Sonic Prime has finally reached its current conclusion. We’ve seen Sonic and company go
on some action-packed adventures throughout the different Scatterspaces, and it all comes to head
in the epic seven-episode final battle. Pirates will reform, robots will discover friendship,
and–best of all–Shadow will FINALLY get more than 5 minutes of screen time in a season.
You know what time it is–with the characters’ arcs coming full circle, we’re going for one last
ranking of the cast. Which characters have found or retained heroism, and which ones have…uh…which
ones are Nine? I’m Kyle with WickedBinge, and this is Sonic Prime Season 3 Characters: Good to Evil.
With all that being said, we’ve got a lot of characters to go through–these are THE GOOD.
While the most good character is still as blatantly obvious as ever after 3 seasons,
we’re going to let the Gold Medal of Good be shared between Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow
the Hedgehog. Sonic needs no introduction by this point–whether friend or foe,
he strives to save anyone and everyone he can throughout his journey. Even after
Nine spending the better part of six episodes trying to kill Sonic and all his friends, So
nic still wants to get through to him so they can remain friends. And at the end, he’s
willing to sacrifice himself to bring Green Hill back–alongside the other worlds Nine destroyed.
But while Sonic is pretty much objectively the most heroic of the good guys, we feel that Shadow
deserves every bit as much credit. Although he’s a more gray-area type in most media,
Shadow proves himself as a true hero in this series. Despite not particularly liking Sonic, he
saves his life multiple times and fights alongside him against Nine and his Grim robot army. It’s
actually thanks to Shadow that Sonic was able to return to Green Hill at all, since he couldn’t
even move on his own after the aforementioned sacrifice. The last time we see him, he warps the
Paradox Prism away to an unknown location–which means nobody will be able to use its deadly again,
whether accidentally or purposefully. These two played an equal part in saving the world–and
while neither of them are perfect, they both remain consistently heroic throughout the story.
Our runner-up position goes to Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Rouge…the Green Hill versions,
of course. There isn’t really much to say about these guys,
since we only see them in the first and final episodes of the series. But if anything,
that makes their decency all the more obvious–they’ve helped Sonic save the
world time and time again, and are patient with him despite his struggle to listen.
And now it’s time to talk about everyone’s favorite Sonic character–-the Bronze Medal
of Good goes to EVERY version of Big the Cat…and Froggy, of course. It seems like
every video game series needs at least one character who can be described as “big silly
guy:)” and Sonic is no exception. Like most characters, Big the Cat has many different
variations over the course of the series–these include Hangry the scavenger, Catfish the pirate,
Denizen-1998 of New Yolk City, and of course, the original from back in Green Hill.
The reason we’re putting them all up here is simple; Big is the most consistent character in
terms of morality throughout the Shatterverses. He doesn’t prefer to fight, but he’s willing to
throw some punches(and belly flops) around to protect his friends. Even in New Yolk City,
he’s one of few citizens brave enough to join the rebellion with Rouge and Knucks–and all of his
iterations help in the fight against Nine. Among the highlights was Catfish taking a huge hit to
save Sonic’s life, making the ultimate sacrifice by getting hit so hard he became British.
Speaking of which–up next we have Rebel Rouge and
Renegade Knucks. These two are the heads of the Rebellion against the
Chaos Council’s oppressive reign in New Yolk. The two care deeply for their home,
and will fight anyone who threatens it–hoping to give its citizens a better place to call home.
In this final season, we see both of their best attributes on full display.
Knucks is a brave fighter, and although he easily butts heads with others around him,
it’s all for the greater good of the world he’s fighting to protect. As for Rouge,
she’s an excellent organizer and helps Sonic come up with a plan of attack against Nine during the
final battle. There are more fighters on the side of good than ever before in this season,
but these two are among the most consistent–so we’re giving them a bit of an advantage.
Now for the Boscage Maze crew–Gnarly, Prim, Mangey, and Thorn Rose. We’ve already talked
briefly about Hangry, but the other Scavengers are good people, too. While they were enemies
at first, they’re now fully able to work together for the greater good–whereas
Thorn wants to protect the forest, the others just want to survive in their difficult times.
The past is the past, and thankfully, everything is good between them now–they
contribute greatly to saving the universe from Nine’s rampage. Most notable, perhaps,
was Thorn giving Sonic a ride with Birdie back to Green Hill for as far as they were
able to go–with Birdie even taking a pretty big hit to one of her wings in the process.
It’s a pirate’s life for our next entry–now we’ve got Sails, Black Rose, and Batten. Despite the
tumultuous nature of their crew, these three have consistent ly stuck together through thick
and thin. We’ve already talked about Catfish protecting Sonic at one point, but there was
also the matter of Sails working together with his new buddy Mangey to take control of some of
Nine’s robots and use them against him. Not to mention Black Rose being the one to finally call
out her former captain on his crummy behavior–and rightfully earning the captain’s hat as a result.
Before we move into the Gray Area, we’ve got a couple of redeemed adversaries to
talk about–starting with Rusty Rose. After being abandoned by the Chaos
Council she loyally served in season 2, Rusty redirected her loyalty to Dread’s
pirate crew. That didn’t change throughout the season–she consistently fights alongside them,
as well as Sonic and the other members of the Shatterverses.
Now, ye best prepare yerself for the final entry in this area–it be the dreaded (Former)
Captain Dread Knuckles. Dread was not the first character we were betting on
to end up in the good category–even if he WAS fighting against Nine,
he still abandoned his crew plenty of times for the sake of treasure and showed little
remorse for it. But thankfully, we see a huge turnaround from him in this season.
On multiple occasions, he shows himself to have a renewed care for his crew. He rushes
to Sonic’s side to help him when Catfish is knocked out and shows sincere concern for him,
and while he’s momentarily tempted to follow Jack’s lead and abandon the others for the
sake of treasure, he ends up going back to help Black Rose in a bind, saving her
life in the process. What really cements his placement in the Good is his act of humility,
handing the Captain’s hat over to Black Rose in a sign of admission that she deserves it
more–and a proof that he’s truly changed for the better. He’s dreaded in name only–this
former captain is a loyal, changed friend to his crew, and we’ve gotta respect that.
We hold a bit less respect for these next couple characters, though. This is the GRAY AREA.
This is going to be a pretty short category, and we’re starting it off
with Jack. Jack is the captain of Dread Knuckles’s former crew, and to his credit,
he does help to fight against Nine with the others. At first glance, it might seem that
he wasn’t really worth mentioning here save for the slightly interesting tidbit that he’s voiced
by the popular gaming youtuber Jacksepticeye, but we needed SOMEONE to help pad out the gray area.
And Jack is the one who suggests to Dread Knuckles to abandon the other heroes to go
take himself a new treasure–that way the two of them could live in wealth
and luxury. We’re sure the stress of the fight was getting to Jack,
but that’s no excuse to essentially throw everyone else to the curb for the sake of
a shiny rock–hopefully, he’s able to turn his own life around one day like his old friend did.
Rounding out our Gray Area is the team of Nine’s Robots. Nine makes clones of all
Sonic’s friends to fight against him in the final battle. Similar to Chaos Sonic
from the previous season, they’re all built to help Nine defeat the
good guys and allow the Paradox Crystal to be used to make his ideal paradise.
While that would seem to make them deserving of a place in the Bad to Evil,
it’s worth noting that they’re just robots who are built to serve their master. And with that…
It’s time for us to dive into the last category–these characters are the BAD TO EVIL.
The Bronze Medal of Evil goes to Nine, the main antagonist of the season. Now, before you get
mad–hear us out. Nine gets some points for his ultimate redemption in giving up on his plan. He
didn’t mean for the destruction he caused to the universe to happen–the guy was just hurt
by what he saw as Sonic’s selfishness, supposedly using him to get what he wanted. The relationship
between the two seems to have been healed by the end, and all is well with the universe too…
…That being said, are we just gonna ignore the fact that this man is a total hypocrite? “Oh,
Sonic, how dare you use me while I’m trying to use you to make a new world for the two of us to
enjoy!” If that weren’t bad enough, he endangers countless lives–not just of the aforementioned
characters, but even random citizens in New Yolk City, and uses them as tools to distract Sonic
from stopping him. “You hurt my feelings” is not an excuse for attempted genocide,
dude–and since Nine didn’t really face any consequences to speak of for his actions,
we’re definitely gonna give a tiny dose of justice in this list. That said,
like everyone else, he’s getting his clean slate after all…let’s hope he uses it for good.
The Silver Medal of Evil goes to Dr. Eggman. Yeah, like Sonic’s buddies, he’s only seen in
the first and last episodes–but he’s as dastardly as ever. Not only is Eggman a cruel tyrant who’s
mean even to his own robots, he’s willing to do anything to get what he wants–even if
that means taking a mystical crystal that could potentially destroy the universe.
There’s truly only one thing worse than ONE Dr. Eggman…
Surprising nobody at all, the Gold Medal of Evil goes to the Chaos Council. We were hoping–PRAYING,
even–that we’d be able to give the Gold to someone else this time. To their limited credit,
the Council actually do help Sonic and Company defeat Nine and save the universe from totally
falling apart. But unfortunately, any good points they’d have earned from
that are taken away by the fact that they immediately double-cross them by taking
the shard…and promptly end up fighting each other for who gets the most control over it.
But the question might be in your head: which of the Chaos Council is the MOST evil? Well,
it’s gotta be Dr. Babble. And no, it’s not for his sadism…it’s for
the fact that this little baby has an uncanny full set of teeth. Like,
is anyone else unnerved by that? Seriously, it can’t just be us. Right?