History YMMV / SonicTheHedgehog2006

** Ironically, Sonic's [[GreenHillZone Wave Ocean]] is infamously difficult for one reason: the Super Speed section at the end, due to the poor controls and tendency for Sonic to get caught on scenery and die instantly. It also doesn't help that Sonic can't control his horizontal movement in mid-air. Even though it was intended to be an easy first level, it's very common for first-time players to get a GameOver on the last segment.

** There are many theories as to why Blaze was in the future with Silver, a question which remains unanswered even today. A somewhat popular theory is that Blaze is originally from the future, and the dimension she seals herself into is the world from ''VideoGame/SonicRush'', where she became princess in the [[ResetButton time reset]]. FlipFlopOfGod occurred when writer Creator/ShiroMaekawa implied this was true, but Takashi Iizuka (who is currently head of Sonic Team but had no involvement with ''06'') disagreed, stating Blaze's ''06'' backstory is not canon. Fan theories still try to reconcile the two, suggesting the Sol Emeralds transported Blaze from her homeworld to the future to defeat Iblis with Silver, or even Blaze being a figment of Silver's traumatized imagination.

** There are many theories as to why Blaze was in the future with Silver, a question which remains unanswered even today. A somewhat popular theory is that Blaze is originally from the future, and the dimension she seals herself into is the world from ''VideoGame/SonicRush'', where she became princess in the [[ResetButton time reset]]. FlipFlopOfGod occurred when writer Creator/ShiroMaekawa confirmed this was true, but Takashi Iizuka (who is currently head of Sonic Team but had no involvement with ''06'') disagreed, stating Blaze's ''06'' backstory is not canon. Fan theories still try to reconcile the two, suggesting the Sol Emeralds transported Blaze from her homeworld to the future to defeat Iblis with Silver.

** Blaze's levels are praised as being the most polished and glitch-free in the game, with actual speedy gameplay (Game Grumps described her as "fast Sonic") and some surprisingly cool moves. They're also short and desperately infrequent. Her story role leaves much to be desired too, as even when ignoring the {{Retcon}} with her backstory, she keeps disappearing and reappearing for no reason.

** [[spoiler:Blaze is the new living seal of Iblis, and now she's gone to another dimension. As the princess of another dimension, this had potential… then the reset button got pushed.]]

** Over the years, the game's status as "the worst Sonic game ever made" has been thrown up in the air. While there's no doubting the negative impact it had on the franchise, its infamous reputation is [[CriticalBacklash often seen as overblown]], in part due to Sonic Team's overcorrections of the game's mistakes. It's not uncommon for fans to argue over whether ''Sonic 06'' is truly the worst, or if other games like ''VideoGame/SonicFreeRiders''[[note]]due to its {{Waggle}} courtesy of being a Platform/{{Kinect}}-exclusive title[[/note]], ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles''[[note]]due to its unappealing presentation, gimmicky touch pad gameplay and unresolved SequelHook[[/note]], or ''VideoGame/SonicBoomRiseOfLyric''[[note]]due to it undergoing an even more TroubledProduction than ''06'', ruining the reputation of developer Big Red Button and plunging the franchise into another AudienceAlienatingEra[[/note]] beat it out in that regard. That's not even counting the franchise's various {{Porting Disaster}}s such as those of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', the base version of ''VideoGame/SonicColorsUltimate'', and '''especially''' ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic Genesis]]'', which some will say are worse due to actively tainting the reputation of otherwise good or passable titles. The game's infamy still has yet to leave the public consciousness (since it's the only one that is not a spin-off or remaster and was sold as the next big thing in the franchise), but it has some strong competition when it comes to being the worst Sonic game.

** Over the years, the game's status as "the worst Sonic game ever made" has been thrown up in the air. While there's no doubting the negative impact it had on the franchise, its infamous reputation is [[CriticalBacklash often seen as overblown]], in part due to Sonic Team's overcorrections of the game's mistakes. It's not uncommon for fans to argue over whether ''Sonic 06'' is truly the worst, or if other games like ''VideoGame/SonicFreeRiders''[[note]]due to its {{Waggle}} courtesy of being a Platform/{{Kinect}}-exclusive title[[/note]], ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles''[[note]]due to its unappealing presentation, gimmicky touch pad gameplay and unresolved SequelHook[[/note]], or ''VideoGame/SonicBoomRiseOfLyric''[[note]]due to it undergoing an even more TroubledProduction than ''06'', ruining the reputation of developer Big Red Button and plunging the franchise into another AudienceAlienatingEra[[/note]] beat it out in that regard. That's not even counting the franchise's various {{Porting Disaster}}s such as those of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', the base version of ''VideoGame/SonicColorsUltimate'', and '''especially''' ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic Genesis]]'', which some will say are worse due to actively tainting the reputation of otherwise good or passable titles. The game's infamy still has yet to leave the public consciousness (since it's the only one that is not a spin-off or remaster), but it has some strong competition when it comes to being the worst Sonic game.

** Over the years, the game's status as "the worst Sonic game ever made" has been thrown up in the air. While there's no doubting the negative impact it had on the franchise, its infamous reputation is [[CriticalBacklash often seen as overblown]], in part due to Sonic Team's overcorrections of the game's mistakes. It's not uncommon for fans to argue over whether ''Sonic 06'' is truly the worst, or if other games like ''VideoGame/SonicFreeRiders''[[note]]due to its {{Waggle}} courtesy of being a Platform/{{Kinect}}-exclusive title[[/note]], ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles''[[note]]due to its unappealing presentation, gimmicky touch pad gameplay and unresolved SequelHook[[/note]], or ''VideoGame/SonicBoomRiseOfLyric''[[note]]due to it undergoing an even more TroubledProduction than ''06'', ruining the reputation of developer Big Red Button and plunging the franchise into another AudienceAlienatingEra[[/note]] beat it out in that regard. That's not even counting the franchise's various {{Porting Disaster}}s such as those of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', the base version of ''VideoGame/SonicColorsUltimate'', and '''especially''' ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic Genesis]]'', which some will say are worse due to actively tainting the reputation of otherwise good or passable titles. The game's infamy still has yet to leave the public consciousness, but it has some strong competition when it comes to being the worst Sonic game.

* SignatureScene: Both at the end of the game;

* AmericansHateTingle: While the gameplay is generally agreed upon to be broken and dismal by every region, the ''story'' on the other hand was received far better in Japan than it was in Western regions. This might be because the game leans very heavily on Japanese tropes very commonly found in [=JRPGs=] and other anime, of which neither genre had hit their popularity period just yet in other regions aside from the likes of ''Franchise/DragonBall''. Of particular note is the reception of Silver; he is one of the most popular characters in Japan and generally behind Sonic and Shadow in popularity polls and fanart. In America, however, he was way more controversial and it would take quite a few years before reception of him would soften, and even then his popularity pales in comparison to the other fan favorite characters (including the aforementioned Shadow, who himself is a very controversial character in the West).

* EpicRiff: The game's theme song, "His World", features one, letting it join many other theme songs in the franchise's library of awesome music.

** Over the years, the game's status as "the worst Sonic game ever made" has been thrown up in the air. While there's no doubting the negative impact it had on the franchise, its infamous reputation is [[CriticalBacklash often seen as overblown]], in part due to Sonic Team's overcorrections of the game's mistakes. It's not uncommon for fans to argue over whether ''Sonic 06'' is truly the worst, or if other games like ''VideoGame/SonicFreeRiders''[[note]]due to its {{Waggle}} courtesy of being a UsefulNotes/{{Kinect}}-exclusive title[[/note]], ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles''[[note]]due to its unappealing presentation, gimmicky touch pad gameplay and unresolved SequelHook[[/note]], or ''VideoGame/SonicBoomRiseOfLyric''[[note]]due to it undergoing an even more TroubledProduction than ''06'', ruining the reputation of developer Big Red Button and plunging the franchise into another AudienceAlienatingEra[[/note]] beat it out in that regard. That's not even counting the franchise's various {{Porting Disaster}}s such as those of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', the base version of ''VideoGame/SonicColorsUltimate'', and '''especially''' ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic Genesis]]'', which some will say are worse due to actively tainting the reputation of otherwise good or passable titles. The game's infamy still has yet to leave the public consciousness, but it has some strong competition when it comes to being the worst Sonic game.

* ObviousBeta: The game was an attempt to remedy the complaints lobbied against the series since its jump to 3D, namely the [[CameraScrew chronically-bad camera]] and [[FakeDifficulty wonky controls and physics]]. The game had no shortage of roadblocks to start with, being developed for two brand-new consoles. Sega had it rushed out the door to coincide with Christmas. What consumers got was an obviously-not playtested beta which not only failed to address those problems, but exacerbated them: The controls are more slippery than ever, the camera is even more berserk, the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading loading times]] are possibly the worst of the [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames seventh generation]], and hundreds of [[GameBreakingBug game-breaking glitches]] that should have been filtered out are left intact.

** Many players found it jarring to see a [[RogerRabbitEffect cartoon hedgehog in a realistic world]]. However, Sonic's setting has been "the real world" since ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', with levels like City Escape being a recreation of real-life [[UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco San Francisco]]. (And indeed, Sonic has been at home in cities ever since Star Light Zone in the very first game.) Perhaps the graphical limitations of the time made this fact less obvious.

* PortingDisaster: The UsefulNotes/{{PS3}} version, released later with ''several extra months of development time'' to boot, ended up making the ([[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading already long]]) load times even worse, with slowdown issues not present in the UsefulNotes/XBox360 version and a small but noticeable degradation in graphics. This is the result of having to deal with the [=PlayStation=] 3's complex architecture while trying to rush the game out the door.

* CompleteMonster: [[TheChessmaster Mephiles the Dark]] is the malignant conscience of Solaris taken physical form and the one responsible for arranging most of the events of the game. Accidentally created during the Solaris Project [[LiteralSplitPersonality alongside Iblis]], the raw physical strength of Solaris, Mephiles was sealed within a scepter that landed in the hands of Dr. Eggman. Upon breaking out, Mephiles orchestrated a gambit which involved inflicting pain and suffering on Princess Elise, causing her to cry, release the Flames of Disaster, and in doing so would [[FusionDance reunite him with Iblis]] to become Solaris, allowing him to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy everything in existence]]. To do this, Mephiles manipulates Silver into attempting to kill Sonic, and later cold-bloodedly [[HeroKiller kills Sonic himself]]--temporarily--to goad Elise into crying over him. Mephiles manipulates everyone he can for the purpose of his ultimate goal and takes a sadistic glee in watching people suffer; unlike the mindless Iblis, Mephiles is fully aware of the scale of his atrocities and does them for no other reason than to see the world decay around him. A being that craved destruction alone, Mephiles's actions heavily damaged the space-time continuum and brought a darkness to the franchise seldom seen prior.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Something of a mixed example. While the game's overall story is criticized the same way the gameplay is, Shadow and Silver's stories have their own cult followings.

* EpicRiff: The game's theme song, "His World", features one, and it's sure put to good use (see ThemeAndVariationsSoundtrack below).

* EvilIsCool: This may be one of the most despised games in the franchise, but Mephiles the Dark is one of the most popular villains within certain circles of the fanbase. To his fans, he steals the show in every scene he is in with his uncanny design, sinister theme and the FauxAffablyEvil voice given to him by Creator/DanGreen. There’s also the fact that he’s the only villain in the videogames to actually successfully kill Sonic, something not even Eggman could ever do. Yes, Sonic is revived but it didn’t take away the impact of Mephiles’s deed.

* GameBreaker: Sonic's energy meter is bugged and doesn't deplete, which completely destroys the balancing of his Gems. It's not just with him, like with Shadow's Chaos level meter, but the Gems were clearly not meant to be used unrestricted (e.g. the Purple Gem, which lets Sonic jump indefinitely as long as he has meter), allowing you to cheese or [[SequenceBreaking outright break]] stages to get S Ranks if used correctly.
* GoddamnedBats: Burrowing worms, especially the stronger purple variety.

* HamAndCheese: Creator/DanGreen's ''gloriously'' [[EvilIsHammy over-the-top performance as Mephiles the Dark]] is easily the most enjoyable part of the game.

* ItWasHisSled: Besides the fact that it's an ObviousBeta, the only thing people are likely to know about the game's plot is that Sonic dies in the last story, then comes back by being kissed by a human princess.

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Sonic is impaled through the heart by Mephiles in the last story and is presumed dead, but ''everyone'' who played the game knew they wouldn't kill the main hero of the franchise in such an abrupt way. Sure enough, he's brought back with the power of the Chaos Emeralds.
%%* MemeticMolester: Elise has gotten this treatment for kiss Sonic's corpse on the lips.

* {{Narm}}: See [[Narm/SonicTheHedgehog here]].

** The final scene with Silver and Blaze, where she sacrifices herself to seal Iblis in another dimension. There is some geniune heart in acting and script in the scene.

** Sonic and Elise's kiss. The future of the series has been plagued with people jokingly wondering if Sonic will kiss any humans again. As for Elise, she's pretty much only remembered for this moment and her overall romance with a hedgehog. As [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee Croshaw]] put it in one ''Extra Punctuation'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epr6tjvsivk&t=84s episode]]:
--->"''Sonic the Hedgehog'' has been the fucking emperor of tone issues for a long time now; it didn't start with him snogging a realistic human in ''Sonic 2006'', but that may have been the peak of the infection."

** A human love interest was [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(Genesis)#Early_Ideas an early concept for Sonic 1]]. The only reason it was scrapped was because it would have been too similar to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''. And another case of Sonic having a human ([[AmbiguouslyHuman Or at least human-like]]) love interest could be seen with Sara in ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'', with her crush on Sonic being very much apparent, albeit not going as far as a liplocked kiss like with Elise.

** A character saying "it's no use" has been uttered by other characters before, such as [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Dr. Eggman]] (he even says that phrase at least twice in 06 itself) and [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Metal Sonic]].

* QuestionableCasting: The credits song for Sonic's story is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t36agO2H-ZU new version of "Sweet Sweet Sweet"]] by Dreams Come True[[note]]a band co-founded by Masato Nakamura, who composed the soundtracks of the first two Sonic games[[/note]] (which had earlier in the series been used as the ending music for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2''). The person recruited to produce this new version of the song was the controversial Senegalese-American R&B star [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon Akon]].

* TheScrappy: Princess Elise is generally disliked, mainly due to her [[DamselScrappy overt]] NeutralFemale tendencies and [[InterspeciesRomance her feelings for Sonic]], to the point that she claims at the end that she doesn't care what happens to the world if she has to forget about him. Because of the latter, she's frequently compared to Chris Thorndyke from ''Anime/SonicX'', who is hated for similar reasons. She was written out of the series completely due to the botched effort on her character outside of occasional cameos. She wouldn't make a proper reappearance until nearly ''17'' years later in 2023, in which she would [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4517.png reappear as a figure skater on Sonic Channel's April 2023 calendar art]], albeit with a [[ArtEvolution far more stylized redesign]].

** Sonic is the most functional character outside of Blaze, but he has his problems outside of everyone suffering from slower movement than usual, being unable to damage enemies with a jump, a lack of a proper physics and the removal of most of their techniques from older games. His Mach Speed sections are essentially [[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Turbo Tunnel]]: Sonic Edition. Because you're constantly moving forward so fast, you have very little time to react to enemies and even the landscape, which can result in some unavoidable collisions. If you jump at the wrong angle, you may just end up jumping off the map. Sometimes the camera suddenly switches to focus on what Sonic's running from, denying you the ability to see where to steer him to. Also, the controls are ridiculously stiff, and you have absolutely no air control, so you're going to jump to places where you don't want to go a ''lot'', often dying because you jumped at the wrong time.

** Mephiles killing Sonic in the Last Story mode. Mephiles' [[ChewingTheScenery laugh]] has been used in parody videos like WebVideo/MrKrabsUnquenchableBloodLust due to how remarkable it is.
** Elise kissing Sonic to bring him to life is often cited as one of the most infamous scenes in the franchise for its {{Squick}} potential.
* ShockingMoments: At the start of the last story, Mephiles appears out of nowhere and instantly kills Sonic by [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling him through the back with a laser beam]]. Even though Sonic ''does'' come back to life eventually, it still happened.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Sonic and Elise was an attempt at a romantic plot for the series. However, many didn't find it to be very convincing, due to romance, especially one with a human, going against Sonic's free-spirited personality. It makes the scenes where he reciprocates Elise's love for him very awkward as a result for fans of the series, and that isn't getting into the kiss she gives him near the end. Even the handful of fans who like Elise think their relationship would've been better if kept as platonic.

** Eggman's design. In the transition to a realistic look, his original cartoonish appearance really isn't altered very much outside of being given far more detail. This means he's essentially stuck between two very different styles, with the end result regularly being cited as unnatural and incredibly ugly. Making matters worse is that nobody else in the game looks anything like him at all, making him appear downright odd next to the talking animals and even more so next to his own species.

** Silver the Hedgehog's head spikes, meant to possibly resemble a crown due to the European influences on his creation, instead resembles a marijuana leaf. This led to him being called Pothead the Porcupine in some places. Not helping matters is the fact that his friend happens to be named Blaze...

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The CG cutscenes, especially the festival in the introduction, look ''amazing''.

* CrackShip: Mephiles/Rouge, of all ships, has a small but dedicated following.

* BileFascination: It's easily considered one of, if not, the most infamous Sonic game ever for a reason, being the one entry that caused massive, long-lasting damage to the franchise that it has yet to fully recover from. People who play this game today play it to see if it really is that bad, usually by focusing on the myriad of glitches, the constant loading screens and highly questionable plot decisions, particularly one scene near the end.

** The game is often erroneously believed to [[CanonDiscontinuity have been completely deleted from the continuity]] at the end of the story. In reality, Solaris was snuffed out back in time, performing a CosmicRetcon to all events caused by the Solaris Project (including Elise's backstory, Silver's ruined future, and Blaze's presence therein). This forced Silver to get a new origin story in the ''VideoGame/SonicRivals'' series, and made him and Blaze forget about each other. But ''2006'' is still frequently referenced in future games and material, and some characters like Sonic, Silver, and Blaze sometimes experience déjà vu.

** The game is believed to [[CanonDiscontinuity have been taken out of the continuity]] at the end of the story. In reality, the game suffered a CosmicRetcon that deleted the events of the story to have happened, including Silver getting a new origin story in the ''VideoGame/SonicRivals'' series. But ''2006'' is still referenced in future games.
** Many articles talking about Blaze the Cat believe ''06'' is her actual debut in the series, and that she and Silver come from the same dimension. While the confusion is understandable, Blaze debuted a year before in ''VideoGame/SonicRush'', and ''06'' is her debut in a main console game; and ignoring this specific game, she and Silver always come from different planes of existence.

* MemeticBadass: Sonic Man, a citizen of Soleanna wearing a helmet, gloves, and shoes based on Sonic himself. While he got some Memetic Badass treatment from a small fanbase, he exploded in popularity when Sonic Channelbput him in a 2024 calendar art poll against Shadow, Vector, and ''Mephiles''. Sonic Man and Mephiles' votes were neck-in-neck for days, prompting fanartists to draw Sonic Man facing Mephiles in battle a la Mumen Rider and the Deep Sea King in ''Anime/OnePunchMan''. Even better, Sonic Man ''won'' and was featured in the March 2024 artwork.

* MemeticBadass: Sonic Man, a citizen of Soleanna wearing a helmet, gloves, and shoes based on Sonic himself. While he got some Memetic Badass treatment from a small fanbase, he exploded in popularity when the official ''Sonic'' twitter put him in a Sonic Channel artwork poll against Shadow, Vector, and ''Mephiles''. Sonic Man and Mephiles' votes were neck-in-neck for days, prompting fanartists to draw Sonic Man facing Mephiles in battle a la ''Anime/OnePunchMan'' with Mumen Rider and the Deep Sea King. Even better, Sonic Man ''won'' in the end and was featured in the March 2024 artwork.

* BileFascination: It's easily considered one of, if not, the most infamous Sonic game ever for a reason, being the one entry that caused massive, long-lasting damage to the franchise that it has yet to fully recover from. People who play this game today play it to see if it really is that bad, usually by focusing on the myriad of glitches and highly questionable plot decisions. That said however, it can easily fall into CriticalBacklash nowadays.

** Elise saying "I don't care what happens to the world" before blowing out the flame that will erase her and Sonic's meeting, along with the events of the whole game.

** Mephiles (and by extension Solaris): Angry at the whole world for daring to experiment on him, or destructive MadGod who always wanted to destroy everything? A third possibility discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqt8Jf2GtSw this]] video is that Mephiles is a TragicVillain who wasn't evil until Shadow put him under AndIMustScream for 10 years in a NiceJobBreakingItHero moment.

** The plot has quite a bit in common with the Future Trunks arc from ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' which came out ten years after this game's release.

* GameBreaker: Sonic's energy meter is bugged and doesn't deplete, which completely destroys the balancing of his Gems. The Gems were clearly not meant to be used unrestricted (e.g. the Purple Gem, which lets Sonic jump indefinitely as long as he has meter), allowing you to cheese or [[SequenceBreaking outright break]] stages to get S Ranks if used correctly.

** Silver has been portrayed to a stronger reception since this game, but his later appearances are still overshadowed by his contentious introduction and unanimously panned ball puzzle and boss fight. Silver is particularly remembered for incessantly [[BrokenRecord screaming "IT'S NO USE!"]] in his boss fight. It's somewhat understandable that the phrase would get stuck in players' heads after repeatedly hearing it, but it gets a bit silly when people think this is his catchphrase when he only says it in one game.

** Sonic is the more functional character outside of Blaze, but he has his problems outside of everyone suffering from slower movement than usual, being unable to damage enemies with a jump, a lack of a proper physics and the removal of most of their techiniques from older games. His Super Speed sections are essentially [[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Turbo Tunnel]]: Sonic Edition. Because you're constantly moving forward, you have very little time to react to enemies and even the landscape, which can result in some unavoidable collisions. If you jump at the wrong angle, you may just end up jumping off the map. Sometimes the camera suddenly switches to focus on what Sonic's running from, denying you the ability to see where to steer him to. Also, the controls are ridiculously stiff, and you have absolutely no air control, so you're going to jump to places where you don't want to go a ''lot''.
** For many players, Silver's entire play style. Unlike Sonic's Homing Attack and spin kick or extra Gems for various attacks, and Shadow's combat-centric gameplay, Silver is ''meant'' to be overpowered by catching and lifting just about anything with his telekinesis, even enemy projectiles - but lacks any worthwhile means of direct attacks. His psychic wave at point blank is basically useless unless you're pixels away from damage, and his ground slam that stuns enemies for grabbing sometimes ''does not work''. This is only made worse by the fact that, short of tapping his hover to [[GoodBadBugs abuse it much like Omega's]], he's one of the slowest characters in the entire game and his dash that is meant to compensate for this goes only five feet and is near-totally useless as well. And even with all of this in mind, that telekinesis is still a glitchy crapshoot since it relies on [[WreakingHavok the physics engine cooperating]]. He pretty much relies on physics, and the physics of the game is bad, especially with the collision detection.

** Silver's version of Dusty Desert for the ''[[FanNickname Goddamn Egyptian billiard ball puzzle]]'' [[spoiler:(for those unaware of the [[GoodBadBugs glitch to get past the door]], anyway)]]. Another factor is that it has a segment where Amy is playable, but she has a lot of problems, with a slow hammer attack with bad hitboxes, a double jump that causes her to lose almost all her horizontal momentum and a severe lack of speed.

* TheScrappy: Princess Elise is generally disliked, mainly due to her [[DamselScrappy overt]] NeutralFemale tendencies and [[InterspeciesRomance her feelings for Sonic]], to the point that she claims at the end that she doesn't care what happens to the world if she has to forget about him. Because of the latter, she's frequently compared to Chris Thorndyke from ''Anime/SonicX'', who is hated for similar reasons. She was written out of the series completely due to the botched effort on her character outside of occasional cameos. She wouldn't make a proper reappearance until nearly ''17'' years later in 2023, in which she would [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4517.png reappear as a figure skater on Sonic Channel's April 2023 calendar art]], albeit with a [[ArtEvolution far more stylized redesign]]. Surprisingly, this wounded up [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescuing her from this status]] to an extent, as fans ended up [[ImprovedSecondAttempt adoring her redesign]] (as the redesign makes her look [[{{Moe}} adorable]] and she better fits in with the Sonic cast) and characterization in the calendar art's accompanying story (especially since it removes the more hated elements like her crush on Sonic), with many using the redesign and story as proof that Elise, despite her past negative reputation, isn't necessarily "irredeemable" and that she deserves another chance.

* TheScrappy: Princess Elise is generally disliked, mainly due to her [[DamselScrappy overt]] NeutralFemale tendencies and [[InterspeciesRomance her feelings for Sonic]], to the point that she claims at the end that she doesn't care what happens to the world if she has to forget about him. Because of the latter, she's frequently compared to Chris Thorndyke from ''Anime/SonicX'', who is hated for similar reasons. She was written out of the series completely due to the botched effort on her character outside of occasional cameos. She wouldn't make a proper reappearance until nearly ''17'' years later in 2023, in which she would [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4517.png reappear as a figure skater on Sonic Channel's April 2023 calendar art]], albeit with a [[ArtEvolution far more stylized redesign]]. Surprisingly, this wounded up [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescuing her from this status]] to an extent, as fans ended up [[ImprovedSecondAttempt adoring her redesign]] and characterization in the calendar art' accompanying story (especially since it removes her more hated elements), with many using the redesign and story as proof that Elise, despite her negative reputation, isn't necessarily "irredeemable" and that she deserves another chance.

* TheScrappy: Princess Elise is generally disliked, mainly due to her [[DamselScrappy overt]] NeutralFemale tendencies and [[InterspeciesRomance her feelings for Sonic]], to the point that she claims at the end that she doesn't care what happens to the world if she has to forget about him. Because of the latter, she's frequently compared to Chris Thorndyke from ''Anime/SonicX'', who is hated for similar reasons. She was written out of the series completely due to the botched effort on her character outside of occasional cameos. She wouldn't make a proper reappearance until nearly ''17'' years later in 2023, in which she would [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4517.png reappear as a figure skater on Sonic Channel's April 2023 calendar art]], albeit with a [[ArtEvolution far more stylized redesign]].