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Due to Sonic the Hedgehog's popularity, his series is often featured or parodied within a large amount of books, comics, and magazines.

Books

Book Date Author Description Image
The New Doctor Who Adventures: Conundrum 1994-01-20 Steve Lyons A character named Mel Joseph plays Sonic the Hedgehog on the computer in order to complete the Scrap Brain Zone.
The New Doctor Who Adventures: All-Consuming Fire 1994-06-16 Andy Lane Ace makes a joke with Dr John Watson that the Rakshassi would not worship Sonic, whatever else they would.
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten 1994 Shogakukan An official 1994 Nintendo-licensed Mario compendium portrays the Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 enemy Harisu with a distinctly Sonic-like facial appearance. References PerfectBanMario Harisu Sonicface.png
Incredible Inventions: So Real It's Unreal 1996 Nick Griffiths The book extensively features Sonic the Hedgehog in its chapter on video game history.[1] References IncredibleInventions Print Sonic.png
Doctor Who: Winner Takes All 2005-05-19 Jacqueline Rayner Mickey Smith has a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog, along with Grand Theft Auto and Gran Turismo, on his Xbox or PlayStation.
Encyclopedia Horrifica: Terrifying Truth About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More 2007-08-01 Joshua Gee The book uses a screenshot of Silver the Hedgehog from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) to illustrate the concept of telekinesis.[1] References EncyclopediaHorrifica Print Silvertelekinesis.png
Doctor Who: Forever Autumn 2007-09-06 Mark Morris Martha Jones comments that the Tenth Doctor's hair is "very Sonic the Hedgehog" but the Doctor himself says he wants it more like Sid Vicious.
Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race 2010-09 Jon Stewart The book's section on video games describes them as "interactive, graphically rich worlds where we could act out our dreams of being professional athletes, Italian plumbers, mutant hedgehogs, and psychopaths who beat hookers to death".
Level Up 2011-06-07 Gene Luen Yang When comparing video games to real life, Dennis Ouyang mentions Sonic the Hedgehog's goal of eventually defeating Dr. Robotnik.
My Life as a Gamer 2015-04-07 Janet Tashjian At one point, Derek's tutor, Hannah, is described wearing a Sonic the Hedgehog T-shirt.
Press Start! #1: Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! 2016-12-27 Thomas Flintham In this video-game-themed book, one of the inhabitants of Animal Town is Simon the Hedgehog, who is blue and fast, making him an obvious parody of Sonic the Hedgehog. King Viking, the main antagonist who is fat and uses robots to attack Super Rabbit Boy, may be a reference to Dr. Eggman. Simon the Hedgehog and King Viking are recurring characters in the later Press Start! books.
Ready Player Two 2020-11-24 Ernest Cline An OASIS virtual reality world modelled after Mobius is created by Kira Morrow, containing recreations of Sonic the Hedgehog-series stages and settings. Additionally, the creepypasta story "Sonic.exe" is also mentioned.[2]

Comics and manga

Title Date Description Image
Jazz Jackrabbit manual 1994 The manual for the original 1994 release of the IBM PC version contains a small Jazz Jackrabbit comic, in which Sonic the Hedgehog appears and threatens to call his lawyer over the game's similarities to Sega's flagship franchise. References JazzJackrabbit Print Soniclawyer.png
The One I Love 1995 Sonic appears as a plush toy in SCENE 6 – Together (pages 59-65). Scanlations of the full story can be found here. TheOneILove example.jpg
Scott Pilgrim 2007-11-14 Volume 4 contains a title page inspired by the title screen of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Additionally, when Roxy dies, a bunch of small animals pop out of her, a reference to Prison Egg capsules. Scott and Kim's band is called "Sonic and Knuckles", and later Scott asks Stephan if he still knows any cheats for Sonic the Hedgehog 3.[3][4] References ScottPilgrim Print Sonictitlecard.jpeg
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 2013-01-09 In issue #4, a case involving the Riddler leads Batman to an abandoned casino. The casino's entrance is based on the entrance to Casinopolis from Sonic Adventure. LegendsoftheDarkKnight Comic 4 Casinopolis.jpg
Off the Mark 2018-05-27 In one strip, Sonic the Hedgehog appears among various popular cartoon characters in a drug rehabilitation clinic, with his addiction being labeled as "too much speed."[4] References OfftheMark Print Sonicrehab.gif
Mameshiba In one comic, a landscape is designed as an homage to Green Hill Zone.[5] References Mameshiba Print GHZ.jpeg

Magazines

Publication Issue Release date Description Scans
Sega Visions Issue 7 1991 An advertisement for James Pond II: Codename RoboCod appeared in issue #7 of Sega Visions, featuring a distressed Sonic the Hedgehog fleeing the scene after James Pond boasts about his new robotic abilities. File:SegaVisions US 07.pdf
Animation Magazine Volume 6, Issue 2 1992 An advertisement for DIC Enterprises features Sonic the Hedgehog alongside a number of contemporary Western cartoon and video game characters - including Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach. References DICEntertainment Print Sonic.png

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic2.html
  2. ↑ https://www.sonicstadium.org/2020/11/sonic-gets-a-brief-reference-in-the-ready-player-two-novel/
  3. ↑ http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic3.html
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ReferencedBy/SonicTheHedgehog
  5. ↑ http://www.sonicgear.org/Cameos/CameosSonic4.html
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