Funny / Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW)

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General

• The comic tends to show A LOT of characters with cartoon-y, and sometimes outright goofy facial expressions. And just about every one of them is priceless. The issues drawn by Evan Stanley, Adam Bryce Thomas, Aaron Hammerstrom, and Thomas Rothlisberger tend to take this up to eleven.
• Pretty much any time Tangle, the resident Plucky Comic Relief, is on-page. You’re almost guaranteed to get either an amusing scene, or a comically goofy facial expression.
• Most of the Chaotix's scenes.
• Some issues' covers are Played for Laughs to Kingdom Come:
  • Issue 27's B-cover, where Big of all people is in 1st place during a ten-person Sonic Shuffle match. While using a fishing rod controller, when everyone else is using a Dreamcast controller or the Miles Electric. Then you start noticing details like how Jet is last (and really pissed about it), Rouge holding a cheat code manual, Knuckles wearing an "Ouch Potato" beer can hat, or Omega and Gemerl having an opened motor oil can and screws as opposed to snacks.
  • Issue 64's cover is Silver recreating the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia conspiracy board meme.

Main Series

Year One

"Fallout" arc (Issues #1-4)

• Issue #1 perfectly shows Tails' Character Rerailment - he quips back at Sonic easily, all the while kicking Badnik butt. Best shown at the end, as the remaining robot forces try to escape the town via a draw bridge.
  Sonic: They're almost out! C'mon, Tails! Hurry up!
  Tails: Oh, ye of little faith... (pulls the lever that closes the bridge, causing all of the Badniks to smash into it at the last minute) Well?
  Sonic: Expertly done. Bonus points for dramatic timing.
  Tails: Thank you, thank you.
• Issue #2 introduces Amy, and wastes no time poking fun at one of her most well-known traits in most Sonic media:
  Amy: Sonic-Wait! I came out here specifically to find you!
  Sonic: I know, it's kinda your thing.
  Amy: (while pouting adorably) Not like that!
• In Issue #3, Rough and Tumble introducing themselves.
  Tumble: You lookin' to scrap?
  Rough: Then get ready to crumble!
  Tumble: Brace yourselves for...
  Both: ROUGH & TUMBLE!
  Sonic: (trying not to laugh) ...Oh no. I was not prepared for this.
  Knuckles: Careful, Sonic. They're highly coordinated.
  (Sonic holds himself up on Knuckles' shoulder, laughing)
  Sonic: Knuckles... you're the salt of the earth.
  • At the end of the fight, they turn the brothers' gimmick back on them. Rough angrily yells at them for stealing their thing.
    Knuckles: The tables have turned.
    Sonic: They've certainly bumbled.
    Sonic and Knuckles: It's buttkick time for ROUGH & TUMBLE!
    Rough: That's our thing! You can't do our thing!

"The Fate of Dr. Eggman" arc (Issues #5-8)

• To test if the amnesic Eggman (A.K.A Mr. Tinker) really has lost his memory, Sonic mentions several things from past battles between the pair. By the time he gets to the Death Egg, Mr. Tinker questions if Sonic is just throwing random words together.
• When Eggman appeared outside of Windmill Village, the villagers naturally locked him up immediately. The next day he broke out of his cell, just so he could fix the door.
• Sonic gets into a high-speed fight with Shadow to stop him from killing the amnesiac Eggman. The Chaotix decide to help Sonic out, only to watch as the hedgehogs disappear over a mountain in a blur.
  • The Chaotix prepare to face off with Shadow to keep him from entering Mr. Tinker's home, resolving to become a wall even the Ultimate Life Form can't breach. The hedgehog charges in at full speed, the Chaotix brace themselves for the oncoming assault… and Shadow responds by just teleporting inside the house.
• Whisper introducing herself to Sonic and Silver elicits this exchange.
  Whisper: Whisper.
  Sonic: Cool.
  Silver: (whispering) Okay. But... why?
  Sonic: No, genius. Whisper is her name.
• After Sonic barely gets away from Neo Metal Sonic thanks to Tails trailing behind the flagship with the Tornado, Neo Metal Sonic gives a grand, final order for all guns on the front deck to open fire on the plane. The next panel is a zoom out with Neo Metal Sonic silently realizing that Sonic already destroyed the guns after Neo Metal ordered them to fire on him earlier. While it's in silhouette, one can't help but imagine his eyes darting around in confusion after realizing nothing was happening.
• While the circumstances around it weren't Played for Laughs, the simple fact that Silver exclaims, word for word, "Oh, Crap!" in an all-ages comic, no less, did get the fandom to at least chuckle a bit.

"The Battle For Angel Island" arc (Issues #9-12)

• In issue 9, when Blaze is explaining her connection to the Sol Emeralds and her ability to turn into Burning Blaze, Tangle can be seen in the background with stars in her eyes.
• En route to Angel Island, Tangle accuses Silver of using his powers to cheat at cards while, at the same time, using her powers to cheat at cards.
  Tangle: You're not using your mind-powers to cheat, are ya?
  Silver: N-No! I can't really-
  Tangle: (stealing card from Silver) Relax! I'm just messing with ya!
  Silver: O-Oh. Sorry, I'm not used to...waitaminute...
  Tangle: Aw, man...your hand's worse than mine.
  • The same page also has this chuckle-worthy exchange:
    Vector: C'mon! Just try to play a hand. It'll get your mind off things.
    Knuckles: (staring out window) No. My island needs me. I have no time for games.
    Vector: So... You're just going to stand there until we arrive?
    Knuckles: Yes.
    Vector: Suit yourself.
• From Issue #10:
  • Neo Metal Sonic, already an upgraded form of Metal Sonic, has just gone super, prompting this reaction from Knuckles:
    Knuckles: An upgraded Metal Sonic and he's "super", too? THAT'S CHEATING!
  • After Neo beats up Sonic and Knuckles, the latter is left lying upside-down against a pillar...with the end of his tail on fire.
  • After Tails manages to take out most of the ground forces, most of the Resistance has to get to stable ground. Vector ends up nearly falling off the platform but Tangle manages to grab him and pull him up, providing a Funny Background Event as Amy and Rouge are talking.
  • Once Neo Metal Sonic starts his transformation into the Master Overlord thanks to copying Shadow's bio-data. Both Shadow and Knuckles look on stunned while Sonic just rests his head on his hand pretty much expecting this since he did warn Shadow that Neo Metal could copy bio-data.
  • Not long after, the three are forced to flee once the building housing the Master Emerald starts collapsing. As they watch Neo finishing up his transformation Sonic chimes to Knuckles...
    Sonic: Well...on the bright side, you've got your shrine back.
• Knuckles' dorky grin when he manages to free the Master Emerald from Master Overlord's torso in Issue #11.
• Following the Resistance's liberation of Angel Island, Sonic attempts to peacefully end his rivalry with the de-powered Metal Sonic, saying Eggman is gone and that he can be his own person. Or at the very least call a truce. Metal blankly stares at Sonic's outstretched hand... before slapping it away and promptly leaving. Metal's expression really clinches it, as if he was insulted by the very notion.
• Immediately after Amy learns from Sonic that Knuckles has disbanded the Resistance, the Chaotix waltz in demanding substantial payment for their services.
  Amy: I... buh... whuh?
  Sonic: I'll leave this to you, Madam Executive of the Resistance. (smirks and sprints out of the ship)
  Amy: Doesn't being part of the Resistance count for anything?!
• Rouge intends to spend a brief vacation on Angel Island, both for the relaxation and to keep a keen eye on the Master Emerald. Sonic is confused where she got her lawn chair from.
  Rouge: Eggman's private stash. I thought, "Why let it go to waste?"
  Sonic: Yeah, but... when does Eggman ever go outside?
  Rouge: Don't let the paunch fool you. He actually used to have a meticulous cardio regimen.
  Sonic: Huh. You think you know a guy...
  • Which becomes even funnier when you consider that Eggman is a powerful Skill Type-character with good gymnastic skills in the Mario & Sonic games.
• Orbot and Cubot try to help restore Eggman's memories by means of Cubot asking to be insulted and Orbot offering a list of Eldritch Abominations that he can unleash and lose control of. When a horrified Tinker asks what kind of monster would do that, Cubot is confused by the lack of insult, while Orbot questions if they actually want the old Eggman back.
• A brief flashback shows Eggman repairing Metal Sonic after a failed scheme, and he dotes on the robot like an overprotective parent.
  Eggman: How dare that Sonic damage you! He wouldn't recognize a work of art if it punched him in the face! You did punch him in the face, right?
  Metal Sonic: (silently gives a proud thumbs-up)
  Eggman: Attaboy!
• Rough and Tumble introduce themselves to Eggman with one of their rhyming battle stances. After a panel of staring at them quietly (and Rough dabbing), Eggman asks Starline if they always do that. Starline says yes, but points out that being Dumb Muscle perfectly suited for Cannon Fodder makes up for it.
  • The pair's tenure with Eggman gets off to a predictable start. The doctor gives them blueprints for weapons he intends to make for them that they seem confused and offended by. Irritated, Eggman snatches their respective blueprints and gives them to the opposite brother, which start making far more sense to the pair. Eggman's expression says it all.

Year Two

"Infection" arc (Issues #13-16)

• The very first non-recap page of Issue #13 has a panel with Knuckles being suspicious of a couple of birds that had landed at the Master Emerald shrine. Never change, Knux.
• Sonic's reaction to Rough and Tumble returning, followed by Tails being dumbfounded by their attempt to rhyme "pummeled" with "Tumble".
• Sonic and Tails copy the pair's rhyming battle stance for themselves, just to mock them.
  Rough: That's our thing! Stop stealing our thing!
• After Sonic destroys Tumble's artificial tail, he breaks into tears and starts sobbing about how all he wanted to do was cave Sonic's skull in. Sonic's sympathy evaporates pretty quickly.
  • He specifically breaks down because he's lost his tail again, which seems to be something of a sticking point.
    Tumble: (to Tails) The runt is mine. I lose my tail, BUT YOU GET TWO!?
• After Rough & Tumble are brought back and begging for another shot, Metal Sonic shoves his way in. When Rough says he's had his shot, Metal gives him what can best be described as a Death Glare saying, "Care to repeat that?"
• Starline introduces himself to Sonic and Silver with a Motive Rant, which is portrayed with closeup panels of his intense face. Cut to Sonic giving Silver (who Starline approached as an anonymous informant to lure the two into this confrontation) a deadpan look.
  Silver: (holding hands up defensively) He did not sound this crazy or creepy when I talked to him!
  • After seemingly killing the hedgehogs in an explosion, he opens a portal to escape back to Eggman's headquarters, all while gloating about how his actions would make Dr. Eggman proud. Cue a very furious Eggman reaching through the portal and grabbing him by the throat.
  • After Starline nearly pitches him and Sonic off a cliff via portal, Silver attaches a telekinetic tether to Sonic and essentially wakeboards back. When Sonic spin-dashes Starline when they return, Silver faceplants into the snow behind him.
• Eggman is gleefully plotting his next move, when Rough and Tumble burst into the room, killing his mood immediately.
  • Prior to this, he was testing his Metal Virus...by means of sticking an already fully infected test subject on on a fishing pole and repeatedly dropping it on a new subject, all while making sound effects and laughing.
• Sonic's reaction to seeing that the entrance to the Echo Mine is designed to look like Eggman's face:
  Sonic: Y'know what I like best about Eggman?
  Amy: What's that?
  Sonic: His subtlety.
• The password to Eggman's computer network is "H4T3TH4TH3DGEH0G". Amy and Sonic share smug looks at that.
• Once again, Rough and Tumble's rhyming boast doesn't actually rhyme, something Sonic calls them out on. This triggers a debate between the brothers what rhyme they should have used.
  Amy: How did these guys take over a whole town?
  Sonic: Blunt objects can still be dangerous. Just be happy you get a turn beating them up.
  • Tumble ends the argument by vowing to steal a rhyming dictionary later.
• Tangle turns up at Tails' workshop to find Sonic sprinting along on a giant hamster wheel while Tails intently analyzes a printout. She's understandably confused.
  Tangle: (skeptically) So, this is what you guys do for fun in your downtime? (Beat, grins ear-to-ear) Who am I kidding? That contraption looks fun! Can I try it next?
• Tails is less than impressed when Sonic starts calling those infected by the Metal Virus "zombots". Eggman, however, concedes that the name is catchy and starts using it himself.
  • Similarly, Starline seems a little output when he finds out that Eggman is calling his new flying fortress (which is shaped like his face) a "faceship". And for some reason, the ship's main takeoff thrusters appear to be in its nose.
• Tangle tries to give Sonic a high five, but then the Metal Virus appears on his hand and he instantly pulls his hand away, causing Tangle to land on her face. She gets up and says sarcastically, "I Meant to Do That!"

"Crisis City" arc (Issues #17-20)

• Despite depicting a straight-up Zombie Apocalypse, Issue #17 does have a few moments of levity:
  • When Vector is trying to help a stuck truck escape the zombots.
    Vector: Pop the clutch!
    Driver: I only know how to drive an automatic!
    Vector: Grr! Put it in neutral! I'll push you until you go downhill!
  • Then, when Sonic shows up just in time to save Vector from a crowd of zombots:
    Vector: What is with you and the dramatic timing?
  • And when they split back up:
    Vector: And next time Eggman loses his memory? I'm throwing him in a cell!
    Sonic: Less hindsight! More rescuing!
• During the Zombot attack on Cream's hometown, Sonic comes across some kids trying to start a forest fire (so that the Metal Virus can't spread through the woods), who ask why he takes Cream on adventures and not them. Sonic counters by putting out that fire, saying that it would end up killing them, and states that Cream gets to join his adventures because she has common sense.
• Omega's long-awaited introduction gives us a few short moments thanks to his being The Comically Serious, including his almost interpreting Sonic's request to Hold the Line for "creating a wall of bodies".
  Sonic: Step lively, folks! Head for the big hotel at the end of the block!
  Civilian: Do we have time to thank that robot for saving us?
  Omega: (smashing Zombots with another Zombot) EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!
  Sonic: He's the type of guy who doesn't need thanks.
  • Also this brief moment:
    Shadow: Omega.
    Omega: Shadow.
    Shadow: Safeguard the truck while Rouge oversees the evacuation.
    Omega: Considering. The truck and refugees will be the Zombots' primary target. This will bring additional targets to me. Orders approved.
  • "We are not friends. You are in the way of my massacre."
• Omega is reduced to nothing more than a head by the horde, Tails getting him out in time before he's completely destroyed. When asked if he's okay, he comments that his rage is at 110%. He also, when the topic of rebuilding him is brought up, requests that a jaw mechanism is installed so that he can bite zombots' ankles off.

"The Last Minute" arc (Issues #21-24)

• Being where Sonic and co. hit rock-bottom, "The Last Minute" generally forgoes humor in favor of Nightmare Fuel and Tear Jerkers. There is, however, one amusing part: Sonic's encounter with Eggman and Starline in Issue #23.
  • The evil doctors are testing out radio frequencies on some Zombots in the town Rough and Tumble previously took over. None of the broadcasts so far have had any effect, boring the crap out of Eggman.
    Eggman: Ugh... Zombots, this is your master speaking. Everyone—oh, I don't know—look east.
    (The Zombots ignore him and continue lumbering around aimlessly.)
    Eggman: Argh! This is so tedious! I should've rigged an automated version to play from the Faceship!
  • Eggman and Starline's argument after the former reveals he never bothered creating a Metal Virus vaccine, nor does he even consider one necessary:
    Starline: You are anything but cautious! You've yet to inoculate us to the Metal Virus!
    Eggman: Shows what you know! There is no vaccine!
    Starline: (shocked) Then...but...how were you going to protect us from infection?
    Eggman: By not touching the Zombots. Duh.
    Starline: What if there was a spill on the Faceship?! Or a mishap in the field?! Or it mutates and becomes airborne?!
    Eggman: You've exceeded my threshold for nitpicking, doctor.
    Starline: (seething with rage) It's not nitpicking! It's common sense!
    Eggman: You'll shut your bill, or I'll staple it shut!
    Sonic: (shows up) Aww, is the honeymoon over already?
  • Sonic insultingly calling Starline "Dr. Fashion Disaster".
  • After Sonic ruins their plans, Starline flies in on his hover-platform to rescue Eggman from the Zombots; however, they crash into the town's perimeter wall because Eggman is too heavy. And once the villains escape to the Faceship via a Warp Topaz portal, Eggman holds his aching head, saying "Oh, how I hate that hedgehog".

Year Three

"All or Nothing" arc (Issues #25-29)

• Eggman tries in vain to send Metal Sonic at the Zeti seconds after Starline warps them onto the Faceship. How he words the attack order is rather amusing.
  Eggman: Metal Sonic! Destroy for Daddy!
• Even though part of it is Rouge's instruction to keep tabs on the Zeti, Orbot and Cubot don't seem to need much convincing to start sucking up to them to save themselves.
  Cubot: What are you doing?!
  Orbot: Saving our servos, dummy! Play along so he doesn't take control of us!
  Cubot: Oh, I get it! We're only pretending to like his crazy, evil plan!
  Orbot: Precisely! Just act like he's Eggman when he's in one of his moods.
  Cubot: So... like most days?
• After the group tell Knuckles what's happening, he complains about Sonic bringing more trouble to the island. Cue Eggman and Starline tumbling out of a portal in front of them. Starline thinks they're safe now that they're away from the Zeti only for Eggman to look up and see a very pissed Amy glaring daggers at them with her Piko Piko Hammer at the ready.
• Although this is supposed to be a heartwarming and tearjerking moment, Cream comforts Whisper while carrying Omega's head, assuring her that she's never alone as long as they're together. How does Omega respond? "I am not lonely. I am enraged."
  • He also tells Whisper she cannot kill Eggman. Only he can.
• Zeena forces the citizens and the Zombots to go on a shopping spree, yet finds the accessories to be tacky. What spares one citizen from being Zombotified? He praises her.
• Eggman stealing the Warp Topaz and firing Starline? Awesome. Metal Sonic essentially yeeting him through the portal he'd opened prior to losing the Topaz? Hilarious.
• Sonic having to suck up to Jet to get the Babylon Rogues to help combat the Zeti. Amy promises not to tell Knuckles.
• When Sonic goes over the battle plan and wants Knuckles to take on a Zeti, he refuses as he won't leave the island and Master Emerald alone with Eggman and Metal Sonic, especially since Sonic's now too weak from his infection to prevent a possible double-cross. Eggman claims he won't try anything, but his expression says otherwise and Sonic quickly agrees with Knuckles, much to Eggman's annoyance.
• Knuckles' reaction when Tails casually mentions that messing around with the Warp Topaz might make Angel Island implode.
• The Rogues are sent after Zik, and brush off Sonic's warnings about him.
  Storm: I ain't afraid to hit an old man!
  Sonic: Stay classy.
• Gemerl and Cream defeating Zeena? Awesome. Gemerl yeeting her into a crowd of Zombots? Also awesome. The face Zeena makes when she realizes what's about to happen to her in mid-air? Priceless.
• Espio managing to defeat the much stronger Zazz and getting away with the Chaos Emerald? Awesome. Yoinking it out from right under his nose and leaving a Chaotix calling card in its place? Hilarious.
• When a giant Zavok spits an huge ball of magma at Angel Island, everyone struggles to stay upright as the whole island shakes. Knuckles' concerns aren't quite what they should be.
  Knuckles: Did he just spit on my island?!
• Some hilarious Laser-Guided Karma: Eggman shoves Amy into Zombot!Big in order to buy himself time to get to the airship and escape, only to then trip on Froggy and get infected by him. And after the Metal Virus is destroyed, he's shown lying on the ground with Froggy still on his back.
  • There's something to be said for the fact that after all his big plans and bigger screw-ups over the years, the series' resident Big Bad nearly died for real by slipping and falling on a non-sapient frog. If Sonic and Silver hadn't saved the day, this might have been the most Undignified Death imaginable for the doctor.
• Super Sonic defeats Zavok so easily that Super Silver actually calls it anticlimactic.
• Cured of her infection, Tangle comes out of it with no idea what's going on (as usual) or why she's back on Angel Island. Meanwhile, Whisper looms behind Tangle with stars for eyes before tackling her to the ground with a hug.
• What happens when Charmy and Vector reunite with Espio? They all start singing their theme song from Sonic Heroes. Doubles as heartwarming.
• Once cured of their infections, Knuckles and Shadow are both enraged to find that Rouge spent the whole battle lying on top of the Master Emerald.
  Rouge: The world was about to end! I wanted to spend my last moments with the one I love!

"Out of the Blue" arc (Issues #30-32)

• Knuckles' escalating impatience after Sonic disappears in the Warp Topaz explosion. He acts as if Sonic's insulting his pride by not showing up.
  Knuckles: Darn it, Sonic! You're making me look bad! Knock it off and come back!
• Cream telling Zavok to screw off when he interrupts her reunion with Vanilla? Awesome. Having Cheese dive-bomb Zavok in the face when he refuses? Also awesome. Cheese pulling tongues and eyelids at Zavok to ice the cake? Hilarious.
• During the montage showing that the other Deadly Six have recovered from the Metal Virus, Zomom is shown pulling himself out from under the gate that Amy and Tails dropped on him, complaining that the marks from it make him look like a waffle. He then demands that someone bring him waffles.
• Wave thanks Jet for staying behind with her and Storm rather than fleeing when he had the chance. Jet then ruins the heartwarming moment by preening about how heroic he was.
• After Tails and Amy see Eggman making off with their shuttle, Knuckles exasperatedly walks away while behind him Big is seen chasing after Froggy again.
• Rouge is still draped over the Master Emerald when Knuckles returns to its altar following Eggman's escape. After Knuckles finally orders her cut the crap and get off of it, she flirtatiously runs her finger through through his dreadlocks and leaves with a smile.
• Orbot and Cubot try to cheer up Eggman by revealing they're now in possession of Omega's head. Omega proceeds to demand that Cubot use him to beat Orbot and then himself to death.
  Orbot: Why do I have to hold him?!
• Blaze's conversation with an amnesiac Sonic at the start of Issue 31 has an amusing touch to it due to Sonic's smug socialite attitude. Blaze's reaction also counts.
  • To get more specific, Sonic has lost his memories following the battle with Zavok and is now convinced that his name is Mr. Needlemouse. He also now carries himself with a posh swagger, in contrast to his usual smug, quippy cockiness. Blaze is absolutely befuddled.
• During Amy and Jewel's conversation in Restoration HQ's ruins, a falling concrete pebble hits Jewel on the head, though she doesn't seem to feel it.
• While being rescued from the mining pit along with Rough, Tumble once again complains about his loss of his tail as he glances at Tangle's long Prehensile Tail.
  Tumble: It just ain't fair...
  • Even while stuck in a pit and starving to death, the two of them still insist on rhyming.
  • Rough and Tumble proceed to gloat about their newfound freedom as they run off, though Tangle and Tails aren't worried.
    Tangle: (with a shit-eating grin) So...back in jail by the end of the day?
    Tails: If they don't get lost in the mines.
    • A few panels later, we can see that they did indeed get lost.
• After Eggman puts Omega back together, we get the following exchange:
  Eggman: How does it feel to be corporeal again, Omega?
  Omega: Good. Destroying you will enhance this by 90%.
  Eggman: Woo-ha-ha-ha! Oh, I bet it would! But I locked down your body, so there will be no mayhem for you!
  Omega: Satisfaction decreased by 100%.
• Jet, naturally, complains that Sonic gets an ice sculpture during the celebration and he didn't. Wave treats his complaining as part of the entertainment.
  Wave: Dinner, and a show.
  Storm: We oughta save the world more often!
• At the party, everyone is doing the usual celebrating save Rouge whose is eyeing the jewelry in Jewel's museum. The woman just cannot turn her obsession off.
  • And then, when the Babylon Rogues try to rob the museum, Rouge preempts them by removing the gems first. She says that it'll pain her to return them later, but that it's Worth It to see the looks on the Rogues' faces.
• When Sonic states that he and Silver handled the situation back in his dimension, Blaze dryly notes that him "handling" it left crashing into her garden with amnesia.
  Sonic: (awkwardly) Heh, well... you know me. I like to make an entrance.
• Eggman awkwardly asking the returned Sonic if he's mad about the whole "getting infected and nearly turned into a mindless machine" thing. Sonic replies that it's on the list.
• Jewel has to interrupt the Group Hug celebrating Sonic's return to point out that the town is still on fire.
  Sonic: Your town is really invasion-prone, y'know that?
  Tangle: I'll have you know we were perfectly boring until you showed up, mister!

"Chao Races & Badnik Bases" arc (Issues #33-36)

• Amy, now free from her leadership duties at the Restoration, is eager to freely adventure with her friends again. Her enthusiuasm, however, quickly goes out the window after Sonic describes the abandoned Eggman base he and Tails will be exploring.
  • Amy is further uneasy about Rouge's plan to use Cream and Cheese to enter a Chao race. However, she quickly acquiesces when Rouge says she's still welcome to join the boys in a creepy derelict Badnik base.
• Chocola falling into a mixing bowl while he, Cheese, and Cream are making cookie dough. Chocola slip cookies, anyone?
• While driving Rouge's team to White Park, Amy suddenly sees Shadow standing in the road ahead and brakes hard to avoid him. Shadow and the girls acknowledge each other while Cream peers over the top of her seat with huge bugging eyes. Amy asks Shadow for help in fixing Omega, but he claims he isn't interested. Rouge just shrugs and says that's actually polite by Shadow's standards.
  • There's also the fact that Shadow's reaction to Amy swerving in a panic implies he's annoyed she didn’t try to hit him with the car.
• Rouge lies that she is Cheese's trainer to enter them into the races after Cream is barred from signing up (since she's under-aged). Gemerl hardly finds Rouge's explanation for this reassuring.
  Gemerl: Predisposition towards deception. Noted.
  Rouge: You're no fun.
• Amy's very aggressive "cheering" while Cheese competes in the qualifying round:
  Amy: KNOCK 'EM DEAD, CHEESE!
• Sonic's fruitless attempts to entertain himself while Tails hacks the Eggnet. After beating up a Knuckles doll, he tries to joke with Tails, which falls flat when he goes into detail about it.
  Sonic: It's official, this is the least fun trip to a secret Eggman base I've ever been on.
• In his boredom, Sonic punts a screw which ricochets around and hits someone hiding in a junk pile. He and Tails turn around to see Belle's reaction as she recognizes who's discovered her.
• Sonic and Tails giving Belle a ride on their plane:
  Tails: (goes to set up the Tornado) Alright, let's fly!
  Sonic: Pick a wing and hold on tight.
  Belle: Thank you so—wait, a wing?
  (cut to the trio flying in the Tornado, with a terrified Belle clinging onto the wings and blindly screaming in panic)
• The deadpan glare on Cream's face as she and Belle walk by Clutch.
• After Sonic falls off the roller-coaster and is caught by Shadow (in a Bridal Carry!), we get this exchange:
  Shadow: You couldn't dodge that? You really are an embarrassment.
  Sonic: (grinning like a dork) Oh! Hi, Shadow. Nice to see you, too.
• Starline triggering the avalanche is met with exasperation from Sonic, where the doctor admits he just loves making a show and offering the heroes a sadistic choice between rescuing Tails and Rouge or the civilians, calling it a bit cliché but still a classic. He also takes the time to slip in a relevant pun.
  Starline: You decide: a couple hundred tons of snow falling on those innocent heads... or Tails?
• The heroes manage to get the necessary parts from Clutch's store room, but need to get the people inside to safety from the avalanche. They first approach Omochao, who asks them to not run inside the building. When Tails warns them there's an avalanche approaching, the robotic chao relays to him that there is a warning system about these things in place, which Amy, at limit of her patience, tells the robot to get everyone to an exit or she'll make some of her own, raising her hammer in the process. Omochao, clearly nervously sweating, complies with their request.
  • When Omochao politely asks people to get to safety, Rouge has Omega make them realize the urgency of the situation, in his unique way.
    Rouge: Give them a little encouragement, Omega.
    Omega: Acknowledged, raising volume. Run, pitiful tourist creatures, or face certain destruction!
• Starline's deadpan reaction when he realizes the avalanche he triggered is right about to hit him. Also his complaint about his perm getting messed up after he returns to base.
• After Omega is repaired, Tails suggests he test out his new body by sparring with Gemerl (also repaired). Omega doubts the session will end well for Gemerl, who in response vows to teach his fellow robot a lesson.
• Vanilla finds out what Amy and Rouge got Cream into during the trip when Cream excitedly tells her all about it. Knowing they're busted, (with Rouge even noticeably nervous) Rouge bails rather than face Vanilla, leaving Amy alone to do so instead.
  Vanilla: My, that sounds very exciting.
  Amy: (sweating bullets) Exciting, but also safe! Besides, it was Rouge's— (sees Rouge is gone) ROOOOOUUUUUGE!!!
• The fact that Dr. Starline owns a "Live, Laugh, Love" mug. Even better, according to illustrator Evan Stanley, that was supposed to be just a placeholder for the real text, but everybody in the staff found it so funny they decided to leave it like that.

Year Four

"Test Run" arc (Issues #37-40)

• In a flashback, Amy and Jewel are shown doing the former's worst nightmare: paperwork.
  Amy: If I have to look at another equipment requisition form, I'll scream.
• Belle's Failure Montage in the new Restoration HQ's machine shop. No matter what she does, she keeps finding herself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
• Tangle zooms past Belle after the latter destabilizes a huge boat, then uses her tail to prop up said boat while posing heroically on it. She still has to motion for help, though, due to the boat's sheer weight.

  Tangle: Don't worry, guys, I got this! No "boats" about it. (Immediately struggles to hold it up) Little help? This is kinda heavy. Really heavy. Please hurry.

  • After Belle gets fired for her clumsiness, we learn Tangle was also banned from the machine shop due to a prior Noodle Incident. Belle at least tried to do her best, while Tangle's mishap is heavily implied to have resulted from her goofing off (again).
• This bit:
  Tangle: (holding her and Belle's tails, starry-eyed) Weird tail buddies...
  Belle: Please don't pull that.
• "Yo, Tangle! Long time no see. Belle, short time no see!"
• Tangle and Belle head for Eggman's new tower on a stolen Extreme Gear bike, but Tangle has never driven one before. She neglects to warn Belle about that until they're already on their way.
• Sonic's group gets lost in the tower upon arrival, but Amy says they'll be fine as long as they're together and Sonic agrees. Ten minutes later, they aren't so sure.
  Sonic: (exasperated) It's impossible. This place never ends.
  • Behind them, Tails angrily stares at...a tiny piece of chalk.
• Tails geeking out over the tower's interior with stars in his eyes. And then confusing Sonic and Amy with his scientific gossip.
• Approaching the tower with Belle, Tangle—true to her earlier warning—goes for a smooth landing but makes a rough one instead.
  Tangle: I'll bring us in easy... (crashes the Extreme Gear bike at the tower's base) OOF! Or not.
• Orbot and Cubot informing Eggman that Sonic and co. are in the tower:
  Orbot: Cubot, you know what we have to do.
  Cubot: Oh, say it ain't so!
  Orbot: (holding a tablet, resigned) I'm sorry, but there's no other way.
  Cubot: Just get it over with! (Orbot presses the "call" button on the tablet) Maybe he won't pick up...?
  Eggman: (appears on-screen) I'm busy, so make it quick! What've you two messed up this time?
  Orbot: Nothing! Nothing at all! It's just...
  Eggman: You're interrupting some very important brainstorming, Orbot...
  Orbot: There might be a slight hitch in operations—
  Cubot: —Sonic and his buddies broke into the test chambers.
  (Both robots flinch, expecting Eggman to lose it, but he doesn't)
  Orbot: Uh, boss? You're not yelling at us.
  Cubot: Do you think he's finally losing his touch?
  Eggman: Shut it, Cubot...
• Sonic tries to scout ahead, only for the spatial warping in the tower to No-Sell his Super-Speed again. In the time it takes Tails to remind him, Sonic has already gone and come back. Cue deadpan expressions from both of them.
• Sonic hears Eggman's voice coming from a toaster, prompting him to ask if the doctor's alleged trap for the heroes involves forcing them to eat burnt toast.
• Tangle's sneak-attack on Orbot and Cubot is this and a Moment of Awesome. First, she distracts them by knocking over some wires that Orbot spent a while stacking (to help with anxiety issues), then snags him and Cubot with her tail, scaring both robots shitless.
• This priceless Ship Tease moment:
  Amy: A Leap of Faith—how romantic!
  Sonic: I didn't mean it like—oh, nevermind.
  Amy You'd better hold me extra-tight, Sonic!
• Amy's Freak Out when her dress catches fire fighting an Egg Viper trio.
  • And then, after Tails saves her and Sonic from drowning and wonders where Sonic is, we see him hanging by his foot from her hammer with an utterly unamused look on his face.
• Tangle tricking Orbot and Cubot into giving her a lead on where Sonic's group is.
  Tangle: Oh! I guess I'd better start trying out these gates! Here I go...PSYCHI'MTRYINGTHISONE!
  Orbot and Cubot: NOT THAT ONE!
  Tangle: (triumphant grin) Oh? Would that be a bad gate for me to go through?
  Orbot: Yes! I mean, no! I mean...oh, dear.
  Tangle: (to Belle) And that's how you get it done.
• A dizzy Sonic seeing double as Tails helps him up.
• As Eggman prepares to finish Sonic, Tails, and Amy off, a bungee-jumping Tangle comes out of a portal in the ceiling, only to see an Egg Viper directly below her and Face Plant on its back. Way to make an entrance.
• After escaping the tower's destruction aboard the Tornado, Orbot and Cubot are left clinging for dear life to Tangle's tail. The heroes decide to chuck them off the plane, to which the two robots agree as they want a vacation. And as Sonic and co. head home, Orbot and Cubot are seen floating in the ocean down below.

"Zeti Hunt" arc (Issues #41-44)

• While fighting in Winterburg, Sonic and Eggman argue over who was to blame for the Zeti appropriating the Metal Virus. They carry on bickering from off-panel as the scene cuts to the onlooking Zik.
  Sonic: I know it's been a while, but is that any way to break the ice?
  Eggman: NO! NO TIRESOME ICE PUNS!
  Sonic: Fine. We'll skip to me stopping your conquest of this quaint little town!
  Eggman: I don't care about this frostbitten hamlet! I'm hunting Zeti! Zavok and his Deadly Six are on the loose! I need to take them out before they cause more trouble! And since you're too inept to handle them...
  Sonic: Me?! You're the one who invited them to your plague-a-palooza! They're your fault!
  Eggman: No, that was Starline's hairbrained idea to make things "better"!
  Sonic: And he was your lackey! So, your fault!
  Eggman: He's no longer affiliated with me!
  Sonic: You've got a list of evil deeds a mile long and you're trying to weasel your way out of this one with semantics?
  Eggman: I have a reputation to uphold!
  Sonic: Forget "Eggman". I'm calling you "Dr. Nutjob" from now on.
  Eggman: Unacceptable!
  Sonic: Back to "Baldy McNosehair" it is, then!
  Eggman: (going ballistic) THAT'S NOT FUNNY! IT'S NEVER BEEN FUNNY! IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE FUNNY!
  • Funnily enough, many fans would agree with Eggman on that last part.
• Zazz' UTTERLY unsuccessful attempt at fishing.
• Zomom is shown stuck in a cage smaller than he is, watching the townsfolk he terrorized eat. When he calls foul, a woman makes him behave in exchange for a cake.
• A dialogue between Zik and Zavok demonstrates how to track down the Zeti:
  Zik: I trust you've left nothing but misery in your wake?
  Zavok: I'd assumed the screams led you to us.
• The Chaotix arrive at the new Restoration HQ and are met by an agitated Lanolin. She proceeds to inform Jewel by yelling into a walkie-talkie, almost blowing Vector's eardrums out.
• Sonic casually snowboarding away from Eggman's exploding Winterburg base while the raging doctor flies off overhead.
• During the heroes' video conference, Charmy tries to get Jewel's attention while Espio gives him an over-the-shoulder Death Glare.
• Starline gushing over Belle.
• There's some Black Comedy in the scene where a half-asleep guard at Restoration HQ's entrance sees a burning truck headed right for him as the Zeti approach. Zeena mockingly blows the dude a kiss on her way by.
• Zomom's unfavorable assessment of the machine shop:
  Zomom: No control room and no food! This place sucks!
• While standing up to Starline, the machine shop owner mentions a Noodle Incident where Belle accidentally dumped an entire pan's worth of oil on his face.
• The Hope Spot where Starline finds the elevator busted and Belle tries to back out.
• Until Sonic shows up, the most resistance the Zeti encounter in the HQ are the control room doors.
  Zomom: (after nearly breaking his hand punching at the doors) I made a little gap...
• The Chaotix getting stuck in traffic while trying to rush back to the HQ.
• Whisper shooting Zomom in the ass.
• Sonic's weirded out look when Zazz thanks him for hitting him.
• Zor's reaction to being tagged with Tails' gadget:
  Zor: O exquisite agony... I struggle against the pain... Only to be consumed by beautiful darkness. (Falls over backwards on cue)
• The huge, dopey smile on Sonic's face as he waves goodbye to the Zeti.
• For no clear reason, Starline wears Belle's hat◊ while he's rooting through her head.
• Belle ruining Espio's attempt to discreetly save her while invisible by freaking out over what she thinks is a ghost.
• When the Chaotix break into Starline's lab to confront him, he mockingly asks if they really think that it's his headquarters.
  Charmy: Well... I did... until you laughed like that just now...
• When Belle says Starline broke her heart, Vector asks if she's being literal, noting that Tails can fix that if she is.

"Trial By Fire" arc (Issues #45-47)

• Amy is less than thrilled when Tails reveals that the camping gear he's loaning her is experimental. Sonic making a joke about her being a guinea pig instead of a hedgehog doesn't help.
  • Later, at the camping ground, it's revealed that all the instructions are partially written in geometrical equations. Needless to say, this doesn't help the girls' situation at all.
• A flashback shows that Tangle had to literally drag Jewel away from her paperwork to come on the trip.
• Belle reveals that she has a lighter in one of her fingers. As she points out, it's not very handy when she's made out of wood.
  • Later when she goes off exploring the woods and hears a sound, she quickly goes through her gadgets in her hand for a flashlight, only to land on her lighter.
  Belle: Aww sawdust.
• When telling the others about her fortune telling cards, Amy mentions that they once helped her find someone special to her. Cut to Sonic sneezing in the middle of his video game session with Tails.
• When Amy is talking with Jewel to convince her to organize an evacuation plan, the old camper from before starts to complain.
  Old Camper: I'm gonna...
  Amy: (Waving her Piko Hammer at him) You want some hammer? No? Then give [Jewel] a minute!
• To calm a panicking Ashe down, Belle reveals that her nose makes squeaking noises. She then, with a total deadpan look on her face, tells the onlooking Tangle (who has stars in her eyes about the "Funny Clown Nose") that if she tells anyone about it, Belle will disassemble her bike and hide all the pieces.
• The river rapids/Inevitable Waterfall sequence. Tangle really enjoys the ride; Belle and Ashe, not so much. Meanwhile, the poor Motobug gets dragged behind the log the trio are riding, upside-down and clinging to Tangle's tail for dear life.
  Tangle: (after getting spun around on the log) That was... (grins like a maniac) AWESOME! Let's roll it again!
  Belle: NO!
  Tangle: Hang on...it's about to get bumpy!
  Belle: (throws up her hands, exasperated) There's no way—we're all gonna get splintered!
• Jewel's Freak Out when she sees the Motobug. Tangle's and Belle's sheepish expressions while vouching for it are equally priceless.
  Amy: A friendly Motobug? There's a first for everything. They're kinda cute when they're not trying to run you over.
• The other three girls' reaction when Jewel says she has a plan. She's comically taken aback by this.
• After the fire is contained, Tangle hastily announces she's quitting the Restoration, much to the other girls' shock. She fumbles for a way to clarify before Jewel accepts her resignation. Doubles as heartwarming.
  Tangle: Uh... That's not what I meant! Well it is, but not like how it... Ah, geez.
• Tangle tells Sonic all about her and Belle's search-and-rescue mission. He's initially jealous, but Amy points out he would've hated the log ride since he can't swim.
• This exchange:
  Sonic: Sometimes a little change is just what the doctor ordered.
  Amy: (laughs) No! No doctors! Are you trying to jinx us?
  Sonic: What? I'd have figured you'd be rarin' to go after that nice, relaxing vacation of yours.
  Amy: Ah...I give up. I guess a break just isn't in the cards.
• Vector and Espio grimly read a newspaper headline about Surge and Kit's rampage in Central City. Meanwhile, Charmy joyfully sits on the floor with a paper hat on, surrounded by crayons and crayon drawings.

Year Five

"Hit the Pavement" (Issue #48)

• The issue begins with Vector and Espio picking Charmy from the 199.2 KTBR Studio, as they had to return library books and Charmy has been banned for life. They don't have the heart to tell him else they hurt the poor bee's feelings.
• When the Chaotix leave to investigate a lead in Central City, they take Vector's car and end up in traffic. Vector, not wanting to miss another case because of the traffic, asks Charmy to carry them and the bee agrees, but a guy accuses them of cheating. Then we get this comical exchange:
  Man: Hey! That's cheating!
  Vector: Ya'll're just jealous you didn't think of it first!
• Crinkly Wrinkly from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes makes a cameo, ranting that the chaos around town was caused by a "Central City mutant monster crocodile"... right in front of Vector. Vector's reaction in the next panel has some I'm Standing Right Here vibes.
  • In a later panel, Crinkly is grabbing onto the sides of the panel and looking in the general direction of the reader while continuing his rant.
• When Vector and Charmy are fighting Rough & Tumble, he begins to rhyme and nearly says a bad word.
  Vector: ...Stingers comin' on the next pass, beehive's ready, gon' kick—
  Charmy: That's me! I'm the bee, right?
  • As usual, seeing the heroes imitate their rhyming shtick drives the skunk brothers into a fury.
    Tumble: Only WE get to rhyme! AND YOUR METRE IS TRASH!
  • Clutch eventually calls off the fight after Espio nabs him. Right when he does, Charmy stings Rough In the Back—hard.

"Wound Up" (Issue #49)

• To test out how a group of reprogrammed Badniks will react, Sonic is covered from head to ankles with a sheet. When it's pulled off of him, the Badniks ignore him in a rather anti-climactic manner.
  Sonic: Am I really that boring? I'm losing to a rock.
• Afterward, Sonic and Tails go inside for lunch. Unusually, Sonic wants tacos instead of chili dogs, saying he'll have the latter for dessert instead.

"Battle for the Empire" and "Escaping the Empire"(Issues #50-51)

• While a serious and awesome moment, Eggman slamming Dr. Starline to the ground gives us a hilarious blur frame of Starline's face, complete with a "Clonk" sound effect.
• Sonic tossing Belle down an alley so he can fend off some Badniks, then catching her mid-fall in a Bridal Carry.
  Belle: I'm very ready for this night to be over, Sonic!
• Watching Sonic via a drone, Eggman is irate to see Tails and Belle hijacking one of his airships.
  Eggman: Wrecking my stuff is one thing! Stealing it is adding insult to injury!

"Overpowered" arc (Issues #52-56)

• Belle falling onto Kit after he elbows her in the nose, which makes the *HONK* sound effect when hit.
• After hearing an explosion Surge caused, Sonic points out Eggman is in trouble and does so by essentially calling Metal Sonic a daddy's boy. Metal's reaction reads as one part fear at his creator getting hurt, one part anger at having to stop fighting Sonic, and one part high school flunky who's just been verbally destroyed so badly he's on the verge of tears.
• After Surge steals his Dynamo Cage and causes an explosion, Eggman thinks Cubot (who was in the same room) is responsible.
  Eggman: Cubot! If you touched any of my prototypes, I swear, I'm going to turn you into a rice cooker.
  • Cubot's vain attempts to tell Surge off are pretty funny. And when Eggman and Orbot show up, Cubot enters his compact mode and denies he's even present.
  • Eggman, for his part, isn't so much intimidated by the powered-up Surge as he is annoyed by her theft of his property.
• Surge tries to call Whisper's gun what it is, but she doesn't know the actual term (since Switzerland doesn't exist on Sonic's world).
  Surge: Geez! It's like one'a those knives with all the little bits in 'em!
• After Surge's attack on Eggperial City, Orbot takes inventory of Eggman's damaged goods. These include a Conch prototype, blueprints for E-200 series of robots, spare Eggmobile drives...and she also stepped on Cubot's mint condition 10-inch figurine of Cyber Singer Mika.
  Eggman: But how? How did she do it?
  Orbot: With her foot?
• When Surge has him cornered in Egg Base Sigma, Eggman tries to escape using his secret override code. He taunts Surge and prepares to jump through the escape hatch when it opens...only for nothing to happen. A message from Starline plays revealing he’d found and overwritten all of Eggman’s secret codes, leaving Eggman sweating as he realizes how much trouble he’s in.
• After the Enemy Mine has been established and they realize that there's only one path that's been left open for them:
  Sonic: Ooh, a trap! Sounds fun!
  Tails: Does it?
  Eggman: If I'd known you were enjoying them, I wouldn't have made so many.
• When Kit destroys the base after Surge's defeat, Metal Sonic has to literally push Eggman's ass up a wall as they rush to escape.
  • It's dark, but Eggman's reaction after escaping the lab's collapse only to find a pissed-off Sonic and Tails staring daggers at him is priceless. Equally funny is him having the gall to invoke their truce deal mere moments after he violated it.

Year Six

"Urban Warfare" arc (Issues #57-61)

• Naturally, Sonic and Tangle charge headlong into Eggperial City as soon as they arrive, much to Whisper and Lanolin's exasperation.
  Lanolin: (regarding Tangle) Honestly, how do you handle her?
  Whisper: I don't.
• A flashback shows Tangle naming the Restoration's new rapid-response team the "Diamond Cutters" after Whisper's former squad, pissing the sniper off. The artwork makes it look as though Whisper is Burning with Anger (along with her seat), causing Tangle to sweat while grinning like a moron.
• Sonic using Green Hover for the first time in this comic? Awesome. Tangle begging Whisper's Green Wisp (complete with Puppy-Dog Eyes) to let her use that power sometime? Hilarious.
• When the coast seems clear, Lanolin gives the order to move out—and then adds "cautiously", killing Sonic and Tangle's mood(s).
• Sonic casually calling himself a "lousy chaperone" when he contacts Jewel for backup.
• Tangle's pep-talk to Lanolin gets off on the wrong foot.
  Tangle: First off, we failed together as a team! It was a team effort!
  Lanolin: Strangely, that doesn't make me feel better.
• While the context of Tangle wrapping herself up in shame is a Tear Jerker moment, one panel shows the lemur being wrapped up in her tail like a turban, making for an amusing bit of levity.
• Lanolin proposing a hard limit on the number of group hugs after one glomp too many from Tangle, with Whisper seconding the motion. Tangle only opts to make the hug count even more.
• The smug look on Amy's face when she has the idea to make use of an Egg Hammer's fallen weapon.
• For whatever reason, Blaze is upside-down when Silver carries her and Amy to meet Team Dark.
• As usual, Sonic and crew offer to join forces, only to have the wind taken out of their sails when Team Dark makes it clear they're present for their own reasons, not to help. Rouge's sociable attitude in contrast to Shadow and Omega's coldness really sells it.
• Eggman chowing down on popcorn in his control room as he sics the Shadow Androids on the invaders, even asking Cubot for some cheese seasoning to go along with it. Metal Sonic is visibly jealous of the new guys.
  • Speaking of Metal Sonic, Tangle (still ghostly like the rest of her team) casually puts her hand through the back of his head for fun, which again irks Lanolin.
• Sonic asking Shadow about the Androids:
  Sonic: Got some relatives you never told us about?
  Shadow: Please. These cheap copies don't deserve to wear my face.
• Tangle's accidental Jump Scare when she finally catches up with Sonic's group, doubly so since she pops up through the screen on Tails' tablet. Amy, who literally just said it's better when cooler heads prevail, panics and brings the hammer down, only to instead smash the Miles Electric because Tangle is still intangible. Tails looks incredibly dismayed at the damaged tablet afterwards.
  Amy: I'M SO SORRY! IT WAS ALL REFLEXES!
• After Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Tangle have made it inside to the Central Tower's control room, Eggman orders his minions to attack. His only minions in the room however are Metal Sonic (who immediately goes after his organic counterpart), and his Bumbling Henchmen Duo Orbot and Cubot, who don't do anything, and let Eggman get attacked.
  Orbot: Sorry, boss...
  Cubot: I must have left my combat subroutines in my backup drive!
  • Immediately following this, Sonic and Amy get knocked out with two cheap shots, leaving Tails open to Eggman standing behind him, where he gives a small "Oh, Crap!" Smile. He then slaps at Eggman's face using his two tails while trying to shut the limiter off.
• Orbot tries to help Eggman up after Whisper knocks the doctor on his ass, only to be shoved aside off-handedly. Turns out, helping a Bad Boss in the midst of a Villainous Breakdown isn't the best idea.
• The heroes' victory picnic at the finale has a few laughs:
  • Belle reveals how she fixed Whisper's Wispon after Surge broke it:
    Tails: Did you synthesize a custom polymer, or maybe a molecular reconstruction of the original material?
    Belle: Oh, uh, no. It's mostly whatever I could pull out of the old Chaos Drives we had lying around.
  • Amy and Jewel bring the cake, which Rouge remarks looks almost too pretty to eat. Amy takes the joke the wrong way and turns to snark back, only to see the stolen echidna relic Rouge is holding. Rouge makes a pathetically bad excuse not to return it, leaving the task to Amy instead. The pink hedgehog cannot get a break from the bat's antics.
    • While Amy and Rouge argue, Jewel is left holding the cake by herself and almost drops it as Tails rushes over to help.
  • After Rouge hands over the artifact, Amy notices something else:
    Amy: Wait, where's Sonic?
    Tails: Oh, he ran off. You know how he is.
    Amy: WHAT?! DANG IT, SONIC!

"Misadventures" Arc (Issues #62-66)

• Amy flies to Angel Island using her car, and marvels at the island's beauty. The next panel shows her struggling to land near the shrine where the Master Emerald is located.
• Amy and Knuckles' banter while trekking through Angel Island. Doubles as heartwarming.
  • One standout moment is when they fist-bump near the end. Knuckles, being Knuckles, visibly hits too hard and hurts Amy's hand.
• Lanolin's increasing aggravation with Tangle's paddle ball during the Neo Diamond Cutters' teatime (with Tangle drinking out of a juice box with an extremely long straw). She eventually confiscates it, and when Tangle tries to get it back, Lanolin snaps and swats it clean off the table. The latter happens so suddenly and violently that Mimic (in his "Duo the Cat" guise) is caught off-guard for a moment.
• In Issue #63, while Whisper is getting her Wispon fixed up by Belle, her Wisps can be seen playing Jacks/Knucklebones using screws as the jacks and a bolt as the ball.
• While Sonic and Blaze have a heart-to-heart on top of the Spagonia clock tower, Sonic first asks if she's distracted by the beautiful view or if it's cause of her fear of heights. While Blaze manages to put her fear aside while talking to him on top of the clock hand, the tower's bell then rings, startling them both.
  Blaze: I was enjoying the view. I did not require a reminder of how high we are.
  Sonic: Haha! Well, looks like it's time to go anyway.
  Blaze: Ugh...Must you?
• After Silver gets kicked out of the Neo Diamond Cutters in Issue #64, he can be seen sulking outside of the Restoration's secret entrance in Victory Garden. He uses his psychic powers on a hoe to till the land, albeit in a demotivated manner.
  • Silver and Blaze have a heart-to-heart moment with each other, with the princess managing to cheer up the time traveler. Sonic however, who had been watching the entire time, interrupts the moment by slurping his cup of soda. He then chimes in on how the two are a great pair, almost as if he (or someone on the writing staff) were shipping them.
    Sonic: You two are great together.
  • Once Sonic calls them a great dynamic duo, he takes the pasta that he grabbed from Spagonia down to Restoration HQ for Tails and Amy to eat. Silver however has a very blunt opinion on the blue blur after his moment of teasing them.
    Silver: There are days I don't know whether he's the coolest guy in the world or if I should throw a car at him.
    Blaze: Ha!
  • Blaze and Silver complimenting each other leaves them both looking away nervously from each other, with Blaze finishing up her piece of cake. It's also implied she accidentally ate the napkin it was on, as the two panels show the cake and napkin being being put in her mouth while trying to keep her eyes off Silver.
• Issue #65 kicks off with a laugh, as Knuckles and Storm rumble in the Echidna temple. Once Knuckles gets a single punch in, Storm grabs him by his foot and throws him into a wall, conveyed by a huge cartoony motion smear that goes across three panels. Knuckles has an Oh, Crap! expression as he flies face first into the rockface.
• With the Echidna relics stolen from his island again (after Amy just helped him return one of them), he enlists the Chaotix Detective Agency in helping recover the artifacts. When Charmy proposes calling up Amy to help out, Knuckles immediately refuses.
  Charmy: (while dialing the Restoration with the Chaotix's phone) I'll call Amy and get her to help too! You said she brought you the one relic, so I'm sure she'll also want to get it back.
  (Knuckles immediately slams the receiver down so hard that it breaks)
  Knuckles: (panicked) NO! WE CAN'T TELL AMY!
  Espio: Is maintaining your warrior's pride really that important?
  Knuckles: Yes.
• Vector takes the case, but notes they have to do it in record time, as he really doesn't want to miss having dinner with Vanilla. It's even recorded in his daily planner, complete with hearts.
• The Chaotix and Knuckles immediately pursue their usual suspect, Dr. Eggman, cleaning out Egg Base Delta and causing enough ruckus to have the doctor show up via his drone. He's clearly incensed about them wrecking his stuff after he already lost Eggperial City from the previous arc and didn't have enough time to plan another evil scheme.
  • When Knuckles confronts Eggman over the Babylon Rogues stealing his artifacts, the doctor angrily explains that it wasn't his fault this time. Eggman then yells at how Vector is usually the smart one, but decided to hastily go after the usual suspects instead of doing an actual investigation. Vector can only nervously look away and note they're on a tight schedule.
  • When Eggman asks about if there was anything important about the idols that it required this entire mess, Knuckles could only answer how they had "historic and sentimental value." Eggman facepalms, fed up with their crap.
  • Once Eggman tells the four to Get Out!, Team Chaotix are visibly embarrassed at the blunder: Charmy leaves while averting his eyes with his hat, Vector walks away while nervously tenting his fingers, and Espio sulks off since it was a dead end.
• When Vector and Knuckles take a break in Seaside City, Knuckles is eating a big bowl of grape ice-cream (with grapes in it) while Vector has a cup of coffee. A very small cup that he can only hold using his fingertips.
• Charmy and Espio come back to the duo with news on them finding a clue, with Vector being Jump Scared by the chameleon's entrance, de-cloaking at their table.
  Vector: I told you to quit surprising me like that!
  Espio: And I told you to turn down your headphones and mind your surroundings.
• The Babylon Rogues are waiting for their buyer at the docks, with them bored out of their minds. Jet is impatient as always, Wave is okay with the peace and quiet, while Storm is goofing off with the two relics as if they were two dolls.
  Storm: (holding one relic) C'mon Stevie! Let's go rob the market!
  Storm: (while playing with the other) Nah, Nigel. I robbed it yesterday!
  Jet: (sporting a Comical Angry Face and breathing fire) Quit messing with the relics, Storm!
• While Wave thinks Jet is being culturally sensitive about their stolen goods, Jet just states that the value of the artifacts would go down if they ended up being damaged, annoying her.
• When a fight breaks out between Knuckles, the Chaotix, and the Rogues, it's very silly in how they handle the situation.
  • Charmy first takes back the Echidna artifact, which Jet hollers at him to return what he's stealing. Charmy realizes that if he's stealing from the Rogues, he's doing the same thing as the bad guys, and apologizes, returning it to a confused Jet. Espio can only yell at the bee for getting his priorities mixed.
  • When Jet calls Espio a hitchhiker for grabbing onto his board, Espio uses his ninja powers to conjure a tornado, spinning Jet around, conveyed as a comical Motion Blur.
  • When Wave gets concerned about Jet's safety, she's attacked by Vector, who bites onto her board to keep himself airborne.
    Wave: Get your filthy mouth off my Extreme Gear!
    Vector: (while his jaw is attached to the board) Ahm brigig ooh ih!^note "I'm bringing you in!"
  • The fight comes to a quick end once Knuckles knocks Storm off the dock, and Vector corners Wave while she's flying. Meanwhile, Jet, who's dizzy and soaked after Espio's maneuver, gives up the relic after Charmy asks for it back nicely. Espio can also be seen spitting water out of his mouth, completely exhausted.
    Charmy: Can I have the relic now, please?
    Jet: (wearily) Yes. Fine. Just take it.
  • When Jet initially doesn't comply with the Chaotix to give up their buyer's name, Vector suggests taking in his Extreme Gear as evidence, which is enough for him to talk.
• After the whole ordeal, Vector reminds Knuckles of their motto: "we never turn down work that pays," asking the echidna that he is going to pay them for the trouble they went through. Knuckles then tells him how he can get fresh seasonal fruits and foraged food from Mushroom Hill as a form of payment. Espio consoles a crying Vector that it'll at least be free groceries for the impoverished detectives in the long run, which the crocodile accepts.
• When the Chaotix leave to head for Vanilla's place, Knuckles realizes he has no way to feasibly carry both the relics in his arms and get back to the floating Angel Island. This point is seemingly punctuated with the Babylon Rogues' blimp flying high above him.
• Meanwhile, the Rabbit family is preparing for their dinner with the Chaotix, Chocola has been flying around and eating some of the food. When Vanilla playfully chides Chocola, she pulls out a butter dish to finish their sauce, only to realize it has no butter, with her face nervously contorting. This is one of the few times that she reacts in this manner in the franchise.
  • When she wonders where the other stick of butter went, Cheese can be seen glaring at Chocola, who has a hand in their mouth, likely implying they ate it sometime before their prep work.
  • An issue later, Vanilla returns after getting supplies, only to find the kitchen a mess thanks to Cream and Gemerl's fight with skunk brothers Rough and Tumble. She displays shock then some serious Tranquil Fury with cutting words, more so than any iteration of media, making the brothers regret and drop their attempted robbery and hostage before the Chaotix even arrive. It also serves as a rare moment of awesome for the mother as she doesn't have (or even need) any super speed, strength, flight, or weapons to get her point across; You do NOT mess with a parent's child!
  • Once Vanilla gets back from shopping, both Gemerl and Chocola both sport faces of fear when she sees the mess the fight left her kitchen in.
  • Vanilla even briefly has a Battle Aura the moment she sees the chaos, colored in a sinister purple.
• There is something humorous about how petty Tumble is when he plants his boot over the freshly cooked roast Cream takes out of the oven. Only when she breaks down in tears do he and Rough regret how far downhill things have gone before facing Vanilla's wrath above.
• When the Chaotix finally arrive, Vanilla gives a brief Oh, Crap! face, due to their dinner being destroyed by the skunks' break-in. When the crocodile sees the brothers, he initially gets ready for a fight (Rough and Tumble also looking quite nervous, clearly not expecting the detectives again), until Vanilla smooths things over. Vector sighs in relief, as their adventure had also left them ragged and likely wouldn't be able to fight them anyways. Rough and Tumble can only nervously smile and comment how they're not going to commit any more crimes for the day.

"Second Chances" (Issue #67)

• Sonic finding Amy with Surge and Kit begets this priceless exchange:
  Sonic: I have so many questions.
  Surge: Ain't it obvious? I'm chilling with your bestie.
  • Until Sonic showed up, Amy had been unknowingly telling Surge and Kit about the same forest fire they started specifically to kill her. The duo's expressions suggest that the irony isn't lost on them.
• Rough and Tumble try getting one of their signature rhyming boasts out, only for them to both be cut off by Surge delivering an absolute Curb-Stomp Battle to them. While she stands atop of Rough, she threatens to "make their tails match," which Rough pathetically cries out for mercy. Even when Clutch approaches Surge and Kit to smooth things over, Surge orders Kit to hold the skunks, whom he hangs upside-down.
• After Sonic introduces Surge as a person who "tried to destroy me a couple of times," Blaze is exasperated to hear that Sonic has once again made friends with his enemies. Surge is super surprised to hear that Silver and Blaze tried kicking his butt before they became friends, even lampshading how often it occurs.
  Blaze: Honestly, Sonic. You need to stop making friends like that.
  Surge: Wait...he seriously makes a habit of this?
  [...]
  Surge: Have any of your friends not tried to waste you?
  Sonic: Look, once you get to know me, I'm very likable.
• Belle getting spooked upon seeing Kit (again) and especially Surge.
  Belle: Hello, Sonic. Hello, Amy. Hello... AW, SAWDUST! WHAT'S SHE DOING HERE?!
  Kit: (to Surge, exasperated) We're going to get a lot of that here.
• When Sonic gets the idea of introducing Surge and Kit to the Diamond Cutters, Amy advises that they ease them into the idea of the two joining, considering the circumstances (i.e. Surge tried killing Whisper in Central City). Surge slings an arm over Sonic's shoulder, then very sarcastically says to trust Sonic's judgment and that things will go just fine. It immediately cuts to every member of the Diamond Cutters (minus Duo) giving Sonic's group the stink-eye. Belle averts her eyes, Amy gives Sonic an "I told you so" kinda look, and Sonic can only smile nervously.
  Surge: Go on, Mr. Big Shot. Say somethin'.
  Sonic: You're not helping.

Year Seven

The Protector (Issue #68)

• Sonic pointing out the similarities between the salamander guarding the cave they were in and one of their friends.
  Sonic: D'ya know who that ferocious, cave-dwelling amphibian reminded me of? Knuckles.
  Tails: (while clearly smiling) Sonic, that's— snrrk
  Sonic: The truth is a heavy burden to bear, little brother.

Tangle & Whisper Miniseries

• Issue 1 starts with Tangle jumping around, offering a race around the village with all of the people. After Jewel interrupts her, Tangle says that it was about time she got out of the museum for a change, only for Jewel to reassure her that she only came out because Tangle almost knocked down the sign on her doors.
• Jewel then says that she should stop playing around before she hurts somebody. Tangle gets cocky and assures her that she will be fine, only to immediately crash into the chili-dog cart right next to her (while upside-down, no less).
  Vendor: (holding her tail, looking unimpressed) Tangle.
  Tangle: (on the ground against the cart, embarrassed) Heya, Ron. A couple of chili-dogs to go...?
  • After the above, we cut to Jewel’s museum, Tangle, now wearing an ice bag, were we get this exchange.
    Jewel: How’s your head?
    Tangle: Not as sore as my pride. Ambushed by a stationary object. How embarrassing is that?
    Jewel: To be fair, it was hiding in front of a street lamp. Clearly, it was out to get you.
    Tangle: Ha ha-ow-ha ha.
• After Jewel asks to Tangle why she is so restless lately, the lemur excitedly explains that her life is so boring after her adventures with Sonic, including her encounter with Blaze. Does help that she does that with starry eyes.
• After the two have a chat, they hear a crash, they look at the door, Jewel being frightened and Tangle being excited. Which results in this exchange.
  Jewel: (visibly having PTSD flashbacks) Please don’t tell me the Babylon Rogues came back!
  Tangle: I’ll check it out! You hide and try not to look expensive-haha!
  • And if you’re aware of the utter hell they put Jewel through in the 2019 annual, you know she has every damn right to be worried.
• Tangle finds Whisper attacking Sonic(Mimic) and pursues the two. After she finally manages to catch up to Sonic(Mimic), she asks him why Whisper is after him. Sonic’s(Mimic’s) immediate reaction to her finding him along with the way he convinces her to attack Whisper is pretty amusing.
  • Tangle’s little fight with Whisper is this along with Moment of Awesome. It starts with Whisper aiming her Wispon at Sonic(Mimic), who gives her an over-the-shoulder Death Glare while smiling. Whisper notices this and wonders why he’s doing that. She gets her answer when less than a second later, Tangle pounces on her.
    Whisper: (after seeing Sonic(Mimic) smiling) Why...?
    Tangle: (tackling her to the ground): I’M SORRY!
  • We then get the remainder of the fight.
    Whisper: (immediately kicks Tangle off of her and gets back up)
    Tangle: (recovers and pounces towards Whisper again, this time she starts swinging) Just...surrender! I don’t want to hurt you!
    Whisper: (grabs her hand mid-punch and tries to break it)
    Tangle: (takes her mask with her tail before she can do so) Yoink!
    Tangle: (starts celebrating while Whisper is trying to desperately reach her mask) WOO-HOO! I saved the day!
  • Whisper demands her mask back, but Tangle initially refuses and asks why she was shooting at "Sonic" (actually Mimic in disguise). Whisper's reaction just screams "How could you actually fall for that?!"
• Later at the museum, as Whisper tells the others about Mimic, her Wisps (except the Blue Wisp, which relaxes in a chair) frantically catch falling gems that the Cyan Wisp knocked over by accident.
• Jewel points out that helping Whisper track down Mimic would be a good opportunity for Tangle to have another adventure. Tangle, now excited, does a hammy, heroic monologue and pose, only for Whisper to quickly take the wind out of her sails.
  Tangle: Hey! Wisps! We’ve got a mission! (cue dramatic pose on her chair) Let no Eggman crony--robot or otherwise--sleep well tonight! Because Tangle and Whisper are on the case! And we’ve got a whole wave of Wisps backing us up!
  Whisper: (while sipping her tea) No.
  Tangle: (immediately falls off of the chair onto the ground)
• Soon after, the gang hear another noise outside. Whisper violently kicks the door open and finds a note knifed to the back of it. While she and Tangle are concerned about the note, Jewel is concerned about another thing.
  Jewel: MY DOOR!
• The ending of the first issue. The three of them stand beside each other and Tangle firmly states that they’re coming for Mimic, while Whisper and Jewel are in the background having troubled expressions on their faces. Whisper has a worried Aside Glance, while Jewel just has a face that screams This Is Gonna Suck.
• Issue 2 starts with Whisper tring to scan inside an abandoned Eggman bunker from outside, only to get interrupted by Tangle pretending to sneak loudly.
  Tangle: (singing) Sneak-sneak-sneak!
  Whisper: (annoyed) Stop it.
  Tangle: Sorry!
• Mimic trapping Tangle in an airtight safe in Issue #2 can potentially be disturbing for the claustrophobic (Tangle herself, for example), but it makes for some good Black Comedy.
  • First, there's Tangle's sudden realization that she's being led into a trap right before Mimic boots her into the safe. Then, as soon as he locks her inside, she loses it and bangs on the door shouting for a moment before freezing in terror. Her panic attack is funnier than it should be, since this is the first time we ever see Tangle legit scared.
    Tangle: No-no-no! Let me out! F-Fight m-me in th-the o-open! HELLO?! YOU JERK! OPEN UP RIGHT NOW!
  • Whisper eventually comes to the rescue and cuts the safe's door open, but Mimic blows up the bunker before the girls can escape. This forces Tangle to go right back into the safe with Whisper to survive the explosion. Tangle then punches the door right off its hinges with her tail and jumps out, giving us this gem:
    Tangle: AIR! Don't care if it smells like burning!
• Then in Issue 3, Tangle puts Whisper's mask on (with some hesitation) to look at a playback of the Diamond Cutters on a mission. Tangle cheers them on and calls them amazing while the Cyan Wisp agrees with her. Tangle is so surprised to hear it talk that the mask springs off her face.
  Tangle: Wait. You can talk?
  Cyan Wisp: (alien language)
  Tangle: (puts mask back on) Say again?
  Cyan Wisp: I said "Of course we can talk".
  Tangle: (starry-eyed) The mask lets you talk to Wisps!
• In #4, when the Blue Wisp refuses to be used in Whisper's Variable Wispon in favor of Actual Pacifism, Whisper first stands silently in front of Mimic, who is just waiting for something to happen... and then Wispon whips him in the face. The face Mimic makes afterwards is hysterical.
• When Mimic is finally captured in issue #4, he claims that he'll escape Tails' specially-made prison in time and taunts Whisper from behind the glass. Tangle - with the smuggest grin imaginable - points out that being imprisoned is the only thing keeping Eggman from hunting him down for failing his mission and wasting resources, which finally shuts the shapeshifter up.
  Mimic: I dislike you. Immensely.
  Tangle: Right back at'cha!

Bad Guys Miniseries

• Starline tries to take over one of Eggman's bases by reprogramming it, but his password is rejected. His reaction is pretty amusing.
• Starline's pose when he knocks out the prison warden.
• Mimic's exasperated reaction to how easily Rough and Tumble are fooled by Starline.
• During the early flashback in the second issue, we see Rough riding a Motobug in Starline's lab. The poor robot is clearly not enjoying it.
• Rough and Tumble annoying the crap out of Mimic with their rhyming shtick in Issues #2 and #3.
  • Also, the skunk brothers' argument over who scored more kills during the Power Core heist.
• After Rough and Tumble use their Stink Bomber special to destroy the T-Rex robot, everyone is impressed, including Mimic, much to his dismay.
  Starline: I am honestly impressed.
  Mimic: I am too, and I hate it.
• Rough's reaction upon seeing Starline's Tricore abilities as the latter flees from the other villains. Also, Tumble whining like a child after he hurts his hand trying to punch Starline.
• Eggman's Big "WHAT?!" when Orbot tells him Zavok is in the Eggnet Hub.
• After Rough, Tumble, Mimic, and Starline himself scram, Zavok returns to the computer room just as Eggman arrives. Cue Eggman greeting his rival over the video screen in the most over-the-top manner imaginable.
  • And then there's Eggman's reaction to Zavok turning the base's defenses against him:
    Eggman: STOP SHOOTING MY STUFF WITH MY STUFF! ONLY I GET TO DO THAT!
• Eggman's Dull Surprise when he finds out Zavok survived the Eggnet Hub bombing.

Imposter Syndrome Miniseries

• Since Tails fortified his lab after the earlier Zombot invasion, Starline's attempts to stealthily break in comically fail. He then has to frantically dissuade Surge from breaking down Tails' front door and giving them away.
• After the campground and Central City missions, Surge thinks she'll finally get to go after Sonic, only for Starline to make her mood fall flat when he announces another test.
• Starline's deadpan Aside Glance as he knocks out Surge and Kit for the second time.
  Starline: Aaaaand reboot.
• Starline's plan to attack Eggman's main base involves striking at its south, east, and west towers. Kit proceeds to ask about the north tower, which Starline explains is dedicated to Eggman's video game wi-fi connection.
  Starline: The doctor's ping is immaculate.
  • While it could very easily have been coincidental, read the above quote out loud and see if anything sticks out.
  • The fact that Eggman has a wi-fi tower specifically for gaming is funny. The disgruntled face Surge makes when Starline explains this kicks it up to hilarious.
• After defeating the Egg Breaker, Surge and Kit find themselves surrounded by Antons and prepare for more fighting...only to be surprised when the horde (which Starline took control of off-screen) applauds them instead of attacking.
  Surge: Flippin' weird...
• Surge's only reaction to the recording of Starline's Villainous Breakdown is to complain about how much he likes to talk. She also later calls him a "wannabe influencer".
  • From the same breakdown, we learn that Starline apparently still holds a grudge against Metal Sonic for tossing him through a portal back on Angel Island:
    Starline: No sloppily constructed badnicks! No overspecialized vanity projects! Yes! That means you, Metal Sonic!
• During the panel montage of Surge and Kit's implied deaths while training, one panel is of an army of badniks surrounding a defeated Surge—with the kicker that the Motobug celebrating was the one to get the final blow. Surge, meanwhile, is in the Family Guy death pose.
  • Heck, Surge and Kit's testing logs and numerous deaths are black comedy at its finest. Notable gems include Surge strangling a Toxomister like a psycho, Kit running out of water and falling to his death, the previously mentioned Family Guy death pose, Kit about to get crushed by a block, Surge standing victorious over a pile of Badniks... with an Egg Hammer standing behind her and about to slam its hammer into her, and an Egg Pawn holding Kit up by his ears. It's funny and messed up at the same time.
• A flashback scene in the fourth issue sees Starline and Eggman watching as the Metal Virus is being dumped onto the planet. Starline decides to break the ice by asking him about why Eggman invests so much time and effort into building an Amusement Park of Doom when they aren't practical. Eggman's initial answer is very straightforward.
  Starline: May I ask a question about your methods, sir?
  Eggman: You may.
  Starline: Why all the theme parks?
  Eggman: I like theme parks.
• Returning from the vacation they've been on since the end of the main comic's Test Run arc, Orbot and Cubot hope Eggman never noticed their absence. Cue Eggman yelling at them.
  Cubot: Do you think the boss will be mad we went on vacation without asking permission?
  Orbot: I say we have fifty-fifty odds he didn't notice we were gone. If he didn't, we're in the clear.
  Cubot: And if he did?
  Orbot: Then it's been nice knowing you, pal.
  Eggman: Were have you been?! (Orbot and Cubot jump)
  • Cubot tries to explain things, but Orbot interrupts him and instead tells Eggman they were on a recon mission—a story he clearly doesn't buy.
• Orbot brings up a security feed of Surge and Kit in action and goes over all the specifics. Eggman, however, is more concerned about something else:
  Eggman: What's important here is that they're WRECKING MY STUFF!
• Surge casually tipping Metal Sonic over after she and Kit defeat him. Which also begets this nugget:
  Eggman: HOW DARE YOU! Sonic's victories are bad enough, but at least he shows some respect!
• After Eggman's base gets taken over, Starline's virus also takes control of all his robots, including Orbot and Cubot. Eggman, not threatened by his two mind controlled cronies, shoves their heads down, and makes a quick exit to his memorial garage.

Scrapnik Island Miniseries

• When Sigma formally introduces Sonic and Tails to Scrapnik Island, the former notices the latter has an ecstatic look on his face. Sonic manages to predict the oncoming geek out with pinpoint accuracy.
• A lot of Sigma's dialogue can qualify, where despite being a robot, he speaks like an eccentric Gentleman Adventurer, stating things like "Forgiveness requested," exclaiming "By Jove," and even "Gears and Starters," a shared catchphrase with Belle.
• When Sigma, Mecha Sonic, and Sonic investigate the Scrambled Egg Carrier for a replacement part for the Tornado, Sonic gets nostalgic, dropping a pun in the process.
  Sonic: Man, me and this thing go way back. I didn't get a good look earlier, what with you scaring the...scrap outta me. Heh.
  Sigma: Haha! Forgiveness requested.
• A darkly hilarious example. During the first two issues of the series, Mecha Sonic is completely silent, instead letting his actions speak for him alongside Sonic being able to reasonably infer what he's thinking thanks to most Sonic robots sharing Sonic's personality to some extent. It's a little unclear in Issue 3 if he's always been able to speak or could only speak once the Miles Electric' Translator Module helped him to do so, with the former possibility painting the picture of him choosing not speak until his Repressed Memories kicked in and prompted him back into villainy. One would think he was just pulling a brooding loner act, but several flashbacks show the rest of the Scrapniks hanging out with him readily. Combining all of this this with his more reserved behavior around Sonic and him seeming outright flustered by the idea of Sonic wanting to be his friend, there's an implication that Mecha Sonic developed not into a brooding loner, but a towering Shrinking Violet that just didn't know what to say during what felt like the mother of all awkward reunions with two people who his first and last interaction with was attempting to kill them.
• After Sonic finds himself Strapped to an Operating Table in Issue #3, he asks what Mecha Sonic's plan is and what the thing on his head is, asking if it's going to "suck out [his] brains." This gets him a somewhat silent, yet somehow disapproving look from Mecha Sonic, as if the robotic double was asking him about his choice of words.
  • Issue #4 sees Mecha Sonic divulging his plans, along with clarifying that the Egg Noggin on Sonic's head will be used in tandem with Tails' Miles Electric to download Mecha's mind into Sonic's body. While the circumstances are quite dire, Sonic's realization is probably funnier than it should be, along with Mecha's response.
    Sonic: Wait... So, you are gonna suck out my brains?! You can't be serious!
    Mecha Sonic: Oh, but I am.
• Preview pages for Issue 4 the day before it hit shelves revealed that Mecha would say "I'LL CRUSH YOU!!!", an iconic quote from the iconic Super Mario Bros. Z version of the character. Cue "HE SAID IT" and "HE SAID THE THING" trending on Twitter. There's also this tweet by the miniseries' writer from the same day:
  Daniel Barnes: never ask me for anything ever again 😎
• After a hard fought battle between Sonic and Mecha Sonic, it ends with the latter falling into the incinerator, with Sonic trying to save his now remorseful robotic double in a dramatic scene that replicates Hyper Metal Sonic's death. Sonic, however, literally tells Mecha Sonic to cut the crap, gives him a powerful You Are Better Than You Think You Are speech, and asks him to grab his hand. The moment is then undercut when Sonic realizes that the fight between the two rendered his injured foot immobile, and he can't pull them out. Mecha Sonic's reaction is quite appropriate.
  Sonic: I, uh... think I might've overdid it with my foot. I can't move it at all. Hehe!
  Mecha Sonic: (incredulous) All that big talk and you can't even actually get us out of here?!
  Sonic: Hey, I'm workin' on it, alright?!
  • Thankfully, Tails is able to pull the both of them out of the incinerator with the help of Sigma, Mecha Knuckles, and the other Scrapniks holding onto each other like a chain, but not without sassing Sonic first for his reckless decision to fight while injured.
    Tails: Tolja you should've just sat back and rested.

One-Shots

"Sonic the Hedgehog: Annual 2019”

• In “Bonds of Friendship”, Tangle giving a big hug to a visibly surprised Whisper, who quietly but firmly responds by nudging her away, leading to a quick, awkward apology from Tangle.
  Tangle: It’s so cool having friends come to visit! And when the town isn’t being bombarded even!
  Whisper: (silently pushes her away with her Wispon, clearly discomforted)
  Tangle: WHOOPS! Right. Boundaries. My bad.
  • The brief Call-Back to this moment later in the story when Tangle grabs on to Whisper as she, Tangle, and Jewel are plummeting out of the sky.
• Tangle decides to give Whisper a quick tour around Spiral Hill Village. When they get to the salon, Tangle states that she practically keeps them in business. Why? Because she tends to break their brushes often, trying to keep her tail groomed. So she has to visit there often to get new brushes.
• Tangle loudly barging into the Mineral Museum, scaring the crap out of Jewel.
• Jewel revealing why she and Tangle grew up together.
  Tangle: We grew up together!
  Jewel: (politely) Only because I was looking out for you. You’re the antithesis of “look before you leap”.
  Tangle: True!
  • During this conversation, there is a flashback to the aforementioned noodle incident where Tangle joyously leaps into a pit, unaware that it was full of spikes before she did so. Jewel rescues her by flying and catching her tail.
• After the Babylon Rogues literally break into the Mineral Museum, they begin a treasure heist and start taking the gems. While he was looting treasure, Storm obliviously mistakes Jewel for an actual jewel and loots her along with the rest of the gems.
  Storm: (putting Jewel into the bag, who looks visibly terrified) Wait’ll the boss sees YOU!
  • Later, after the museum heist, Storm, still oblivious that Jewel is not a piece of treasure, proudly pulls her out of his bag to show Jet and Wave. Jewel then turns around and indirectly reveals that she is indeed a living person. The Rogues’ reactions are absolutely priceless.
    Storm: Boss! Boss! I did REAL good!
    Storm: (proudly holds up Jewel, with his eyes closed) You ever seen a jewel THIS big?
    Jewel: (turns around, still looking visibly terrified, Storm now looking absolutely confused) P-p-please let me go...?
    Wave: (understandably alarmed) Storm, you moron! You kidnapped somebody!
    Jet: (looks completely unimpressed)
  • While Jet and Wave are arguing about whether they should give Jewel to Tangle and Whisper, we get this exchange from Jewel and Storm, who is STILL unaware that Jewel is not a gem.
    Storm: (still looking interested) But... wouldn’t a talkin’ gem be worth MORE?
    Jewel: (agitated) I’m a BEETLE.
  • Eventually, Jet gets tired of the argument and tells Storm to just toss Jewel out. Storm responds by literally chucking her out of the ship.^note Though this could also be Nightmare Fuel for some, since this results in her cracking her shell and tearing a wing by hitting her back on a doorframe, rendering her unable to save herself from falling.
    Jet: (furious) Rrrrgh! Fine! Just toss ‘em out!
    Storm: Whatever you say, boss.
    Jewel: (relieved) Thank goodness. I was afraid this was going to get violent.
    (Storm immediately throws Jewel out)
    Jet: NOT LIKE THAT!
  • Jet and Wave’s argument itself is pretty comical.
    Wave: (grabbing Jet after he refused to give Jewel back) Jet! Are you out of your mind?! We’re THIEVES, not kidnappers! Just let her go!
    Jet: Back off, Wave! Storm made us look INCOMPETENT! We HAVE to save face! I’M the leader! I call the shots!
    Wave: And I’M telling you that you’re off-target!
    Jet: YOU’RE a target!
    Wave: WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!
• Soon after Storm gets called out for the above by Jet and Wave, they agree to go save her. But Tangle assures them her and Whisper will take care of it, and warns them not to do something like this again. How nonchalant she is towards them, even with her Implied Death Threat, is pretty amusing.
  Jet: (to Storm) Now you made us incompetent AND violent!
  Wave: (also to Storm) Now we’ve got to save her, you jerk!
  Tangle: Nah! We’ve got it all under control! Take care!
  Tangle: And if you ever threaten my town or friends again, I’ll poach you myself!
  Tangle: See ya! (casually jumps out of ship)
  • The Rogues’ realization that Tangle took their stolen treasure with her.
    Jet: (now furious again) THEY LOOTED OUR LOOT!
    Wave: (clearly has had enough) Let’s just GO, already. Today’s been a hassle.
• Silver's ":/" face◊, complete with an emoticon-like look, in "Victory Garden" is so random, it's hilarious.

"Sonic the Hedgehog: Annual 2020"

• "Big's Big Adventure" chronicles what Big was up to during the series' first two years, before he became a Zombot and was enslaved by Zavok (along with the other heroes who got infected) in Issue 25. As usual, he was searching for Froggy, and misses some of the big events happening in each one.
  • When the Resistance went to Angel island in Issue 9, Big stowed away on their ship after mistaking one of Whisper's Wisps for Froggy. When Neo Metal Sonic became Master Overlord, causing Angel Island to fall, Big fell off the island into the ocean. We then see him swim away pretty much unfazed while Master Overlord explodes in the background (and Knuckles still grins like a dork).
  • Retracing his steps, Big witnesses Starline busting Rough and Tumble out of jail, and later Starline and Metal Sonic's mountaintop fight with Sonic and Silver. Big thinks Starline is a magician—albeit a boring one, since all he does is spam Warp Topaz portals.
  • When the Metal Virus is unleashed, Big's story (like the rest of the series) takes a sudden shift into horror, but still manages to be funny—if only because Big is totally oblivious to what's going on. One scene has him nonchalantly watching Zombots fall into a river as Shadow plows them off the bridge above with his truck.
  • As hinted in Issue 22, Big was at Restoration HQ when it fell to the Zombots, although he left just as the outbreak started because Gemerl denied him entry. One of Amy's co-workers tries to drag Big back into line, to no avail.
    • One of the Zombots in the HQ spots Big leaving and tries to follow him, only to paste itself against a window.
• "Eggman's Day Off", starring him and Starline, shows them having some downtime while spreading the Metal Virus. For the most part, all they do is screw around in the Egg Cave.

Free Comic Book Day 2022

• While discussing the route to Marble Garden, Sonic and Tails get into a brief argument over whether the Zone's name is "Hydrocity" or "Hydro City". A similar argument occurred within the Sonic fandom a few months previously.
  Sonic: Would it be faster to just go back to the Tornado? Or take a shortcut through Hydro City?
  Tails: You mean Hydrocity?
  Sonic: No. It's an ancient city full of water. Hydro City.
  Tails: I'm pretty sure it's Hydrocity.
  Knuckles: It's moot. We'll take this shortcut.

"Sonic the Hedgehog: Annual 2022"

• Tails sent Omega and Gemerl—two stubborn and extremely powerful robots—to spar in the woods after fixing the damage inflicted on them by the Zombots. It went about as well as you'd expect.
  Omega: We are in need of further repairs, small fox.
  Tails: (exasperated sigh) You guys, I said "sparring," not "no-holds-barred grudge match." We literally just fixed you.
  Omega: I Warned You that welfare was not a guarantee.
• Orbot and Cubot, in a Paper-Thin Disguise, try to scam Cream and the Sonic Fan Club with a "Hero Camp"...and fail miserably, as they know nothing about heroics.
  • Even funnier is what finally gives the duo away: they don't even know about smores!
• Tangle and Charmy enjoy harvesting potatoes way too much, with the former obliviously flinging one into Belle's face.
  Tangle: BEWARE MY FURY, FOUL POTATOES!
  (Minutes later...)
  Charmy: YARR! I'M THE POTATO KING!
• While Silver is freaking out about his return to the past without a sufficient explanation, he begins going full Motor Mouth about what he did and didn't do to end up there. Espio then prompts him to take a deep breath, which is drawn rather cartoonishly.
• Espio's shocked reaction to Silver hugging him after their pep-talk. The ninja clearly Didn't See That Coming.
  • Right afterward, Vector calls Espio back to help get Charmy under control.
    Silver: Need some help?
    Espio: (sweatdropping) Please.
• Jet's misfortunes in "Another Grand Adventure for Jet the Hawk". All of them.
  • It all begins with Whisper's Cyan Wisp stealing Jet's calzone and bringing it to her, while her other Wisps play cards nearby.
  • When Jet confronts Whisper about the theft (when in fact she has no idea what he's talking about), Cyan tries to make amends by offering him a banana.
    Jet: (Beat) I don't want this.
  • A giant Super-Badnik comes and grabs Jet, forcing Whisper to ride his airboard in order to save him. As she struggles to balance herself, Jet continues rambling in the background, causing Whisper to blow her stack before shooting the robot.
    Jet: I personally don't know how hard it is to use Extreme Gear. I was born incredibly gifted.
    Whisper: Stop talking.
    Jet: A wise man once told me, "with skill and confidence, you are as fierce as the wind".
    Whisper: BE QUIET!!!
  • Finally, as Whisper leaves the scene, Cyan offers Jet his half-eaten calzone.
    Jet: You still owe me a fresh one.
• In "Rough Patch", Rough and Tumble have a falling-out and partner with Tangle and Rouge, respectively, to steal a Chaos Emerald from Jewel's museum. As a result, it leads to some very funny interactions.
  • It turns out the girls are scamming the skunk brothers and plan on arresting them. When Rough and Tumble make up, the girls reveal their ruse and turn the duo's own rhyming shtick back at them.
    Rough: Why does everyone keep doing our thing— (Tangle socks him and Tumble with her tail) GUH!
    • Tangle gets Rough and herself inside through the skylight. Apparently, she's come in that way before to take Jewel on impromptu adventures.
  • With Rough and Tumble tied up, Rouge ends up double-crossing Tangle and makes off with the Chaos Emerald, leaving the lemur and skunk brothers to mope.

"Endless Summer"

• Sonic gets Jewel to take a day off by telling her that their day at the beach is an "important mission."
  Tangle: Beach day! Beach day! Woo-hoo!
  [...]
  Jewel: This is the mission?
  Sonic: The stakes could not be higher.
• When the Babylon Rogues see that Sonic and his friends have also decided to take the day off at the same beach, both Sonic and Wave initially decide on staying out of each other's way so they can enjoy their vacation. Jet however refuses to do so (much to Wave's dismay).
  Jet: [Sonic]'s gonna ruin our whole vibe!
  Sonic: Excuse me? I'm all vibes.
• Tangle and Whisper recall their past encounters with the Rogues, with Tangle remembering the time that the Rogues accidentally kidnapped Jewel, while Whisper recalls the time she accidentally kidnapped Jet's Calzone (while looking embarrassed at the incident).
• The two groups ultimately decide who gets to stay on the beach by holding a competition. Everyone immediately decides a variety of activities (some that some characters would most likely win), which leads to Wave mediating for a best of five tournament. The sheer pettiness in this rivalry over who gets to stay on the beach is something to behold.
• The five rounds include water-based activities, which include a swimming relay and surfing competition. This naturally excludes Sonic from participating, with him having an unimpressed face as he knows he can't do either activity, along with his team losing both rounds.
• One of the contests involve both teams building a sand sculpture. Jet, being Jet, gets help from Storm to build a giant sand sculpture of himself, with Wave visibly facepalming in annoyance. Sonic's team builds a giant slide that also has Chao walking down it, which give them the point.
• The final contest of Beach Volleyball has Team Sonic down a point, with him getting everyone together in a group huddle to discuss their game plan and psych up his team (and by extension, Jewel, who had been feeling left out this entire time). It then results in this brief cheer between themselves.
  Sonic: What did we come here to do?
  Tangle: Chill at the beach!
  Sonic: And what are we gonna do?
  Tangle: Chill at the beach!!!
  Whisper: (whisper-cheering) Chill at the beach.
• The end of the one-shot sees Sonic and Jet roasting marshmallows over a fire. While Jet tells Sonic the best method to do it, the Hedgehog ignores the Hawk, where he burns the whole marshmallow to a crisp. Sonic prefers them that way, much to Jet's disgust.
• Since there's no Mimic or Eggman robots to worry about, Whisper gets a chance to relax and be more cheerful with her friends. It also shows that despite being one of the more stoic and antithetical characters of the Sonic cast, she's Not So Above It All, where she really gets into the competition between the two teams and calls Sonic and Jet's attempts at roasting marshmallows amateurish.

"Halloween Special"

• It's pretty clear that Vector is going trick-or-treating for himself more than for Charmy. He tells Charmy to hurry up or they'll miss all the trick-or-treating fun, with Espio admonishing him since they're taking the bee for it, not the other way around. The crocodile then remarks that they deserve a commission, only to backpedal after getting glared at by Espio. Vector then mutters under his breath that he really wants some candy.
  Vector: Is it so wrong for a guy to get his hands greased with a little bit o' nougat? It is Halloween after all.

"Winter Jam"

• What is Eggman's latest scheme taking inspiration from? Reality TV shows, and Orbot can't stand it. Some of the shows he can be seen watching include:
  • The conductor and his wife from The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog are baking Christmas cookies. Now we know what the conductor was doing during his retirement.
  • Barry the Quokka/the unnamed Mirage Express employee working with Gadget from Forces on building a gingerbread house.
  • Ian Jr. participating in a quiz game show.
  • Some sort of Christmas winter play with a tree and snowman.
  • A pair of contestants on a show reminiscent of Hole in the Wall, Brain Wall, or Human Tetris, with the current participant requiring to contort their body to fit through a snowman wall hole.
  • Someone resembling an obese Sonic winning an ice cream eating contest; his opponent is face down in his bowl.
  • A closeup of someone taking a snowball to the face during a fight.
  • A Human Snowball race; one person is rolling horizontally and looking blissful, while the other is rolling face forward and screaming.
  • What appears to be someone literally Breaking the Fourth Wall.
• When Orbot thinks of a plan, he says to Cubot the setup to a Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? exchange, only for Cubot to immediately interrupt him by saying he doesn't think. Ever.
  • This phrase is re-uttered by Orbot when Cubot reveals that he "thought up the perfect solution" to get out of their situation.
• Sonic and his friends get captured by Orbot and Cubot, they are taken aback when they reveal they are contestants on the titular "Winter Jam" game show, with the prize being the purple Chaos Emerald. Sonic and his friends immediately are suspicious, suggesting multiple ways to get out without playing along. Rouge suggests stealing the emerald outright while Omega suggests blasting his way through. Cubot then promises a brand-new Badnik who is "ready to be destroyed by any nearby vengeful robots," which is reason enough to get Omega to stay.
  Omega: NO EXITS DETECTED. PREPARING TO BLAST SEVERAL NEW OPTIONS.
• Sonic's team ends up losing in most of the challenges, as he tries winning each contest with his trademark speed. This ends up backfiring on him multiple times, to the point he enters a comedic Heroic BSoD.
  Sonic: B-but...I went fast...I should have...won...
• During the decoration round, Rouge tries to steal the Chaos Emerald in order to skip past everything, needing Omega to create a distraction. Omega's "distraction" is to lock-on to all the wreaths he put up, then fire at everything in sight. This ends up also unintentionally sending Rouge to the ground.
• The winner of the decorating round is Team Rose (Amy Rose and Cream the Rabbit), who have created a tasty-looking spread of desserts and snacks that are winter-themed. Except for one, which was a creation of Cream's: a strange gelatin dish loaded with fruit peels, veggie stalks, and "everything else in-between" to avoid throwing away any leftover ingredients. Orbot is noticeably nervous about the dessert, while Amy says it "tastes great" and whispers that it's at least environmentally friendly. When Cream brings up the idea of creating a whole feast like it, Amy can only nervously look away.
• The last round of the show is ice sculpture building, which is won by Froggy of all characters, when it shoots a laser beam out of its eyes and turns the block into a gorgeous statue of Eggman with a Chaos Emerald, much to everyone's surprise.
  • After Orbot quips that Froggy is Sequence Breaking, this leads into the "big reveal" of the show that Cubot was hyping up: the Froggy that has been used in the Winter Jam is actually a production planted Badnik. This leads to a sequence of Reaction Shots from the participants and the crowd, complete with a "LIVE" indicator in the top left. While Sonic, Big, and Cheese aren't particularly surprised, Amy, Cream, and Tails are shocked/horrified, and a Snowy badnik is so shaken that it destroys the nearby Egg Pawns.
  • Tails and Amy note the reveal wasn't as climactic as they thought it would it be, causing Cubot to quip that it's technically still revealing something, even if the results are "devastatingly disappointing."
    Cubot: Them's the breaks in showbiz folks!
• With the Froggy-Badnik reveal, Omega unloads his arsenal at it, causing massive amounts of destruction around them, giving Rouge the opportunity to take the emerald. By this point, Eggman shows up, annoyed about what's going on. With everything up in smoke, Cubot presses a button (helpfully captioned "Press if hecked up") to catapult Sonic and his friends out of the base.
• And for yet another time, Sonic lands flat on his face in the snow. And the emerald lands on his head and bounces off.
• At the end of the issue, Eggman, in a fit of rage, scraps all his plans revolving around reality TV that he spent the last untold amount of time watching, complete with tearing up his noteboard and pressing a button that says "delete literally everything."
  Eggman: Garbage... absolute trash TV.

Classic Subseries

Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Special

"Seasons of Chaos"

• Just as Sonic, Tails and Amy find a Chaos Emerald, Metal Sonic zips in and snatches it. Sonic expects a usual duel but Metal Sonic just takes off to his confusion.
  Sonic: What'll it be? A high-speed race? High-speed battle? High-speed battle race? (Metal Sonic leaves) You... leaving without either? That's no fun, get back here!
• When Metal take off into the air, Sonic asks Amy for a boost up.
  Sonic: Amy! I need a boost!
  Amy: You're a wonderful person. And people say nice things about you.
  Sonic: Vertically.
  Amy: Oh, m-my mistake.
• Sonic tries to reach Metal but gets blasted back. He expects Tails to catch him.
  Sonic: No worries, I'll just reach out and grab a perfectly timed air support rescue from my bested bud in the whole world... (Knuckles catches him)...Knuckles?!
• After Knuckles explains his encounter with Metal Knuckles and the group decide to go check things out, Amy is amped to go on an adventure with Sonic. Just as she finish squee-ing Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are gone.
  Amy: Come on! Really?!
• Amy meets Mighty and Ray who're training. How do they do so? Mighty throwing boulders at Ray while he flies around.
• Sonic, Tails and Knuckles begin their search but Tails realizes he forgot his Emerald Radar. Knuckles assures him they can find them without it.
  Sonic: Plus we got an expert treasure hunter with us, right Knux.
  Knuckles: Don't patronize me...but yes.
• Bit of a meta-joke when Sonic briefly fights Bean who comments they haven't seen each other in awhile (since technically in Sonic Mania that was the Heavy Magician taking on the Hooligans forms. Comic wise, the last time they were against each other personally was the "Champions" arc in the new universe of the Archie series.)
  Sonic: Knock it off Bean!
  Bean: But this is our big reunion after so long! Didn't'cha miss me?
  Sonic: No!
  Bean: (looks genuinely hurt) ...Oh... (suddenly shifts into Ax-Crazy look as he jumps toward Sonic and about to throw the bomb at him) ...WELL, I'M NOT GONNA MISS YOU EITHER!
• Tails fanboying at Fang's hoverbike before reminding himself to stay focused. As well his subsequent sabotage of it.
• Tails throws Sonic the yellow Chaos Emerald, to which Bean is about to hit him with a bomb. Fang shouts at him to stop since that'll blow up the emerald.
  Bean: That would be counter-intuitive to the job.
• Shortly afterwards, Sonic does the "Item Get!" jingle from The Legend of Zelda series (complete with pose) after grabbing the Emerald... only for Fang to promptly shoot it out of his hands.
• After the Emerald goes over a cliff, both parties think it's a lost cause for now and continue on with their search. It then pans down, where we see that the Emerald landed on Mighty's head where Amy, Ray and he were passing under.
  Mighty: Are they just falling out of the sky now?
• Sonic, Tails and Knuckles reach the Autumn Forest Zone
  Knuckles: Darn it, I lost [the Hooligans'] trail! And I can't see through this forest for the trees.
  Sonic: What's adorable is I know he didn't say that on purpose.
• The trio run into Eggman who's not in the mood to deal with them and tries to quickly sawblade Sonic, but his mech is quickly disabled by the trio.
  Eggman: Aww c'mon guys!
• Sonic calls out to Metal Sonic and tries to get him to duel once more. And once again, Metal just takes off without fighting.
  Sonic: What's going on?!
• The Hooligans engage in a fight against Amy, Mighty and Ray.
  • Mighty goes to fight Fang who, unsurprisingly, finds his cork gun ineffective against him. He ultimately has to call for Bark to save him.
  • Bean trying to blow Ray of the sky.
    Bean: Could you hold still? You're making my aim look terrible.
    Ray: Could you stop trying to blow me up then?!
  • And Amy fights Bark... which is just her swinging her hammer wildly with no effect to him. Even Bark pities her.
  • Mighty tries to spin dash Bark who promptly grabs him and stuffs him into the hole of a tree.
    Mighty: (sheepishly) Best two out of three?
• Bean manages to snag the blue Chaos Emeralds the trio were trying to get while knocking Ray and Amy (The former who caught the latter) out of the air. He starts to celebrate, then Metal Knuckles shows up.
  Bean: Woo! Two stones with one bird! (turns to Metal Knuckles) I mean, yeah it'd be better if they were rocks. But work with what you got, y'know? (Metal Knuckles promptly bonks him on the head and takes the emerald).
• After both parties find they can't catch up to Metal Knuckles, Fang orders Bean to go get the bike.
  Bean: But you said I wasn't allowed to drive it after last time!
• Both parties hook up with Sonic's group who tells them Eggman was about to explain himself. Getting a Death Glare from everyone to the doctor's nervousness.
• Eggman explaining about Heavy King's rebellion, citing things were going smoothly. The images say otherwise.
  • Likewise him holding the Tails doll like a teddy bear while he's sleeping.
  • As he explains about him getting kicked out of his base:
    Eggman: He took full command of my robots. Kicked me out of my own base! It was very rude and hurt my feelings.
  • After Eggman tells his tale, only Knuckles and Bean (who's crying waterfalls) take pity on him. Sonic and Fang just look on annoyed.
    Eggman: (sarcastically, to Sonic) Your sympathy is overwhelming.
  • Fang follows up with asking how he was going to pay them if he was kicked out of his base. Eggman nervously answers he promises to compensate them once he gets it back, especially when Fang cracks his knuckles as a visual warning.
  • Before everyone make their next move to Winter Caverns Zone, Bean can be seen throwing a bunch of rocks at Mighty's shell in rapid succession, much to the latter's annoyance.
    • Knuckles is also making the "I'm watching you" gesture to Eggman, who is nervously waving his fingers in response.
• The heroes, the Hooligans and Eggman make their way through Eggman's winter base. Sonic's not impressed.
  Sonic: This was going to be your final base? You should thank Heavy King for saving you the embarrassment of...!
  (He's suddenly blindsided by one of the Metals.)
  Sonic: (to Eggman) A little heads-up next time?
  Eggman: You should watch where you're going.
  Sonic: You should remember were helping you!
  Eggman: You should remember what happened the last time you got distracted while sassing me. (another Metal slams into Sonic) Pfft HA HA HA! See?!
• As the others engage Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles, Tails and Eggman come up with a plan to jam the signal controlling the two via the Tails Doll that was monitoring their actions. Tails brings up a grievance concerning that thing.
  Eggman: Eureka! I'll use the Tails Doll's antenna to boost the jamming signal!
  Tails: (annoyed) Okay, but later I want to know why I got that and not a cool Metal Tails.
  • What makes this doubly funny is this is also a callback to the Archie Sonic series in the climax of "Panic in the Sky" when they found the Tails Doll on Sky Patrol. After neutralizing it, Tails says the exact same thing in wondering why Sonic gets a metal doppelganger and yet he get the creepy doll bot.
  • They also scream in horror when the Tails Doll pops over the Eggmobile's windscreen...before Eggman immediately grabs it and then says the above dialogue.
• Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles deactivate after the signal is jammed and then return to normal...but "normal" still involves trying to kill Sonic and Knuckles, so we get this humorous dialogue;
  Sonic: (while high-fiving Knuckles) Alright, they don't work for Heavy King anymore!
  (Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles reactivate and immediately charge them again)
  Knuckles: Oh, no! They're working for Dr. Eggman again!
  (cut to Eggman holding his hand out)
  Dr. Eggman: Knock it off, you two! They're working with me...for now!
  (cut to Sonic smugly grinning at Metal, while Knuckles and Metal Knuckles are busy staring each other down)
  Sonic: That's right, we're on the same team! Don'cha just love that?
• The group make their way to the heart of the base and two metal doors. Bean's set to blow it up but Fang stops him, citing it'll cave the in the area around them. So Mighty and Bark are set to smash it open, only for Eggman to stop them this time, citing he just painted them and goes to press a button to let them in. Poor Mighty and Bark look so deflated at that with Ray and Amy comforting them respectively.
• The final fight with Heavy King starts with him firing blasts from his scepter. Fang attempts a Screw This, I'm Outta Here only to be dragged back by Metal Sonic. Bean on the other hand is marveling at the carnage as he get blown back.
  Bean: So...beautiful.
• Heavy King details his plans to restore the Hard-Boiled Heavies and take over the world as the Metallic Overload. Metal Sonic seems intrigued at that thought. Which doesn't go unnoticed by Eggman.
  Eggman: Don't get any ideas! Get in there and stop him!
  • When Metal Sonic is ordered into the fight, the robot has a Sweat Drop.
• Fang attempts to launch a counter-offensive by firing the sidecars at Heavy King. After they're blocked, Fang's next plan is to... shoot corks a him. Ends about well as you expect with Fang knocked out of the air and landing on his face.
• Sonic agrees to act as a distraction while the others go get the Chaos Emerald on the platform Heavy King is on. Knuckles asks how he plans to get Heavy King to focus on him.
  Sonic: Y'know how I'm always getting on your nerves?
  Knuckles: Ah, piece of cake then.
  • Heavy King hears the plan though and states it won't work. Then Sonic starts taunting him, insulting his plan, his looks and that Mecha Sonic (From 3 & Knuckles) could at least go super with the Master Emerald. Cue a visibly furious Heavy King opening fire on him, and indeed, the others get the Chaos Emeralds off the platform as he does, de-powering him.
    Heavy King: (dejectedly) Ah his plan. I fell for it.
• After he's beaten and confronted by Eggman, Heavy King pleads mercy and that he was just following Eggman's programming to, y'know, do conquests. Eggman... doesn't disagree.
  Eggman: You're technically right. The best kind of right! And you were effective up until your betrayal..Oh-ho-ho! Can I make an evil robot or what? You can have your old job back!
  Heavy King: Thank you doctor.
  Eggman: And you're getting a software patch to make sure this doesn't happen again.
  Heavy King: ...Of course.
  • After this Eggman decides the alliance with the heroes and Hooligans has ended and orders Heavy King and the Metals to go after them and get the Chaos Emeralds...and they're long gone. Leading to this exchange...
    Eggman: Where is everyone?
    Heavy King: Apologies sir, They must have left while you were threatening me.
    Eggman: Well then marshal my forces and track them down! They can't have gotten far!
    Heavy King: Apologies, sir, you had them destroy all the Badniks while invading my base. Your base.
    Eggman: Metal Sonic! Metal Knuckles! Chase them down and (the Metals fall over, inert) —Eh?
    Heavy King: Apologies, sir. After emerald hunting non-stop and fighting everyone and my empowered self, they've run out of energy.
    Eggman: (sits on the floor, pouting, while playing with the Tails doll) This has been an awful day. Make me a grilled cheese.
    Heavy King: Apologies, sir. I am Heavy King. Not Heavy Chef.
• Both Heartwarming and Funny, Amy returns Bark his scarf he loaned her and cites he's not as bad his compatriots. Bark just wraps the scarf around his face and tries to put on a tough guy front to show he's still a bad guy. But it comes off more like he's embarrassed at the compliment (if you look closely, he's visibly blushing). Amy seems to think likewise and waves him off as Fang, Bean and he wobbly ride off on Fang's damaged hover bike.
  • Fang's last words as they head off.
    Fang: Alright you mooks, on to glory, fortune... and a good mechanic.
• Knuckles lampshades that Fang, being The Nicknamer, didn't give him one.
  Knuckles: Huh. Fang never ended up giving me a nickname.
  Sonic: Probably would've been "Knucklehead".
  Knuckles: How do you figure?
  Sonic: Because...nevermind.
• Knuckles takes the green emerald for himself. Sonic, noticing that, states the Master Emerald will "have a little sibling". As usual, the joke goes over Knuckles' head, prompting him to call Sonic "weird".
• Sonic thanks Amy for her help, citing they wouldn't have accomplished their goal if it wasn't for her.
  Amy: (flustered and blushing) Oh! Well, gosh I... (quickly points to Tails) ...It's all because of his emerald radar!
• Tails apologizes for leaving Amy behind.
  Amy: Well...just don't do it anymore. Deal?
  Tails: Deal!
  Sonic: (makes a "Do I have to?" Aside Glance) Ehh...
  Tails: (sternly, while Amy puffs her cheeks at Sonic): Sonic...
  Sonic: Kidding!

Other Stories

• Sonic scaring Kip with his reckless driving in "Sonic Learns to Drive".
  • Not only does Sonic flunk the driving test, he also misses out on the chili dogs he was after because he got the dates confused.
  • Kip showing he's Not So Above It All after all.
    Sonic: Kip, 'ole buddy... I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship.
• Eggman remembering his birthday and complaining about it.
  • After finding his robots gone, he discovers they've gone after Sonic without his authorization. Eggman flips out and makes a mad dash to stop the fight before it can begin.
  • As Eggman leaves, Sonic wishes him Happy Birthday, much to the doctor's annoyance.
  • Doubling as heartwarming, Eggman gives in when he sees how much his robots care about him.
    Eggman: Another year... (resignedly blows out the candles on the cake)
• Mighty and Ray reading Amy's comics about the heroes.
  • When Sonic shows up and Tails insists he read Amy's comics about them, she (and the rest of the crowd) gets so nervous that the colors in the panel fade out.
  • After Sonic gives Amy's hobby a thumbs-up, he and Tails bring up the aforementioned incident where Eggman's robots tried attacking the heroes for their master's birthday.

Tails' 30th Anniversary Special

• Tails, after seeing Sonic get carted away by Witchcart, has a very exasperated and downtrodden expression after seeing his hero get captured so easily.
• Tails, still being the nervous kid hero in the past, fights all of Witchcart's minions one at a time, though noticeably has his Plan A's fall into Plan B, and then Plan C.
• Carottia, the last minion Tails defeats is done in pretty easily, where after her wiring is yanked, she falls to the ground, and then a pit. Being the lazy bunny she is, she doesn't mind being defeated and opts to take a nap.
  Carrotia: Aw, phooey. (after falling in) Ow. (while yawning) Oh well. Guess I'm defeated.
• Once Sonic is freed from Witchcart's Crystal Prison and knowing the odds are against her, she tries to beat a hasty retreat with one last rhyme.
  Witchcart: Two-on-one just isn't fair! I must retreat! Get out of hair! Er... "here." Bah!

Amy's 30th Anniversary Special

• Amy starts off trying to have a picnic, but then immediately gets a bad feeling when the first card she pulls is the Death Tarot card. Sure enough, Metal Sonic arrives, looking to capture her. He takes a look around, and when he can't find her, crushes Amy's strawberry cake in his hand. Guess the Metal apple doesn't fall far from the organic counterpart's tree in terms of food taste.
• When Amy begins her adventure to save her captured friends, the first card she pulls is the Chaos Emerald, who she believes represents meeting someone with incredibly willpower, associating with Sonic. When she sees a nearby capsule, she immediately jumps to the conclusion that Sonic is inside. Upon opening it however, it's actually Fang, much to her surprise.
  • When Amy asks to team up with the Hunter to save their friends, Fang rejects her proposal, preferring to go after Eggman himself. Amy tries to reason with him, but is already out of earshot, leading to this gem.
    Amy: But we could help each other! (as Fang is walking away) Oh, fine. I don't really like you anyways.
• Moving on to Orchard Forest Zone, her next card foretells of a person who is compassionate and supportive, which Amy believes to be Tails. Once she finds another capsule, she opens it up, thinking that it contains to the kitsune, only to backtrack when she sees Ray the Flying Squirrel tumble out instead.
  • When Ray asks to be brought along to help Amy save Mighty, the blue Flicky accompanying her apparently says something rather sassy, that immediately gets Amy angry enough to defend him (catching the Flicky off-guard). When Ray thanks her for the defense, she goes back to being kind, accompanied by roses behind her while smiling sweetly.
• When Amy and Ray arrive in Market Harbor Zone, the two note how the Badniks chased all the residents out of the town and that Eggman is stealing the fruit. This leads to Ray theorize that he's stealing the produce for a fruit-powered Badnik, which Amy highly doubts.
• With no easy way to open the capsule without being spotted, the Flicky that Amy took with her volunteers to break it using the Piko Piko hammer. It turns out to be way heavier than the Flicky anticipated, where he struggles to carry and drop it on the button.
• Once Bark is freed and the Badniks have been destroyed, Amy defends Bark from Ray's accusations of him being a bad guy, noting he's really a big sweetheart who hangs out with the wrong crowd. Bark noticeably blushes and turns away with an embarrassed look on his face.
  • When Amy asks him to join their ragtag team to save the rest of their captured friends, he gives her a thumbs-up. She thanks him with a hug, which gets him to stiffen up while blushing and maintaining his thumbs-up.
• Amy, Bark, and Ray manage to find Eggman's island base, which is filled row to row with capsules containing their friends. They all free them one at a time, which includes Bean, who was sitting around inside the capsule and decorated it like it was his own home. This includes a curtain for the capsule's window, a table, rug, home chair, and even a framed photo of his father, Bin the Duck.
  Bean: Tsk. The room was finally coming together, too.
  • Once he's freed and joins the other Hooligans in getting off the island, Bean has already packed all his belongings, not even bothered he got captured.
    Fang: C'mon you mooks! Let's get moving.
    Bean: All packed! The amenities here were awful here anyways.
• Metal Sonic, who had been capturing all the characters in capsules, gets A Taste Of His Own Medicine when Amy manages to break everyone out, grab his attention, and then consequently send him flying into one of the open capsules. Fang then traps him inside, laughing about it in the robot's face.
• After all that has been said and done, Eggman finally arrives back at his island base, slack-jawed that everyone escaped. He then calls out for Metal Sonic, berating him for his failure (who he doesn't realize is still captured in the capsule).
  • Metal Sonic's face while he presses up against the capsule's window is hilarious, almost like he's pleading for his father to help him out.

Fang the Hunter Miniseries

• Fang and the Hooligans are spying on Sonic the Hedgehog taking a nap, having set up a complex and deadly trap using the nearby palm trees and Fang's Marvelous Queen bike. The setup is something out of a Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner ACME trap.
  • Fang then sets off his trap by whistling, sending the rock into a basket held by the tree, only for Sonic to dodge in his hammock by swinging himself upwards, then spin-dashing away from the rock itself, which falls into the hole. Sonic then yawns, which Bean applauds the hedgehog for dodging masterfully. Fang yells at the two to just attack already.
    Bean: And he nails the dismount! Bravo! Encore!
    Fang: Just grab him, you mooks!
• As the battle begins, Bean hucks bombs willy-nilly at the hedgehog, only for Sonic to head straight for Fang's bike. Fang, incredibly distressed, tackles Bean to the ground to prevent him from blowing up the Marvelous Queen. Bean then notes he lost one of the bombs he threw, only for it to end up back in his hand, blowing him and Fang up together.
  Sonic: A-plus for comedic timing. No notes.
• After Bark German Suplexes Sonic, the hedgehog throws the Polar Bear into the Hooligans, with Sonic bragging if they'd like a second round. Bean can only quip "Big talk for someone we knocked upside down," while he himself is upside down, and his text in the speech bubble is also flipped vertically.
• Once Fang clarifies that they approached Sonic about him possibly knowing about an eighth Chaos Emerald, Sonic initially believes he's talking about the Master Emerald. Fang then yells he's talking about the "small, colorful ones" Sonic doesn't believe him for a second, saying he's making it up. Fang refutes this by stating that the records of the Emeralds are illusive, and that getting the number of gemstones and their colors accurate have been a "challenge for the ages," with Sonic immediately shutting him down by saying there's only seven, and he knows from first hand experience collecting them multiple times.
• With Fang refusing to relent in his pursuit of this rumored eighth emerald, Sonic asks what it's supposed to look like. Fang can only bring up vaguely connected and inconsistent rumors about it, which has the hedgehog later go back to his hammock saying they're pursuing a lost cause.
• When asked about what'd they do once they even find the thing, Bean states they plan on selling it off. Bark (according to Bean anyways) wants a portable freezer so he can travel in comfort and style. You know, cause he's a furry Polar Bear who travels a set of somewhat tropical islands (Bark even fans himself while Bean brings it up).
  • Bean doesn't really know what he wants with his share, so he's thinking of getting a soccer ball. A premium soccer ball.
  • Fang (with loving sparkles in his eyes) gazes at his bike, wanting to use the money to give the upgrades it deserves. So it can have the horsepower and weaponry to destroy Sonic any day of the week.
• Once the Hooligans leave, Sonic is ready to take another nap, only for Tails to sweep in and tell him there's an issue.
  Sonic: Ahh... now to kick back and relax...
  Tails: Sonic! We've got trouble!
  Sonic: (annoyed) ...Be patient with him. He's your friend.
• Bean and Bark bring up the times they teamed up with Fang, finding that he's become a rather incompetent leader of the trio. When Fang asks him one time they've been led astray by him, Bean brings up the last two times they worked with Eggman, which Fang waves off as being worth it since Eggman paid them nicely. Then Bean recalls the one time they stole a pie from Amy (with Bark clearly looking guilty as Bean and Fang look at it hungrily as it sat on the windowsill). Fang then tenses up as he remembers how Amy chased them with her hammer, admitting that one was entirely on him.
• In issue 2, Fang is looking for Knuckles in Sandopolis Zone, using his vehicle's headlight to scare away the Hyudoros. Suddenly Knuckles jumps him and they start tussling. As they do, one of them holds back the other, as if he's saying "Don't get involved man, just let them hash it out."
• In issue #3, Bean asks Fang to stop being stubborn and divulge what they know to Eggman in order to save their hides. Fang and Bark give Bean a concerned look, noting how Bean is being the voice of reason.
  Fang: Since when were you the voice of reason?
  Bean: I don't know! I feel all icky and unnatural!
• Bean finally commenting on Fang's constant use of the word "mook".
• Face-to-face with the leader of the Hard-Boiled Heavies, Fang asks if they're using the eighth Chaos Emerald to teleport their ship around. Nope! Warp Topaz. Their boss tells Fang pretty bluntly, as everyone else has, that there's no such thing as an eighth Chaos Emerald.

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