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[[caption-width-right:350:[[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Let me show you just]] ''[[VideoGame/SonicHeroes what I'm made of]]''.]]
* The part in the opening where Sonic saves Tails and Old Man [[strike: Owl]] Hoot from his crashing rocket plane.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q_rcmtzvoY The sequence]] of Sonic and Tails journeying through The Land Of Darkness to get to Robotropolis. It plays out [[CallBack much like the memorable intro sequence]] of ''VideoGame/SonicCD'', with the duo blasting through Robotnik's traps and hordes of Badniks and performing some [[LeParkour very well-animated for the time speed and agility-based feats]] along the way, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic all of which is backed to]] the very catchy ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6q3mhxIwac From The Land Of Darkness.]]''
* Sonic, Tails and Knuckles working together to bring down Metal Robotnik, slowly wearing down the behemoth's defences -- including tricking him into wasting all his ammunition and cutting off his hands with a well-placed SpinAttack -- before destroying him with a double FastballSpecial. Knuckles throws Sonic into the air while Metal Robotnik tries to flee, letting Sonic smash through him once before Tails catches him on the other side, throwing him again so [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Sonic can slice Metal Robotnik in half vertically]].
** Unbeknownst to them, Metal Robotnik's cockpit falls into the water some distance away, revealing Robotnik himself to have been piloting him all the time with Sara unwillingly in tow. Robotnik angrily vows to get his revenge on Sonic, leading to [[DefiantCaptive Sara smashing him over the head mid-speech with a piece of metal]].
-->'''Robotnik:''' (''emerges from the wrecked cockpit'') Sonic had better enjoy his victory now, because when he gets to Robotropolis, he'll have to fight something ''far'' more evil than Metal Robotni- (''WHACK'') '''OW!'''
-->'''Sara:''' (''cuts Robotnik off with a blow to the head with a metal bar'') [[ShutUpHannibal What do you mean, worse than Metal Robotnik? Are you talking about]] ''[[ShutUpHannibal yourself?!]]'' You'd ''better'' keep your hands off my Sonic, [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend OR I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!]]
* The entire debut of [[KillerRobot Hyper Metal Sonic]]. From Robotnik's gloating in the prologue -- firmly averting NeverSayDie in the process -- to the chrome copy [[GoThroughMe dashing in front of his creator to shield him]] from Sonic's attack and stopping him in his tracks (something which even ''Sonic himself'' is [[OhCrap taken aback by]]), blasting off with such force that the Doctor and his robots are blown back, and ultimately [[TheBadGuyWins defeating Sonic himself in a fight]]. Needless to say, [[EvilIsCool there's a]] ''[[EvilIsCool damn]]'' [[EvilIsCool good reason]] Metal is often considered one of the best things about the movie, and why his depiction here would go on to set the standard for his later game appearances.
** Special mention to the last point in particular. [[CurbStompBattle Hyper Metal Sonic takes barely any hits over the course of their first battle]], and inflicts [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown such a violent beatdown on Sonic]] that he needs a long time to secretly recover from his injuries in Green Lake City. He also goes out of his way to [[NoNonsenseNemesis make sure Sonic is dead through scanning his life signs]]; and more-than-likely would have legitimately killed him had Metal not lost track of him.
** Even in their later fights where [[CurbStompCushion Sonic is much better-prepared and able to put up a stronger fight]], Hyper Metal Sonic still proves to be enough of a juggernaut for Sonic to need help from Tails, Knuckles and Sara to beat him. And even ''then'', it's only a last-minute HeroicSacrifice that puts him down for good.
* Sonic and Hyper Metal Sonic's final awesomely-animated showdown, featuring the two battling it out across a frozen wasteland at high speed. To give you some idea of [[SpeedBlitz how fast it all takes place]], they're [[SuperSpeed mostly only visible as blurs]] and cause huge explosions and enormous clouds of ice and snow from just the force of their impacts ''alone''.
** Sonic and Metal rushing headlong into each other and holding their respective opponent back with their speed alone in particular was [[CanonImmigrant awesome enough to return]] as part of [[VideoGame/SonicRush the battle between Sonic and Blaze]].
-->'''Sonic:''' So now, we can get down to the ''real'' fight. The last Sonic standing will be the winner!
-->'''Hyper Metal Sonic:''' (''[[TheUnintelligible beeps in agreement]]'')
-->'''Sonic:''' What? [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne This world isn't big enough for both of us, and one of us has to go?]]
-->'''Hyper Metal Sonic:''' (''nods'')
-->'''Sonic:''' (''[[VideoGame/SonicCD begins doing the Super Peel-Out]] as Metal powers up'') '''[[BringIt Well,]] ''[[BringIt I AGREE!]]'''''
-->(''Sonic and Hyper Metal Sonic battle it out before clashing into each other'')
-->'''Sonic:''' [[BadassBoast You might know everything]] ''[[BadassBoast I'm]]'' [[BadassBoast going to do,]] [[NotSoDifferentRemark but that's not going to help you, since I know everything]] ''[[NotSoDifferentRemark you're]]'' [[NotSoDifferentRemark going to do!]] ''[[MemeticMutation STRANGE, ISN'T IT!?]]'' '''''GRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAARGH!'''''
* Sara gets another one when she, a mostly-regular human, fearlessly jumps into a fight with [[RoboticPsychopath Hyper Metal Sonic]] when she sees him trying to [[NeckLift choke a badly-beaten Sonic to death]]. While it's also a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny moment]] for how Metal barely reacts to what she's trying to do, [[SpannerInTheWorks she still distracts him long enough]] for Tails to use the modified Robotnik Watch on the evil duplicate, in turn kick-starting his eventual HeelFaceTurn.
-->'''Sara:''' [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend What are you doing to]] ''[[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend my]]'' [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Sonic?!]] (''jumps onto Hyper Metal Sonic and repeatedly starts pulling at and biting him'') This stupid thing looks like Sonic, BUT IT'S BAD!
** Before that, Sara also flies into an UnstoppableRage and beats the ''hell'' out of Robotnik when he announces [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe his intentions to marry her]] after carrying out his AdamAndEvePlot using Metal Sonic.
-->'''Sara:''' (''grinds her teeth furiously, before laying into Robotnik with a barrage of punches and slaps'') '''[[YoureInsane ARE YOU CRAZY?! I WOULDN'T MARRY YOU IF YOU WERE]] ''[[YoureInsane THE LAST MAN ON EARTH!]]'''''
* Knuckles gets three major ones; helping Sonic finish off Metal Robotnik by hurling him towards the giant robot in a FastballSpecial, followed by him [[CatchAFallingStar instinctively saving Sonic from falling to his death]] when the Robot Generator breaks apart, and later saving Tails and Sara from an enormous magma flow by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HoflhAx-6o tunnelling through an enormous iceberg]] to redirect it away from them. As above, the latter scene doubles as a funny moment when it leads directly into the [[MemeticMutation memetic scene]] of [[ManOnFire Knuckles' hat catching fire mid-dramatic pose]].
* Hyper Metal Sonic's RedemptionEqualsDeath moment at the end. Thanks to Tails using the Robotnik Watch on him and gaining Sonic's sense of good in the process, Metal saves Old Man Hoot and the President from their exploding crashed ship, despite [[ShowsDamage being heavily-damaged from his previous battles with Sonic]] and [[NotBrainwashed having just had Tails' manual control disabled by Robotnik]]. It's made especially potent by him [[{{Determinator}} barely holding out long enough to save them]] before being hit by debris and plummeting into a volcanic magma chamber.

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