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    Sonic’s Color is a Marketing Scheme

    Why is Sonic blue? (Well, other than his hamster wheel sneaker accident of course.) The answer is simple: Blue is the color of the SEGA logo and SEGA wanted their mascot to be the same color. In addition, Blue apparently stands for peace and SEGA wanted Sonic’s color to reflect his good-guy with a bad-attitude nature.

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    Vector: the Crocodile Was Originally a Sound Test

    The canceled sound test from Sonic the Hedgehog 1 was going to have Sonic breakdancing to a band as the music played. One of the members of this band was Vector the Crocodile who would later show up in Knuckles Chaotix, Sonic Heroes, and other Sonic games as a full-fledged character.

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    Sonic Canonically Loves to Breakdance

    Sonic likes to breakdance in more places than just a canceled sound test. Breakdancing has been described as one of Sonic’s favorite past-times in many documents, mostly in the Sonic comics. However, Sonic has shown his love for breakdancing in games as well. In Super Smash Bros Brawl, one of his taunts is a breakdance. Several 3D Sonic games show Sonic breakdancing on level clear screens as well. Finally, in Sonic Battle, Sonic’s entire fighting style was based on breakdancing. Breakdancing is easily as canonical as his love for chilli dogs.

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    Sonic Has Multiple Birthdays

    Sonic’s canonical birthday in video game land is June 23rd. This date is the same day that Sonic the Hedgehog was released back in 1991. However some comics have also pegged his birthday as Christmas or Boxing Day. Sonic had a birthday party in Sonic Generations but it wasn't clear what date it was being held on. Perhaps we will never know his true date of birth.

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    Eggman Was Robotnik’s Original Japanese Name

    Yeah, we all saw that scene from Sonic Adventure where Sonic started calling Dr. Robotnik “Eggman” to make fun of him. But this is just an example of Sega ret-conning. Robotnik’s name was Eggman in the Japanese version of the game, all the way back to Sonic 1.

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    Sonic Was Originally Going to Have a Girlfriend Named Madonna

    Sonic was originally going to be trying to save his girlfriend from Dr. Eggman instead of little forest critters. Named Madonna, she was a blonde girl in a red dress that could have competed with Jessica Rabbit for best animated turn-on. Fortunately, SEGA thought that this wasn’t appropriate for younger gamers and ditched the Madonna idea all together. Unfortunately, SEGA returned to this idea in Sonic the Hedgehog 360… and we all know how that turned out.

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    Sonic’s Games Are Older Than He Is

    Sonic’s canonical age is 15. Even in Sonic Generations, were Sonic had a birthday in the game, Sonic is still 15. That means he went back in time to when he was 15 from when he was 15… weird. It also means that Sonic’s game series is canonically older than he is. If you want to make this even stranger, Sonic Jam and the original Sonic comic peg Sonic as 16 years old… which means Sonic has aged… backwards? Then again, his original incarnation listed him as 15 as well so, does he age in a sine curve? Either way, his games are older than he is.

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    Sonic’s Archie Comics Series is the Longest Running Comic Series Based on a Video Game

    Sonic’s Archie Comics line is still running to this day! That makes the comic line 20 years old, one of the longest running comic lines period and the longest running comic line based on a video game.

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    Sonic Was the First Video Game Character to Be in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

    Sonic was the first video game character to have a balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, back in 1993. Unfortunately, he was also the first video game character to have a balloon pop in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Sonic had a second version of his balloon introduced in 2011.

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    Sonic First Debuted in Rad Mobile as an Air Freshener

    Much like Mario originally showed up in Donkey Kong before he had his own game series, Sonic first showed up in Rad Mobile before he made his title debut in 1991. He was a tiny air freshener that hung from the rearview mirror. It’s a tough job, but it’s a living.

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