Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in!==Trivia== *The light-hearted wording of the game's canon on ''The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog''{{'}}s [[Steam]] page ("You know what they say: everything is canon*. *This is not a [[Sonic Team]] title, but we strongly believe in the power of headcanon!") is likely in reference to the official Sonic the Hedgehog [[:w:Twitter|Twitter]] post mentioning canon.<ref name="Canonicity">{{Cite web |url=https://x.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1349867554903187457 |title=Sonic the Hedgehog on X |work=X |date=14 January 2021 |accessdate=31 March 2023 |quote='''@PuyoOfficial''': Thank you to everyone playing and supporting #PuyoPuyoTetris2! We're celebrating this update with another amazing piece of art from Mark Hughes (@thesketchsector). How are you all liking the addition of the new characters (like Sonic!) and the Boss Raids? / '''Sonic the Hedgehog''': Everything is canon. / '''[[Mike Pollock]]''': Except for William Conrad.}}</ref> **Additionally, Barry, The Conductor & his wife later make cameo appearances in IDW's ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog: Winter Jam]]''. Barry and Conductor's wife appear in Issues [[IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 69|69]] and [[IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 71|71]]. Issue 71 shows one of the children of Conductor and his wife named [[Ivy]]. **In the final cutscene on Eggman's monitors in the background of his base shows the [[Faceship]] and [[Eggperial City]]'s Central Command Tower on them. **In [[Sonic Twitter Takeover]] #7, Amy mentions how Shadow gave her ticket to a concert on her birthday. **Comic writer, [[Evan Stanley]], quoted and paraphrased Sega's statement, saying that the game is not canon.<ref>https://www.tumblr.com/spiritsonic/755461379621781504/in-issue-70-tails-says-that-hes-learned-to?source=share</ref> Although when asked by lore manager Chris Hernandez he says that the answer is left ambiguous but may be revealed one day.<ref>https://x.com/MisterCrits/status/1849605564290195874</ref> *The [[Conductor]] having driven the [[Mirage Express]] for 32 years is a reference to the fact that 2023 (the release year of the game) marks 32 years since the release of the original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. *The Saloon Car bears a striking resemblance to [[Mirage Saloon Zone]] from ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' while its music resembles the [[Casino Night Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog 2)|Casino Night Zone]] theme from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''. *In the Library Car, there is a framed picture on the wall of "Ian Jr.", who is a ''[[Sonic Forces]]'' [[Avatar]] character created by [[Ian Mutchler]], the writer of the game. He also appears in background of the printed-out picture of Sonic singing. *The game's development name was "ChooChooBooBoo".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://x.com/Axanery/status/1641888848253800449 |title=Axanery on X |work=X |date=31 March 2023 |accessdate=31 March 2023}}</ref> *In one of the final [[DreamGear]] stages, if the player fails to reach the end, [[Barry the Quokka|Barry]] says "Big oof". This is a reference to the memetic line said by [[Sonic the Hedgehog/IDW Publishing|Sonic]] in [[IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 51|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' #51]]. *The code that Rouge inputs to open the vault is "23 04 01", which is the date that this game released on. *Right when Sonic and Barry are going to go save the others, Sonic says, "Let's do it to it," which is a reference to one of his Archie Comics, ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' television series and ''Sonic Underground'' catchphrases. *Knuckles' hat may be a nod to [[Knuckles the Echidna (OVA)|his appearance]] in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie]]''. *The pose Sonic is in when he is shown "dead" may likely be a reference to the [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/family-guy-death-pose-peter-falls-down-the-stairs ''Family Guy'' death pose] meme. **This is the second time a ''Sonic'' character has been shown in said pose, the first case being [[Surge the Tenrec|Surge]] in [[Sonic the Hedgehog: Imposter Syndrome Issue 3|''Sonic the Hedgehog: Imposter Syndrome'' #3]]. *The poster with a [[Chao]] hanging from a tree branch with the text "hang in there" in the Library is a parody of the [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hang-in-there-baby "hang in there, baby"] motivational poster which originally features a cat hanging to a tree branch in the same way. *Barry mentions playing games on their phone about Sonic running endlessly and destroying Badniks to save animals. This is a reference to ''[[Sonic Dash]]'' and ''[[Sonic Forces: Speed Battle]]'', which both have that gameplay. *The purple [[Chao]] seen on the top-left when [[Espio the Chameleon|Espio]] recites poems is modeled after "John", a Chao [[Katie Chrzanowski]] had raised in ''[[Sonic Adventure 2: Battle]]'' as a child.<ref name="John">{{Cite web |url=https://x.com/KatieChrz/status/1641932160746811392 |title=Katie - MiniKitty on X |work=X |date=31 March 2023 |accessdate=31 March 2023 |quote='''@Bruh0906''': Did you know that the purple chao that appears in Espio's poems is a reference to @KatieChrz's Chao called John from when she was younger? / '''[[Katie Chrzanowski]]''': You caught that!!}}</ref> *The closet in the Lounge area has the Adventurer shoes from ''[[Sonic Frontiers]]'' and Sonic's favorite clothes from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie]]''. *The game has a filter to prevent the player from using profanity in their name, as, if a name has a flagged word anywhere in it, the protagonist will respond, "''I don't think I could show my face around here again if I wrote that.''" **However, said filter also leads to certain non-obscene names (ex. "[[Christopher Thorndyke|Chris Thorndyke]]") being rejected, due to containing obscene terms/phrases, albeit not used in obscene context. **If the player attempts to use the name of any of the in-game characters, the protagonist will respond, "''...Like... THE ''[name]''? Haha, wouldn't that be cool. But no...''" ***This does not apply if the player uses full names of any of the characters (i.e., "Amy Rose"). ***This also happens if the player names themselves as [[Cream the Rabbit|Cream]], [[Charmy Bee|Charmy]], or [[E-123 Omega|Omega]]. ***Despite it being a common name, the name "Amy" will still be prevented from being used. ***Despite the name "Blaze" having the same dialogue as every other character name prompt, Barry did not know who she was prior to meeting her on the train. *At some point, the player can have Barry plead to Dr. Eggman about not wanting to be turned into a robot. This might be a reference to the procedure of turning [[Animals]] into Badniks that was previously displayed in ''[[Sonic Lost World]]'', as well as the [[roboticization]] process brought up in the ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' and ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' television series, along with the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic series published by [[Archie Comics]], and the similar [[robotomy]] in promotional material for ''[[Sonic Forces]]''. **The player can also have Barry plead to Eggman that he does not "teleport them to the future". This might be a reference to a scene in Sonic's story in [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006)]], in which the doctor uses a prototype to transport Sonic, Tails and Knuckles to [[Silver's future]]. Additionally, in the ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' series published by [[Fleetway Editions]], he forced the [[Omni-Viewer]] to teleport Sonic and his friends to the future so that he could rule Mobius. *In the Saloon car, a ''[[w:c:supermonkeyball:Super Monkey Ball|Super Monkey Ball]]'' arcade machine appears, while in the Casino car has a promo for ''NiGHTS Pinball''. *Shadow asking for coffee beans and a spoon is a reference over how he answers in the ''[[Sonic Twitter Takeover]]s'' that he eats coffee beans raw. *After the train crashes, Tails wakes up and says, "My head's spinning a bit, but I'm okay", most likely a nod to his infamous, "My head's spinning!" line from ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''. *The sketches that appear in the whiteboard while Rouge is explaining her plan are very similar to the sketches drawn by [[Hirokazu Yasuhara]] that appeared in the Japanese manuals of the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)/Gallery#Hirokazu Yasuhara illustrations|Classic]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2/Gallery#Hirokazu Yasuhara's illustrations|Sonic]]'' [[Sonic the Hedgehog 3/Gallery#Hirokazu Yasuhara's sketches|games]]. *Levels from previous ''Sonic'' games like [[Music Plant]] (as "Music Plant Zone") from ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' and [[Colosseum Highway Zone]] from ''[[Sonic Rivals]]'' are referenced in the interactive signs that appear throughout the Mirage Express' cars. *Both Tails and Barry reveal that they are fans of the "Sparkle Gelatin", which is an [[edible item]] from ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''. In fact, the fox's description of the food is very similar to its original description in ''Sonic Unleashed''. *The game files have music from other ''Sonic'' games (probably as placeholder for some areas), such as "Wildstyle Pistolero - Mirage Saloon Zone Act 1 K Mix" from ''Sonic Mania'' and "Spagonia (Night)" from ''Sonic Unleashed''. There is also an unused music file titled "Fun Funky Whistle Groove". *The game's story taking place on Amy's birthday is likely referring to how 2023, the year of the game's release, is the 30th anniversary of her debut game ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD]]''. *Barry's definition of the sunk cost fallacy is a direct quote from the Oxford Language's definition of the phrase.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seaman|first=A|date=2023 |title=Breaking Free from the Sunk Cost Trap: How to Transform Your Career and Thrive Beyond Past Investments|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/breaking-free-from-sunk-cost-trap-how-transform-your-career-seaman|work=Linkedin|accessdate=20 August 2023}}</ref> *This is the first Mac-compatible Sonic game available on Steam since [[Sega Mega Drive Classic Collection]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to The Sonic the Hedgehog Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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