top 10 sonic couples
Like any solid fandom, the characters within the Sonic universe have been privy to shipping.
There hasn’t been a whole lot of romantic hook ups throughout the years, but with a
plethora of different personalities from adored iconic favours, you bet your ass fans have
been rooting for certain pairings to get together for a whole now.
Before we begin, note that many of these couples are primarily fan fuelled, and aren’t considered
canon, despite all of flirtations that may or may not have happened in the games and
comics.
But regardless, they’re relationships worth examining further, even just to explore why
fans think these couples work.
But, be warned.
There’s a whole lot of ship names coming at you.
And some of them, well, let’s just say Sonic characters don’t have the smoothest of names
to amalgamate.
That being said, let’s jump in to our top 10 sonic couples list.
10 Sonaze - Sonic and Blaze This pairing is supported by man fans of the
Sonic franchise.
Inklings of it started up in Sonic Rush.
Initially, Blaze wasn’t keen on seeking Sonic’s help, and starts to get annoyed
every time his name comes up.
But she gains a respect for him after working with him, and the two form a friendship.
There’s some hand holding up in the air during one moment that tends to be an argument
for this ship’s authenticity.
This continues to persist in Sonic rush adventures, with many people reading into the subtext
of their conversations.
And lastly, in Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Blaze tends to have annoyed
reactions towards Amy’s flirtations with Sonic.
9 Taiream - Tails and Cream Tails and Cream seem to be an obvious match,
yet the pair have never been canon.
Rather, Tails ends up with other characters like Mina the Mongoose in the Archie comics.
Tails and Cream generally have a platonic relationship in the games, but fans have read
into their multiple cut scene compliments towards each other as something more, specifically
in Sonic Free Riders and Sonic Rush.
These has led to a bountiful amount of fan art, depicting the two in a relationship.
8 Sonerci Moving away from the games for a sec, Sonerci
is the combination of Sonic and Perci the Bandicoot from the Sonic Boom television series.
And it’s a romantic relationship that actually came to fruition, with Sonic spending most
of the episode Perci appears in - Fire in a Crowded Workshop - trying to woo her.
And naturally, that leaves Amy pretty darn jealous.
The pairing had a pretty positive reaction from fans of the show, while others felt that
Perci just wasn’t as great as Amy.
7 Creamerl Cream the Rabbit and Emerl.
Emerl, a gizoid, first appeared in Sonic Battle, but the whispers of shipping between he and
Cream didn’t start up until his appearance in the Sonic X anime, in which Cream had to
kill Emerl in order to put a stop to his rampage.
In the Japanese version of the anime, she burst out into tears, completely horrified,
where as the English version, she was more mellow, depicting a great sadness, but not
the same amount of emotion.
Fans have argued that his isn’t an entirely fair ship - Emerl, for the most part, is genderless,
and dead, and a robot.
Other argue that Emerl was quite sentient, and had feelings, which still gave the two
a close bond, even if it wasn’t a romantic one.
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6 Knuxulie - Knuckles and Julie-Su This pairing is something we’ll never see
in the games - it’s strictly in the Archie comic book series, since Julie-Su isn’t
a character whose in the games.
But despite that, the two are in a romantic relationship together, and share an incredibly
strong bond called the soul touch, which is a powerful connection echidnas share with
their true love.
And also helps them find their mate when one is missing.
Although, there is a wee bit of trouble in paradise.
Julie-Su is not a huge fan of another certain Sonic lady; Rouge the bat, who has vowed to
take Knuckles away, even though he hasn’t shown any interest in her in the comics.
5 Silvaze - Silver and Blaze One of the more popular ships on our list,
the Silver and Blaze coupling was introduced back in Sonic 06, where the two characters
worked as partners who travelled into the past in order to hunt down the Iblis Trigger
and save their words from the flames of disaster.
Fans read a lot into the cut scenes, but many disagree that this pairing is romantic, for
a few reasons.
One being that Blaze’s profile on the Japan website for Sonic 06 states that she views
Silver as a younger brother.
And in 06, Sonic’s story was reset by the games end, and the inconsistencies the game
presents with Blaze’s origins.
But all of that makes shippers fond of the ‘wistful amnesia’ theory, in which the
characters, despite having their memories wiped, retain a sense that they’ve lost
something, and that something being each other.
4 Sonouge - Sonic and Rouge Rouge tends to be a bit of a sex symbol in
the Sonic games.
So, naturally, fans have paired her up with Sonic.
The two, while never showing a dislike for one another, have rivalries separating them
from one another - his with Shadow, her good friend, and hers with Knuckles, Tails, and
Amy.
In Sonic Chronicles, Rouge flirts with Sonic and even gives him the nickname Big Blue,
which is reoccurring, as she refers to him by it in Generations.
There’s also a hefty amount of fan fiction out there about these two, despite the two
not hooking up in any of the Sonic media; only a string of flirtations.
3 Shadouge - Shadow and Rouge In a pairing that seems a little more realistic,
Shadow and Rouge have been shipped by fans pretty hard, despite having more of a brother
sister dynamic at times.
In terms of proof, much of what fans have pulled is subtextual, and while there is an
obvious affection for one another shown by both Shadow and Rouge, much of it reads as
platonic.
2 Knuxouge - Knuckles and Rouge Apparently Rouge is the one to get with.
But, out of all the Rouge pairings, Knuckles and Rouge seems to be the most tangible, with
the constant bickering between them acting as fuel to the fandom’s fire.
Starting in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, it was revealed Rouge had a crush on Knuckles,
even though it was never confirmed by him that he had similar affections towards her.
But, Rouge is one of the only characters privy to Knuckles’ softer side.
Fans have compared their romantic relationship to Batman and Catwomans, with the couple sharing
similar character traits to the DC characters, while others tend to point out that the pairing
fit perfectly into the belligerent sexual tension trope with their love/hate relationship.
1 SonAmy - Sonic and Amy Ending off this list, we’ve got the one
couple in the Sonic game universe that are actually canon.
Sort of.
Amy, ever since making her debut in Sonic CD, is Sonic’s self-proclaimed girlfriend.
Her first appearance was outside of the Sega games in the Sonic the Hedgehog manga, where
her and Sonic were in a relationship, and Sonic was actually a young nerdy hedgehog
with the power to transform into a speedy superhero.
In Sonic CD, Sonic is first annoyed by her affections, but by Sonic Adventure, she’s
won him over, despite the two then on out seemingly having an off and on again relationship,
with Sonic’s feelings being the one to waver.
There we have it friends!
Which of these pairings are you favourite?
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I’ve been Kelly Paoli and this has been top 10 gaming.
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