History Recap / SonicTheHedgehogIDWFangTheHunter

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Bean lists some of the Hooligans' past misdeeds, which include working with Eggman, twice, and [[EvilIsPetty stealing a pie from Amy Rose]], who left it on the windowsill to cool. This act apparently distresses Bean, as they had absolutely no reason to steal it, with Bark in the flashback panel being nervous about this being a line-crosser. When Fang remembers how they ended up being chased by Amy and her Piko Piko Hammer, he admits that one was his fault.
* BlindedByTheLight: When two Hyudoros attack Fang in Sandopolis Zone, one of them gets blinded by Fang shining the Marvelous Queen's headlights in its face.

** Similarly, the longer the story goes on, [[WeAREStrugglingTogether the more Fang, Bean and Bark squabble about the jerboa's leadership]], with Fang openly admitting the idea of some time apart is becoming acceptable, as well the miniseries ending with [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Bean and Bark leaving Fang's employ]], explaining why ''only'' Fang is in ''Sonic Superstars''.

* CanonWelding: Up until this miniseries, the Classic Era IDW comics have mostly been disconnected but continuity-adjacent stories that took place within Sonic's past. Issue #3 of this miniseries is the first one to directly link IDW's Classic canon with IDW's Modern canon, revealing that the Hard Boiled Heavies found the Warp Topaz, previously used by Dr. Starline.

* DiscontinuityNod: ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' had a weird depiction of the Chaos Emeralds, with there being eight of them that were each protected by the eight playable characters in the game and the colors also being different than the ones introduced in ''Sonic 3''. In the Arcade mode's story, getting them all was required to power Tails' one-seater rocket in order to fight Eggman in his space station base. The number of Chaos Emeralds and their colors would then become consistent after ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. This comic nods to this inconsistency by having Fang searching for the "rumored" eighth emerald from ''Fighters'', with Sonic and Knuckles both saying Fang and the Hooligans are chasing a fairy tale, as there are only seven. In Issue #3, when Fang finds the Warp Topaz on Heavy King's Heavy Wing, he asks if there is an eighth Chaos Emerald alongside the Topaz to King. The latter bluntly shuts down the idea of an eighth emerald existing.

* EvilVsEvil: Fang and the Hooligans face off against the Hard Boiled Heavies in issues #3-4, ironically both looking to seize command of a power that has eluded Eggman and backfiring under his orders.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Fang begins playing on the security console of Newtrogic High Zone, while Bark and Bean notice the water flowing in the room. As Fang notes he's seeing only static, he realizes as he's explaining that the only thing he sees is a flooding room, which turns out to actually be their room that is also flooding.

* {{Interquel}}: [[https://twitter.com/ianflynnbkc/status/1715231984438374591 According to Ian Flynn]], this miniseries takes place after the events of ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' and before Eggman hires Fang in ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars''. The miniseries also takes place after "Seasons of Chaos", as Bean references its events.

* LoopholeAbuse: The Hard-Boiled Heavies use a lot of it to justify their going rogue (again). Robotnik ordered them to report back with any powerful gemstones they found, but the Warp Topaz requires an external charge to work and thus has no power of its own, meaning there was "no need to report it". They then cut off all communications so that they ''technically'' didn't hear Robotnik's orders to return.

* OffscreenTeleportation: Bean and Fang threaten to blow up Jimmy the Motobug, placing a bomb atop his head in order to get Heavy Rider to stand down. When Heavy King reveals himself and regroups with the other Heavies, Jimmy somehow immediately comes to Heavy Rider and King's side. Bean is utterly confused at how they got there so fast, with him staring at the outline that Jimmy was previously at and where he'd set his finger bomb to.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After all the trouble Fang's greed and callousness got them into on what proved to be a WildGooseChase, Bean and Bark [[TheLastStraw draw the line]] and skedaddle at the end of the miniseries. Fang brushes it off, declaring they've merely spared him having to share his future bounties.

* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: PlayedForLaughs. Fang first pulls Bean away from the deck before they start running in, saying that they got to do this mission "quick and quiet-like." In traditional fashion, they are anything but stealthy, as they start chucking bombs and blasting through the Heavy Wing, catching the attention of the Hard Boiled Heavies during their storming of the battleship.

* VillainEpisode: Instead of focusing on the blue hedgehog, this miniseries is focused on Fang the Hunter and his relationship with his two cohorts Bean and Bark, as they search for a rumored Chaos Emerald together.

** Similarly, the longer the story goes on, [[WeAREStrugglingTogether the more Fang, Bean and Bark squabble about the jerboa's leadership]], with Fang openly admitting the idea of some time apart is becoming acceptable as well the miniseries ends with [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Bean and Bark leaving Fang's employ]], explaining why ''only'' Fang is in ''Sonic Superstars''.

** During Issue 4, Heavy Magician disguises herself as Fang to fool Bean into going near a dead end, just like her boss fight in ''VideoGame/SonicMania''.

* WhamShot: In Issue #3, Fang finally locates the rumored eighth Chaos Emerald, seemingly powering the Heavy Wing... and what he finds instead is the ''Warp Topaz''.
* WingdingEyes: In the IDW online exclusive cover, Fang's eyes become two four-pointed stars while he rings his hands over the possible fortune he can earn from the eighth Chaos Emerald.