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** Also during that arc, Snively showing his true colors by reprogramming his uncle's ultimate weapon to backfire on him...and ''only'' him, leaving everyone else unharmed for him to torture.

** That's to say nothing of Sonic and Robotnik's final battle before all is said and done, with both of them discarding any words or taunts, and just focusing on beating the crap out of one another. What follows is one of the series' most brutal battles, rendered by one of the series' most popular artists, Patrick Spaziante.

* The entire ''Mecha Madness'' arc. Sonic is finally captured and roboticized by Robotnik and sent to destroy his friends, who clamor to find a way to stop him. Choosing an incredibly risky plan, Bunnie stalls Mecha-Sonic while Knuckles is roboticized with a neural implant to keep his mind free, climaxing in several pages of [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|Mecha-Sonic vs Mecha-Knuckles]] that ends with both of them caught in (and surviving) a massive explosion.

** Made even more awesome with the realization that it was written by Mike Gallagher, who is far more well known for the pun-laden early issues.

* Fiona Fox revealing just how much she manipulated Sonic's and Tails' [[Love Dodecahedron]] before performing a [[Face Heel Turn]] to join with Sonic's [[Evil Counterpart]].

** Sally slugging her for it, which was agreed upon in-universe:

'''Tails''': Yeah! Next time you should hit her again! }}

* Dr Eggman gets a true CmoA in #175 by facing Sonic single-handedly in his new Battle Armor, which was powerful enough to resist a full-speed charge from Sonic (which didn't do more then dent his shield). Dr Eggman didn't just beat Sonic, he also deals out a massive [[Hannibal Lecture]] as he does, before finally leaving him to wallow in his defeat. This, of course, proves to be a big mistake later.

* [[Mad Scientist]] (In every sense of the word) echidna Dr Finitevus effortlessly manipulating damn near everyone, turning Knuckles into a super weapon and then calmly letting himself plummet off the island into a warp ring with a smile and a wave.

* Enerjak facing off against Eggman's entire fleet. Hundreds of ships, a city full of killer robots, missiles, death rays the whole thing. Enerjak proceeds to destroy EVERY SINGLE ONE. And for good measure he turns Eggman's city into a wasteland, with only one small part of it even being halfway habitable now. All Eggman can do is stammer in agreement to Dimitri's suggestion that it's time to get to his fall out bunker.

* The entirety of Issue 200 counts as this, from Sonic giving Eggman [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to {{spoiler|Eggman's [[Villainous Breakdown]], to Snively's ascension from [[The Dragon]] to [[The Man Behind the Man|the man behind the woman]] - a woman who was, before said issue, a one-shot villain in a rarely remembered sidestory in the comic's [[Dork Age]]}}.

** Even more amazing is that after Sonic {{spoiler|defeats Robotnik and drives him into his [[Villainous Breakdown]], Snively comes along and explains Robotnik's deteriorating mental health. He subtly calls Sonic out for constantly winning over the years despite Robotnik's intellect and resources, the main reason Robotnik snapped. When he asks Sonic to just leave him alone so he can take care of his uncle, Sonic is left in a funk as he [[My God, What Have I Done?|realizes what he had done in order to win,]] his joy turned into emptiness all because on Snively's speech.}}

* Issue #210. {{spoiler|Robotnik managed to ''reason himself out of insanity''.}}

* Bunnie destroying Eggman's battleship.

* Sonic Universe #25 - Enerjak {{spoiler|- and by extension Knuckles, given that he is Enerjak! -}} shows that he can be just as - if not more - menacing than the original Robotnik. When Silver arrives in his world, he at first views Silver, before returning to his prisoner, Constable Remington. As Remington gives a typical heroic speech about Enerjak being stopped, {{spoiler|Enerjak holds out his hand and rips out Remington's soul, before the comic pans to a shot of Enerjak holding the latest soul, and revealing every hero and villain in the world is also on his wall, having likewise had their souls taken. This is emphasised by Enerjak saying that nothing can stop him.}}

** References to Enerjak's power are made throughout the arc, including that {{spoiler|He sank Mobius' version of Australia}}, hitting Silver {{spoiler|with Angel Island}}, and his ability to {{spoiler|summon all the souls he's taken at once to form a massive army.}} It is even implied that {{spoiler|only Enerjak can defeat Enerjak, something Silver uses to his advantage.}}

* Issue #225, the whole thing, for Eggman. {{spoiler|Silver Sonic V3}} is one by itself.

** Even Sonic admits that last bit is awesome.

** And even though {{spoiler|the original plan was reversed and Sally revived}}, issue #230 gives Eggman an awesome [[Consolation Prize]] - {{spoiler|the re-roboticized Princess Sally: Metal Sally!}}

** And then Issue #230 rolled around...

* The hits keep coming for Dr. Eggman! In issue 234, {{spoiler|Dr. Eggman detonates Metal Sonic, ''almost murdering Antoine D'Coolette''}}. That's right - in the span of four issues, Eggman has crippled, if not destroyed, the Freedom Fighters.

* Issue 235, Silver returns once more and tells Sonic he has determined that ''Antoine'' is the traitor he's looking for. Sonic, for reasons that's mentioned in the spoiler above, puts Silver through a wall, then drags him to Antoine's bed and shows him that he is ''not'' the traitor he's looking for.

* SU 37, Eggman puts all the Grandmasters into their place, reminding them who's boss despite his previous [[Villain Decay]].

** SU 40 knocks it up even more: {{spoiler|Thanks to Snivley's attempt at [[The Dog Bites Back]], G.U.N. is weakened, Eggman knows where his niece Hope is, the hold of the Dark Egg Legion is even tighter than before and he now has the Iron Queen at his side. And he does this as he gloats to a defeated and broken Snively, trapped in his own prison.}}

 

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