During his role as development producer, Ohshima likely decided that he still liked the concept of the metallic, gold-plated stage that he designed years earlier, opting to include it with the current Sonic Team's approval. And the credits themselves are chock-full of references to Sonic 1, 2 and 3 - complete with a neat Jim Carrey-looking 16-bit sprite of his Robotnik - which is nice.Through Arzest, after leaving Sonic Team after Sonic Adventure, Ohshima was once again part of a 2D Sonic game in Sonic Superstars as the character designer and development producer. It's definitely worth sticking around for (if you've seen Paramount's other recent nostalgia-baiting film, Bumblebee, then know they're doing the exact same style of franchise teasing here). Since it's one of the most traditional forms of Easter eggs in modern cinema, don't be surprised that Sonic the Hedgehog has a post-credits scene. Congrats to the inventor of Sanic for getting their work onto the big screen. A guy named Crazy Carl draws him, believing he's seen some sort of blue devil at a time when Sonic hasn't yet voluntarily revealed himself to the world. Honestly, I can't tell if this is just something the writers chanced upon when Googling "Sonic" or if they actively chose to make a super deep reference to the franchise's lore, but in the beginning of the movie - mild spoiler alert - Baby Sonic is attacked by a tribe of echidnas that look quite similar to the ones seen and referenced in Sonic Adventure, Sonic X and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. Sonic's ring loss isn't anywhere near as contrived as those Battleship Easter eggs, though. The writers clearly put in some thought to orchestrate a scenario that'd allow for this particular game reference, much like how the writers of Battleship (2012) went to excessive lengths to incorporate the Hasbro boardgame's central gimmicks into the film. Get hit, lose ringĪt one point in the film, Sonic is hit and loses his rings in a way that's very similar, albeit not identical, to how it works in the games. One is a light and relaxing piano rendition of Green Hill Zone's theme that appears near the end of the film, and the other is Hyper Potions' "Friends" (the intro cutscene song from Sonic Mania), which plays at the beginning of the film. Given Sonic's reputation for consistently having some of the best music in the entire gaming medium, it's a shame there are only two big musical Easter eggs in the movie. Lastly, Sonic 1's title screen's winged logo appears on a headband worn by Sonic, and though I know this is in the trailer, I can't recall seeing it in the film - maybe I blinked and missed it? The (lack of) Sonic music And speaking of things Sonic says, he also references having a "bonus life," which is a forced bit of dialogue that's a clear nod to his games' lives systems. He also says "gotta go fast," a phrase that's just a lyric in the Sonic X cartoon's theme song yet has somehow taken on a life of its own as a meme (the fine anthropologists and historians over at can tell you more). Sonic's historically inexplicable interest in chili dogs is referenced very, very briefly in the film when he gives one a nibble during a particularly chaotic bar scene.
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