History Heartwarming / SonicTheHedgehog2020

* Tom was very frustrated with his situation throughout the movie, and at one point refuses to call Sonic his friend. Then, during Sonic's DisneyDeath at the climax, he goes into TranquilFury and [[PapaWolf starts fighting Robotnik himself to protect Sonic]]. When Robotnik incredulously asks why, Tom says it's because Sonic's his friend.

-->'''Sonic:''' This is my power, and I'm not using it to run away anymore. I'm using it to protect. My. Friends!

Throughout all the laughs and action, ''[[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' is also a surprisingly touching, heart-melting tale about loyalty and friendship.

Throughout all the laughs and action, ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' is also a surprisingly touching, heart-melting tale about loyalty and friendship.

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* The fact that the fan base did a complete 180 for the movie after the second trailer. It makes the feeling the extra work the animators had to do wasn’t in vain.
** Just check out any reaction video to the second trailer, and chances are it's nothing but the viewer gushing over how much of an improvement it is over the first. It's especially wonderful to see Sonic fans from the Mega Drive/Genesis era absolutely lose their minds and express how much they're '''unironically''' looking forward to the movie.
** Paramount's official [=YouTube=] channel has now released a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioIzfNfysEo compilation]] of reactions to the trailer. They truly care about the fans.
** And the fans proved that they appreciated the animators hard work by giving Sonic a ''70 million opening weekend'', not only outpacing projections, but making it the most successful opening weekend for a video game-based movie.
** In a bit of positivity in a dark time, the Coronavirus pandemic contributed to the film's success, as it seems to have made it the last major motion picture released to theaters before the brunt of the pandemic hit in 2020, making it the '''''#6''''' highest-grossing film of the year!
* After a very long absence in Hollywood, Jim Carrey is finally back, and every bit as eccentric and hammy as his famous portrayals back in the 1990s. Fans were initially on the fence about casting him as Dr. Eggman, but as the post-credit stinger shows, he pulls off the character ''perfectly'', while giving him his trademark Jim Carrey flair.
* The studio pushing the release date to February 14, 2020 in order to give the animators more time to work instead of pressuring them into massive overtime or crunch to fix everything by November.
* Who voiced Tails in the post-credits scene? Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey, his voice actress since 2014. They could have hired any big celebrity actor, but they brought back his VA from the games. And she maintains the role for the sequel.
* Lee Majdoub (Agent Stone) [[https://twitter.com/LeeMajdoub/status/1230886435412004865 tweeted a picture]] of his nephew with a big Sonic plushie and wearing a Sonic jacket, saying the movie is the first he's seen in theaters.
* Ryan Drummond, Sonic's voice actor from most of the early 3D ''Sonic'' games[[note]]Most notably ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' and ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.[[/note]], talked about [[ApprovalOfGod how much he enjoyed the film]] on Twitter. Ben Schwartz’s reaction was [[https://twitter.com/rejectedjokes/status/1236017128047697920 talking about how honoured he was.]]
* The fact that the film's lead romantic couple is a [[HappilyMarried very happy and stable]] interracial marriage, and [[MalignedMixedMarriage absolutely no big deal]] [[SubvertedTrope is made about that fact.]] Well, aside from Maddie's sister who hates Tom for no apparent reason.
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* Who voiced Tails in the post-credits scene? Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey, his voice actress since 2014 They could have hired any big celebrity actor, but they brought back his VA from the games. And she maintains the role for the sequel.

!!Trailers:

!!Film:

!!Meta:

-->'''Maddie:''' You two... are SO cute.
-->'''Tom/Sonic''': What?! [[FriendshipDenial No, we're not!]]

-->'''Wade:''' That's our sheriff you're messing with! (''brandishing service revolver'')
-->'''Crazy Carl:''' [[MoodWhiplash And our Blue Devil, who as everyone can see is a very real creature, and not at all invented by me!]] (''brandishing chainsaw'')

-->'''Dr. Robotnik''': Who the hell do you think you are?
-->'''Tom''': I'm the Donut Lord, you son of a [[CurseCutShort b--!]]

--->'''Tom:''' Told you you got this!
--->'''Sonic:''' Hey -- ''we'' got this.

-->'''Maddie:''' Well... [[HappilyAdopted welcome home.]]
-->'''Sonic:''' Thank you. ''So much.''

-->'''Crazy Carl:''' And our Blue Devil, who as everyone can see is a very real creature, and not at all invented by me! (''brandishing chainsaw'')

* The fact that the film's lead romantic couple is a [[HappilyMarried very happy and stable]] interracial marriage, and [[MalignedMixedMarriage absolutely no big deal]] [[SubvertedTrope is made about that fact.]]

** In a bit of positivity in a dark time, the Coronavirus pandemic contributed to the film's success, making it the '''''#6''''' highest-grossing film of 2020!

* In the after-credits scene, a Ring Portal opens up and Tails leaps out, he's been tracking Sonic for an unknown amount of time, and immediately flies off to help Sonic. It turns out Sonic may be about to make more friends than just the ones on Earth...

** It's revealed that since Maddie couldn't find out if Tom had been accepted into the SFPD, she bought two cakes to celebrate with - one if he was accepted and one if he wasn't. It shows how she really wanted to make sure to support him either way.

* The text ”Every hero has a genesis” in the first trailer, which we all should know is a homage to SEGA Genesis.

* Tom was very frustrated with his situation throughout the movie, and at one point refuses to call Sonic his friend. Then, during Sonic's DisneyDeath at the climax, he goes into TranquilFury and starts fighting Robotnik himself. When Robotnik incredulously asks why, Tom says it's because Sonic's his friend.

-->'''Sonic:''' Just one more thing. I'm sorry I was so hard on you. I know it's a tough decision for you to leave Green Hills. Walking away from something you care about...''has'' to be painful.\\

* After a very long absence in Hollywood, Jim Carrey is finally back, and every bit as eccentric and hammy as his famous portrayals back in the 90s. Fans were initially on the fence about casting him as Dr. Eggman, but as the post-credit stinger shows, he pulls off the character ''perfectly'', while giving him his trademark Jim Carrey flair.

* The studio pushing the release date to February 2020 in order to give the animators more time to work instead of pressuring them into massive overtime or crunch to fix everything by November.

** After Sonic defeats Robotnik, the whole community cheers and applauds for Sonic, further confirming that he's a part of the town.

* Tom tucking Sonic in after he falls asleep at the motel. Sonic looks just like a kid who had a great day at Disney World.