References to Sega/Film and television

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CartridgeCulture (talk) 20:28, 15 April 2022 (EDT)

Entries needing better images

  • The Drew Carey Show's image needs to be replaced with one showing the Saturn console they had on top of the TV.

To add (Sonic Retro)

TV

From here, but they're all direct Sonic movie promotions... probably deserve a listing on the page short of another article...

  • NFL Slimetime stuff
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  • 2022 Kids' Choice Awards
  • NFL Wild Card Game - San Francisco 49ers vs. Dallas Cowboys
  • Gaming Show in my Parent's Garage - "Sonic" appears a few times (a person in a Sonic costume I believe)[1]
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia stuff[1]
  • Arcade Gamer Fubuki - The Preview menu of the DVD release features Sonic Adventure artwork and a Sega logo-themed font.[2]
  • In an episode of Samurai Jack, Jack obtains a pair of blue sneakers that gives him Super Speed and makes him run like Sonic, down to his legs forming an 8.[3]
  • In the Jelly Jamm episode "The Man That Could Be King", Bello tries to help the King to get his chores done by presenting them as a sort of real-life video game, since the King is quite skilled at video games. The King picking weeds during this scene is accompanied by the "ring collect" sound from the Sonic games.[3]
  • In "Here Comes the Doom" / "Brain Purge", Sonic and Dr. Eggman appear in a commercial for Koopa Troopa, Gutsman, and Kracko. Sonic first appears destroying Dr. Eggman's Egg Mobile, then with help from Koopa Troopa, Dr. Eggman gets back at Sonic by building a spike pit too long for Sonic to jump over.[3]
  • Big Wolf on Campus: In "Game Over", Tommy is attacked by a video game character named Dirk Strykem (an obvious parody of Duke Nukem) and tries to convince his friend Merton to help him. Merton doesn’t believe him, so he sarcastically replies that he’ll help him and asks if he should also keep an eye peeled for Sonic the Hedgehog.[3]
  • For the Seinfeld entry (and get more from the original Segabits ref): "In "The Couch", when George attempts to rent the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's instead of reading the book, multiple rows of Sega Genesis games can be spotted behind him in the video rental store. Amongst these games are Sonic Spinball, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine." Wait this might be a second ref?
  • In Yu-Gi-Oh! GSTART, Kohaku Yudin's Pixel HERO Deck includes a few Monster Cards that reference this series (among others), including Speed Spike (Sonic), Chaos Needle (Shadow), and Chaos Speed Spike (Super Sonic, complete with an Expy of the Chaos Emeralds). According to the author, Kohaku's design also includes a few cues from Sonic, such as his green eyes, blue leg covering (shared reference to Mega Man), white gloves (shared reference to Mario), and blue spikes in the back of his hair.[3]
  • "In the Tokimeki PokéLive! and TwinBee story "Risa's and Emma's Double Trouble!?", Risa Selden directly quotes Sonic's "Real Superpower of Teamwork!" line from Sonic Heroes when sending out her Eevee against Team Rocket."[3]
  • Russel Howard's Good News - A bumper featuring a toy drum-playing monkey, whose drum contains a unlicensed picture of Tails.[4]
  • Bernard's Watch - Sonic graffiti on the wall of a video game shop.[2]
  • Weird Dogs - The host mentions strange animals that people keep (a pig, a pony, a donkey etc) but then gets to 'a hedgehog'. They then go on to say that people owning hedgehogs used to be pretty rare, until Sonic came along, and show a picture of Sonic Advance stock art to remind the audience.[2]
  • Ellen DeGeneres Show - Someone in a Sonic the Hedgehog costume?[5]
  • Awesomeness TV - A kid is shown holding a broken Super Sonic figurine.[5]
  • Apparently two robot characters in Sonic X are reused designs from an old anime? "TMS Hasshin"?[6]
  • UK Plumbing Commercial - A Game Gear and related Sonic game are featured at the beginning of the advert.[7]
  • An episode of Popee Performer features him playing a Sega UFO Catcher and trying to grab a Sonic plushie.[8]

Games

  • The background for the first segment of Mega Water S's stage from Mega Man: The Wily Wars looks like it may be a possible reference to Green Hill Zone's background[3], but I'm not 100% sure...
  • While Mario's blue Porcupo enemy was created before Sonic was, verify if any of the later games played up the eventual connection. I'd imagine a magazine or two definitely did, but did any manuals? Official sources? And where is this from?
  • To expand Blue Stinger entry: There's a Stamp Rally character with a very Sonic-like face and eyes.
  • Ensure both Rad Mobile and Gale Racer are listed.
  • For expanding the existing entry: In Bug!, Sonic appears in Reptilia, once in a bonus level where the title character holds a footrace against him, and again in a secret hard-to-reach area. If you turn on the cheat that makes Bug able to move anywhere, you can actually move up to him and kill him for laughs.[3]
  • The Bayonetta ref should stay, but needs explanation that it's not actually a Sonic ref, and details why.[3][3] Probably needs a separate entry from the film poster one?
  • Ensure all Daytona-series Sonic cameos are listed.
  • Scott Pilgrim (game) - The "Change coins into animals" code is not only a reference to the animals in the Prison Egg capsules, but the code (Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up) is the same as Sonic The Hedgehog 3's insanely hard level select and sound test code.[3]
  • Those Mega Turrican Mario/Sonic cameos ARE actually used in the game's prototype.[9]
  • Expand Monster Hunter entry with this info.[8]
  • Fall Guys also got a Knuckles outfit.[8]
  • Expand (both) NiGHTS entry with "Sonic mode" and Eggman boss, if they're not already listed.

Print

  • Jazz Jackrabbit (1994) PC - In the game's instruction booklet, Jazz wishes he could be like other easy video games that defeat enemies by just jumping on them. Sonic then appears behind him threatening to call his lawyer.[9]
  • Encyclopedia Horrifica (book) - The book uses a screenshot of Silver the Hedgehog using telekinesis to illustrate the concept of telekinesis.[2]
  • Incredible Inventions (book) - Significantly features Sonic the Hedgehog in its chapter on video game history.[2]
  • Video Games (book) - Features a section on Sonic the Hedgehog.[2]
  • "Sonic the Hedgehog and The Beatles: A Comparative Analysis of the Games and the Music" - actually needs an independent page. Also shocked this exists.[6]
  • Off The Mark (comic) - Sonic appearance[3]
  • Scott Pilgrim (comic) - Volume 4 has a title page inspired by the title screen of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Also, when Roxy dies, a bunch of small animals pop out of her, much like when the Prison Egg capsules are broken open at the end of the third act of a level. Scott and Kim's band is called "Sonic and Knuckles" In a chapter Scott asks Stephan stills if he knows any cheats for Sonic 3.[5][3]
  • A Mameshiba comic features Green Hill Zone.[6]

Movies

  • Scott Pilgrim (movie) - Scott Pilgrim VS The World has the ring pickup effect accompany the "He Really Doesn't" caption. When it does hit "Gets It", the sound from the end-of-level points tally in the second game plays. Also, the hammer uses the sound effect of Sonic entering a Special Stage.[3]
  • Gate to the Mind's Eye (see Megalopolis)

Other

  • Sonic is used to advertise the box of the AMD EyeFinity A-Series chip. Don't know if this should be listed but feels probable, probably aren't too many of these.[7]
  • The webseries Square Root of Minus Garfield has a strip where Jon is replaced by Dr. Eggman, with appropriate dialogue. (The sprites were specifically traced from Sonic Battle.)[3]
  • The webseries In Wily's Defense has a reference to the Sonic series.[3]
  • "Web novel?": In the Nifty version of Can You Spare a Quarter?, the name Tails for Jason's squirrel is based on Sonic the Hedgehog.[3]
  • Music: The title of A Day to Remember's song "You Be Tails, I'll Be Sonic" is obviously referencing Sonic, however the song itself contains no Sonic references. The title refers to how Sonic is faster than Tails. Being a Break-Up Song, the protagonist wants to get away from his past girlfriend.[3]
  • Tabletop: Dino Attack RPG: Member Kotua in Space was a huge fan of the series, and his writing contains many references to it. Most infamously, Chaos was based upon the water creature of the same name from Sonic Adventure, with the Chaos Emeralds used by Kotua being a recurring element of the series. The XERRD scientist Dr. Robert Nicholas is inspired by Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. Dr. Nicholas was first seen in a hovercraft with a wrecking ball, a tribute to Dr. Robotnik's first boss battle in the first game.[3]
  • Homestar Runner: Kick the Ball - When choosing who will go first to select their team-mates a coin toss is held. Homestar (when asked to call it) yells "Sonic! I mean Tails!"[4]
  • In Dreambound's music video for the song X, the keyboard player has a S&K symbol shirt on.[7]

Product placements

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CartridgeCulture (talk) 00:09, 1 April 2022 (EDT)

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_cameos_and_references/Television
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic2.html
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ReferencedBy/SonicTheHedgehog
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic.html
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic3.html
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic4.html
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic5.html
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic6.html
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_cameos_and_references
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