The Hill is Always Greener is a podcast by a group of Sonic fans who have long since come to terms with the fact they aren’t the primary audience for Sonic anymore, but still hold a lot of love for the little blue guy and want to talk about him. From the games to the comics to the TV shows and movies and everything in between, hosts GameBuddy, CyberLink, Faulerro and RockTheJake of Sonic F wistfully look back at the blue blur’s many adventures over the years while occasionally learning new things even they didn’t know about their favorite franchise. So strap on your power sneakers and join us every other week for a chill jog down memory lane as we look back at the little blue ball of attitude that means so much to us all.
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The Hill is Always Greener is a podcast by a group of Sonic fans who have long since come to terms with the fact they aren’t the primary audience for Sonic anymore, but still hold a lot of love for the little blue guy and want to talk about him. From the games to the comics to the TV shows and movies and everything in between, hosts GameBuddy, CyberLink, Faulerro and RockTheJake of Sonic F wistfully look back at the blue blur’s many adventures over the years while occasionally learning new things even they didn’t know about their favorite franchise. So strap on your power sneakers and join us every other week for a chill jog down memory lane as we look back at the little blue ball of attitude that means so much to us all.
Remember that sense of delight and wonder you'd get when you'd force your parents to stop off at a fast food restaurant, reach into a bag containing foods that would slowly come to destroy your body over the intervening decades, and pull out a tiny plastic symbol of the power mass consumerism held over the youth of a generation? Well we do, and we're excited to talk about it! That's right, The Hill Is Always Greener is looking back at the history of Sonic the Hedgehog fast food toys! From Sonic 3 the game to Sonic 3 the movie, and from windups to LCD games to "here's some cardboard, make it yourself", we cover the breadth of Sonic's kids meal collectables over the last 30 years! (Warning: this episode may present a choking hazard to children under 3 years of age.)
(0:00:00) Intro/Main topic: Sonic fast food toys(0:03:17) Burger King (1993, Sega Zip Strips)(0:07:53) McDonald's (1994, Sonic 3)(0:17:07) McDonald's (1994, Happy Train)(0:20:50) Carl's Jr. (1996, Sonic the Hedgehog and Pals Mini-Viewers)(0:25:50) Burger King (1998, Sonic R)(0:29:58) Jack in the Box (1999, Sega PC)(0:32:59) Burger King (1999, Sonic Adventure, cancelled)(0:36:57) Denny's (2000, Sonic Underground)(0:40:15) McDonald's (2003, Sonic Adventure DX LCD games)(0:43:05) McDonald's (2004, Sonic Heroes LCD games)(0:47:15) McDonald's (2006, Sonic X)(0:50:23) McDonald's (2007, Sonic X)(0:51:30) Red Rooster (2012)(0:53:24) Carl's Jr. (2015, Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice)(0:56:27) Subway (2018, combining gears)(0:59:21) Arby's (2019, Sonic Dash)(1:01:40) Kura Sushi (2020)(1:03:39) McDonald's (2022, Sonic 2 the movie)(1:06:39) Burger King (2023, Fidget toys)(1:08:40) McDonald's (2023, buildable Toys)(1:10:14) McDonald's (2024, Sonic 3 the movie)(1:14:06) Final thoughts(1:17:53) Outro
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The Hill Is Always Greener
The Hill is Always Greener is a podcast by a group of Sonic fans who have long since come to terms with the fact they aren’t the primary audience for Sonic anymore, but still hold a lot of love for the little blue guy and want to talk about him. From the games to the comics to the TV shows and movies and everything in between, hosts GameBuddy, CyberLink, Faulerro and RockTheJake of Sonic F wistfully look back at the blue blur’s many adventures over the years while occasionally learning new things even they didn’t know about their favorite franchise. So strap on your power sneakers and join us every other week for a chill jog down memory lane as we look back at the little blue ball of attitude that means so much to us all.
