How to create your own Sonic fan character is an animated short released on Newgrounds in the sixth volume of Sonic Shorts on 2010, created by Chakra-X from Nazo Unleashed's fame.
In the short, an animated host explains in a very sarcastic manner how to create a Sonic fan character.
Tropes for this episode include:
- Artificial Human: The host, finding long-lost siblings to be a cliche idea, suggest the character be named Zero, an artificial hedgehog created by Doctor Eggman on his super secret underwater volcano lab... IN SPACE!
- Driven to Suicide: At the end of the video in one of his takes, the host tries to kill himself due to hating what he is doing, before the video does another take with him faking it better.
- Recycled Animation: If you pay close attention, you will notice that the Sonic, Shadow and Knuckles Zero absorbs are taken from scenes of Nazo Unleashed.
- Satire: The video is a very deadpan and harsh criticism of Sonic fan characters, and the lack of originality they are prone to be.
- Sdrawkcab Name:Host: Sonic Long-lost brother? Name him Cynos! Its Sonic spelled backwards! [Host does a sarcastic glee]! But that's cliché, god knows that more from your goal!
- Take That!:
- The short is a parody of the Sonic fanbase's lack of creativity regarding the countless original characters they created, which ranged from the uninspired (Being recolors with backstories that range from Sonic's long-lost brother or an artificial hedgehog made by Doctor Eggman), and
how overpowered they tend to be written. - The first step is an attack at people who "request" (ask for free) artists on Website/Deviantart to draw their characters.
- The short is a parody of the Sonic fanbase's lack of creativity regarding the countless original characters they created, which ranged from the uninspired (Being recolors with backstories that range from Sonic's long-lost brother or an artificial hedgehog made by Doctor Eggman), and
