Factory/City cliché

Scrap Brain Zone, a well-known example of the Factory-City cliché.

Jeez, Eggman's one busy little scientist! It always seems like he's building a technological city for himself in every game. I've also included levels that are set in factories of city-sized proportion, since they both seem to go along together. Metal galore, electric sparks, spikes, and nasty badniks are a few of the things often found in these zones.

First appeared: Scrap Brain Zone, Sonic 1

Also in:

• Scrap Brain Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
• Chemical Plant Zone, Oil Ocean Zone, and Metropolis Zone, Sonic 2
• Metallic Madness Zone, Sonic CD
• Launch Base Zone, Sonic 3
• Gigalopolis Zone, Sonic Chaos
• Atomic Destroyer Zone, Sonic Triple Trouble
• Gene Gadget Zone and Panic Puppet Zone, Sonic 3D Blast
• Reactive Factory, Sonic R
• Hot Shelter and Final Egg, Sonic Adventure
• Egg Rocket Zone and Secret Base Zone, Sonic Advance
• Techno Base and Egg Utopia, Sonic Advance 2
• Four levels from Sonic Heroes: Grand Metropolis and Power Plant (which follow Scrap Brain/Metropolis) and Rail Canyon and Bullet Station (which follow Launch Base)
• Egg Factory, Sonic Riders
• Machine Labyrinth, Sonic Rush Adventure
• EggmanLand, Sonic Unleashed