History YMMV / SonicTheHedgehog2SpecialEdition

* The characters unlocked for beating Metropolis Zone include Mega Man. Both characters would later crossover in [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Super Smash Bros. 4

* AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: Hint Mode. The tips are useless, frequently distorted, and, according to docfuture, written in Chinese.

* GameBreaker: Knuckles is broken beyond belief, able to clear entire stages by just leaping into orbit and summoning the bazooka-toting police officer from ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' to OneHitKill bosses. Fortunately, there's a cheat code to {{Nerf}} him and make the game more fair.

* EarWorm:
** [[http://youtu.be/_Oj-4Rd3n6g The a cappella rendition of the original ending theme]], complete with WordSaladLyrics. Then again, it's by Demontomatodave, so it's a given.
** Slips into hilariously awesome when you realize that the lyrics are actually the Japanese chorus sung {{Mondegreen}} style.
** The a capella version of the Mystic Cave Zone theme.

* [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Big Lipped Alligator Moment, The LP.]]

** Slips into hilariously awesome when you realize that the WordSaladLyrics are actually the japanese chorus sung {{Mondegreen}} style.

* HilariousInHindsight: The joke about Knuckles being a GameBreaker--because he can jump too high and bypass entire levels--is even funnier in the wake of ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'', where a glitch allowed Knuckles to DoubleJump indefinitely and SequenceBreak the game five ways past Sunday. [[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom The cartoon]] even shows Knuckles jumping into space, just like in this LP. No bazooka, though, but you can't have everything.

* HilariousInHindsight: The aforementioned Gamebreaker in the wake of ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'', where a glitch allowed Knuckles to DoubleJump indefinitely and SequenceBreak the game five ways past Sunday. No bazooka, though, but you can't have everything. It gets better when [[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom the cartoon]] also shows Knuckles jumping into space.

* GameBreaker: Knuckles is broken beyond belief, able to clear entire stages by just leaping into orbit and summoning the bazooka-toting police officer from ''StreetsOfRage'' to OneHitKill bosses. Fortunately, there's a cheat code to {{Nerf}} him and make the game more fair.

* [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Crowning Music of]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Funny]]: The a capella mix of the Mystic Cave Zone theme mentioned below.

** The story of "Failure Cresh", a baby with a Ring monitor for a head, interrupting the gameplay.
* EarWorm: [[http://youtu.be/_Oj-4Rd3n6g The a cappella rendition of the original ending theme]], complete with WordSaladLyrics. Then again, it's by Demontomatodave, so it's a given.
*** Slips into hilariously awesome when you realize that the WordSaladLyrics are actually the japanese chorus sung {{Mondegreen}} style.
** The a capella version of the Mystic Cave Zone theme.

* HilariousInHindsight: The aforementioned Gamebreaker in the wake of ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'', where a glitch allowed Knuckles to DoubleJump indefinitely and SequenceBreak the game five ways past Sunday. No bazooka, though, but you can't have everything.
** It gets better when [[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom the cartoon]] also shows Knuckles jumping into space.
* HoYay: Sonic & Tails.

* OneSceneWonder: Failure Cresh made a big impression on the players, considering that he only shows up for five minutes in No Blood For Oil Zone (and a brief mention in the epilogue).
* StopHelpingMe: Hint Mode. The tips are useless, frequently distorted, and, according to docfuture, written in Chinese.

* OneSceneWonder: Failure Cresh made a big impression on the players, considering that he only shows up for five minutes in Oil Ocean Zone (and a brief mention in the epilogue).

** The story of "Cresh", a baby with a Ring monitor for a head, interrupting the gameplay.

* OneSceneWonder: Failure Cresh made a big impression on the players, considering that he only shows up for five minutes in Oil Ocean Zone (and a brief mention in the epilogue).

* [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Crowning Music of]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Funny]]: The a capella mix of the Mystic Cave Zone theme.

* GameBreaker: Knuckles is broken beyond belief, able to clear entire stages by just leaping into orbit and summoning the bazooka-toting police officer from StreetsOfRage to OneHitKill bosses. Fortunately, there's a cheat code to {{Nerf}} him and make the game more fair.
* HoYay: Sonic & Tails.

* EarWorm: The a cappella rendition of the original ending theme, complete with WordSaladLyrics. Then again, it's by Demontomatodave, so it's a given.

* HoYay: Sonic & Tails.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: No Blood For Oil Zone is widely believed to be an allegory for the first Gulf War.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment, The LP.

* GameBreaker: Knuckles is broken beyond belief, able to clear entire stages by just leaping into orbit and summoning the bazooka-toting police officer from StreetsOfRage to OneHitKill bosses.