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| | {{dab page|Sonic the Hedgehog (disambiguation)}} |
| '''''Sonic the Hedgehog''''' was a [[video game]]. | | '''''Sonic the Hedgehog''''' was a [[video game]]. |
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| == History ==
| | In [[1989]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] was aware that the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|titular character]] was a [[blue]] [[hedgehog]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Business Unusual (novel)}}) |
| In [[1989]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] was aware that the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|titular character]] was a [[blue]] [[hedgehog]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]'') | |
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| [[Mel Joseph]] was playing the game on his [[computer]], completing the [[Scrap Brain Zone]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'') | | [[Mel Joseph]] played the game on his [[computer]], completing the [[Scrap Brain Zone]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Conundrum (novel)}}) |
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| [[Mickey Smith]] had a copy of the game on either his [[Playstation]] or [[Xbox]], along with ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' and ''[[Gran Turismo]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'') | | [[Mickey Smith]] had a copy of the game on either his [[Playstation]] or [[Xbox]], along with ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' and ''[[Gran Turismo]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Winner Takes All (novel)}}) |
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| [[Ace]] joked with [[Doctor|Dr]] [[John Watson]] that whatever the [[Rakshassi]] were worshipping, it wasn't Sonic the Hedgehog. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| The franchise is one of the many to be represented in ''[[LEGO Dimensions (video game)|LEGO Dimensions]]'', with Sonic himself appearing as a playable character.
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| While the character is implied to have been around from as early as 1989 in the DWU, in the real world his first appearance was in 1991.
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| === Connections ===
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| The ''[[Legacy (video game)|Legacy]]'' story ''[[Sonic Adventure (video game)|Sonic Adventure]]'' shares its name with {{w|Sonic Adventure|the 1998 Dreamcast game}}. It is not known whether this was an intentional nod.
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| [[Frank Welker]] voiced various minor roles in the 1993 {{w|Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)|TV series}}.
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| [[TT Games]] and [[Sumo Digital]] have developed a number of ''Sonic'' or ''Sonic''-related games.
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| [[Virgin Books]] published a series of original novels based upon the series in the early 90s.
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| Various comic books based upon the series have been published. A series titled {{wi|Sonic the Comic}} ran in the UK from 1993-2002, on whom multiple people also involved with DWU media have worked, the most notable examples being [[Richard Elson]], [[Lew Stringer]], [[Gary Knight]], [[Andy Diggle]], [[Alan McKenzie]], [[Mike McMahon]], [[Anthony Williams (artist)|Anthony Williams]], [[Steve Cook]], [[Mark Millar]], [[John M. Burns]], and [[Elitta Fell]].
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| [[Andrew Pepoy]] was a regular inker for various issues of the longrunning {{w|Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)|American comic book series by Archie Comics}}.
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| {{w|Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Publishing)|A second American comic series}} began in 2018 under [[IDW Publishing]], with [[Jack Lawrence (artist)|Jack Lawrence]] among its art team.
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| === References to ''Doctor Who'' ===
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| [[image:IDWSonic Dalek cameo.jpg|thumb|The Dalek figurine. (IDW ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #49)]]
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| * Among the most notable exclusive villains of the aforementioned ''Sonic the Comic'' series were the "Brotherhood of Metallix", an army consisting entirely of {{w|Metal Sonic}}s (Sonic's robotic doppelgänger from the video games). Many fans noted similarities between the Brotherhood and ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s own [[Dalek Empire]], being led by a larger "[[Dalek Emperor|Emperor Metallix]]". Nigel Kitching, one of the comics most prolific writers, acknowledged this, stating that he did not intend to "rip off" the Daleks but, after noting the similarity, chose to run with the idea. He further stated that, since ''Doctor Who'' was off the air at the time, he believed the similarity was unlikely to jar the series' readership.<ref>http://sonicthecomic.proboards.com/thread/9482?page=8#355593</ref>
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| * In issue 52 of {{w|Archie Comics}}' {{wi|Mega Man (Archie Comics)|Mega Man}} comic series - which was the final chapter in a multi-series crossover event with the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise - ''Sonic'' character Sticks the Badger uses the phrase "[[Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey|wibbly-wobbley]]" when describing time travel.
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| * In issue 19 of the IDW comic series, E-123 Omega, a robot character, is seen exclaiming "exterminate" in a similar fashion to the [[Dalek]]s.
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| * In issue 49 of the aformentioned IDW series, a Dalek figurine can be seen on a shelf in Tails' house.
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| == External links ==
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| {{ldx|Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)}}
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| * '''[https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_series ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series]''' on [https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_News_Network Sonic News Network], the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' wiki.
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| == Footnotes ==
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| [[Category:Video games from the real world]] | | [[Category:Video games from the real world]] |
