History SonicTheHedgehog / TropesSToZ

*** The HD versions of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' features Eggman Robots that can be spoken to as civilians, when visiting Eggmanland after completing the game. Three of said robots are named, "EF-[[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis MD]][[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 1991]]"[[note]]The "MD" designation was left unchanged in North American releases, despite the Mega Drive being called the Sega Genesis over there.[[/note]], "EF-[[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast DC]][[VideoGame/SonicAdventure 1998]]" and "EF-[[UsefulNotes/Xbox360 XB]][[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 2006]]". Talking to [=EF-XB2006=] prompts the robot into saying how he is the youngest of the fighters and therefore lacks experience. He's also apparently clumsy and is rubbish at doing anything right... it seems Sonic Team themselves didn't find ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 THAT]]'' particular Sonic game any good. Also, once you complete [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Crisis City]] in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' and release Blaze, she laments the fact that she was captured to begin with with a line that's rather... open for interpretation:

*** The {{Website/Tumblr}} page announcing ''VideoGame/SonicBoom: Fire & Ice'' states in its tags that it was going to be a lot better than the last one. Which, considering ''Fire & Ice'' is a sequel to the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS ''Sonic Boom'' game, and ''Fire & Ice'' is also for the 3DS, this turns ''Rise of Lyric'' into CanonDiscontinuity.

*** In "Alone Again, Unnaturally", Tails claims his new inventions uses "[[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis blast-processing technology]]".

*** As ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' is a love letter to the games from the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Genesis]] era, Metallic Madness Zone and its shrink rays return in that game. The boss of Act 2 is fought when Sonic and/or his friends are tiny.

*** ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'' were both created as {{Genre Throwback}}s to the original UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis trilogy, both taking place after ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''. However, there are many differences:

** ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' aired at the same time on the same channel, but approached the source material in vastly different ways. ''[=SatAM=]'' was a DarkerAndEdgier post-apocalyptic tale where Sonic was part of an underground resistance fighting against the tyrannical rule of Doctor Robotnik, who was a [[KnightOfCerebus truly frightening villain]] that proved to be a serious threat. ''Adventures'' was a wacky and surreal comedy that paid homage to UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation. Robotnik was an IneffectualSympatheticVillain who rarely proved to be a serious threat to Sonic. While Sonic in ''[=SatAM=]'' rarely needed help from Tails and had help from a large supporting cast, Tails was more pro-active in ''Adventures'' and Sonic's only recurring companion.

*** [[AllThereInTheManual The name of the first boss]] of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' is the EGG-HVC-001. HVC-001 was the serial number name of Nintendo's own [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] console. As a bonus stealth insult, the HVC-001 [[WarmUpBoss is the easiest boss in the entire game.]] Fighting it in the Good Future also colors it pink, and this is probably the only explanation for that.

*** It's actually possible to go fast enough that you could fall into a {{bottomless pit|s}} without realizing it right away. This gets even worse in the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis games and the ''VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy'' when the camera often can't keep up[[note]]this even triggers a GameBreakingBug in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the original game]] where if the camera can't vertically keep up with you if you're falling or otherwise going down really quickly, it will sometimes think you fell into a pit[[/note]].

** Rush: ''VideoGame/SonicRush'', ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure Rush Adventure]]'', and the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS version of ''VideoGame/SonicColors''

** VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog is a game that employs this on itself somehow. It features loads of StoryBranching paths and, by the end, it is assumed many of those happened in succession, even if that is physically impossible in terms of gameplay.

*** Generally, if a game introduces a major character that ends up recurring in later titles, it can be considered canon (if only to establish how they got to meet the rest of the cast), even if timeline issues arise (as is the case of Blaze's origins and Eggman Nega's nature). This is the case with ''VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog'' (Mighty and Ray), the ''VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy'' (Cream & Cheese), ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' (Blaze) and ''VideoGame/SonicRivals'' (Silver[[note]]Due to the events of his proper [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 debut game]] being RetGone by the end.[[/note]]), as the aforementioned characters get to appear in later titles and are already known among Sonic's friends. Even stuff like ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' (which is a completely different genre) and the ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW comics]]'' (completely different ''medium'') have become canon on virtue of Sonic referencing characters introduced there in ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', in spite of potential continuity problems and no further acknowledgement of the plots in those works..

*** Sonic is ''The'' video game example is, who can run [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin faster than the speed of sound]],[[note]] That means he runs at approximately ''768 miles per hour.'' [[/note]] and is generally billed as "the fastest thing alive." Notable in that in the Genesis games, he is actually capable of outrunning the screen's ability to scroll.

[[VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings Some]] were referenced by the main series, whereas [[VideoGame/SonicChronicles others]] are officially CanonDiscontinuity, and [[VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix others]] remain ambiguous. There's also the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogChaos Game Gear]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogTripleTrouble entries]], which are implied to take place in a separate timeline.

*** Generally, if a game introduces a major character that ends up recurring in later titles, it can be considered canon (if only to establish how they got to meet the rest of the cast), even if timeline issues arise (as is the case of Blaze's origins and Eggman Nega's nature). This is the case with ''VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog'' (Mighty and Ray), the ''VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy'' (Cream & Cheese), ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' (Blaze) and ''VideoGame/SonicRivals'' (Silver[[note]]Due to the events of his proper [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 debut game]] being RetGone by the end.[[/note]]), as the aforementioned characters get to appear in later titles and are already known among their friends. Even stuff like ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' (which is a completely different genre) and the ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW comics]]'' (completely different ''medium'') have become canon on virtue of Sonic referencing characters introduced there in ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', in spite of potential continuity problems and no further acknowledgement of the plots in those works..

*** Generally, if a game introduces a major character that ends up recurring in later titles, it can be considered canon (if only to establish how they got to meet the rest of the cast), even if timeline issues arise (as is the case of Blaze's origins and Eggman Nega's nature). This is the case with ''VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog'' (Mighty and Ray), the ''VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy'' (Cream & Cheese), ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' (Blaze) and ''VideoGame/SonicRivals'' (Silver[[note]]Due to the events of his proper debut game being RetGone by the end.[[/note]]), as the aforementioned characters get to appear in later titles and are already known among their friends. Even stuff like ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' (which is a completely different genre) and the ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW comics]]'' (completely different ''medium'') have become canon on virtue of Sonic referencing characters introduced there in ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', in spite of potential continuity problems and no further acknowledgement of the plots in those works..

*** Generally, if a game introduces a major character that ends up recurring in later titles, it can be considered canon (if only to establish how they got to meet the rest of the cast) even if timeline issues arise. This is the case with ''VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog'' (Mighty and Ray), the ''VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy'' (Cream & Cheese), ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' (Blaze) and ''VideoGame/SonicRivals'' (Silver[[note]]Due to the events of his proper debut game being RetGone by the end.[[/note]]), as the aforementioned characters get to appear in later titles and are already known among their friends. Even stuff like ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' (which is a completely different genre) and the ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW comics]]'' (completely different ''medium'') have become canon on virtue of Sonic referencing characters introduced there in ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', in spite of potential continuity problems.
** VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog is a game that employs this on itself somehow. It features loads of StoryBranchingPaths and, by the end, it is assumed many of those happened in succession, even if that is impossible in terms of gameplay.

** Throughout ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', Robotnik's voice is more or less Creator/JimCarrey in LargeHam mode, [[spoiler:but by the time of the ending, his voice has noticeably become [[GutturalGrowler a lot gravellier]] since his banishment to the Mushroom World. In fact, it comes off as quite an impressive impersonation of Eggman's traditional voice actor, Creator/MikePollock]].

%% ** [[spoiler:Neo Metal Sonic]] has this ability in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.

*** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'':

** The Games:
*** Supplementary materials note that Tails likes Mint candies in the original games. More obvious in one of his [[ADayInTheLimelight limelight games]], ''VideoGame/TailsSkyPatrol'' where mint candies serve as [[HyperactiveMetabolism health power ups]].
*** The older game manuals also mentioned Knuckles being partial to fruit, with grapes being his favorite.

*** Starting with this game, chili dogs have now been {{retcanon}}ed}} as Sonic’s favorite food, as they were in [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog the previous]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM American]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground cartoons]] [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics and comics]].

** Robotnik in the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'', as Robotropolis explodes and he is forced to flee, references his CatchPhrase from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'':

** The games]]:

** [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Rush]]: ''VideoGame/SonicRush'', ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure Rush Adventure]]'', and the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS version of ''VideoGame/SonicColors''

*** The Chaos Emeralds both invert the trope and play it straight. In the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 original game]], their purpose was just to unlock the GoldenEnding. From the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 second game onwards]] they became PlotCoupons that could be used as an unlimited source of energy and also unlocked the protagonist's SuperMode. In ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}}'', the Sol Emeralds, a second set found in another dimension, are introduced, and before that there were [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD the Time Gems]] and the [[VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix the Chaos Rings]].

*** Also very fond of this are Captain Whisker and his crew, the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot robot pirates]] from ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}} Adventure''. Since the cutscenes are just character art and text on a background, there was no need to explain ''how'' this was possible, and so the phrase "he got away again!" and variants thereof get used many, many times. This is also repeatedly [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]:

->Reader got through Act 5.

** [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Rush]]: ''Sonic Rush'', ''Rush Adventure'', and the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS version of ''VideoGame/SonicColors''