Dr. Eggman: "Please feel free to leave all food for thought in your fridge during your stay here at Eggman’s Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park, as it will be perfectly safe. In no way will roaming vans of robots break into and raid your fridge."
Fridge Brilliance:
- Eggman turning planets into Amusement Parks of Doom might seem a little bit random, but remembering Sonic Unleashed's Eggmanland, it makes perfect sense as an extension of his goals.
- Also, SA-55 Orbot (the robot nicknamed "Ergo" by fans), in the final cutscene that had Eggman in Sonic Unleashed, suggested that Eggman simply begin his plans anew. Bringing planets together is basically the opposite of what Eggman did in Sonic Unleashed by cracking the Earth into pieces, so maybe Eggman decided to use the same plan but backwards...and in space?
- Some people are calling bull on Sonic not being able to outrun the black hole in Terminal Velocity Act 2. However, it should be noted that nothing—not even light—escapes a black hole when sucked in. Thus, not even the fastest thing alive, who can only break the sound barrier, would be able to resist its pull.
- It has been speculated that Super Sonic can escape the pull of a black hole. However, Sonic was not Super at the time. Alternately, it might instead take Hyper Sonic, who is much faster than Super Sonic. However, light can still escape a black hole if it has not passed the event horizon. Plus, as can be shown in the cutscenes, Sonic was not even drawn into the event horizon, and was simply in the purple stuff surrounding it. However, Sonic DID get drawn into the event horizon in the level... which could just be a case of Gameplay and Story Segregation.
- It should be noted that Sonic could not use his boost to increase his speed, which is often shown in later games to be his fastest, examples being in Sonic Forces when Tails notes that Infinite is faster than Sonic while using boost and how Classic Sonic was trying to learn to use the boost in Sonic Generations.
- It has been speculated that Super Sonic can escape the pull of a black hole. However, Sonic was not Super at the time. Alternately, it might instead take Hyper Sonic, who is much faster than Super Sonic. However, light can still escape a black hole if it has not passed the event horizon. Plus, as can be shown in the cutscenes, Sonic was not even drawn into the event horizon, and was simply in the purple stuff surrounding it. However, Sonic DID get drawn into the event horizon in the level... which could just be a case of Gameplay and Story Segregation.
- This line from Doctor Eggman's PA announcements: "Note the lovely planet above you, soon to be the property of Eggman Enterprises." Now consider that this is meant to be heard in one of the first levels, taking place in the central resort area — which is right on the underside of the hub... and which planet would be "above" you there? Eggman is openly admitting that he intends, by whatever means, to take over Earth and add it to his amusement park.
- On that note, why was Eggman so blatantly commenting on the dangers of his own park, and talking about his plans for world domination? Simple. That's his park's theme. He was relying on Refuge in Audacity, constantly lampshading the unsafeness of his own park, and his own evil intentions, knowing full well that people would go ''Oh, clever, a park themed around being obviously evil and incompetent.'' Plus, you know that you would be entertained if you heard those announcements in real life, too.
- One of his other PA announcements asks Sonic to report to the security office, under the pretense of returning Sonic's keys to him. How did Sonic and Tails get into the amusement park? Someone leaving the keys in the space elevator.
- The level clear music from the Sonic Simulator sounds sort of out of place at first, as it sounds evil and catastrophic rather than triumphant. Then you realize that Eggman built the Sonic Simulator, so of course he would make it play negative music when Sonic wins.
- That would explain why getting three Eggmans on the slot machines gives you the largest amount of rings.
- Why do Orbot and Cubot have personalities that Eggman finds annoying, when he could just reprogram them to be helpful? Answer: He can't. He's an engineer, not a programmer. He can figure out how to assemble a machine run by AI, but after his machines reach a certain level of complexity (complex enough to have, say, individual personalities), he's exceeded even his own level of competence.
- Well, that explains why he didn't just reprogram E-123 Omega after he went rogue. Not to mention Metal Sonic after he became Sonic destruction-obsessed.
- Or, taking from another Sonic canon, Eggman deliberately programmed Orbot to be snide and sarcastic and for Cubot to be… well, Cubot in order to both make himself feel more competent and to prevent the two from being smart enough to betray him. A later comic from the Archie reboot continuity also took a stance on this, saying that Eggman's competitive nature is why he programmed Orbot to be a dissenting voice.
- At first I felt that the heavy use of autotune and voice alteration in "Speak with Your Heart" was off-putting. Then I beat the game on the Wii. As I was destroying the credits it suddenly hit me why the vocals for the song were more robotic. Tails had finally got his translator working 100% by the time the Wisps had to depart, right? It's his translator singing the song. Well played, Sega and Cash Cash!
- To be more precise, it's actually Yacker singing through Tails' translator. Also, note that at the start of the song, the words come out partially distorted, but at the end, they come through almost clearly, reflecting how Sonic is able to understand Yacker by the game's end.
- This is an Amusement Park IN SPACE! Of course the controls would be floaty, the gravity is lower.
- Ok, the theme song is "Reach for the Stars". You do it literally by going to the space and wtv, BUT at the credits you can sometimes gain rings. The thing is that one of the patterns they come is the one of a star. You did "reach for the stars".
- The subplot concerning Cubot's voice chip is a commentary by the developers regarding the voice acting in the series. No matter what they try, Cubot's voice just gets more annoying, eventually leading to him having the most irritating voice ever.
- When the theme song reaches Eggman, the lyrics are "Not looking back, not giving up, not letting go, I'll keep on running.", which seems like an odd choice at first... Until you realize it's outright referencing that Eggman doesn't intend to repeat his mistakes, give up, and he's just going to keep trying.
- It also references the reputation of the franchise. Despite criticism, it kept going.
- The color powers are named in the exact same format as "color power". Red burst, orange rocket, yellow drill... you get the idea.
- Planet Wisp's design concept is parallel to the motive of Sonic and Eggman's rivalry. The nature side of the Zone represent Sonic's goal to keep the world safe, while the mechanical construction site and contraptions that are prominent represents Eggman using technology to his end goal at the cost of the world he's conquering and potentially native lifeforms.
Fridge Horror
- Ok, so Sonic defeated Eggman and made a black hole happen... on the ONLY WAY OFF the theme park... leaving the people on the theme park left to drown in space...
- Sonic and Tails snuck in the day before it opened, at least on the Wii version, so there were no people there.
- Either that, or if other people were there, they already followed Eggman's warning and evacuated the park.
- It actually didn't seem like people went to Eggmanland at all. No one else was harmed.
- Sonic and Tails snuck in the day before it opened, at least on the Wii version, so there were no people there.
