History FanFic / SonicEvilRebornZero

%%* GenericDoomsdayVillain: How Sonic and friends initially view Wikke. [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehod Hey, you can't blame them.]]

* ShowWithinAShow: The ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Atom the Porcupine]]'' franchise. [[SelfParody Tails is a massive fan]], defending it from people who claim that it has never matched its classic era. He also [[SelfDeprecation writes and promotes incredibly deep fanfiction]] of the game series, earning him ridicule and scorn by peers.

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: How Sonic and friends initially view Wikke. [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Hey, you can't blame them.]]

* HairTriggerTemper: Knuckles, once Jynx gets to him.

* ArtificialStupidity: The Rockettes are said to be among the dumbest battle-ready models Eggman has ever designed. Of course, everything about them is flawed due to a [[ObviousBeta rushed design.]]

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Episode 13.

''Sonic: Evil Reborn Zero'' (also known as [[FunWithAcronyms SERZ]]) is a ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanfiction written by SelMelvins (now known as Yuli Ban).

** Episode 40, chapters 158, 159, and 160, all pull major inspiration from [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} Durarara]] and [[VideoGame/MirrorsEdge Mirror's Edge]].

* ButtMonkey: Knuckles. To an extent, Silver.
** Surprisingly, [[spoiler:Wikke]].

* CerebusRollercoaster: It's not uncommon for the story to have one chapter that deals with mass murder and psychological suffering, only for the next to deal with women in bikinis or feature plentiful jokes.

* CharacterDevelopment: The series pains itself to develop otherwise flat characters.
** By episode 40, [[spoiler:Amy is undoubtedly the most developed character of the lot, having had her loyalty to Sonic so thoroughly tested and usefulness to the heroes examined that she takes it upon herself to improve herself. Because of this, Sonic and Amy appear to be better friends rather than odd couples afterwards.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Sonic takes a ring from Eggman in Episode 4, which allows him to defeat the Death Egg Rex. [[LampshadeHanging The characters even note how stupid it was of Eggman to hold out the ring right when Sonic needed it most.]] What about it? The ring [[spoiler:was affixed with a spell that opened Sonic up to the Vichy Thlee spell, thus allowing him to be possessed by Cinos.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: In one scene that's very easy to overlook, it's implied that Metal Sonic stole a book from a museum. It's not until Season 2 that this is expanded upon, and not until ''well'' later in the storyline that it's revealed what he stole and why. And it turns out to be a little more than vital.
** Rockette as well. She's little more than a recurring forgettable {{Mook}} in seasons 1 and 2, but she rises through the ranks afterwards, becoming a major part of the plot.

* CombatSadomasochist: Fier.
* ComplexityAddiction: Malfiore
* ContinuityNod: The characters and narration give mention to times when certain events happen much like they are now and also talk of the events of previous games.
** The first arc of the series also takes up much influence from Sonic Adventures 1 and 2, from plot points such as the Master Emerald being shattered to locations like Red Mountain. [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Soleanna]], though it's been [[CanonDiscontinuity wiped from history]], also plays a part in the plot.
-->'''Narrator:'''Eggman has always promised to- but has never followed through on- changing his ways every single time he's backed into a corner. In fact, in one exceptionally extreme case, Robotnik had begged for mercy, [[VideoGames/SonicUnleashed only to shatter the world into seven pieces.]]

%%* DarkerAndEdgier: Than canon, by far.
%%** Season 3, the [[spoiler:World War III]] arc, is the darkest season of the series as a whole

* DeathMountain
* DeconstructionFic: The light hearted nature of the series in the first season. This is planned to be expanded upon in Season 2, featuring a much greater deconstruction of ''Sonic'' and video game physics and mechanics. And a brutal one at that. The story sets up an idea that it's as cliche as the average fanfic, which makes its deconstructions all the more satisfying.
** Season 2, appropriately named ''The Digital Fist/Fun and Games'' saga, plans to do an even more thorough deconstruction, focusing more on deconstructing Sonic the Hedgehog/video game tropes rather than fanfiction.

* [[EmoTeen Emobot]]: Rockette, according to everyone but herself.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Sonic.]]
* {{Facepalm}}
* FantasticRacism: What Rockette believes exists against all robots and not just Eggman's.

* FateWorseThanDeath: The Zero Zone.

* {{Flashback}}: One occurs in Episode 9, chapter 35.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tails and Koset want to avoid thunderstorms and only fly through them when they absolutely have to, only for the storms to encompass them as soon as they leave? Gee, doesn't sound like a metaphor at all...

* FreakOut: Wikke has one in Episode 15.
* FromBadToWorse: Shadow is killed? Sonic's turned evil? Sonic just killed millions? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Evil Sonic has a crappy name?]] Knuckles is killed? Though no one has yet truly died, it only helps to make the whole atmosphere relentlessly dark.

* [[ShowWithinAShow Game Franchise Within A Game Franchise]]: The ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Atom the Porcupine]]'' franchise. [[SelfParody Tails is a massive fan]], defending it from people who claim that it has never matched its classic era. He also [[SelfDeprecation writes and promotes incredibly deep fanfiction]] of the game series, earning him ridicule and scorn by peers.

* GogglesDoNothing: Averted.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Koset has moral restraints, but isn't afraid to kill when there's no other option... or even if there ''are'' other options!

* ShoutOut: The pyramid base from Sonic Adventure 2 is a major part of the story for the first arc, and it doesn't go unmentioned that it's being reused.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Serdist Aristocracy. As the fanfiction was originally intended for and based on Dragon Ball Z, the higher echelons of the group are far beyond Sonic the Hedgehog's level of power and ability, with the highest caste ranking as high as [[ApocalypseHow Class X-5]].

* {{Funny Animal}}s

* LighterAndSofter: Season 2, until the very end. It's so much brighter than either Season 1 or 3 that it could pass as being a modern Sonic game.
** Season 4 initially appears to be extremely lighthearted as well, on a near Sonic Colors level.

* {{Homage}}: The series makes a clever homage to Dragon Ball Z with Koset explaining how to temporarily and quickly increase one's energy right before an attack, a technique used in Dragon Ball Z.
-->'''Koset:''' I've learned that there's a way to increase your energy in short, intense bursts right when you strike an opponent. In one punch, your power could be ten times, even a hundred times its normal level.

-->'''Tails:''' Maybe we should have been collecting the blue star rings all along.
-->'''Sonic:''' Tails, it's ''way'' too early in the morning. Please don't start.

* KickTheDog: When Cinos destroys Station Square. The fact he's murdered an untold number of people becomes a psychological weapon later on.

* KilledOffForReal

* LampshadeHanging: When Sonic and friends question the abrupt appearance of Koset. Ever wonder how Sonic and friends would actually react to a recolor appearing?
** They also question if Koset is a child's badly made imaginary friend and if he is secretly related to Sonic or someone else.
** Also a question posed. Super forms only use one ring a second, right? Is that a set number, or can one change it to increase or decrease energy output? [[spoiler:Super Sonic answers this question in the final battle, with explosive results.]]

* LeParkour: In Episode 40, Amy reveals she's joined a freerunner's guild as a first attempt at self-development.

* MeaningfulName: No readers [[spoiler:should]] know this, but WordOfGod has it that 'Koset' comes from an artificial language meant for another fanfiction, and literally means "Green Light."

* {{Narcissist}}: [[spoiler:Koset.]]

* NighInvulnerability: Invincibility power ups, super forms, and the like lead to this.
** This is [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in-series when [[spoiler:Rockette suffers an existential crisis over why she can never beat Sonic and friends.]]
* [[OneHitKill No-Hit Kill]]: Some of the Rockettes are so shoddily built that [[spoiler:the compression of air created by one of Sonic's homing attacks can break one apart.]]

* NotCompletelyUseless: Amy. Also, Rockette.
** Averted by Big. He is in the series for no other reason than to eat Tails' ice cream.

* OmnicidalManiac: Cinos.
* OneWingedAngel: The Yfels. They range from gigantic plasma entities the size of asteroids to stratospheric giant wraiths. While they are immensely strong, their KryptoniteFactor makes them incredibly easy to defeat once the heroes know what they're doing.

* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision B Strike]]: In Episode 10, Wikke drops one. Because the series still operates on a GoshDarnItToHeck principle (most of the time), it is very jarring.
* [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom Punched Across The Planet]]: Super Sonic does this to Wikke, though via a homing attack.
* PunchCatch

* PunctuatedForEmphasis

* ReligionOfEvil: Serdism. Not to be confused with the Serde Force.
** [[spoiler:Wikke all the same. His actions involving the death of millions isn't very heroic, but he is actually trying to free a slave and his own actions trouble him.]]

* SdrawkcabName: Cinos. Though the Serdist Lord's full name is [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast longer and more arcane]], Wikke shortened it to Cinos because it's Sonic spelled backwards.
** This does not go over well with anyone, not Cinos, not even readers of the story, and Wikke earns postmortem scorn for it. Though it was probably meant as a parody of badly written fanfiction, it remains a criticism.

''Sonic: Evil Reborn Zero'' (also known as [[FunWithAcronyms SERZ]]) is a [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog fanfiction]] written by SelMelvins (now known as Yuli Ban).

The fic is no longer on Website/FanFictionDotNet, but it's still readable [[http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?389584-Sonic-Evil-Reborn-Zero here]]. The author has teased bringing it back to Website/FanFictionDotNet.

* AbandonedWarehouse: Abandoned steel mill
* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Wikke in his Jackal/Serdist Unleashed forms.

* ActionPrologue

* AfterCombatRecovery: Rings act as this.

* AngerBornOfWorry: Amy especially

* ArchEnemy: Koset and Wikke. Made worse by the fact [[spoiler: Koset is Wikke's father.]]
* ArcNumber: 7, in tradition with the series. 23 also appears more than necessary.

* AxCrazy: Cinos, when Cinostæphulos comes through.
* BadassArmy: The police from Episode 40 on.

* BarrierBustingBlow
* BattleInTheRain: ''The Eggman Empire Strikes Back''.

* BeleagueredAssistant: Increasingly, Eggman towards Wikke.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Between Knuckles and Rouge.

* BigBadDuumvirate: Metal Sonic and Digital Sonic in Season 2.
* BigBadEnsemble: Eggman, Wikke, Jynx, and Cinos.

* BigGood: Gods of Chaos.
* BigNO
* BigRedButton: One of the first things in the story.

* BlackMagicianGirl: Etero

* ChargedAttack: Chaos Bomb

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Wikke and Koset
* DarkerAndEdgier: Than canon, by far.
** Season 3, the [[spoiler:World War III]] arc, is the darkest season of the series as a whole

* DeadlyRotaryFan

* {{Determinator}}: Rockette, to an extreme.

* EarnYourHappyEnding

* HurricaneKick

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Wikke.

* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn
* JawDrop
* {{Jerkass}}: Santorini. [[spoiler:Koset]] in the past.
* JungleJapes
* KaizoTrap
* KiManipulation

* {{Mordor}}: Ancient Mobia

* CasualDangerDialog: They're so used to fighting Eggman that neither side seems to take it seriously anymore. Also, any fight with Rockettes will inevitably be this.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: There are few ways to ascend to a higher rank in the Serdist Aristocracy. The preferred method? Kill someone from a higher rank. Sounds easy, until one learns that each rank is exponentially stronger than the last one.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Serdist Aristocracy. As the fanfiction was originally intended for and based on Dragon Ball Z, the higher echelons of the group are far beyond Sonic the Hedgehog's level of power and ability, with the highest caste ranking as high as [[ApocalypseHow Class X-5]]

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* DifficultySpike: Cinos is defeated by Koset and Tails, even though he's maxed out in his second ultra state and fighting for blood. He then seems equally matched to Shadow one fight later ''and'' reveals he's been holding back.

** Taken UpToEleven during the final fight with Wikke when, [[spoiler:right before Sonic can transform into Super Sonic, Eggman returns and scatters the Chaos Emeralds, leading to Sonic facing a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown that very nearly kills him and his friends.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The franchise's bloated cast is repeatedly mentioned throughout the story as a quirk of being a friend to Sonic. Most of the modern cast also appears.

''Sonic: Evil Reborn Zero'' (also known as [[FunWithAcronyms SERZ]]) is a [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog fanfiction]] written by [[{{Troper}} SelMelvins]] (now known as Yuli Ban).

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Rockette, after she vows to dethrone Sonic as the fastest thing alive. And the anti-MarySue attitude of the fanfiction assures she suffers considerably.

** They also question if Koset is [[MarySue a child's badly made imaginary friend]] and if he is [[MarySue secretly related to Sonic or someone else]].

* NotSoDifferent: Eggman notes that Wikke shares personality traits with Sonic multiple times and openly calls Wikke 'the real evil Sonic' in Episode 24.

* VideoGameSettings: Because the first arc is set up as if it's a typical Sonic adventure, there are instances of this, ala Windy Valley, Casinopolis sewers, and Red Mountain expies.
** In a later chapter, floating platforms are mentioned and [[{{Deconstruction}}discussed in-depth.]]

* EvilMakeover: Wikke and Cinos. Cinos specifically when he separates from Sonic and takes on a more primal, beastly form. Becomes NightmareFuel when it's stated that, had they remained together, this is the form he'd have taken anyway.

** Season 3 starts off with an invasion that closely mimicks the one in [[VideoGame/FreedomFighters Freedom Fighters]], and many of the events, artifacts, and weapons used by the Black Arms and Serdist Mafia reference [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Halo]] and [[Franchise/MassEffect Mass Effect]].