Sonic: Sticks/Tropes


 * Actor Allusion: Andrea Libman and Tara Strong once again play best friends.
 * Adaptational Angst Update: The film potrays Sticks' paranoia as the result if living in the jungle out of fear of Eggman finding her, and her gatred of technology being a response to a traumatic experience in childhood regarding Eggman experimenting on her.
 * Adaptation Backstory Change:
 * Buster of Sonic Boom gies from a robotic trap by Eggman to Tails' self-made pet, later adopted by Sticks.
 * Downplayed. Sticks is shown in this version to have been an orphan before living in the wild. In the Sonic Boom series, she identified the town's corrupt former leader as her ancestor, indicating she had some knowledge her family tree.
 * Adaptational Badass: The Ladybuggys in the film can use theur ckaws, for one.
 * Adaptation Expansion: The film delves into Sticks' past and shows her and Team Sonic's first meeting, both of which were never shown before.
 * Awesome Music: The credits are underscored by "Endless Possibilitues" from Sonic Unleashed and "Reach For the Stars" from Sonic Colors. Not only are they as catchy as ever, but are both songs about keeping going and not letting anything slow you down, which fits perfectly with the film's message of moving on and not letting your past weigh you down.
 * Beware the Silly Ones: Stick is a nutty and paranoid feral badger. But make no mistake, she is a skilled fighter that will take you down.
 * Cross-Dressing Voice: Tara Strong provides the vocal effects for the male Cheese.
 * Dark And Troubled Past: As a child, Sticks was captured by Eggman, planning to use her as a living battery for his Badniks. While she managed to escape, she was forced to hude in the forest so that Eggman's functioning Badniks could not find her. She then spent the next 13 years there, hidden and paranoid of being found.
 * Darker And Edgier: Sticks' paranoia and hatred of technology in Sonic Boom was Played For Laughs. Here? It is potrayed as the result of spending her life hiding from Eggman, who wanted to use her as a child to power his Badniks.
 * Deconstruction: The film potrays Sticks' personality and characteristics in a more realistic light. While Sonic Boom potrayed them as funny quirks, the film instead asks "why would she hate technology?" and explore the origins of her paranoia, as well as potraying them as severe issues that need to be adressed and dealt with.
 * Establishing Character Moment: Sonic's first scene has him runming around, cracking jokes, and playfully racing with Tails, establishing as cocky and friendly.
 * Funny Moments: Sticks, upon meeting Sonic, tries to interrogate him. The problem? She keeps beating him before he can answer.
 * Heartwarming Moments:
 * A small one, but Amy dosen't doubt Knuckles in any moment that he heard a Badnik on the sewers. Her only concern is that they might be too far away from home. And Knuckles concedes her point, proposing to call it quits for the day if they don't find anything in the next few minutes.
 * Sonic and Knuckles' relationship. Instead of the cold rovalry from the games, we get a Friendly Rivalry between the two, and is clear they geniuenely like each other.
 * Speaking of Knuckles, he quickly likes Sticks after seeing her in battle, saying the young girl "has spunk".
 * After her paranoia gets the better of her, Sticks locks herself inside her new room, only to notice Buster is in there too. She at first panics wnd threatens the robo-pup, only to realize he just brought her a toy for comfort. She takes it and is geniyenely thankful to him, starting to grow fond of him. Sticks then begins to pet him, just as Team Sonic opens the door, and watch in pride.
 * The ending and credits, where Sticks, having somewhat (if not fully) recovered from her past wounds, is shown hanging around Team Sonic as their new friend. The inclusion of the song "Endless Poseibilities" just makes it better.
 * Musical Nod:
 * Much like The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the film's score heavily features themes from the videogames.
 * Sonic's first scene features Sonic and the Black Knight 's "Knight of the Wind".
 * The ending sequence and credits feature "Endless Possibilities" from Spnic Unleashed.
 * Mythology Gag:
 * The film opens with a flashback to Sticks childhood tha t shows her Dark and Troubled Past and how she ended up living by herself in the forest. This is pretty much how the first live-action film opened.
 * In the flashback sequence, Eggman has a design that is evocative of the 2006 game.
 * During his opening sequence, Sonic is shown running at 761 km, a reference to his origin in Sonic the Comic.
 * While jumping from a ramp, Sonic imitates his pose from Sonic Adventure.
 * Sticks believes Eggman can hear her througth trees, calling back to Gnarly's paranoia about trees in Sonic Prime.
 * At one point, Sonic greets two citizens named Tom and Maddie.
 * Upon meeting Sticks and realizing she never heard of hi m, Somic calls himself "the fastest thing alive", hoping she would recognize the nickname.
 * Sticks calls Tails' two-tails a "buttcopter", like Sonic did in his second live-action film.
 * Knuckles and Amy's first scene has them walking througth a sewer, much like in the third episode of Sonic X. During that scene, Amy says she dosen't think of Knuckles as a dummy... which he was in Sonic Boom.
 * When Sticks meets Amy, she accidentally calls her "Sally".
 * After Sticks almost starts a public fight, Sonic reprimands her by telling her doing that is "no good".
 * Sticks at one point sees the same dress she wore in the Sonic Boom episode "My Fair Sticksy".
 * During the climax, Sticks juggles with a vine, much like in the Sonic Boom opening.
 * Eggman at the end says his famouse catchphrase "I hate that hedgehog", througth also adding the species of Sonic's friends.
 * During the credits, Sticks can be seen dancing with Buster, which was one if her fake flashbacks in the Sonic Boom episode "Buster".
 * Nightmare Fuel:
 * The film delves into the process of animals being used as batteries for Eggman's Badniks, and hell, its really creepy. Imagine being stuck insode a killing machine whike your body is connected to cables that drain your life force while you are consciouss.
 * Eggman, as in live-action, is more depraved than usual thwn in thevgames. Not only he proofs himself to be geniunely intimidating in some scenes, but he isn't above using children to power his Badniks.
 * Eggman's plan this time? Create a laboratpry under the town, from which he will kidnap everybody at once and turn them into Badniks.
 * Doubles as Tearjerker. We get a brief look at Sticks' perspective. Its claustrophobic and chilling, with everybody seeming threatening. You will believe everybody is out for Sticks, that's for sure.
 * The scene where a young Sticks hides herself from the Badniks is quite unnerving, and ripped straight from a slasher film. The moment where Sticks mistakes a Ladybuggy with an animal can provide quite a Jump Scare.
 * The Other Darrin:
 * Jessica DiCicco replaces Nikita Futterman as the voice of Sticks.
 * Andrea Libman takes over Cream from Michelle Ruff.
 * Role Reprise: Aside from DiCicco, most of the film's vast us compised by the characters' current game voice actors.
 * Salvaged Story: A major criticism in Sonic Voom was how Sticjs never really played a major role in spite of being oromoted as an Original Generation character. Now, she gets to star on her own film, which gave her a lot of character depth.
 * Shout-Out:
 * Sticks gets stuck in a washing mashing and screams for help, much like Harley Quinn in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Joker's Millions".
 * The moment Sticks first sees a shining object is a parody of Barbie and Ken's first meeting in Toy Story 3.
 * After Sticks begins to pet Buster, Sonic says "That'll do, Sticks. That'll do".
 * The Stinger: Cream the Rabbit and Cheese show up in Team Sonic's house, only to be freaked out by Sticks.
 * Take That!: Sticks and Sonic's first meeting is a lampashade of the narmistic aspects of Batman and Bane's final clash at the end of The Dark Knight Rises.
 * Tearjerker: In this film, Sticks has been living in the woods, fearing for her life, for 13 years.
 * Unexpected Character: Seeing as how he was a one-off character, seeing Buster the Robotic Dog from the Sonic Boom series was quite a surprise from fans.