History Trivia / SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide

* InspirationForTheWork: This comic, alongside the sequel, inspired Jun Sunoue to create the "Mega Man 4 Medley" in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', which was Mega Man's music done in Sonic's signature sound.

** In the Off-Panel comic for Sonic Universe #54, Bass announces that he and Metal Sonic will combine their power, resulting in... a musical act. Mega Man thought they were going to fuse together.

* IKnewIt: [[spoiler: Quite a few fans guessed correctly that Robotnik and Wily were going to have a nasty falling out.]]

* InspirationForTheWork: This comic inspired Jun Sunoue to create the “Mega Man 4 Medley” in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', which was Mega Man’s music done in Sonic’s signature sound.

* NamesTheSame: The Roboticized Master, Shadow Man, and the actual Shadow Man from the ''Mega Man'' franchise. {{Lampshaded}} in Part 6, where Eggman announces he'll send Shadow Man to intercept the heroes, Wily asks which one. After a BeatPanel, they agree to send both. Then, in Part 7, when faced with them both, Sonic has trouble giving directions to Mega Man about who to attack.
** An example involving another occurs later on in part five with there being now [[spoiler:two green Sega robot characters named [[VideoGame/{{Vectorman}} Vector Man]]]]. Also lampshaded in Part 6, where the character's name reminds Sonic of [[spoiler:a trash collector, which was the job of the original Vectorman]].

* InspirationForTheWork: This comic inspired Jun Sunoue to create the “Mega Man 4 Medley” in VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate, which was Mega Man’s music done in Sonic’s signature sound.

* InspirationForTheWork: This comic inspired Jun Sunoue to create the “Mega Man 4 Medley” in VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate, which was Mega Man’s music done in Sonic’s signature sound.

* ShoutOut: Sonic states that Vector Man's name reminds him of a trash collector.

** According to Spaz in the first paperback's special features, the basic idea of having ''Archie Sonic'' crossing over with ''Mega Man'' dates as far back as when ''ComicBook/DreamwavesMegaMan'' was running, but the deal never went through. Not much is known about this version of the crossover, though Spaz said all that really got carried over to the final version was the basic idea of a "sneakers and helmet" image that got used in one of the teasers.

** An example involving another occurs later on in part five with there being now [[spoiler:two green Sega robot characters named [[VideoGame/{{Vectorman}} Vector Man]]]]. Also lampshaded in Part 6, where the character's name reminds Sonic of [[spoiler:a trash collector, which was the job of the original Vectorman]].

* NamesTheSame: The Roboticized Master, Shadow Man, and the actual Shadow Man from the ''Mega Man'' franchise. {{Lampshaded}} in Part 6, where Eggman announces he'll send Shadow Man to intercept the heroes, Wily asks which one. After a BeatPanel, they agree to send both. Then, in Part 7, when faced with them both, Sonic has trouble giving directions to Mega Man about who to attack.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A consequence of Archie losing the ''Sonic'' license to IDW, this crossover cannot be reprinted, and due to Sega and IDW wanting to move on from the ''Archie Sonic'' material as of this writing, it looks pretty unlikley it'll get reprinted at all.

** According to Spaz, the basic idea of having ''Archie Sonic'' crossing over with ''Mega Man'' dates as far back as when ''ComicBook/DreamwavesMegaMan'' was running, but the deal never went through. Not much is known about this version of the crossover, though Spaz said all that really got carried over was the basic idea of a "sneakers and helmet" image that got used in one of the teasers.

* ExecutiveMeddling: A rare case where a crossover is used to ''execute'' the meddling. Namely, [[spoiler:all of the ''Sonic'' characters created by other writers can't be used anymore, so the CosmicRetcon at the end doubles as a way to get them out without requiring another story or just killing them all off.]]

** Then there's the fact that Part 4 was the 25th issue of Mega Man and immediately prior to the crossover was the 50th issue of Sonic Universe that introduced the version of Metal Sonic that would show up in the crossover. Milestone celebrations all around

** An example involving another occurs later on in part five with there being now [[spoiler:two green Sega robot characters named [[{{Vectorman}} Vector Man]]]]. Also lampshaded in Part 6, where the character's name reminds Sonic of [[spoiler:a trash collector, which was the job of the original Vectorman]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ian Flynn was originally planning to have Bass and Metal Sonic combine into a single entity, but this idea was shot down early on.
The weakness of said boss would've been Rouge Woman's Black Wave, the only time it would've been used.

* Development Gag: In Sonic Universe #51, Doctor Light is seen working on Bond Man, who he's "been putting off building since the original line."
In the Off-Panel comic for Sonic Universe #54, Bass announces that he and Metal Sonic will combine their power, resulting in... a musical act. Mega Man thought they were going to fuse together.