Talk:References to Sega/Film and television

To do

• References to Sonic in sports that aren't sponsorships (including wrestling)
• Commercials and Sponsorships
• Ensure all files are hosted at their appropriate websites; Sega/Sonic/CDN.
• Ensure all Reference article entries that feature both a Sonic and a non-Sonic reference have all refs listed on both their Sega and Sonic Retro entries.
• Reformat multiple-ref entries as nested ones like the Sonic Retro page (if possible.)
• So the reason Wreck-It Ralph's section doesn't mention the Hang-On inspired full-body taikan stuff is because that's such a popular shape for that type of hardware that it needs mentioning elsewhere. Which brings me to: This article needs brief summaries on "generic references" to very popular Sega things... i.e. the Hang-On style of sit-down motorcycle cabinet was so popular and widespread that pretty much anytime you see a fictional arcade with "sit-down motorcycle games", they're almost always a Hang-On "reference" (at least through inspiration.) The Music references article will need the same thing. So short of listing every piece of media featuring Hang-On-like sit-down motorcycle cabs, we can keep it to a brief section with a few examples and maybe an inline image.
• Mark which references are product placements.

Links

• https://productplacementblog.com
• https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_cameos_and_references
• https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comments/ft5whd/the_dreamcast_in_pop_culture/
• http://segabits.com/blog/2012/07/12/mordecai-and-rigby-bring-their-master-system-to-comic-con/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/SegaSaturn/comments/izwr3q/saturn_caught_in_movie_richard_jewel_takes_place/
• https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/Dreamcast
• https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/sega-references-in-pop-culture.22988/
• https://www.neogaf.com/threads/sega-genesis-megadrive-appreciation-thread-alien-storm-golden-axe.509554/page-131
• https://www.destructoid.com/--534711.phtml
• https://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4261
• This anecdote belongs somewhere. Maybe not here, but somewhere.

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

References to Sonic in film, television, and printed media

• Gaming Show in my Parent's Garage - "Sonic" appears a few times (a person in a Sonic costume I believe)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia stuff
• 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.
• Ellen DeGeneres Show - Someone in a Sonic the Hedgehog costume?
• Incredible Inventions (book) - Significantly features Sonic the Hedgehog in its chapter on video game history.
• Video Games (book) - Features a section on Sonic the Hedgehog.
• "Sonic the Hedgehog and The Beatles: A Comparative Analysis of the Games and the Music" - actually needs an independent page. Also shocked this exists.
• Sonic is used to advertise the box of the AMD EyeFinity A-Series chip.
• "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.

References to Sonic in web series

• 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.)
• The webseries In Wily's Defense has a reference to the Sonic series.
• 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!"

References to Sonic in tabletop games

• 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.

Questionable references

• 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. (doesn't really look like Sonic...)
• 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, but I'm not 100% sure...
• "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." (I don't know, sounds a little too generic/a stretch of a reference...)