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Sonic Retrospective: Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik’s Teeth

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Yesterday over on Instagram, the unused opening cinematic for Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood began to circulate, showcasing how the cinematic would have appeared running on a Nintendo DS. The cinematic is actually not a new discovery, as the video of the full unused intro released back in December 2021. All that said, this article was really just an excuse to post the unused intro but since it isn’t news, I thought instead I’d take a quick look back at Doctor Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik’s teeth!

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie logo revealed, Jim Carrey is back as Doctor Robotnik

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In a very Shadow filled week, the Paramount Pictures and Sonic movie social media accounts have shared an official look at the logo for the upcoming third Sonic film, which will fittingly be titled Sonic the Hedgehog 3. In addition to the logo reveal, which was accompanied by an orchestration of Sonic Adventure 2‘s “Live and Learn”, Variety broke the news that Jim Carrey is returning as Doctor “Eggman” Robotnik. Carrey’s involvement was up in the air after the actor alluded to retiring from acting, though he did say he was not fully retiring. Clearly the Sonic movies are a good time for Jim, which explains his returning to the role.

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Newly uncovered Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) concept art gives us an early look at a robotic Dr. Robotnik

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Way back in 1991, when Sonic the Hedgehog burst onto the scene in his debut game, the title made such an impact in the west that TV networks and animation studios scrambled to create an animated series starring the blue blur. With Sonic came his cast of video game co-stars however at the time Sonic’s stable of characters was quite small. Outside of the little animal friends and badniks, we had Sonic, Eggman (localized as Doctor Robotnik) and eventually, in 1992, Tails. The first animated series to get the green light was what fans affectionately call “Sonic SatAM” or just “SatAM” as the series aired weekly on ABC Saturday mornings. This series retained Sonic, Tails and Robotnik, but also expanded the cast to include the Freedom Fighters as well as a lackey for Robotnik named Snively.

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