Show |
Episode |
Date |
Description |
Screenshot
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
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S03E12
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1994-04-09
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In the episode "The Tale of the Crimson Clown", a Sonic the Hedgehog 2 poster can be seen in a bedroom behind a desk.
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast
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S01E10
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1994-11-11
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In the episode "Gum, Disease", Space Ghost is playing Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles on his guest monitor after the commercial break.[1] The Sonic & Knuckles main theme plays while Space Ghost guides Sonic and Tails through Hidden Palace Zone, only to have Sonic walk into Knuckles and causing him to lose all his rings. Right before he turns the game off, Knuckles' theme starts to play. Due to legal issues with Sega about the scene, this episode was left out of the DVD releases of the show.
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The Simpsons
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S07E11 |
1995-12-17 |
In the episode "Marge Be Not Proud", a parody of Sonic appears in Bart's conscience convincing him to steal a video game, Bonestorm, all while speaking with a Sega Scream-like voice.[2] |
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S19E11 |
2008-01-27 |
In the episode "That 90s' Show", he appears on a billboard alongside Amy Rose, in reference to "Sonic Says" from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and birth control.[2] |
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S23E05 |
2011-11-13 |
In the episode "The Food Wife", a very Sonic-looking character that almost looks like a fusion between Sonic and Blaze can be seen in the background when the Simpson family attend "E4" (a parody of E3, the world's largest annual video game convention.)[2] |
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S32E15 |
2021-03-14 |
In the episode "Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?", Comic Book Guy tells Homer how "social media super soldiers" got studios to spend millions in removing Sonic the Hedgehog's creepy human teeth in the 2020 live-action film Sonic the Hedgehog, referring to how the negative reaction from critics and fans to Sonic's appearance in the first trailer convinced Paramount Pictures to entirely redesign the character.[3] |
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The X-Files
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S03E03
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1995-06-10
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In the episode "D.P.O." the music for Green Hill Zone can be heard inside an arcade.
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Robot Wars
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A robot named Kronic the Wedgehog was designed around Sonic the Hedgehog, featuring blue coloration with quill-like spikes.[3] |
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A robot named Humphrey was originally decorated with a green, Sonic the Hedgehog-like mascot.[3] |
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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1998-12-23
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In a promotion for the upcoming Sega Dreamcast, a performer in a Sonic the Hedgehog costume runs on stage and gifts O'Donnell a Dreamcast and Sonic plushie.[3]
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Toonami
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1999
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During one of Toonami's interstitial bumpers, host Tom is seen looking at upcoming Dreamcast games, and states that Sonic Adventure "looks truly amazing" for its variety of playable characters and stages.[3]
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Malcom in the Middle
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S02E04
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2000-11-19
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In the beginning of the episode "Dinner Out", Malcom and Stevie are playing Sonic R with weird sound effects.[4]
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Ty the Tasmanian Tiger commercial
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N/A
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2002
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The commercial for the video game Ty the Tasmanian Tiger features Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon completely covered in bandages in a hospital room, with boomerangs wedged in their bodies. The titular character walks through the ward and scares them.
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Game Over
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S01E01
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2004-03-10
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The Smashenburn family adopt a Sonic-like pet named Turbo who is a 300-pound talking doglike creature with a spiked mohawk and singular furrowed brow. In episode 3, Dark Princess Chang mentions next semester's school play is called Sonic and the Angry Inch.[3]
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Video Mods
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2004-03-10
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In the music video "Stand and Choose", Tails and Knuckles can be seen waiting in line at one of the park's voting booths, while Sonic is playing checkers with from Mortal Kombat's Scorpion.[3]
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Megas XLR
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S02E05
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2004-11-27
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In the episode "Thanksgiving Throwdown", Coop, Kiva, and Jamie are watching floats at a Thanksgiving Day parade. One of the floats is a character called "Auggie the Adorable Aardvark", a spoof of Sonic with spiky blue hair and red shoes. Strangely enough, this is the float in which an alien spore fuses with to fight Coop in his Megas. Auggie even uses a move exactly like the Spin Dash.
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Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
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S02E19
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2005-08-26
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In the episode "Camping Caper", as Yumi goes to save Ami from Big Foot, her journey is stylized like an 8-bit era video game. During her quest, she runs like Sonic the Hedgehog, and traverses a Sonic-series shuttle loop.[3]
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Robot Chicken
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S03E05 |
2007-09-09 |
In the episode "Shoe", Sonic the Hedgehog is running over the speed limit in Green Hill Zone, causing two policemen from the SWAT team to stop him using a spike strip. Sonic is portrayed by a modified ReSaurus Sonic Adventure action figure. |
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S10E12 |
2020-03-31 |
In the episode "Callie Greenhouse in: Fun. Sad. Epic. Tragic.", two animals are talking about Sonic the Hedgehog, and one questions if there is anything Sonic cannot outrun. It shows that Sonic is running from depression, with a PSA for suicide prevention appears on screen. Sonic is portrayed by the same action figure as the previous Sonic-related skit.[3] |
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S10E13 |
2020-06-28 |
In the episode "Max Caenen in: Why Would He Know If His Mother’s a Size Queen", Sonic the Hedgehog is in a library, reaching for a book which falls on him and causes him to drop his Rings. The sound effect of his Rings dropping and from collecting them upsets the other library visitors.[3] |
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S11E13 |
2021-09-24 |
In the episode "Happy Russian Deathdog Dolloween 2 U", The Nerd attends a Halloween party as the "feature film Sonic the Hedgehog original CGI design." Later at the party, he is encouraged to "gotta go fast" and proceeds to run around the room.[3] |
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Angel's Friends
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S01E07
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2009-10-20
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In the episode "Truth and Lies", the character Andrew is seen wearing a Sonic X-themed backpack.[3]
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Tosh.0
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S02E16 |
2010-07-14 |
In the episode "WoW Freakout (Investigation)", host Daniel Tosh shows footage of a Sonic the Hedgehog 2 speedrun, and pretends to perform a speedrun himself.[5] |
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S04E07 |
2012-03-13 |
In the episode "Parkour Girl", host Daniel Tosh comments on a failed parkour video with "Of course, the greatest parkourer of all time was Sonic the Hedgehog – who died turboing through a triple corkscrew. He got greedy."[6] |
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truTV Presents: World's Dumbest...
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S11E03
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2011-06-16
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In one segment, a teenager performs in a live-action recreation of a Sonic the Hedgehog game by running and flipping over obstacles while special effects make it appear as if he is simultaneously collecting Rings.[3]
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The Looney Tunes Show
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S01E10
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2011-07-05
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After Wile E. Coyote freezes the desert with the ACME Insta-Winter device, a Sonic-series loop is seen in the background.[3]
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Dofus: The Treasures of Kerubim
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S01E05
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2011
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Kerub falls on snow while rolling and becomes a snowball. The screen changes to a side-scrolling platform style, and Kerub falls in the middle of a loop after grabbing a Ring, losing one of his lives.[3]
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Parks and Recreation
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S04E05
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2011-10-27
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Ron Swanson looks through Andy's toolbox in which he finds "some cartridge that says Sonic and Hedgehog".[7]
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Breaking Bad
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S04E04 |
2011-08-07 |
Jesse Pinkman plays Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with a prostitute.[8] |
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S04E11 |
2011-09-25 |
Jesse plays Sonic 2006's multiplayer mode on Wave Ocean with his girlfriend's son.[9] For some unexplainable reason they are having fun while doing this. |
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S05E03 |
2012-07-29 |
Jesse plays Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing again, but this time with his girlfriend and her son.[8] |
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Wakfu
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S02E15 |
2011-11-12 |
In the episode "Wabbit Island", the Brotherhood of Tofu run through the Wabbit Dungeon in a side-scrolling platform game style - including a Sonic-style loop.[3] |
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S02E22 |
2012-01-28 |
In the episode "The Silence of the Rings", the title card depicts Percedal running with stylized figure 8-feet toward the Eggman-like villain Cassis (piloting a mecha), with the background filled with Rings and reminiscent of Emerald Hill Zone.[3] |
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Progressive commercial
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N/A
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2012-01-06
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Sonic runs around the Progressive store while Flo and another worker watch. The commercial uses two jingles from Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The invincibility music plays as he runs and the extra life music plays after Flo tells him about their price compare.
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MAD
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S01E16 |
2011-02-28 |
Amy Rose appears as one of the candidates in "Gaming's Next Top Princess". Compared to the other characters in the scene, she is drawn as-is and not as a parody. |
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S01E23 |
2011-03-30 |
One episode featured an ad parody of Sonic Brand Sneakers. |
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S03E01 |
2012-05-28 |
In the episode "The Iron Giant Lady", a look is taken at what a lady version of The Iron Giant would look like, briefly showing the success of other lady robots. Bunnie Rabbot is included in this, defeating Chuck Norris in a martial arts tournament. However, this is somewhat inaccurate, as Bunnie is a cyborg. |
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S03E02 |
2012-06-04 |
In the episode "Franklin & Crash", Sonic appears as a prosecutor at the trial, presenting compelling video evidence showing the Prince of All Cosmos in the process of creating various katamaris. |
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S03E11 |
2012-09-27 |
In the episode "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus", Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman can be seen as students at Video Game School. |
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Lol:-)
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S03Exx
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2013
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In one of the sketches of the Canadian comedy television series, a man tries to obtain a plush toy by playing a carnival attraction. Several plush toys can be seen, including a Nanco plushie of Sonic the Hedgehog.[3]
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The Big Bang Theory
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S07E02
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2013-09-26
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In the bottom left corner of the screen as Sheldon is buying an Aquaman statue, the Shadow and Rouge Jazwares figures can be seen slightly, in addition to a Scent Blasters display.
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Teen Titans Go!
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S01E29
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2013-10-16
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In the episode "Starfire the Terrible", Robin tries restyling his hair, with one of his hairstyles resembling Sonic's quills.
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Steven Universe
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S01E01 |
2013-11-04 |
Steven owns a small figurine parody of Sanic, a popular Sonic the Hedgehog meme character. |
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Steven also owns a small figurine parody of a proper Sonic the Hedgehog. |
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Amethyst is seen curling into a ball and spin rolling like Sonic the Hedgehog, and later performs a homing attack. |
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Steven and Peridot are attacked by a Sonic the Hedgehog-like desert creature. |
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TripTank
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S01E08
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2014-03-21
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In the sketch "Game Hole", Bethany and Jennifer go to a game store and damage a game console called the Virtus Edge, resulting in the sketch's protagonists being transformed into famous video game characters - with the store's clerk becoming Sonic the Hedgehog.[3]
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Assassination Classroom
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S01E05
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2015-02-13
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After drinking sodium hydroxide, Koro-sensei's head turns blue and grows Sonic-like quills.[3]
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Lucas Bros. Moving Co.
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S02E10
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2015-03-27
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The Government assigns the Lucas Bros to free the memory of Steve Urkel from Jaleel White's mind. White appears in the episode as a shut-in who has cut himself off from the rest of the world. In his run-down home, a picture of Sonic the Hedgehog in his SatAM design hangs on his wall, and he wears a Sonic T-shirt, both a reference to his voice acting in the 90s Sonic cartoons.[3]
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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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S02E19
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2015-04-28
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Skye jokes about Raina's new appearance, saying "I thought her gift was spinning really fast to collect gold rings".[3]
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Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation
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S01E01
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2016-01-07
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The pond in the school's park is in the shape of Sonic's head, similar to the Sonic Team logo.
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Family Guy
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S14E18
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2016-05-08
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In the episode "The New Adventures of Old Tom", a game with similar box art to Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) is seen in a video game store.[3]
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Os Under-Undergrounds
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S01E21
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2016-07-18
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In the episode "O Cavaleiro James", one of the skeletons of video game heroes who were defeated by the Black Knight closely resembles Sonic the Hedgehog.[3]
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The Amazing World of Gumball
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S05E05 |
2016-10-06 |
In the episode "The Vision", one of Alan Keane's selectable faces greatly resembles Dr. Eggman.[3] |
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S05E28 |
2017-03-07 |
In the episode "The Uncle", Ocho's has an uncle who appears extremely similar to Nintendo's mascot, Mario. However, Ocho claims to also have another uncle who is a fast, blur-like hedgehog. Later in the episode, Gumball runs with Sonic's stylized figure 8-feet.[3] |
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My Brother, My Brother and Me
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S01E05
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2017-02-23
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Griffin McElroy recalls a story where he meets Sonic the Hedgehog and Benjamin Franklin and smokes a big bag of weed with them.
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OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
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Pilot |
2013-05-21 |
The pilot episode "Lakewood Plaza Turbo" features the first appearance of the recurring character Crinkly Wrinkly, a washed-up old mascot with Sonic-like features and accessories. |
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S01E20 |
2017-08-18 |
In the episode "Everybody Like Rad?", a minor character at RadCon, named Shadamy, has her pink bangs shaped like Amy's, pink hair shaped like Shadow's quills, limbs colored peach, wears cuffs and shoes resembling Inhibitor Rings and Hover Shoes, and white gloves. Shadamy is an obvious reference to a popular fan pairing of Shadow the Hedgehog and Amy Rose. |
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S01E24 |
2017-09-01 |
In the episode "One Last Score", Ginger convinces K.O. into one last heist. She wears a jumpsuit with heart chestplate similar to Rouge the Bat's jumpsuit except with yellow instead of pink. Her neckerchief may also reference Rouge's wings. |
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S02E10 |
2018-05-18 |
In the episode "T.K.O.'s House", K.O. and T.K.O. play a game called Chip Adventure 2: Battle. |
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S03E10 |
2019-08-04 |
"Let's Meet Sonic", a special crossover episode, features Sonic and Tails themselves making an appearance, with Roger Craig Smith and Colleen Villard reprising their respective roles. |
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S03E20 |
2019-09-06 |
In the episode "Thank You for Watching the Show", K.O. experiences strange time skips and soon confronts the character Boxman - who takes the form of "Dr. Roboxman", an Eggman-like villain in a floating mecha surrounded by gold Rings. In a later scene, posters containing scenes from former episodes are shown, of which one depicts a gold ring. |
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Marcus Level
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S01E38
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2017-11-16
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In a race to deliver the most newspapers by mule and wagon, Ephi grabbed power-ups from question blocks. One of the power-ups recoloured Gladis the mule to that of Sonic's colours.[3]
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Craig of the Creek
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Pilot |
2017-12-01 |
In the pilot episode, Craig's room is decorated with "Slide the Ferret", a parody of Sonic the Hedgehog.[3] |
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S01E38 |
2019-02-25 |
In the episode "The Great Fossil Rush", a child is seen wearing a T-shirt with a yellow ring on it, and a pair of red shoes with white buckles.[3] |
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S02E30 |
2020-03-22 |
In the episode "Kelsey the Worthy", Kelsey reads a comic that parodies various Sonic the Hedgehog characters (with accompanying music) in a similar tone to the television series The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Doctor Robomelette attempts to use his "animaltronic" to defeat Slide the Ferret. Slide breaks into the Doctor's lab, and using some sort of sphere to power-up (like a Ring), he kicks Robomelette in the face. Craig later explains that Slide is super fast by comparing him to Sonic.[3] |
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S02E36 |
2020-06-04 |
In the episode "Ferret Quest", the episode's title card depicts Slide the Ferret striking a pose similar to that of a Sonic game's titlecard. In pursuit of a pet ferret, Craig uses his knowledge of the character Slide the Ferret to look for one. His phone depicts Slide running through a shuttle loop, states Slide's favorite food is pastrami on rye (a Chili Dog reference), and that Slide has a crush on Glide the Ferret, whose design resembles both Amy Rose and Rouge the Bat. Craig eventually makes a recreation of the final stage from a game called Slide the Ferret 3 called "Creek Zone Act 1". Craig also imagines himself collecting gold triangles to boost himself to the goal, and flying with the help of his friend J.P. (who spins his arms to fly like Tails.)[3] |
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S03E01-02 |
2020-06-21 |
In the episode "The Other Side: The Tournament", a character named Keun Sup competes with Craig in a game of Red Light, Green Light. When his phone alarm later goes off, he announces, "DINNER TIME! Chili Dogs! Gotta go home!"[3] |
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S03E11-12 |
2020-10-02 |
In the episode "Trick or Creek", Craig goes as Slide the Ferret for Halloween. He shows off his costume by running through a shuttle loop, collecting gold triangles and strikes a pose similar to the cover of Sonic Adventure.[3] |
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S03E21-22 |
2021-01-08 |
In the episode "Winter Break", Craig gets the game Slide Adventure 2: Battle for Christmas, made by a company named EGGA.[3] |
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S03E27 |
2021-03-05 |
In the episode "Fan or Foe", Craig and his friends attend Elder Con where Craig is cosplaying as Slide the Ferret. He meets a fellow Slide fan, and while playing the two make a reference to the "Faker" cutscene from Sonic Adventure 2. They later compete in a trivia match in a Blue Sphere-themed area which sports foliage from Emerald Hill Zone.[3] |
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La Casa de Papel
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S01E05
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2018-04-06
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When the Professor is waiting in a police station after beating Alberto, someone is seen wearing a Sonic the Hedgehog T-shirt.[3]
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Ben 10 (2016)
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S02E21 |
2018-05-14 |
In the episode "That's The Stuff", while fighting another shapeshifter, Ben says, "You might know everything I'm gonna do but that ain't no good because I know everything you're gonna do!" - a reference to Sonic's line from the Hyper Metal Sonic fight scene in 1996's Sonic the Hedgehog.[3] |
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S03E41 |
2019-10-26 |
In the episode "Xingo Nation", a cartoon fox named Xingo flies past a news reporter, spinning his tail to fly like Tails.[3] |
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Emmerdale
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Unknown
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2018-12-26
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After Bob Hope accidentally got his children PlayStation 3 games for Christmas instead of PlayStation 4, he goes out the next day to return them and get the correct games. The one game he returns with is a slightly worn copy of Sonic Mania Plus.
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Amphibia
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S01E01 |
2019-06-17 |
In the episode "Best Fronds", a Dreamcast, Sonic Adventure, and Crazy Taxi are seen under the counter in a thrift store.[3] |
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S01E05 |
2019-06-24 |
In the episode "Anne Theft Auto", when Anne and Bessie are surrounded by hedgehogs, one of them is blue in color with red feet.[3] |
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S02E12 |
2021-03-06 |
In the episode "Night Drivers", one of the obstacles that Sprig and Polly come across while driving is a shuttle loop which appears in an area roughly resembling Green Hill Zone.[3] |
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S02E13 |
2021-03-13 |
In the episode "After the Rain", Polly spins in place similar to a Spin Dash, which even uses the trademark sound effect.[3] |
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S03E04 |
2021-10-23 |
In the episode "Fight at the Museum", a generic Sonic game can be seen alongside NiGHTS into Dreams... and a 3D Control Pad.[3] |
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S03E06 |
2021-11-06 |
In the episode "Mr. X", one of the cinema's promotional stands is for a Sonic-like character named Fast Rat, with his slogan "I require acceleration!"[3] |
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S03E14 |
2022-04-16 |
In the episode "The Core & The King", when Prince Andrias is chasing Leif through the Newtopia Castle laboratories with shelves full of specimens, two specimens consist of a blue hedgehog-like creature with many legs and an orange creature with twin fox-like tails to the right of it.[3] |
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Saturday Night Live
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S45E10 |
2019-12-21 |
On the show's Holiday Baking Championship segment, Eddie Murphy states that, as one of his favorite childhood memories was playing the Sonic series, he will attempt to bake a Sonic the Hedgehog cake, and shows viewers an illustration of the cake he is trying to make (a detailed and well-crafted novelty cake.) However, upon showing the actual cake he has prepared, it is revealed to be a brown, grotesque spiked blob with a pair of human dentures for an upper lip.[10] |
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S45E18 |
2020-05-09 |
In the "Dreams" sketch, in which the cast members dream of normal life in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cecily Strong's dream involves her going to see a musical theatre show based on Sonic the Hedgehog. Both the logo, based on the one from the film, and artwork of Sonic shown in the sketch were fanmade and used without permission (with the logo being designed by Smez Prakezz and the art by Bryan Salter.)[11][3] |
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Hi Score Girl II
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S01E05
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2019-11-24
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A scene in the second season depicts a Sonic the Fighters cabinet as one of the many arcade games visible in the background.[3]
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Power Rangers Beast Morphers
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S02E03
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2020-03-07
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In the episode "Game On!", when Devon is fighting his ranger clone, he exclaims "Gotta go fast!" before using his powers of extreme speed.[3]
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Steven Universe Future
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S01E17
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2020-03-23
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First appearing in the episode "Homeworld", the character Spinel is inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog, with her early concept art displaying a number of recognizable features (such as a similarly-stylized face and angular Soap shoes.) In this episode, Spinel runs with stylized "figure-eight feet" like Sonic the Hedgehog, and rapidly spins her legs to fly like Tails.
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My Little Pony: Pony Life
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S01E13
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2020-08-02
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In the episode "Potion Mystery", Rainbow Dash drinks a potion from a blue bottle with a rough drawing of a spikey face on it. The potion sleeks her hair to resemble Sonic's quills and she runs in place with circular cartoon legs, excitedly saying "Gotta go dash!"[3]
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American Dad
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S16E01
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2021-04-19
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In the episode "Who Smarted?", in order to cheer up Hayley after Jeff breaks up with her, Francine gets her a Sonic ice cream bar with the infamous gumball eyes.[3]
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