TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Somebody want to explain Sonic to me?

Go To

HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#1: Oct 16th 2011 at 6:42:46 PM

I walk into the lounge, and there's a Hind watching as Sonic snowboards down a San Francisco street on the TV.

An hour later I'm more confused.

The last thing I remember from a Saturday morning? There was a coup d'etat in what appears to be the only city in the world that ineffectually attacked Eggman while the political situation remained unstable and a lady on a SWAT team appeared to have a lesbian relationship with a fox-bot...thing.

Meanwhile, Sonic is shot out of the love child of an F-14 and an X-wing.

Oh, and emeralds seem to be a combination of blood diamonds and nuclear fuel rods.

THE HELL?

What happened to a blue dude fighting an evil scientist who turned innocent woodland creatures into robots (likely because he was a shitty programmer and used brains in lieu of a decent OS)? Oh, and two useless evil henchmen with pointy noses?

I am so very, very lost. Help me. Please.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
Ramus Lead. from some computer somwhere. Since: Aug, 2009
Lead.
#2: Oct 16th 2011 at 6:45:06 PM

Inb4lock or move, whichever.

edited 16th Oct '11 6:46:14 PM by Ramus

The emotions of others can seem like such well guarded mysteries, people 8egin to 8elieve that's how their own emotions should 8e treated.
Haldo Indecisive pumpkin from Never never land Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
Indecisive pumpkin
#3: Oct 16th 2011 at 6:45:15 PM

Sonic X is nuts, that's what happened.

‽‽‽‽ ^These are interrobangs. Love them. Learn them. Use them.
Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#4: Oct 16th 2011 at 6:47:57 PM

Sonic gained 5,000 incredibly annoying friends no one gives a fuck about is what happened

One of my few regrets about being born female is the inability to grow a handlebar mustache. -Landstander
CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
intellectual rapist
#5: Oct 16th 2011 at 7:05:55 PM

This level of trolling is reasonable for Commander Obvious. What do you think of this, everyone?
HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#6: Oct 16th 2011 at 7:07:01 PM

I'm sure if I waved a bunch of Homestuck stuff at people I knew they'd be at least as perplexed.

I don't see why this would need to be locked, I heard there are some annoying fans, but they're probably the people most able to explain this to me.

^That's what I remember.

edited 16th Oct '11 7:07:58 PM by HungryJoe

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
intellectual rapist
#7: Oct 16th 2011 at 7:10:09 PM

there are two sonic shows that most people remember
with the exception of the Sonic X anime
one is dark, edgy, and awesome (considered one of the best saturday morning cartoons)
the other teaches what to do when you have been sexually molested
and that putting yourself in the washing machine is bad
check out the nostalgia critic's video for both of them

edited 16th Oct '11 7:11:15 PM by CommanderObvious

This level of trolling is reasonable for Commander Obvious. What do you think of this, everyone?
Fluid Since: Jan, 2001
#8: Oct 16th 2011 at 7:12:04 PM

I would not put too much faith in this franchise having a strong sense of continuity.

HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#9: Oct 16th 2011 at 7:31:41 PM

Huh, that second show does look pretty good.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Uniocular
#10: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:16:01 PM

Well, you see, Sonic is a fast-food restauraunt that looks a lot like a gas station. You drive up to one of the many order boards, place your order, and wait for it.

The service is unique in that your food is delivered to your car by people in rollerskates.

"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."
Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#11: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:20:35 PM

[up]It's in the style of 50s burger joints, before the Mc Donalds quick service system was introduced.

edited 16th Oct '11 8:24:34 PM by Erock

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
Quarterman Picture not related from Side 7 Since: Aug, 2011
Picture not related
#12: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:23:48 PM

They have a wide variety of hamburgers and hotdogs.

Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#13: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:26:48 PM

The shows are set in alternate universes and have almost entirely different concepts, plots, and characters. Especially the saturday morning cartoon (Known as Satam).

I personally find Satam overrated as fuck, along with the comics, and much prefer the game continuity, but that's just me.

HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#14: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:46:03 PM

Could you explain the game continuity to me then? Like, why are there pictures of Sonic going super Saiyan?

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
djmaca Secret Character from Philippines Since: Apr, 2010
Secret Character
#15: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:50:41 PM

Sonic sucks.

Well, not really. But it can be boring as hell...

...a little brother should belong to his older sister, right? - Orimura Chifuyu
squiddleTron Since: Jul, 2011
#16: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:55:29 PM

Could you explain the game continuity to me then? Like, why are there pictures of Sonic going super Saiyan?

The Genesis Sonic games take place on Mobius, Sonic's home planet, while everything from Sonic Adventure onward seems to take place on Earth. I am not sure if this was ever explained in the game series but in the beginning of Sonic X, Sonic and his friends are all mysteriously transported to human-inhabited Earth, where Eggman quickly begins taking over the world. 8p That may explain the dichotomy between the classics and the newer games.

If you are asking about Super Sonic (flashing yellow, flying, DBZ-esque, etc.), it is what Sonic can transform into when all 7 Chaos Emeralds are gathered and I think this was possible as early as Sonic The Hedgehog 2. 8]

Sonic sucks.

Well, not really. But it can be boring as hell...

>8[

squiddleTron Since: Jul, 2011
#17: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:57:24 PM

There is a lot of information on the various iterations of Sonic here too. 8]

HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
Gristknife
#18: Oct 16th 2011 at 8:58:32 PM

So what's so special about these impure lumps of Be 3 Al 2(Si O 3)6*

?

edited 16th Oct '11 9:00:07 PM by HungryJoe

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.
Alkthash Was? Since: Jan, 2001
Was?
#19: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:02:39 PM

Just accept they are magic and move on.

Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#20: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:19:23 PM

Ugh, don't rely on Sonic News Network for info. It's just a poor wiki in general.

The games have always taken place on what appears to be earth. Mobius was just something added in by the western Sega/Sonic teams.

squiddleTron Since: Jul, 2011
#21: Oct 16th 2011 at 10:59:20 PM

The games have always taken place on what appears to be earth. Mobius was just something added in by the western Sega/Sonic teams.

*has just acquired knowledge that eluded this Sonic fan for a long time!* >________<

USAF713 I changed accounts. from the United States Since: Sep, 2010
I changed accounts.
#22: Oct 16th 2011 at 11:00:27 PM

Sonic The Hedgehog: A hedgehog that can run at supersonic speeds... somehow.

The plot really isn't the point, now...

I am now known as Flyboy.
SilverWings Since: Aug, 2015
#23: Oct 18th 2011 at 1:43:59 PM

Oh. That was a cartoon SPINOFF of the games we all know and love. Looking back, I think it was just a way of getting a new generation into the franchise. And it worked. The show premiered in America when I was in elementary school. (I'm applying to college now, LOL!) Back then, since I was so young, I only knew of Sonic from watching my older relatives play the games. This basic familiarity was what got me to watch it at first. I fell in love with the show and immediately started begging my parents to get the games.

As to your confusion with the story, the anime/cartoon added in a lot of original characters that weren't featured in the games, most of them being humans. The entire series starts when using the Chaos Emeralds causes the characters that were actually from the games to wind up on earth (but not our earth with the games, just an earth with humans and no cartoon animals.) Rouge the bat was employed by the US government, and that girl she was with was assigned to watch her.

Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#24: Oct 18th 2011 at 3:42:02 PM

Man now you've got me remembering SatAM when they had writers that could actually do a dark story well.

I think one of the things that kept that from feeling overbearing like some of the recent iterations is that it was done at about the same time as the wackier Adventures series. I remember them airing back to back a couple times.

Also Snively interrogating someone by threatening to make escargot...with margarine!!

edited 18th Oct '11 3:43:05 PM by Pykrete

MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN
#25: Oct 19th 2011 at 10:20:46 AM

The games have always taken place on what appears to be earth. Mobius was just something added in by the western Sega/Sonic teams.
Yeah, before the Dreamcast, the Japanese and American branches of Sega were told to come up with their own game backstories completely independently of each other, presumably so they could be individually tailored for maximum coolness in the different regions. So in Japan, Sonic lived on Earth and fought Dr Eggman, while in America, Sonic lived on Mobius and fought Dr Robotnik. Barely any of the backstory showed up in the games themselves.

Then Sonic Adventure happened, and suddenly the games had a plot that wasn't an Excuse Plot. So the games used the Japanese backstory from that point on. (Except for the Robotnik/Eggman thing*

.)

Sonic X is the only cartoon that even tried to adapt the actual game plots (rather than just the characters), and even then they added new characters and the whole alternate-universes bit.

And yeah, the Chaos Emeralds have been in the games since the original Sonic the Hedgehog, and Sonic himself has been able to use them to go super since Sonic 2. (And Super Sonic almost certainly was a deliberate Shout-Out to Dragonball Z.) It's just that, prior to Sonic Adventure, getting all 7 emeralds was a 100% Completion thing, whereas after Adventure collecting the emeralds was an integral part of the in-game story.

What do the Chaos Emeralds do? They're Green Rocks—they do whatever the plot wants them to do.


Total posts: 47
Top