With a
cliffhanger
ending such as
the one the
SatAM had, many
questions arise.
For one, who did
the glowing eyes
behind Snively
belong to? Well,
some time ago,
the main writer
for the second
season, Ben
Hurst showed up
on AFSH. One of
the first
questions he was
asked was what
would have
become of Sonic
SatAM in season
3.
According to
Ben, the red
eyes were none
other than
Naugus! However,
others still
keep an open
mind (and some
just like to
disagree). Some
say it was Metal
Sonic and others
believe it was
Knuckles.
Anyway, Snively
tries to take
control but
ultimately
fails. On the
verge of loosing
it all to our
heroes, he turns
to the Void
where Naugus is
happily
torturing
Robotnik.
Snively frees
Naugus and in
the process,
also frees King
Acorn (yea!) and
Robotnik. Naugus
then assumes
control,
Robotnik becomes
his lackey and,
Naugus plans to
use the king as
bate to capture
the Sally.
Snively, now a
nobody, turns to
the Freedom
Fighters (double
yea!)
But the third
season sadly
never aired for
many reasons.
***Some believe
images cels were
being sold
illegally and I
can tell you for
sure THIS
IS NOT TRUE!!***.
Ben Hurst
himself wrote me
an email on this
and reasons for
cancellation and
here's what he
had to say:
(The
Following Letter
was sent to
Sonique. The
original Author
of this Article.
Sonique has
since given up
control of the
site to
RockyRaccoon (aka-
Daniel McMann.).
Please do not
ask for
Sonique's
contact info.)
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Sonique,
No, the reasons
were not as you
outlined, but
simply bad
timing and
politics.
First, we were
up against Power
Rangers, which
was the big kid
on the block and
so we didn't get
the ratings
required to keep
Sonic SatAM
going. Second,
the President of
ABC children's
programming -
who was the
champion of the
show - was
fired. As often
happens, a new
broom sweeps
clean - and
Sonic was a
"product of the
old regime" and
thus the new
executives had
no interest in
it.
Cels were
marketed by DIC
during the
second season -
but that was a
deal approved by
Sega and quite
legitimate. I
even bought some
myself, which
were packaged
with the
original line
drawings and the
original
background.
They're my
favorite
animation
collectables. I
have one each of
Sonic and Sally
from the opening
credits - and a
5 layer cel of
Robotnik, also
from the opening
credits.
I hope this
clears the air.
Take care,
Ben
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