 Before this show first premiered in England, the English Sonic the  Hedgehog comic (Sonic the Comic #12, 30 October 1993) showed  pictures advertising a new Sonic cartoon and telling readers to  watch out for it coming soon. Instead of the Freedom Fighters, the  group was named the Freedom Team and consisted all the animals  rescued by Sonic in _Sonic the Hedgehog (1991/I) (VG)_ (qv). The  members were: Sonic, Johnny Lightfoot (rabbit), Tux (penguin),  Princess Acorn, Joe Sushi (walrus), Chirps (chicken), Porker Lewis  (pig) and Flicky (bird). These characters were later used in all the  Sonic novels released in the UK, and Johnny and Porker became part  of Sonics supporting cast in the "Sonic the Comic" stories. After  radical changes to the show (basically making enormous alterations  to pretty much everything in order to make it entirely different),  it became this show.