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Sonic has a lot of games.
Like, a lot.
And shows.
And comics.
But apparently, he just isn’t satisfied starring in one of the most successful video
game franchises of all time – he feels the need to make cameos in other media!
From film, to TV, to other games, Sonic is everywhere.
So let’s go over some of the weirdest places you can find the guy!
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But before you do that, get ready, it’s time for the Top 10 Sonic Cameos!
Number 10: The Simpsons Game.
This one definitely had to be on this list.
The Simpsons game had a bunch of references to other video games, and unsurprisingly,
Sonic was one of them.
On the level Enter the Cheatrix, you can see Sonic walking on a hamster ball, looking pretty
rough.
He has a bunch of lines that are just so depressing they’re funny, like “I miss the 90’s,
everybody loved me then,” and “I forget why I hated Eggman so much.”
But don't worry; near the end, he escapes with the Simpsons back to Springfield.
Yay.
Number 9: Rad Mobile.
If you saw our video on the Top 10 Facts about Sonic, you’ll already know about this, but
it is far too important to leave off of this list.
Sonic’s debut wasn’t in a Sonic game at all, but rather a racing game called Rad Mobile.
Now, I know what you might be thinking.
Cool!
Did you race against Sonic in a car?
Nope!
You raced in a car.
With a Sonic air freshener.
Sniff.
Mmm.
Musky.
However, there’s one other game where you could find Sonic that also came out before
the launch of Sonic 1…
Number 8: The Adventures of Quik and Silva.
Yep, it turns out Sonic is so fast he found his way into two different games before they
even finished his first game.
Quik and Silva was actually a game sold to Amiga Fun magazine, which the magazine gave
out for free with each issue.
To save money, the company just ignored copyright laws, using a bunch of characters without
permission.
And you know who the villain of the game is?
Good ol’ Sonic.
Or, I guess, Bad ol’ Sonic.
Weird.
Number 7: MAD.
The MAD cartoon, just like the magazine, had a million references to real life things.
There were cameos from countless famous characters, and Sonic’s in it a fair bit.
In one segment called Franklin and Crash, we see Crash Bandicoot working as a defense
attorney.
But he finds out that the prosecution has it out for him, because he thinks Crash stole
his schtick.
Any guesses as to who the prosecution might be?
That’s right, it’s friggin Sonic.
And he’s mad.
Sonic goes on to prove the guilt of The Prince from Katamari, only to be usurped by the King
of All Cosmos.
Number 6: A Progressive Commercial.
Considering Sonic was essentially created to be a marketing tool, it’s no surprise
that he would be used to sell things other than the Sega brand.
This led him to be in a Progressive Insurance Ad, where he runs all over the place, until
he’s told that Progressive will save him from having to run around, by comparing the
Progressive rate to other companies.
The only problem is, you can tell they skimped out on it, since he doesn’t talk at all
and just goes (yay, then thumbs up), but it’s still pretty neat.
Number 5: Segagaga.
Here’s a game that I bet most of you didn’t know about, but it was pretty awesome.
Segagaga, gosh that’s fun to say, was a Dreamcast RPG where you tried to manage Sega.
I know, meta right?
And, if it’s a game about Sega, you can bet your butt that Sonic will be there.
One of the game’s tasks is to develop Sonic the Hedgehog, and at one point Sonic is flown
in by Tails, and books it away with you in tow.
That would be awesome, but let’s be real; I’d be scared out of my mind.
I’m a huge wimp.
Number 4: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Sonic’s enormous balloon first came onto the scene in 1993, when it met with an unfortunate
accident involving a lamp post.
He was flown in the next few years as well, sometimes with and sometimes without incident,
before being retired.
Some wonder why they stopped flying the balloon in 98, and apparently it was for two reasons.
For one, it was actually too large to meet the new requirements, but they could have
just made a new one.
The biggest reason is that the Sega Saturn bombed, and Sonic X-treme was cancelled, so
he just wasn’t enough of a celeb anymore to warrant a new balloon.
He did come back in 2011 for his 20th anniversary, though.
Number 3: McDonald’s commercials.
Yep, more commercials starring Sonic!
This time, he’s advertising for McDonalds.
Which is just the most ironic thing in the world.
The fastest thing alive is selling burgers that will make people fat, and thus make them
even slower.
Maybe that was his trick all along; he isn’t fast at all, everyone else is just super slow
from eating junk food!
Number 2: Wreck-it Ralph.
Wreck it Ralph saw cameos from all sorts of video game characters; it was pretty awesome.
And one of them was none other than the speedy blue guy himself!
Sonic can be seen a few times, but the most memorable is when we see him giving a video
message to all the characters, reminding them that if they die outside their own game, they’re
gone for good.
It’s actually kinda dark for a kids movie.
Hopefully we get to see more of Sonic in the upcoming Ready Player One.
Which I am sooooooo excited to see.
Holy moly.
Number 1: Robot Chicken.
Yep, in one of his more adult-oriented forays into television, Sonic found himself on Robot
Chicken.
We see him start running through a level, only to run into a spike strip and get completely
mutilated.
Apparently the cops had had enough of his speeding, and dealt with him the way they
deal with criminals in a car chase.
There’s no way we’ll be able to show the whole clip on YouTube because it’s gory
as hell, but feel free to look it up on your own!
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