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| 2 | ->''"You'' are ''aware that most of the Sonic Shorts are about me running into things and getting hurt, right?"'' |
| 3 | -->-- '''Sonic''', ''Knuckles Briefs'' |
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| 5 | ''Sonic Shorts'' is a Website/{{Newgrounds}} Flash collaboration by The Sonic Paradox Team [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin set in the]] ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' universe. As expected, the shorts parody various aspects and scenarios of the games and [[TheAnimeOfTheGame TV shows]], but many of them contain plenty of meta-humor involving the characters' reactions to their own in-universe works. |
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| 7 | Currently, eight "volumes", two [[TheMusical Musicals]], three [[SpinOff spin-offs]], two parody volumes (known as ''Sonic Shits'') and two sub-series (called ''Sonic Seconds'' and ''SPTV News'' respectively) have been released. The eighth volume was shown in Summer of Sonic 2013, seemingly acting as a GrandFinale to the series. However, the team later began work on a new Shorts collab that would go beyond the Sonic franchise and instead pulls from all of Creator/{{SEGA}}'s history. Many members of the team have since contributed to the [[TheAbridgedSeries Abridged Series]] ''WebVideo/SonicF'', also released under the Sonic Paradox banner. After [[DevelopmentHell many years and complications]] and several other videos to tide fans over, they [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell finally released]] the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hQn7d7UEFE Sega Shorts]] video on December 24, 2018. |
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| 9 | [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSonicParadoxTeam The Sonic Paradox Team has uploaded the entire series to YouTube]]. Individual shorts can also be found on their respective creators' [=YouTube=] channels. |
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| 11 | A ninth volume was announced by Sonic Paradox at Sonic [=FanFest=] 2023. |
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| 13 | !!''Sonic Shorts'' contains examples of: |
| 14 | * ActorAllusion: |
| 15 | ** One short has Robotnik mournfully flying through his dystopia belting out "Let the Heartaches Begin" by Creator/LongJohnBaldry, his voice actor from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''. |
| 16 | ** A cut short found on one of the animators' Website/DeviantArt accounts has a similar idea with Robotnik singing "It Still Ain't Easy," also by Baldry. |
| 17 | * AffectionateParody: Red Pawn's segments from original ''Sonic Shits'' are that towards [[WebAnimation/JerryJackson Jerry Jackson]]. |
| 18 | * AllCrimesAreEqual: Every single crime that Vector is tried for in "Vector's Knickers" builds up to the collective crime of [[FelonyMisdemeanor "being an annoying git in general"]]. Below is the full list of crimes and who charged Vector. |
| 19 | -->'''Sonic & Amy:''' [[FrameUp Criminal defamation]] & [[ThePeepingTom sexual exploitation]]\ |
| 20 | '''Generalized:''' [[DynamicEntry Intrusion of privacy & breaking-and-entering]]\ |
| 21 | '''Vanilla & Cream:''' [[PrimalScene Explicit acts in front of a minor]]\ |
| 22 | '''Rouge:''' [[ImAManICantHelpIt Sexual harassment]]\ |
| 23 | '''[=4Kids=] Executive &''' '''''Sonic '06''''' '''Developer:'''[[invoked]] [[ChristmasRushed Nuisance in the workplace]]\ |
| 24 | '''Wave:''' [[WouldHitAGirl Assault]]\ |
| 25 | '''Chris Thorndyke & Evil Super Sonic:''' [[BullyingADragon Provocation]]\ |
| 26 | '''Scourge & Fiona:''' [[DrugsAreBad Supplying & usage of drugs]]\ |
| 27 | '''Wes Weasley:''' [[FriendInTheBlackMarket Black market trading]]\ |
| 28 | '''Nack:''' [[TheOldestProfession Attempted prostitution]]\ |
| 29 | '''Mina Mongoose:''' [[ImpersonationGambit Falsely imitating a security guard]]\ |
| 30 | '''Honey & Tiara:''' [[CovertPervert Snooping as usual]]\ |
| 31 | '''Sonia & Manic:''' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Attempting to resurrect]] ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' |
| 32 | * AlliterativeTitle: '''S'''onic '''S'''horts. |
| 33 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Silver the Hedgehog. |
| 34 | * AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Parodied, yet played straight in a ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Sonic Sez]]'' segment which tells the audience that copying Flash animations to [=YouTube=] without the author's permission is not cool. |
| 35 | -->'''Tails:''' Now I know!\ |
| 36 | '''Sonic:''' AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle!\ |
| 37 | ''G.I. JOEEEEEEEEE!'' |
| 38 | * AntagonistInMourning: In volume 8, Dr. Eggman cries holding a Sonic plushie after Knuckles calls him telling that [[DeathByIrony Sonic died due to a life box falling on him]]. |
| 39 | * AssShove: On volume 3, where Froggy has had enough of Big the Cat chasing him, it shows a reenactment of an incident where Froggy was shoved up Big's butt. |
| 40 | * AuthorAppeal: |
| 41 | ** Boozerman's shorts are almost exclusively about [=SonAmy=]. He also has a thing for making out, pre-sex scenes, and somebody [[ThePeepingTom watching others during the intercourse]]. The last one is mostly PlayedForLaughs, though. |
| 42 | ** [=TheWax70=]'s art style not only mimics ''Anime/SonicX'', but most of his shorts are based off of ''Sonic X'', with Chris Thorndyke being a recurring character, ButtMonkey or otherwise. |
| 43 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The Tails Doll only stops becoming a menace after Marine shows it kindness and affection, to the point that she treats it like her son. |
| 44 | * BerserkButton: Quite a few moments, actually. |
| 45 | ** If Amy has a crush on you, [[SorryImGay don't say you're gay, even if you are]]. Also, don't look up her skirt, or you'll be having a date with Piko Piko. |
| 46 | ** Either Shadow gets his morning eggs, or he breaks your arms. |
| 47 | ** Make sure Knuckles can understand what you're saying before you ramble on about your day. |
| 48 | ** Don't threaten Vector's masculinity, or he'll attack you, [[WouldHitAGirl even if you're female.]] |
| 49 | ** Messing with Sonic's Chili Dogs will prompt him to go [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] as Knuckles can attest to. |
| 50 | * BlackComedyRape |
| 51 | -->'''Amy:''' Hey, Sonic! Guess who lost their virginity?\ |
| 52 | '''Sonic:''' Uhm, y...\ |
| 53 | '''Amy:''' [[PreEmptiveDeclaration You did!]] ''(holds up a bottle of chloroform)'' |
| 54 | * BrainBleach: A common subject of shorts featuring Eggman. |
| 55 | * BrickJoke: Comes up often, usually within the same episode. A few notable examples also reference jokes between volumes: |
| 56 | ** In Volume 5, a short features Knuckles punching Sonic's lights out as he was about to eat a chili dog, for an "Act Result" tally to appear and Knuckles to perform a victory pose[[labelnote:*]]The card even says "Sonic has been knocked out, Ownage 1"[[/labelnote]]. Later on the same volume, as Sonic is ranting his line from the OVA at Knuckles, the Echidna knocks him out again and a second result tally appears with him performing a victory pose again[[labelnote:*]]"Sonic has been knocked out, Ownage 2"[[/labelnote]]. |
| 57 | ** In volume 6, Eggman reveals that he is so fat that he can only fit into his machines by using butter as grease. Later in volume 8, he is shown to have butter stains on his pants after climbing out of a machine. |
| 58 | ** In the opening of Volume 1, Sonic tries to step on a dash pad to gain more speed and slams his face on it, sliding at high speed ''on his own face'' while leaving a trail of blood. Further along the same volume, he's shown to ''still'' be sliding with his face on the ground. |
| 59 | ** "And then I come in to save the day!" |
| 60 | ** Episode 8 is ''full'' of Brick Jokes. |
| 61 | ** In episode 6, Sonic [[SchmuckBait tells Eggman to go ahead and shoot him]] with a wave of rings blasting out of his body. The sequence makes jokes of Knuckles breaking the Master Emerald (twice) and Eggman's robots jamming out. |
| 62 | * ButtMonkey: Everyone seems to be the butt of a ButtMonkey cast. [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Mighty]] can't catch a break either. |
| 63 | * CarnivoreConfusion: In volume 7, [[Anime/SonicX Chris]] tries to feed his furry friends, and provides them with what their real life counterparts would eat; Cream the Rabbit is in tears when Tails is served rabbit, and he loves it. |
| 64 | ** Averted in one sketch (from the same episode) that portrays the characters from ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix'' as realistic animals. Vector immediately eats Knuckles, prompting Mighty, Espio, and Charmy [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to leave the scene very quickly]]. |
| 65 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The subject of a short featuring the forgotten Sega characters Mighty the Armadillo, Ray the Flying Squirrel, and Bean the Dynamite... who even Mighty and Ray could not remember. Bark was left out entirely. |
| 66 | * ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Sometime after it was uploaded, ''Sonic Shorts Volume 2 HD Edition'' removed the "[[Creator/LongJohnBaldry Let the Heartaches Begin]]'' skit. The edit itself was relatively seamless, but the subtitles haven't been edited to compensate, comments linking to timestamps that occur after the skit that preceded it are now out of sync, and AOSTH Robotnik still appears in the video thumbnail. |
| 67 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Knuckles decides to make his own series in response to the main shorts while under the assumption that it's glorifying Sonic when he's actually more of the ButtMonkey usually getting hurt greviously. |
| 68 | * ContinuityNod: |
| 69 | ** Volume 5 is full of these to previous shorts. |
| 70 | ** "Metropolis Mayhem", the sequel to "Seaside Denied", has a lot of references to the latter. |
| 71 | * ConvectionSchmonvection: Volume 8 lampshades the use of this trope in ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]''. |
| 72 | --> '''Sonic:''' Whose idea was it to boat race in hot lava?! |
| 73 | * CrackShip: InUniverse. One short in Volume 7 has Amy and a captive Sonic being denied entry to Twinkle Park in favor of Big and Gamma of all characters, the latter of which the computer apparently considers a "[[ShipperOnDeck cute couple]]". |
| 74 | * CrapsaccharineWorld: Dr. Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park, where [[GoodNewsBadNews you can get hit by giant missiles... ''filled with candy'']]. |
| 75 | * {{Crossover}}: ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' Robotnik and ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM SatAM]]'' Robotnik both express disapproval with ''Anime/SonicX'' Eggman in separate skits. The latter Robotnik also voices his displeasure towards ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''. |
| 76 | * CurseCutShort: |
| 77 | -->'''Sonic:''' ''(sees instruction for [[GuideDangIt the barrel]])'' What?! All I had to do was move up and down? ''Up... and down?!?'' What the fu- ''(cue [[TimedMission Time Over]])'' |
| 78 | ** In Volume 8, it refers to ''Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine'' as a robot in the background says "I've got to prepare Dr Robotnik a beautiful bean feast, or he'll chop off my di-" |
| 79 | * ADayInTheLimelight: "Knuckles Briefs" and "Vector's Knickers". |
| 80 | * DeathByIrony: In Volume 8, Sonic gets crushed to death by an extra life monitor. Amy, Tails, and [[AntagonistInMourning even Eggman]] are devastated, [[BlackComedy but Knuckles finds it hilarious]]. |
| 81 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: In Volume 7, after Dr. Eggman [[EarthShatteringKaboom blows up the Earth]] with the ARK's laser: |
| 82 | --> '''Shadow:''' You idiot. |
| 83 | --> '''Eggman:''' Hmm? What are you talking about, Shadow? Everything went according to plan. Now I can build my new empire. |
| 84 | --> '''Shadow:''' And exactly ''where'' are you going to build it?\ |
| 85 | ''[beat]''\ |
| 86 | '''Eggman:''' [[OhCrap Oh crud.]] |
| 87 | ** It happens again in Sonic Seconds Volume 1, when Eggman realizes a moment too late that he's much, ''much'' too close to his own [[spoiler:artificial sun]]. |
| 88 | * DisproportionateRetribution: |
| 89 | ** In Volume 4, Shadow breaks Sonic's arms for eating all of the eggs. |
| 90 | ** In the same episode, Amy and Blaze start wailing on Elise [[MurderTheHypotenuse simply for kissing Sonic]]. |
| 91 | ** In Volume 5, [[KnightOfCerebus SatAM]] [[EvilerThanThou Robotnik]] destroys 4Kids HQ for their LighterAndSofter portrayal of him. AKA [[AntiHero Dr.]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards Eggman]]. |
| 92 | *** He also prepares to nuke ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' [[TakeThat just for existing]] (or Creator/DiCEntertainment for creating it). |
| 93 | ** Vector is [[RunningGag repeatedly]] [[DestinationDefenestration thrown out of windows]] for [[MemeticMutation spouting]] InUniverse annoying [[WelcomeToCorneria soundbites]] in “Vector's Knickers”. |
| 94 | * TheDogBitesBack: The final short of Sonic Shorts Volume 8 had [[spoiler:the entire Sonic cast, from all continuities, tired of the jokes being made at their expense, go after the many Flash artists who make the shorts]]. |
| 95 | * DrivenToSuicide: |
| 96 | ** Big the Cat hangs himself in Episode 3 after Froggy [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls him out as a loser]] and abandons him. |
| 97 | ** In the "How to make your own Sonic Fan character" segment, the announcer is seen putting a gun to his own head in one outtake. |
| 98 | * ElaborateUndergroundBase: Taken up to eleven in “How to Create Your Own Sonic Fan Character” with Dr. Eggman’s Super Secret [[UnderwaterBase Underwater]] Volcano Lab… [[SpaceBase IN SPACE]]!!! |
| 99 | * EpilepticFlashingLights: In Volume 4, Hyper Sonic shows up to challenge Knuckles... and the flashing strobe colors of his transformation causes the Echidna to fall into a convulsive seizure. Rouge then tries to steal the Master Emerald, only for her to suffer the same seizure upon looking at Sonic. [[OverlyLongGag Shadow teleports into the scene and gets a seizure as well.]] |
| 100 | * ExactWords: In a re-enactment of the cutscene before the first Sonic vs. Shadow battle in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', Sonic makes good on his promise that he will make Shadow eat his words. By [[NinjaProp taking the subtitles and shoving them down Shadow's mouth]]. |
| 101 | * {{Expy}}: In "Robotnik Shorts", [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik and Scratch]] are ones of [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Dr. Weird and Steve]] respectively. |
| 102 | * EyeScream: In Sonic Shorts Volume 2, Sonic's eyes melt in bloody detail after watching Eggman's horrible dance. |
| 103 | * FanartAtFirstSight: Parodied in an InUniverse short and combined with Rule34 in which one short had Sega debuting Shade from ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'' and where a fan sees it. Bear in mind that we had only seen her in her full armor at this point. |
| 104 | --> '''FAN''': Oh my god. They got a new Sonic character! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I Must. Draw. PORN OF IT!]] |
| 105 | * FanDisservice: |
| 106 | ** Eggman's latest ultimate weapon? A shot of him posing in a thong set to Right Said Fred's ''Wonderman''. Sonic is horrified. |
| 107 | ** One RunningGag has him taunting Sonic and friends by belly dancing while dressed as a [[ChippendalesDancers Chippendale]]. He dances several times and nobody can deny that it's eye-melting. |
| 108 | ** [[TheDragon Snively]] even joins in on it in one short. |
| 109 | * FateWorseThanDeath: PlayedForLaughs with an Orbulon, after realizing he can only move in one direction. |
| 110 | * FlippingTheBird: Jet takes Sonic out of his board on Volume 4 and gloats about Sonic not doing much as the fastest thing alive. Cue Sonic overtaking him while running backwards and giving him the middle finger. |
| 111 | * FreezeFrameBonus: |
| 112 | ** Metal Sonic, Chocola, and Froggy can be seen in the background of Metropolis Mayhem when Tails shoves a dummy ring down Cream's throat. |
| 113 | ** [[TakeThat "Shadow Sucks Balls"]] can briefly be seen during the ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' segment of the Volume 2 short where Eggman [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment tortures Sonic by dancing in front of him]]. |
| 114 | ** Eggman can be seen nude when Super Sonic throws a toaster at Perfect Chaos in Sonic Seconds 4. |
| 115 | * FunWithSubtitles: In Volume 8, Sonic makes Shadow literally eat his words. |
| 116 | * GraveHumor: Knuckles's tombstone in the Omochao short: |
| 117 | --> Here lies Knuckles. Unlike Sonic I don't chuckle. I like to flex my muscles. |
| 118 | --> He dedicated his life to the protection of a precious stone. Bit of a crap life, really. |
| 119 | ** As well, other tombstones say "[[TakeThat R.I.P. Sonic's dignity]]" and "[[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Mighty]]". |
| 120 | * GilliganCut: |
| 121 | -->'''Omochao:''' You got: the Fighting Gloves! They're yellow! |
| 122 | -->'''Knuckles:''' What the hell? [[TemptingFate Why don't you just give me some gloves with "I Am Gay" written on them?]] |
| 123 | -->'''Omochao:''' You got: the "I Am Gay" gloves! |
| 124 | -->'''Knuckles:''' *angry growl* |
| 125 | ** Another one in volume four: |
| 126 | --->'''Shadow:''' You blue idiot, you ate all the eggs! |
| 127 | --->'''Sonic:''' Yeah, so what if I did? What're you gonna do, break my arms? |
| 128 | ---> *cuts to Sonic lying in hospital bed with broken arms* |
| 129 | --->'''Knuckles:''' You really shouldn't give him ideas. |
| 130 | --->'''Sonic:''' (mockingly) You really shouldn't give him ideas. |
| 131 | ---> *Knuckles punches Sonic's cast, [[TheScream making him scream so loud it can be heard outside the hospital.]]* |
| 132 | * GroinAttack: |
| 133 | ** During the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/SonicCD'', Sonic flies into a rock groin-first. |
| 134 | ** Sonic defeats Metal Sonic with this. |
| 135 | * GrossUpCloseUp: Sonic's foot in the final short of the first volume. |
| 136 | * GuideDangIt: You bet that the infamous "Barrel of Doom" from [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Carnival Night Zone]] makes an appearance in this series. |
| 137 | -->'''Sonic''': "What?! All I had to do was press ''up and down''?! '''''Up...and...down...? WHAT THE FU--'''''" *lose a life after time runs out* |
| 138 | * HeelFaceTurn: After Volume 3, Tails Doll, after making a friend in Marine, appears to have become overall more benign. |
| 139 | * HereWeGoAgain: In Volume 5, ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM SatAM]]'' Robotnik, fed up with ''Anime/SonicX'' Eggman's AntiVillain nature, decides to blow up Creator/FourKidsEntertainment as a result. After doing so, Snively changes the channel to ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', infuriating Robotnik once again, then immediately starts setting up the coordinates. |
| 140 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: This is a somewhat common gag, but the best instance is Eggman in Sonic Seconds 1: |
| 141 | -->"You will all be burned by the sun! ...''Wait''... *gets burned by the sun*" |
| 142 | * HollywoodToneDeaf: Silver from [[ADayInTheLimelight Knuckles Briefs]]. |
| 143 | * HypocriticalHumor: ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' Robotnik calls ''Anime/SonicX'' Eggman and demands that he take his plans more seriously, then after the call, tells Scratch and Grounder to be careful with the parts for his bouncing raccoon cannon. |
| 144 | -->'''Robotnik:''' We need to hitch it up to the ocean to stop Sonic once and for all! |
| 145 | -->'''Scratch:''' Yes, your maliciousness!\ |
| 146 | '''[[TheDitz Grounder]]:''' This plan makes ''so'' much sense! |
| 147 | * IAmTheNoun: "I AM SEGA!" |
| 148 | * ImplausibleDeniability: Rouge insists that she isn't a hooker. A ring chooses that moment to slip out of her cleavage. |
| 149 | * ItemGet: Big the Cat does this when it seems like he finally got Froggy. [[spoiler:Sadly, [[DiabolusExMachina a condor suddenly showed up and took Froggy away]].]] |
| 150 | * LampshadeHanging: When Knuckles wants to create his own Flash movie, Sonic notes that a lot of the clips are him "running into things and getting hurt." |
| 151 | * LampshadedTheObscureReference: In ''Volume 2'', Mighty and Ray both lament [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome being forgotten]] in a bar, with Bean the Dynamite agreeing... Only for Mighty and Ray to have no clue who he is. |
| 152 | * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The intro to the Newgrounds version of Volume 6. Eggman's robots are also often seen providing the BGM when the scene is in one of his bases. |
| 153 | * MeatOVision: In one short, Sonic rescues a piglet from being trapped inside a badnik… and then hungrily pictures him as a [[TrademarkFavoriteFood chili dog]]. |
| 154 | * MistakenIdentity: |
| 155 | ** Game Buddy has changed his user logo and animation style so many times that it's difficult to determine which shorts he has actually created. |
| 156 | ** In-universe, one short has Sonic becoming extremely frustrated when other characters mistake ''any'' other hedgehog (including different-colored ones like Shadow and Silver) as him. |
| 157 | * MusicalEpisode: For Summer of Sonic 2012, the Sonic Paradox Crew created Seaside Denied, which was one of these. |
| 158 | ** Likewise, for 2013's Summer of Sonic, they created a sequel, "Metropolis Mayhem", which continues the characterization and humor of the Heroes characters from its predecessor, as well as implying that this will become a full-on series, as the episode ends with the characters' silhouettes on the backdrop of Casino Park as the BGM plays. |
| 159 | ** In a parody of the beginning of ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', [[https://youtu.be/EHnZ-PTvS8I Knuckles threatens Sonic for breaking into his home by using his singing voice.]] Volume 2 has two other singing segments, although the penultimate short is more of a "dance" segment. |
| 160 | ** A very, very ''disturbing'' dance segment: Eggman's the one doing the dancing. Admittedly, he's not half bad for a fat guy. |
| 161 | * MundaneUtility: Knuckles using Sonic's quills to shave his beard and throwing the hedgehog in the trash bin afterwards like a discarded razor in ''Knuckles Briefs''. |
| 162 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Eggman's secret underwater volcano laboratory… [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]] |
| 163 | * OhCrap: |
| 164 | ** In a short, Shadow challenges Sonic to a fight and tries to use Chaos Control from an Emerald, which fails. Once Shadow checks the emerald, he discovers that it's fake and lacks batteries, much to his displeasure as Sonic proceeds to wail on him. |
| 165 | ** Sonic has one of these in a short after spin-dashing through two [=SWATbots=]... [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone which were actually Sally and Bunnie in disguise]]. |
| 166 | * OnlySaneMan: Espio is this for Team Chaotix. Different people play the part depending on the short, but he's the only one to fill the role in 100% of his appearances. |
| 167 | * ParodySue: The "How to make your own Sonic Fan character" short focuses on the creation of one. When the segment for powers comes up, the narrator says to get rid of balance and sensibility, and then suggests having the character use every series MacGuffin to turn into Jesus and then fuse with several of the canon characters. |
| 168 | * PaperThinDisguise: [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Chicken Boo]] disguised as "Chris." |
| 169 | ** Also, the two Egg Pawns dressed as Sonic and Tails in Eggman's Amusement Park ad. |
| 170 | * ParodyCommercial: One of [=SoBe=], another of [=SunnyD=]. |
| 171 | * PoorCommunicationKills: |
| 172 | ** From Volume 3: |
| 173 | --->'''Tails:''' [[DullSurprise Sooonic! It's an emergencyyy!]]\ |
| 174 | '''Sonic:''' What, Tails?! '''WHAT?!'''\ |
| 175 | '''Tails:''' Eggman just got '''''FATTER!'''''\ |
| 176 | '''Sonic:''' Emergency... ''That's'' not an emergency. ''(cue a'' ''[[FatBastard Kaiju-sized Eggman]]'' ''crashing through the roof of Knuckles' room)'' |
| 177 | ** From Volume 4: |
| 178 | --->''(Sonic frees a bird from a Badnik, who promptly'' ''[[SuddenlyShouting screams]]'' and ''[[VomitIndiscretionShot pukes]]'' ''all over the bridge)''\ |
| 179 | '''Sonic:''' Uh, are you... oka-\ |
| 180 | '''Bird:''' ''[[BigNo NO]]'', you idiot! [[TakenOffLifeSupport That's my life support]] '''''[[TakenOffLifeSupport MACHIIIIINE!!!]]''''' ''(pukes on Sonic's face)'' |
| 181 | * RageAgainstTheAuthor: [[spoiler:The Sonic characters do this in the final short of Volume 8, where they beat up and/or kill the Flash artists responsible for making the many shorts.]] |
| 182 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Tails Doll, when in his evil demeanor. |
| 183 | ** [[BewareTheNiceOnes Marine the Raccoon]] (from ''VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure'') also takes on this appearance in one Summer of Sonic intro, which scares the living daylights out of Vector. |
| 184 | * RunningGag: Throughout Volume 2, Big the Cat's attempts to catch Froggy. Eventually, in Volume 3, Froggy announces he is fed up with being chased and leaves. Big, heartbroken, hangs himself. |
| 185 | ** Sonic, in his own words, says that some of the shorts are him running into things and getting hurt. |
| 186 | ** Every other episode has Eggman dancing topless. |
| 187 | * SchmuckBait: Go ahead, click the dumb looking Sonic with the bird on his head in Volume 2. We ''DARE'' you to. |
| 188 | ** Other {{Schmuck Bait}}s include a [[StylisticSuck poorly drawn]] Vector in ''Knuckles Briefs'', and Mario [[VideoGame/MarioKart racing]] on [[VideoGame/SonicColors Starlight Carnival]] in Volume 7. |
| 189 | * ScreamingAtSquick: One short in Volume 2 has Shadow asking Sonic to look up art of him and Sonic, expecting to see tons of art depicting them fighting each other, but when Sonic looks them up, they find... [[Rule34 something quite different.]] |
| 190 | -->'''Sonic:''' ''(eyes wide)'' I...is that...? |
| 191 | -->'''Shadow:''' And is that my...? |
| 192 | -->''(both scream loudly)'' |
| 193 | * SelfDeprecation: Volume 8 ends with [[spoiler:all of the Sonic characters turning against the creators of the series and slaughtering all of them as revenge for making fun of them]]. |
| 194 | * ShaggyDogStory: In a short of volume 8, Knuckles has had it with Eggman stealing the Master Emerald, so he decided to move it to another place where he can't find it. [[spoiler:This being [[RuleOfFunny Sonic Shorts]], Knuckles places his new hiding spot right in front of where Eggman was standing. To add salt to the wound, Eggman returns and performs a literal KickTheDog, or in this case, echidna.]] |
| 195 | * ShipTease: Plenty of [[PortmanteauCoupleName Sonamy]] moments exist in the shorts, and Sonadow is frequently hinted at (and, in one instance, Sonic and Shadow stumble across it... much to their mutual [[{{Squick}} displeasure]]). One skit even has a DieForOurShip moment with Shadow hitting the wall as Sonic and Amy embrace. Sonaze is also hinted at with Volume 4 having Blaze and Amy [[DisproportionateRetribution start wailing on Elise]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse simply for kissing Sonic]]. |
| 196 | ** Shadow is also in the scene where Amy yells at Elise, possibly teasing Sonadow as well. |
| 197 | * ShoutOut: |
| 198 | ** "Sonic Shorts 2" has a short wherein [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM Sally]] [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Acorn]] -- a CanonForeigner -- is in a locker room with the rest of the female game characters. Amy then shouts "[[Manga/AzumangaDaioh An American! There's an American among us!]]" |
| 199 | ** The skit where Metal Sonic realizes that he is a robot is set to Zero's death theme from ''VideoGame/MegaManX5''. |
| 200 | ** One skit has Bean the Dynamite acting like the Aracuan bird from ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros''. |
| 201 | ** The aforementioned gag with Eggman as a [[ChippendalesDancers Chippendale Dancer]] is a reference to a famous ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch featuring Creator/ChrisFarley and Creator/PatrickSwayze (complete with "Working for the Weekend" as background music). |
| 202 | ** The "[[RealMenWearPink I Am Gay]]" gloves in the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QNcaXUYiMg Omochao Gun]]" skit is a reference to Vegeta's "Badman" shirt in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. |
| 203 | ** A gag in Volume 2 shows Froggy crossing a busy street, which pays homage to ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}''. Then Big chases after him and [[HilarityEnsues causes a massive pile-up traffic accident]]. |
| 204 | *** Another Big/Froggy skit involves Big inexplicably dressing up like [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] and holding Froggy up, imitating the ItemGet pose from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''. And then he gets snatched by a condor. |
| 205 | ** Shadow discovering that Chris Thorndyke is actually a [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} giant chicken]]. |
| 206 | ** The Robotnik Shorts parody the Dr. Weird segments from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce''. |
| 207 | ** [[WebAnimation/{{Brackenwood}} Bitey]] makes an appearance in one skit stealing an emerald from Sonic. |
| 208 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Knuckles. He made ''Knuckles Briefs'' because he was jealous of all the attention Sonic was getting[[note]]paying no attention to the fact that, as Sonic himself said, a lot of the shorts depicted the blue hedgehog crashing into things and getting hurt[[/note]], and he wanted to show how awesome he was. However, half of the other characters (the Chaotix, his closer pals, being the biggest offenders) merely made fun of him or made him look ridiculous. |
| 209 | * SmokingHotSex: ([[SpotTheImpostor Robot]]) Sally in Volume 6. There was nothing funny about '''that''' kind of kiss at all, Tails! |
| 210 | * SorryImGay: In one Volume 5 short, Sonic reveals to Amy that he is gay and in a relationship with Tails. Amy [[TurnsRed does not take this well]]. (Volume 8 reveals that he was joking, but Amy is ''still'' not amused.) |
| 211 | * TheStoner: The Toxomister badniks in Lava Reef are portrayed as such, getting high off their own toxic fumes. |
| 212 | * StylisticSuck: ''Knuckles Briefs'', a SpinOff of ''Sonic Shorts'', most prominently Big the Cat's brief. Justified by the creators, in that they had to put it together quickly for Summer of Sonic '09. |
| 213 | ** ''Sonic Shits'' and its sequel also fall under this category. |
| 214 | ** Tails's monotone voice in the Sonic Sez section of Volume 2 is clearly a parody of Corey Bringas's Tails voice for the ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' games. |
| 215 | * SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: In ''Metropolis Mayhem''. |
| 216 | --> Hey Big! Question real quick. - Is your name Big 'cause you're thick? - I think... it's 'cause he has a real big- [[CurseCutShort Heart!]] |
| 217 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Several times, including Sonic getting thrown onto his face by a speed pad, Sonic cracking his head open by jumping out of a helicopter, and Vector getting arrested and thrown in jail for making a sex tape, repeatedly violating people's privacy, and annoying literally ''everyone''. |
| 218 | ** One ''Sonic Seconds'' short has Shadow try to use a gun [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog per his game]], only for his cartoonishly large hands to leave him physically incapable of even fitting his finger on the trigger of guns designed for humans. |
| 219 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Eggman in his promotional video for his [[VideoGame/SonicColors Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park]]: |
| 220 | --> Hello. I am Dr. Eggman, amusement park builder and ''(speaking rapidly)'' not-an-evil-mastermind-trying-to-capture-aliens-for-hyper-go-on-power. |
| 221 | --> ... |
| 222 | --> Be sure to visit [[AccidentalPublicConfession our alien enslavement camp...]] I mean, Planet Wisp once we're done with construction. |
| 223 | * SynchroVox: In "How to Create a Sonic Fan Character", the narrator guy does this when he says "lazy". |
| 224 | * TakeThat: There are several jokes at the expense of someone else or a product and how much they suck. |
| 225 | ** The final video of volume 5 has ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM SatAM]]''[='s=] Robotnik, fed up with ''Anime/SonicX'' Eggman's AntiVillain nature, decides to blow up Creator/FourKidsEntertainment as a result. The [[StrawCharacter 4Kids producer is presented as an inmature]] ManChild who thinks Chris Thorndyke is the most popular character of the series, worth a spin-off, and the OnlySaneMan of the commitee says "nobody likes Sonic X". The video ends with Robotnik changing the channel to watch ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''... and Snively immediately starts setting up the coordinates. |
| 226 | ** Sonic screaming "[[Manga/{{Karin}} Oh my God!]] [[BigNo Noooooo!!!]]" while holding a game box for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. |
| 227 | ** In the second one, a brief snippet takes a cheap shot at ''VideoGame/SonicDrift''. |
| 228 | --> '''Sonic:''' "Why the hell am I in a car?"\ |
| 229 | And that's why ''Sonic Drift'' sucks! |
| 230 | ** Also in the second one, [[FreezeFrameBonus there's a still grey image with red lettering that briefly appears]] in the short where Eggman tortures Sonic [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment with dancing]]. What does it say? [[NinetiesAntiHero Shadow]] Sucks Balls. |
| 231 | ** In another, Creator/BioWare images of newest Sonic character [[VideoGame/SonicChronicles Shade the Echidna]] are discovered by a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Sonic fan]]. [[SelfFanservice His initial reaction?]] |
| 232 | ---> '''Fan:''' Oh my god! They've got a new Sonic character! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I must! DRAW!!]] '''''[[Rule34 PORN OF IT!!!]]''''' |
| 233 | *** FreakierThanFiction: The skit really isn't exaggerated at all; when Shade was first leaked to the internet in a set of pirated magazine scans, the sun didn't even have time to set before Rule 34 took effect (this was before we even knew that Shade was an echidna!) |
| 234 | ** In general, plenty to ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic '06]]'', but a particularly good one from Sonic in Volume 4. |
| 235 | --->'''Sonic''': [after getting kissed by Elise] ''(shudders)'' I don't know what's creepier: the fact that she made out with an [[BestialityIsDepraved animal]] or a ''[[ILoveTheDead corpse]]''. |
| 236 | ** [[invoked]] The entire "How to make your own Sonic Fan character" bit in Volume 6 is one long, hilarious stab at fan-character {{Marty Stu}}s. |
| 237 | ** In ''Metropolis Mayhem'', the things that Tails says at the very beginning and after getting hit in the head by Amy's hammer are shots at ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' [[note]]specifically, the infamous kiss scene[[/note]] and ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' [[note]]specifically, the Werehog[[/note]], respectively. |
| 238 | ** ''Sonic Shits'' takes it up to eleven with mocking everything and ''everyone'' related to Sonic Paradox. It parodies certain shorts, obvious AuthorAppeal, people who want others to animate and voice their uninspired scenarios, and the humor of late 2000s internet in general. |
| 239 | * TomatoInTheMirror: Parodied with Metal Sonic, who is unaware that he's a robot. When he realizes this, he suffers an existential crisis, curls up into a ball and cries. |
| 240 | --->'''Metal Sonic''': I can't believe it... I'M a faker! My whole life is pointless! (curls up and cries) |
| 241 | * UnexplainedRecovery: Knuckles says "I Got Better" when recapping the events of Volume 5. |
| 242 | * VillainousBSOD: Metal Sonic, after [[TomatoInTheMirror realizing he's a robot rather than the actual Sonic]]. |
| 243 | ** Set to Zero's death theme from ''VideoGame/MegaManX5''[='=]s [[TearJerker ending]]. And it is glorious. |
| 244 | * VillainBall: In Volume 8, when Eggman examines his robots to see if any of them got Froggy, one of them got a pair of light speed dash shoes, and another planted a bomb on Sonic, presenting a button that must be pressed to kill him. Eggman rejects both of them just for not being the frog he was looking for even though both of them (especially the latter) would be of great use to him. |
| 245 | * VillainDecay: Tails Doll goes from a scourge of the shorts with NightmareFuel oozing out of him like the blood he was once or twice coated with to [[VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure Marine]]'s gaming buddy. |
| 246 | * WalkDontSwim: Often played with, but most notably demonstrated by Sonic at [[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames the Olympic Games]]. In a follow-up short, Eggman can't swim either. |
| 247 | * [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Killer Whales?]]: In the series, Sonic is terrified of whales, presumably after his experiences in Emerald Coast from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. |
| 248 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In Volume 8, after Robotnik gets the frog he wanted, he [[DisintegratorRay vaporizes]] his MechaMooks and Big the Cat. |
| 249 | * YourHeadAsplode: Tails after he powers up a bit too much. Knuckles quickly panics wondering what he should do in rebuttal, Sonic ScreamsLikeALittleGirl ([[JustifiedTrope for good reason]]), and Shadow [[NervesOfSteel only comments on how unnerving the whole ordeal is]]. |
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