References to Sega/Film and television

From Sega Retro

To do

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

https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_cameos_and_references

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

Sega

  • That Sega VR commercial
  • Arcade Gamer Fubuki - The Preview menu of the DVD release features Sonic Adventure artwork and a Sega logo-themed font.[1]
  • UK Plumbing Commercial - A Game Gear and related Sonic game are featured at the beginning of the advert.[2]
  • Should Gate to the Mind's Eye be mentioned? Probably maybe but iunno.
  • Sega Saturn de Hakken!! Tamagotchi Park (1998) - Sega Saturn - A 2D Tamagotchi game with several Sega character cameos, including Alex Kidd, Flicky and Sonic as Sonictchi.

Sonic

TV

  • Arcade Gamer Fubuki - The Preview menu of the DVD release features Sonic Adventure artwork and a Sega logo-themed font.[1]
  • In the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote short, "Winter Blunderland" from the The Looney Tunes Show episode, "Eligible Bachelors", after Wile E. freezes the desert with the ACME insta-winter, a shuttle loop-like structure can be seen. Later in the short, Wile E. chases Road Runner through the shuttle loop.[3]
  • The Amazing World of Gumball has an episode titled "The Uncle" that centers around Gumball mistakenly thinking that Ocho knows Mario. It turns he does know Sonic, and the episode ends with Gumball chasing after Ocho while imitating Sonic's Classic-era run animation.[3]
  • 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]
  • Robot Chicken: The sketch, "How Does Sonic Run?" from "Callie Greenhouse in: Fun. Sad. Epic. Tragic." reveals the reason why Sonic runs so fast is because he's trying to outrun his depression.[3]
  • Robot Chicken: The sketch, "Sonic in the Library" from "Max Caenen in: Why Would He Know If His Mother’s a Size Queen" has Sonic try to get a book from a library, only for the book to fall on him, causing him to lose his rings, which disturbs the other patrons. The sound effect of Sonic picking his rings back up is taken from the Sega Master System and Game Gear versions of Sonic The Hedgehog 1.[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]
  • Craig of the Creek: In "Kelsey the Worthy", Kelsey reads a Slide the Ferret comic book, an obvious Sonic the Hedgehog parody featuring Dr. Robomelette, a Captain Ersatz of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Robotnik, and Slide's Robot Me. "Ferret Quest" depicts this Sonic parody more. Slide's love interest Glide The Ferret was inspired by Rouge the Bat.[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]
  • Amphibia: In "Mr. X", one of the stands in the theater is for a film called Fast Rat, with its tagline being "I require acceleration!"[3]
  • Robot Chicken: A sketch from "Happy Russian Deathdog Dolloween 2 U" has the Nerd dressed like Sonic (specifically the original live-action design with "off-putting human proportions") at a Halloween party.[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]
  • HiHi Puffy Ami Yumi: Camping Caper - One of the main characters travels through a Sonic-like loop.[4]
  • 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.[1]
  • 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.[1]
  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ep. 38 - A Sonic the Hedgehog 2 poster is featured on a character's wall.[1]
  • Honey Nut Cheerios commercial[3]
  • If we are including commercials, there's a Burlington Coat Factory one from the Sonic Gear page that prominently features one of the company's Sonic shirts.
  • Ellen DeGeneres Show - Someone in a Sonic the Hedgehog costume?[5]
  • Sonic appears in commercials for the McDonald's Happy Birthday Happy Meal[3]
  • 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.[2]
  • The anime High Score Girl features a Sonic the Fighters cabinet in the background of one scene.[7]
  • An episode of Popee Performer features him playing a Sega UFO Catcher.[7]
  • American Dad, Season 16, Episode 1 "Who Smarted" - The famous Sonic ice cream pop appears in one scene, complete with trademark sagging gumball eyes. I would be really surprised if that popsicle thing didn't already have its own page. If not, make one. This scene is a great example of "the first thing people think of when they think shitty melting ice-cream pops is that Sonic one."[7]

Games

  • In the 1998 PC adaptation of Candy Land, the "Ring" sound effect from the Sonic games is used whenever the space on the board your character is supposed to move to is clicked on.[3]
  • Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories has Tink's Sonic Roll, obviously inspired by the Spin Dash. The original PS2 version even has the same sound effect.[3]
  • Exponential Idle gives the "Gotta Go Fast" achievement for reaching 2.5x with the acceleration button (approximately 7 minutes of holding it).[3]
  • Malice: A bird scolds another for worshipping a blue hedgehog.[3]
  • Mega Man: The Wily Wars has a backdrop in the outside portions of Mega Water S's stage that look suspiciously like Green Hill Zone from the first game. (Idunno, look into this...)[3]
  • Retro City Rampage: There is a character named Dr. Von Buttnick, much like Dr. Ivo Robotnik. Also, you get a power-up in the form of shoes that alow you do to a quick dash tackle. They're apparently from the Green Hills. Every area in Theftropolis ends in "Zone", much like the various areas in this series.[3]
  • "A griffin in Ace Combat: The Equestrian War is named Jet, after the Sonic Riders character of the same name." (Just "Jet"? Probably just a coincidence given its a game about jets, but maybe there's a matching paint scheme? Needs investigation.)[3]
  • Mickey Mania (1994) - Sega Mega Drive, Sega CD, SNES - A 16-bit platformer starring Disney's popular mascot, Mickey Mouse. Both Sonic and Tails' names are featured in the game's credits as nicknames for Tony Parks and Phil Snape.[8]
  • Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble (1995) Sega Mega Drive - A platforming game starring cartoon icon Bugs Bunny. In a level of the game, Bugs will come across sneakers resembling Sonic's shoes, which seem to have been abandoned. The left shoe taps up and down similarly to Sonic's iconic waiting pose.[1]
  • While Mario's Porcupo enemy isn't a Sonic reference by default, 1. a later game (the GBA port of Mario 2?) may have played up the blue/sonic reference but needs verification, 2. there's this concept art here which I don't know is legit, looks like its from a comic... an official Mario comic? If so, deserves an entry in Sonic Retro's print section.
  • 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.[8]
  • Expand Monster Hunter entry with this info.[7]
  • Fall Guys also got a Knuckles outfit.[7]
  • Expand NiGHTS entry with "Sonic mode" and Eggman boss, if they're not already listed.
  • There's a clearer shot of the Metal Head sonic sign here but its not an actual screenshot...

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.[8]
  • Encyclopedia Horrifica (book) - The book uses a screenshot of Silver the Hedgehog using telekinesis to illustrate the concept of telekinesis.[1]
  • Incredible Inventions (book) - Significantly features Sonic the Hedgehog in its chapter on video game history.[1]
  • Video Games (book) - Features a section on Sonic the Hedgehog.[1]
  • "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]
  • Gamera: Guardian of the Universe - Sonic and Tails plushies appear in a meeting scene.[2]
  • AHHHH okay that's where the Home Alone 3 entry came from: "In Home Alone 3, a Sonic 3D Blast cartridge can be seen in Alex's drawer when he looks through it for a dog whistle to irritate the dog Alice Ribbons is walking."
  • Should Gate to the Mind's Eye be mentioned? Probably maybe but iunno.

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.[2]
  • 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.[2]

Product placements

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic2.html
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic5.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 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ReferencedBy/SonicTheHedgehog
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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 7.3 7.4 http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic6.html
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_cameos_and_references
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