History Recap / SonicTheHedgehogArchieComicsCountdownToChaos

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sally gets the worst of the memory surge, as she remembers '''''everything''''' as Mecha Sally in the old universe.

* WhamLine: Nicole panics after finding out about the Genesis Wave incidents; specifically, the result of the Super one.

** Most of the surviving [=SatAM=]/Archie characters have undergone a bit of a visual overhaul to make it look like they belong in the Sonic video games (by anatomy, clothing, or both), though their personalities are the same, if not improved. King Acorn, for example, resembles his younger self but is a lot more positive and spry, likely due to not being repeatedly injured, mind controlled, or imprisoned in another dimension for years.
** Over half of Eggmam's top enforcers, formerly titled 'Grandmasters of the Dark Egg Legion' to 'Egg Bosses of the Egg Army', are entirely new (i. e. Axel the Water Buffalo) while the rest survived the CosmicRetcon (i. e. Lord Mordred Hood).

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Just as Amy, Cream and Cheese, along with Bean and Bark have returned from Blaze's dimension (see ''Sonic Universe's'' "Pirate Plunder Panic"), they immediately find Sally escaping from Metal Sonic and proceed to help her, though Bean and Bark leave the scene despite Cream begging for their help.

** Sonic accidentally takes in a face full of the purple smoke whule saving Uncle Chuck and his device. Despite Chuck's insistence that Sonic gets himself checked out, he instead powers through it. It would take several issues before something "monstrous" is "[[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed unleashed]]" from within him.
** After meeting with Bunnie in the Metropolis Zone, they escape with a shield generator designed for Eggman's Death Egg. It would later be used for Tails and Rotor's Sky Patrol base.

** After meeting with Bunnie in the Metropolis Zone, they escape with a shield generator designed for Eggman's Death Egg. It would later be used for Rotor's Sky Patrol base.

* IdiosyncraticCoverArt: Similar to the older ''Knuckles the Echidna'' spin-off comics, this arc's covers could be put together to make one masive portrait, as shown above.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sally gets the worset of the memory surge, as she remembers '''''everything''''' as Mecha Sally in the old universe.

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Back in the old universe, events around Mecha Sally led to her original Freedom Fighters team to dissolve and reform into two separate groups (''Team Freedom'', defending New Mobotropolis, and ''Team Fighters'', fending off Eggman' forces throughout Mobius and try to bring Sally back). While what becomes of them all later is forever shrouded in mystery thanks to the Genesis Waves, here, they only separate while performing their own missions. The arc focuses on Sonic and Tails helping them before they all meet back at the Sky Patrol. In terms of the comic itself, it basically re-introduces the main cast to old and new readers.

** Old Mobotropolis and Knothole are untouched in this new universe. Later stories reveal that the Sonic and the others successfully liberated them from Eggman's grip. Sonic and Tails finds this refreshing after remembering that these were destroyed back in the old universe.

** Most of the surviving [=SatAM=]/Archie characters have undergone a bit of a visual overhaul to to make it look like they belong in the Sonic video games (by anatomy, clothing, or both), though their personalities are the same, if not improved. King Acorn, for example, resembles his younger self but is a lot more positive and spry, likely due to not being repeatedly injured, mind controlled, or imprisoned in another dimension for years.
** Over half of Eggmam's top enforcers, formerly titled 'Grandmasters of the Dark Egg Legion' to 'Egg Bosses of the Egg Army', are entirely new (i. e. Axel the Water Buffalo) while the rest survived the CosmicRetcon (i. e. Lord Hood).

* YouDontLookLikeYou: InUniverse. While most of the cast are redesigned but recognizable in the new universe, Muttski is among those played straight, much to Sonic and Tails' shock. What was once a four-legged friend of the blue hedgehog is now another anthropomorphic citizen.

** Old Mobotropolis and Knothole are untouched. Later stories reveal that the Sonic and the others successfully liberated them from Eggman's grip.

* WhamLine: Aside from the final lines above.
** Nicole panics after finding out about the Genesis Wave incidents; specifically, the result of the Super one.
--->'''Nicole:''' LAUNCH THE SKY PATROL! '''NOW'''! THE PLANET DIDN'T JUST GET REWRITTEN! [...] This is... far worse than I anticipated. Analyzing what I now know about the dual realities, I found it wasn't just the planet that was affected. Not just our reality. ''The entire multiverse has collapsed in upon itself''!
** Eggman comes to this conclusion with his robots, and adds that the Super Genesis Wave's leftover energy is being applied to their planet... and it's not a good thing.
--->'''Orbot:''' That... sounds [[{{Understatement}} ominous]], boss. \\
'''Eggman:''' Ominous? I'm talking about ''the end of the world'', you idiot! This planet is going to tear itself apart!

* AdaptationalRelationshipChange:

* ApocalypseHow: What both Eggman and Nicole discover after accessing data regarding the Genesis Waves and what is now occurring before them: Eggman's first attempt at changing reality was focused entirely on Mobius, which was a risk in itself before Sonic undid it. When Eggman allied with [[ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics another doctor]], they tried to change the reality of ''everything'' with the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide Super Genesis Wave]]. Though Sonic reversed the effects there as well, Eggman's desperate attempt to stop him led to the birth of this new reality. Unfortunately, it also caused a chain reaction that destroyed their old universe, along with nearly the entire '''''multiverse''''', and their new world is being fed the Wave's residual energies, soon causing it to break apart.

* BittersweetEnding: The Freedom Fighters have reunited after taking on Eggman's cohorts, but that's where the good news ends. After helping everyone gain memories from their old life, Nicole makes a horrific discovery (as does Eggman, after returning to the Death Egg): Thanks to Eggman's biggest attempt to change reality, the entire Multiverse has completely collasped in on itself, leaving only a handful of dimensions intact. The energies from the doctor's Super Genesis Wave have culminated into their planet, leading to the rising earthquakes that are felt all over the world. What's worse, there is no stopping or undoing it as the planet itself is violently tearing itself apart as they speak. [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt This could very well be the end of the world]]! [[Recap/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComicsDamageControl Or is it?]]

* ExpositionBeam: For Nicole to restore her systems, Sonic and Tails take her to Rotor, Antoine, Bunnie, Amy, and Sally, who all briefly gain memories of the old universe via surge, simply by holding her. Like Tails, some are left disoriented while others traumatized, including Sally.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sally gets the worse of the memory surge, as she remembers '''''everything''''' as Mecha Sally in the old universe.

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Back in the old universe, events around Mecha Sally led to her original Freedom Fighters team to dissolve and reform into two separate groups (''Team Freedom'', defending New Mobotropolis, and ''Team Fighters'', fending off Eggman' forces and try to bring Sally back). While what becomes of them later is forever shrouded in mystery thanks to the Genesis Waves, here, they only separate while performing their own missions. The arc focuses on Sonic and Tails helping them before they all meet back at the Sky Patrol. In terms of the comic itself, it pretty much re-introduces the main cast to old and new readers.

** Most of the surviving [=SatAM=]/Archie characters have undergone a bit of a visual overhaul (by anatomy, clothing, or both) , though their personalities are the same, if not improved. King Acorn, for example, resembles his younger self but is a lot more positive and spry, likely due to not being repeatedly injured, mind controlled, or imprisoned in another dimension for years.

** Sir Charles Hedgehog (now Professor or Doctor Chuck) has always been established as Sonic's biological Uncle Chuck, ever since ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''. With this new universe, he is now an "[[HonoraryUncle Uncle to Many]]".

** Sir Charles Hedgehog (now Professor or Doctor Chuck) has always been established as Sonic's biological Uncle Chuck, ever since ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''. With this new universe, he is now an "Uncle to Many".

** Sonic and Eggman encounter random earthquakes and puffs of sinister-looking purple smoke from the cracks. While the end of arc makes it seem like the end of the world, it would actually be the beginning of something else entirely.

* BittersweetEnding: The Freedom Fighters have reunited after taking on Eggman's cohorts, but that's where the good news ends. After helping everyone gain memories from their old life, Nicole makes a horrific discovery (as does Eggman, after returning to the Death Egg): Thanks to Eggman's biggest attempt to change reality, the entire Multiverse has completely collasped in on itself, leaving only a handful of dimensions intact. The energies from the doctor's Super Genesis Wave have culminated into their planet, leading to the rising earthquakes that are felt all over the world. What's worse, there is no stopping or undoing it as the planet itself is violently tearing itself apart as they speak. [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt This could very well be the end of the world]]! [[TheEndOrIsIt Or is it?]]