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* The temple holding the Master Emerald [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/4/42/SonicMovie2Trailer_72.png/revision/latest?cb=20211210104622 bears a resemblance to the one seen in the Mystic Ruins]] from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' as well as the Gaia Temples from ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''.

* Alongside Tom's comments that Sonic is "pretending to be Franchise/{{Batman}}" and a shot of Sonic posing in front of a night sky brings to mind [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/3/3b/Humonic.png/revision/latest?cb=20130202231754 one of the bizarre Sound Test]] EasterEgg images from ''VideoGame/SonicCD''.

* [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/d/d4/Sonic_2_movie_sticker_waiting.gif/revision/latest?cb=20220321214326 This Gif]], released as part of the film's marketing, features Sonic impatiently tapping his foot with the text "I'm Waiting" behind him in reference to both an idle animation from the Genesis games and his catchphrase from WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog.

** Another one of Robotnik's signature works appears: a [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Death Egg Robot]], [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever now a hundred times bigger]]. Size-wise, it resembles [[https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Titanic_Monarch_Zone the Titanic Monarch]], the colossal robot that serves as the final Zone of ''VideoGame/SonicMania''.

** A G.U.N. helicopter with the identification SA-2 appears, just like the one Sonic escapes from in the Hero side story intro.

* Sonic and Knuckles' fight and Robotnik's betrayal and theft of the Master Emerald is almost identical.

* Before Wad captured Agent Stone, the latter played with a program to dress up Robotnik. One of the outfits is identical to the one that the classic Robotnik wore.

* The Tornado was introduced in the game as Sonic's vehicle before he passed it down to Tails. In the movie, it was owned by an unnamed human for Rachel and Randall's wedding before Tails commandeered and repurposed it.
* In the film' s final battle, a Master Emerald-powered Robotnik creates a HumongousMecha that resembles the Death Egg Robot, the game's FinalBoss.

* The masked people who attack Eggman at the start of the film could be a reference to the [[VideoGame/SonicRiders Babylonians]], considering the seemingly advanced tech and the bird-like masks (the leader’s mask in particular resembling Jet).

** Similarly, Knuckles cuts the threat of this down - much like in the opening of ''Sonic 3'' - by punching the Emerald's power out of him. [[spoiler: And [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure accidently shatters the emerald]] [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 while doing so.]]]]

* The Miles Electric is a multipurpose PDA Tails invented before meeting with Sonic, which debuted in [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed]] as a large tablet.

* The Master Emerald's role is similar to what is described by Tikal, a descendant of Knuckles in the game, as conduit of sorts to control the Chaos Emeralds' power. The movie version somewhat has the same purpose, as the Echidna warriors "forged" the seven Chaos Emeralds into the Master Emerald. It also allows the wielder to turn their thoughts into power.[[note]]'''Tikal's Prayer''': The servers are the 7 Chaos. Chaos is power... Power enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the Chaos.[[/note]]

** [[spoiler: Like in the game, TheStinger reveals that Project: Shadow is reported to have existed 50 years ago.]]

* The Miles Electric has a translation device, [[EitherWorldDominationOrSomethingABoutBananas and it works about as well as it did]] in ''VideoGame/SonicColors''.

** Owl reliefs on the walls.

* When Sonic tries to save Knuckles from drowning, a large air bubble comes up, which Sonic inhales to get more air, just like he would in any underwater stage.

* Sonic is briefly shown snowboarding down an icy mountain in the trailer, as he did in Ice Cap in both ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' and ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. As an added homage to ''Adventure'', the Final Trailer shows Sonic outracing an avalanche while snowboarding.
* Robotnik's new vehicle seen on the film's poster more closely resembles the Egg Mobile from the video game series.

* One shot of the trailer shows Sonic looking across a colossal temple surrounded by waterfalls. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/4/42/SonicMovie2Trailer_72.png/revision/latest?cb=20211210104622 The temple itself bears a resemblance to the one seen in the Mystic Ruins]] in the jungle area from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' as well as the Gaia Temples from ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''.
* In the "Big Game Spot" trailer: We see another one of Robotnik's signature works: a freakin' [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Death Egg Robot]], [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever now a hundred times bigger]].
** Size-wise, it resembles [[https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Titanic_Monarch_Zone the Titanic Monarch]], the colossal robot that serves as the final Zone of ''VideoGame/SonicMania''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMMpYx_vaZQ This music video, "Speed Life"]] shows Knuckles using the Spin Attack at the end of the video, which references that, especially in the older games, many playable Sonic characters can use most of Sonic's moves.
* At the beginning of the Trailer, Sonic can be seen eating a chili dog. Chili dogs were considered Sonic's TrademarkFavoriteFood in various media until it was eventually [[CanonImmigrant made canon]] in the mainline games.
* Sonic and Tails flying towards Robotnik's flying fortress is clearly a reference to Sky Chase Zone from both ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' and ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
* Sonic can be seen sporting a Mohawk at one point in the trailers, bringing to mind the American redesign where his quills were put in a row to match a Mohawk.

* The trailer opens with Sonic standing on top of a skyscraper and watching several police cars go by below him, just like the opening scene of his story in that game. The police cars' sirens even sound almost identical to the ones in the ''Adventure'' games.
* The water erupting from the sewers in the trailer's first scene echoes Perfect Chaos' formation in Station Square during the climax of the game.
* The trailer shows the Master Emerald being housed in a Mayan temple which looks similar to the equivalent structures in the Mystic Ruins.

* [[spoiler: Sonic, Tails and Knuckles working together with their charge towards the death egg robot quickly brings to mind their game counterparts in ''Sonic Heroes'' as Team Sonic.]]

* The same trailer shows Sonic and Knuckles attacking each other with what seems to be this universe's incarnation of the Boost, similar to the Sonic vs. Blaze fight in the game that introduced the mechanic, ''VideoGame/SonicRush''.
* The pair also ram into each other at high speeds, creating a pose similar to the one from the fight against Hyper Metal Sonic in the [[Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie Sonic OVA]] and the fight against Blaze in ''VideoGame/SonicRush''.

* Alongside Tom's comments in the trailer that Sonic is "pretending to be Franchise/{{Batman}}" and a shot of Sonic posing in front of a night sky brings to mind [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/3/3b/Humonic.png/revision/latest?cb=20130202231754 one of the bizarre Sound Test]] EasterEgg images from ''VideoGame/SonicCD''.

* At one point in the trailer, Sonic and Tails wear [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGNd6pRXoAE11sc?format=jpg&name=900x900 winter clothing]] that resembles the former's "Bob Beaky" [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGNd6zJWYAkbsUB?format=jpg&name=small disguise]] in ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic''.
* [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGNduEvXwAMP688?format=png&name=900x900 Sonic's skateboard in the trailer]] is modeled on [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGNduN5XMAoMMyR?format=png&name=900x900 an equivalent in an older piece of promotional artwork]].
* In their fight in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', Knuckles is shown being able to easily block a Spin Dash from Sonic. Also in ''Anime/SonicX,'' Knuckles actually had difficulty holding back a Spin Dash from either Sonic or Shadow. During their fight in the trailer, Knuckles does it once again… only now [[TookALevelInBadass doing it with one hand]] ''[[UpToEleven while walking forward]]''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDSKWEIWC2g This CKN interview]] shows that Knuckles still likes grapes like his mainline counterpart.

* The temple housing the Master Emerald contains owl reliefs on the walls similar to the ones in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Labyrinth Zone]].

* Sonic arrives in the Master Emerald's temple via a series of steep, diagonal water streams built into the ruins, incredibly similar to the ones most memorably seen in Labyrinth Zone's Act 3 from the original game (that Sonic would fall down infinitely until the player solved a puzzle to escape them).

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiLdiBk1f8 The music video for "Stars in the Sky"]] features [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOqt9hzWYA0fYL3?format=jpg&name=small Sonic doing the box art pose]] for Videogame/SonicAdventure.

* The {{tagline}} for the movie takes from two others related to the series' history: the original UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis' own "welcome to the next level", with a "2" added to spice it up like how the original ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' did so in its "are you up 2 it?" tagline.
* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' gets several nods.
** The trailer opens with Sonic standing on top of a skyscraper and watching several police cars go by below him, just like the opening scene of his story in that game. The police cars' sirens even sound almost identical to the ones in the ''Adventure'' games.
** The water erupting from the sewers in the trailer's first scene echoes Perfect Chaos' formation in Station Square during the climax of the game.
** The trailer shows the Master Emerald being housed in a Mayan temple which looks similar to the equivalent structures in the Mystic Ruins.
** Sonic is briefly shown bouncing and running through an ancient stone tunnel with stone block obstacles and flame jets bursting around him, similar to a section of the Lost World stage.
* Agent Stone's coffee shop is named the Mean Bean, a reference to ''VideoGame/DoctorRobotniksMeanBeanMachine''.
* At one point in the trailer, Sonic and Tails wear [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGNd6pRXoAE11sc?format=jpg&name=900x900 winter clothing]] that resembles the former's "Bob Beaky" [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGNd6zJWYAkbsUB?format=jpg&name=small disguise]] in ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic''.
* [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGNduEvXwAMP688?format=png&name=900x900 Sonic's skateboard in the trailer]] is modeled on [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGNduN5XMAoMMyR?format=png&name=900x900 an equivalent in an older piece of promotional artwork]].

* In their fight in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', Knuckles is shown being able to easily block a Spin Dash from Sonic. Also in ''Anime/SonicX,'' Knuckles actually had difficulty holding back a Spin Dash from either Sonic or Shadow. During their fight in the trailer, Knuckles does it once again… only now [[TookALevelInBadass doing it with one hand]] ''[[UpToEleven while walking forward]]''.
* Knuckles's ImageSong from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', "Unknown from M.E.", has the lyrics: "Unlike Sonic, I don't chuckle; I'd rather flex my muscles." Here, he is shown with a very serious demeanor, and both his HeroicBuild and casually catching a Spin Dash are certainly flexing.

* Alongside Tom's comments in the trailer that Sonic is "pretending to be Franchise/{{Batman}}" and a shot of Sonic posing in front of a night sky brings to mind [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/3/3b/Humonic.png/revision/latest?cb=20130202231754 one of the bizarre Sound Test]] EasterEgg images from ''VideoGame/SonicCD''.
* Sonic can be seen sporting a Mohawk at one point in the trailers, bringing to mind the American redesign where his quills were put in a row to match a Mohawk.
* The Miles Electric has a translation device, [[EitherWorldDominationOrSomethingABoutBananas and it works about as well as it did]] in ''VideoGame/SonicColors''.
* Sonic and Tails flying towards Robotnik's flying fortress is clearly a reference to Sky Chase Zone from both ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' and ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
* At the beginning of the Trailer, Sonic can be seen eating a chili dog. Chili dogs were considered Sonic's TrademarkFavoriteFood in various media until it was eventually [[CanonImmigrant made canon]] in the mainline games.

** The same trailer shows Sonic and Knuckles attacking each other with what seems to be this universe's incarnation of the Boost, similar to the Sonic vs. Blaze fight in the game that introduced the mechanic, ''VideoGame/SonicRush''.
** The pair also ram into each other at high speeds, creating a pose similar to the one from the fight against Hyper Metal Sonic in the [[Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie Sonic OVA]] and the fight against Blaze in ''VideoGame/SonicRush''.

* The Guardian Units of Nations, a.k.a G.U.N., makes their debut with a logo that uses both the big "G" from the ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' version of their logo and the olive branches from the ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' version.
** Like in Sonic Adventure 2, [[spoiler:they capture Sonic, except here instead of doing it because they mistook him for a different hedgehog, they do it because of Sonic's own shenanigans]].
* Appropriately enough, [[https://twitter.com/sonicmovie/status/1503356100778803205?s=21 one of the film's posters]] is a recreation of the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' US cover art, except with Tails standing behind Sonic rather than next to him.
** The way Jim Carrey's hand rests on the "2" makes it look like he only has [[FourFingeredHands four fingers]], just like the Eggman from said cover art.
** Also, looking closely you can see Knuckles' eyes in the "2", similar to the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog3'' US cover art.
* Part of Sonic and Knuckles' fight at the temple has Sonic non-chalantly dodge Knuckles' RapidFireFisticuffs which is similar to their fight in ''Anime/SonicX''.

* Knuckles smashes through a truck of [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 Splash Hills]] Spring Water.
* Robotnik gaining powers from the Master Emerald is similar to the ending of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'''s Chaos Emerald arc and the Robotnik Reigns Supreme arc from ComicBook/SonicTheComic.
** Similarly, Knuckles cuts the threat of this down - much like in the opening of ''Sonic 3'' - by punching the Emerald's power out of him. [[spoiler: And [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure accidently shatters the emerald]] [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 while doing so.]]]]
* Agent Stone refers to Knuckles as a "porcupine" possibly in reference to his theme from Videogame/SonicAdventure, ''Unknown from M.E.'', doing the same.
* The yellow backpack Tails' wears is similar to one his WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM counterpart wore in the episode Drood Henge.
* [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/d/d4/Sonic_2_movie_sticker_waiting.gif/revision/latest?cb=20220321214326 This Gif]], released as part of the film's marketing, features Sonic impatiently tapping his foot with the text "I'm Waiting" behind him in reference to both an idle animation from the Genesis games and his catchphrase from WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMMpYx_vaZQ This music video, "Speed Life"]] shows Knuckles using the Spin Attack at the end of the video, which references that, especially in the older games, many playable Sonic characters can use most of Sonic's moves.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiLdiBk1f8 The music video for "Stars in the Sky"]] features [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOqt9hzWYA0fYL3?format=jpg&name=small Sonic doing the box art pose]] for Videogame/SonicAdventure.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDSKWEIWC2g This CKN interview]] shows that Knuckles still likes grapes like his mainline counterpart.

* When Sonic tries to save Knuckles from drowning, a large air bubble comes up, which Sonic inhales to get more air, just like he would in any underwater stage.

* ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'':
** Robotnik harnessing the power of the Master Emerald, then using it to conjure a tornado of scrap metal that then forms into a HumongousMecha is akin to Metal Sonic's transformation into Metal Madness.
** [[spoiler: Sonic, Tails and Knuckles working together with their charge towards the death egg robot quickly brings to mind their game counterparts in ''Sonic Heroes'' as Team Sonic.]]
** [[spoiler: Project: Shadow featuring the eponymous hedgehog suspended in a capsule who ominously snaps his eyes open resembles Shadow's introduction in the Team Dark storyline.]]

* [[spoiler: Sonic, Tails and Knuckles working together with their charge towards the death egg robot quickly brings to mind their game counterparts in SonicHeroes as Team Sonic.]]