Sonic Christmas Blast - Phelous

Robotnik tries to take over Christmas as Robotik Claus but Sonic will destroy Christmas before he lets that happen.
Originally Released: December 10, 2012
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[@lucke1002]

What gets me about this special, is that the kid immediately resorts to physical violence at the prospect of giving someone else a gift on Christmas. Who's really misunderstanding Christmas here?

[@CJCroen1393]

To be fair, I'd punch Robotnik too. No real reason. Robotnik just sucks.

[@HeilRay]

AT Productions He always is

[@erainmartinez8175]

Damn if only 8:05

[@androidmk5987]

@@CJCroen1393 I would myself would beat this one to death, the other version have various reasons.

[@gracekim25]

Let’s not forget the child with a clone🤣

[@norbertovalle7928]

Best “EARLY END CREDITS” joke(s) EVER in an episode

[@norbertovalle7928]

Every year Phelous, every fuking year, I put this shit on, & That Fukin “early end credits” joke never gets old. I show it to my buddies over in Texas, & we all fukin love it man, it’s THAT legendary! lol

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

18:36 - "Happiness is always so much more enjoyable when it's based on the misery of millions." I cannot believe how perfectly that lined up. >.> Probably the best line in the show, honestly, especially with the line delivery.

[@JB-ms4su]

PINGAS!!!!

[@GabyGeorge1996]

Piness

[@charlesm7215]

"It's a water tower full of _prostitutes._ *Merry Christmas."*

[@BNK2442]

Exactly what I wanted for Christmas! :-D

[@jeffbroadbent5072]

This was truly the pinnacle of the Early Credits joke. Your Christmas-related reviews always seem to be some of your absolute funniest for some reason. Happy Holidays to you Phelan.

[@gracekim25]

Ah 100% agree 😊 You can imagine my delight when this got referenced recently

[@AquaLantern]

A pink Sally, eh? Looks like Sonic was doing recolors way before Deviantart was even conceived :/

[@kempocornelius4874]

that was her original coloring in the comics

[@kimifw58]

Oh. Burn.

[@nomduclavier]

LordManda2 LET'S START A PETITION

[@matane2465]

That was her colouring in the pilot of sat am.

[@reptile1677]

M K no it wasnt

[@bloodhazard67]

I didn't know there were two separate sonic shows. As a kid, i thought they were the same show and just had massive tonal shifts.

[@KOTEBANAROT]

11 months late, but that would actually be fucking amazing. Like, everything is dark and brooding and boring and whatever and then this fucking hedgehog appears and everything turns bright and crazy, even robotnik.

[@LadyCoyKoi]

I liked the goofy one with the Super Mecha Death Cock (Scratch). The other one was just boring and I never really got into it. I knew there were two of them, but I only paid attention to one of them, because Dr Robotnik and his minions were funnier in that series. Made me like all of the characters, because they were all needed to make the episode hilarious. I would prefer if they called the funny version The Crazy Adventures of Sonic, so that the two aren't confused as the same thing.

[@danielkiciak9899]

Shark Week That's exactly how the Germans aired both of those shows on RTL in the 90s.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

That's what happened in italy.

[@gracekim25]

@@LadyCoyKoi I’m confused

[@byronchandler5000]

Your Scratch voice really cracks me up, Phelous. LOL!!! It's really spot on. 😄😄😄😄

[@Cheeyev]

'Got to get a gift, got to get a gift for "SALLLY...."'

[@tfmaster96]

sonic: 'I hate "SALLY...."

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Sally Is not athletic.

[@reptile1687]

sally is pathetic

[@otakon17]

3:02 dude props just for that Merchant costume, that's some quality stuff! And WARM too given the setting.

[@robinthereanimator5400]

Watching this review ever year around christmas has become a bit of a personal christmas traditon

[@gracekim25]

Ooo I should do that too

[@BigAmericanGirlFan]

Same here. I compile all of my subscribers' videos related to Christmas in a playlist to watch during the season

[@ElNingyou]

That drill to the face bit is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen and I pull it up whenever I randomly feel like cackling like a ticklewitch.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Does anybody else think Scratch sounds just like the Nostalgia Critic screaming?

[@Nakia11798]

ExplorerDS6789 He does indeed

[@wastelandlegocheem]

It's funny you mwntion that since nastalgia critic actually reviewed this show lol

[@robotnikcentric64]

Kind of.

[@gracekim25]

A little bit 2021

[@pikachuthecritic3940]

And grounder sounds like a drunk AVGN

[@herschalshep]

"Wow, I can't believe there was swearing in a Sonic cartoon" I'm genuinely disappointed you didn't cut to Sonic saying "Shit" in the Japanese dub of Sonic X. No joke, he says that in English in the second episode.

[@grainnequinn1101]

Wow ! How did they get any with that?

[@herschalshep]

Grainne Quinn I could be wrong on this, but I think in Japan swearing in English has less impact. Like, there's fewer words in the Japanese language as a negative declaration, so they carry about as much weight as saying "Dammit" even if it's saying something like "Shit".

[@mindlessgonzo]

I rather have Woah Shit than Watch It.

[@KatKevaKelise]

Trunks Vegeta Briefs - Please learn to spell and use punctuation. Reading your ‘comment’ was too painful.

[@daseal1479]

He also says damn a few times.

[@SharpDesign]

I feel dumb for never getting that joke about Tails real name.

[@urpiorihuela]

2020: I need my Christmas spirit to quarantine so I watched Christmas phelous again

[@ChrissehCat]

The silly version of Sonic was pretty much my favorite cartoon in 2nd & 3rd grade. I liked the SatAM version, but it always frustrated me that it was only on Saturday mornings and I'd wait all week only to either sleep in and miss it or be presented with a rerun. Anyway, the silly one was kind of stupid and over the top, but when you're 8 or 9 years old and a class-clown/tomboy, that's the kind of stuff you're into.

[@RyushuSuperCat]

that is a scarily accurate impression of Scratch, Phelous

[@Jaimas]

Phelan, I love your delivery. You always manage to strike this humorous balance of dry wit, sarcasm, and smarm that juxtaposes perfectly against what you review. Kudos!

[@171QA]

I remember watching this as a kid. Thankfully my brain wasn't developed enough to remember the plot.... until now.

[@K10thekunt]

i just wanted to say that im glad that you're one of the critics on youtube who's nicer towards adventures of sonic the hedgehog compared to a lot of others, i personally enjoy AOSTH even tho objectively its not that great

[@Dreigonix]

18:36 The moment we all came here for.

[@phoenixdown5181]

5:43 OHHHHHHH THE SHAAAADE This is why I love you, Phelous

[@mesousagaby740]

Just discovered that apperantly Sally WAS meant to have lines in this special as her VA, Kath Soucie was meant to reprise her role, but she was busy working on Space Jam voicing Lola Bunny, so the most they could do is Sally doing a gasp being voiced by Tabitha St. Germain. Yeah, Tabitha has been voice acting for that long.

[@matane2465]

The thing that always bothered me about this Sonic and SatAM sonic is the animators didn't seem to understand how Sonic's eyes work. He always blinks his pupils. Hey animators those big white things are eyes.

[@The3y3]

Sonic team doesn’t even understand how eyes work

[@popman1997]

I'm pretty sure that the slightly dyed Sally is just Amy Rose in disguise

[@TheArceusftw]

+popman1997 So Shippers haven't trapped Sonic in a Love Triangle(Or Love Polyhedron if you want to go even further) Between 2 girls, and instead is trapped in in a fan-made love triangle between 2 alter egos of the same girl??

[@ScatterbrainPete]

+TheArceusftw That actually makes more sense considering that in the original American Sega CD manual to Sonic CD, Amy was refered to as Princess Sally. Sally is just an American version of Amy!

[@TheArceusftw]

***** I'm pretty sure that was somewhat of a translation error.

[@Davethe3rd]

TheArceusftw More like, nobody knew who Amy was yet and since the only female character ever at that point was Sally...

[@spookyrosev6467]

Then again the US version of Sonic CD replaced Amy with Princess Sally in the manual

[@BooNube]

literally am 30 and never got the Miles Per Hour thing

[@lilsingingsensation]

I learned that out of a Nick Magazine when I was a kid

[@HeilRay]

2 fast 4 me

[@tossingturnips]

One of the best Christmas special reviews. Happy 10th Anniversary (plus a few days) to this video!

[@hexicsushi]

Thanks for putting the entire theme song in the credits. Otherwise I would have had to look it up after watching this because the nostalgia hit me.

[@AllenShircliff]

Those Robots remind me of Buzz and Delete from Cyberchase.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

Oh yeah, I remember Hacker being accused of being a Robotnik ripoff, and then I saw an episode of Cyberchase and noted a similarity in the shape of their lairs...

[@AllenShircliff]

BagOfMagicFood Agreed dude also I hate Buzz and Delete because they feel like the dumbest Borg in the collective and I see why they got kicked out of the collective

[@The_Foxymew]

I literally got the pun of Miles Prower at the same time Phelous did. Huh. It's a good one.

[@dragonlover7196]

"you're a fine little boy"

[@LauraSusanJohnson]

"ROOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOOOOOT NIIIIIIIIIIIIK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@mikethegrunty5968]

That’s no good

[@scottylewis8124]

Hi Dr robotnik. I'm Chris Hansen.

[@olgamihailovic3425]

That's the best part of the video for me, it always gets me XD

[@SammyRenard]

y'know, that SatAM intro REALLY is good

[@RazorRevenge]

6:01 Robotnik is a Crystal Gem confirmed

[@WittingStudios]

An Xtremely Sonic Christmas Blast and Knuckles 3: Featuring Dante from Devil May Cry and Knuckles 3: Knuckles Collection.

[@Mochitachi70]

With no Knuckles!

[@OnDavidsBrain]

This is the dumbest Creepypasta I've seen yet. Thanks OLD MAN!!!

[@bingle2484]

wrong video

[@arbiter11171]

Right video.

[@stlouisrocker100]

HEEEEEEE!

[@yini3196]

You never get enough of Sonic the Hedgehog.

[@Nuggetlover96]

WAIT. WAIT. WAAAAIT.... ARE YOU SERIOUSLY TELLING ME THAT FOR EIGHTEEN FUCKING YEARS I PLAYED THE SONIC GAMES (and unfortunately loved watching this show as a kid) AND ONLY NOW I GET TOLD THAT FUCKING MILES PROWER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 'MILES PER HOUR'?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!

[@MachineD3vil]

The word play is on point

[@gracekim25]

@@MachineD3vil aye

[@smb-c3po]

I'm not Sonic, I'm my own original character Blonic,

[@lilsingingsensation]

Sora Song I'm the ACTUAL KNUCKLES Trapped in the REAL WORLD

[@smb-c3po]

lilsingingsensation Knuckles, get your hands out of those pheasants Eggman: "Attention Station Square! Pingas! That is all!"

[@Crash__Down]

+Sora Song I've heard Blonic from something before

[@lilsingingsensation]

SuperCrazyCrasher UkinoJoe

[@smb-c3po]

lilsingingsensation I remember him. He made fun of Edd Gould. At least he summed up KZbin comments in a nutshell.

[@dgvpereira]

Was about to whatch this in your site again and you post it. IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!! BTW: Merry Christmas from Portugal, looking forward for your "Cricket and the something- part 2" Review

[@phelous]

Thanks! That one is up on the site now actually: phelous.com/2014/12/21/phelous/and-the-movies/cricket-on-the-hearth-part-2/

[@dgvpereira]

Phelan Porteous Gonna see it right next.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

dgvpereira it's glorious.

[@dgvpereira]

Glorious indeed. Especially the part where the captain shoots the animals.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

dgvpereira that left me speechless. just...why?

[@norbertovalle7928]

Every year Phelous, every fuking year, I put this shit on, & That Fukin “early end credits” joke never gets old. I show it to my buddies over in Texas, & we all fukin love it man, it’s THAT legendary

[@gracekim25]

I will NEVER get tired of the early credit gag 😂 it’s just so funny 😆 I saw this in 2015 or 2016 on my old account from 2015🤔

[@gracekim25]

I JUST realised your top says Dr Vekmen 😊 Not sure why it took me so long to notice 😅

[@Lukethefox]

Sally: "sonic i..." Sonic: "YOU'RE STANDING IN MY SCREEN TIME!!"

[@schlamuffenimperator9460]

Santa wasn't pessimistic, he was just tired of all the shit. That's why he came up with a fake prophecy and had set up that lazy asswipe of easy tasks for Sonic, so he could finally enjoy his retirement.

[@mr.needlemouse32x]

in the comics (which are a continuation of the satam show) Sonic was quite the player anyway, getting girlfriends left and right.

[@rassilontdavros3004]

Nether let's plays They're technically an alternate continuity to SatAM, even before the reboot.

[@e93sports80]

Love your imitation on that chicken guy.

[@devanhinskey9001]

“Ahh, hapPINESS is always so much more enjoyable when it’s based on the misery of millions!” -Dr. Ivo Robotnik

[@CatMaster90001]

Why did Phelous not take advantage of the Piness meme? He was courteous enough to reference the Yee meme in Dinosaur Adventure, begrudgingly as he did so...

[@WittingStudios]

Not a lot of people know about the Yee meme. Pingus meme is so old, Jesus came late to it.

[@CatMaster90001]

Jay Sherman That may be so... but goddamn, is that icon of yours funny as fuck. XD Which episode of The Critic is that from??

[@WittingStudios]

I cannot remember, it's been so long.

[@CatMaster90001]

Jay Sherman It's fine, I understand. ^^ I guess I'll just wait until I actually watch the series first. X3

[@nomduclavier]

CatMaster90001 Wait, that was actually a meme? I thought he was joking.

[@PeterMichaels-hs4mb]

Phelous does a great Scratch impression.

[@FrenchPaul1988]

So... There's little to no time for Sonic to go save Christmas, but he still needs to pass the challenges before he's approved into the Speed Force or whatever ? Feels as stupid as making the dogs race before sending them on the rescue mission in Dingo Pictures' Balto...

[@thomasdasilva1464]

I think the fact we live in a society that produced the Scratch voice makes AOSTH more horrific than the intentionally dark version.

[@tomlawrence2706]

Best review of this special!

[@manat31790]

I'm pretty sure Archie Sonic did the AoSTH Silver Age comic madness better than the TV show. They even had Pink Sally in it

[@ShyGuy83]

My favorite thing about this special is the fact that they got a different child actor to play Tails as Christopher Welch was most likely too old to voice the character because of, well, puberty, and the fact that his voice and testicles would have already dropped at that point.

[@jeroenvanwees3250]

``7 miles south of the north-pole''. THAT'S NOT HELPING!!

[@blyjd91]

So this is where PINESS came from.

[@reptile1677]

It’s pingas

[@gracekim25]

@@reptile1677 no that was SMG4

[@reptile1677]

@@gracekim25 no see its the combination snooPING AS

[@gracekim25]

@@reptile1677 wait🤔 huh?😅

[@reptile1677]

@@gracekim25 yeah the original line was snooping as usual i see, but for reason he put alot of empathis on the ping

[@johnatandelacuso4174]

Anyone else think Pheloud sounds like Mai Valentine in YGOTAS when he talks like that girl hedgehog thing

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

Turns out, the modern interpretation IS just that: A pessimist due to overcrowding, meaning a surge of naughty children.

[@apersonnamedjune7410]

To be fair, Sonic didn't know that Breezy was a robot....

[@thema1998]

Since my comments were marked as spam in the past, I don't know if anyone is going to see this: I just watched Sonic Christmas Blast for the first time since the mid-2010s a few days ago. After watching the entirety of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog from March 1 to May 14, I have more of an appreciation for it now than I did back then. 🤓

[@mikeykitty1235]

I think the reason why they made Sally bright pink is because it is meant to help tie in the cartoon and the video game series more. In the video games, Sally was a pink hedgehog named Amy Rose.

[@sonadowfangirl30869]

In the video games there is no Sally and Amy is a seperate character.

[@mikeykitty1235]

Still, it was just a theory/speculation. I am not saying I'm right. You ARE right though. Which means the reason why Sally is pink is because, the designers just fucked up.

[@mikeykitty1235]

***** Gee thanks. Been smoking ten packs of cigars to come up with that?

[@mikeykitty1235]

***** How about just shut up please?

[@sonadowfangirl30869]

Don't feed the troll. He/she is probably snickering behind their screen right now.

[@erikhawkke4861]

So Sonic was moving so fast now he would quite probably ignite the atmosphere around him, let alone blast whole metropolitan areas with multiple compressed sonic booms? Merry Christmas kids! Enjoy your popped eardrums followed by burning alive!

[@mikusz3]

Scratch and Grounder wearing the "R" shirts look like the abandoned members of Team Rocket.

[@fritzy8318]

*Grounder not Grounded.

[@TheCovahHavoc]

I am going to start watching this review as a Christmas tradition! Kick ass review as always! Still love freaking people out with 11:14 - 11:26.

[@2doot]

We wish you a merry PINGAS and a happy new year.

[@robotnikcentric64]

4:32 Actually, there is a counterargument to this. In episodes like "Zoobotnik" for example, there are some cavemen and did have some human inhabitants in Sonic's world, you do have a point of them mostly consisting of anthropomorphic characters, but there were some humans aside from just Robotnik. (What was the whole point of researching this from a review in 2012 and a show from 1993 no less? I dunno, just thought to be informative I suppose)

[@teh_supar_hackr]

this was my itnturduction to sonic's tv show.

[@KatKevaKelise]

This was your WHAT???

[@gracekim25]

@@KatKevaKelise introduction

[@combatking0]

18:36 - "Piness!"

[@thenerdofmanyfandoms7835]

Me: Oh, a Sonic Christmas special? I bet its laughably bad! I hear the 'in the hall of the mountain king' sonic theme playing Me: crap... *cries for what I'm about to watch*

[@UndeadHavoc1]

18:36 "AHHH! A penus is always so much more enjoyable when it's based on the misery of millions..." I remember the narrator from How the Grinch Stole Christmas once saying that the Grinch had a tiny, filthy penis. Now I know where that bit originated :o

[@berpipo]

seriously, this special is glorious! how come i never heard of it before? if sonic doesnt become santa in sonic boom i'll be really disspointed!

[@dcfanboy5841]

Sonic boom sucks

[@pauladudleycreatfeat]

Sonic Boom's actually pretty funny, all flaws aside.

[@gracekim25]

@@dcfanboy5841 actually it really isn’t bad…😅 it’s pretty funny…hold on your channel exists just to troll marvel fans? God you have NO LIFE🤦‍♀️ get a job

[@gracekim25]

@@pauladudleycreatfeat agreed

[@drjoshfox]

Every Robotni-buck will be worth five times a Green Hill Mobium

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

Ahhh... Hap "PINESS" is always so much more enjoyable, when it's based on the misery of millions!

[@AguFungus]

Thank you for giving us nightmares with that third eye. Merry Piness!

[@Daruqe]

PINESS

[@youaretearingmeapartlisa7253]

Let's kick some ICE! EXTREME!!!

[@MegaHoro]

We watch this one every year

[@joekearon1336]

It's kinda sad that this is the best looking episode of any 90s Sonic cartoon.

[@fenrir-art4742]

Those challenges led to the creation of few Sonic the Hedgehog games that made franchise look too silly including the snow boarding one.

[@kempocornelius4874]

the reason princess sally is pink is because that was her original coloring in the Comic books and human did exist on Mobius but were called " overlanders" , both shows came after the comic and i think they were trying to blend it all together in this shitty Christmas special.. :p

[@Fanimati0n]

Phelous not trying to pretend that Doug's review style isn't stupid without actually saying it is even funnier after changethechannel

[@gracekim25]

Um this was made in 2012 mate

[@JThom529]

@@gracekim25I think they mean it aged well

[@gracekim25]

@@JThom529 OH 😅 ok right 👍

[@HaileyBabi]

Never zoom in on that creepy Santa Again! 😨😰😱😱

[@TsukiCondor]

i this review is my fab phelous review because how funny it is

[@CattyMintgum]

I always liked the Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog more...xD I dunno why.

[@TheArceusftw]

+Catty Mintgum Yeah I like this more than Satam!(OH YEAH I SAID IT! COME AT ME WITH YOUR SHARPEST PITCHFORKS!)

[@christopherjones8448]

+TheArceusftw I prefer shotguns

[@TheArceusftw]

Christopher Jones Bullet's do nothing to me!!

[@PlanetZoidstar]

Because it doesn't take itself too seriously and its Robotnik isn't a 2-dimensional evil-for-the-sake-of-evil villain. Say what you want about the comical, incompetent AoSTH Robotnik, he actually had a range of emotions beyond just "menacing" and "evil"

[@gracekim25]

@@TheArceusftw there’s nothing wrong with that 🤷‍♀️

[@Mochitachi70]

12:38 Jotaro Kujonic and his Stand, STrash Platinum

[@sdm47]

12:21 is he flipping me off?

[@ScowlieMeerkat]

I just noticed that due to Earth being (fairly) spherical, "7 miles south of the north pole" could mean anywhere along a roughly 44-mile long loop. Those are some terrible directions right there, Ass Driller.

[@davidspring4003]

Scratch and Grounder weren't made the same way as the other Robotnik robots. Just saying.

[@CyberLance26]

No robots were made by using animals in this show.

[@JThom529]

So Sonic murdered them In Cold blood despite them giving him information on Santa’s whereabouts? Tsk tsk who’s the real satan Claus?!

[@eddihurta7173]

Hey the drawings look like how I used to draw in the 1st grade.

[@zmbdog]

Sonic X-treme really looks like it would've been terrible. I'm actually glad it was cancelled.

[@duncananderson2113]

7:24 play this at 0.25× Speed

[@SailorJenova]

lol, Breezy! I actually remember the name of the robot girl hedgehog!

[@crustycheetah]

I think tails actually said "watch it" instead of "oh sh*t"

[@jamesoblivion]

#naughtylist

[@KatKevaKelise]

He knows. He even mentions that he knows.

[@gracekim25]

At least I can say I’ve gotten better at understanding sarcasm and your visual gag jokes😊 (or at least compared to 2015 me😅) How did I miss that Santa reel joke?😂

[@JThom529]

Honestly, no one should remember Reel, period lol

[@gracekim25]

@@JThom529 oh don’t worry I completely understand that. It’s just I only just noticed he said Santa reel🤣 so I was late on that one….let’s just say someone was kind enough to watch it and cover what it is so I have context now

[@FinkelmistcomicsProduction]

Sonic's hand keeps gaining and losing a finger

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

It's funny I saw this special as a kid but at the same time I don't remember any of it. for the record I was born in 91 and i'm 24 then again my bro died in 97 so prob some repression

[@Kaefer1973]

While I never in my life cared fore people who "have an atitude", I think I would have liked that "darker" Sonic cartoon as a child judging by it's credits scene (intro scene?). I consider it a shame it never ran here.

[@ToroFox]

Glad Robotnic upgraded to Orbot and CUbot.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

The only good thing to come out of this is PINESS!

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

I always rather liked scratch , grounder and especially coconut. But robotnic in this version of the show always made me feel uncomfortable.