History Recap / SonicTheHedgehogIDWOverpoweredArc

** It is also one for Sonic's modus operandi of ThouShallNotKill and [[ExitVillainStageLeft always letting the villain go]], under the ideals that people need to be left free to make their own choices. It has been shown time and time again while it works for the most part, there are people that will ''never'' reform and are better off dead or rotting in prison for everyone's sake as they will make the wrong choices over and over on their own. Much like Metal Sonic, Surge is created for the ''very purpose'' of killing Sonic, with the very notion figuratively and literally drilled into every part of her being. She shows that the very notion of not going after Sonic and doing her own thing isn't even ''comprehensible'' for her. As far as she is concerned, [[MortonsFork either she kills Sonic or Sonic has to put her down for good]]. For the first time since Metal Sonic, Surge is another case that Sonic's ideals cannot work without external factors.

* VillainRespect: Eggman, despite never giving Starline the time of day in life, admits to having such here, amused by his experimentations on Surge and Kit and noting him as being one of the most impressive scientific minds he met, just he would never stoop to [[InsufferableGenius giving him the smug satisfaction]] of ''knowing'' that. Commending him in death, he adds, is fair game, especially since it only looks better on ''himself'' for defeating him the first place.

* WouldHitAGirl: Kit elbows Belle in the nose when she tries to restrain him. Soon afterwards, Metal Sonic coldly backhands her for getting between him and Sonic.
* WreckedWeapon: Surge smashes Whisper's Wispon against the ground to get the rest of her Wisps. The only use it gets after that is when, out of desperation and down to her last Wisp, Whisper grabs a shard [[CuttingTheKnot and attempts to]] ''[[BatmanGrabsAGun stab]]'' [[BatmanGrabsAGun Surge.]] By the end of Issue #54, Belle decides to try and fix it herself.

** During the final fight, while Tails is preoccupied with Kit, Surge takes out Metal Sonic, steals his powers, and floods the lab, then drops Sonic into the water and holds him down while electrocuting the ''crap'' out of him. Had the Dynamo Cage not given out when it did, Sonic would've been zapped to death (and presumably ''does'' for a moment or two).

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* TheBusCameBack: Whisper and her Wisps reappear in the main comic for the first time since Issue #45 (their appearance in the 2022 Annual took place much earlier in the overall Imposters Saga).

-->'''Surge''': (now in a rainbow glow) It's been fun, but I'm starting to get bored... (contemplates one of Whisper's Wisp canisters) So, what would you prefer? I'm itching to try out this '''rocket''' thing, but maybe the spikes? [[KickTheDog It's what you did to me, after all. Just returning the favor.]]

* DemotedToExtra: Belle, after #52.

* DownerBeginning: Picking up where ''Battle for/Escaping the Empire'' left off, Sonic, Tails, Belle, and Kit barely get out of Eggperial City alive with almost nothing to show for their troubles there, while Surge recovers from her previous defeat and gains new power.

* EurekaMoment: While hiding behind a mailbox with the Dynamo Cage ''already'' out of juice, Surge wonders how to to get more power into it before remembering its original purpose.
* EvilVersusEvil: Dr. Eggman versus Surge in Issue 55.

* GrandFinale: Of the Imposters Saga.

** Surge when the Dynamo Cage runs out of power when she first tries attacking Whisper. She even says "crap" when she realizes the Dynamo Cage is draining her energy faster than she thought.

* ToWinWithoutFighting: When Sonic enraged Surge by trying to convince her that she’s free to be what she chooses, she retorts to Sonic otherwise for he and Eggman are both still alive and from the enragement Sonic commented on her, she overloaded the dynamo cage and in the process freed the wisps and fell unconscious from forcing Sonic in the paddle of liquid and attempting to zap him to death. Sonic wasn’t fighting Surge when she made him go in the puddle.

* YouExclamation: Surge growls this in #53 upon noticing Sonic.

* DesignatedGirlFight: Whisper versus Surge in Issue #53.

* InternalDeconstruction: After spending his whole living tenure a NoRespectGuy and BigBadWannabe, ''Overpowered'' makes Dr. Starline a surprisingly dark and effective GreaterScopeVillain [[VillainousLegacy in death]]. Though it's all too late for him to relish it, he gets pretty much all the reactions he desired from those he was involved with; Sonic and Tails are disturbed by the depravity of his schemes, Eggman is amused and openly impressed by them, while Surge and Kit, despite their attempts to sever all ties, are revealed to be traumatised and fearful of him. It is implied they all had some awareness Starline was a NotSoHarmlessVillain from the get-go, just his InferioritySuperiorityComplex made it [[ShutUpHannibal all too easy for them to undermine him]], and only now are all his ill-thought plans showing effective side effects.

* BeyondRedemption: A tragic example. During his climactic fight with her in Issue #56, Sonic begs the hypercharged Surge to stop fighting. He tells her that she's free now that Starline is dead, and she doesn't have to do any of this anymore. Sonic implores her to leave and enjoy her freedom, but Surge painfully smiles and says she can't. Deep down, she knows that neither she nor Kit will ever be truly free from the lives they were forced into.

* AmbiguousSituation: A rather dark example: During their fight in Issue #56, Surge pins Sonic down in the water and ''severely'' electrocutes him [[ExplosiveOverclocking to the point where she causes the Dynamo Cage to explode,]] [[SuperPowerMeltdown and her to pass out]]. Now, while it's implied that Surge was just unconscious, ''Sonic's'' situation was less clear: he was lying prone, DeerInTheHeadlights, before he jerked back to consciousness with a GaspOfLife. So, was Sonic [[ThousandYardStare just processing the fact he almost died]], [[TheHeroDies or did his heart briefly stop?]]

-->'''Tails:''' You ''cheater''...
-->'''Sonic:''' This wasn't the deal, Eggman!
-->'''Eggman:''' Oh, ''please''. Like you were going to hold up ''your'' end of the bargain.

** Besides being a Hatsune Miku reference, Cubot's figure of Cyber Singer Mika is essentially [[https://twitter.com/Emis_doodls/status/1585638778449764352 a genderbent version of the prototype rabbit design]] before Sonic's hedgehog design.
** Surge and Kit’s model sheets, as well as their concept art designs, can be seen among the notes in Starline’s lab.

-->'''Kit:''' Starline. Eggman. ''You.'' [[NotSoDifferentRemark You're all the same.]] You don't need me or Surge. You ''want'' us. All that matters is what we can do, how you can change us. So you can prove that ''your'' way is ''right.''

** Surge's battle pose at the end of Issue 55 is a direct imitation of [[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta's during the Saiyan Saga.]]

* YouExclamation: Surge growls this in #53 upon noticing Sonic.

** Surge also has one once she realizes Sonic and Eggman are working together, cowering in a dark alcove as she laments her inferiority compared to her foes.
* VillainousLegacy: Surge and Kit, as well as some other lingering remains of his scheming in life, leave Dr. Starline the GreaterScopeVillain of this arc as something of a posthumous WhosLaughingNow on Sonic, Tails, and Eggman, who are forced to team up against it all, all the while realising the dark levels his machinations reached. Starline's conditioning on Surge and Kit (to the point Surge ''hallucinates'' him) also makes apparent as long as they are around, his presence still lingers.