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A sequel to the hit ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' and one of the Dreamcast's final releases, and a title to mark the [[Milestone Celebration|10th anniversary]] of the series. It was also the last original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]'' game to be made before [[Sega]] quit making consoles.

 

 

This is the first game in the series (bar racing and party games) where you get to play as the villains, and by extension, the first where you get to play as Eggman. This game also introduced Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat, both of whom would become series mainstays. This was also the first game in the [[Story Arc]] dealing with Shadow's [[Quest for Identity]], the others being ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' and ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]''.

Re-released for the GameCube several months after the Dreamcast version as ''Sonic Adventure 2 Battle'' (ironically [[Sequel First|before its predecessor's]] remake), which added Chao Karate and more stuff to 2-Player Mode.

 

* '''Action Stage''' (a.k.a. classic Sonic style) - Sonic/Shadow

* '''Shooting Stage''' (a la Gamma from SA1) - Tails/Eggman

There is also one driving stage each for Tails and Rouge. Beating one of them unlocks the single-player kart racing minigame, while beating the other unlocks the two-player option.

 

 

* [[Abandoned Mine]]: Knuckles' search for shards of the previously shattered Master Emerald brings him to Aquatic Mine, an abandoned coal mine located within the vicinity of Pumpkin Hill that can be accessed via the sewers of Central City. This is aptly summed up by the opening lyrics of the stage's theme, "Dive into the Mellow": "Let's take a dive, in Aquatic Mine. Once was a coal pit, but now it's a water ride."

* [[Almost Kiss]]: {{spoiler|Knuckles and Rouge}} share one later on.

* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: The rewards for getting all the emblems/A-Ranks for a character are an alternate outfit in 2P-Mode and an alternate kart in the kart racing minigame, although they ''do'' have some different attributes (Tails's alternate mech, for example, makes him a ''lot'' faster, but robs him of the ability to use special attacks).

* [[Animated Adaptation]]: Like ''Sonic Adventure'', adapted into the [[Anime of the Game]] ''[[Sonic X]]''.

* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: The final battle with the Biolizard is accompanied by hard rock provided by [[Crush 40]].

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Knuckles and Rouge show signs of this throughout most of the game.

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: An army called GUN is not just a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|horrible pun in English]]; "gun" is also the Japanese word for "army".

** It also counts as a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Marvel Universe|a weapon used as an acronym for an organization.]]

** {{spoiler|He got better}} because, [[Fridge Brilliance|if you pay attention]], you can notice that, in the final scene, {{spoiler|he was still in his super form while falling}}, so we can assume his {{spoiler|super form}} ended up {{spoiler|acting as a shield}} somewhat.

* [[Badass]]: Pretty much every character, but more so Sonic and Shadow.

*** [[Badass Labcoat]]

*** [[Badass Mustache]]: see [[It Runs in The Family]]

* [[Bigger Bad]]: {{spoiler|The plot of the game is ultimately due to the actions of the late Gerald Robotnik, who orchestrated a plan to destroy the earth after what GUN did to him.}}

* [[Boss Rush]]: Beating a story unlocks a minigame where you fight each of the bosses faced in that story one after the other.

* [[Breakout Character]]: Shadow was originally meant to be a one-shot character for this game, but, not only did he become a series mainstay, he arguably got most of the development and plot focus in ''[[Sonic Heroes|Heroes]]'' and even starred in [[Shadow the Hedgehog|his own game]].

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Eggman does this to Tails and Amy by {{spoiler|shooting Sonic out of an explosive rocket}} before their very eyes, leaving them to think that {{spoiler|Eggman finally killed their best friend (don't worry, he used Chaos Control)}}.

* [[The Cameo]]: Big the Cat can be seen during some cutscenes and even in the middle of some levels, as well as used in multi-player... in the Dreamcast version.

* [[Camera Screw]]

** Well, ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' was [[Lighter and Softer]], but ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' veered right back into [[Grimdark]] territory.

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: At times, Shadow's behavior isn't too different from Sonic's. During [[Duel Boss|the first battle]] against him, he even says "I'm the coolest!".

** Those mathematical symbols on Sonic's jail cell in Prison Island? [[Lampshade Hanging|The ones that Amy comments on?]] Why yes, those were the calculation performed by {{spoiler|Professor Gerald Robotnik to calculate how long it would take for the ARK to impact the Earth. You see the cell in all of Gerald's diary entries.}}

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Shadow the Hedgehog, {{spoiler|who manages to take advantage of Eggman's ambitions in order to further his own hidden plan to get revenge on humanity for the G.U.N. massacre on the ARK 50 years ago.}}

* [[Colony Drop]]: {{spoiler|The Last Story.}}

* [[Combat Stilettos]]: Rouge wears these.

* [[Competitive Balance]]: Because otherwise it would be boring to just have everyone play the same way.

** [[Fragile Speedster]]: Sonic and Shadow

* [[Eagle Land]]: The United Federation is ''heavily'' Type 2.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''SA1'' was darker than the game series up to that point, and ''SA2'' managed to be even darker. There's more than one character in the game who swears revenge on all humanity, and their motives are revealed in some cutscenes. Furthermore, Dr. Eggman, [[Villain Protagonist|who you can play as in this game]], is willing to use a "weapon of mass destruction" (yes, it is actually described as that in the game) as a means of trying to intimidate people into surrendering to his empire, by threatening to fire it at inhabited parts of Earth. He demonstrates its power by firing it at the moon, and it happens to take quite a chunk out of the moon for that matter... add to that, of course, the government conspiracy sideplot, that involves them assassinating numerous innocent people on board the ARK (with Maria even dying onscreen). Outside maybe the Archie comics, this was perhaps the grimmest depiction of Sonic yet at this point in time.

** {{spoiler|Sonic's [[Disney Death]] at the near-end of both the Hero and Dark stories}} are notable in that, while filled with [[Like You Would Really Do It|like-you-would-really-do-it]], the game seems to be pretty [[Incredibly Lame Pun|dead]] serious about it, despite the one involved being {{spoiler|the series' namesake}}. [[Up to Eleven|Even more so]] with the [[Rashomon Style|version of the same scene]] seen in the Dark story, as there's literally ''no'' clue that {{spoiler|Sonic would survive}} ''[[Ass Pull|despite]]'' [[No One Could Survive That]]. (That is, until {{spoiler|he}} showed up as the [[Final Boss]].)

* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Knuckles and Rouge.

* [[Defeat Equals Friendship]]: Knuckles and Rouge after the whole Meteor Herd incident.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|Gerald held all of humanity responsible for Maria's death, when it was really just GUN.}}

* [[Enemy Mine]]: The hero and dark teams both team up in the final story {{spoiler|to prevent the [[Colony Drop]].}}

* [[Eternal Engine]]: Trope Namer.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Shadow to Sonic (super-speedy hedgehogs and the most powerful fighter of their respective fractions), Eggman to Tails (brilliant scientists that rely on a [[Mini-Mecha]] for combat), and Rouge to Knuckles (prideful treasure hunters who are skilled in martial arts).

** {{spoiler|Biolizard}} to Shadow. {{spoiler|Both are living beings made through Project Shadow, both are the Ultimate Lifeforms, Biolizard being the prototype while Shadow is the finished result. The Biolizard is an [[Evil Cripple]] that has a flawed biology (for one, it had difficulty breathing during its fight with Shadow), while Shadow is immortal and immune to diseases. Finally, both can harness Chaos Energy and use Chaos Control. The difference is that the Biolizard is a mindless beast with the thought process of an animal, while Shadow is a intelligent, sapient being. Ultimately, Biolizard went through with attempting to destroy the Earth to fulfill Gerald's wish while Shadow decides against it, in favor of Maria's one true wish to save it.}}

* [[Evil Virtues]]: For Eggman, it's hard work. In the ending, Eggman reveals that he aspired to Gerald's great accomplishments from the time he was little.

* [[Extremity Extremist]]: Knuckles and Rouge use only punches and kicks, respectively.

* [[Evil Twin|"Fake" Twin]]: Sonic considers Shadow this due to the latter framing him for stealing a Chaos Emerald. It's also hinted that Shadow himself thinks Sonic is this to him, thinking Sonic was trying to copy him.

* [[Final Speech]]: {{spoiler|Gerald gives one before being executed by GUN. It basically outlined his [[Colony Drop]] plans and gave a big "You've been warned" message to humanity.}}

** {{spoiler|Shadow gives one believing that he has finally fulfilled Maria's final wish as he plummets to the Earth. Keep in mind that Sega originally planned to keep him [[Killed Off for Real]] when the game was released.}}

* [[Fog Feet]]: A Chao that plays with bats will eventually have its legs disappear; it'll hover above the ground instead.

* [[Frame-Up]]: Shadow framed Sonic with the theft of the green Chaos Emerald. Somewhat deconstructed, as its implied that Shadow did not intend to frame Sonic for the deed, and in fact, had never even ''heard'' of Sonic up until after he stole the emerald, specifically shortly after Sonic defeated Big Foot. In fact, through most of the game, Shadow believed that Sonic was copying ''him.''

* [[Furry Confusion]]: Rouge the Bat is a playable character, but regular Bats can be found and rescued from the stages. Most confusing is the fact that the Bat is only in this game.

** The level ''Death Chamber'' takes it even further: it has actual, real-life bats. That's three different kinds of bats in one game!

* [[Gameplay Roulette]]: Not as pronounced as in ''SA1'', but still present.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Various BGM tracks have suggestive lyrics, but Wild Canyon takes the cake. One of the radars caught this one; the ESRB rating has "Mild Lyrics" as a descriptor. But apparently, SEGA's translators didn't.

''"Yeah, Rouge, she's sexy and smooth! A double cross spot-thief, that's [[Double Entendre|out for my jewels]]."'' }}

** That may not be intentional though, as the song does mean it literally. However, they do use "damn" in at least 2 different songs, and the "Mild Lyrics" did not appear on the back of the box until Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, as the original did not have that.

** Some of the "Find the Lost Chao!" Missions are near impossible to complete without looking in a guide. In particular, all the steps that you need to do in [[Very Definitely Final Dungeon|Cannon's Core]] to find that Chao is pretty daunting.

** Cannon's Core - [[Blatant Lies|Knuckles' mission is not that hard]]... If you found the really well hidden Air Necklace in a previous level.

* [[Hammerspace]]: How Knuckles carts around his emerald pieces. (At least Rouge can claim to have a [[Victoria's Secret Compartment|compartment]]). The Master Emerald seems to has no set size, and even fits ''in Knuckles' palm'' during the finale.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Shadow, once Amy reasons with him}}.

* [[Hero Antagonist]]: GUN

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Shadow, after turning face in what is quite possibly the most famous example of this trope in a Sonic game. Overlaps with [[Redemption Equals Death]].

* [[Hong Kong Dub]]: When the line takes longer to say in English than it did in Japanese, the next line will start while the previous one is still going... even when the next line is spoken by the same character.

* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: The debut of [[Ms. Fanservice|Rouge the Bat]] is enough to make the game this in comparison to the other titles.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:

{{quote|Rouge: Thief!

* [[It Runs in The Family]]: The Robotnik family [[Strong Family Resemblance|mustache]]!

** [[In the Blood]]: {{spoiler|Batshit insanity}}, too.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Sonic, Shadow, Rouge, and Knuckles.

* [[Jiggle Physics]]: Different parts of different characters have this, the most notable examples being Sonic & Shadow's quills, and Rouge's [[Gag Boobs|breasts]] (yes, they really did animate a cartoon bat's breasts).

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Sonic, even more so than usual. He's concerned only with stopping Eggman and pays little attention to Tails' strategy sessions.

* [[Leitmotif]]: Live and Learn is featured prominently throughout the game, in the lyrics of City Escape and the chorus of Supporting Me, for example.

** More than implied. He "designed its mind to be perfect. Pure..."

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: This game introduced the world to Rouge the Bat. She has a big bust, [[Stripperific|a revealing outfit]], combined with [[Jiggle Physics]], [[Hartman Hips|and wide hips]] that go hand in hand with a shapely rear.

* [[Musical Nod]]: [[Ear Worm|City Escape]] appears as an instrumental in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUZBu0gELsw Mario & Sonic Olympic Winter Games].

** The [[Call Back]] to [[Sonic Adventure|Lost World]] in Cannon's Core is also this. There is a water slide similar to the aforementioned level in Adventure, and the music changes to the drum beat of the music that was used in the water slide part of that level.

** Of course, orbit isn't a "complete halt". It is, in fact, moving exactly as fast as the earth is turning.

* [[No Sidepaths, No Exploration, No Freedom]]: ''Adventure 2'' does away with Adventure fields and the ability to select characters, instead having the player experience every gameplay style in the same story, with stages coming one after another in sequence. Upgrades are found within the stages as well.

* [[Not So Different]]: Eggman and Tails share a moment on the ARK observation deck at the end.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Sonic's reaction when Eggman traps him in the capsule pod rigged with explosives.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: The Biolizard becomes Finalhazard when he fuses himself with Space Colony Ark.

* [[Out-Gambitted]]: Sonic and Tails plot to give Eggman a fake Emerald that will explode when it's put into the Eclipse Cannon, thus making it unusable. Having a feeling that this would happen, Eggman seals Sonic inside a rocket, causes Tails to accidentally spill the beans, and shoots Sonic out of the Ark to a most certain death. Good thing Sonic still has that fake Emerald in his hands, and it is powerful enough for Sonic to use Chaos Control...

* [[Sliding Scale of Linearity vs. Openness]]: The main game is level 3. There are multiple paths through each level, with more being unlocked as you gain more items, and you can replay levels with different goals for more emblems. The chao raising mini-game, though, is decidedly level 6, for the game gives you no overall goal to accomplish in raising your chao.

* [[Snark-to-Snark Combat]]: All three rival pair-ups to an extent; Rouge to Knuckles in particular.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: The style of music played in Shadow's White Jungle stage, minus the [[Amen Break|Amen]].

* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Omochao, a Chao-esque robot with a penchant for stating the obvious. Sega ''[[Lampshade Hanging|had]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|to have known how much the mecha twerp would annoy players]], so it can be hit, thrown, and whatever else you can think of to shut it up, although sometimes it will [[What the Hell, Hero?|chew you out for the abuse]].

* [[Sugar Bowl]]: All of the Chao Gardens, where the most pressing issue is an empty stomach; even the Dark Garden, which looks like a haunted graveyard and has a pool of red liquid that may or may not be blood, is a pretty safe place for your cute little guys to reside.

* [[Super-Deformed]]: Curiously, Chaos Zero looks a lot "cuter" than he did in ''Sonic Adventure''.

* [[Theme Tune Rap]]: Most of Knuckles' stages.

* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: Tails vows to never forgive Eggman for {{spoiler|blowing Sonic to smithereens, (or so he and Amy think)}}...

* [[Tube Travel]]: In the Crazy Gadget stage.

* [[The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter|The Ugly Guy's Hot Cousin]]: Maria Robotnik. Eggman's related to '''''her'''''???

* [[Underground Level]]: Aquatic Mine. Doubles as [[Under the Sea]] and potentially [[Down the Drain]].

* [[Vain Sorceress]]: Rouge the Bat borders on this.

* [[The Vamp]]: Rouge the Bat.

* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: Chao. If you are nice enough to a Chao, it will have a big smile on its face and clap whenever your character picks it up. Beware, however, that being ''too'' nice to a Chao might result in the little guy getting a spoiled personality, making it throw tantrums even when only a little hungry. Balance is the key, but regardless, if the Chao is happy enough, it will reincarnate into a baby at the end of its life.

** Chao. You can hit it, throw it, put it in water and watch it flail if it doesn't know how to swim, make it starve, and all other sorts of things. Such abuse will result in the Chao crying a fountain of tears, blowing a raspberry at you, or if it's aggressive enough, it'll charge at you and futilely throw punches. If the Chao is more sad/angry than happy, it ''won't'' reincarnate at the end of its life. With the introduction of Light and Dark Chao in this game, ''who'' is treating the Chao good or bad matters as much as ''how'' they're treated. So treating your Chao nicely with Shadow, Eggman, and Rouge will make them Dark as well as being cruel with the good guys will, and vice-versa.

** Omochao is another source of cruelty potential as mentioned above, but even Chao ''lovers'' like to torture the thing. [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|Then again, it is a robot that just looks like a Chao and is not an actual Chao]]...

*** That, and it's [[Most Annoying Sound|annoying as all get out]]. See [[Stop Helping Me!]] above.

* [[White Gloves]]: It seems they are popular, as all six main characters use them.

* [[World Map]]: The stage select screen is done this way.

** Shadow had a similar reaction: When witnessing Sonic's seeming death, Shadow says "Looks like he was simply an ordinary hedgehog after all" with a tinge of disappointment. Curiously both Eggman and Shadow are somewhat nonchalant, even amused when realizing he survived, Shadow even directly telling him he managed to impress him.

* [[You Just Told Me]]: Eggman pulls a magnificent one on Tails and Sonic when they come to rescue Amy.

 

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