Sonic Revelations

 Sonic Revelations  is a 2024 American animated sci-fi action comedy film directed by Paul Rudish, Brandon Sawyer, and Jeff Fowler and is based off the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise created by Sega and Sonic Team. It follows the canon timeline of The Sonic Show, an animated television sitcom show that aired in 2016 and was initially canceled in 2018, but came back in December 2023 on HBO Max, now named Max. It was written by Ian Flynn, Tony Cervone, and Shiro Maekawa and produced by Derek Drymon and Spike Brandt with Sam Register and head of Sonic Team Takashi lizuka executive producing. Starring Roger Craig Smith as Sonic the Hedgehog and Kirk Thornton as Shadow as well as other roles from David Humphrey, Mike Pollock, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Chris Pratt, Dave B. Mitchell, Ryan Drummond, Jason Griffith, Rob Riggle, Cindy Robinson, and Ryan Reynolds and taking place between seasons 3 and 4, the film focuses on Sonic, Shadow, and their friends teaming up with Doctor Eggman to stop the three other ultimate lifeforms that Eggman's grandfather Gerald Robotnik had created. Those ultimate lifeforms are named Dusk (a robot), Quacksalver (a black hedgehog like Shadow), and the strongest one that had a bond with Gerald, Terios (a dark grey hedgehog who is very strong).

Plot
Evil scientist Doctor Eggman (Mike Pollock) and his robotic henchmen Orbot and Cubot go up to Eggman's grandfather Gerald Robotnik's Space Colony ARK, the place where Shadow was born. While exploring the ARK, they find an secret room filled with three pods containing three different hedgehogs. Eggman opens them and they all wake up. The dark blue hedgehog is Quacksalver (Jason Griffith), who is not a hedgehog but a robot based on a hedgehog, similar to Metal Sonic. He uses his jet boots to fly and shoots lasers out of his eyes.. The black hedgehog is named Dusk (Chris Pratt), which his name is a synonym of Shadow. He has the power to create the power of illusion with a Chaos Emerald, calling it "Chaos Mirage" technique. The dark grey hedgehog who had not been introduced yet is named Terios the Hedgehog (David Humphrey), the original ultimate lifeform that Gerald created but he, Quacksalver, and Dusk, were all abandoned by Gerald after a deadly lab test which took the lives of 4 people. Eggman dresses all three of them up in spray paint and sends them down to New York City to do crimes. In just four hours, Sonic the Hedgehog is wanted for seven counts of burglary and felony. Terios, Quacksalver, and Dusk escape in a black van with the license plate number "S0N1C". The president of the United Federations declares Sonic wanted and on the FBI's hitlist. At South Island, Sonic the Hedgehog (Roger Craig Smith) having a picnic with Tails (Colleen O'Shaughnessey), Amy (Cindy Robinson) and Knuckles (Dave B. Mitchell) when the FBI arrives on the island and places Sonic under arrested. He is booted off South Island by Mayor Naka (Craig Smith) and put into Jail Island, a remake of Prison Island, which exploded back in Sonic Adventure 2. Shadow the Hedgehog (Kirk Thornton) closely investigates the incident and sees that in a footage of the van escaping, there was another person disguised as Sonic there.

Shadow and Rouge the Bat (Karen Strassman), along with E-123 Omega (Vic Mignogna) are determined to find out who framed Sonic. Sonic meanwhile is sent to Jail Island where he is sentenced to 5-10 years in prison. Wes Weasley (Ryan Drummond) is seen trying to get his life back together, trying to sell healthier versions of the formerly discontinued Chaos Cola, now named ChaoCola. Wes is sent an phone call by Eggman and Terios to work with them on the Space Colony ARK, which he happily accepts. Dusk comes and picks him up to the ARK, where Quacksalver asks Wes to capture Shadow with Eggman. Eggman denies this and tries to do it himself. Tails, Knuckles, and Amy try to go to Jail Island in order to free Sonic. They talk with the staff and sercurity there to see if they can bail him out, however there is no parole on Sonic's sentence. Eggman sends out Orbot and Cubot to capture Shadow but they do a terrible job. So Terios does it himself, having a stronger connection with Shadow. Shadow is revealed to be telekinetically linked to Terios, which makes sense when he senses Terios before he captures him. They ensue in an all out brawl in Central City before Terios gives the final blow to Shadow to the head and causing him to fall down in an alleyway. Terios takes an unconscious, bleeding Shadow all the way up to the Space Colony ARK, where he is taken care of by Dusk. Omega and Rouge worry where Shadow is, and try to find the clues where he last was. At night, Tails in his Walker mech and Knuckles break into Jail Island to free Sonic. While Tails shoots the GUN robots with his Walker, Knuckles goes and frees Sonic. The GUN robots prove too powerful for Tails' old aged Walker, which gets destroyed.

Before the GUN robots shoot Tails, Knuckles and Sonic save him. Human guards come as well and they all escape them. They are intercepted by Mighty the Armadillo (Rob Riggle) who is working a late night shift. However, Mighty makes an excuse that he fell and twisted his ankle. Amy is outside waiting on the Tornado, wondering why she is put out of all the fun when they come and escape Jail Island. Shadow wakes up on the Space Colony ARK and meets Terios, who tells him that he is his brother. Not knowing Terios' plan, Shadow starts to bond with him, Dusk, and Quacksalver but is skeptical of Eggman, who tries to act all nice and innocent. With spells, Terios and Dusk turn Shadow into an alternate version of himself, Nemesis Shadow. Nemesis Shadow is given the order by Terios and Eggman to betray Sonic and his friends. The plan with Terios, Dusk, Quacksalver, and Eggman is to dominate the world like Eggman had always wished for and turn it into the Eggman Empire. However, Terios, Dusk, and Quacksalver all have different opinions on this as they think that Earth should be their world, leading to non-alliances with all 4 of them. Mighty is fired from his job, causing his best friend Ray the Flying Squirrel (Ryan Reynolds) to get mad. However, Wes Weasley is being held hostage by Dusk. Mighty, Ray, and Wes are kidnapped by Dusk and bought to the Nevada Desert, Area 54 where Dusk plans to lure Sonic in to kill him. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy are booted off of South Island by Mayor Naka and have no other choice but to stay hidden in Central City. They all are able to hide in an unoccupied apartment room in Central City. Sonic mopes about who was the one who kidnapped him while Tails and Knuckles try to find evidence that Sonic wasn't the one who robbed all those banks.

Amy is in the bathroom washing her hands after showering when Dusk comes in through the wall and kidnaps her, unbeknowst to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. Meanwhile, Nemesis Shadow continues to bond with Terios and to a lesser extent, Eggman. Amy is put into the Nevada Desert with Wes, Mighty, and Ray who are all sweaty. When Knuckles finally realizes that Amy is missing, Sonic gets a call from Dust, saying that if he doesn't come and get Amy as well as Wes, Mighty, and Ray in the next 24 hours in the Nevada Desert in Area 54, then they will all be dead. Police arrive at the apartment after a lady reported seeing Sonic, but they all manage to escape before the police arrive. Nemesis Shadow goes back down to South Island to find Rouge and Omega. Rouge is excited to see Shadow but is soon contradicted when Shadow starts fighting her and Omega. Rouge and Omega end up victorious but Nemesis Shadow goes away. Nemesis Shadow starts to wonder if he really is the ultimate lifeform, having flashbacks about Maria and Gerald Robotnik with Dusk, Quacksalver, and Terios all in tanks. On Eggman's base in Green Hill, GUN soldiers come and raid his lab, thinking that he had something to do with Sonic breaking out of jail. Terios fights off the GUN soldiers while Quacksalver helps Eggman escape. However, Terios and Quacksalver betray Eggman and go to dominate the world on their own, leaving Eggman to be arrested by the GUN soldiers. Knuckles is sent by Sonic and Tails with a mask back to South Island to warn Omega and Rouge that they must save Amy, Ray, Mighty, and Wes but Omega says that Shadow has turned on them.

Dusk takes all four of them to Area 54 where he ties them up. Amy prays that Sonic saves her, Wes is fearing for his life, and Mighty and Ray try to apologize to each other about the argument they had earlier. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, and Omega arrive at Area 54 and are able to get past sercurity, though Omega stays outside. They are able to find Wes, Amy, Mighty, and Ray and before they untie them, Dusk comes and an battle ensues. Wes and Ray escape and they are able to get a secret tape from Dusk's insides after Sonic punches him. They put a tape into an old TV, where Gerald Robotnik reveals "Project Robotnik", an operation that was originally created by Gerald in April 1951 to help humanity and Maria, for the better. The tape that Gerald documents reveals the horrors of Project Robotnik. After a deadly experiment that killed four people and caused Gerald and other scientist to get into a wrongful death lawsuit, Gerald discontinued Project Robotnik and two months late, Shadow the Hedgehog was born surrogate on June 19, 1951 and even shows footage of Maria meeting Shadow for the first time. In another flashback, Shadow sees Gerald talking to scientists with Dusk, Quacksalver, and Terios in tanks filled with green liquid but Maria pulls him back, saying that Gerald would be mad if they had been evesdropping on him. Wes and Ray mourn about this while Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Rouge, Omega, and Mighty fight off Dusk. Omega is able to knock off Dusk, causing his power to go out. The seven all celebrate but it is interrupted when somebody starts kicking down a door. They all prepare if it is guards, but Terios and Nemesis Shadow are kicking down the door.

For 10 minutes, they all have a battle with Wes and Ray trying to have an artifical intelligence program to help them. Even though they all get beaten up ruthlessly by the two, Sonic goes all out on Terios, blaming him for getting him put in Jail Island. On Jail Island, Eggman is freed by several of his badniks from Sonic the Hedgehog '06. Eggman goes back to South Island and gets his equipment and badniks ready to go and get revenge on Terios, Quacksalver, and Dusk. Nemesis Shadow and Terios leave, taking Amy, Mighty, and Ray with them (Ray after he tries to save Mighty), and they all mourn with their efforts having been wasted. Wes tries to cheer them up but Knuckles has an idea. Wes confirms that he heard Eggman was betrayed by the three of them. Before they leave to South Island again, Dusk mentions that he was bullied relentlessly by Quacksalver and Terios on the Space Colony ARK back in 1951, and wants to get revenge on the both of them, and make them suffer. In that, Dusk also joins the team. In Eggman's lair, Eggman plays "E.G.G.M.A.N." while he, Orbot, Cubot, and their other badniks get prepared for battle. That is until Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles show up. Sonic (unhappily) announces that them and Eggman need to team up to stop Terios. Sonic is reluctant at first, but Tails reassures him, saying that whether he likes it or not, Terios and Quacksalver are going to dominate the world and enslave all life on the planet, so they must enlist help from Eggman since he has more equipment they can use. And like that, Sonic, the others, and Eggman all team up together. Eggman announces that earlier he placed a tracking device on Quacksalver, and with that they can determine where they are going. Nemesis Shadow, Terios, and Quacksalver all travel to the

Cast

 * Roger Craig Smith as Sonic the Hedgehog and Mayor Naka
 * Kirk Thornton as Shadow the Hedgehog and Orbot
 * David Humphrey as Terios the Hedgehog
 * Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Mike Pollock as Doctor Eggman and Gerald Robotnik
 * Jason Griffith as Dusk
 * Chris Pratt as Quacksalver the Hedgehog
 * Dave B. Mitchell aa Knuckles the Echidna
 * Cindy Robinson as Amy Rose
 * Rob Riggle as Mighty the Armadillo
 * Ryan Drummond as Wes Weasley
 * Karen Strassman as Rouge the Bat
 * Ryan Reynolds as Ray the Flying Squirrel
 * Joe Keery as Fang the Sniper
 * Salish Matter as Maria Robotnik
 * Wally Wingert as Cubot
 * Michelle Ruff as Cream the Rabbit
 * Jeff Bergman as President of United Federations
 * Anna Faris as Honey the Cat
 * Jill Talley as Jail Island secretary
 * Tara Strong, JP Karliak, Dave B. Mitchell, Tom Kenny, John DiMaggio, and Grey Griffin, as Space Colony ARK scientists
 * Billy West, Corey Burton, Christopher Barnes, Jace Norman, Ben Schwartz, and Bob Bergen as additional voices