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In the English language manual for Sonic CD, Amy Rose is mistakenly referred to as this character who appears exclusively in American Sonic media (she is also a love interest to Sonic, which is likely why the mistranslation happened).
Who is Princess Sally/Sally Acorn?
In Sonic Underground, Sonic and these two other hedgehog siblings must find their long lost mother (who is also the queen!)
What is Manic and Sonia?
Before the comic series published under IDW publishing, there was a series of Sonic the Hedgehog comics published under this publisher (which currently holds the title of the longest running comic series based on a video game!)
What is Archie Comics?
This game is known for having two different soundtracks: The Japanese/European soundtrack, and the American soundtrack, the latter of which only being composed in a couple months.
What is Sonic CD?
During Sonic Twitter Takeover 6, a self proclaimed #1 fan asks for this character's hand in marriage.
What is Shadow the Hedgehog?
Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast was initially planned to release on this previous Sega console.
What is the Sega Saturn?
In the Knuckles television show on Paramount+, Knuckles wears this garment that he wears in the Sonic OVA from 1991?
What is THE HAT!!!!!!!!!!!! HE WEARS THE HAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE HAT IS SO BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The comic series before IDW has two different eras: Pre-Super Genesis Wave and Post-Super Genesis Wave. The Super Genesis Wave arc is actually a collaboration between Sonic the Hedgehog and this other video game franchise/character.
What/Who is Mega Man?
This band is known for making many of the franchise's most popular vocal tracks, their most famous tracks being Sonic Adventure 2's "Live and Learn" and Shadow the Hedgehog's "I am... All of Me."
What is Crush 40?
(*Deep exhale*...) This infamous hybrid fan character is known for the catchphrase "Zap to the Extreme!" as well as being created by one of the most documented people on the internet.
What is... (good lord...) What is Sonichu?
(I'm sorry, Bonesy made me add it)
This spinoff Sonic game was one of the first games to receive the E10+ ESRB rating.
What is Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)?
To figure out which character may appear in the next movie, try looking at this character's shirt in the previous movie...
Who is Maddie?
The Shogakukan Sonic the Hedgehog manga features a very different interpretation of Sonic, where he instead transforms into the blue blur in dire situations and has complete amnesia upon his transformation back into his regular self. His regular 5th-grade self instead goes by this name.
What is Nicky?
This artist composed the soundtrack for Sonic Mania, and composed a large portion of the soundtrack for Sonic Superstars.
Who is Tee Lopes?
In 2022, a rivalry formed between two popular fandom communities as Sonic Frontiers and this game fought for the Player's Voice award.
What is Genshin Impact?
This zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was originally a scrapped zone and was unplayable in the original game, but shares a name with a similar zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and was eventually included in later ports of Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
What is Hidden Palace Zone?
uh meow?...
What movie did the fandom named "ugly sonic" appear in (the original scrapped design for the first Sonic movie)?
What is Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)?
This character from Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood can unfortunately no longer be used in official Sonic media, as the company faced a lawsuit due to her (alleged) similarities to characters Ken Penders created for the comics.
Who is Shade the Echidna?
In modern ports of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, some of the tracks have unfortunately been changed. This may be due, in part, to this famous artist's involvement in producing some of these tracks for the game.
Who is Micheal Jackson?
This original fancharacter and sonic military veteran is best known for saying "psssh...nothin personnel...kid..."
What is Coldsteel the Hedgeheg? (copyright @blood_skull_boi84 2013)
By pressing every button at once in multiplayer mode, you can play as these versions of the characters in Sonic Heroes. (By 100% the game, they become playable whenever you want!)
What are the metal/chrome versions/skins?
In the Japanese version of the ending for the Sonic X episode "Defective Detectives," Amy Rose is, hilariously enough, replaced with this character instead.
Who is Cheese the Chao?
In the Shogakukan Sonic manga, our protagonist also has a younger sister who goes by this name.
What is Tania?
The final boss of this Sonic game samples a speech by Malcolm X.
What is Sonic Rush? (Will also accept the name of the track, "Wrapped in Black")
Cosmo from Sonic X is a plant-like alien, but oddly enough, these aliens were never given a canon name for their species. However, the fandom often dubs her species by this name.
What are Seedrians?