History SonicTheHedgehog / TropesMToR

*** [[MythologyGag/SonicGenerations Sonic Generations has its own page]].

*** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' had trailers showcasing lots of features and animations the game was supposed to have, but thanks to the game [[ObviousBeta not being thoroughly tested]] and [[ChristmasRushed being rushed out the door for the holiday season]], many of the features shown in the trailers are not present in the actual game. Even several pieces of animations are missing in the final build while the trailer showed them off.\\

*** The final segment of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''[='=]s Windy Valley is accompanied by the Green Grove theme from the [[UsefulNotes/MegaDrive Genesis]] version of ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast''. Likewise, the latter's Panic Puppet (Act 1) theme is used in the former's Twinkle Park level.

*** The UsefulNotes/GameCom commercial for ''VideoGame/SonicJam'' featured sped up footage. The actual game is an [[PortingDisaster extremely slow]] compilation of levels based on the Mega Drive games.

*** Starting with ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'' Episode 1, has an Achievement for beating the first Act of the game in under a minute.[[note]]''VideoGame/SonicColors'' doesn't have this achievement, but it doesn't have ANY achievements [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii due to its console]].[[/note]] [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''VideoGame/SonicForces'', which has the 60-second requirement in the demo but not in the full game, though it does have a 60-second Achievement in Classic Sonic's first stage.

** ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInTheFourthDimension'' at one point has Sonic playing on his "sleek" UsefulNotes/GameGear. %% Happens again in the sequel ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors''.

** Dr. Robotnik of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' is largely considered far more incompetent than most other incarnations of the doctor, however, he has been shown to be pretty clever several times over and many of his inventions, as goofy as they are, are very elaborate or at least work as he intended. Case in point, the last few episodes of the series revolved around a TimeTravel plot where Robotnik and Sonic were trying to collect the [[MacGuffin Chaos Emeralds]]. Seeing as this is [[TheHero Sonic]] we're talking about, Robotnik always proved [[CatchPhrase too slow]] and didn't manage to get a single emerald ... until the very last one. And then with that ''one'' he managed to collect the rest in a single episode and nearly destroyed Sonic and friends.

* ThePointsMeanNothing: In the 8- and 16-bit games, as well as ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', [[EveryTenThousandPoints you obtain extra lives with points]], but beyond that, scoring isn't a particularly meaningful endeavor since there's no high score tables, not even offline ones, and there are countless exploits that let you earn massive amounts of points (albeit slowly), so score isn't terribly indicative of the player's skill. The points become nigh-obsolete come the ''Sonic Origins'' CompilationRerelease of the four mainline Genesis games, specifically in Anniversary Mode; since finite lives have been done away with, points are only used to earn Coins now, and even then there's more lucrative sources of Coins.

** In ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush]]'', Eggman's theft of the [[CosmicKeystone Sol Emeralds]] from Blaze's dimension is causing it and Sonic's dimension to merge together. Eggman and his doppelganger Eggman Nega plan to build a transdimensional Eggmanland in the wake of the collision, but the heroes are able to stop them before both worlds are completely ruined. It's also noted that this is only happening because the two sets of Emeralds aren't being controlled properly, and once Blaze learns how to properly utilize the Sol Emeralds' powers she's able to traverse the dimensional barrier between the two without risking the dimensions.

*** Marine the Raccoon from ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' is something of a Motor Mouth, while fitting in every single piece of [[LandDownUnder Australian slang]] ever conceived.

*** Through the mixed-up and convoluted story of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', this essentially takes place. There probably isn't a time where there aren't at least two Sonics/Silvers/Shadows running around at the same time, just in different locations. For example, late in the game, Sonic, Silver, and (strangely) [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Blaze]] find themselves on a cliff, while Doctor Eggman's Egg Carrier crashes into the side of a mountain, leaving Sonic to believe Elise is dead. Silver then suggests Sonic goes back in time to rescue her. While this happening, [[spoiler:Sonic has already done so. He and Elise had already escaped the crash just as the carrier exploded.]] Then again, while there are multiples running around, they don't end up meeting each other, hence this trope being played straight, if unintentionally.

*** In the Japanese incarnations of the games (especially the more recent of each), the MadScientist BigBad Dr. Eggman gained a laugh rather like a Noblewoman's Laugh consisting of a long "OH" followed by a varying number of "HO"'s to increase comedic value. It is one of Eggman's most memorable traits in Japan but almost ''never'' heard in American dubbing. He finally says it in English if you play ''VideoGame/SonicRush''. Get hit during a boss fight, and Robotnik will whoop it out. It's also occasionally heard during gameplay in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. He also does this in the English version of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''.\\

*** Blaze the Cat is a 14-year-old princess who guards the Sol Emeralds, her world's equivalent to the Chaos Emerald. In ''VideoGame/SonicRush'', she tells Sonic that she had always been alone; but in the sequel, ''Sonic Rush Adventure'', it's stated that she has a living family, although they are unseen.

** '''Primary:''' Animal Capsules, Chaos Emeralds (in games where they're plot-relevant), Sol Emeralds, Sun and Moon Medals (''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''), Flickies (''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast''), Upgrades (''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' & ''Sonic Unleashed''), Scrap (''Sonic Rush Adventure''), World Rings (''VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries''), Keys (''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'')

*** The general theme of ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush]]'', where the power of friendship allows Blaze to access the power of the Sol Emeralds and go Super to stop the Eggmen from taking over the world.

*** In ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush]]'', Blaze says this to Eggman Nega when she first meets him in Sonic's side of the story.

*** In ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush Adventure]]'', [[spoiler:Eggman]] says this the first time he encounters Sonic in the game.

** The games]] {{invert|edTrope}}s this: "I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog!"

** The games' BigBad Doctor Eggman fits this in addition to being TheSociopath. Not only does he name almost every damn thing he invents the "Egg (fill in the blank)", he's constantly making giant robots and other likenesses of himself and even ''puts his face'' on the Death Egg, as well as claiming multiple times to be the smartest person in the world.

*** The UsefulNotes/GameDotCom commercial for ''VideoGame/SonicJam'' featured sped up footage. The actual game is an [[PortingDisaster extremely slow]] compilation of levels based on the Mega Drive games.

*** The Deadly Six in ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld''. Their name says it all, but the leader of them, [[KingKoopaCopy Zavok]], is the biggest example as he is a giant horned demon with a predominately [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]] color scheme.

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** The Chaos Emeralds from the games. You know the drill by now. In ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', the [[HumongousMecha Great Eggman Robo]] uses the Master Emerald for a WaveMotionGun while [[EvilKnockoff Mecha Sonic]] super charges himself with it to enter a SuperMode. In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', it's shown that it's possible to create a fake Emerald [[spoiler:that can actually be used to perform Chaos Control]]. The same game also revealed that Professor Gerald Robotnik created the Eclipse Cannon, a powerful KillSat fueled by the seven Emeralds. ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' has Eggman shatter a Chaos Emerald and use the shards to power his army of Phi robots. In ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Advance|Series}} 3'' Eggman uses the Emeralds to break the world into pieces, something he goes on to do again in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''.

*** Sonic has his Super Form; after collecting the seven Chaos Emeralds, he turns gold, his eyes turn red, and is basically invincible. %% Knuckles similarly goes from red to pink. His [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Werehog]] and [[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Darkspine]] forms also have their own colors.

*** It [[ScheduleSlip was supposed]] to celebrate its 50th issue with a tale set outside of the Archie continuity: [[TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised an epilogue story]] for ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''. The story was supposedly supposed to occure later, but has certainly been scrapped since Archie abandoned the license.

*** Lampshaded example when Dr. Eggman meets a leader of one of his armies known as Axel the Water Buffalo. He's quick to say he recognizes him and recruits him in trying to get to the Death Egg II. Orbot's quick to point out that they've never seen him before and Eggman has already figured that out - he admits that he was too hasty in stopping Super Sonic's Chaos Control, and realizes that a lot of the universe has been altered..

*** Name a character. Chances are that they went parentless or are missing a parent or two. Of the main Freedom Fighters, only Antoine and Bunnie are parentless after the initial war with Robotnik. The Chaotix aren't so fortunate - nothing is mentioned of Vector's family or Espio's father, Mighty and Ray's parents are MIA, Julie-Su's parents were killed by her stepsiblings, Charmy's presumably died when Eggman attacked Mobius after Sonic's disappearnce and Knuckles' parents got divorced with his father performing a HeroicSacrifice to save him.
*** The ContinuityReboot universe reset the parental listings for the characters with the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sega-based characters]] never being mentioned outside of Cream and her mother Vanilla and Sally, Rotor and Antoine having just fathers (though Rotor would rather not deal with his [[spoiler:Especially since he's an Egg Boss working with Eggman]]).

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%% ** Chao also do this, at least in the ''Anime/SonicX'' series.

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** In [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the games]], the gold rings on Shadow's wrists act as a limiter, but he's only ever removed them once in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. When Mephiles surrounds Shadow by [[DoppelgangerAttack duplicating himself several hundred times]], Shadow removes the rings from his wrists and proceeds to curbstomp the entire clone army. He immediately puts them back on afterward.
%% ** Shadow's golden-yellow armbands are revealed to be these in ''Anime/{{SonicX}}'', with the standard caveat of exhausting his stamina at a higher rate.

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** Sonic in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''. More or less the same like his [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog game counterpart]], as he view himself as an incredibly handsome hedgehog and always confident that ''no one'' capable to keep up with his super speed until [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame Robotnik use one of his quill to power up his hovercraft and match his speed]].

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** [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog The games]] played with this trope a few times.
*** They had a set of Psycho Rangers as early as the Saturn era. In ''VideoGame/SonicR'', there were Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles and the Tails Doll whom Robotnik created to give Sonic and friends a hard time.
*** In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', Team Dark consisted of Shadow, Eggman and Rouge: three villains with the same powers and move sets as [[PowerTrio Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles]] respectively. They'd return with some adjustments as an AntiHeroTeam in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'': Rouge moved from Knuckles' counterpart to Tails', and Eggman was replaced by new character Omega, who filled the "Anti-Knuckles" slot.

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*** In ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', Dr. Eggman threatens to unleash his new weapon in 3 days. [[spoiler: It's really Metal Sonic.]]

** [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog The games]]'s titular character is famous for his speed, so naturally, he will occasionally have to outrun trains:

** The various teams that congregate in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the games]]. Special mentions go to Team Dark and Team Chaotix.

* RandomlyGifted: The source of Sonic's SuperSpeed has never been given an explanation. This applies to some other characters' abilities such as Tails's and Cream's ability to fly, [[VideoGame/SonicRush Blaze's]] pyrokinesis and [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Silver's]] telekinesis. The most notable aversions of this trope are Shadow whose chaos powers are explicitly stated to be a result of genetic manipulation by his creator, and Knuckles whose strength is an ability native to his echidna tribe.

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** Various characters of [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the games]] started off as enemies of Sonic, but even after they joined his side, they can still be found clashing against Sonic on occasion due to circumstances or contrasting lifestyles and personalities.

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%% ** Cream the Rabbit from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the games]], a young bunny girl who joins Sonic's group after she rescues her mother from Eggman in ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance 2]]''. Assisting Cream is her lovable Chao companion, Cheese.

** Shadow from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the games]] becomes this to Sonic in his [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog own game]] if you choose to join Black Doom by completing the one of the dark missions in G.U.N. Fortress, Black Comet, or Final Haunt.

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%% ** [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog The Game's]] diabolical Doctor Eggman, whose portfolio includes trying to turn everyone in the world into a robot.

** The E-Series robots from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the games]] all have this style of name, with E followed by a number. E-102 Gamma, and E-123 Omega are the main examples.

%% ** This is a philosophy used a few times in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the games]], notably at the end of both of the titles in the ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Sonic]] [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Adventure]]'' series (Tails and Amy, respectively). In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', Amy of all people stops Shadow's RoaringRampageOfRevenge with a speech about this.

** Tails from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the games]] is known to be mild-mannered and humble than Sonic, who is a bit cocky, but is nonetheless a nice guy.
** Sonic and Tails in ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic''. Unlike the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog games continuity]] where he is laid-back and nice (though cocky), Sonic is terribly rude, self-centered, and immature while Tails is the nice one who would always be on the receiving end of Sonic's bullying.

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*** ''[[VideoGame/SonicRiders Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]''. Wave greets Tails with, "Long time no see, shorty!"

*** After being absent from the core games since ''[[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Sonic Unleashed]]'', the catchphrase returned in ''[[VideoGame/SonicForces Sonic Forces]]''. Sonic says the line to Infinite in one of their later encounters. He also greets Classic Sonic with the variant, “It’s been [[StealthPun generations]] since I’ve seen you.”

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