History Videogame / SonicTheHedgehogTripleTrouble

* BottomlessPit: The game has pits everywhere except the first Zone:

** After defeating Eggman at the end of the game, Sonic/Tails smashes his getaway platform and sends him plummeting into a pit.

* CombatPragmatist: Fang is willing to fight dirty to beat Sonic; his first boss fight has him attempting to activate a flame trap, though it backfires on him. In his fourth fight, he fires a heat-seeking missile at you, which also backfires on him.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: In Tidal Plant Zone Act 3, Sonic and Tails are in no danger of drowning until they fight Knuckles, and even then, air bubbles pop up occasionally in the fight so they don't drown.

* AmusementParkOfDoom: Certain segments of Sunset Park Zone Acts 1 and 2 have bombs as tracks.

** Fang the Sniper is known as Nack the Weasel in the English and European instruction manual. This was also a case of a dub ''species'' change, as he's a wolf[=/=]jerboa hybrid in Japan, explaining why his design doesn't display any weasel features.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: After Sonic defeat Metal Sonic in Atomic Destroyer Zone Act 3, a sleeping Fang awakens and seems like he's going to fight Sonic, but then panics and runs away from the true final boss, Eggman.

** Instead of killing him, the pits in the final Special Stage will simply kick Sonic out of the level if falls into them.
** Act 3 of Sunset Park Zone has Sonic running on a train, and there are two or three gaps between cars early on that count as bottomless pits if he falls into them.
** Meta Junglira Zone has mud; fall too far into the mud, and Sonic falls off screen and loses a life.
** A handful of ice pits in Robotnik Winter Zone have nothing below them, although some emit gusts of wind to take Sonic up.

** Fang the Sniper is known as Nack the Weasel in the English and European instruction booklet. This was also a case of a dub ''species'' change, as he's a wolf[=/=]jerboa hybrid in Japan, explaining why his design doesn't display any weasel features.

* HarmlessVillain: Fang serves as the boss of the Special Stages, but all of them are ridiculously easy; during the first boss fight, he presses a button to set a flame trap on you but then accidentally unleashes it on himself. In Atomic Destroyer, he reappears again prepared to fight you...[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and then promptly runs away in terror]] when Eggman approaches.

Somehow finally collecting the six Chaos Emeralds without catching the attention of Sonic, [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] ([[IHaveManyNames a.k.a. Dr. Robotnik]]) was testing his latest ultimate weapon when suddenly an accident scattered them once more. Eggman was able to find one of them, but of course, Sonic and Tails learned about what happened, and now they're off to find the other five before Eggman can. Expecting this would happen, Eggman deceives Knuckles the Echidna into believing that Sonic and Tails are trying to steal the Emeralds. Thus, Knuckles becomes a nuisance that tries to inhibit the duo's progress. As all of this is happening, Fang the Sniper, a treasure-hunting weasel, has successfully located the other five during the commotion and plans to nab them to sell to the highest bidder. Are you up to the challenge of thwarting this [[TitleDrop Triple Trouble]]?

Somehow finally collecting the six Chaos Emeralds without catching the attention of Sonic, [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] ([[IHaveManyNames a.k.a. Dr. Robotnik]]) was testing his latest ultimate weapon when suddenly an accident scattered them once more. Eggman was able to find one of them, but of course, Sonic and Tails learned about what happened, and now they're off to find the other five before Eggman can. Expecting this would happen, Eggman deceives Knuckles the Echidna into believing that Sonic and Tails are trying to steal the Emeralds. Thus, Knuckles becomes a nuisance that tries to inhibit the duo's progress. As all of this is happening, Fang the Sniper, a treasure-hunting wolf, has successfully located the other five during the commotion and plans to nab them to sell to the highest bidder. Are you up to the challenge of thwarting this [[TitleDrop Triple Trouble]]?

* AesopAmnesia: Eggman tricks Knuckles into believing that Sonic and Tails are the bad guys again, despite the game presumably taking place after ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', where Knuckles was first tricked and later found out Eggman was leading him on. [[labelnote:However]]It has been implied that the Game Gear games are their own separate continuity altogether from the Mega Drive games.[[/labelnote]]
* AllInTheManual: The Japanese manual reveals various lore pertaining the game's zones, such as Sunset Park being an abandoned amusement park, Meta Junglira being an ancient jungle dating back 1 billion years, or the icy conditions in Robotnik Winter being a result of Eggman testing his atomic weapon.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: After Sonic defeat Metal Sonic in Atomic Destroyer Zone Act 3, a sleeping Fang awakens and seems like he's going to fight Sonic, but then panics and runs away from the true final boss, Dr. Eggman.
* BonusStage: The Special Stages, which can be accessed when you hit a Special Stage monitor with 50 rings.

* LogoJoke: When you start up the game, the Sega logo appears. Sonic runs past it to the left side of the screen, then past it again to the right, then the "SAYYYYYYY-GUH!" sound byte plays.

* ComicBookAdaptation: ''Triple Trouble'' was adapted into a 48-page special by Franchise/ArchieComics.

* ClassicCheatCode: A very easy one to put in exists in the game; hold up on the D-pad as the game boots up and don't let go, and in the opening cutscene, press start at the exact moment Knuckles grabs the third Chaos Emerald - the timing has to be nearly ''frame perfect'', it won't work even if you're just slightly off - if you do it right, you'll hear a subtle chime sound effect, and after you select Sonic or Tails, a level select screen will pop up.

* CyberSpace: Atomic Destroyer Zone is Eggman's lair.

* DistressedDude: After battling Dr. Eggman in Atomic Destroyer Zone, Knuckles is shown contained in a small prison capsule that Sonic/Tails then destroys, setting him free.a

** Fang the Sniper is known as Nack the Weasel in the English and European instruction booklet.
** {{Averted|Trope}} with Robotnik Winter Zone, which keeps its name in all regions, even Japan.

Somehow finally collecting the six Chaos Emeralds without catching the attention of Sonic, [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] ([[IHaveManyNames a.k.a. Dr. Robotnik]]) was testing his latest weaponry when suddenly an accident scattered them once more. Eggman was able to find one of them, but of course, Sonic and Tails learned about what happened, and now they're off to find the other five before Eggman can. Expecting this would happen, Eggman deceives Knuckles the Echidna into believing that Sonic and Tails are trying to steal the Emeralds. Thus, Knuckles becomes a nuisance that tries to inhibit the duo's progress. As all of this is happening, Fang the Sniper, a treasure-hunting wolf, has successfully located the other five during the commotion and plans to nab them to sell to the highest bidder. Are you up to the challenge of thwarting this [[TitleDrop Triple Trouble]]?

* AesopAmnesia: Eggman tricks Knuckles into believing that Sonic and Tails are the bad guys again, despite the game presumably taking place after ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', where Knuckles was first tricked and later found out Eggman was leading him on.

* BadassInDistress: At the end of the game, Sonic and Tails find Knuckles trapped in a cell, having been betrayed by Eggman.

* LocomotiveLevel: Sunset Park Zone Act 3 is this due to boss being a train.

* EvilOverlooker: Robotnik appears as one in the North American and European box art.
* FinalBoss: As usual, Dr. Eggman is the last boss of the game, and like ''Sonic Chaos'', he is not fought at all until the end of Atomic Destroyer Zone Act 3, the last stage of the game.

* LevelsTakeFlight: The first segment of Special Stages 2 and 4
has the player character flying the Tornado.
* LoadBearingBoss: Once Sonic destroys the caterpillar boss in Meta Junglira, he must then dodge the robot's falling body parts for the rest of the fight.
* LocomotiveLevel: Sunset Park Zone Act 3 is this as you take on the boss, who is a train.

* OffModel: As for the time, the overseas boxart uses the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' design for Robotnik, even though that design is not used in the game.

** Ffter delivering four hits to the turtle robot, it summons turtle spring robots, which Sonic and Tails then need to use to reach him for the second four hits to finish him off.

* AmusementParkOfDoom: Certain segments of Sunset Park Zone have bombs as tracks.

%%* AmusementParkOfDoom: Sunset Park Zone.
%%* AutoScrollingLevel: Sunset Park Zone's third act and Tidal Plant Zone's third act when the boss fight with Knuckles in his submersible begins.

%%* BonusStage: The Special Stages.

%%* CoolPlane: The Tornado appears in the even-numbered, non-platformer Special Stages.
%%* CyberSpace: Atomic Destroyer Zone.

* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Robotnik Winter Zone, which keeps its name in all regions, even Japan.
%%* EternalEngine: Sunset Park Zone, Tidal Plant Zone and Atomic Destroyer Zone
%%* EvilOverlooker: Robotnik in the North American and European box art.

%%* GreenHillZone: Great Turquoise Zone.

%%* HoppingMachine:
%%** The first Fang contraption that the player actually does have to dismantle.
%%** The first phase of the final boss involves Eggman in a spring pod of his own.

%%* JungleJapes: Meta Junglira Zone.
%%* LevelsTakeFlight: Special Stages 2 and 4.

%%* LocomotiveLevel: Sunset Park Zone Act 3.

%%* PipeMaze: Tidal Plant Zone and Atomic Destroyer Zone.

%%* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Robotnik Winter Zone.

%%* TempleOfDoom: Special Stages 1, 3 and 5, and all Fang battle zones.

* BottomlessPit: As usual, the game has pits everywhere except the first Zone:

Somehow finally collecting the six Chaos Emeralds without catching the attention of Sonic, [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] ([[IHaveManyNames a.k.a. Dr. Robotnik]]) was testing his latest weaponry when suddenly an accident scattered them once more. Eggman was able to find one of them, but of course, Sonic and Tails learned about what happened, and now they're off to find the other five before Eggman can. Expecting this would happen, Eggman deceives Knuckles the Echidna into believing that Sonic and Tails are trying to steal the Emeralds. Thus, Knuckles becomes a nuisance that tries to inhibit the duo's progress. As all of this is happening, Fang the Sniper, a treasure-hunting wolf, has successfully located the other five during the commotion. Are you up to the challenge of thwarting this [[TitleDrop Triple Trouble]]?

Amusingly, on the American and European boxarts, Robotnik is depicted in a slightly modified version of his ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' incarnation (this also happened on the North American boxart for the Game Gear port of ''VideoGame/SonicSpinball'', even though the Genesis original used the Classic Eggman; one of many reasons no one mentions the Game Gear version).

* AesopAmnesia: Knuckles somehow got tricked by Eggman that Sonic is up to no good ''again'', and not only constantly impedes Sonic's progress, but even fights him in a robot in Tidal Plant. Electrocuting him in the Hidden Palace must have fried a few brain cells...[[labelnote:However]] It's possible that the Game Gear games were meant to be their own separate continuity altogether from the Genesis.[[/labelnote]]
* AmusementParkOfDoom: Sunset Park Zone.
* AutoScrollingLevel: Sunset Park Zone's third act and Tidal Plant Zone's third act when the boss fight with Knuckles in his submersible begins.
* BadassInDistress: At the end we find Knuckles trapped in a cell, having been betrayed by Eggman.
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: After you defeat Metal Sonic in Atomic Destroyer Zone Act 3, a sleeping Fang awakens and it seems like you're going to fight him one last time, but then he panics and runs away from the true final boss, Dr. Eggman.
* BonusStage: The Special Stages.
* BossCorridor: Each boss encounter has some sort of straight corridor prior to it.

* BottomlessPit: As usual, the game has these everywhere except the first Zone:
** The pits in the final Special Stage will kick you out of the stage if you fall into them, and said stage is a bit of a puzzle.

** Meta Junglira Zone has mud. Fall too far into the mud, you fall off the screen.
** And a handful of ice pits in Robotnik Winter Zone have nothing below them, although some emit gusts of wind to take you up.
** After defeating Eggman at the end of the game, Sonic/Tails smash his getaway platform and send him plummeting into a pit.
* ClassicCheatCode: A very easy one to put in exists in the game; hold up on the D-pad as the game boots up and don't let go, and in the opening cutscene, press start at the ''exact'' moment Knuckles grabs the third Chaos Emerald (and we mean your timing has to be nearly ''frame perfect''--if you're even slightly off, it won't work). If you do it right, you'll hear a subtle chime sound effect, and after you select Sonic or Tails, a level select screen will pop up.
* ComicBookAdaptation: A 48-page special by Franchise/ArchieComics.
* CombatPragmatist: Fang is willing to fight dirty to beat Sonic. His first boss fight has him attempting to activate a flame trap (which backfires on him). In his fourth fight, he fires a heat-seeking missile at you (which also backfires on him).
* CoolPlane: The Tornado, which appears in the even-numbered, non-platformer Special Stages.
* CyberSpace: Atomic Destroyer Zone.
* DimensionalTraveler: Fang is actually from the same dimension that the game's [[BonusStage Special Stages]] are set in.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:After battling Dr. Eggman in Atomic Destroyer Zone, Knuckles is shown held in a small prison capsule (presumably since he [[YouHaveFailedMe failed to defeat the player back in Tidal Plant Zone]]), which Sonic/Tails then destroys, letting him free.]]
* DubNameChange: As mentioned above, Fang the Sniper is known here as Nack the Weasel in the English instruction booklet, and ditto for Dr. Eggman being known as Dr. Robotnik in western versions per classic series tradition. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the name of Robotnik Winter Zone, which is the same for all regions.
* EternalEngine: Sunset Park Zone, Tidal Plant Zone and Atomic Destroyer Zone
* EvilOverlooker: Robotnik in the North American and European box art.

* FlunkyBoss: The second phase of the boss in Great Turquoise Zone Act 3 and the entirety of the boss fight in Robotnik Winter Zone Act 3 are this. For the first, after 4 hits, it flies up and turtle spring Badniks will start rolling down both the initial arena and the higher arena. Sonic/Tails needs to use the Badniks to destroy the boss. For the second, it fires exploding penguin robots while it's being fought until the boss is down to the last hit.
* GreenHillZone: Great Turquoise Zone.
* HarmlessVillain: Fang. He serves as the boss of the Special Stages, but all of them are ridiculously easy. In the first boss fight, he presses a button to set a flame trap on you but then accidentally unleashes it on himself. In Atomic Destroyer, he reappears again prepared to fight you...[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and then promptly runs away in terror]] when Eggman approaches.
* HoppingMachine: The first Fang contraption that the player actually does have to dismantle; it shouldn't be hard. Also, the first phase of the final boss involves Eggman in a spring pod of his own.
* InCaseOfBossFightBreakGlass: The first part of the boss fight with Eggman at the end of the game requires you to jump on top of his spring pod enough to chase him out of the room.
* JungleJapes: Meta Junglira Zone.
* LevelsTakeFlight: Special Stages 2 and 4.

* LocomotiveLevel: Sunset Park Zone Act 3.

* OffModel: For some reason, the overseas boxart uses the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' design for Robotnik, even though that design is not used in the game.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Fang. He's a treasure hunter who wants the Chaos Emeralds not for their power, but because they would fetch him a hefty profit.
* PipeMaze: Tidal Plant Zone and Atomic Destroyer Zone.
* SequentialBoss: As per tradition, the final level of the game has five separate boss phases: first Metal Sonic, then after a short platforming segment and a checkpoint, four machines piloted by Eggman (a spring pod machine, a flamethrower machine, an electric machine, and then a laser trap room with the boss pod circling through pipes on both sides of the room).
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Robotnik Winter Zone.

** Happens to Fang in the last two Special Stage boss fights; the first one has him fire a giant missile that flies back and forth and eventually right into him if you last long enough. The last one has Fang in a drilling machine, and one of his drilling attempts gets him stuck in the floor; all Sonic/Tails have to do is pound him into the ground.
** This also happens with the first level boss of the game; after delivering four hits to the turtle robot, it summons turtle spring robots, which Sonic and Tails then need to use to reach him for the second four hits to finish him off.
** This also happens in the battle against Metal Sonic. If Metal had simply did his charge attack which makes him invincible throughout the battle instead of swooping down at the player, he would be impossible to defeat.
* TempleOfDoom: Special Stages 1, 3 and 5, and all Fang battle zones.
* ThisIsADrill: The last Fang boss fight in the Special Stages has him in a drilling machine that he tries to drill you into the ground with. Dodge it enough times, and he gets stuck on the last attempt. Then you can drill HIM into the ground.
* TookALevelInBadass: Well sort of. While none of Fang's bosses are exceptionally difficult, he does get progressively more challenging and in control of his devices, compared to the EpicFail of his first couple of tries.

* UnderwaterBossBattle: Surprisingly, the first part of the first boss has you underwater, jumping out to hit a turtle robot. Tidal Plant Zone's boss much later in the game (Knuckles in a submersible with torpedoes and depth charges in a scrolling room) is entirely underwater.

** For some reason, Fang shows up one more time in Atomic Destroyer Zone Act 3 to confront Sonic, but when Eggman shows up in his latest machine, Fang hightails it out of there. If you didn't collect the five Chaos Emeralds, the ending cutscene shows Fang laughing and escaping, but he trips up and drops the Chaos Emeralds the player didn't collect, prompting the game to tell you to Try Again.
** Like the previous two games, Eggman attempts this after you get past his laser trap in Atomic Destroyer Zone Act 3. Unlike ''Sonic 2'' and ''Sonic Chaos'', he doesn't escape before the player dumps him into a bottomless pit.
* WarmUpBoss: The first boss, a flying turtle, is actually incapable of directly harming you--the only way it can is for you to get knocked into it by a spring moto-bug while being out of your ball form.
* AWinnerIsYou: Your reward for getting the five Chaos Emeralds (the sixth one is automatically given after defeating Eggman) is to see the ending credits with Sonic and Tails flying over the ocean, and the game thanking you for playing. The End.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The obvious reason for [[spoiler:Eggman imprisoning Knuckles in Atomic Destroyer Zone Act 3]] after you [[spoiler:already defeated him in Tidal Plant Zone]].
* ZeroEffortBoss: Some of the boss encounters with Fang in the Special Stages. In the first Special Stage, he hits a switch and fries himself.

* PipeMaze: Tidal Plant Zone.

** Like the previous two games, Eggman attempts this after you get past his laser trap in Atomic Destroyer Zone's last Act. Unlike ''Sonic 2'' and ''Sonic Chaos'', he doesn't escape before the player dumps him into a bottomless pit.

* YouHaveFailedMe: The obvious reason for [[spoiler:Eggman imprisoning Knuckles in Atomic Destroyer Zone's third Act,]] after you [[spoiler:already defeated him in Tidal Plant Zone]].

** For no clear reason, Fang shows up one more time in Atomic Destroyer Act 3 to confront Sonic, but when Eggman shows up in his latest machine, Fang hightails it out of there. If you didn't collect the five Chaos Emeralds, the ending cutscene shows Fang laughing and escaping, but he trips up and drops the Chaos Emeralds the player didn't collect, prompting the game to tell you to Try Again.

* AWinnerIsYou: Your reward for getting the five Chaos Emeralds (the sixth one is automatically given after defeating Eggman) is to see the ending credits with Sonic and Tails flying over the ocean, and the game thanking you for playing. The End.

* WarmUpBoss: The first boss, a flying turtle, is actually incapable of directly harming you--the only way it can is for you to get knocked into it by a spring moto-bug while being out of your ball form.

* LevelsTakeFlight: Special Stages 2 and 4.

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Somehow finally collecting the six Chaos Emeralds without catching the attention of Sonic, [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] ([[IHaveManyNames aka Dr. Robotnik]]) was testing his latest weaponry when suddenly an accident scattered them once more. Eggman was able to find one of them, but of course, Sonic and Tails learned about what happened, and now they're off to find the other five before Eggman can. Expecting this would happen, Eggman deceives Knuckles the Echidna into believing that Sonic and Tails are trying to steal the Emeralds. Thus, Knuckles becomes a nuisance that tries to inhibit the duo's progress. As all of this is happening, Fang the Sniper, a treasure-hunting wolf, has successfully located the other five during the commotion. Are you up to the challenge of thwarting this [[TitleDrop Triple Trouble]]?

* TerribleTrio: Eggman, Knuckles (by virtue of his gullibility), and Fang, hence the English market title.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: The obvious reason for [[spoiler:Eggman imprisoning Knuckles in Atomic Destroyer Zone's third Act,]] after you [[already defeated him in Tidal Plant Zone]].

Somehow finally collecting the six Chaos Emeralds without catching the attention of Sonic, [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] ([[IHaveManyNames aka Dr. Robotnik]]) was testing his latest weaponry when suddenly an accident scattered them once more. Eggman was able to find one of them, but of course, Sonic and Tails learned about what happened, and now they're off to find the other five before Eggman can. Expecting this would happen, Eggman deceives Knuckles the Echidna into believing that Sonic and Tails are trying to steal the Emeralds. Thus, Knuckles becomes a nuisance that tries to inhibit the duo's progress. As all of this is happening, Fang the Sniper, a treasure-hunting weasel, has successfully located the other five during the commotion. Are you up to the challenge of thwarting this [[TitleDrop Triple Trouble]]?