Line #38 WebAnimation/SonicNightOfTheWerehog


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3	''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7QOdvxWAac Sonic: Night of the Werehog]]'' is a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' short meant to tie into ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''.
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5	The short takes place during the events of ''Sonic Unleashed''. In it, Sonic and Chip enter a HauntedHouse that's haunted by three ghosts. Two of them, Su and Uh, [[CockFight fight over]] [[CuteGhostGirl Lah]]'s affections by taking photos of people they scare. Though Chip scares easily, Sonic doesn't, leading the ghosts to take more drastic measures to scare him and get his picture. But unbeknownst to the ghosts, Sonic can transform into something even scarier than a ghost.
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7	''Sonic: Night of the Werehog'' was released online in November 2008. It was animated by Marza Animation Planet. A follow-up short, ''WebAnimation/GhostTale'' was released 15 years later on Halloween, 2023.
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9	On December 20, 2023, the short's 15th anniversary, Marza Animation Planet would officially upload the short on their [=YouTube=] channel. The short can be viewed [[https://youtu.be/NlZ3RCQfBok here]].
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11	!!This short provides examples of:
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13	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Lah laughs at the irony of Su and Uh terrified at a live person, specifically Sonic.
14	* AllCGICartoon: All rendered in 3D CGI.
15	* BedsheetGhost: Su and Uh are stereotypical ghosts who both look like floating bedsheets.
16	* BoyMeetsGhoul: [[spoiler:Or more appropriately, werehog meets ghoul. Who is currently shapeshifted into Chip.]]
17	* ConsoleCameo: A Platform/SegaDreamcast appears three times in the short.
18	* CuteGhostGirl: Lah, a cheerful female ghost glowing in cute pink and purple. She also looks more human than Su and Uh.
19	* DisappointedInYou: Lah gives her fellow ghosts the cold shoulder after seeing that Sonic is unfazed by them.
20	* FatAndSkinny: Su's the fat one, Uh's the skinny one.
21	* FusionDance: Su and Uh merge together to form a mightier minotaur-like ghost named Baker to get their revenge on Sonic.
22	* HauntedHouse: Sonic and Chip enter an abandoned mansion haunted by ghosts.
23	* LightmareFuel: The whole premise is that two ghosts are scaring people... and taking photos of their scared faces to win the affection of a ghost girl.
24	* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: The short contains only five, one word lines of dialogue. Despite this, it has both an English and Japanese version that dub over the words.
25	* MorphicResonance: [[spoiler:At the end of the short, the heart mark on Chip's cheek gives away that it's really Lah in Chip's form.]]
26	* MythologyGag: Sonic's classic design makes a cameo appearance in the credits.
27	* NervesOfSteel: Sonic is not scared at all of the ghosts, and even teases them by making a face, disappointing Lah and angering Su and Uh.
28	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: As the Werehog, Sonic still retains his normal personality, like in ''Sonic Unleashed''. Unlike in the game, where the Werehog transformation occurs every night, here it only happens when the full moon appears, akin to traditional werewolves.
29	* PainfulTransformation: Just like in the original game, Sonic's transformation into the Werehog is depicted as less than pleasant, with him shaking until he collapses to his knees and snarling in pain through the whole process.
30	* PeekABogeyman: Su and Uh like to scare people who wander into their HauntedHouse, but never try to hurt them (with the exception of Sonic, who got on their nerves), and only snap photos of them to show to Lah.
31	* PerspectiveReversal: Sonic teases Su and Uh by yawning, holding a book and making a silly face at the camera when they get his pictures, angering them when Lah rejects the photos. Later on during the Werehog and Baker's fight, when Sonic attempts to take Baker's picture so he can see where he is, the ghost is making the same poses, causing Sonic to fly into a rage.
32	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The female ghost, Lah, is pink, while the two male ghosts, Su and Uh, are blueish white.
33	* ScaryFlashlightFace: Sonic scares Chip by doing this.
34	* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Su and Uh end up being defeated by Sonic, and Lah falls for Sonic the Werehog instead.]]
35	* ShoutOut: Lah's mural contains a poster of ''Film/{{The Wolf Man\|1941}}'' (1941) and ''Film/{{The Mummy\|1932}}'' (1932).
36	* SillySpook: Su and Uh are two bumbling ghosts who fight over Lah's affection.
37	* TransformationHorror: Sonic's transformation into the Werehog when the full moon shows itself, complete with Chip only being able to look on in horror as Sonic's [[ShadowDiscretionShot shadow-obscured]] form grows larger and larger.
38	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler:Lah can shapeshift into someone else, including Chip. She [[MorphicResonance still has her heart cheek mark.]]]]
39	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:It's never elaborated if, when, or how Sonic rescued the kidnapped Chip at the end of the short.]]

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