I've kinda been noticing this on this dub rewatch but certain shots looks like they came out of WB Kids-era shows that had TMS do some of their episodes!
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All Sonic is doing is dodging because, well, "Anger makes you stupid."

Knuckles is always angry.

(Smirks as waiting for it to land) #SonicX

"'nuff talk! Let's go!" Ah, yes, Dan Green is giong with "KNUCKLES HAVE WORD OF DAY CALENDAR, KNUCKLES SMASH AFTER LEARN LANGUAGE!" approach. #SonicX

I do NOT know how Andrew Rannells pitched his voice so high to play Bokkun. Yes, THIS Andrew Rannells!
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Turns out the whole Emerald thing was a plant by Eggman to capture Sonic's friends and...

"It isn't MY FAULT---" The thing I love about anybody who's assigned to play Eggman is they know how to MAKE Eggman both reconizable AND their own. #SonicX

Eggman's messenger bot shows up with a message from Knuckles and...

"This message brought to you buy the Eggman Empire, who is not responsible for it's content...except this part."

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

Ok, THAT version was funnier. #SonicX

"Now if I can only blink, everything would be perfect..." Lisa Ortiz was the right call for this kind of unhinged version of Amy. #SonicX

Amy tells everybody the news says there's another Chaos Emerald, but Sonic...says no because he's been there before...and Amy said it was gonna be a picnic.

"If I drive, I'll get spotted!" ...the fact that the Japanese version makes him 8 makes me wait for a punchline that's not coming. #SonicX

Yes, Ella is voiced by Mike Pollack (Robotnik/Eggman) in this version...which makes THIS waaaay more awkward.
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"Can't Inap in piece?" Reminder: This takes place sometime after the Genesis games, Sonic isn't in his Adventure-onward persona yet. #SonicX

We meet Ella, played by a dude (Meat's VA) and...I gotta be honest, when I found out she was voiced by a dude in the Japanese version, I kinda now get why Sega gave the ok for this one. #SonicX

I also love that it's the video games that say it's either Sonic's world or Earth (Depending on who you ask) but the comic books, under two different Sega mandates, either can't have the humans show up for awhile (IDW), or...

youtu.be/JlmzUEQxOvA?...

(Archie) #SonicX

"I'm sick and tired of Sonic turning everything into a game."
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"Does anybody know where they come from or how they work?" Magic.

No, that's no joke, both Sonic cannon and expanded media are worlds where magic and tech co-exist. A wizard was actually gonna be the villain in SATam Season 3 before it got the ax. #SonicX

"...and return to where we came from."
It's SO weird how the Mario re-canonized Mario and Luigi's Brooklyn origins but SEGA is giving the word "Mobius" a HUUUUUUUUGE berth despite it being in most of Sonic media for a long time.
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Considering the comics, both Archie AND IDW, have gone out of their way to make Knuckles not only LESS stupid, but actually just as level headed AS Sonic, you have to wonder if Sonic Team hated making the guy. #SonicX

Remember, up to this point, in Sonic X's timeline, the games were Sonic, 2, Spinball,, the game gear games, 3, & Knuckles, and Triple Trouble.

So, this means Eggman pulled the "I'm innocent, that brat did it" ploy on Knucklehead 3! DIFFERENT! TIMES! to this point. Yes, this is No. 4! #SonicX

Okay, we're doing #SonicX all over again only this time it's the 4Kids dub! This version I'm mainly gonna focus on commentary on the 4Kids actors and the script!
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We open on Knuckles pissed off (What else is new?) that he can't be near the Master Emerald when Eggman just happens to bump into him...with the "I'm just a weak old man, Sonic did it."

AND TIME! #SonicX

The OG Japanese version of this show has made him PREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETY dumb (They even made a joke about it in the third season). What will the dub and Dan Green do?

What do you think? "Cracking Knuckles!" #SonicX