History Anime / SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie

* DiabolusExNihilo: Quite literally, as Metal Robotnik "appeared out of nowhere!" before kicking Robotnik out of his home. It's signposted very early on that Metal Robotnik is under the Doc's power, but it's remarkable that he couldn't think up a more plausible threat.

* {{Egopolis}}: Robotropolis, aka Eggmanland. At night, the city's lights form a picture of Robotnik's face.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The President.
* EvilKnockoff: Metal Sonic, natch.

* EyelidPullTaunt: Tails does this towrads Metal Robotnik.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Metal Sonic]], oddly enough.

* FearOfThunder: Tails. ''"I'm afraid of lightning!"''

* FlashStep: Sonic, Tails, and Metal.

--->'''Sonic:''' Pansy-ass [[ScrappyMechanic blood elf!]]

* {{Infodump}}: Robotnik’s speech to Sonic at the White House.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sonic.

** Tails has a severe case of astraphobia in the movie. This is a reference to his astraphobia mentioned in his character bio in ''Sonic Jam''.

* NobleDemon: Hyper Metal Sonic.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Sera. Unlike the other characters in the film (who blend in well with the stylistic and simpler animation), she's drawn much more realistically and would not feel out of place if she were in a Magical Girl anime.

--> '''Sonic''': You might know everything I'm going to do. But that's not going to help you, since I know everything ''you're'' going to do! [[MemeticMutation STRANGE, ISN'T IT?!]]

** Dub Sonic will sometimes switch back and forth from sounding like a southern teenager to a British {{Bifauxnen}} when the voice acting gets particularly energetic.

* RealMenWearPink: Sonic's aforementioned "favorite clothes" include a pink shirt.

* RoboCam
* RuinsOfTheModernAge: The "ancient relics" on the outskirts of Robotropolis/Eggmanland resembles an abandoned New York City.

* ShatteredWorld: Planet Freedom.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The ending song, "Look Alike", is sung (and spoken for a bit) in, for the most part, [[note]][-The singer pronounces memory as "memorai" in one verse, which itself isn't entirely grammatically sound.-][[/note]] well-pronounced and grammatically correct English.

* WallJump: Sonic, of course.

* BrickJoke: Robotnik launches two bombs at Tails' plane, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything one modeled after a tortoise, the other a hare]]. The hare bomb blows up the plane instantly while the tortoise one crawls away from his hovercraft. Much later, the tortoise bomb crawls towards Robotnik and explodes.

* DubNameChange: The official English dub renames Dr. Eggman to Dr. Robotnik for one of the last few times, as it was released in 1999. To go along with it, Eggmanland was renamed Robotropolis (as a ShoutOut to [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM one of the Saturday morning cartoons]]), and Black Eggman was renamed Metal Robotnik. In addition, Sera was renamed Sara; her and Eggman's names are still displayed clearly in the fighting game gag, however. The official subtitles included in the DVD release go with the Japanese terminology and retranslate the script more accurately to boot. Cue SubbingVersusDubbing.
* DubSpeciesChange: The English dub refers to Knuckles as a mole rather than an echidna.

** The terms "Eggmanland" and "God of Destruction".
** The idea of Knuckles being a treasure hunter.
** The depiction of Station Square as a flooded city in ruins at the end was likely inspired by the ancient ruins in the OVA, even using much of the same imagery.

* GoKartingWithBowser: While Sonic and Tails journey to Robotropolis, Dr. Robotnik is seen playing video games with the president and his daughter in one scene scene.

* TranslationTrainWreck: One DVD version of the movie has subtitles that, for example, call Knuckles "Knucklus," Eggman "Machine King," and Tails "Dillus". The character section of the DVD also misidentifies Knuckles as a mole.

* CompositeCharacter: The OVA made Knuckles a treasure hunter just like [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogTripleTrouble Fang the Sniper]], and gave him [[NiceHat a hat]] similar to his.

* NiceHat: Knuckles has one. If just for the RuleOfCool. Used later when it gets set on fire in the climax of the film.
-->'''Knuckles''': '''MY HAT'S ON FIRE, HELP!'''

* DramaticIrony: Downplayed--attentive viewers will know Eggman is actually piloting Metal Robotnik when Sonic and Tails don't. The pod that comes to collect Robotnik and Princess Sarah shows is actually Metal Robotnik's torso, but the OVA puts in a token effort to keep from making it too obvious by having it crash through the ceiling so that only Metal Robotnik's jaw is exposed.

* DramaticIrony: Downplayed--attentive viewers will know Eggman is actually piloting Metal Robotnik when Sonic and Tails don't. The pod that comes to collect Robotnik and Princess Sarah shows is actually Metal Robotnik's torso, but the OVA puts in a token effort to keep from making it too obvious by having it crash through the ceiling that you can only see Metal Robotnik's jaw.

* AccidentalPervert: Sonic can apparently [[PsychicLink see through Metal Sonic's eyes]] due to Metal being a copy of Sonic; this explains why Sonic was blushing when Metal got a good look up Sera's skirt. Tails also grabs hold of Sera after being scared and one of his hands mistakenly [[ThanksForTheMammary grabbing onto one of her breasts]]. Knuckles reads him the riot act.

* AccidentalPervert: Sonic can apparently [[PsychicLink see through Metal Sonic's eyes]] due to Metal being a copy of Sonic; this explains why Sonic was blushing when Metal [[PantyShot got a good look up Sera's skirt]]. Tails also grabs hold of Sera after being scared and one of his hands mistakenly [[ThanksForTheMammary grabbing onto one of her breasts]]. Knuckles reads him the riot act.

* PantyShot: [[spoiler:During the climactic battle, Metal Sonic's head gets knocked through the bottom of Robotnik's hovercraft, right under Sera's dress. While we don't actually see anything, Sera is unsurprisingly pissed and starts kicking him in the face while holding her skirt down.]]
-->'''Sara:''' GET BACK! [[RapidFireNo NO! NO! NO! NO!]] '''[[RapidFireNo NO!]] DON'T LOOK THERE, YOU ''PERVERT!'''''

* GoKartingWithBowser: While Sonic and Tails journey to Robotropolism, Dr. Robotnik is seen playing video games with the president and his daughter in one scene scene.

** The robots used to hold the President and Sera hostage are [[TopHeavyGuy cartoonishly lopsided]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM SWATbots]] with EggRobo physiques and extra SpikesOfVillainy.

** The robots used to hold the President and Sera hostage are [[TopHeavyGuy cartoonishly lopsided]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM SWATbots]] with extra SpikesOfVillainy.

* BabyTalk: Tails, especially in the first half, sounds like he has this in the dub. Despite his ability to create a jet-propelled bodyboard, fly the Tornado, and modify Eggman's navigator into a signal jammer.

This film is not to be confused with the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 live-action movie]] released in 2020, or the anime ''Anime/SonicX'' series.

However, when the trio finally reach the generator, they find that the story was a ruse to extract Sonic's DNA and enable the completion of Hyper Metal Sonic: a robotic dopplegänger who not only has Sonic's speed, but Sonic's personality as well. Also, it turns out that Robotnik [[ILied actually has no compunctions]] about blowing up Planet Freedom, since he'll then rule it by default -- followed by '[[IHaveYouNowMyPretty a life of undisturbed marital bliss with Sara.]]'

ADV released two different versions of the movie on DVD, although they are both the same dub: the original 1999 version which edited out/censored several bits of the movie, and a 2004 version which is completely uncut.

* MythologyGag: Throughout the Land of Darkness, Sonic and Tails are shown avoiding various spikes on the ground, followed by Sonic jumping onto a spring.

JustForFun/TheOneWith floating islands above a post-apocalyptic world, the first animated appearances of Knuckles and Metal Sonic, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} that kooky old owl]], Sonic's so-called favorite clothes, and that {{catgirl}}.

* InternalDeconstruction: Of the franchises famous EvilKnockOff, Metal Sonic. The OVA dives into several aspects of him that are normally glossed over. Sonic has to fight an EliteMook robot just as fast as him, but has the added benefit of never tiring as he does? He gets his ass handed to him, ''both'' times he tries to fight him, pure and simple. Metal Sonic being an exact robotic clone of Sonic? Also means [[CopiedTheMoralsToo he has aspects of Sonic's personality, too]], which interferes with Robotnik's plans. The most effective way of beating him? No, it's not HeroicWillpower; it's messing with his programming!

An hour-long anime {{OVA}} starring [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog everybody's favorite blue hedgehog]]. Produced by Creator/StudioPierrot and Creator/{{Sega}}, it was originally released in Japan in 1996 initially as the two half-hour VHS tapes ''Journey to Eggmanland'' and ''Sonic vs. Metal Sonic''. While one of the original previews of the OVA was featured in 1997's ''VideoGame/SonicJam'' in all regions, a proper English dub by ADV was released on September 7, 1999, two days before ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' internationally hit the shelves.

Creator/ADVFilms released two different versions of the movie on DVD, although they are both the same dub: the original 1999 version which edited out/censored several bits of the movie, and a 2004 version which is completely uncut.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Well, compared to the older games, it could be.

* BabyTalk: Tails, especially in the first half sounds like he has this in the dub, despite his ability to create a jet-propelled bodyboard, fly the Tornado, and modify Eggman's navigator into a signal jammer.

* BabyTalk: Tails sounds like he has this in the dub, despite his ability to create a jet-propelled bodyboard, fly the Tornado, and modify Eggman's navigator into a signal jammer.

'''Sera''' (''devious''): I'll stop being your hostage...\\
'''Robotnik''': Alright, start it again.

* KnightOfCerebus: Metal Sonic. Before him most of the film played most everything humorously, Robotnik barely even qualify for much a threat due to the GoKartingWithBowser above. Then Metal Sonic shows up and BOOM, we have a villain that's actually dangerous and for the most part, nothing about him is played humorously.

%%* OcularGushers

* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: He's both President Target and President Buffoon.

* {{Pilot}}: The film was originally released as two separate half-hour pilots in Japan, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff but due to Sonic's lack of popularity there]] the potential anime series never got off the ground. When it was dubbed, the two specials were merged together and released in the US as what we call ''Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie''.

JustForFun/TheOneWith floating islands above a post-apocalyptic world, the first animated appearances of Knuckles and Metal Sonic, [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} that kooky old owl]], Sonic's so-called favorite clothes, and that {{catgirl}}.

An hour-long anime {{OVA}} starring [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog everybody's favorite blue hedgehog]]. Produced by Creator/StudioPierrot and Creator/{{Sega}}, it was originally released in Japan in 1996 (initially as the two half-hour VHS tapes ''Journey to Eggmanland'' and ''Sonic vs. Metal Sonic''); the English dub by ADV was released on September 7, 1999, two days before ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' internationally hit the shelves.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: After crashing their plane upon entering the Land of Darkness, Sonic and Tails crash their plane, the Tornado. Then before departing for Robotropolis, Tails comments that he's "worried about the Tornado". The translators were apparently unaware that this was the name of their plane, as they translated that line as "I'm worried about that tornado".