History Trivia / SonicTheHedgehogtheMovie

** As on the main page, the OVA is actually an unsold pilot for a cancelled anime series. If this "movie" feels like [[HalfwayPlotSwitch two completely different stories back-to-back]], that's because it quite literally is.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Because of all the red tape considering copyright, no characters outside the main Sonic cast from the OVA are allowed to be used outside the anime in any Sonic media. Even if it's just a little reference such as Knuckles cowboy hat, which the Archie comics did as a little Easter Egg in one of their issues. Sega ended up chewing them out for doing so when they found out.

** The soundtrack for the OVA was advertised for a retail release, but it never dropped. Most likely due to the OVA's poor sales in Japan.

** As on the main page, the OVA is actually an unsold pilot for a cancelled anime series; what we think of as ''Sonic: The Movie'' is actually two episodes back-to-back, but thankfully they stand well together on their own.

* HeyItsThatSound: After Sonic and Tails beat up Eggman's/Robotnik's minions, they disappeared with a familiar how Franchise/{{Pokemon}} escape from their Poké Balls.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Edwin Neal, the dub voice actor for Dr. Robotnik, was also the suit actor for [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]] and played the hitchhiker in the original ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As on the main page, the OVA is actually an unsold pilot for a cancelled anime series; what we think of as ''Sonic: The Movie'' is actually two episodes back-to-back, but thankfully they stand well together on their own.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Ever wanted to get it after 2004? New copies haven't been released since then, and it is pretty rare to find it(at least on DVD, which costs around 50 bucks, the VHS is considerably cheaper, selling at around 15 dollars).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Ever wanted to get it after 2004? New copies haven't been released since then, and it is pretty rare to find it(at least on DVD, which costs around 50 bucks, the VHS is considerably cheaper, selling at around 15 dollars).

* NamesTheSame: ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'' also has a place called the Land of Darkness. (Bizarrely, ''Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie'''s initial Japanese release was on the same day that ''VideoGame/PajamaSam in No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside'' was revealed at {{E3}}.)

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As on the main page, the OVA is actually an unsold pilot for a cancelled anime series; what we think of as ''Sonic: The Movie'' is actually two episodes back-to-back, but thankfully they stand well together on their own.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Edwin Neal, the dub voice actor for Dr. Robotnik, also provided the voice [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]] and played the hitchhiker in the original ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Ever wanted to get it after 2004? New copies haven't been released since then, and it is pretty rare to find it. Got fifty bucks if you go on amazon.com? Unless you're a good bargain hunter, that's the cheapest it goes for.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Edwin Neal, the dub voice actor for Dr. Robotnik, also provided the voice [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]] and played the hitchhiker in the original ''TexasChainSawMassacre''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Edwin Neal, the dub voice actor for Dr. Robotnik, also provided the voice [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]].

* HetItsThatVoice: Edwin Neal, the dub voice actor for Dr. Robotnik, also provided the voice [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]].

** The soundtrack for the OVA was advertised for a retail release, but it never dropped. Rumor is that the release was most likely cancelled due to the OVA's poor sales in Japan.

** The soundtrack for the OVA was advertised for CD release, but it never did. Rumor was that it was most likely cancelled due to the OVA's poor sales in Japan.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As on the main page, the OVA is actually an unsold pilot for a cancelled anime series; what we think of as ''Sonic: The Movie'' is actually two episodes back-to-back, but thankfully they stand well together on their own.

* NamesTheSame: ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'' also has a place called the Land of Darkness. (Bizarrely, ''SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'''s initial Japanese release was on the same day that ''VideoGame/PajamaSam in No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside'' was revealed at {{E3}}.)

* HeyItsThatSound: After Sonic and Tails beat up Eggman's/Robotnik's minions, they disappeared with a familiar how Pokémon escape from their Poké Balls.
* NamesTheSame: ''PajamaSam'' also has a place called the Land of Darkness. (Bizarrely, ''SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'''s initial Japanese release was on the same day that ''PajamaSam in No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside'' was revealed at {{E3}}.)

* HeyItsThatSound: After Sonic and Tails beat up Eggman's/Robotnik's minions, they disappeared with a familiar how Pokemon escape from their Pokeballs.

* {{Mondegreen}}: In the English version, Robotnik's cry of "SHUT UP! HEED ME!" was thought to have been "SHUT UP! EAT ME!"

* OldShame: Sega seems to see this OVA as this, since they almost never acknowledge it exists, and as the Archie Sonic comic writers found out the hard way with issue 100, they will absolutely not allow any of the other Sonic continuities to reference it in ''any'' way, not even as an affectionate nod.

* OldShame: Sega seems to see this OVA as this, since they almost never acknowledge it exists, and they do not allow other Sonic continuities to reference it in any way.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Ever wanted to get it after 2004? New copies haven't been released since then, and it is pretty rare to find it.