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All-American Metal: The Saga of PSEUDO-SONIC!

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Mecha March Madness is FINALLY back for year 2. Kicking things off by looking at America's first attempt at a robotic replica of the blue blur: PSEUDO SONIC!

Resources:

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Pseudo's AOSTH episode:
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Johnny Vector's Extralife video:
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20 Comments

@RoninCatholic 4 years ago

Tails's intelligence actually is canonically touched on in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, it's just that him being a very young child is generally emphasized. And just like in the games, it mostly manifests as his talent for machinery, which was downplayed in SatAM as that'd have infringed on Rotor Walrus's niche.

@SuperSonic68 4 years ago (edited)

Fun fact! I actually have an animation cell of Psudo-Sonic from Adventures Of as well! My cell is of Psudo himself. I can confirm that he is just as unappealing to look at even in his purest form.

@hattoripool1533 4 years ago

I can totally see this as a unused Metal Sonic prototype laying around in a secret base Eggman has

@ToaArcan 4 years ago

It's kinda funny that Tails defeated Pseudo-Sonic in the comics, considering he was also the member of the FF that defeated Evil Sonic/Scourge the first time the heroes clashed with their counterparts. I suppose it tracks that the guy who spends the most time fighting alongside Sonic would be the best-equipped to defeat an evil version of him.

@fishflop_ 4 years ago

13:08 Dude, as awful as the character designs for the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters are, I absolutely loved the idea that there were other groups of Freedom Fighters with cool and unique animals included. The Downunda Freedom Fighters were slightly better, and then of course the Chaotix were the best example.

@Jarararararara 4 years ago

I can easily see Eggman making a knockoff Sonic with a gigantic nose on purpose just to get revenge for all the 'walrus with two paintbrushes shoved up his nose' jokes

@certifiednobody 4 years ago

In my headcanon, Pseudo and Silver Sonic are the prototypes to the Metal and Mecha lines of robots. While Silver Sonic would find his place in the Stardust Speedway, Pseudo was killed off much like in Archie.

@superluigi018 4 years ago

One of these days Nick may finally do Archie speed reading and actually get to the story this month is named after… one of these days…

@ryninja5788 4 years ago

I love pseudo Sonic. He’s really unique compared to the other metal Sonics, with is personality being so close to sonic’s and not either a mindless husk or metal sonic. He’s not perfect, but he’s great.

@TUM_Toons 4 years ago (edited)

See? Someone mistaking HIM for Sonic would be more believable. He looks just like him... except robotic... and has sharp teeth... and a bit bulkier... but still, I love him all the same

@mistersp3753 4 years ago

I kind of like the name Mr S. It sounds so mysterious, like a secret agent or a mob boss.

@L337M4573RK 4 years ago

Pseudo-Sonic was a product of the early-mid 1990's, and was geared towards younger kids with it's goofy, non-threatening design. By definition, the Pseudo-Sonic from the comics was an ANDROID, while the version from the cartoon show was (in fact) a robot/mech. It all boils down to one being fully autonomous and sentient (like Metal Sonic), and the other requiring a pilot to operate it. That said, yes, Metal Sonic is, by definition, an ANDROID as well (though Metal Sonic is much more self-aware, has the ability to incorporate foreign machines/objects, and can "evolve" depending on the circumstances).

@Gilbot9000 4 years ago

I loved the goofiness of this robot as a kid. He was perfectly suited to the medium he was created for, and it was fun to see the Looney Tunes antics going off with him.

@robertwyatt3912 4 years ago

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@JohnnyVector 4 years ago

7:14 Haha wow! Attacking innocent old ladies. Does this make Pseudo-Sonic the evilest metallic Sonic?? (And thanks for the shout-out!)

@Clark-k8v8p 9 months ago

2:03 beast wars mentioned

@mistersp3753 4 years ago

Pseudo Sonic at least had one great moment in the cartoon when he pitted a little old lady against a bus. Guess who came out on top in that one?

@AzrielArcade 4 years ago

You know, I actually like Pesudo Sonic. Yeah he's goofy and bizzare, but having him as almost the first Sonic Robot, he's really cool. If given a better design, he could be really interesting! Granted, like many Sonic Robots it would cramp Metal Sonic's style, but hey I think he could fit somewhere. Probably would have been well at home in Sonic Boom for example. XP

@ChaosIsaacZero 4 years ago

I always had a fondness for the stubby design of Pseudo Sonic. It's honestly the only design that to me tends to pass as a fake Sonic, and it's the only double I remember that just... runs.
It's literally just a metal sonic. I dig it.

@Acejak1234 4 years ago

being an aircraft enthusiast i just want to add, bombers dont usually have that art and not alot of jets do, one plane in the us that does is the A-10 thunderbolt II or warthog is what some pilots call it, just to inform you