History Fridge / SonicGenerations

** So basically Silver is that confusion over the Zelda timeline personified, with a crowning moment of heartwarming that this game finally untangles it and allows him to frolic about with the rest of the Sonic cast. Considering the amount of meta-trolling SEGA did with this game, it would be surprising if this wasn't intentional in some way.

* In ''Sonic 06'', it is said that the events of the game never happened before the end of the game. And yet, in the Modern era, Crisis City still exists. There are two explanations: Time Eater forcibly brought it back to existence, or ''Crisis City still exists in the future.''
** Read the Fridge Brilliance entry above regarding Silver's presence in the ending, which explains this for more detail, but basically it's down to alternate timelines & time paradoxes.

* In ''Sonic 06'', it is said that the events of the game never happened before the end of the game. And yet, in the Modern era, Crisis City still exists. There are two explanations: Time Eater forcibly brought it back to existence, or ''Crisis City still exists in the future.''

* Tails explains that he was basically in a living paralysis while trapped in statue form, and that it was horrifying. He was rescued ''first'' after a fairly short level, so the rest were probably in worse shape and hiding it.

* Ever notice how different people say different things during the final boss, when arguably, they should be following the same pattern? No, it doesn't give SEGA a chance to torture us with variety, but it implies that EACH TIME WE FIGHT TIME EATER, WE DO SO IN A DIFFERENT TIMELINE.

* Shadow, when beaten in his rival battle, gives you the [[ShadowtheHedgehog DAMN]] fourth Chaos Emerald.
** Also about Shadow, why, in the 3DS version, is he faced in Radical Highway instead of outside the Space Colony ARK - [[CaptainObvious besides technical restrictions, that is?]] Because this way, Sega killed two birds with one stone. In ''SonicAdventure2'', the final race between him and Sonic was right after Final Rush [[TheRashomon (or Final Chase)]], but if you remember, their MirroredConfrontationShot in ''Generations'' is lifted from ''the intro'' to SA2 instead. And where were Sonic and Shadow racing during the intro movie? Why, but in Radical Highway of course! Therefore, that level, besides being the one where you first play as Shadow in Adventure 2, suddenly makes ''perfect sense'' and becomes the ultimate Sonic vs Shadow stage. (Not to mention that this way, the intro movie to SA2 becomes a HilariousInHindsight MissedMomentOfAwesome.)
** Silver gives you the silver Chaos Emerald.

* In the 3DS version, Sonic states that he fought [[SonicAdventure2 Biolizard]] before, which ''isn't'' an error if you remember that [[spoiler: he fought Biolizard's OneWingedAngel form, The [=FinalHazard=].]]

** So basically Silver is that confusion over the Zelda timeline personified, with a crowning moment of heartwarming that this game finally untangles it and allows him to frolic about with the rest of the Sonic cast.

** So basically Silver is that confusion over the Zelda timeline personified, and also a crowning moment of heartwarming.

* Given how GreenHillZone is quite different despite sharing similarities with the original implies that it is slowly becoming Emerald Hill Zone.
** Er... no. Emerald Hill is most likely on Westside Island (Tails's birthplace), just like the rest of the levels of Sonic 2. Green Hill and the other Sonic 1 zones are probably on Christmas Island, Sonic's birthplace, or otherwise some other nondescript location.

* Tails explains that he was basically in a living paralysis while trapped in statue form, and that it was horrifying. He was rescued ''first'' after a fairly short level, so the rest were probably in worse shape and hiding it.
** I see it as more of a IgnoranceIsBliss case, Tails was probably the one that knew the implications of being a living statue; the others might have had too much faith in Sonic to save them.

** I see it as more of a IgnoranceIsBliss case, Tails was probably the one that knew the implications of being a living statue, others might had too much faith in Sonic to save them.

** Following on from this is a lengthy WMG discussing the fates of Classic Sonic, '06 and [[Sonic Schoolhouse]].

* [[spoiler:Why we can't see Dr. Eggman in the Death Egg Robot, even when he's kidnapped by the Time Eater? Why such an effort to hide him is made? Because it's his past classic self and it's not shown there to make the suprise in TheReveal. This is also when Modern go ask him for help for the 1º time, Classic Eggman is genuinely scared.]]

FridgeHorror: Tails explains that he was basically in a living paralysis while trapped in statue form, and that it was horrifying. He was rescued ''first'' after a fairly short level, so the rest were probably in worse shape and hiding it.
* I see it as more of a IgnoranceIsBliss case, Tails was probably the one that knew the implications of being a living statue, others might had too much faith in Sonic to save them.
FridgeLogic: If Sonic is interacting with his past self, does this mean that he has two sets of memories of the events? Or that he knows what's about to happen already, because he's already lived through it?

* I see it as more of a IgnoranceIsBliss case, Tails was probably the one that knew the implications of being a living statue, others might had too much faith in Sonic to save them.

FridgeHorror: Tails explains that he was basically in a living paralysis while trapped in statue form, and that it was horrifying. He was rescued ''first'' after a fairly short level, so the rest were probably in worse shape and hiding it.