Mythology Gag / Sonic the Hedgehog

Games

• Sonic Mania

Adaptations

• Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)
• Sonic Boom
• Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

Other Mythology Gags

• In the 2013 remake of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, one can place a green Grounder robot into a level using Debug Mode. Wonder where that's from?
• Sonic Adventure has a couple of nods to the OVA:
  • In the Dreamcast version's opening FMV, the section showing the title uses the same visual and sound effects as that of the OVA's title sequence.
  • Station Square's flooded ruins in Super Sonic's story look rather similar to the half-sunken city in the OVA.
  • The game re-enacts the scene with Sonic and Tails departing in the Tornado after revealing its hidden runway.
• In Sonic Riders, "You're supposed to be the fastest thing alive?"
• Sonic's pose in the character select for Sonic and the Black Knight and one of Classic Sonic's level clear poses in Sonic Generations both look like Sonic's official render in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• In the Xbox 360/PS3 versions of Sonic Unleashed, you can buy chili dogs, Sonic's favorite food from the animated series of the '90s.
  • And then, the intro scene of Sonic and the Black Knight has him landing in the realm of King Arthur... holding chili dogs.
  • Used as a Brick Joke in Sonic Generations, where Sonic's special present is a chili dog, but he doesn't get to eat it before the Big Bad attacks. At the end of the game, he returns to his time and catches the dog, which is still warm.
  • "Who ordered the chilidog?" from The Stinger of some of the commercials for Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
• Once Classic Sonic appears in the trailer for Sonic Forces, he strikes a pose◊ very similar to Sonic Adventure's box art◊. (It also resembles his pose after beating Metal Sonic in Generations.)

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