History Film / SonicTheHedgehog2020

** Sonic's use of rings to teleport people to different places in the trailer is a nod to the Warp Rings in the VideoGameS/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|1}}, ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', and ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', which he could use to travel to the games' special stages.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[TagLine He's a whole new speed of hero.]] [[note]]Design circa 2019, likely to change[[/note]]]]

%%* AlternateContinuity: As with most adaptations of the franchise, the film will follow its own continuity separate from any previous works.

%%* HumanFocusedAdaptation: It's set in a rural small town with Sonic as [[TokenNonHuman presumably the only anthropomorphic animal]], rather than either the WorldOfFunnyAnimals setting (with Robotnik/Eggman being the TokenHuman) or the LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy settings of the games.

%%* AdaptationalCurves: Sonic's redesign for this movie ditches his standard RubberhoseLimbs for a much more realistic, muscular looking body. It's safe to say that this Sonic does ''not'' [[VideoGame/SonicBoom skip leg day.]]
%%* AdaptationalJerkass: Implied, as Sonic is supposed to be portrayed in this film as a "juvenile {{delinquent}}".
%%* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Robotnik looks much more dashing when played by Jim Carrey. He's in better shape, has a full head of hair, and his mustache is well-groomed. Ultimately averted by the end of the trailer where he's the bald, goggles-wearing, and bushy moustached man we expect Eggman to be.

%%* AdaptationalVillainy: Also implied with Robotnik, since Jim Carrey described his character in an interview as "pure unbridled evil".
%%* AdaptedOut:
%%** Sonic's regular teammates Tails and Knuckles are completely absent in this movie. They aren't even referenced in a MythologyGag.
%%** The Chaos Emeralds are also absent, with the rings serving a similar purpose.
%%* AlternateContinuity: As with most adaptations of the franchise, the film will follow its own continuity separate from any previous works.
%%* BigBad: Robotnik, naturally.

%%* ChewingTheScenery: Robotnik's character does this in just a few minutes while interrupting one of the generals in the trailer.
%%* DastardlyWhiplash: [[https://nightwing.stevivor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/jim-carrey-robotnik-sonic.jpg Robotnik's look leans heavily into this.]]
%%* {{Delinquent}}: Sonic is a juvenile delinquent.
%%* FriendOnTheForce: The town cop Tom Wachowski, who will be allied with Sonic.
%%* GodzillaThreshold: The military considers bringing Robotnik into the fray as a last resort, because of how obnoxious and insufferable he is.
%%* GovernmentConspiracy: As if Sonic had nothing else to worry about besides Dr. Robotnik, the United States federal government is seeking to kidnap him as part of an effort to study extraterrestrial life, and it turns out Robotnik is on their payroll.
%%* HumanFocusedAdaptation: It's set in a rural small town with Sonic as [[TokenNonhuman presumably the only anthropomorphic animal]], rather than either the WorldOfFunnyAnimals setting (with Robotnik/Eggman being the TokenHuman) or the LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy settings of the games.

%%* MacGuffin: Sonic's rings, which he lost and must recollect.
%%* MythologyGag:
%%** The badge for the Green Hills Sheriff department has a background depicting a river, hills and greenery, which would be a basic description of GreenHillZone.
%%** The plot of Sonic being pursued by the military recalls ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', which also featured several locales [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed inspired by]] San Francisco, while the poster shot of Sonic running down a skyscraper resembles an iconic moment of the same from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
%%** The idea of Sonic possibly being extraterrestrial is reminiscent of the premise of the initial seasons of ''Anime/SonicX'', which saw Sonic and company being transported to Earth and living there among the humans. At one point, Sonic even says "Gotta go fast", a reference to the anime's English theme song.
%%** Sonic's pose during the scene where dozens of missiles are shooting at him is a reference to his idle animation from the original ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.
%%** While Robotnik is unambiguously villainous in this movie, his origins as a relatively sane individual before [[FaceHeelTurn turning full-heel]] has its roots in both the ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic and Fleetway's ''Comicbook/SonicTheComic'', where Robotnik was a kindly scientist named Kintobor before a lab accident.
%%** Sonic's ability to use rings to teleport people to other places is a nod to the Warp Rings from ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic 1]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]'', and ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', which Sonic would use to travel to the game's special stages. The concept was also used in ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'', where they were referred to as "Dimension Rings".
%%* ProductPlacement: Sonic wears red Puma running shoes throughout the movie.

%%* ThatCameOutWrong: While Tom and his wife try to sneak Sonic into a building through a luggage bag, the two people next to them can hear Sonic and ask if his child is in his bag. Tom says no, but then clarifies that "yes, it's a child, but it's not mine", which prompts the other two people to walk away looking visibly weirded out.

* LaymansTerms: During the May 2019 trailer, after Dr. Robotnik gives his long-winded opinion of what he thinks about Major Bennington's importance, he asks his assistant Agent Stone to summarize for him.

* LogoJoke: The Paramount logo replaces the stars with Sonic's rings in the May 2019 trailer.

* RemakeCameo: Creator/GaryChalk appears as one of the generals in the May 2019 trailer's Pentagon meeting. Chalk previously voiced Grounder in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' and, ironically, Robotnik himself in ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.

%%-->'''Agent Stone:''' The doctor thinks you're basic.
%%* LogoJoke: The Paramount logo replaces the stars with Sonic's rings.

%%* LaymansTerms: After Dr. Robotnik gives his long-winded opinion of what he thinks about Major Bennington's importance, he asks his assistant Agent Stone to summarize for him.

%%* RemakeCameo: Creator/GaryChalk appears as one of the generals in the Pentagon meeting. Chalk previously voiced Grounder in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' and, ironically, Robotnik himself in ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.

* LaymansTerms: After Dr. Robotnik gives his long-winded opinion of what he thinks about Major Bennington's importance, he asks his assistant Agent Stone to summarize for him.
-->'''Agent Stone:''' The doctor thinks you're basic.
* LogoJoke: The Paramount logo replaces the stars with Sonic's rings.

* RemakeCameo: Creator/GaryChalk appears as one of the generals in the Pentagon meeting. Chalk previously voiced Grounder in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' and, ironically, Robotnik himself in ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.

%%** The Chaos Emeralds are also absent, win the rings serving a similar purpose.

%%* LaymansTerms: After Dr. Robotnik gives his long-winded opinion of what he thinks about Major Bennington's importance, he asks his assistant Agent Stone to summarize for him.
%%-->'''Agent Stone:''' The doctor thinks you're basic.
%%* LogoJoke: The Paramount logo replaces the stars with Sonic's rings.

%%* RemakeCameo: Creator/GaryChalk appears as one of the generals in the Pentagon meeting. Chalk previously voiced Grounder in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' and, ironically, Robotnik himself in ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.

* ShockAndAwe: Sonic's body conducts electricity when he's using his SuperSpeed. The trailer shows him producing enough while running to cause a blackout across the entire Pacific Northwest.

* Teeange Mutant Samurai Wombats

%%* Teeange Mutant Samurai Wombats

* Teeange Mutant Samurai Wombats

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[TagLine He's a whole new speed of hero.]] [[note]]Design cira 2019, likely to change[[/note]]]]

* InsultBackfire: In the trailer, after Sonic takes out one of Robotnik's vehicles, we get this exchange.
-->'''Sonic''': Ho-ho! Is that all you've got? [''Speeds back into Tom's truck'']
-->'''Robotnik''': [''Behind a control panel''] [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder No, but thank you for asking.]] [''Launches a second vehicle at the duo'']
-->'''Sonic''': [[OhCrap Uh-oh.]]

%%* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In addition to his trademark spin dash and super speed, this incarnation of Sonic has [[ShockAndAwe electric quills]] and can enter BulletTime to redirect projectiles fired his way. His rings also now have the power to grow and form portals, functioning similarly to the Giant Rings that teleported Sonic to the Special Stages in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''.

%%* InsultBackfire: After Sonic takes out one of Robotnik's vehicles, we get this exchange.
%%-->'''Sonic''': Ho-ho! Is that all you've got? [''Speeds back into Tom's truck'']
%%-->'''Robotnik''': [''Behind a control panel''] [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder No, but thank you for asking.]] [''Launches a second vehicle at the duo'']
%%-->'''Sonic''': [[OhCrap Uh-oh.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TagLine He's a whole new speed of hero.]]]]

%%* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Or super''villains'' in this case, but it's ZigZagged. Robotnik is introduced in a black suit and looking fairly normal, with a neat mustache, while in various shots through the trailer he's shown having adopted his trademark look piece by piece (red coat, round goggles), before finally fully embracing his game counterpart appearance (bald and with a wild, bushy mustache).

%%* AdaptedOut:%%** Sonic's regular teammates Tails and Knuckles are completely absent in this movie. They aren't even referenced in a MythologyGag.%%** The Chaos Emeralds are also shoved aside in favor of the rings.
%%* AlternateContinuity: As with most adaptations of the franchise, the film will follow its own continuity separate from any previous works.%%* BigBad: Robotnik, naturally.

%%* GodzillaThreshold: The military considers bringing Robotnik to be this because of how obnoxious and insufferable he is.

* AdaptationalCurves: Sonic's redesign for this movie ditches his standard RubberhoseLimbs for a much more realistic, muscular looking body. It's safe to say that this Sonic does ''not'' [[VideoGame/SonicBoom skip leg day.]]%%* AdaptationalJerkass: Implied, as Sonic is supposed to be portrayed in this film as a "juvenile {{delinquent}}".
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Robotnik looks much more dashing when played by Jim Carrey. He's in better shape, has a full head of hair, and his mustache is well-groomed. Ultimately averted by the end of the trailer where he's the bald, goggles-wearing, and bushy moustached man we expect Eggman to be.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In addition to his trademark spin dash and super speed, this incarnation of Sonic has [[ShockAndAwe electric quills]] and can enter BulletTime to redirect projectiles fired his way. His rings also now have the power to grow and form portals, functioning similarly to the Giant Rings that teleported Sonic to the Special Stages in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''.
%%* AdaptationalVillainy: Also implied with Robotnik, since Jim Carrey described his character in an interview as "pure unbridled evil".%%* AdaptedOut:%%** Sonic's regular teammates Tails and Knuckles are completely absent in this movie. They aren't even referenced in a MythologyGag.%%** The Chaos Emeralds are also shoved aside in favor of the rings.
* AlternateContinuity: As with most adaptations of the franchise, the film will follow its own continuity separate from any previous works.%%* BigBad: Robotnik, naturally.

* ChewingTheScenery: Robotnik's character does this in just a few minutes while interrupting one of the generals in the trailer.
* DastardlyWhiplash: [[https://nightwing.stevivor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/jim-carrey-robotnik-sonic.jpg Robotnik's look leans heavily into this.]]
* {{Delinquent}}: Sonic is a juvenile delinquent.
* FriendOnTheForce: The town cop Tom Wachowski, who will be allied with Sonic.
* GodzillaThreshold: The military considers bringing Robotnik to be this because of how obnoxious and insufferable he is.
* GovernmentConspiracy: As if Sonic had nothing else to worry about besides Dr. Robotnik, the United States federal government is seeking to kidnap him as part of an effort to study extraterrestrial life, and it turns out Robotnik is on their payroll.
* HumanFocusedAdaptation: It's set in a rural small town with Sonic as [[TokenNonhuman presumably the only anthropomorphic animal]], rather than either the WorldOfFunnyAnimals setting (with Robotnik/Eggman being the TokenHuman) or the LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy settings of the games.
* InsultBackfire: After Sonic takes out one of Robotnik's vehicles, we get this exchange.
-->'''Sonic''': Ho-ho! Is that all you've got? [''Speeds back into Tom's truck'']
-->'''Robotnik''': [''Behind a control panel''] [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder No, but thank you for asking.]] [''Launches a second vehicle at the duo'']
-->'''Sonic''': [[OhCrap Uh-oh.]]
* LaymansTerms: After Dr. Robotnik gives his long-winded opinion of what he thinks about Major Bennington's importance, he asks his assistant Agent Stone to summarise for him.
-->'''Agent Stone:''' The doctor thinks you're basic.
* LogoJoke: The Paramount logo replaces the stars with Sonic's rings.
* MacGuffin: Sonic's rings, which he lost and must recollect.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Or super''villains'' in this case, but it's ZigZagged. Robotnik is introduced in a black suit and looking fairly normal, with a neat mustache, while in various shots through the trailer he's shown having adopted his trademark look piece by piece (red coat, round goggles), before finally fully embracing his game counterpart appearance (bald and with a wild, bushy mustache).
* MythologyGag:
** The badge for the Green Hills Sheriff department has a background depicting a river, hills and greenery, which would be a basic description of GreenHillZone.
** The plot of Sonic being pursued by the military recalls ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', which also featured several locales [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed inspired by]] San Francisco, while the poster shot of Sonic running down a skyscraper resembles an iconic moment of the same from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
** The idea of Sonic possibly being extraterrestrial is reminiscent of the premise of the initial seasons of ''Anime/SonicX'', which saw Sonic and company being transported to Earth and living there among the humans. At one point, Sonic even says "Gotta go fast", a reference to the anime's English theme song.
** Sonic's pose during the scene where dozens of missiles are shooting at him is a reference to his idle animation from the original ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.
** While Robotnik is unambiguously villainous in this movie, his origins as a relatively sane individual before [[FaceHeelTurn turning full-heel]] has its roots in both the ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic and Fleetway's ''Comicbook/SonicTheComic'', where Robotnik was a kindly scientist named Kintobor before a lab accident.
** Sonic's ability to use rings to teleport people to other places is a nod to the Warp Rings from ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic 1]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]'', and ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', which Sonic would use to travel to the game's special stages. The concept was also used in ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'', where they were referred to as "Dimension Rings".
* ProductPlacement: Sonic wears red Puma running shoes throughout the movie.
* RemakeCameo: Creator/GaryChalk appears as one of the generals in the Pentagon meeting. Chalk previously voiced Grounder in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' and, ironically, Robotnik himself in ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.

* ThatCameOutWrong: While Tom and his wife try to sneak Sonic into a building through a luggage bag, the two people next to them can hear Sonic and ask if his child is in his bag. Tom says no, but then clarifies that "yes, it's a child, but it's not mine", which prompts the other two people to walk away looking visibly weirded out.