History TearJerker / SonicUnleashed

* Sonic's humiliating defeat in the intro acts as both this and Main/NightmareFuel.

** The visual side of it is just as harsh; Sonic holding his arm out towards Amy, as if *trying* to work up the courage to talk to her as she runs off...and then just sighing and walking away dejectedly without a word after Chip points out how Sonic looks. It's very obvious that the girl who loves him not even *recognizing* him as a Werehog is a *really* hard thing for Sonic to take, especially once Chip plants the seed of worry that maybe Amy seeing him as something *other* than the cool blue hero might hurt her perception of him.

* Chip's resealing into the Earth. Sonic sees Chip's form lying on the ground and is about to help him, when the form disappears. As he listens to Chip's final speech, Sonic picks up Chip's remaining necklace and puts it on his wrist. Sonic then watches the sun rise, and allows a smile to cross his face as he thinks fondly of his friend.
* During the credits of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', the song "Dear My Friend". It's almost kind of a MoodWhiplash since the rest of the game seemed kind of light-hearted, (with {{Aside Glance}}s, all kinds of little gags during the cutscenes, the cartoony-looking villagers, not to mention the funny promo short: ''WebAnimation/SonicNightOfTheWerehog'') then comes the BittersweetEnding. What really brings it out is the fact that the song is supposedly in Chip's POV, and you know he and Sonic will never see each other again.

* Sonic's reaction to Amy not recognizing him as the Werehog. He doesn't say another word the remainder of the cutscene, not even to Chip. This is one of the ''few'' times we see him so sad.

* Chip's resealing into the Earth. Sonic sees Chip's form lying on the ground and is about to help him, when the form disappears. As he listens to Chip's final speech (pictured above is the quote), Sonic picks up Chip's remaining necklace and puts it on his wrist. Sonic then watches the sun rise, and allows a smile to cross his face as he thinks fondly of his friend.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'll never forget you. I'll be here by you, always. A part of the earth you tread..."'']]

* Sonic's reaction to Amy not recognizing him as the Werehog. He doesn't say another word the remainder of the cutscene, not even to Chip. This is one of the ''few'' times we see him so sad.

* [[spoiler: Chip's resealing into the Earth]]. To make things worse, Sonic is completely stoic.
** To specify, [[spoiler: Sonic sees Chip's form lying on the ground and is about to help him, when the form disappears. As he listens to Chip's final speech,(pictured above is the quote)Sonic picks up Chip's remaining necklace and puts it on his wrist. Sonic then watches the sun rise, and allows a smile to cross his face as he thinks fondly of his friend.]]
* During the credits of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', the song "Dear My Friend". It's almost kind of a MoodWhiplash since the rest of the game seemed kind of light-hearted, (with {{Aside Glance}}s, all kinds of little gags during the cutscenes, the cartoony-looking villagers, not to mention the funny promo short: ''WebAnimation/SonicNightOfTheWerehog'') then comes the [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]. What really brings it out is the fact that the song is supposedly in Chip's POV, [[spoiler:and you know he and Sonic will never see each other again.]]

** To specify, [[spoiler: Sonic sees Chip's form lying on the ground and is about to help him, when the form disappears. As he listens to Chip's final speech, Sonic picks up Chip's remaining necklace and puts it on his wrist. Sonic then watches the sun rise, and allows a smile to cross his face as he thinks fondly of his friend.]]

* Sonic's reaction to Amy not recognizing him as the Werehog. He doesn't say another word the remainder of the cutscene, not even to Chip. This is one of the ''few'' times we see him so sad.
* Meta-wise, ''Unleashed's'' harsh reception on release and the following few years. Behind-the-scenes material and the game's production values and sheer amount of content made it clear that Sonic Team really poured their heart into making ''Unleashed'', likely to make up for ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 06]]''. There was serious love for this game from Sonic Team, but the fans would go on to despise ''Unleashed''; taking the game as another instance of Sonic Team not caring about Sonic and certain reviewers giving the game ''lower'' scores than ''[[ObviousBeta Sonic 06]]''! All just because of the Werehog concept alone, even though the Werehog wasn't any more "offensive" than past and future concepts (UnexpectedGameplayChange notwithstanding... and even that was nothing new to the series, with even well-received games like ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' or ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' suffering from it). The critical backlash was negative enough for SEGA to officially de-list ''Unleashed'' and consider it an OldShame. Only after a whole decade did ''Unleashed's'' reputation [[VindicatedByHistory change for the better]], but there are still plenty of fans who look down on the game.

* During the credits of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', the song "Dear My Friend". It's almost kind of a MoodWhiplash since the rest of the game seemed kind of light-hearted, (with {{Aside Glance}}s, all kinds of little gags during the cutscenes, the cartoony-looking villagers, not to mention the funny promo short: ''Anime/SonicNightOfTheWerehog'') then comes the [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]. What really brings it out is the fact that the song is supposedly in Chip's POV, [[spoiler:and you know he and Sonic will never see each other again.]]

* Meta-wise, ''Unleashed's'' harsh reception on release and the following few years. Behind-the-scenes material and the game's production values and sheer amount of content made it clear that Sonic Team really poured their heart into making ''Unleashed'', likely to make up for ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 06]]''. There was serious love for this game from Sonic Team, but the fans would go on to despise ''Unleashed''; taking the game as another instance of Sonic Team not caring about Sonic and certain reviewers giving the game ''lower'' scores than ''[[ObviousBeta Sonic 06]]''! All just because of the Werehog concept alone, even though the Werehog wasn't any more "offensive" than past and future concepts ([[UnexpectedGameplayChange the gameplay]] notwithstanding). The critical backlash was negative enough for SEGA to officially de-list ''Unleashed'' and consider it an OldShame. Only after a whole decade did ''Unleashed's'' reputation [[VindicatedByHistory change for the better]], but there are still plenty of fans who look down on the game.

* Meta-wise, ''Unleashed's'' harsh reception on release and the following few years. Behind-the-scenes material and the game's production values and sheer amount of content made it clear that Sonic Team really poured their heart into making ''Unleashed'', likely to make up for ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 06]]''. There was serious love for this game from Sonic Team, but the fans would go on to despise ''Unleashed''; taking the game as another instance of Sonic Team not caring about Sonic and certain reviewers giving the game ''lower'' scores than ''[[ObviousBeta Sonic 06]]''! All just because of the Werehog concept alone, even though the Werehog wasn't any more "offensive" than past and future concepts ([[UnexpectedGameplayChange the gameplay]] notwithstanding). The critical backlash was negative enough for SEGA to officially de-list ''Unleashed'' and consider it an OldShame. Only after a whole decade did ''Unleashed's'' reputation [[VindicatedByHistory change for the better]], but there are still plenty of fans who look down on the game. Even LetsPlay/ClementJ642 considers ''Unleashed'' part of the Dark Age just because of the Night Stages.

* Meta-wise, ''Unleashed's'' harsh reception on release and the following few years. Behind-the-scenes material and the game's production values and sheer amount of content made it clear that Sonic Team really poured their heart and soul into making ''Unleashed'', likely wanting to make up for ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 06]]''. There was serious love for this game from Sonic Team, but the fans would go on to despise ''Unleashed''; taking the game as another instance of Sonic Team not caring about Sonic and certain reviewers giving the game ''lower'' scores than ''[[ObviousBeta Sonic 06]]''! All just because of the Werehog concept alone, even though the Werehog wasn't any more "offensive" than past and future concepts ([[UnexpectedGameplayChange the gameplay]] notwithstanding). The critical backlash was negative enough for SEGA to officially de-list ''Unleashed'' and consider it an OldShame. Only after a whole decade did ''Unleashed's'' reputation [[VindicatedByHistory change for the better]], but there are still plenty of fans who look down on the game. Even LetsPlay/ClementJ642 considers ''Unleashed'' part of the Dark Age just because of the Night Stages.

* Sonic's reaction to Amy not recognizing him as the Werehog. He doesn't say another word the remainder of the cutscene, not even to Chip. This is one of the ''few'' times we see him so sad.

* Sonic's reaction to Amy not recognizing him as the Werehog. He doesn't say another word the remainder of the cutscene, not even to Chip.

* During the credits of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', the song "Dear My Friend". It's almost kind of a MoodWhiplash since the rest of the game seemed kind of light-hearted, (with {{Aside Glance}}s, all kinds of little gags during the cutscenes, the cartoony-looking villagers, not to mention the funny promo short: "Night of the Werehog,") then comes the [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]. What really brings it out is the fact that the song is supposedly in Chip's POV, [[spoiler:and you know he and Sonic will never see each other again.]]

* Sonic's humiliating defeat in the intro.

* During the credits of SonicUnleashed, the song "Dear My Friend". It's almost kind of a MoodWhiplash since the rest of the game seemed kind of light-hearted, (with {{Aside Glance}}s, all kinds of little gags during the cutscenes, the cartoony-looking villagers, not to mention the funny promo short: "Night of the Werehog,") then comes the [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]. What really brings it out is the fact that the song is supposedly in Chip's POV, [[spoiler:and you know he and Sonic will never see each other again.]]

* During the credits of SonicUnleashed, the song "Dear My Friend". It's almost kind of a MoodWhiplash since the rest of the game seemed kind of light-hearted, (with {{Aside Glance}}s, all kinds of little gags during the cutscenes, the cartoony-looking villagers, not to mention the funny promo short: "Night of the Werehog,") then comes the [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]. What really brings it out is the fact that the song is supposedly in Chip's POV, [[spoiler:and you know he and Sonic will never see each other again.]]