History VisualNovel / TheMurderOfSonicTheHedgehog

* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler:During the last part of the game which is an extended "THINK!" segment, Sonic mentions that [[VideoGame/SonicFrontiers in his last adventure]], he got a speed boost from maxing-out his ring gauge.]]

* NoodleIncident: Check Omochao's WantedPoster and you will learn from Tails that Omochao is apparently a wanted criminal now due to partaking in medical malpractice. He doesn't elaborate further.

* NoodleIncident: Omochao is apparently a wanted criminal now due to partaking in medical malpractice, according to Tails. He doesn't elaborate further.

* TheComicallySerious: Most of the characters play this when they're getting into their roles, but Blaze is a stand-out example because she ''isn't'' playing a character and is simply like this. For example, the player character can suggest pretending to be her spouse to distract a guard, which Blaze takes as an ''actual'' marriage proposal before asking them about their heritage and what war crimes they've committed. When they back out, Blaze also criticizes them for doing so.

* ContinuityNod:
** Examining the globe in the library has Tails making a reference to [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Professor Pickle]].
** [[spoiler:During the last part of the game which is an extended "THINK!" segment, Sonic mentions that [[VideoGame/SonicFrontiers in his last adventure]], he got a speed boost from maxing-out his ring gauge.]]

* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler:During the last part of the game which is an extended "THINK!" segment, Sonic mentions that [[VideoGame/SonicFrontiers in his last adventure]], he got a speed boost from maxing-out his ring gauge.]]

* GaveUpTooSoon: [[spoiler:The player character and Tails were actually close to solving the mystery in implicating Espio. However, the player character doubts himself and accidentally helps give Espio an alibi.]]

* TheComicallySerious: Most of the characters play this when they're getting into their roles, but Blaze is a stand-out example because she ''isn't'' playing a character and is simply like this. For example, the player character can suggest pretending to be her spouse to distract a guard, which Blaze takes as an ''actual'' marriage proposal before asking them about their heritage, what war crimes they've committed, and whether they are ready to take the responsibilities of being a princess' consort.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: You can find [[spoiler:Dr. Eggman's autobiography]] in the library car, and [[spoiler:poker chips with his symbol on them]] in the casino. Both are brushed off by the player character and Tails, but prove to be big hints as to who's really responsible.

''The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog'' is a visual novel in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series, released on the PC exclusively through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on March 31, 2023.

* TheCameo: As per series tradition, Big the Cat can be seen through the window of one of the train cars, fishing.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Inverted. Rouge and Blaze rope Tails and the player character into assisting them with a robbery, and they proceed to plan out in excruciating detail how they're going to break into the vault room. As soon as they've finished planning, it {{GillicanCut}}s to them inside the vault room, having apparently executed it flawlessly. Only once they proceed past that point and open the safe do things actually start to go wrong.

* RunningGag: In every car, you can [[AlwaysCheckBehindTheChair insist on checking the trash can]], to Tails' increasing exasperation (and the player character's increasing sadness when they prove to be empty). The punchline comes in the lounge, where there actually ''is'' a clue in the trash; satisfied, the player character then refuses to check the trash bin in the conductor's car.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Inverted. Rouge and Blaze rope Tails and the player character into assisting them with a robbery, and they proceed to plan out in excruciating detail how they're going to break into the vault room. As soon as they've finished planning, it {{Gillican Cut}}s to them inside the vault room, having apparently executed it flawlessly. Only once they proceed past that point and open the safe do things actually start to go wrong.

* HelloInsertNameHere: The nameless employee. The game's code, however, has his default name be "Barry" and refers to him as "namelessmc" or "Nameless MC."

** Knuckles' hat is a variation of his hat seen in ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'', albeit with rings instead of star decorations, likely to [[WritingAroundTrademarks get around]] SEGA's tendency to avoid using elements from the movie.

* {{Retirony}}: A non-lethal example as the Conductor is on his last day before retirement during the events of the game, [[spoiler:which kicks off the train's plot to bring Sonic and his friends to Eggman so it can wish for the Conductor to never leave it]]

* {{Retirony}}: A non-lethal example as The Conductor is on his last day before retirement during the events of the game, [[spoiler:which kicks off the train's plot to bring Sonic and his friends to Eggman so it can wish for the conductor to never leave it]]

-->"Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!"

!! Tropes in ''The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog'' include:

** Knuckles' hat is a variation of his hat seen in ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'', albeit with rings instead of star decorations.

* ShoutOut: Sonic's death pose is laid out exactly like the [[MemeticMutation memetic]] ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' "fallen down" pose.

* OurHeroIsDead: Sonic the Hedgehog, the Blue Blur himself, is the game's victim. Of course, it's all part of the murder mystery game. [[spoiler:Well, not quite. While the culprit did not intend to murder Sonic, they were manipulated into poisoning him and getting hassled by the train. When the MC checks his body, and when he's brought to the conductor car, he's near death. Thankfully, he recovers.]]

* TheHeroDies: Sonic the Hedgehog, the Blue Blur himself, is the game's victim.