Ever since 1991, Sonic has been a gaming icon, having many great titles under his belt by now.
After many great and utterly terrible games under his belt, the year 2020 came around,
and the first Sonic movie was released. Starring Ben Schwartz as Sonic and Jim Carrey as Dr.
Robotnik we got a really fun romp through a new version of the Sonic story. Now, only a
few days ago as of writing, Sonic The Hedgehog 2 was released, featuring Idris Elba as Knuckles and
Colleen O’Shaugnessy reprising her video game role as Tails. With it being quite good in our
opinion we wanted to discuss, who was the best of the best and who is at the bottom of the barrel?
I’m Caleb with WickedBinge and this is Sonic The Hedgehog 2: Good to Evil.
Here is our obligatory spoiler warning, we will be discussing a lot of plot points,
including the ending, but we won’t be spoiling the mid-credits scene here. Beyond this,
we encourage you to go watch the film before viewing this video, if you so wish.
With our spoiler warning out of the way,
we can start by talking about the best characters on the list, those being The Good.
The coveted Gold medal of good goes to Longclaw The Owl. Longclaw, like in the first film,
doesn’t have the biggest role but she fulfills a very important part in this movie. She sent Sonic
to Earth for a very specific reason, to protect the powerful Master Emerald from the Echidnas.
She was the last of the Owl Warriors protecting the powerful gem, and even though she had access
to undeniable almost infinite power, she didn’t use it, showing that she is pure beyond belief.
She undoubtedly grabs the gold because she didn’t do a single bad thing in either movie.
Grabbing the silver Medal of good is Maddie Wachowski. Maddie is a veterinarian and the
wife of Donut Lord Tom Wachowski. Maddie is shown to be truly in love with Tom, as she hates when
people like her sister tell her to divorce him. She is excited when he gets a letter from the
San Francisco Police Department and is even fine with them keeping Sonic at the end of the movie.
Maddie is shown to be very intelligent as well as sweet and nurturing in every appearance of hers.
She even manages to save Sonic and co from GUN late in the film. She earns the second best spot
on our list, and it’s kind of funny Sonic’s Moms are the best characters in these films.
Earning our bronze medal of good is Miles “Tails” Prower. Tails appears early on in the movie,
going to inform Sonic about Knuckles going after him. Tails described himself as a lonely person
because of his second tail and viewed Sonic as someone to aspire to. Tails becomes quick friends
with Sonic due to some pacing issues, but the two are actually a great team when they work together.
Tails, to put it lightly, is a genius, and his non-lethal gadgets are simple enough for everyone
to use them. Tails does lose points for one major reason, he is a stalker. There’s no sugarcoating
this, because he stalked Sonic since very early on in the first movie, while this WAS helpful,
it’s still a moral evil in our eyes, hence why he couldn’t grab the top two spots.
Next on our list is the Donut Lord himself, Tom Wachowski. Tom is the sheriff of Green Hills
and at one point a potential officer in San Francisco. By the end of the first film,
Tom considers himself Sonic’s adopted dad, trying to give him a good home and all the
good advice he deserves. He tries to stop Sonic from being a vigilante who honestly does more harm
than good. Tom trusts Sonic enough to leave him home alone and doesn’t keep much of a tab
on him beyond quick texts. He is willing to fight alongside Sonic whenever needed
and cares for him like a son. Tom is a good guy in general, and he only ranks this low because of how
he acts in the first movie, being kind of rude to Sonic throughout the first half of the first film.
Rounding out our good section is none other than Sonic The Hedgehog himself.
Sonic, just like his game version is a sarcastic, adventurous, and confident hedgehog who turns out
to be quite lonely during both movies. He quickly becomes friends with Tails,
even becoming quite agitated when Tails is injured by Robotnik. He even tries to connect with and
become friends with Knuckles because he knew his pain. He defeats Robotnik and Stone at the end of
the film after successfully becoming friends with Knuckles when his moment came. However,
the problem arises because of Sonic’s vigilantism, now, on its own, vigilantism is morally grey,
and Sonic does try his best. However, Sonic causes untold destruction and it’s implied that he’s done
damage beyond the damage he did in Seattle. Now Sonic doesn’t fall in the gray because,
in the end, he causes more good than harm, but it’s real close.
With the best characters out of the way, we move into The Gray Area.
Starting off the gray area is Wade Whipple one of Tom’s fellow officers. Wade had a relatively small
forgettable role in the first film, but he gets much more screen time in this movie. Wade however
is kind of dull throughout the movie, as although he finds and kidnaps Stone, he can’t get him
to talk. He also works mostly on a scooter after Tails steals his cop car. This causes him to crash
into the Mean Bean’s doors because he doesn’t realize it’s closed. Wade does try his best,
which is why he doesn’t rank lower because his good intentions don’t cause damage to everyone.
Maddie’s sister Rachel is the next character on our list. Rachel, much like Wade was mostly a
bit part in the first movie and becomes much more important in the sequel. The subplot of this film
focuses on her wedding, where while she kind of hated Tom and despised his marriage to Maddie,
she tries to bury the hatchet. Now she ends up trying to marry an
undercover GUN Agent and not only threatens to kill Commander Walters but almost successfully
killed Randall. She doesn’t rank lower because she does make up with Randall,
buries the hatchet with Tom, and ends up saving Maddie from getting harmed by GUN.
Rounding out our gray area is none other than secondary antagonist Knuckles The Echidna.
Knuckles is the last surviving member of the Echidna Clan,
a group originating from the games who are trying to take the Master Emerald. This inadvertently
leads to Knuckles teaming up with Eggman to defeat Sonic and obtain the ultra-powerful gem.
Knuckles destroys most of the Wachowski’s home and nearly kills Sonic and Tails. However,
the thing about Knuckles is that he does change sides by the end of the film, working with Sonic
and Tails to defeat Robotnik and at the very end becomes close friends with the two. Knuckles
doesn’t land in the bad to evil area because he is mostly used as a tool by Robotnik as he is quite
easy to manipulate. However, that doesn’t mean we overlook all the damage and destruction he caused.
We now move into the worst of the worst, with none other than the Bad to Evil section
Starting off our bad section is GUN Agent Randall. Randall is an undercover agent for GUN who is part
of “Operation: Catfish”, marrying Rachel so he could get close to Sonic. This ends up with him
and his buddies holding Sonic and the Wachowskis at gunpoint. However, he does truly love Rachel,
which is his only saving grace as he originally didn’t. Randall is only following orders, however,
as he believes GUN is doing the greater good, even if we know that’s not the case.
Earning our Bronze medal of evil is GUN Commander Walters. Walters appears
throughout the first movie and the second half of this film where he is hunting down Sonic.
He helped create the Guardian Units of Nations, also known as
the infamous GUN. He not only tricks and tries to harm Rachel and the Wachowskis,
he wouldn’t even let Sonic handle Robotnik despite his track record of beating him in the past.
He does try to hunt down and stop Robotnik with GUN but obviously, this fails heavily.
The problem with Walters is he thinks he’s doing the right thing by caging Sonic. However,
not only do we know this is a bad idea, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Yanking the Silver Medal of Evil is none other than Agent Stone.
Stone is and always has been Robotnik’s right-hand man, serving him no matter
what evil scheme he had up his sleeve. After Robotnik’s defeat at the end of the first movie,
Stone opened and operated the Mean Bean Cafe in Green Hills, a place he set up to be a base for
Robotnik if he were ever to return. When Robotnik does return he instantly goes back to his side,
having missed the Doctor dearly, even going as far to design suits for the maniacal genius.
Stone is one of our favorite characters even though he is an evil lackey in place
of Eggman minions like Scratch and Grounder or Dingo and Sleet. We’ll likely see more
of him in the third film and we hope his romantic subplot is resolved in that movie.
But, To no one’s surprise, Doctor Ivo Robotnik grabs the Gold Medal of Evil. Robotnik has been
the main antagonist in both films, trying to capture and then eventually kill Sonic.
Robotnik cares for no one, barely caring about Stone, but even willing to abandon him if need
be. Originally, Ivo saw himself as an unparalleled genius, and by the start of this movie has grown
quite deranged in trying to get his revenge. He is willing to use any and everyone as nothing
more than a means to an end, using Knuckles as his meathead muscle more than anything.
He will betray everyone close to him and considers friendship as something to never engage in. He’s
even shown to be quite the coward, as when Super Sonic is about to defeat him
he tries to get Sonic to agree to a truce. It’s implied that he may come back in another film,
but with Jim Carrey’s apparent retirement from acting, we highly doubt that, here’s hoping.
The main list is out of the way, So we can move on down to reward some Sinner Medals.
Earning our Darwin Medal is officer Wade, we mean, come on, he tries to eat a display bagel,
slams face-first into doors, and is just generally incompetent.
Surprisingly earning the Lust Medal is our precious Agent Stone,
now we’re using Lust as more of a means to speak about Stone’s very obvious love for Robotnik. Not
only did he make latte art of the maniac, but had a maid dress as a potential outfit for the doctor.
Honestly, we think his love for Robotnik goes beyond mere admiration, hence his medal.
Grabbing the Gluttony Medal is the titular Sonic. The hedgehog loves chili dogs and it’s
no surprise, he used the infinite power of the Chaos Emeralds to summon chili dogs after all.
Taking the Wrath Medal is none other than Knuckles, this is quite obvious
as he is shown to be immensely angry at Sonic and willing to fight him at every
opportunity. He has a good reason to be angry, but that doesn’t change his Medal placement.
Finally, taking the Pride Medal is Doctor Robotnik. This is very obvious again
because in the first movie he considers himself unmatched in his technical skills and genius.
Even in this movie he is shown to be very prideful of everything he does,
so it’s no surprise he grabs this medal. But let us know in the comment section if you
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