References in the series

The Sonic series has stolen and homaged ideas from many other sources over the years. DBZ is the most cited one as the Super Sonic, 7 Emeralds and such are very easy to make comparisons to. Likewise the Death Egg is a blatant parody of the Death Star of Star Wars fame.

So. Discuss references and inspiration. Try to cite reasons, instead of being silly and saying Sonic is based off of Flash because Flash is fast and came first. That is bad.

For instance, an often overlooked one is Laputa: Castle in the Sky. One could claim Angel Island itself is inspired by the Miyazaki movie, but the only clear visual relation is the base of the castle which was slowly shedding blocks (visual reference) which looks like the Sky Sanctuary Zone which also shed blocks throughout the level.

Oh and an obvious one which is also rarely referenced is the Shadow The Hedgehog allusion to Tron in the computer terminal levels.

Tails is referenced as a kitsune, a fox spirit from Japanese folklore. The more tails a kitsune has, the wiser and more powerful the spirit is.

Eggman's appearance is based on Theodore Roosevelt. But everyone knows that already.

Although Eggman does look familar to the doctors found in animes like Zezima mentioned.

Big bears a resemblance to the Pokemon, Snorlax.

Big has the same voice actor as Duke Nukem. Not a referance. Just another reason to love Big.

Erazor wrote:Eggman's appearance is based on Theodore Roosevelt. But everyone knows that already.

New quote of the week! :Clap:

Yup yup. Just look at the man. We've seen Eggman make these exact faces and poses.

Spoiler:

If you look at Rouge in first person view as anyone from Team Dark in Sonic Heroes, Rouge will stare back and wink.

Not a reference though...

Robotnik was going to be a Bulldog.

Proffessor Pikkle is actually Knuckles in a costume, and he learned how to be smart and stuff.

sykog77 wrote:Proffessor Pikkle is actually Knuckles in a costume, and he learned how to be smart and stuff.

:<_<:

The Freedom Fighter wrote:

sykog77 wrote:Proffessor Pikkle is actually Knuckles in a costume, and he learned how to be smart and stuff.

:<_<:

What? You haven't heard my theory before?

More like crazy ramblings, but yes, I've heard them. I mean come on, Knux doesn't like cucumbers.
Anyway, I can't think of anything aside from saying Sonic ripped off Zelda in terms of the swordplay, wolfplay, boatplay, story around pirates, time travel, collect mystical items that not only can bestow great power, but also grant wishes, and that a moon like entity is set to crash into the planet in a short amount of time, and as such the hero must go into its core to try and stop it.

The Freedom Fighter wrote:More like crazy ramblings, but yes, I've heard them. I mean come on, Knux doesn't like cucumbers.

Well, duh. It's his disguise. He'll give it away to easy if he asks for fruit salad.