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[[File:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_125_3041.jpg|frame|Sonic the Hedgehog #125, featuring [[Loads and Loads of Characters|a portion]] of the cast.]]

 

The US comic book based on the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' video game franchise, published monthly by [[Archie Comics]]. Not to be confused with the UK's ''[[Sonic the Comic]]''.

 

 

The backgrounds between the two were very similar at first: Dr. Robotnik had taken over the Kingdom of Acorn and had turned everyone into robots. He was opposed by the Freedom Fighters, a band of, well, freedom fighters that operated out of their secret base of Knothole. Sally Acorn was the leader while Sonic the Hedgehog was their main fighter. But almost immediately, the comic series started to make its own characters and plots, so even though there were "background" similarities between characters, their personalities and nearly every event made them wholly incongruent, despite some tie-in issues. (The cartoon was originally darker than the comic in tone, but under Ian Flynn's pen the comic approaches the general tone of season 2.)

Has a (fairly exhaustive) [[The Wiki Rule|Wiki]] in the [http://archiesonic.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Mobius Encyclopaedia].

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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Locke, sometimes, though he meant well.

* [[Action Girl]]: Julie-Su, Bunnie, Sally, Amy, and several other ladies. It would actually be easier to name the girls who ''aren't'' this to some degree.

* [[After the End]]: The whole comic is set here.

** Albeit an end the world's long since recovered from. Silver's time, 200 years in the future, is a better example (see [[Bad Future]] below).

** And before any of them? E.V.E.

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Fiona preferred the "evil" version of Sonic to the real thing, and did a [[Face Heel Turn]] to stay his girlfriend when she found out "Sonic" was really "Scourge". (Well, this is what she ''claims,'' anyway... and this ''is'' [[Consummate Liar|Fiona]] we're talking about...)

** During the "Enerjak Reborn" arc, it was revealed how just about everything Finitevus had done since his introduction had been part of his plan to create a new Enerjak. It was also revealed that he was the unnamed Echidna scientist who had attempted to return Chaos Knuckles to normal by draining his power (the backfire from that being what rendered him albino).

* [[Arm Cannon]]: Bunnie has one. [[Awesome but Impractical|Which makes her faint when overused]]. The Iron Queen tried to kill her this way in issue 203.

* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Maximillian and Alicia Acorn. Sally and Anti-Antoine's short marriage was also one of these, until Elias became king and annulled it.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving]]: King Max to Sonic in #77.

* [[Artistic Age]]

* [[Artistic License Physics]]: In issue 175, after Eggman takes his taunts a little too far, Sonic has a break in his sanity and races over to the east coast in seconds and runs directly into Eggman's battle robot in the same amount of time, something that takes Eggman by surprise as he never believed Sonic could do that. The attack merely dents the shield because the robot was tailor-made to fight Sonic and counter his abilities, which proves its downfall when it's destroyed by Sonic's friends. The problem is that since the comic takes place on a future version of Earth, 175's fight takes place in what was Texas, it means Sonic crossed hundreds of miles -nearly a thousand miles- in seconds. Tailored to fight Sonic be damned, the force from a hit like that is an order of magnitude or two beyond anything Sonic's friends could ever manage, especially since Sonic would be going at least '''''half a million miles an hour''''' to make a hit like that, and should've destroyed the robot. Especially since Eggman never thought Sonic was capable of that, meaning it wasn't factored in the mech's design.

* [[Art Shift]]: Some stories switched artists halfway through, such as "Night of 1000 Sonics" in issue #19. The "End Game" story arc was also a story arc that switched artists (and even co-writers) between installments, and then switched artists between scenes in the final chapter.

* [[Ascended Meme]]: In issue 205, Robotnik says "Snoo-PING AS usual".

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bNCfEvQFUY "...FROM THE SHOW! I'm going to be on TV! I'm going to be a TV Star!"]

* [[As You Know]]: Among others, the "dragons can't lie" plot point in Endgame, never mentioned before or since.

* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: Titan Metal Sonic attacking New Mobotropolis during the fallout of the Genesis Arc in issue #231.

* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|Dimitri}}, currently, following his [[Heel Face Turn]]. Knuckles also had elements of this after his stint as Enerjak. And NICOLE and Espio seem to be heading in this direction following their actions during the Iron Dominion arc.

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: The Battle Bird Armada's Battle Lord. Likewise, his son and heir, Speedy.

* [[Axe Crazy]]: Rosy the Rascal, Amy's counterpart on Moebius. She's so in love with Scourge, [[Mad Love|she wants to bash his head in.]]

** The villain Kodos becomes this after going crazy from radiation poisoning. Bonus points for actually wielding an axe.

* [[Back for the Dead]]: Hey, it's Sir Connery from back before "Endgame"! Anybody remember him? ...no? [[Heroic Sacrifice|Well never mind...]]

* [[Badass Mustache]]: Dr. Robotnik/Eggman.

** Snively doesn't think of himself as bald. Having about three hairs doesn't really count as a "full head of hair", but he's vain and deluded enough to think it does.

** ''Six'' hairs. That he's attached tracking devices (?!) to...

** Bunnie Rabbot D'Coolette after being deroboticized by Ixis Naugus.

* [[The Baroness]]: Lien-Da. She even has a [[Whip It Good|whip]]!

* [[Big Bad Ensemble]]: Robotnik/Eggman has always been the overall [[Big Bad]] of the series, but there have always been villains who are independent of him who are major threats on their own (i.e. Finitevus, Scourge, Naugus, Mogul, the Iron Queen etc.). This is most apparent after the Genesis arc, where Naugus becomes equal to Eggman in terms of the threat he presents to the heroes, and his effect on the central plot.

** For that matter, both [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Black Doom]] and [[Sonic Rush Series|Eggman Nega]] have been confirmed to exist in this continuity, but neither of them has shown up directly yet due to copyright issues between Archie and Sega.

* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: A whole mess of them form the Freedom Fighter cell known as, you guessed it, the [http://archiesonic.wikia.com/wiki/Wolf_Pack Wolf Pack].

* [[Biological Mashup]]: Naugus' origin.

* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Bunnie had her share of angst about being part Robian, but she mostly came to terms with it and used her abilities to help in the fight against Robotnik. Then she found out that her robot parts were literally killing her, and was forced to upgrade.

** ''Sonic Universe Issue 37'' revealed that this is what happened to {{spoiler|G.U.N. Commander Hugo Brass}}.

* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Marine ([[Sonic Rush Series|no surprise there]]).

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Occurs several times in the earlier issues. One example is Robotnik finding Crabmeat reading a ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' Archie Comic. He then punishes Crabmeat for reading the comic of his most hated enemy, before getting the idea to use the other comic books Crabmeat has for ideas for other robots. And yes, the other comic books are [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|implied]] to be real comics as well. No, it doesn't make any sense.

** Also falling into this category is Eggman's [[Talkative Loon|ramblings]] in issue 205. It appears he's finally figured out that he's in a licensed comic book. He still wants to get that hedgehog, though.

* [[The Brigadier]]: Commander Abraham Tower.

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: Chaos Knuckles turning to regular Knuckles in #125, and {{spoiler|Bunnie being deroboticized}} in #232.

** On the villains' side, Drago. The fans hated him so much, he is punched in the nose once every appearance.

** Similarly, Nack the Weasel has started becoming this more in his recent appearances.

* [[Cain and Abel]]: Lien-Da and Julie-Su.

* [[The Cameo]]: So far, the only appearances of [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Black Doom and the Black Arms aliens]] are a memory image of Black Doom and a single panel showing the Xorda locked in a war with the Black Arms (which explains why the Xorda never returned to see if their attack on Mobius succeeded).

** Chester Cheetah appears in issue 72. For some reason.

* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Tons. They outnumber the original characters.

* [[Cheeky Mouth]]: It's Sonic the Hedgehog. Of ''course'' he has this.

* [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys]]: Antoine was pretty much the personification of this trope in earlier issues.

** Happened to her [[Xenafication|in reverse]] over the early issues. Sally grew more competent due to a combination of [[Cerebus Syndrome]], bringing her characterization more in line with ''[[Sonic Sat AM|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', and getting her own mini-series.

** Most of the other female characters got Chickified at the same time Sally did (roughly around #132), but Sally's was so over-the-top that the other cases went largely unnoticed. Thankfully, it didn't last for ''them'' either.

* [[Clear My Name]]: The "Mecha Madness" and "Endgame" storylines.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Bean doesn't really have lucid moments. You just find a way to make his madness work for you.

* [[The Comically Serious]]: Shadow is occasionally used to this effect, particularly when paired off with characters like [[Bratty Half-Pint|Marine]] or [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Cream]].

* [[Compulsory School Age]]: Inverted. After her [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]], Amy still has to go to school with Tails and the other children, because despite having a teenager's body, they know [[Younger Than She Looks|what age she really is]].

* [[Continuity Drift]]: To the point that any attempt to bring more than a minor element into the games is received poorly.

* [[Continuity Snarl]]: Trying to fit ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' and ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'' perfectly into continuity caused problems. Made worse by the fact that the writers didn't have complete information about the games when they started writing the arcs...

* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: Happens in the stories set in the ''Mobius: X Years Later'' reality - Sonic goes back in time to fix damage to the timeline that threatens to destroy reality. Unfortunately, this creates an [[Alternate Timeline]] where instead of being a [[Utopia]] ruled by King Sonic, Mobius is a totalitarian state ruled by [[Knight Templar|King Shadow]]. {{spoiler|Fortunately, Sonic and many of his friends [[Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory|remember how things are supposed to be]] and manage to overthrow Shadow.}}

** Shades of this appear in a few of the Silver stories as well. Apparently, every time Silver goes back in time, some changes are made to the timeline. Unfortunately, none of these changes undo the [[Bad Future]] he lives in.

* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Fiona, Princess Alicia, Lien-Da, Buns, Rosy the Rascal, and Julie-Su back when she was a Dark Legionnaire.

** Conquering Storm looks to be one in the near future.

* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead|Dark Furred Redhead]]: Sally, Prince Elias and Queen Alicia.

* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Rouge is trying to invoke this trope with Knuckles, much to Julie-Su's annoyance.

* [[Death by Childbirth]]: Snively's mother. There's a lot of speculation that his father hated him for it. [[Freudian Excuse|Could explain a lot]].

* [[Death From Above]]: How Eggman ultimately destroyed Knothole.

* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in an issue when they need something to free NICOLE from her [[Mind Control]]. Their choice falls on the Particle-to-Light Organizer and Transporter Device. [[Don't Explain the Joke|Don't get it?]] {{spoiler|PLOT device.}}

* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]: Mammoth Mogul's current status. What this means for his {{spoiler|future status as Silver's mentor}} is currently unknown.

* [[Dirty Coward]]: No real shocker that [[Meaningful Name|Snively]] is one of these.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The Xorda. It's not a good idea to piss them off. Or be at all [[Sins of Our Fathers|genetically related]] to anyone who may have pissed them off ''several millenia ago''.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The animosity between the Dingoes and the Echidnas is almost an exact analogy for the [[Arab-Israeli Conflict]]. Who plays who is just as much [[Alternate Character Interpretation|up to interpretation]].

* [[Doom Magnet]]: Nate Morgan, arguably.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Happens with such frequency that Sonic's begun to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] it. The heroes have, at various junctures, teamed up with Robotnik, Snively, their "Suppression Squad" alter-egoes, the Destructix, the Dark Legion, and even Finitevus. They usually get backstabbed, and Sonic's started to lampshade ''that'', too.

** By and far, the biggest of these situations was when the ''entire planet'' united to fight off the [[Alien Invasion|Xorda invasion]]. And naturally, as soon as the Xorda were fought off (and Sonic was sent into space), Eggman stabbed his allies in the back.

* [[Engineered Heroics]]: At one point Sonic sets up a plan to help Antoine impress his father by dressing up as his own [[Evil Twin]] and having Antoine defeat him. Then the real Evil Sonic showed up and Antoine knocked him out without realizing it wasn't Sonic in disguise. When he realized he'd actually decked an actual bad guy and won, he fainted.

** Which, incidentally, says a lot about just how pathetic Evil Sonic was prior to turning into Scourge.

{{quote|If there ''are'' any lessons to be learned, it's one you so obviously forgot! As I begin to absorb the incalculable power you possess, consider this: there is ''always'' someone else who is smarter, stronger, and even more ''ruthless'' than you.}}

** Notably, Dimitri's later characterization would push him further and further towards [[Anti-Villain]] status.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Everyone from Anti-Mobius. But special mention has to be given to Anti-Sonic, who used the Master Emerald to turn himself green, renamed himself Scourge the Hedgehog, and has become a recurring villain.

** Finitevus is also something of an evil twin to Knuckles. An accident transformed him into a negative image of Knuckles, and he uses the exact opposite methods that Knuckles does; while Knuckles favors direct action, Finitevus uses his powers over dark magic and subterfuge. And while Knuckles is a Guardian, biologically engineered and trained from birth to be an ultimate protector, Finitevus wants to '''BLOW IT ALL UP!'''

* [[Executive Meddling]]: Part of the reason why previous head writer Ken Penders left, and part of the reason behind some of the fan frustration. Ever wonder why new writer Ian Flynn doesn't get Sonic and Sally back together? This is why.

* [[Explosive Leash]]: When the Dark Legion is stripped of their cybernetics, Lien-Da cuts a deal with Eggman where they will serve him if he restores them; to ensure the loyalty of his new "Dark Egg Legion", Eggman plants bombs on them.

** When the Iron Queen sets off Lien-Da's bomb, Eggman repairs her, and plants another bomb.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Several characters, including Dr. Quack, Amadeus Prower (Tails' father), and Patch (aka the anti-Antoine).

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Sleuth Dog and Fiona Fox.

* [[Fake Defector]]: Dimitri, when he joins Robotnik. "You make it sound like I'm purposefully weakening the greatest evil this world has ever known from within."

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The Overlanders and Mobians are usually pretty antagonistic to each other due to a long history of conflict between them. Attitudes have softened, however, as the comic has gone on, and the two have fought together more and more against their common enemies.

** Also the Dingoes and the Echidnas, who are constantly at one another's throats.

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]

* [[Fat Bastard]]: Three guesses.

** Eggman is this on a good day. [[Complete Monster|On a bad day...]]

* [[Feudal Future]]: But Prince Acorn has begun to give the populace more control of their government after an attempted coup, so at least it is progressing.

* [[First-Name Basis]]

* [[Flash Forward]]: The "X Years Later" storylines.

* [[Footnote Fever]]: Almost every single time the comic references a previous event, there's a footnote helpfully telling you exactly what issue it took place in. In particularly referential issues, the phenomenon is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded. Frequently.]]

* [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]]: Characters have occasionally answered fan mail "directly" through Sonic-Grams, the online blogs, and during a "novelty question month" on Ian Flynn's messageboard.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Fiona's abandonment issues have definitely played a major role in shaping her pscyhe.

* [[Funny Schizophrenia]]: Bean. Take Daffy Duck, cross him with [[Deadpool]] (albeit a [[Bowdlerize|G-rated Deadpool]]) crank him [[Up to Eleven]], and then multiply that times infinity. You just might get there.

{{quote|'''Bean''': That was awesome! How do your glutes feel?

* [[Furry Confusion]]: Muttski is a non-anthropomorphic dog: he walks on all fours, can't talk (until he gets a [[Translator Microbes|Translator Microbe]], which only makes him a [[Talking Animal]]), and is treated as a pet... but Mobius also contains [[Funny Animal]] dogs (like Sleuth Dawg). It's established that Tasmanian Devils are "One of the few Mobian races that never fully evolved" and are treated like dogs in some respects, but Muttski doesn't appear to be one.

* [[Fusion Dance]]: {{spoiler|Gamma's "soul" enters Omega's mind, fusing their thoughts together and granting Omega the ability to feel proper emotion.}}

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Sonic Universe 17. Bunnie and Antoine setting up a tent. (Bonus for being their honeymoon.)

** In issue 8, Bunnie says she's the "sax cymbal" of the team. [[Sarcasm Mode|Gee, I wonder what that could refer to...]]

** He was a pretty interesting way to explain the creation of the Special Zone and the formation of the seven Chaos Emeralds, though.

* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: Snively plays hockey with Sonic in issue #33.

* [[How Dare You Die on Me!]]: Sonic was thought to had been dead after an explosion of alien tech, but was really flung halfway across the universe. He returned a year later and continued his role as a hero. This, however, led to Sally breaking up with him.

* [[Humans by Any Other Name]]: "Overlanders."

** Since the [[Sonic Adventure]] saga, humans have looked even better. Compared to the likes of the Xorda and Black Arms, humans are one of the ''least'' bastardly species that exist.

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: The earliest issues loved this one.

** Granted, everyone pronounces the T due to her robotic parts. Her uncle has apparently been getting similar treatment.

** it is pronounced "Ra-BOT" in the cartoon, which vocalized it before the comic pronounced it.

**** Of course, now that she's [[Happily Married|married to Antoine]], this is a moot point.

* [[It Got Worse]]: {{spoiler|First off, we get Mina of all people, her new-found fear of Nicole in the wake of the Iron Dominion arc getting augmented by Ixis Naugus' powers, sparking off a mob mentality against the very AI defending New Mobotropolis. Then Naugus himself makes a power play for the crown, marching right up into the Council and demanding the crown. And getting it given to him, even as Sonic points out [[Obviously Evil]] he is, and has been. ''Then'' Eggman makes his return, hitting the world with his Genesis plan, nearly beating Sonic, and more importantly successfully roboticzing Sally. ''Then'' Naugus makes himself look like the hero, getting the people behind the evil wizard as the king. '''Then''' the Battle Bird Armada successfully blows a gigantic hole clean through New Mobotropolis, again nearly killing everyone. And to top it all off, once things start to settle down and it looks like Geoffery St. John will be brought to justice for his actions as a traitor... Naugus gets him pardoned as the unquestioned king. So in summation. Nicole traumatized, the people against Nicole and uniformly for Naugus as King, Naugus actually being the acknowledged king of the Kingdom of Acorn, Sally becoming Mecha Sally and a slave to Eggman, and New Mobotropolis has a gigantic hole in it. In the space of a single day.}}

** And before any of them, Tobor and Kragok.

** Nate Morgan and Colin Kintobor.

* [[Kissing Cousins]]: A distantly related version, when it's revealed that Julie-Su is descended from the evil side of Knuckles's family tree.

** This is kind of stretching it, considering there's ''18 generations'' between the parents of Edmund and Dmitri, and Knuckles.

* [[Knight Templar]]: King Shadow from an alternate timeline.

** And the Sand Blaster Freedom Fighters can be pretty fanatic in fighting Robotnik/Eggman. So much so that in their first appearance, they tried to strand Sonic and Tails in their city so that they would always be there to help them fight.

* [[La Résistance]]: The Freedom Fighters. Though post-Endgame (when Robotnik went from a dictator to an external threat) they've become more of a special forces unit reporting to the government of the Kingdom/Republic of Acorn.

** Post-Genesis, they seem to be heading in this direction again {{spoiler|in reaction to Naugus' coup.}}

** Sonic remarks that he beat Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts when he was eight, which is the age he would have been when you subtract the number of years ago ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' aired from his current age.

** When Eggman escapes from the Eggdome in #205 in a giant tortoise robot, he shouts, "[[Waxing Lyrical|I will destroy the blue one, you know!]] [[Sonic Adventure 2|He's the obstacle that always gets in my way!]]" Also see [[Ascended Meme]].

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Seneca-9009's [[Dark and Troubled Past]]. She invented a de-roboticizer to help the metallic aliens of Biotex. She learned too late that the Biotexans evolved their metallic bodies as a defense against deadly microbes. Oops...

** And in issue 225, Eggman tells Sally that if she and the other Freedom Fighters had finished him off any of the times they'd had the chance, they could have prevented him from {{spoiler|rebuilding the Death Egg in a more powerful form}}.

* [[Nuclear Weapons Taboo]]: Partially subverted in the comic itself; played straight with the Kingdom of Acorn.

* [[Oddly Small Organization]]: The Freedom Fighters, though it's temporarily subverted at different points in the series. This later comes back to bite the main characters in the tail when three of the disenfranchised former members of the Substitute Freedom Fighters become leaders in the government.

* [[Offhand Backhand]]: Bunnie to Naugus in #173.

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Dr. Finitevus believes that the world is hopelessly corrupt and must be "cleansed with emerald fire." He is utterly convinced of the righteousness of his position and quite willing to lay down his own life to achieve his aims.

** And the Dark Legion from time to time.

* [[Pyrrhic Villainy]]: In the [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]] plot.

** Though this is changing since Drago and Sleuth left.

** As of ''Sonic Universe'' #37, Eggman has a new group of personal enforcers in the [[Evil Knockoff|Metal Series]] robots {{spoiler|including Mecha Sally}}.

* [[The Real Remington Steele]]: Fiona, who was introduced as a Robotnik-created bot years before her real self appeared.

** One particular example is M, Robotnik's android "daughter." She's a sunglasses wearing android [[Made of Iron]], who eventually gets her outer shell blown off to reveal a skeletal-looking body underneath. [[The Terminator|Now what does this remind you of?]] To add to it, there's the fact that she looks like a female version of Arnold.

** A supplemental piece of art for an earlier comic was also a [[Homage]] to Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.

** [http://archiesonic.wikia.com/wiki/File:0archie_sugar_queen.JPG Think again,] [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Sugar-Queen!]]

** In issue #225, Eggman says, "[[The A-Team|I love it when a plan comes together!]]"

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Omega prefers this to happen in every mission he's taken part in so far. So far, he is pleased.

* [[Super Dickery]]: Issues #28, #203, and #204

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Robo-Robotnik/Dr. Eggman, for, well, himself. Continuity treats them as the same character, more or less.

* [[Talkative Loon]]: Bean.

* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: Four-foot tall Snively [[Unholy Matrimony|dating]] the statuesque Iron Queen.

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Team Dark. Shadow's mellowed out, but Rouge is a thief who's in it for herself, and Omega is a [[Sociopathic Hero]]. And if Abraham Tower has his back story from the games...

** Especially obvious in {{spoiler|issue 225}} where he {{spoiler|toys with Sonic to stall for time, then nonchalantly injuring/possibly killing Sally. Then he fires his superweapon ''while holding a glass of wine''.}}

** In Scourge's case, it also included gaining several levels in popularity - the fans like him a lot better when he's not just a cliched [[Evil Twin]].

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Chili-dogs for Sonic.

* [[Trickster Mentor]]: Archimedes the Fire Ant filled this role for Knuckles, by way of a clever scheme that initially made Knuckles and the readers believe he was being set up as a villain.

* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: Scourge and Fiona. Also the Iron King and Queen, who (thankfully, for [[Squick|obvious reasons]]) are just in a marriage of political convenance. And the Queen also had a thing on the side with Snively.

** And if there was any doubt that Scourge and Fiona truly cared about each other, take this into account: after Scourge was arrested by the Zone Cops, Fiona tracked down the Destructix, got them to work for her, and then ''intentionally got arrested'', all so that she could break him out.

** Finitevus considers himself one. [[Omnicidal Maniac|Though he]] [[Complete Monster|isn't]].

** Let's not forget Lien-Da.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: Things generally shake up every twenty-fifth issue.

** Issue 25: Not much of a Wham, unless you count introducing Amy and Metal Sonic

** Issue 100: Eggman gains the ability to roboticize by touch and uses it on Nate Morgan; Kodos, Arachnis, Tobor and Kragok are all [[Killed Off for Real]]; and the Robians are freed from Eggman's control.

** Issue 125: The conclusion of Xorda arc; Sonic is sent into space, which allows for the one-year [[Time Skip]] when he gets back to Mobius.

** Issue 175: The Destruction of Knothole.

** Issue 200: {{spoiler|Eggman's [[Villainous Breakdown]]}}.

* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Both Dimitri and Knuckles were turned into the crazed god Enerjak by draining power from the Master Emerald.

* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Most of the females, while still having their own shortcomings, are somewhat more level headed than their male comrades. Sally in particular, though having a few [[Never Live It Down|infamous moments of ill perception]], is arguably the most "normal"-acting character in the comic (though both her and Bunnie had near equally wacky and blundering personas than Sonic and co in the earlier light-hearted issues).

* [[World of Badass]]

* [[Word of Gay]]: Ken Penders got around the CCA somehow by hinting at one of the characters in the "Mobius: X Years Later" storyline being gay... and somehow doing this while showing the life partner, threading the relationship into the text. Once fans started searching, it became obvious (and confirmed by Ken), that the hinted couple was ''Rotor and Cobar'', the latter an echidna scientist from ''the Dark Legion''.

* [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]]: An early, non-canon story.

* [[You Called Me "X" - It Must Be Serious]]: Snively begins to suspect that Eggman is slipping when he calls him by his real name.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: King Shadow to {{spoiler|Lien-Da}}.

* [[Zen Survivor]]: General von Styker, after his son ousts him from power.

 

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