History Trivia / SonicAndTheBlackKnight

* EndOfAnAge: ''Black Knight'' would be the last ''Sonic'' game that long-time series writer Creator/ShiroMaekawa worked on, before departing from Creator/{{Sega}} shortly after. It was also the final non-crossover game that the 4kids voice cast worked on, before the cast shake-up with ''Colors''. Really puts the whole "everything has its end" theme into context.

* EndOfAnAge: ''Black Knight'' would be the last ''Sonic'' game that long-time series writer Creator/ShiroMaekawa worked on, before departing from Creator/{{Sega}} shortly after. Really puts the whole "everything has its end" theme into context.

* WorkingTitle: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEJURAnUSlM According]] to Jason Griffith, the game was once called something like ''Sonic and the Knights of the Round Table'', and when he heard about the ''Sonic and the Black Knight'' title he mistakenly assumed it was a game he wasn't part of.

** [[https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/the-supreme-topic-of-other-knowledge.8815/page-286#post-929070 According]] to Shiro Maekawa, in his first drafts Caliburn was a girl, but this was changed, much to his surprise. Might explain Caliburn's {{Moe}} eyes too.

* DummiedOut: The game has a lot of unused voice clips. Sonic has one calling out a "Gale Drive" attack. Additionally, each knight has clips describing effects called Fire Blitz, Thunder Blitz, Ice Blitz, Venom Blitz, Panic Blitz, and Stone Blitz; it sounds like an enemy or boss would have made use of them.

* CreatorKiller: ''Black Knight'' would be the last game that writer Creator/ShiroMaekawa worked on, before departing from Creator/{{Sega}} shortly after. Really puts the whole "everything has its end" theme into context.

* BeamMeUpScotty: Many people took offense to Sonic using a sword in ''Black Knight'', pointing to how Sonic said he 'would never be caught dead with one of those' in ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog''. The thing is, Sonic wasn't referring to a sword in that context; he was referring to ''guns''.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Black Knight''[='=]s poor critical reception and commercial failure, on top of Sega's restructuring of the the franchise in 2010, would ultimately result in the death of the ''VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries''.

* DummiedOut: The game has voice clips for each knight describing elemental attacks called Fire Blitz, Thunder Blitz, Ice Blitz, Venom Blitz, Panic Blitz, and Stone Blitz. It sounds like some sort of enemy or boss would have made use of them.

* DummiedOut: The game has clips for each knight describing elemental attacks called Fire Blitz, Thunder Blitz, Ice Blitz, Venom Blitz, Panic Blitz, and Stone Blitz. It sounds like some sort of enemy or boss would have made use of them.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Black Knight''[='=]s poor critical reception and commercial failure, on top of Sega's attempts at streamline the franchise in 2010, would ultimately result in the death of the ''VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries''.