The Sonic the Hedgehog Movie/Trivia

A trivia of Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie (2008).

Trivia

 * Yuji Naka, co-creator of the Sonic franchise, makes a cameo as a store salesman in the film.
 * Metal Sonic has his design from 2003's Sonic Heroes, whereas he was known as Neo Metal Sonic.
 * Jeff's grandpa Edward names the then unknown species (Sonic and his friends), as Mobians. This is a reference to Western Sonic media, where Sonic and his friends lived on a planet called Mobius.
 * Jeff's Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games include Mortal Kombat and a fictional game called Lucky the Rabbit, which is near identical to the original Sonic cover art. Originally, Sonic was designed as a rabbit by Naoto Oshima as seen in concept art online, but the design was later dropped.
 * Several references from Sonic games make appearances:
 * West Side Island from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 makes an appearance in a flashback and is mentioned several times.
 * It is implied Knuckles used to be the guardian of the Chaos Emeralds, just like he is the guardian of the Master Emerald in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles.
 * Station Square from Sonic Adventure is shown in a newspaper magazine Jeff's dad is holding.
 * A little piece of music from City Escape from Sonic Adventure 2 can be heard if you listen very closely.
 * The Egg Fleet from Sonic Heroes also appears.


 * Jason Griffith, the voice actor of Sonic from 2003 to 2009 makes a cameo as an FBI agent.
 * A news reporter in the movie is named Michael Pollock, as a reference to Doctor Eggman's voice actor Mike Pollock.
 * Metal Sonic's line when he reemerges, "Long time no see Sonic, my loathsome copy." is a reference to his line in the final battle of Sonic Heroes.
 * Sonic's line "A new day comes new adventures, but for now, let's rest easy" is from the post-credits text scene of Sonic Adventure 2.
 * The six Chaos Emeralds are needed to Sonic and his friends to restore West Side Island to how it used to be before Robotnik took over, as a reference to the ending of the original Sonic the Hedgehog game where Sonic restores peace to South Island.