History SuspiciouslySimilarSong / SonicTheHedgehog

** The cutscene track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nkz6TjzOXw Perplexity]] features a part around 0:20 that sounds exactly like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn0g8PTAWes Encounter With Sigma]] from VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX. [=YouTube=]'s algorithm takes it a step further and identifies the song as [[https://www.beatport.com/track/molybdenum-original-mix/3903517 Molybdenum]], a track where artist Deep Seven samples the stock track as well.

** The cutscene track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nkz6TjzOXw Perplexity]] features a part around 0:20 that sounds exactly like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZjmLfr_I8w Encounter With Sigma]] from VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX. [=YouTube=]'s algorithm takes it a step further and identifies the song as [[https://www.beatport.com/track/molybdenum-original-mix/3903517 Molybdenum]], a track where artist Deep Seven samples the stock track as well.

** ''Shadow the Hedgehog'' uses several stock tracks as bases for its own music. One example is the music from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y0ARjIYZhQ Death Ruins]], which features a part around 0:50 in the track that sounds exactly like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVbQ1L87PBk Magma's Danger Room]] from ''VideoGame/XMenLegends''. The same track was also used in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' in the episode "Car Trouble" during a scene where the Teen Titans are fighting Overload in an electronics store.

** The same stock synth is also sampled in VideoGame/SonicRivals 2 in Mystic Haunt Zone: Act 3. It really gets around.

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXukwNQG0uA Marble Zone]] sounds an awful lot like Andy Williams's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2BscyYsXBo "Music to Watch Girls By"]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDd_GlynA6A Spring Yard Zone]] is pretty obviously inspired by Bobby Brown's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0FKzPfsxA4 Every Little Step]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSKgprdDRTY Labyrinth Zone]] is extremely similar to the song "Best Of My Love" by The Emotions. Here is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsOwjZ5AXRI mashup remix]] of the two songs.

** The first part of the Special Stage theme in the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Genesis]] version sounds '''very''' similar to "Picnic" from [[VideoGame/FantasyZone Super Fantasy Zone.]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Weirdly, the prototype version of Special Stage theme is a completely original composition.]]
** The second part of the same theme, in turn, heavily resembles the second part of the character select music from ''Videogame/SuperMarioBros2''.

** Tails' theme is suspiciously similar to the Bridge Zone theme from the 8-bit version ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1''. The theme from ''Series/FullHouse'' and Music/JanetJackson's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfK5QhZ9u7o Together Again]] are also quite similar to Bridge Zone.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTtUe7MhuCo "Rooftop Run"]] from "VideoGame/SonicUnleashed" sounds a lot like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc0mxOXbWIU "Fuck You"]] by Cee-Lo Green. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbT7adR1ic "Here's a mashup."]]

** The chorus of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gc0169Ht48 Fist Bump]] is nearly identical to that of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2aw1XI9FUA Time To Say Goodbye]] from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. Bear in mind that this is from the second season of the show, back in 2014, while ''Forces'' came out in '''2017.'''

** On another note, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZoCvvumN64 Luminous Forest]] steals its main chord progression wholesale from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xdi-QDMdW0 Give 'Em Hell, Kid]] by Music/MyChemicalRomance. It even mimicks the bass solo in the beginning of MCR's track!

** In Carnival Night Zone, the beat from Michael Jackson's "Jam" is used, along with the trumpet riff and stock glass-breaking sound, and the melody is based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0 "Entry of the Gladiators"]], a famous orchestral circus piece that everyone has heard at least once.

** Tails' theme is suspiciously similar to the Bridge Zone theme from the 8-bit version ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'', which itself is suspiciously similar to the theme from ''Series/FullHouse''. It's also quite similar to Janet Jackson's [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2apgm_janet-jackson-together-again_music Together Again]].

** The Special Stage theme from the Genesis version is basically a pitched-up, faster version of "Picnic", the stage 1 theme from ''Super Fantasy Zone'', with a few notes changed.

* The first part of the Special Stage theme in the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Genesis]] version of [[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Sonic 3D Blast]] sounds '''very''' similar to "Picnic" from [[VideoGame/FantasyZone Super Fantasy Zone.]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Weirdly, the prototype version of Special Stage theme is a completely original composition.]]

* The Special Stage theme from the Genesis version is basically a pitched-up, faster version of "Picnic", the stage 1 theme from ''Super Fantasy Zone'', with a few notes changed.

** The Hydrocity zone music is reminiscent of the Mike Mareen song "Heavy Water".

** Metropolis Zone somewhat resembles Van Halen's "Jump" and the Pointer Sisters' "Jump (For My Love)".

** Tails' theme is suspiciously similar to the Bridge Zone theme from the 8-bit version ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', which itself is suspiciously similar to the theme from ''Series/FullHouse''. It's also quite similar to Janet Jackson's [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2apgm_janet-jackson-together-again_music Together Again]].

** The Launch Base Zone music uses the "GO!" yells from "Speed Demon," as well as a bass hook similar to Nu Shooz's "I Can't Wait".

** The cutscene track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nkz6TjzOXw Perplexity]] features a part around 0:20 that sounds exactly like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZjmLfr_I8w Encounter With Sigma]] from VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX. YouTube's algorithm takes it a step further and identifies the song as [[https://www.beatport.com/track/molybdenum-original-mix/3903517 Molybdenum]], a track where artist Deep Seven samples the stock track as well.

** Star Light Zone's music is suspiciously similar to Music/TheBeeGees' "How Deep is Your Love" from ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''. In turn, it is the basis for the J-pop song ''Kusuriyubi no Kesshin'' by ''Dreams Come True'', whom composer Masato Nakamura was a member of. Parts of the music also sound similar to Madonna's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAf8dSyK2HM Borderline]], in particular the part at 00:17.

** Star Light Zone's music is suspiciously similar to Music/TheBeeGees' "How Deep is Your Love" from ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''. In turn, it is the basis for the J-pop song ''Kusuriyubi no Kesshin'' by ''Dreams Come True'', whom composer Masato Nakamura was a mmber of. Parts of the music also sound similar to Madonna's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHDbv7ZPCE0 Borderline]], in particular the part at 00:17.

** Parts of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzorhmaOstI Red Hot Skull]] sound very much like Supercat's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8QaS5BR5Js Ghetto Red Hot]], although it may simply be based on the same {{sampl|ing}}es.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhh8K2wJC1E Azure Blue World]], the theme to Emerald Coast from Sonic Adventure sounds incredibly similar to T-Square's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7zB3OpR8sw Omens of Love]].

* The music to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpqNffL9ec4 Neo Green Hill Zone]] board in ''VideoGame/SonicPinballParty'' is a messed-up version of the tune to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zUGXqD1pm0 Neo Green Hill Zone Act 2]] in ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Advance|Series}}''. This is especially bizarre considering that the game's other boards (also based off of ''Advance'' levels) take the music verbatim from their models.

* Take a listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OHL_PAOkT4 "Back-2-Back"]], the theme for Water Palace from ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}}''. Now, if it hasn't sprung to mind already, take a listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxGtunwPIe0 "Start the Commotion"]] by The Wiseguys. The similar repeated use of the guitar hook sample is just the tip of the iceberg. It's like Hideki Naganuma composed a ''tribute'' as a BGM!

* The theme for the first Infinite boss from ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' strangely sounds like Music/PSY's "Gangnam Style". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqX_WTdTMxM Listen to the mashup.]]

* The theme for the first Infinite boss from ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' strangely sounds like Music/PSY's "Gangnam Style". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqX_WTdTMxM Listen to the mashup.]]

* The theme for the first Infinite boss strangely sounds like Music/PSY's "Gangnam Style". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqX_WTdTMxM Listen to the mashup.]]

* The first part of the Special Stage theme in the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Genesis]] version of [[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland Sonic 3D Blast]] sounds '''very''' similar to "Picnic" from [[VideoGame/FantasyZone Super Fantasy Zone.]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Weirdly, the prototype version of Special Stage theme is a completely original composition.]]