History WebAnimation / NazoUnleashed

** Nazo says something to this effect right before [[spoiler:Hyper Shadic blasts him away.]]

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: [[spoiler:Perfect Nazo, who is dark red and even more powerful than "normal" Nazo.]]

* {{Rotoscoping}}: On the annotes for the HD Director's cut, Chakra-X admits to tracing over scenes from ''Anime/SonicX'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', admitting at its laziness.

* WhamLine:
---> [[spoiler:'''Perfect Nazo''']]: But tell me, [[spoiler:Hyper Shadic. How many rings do you have left after that little transformation?]]
** One comes right after that.
---> [[spoiler:'''Perfect Nazo''']]: I also admit, that I admire your ability to turn Chaos Emeralds into Super Emeralds. Something that even I can't do. [[spoiler:However, this also works in ''my'' favor... for now, I can absorb the new reservoir of negative energy!]]

---> '''Sonic:''' Shadow! Have you lost your mind?!\\

** [[spoiler:After Nazo absorbs the negative energy from the Chaos and Master Emeralds, achieving his Perfect form, both Super Sonic and Super Shadow (either one of whom are somewhat stronger than standard Nazo) attempt to battle him. Nazo [[NoSell No Sells]] a punch to the forehead and [[PunchCatch catches a Spin Attack]] from Super Sonic, casually backhands a Chaos attack and handily out-speeds Chaos Control from Super Shadow, and survives Super Shadow [[IAmNotLeftHanded cutting loose]] with [[SphereOfDestruction Chaos Blast]] with no visible damage.]]

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Nazo. He is so cocky and self-assured that he actually gets shocked whenever Sonic and Shadow manage to overpower him.
** Shadow himself is a bit proud and cocky, due to being the UltimateLifeForm.

* FanEdit: Four remakes featuring background music (as well as higher quality voice clips and SFX) from the English and Japanese versions of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' as well as ''Anime/DragonBallKai'' have been released. Take your pick:

* FanEdit: Three remakes featuring background music (as well as higher quality voice clips and SFX) from the English and Japanese versions of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' as well as ''Anime/DragonBallKai'' have been released. Take your pick:

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Before Perfect Nazo (who is said to be more powerful than the God of Destruction Perfect Chaos) [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroys the Earth]] with a [[KiAttacks Chaos energy blast]], [[FusionDance Hyper Shadic]] kicks him in the face so hard that he flies right through and into a rock.]]

* KiAttacks: Or Chaos energy attacks if you prefer. Nazo is literally made of the stuff and displays a wider variety of, and heavier reliance on, Chaos techniques than any of the protagonists.

** Nazo exclaims "Impossible!" after Dark Sonic [[NoSell deflects]] his [[KiAttacks Chaos energy blast]].

** Nazo exclaims "Impossible!" after Dark Sonic [[No Sell deflects]] his [[KiAttacks Chaos energy blast]].

* OhCrap: Shadow gets this when his strongest Chaos Blast doesn't work on Nazo. [[spoiler: Nazo himself gets this later on when Hyper Shadic is about to kill him.]]

* Expy: [[spoiler: Shadic, [[Anime/DragonBallZ it's just so obvious]].]]

* Facepalm: Sonic does this [[TakeThat in response]] to Shadow [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog pointing a gun]] at Nazo.

* EvilLaugh: Shadow laughs evilly before he transforms into Super Shadow to face off against Nazo.
** Nazo also delivers a creepy laugh [[spoiler:as he transforms into his perfect form.]]
* {{Expy}} : [[spoiler: Shadic, [[Anime/DragonBallZ its just so obvious]].]]

* {{Facepalm}}: Sonic does this [[TakeThat in response]] to Shadow [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog pointing a gun]] at Nazo.

* OnlyWorksOnce: The news and military don't mistake Nazo for Sonic, as they had learned their lesson in making assumptions from Sonic Adventure 2.

** [[spoiler:After {{No Sell}}ing Super Sonic and Super Shadow's attacks, Perfect Nazo is completely assured of his invincibility and considers the newly-created [[FusionDance Hyper Shadic]] to be beneath notice. Then Shadic kicks him in the face and sends him flying away into rock, with Perfect Nazo painfully dragging himself out and thinking "this is impossible."]]

* {{Expy}} : [[spoiler: Shadic, [[Anime/DragonBallZ its just so obvious]] ]]
** Of course, Nazo [[spoiler: final form and origins are a ShoutOut to Omega Shenron.]]

* VictoryByEndurance: Nazo's manages to win his first bout against Super Sonic through this. Although he was overall weaker than Super Sonic the fight dragged on for too long, causing Sonic to run out of rings and ended up depowering once Nazo managed to land a decisive blow. Later, while Super Shadow was fighting Nazo, Sonic collects 200 rings, 40 of which he gives to Shadow, in order to prevent this from becoming an issue again. [[spoiler: Perfect Nazo later points [[DiscussedTrope this out]] when faced with Hyper Shadic, even though he was the weaker of the two he could maintain his SuperMode indefinitely whilst Shadic had a very strict time limit]].

* BigBad: Nazo

---> '''Nazo:''' No! Stop! You can't be doing this!

The originals can be found on Website/{{Newgrounds}} ([[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/331288 Part 1]], [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/333858 Part 2]], [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/396530 Part 3]]). The series has undergone two rereleases by Chakra-X, both of which improve the animation with techniques that he learned after high school; one is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZxseZ1dRMA HD Director's Cut]], which adds annotation commentary and cuts the three parts together as one movie. This version was further remastered as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-etGCr7SM4 Nazo Unleashed DX]], which more cleanly upscales the movie to the video format and adds further additions.

Chakra-X eventually stated that he would like to make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBb2vL_fsII fully official sequel]] 10 years after its original release. In February 2016, he has released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0mDYDAYx7A the first official teaser]] for ''The Wrath of Nazo''. It was originally scheduled for a 2019 release; however, due to the runtime ending up being longer than originally intended[[note]]the original intention was for it to be fifteen minutes overall; after the script was done it ended up becoming twenty-five minutes, then after several more edits to the plot and realizing the originally planned ending ended up being rather [[AntiClimax anti-climatic]], it ultimately got pushed up to forty minutes[[/note]], the date was pushed back to a currently undefined date. Chakra has stated that he hopes to at least get Act I and II out by 2019, with Act III coming sometime after but doesn't want to give any solid dates due to how much the animation process can speed up and slow down during development.

* EpilepticFlashingLights: Admittedly, people with epilepsy should be wary of the [[spoiler: Shadic introduction bit]] of part three. Because of the setup, there are a ''lot'' of rapidly flashing lights [[spoiler: courtesy of Sonic and Shadow's hyper forms]] and Sonic and Shadow's voice clips are overlayed three times as a result of [[spoiler: PowerEchoes]]. The end result is a bit that can be rather overwhelming on the senses. Even people who don't have epilepsy have reported getting mild headaches at this part.

* PillarOfLight: [[spoiler:Super Sonic generates one during his transformation. Super Shadow finishes his Chaos attack beatdown on Nazo with a Chaos Spear that detonates as one. Hyper Shadic emerges from Sonic and Shadow's FusionDance in a multicolored one. As per the RuleOfCool, it gets used a lot in this series. ]]

* SpeedBlitz: Super Sonic and Super Shadow engage Nazo in a superpowered Light Speed Attack, in which the two finally defeat him. [[spoiler:They don't have the raw power to finish the job, though, and he opts to just [[HealingFactor lay low while they celebrate]].]]

** [[spoiler:After Nazo absorbs the negative energy from the Chaos and Master Emeralds, achieving his Perfect form, both Super Sonic and Super Shadow (either one of whom are somewhat stronger than standard Nazo) attempt to battle him. Nazo [[NoSell No Sells]] a punch to the forehead and [[PunchCatch catches a Spin Attack]] from Super Sonic, casually backhands a Chaos attack and handily outspeeds Chaos Control from Super Shadow, and survives Super Shadow [[IAmNotLeftHanded cutting loose]] with [[SphereOfDestruction Chaos Blast]] with no visible damage.]]

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler: Nazo's new SuperMode is green in color; the same color as the ''original'' design for his perfect form used way back in Chakra-X's 'Power of Nazo' flash animation, the original insperation for Nazo Unleashed proper.]]

The biggest claim to fame of this series are the masterfully animated fight scenes. Of course, it's quite obvious [[Manga/DragonBall where they got their inspiration]], but it pulls it off very well, as they carry the tension, action, and fluidity as expected of those scenes.

* ContinuityPorn: Despite taking a lot from ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', the series still roots itself firmly into the games canon. Chakra-X even identifies certain moves from obscure games in the HD Director's Cut.

* {{Expy}} : [[spoiler: Shadic, [[Manga/DragonBall its just so obvious]] ]]

* FanEdit: Three remakes featuring background music (as well as higher quality voice clips and SFX) from the English and Japanese versions of Anime/DragonBallZ as well as Anime/DragonBallKai have been released. Take your pick:

* HealingHands: [[spoiler:Knuckles transfers rings to Tails to revive him. Visually, it looks very [[Anime/DragonBall Dende-esque]].]]

* MeteorMove: As part of the ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' homages, this is used a lot.

* {{Rotoscoping}}: On the annotes for the HD Director's cut, Chakra-X admits to tracing over scenes from ''Anime/SonicX'' and ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', admitting at its laziness.

* ShoutOut: The fight scenes are styled very similarly to those of ''Manga/DragonBall Z''. Chakra-X justifies this saying that Sonic's creators admitted to using ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' as inspiration for the series; Chakra-X just takes the references UpToEleven.

* AGodAmI: Nazo calls his eventual [[spoiler:Perfect Nazo]] form more powerful than a god.

** Shadow himself is a bit proud and cocky, due to being TheUltimateLifeForm.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Transforming the Chaos Emeralds into Super Emeralds and allowing Sonic and Shadow to access their Hyper forms and perform a FusionDance to create Hyper Shadic and by all appearances, the heroes once again have Perfect Nazo on the ropes... until he reveals that transforming the Chaos Emeralds into Super Emeralds also amplified the negative energy within them and giving Nazo the means to become even more powerful]].

* ArtEvolution: While the original trilogy progressive got better and better with each episode, the with the official sequel takes this UpToEleven. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0mDYDAYx7A Just by looking at the official teaser, his artwork has gone leaps and bounds to where it is easily comparable to quality animation on TV today.]] Helps that Chakra-X had become a professional animator by that time and worked on several ''official'' animated series.

* ThisCannotBe: Nazo says something to this effect right before [[spoiler:Hyper Shadic blasts him away.]]
--> '''Nazo:''' No! Stop! You can't be doing this!

Nazo Unleashed is a fan-made WebAnimation trilogy of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' by [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] animator Aaron "Chakra-X" Cowdery ([[http://chakra-x.newgrounds.com/ Newgrounds]], [[http://chakra-x.deviantart.com deviantART]], [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ChakraXNewgrounds YouTube]]). It is based around an [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/b/bb/Nazo_x.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20070206010049 unused screenshot]] from ''Anime/SonicX'' that had a hedgehog with spiked-up quills and a silver coat.[[note]]It was later confirmed by Takashi Iizuka that "Nazo" was actually an alternative design for Super Sonic[[/note]] The mysterious character was {{Fan Nickname}}d "Nazo", a Japanese word for "mystery".

* ItsAllAboutMe: Nazo explains that since he's made of Chaos Energy, it makes him continuously hungry for more and more energy. [[spoiler:He also plans to destroy the world in order to destroy the Master Emerald, since his Pride dictates that he can't be inferior to an inanimate object.]]

* MadeOfEvil: Nazo, who is made of the negative energy of the Chaos Emeralds.

* MightyGlacier: Nazo himself. While he's not actually that slow, he noticeably never displays the same level of speed as either Sonic or Shadow to the point that he couldn't even land an attack on Base Sonic without resorting to Chaos Control. In return however he's strong enough to effortlessly knock out [[TheBigGuy Knuckles]] with one blow, match blows with Sonic and Shadow in their Super forms while only being in Base form himself and has a HealingFactor that allows him to recover from almost anything. [[spoiler: Even after Perfect Nazo absorbs the negative energy of the Super Emeralds he admits that Hyper Shadic is probably still his superior in pure speed]].

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: When Knuckles uses his healing ability on Tails. There is no canon material that even hints that he can do this.

** Used very liberally in this series. First, there's Super Sonic and Super Shadow, then later, [[spoiler:Nazo assumes a dark red form called Perfect Nazo, then Sonic and Shadow assume their [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Hyper Modes]] thanks to the Super Emeralds right before they FusionDance into Shadic, then Perfect Nazo absorbs the new storage of negative energy from the Super Emeralds to reach his own Hyper Mode, then Knuckles and Tails become Hyper Knuckles and Super Tails to assist Hyper Shadic in defending the Earth from Hyper Nazo's earth-destroying sphere.]]

* HealingFactor: Nazo, as a being of Chaos energy, isn't burdened by the limits of biological regeneration and, when given a moment, is able to heal from almost any damage. This is primarily why he was able to survive against both Super Sonic and Super Shadow, who could match and surpass him in a straight fight, but eventually run out of stamina or rings. [[spoiler:It ups in power once he goes Perfect and beyond, to the point that even Hyper Shadic's final energy beam that destroys his planet-busting attack and blasts him into space isn't quite enough to finish him. Nazo only goes down permanently when Shadic rips out the negative energy that made Nazo perfect and then blasts his Base form into nothing]].

* OhCrap: Shadow gets this when his ultimate attack doesn't work on Nazo. [[spoiler: Nazo himself gets this later on when Hyper Shadic is about to kill him.]]

** Used very liberally in this series. First, there's Super Sonic and Super Shadow, then later, [[spoiler:Nazo assumes a dark red form called Perfect Nazo, then Sonic and Shadow assume their [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Hyper Modes]] thanks to the Super Emeralds right before they FusionDance into Shadic, then Perfect Nazo absorbs the new storage of negative energy from the Super Emeralds to reach an even higher unnamed level, then Knuckles and Tails become Hyper Knuckles and Super Tails to assist Hyper Shadic in defending the Earth from Nazo's earth-destroying sphere.]]

* HealingFactor: Nazo, as a being of Chaos energy, isn't burdened by the limits of biological regeneration and, when given a moment, is able to heal from almost any damage. This is primarily why he was able to survive against both Super Sonic and Super Shadow, who could match and surpass him in a straight fight, but eventually run out of stamina or rings.

** Used very liberally in this series. First, there's Super Sonic and Super Shadow, then later, [[spoiler:Nazo assumes a dark red form called Perfect Nazo, then Sonic and Shadow assume their [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Hyper Modes]] right before they FusionDance into Shadic, then Knuckles and Tails become Hyper Knuckles and Super Tails to assist Hyper Shadic in defending the Earth from Nazo's earth-destroying sphere.]]

* OnlyWorksOnce: Shadow's mis-identification of sonic does not repeat itself when the news reports on Nazo, as they already learned their lesson about identity assumptions last time.

* AwesomeButImpractical: [[spoiler:[[FusionDance Shadic]]. Strong enough to take out pretty much anything in the official canon with ease. However, the unification requires an amount of chaos energy to be present that can only be supplied by the Super Emeralds, and because of this, his default state is Hyper form and when his rings run out, he separates. On top of that, since he's both in Hyper form as well as two hedgehogs in one, he burns far more rings per second than a standard Super form[[labelnote: Note]]According to the special edition, Hyper Shadic burns around 20 to 60 rings ''per second''[[/labelnote]].]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: [[spoiler:[[FusionDance Shadic]]. Strong enough to take out pretty much anything in the official canon with ease. However, the unification requires an amount of chaos energy to be present that can only be supplied by the Super Emeralds, and because of this, his default state is Hyper form and when his rings run out, he separates. On top of that, since he's both in Hyper form as well as two hedgehogs in one, he burns far more rings per second than a standard Super form.]]