History TearJerker / SonicTheHedgehog22022

--> '''Knuckles:''' Wait! That wasn't the deal!
--> '''Dr. Robotnik:''' Oh, you poor, naive creature. It's not your fault. A more advanced intellect would have seen this move coming a mile away. Or 1.6 kilometers.
-->'''Knuckles:''' ''(angrily)'' But I trusted you! ''[[EtTuBrute You were my friend!]]''
--> '''Dr. Robotnik:''' ''(laughs mockingly)'' I'm sorry, that just hit me funny. Let this be my [[HannibalLecture final lesson to you]], you dim-witted celestial skin tag. [[VillainHasAPoint Friends are open, honest and vulnerable with each other]], which means X squared times the hypotenuse of Y squared divided by the absolute value of friendship equals... '''''[[LoveIsAWeakness DOOKIE!]]'''''

* Knuckles' backstory. His father and tribe died in the fight with Longclaw, causing him to vow to avenge them by defeating Sonic. Sonic immediately drops his snarky attitude and sadly tells him that [[NotSoDifferentRemark he too lost everything on the same day]]. Knuckles almost drops his vendetta against Sonic, but Tails didn't realize they were reaching an understanding and is attacked when his guard was down, leading Knuckles to believe Sonic tricked him.

--> '''Sonic:''' You're supposed to be my friend. Stop trying to be my dad.
** After he says this, you can see Tom's hurt expression on his face. [[note]]Or maybe it's an expression of regret because he knew Sonic wasn't trying to risk people's lives, and that the resulting damage was a complete accident.[[/note]]
** Luckily, at the end of the movie, Sonic finally calls Tom his dad. Not only can you see Tom visibly holding back TearsOfJoy at this, but his voice cracks as he says "Race you to the truck".

* As much of a {{Jerkass}} she was in the previous movie, and while the scene is still played for laughs to some extent, Rachel's reaction to learning that her would-be husband Randall is an undercover G.U.N. agent and that the entire wedding is one whole setup (even the priest) can count as this. It makes Rachel wonder if [[WasItAllALie everything between her and Randall was a lie]].

-->''[The Chaos Emeralds levitate and merge with Sonic... [[HopeSpot before the three are seemingly crushed by the G.E.T.'s foot.]]]''

--> '''Tom:''' I think you know what I'm talking about--the lying, the sneaking out, the pretending to be Batman.

--> '''Tom:''' Sonic, you destroyed an ''entire city block!''

** After he says this, you can see Tom's hurt expression on his face. [[note]]Or maybe it's an expression of regret because he knew Sonic wasn't trying to risk people's lives and that it was a complete accident.[[/note]]

--> '''Dr. Robotnik:''' Oh, you poor naive creature. It's not your fault. A more advanced intellect would have seen this move coming a mile away. Or 1.6 kilometers.

--> '''Dr. Robotnik:''' ''(laughs mockingly)'' I'm sorry, that just hit me funny. Let this be my [[HannibalLecture final lesson to you]], you dimwitted celestial skin tag. [[VillainHasAPoint Friends are open, honest and vulnerable with each other]], which means X squared times the hypotenuse of Y squared divided by the absolute value of friendship equals… [[LoveIsAWeakness DOOKIE]]!!

* After the heroes fail to defeat Robotnik and the Master Emerald is shattered with only the seven Chaos Emeralds left, Sonic, Tom, and Maddie are trapped and are about to be crushed by the Giant Eggman Robot. Sonic desperately tells them to leave him, as he doesn't want them killed alongside him, but [[FamilyOfChoice they refuse to leave their adopted son, and comfort him in the face of death]]. It's both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Of course, this leads to a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome when the Chaos Emeralds react to their [[ThePowerOfFamily familial love]] and cause Sonic to transform into Super Sonic.

-->''[The Chaos Emeralds levitate and merge with Sonic...[[HopeSpot before the three are seemingly crushed by the G.E.T.'s foot.]]]''
-->'''Tails:''' '''''[[BigNo NOOOOO!!]]'''''
** As shown in the quote above, Tails is quite [[AccidentalPun crushed]] when he sees his idol die in front of him, even if it's revealed that Sonic survives. And when he sees that the three are fine due to Sonic's transformation into Super Sonic, his eyes are visibly welling up, as if he's about to cry under the deduction that he just lost the only friend he's ever made.
*** Knuckles’ reaction in the same shot isn’t any better, as he's shown having a shocked expression in the background. He and Sonic had finally started to become friends after the hedgehog saved him from drowning, and he’s also starting to see the heroic side of Sonic for the first time, so before it’s revealed that Sonic survived, he clearly looked like he was having pure regret for their earlier interactions.

* Speaking of the bank robbery, during Sonic and Tom's fishing trip, the latter [[WhatTheHellHero scolds Sonic over his recklessness after his failed attempts at being a hero]] for destroying a city block while trying to stop the aforementioned robbery.

--> '''Sonic:''' [[HereWeGoAgain Uhh, not this conversation again.]]
--> '''Tom:''' Hey, it's no fun for me either, but if you keep being irresponsible, we're gonna keep having this conversation.

--> '''Sonic:''' Look, I stopped a robbery! I was a hero!

** Luckily, at the end of the movie, Sonic finally calls Tom his dad. Tom is visibly holding back TearsOfJoy at this, and his voice cracks as he says "Race you to the truck".

* Knuckles's [[EtTuBrute betrayed expression]] when [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Robotnik betrays him at the temple hits really hard]], especially when [[DidYouActuallyBelieve Robotnik rubs salt into the wound by calling him naive and dumb for putting his trust into him.]] We all knew that it was going to happen, but it hurts anyway.

-->'''Knuckles:''' But I trusted you! ''You were my friend!''
--> '''Dr. Robotnik:''' (''laughs mockingly'') I'm sorry, that just hit me funny. Let this be my [[HannibalLecture final lesson to you]], you dimwitted celestial skin tag. [[VillainHasAPoint Friends are open, honest and vulnerable with each other]], which means X squared times the hypotenuse of Y squared divided by the absolute value of friendship equals… [[LoveIsAWeakness DOOKIE]]!!

** [[BigNO Tails' reaction to seeing the Giant Eggman Robot seemingly crushing Sonic, Tom, and Maddie]]. Before he sees that the three are fine due to Sonic's transformation into Super Sonic, look at his eyes. He looks like he's about to cry at the thought that he's lost the only friend he's ever had in his life.
*** Knuckles’ face in the same shot isn’t any better, as he's shown having a shocked expression in the background. He and Sonic had finally started to become friends after the hedgehog saved him from drowning, and he’s also starting to see the heroic side of Sonic for the first time, so before it’s revealed that Sonic survived, he clearly looked like he was having pure regret for their earlier interactions.

* After the heroes fail to defeat Robotnik and the Master Emerald is shattered with only the seven Chaos Emeralds left, Sonic, Tom, and Maddie are trapped and are about to be crushed by the Giant Eggman Robot. Sonic desperately tells them to leave him, as he doesn't want them killed alongside him, but [[FamilyOfChoice they refuse to leave their adopted son, and comfort him in the face of death]]. It's both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Of course, this leads to a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome when the Chaos Emeralds react to their familial love and cause Sonic to transform into Super Sonic.

** Luckily, at the end of the movie, Sonic finally calls Tom his dad. is, visibly holding back tears and all.

''({{Beat}}. Sonic then looks upset, then sighs.)''