Sonic Uncut
The Sonic Uncut series is a trio of web animations made by HyperactiveYouth and Overbite6014, found on Newgrounds.
They parody Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends, lampooning elements of the series and putting the characters in adult-themed situations (e.g. Tails getting drunk.) The first film, Sonic Uncut, shows Sonic trying to have a normal day at home but has to deal with Tails' Angst, and the sudden visit of Knuckles the Echidna and a very violent Shadow the Hedgehog.
Sonic Uncut 2 involves Sonic winning a vacation to Mexico thanks to Dr. Eggman's sudden kindness and generosity. He takes Tails, Knuckles, Amy Rose and Shadow with him, the group find their vacation isn't all that pleasant with Tails' poor treatment at the airport, the racial stereotypes, Knuckles getting his hands on a paintball gun, and the following night at a local bar.
Sonic Uncut 3 introduces Cream the Rabbit and Metal Sonic, along with numerous cameos of other characters. Tails builds three flashy cars for Sonic, Knuckles and Shadow, and after beating Metal Sonic in a drag race, Sonic decides to throw a celebration party. Tails once again becomes the Butt Monkey of the piece as the other characters start to makeout with one another. The shorts and other works by their creator can be found here.
- Angst: Tails become angsty in Sonic Uncut after Sonic repeatedly insults.
- Arms Dealer: Tails gets drunk and awakens to find himself making a deal with a shady dealer who sounds like Peter Lorre.
- Assassin Outclassin': Shadow's attempt to assassinate Sonic in the second short is foiled by Tails.
- Ax Crazy: Shadow. In Sonic Uncut, Shadow reveals he killed a bellboy in France and plots to murder Sonic, eventually knocking him out with a phone and then punching his kidneys in offscreen.
- In Sonic Uncut 3, whilst talking to Cream, Shadow reveals his Dark and Troubled Past (completely different from the one in Sonic Adventure 2) and then goes into a monologue about he very violently killed some bullies, much to Cream's horror.
- Body Horror: What Shadow's does to his victims. He snapped a bellboy's neck, and butchered some bullies in his past, dropping their bodies off the top of a building and put their heads on spikes.
- Butt Monkey: Tails is treated like this in all three shorts. In Sonic Uncut 2, Tails is drugged by a guard to go in the cargo bay, mauled offscreen by dogs, and then thrown in a luggage compartment by another guard just as the plane goes through a "very turbulent cloud".
- Depraved Dwarf: Pablo, a Mexican midget who lives in the floor of the Mexican hotel room which the heroes stay in, but is actually a slave. He becomes quite aggressive in Sonic Uncut 3.
- Emo Teen: Tails declares to Sonic he's going to be a jerk, wearing a black t-shirt, and threatening to get his nose pierced and buy a motorcycle.
- Extended Disarming: Shadow at the airport. He shoots the guy offscreen.
- Fish Out of Water: Sonic seems fascinated by the little gadgets on the airplane.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Amy tries to speak Spanish to the annoyed hotel manager.
- Heel Face Turn: Eggman has apparently taken one since he's nice enough to give Sonic a free vacation to Mexico, all expenses paid.
- Hell Hotel: The Mexican hotel is quite fancy but has a poorly dressed manager, and there's a midget living in the floor as a slave.
- Inner Monologue: Sonic does this throughout most of the first short.
- Intoxication Ensues: In Sonic Uncut 2, Tails gets drunk and makes a deal with a shady gangster, and Shadow gets stoned on a cigarette.
- Jerkass: Sonic seems to be this at times. He verbally insults Tails, and leaves Shadow to get beaten up by an angry airport guard in Sonic Uncut 2.
- Knuckles acts like this to Pablo.
- Shadow is also a bit of a jerk at times.
- Ladder Physics: Sonic falls off a ladder thanks to Shadow's botched assassination attempt.
- Lampshade Hanging: Most notably the romantic pairings in the games, the Chao, and Shadow's violence.
- Magnificent Moustaches of Mexico: Several are seen.
- Metal Detector Checkpoint: The airport security scene in Sonic Uncut 2. Sonic manages to bamboozle the checkpoint guard by holding up a power ring (from the games), but Shadow drops a heap of weapons in front of the guard and is promptly beaten up offscreen.
- Newgrounds: Part of the Sonic the Hedgehog parody collection.
- Overreacting Airport Security: Oh boy, yeah. Tails and Shadow suffer a lot. Although given the assload of weapons Shadow dropped, his beating wasn't as much of an overreaction.
- Room Full of Crazy: With Sonic going crazy, and Shadow wanting to kill him, and Tails acting like an emo, Knuckles is the only character in the first short to get out sane.
- South of the Border: All the characters in Mexico are stereotypes. It is lampshaded by the hotel manager who calls the heroes "racist American bastards."
- Spexico
- Vacation Episode
- Web Animation
- Window Pain: Tails can be heard being thrown out of a window in Sonic Uncut 3.
- Shadow leaps out of a window at the end of Sonic Uncut 2.