Editing Sonic the Hedgehog (section)

===Past===
Sonic was born on June 23 on [[Christmas Island]], but abandoned his home to pursue adventures.<ref name="Pedigree">{{Cite book |title=[[Sonic the Hedgehog Super Interactive Annual 2014]] |publisher=Pedigree Books |page=14 |chapter=Profile: Sonic |date=September 17, 2013 |isbn=978-1908152077 |quote=Sonic's birthday is June 23rd and he was born on Christmas Island.}}</ref><ref name="Scholastic">{{Cite book |author=Devra Newberger Speregen |title=[[Sonic: His Amazing History!]] |publisher=[[Scholastic]] |page=55 |chapter=5: Sonic's Friends and Foes! |date=September 2016 |isbn=978-1338033236 |quote=BIRTHDAY: June 23}}</ref><ref name="27Jan2020">{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/nakayuji/status/1275414030304178184 |title=Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 on Twitter |work=Twitter |accessdate=January 27, 2021 |date=June 23, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623131819/https://twitter.com/nakayuji/status/1275414030304178184 |archivedate=June 23, 2020 |quote=Happy birthday Sonic!! 今日でソニックも29周年ですね。 6月23日をソニックの誕生日って僕が決めたのですが、今思うと色々と気になります。 ソニック誕生日にソニックナノブロックが届きました。 日本では今週映画ソニック公開で楽しみです。 みなさんソニックを長く愛してくれてありがとうございます |language=Japanese}}</ref> At some point, he met [[Doctor Ivo Robotnik]], a mad scientist seeking global domination. Sonic nicknamed his adversary "Eggman" —a name later picked by the doctor himself—and would consistently thwart his plans.<ref name="Sonic1JPManual">''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' ([[Sega Mega Drive]]) Japanese instruction booklet, pgs. 8-11.</ref><ref name="SonicXEggman">{{Cite web|title=スーパーソニック ＆ Dr.エッグマン キャラクター紹介|url=https://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/special/coverstory/20211210_002755/|work=かべがみカバーストーリー|author=[[Sega]]|publisher=[[Sonic Channel]]|date=December 10, 2021|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210123231/https://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/special/coverstory/20211210_002755/|archivedate=December 10, 2021}}</ref>