People tend to say Sonic was either "always supposed to be like anime" or "turned from Mickey Mouse to Dragon Ball", but as a Classic fan I don't see it either way. I see him as a middle ground between the western and eastern tropes of animation with a tiny bit more Mickey DNA than Goku. I like the idea of Sonic being a malleable IP that can be either edgy or silly depending on the game/show/comic rather than flip-flopping a universal tone every 5-10 years (as long as they don't go too edgy like with the guns and hyperrealistic castles and such) That's what they did early in Sonic's lifespan and we ended up with two of the most beloved game TV adaptations ever.
TBT being liked at all is an acomplishment for a DiC show, let alone being beloved.


Sonic '06 is the video game equivalent of The Room in some ways.