Sonic the Hedgehog

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Contents 1 Video games 2 Animation 3 Comic books 4 Genetics

Sonic the Hedgehog is a fictional hedgehog character that serves as the mascot of the Japanese video game company Sega. The name is also the title of several entries in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games, and of several spin-off comic books and animated cartoons based on the game franchise.

[edit] Video games

• Sonic the Hedgehog (series), the video game series as a whole.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (character), the central character of the franchise.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (video game), first game of the franchise.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game), released for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

[edit] Animation

• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, an animated comedy TV series originally aired in September 1993 in the United States; also abbreviated as AoStH.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series), a darker and more serious animated TV series in the United States that also began in September 1993 to December 1994, usually called SatAM for its Saturday morning timeslot on the ABC network.
• Sonic Underground, an animated TV series that aired in the United States from 1999, featuring Sonic and his two siblings: his brother, Manic, and his sister, Sonia.
• Sonic X (2003-2006), an anime TV series in which Sonic and his friends are transported to Earth.
• Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1999), an anime movie featuring Sonic in a battle with his rival Metal Sonic; originally released as two OVAs in Japan (1996).

[edit] Comic books

• Sonic the Comic, a comic book series published in the United Kingdom by Fleetway.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Comic), the variation of the Sonic character in the Sonic the Comic series.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (comic), a comic book series published by Archie Comics and based on the games and the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (American TV and Comic), the specific variation of the Sonic character in the above comic and the SatAM TV series.
• Sonic X, a comic book set in the same universe as the Sonic X anime.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Manga), a series published in Japan featuring Sonic as the alter ego of an ordinary hedgehog named Nicky Parlouzer.

[edit] Genetics

• Sonic Hedgehog, one of three widely-studied proteins in the mammalian hedgehog family. It is named after the video game character.