History Webvideo / SonicDissected

* ShowDontTell: Luke complains about ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'''s overuse of explaining stuff, and comparing it to ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'''s scenes with Chaos.

* SuperheroesWearCapes: Captain Theory

'''Luke:''' That describes a [[TakeThatAudience good chunk of Youtube]]

'''Luke:''' Bah! [[GrumpyOldMan everything was better in my day]] when the NES was released!

Sonic Dissected is an animated web series that takes an analytic look at the Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog franchise, be it the games, animations or anything Sonic related that gets announced, (like ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'') and discusses them about its narrative, its flaws, its characters and gameplay and how we can improve them and see these games and characters from another point of view. The ''Sonic'' series can be quite controversial and is not there to just criticize the games or its audience--they just want to give viewers a better and deeper understanding of the games from a narrative perspective as well as to inform and educate them.

[[folder: Episodes 1 to 4]]

* Chapter 4: Why VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 is AMAZING: they give an analysis on the game's structure, narrative, and how it made it one of Sonic best stories. Also, gushing.

* Chapter 5: Why Sonic Unleashed bores me: They discuss in how Sonic Unleashed's story tried to be like Sonic Adventure 2, only to fail in this regard.

[[folder: Episodes 5 to 9]]

* AbortedArc: Luke mentions how Videogame/SonicColors brings subplots, only to make nothing out of them, and waste his time.

* {{Flanderization}}: Discussed. Roger gives the argument that Sonic was a more emotional character during the Adventure series, showing emotions like sadness, fear, being worried, surprised, among others. But in the newest games, Sonic's only personality trait is being [[TheAce “Cocky and in control”]]. Roger says that Sonic being always in control ruins the balance, and doesn't allow Eggman to have a moment of victory, making the whole conflict meaningless.
--> '''Roger''': Sonic gets down a few times, says a cocky one liner, and if earned, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is awesome]]. If Sonic is incredible from start to finish, then it's less “exciting adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog” and more like “Sonic The Asshole beats helpless robots down". Sonic needs to be scared every now and then to give a proper story momentum.

--> '''Luke''': [[VideoGame/SonicRiders So you are from the Babylon Rogues]], a tribe of people who travelled for several generations in becoming the ultimate Air Riders, and being your only purpose and goal in the entire world. Well, sucks to be you, Sonic never touched an Air Board before, randomly grabs one, and is as good as the champion of the world in 30 seconds!
-->[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries You are one of the Knights of the Round Table]], you dedicated your life in becoming the perfect knight. Well, Sonic just stumbles in, waves vaguely with his sword for 5 minutes and immediately gives you lectures about how you could be a much better knight.
--> '''Sonic, to Sir Gawain''': "Is that the best that chivalry of yours can do?"
--> '''Roger''': Yeah Knuckles, you suck! Go in the corner! UsefulNotes/{{JESUS}} Creator/{{CHUCK NORRIS}} [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog SONIC]] will save the day!
** Luke notes that ''VideoGame/SonicCd'' notwithstanding, Amy was actually quite complex during the VideoGame/SonicAdventure games, with her focus on Sonic was not because she wanted to marry him but because she wanted to get out of her boring life, to do the right thing and she admired Sonic for being an ActionHero and wanted him to respect her. She even went against Sonic to protect her robot friend. Even during VideoGame/SonicShuffle which is [[CanonDiscontinuity not canon]] but was written before VideoGame/SonicAdventure2, Amy says “Forget about Sonic, look at my clothes!”,something that surprised Roger. During VideoGame/SonicAdventure2, which is the game that started the idea of her being in love with Sonic, Luke suggested that this is an act to make herself more comfortable around danger, and make Sonic believe she is not intimidated by the adventure.

--> '''Luke''': “This is not how comic relief characters work! They’re supposed to relieve tension after scary moments, not during them! Like, [[WesternAnimation/{{Babar}} this is a happy cartoon about talking elephants and stuff]], but when this guy tries to kill them, the comic relief characters are all scared and stuff. This make the kids realize “Huh, even the funny moment are scary” This scene is interesting, but put the humor during those scenes, and you dumb them down!”
* TheProfessor: Both Roger & Luke act as professors in the studies of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. As the main host, Roger gives us the most information and his own views on the franchise.

-->''' Roger''': Plot twists are only plot twists when the plot y´know, twists.
* ShowDontTell: Luke complains about VideoGame/SonicUnleashed's overuse of explaining stuff, and comparing it to VideoGame/SonicAdventure's scenes with Chaos.
-->'''Luke''': Remember when Tikal had a five hour lecture? Oh wait, she never did that, we are shown Chaos' backstory with visuals, characters and drama.
* SickEpisode: There is an arc where the episodes are set in a hospital ward due to Luke’s accident in ‘Unleashed again’

--> '''Roger, with an annoying voice:''' I heard some funny guy on Website/YouTube make a joke about Sonic having too many characters and me, having no personality or basic thoughts on my own, brainlessly repeat what they said.
--> '''Luke''': That describes a [[TakeThatAudience good chunk of Youtube]]

--> '''Roger, with an annoying voice:''' "I'm an elitist jerk who hasn't grown up since the 90's and demand that the Sonic games never evolve beyond the Genesis games.”
--> '''Luke''': Bah! [[GrumpyOldMan everything was better in my day]] when the NES was released!

Sonic Dissected is an animated web series that takes an analytic look at the Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog franchise, be it the games, animations or anything Sonic related that gets announced, (like ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'') and discusses them about its narrative, it’s flaws, its characters and gameplay and how we can improve them and see these games and characters from another point of view. The Sonic series can be quite controversial and are not there to just criticize the games or its audience. They just want to give you a better and deeper understanding of the games from a narrative perspective as well as to inform and educate you about them.

* NiceHat: Both Roger and Luke, as well as Captain Theory wear very nice Top Hats to fit their classy look. Even Guest Speaker Frobman wore a [[RuleOfCool Fez.]]

* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Why Luke enjoys VideoGame/SonicAdventure2's story.

* ActionPrologue: Praised with VideoGame/SonicAdventure2, disliked it with ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''. For the role reversal and mystery tone and how the plot carefully increases in the first, and how meaningless and without consequences is on the latter. While in the first game we have Sonic arrested, we later see him in jail, moon gets destroyed and people reacting and commenting about it. In Unleashed, Eggman just jokes about Sonic turning into a werehog, and Sonic hardly reacts to the destruction of the planet. It doesn’t help that after all the drama, the next scene is Chip having an orgasm with the chocolate ice cream or laughing like idiots.

* CaptainObvious: The reason they didn't talk about Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 for a long time, is that most of the problems were already talked about by other reviewers. And even then, it was pointless to complain. Roger compared this with a train competition, with the judges dissecting how the trains worked, but in the case of 2006, it would be a train that is a giant mess that everyone can notice.

* CatapultNightmare: In episode 8, Roger dreams about the announcement of VideoGame/SonicLostWorld and woke up reacting to Lost Hex.

** Luke notes that while Amy being in love with Sonic was apparent in ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'', during VideoGame/SonicAdventure she doesn’t seem to be that romantically interested in Sonic, being a fangirl at best. The first time Amy and Sonic interact, it's Amy asking Sonic, a well known hero who is occupied with the Chaos plot, to take care of a little bird.

* GenreShift: Discussed. Frobman, unlike Roger and Luke, doesn’t like VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 that much, and one of the reasons is how different it is compared with the first game.

* HypocriticalHumor: Roger has issues with the animation of VideoGame/SonicColors. Luke of course, reacts the best way about it

* LazyArtist: Discussed. Roger, as the “Bad Animator” he is, notices when an good animator is bored out of his mind, and knows that the most boring scenes to animate are talking scenes, when nothing is happening. This is the reason why he tends to put characters interacting with the background on his personal animations. Since VideoGame/SonicColors's cutscenes are mostly talking, he feels the animators are not having the opportunity to have fun.

* LimitedAnimation: Discussed. Roger mentions that, despite the very LimitedAnimation of VideoGame/SonicAdventure, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools the game uses interesting environments and good use of the camera, and makes the story work, especially for its time.]]

* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: The plot of games like ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' and Franchise/KingdomHearts annoy Roger because he feels like they employ symbolism and PurpleProse just for the sake of it without any actual depth or meaning.

-->'''Luke''': Let’s take a look at VideoGame/SonicAdventure2's story, and not the elements, the things that grab your attention. I mean the actual structure, the things you may have never noticed because you’re all too busy looking at Shadow's [[CarpetOfVirility manly chest!]]

* OriginalCharacter: Roger tried to retell the story of VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 with the characters knowing the twist before hand, and it ended with Shadow and Amy married with 5 kids, and Roger's original character Awesome the hedgehog being born. Luke luckily shuts him up and returns to the point being discussed.

* RunningGag: Every time [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 06]] is mentioned, Luke will start to rant about it's quality. It came to a point where he needed a recording machine to do his rants.

* ShowDontTell: Luke complains about ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'''s overuse of explaining stuff, and comparing it to VideoGame/SonicAdventure's scenes with Chaos.

--> '''Roger, with a annoying voice:''' "I'm an elitist jerk who hasn't grown up since the 90's and demand that the Sonic games never evolve beyond the Genesis games.”

* TheProfessor: Both Roger & Luke act as professors in the studies of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog. As the main host, Roger gives us the most information and his own views on the franchise.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: “The first ElephantInTheRoom” in the Sonic franchise. Roger believes this is the wrong complaint, saying that it is not that Sonic has too many characters. After all, other video games franchises have even more characters. It's issues are more complex than simply that:
** When the game [[ButThouMust forces you to play]] [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks the same levels with minor changes]], you will alienate the player. Luke names ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.
** [[UnexpectedGameplayChange When the game abruptly changes its style]] to something different. Luke names [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic '06]] with this poor gimmick, with an image from the infamous ball level with Silver.
** The fandom reaction when their favorite character doesn’t appear or have enough screentime. [[TakeThatAudience Luke makes fun of them]].
--> '''Luke:''' "Oh boo boo, Shadow was on the screen for 3 seconds!"
** The characters are badly written.
** The other characters are completely unnecessary within the story”. Roger discuss that Sonic [[{{Escapism}} is all about empowerment]], and as soon as you introduce a large cast, it's no longer about empowerment, it's about balance.
--> '''Roger:''' "Since the classic Sonic games, you had Sonic. Awesome, fast, more perfect, whatever. Then you add Tails, in order to give him a purpose in the story, then you need unique character elements. Tails is a smart, down to earth guy, likes technical stuff, then that means Sonic must lack at this element. So that means he's bad at techno stuff for his own good. If Sonic was also good at technology and also down to earth, then Tails would be pointless. Now add more characters, Knuckles and Amy, and you must add elements that Sonic and Tails have. Knuckles is a strong, noble savage, Amy is a social person. Balance. Every quality Sonic's friends have, is a flaw Sonic should have."

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The reason why Roger loves VideoGame/SonicAdventure2's opening scene is because they put the characters out of their element with the roles reversed.
-->'''Roger''': In normal Sonic games, Sonic is infiltrating Eggman's main base, and Eggman is on the hunt. But this time it's Eggman infiltrating, and Sonic is being on the hunt, like a role reversal. And that’s interesting, makes the characters more badass. Even out of their element they are still wisecracking, the change of setting makes the story a little different, a little mysterious and more dynamic.

* BadassBeard: Roger has one which goes well with his ‘badass expression’ when talking about something epic related in a Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} Game.

* LimitedAnimation: Discussed. Roger mentions that, despite the very LimitedAnimation of VideoGame/SonicAdventure, [[TropesAreNotBad the game uses interesting environments and good use of the camera, and makes the story work, especially for its time.]]

--> '''Roger''': Yeah Knuckles, you suck! Go in the corner! UsefulNotes/{{JESUS}} Creator/{{CHUCK NORRIS}} [[SonicTheHedgehog SONIC]] will save the day!

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: “The first ElephantInTheRoom” in the Sonic franchise. Roger believes this is the wrong complaint, saying that it is not that Sonic has too many characters. After all, other videogames franchises have even more characters. It's issues are more complex than simply that:
** When the game [[ButThouMust forces you to play]] [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks the same levels with minor changes]], you will alienate the player. Luke names ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.

--> '''Roger, with an annoying voice:''' I heard some funny guy on {{Youtube}} make a joke about Sonic having too many characters and me, having no personality or basic thoughts on my own, brainlessly repeat what they said.

* PacingProblems: Luke talks about this with the storytelling rules, and how ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' wastes its time with bad jokes.
--> '''Luke''': Storytelling lesson 1: Don’t waste my time!

* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: The plot of games like DissidiaFinalFantasy and Franchise/KingdomHearts annoy Roger because he feels like they employ symbolism and PurpleProse just for the sake of it without any actual depth or meaning.

* ContemplateOurNavels: In his dissection of DissidiaFinalFantasy, Roger muses that all of the PurpleProse and symbolism thrown around in the narrative are just there for emo teenagers to have something to feel profound for understanding.(Also so that hormone addled teenage girls can squee over all the [[HoYay homosexual undertones.]])

--> '''Roger''': Sonic gets down a few times, says a cocky one liner, and if earned, [[MomentOfAwesome is awesome]]. If Sonic is incredible from start to finish, then it's less “exciting adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog” and more like “Sonic The Asshole beats helpless robots down". Sonic needs to be scared every now and then to give a proper story momentum.