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| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog (“SatAM”), ABC |
| Season | Season 1 (1993) |
| Episode | Season 1, episode 13 (guide and DVD order) · aired 12th · WildBrain no. 112 |
| First aired (US) | 4 December 1993 · ABC |
| Written by | Kayte Kuch & Sheryl Scarborough |
| Directed by | Dick Sebast |
| Story editor | Len Janson |
| Opening theme | “Sonic the Hedgehog” main title – Noisy Neighbors Productions |
| Previous episode | Sub-Sonic (S01E12) |
| Next episode | Game Guy (S02E01) |
Tails and Baby TTerapodsGreat Jungle
Sonic Past Cool is episode 13 of Season 1 of Sonic the Hedgehog, the ABC cartoon fans call SatAM, in the order of our original episode guide and the Shout! Factory DVDs. It was the twelfth Season 1 episode to air, on 4 December 1993. It was written by Kayte Kuch & Sheryl Scarborough and directed by Dick Sebast.
Synopsis
Feeling left out by the busy Freedom Fighters, Tails brings home a new friend: a baby terapod who has wandered away from its herd. When the gang returns “Baby T” to its mother, Sally realises the whole herd has strayed from its migration route – and that Robotnik, who wants to capture the gentle giants, is behind it.
The herd heads into the Great Jungle, a place few travellers come back from. Sally uses a translator to talk with Mama T, the terapods knock a tree trunk into a pool of quicksand to save Sonic, and Robotnik’s Stealthbots hunt the herd with heat-seeking radar, trapping Freedom Fighters and terapods alike behind a force field.
Sonic frees them and leads the Stealthbots straight into a patch of Scorch Plants, which destroy them; Robotnik only just swerves clear. The herd reaches the safety of Boulder Bay, where Robotnik will never find it. Tails has to say goodbye, but Sally’s translator belt lets Baby T speak – in a perfect imitation of Sonic.
Sonic and the Freedom Fighters encounter the dinosaur-like terapods as they migrate through the Great Jungle, and defend them when Robotnik tries to capture them. Tails forges a friendship with the small baby terapod, who he nicknames “Baby T”, while Sally tests a language translation device on “Mama T”, who is able to warn them of dangers in the jungle.
— From Luke’s original SatAM episode guide on Sonic Scene
Key Moments
- Tails befriends Baby T, a young terapod.
- Sally’s translator lets Mama T and Baby T talk.
- The Great Jungle’s Scorch Plants destroy Robotnik’s Stealthbots.
- The herd reaches safety at Boulder Bay.
Trivia
- Twelfth to air, on 4 December 1993 – a date all three sources agree on.
- Frank Welker voices the terapods and Dana Hill provides Baby T’s translated voice (Behind the Voice Actors).
- Released on NCircle’s 2009 DVD Sonic Goes Green.
Watch the Episode
The full episode, uploaded by WildBrain’s official Sonic The Hedgehog – WildBrain channel (checked 5 November 2026).
Part of our SatAM Season 1 guide. See the SatAM series page for the show’s history, cast and credits.
Sources: air date, writer and director from Sonic Retro (Wayback copies), Wikipedia and Sonic Wiki Zone, cross-checked; synopsis written for Sonic Scene from the episode and the official DiC description; title card and screenshots via Sonic Wiki Zone, copied to our media library.