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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "[[Script/SonicTheHedgehogBible Sonic Bible]]" documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.

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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "[[Script/SonicTheHedgehogBible Sonic Bible]]" documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' except for Sally Acorn and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
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* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: It features many differences from later canon, such as Sonic and Robotnik having been friends once. As well as Ivo Robotnik originally being named "[[SdrawkcabName Ovi Kintobor]]", which was never accepted by Sega of Japan and later retconned in favor of "Ivo Robotnik" being his real name, and being the grandson of Gerald Robotnik.

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* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: It features many differences from later canon, such as Sonic and Robotnik having been friends once. As well as Ivo Robotnik originally being named "[[SdrawkcabName Ovi Kintobor]]", which was never accepted by Sega of Japan and later retconned in favor of "Ivo Robotnik" being his real name, and being the grandson of Gerald Robotnik.Kintobor]]".
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* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: It features many differences from later canon, such as Sonic and Robotnik having been friends once.

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* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: It features many differences from later canon, such as Sonic and Robotnik having been friends once. As well as Ivo Robotnik originally being named "[[SdrawkcabName Ovi Kintobor]]", which was never accepted by Sega of Japan and later retconned in favor of "Ivo Robotnik" being his real name, and being the grandson of Gerald Robotnik.



* JekyllAndHyde: When Dr Kintobor tripped over a wire connected to the ROCC, the evil contained within the Chaos Emeralds turned him into a tyrannical misanthrope; the distraction found by Sonic in the fridge added an [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking obsessive love of eggs]].

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* JekyllAndHyde: When Dr Kintobor tripped over a wire connected to the ROCC, the evil contained within the Chaos Emeralds turned him into a tyrannical misanthrope; misanthrope, "[[SdrawkcabName Ivo Robotnik]]"; the distraction found by Sonic in the fridge added an [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking obsessive love of eggs]].
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[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where]] Sonic and Dr. Robotnik used to be [=BFFs=] (seriously).
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[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where]] Sonic and Dr. Robotnik used to be BFFs (seriously).

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[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where]] Sonic and Dr. Robotnik used to be BFFs [=BFFs=] (seriously).
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stay_sonic.png]] [[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where]] Sonic and Dr. Robotnik used to be BFFs (seriously).
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Dr. Kintobor was a benevolent scientist until an accident turned him evil.

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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Dr. Kintobor was a benevolent scientist until an accident accident, caused by Sonic distracting him, turned him evil.
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''Sonic Says'' also includes various other tidbite such as a ''Sonic'' quiz, a diagram of Robotnik's Eggmobile, descriptions of the badniks of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', tips on how to play the game.

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''Sonic Says'' also includes various other tidbite such as a ''Sonic'' quiz, a diagram of Robotnik's Eggmobile, descriptions of the badniks of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', and tips on how to play the game.
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* JekyllAndHyde: When Dr Kintobor tripped over a wire connected to the ROCC, the evil contained within the Chaos Emeralds turned him into a tyrannical, misanthropist authoritarian; the distraction found by Sonic in the fridge added an [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking obsessive love of eggs]].

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* JekyllAndHyde: When Dr Kintobor tripped over a wire connected to the ROCC, the evil contained within the Chaos Emeralds turned him into a tyrannical, misanthropist authoritarian; tyrannical misanthrope; the distraction found by Sonic in the fridge added an [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking obsessive love of eggs]].
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* BigEater: Sonic has a large appetite for fast food.


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* JekyllAndHyde: When Dr Kintobor tripped over a wire connected to the ROCC, the evil contained within the Chaos Emeralds turned him into a tyrannical, misanthropist authoritarian; the distraction found by Sonic in the fridge added an [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking obsessive love of eggs]].
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Dr Ovi Kintobor, while a genius, is so absorbed in his work that he forgot to go shopping. In the laboratory fridge, Sonic finds a six month old egg. Distracted, the good doctor trips over a wire...
* AnotherDimension: The Planet Mobius is revealed to exist in a parallel universe.


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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Dr Kintobor, in attempt to rid the planet Mobius of evil, undertook a worldwide quest for the Chaos Emeralds, thereby to contain it.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Middle-aged academic Dr Ovi Kintobor and easy-going, adventurous young Sonic.


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* SealedEvilInACan: The Chaos Emeralds, with their power to contain malignancy, are sealed by Dr Kintobor in his Retro Orbital Chaos Compressor, or ROCC.
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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "[[Script/SonicTheHedgehogBible Sonic Bible]]" documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.

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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "[[Script/SonicTheHedgehogBible Sonic Bible]]" documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.



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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "[[Script/SonicTheHedgehogBible Sonic Bible]]" documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation.SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.

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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "[[Script/SonicTheHedgehogBible Sonic Bible]]" documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation.SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "[[Script/SonicTheHedgehogBible Sonic Bible]]" documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.

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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "[[Script/SonicTheHedgehogBible Sonic Bible]]" documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' ''WesternAnimation.SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
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* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: It features many differences from later canon, such as Sonic and Robotnik having been friends once.
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* UnfortunateName: Joe Sushi the walrus is referred to as "unfortunately named".

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* UnfortunateName: Joe Sushi the walrus is referred to as "unfortunately named".named".
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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "Sonic Bible" documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.

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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "Sonic Bible" "[[Script/SonicTheHedgehogBible Sonic Bible]]" documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.



** He is almost non-morphic in this story, [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic rather than simply brown.]]

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** He is almost non-morphic in this story, [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic rather than simply brown.]]
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* TalkingAnimals: Sonic learned human language through the Lingua Scrambler.

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* TalkingAnimals: TalkingAnimal: Sonic learned human language through the Lingua Scrambler.
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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromotionalComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "Sonic Bible" documents.. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHegehog'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.

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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromotionalComic''. ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "Sonic Bible" documents.. documents. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHegehog'' ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.

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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section using the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromotionalComic''. This backstory was used extensively in European media.

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''Stay Sonic'' features a history section using based on the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromotionalComic''. Both come from Sega of America's internal "Sonic Bible" documents.. This backstory was dropped in American media such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' and ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHegehog'' and was never canon in Japan, but it used extensively in European media.
media until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.

''Sonic Says'' also includes various other tidbite such as a ''Sonic'' quiz, a diagram of Robotnik's Eggmobile, descriptions of the badniks of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', tips on how to play the game.



!Tropes used in this book:

* AnimalTalk: Sonic learned human language through the Lingua Scrambler.

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!Tropes used in this book:

* AnimalTalk: Sonic learned human language through the Lingua Scrambler.
!!''Sonic Says'' contains examples of:



* CreateYourOwnVillain

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* CreateYourOwnVillainCreateYourOwnVillain: Dr. Kintobor was a benevolent scientist until an accident turned him evil.



* FaceHeelTurn: Kintobor/Robotnik.

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* FantasticScience: Tails can fly because he has double joints where his tails join his spine.
* FaceHeelTurn: Kintobor/Robotnik.Dr. Robotnik was originally a kindly scientist but a freak accident turned him the way he is.



* TranslationConvention: Used in the early scenes in the forest.

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* TalkingAnimals: Sonic learned human language through the Lingua Scrambler.
* TranslationConvention: Used in the early scenes in the forest.forest.
* UnfortunateName: Joe Sushi the walrus is referred to as "unfortunately named".

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''Stay Sonic'' was a book published in 1992, based on an internal document. This book served as the basis for all UK ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fiction.

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''Stay Sonic'' was is a book published in 1992, 1993 guidebook to ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. It is based on an internal document. Sega of Europe's interpretation of the series.

''Stay Sonic'' features a history section using the backstory given in the American comic ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromotionalComic''.
This book served as backstory was used extensively in European media.

Nigel Kitching, one of
the lead writers of Fleetway's ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', owned a copy of ''Stay Sonic'' and used it as a basis for all UK ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fiction.
the lore of the comic.


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Stay Sonic was a book published in 1992, based on an internal document. This book served as the basis for all UK SonicTheHedgehog fiction.

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Stay Sonic ''Stay Sonic'' was a book published in 1992, based on an internal document. This book served as the basis for all UK SonicTheHedgehog ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fiction.



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** He is almost non-morphic in this story, [[SonicTheComic rather than simply brown.]]

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** He is almost non-morphic in this story, [[SonicTheComic [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic rather than simply brown.]]
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Stay Sonic was a book published in 1992, based on an internal document. This book served as the basis for all UK SonicTheHedgehog fiction.

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Tropes used in this book:
* AnimalTalk: Sonic learned human language through the Lingua Scrambler.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The original document was grimmer:
** Sonic's father dies by falling into toxic waste.
** Sonic is mentioned as being extremely poor.
** He is almost non-morphic in this story, [[SonicTheComic rather than simply brown.]]
** Hibernation is important to the plot.
* CreateYourOwnVillain
* EarthDrift: Inverted.
* FaceHeelTurn: Kintobor/Robotnik.
* ParentalAbandonment: Sonic.
* TranslationConvention: Used in the early scenes in the forest.

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