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[The Man]

An ep we should all know since it was available before the box set.

- teaser - Old saint wizard has a gift for the right person.

During a small raid on Robotropolis to retrieve microchips for her hand-held computer Nicole, Sally is chased into the forbidden zone. There, a masked figure called The Guardian protects his sleeping Master Lazaar.

Everyone now finds out that Lazaar is an old evil wizard with magic. It intrigues leaders like Robotnik, Sonic, Snively, and even Sally to meet the wizard. The forbidden zone is dangerous with traps and deadly perils awaiting.

Who will be going down someone's chimney? Can Sonic make it down before Robotnik comes and gets stuck inside? Will Lazaar's presents rob them of what they value? Sonic - his speed; Robotnik - the very last of his morality.

[Gojira007]

Ah yes, my first SatAM episode. Good memories. I remember catching the clip of this they showed on one of ABC's line-up preview specials, having it scare the shit out of me (the scene they close on is Sonic being snuck up on by The Guardian), and then winding up watching the damned thing anyway the first time it aired. All things told, it's nothing special on the whole, but I rather enjoy it anyway. There are lots of fun little touches here and there, the Sonic/Sally banter is in top shape, and I rather enjoyed SatAM's first major foray into the realm of Magic, particularly since they're cautious to treat it from as technological a viewpoint as possible (Lazar's crystal is referred to as a "computer", after all). Indeed, to me, "Super Sonic" is the perfect "primer" episode to introduce someone to SatAM, as it's a solid overall story and has a lot of the elements that made the SatAM concept so neat.

[John Roberts]

The biggest thing that has stuck with me all this time from Super Sonic is the part where Antoine is in the Roboticizer, and it powers up. Such a short but visceral moment.

[Cheezmatt]

That's Hooked on Sonics. Though I'm sure it's easy to be confused by The Man's nonsensical descriptions.

[wildfire]

I personally have a lot of warm fuzzies regarding this episode in particular. I think Lazzar was an understated chatacter. His Yoda-like voice aside, I thought he could have been used to greater potential. I like to think of Lazzar as a "Technomage" more than a typical wizard like Naugus. He could have been Naugus's counterpoint in Season 3, supplying the Freedom Fighters with magical knowledge and tech to properly fight the wizard.

[Vlad Yvhv]

I've always though that it's nifty how magic and technology are compatible and interchangeable in SatAM, rather than the more common tendency fro them to be mutually exclusive, or even counteracting eachother.

[The Man]

If Chief leaves from his lawnchair in the snow he could put my synopsis up for all to read. That way I could link Super Sonic here to this episode. :razz:

But if they are not up by Christmas then I might as well put them on Fanfiction.net because they'd be at least somewhere. Or the Pretty Side of Pain. Haven't posted anything at those places in years. I have a feeling by now you know the eps inside and out so maybe it's not that important?

The main thing out of place is the Forbidden Zone. I think of magic more often with this ep. because Sonic's speed loss isn't too prevalent imo.

[Massagraf]

Just another episode really. It has some funny lines (30 seconds is my limit, a chilidog is no malfunction, I despise that miserable hedgehog). The Lazaar-creep seemed pretty deep for a one-off character. I thought we'd see him again in season two but no, just a episode filler it seemed. I didn't really get the ending joke... well maybe I did but I didn't think it was funny enough.

I've seen better episodes but worse too... damn you, Antoine-episodes... damn you...