's self-insert O.C.

[@bowmaj8666]

THANK YOU! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks that! A Sonic anime based on the games is rife with content to make a great series. But instead we ended up with "The Life and Times of Chris Thorndyke, THE CENTRE OF THE ENTIRE FRIGGIN' UNIVERSE.... oh and special guest starring that blue speedy thing... I guess!"

[@j19aiden91]

I agree. I liked the show at the time, but watching it now, Chris really drags everything down

[@SlapstickGenius23]

The 4kids dub is pretty much worse than the Japanese version.

[@chellismcelveen4402]

There's plenty of self inserts/OCs that are way more likable than Chris

[@Masterge77]

I really wish we got the Sonic X that the pitch pilot showed, in which it was set in Sonic's own world where all the inhabitants (save for Dr. Eggman) were anthropomorphic animals as opposed to the "reverse isekai" we ultimately got where Sonic and his friends are transported to our world. It would certainly spare us of Chris Thorndyke and actually be ABOUT Sonic himself, which is something that always bugged me about Sonic X, how it was barely even about Sonic, as well as the fact that we never saw any other anthro animals in the series beyond Sonic and his friends. It's kind of one reason why I always preferred some of the more western Sonic material such as SatAM, AoSTH, and the Archie Sonic comics (and yes, even Sonic Underground), because I always found it so jarring to see these technicolor cartoon animals interact with more realistic looking human characters. Sonic always just felt more in-place in an overly cartoony world populated by anthro animals like him. I think that's the reason Sonic X never really resonated well with me and why I always found more appeal in the western Sonic material.

[@summerjonz]

Totally agree.

[@valenzuelasstudios1838]

You're getting what you wished. I've been working on a reboot for 6 months that would fix and/or mock every issue that the original had likeplot holes, scenes that last too long, or pointless characters. This reboot is called Sonic Re-imagined. It has more original ideas, redoes the stories that already exists, and so much more.

[@TheMGMfan]

As someone who is fine with humans existing in the Sonic franchise, I think it would be cool if we saw humans coexist with anthropomorphic animals in the show; for some reason, the games either did one or the other, but never both, which makes the fact they didn't do that in a show where characters besides the main cast are probably gonna have a bit more presense an even bigger missed opportunity. You could argue that this would still have Chris Thorndike, but the solution to that is simple: don't have him in the first place, or at the very least make Chris a more likable and preferrably less present character so that he doesn't drag the story down as much as he does in the final product.

[@fernie-fernandez]

Masterge77 Should I mentioned Helen, the disabled girl?

[@bunsmasterbunny]

That was not a pitch pilot of any sort. It was just promotional material. Not what they are, and they wouldn't have made it without Chris as the entire show hinged on their relationship. No Chris, no Sonic X/Sonic Anime. You got the same thing you would have gotten otherwise, just with a character with more emotional depth than the majority of other Sonic characters. It IS about Sonic. Chris is only the main character for 4 episodes and he is not the spotlight for any other episodes. Him having a role does not diminish the other characters and it does not make him the main focused on character. You are insane if you think it does.

[@arsarma1808]

"Rouge and her life partner" I suddenly remember why I watched this show.

[@Uncompromising_Mode]

*spazkid intensifies*

[@MrOnepiecem7]

Chris mom is vey hot too.

[@LeseanDeVon]

Sonic XXX was always my favorite show to watch as a kid.

[@ThatGuy-pj5qy]

Wait a second...

[@mr.marvin]

@@ThatGuy-pj5qy >

[@uncreativeusername8362]

🤔

[@islandboy9381]

Sonic Xtacy was better

[@marx4538]

Let me guess:you are not sane.

[@TheMaestroMizerous]

Sadly modern Sonic game writers have reverted Tails.

[@Masterge77]

Yeah, it's a shame, he used to be an awesome character, but now he's borderline on being comic relief that does nothing. Heck, that's most of the Sonic characters anymore that aren't Sonic or Eggman, they feel like they're just _there_ to tell us they exist, all while they do nothing and Sonic does everything.

[@playerback7722]

They pick and choose when he wants to fight

[@bobisnotaperson]

This is how I was first introduced to Sonic. Then came the flash games.

[@xoLoveTruelySucksxo]

@@potionmonkey157 if i recall yeah, but they mostly focused on Rogue or Amy

[@Lugbzurg]

*ULTIMATE SONIC FLASH*

[@aaronlandry3934]

Then came the inflation porn on DeviantArt

[@ajaderabbit8399]

"Wow. That's awesome." *intimate staring into each other's eyes*

[@crashbash8549]

*Sonic gains weight* Sonic: "Gotta fast."

[@nixkobold]

"Changes everything you know about mobile games". Still has pay-to-win. Sure Pan whatever pays the bills I guess.

[@ZeddSlayer]

Nix Wait, you didn’t skip that part??

[@linguicaguy]

@@ZeddSlayer I watched it the first time because I was just too lazy to skip it and I was curious how Pan would deliver a sponsored ad lol

[@donnylurch4207]

I don't rememeber who, but I heard someone else talking on a podcast about how they don't take the mobile game sponsorships because the people behind them are usually super controlling about how you advertise their game. They'll require you to mention a strict number of provided bullet points about what you "liked" about the game, and they don't like you to get weird or creative with the script, which leads to every plug looking obviously forced and generic. That's just hearsay I half remembered though. I can't say every mobile game is like that.

[@Yips1234]

@@donnylurch4207 Was that from a Pan podcast or another one?

[@hypershadix1]

Nix yeah I tried it out because I saw James Rolfe promote it but just like every other mobile RPG it's very grind heavy and a limited energy system doesn't do it any justice.

[@marketmandamienmarq.4668]

I have to keep reminding myself that Mike Pollack voiced the maid.

[@aloevera3317]

Now I did not know that.

[@MNSportsJunkie101]

LOL I knew I wasn't the only one who thought Chris looked like Sora from Kingdom Hearts. XD

[@zanthor5422]

"At least it's not Sonic Underground." Hey, at least Underground is laughably bad. Most of Sonic X is kind of just meh. Too bad to be unironically enjoyed, but not bad enough to be ironically enjoyed.

[@tabletaussendienst2721]

Stop it

[@SCOTGamingwithJack]

wasnt sonic underground animated by some studio, kinda like disney but was a french studio i think

[@cutepuppy5005]

I think the exact opposite.

[@bluefalcon6356]

I liked sonic underground when I was little. It was probably the rock music

[@rodrigomorales563]

If it's it's laughably bad, how come there are no laughable memes about it, compared to every other sonic cartoon.

[@squidyy2k]

About that thumbnail, I can't tell whether it's sonic talking or pan... and I don't know which is more worrying

[@AlonzoTompkins]

They’re both saying it.

[@obeyjae50xd35]

You better remove the clip from 11:25 or Paramount's gonna get you. For spoiling their new sonic the hedgehog design.

[@jaywilliams8730]

Hey you gotta admit the American theme is awesome

[@JammoYT]

I prefer the European version

[@JustinCage56]

@@JammoYT There's a European version?

[@JammoYT]

@@JustinCage56 yeah. Its a different song thats not as cringey. The title themes lyrics is also the title of the show but its the version I grew up with. I believe Gotta Go Fast was the outro

[@horaciosi]

It's one of the best by 4Kids.

[@marx4538]

But it's annoying.

[@waywardlaser]

I know you KZbinrs need sponsors to keep the lights on, but no force in heaven or on earth will make me play a mobile game.

[@ObeliskWithLimbs]

Plot Twist: Chris is Sora After Smoking Crack

[@reasyrandom]

Giving Sonic a human sidekick was never a good idea.

[@thefool8750]

Giving Chris a hedgehog sidekick was never a good idea.

[@reasyrandom]

@@thefool8750 Giving sidekick an idea was never a good human.

[@brucebanana4486]

You know what is better than a human sidekick is having a human girlfriend for sonic.

[@thefool8750]

>Sonic ‘06 has entered the chat >everyone else has left the chat

[@chellismcelveen4402]

@@thefool8750 I take Elise over Chris any day. She wasn't a Creator's Pet on the level Chris was, and she had way more sympathetic qualities. For starters she had to be responsible for an entire country at the tender age of 17; both her parents were dead; and she had some monster trapped inside her to the point where she can't cry or extreme emotional outburst. But she never whined or complained and made the best of her situation. She certainly didn't stick her middle finger at the world in favor of Sonic, and she put everyone's needs before her own. Whereas a Chris had to do was whine or make up a little white lie for everyone to come for his aid. Leeched the spotlight from established characters and even other humans that were far more interesting than him. But the real clencher was how Chris was readily condemned TWO planets to die all because he didn't have the common sense to let Sonic go. He's twelve, considered a preteen and he made the most awful decision and didn't face any sort of consequence for doing so.

[@fuzzystudios7502]

So... is nobody going to mention the sonic cosplayer eating a sandwich in a wheelchair at 11:25?

[@_-Lx-_]

What do you mean? It's just a normal clip of sonic, don't you remember the episode of the show where sonic eats his sandwich?

[@thisduckisgoingtokillme]

Yeah the episode is probably one of my favorites, i really like the part where he sat in the wheelchair and ate his sandwhich

[@CoinBox170]

Sweet Mercy! Thank you for bringing this to my attention!

[@DungeonHax]

That’s actually a chili dog he’s eating. Not a sandwich.

[@MightGuy15]

7:58 Yes, it does give me feels, and I know why. Because it shows that even when we sometimes think Sonic is a cheesy hero with bad games as of late, it reminds us he inspires everyone around him to become better and stronger with the amazing things he accomplished, and he won't be able to instill those feelings forever. Uncomfortably unintentionally deep.

[@metashade4218]

Honestly I prefer the Sonic Boom cartoon over the Sonic X anime. At least the Sonic Boom cartoon manages to get a laugh out of me every now & then, & doesn't make me cringe 90% of the time like Sonic X did.

[@omegadrive9999]

Sonic X = fans personal coloring book for half-baked Sonic OCs

[@sezunemizuhana3870]

Helen would've been infinitely better pratagonist than Chris.

[@bunsmasterbunny]

No, she would not. Stop repeating this lie and stop overrating/underrating Helen/Chris.

[@chicken-scratch]

@@bunsmasterbunny u mad that people like Helen more than Chris? lol the fact of the matter is that she would've been. The episode she features in is a fan favourite, her personality was essentially an insight to what we could have gotten as a main character.

[@Oneforus21111]

@@chicken-scratch tbh i think Chris was just made for Japanese audience instead for American. Ive heard in Japan he was the most liked character despite Sonic not being very popular there. Same reason for Elise in sonic 06

[@arkhamfivehundred]

Wow, I didn't realize Sonic X was this mediocre as a kid. Also, I played Sonic Battle all the time in 4th Grade. 🙂

[@theamazingmaymay123]

Sonic battle my shit

[@theamazingmaymay123]

ogogo ogpgpg Sonic Battle on gameboy, it was a fighting game

[@ImJBlu]

Over 11 minutes before “gotta go fast” smh

[@PoloRossi]

You could say that he was… Too slow. (BADUM TISS)

[@lorehunter3182]

The reason they named him Chris was because of Chris Chan

[@bunsmasterbunny]

Nope.

[@fireassassin16]

At least you guys got the decent intro we in Australia had the European opening which is just earrape

[@Jotar0w0]

You know it's desperate times when Pan has to do a mobile game ad

[@milestailsprower2670]

A lot of people in this comment section seem to believe that Helen would have worked better as Sonic's friend than Chris. But honestly, both of them wouldn't really work as Sonic's friend. If Helen was Sonic's human best friend instead of Chris, there wouldn't really be any difference. Helen and Chris are very similar characters. They both have parents that work too much, they both feel insecure about themselves until Sonic showed up in their lives that lead to helping them, and they both grow up to be intelligent inventors. They both also don't really capture what Chris' purpose as a character was meant to be: The everyday child that the audience could see themselves as. Chris' wealthy life style, having a famous scientist for a grandfather, having a butler and maid, having neglectful parents that never spend time with him, and growing up to be an inventor is not something the whole audience can see themselves as. Helen has this problem as well. She's a girl in a wheelchair, who doesn't spend much time with her parents, and can't really go places by herself. So, neither of these two would really work well as audience surrogates. Helen's relationship with Sonic wouldn't really be as big by comparison with his already great relationship with his friends, as well as his friendship with Chris. If your stating that Helen would be a great foil to Sonic because she can't feel any happiness or freedom that Sonic feels because he can run while she can't wouldn't really work because that would be considered offensive to handicap people, and characters that CAN run don't really feel the same way as Sonic. Helen's relationship with Sonic would kind of be exactly what Sonic's relationship with Chris is, but the difference is that it took one episode to address Helen's problem while it took two seasons to address Chris'.

[@arcanefury3666]

(Looks at the thumbnail) I'm pretty sure that's every Sonic fan

[@fury_b0wzer]

She made me feel... Things... I think Rouge made me realize I was bi

[@marx4538]

That's every not sane person. Fan or not, the important thing is that they're not sane.

[@arcanefury3666]

@@marx4538 I guess that makes me and 27 other people, and counting, insane.

[@marx4538]

@@arcanefury3666 Yes.

[@callumwarren3342]

@@arcanefury3666 I would say wanting to fuck an anthropomorphic bat is pretty insane.

[@skinnychumpz007]

Also Chris's grandpa is literally Rick.

[@de132]

I turned myself into a pickle, Chris! I'm a pickle. I'm Pickle Chuck!

[@Hylianguy38]

He reminds me more of Doc Brown from the Back to the Future movies.

[@Cartoonguy133]

You fucked with squirrels, Chris!

[@Pocket-Calculator]

@@Hylianguy38 Rick is literally Doc Brown from Back to the Future.

[@islandboy9381]

he is literally Doc Brown without being an interesting character or adding anything to the plot

[@FLYNN_TAGGART]

I think it's pretty important to mention that one of Chris's plot relevant human friends literally commits suicide by military in the Japanese version, but in the English dub she literally says "I must go, my planet needs me" (not verbatim, but she literally disappears because she wants to help her home planet). The enemy military is shown just mowing her down heartlessly without flinching in the original version. In English, they just freeze frame the shot, slide her ship off the top of the frame and pretend she just flew away.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

Heck, even when I was younger Sonic X did very, VERY little for me, if anything at all. I do like the theme song and the voice actors, though.

[@maxwasson2000]

I noticed that you kinda do sound like Sonic a bit, is that a coincidence?

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

You think you're SO funny?!

[@maxwasson2000]

I didn't expect you to reply to my comment, but okay, I have legit heard your voice and it does sound like Sonic.

[@killerOfMoons]

I still remember the Second episode of the Podcast and your break down over Chris.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

I got to see that now. How far in the podcast was it?

[@killerOfMoons]

Guanglai Kangyi, Age 15 around 48:00

[@koichidignitythief7429]

@@killerOfMoons I don't think I ever heard his voice get that high.

[@dankwaifu2093]

I remember of the early episodes that there were only three I really liked. That episode where Sonic and Knuckles fought was pretty expressive and Sonic actually had some personality in it, the episode where Sonic and the wheelchair girl went off looking for that island was fun, and the episode where Sonic was desperately trying to get off a cruise ship was funny. Really, the best episodes were one's where Sonic was proactive and didn't just sleep all day. How about that?

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

I really wish the initial version TMS made without Chris. Damn investors. Also shocked you included Inspector Gadget and held out on mentioning brown bricks.

[@ramiel3759]

It all happened cuz Doraemon made a thicc sucess in Japan(kid and fantastic mascot),so TMS,the same studio,took this idea again.

[@fireflygaming8764]

@@ramiel3759 I thought Inspector Gadget came into fruitation because of the legal hellhole that Lupin VIII would have been to produced. Also by the same studio.

[@cillbipher2613]

Sora called, he wants his hair back.

[@lordmegatron4789]

oh my god where have you been my whole life

[@Ilse446]

Chris is just a bad name in the sonic fandom, we got Chris Chan and I don’t need to mention anymore degenerates

[@bunsmasterbunny]

Except Chris Thorndyke is a great character so not really.

[@symester5o546]

If I can be honest, that "Gotta Go Fast" intro song is what made every episode feel awesome to me as a kid. I remember having a game boy chip with 5 episodes of Sonic X on it 😢 I miss those.

[@r3n3gad33]

It's amusing that this show can never leave TV. Think about it, it first began airing on the FoxBox/4KidsTV then it return as reruns in CW4Kids/Vortex for five years. And a while after those blocks ended, KidsClick came in and picked up the rights to air reruns of the show until it's demise earlier this year. So basically, Sonic X was a program that never leaves TV no matter what even after the show itself has been over for 13 years.

[@ElrobertosuperioESA]

Same thing with jimmy neutron Another show that ended in america in 2006 didnt leave nicks lineup until 2011 (WITH A RERUN OF JTPH in 2013) and didnt leave nicktoons offically until 2019 (YES COUNTING JTPH EPISODES SINCE FOP ALSO AIRES ON NICKTOONS) And went on nicksplat (NICKREWIND NOW) in january 2019 My boi jimbo can never leave television

[@playerback7722]

Yep

[@mrbanks456]

Does it help that the cringiest Sonic fan in existence was also named "Chris"?

[@ajshiro3957]

Alright, Sonic Battle. Fun fact, Ella's voiced by The Eggman.

[@fireassassin16]

Mike was one of the few great things to come from sonic x

[@Uncompromising_Mode]

Mike is the definition of a blue collar voice actor, he's in it for the paycheck. (WHICH IS FINE)

[@MatiasMishel96]

Sonic Says: Always wear a condom.

[@NuclearJesus211]

Kids, there's nothing cooler than raw dogging it. But if you riding the horse without a saddle; that's nooo good!

[@marx4538]

Fact: You could have been a better person and actually evolved instead of having instinct pleasure and wasting your lifetime. You're only getting closer to your death, you never achieved anything and you try to act like you're intellectual because your life didn't become as hellish as it could be, but that doesn't change the fact you could have been a much better and more intelligent person.

[@jaythan.221]

@@marx4538 Calm down. They're just making jokes dude. Youre saying all this stuff as a kirby characther. Please, let them make a joke

[@marx4538]

@@jaythan.221 I was also making a joke. Also, what is wrong with Kirby characters acting like posts from r/iamverysmart?

[@Feenry]

That cut-away about *not going away there is more Sonic X* gave me so much nostalgia

[@TevyaSmolka]

I agree sonic x had some good ideas but bad execution

[@person.w9780]

Completely agree with that.

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@person.w9780 indeed ;)

[@kieranstark7213]

Thank God I ain't one of the only people who thonk that Sonic X had potential to be good but couldn't warrant a cult following for its execution where the show just became edgy with gender stereotyoes like Amy Rose as the cruel-yet-meant-to-be-mostly-kind teenage Serena-the-Unprofessional-Pokemon-Trainer girl that was head-over-heels over male teenagers that either she is too excruciating and weak for or they would treat her wrong by breaking up with her by beating her up. So, what do you think of Archie Sonic X comics then??

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@kieranstark7213 yeah i can agree with that sonic x had potential to be really good.

[@BugsyFoga]

Nobody: The Sonic X theme song : "Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go , Gotta go Fast , Gotta go Fast , Gotta go Faster , Faster , Faster , Faster , Faster"

[@jonnyboy4289]

I've just watched the 2020 movie and I consider it almost like Sonic X but done right with likable characters.