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6	[[caption-width-right:350:'''[[AGodAmI I AM GOD.]]''' [[note]]Characters (Clockwise): [[BewareTheSillyOnes Sanic.exe]], [[TokenGoodTeammate Sunky.MPEG]], [[AmbiguouslyEvil Majin Sonic]], [[BigBad Sonic.exe]], [[CreepyDoll Tails Doll]], [[AffablyEvil Lord X]], [[OriginalGeneration EXE]]. Not Shown: [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Fleetway Super Sonic]], every character in the 2.5 build (Starved, Furnace, Fatal Error, Sarah Henderson, [[StylisticSuck Coldsteel]], [[LethalJokeCharacter Grimbo]]), every character planned for 2.5 and 3.0 (Unnamed Encore Majin, Genesys, Wechidna, [[DigitalAbomination Chaotix]], Spoopy Sonic, Boundless, Oga, Mephisto, LEAKER, Satanos, Demogri, Griatos, Sally_ALT, [=SL4SH=], [[TransTribulations Curse]], X-Terion, Luther Artwright, [[AxCrazy Secret History Tails]], Sonic.OMW, Requital, Hog and Scorched, Grimeware, Devoid, Exetior, DSK, Mono.BW, Bratwurst.EXE, Batman Sonic, Soink’.FLA, Lumpy Movie Sonic, Lookalike, Girl, No More Innocence, Sally_ALT's minions, Apollyon, Melthog, God Complex Sonic, [=NormalCD=], RE-RUN, RE-RUN Sonic, MX, Meathog, No-Name, Educator, [=G8ME OV3R=] Sonic and Tails, [=S0N1C=], Leech).[[/note]]]]
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9	''[[https://gamebanana.com/mods/316022 Vs Sonic.exe]]'' was a ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' GameMod created by [=RightBurstUltra=] and directed by [=SasterSub0ru=] and [=CommandoDev=], formerly directed by Comgaming_Nz and Razencro. It was a crossover between ''Friday Night Funkin''' and the ''VideoGame/SonicExe'' {{Creepypasta}}.
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11	Boyfriend and Girlfriend have found themselves stuck in a video game once again; problem is, this video game is the haunted Sonic.exe, and the titular character himself has just finished off the plot of the original pasta. Boyfriend, [[BullyingADragon in all of his brilliance]] and ever the FearlessFool, decides to challenge the demon to a rap battle, as he does, and thus gets himself into a situation with all sorts of famous (and infamous) classic Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog horror stories.
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13	An update to the mod called ''Vs Sonic.exe Round 2'' released on November 25th, 2021, featuring more ''Sonic'' creepypasta characters, including the primary artist's own version of Sonic.exe and Tails Doll, along with [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic Fleetway Super Sonic]] and Sanic.exe.
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15	A second update, dubbed ''Update 2.5'' was announced for early 2022, with new characters, new songs and a Christmas week. A teaser for one of the songs, "Slaybells", was released Christmas Day 2021. However, in January 2022, [[https://twitter.com/falsecow_/status/1481740189261348873 the update was cancelled]] owing to controversy surrounding the mod's former director, Revie_03. All content related to their EXE character was removed, and a new update with completely new content entered development.
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17	Due to the stress it put on the developers, the mod as a whole was canceled on July 6th, 2022. To compensate, a build containing the content for the update that was finished prior to the cancellation was released to the public the next day, and a number of independent developers have gone on to make their own alterations since then. The build can be downloaded [[https://www.mediafire.com/file/fusjlp6exkaw4f8/exe2.5unplannedrelease.rar/file here]]. The mod would eventually be succeeded by Lord X's creator in the form of ''VideoGame/SonicLegacyFNF''.
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19	[[foldercontrol]]
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21	!Song list:
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23	[[folder:Song List]]
24	!Main Week
25	#Too Slow (Sonic.exe)
26	#You Can't Run (Sonic.exe)
27	#Triple Trouble (Xenophanes, Tails, Knuckles, and Eggman)
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29	%%Do NOT add "Milk Encore" or "Too Fest Encore" to the list, as those songs don't exist. Also do not add "Manual Blast" or "My Horizon", as although those songs ''were'' initially planned for the mod, they were never added and instead were transfered to VideoGame/IllegalInstruction.
30	!Encore Mode[[note]]Only Too Slow Encore is playable in the build. Endless Encore was finished but not used, You Can't Run Encore was finished months later, Sunshine Encore will be finished for ''VideoGame/SoullessDX'', and Triple Trouble Encore was finished nearly a year later.[[/note]]
31	#Too Slow Encore (Sonic.exe/Grimbo)
32	!Bonus Songs
33	!!Introduced in V1
34	#Endless ([[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Majin Sonic]])[[note]]the 2.5 build contains both the new and "OG" versions[[/note]]
35	#Execution ([[VideoGame/SonicPCPort Lord X]])[[note]]replaced by "Cycles" from 2.0 onwards[[/note]]
36	!!Introduced in V1.5
37	#Milk (VideoGame/{{Sunky\|MPEG}})
38	!!Introduced in V2
39	#Cycles (Lord X)
40	#Sunshine ([[VideoGame/SonicR Tails Doll]])
41	#Chaos ([[ComicBook/SonicTheComic Fleetway Super Sonic]])
42	#Too Fest (Sanic.exe)
43	#Faker/Black Sun (EXE)[[note]]removed from 2.5 onwards due to now-resolved drama[[/note]]
44	!!Introduced in V2.5
45	#Soulless (Tails Doll) (unfinished)[[note]]finished version to be used in ''VideoGame/SoullessDX''[[/note]]
46	#Prey (Starved and Furnace vs. Sonic)
47	#Fight or Flight (Starved vs. Tails)
48	#Round-A-Bout (WebVideo/Needlem0use)
49	#Personel (Coldsteel the Hedgeheg)
50	#Substantial (X-Terion)[[note]]can't be played by normal means, and needs a workaround to actually play[[/note]]
51	#Fatality (Fatal Error)[[note]]originally part of the canceled build, the song was quickly removed at the request of Fatal_Error's creator[[/note]]
52	!Rejected/Troll Songs
53	# Unnamed Silly.TIFF Song (Silly.TIFF)
54	# Shocker (Webcomic/{{Sonichu}})
55	# Extreme Zap (Sonichu)
56	[[/folder]]
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58	!!So many tropes to play with, so little time:
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60	[[folder:#-L]]
61	* AdaptedOut: As the mod is an adaption of the videogame based on the creepypasta rather than the creepypasta itself, the entire plot of Sonic.exe (AKA "X" in the creepypasta) taking human souls and turning them into his playthings, along with human characters such as [[IdiotHero Tom]] or [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Shannon Goldman]], are completely absent.
62	* AdaptationalCurves: In the bonus songs "Faker" and "Black Sun", Girlfriend is rendered in a more proportionate artstyle, not only appearing taller than in the official "week" but also gaining some extra dimensions to her BWH measurements, including a more distinct bust and HartmanHips that are highlighted by her jeans.
63	* AdaptationalSpeciesChange:
64	** "Too Slow Encore" turns the human Boyfriend into a rabbit. While her sprites weren't fully finished before the mod was cancelled, the demon Girlfriend was also going to be turned into a goat.
65	** The canned song "Forestall Desire" would have made Pico a hedgehog to go with rabbit Boyfriend.
66	* AddressingThePlayer: Lord X's GameOver quotes refer moreso to the player than just Boyfriend, especially when he mentions the overhaul he got in Round 2, using a nonstandard spectogram audio, and when [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou he claims to play with you forever once he has your soul]].
67	* AffablyEvil: A possible interpretation of Majin Sonic. While his friendlier smile, cartoonish animations, and catchy, non-threatening song makes him look like more of a nice guy, he still seems to [[spoiler:forcibly [[TheAssimilator assimilate Boyfriend into his group of clones]] should the latter lose.]]
68	* AmbiguouslyEvil: While most of the Sonics are ObviouslyEvil, and Sunky.MPEG clearly means no harm, Majin Sonic's nature is left vague, leaving him to [[invoked]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation fan interpretation]].
69	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: All versions of the mod primarily have Boyfriend as the player character: however, in the unfinished build, Starved's songs see you take control of different characters, that being Sonic for "Prey" and Tails for "Fight or Flight".
70	* AntiClimax: The unfinished "Soulless" has a slow beginning, building up with Tails doing a long solo and Boyfriend following suit... and then the song ends just before the beatdrop.
71	* AnArmAndALeg: When Sonic.exe brings back Tails, Knuckles and Eggman, Tails is missing his left hand, Knuckles is missing his right, and Eggman is missing both.
72	* ArrangeMode: Planned for the mod was an "Encore" mode inspired by the Encore mode in ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' and the original game's ERECT difficulty, which would remix the songs to make them more challenging. A few songs were completed before the mod was cancelled, though only "Too Slow" is available in the unfinished build.
73	* ArtEvolution: The Version 2 update features overhauls for most of the characters not added in the update. Sonic.exe gets altered sprites and new animations in his first stage, Majin Sonic and Lord X get their stages and sprites completely redrawn, and Sunky gets slightly better camera work. The logo of the mod also goes from a simple gold ring to a much more detailed and rusted one, better matching the title screen of the creepypasta.
74	* ArtShift:
75	** During one part of "You Can't Run", Sonic.exe transports himself, Boyfriend and Girlfriend to a pixelated Green Hill Zone where all of them are pixelated as if they were in a UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis game.
76	** In "Sunshine", Tails Doll and Boyfriend are rendered as simplistic 3D models like those of the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn, the Tails Doll's console of origin.
77	** "Soulless" is a departure from both the usual game's style and the 3D models of "Sunshine", having a sketchy, flat color Tails Doll in reference to [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/exenightmare/images/a/ac/Screenshot_20220402_081118_com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox_edit_1246167099820786.jpg the piece of art]] commonly associated with it.
78	** In the DummiedOut[[invoked]] "Fatality", Fatal_Error and Boyfriend are both in sprites resembling those from ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', a game Fatal had attacked in his storyline.
79	** "Prey" is rendered entirely in sprites styled after ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1''. Interestingly, "Fight or Flight" goes back to the usual style.
80	** "Round-a-Bout" is in a lineless style matching the art from [=Needlem0use=]'s work of origin.
81	** The revamped "Milk" depicts Boyfriend and Sunky in a flat-colored and much more toony style.
82	* ArtifactTitle: While the main week does focus on Sonic.exe, only three of the bonus songs actually involve the original creepypasta, with the rest either being different ''Sonic'' creepypastas or other horror content, darker versions of Sonic from different media, or LighterAndSofter parodies of ''Sonic.exe''.
83	* BackFromTheDead: Sonic.exe revives Tails, Knuckles, and Eggman and sics them on Boyfriend for "Triple Trouble".
84	* BattleAura: Fleetway Super Sonic is surrounded by a golden aura during "Chaos". Boyfriend also gets an aura upon going Super himself halfway through the song, causing Sonic to let out a BigWhat.
85	* BodyHorror: It just wouldn't be a proper piece of ''Sonic.exe'' media without it:
86	** Sonic.exe has an additional pair of hands ''inside his body'', as seen in his right and down poses, as well as the ending cutscene. As the hands' positions change, it almost gives the impression that something's trying to climb out of his mouth. He takes this up a notch in a section in "Too Slow", with multiple purple tongues coming out of his mouth.
87	** "Cycles" gives Lord X positively warped body features, a more animalistic stance, and in his up pose, ''skeletal hands using his tongue as ligaments'' coming out of his mouth.
88	** While the zombified Tails and Knuckles don't look too worse for wear, the zombified Dr. Eggman takes great detail in depicting his decomposing form, with the good doctor's brain being exposed through what skin he has left, ''[[EyeScream including where his eyes would be]]'' and looking like it's about to burst out in his right pose.
89	** Beyond the obvious parts of EXE's design, with the deliberate UncannyValley feeling of his "Faker" form and his horrifying transformation leading into "Black Sun", his creator gave this bit of trivia: EXE's "Faker" form's pupils? They aren't pupils. ''They're holes.'' The "pupils" dilating during his transformation are actually the holes growing until his eyes are pushed back into his skull. [[invoked]]
90	* BossBanter:
91	** Fleetway Super Sonic's ''very'' talkative during his song "Chaos", displaying his original self's cocky nature by [[YouFightLikeACow mocking]] and [[IShallTauntYou taunting]] Boyfriend constantly, but also getting visibly irritated near the end when Boyfriend still manages to keep pace with him.
92	** PlayedForLaughs during "Personel", where Coldsteel will go on random rants during the song as part of its intentionally poor quality.
93	* BossRemix:
94	** "You Can't Run" is an intense metal remix of the "Drowning" theme, with a DarkReprise of "Green Hill Zone" thrown in there for good measure.
95	** "Triple Trouble" starts [[TurnsRed picking up the tempo]] at the start of Eggman's part, which quickly turns into a fast-paced, intense rearrangement of the boss theme from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2''.
96	* BreakingTheFourthWall:
97	** Before "Too Slow" goes off the rails, Sonic.exe looks directly at the screen as he laughs, as if he's acknowledging the player's presence, then jumpscares the screen during the last leg of the song. "You Can't Run" furthers this by having him look directly at the screen as he sings.
98	** "Cycles" has Lord X stare at the player in his left pose, and in his Game Over dialogue makes references to his stage's overhaul and even his status in-story as a TimeAbyss, but narratively a derivative of the original Sonic.exe.
99	* BreatherEpisode:
100	** Compared to the more horror-focused nature of the rest of the mod's songs, "Milk" is a nice change of pace, being more lighthearted in both visuals and music.
101	** While Fleetway Super Sonic is still a legitimate threat, "Chaos" is much more on the comedic side, with Fleetway frequently cracking wise in both the song itself and on the game over screen.
102	* BrutalBonusLevel: Don't let the LighterAndSofter nature of "Milk" and "Too Fest" fool you -- they are just as hard as the others, if not harder.
103	* CameraPerspectiveSwitch:
104	** During Xenophanes' sections of "Triple Trouble", the camera shifts to an over-the-shoulder perspective.
105	** The camera shifts to first-person during segments of "Sunshine".
106	** The unfinished "Soulless" is entirely in first person.
107	** "Fight or Flight" is framed in third person, behind Tails.
108	* CreepyDoll: Tails Doll fits the bill, being an evil robot doll that floats, has an UncannyValley appearance and can do... something that hangs you to death faster than you can react.
109	* CombatPragmatist: Fleetway Super Sonic sends a laser blast Boyfriend's way during ''Chaos''. If it's not dodged, [[OneHitKill all that'll be left of Boyfriend are his balls and a pile of ash]].
110	* ContagiousLaughter: Soul Eggman has a tendency to laugh after his verses, perhaps implying some form of PersonalityRemnant after Sonic's takeover of his body. Somewhat unsettlingly, Boyfriend may match this with a lighthearted giggle of his own despite the horrifying situation playing out in front of him.
111	%%* DarkIsEvil: A possible interpretation of Majin Sonic. See AffablyEvil for more details.
112	* DamageOverTime:
113	** "Black Sun" has Boyfriend's health passively drain when he misses notes. Unlike the standard health drain of other mods, there is no way to gain health back after losing it.
114	** "Fight or Flight" has a "Fear" mechanic that builds up over time, which in turn drains the health bar. Missing notes further increases the Fear meter while hitting notes decreases it slightly.
115	* DarkIsNotEvil: As menacing as he is, Majin Sonic's grandiose, almost clown-like animations combined with the more jovial tone of "Endless" demonstrate that he's more concerned with having a fun time than hurting anyone... though while not evil, he ''is'' still dangerous.
116	* DarkReprise: Partway through "You Can't Run", Sonic.exe warps the environment to that of the Genesis-era Green Hill Zone, complete with a warped cover of the stage theme fitting the style of the song.
117	* DenserAndWackier:
118	** Sunky.MPEG, as a LighterAndSofter parody of Sonic.exe himself, completely trashes the mod's serious, horror-based nature in favor of heaping helpings of StylisticSuck and memetic [[{{Leitmotif}} leitmotifs]].
119	** Sanic.exe is even more of a parody than Sunky.MPEG, being an even worse drawn Sonic who battles Boyfriend in [[VideoGame/GarrysMod GMod]] with an goofy rendition of Green Hill Zone.
120	** Lord X was taken utterly seriously in the original mod, but his overhaul for "Cycles" isn't quite as stern (despite the new BodyHorror in his up pose). His other poses are much goofier, especially his right pose, and the flower in the middle is now holding a sign telling people the arms do ''not'' belong to Knuckles.
121	** One of the characters in the 3.0 update is Coldsteel the Hedgeheg, a parody of poorly-made and needlessly edgy Sonic [[OriginalCharacter original characters]] that frequently popped up from the mid-2000s to the early 2010s. He's not even remotely threatening and his entire existence within the mod is pure, unfiltered StylisticSuck.
122	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Not only does Boyfriend beat .exe in a rap battle, he lives to tell the tale when Girlfriend ''effectively gives .exe a BitchSlap''. When .exe then tries to kill Boyfriend again, Girlfriend simply puts a barrier around him with a cheeky little smile.
123	* EasterEgg:
124	** After beating the main game, you unlock the Sound Test and get shown a number of codes. Entering these codes into the Sound Test has a number of results; most of them lead to simple joke images or videos, but several of them give you {{Optional Boss}}es.
125	** One of Lord X's game over voice-lines is more of a weird techno frequency noise than dialogue, but putting it into a spectrogram reveals an image of Boyfriend held limp by strings. The full image this originates from an artwork depicting Lord X puppeteer-ing Boyfriend by the strings.
126	** Getting Majin Sonic's NonStandardGameOver, including the game crash, uploads a text file to your desktop, which consists of a MadnessMantra of "FUN IS INFINITE" spanning beyond the limits of readability.
127	* EasyModeMockery: Attempting to beat the main week on Easy or Normal will end the game after "Too Slow", telling the player they were "too slow" and asking if they want to try again, ie on Hard.
128	* EldritchLocation: While the burning Green Hill Zone shown in "Too Slow" is already this, "Cycles" takes it up a notch, with flowers with eyes in their centers, flailing arms coming out of the bushes, and trees filled with coconuts that have sharp teeth.
129	* EpicRocking: The final song of the week is "Triple Trouble", a [[MarathonBoss grueling eight-minute-long battle]] against [[OneWingedAngel Xenophanes]] and the mutilated corpses of Tails, Knuckles, and Dr. Robotnik.
130	* EvilSoundsDeep: Sonic.exe's voice is a very, ''very'' low-pitched rumble.
131	* EvilVersusEvil: Some of Fleetway Super Sonic's game over quotes may hint that he has a rivalry with Sonic.exe (or feels the so-called "faker" is cramping his style).
132	* ElongatingArmGag: Sunky.MPEG's left note animation has his arms extend comedically. One of them even does a loop-de-loop.
133	* FearlessFool: Boyfriend witnesses Sonic.exe impale Tails' head onto a pike and his first reaction is to of course challenge him to a rap battle.
134	* FauxAffablyEvil: Sonic.exe accepts Boyfriend's challenge instead of killing him on the spot and gives him a fair (if brutal) fight... only to prove an ''extreme'' SoreLoser once he's beaten, pulling out all the stops just to kill him.
135	* FlippingTheBird: Fleetway Super Sonic's forward animation has him raise his middle finger to Boyfriend.
136	* ForTheEvulz: Just like in his home Creepypasta, Sonic.exe creates games for his own twisted amusement, and when Boyfriend challenges him to a rap battle, it's just another game to .exe. However, after ''losing'' at this game, [[SoreLoser he doesn't handle it very well]].
137	* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Getting a GameOver on the song "Endless" results in a time limit to restart the song. If the timer runs out, Boyfriend will be converted into another Majin, followed by the game forcibly crashing. In the Round 2 update, the crash now creates a document called 'fun.txt", which is just made up of [[MadnessMantra "FUN IS INFINITE"]] repeated over and over.
138	* FreezeFrameBonus:
139	** The intro video prior to the Round 2 update, after the "Vs Sonic.exe" title is shown, features a series of lines delivered rapid-fire:
140	--->ENJOY THE MOD\
141	[[VideoGame/SonicCD THE FUN IS INFINITE]]\
142	SO MANY SOULS TO PLAY WITH\
143	SO LITTLE TIME...\
144	WYOMING DOES NOT EXIST\
145	SHOUSOUS TO UHHHHHH\
146	IT AIN'T EVEN THAT HARD BRO\
147	YOU LOST, SKILL ISSUE\
148	SADDAM HUSSEIN MOD\
149	OOO THIS DUDE IS SCARED OF SONIC\
150	JUST CLICK THE ARROWS\
151	[[SequelHook WEEK 2, MAYBE!?!???]]\
152	:)
153	** In the cutscene for "You Can't Run", Girlfriend's eyes shine with a barely visible red light before she protects Boyfriend from Sonic.exe.
154	* GameOverMan:
155	** Similar to Tankman, Fleetway Super Sonic has certain things to say if Boyfriend loses to him. Some of these quotes are [[TakeThat jabs towards Sonic.exe]].
156	--->"That was almost too easy!"\
157	"Let's do that again sometime! When you're a little less... dead."\
158	"[[AGodAmI Who's God now?!]] Hah!"\
159	"It's all about speed, pal!"\
160	"That blood crying faker's got nothing on me!"\
161	"What does hyper realistic even mean?"\
162	"Super Sonic does what .exe... [[SelfBotchedCatchphrase uh... doesn't... do?]]"\
163	"Looks like your fun was limited!"\
164	"That was a nice argument. Unfortunately, you were burnt to a crisp by my laser eyes!"\
165	"If little hedgehogs covered in blood give you nightmares, you ain't ready to fight with me!"\
166	"Imagine being an executable file. Heh! Couldn't be me."
167	** Lord X also has a few things to say if he defeats Boyfriend.
168	--->"Hello... old friend."\
169	"I am the first... but not the original."\
170	"Did you enjoy [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall the improvements I made?]]"\
171	"[[YourSoulIsMine Once I have your soul]], we will play... '''Forever.'''"
172	* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: [[spoiler:Losing to Majin Sonic and not retrying causes him to turn Boyfriend into a fledgling member of his group.]]
173	* GhostlyGape: Sonic.exe never closes his mouth, leaving it heavily ajar the entire time. This is most noticeable when he gives his first EvilLaugh in "Too Slow" before the speed-up and in his JumpScare near the end. This is also the case with Knuckles, Lord X, and -EXE.
174	* GimmickLevel: Compared to the rest of the game, "Black Sun" has a ''much'' different way of handling HP; instead of gaining HP when hitting notes and losing HP when missing, EXE has a passive health drain effect that starts off nearly non-existent and gets progressively worse with each note missed, and you have no way to heal.
175	* AGodAmI: Sonic.exe drops his famous "I AM GOD" quote during "Too Slow" before unleashing one hell of an EvilLaugh.
176	* GroinAttack: Inverted. If you die during "Chaos", everything ''but'' Boyfriend's blue balls turns to ash.
177	* GuideDangIt: The game gives the player ''zero'' hints as to how they can access "Milk". "Milk" isn't a song accessed via a Sound Test code, but rather accessed by pressing Up->Down->Left->Right->Enter on the title screen, but the player likely wouldn't have known of this without watching a showcase video of the mod or reading the mod's wiki page.
178	* InterfaceScrew:
179	** "Too Slow" has static and creepy images flashing by throughout the song. Failing to hit a static note adds even more static and drains health to boot. Towards the end of the song, another Sonic.exe appears in front of the camera for a JumpScare, blocking the player's view for a few seconds. "You Can't Run" and "Triple Trouble'" retain the static notes, but the latter song has green static cover the screen at certain intervals and even swaps Boyfriend's position and notes to the other side of the screen for a while.
180	** "Triple Trouble" introduces Knuckles's segment of the song by abruptly flipping the normal placement of characters, with Knuckles on the right and Boyfriend on the left. This carries into the second Sonic.exe's segment, but abruptly flips back when Robotnik takes the stage.
181	** "Endless" has the notes occasionally spin to the music and turns them blue halfway through the song.
182	** The revamped "Milk" has artwork of Sunky occasionally hover across the screen, which are likely to block the player's view of the notes.
183	** Half way into the revamped "Too Fest", the screen will be covered by MLG memes such as weed smoke, crosshairs, and a gif of a Snoop Dogg.
184	** "Sunshine" contains an odd screen effect where the notes coming in are slightly off-centered. There is also a section where the screen is blacked out save for Tails Doll's lure and the two sets of arrows are combined into one in the center, which is solely used by Boyfriend despite Tails Doll singing throughout.
185	** "Black Sun" does away with the opponent's arrows, leaving it harder to tell what's coming up next.
186	** "Fatality" fills the screen with pop-ups that obscure the arrows and need to be clicked with the mouse and during the final leg of the song, Fatal_Error causes ''the game window itself'' to move around.
187	* ImposterForgotOneDetail: EXE's Sonic disguise during "Faker" is very convincing... save for his completely red shoes, blue arms, and lack of a mouth in his idle.
188	* IronicName: "Sunshine"'s only light source comes from a single spotlight on the ceiling, and at one point that goes off, too.
189	* IShallTauntYou:
190	** According to [[invoked]] WordOfGod, Sonic.exe's poses during "You Can't Run" appear as they do because he's actually taunting Boyfriend. His revamped sprites in the unfinished build show this off more clearly, with him intentionally being over the top until he gets angry.
191	** Lord X's new left pose has him looking at the screen with a smug grin while pointing at Boyfriend, as if to say "get a load of this guy".
192	** Throughout "Chaos", Super Sonic mocks and taunts Boyfriend, before becoming exasperated that Boyfriend can keep up with him.
193	* JumpScare: This being ''VideoGame/SonicExe'', of course there would be one. Specifically, another Sonic.exe jumps out at the player near the end of "Too Slow", [[InterfaceScrew blocking the screen for a while]]. Oddly, it's the ''only'' real jumpscare in the mod.
194	* KillTheLights: At one point in "Sunshine", the lights switch off, leaving you in complete darkness for a segment.
195	* KnightOfCerebus:
196	** {{Inverted\|Trope}} with Sunky.MPEG. While the other Sonics in this mod are nightmarish to varying degrees and want Boyfriend either dead or a part of them, Sunky just wants to play, dance, and eat cereal with him. His song also consists of leitmotifs from meme songs, making it still catchy, but endearing rather than creepy. A [[{{Justified}} justified]] case since he is based off a LighterAndSofter AffectionateParody of Sonic.exe.
197	** Also inverted with Sanic.exe, who is straight up PlayedForLaughs.
198	* {{Leitmotif}}: Fitting for its association with the character, the "Drowning" theme [[RecurringRiff appears all over the place]] in Sonic.exe's songs, and even plays in the transition cutscene between -EXE's "Faker" and "Black Sun".
199	* LightIsNotGood: Fleetway Super Sonic is golden just like the form is in the games, but is an antithesis of everything Sonic is and stands for.
200	[[/folder]]
201
202	[[folder:M-Z]]
203	* TheManyDeathsOfYou:
204	** Losing to Sonic.exe and Lord X provides a unique Retry screen, with his face and glowing red eyes staring from the black background, and both of his hands flanking Boyfriend. Pressing Retry has him clap his hands together, cutting to static just before they close fully. As of ''Round 2'', Lord X's death screen returns to the vanilla death screen, but he also talks to the player in a raspy voice.
205	** Losing to Majin Sonic provides a ''timed'' Retry screen. If you don't continue within ten seconds, then a special animation of [[spoiler:the Majin Sonic clones closing in on Boyfriend to convert him into one of them]] plays, followed by the game closing itself.
206	** Losing to Sunky.MPEG causes Boyfriend to start dancing in the same manner as Sunky himself in [[LighterAndSofter a stark contrast]] to the disturbing game-overs of the other characters.
207	** Losing to Tails Doll shows Boyfriend apparently hanging from a noose in a black void with no expression and his eyes covered in shadows.
208	** Losing to -EXE during "Black Sun" shows a static image of his face. This is secretly timed, and taking too long to retry causes the image to suddenly spring to life with a JumpScare, followed by the game closing itself.
209	** Losing to Fleetway Super Sonic has him vaporizing Boyfriend and then making fun of him.
210	** Losing to Sanic provides a [=GMod=] cutscene where Sanic kills Boyfriend by touching him.
211	** Losing in "Prey" isn't as disturbing, as Sonic simply trips over into a "Continue?" screen. Evidently less painful than what he suffers in the full song.
212	** Losing in "Fight or Flight" leads to a very disturbing obscured scene with Tails successfully being devoured by Starved, and a "No Memory" screen obscuring the worst of it.
213	** Losing to [=Needlem0use=] leads to a shot of Boyfriend's corpse dangled on strings, as if he's now being puppeteered by Sarah.
214	** Losing to Fatal_Error causes Boyfriend to get corrupted and turned into one of his puppets.
215	* MarathonLevel:
216	** "Triple Trouble" has Sonic.exe put Boyfriend through a gauntlet of corrupted souls, with Tails, Knuckles, and Eggman's zombified corpses providing the bulk of the song as Boyfriend fights through the illusion to see .exe's true form. It lasts ''eight and a half minutes'' -- the longest song in the original game, "Monster", is just under three minutes. The main counterbalance to this is that during this song, you can collect rings that protect you from one miss each.
217	** Unreleased song "Manual Blast" is a little bit behind "Triple Trouble", lasting ''almost seven minutes'' in total.
218	* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: During Starved's segment of "Prey", Furnace is seen flying beneath the bridge and past Sonic and Starved. The end of the song sees Sonic not paying attention and running straight into a waiting Furnace, leading to his death.
219	* MeaningfulName:
220	** "Triple Trouble" is three songs in one, bridged by segments where you face off against Sonic.EXE.
221	** Sonic.exe's true name, Xenophanes, is shared by a Greek philosopher who was a known critic of the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology polytheistic Greek pantheon]]. Fitting for a creature that calls himself the capital-g God.
222	* MusicalNod: ''All over the place'' in the main story's three songs.
223	** "Too Slow" begins as a recreation of "Hill Act 1" from the [[VideoGame/SonicExe Sonic.exe hack]], then transitions into a BossRemix of the "Drowning" theme. The Encore version also has a snippet referencing "Angel Island Zone Act 2".
224	** "You Can't Run" starts as an even more intense BossRemix of the "Drowning" theme than "Too Slow". Then it segues into a DarkReprise of "Green Hill Zone" from the first ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' game, and after that, it's more of the "Drowning" theme mixed with original material.
225	** "Triple Trouble" quotes the "Chemical Plant Zone" theme during Tails.exe's part, "Unknown from M.E." during Knuckles.exe's part, and the boss battle music from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' during Robotnik.exe's part. The interludes where Boyfriend faces off against Xenophanes feature [[RuleOfThree the "Drowning" theme]], "You Can't Run", and, later on, [[{{Foreshadowing}} bits of "Endless"]].
226	* NeckSnap: When you lose to Tails Doll, the doll hangs Boyfriend off a noose, with the game's usual bone crack sound used for Boyfriend's neck breaking.
227	* NoFairCheating: If you attempt to use the botplay option baked into the mod's engine, Lord X will simply take over the screen to say "NO CHEATING".
228	* NothingIsScarier: ''Too Slow'' starts off... rather slow, with half a minute of the song consisting of nothing from Sonic.exe other standing and staring at Boyfriend while a theme very similar to "Hill Act 1" plays. When he does eventually start singing, unsettling animations and vocals aside, it stills carries the same calming yet foreboding tone beforehand. It's only when he suddenly turns to the player with his EvilLaugh that he takes things up a notch, with the music switching to a rendition of the infamous Sonic drowning theme.
229	* OddNameOut: When being faced with various monstrosities, evil versions, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking memes]] of Sonic, Tails Doll and Starved stand out considering they're, obviously, not a version of Sonic, but rather Tails and Robotnik respectively.
230	* OminousPipeOrgan: It's difficult to hear amidst the chaos of "Triple Trouble", but Xenophanes's voice clips are a mashup between Sonic.exe's normal [[MediaNotes/VoiceTypes basso profundo]] and a higher-pitched organ tone that gives him a VoiceOfTheLegion.
231	* OneWingedAngel:
232	** .exe's true form in "Triple Trouble", Xenophanes, is ''much'' larger and lankier than his normal state, with an x-shaped scar on his chest like Lord X, and purple crystalline tips on his quills, ears and eyebrows.
233	** Fatal Error spends most of the song in his Sonic guise, but during the last leg of the fight, he shows his ''[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever significantly]]'' larger true form.
234	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Unlike the other opponents showcased, Boyfriend takes Fatal_Error way more seriously than the rest, as his sprites show possible frustration or anger towards the being. One of Fatal_Error's puppets in the background looks like Girlfriend, implying Boyfriend's treating him seriously because Fatal_Error took her away from him.
235	* OptionalBoss: Sunky.MPEG, the friendly joke version of Sonic.exe, was added in the second update. Unlike the other secret songs, his song is accessed by pressing Up->Down->Left->Right->Enter on the title screen.
236	* OriginalCharacter: EXE was made for the mod by the mod's former director, Revie_03, rather than being a pre-existing character like everyone else. One of the scrapped characters for the 3.0 update was [=Sl4sh=], who was created by [=MarStarBro=], another director for the mod as well as one of its composers.
237	* OverlyLongTongue: Sonic.exe and Lord X have long tongues stick out in their up poses, both of which are also purple and hideously malformed. This is something unique to the mod's interpretation of the two.
238	* PerpetualSmiler:
239	** Majin Sonic, in all his poses and even his [[ExpressiveHealthBar losing icon]], can't change his expression of sporting a really huge smile.
240	** [=Needlem0use=] and Sarah don't stop smiling throughout "[=Round-A-Bout=]", with the closest to a change in expression either make is Sarah's smile changing in how she does it depending on her pose.
241	* PopCulturedBadass: Fleetway Super Sonic is immensely cocky and quips it up throughout "Chaos", but where he shines are the game over quotes, where he does things like ask what "Hyper Realistic" actually means, uses a variation of the famous "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" tagline, and even quotes Shadow's "Unfortunately, I had sexual intercourse with your mother" meme.
242	* PunnyName:
243	** The scrapped song "''Slay''bells", a Christmas song involving Sonic.exe and Lord X, both of which are {{Serial Killer}}s.
244	** Another on a similar note is "''Missile''toe", another scrapped Christmas song involving Sonic.exe and Tails Doll.
245	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Wouldn't be ''Sonic.exe'' without it. The exact eyes vary by character;
246	** Sonic.exe himself used to downplay it; they're white in his original idle animation, and several times he's shown without eyes at all. ''Round 2'' gives him red eyes in all his poses for "Too Slow", and flips between that and no eyes in "You Can't Run" before going back to permanent red eyes in "Triple Trouble".
247	** Lord X's eyes used to have red crosses in them, but these were removed in the overhaul.
248	** Majin Sonic lacks eyes entirely, except on the original teaser image for the mod (to properly frame him in darkness).
249	** "Faker" EXE has Classic black eyes in his disguised form, and no eyes in his true form.
250	** Subverted with Fleetway Super Sonic (who has red spirals for eyes but his actual sclera is white) and Tails Doll (as his eyes are just black dots).
251	** Sanic.exe just has two red dots for eyes.
252	* ReferenceOverdosed: "Execution" and "Milk" (particularly the original version) are more {{Leitmotif}}-based than other songs, as the former is poking fun at the [[VideoGame/SonicExe original pasta's]] infamous unoriginality while the latter can be seen as a veritable love letter to [[VideoGame/SunkyMPEG its own origin.]] Lord X's new song "Cycles" is fully original, while the new version of "Milk" cuts down on some of the references.
253	* {{Retcon}}:
254	** The 2.0 update completely removed Lord X's original song "Execution" and replaced it with "Cycles".
255	** Following the Revie incident, EXE and his songs "Faker" and "Black Sun" were removed in the 3.0 update.
256	* RuleOfThree: There are a lot of 3s in this mod, which may or may not be coincidental:
257	** Before Sunky.MPEG was added, there were three opponents in the mod.
258	** Three other Majin Sonics watch the main one and Boyfriend sing "Endless" in ''Round 1'', though this was boosted to 7 in ''Round 2''.
259	** Three arms pop out of the jaw bush during "Execution" and "Cycles".
260	** "Triple Trouble" has you fight Sonic.exe's three victims, followed by Xenophanes in between.
261	** Sonic.exe's week in Round 2 introduces three mechanics with each song, "Too Slow" introduces static notes that take a huge chunk of Boyfriend's health if missed, "You Can't Run" introduces phantom notes that cause stacking albeit temporary health drain if hit while including the aforementioned static notes, and "Triple Trouble" uses the prior notes and introduces ring notes that prevent damage from missed notes for each ring obtained (Health drain from phantom notes still happens).
262	* ShamelessSelfPromoter: At the end of "Personel", Coldsteel tells the viewer (or perhaps Boyfriend) to follow him on Newgrounds.
263	* ShoutOut:
264	** The original version of "Milk" contains a boatload of references to memetic songs such as [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} MEGALOVANIA]] and [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Best Day Ever]]. The revamped version omits or downplays most of the references, but does have a noticeable new one in the form of [[Music/SiIvaGunner the Flintstones theme song]].
265	** During the section where "Personel" goes full StylisticSuck, one can hear a {{Leitmotif}} of the beta version of ''VideoGame/VsMouse'''s "Welcome", a song infamous for its utter lack of quality. Boyfriend's sprite also briefly changes to his sprite from ''[[VideoGame/{{Pico}} Pico's School: Love Conquers All]]''.
266	%%* SlasherSmile: All of the Sonics save for VideoGame/SunkyMPEG have this, with levels of creepiness varying.
267	* SoreLoser:
268	** After losing at the end of "Too Slow", Sonic.exe crushes his microphone before attempting to kill Boyfriend anyway, only for Girlfriend to stop him from following through. He then continues to hound the two in an attempt to murder Boyfriend.
269	** Fleetway Super Sonic starts off cocky, but gets ''pissed'' when Boyfriend manages to keep up with him, culminating in him screaming in pure fury when he realizes he's been beat.
270	* StylisticSuck:
271	** Sonic.exe's sprites are notably less polished and more OffModel than those of Lord X and Majin Sonic, especially when compared to the more detailed images flashed on-screen during his song. Of course, one could argue that contributes to his creepy performance in the mod. This is subverted with his form during "Triple Trouble", Xenophanes, which is much more detailed and [[AnimationBump has more animation fluidity]].
272	** As part of his parodical status, Sunky.MPEG is simplistically drawn and only has basic shading, with his down pose outright ''lacking shading''. His idle pose and exclusive GameOver screen also involve "dancing", which is just a static image of the character hopping back and forth.
273	** Sanic.exe takes the most amongst the bunch in this regard. His idle is a twitching still image, the background is taken directly from G-Mod, and the game over screen has a still image of Sanic run into a G-Mod model of Boyfriend, causing the latter to explode into gore.
274	** The 3.0 update introduces another joke Sonic, the infamous [[MartyStu Coldsteel the Hedgeheg]], and with him another song drenched in intentional shittiness. His sprites are intentionally poorly drawn, his up pose turns him into a recolored 16-bit Sonic sprite (notably one from [=SRB2=]), and he constantly spouts out random rants straight from the mouth of a [[{{Chuunibyou}} typical edgy teenager]]. Unlike the others, however, his suckage bleeds even into the song itself, with the middle section devolving into a discordant mess of off-key sounds that even takes a riff from the original version of "[[VideoGame/VsMouse Welcome]]", a song infamous for how awful it sounds. [[invoked]]
275	%%* SuperEmpowering: Majin Sonic [[AmbiguousSituation may or may not be]] doing this to Boyfriend. [[spoiler:It's certainly better than [[TheAssimilator the alternative]].]]
276	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Like in his [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic comic of origin]], Fleetway Super Sonic is the insane, bloodthirsty SuperForm of Sonic brought on by close proximity to the Chaos Emeralds or immense emotional turmoil.
277	* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: "Black Sun" starts with Boyfriend's HP at 100%, rather than 50%... because EXE has a passive DamageOverTime effect that gets worse with each note missed, and absolutely [[WoundThatWillNotHeal no way to heal yourself]].
278	* TokenGoodTeammate: Sunky.MPEG is the only actually friendly Sonic the player faces in this mod, who just wants to sing and have breakfast with Boyfriend. Losing to him simply has Boyfriend dance with him.
279	* TurnsRed: Both "Too Slow" and "Triple Trouble" increase the tempo in mid-song.
280	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: WebVideo/Needlem0use is the only female opponent in the mod.
281	* VillainousBreakdown:
282	** The mod's main storyline is Sonic.exe slowly but surely losing it as he initially humors Boyfriend wanting to rap battle him, only to [[SoreLoser immediately make an attempt on BF's life after BF wins]], only for Girlfriend to casually stop him, forcing him to rap battle BF ''again'', then ''lose'' again, driving him to such a rage that the digital landscape corrupts as he then pulls out all the stops, summoning the spirits of Tails, Knuckles, and Eggman, and shifting into his true form as Xenophanes. ''He still loses.'' Seeing as Sonic.exe almost always wins in his own media, usually unfairly, he unsurprisingly takes his inability to win against BF and GF poorly.
283	--->'''Sonic.exe''': '''WHY YOU''' '''''LITTLE-'''''\
284	'''Sonic.exe''': '''''[[WhyWontYouDie JUST! DIE!]]'''''
285	** Initially [[IShallTauntYou taunting Boyfriend multiple times during "Chaos"]] and generally acting as a SmugSuper, Fleetway Super Sonic is reduced to growling and screaming in anger when Boyfriend not only manages to keep up with him, but even ''goes Super himself''.
286	* TheWorfEffect: For someone who infamously rarely lost in his own media, Sonic.exe not only loses to Boyfriend, but actually takes a hit from Girlfriend pretty poorly, stunning him as her and Boyfriend go on their way. When he regains his senses and goes after Boyfriend again, Girlfriend simply stops him again, and .exe's attempts to best Boyfriend at his own game by pulling out every trick he has prove moot.
287	[[/folder]]

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