Line #75 NightmareFuel/SonicPrime


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11	[[foldercontrol]]
12	[[folder:Season 1]]
13	!!Shattered
14	* Nine revealed that without Sonic around, he suffered further bullying due to his extra tail by the other foxes. With no one to help him, Tails had to rely on his brains to build seven extra mechanical tails to fight back. And based on the shadow images behind it, what he did to his bullies wasn’t pretty.
15	** [[EstablishingCharacterMoment His intro]] alone is rather jarring, particularly when he [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou lunges at the camera]] with what borders on a NightmareFace.
16	--->'''[[FishOutOfWater Sonic:]]''' Tails, it's me! Your best--\
17	'''Nine:''' [[BerserkButton What did you just call me?!]] (''activates his robotic tails'')\
18	'''Sonic:''' [[OhCrap Uh...Tails?]]\
19	'''Nine:''' The name's...'''''[[SuddenlyShouting NINE!!!]]'''''
20	* Rusty Rose in this world wasn’t pretty, either. Needing to survive, Rusty let herself be turned into a cyborg by the Chaos Council, becoming more machine than hedgehog. And what’s powering her is a little bird that’s being held against its will. Even Sonic finds this completely messed up.
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22	%%!!The Yoke's On You
23
24	%%!!Escape From New Yoke
25
26	!!Unwelcome to the Jungle
27	* The simple fact that the Scavengers are all ''starving'' and are forced to try dangerous expeditions for a pittance of real food. Anyone who's ever had to go without food for an extended period of time can attest to how hellish this would be.
28	%%* After Sonic manages to defeat the monster, Prim reveals that the giant Flicky wasn't the monster, but rather ''the monster's pet''. He's then attacked by an unrelenting barrage of hammer attacks, being forced to narrowly avoid them whilst crawling under a low patch of thorns in a scene that feels like it could've come straight out of a horror.
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30	%%!!Barking Up The Wrong Tree
31
32	!!Situation: Grim
33	* Nine being captured by the Chaos Council. Also a TearJerker.
34	-->'''Mr. Dr. Eggman:''' Between our shard and your tech, you've just handed us the universe on a silver platter! (''EvilLaugh'')
35
36	%%!!It Takes One to No Place
37
38	!!There's No Arrgh In Team
39	* As Sonic's travelling between Shatterspaces, he's suddenly attacked by Shadow, the original one who managed to remain unaffected by the split due to using Chaos Control at the moment the shift occurred, who proceeds to drop a bombshell to sum up just how ''badly'' Sonic's actions affected things: As a result of the Paradox Prism's destruction, '''their world doesn't exist anymore'''. While it's rather vague on what exactly happened, the sheer idea that Sonic effectively caused TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, albeit unintentionally, is an incredibly harrowing thought.
40	[[/folder]]
41	[[folder:Season 2]]
42	!!Avoid the Void
43	* The Ghost Space that Shadow takes Sonic to, where it's basically Green Hill Zone except the colors are almost all washed out, and Sonic's friends are transparent afterimages saying the same thing over and over.
44	* The titular void at the bottom of the Shatterverse, which Shadow describes as an eternity of darkness that decays all life. Shadow is almost lost to the void himself until Sonic saves him at the end of the episode.
45	* Despite Sonic's insistence that the Shatterspace versions of his friends are all real, Shadow believes them all to be {{Expendable Alternate Universe}}s.
46	* At some point after their last appearance, the Chaos Council have now mastered interdimensional travel and are plotting to become {{Multiversal Conqueror}}s, starting with the Boscage Maze.
47
48	!!No Way Out
49	* Dread's obsession with No Place's Prism shard [[SanitySlippage driving him crazier by the minute]]. Sonic outright lampshades that Dread is losing it and even the rest of the crew are increasingly unnerved by his behavior.
50	* To make Sonic give up the shard, the Chaos Council have Dread shot in the back (albeit non-lethally) and take the other pirates hostage along with Nine. They're clearly ''not'' bluffing when they threaten to kill Sonic's allies en masse in front of him; knowing this, he reluctantly throws the shard off the Devil's Lighthouse, eventually resulting in the Eggmen claiming it.
51
52	!!A Madness To Their Methods
53	* This is one of the show's bleaker episodes as the Chaos Council returns to New Yoke more powerful than ever, leaving the Resistance facing even worse odds.
54	* Mr. Dr. Eggman interrogating Nine on how to counter Sonic, manipulating his DefiantCaptive into offering an idea. Nine's frantic attempt to warn Sonic outs him as TheMole as Dr. Don't walks in, and with his cover blown, the Eggmen proceed to use him as bait. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this scene is how quickly Mr. Dr. Eggman [[MoodSwinger shifts between angry and smug]] while casually playing Nine like a piano; it's eerily reminiscent of how Prime!Eggman would deal with his own prisoners.
55	* [[WhamShot Chaos Sonic's intro at the end.]]
56	-->'''Sonic:''' Nine? Is that you?\
57	'''Knucks:''' No, it's...''[[RobotMe you]]''.
58
59	!!Ghost of a Chance
60	* [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever The Prismatic Titan]], a giant-sized phantom of Eggman which outmatches Sonic and Shadow both. Sonic has to have Nine charge him up on Prism energy to beat it.
61	* Nine's DeathGlare during his FaceHeelTurn adds an intimidating touch to what's otherwise a TearJerker. [[WhatTheHellHero His rant]] before absconding with the shards also brings up a bit of FridgeHorror: what ''would'' restoring the Paradox Prism do to him and all the others? Could the Shatterverse and all within it [[CessationOfExistence be erased]], perhaps? Sonic doesn't know for sure, but his prior concern in ''Avoid the Void'' suggests it ''is'', in fact, possible.
62	[[/folder]]
63
64	[[folder:Season 3]]
65	!!Grim Tidings
66	* Nine seems willing to do anything to create his perfect world. Even if that includes destroying other worlds in the process...or taking someone's life. Nine discovers that the Paradox Prism is missing energy and that energy is inside Sonic. Even Shadow worries about that idea, with Nine around, Sonic's life is in danger.
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68	!!Dome Sweet Dome
69	* Via a colossal hologram of his head which he projects into the other Shatterspaces, Nine warns Sonic that nowhere is safe and proves it by [[GravityScrew turning New Yoke City sideways]] and sinking the ''Angel's Voyage'' in No Place.
70
71	!!Nine's Lives
72	* Nine's [[NightmareFace honest-to-god]] ''[[NightmareFace insane]]'' [[NightmareFace expression]] as he summons [[HumongousMecha Grim Big]]. The fact that he's [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou looking]] '''''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou dead straight]]''''' [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou at the camera]] when he makes that face doesn't help at all.
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74	!!From The Top
75	* The climax of Nine's VillainousBreakdown. The way he launches into a savage frenzy and resorts to [[BlindedByRage haphazardly]] [[AttackAttackAttack shooting/lunging all over the place]] trying to hit Sonic, especially with ''[[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises those eyes]]'', bring to mind when [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Azula lost it during her face-off with Zuko and Katara]]. All Sonic can do is dodge for his life, because Nine is too blind with rage to hear his apologies.
76	* While he brought it on himself, Nine's position just prior to his HeelFaceTurn is pretty scary if you think about it. He now stands all alone against ''25 other characters'' (including the UltimateLifeForm himself), ''none'' of whom are as forgiving or merciful as [[AllLovingHero Sonic]], and the Paradox Prism sits at the opposite end of the room, giving him no chance of tapping into it without being intercepted. Even as he defiantly threatens to destroy them, you can clearly see Nine outright ''shuddering'' in terror, knowing full well it's ''he'' who's about to kick the bucket--and he ''would'' have, if Sonic hadn't gotten through to and reconciled with him.
77	* As the energy in his body is removed to fix the Paradox Prism, Sonic writhes while screaming in agony and his gloves and shoes [[ShapeshifterSwanSong rapidly switch between textures]] before his regulators explode. It's effectively a disturbing CallForward to the opening of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''--only this time, Sonic emerges from the smoke with a ghostly aura, a RadioVoice, and an uncontrollable pained flinch as he gradually [[FadingAway fades into oblivion]], unable to exist beyond his home realm anymore. Even with help from the Roses, Shadow ''barely'' gets Sonic home in time before the Blue Blur [[CessationOfExistence vanishes altogether]].
78	* The mysterious blast Sonic and his friends are struck by at the end. [[NothingIsScarier We never learn what]] ''[[NothingIsScarier that]]'' [[NothingIsScarier was all about.]]
79	[[/folder]]

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