The most unintentionally hilarious things in a Sonic game

[Urban Flow]

"AAAAaaAaaAaAaAaA"

Top-notch voice acting there.

Yeah you know what, I think thats it xD

[Vertekins]

The way Amy's eyes decide to go mutant in SA2 is both freaky and funny. The following two images are swear-to-god not edited in any way;

[T-Min]

The way Amy's eyes decide to go mutant in SA2 is both freaky and funny. The following two images are swear-to-god not edited in any way;

Oh my god, I never actually noticed that.

Maybe it only happens in the GC version?

[Anti Alias]

The way Amy's eyes decide to go mutant in SA2 is both freaky and funny. The following two images are swear-to-god not edited in any way;

No wonder she mistook Sonic for Shadow...

[Johnny Boy]

Pretty much anything Eggman says during a boss fight.

Oh and what about the GUN commanders derpy face when he saw shadow getting created as a child?

And of course there are the primitive animations of Sonic's face in sonic adventure.

[Kuzu]

"Kick their Imperial butts" Looking back, that's an incredibly terrible line, but somehow freaking hilarious at the same time.

[Vertekins]

Also, am I the only one who finds it frikkin' hilarious how that fire tornado will chase Sonic in Crisis City and throw objects at him maliciously yet when you touch the goal ring, the aforementioned tornado will lull about in the background making no attempt to attack him or chase him as his score and grade is calculated?

"Yeah....I'll just hang back here and make no attempt to kill you even though I was trying to about a second earlier if that's ok with everybody"

[Frogging101]

The way Amy's eyes decide to go mutant in SA2 is both freaky and funny. The following two images are swear-to-god not edited in any way;

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Um... I think she's also hugging the wrong hedgehog. Unless there are some serious graphical errors (color swapping), that's definitely not Sonic

Edited October 28, 2012 by Frogging101

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Um... I think she's also hugging the wrong hedgehog. Unless there are some serious graphical errors (color swapping), that's definitely not Sonic

That's not an error. She is literally mistaking Shadow for Sonic.

Yes, it is very stupid.

More on topic, Eggman's running animation in the Classic games is hilarious win. Seriously, it is absolutely ridiculous. And even more ridiculous is how, in Sonic 1 after the final boss when Sonic is chasing him, Eggman outruns Sonic.

Think about it.

[SpencertheCat]

When you save Amy in Generations,when she's a statue, it looks like she's taking a massive dump

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Speaking of that scene, when you rescue her as Modern Sonic, she says this line;

"I was afraid I'd never be able to flirt with you again." That quote and Sonic's subsequent facepalm had me laughing. xD

[Eternal EX]

Shadow roundhouse-kicking Silver in 06'.

Yeah.....That scene alone made me enjoy that game.

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This line in Unleashed:

"With a....and a...and a WHOLE pack of robots!"

[Crash]

Black Doom sounding like a pedo.

"You are awake, Shadow. From now on my eye shall follow you and you shall listen to me!"

It's something along those lines but it's funny!

[Badnik Mechanic]

Sonic Adventure 2... pretty much all of it but for now, lets focus on this guy.

Oh Silver, I feel sorry for thee, you are a ridiculous character in a terrible game, yet theres some dude who drives around in a tank and motobike shooting aliens and somehow he gets a free ride and in some places of the fandom is worshiped as a god.

Shadow the Hedgehog is by far one of the most ridiculous and hilarious characters in Sonic, yet almost nobody seems to realise just how stupid and funny he is.

Assuming you play SA2 by doing the hero story first, which you probably should since all but one of the characters on the dark side are new to the series so why would you pick a team which has 66.66% less appeal than the other based on familiarity alone. The first time you encounter Shadow is in a boss fight.

Now lets be honest, some boss fights can establish a character and make them seem bad ass, take demons souls, at the end of the tutorial if you survive the first boss, you encounter the dragon god who kills you, later on in the game you find him again, and he's just as awesome and scary. Similar thing with the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus, you know nothing about them, but their presence alone makes them interesting and their power awesome.

So how does shadow's first boss fight go!

He runs around in a circle constantly telling the player how awesome he is.

Right... thats your fighting stratergy? Just run around going 'You're the fake! I'm the coolest!' Urm... Mr Cool.... I just beat you in 30 seconds.. .. .. . it took me longer to defeat the first Egg-O-matic in Sonic 1... .... ... .30 seconds... .. .all I did was a forward roll attack.

What happens after the fight? He just sorta wanders off proclaiming how awesome he is, and you won't see him again for nearly one quarter of the game... . .. in which he returns and tells you how awesome he is.

Does anyone else see a pattern forming here?

"YEAH! I'M SO AWESOME! I JUST GOT MY ASS KICKED IN 30 SECONDS AND RAN AWAY! BUT I'M THE COOLEST!"

In fact, for the majority of the hero story, Shadow is not in it, in fact it's not up until the end of the game does shadow bother to turn up. And whats his master plan thats going to make him into this bad ass villain. WELL IT'S... .. .. ... urm... .. .. run in a line... .. .. telling everyone how awesome he is.

No seriously. If you play the hero side first, Shadow is barely in it. When he is in it all he does is tell people how awesome and cool he is. Runs around in the circle, and thats it. In fact playing the hero side alone, Shadow is just literally some random enemy that Eggman keeps sending out. He doesn't have a master plan, he doesn't have any reason to fight Sonic other than 'I'm so cool!' Why are you there exactly Shadow what is the point of you?

"Well I am the ultimate lifeform!"

You have rocket boots and a hairy chest! That doesn't make you the ultimate lifeform! Big the Cat has done greater things than you and so far all I've seen of him in this game is him being run over by the gun truck and surviving!

In fact, out of all the villains in this game. Shadow is the most usless he just does whatever Eggman tells him, it's only right at the end his master plan is to just... stand back and let the arc destroy everything whilst he comments about how cool and awesome he is. At least Rouge actually has an agenda and plan. Whilst it's tacked on and crappy. It's better than just 'I'm so cool!'

Then we have this face that Shadow decides to pull for some reason.

The island is gonna explode! Pull my shocked face!

Ok so maybe he's better on the Dark story... oh dear... he's not.

Eggman opens a fridge and Shadow comes out, he says 'I'll be your slave' to eggman and does his work. he has no master plan, he is just Eggmans toy at this point. And again it's nothing but 'I'm the coolest! I'm so awesome! I am the ultimate power! BECAUSE I SAID SO!'

In fact he has no plan in the whole game! The arc is going to destroy the world because of Gerald's computer code, not because of Shadow, Shadow is just going to stand there and 'look awesome' until he changes his mind after a single memory comes back. He adds absolutely nothing to the game. Yet we're supposed to believe he is this ultimate lifeform bad ass thats cooler than Sonic... urm... why?

BECAUSE I HAVE ROCKET SHOES!

Oh yes the rocket shoes that make you run fast I forgot about those...

The ultimate lifeform... needs rocket shoes.

*just think about that for 10 seconds before reading the next bit*

Watch that video. Just look how quick the fight is over with, yet Shadows first line in the fight is 'I'm the coolest!' The fight ends in less than 20 seconds.

This is hysterical, this is a character who constantly proclaims how he's the coolest. He is the ultimate power, he is going to punish all of humanity. Yet his boss fights are over in 20 seconds or less, he needs rocket shoes to run fast, his master plan is to just stand in a corner looking out of a window on a spaceship!

And amazing, some people in the fandom think that this does in fact make shadow cool! This is the funniest bit of the lot! You are not cool if you have to tell people you are. You are not the ultimate power if you need rocket shoes or if the player can beat you in under 30 seconds, nor are you a bad ass if your master plan is to just stand in the corner doing nothing!

Why has Shadow gotten such a free ride for so long, he is not a bad ass in this game. He is the clown! The comic relief!

But it's ok folks, he's going to get all of that bad ass and coolness back... in the next game he's a robot that might actually be a clone... .. .. then in the next game he's going to be an alien. All we need is 'Sonic: The long Halloween' and Shadow can be a zombie to complete the whole set!

If Sonic Adventure 2 where a school. Shadow would be the kid who runs around telling everyone how he's the 'hardest' and the best at everything. Only to get punched in the face by someone and then run away only to never be seen again.

Edit: It's a shame we're just limiting this to games... because I really want to also mention Sonic the Comic's issue 200 cover.

The artwork on everyone is quite bad... but it's Tails that gets me everytime.

[T-Min]

Sonic Adventure 2... pretty much all of it but for now, lets focus on this guy.

Oh Silver, I feel sorry for thee, you are a ridiculous character in a terrible game, yet theres some dude who drives around in a tank and motobike shooting aliens and somehow he gets a free ride and in some places of the fandom is worshiped as a good.

Shadow the Hedgehog is by far one of the most ridiculous and hilarious characters in Sonic, yet almost nobody seems to realise just how stupid and funny he is.

Assuming you play SA2 by doing the hero story first, which you probably should since all but one of the characters on the dark side are new to the series so why would you pick a team which has 66.66% less appeal than the other based on familiarity alone. The first time you encounter Shadow is in a boss fight.

Actually, the first time you encounter Shadow is in the cutscene at 2:16 in this video here:

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Sure, the writing isn't exactly stellar, but that's better than the boss fight, right?

What happens after the fight? He just sorta wanders off proclaiming how awesome he is, and you won't see him again for nearly one quarter of the game... . .. in which he returns and tells you how awesome he is.

Actually, he runs off because Eggman has just informed him that the island is about to blow up (I originally wrote "run off" here. This is why you shouldn't post at 5:30 AM) and he still has to save Rouge, who is trapped in Security Hall, but Sonic's little appearance sidetracked him. He returns at the end to stop Sonic from ruining everything with the fake Chaos Emerald, if I recall correctly.

In fact, for the majority of the hero story, Shadow is not in it, in fact it's not up until the end of the game does shadow bother to turn up. And whats his master plan thats going to make him into this bad ass villain. WELL IT'S... .. .. ... urm... .. .. run in a line... .. .. telling everyone how awesome he is.

"Before this is over...I'll show you the true power of CHAOS CONTROL!"

Okay, maybe technically, but still...

In fact, out of all the villains in this game. Shadow is the most usless he just does whatever Eggman tells him, it's only right at the end his master plan is to just... stand back and let the arc destroy everything whilst he comments about how cool and awesome he is.

Um...he doesn't...do this...in the last story. ...Does he?

The island is gonna explode! Pull my shocked face!

okay that's kinda funny

Eggman opens a fridge and Shadow comes out, he says 'I'll be your slave' to eggman and does his work. he has no master plan, he is just Eggmans toy at this point. And again it's nothing but 'I'm the coolest! I'm so awesome! I am the ultimate power! BECAUSE I SAID SO!'

Actually, his agenda is to carry out his revenge on humanity by tricking Eggman into getting him the seven Chaos Emeralds for the Eclipse Cannon, which will, in turn, send the ARK hurtling towards Earth, thus fulfilling his plan to get revenge on humanity as well as Gerald's (though that's only Shadow's plan because Gerald reprogrammed him so that it would be). Either that, or he intends to use the Eclipse Cannon for his own purposes, but either way, it works. Also, he believes that he's the ultimate life form because he was created to be the ultimate life form.

You really need to replay SA2, mang.

The ultimate lifeform... needs rocket shoes.

He was built with rocket shoes...

Watch that video. Just look how quick the fight is over with, yet Shadows first line in the fight is 'I'm the coolest!' The fight ends in less than 20 seconds.

The "I'M THE COOLEST" line was kinda OoC for Shadow, anyway. 'Course, the Adventure games most certainly do not have the most stellar writing. I can admit that. Still, plot-wise, he is kind of a bad@$$, imo.

Some lines and animations aside, I really don't see how Shadow is unintentionally hilarious...

Edited October 28, 2012 by T-Man

[Semi-colon e]

Also, am I the only one who finds it frikkin' hilarious how that fire tornado will chase Sonic in Crisis City and throw objects at him maliciously yet when you touch the goal ring, the aforementioned tornado will lull about in the background making no attempt to attack him or chase him as his score and grade is calculated?

"Yeah....I'll just hang back here and make no attempt to kill you even though I was trying to about a second earlier if that's ok with everybody"

It's also amusing that there is only a few spots of slowdown during the entire tornado chase with so much shit flying around on screen, but the second you hit that goal ring, the game lags like a motherfucker. The results screen!

Also that silly little forward roll in 06 where you get hit on a board and the "OOUGH" noise, especially if it happens over and over.

Edited October 28, 2012 by Semi-colon e

[Badnik Mechanic]

Actually, the first time you encounter Shadow is in the cutscene at 2:16 in this video here:

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Sure, the writing isn't exactly stellar, but that's better than the boss fight, right?

*watches*

Shadow: I'm the worlds ultimate lifeform."

Me: Why?

Game: Because he just told you so!

Me: This is ridiculous. And how the fuck did all those heavilly armed police and robots get so close to Sonic without him even hearing them! Is that Shadows ultimate power!? He can remove sounds from the world!?

[Bright Eyes]

One of the things I loved the most about Sonic Generations was how they tried to make Sonic look like such badass. Every time he defeats a rival he utterly destroys them.

He blows Metal Sonic up. This is pretty hilarious in itself. Classic Sonic sure takes no prisoners! Here I was thinking he was everyone's friendly hedgehog but he shows no mercy to the wicked! It kind of makes sense though because Metal Sonic is blown up at the end of Sonic CD but still...man.

And then we get to Shadow. This is even more funny than Metal Sonic. Shadow gets absolutely owned in his rival fight:

See 2:12

I mean ouch! Not only does this break canon because Shadow is supposed to be such a super-villain but it is also incredibly funny because of the way SEGA are trolling the fans. The only appearance Shadow makes in Sonic Generations is to get put into his place by Sonic!

And then..

We get Silver. This is where Sonic's ultimate baddass-ery comes into play. Sonic doesn't defeat Silver he absolutely annihilates him. Watch this again:

See 2:33. It's like ouch! But not only is there the hilarious fact that Silver gets crushed in such a way. The other hilarious thing is you get an achievement: 'Silver got served'.

So the moral of the story? Don't mess with Sonic. He's basically Genghis Khan.

Edited October 28, 2012 by Bright Eyes

[SilentDoom]

It's also amusing that there is only a few spots of slowdown during the entire tornado chase with so much shit flying around on screen, but the second you hit that goal ring, the game lags like a motherfucker. The results screen!

Also that silly little forward roll in 06 where you get hit on a board and the "OOUGH" noise, especially if it happens over and over.

Speaking of that section actually, something I find really hilarious is the fact that during the Mach Speed section of Crisis City, there is little to no lag despite the fact that there's shit flying everywhere and loads of stuff is happening. The lag happens once you beat the level and reach the results screen.

[Solkia]

The fact that they thought Secret Rings was finished.

Seriously, what a disfunctional piece of shit. It's laughable someone thought it controlled good, let alone it was ready to be released.

Oh, and this.

The scene, but the music just makes it so much better.

Edited October 28, 2012 by Solkia-kun

[Multikaris]

The American Sonic design.

Also, how useless the friends have became. Not even SUMO wants to use then anymore.

[WarioBone]

Also, how useless the friends have became. Not even SUMO wants to use then anymore.

WELP

-finally puts miru on ignore list-

[SpencertheCat]

I like how in Generations,Shadow,Metal Sonic,and Silver got themselves out of that time freeze and they just stand there as if they don't know what their doing at all.

Shadow;"Im just gonna stand here with my arms folded so Sonic can just kick my ass when he gets here.

Silver;"Is this my home?let me just do a feminist pose to get it over with".

But when you think about it, Maybe Metal Sonic wasn't froze in the first place but just brought there to stop Sonic.

[Jack / Joker]

Also, how useless the friends have became. Not even SUMO wants to use then anymore.

I know right? They only used Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Eggman, Amy, Shadow, Big and Metal Sonic, over half of the main cast, as starring characters, that's TERRIBLE. What they really should've done is have Silver the Hedgehog playable, am I right guys?