When am I going to get my obligatory Sonic Learns to Swim scene? I mean, the kid almost drowned, so I would hope the next movie takes care of that, because the idea lives rent free in my head.
It should be a really cute moment too, right? The idea of his parents teaching him how to swim while his two new brothers cheer in the background. It sounds super sweet and wholesome, doesn’t it?
WRONG.
That shit is going to be like watching a Roman Gladiator battle and it nothing short of chaos incarnate as Tom paddles violently in the water, holding onto Sonic’s legs as Sonic holds onto the dock with every last shred of strength in his body.
“BETRAYAL,” he screeches, as Knuckles pries his fingers off of the dock. “I SAVE YOU, AND THIS IS YOUR PAYMENT.”
“This is for your own good, brother,” Knuckles says solemnly.
“SONIC WE’RE IN THE SHALLOW PART,” Tom screams over Tails wailing in the background about how his new big brother is being murdered. “LET GO!”
“MY OWN FATHER HATH FORSAKEN ME,” sobs Sonic. “HOW COULD YOU DO THIS!”
“Sonic just let- DID YOU JUST LICK ME?”
Maddie eventually needs to jump in to wrench him off. But that’s a whole other issue in itself, which ends in Maddie holding a flailing, sparking child above the water, screaming at the top of her lungs about how “MOMMY WON’T LET YOU DIE BUT I SWEAR TO GOD SONIC IF YOU ELECTROCUTE ME YOU’RE GROUNDED FOR A YEAR.”
“TELL HIM, MADDIE,” shouts Tom.
Meanwhile, Tails finally gains enough bravery to grab at a floating toy off the dock. “FOR SONIIIIIIIIC,” he screeches between his tears, before beating Tom across the head with a pool noodle.
This is my dream. No I don’t take criticism.
The mental image of Sonic clinging to Maddie for dear life and just going “ma. Ma. MA I DIDN’T GIVE UP THE POWER OF A GOLDEN GOD JUST TO END UP HERE”*points to the innocent looking pool toy* “it’s gonna pop the second i move AND THEN IM DONE FOR.” They see he sorta has a point (HA!), so they bundle him up in one of those heavy duty life jackets instead. But it’s the one used for toddlers where he’s floating on his back and has pictures of frogs printed on it.
Knuckles can swim just fine and likes to race Donudad and Momaddie all the time. He’s trying to teach Ozzie to swim underwater for long periods of time. The races are one of the only ways to get Sonic in the water cause then he just runs across and if he’s feeling confident he’ll let himself lose momentum and float back up with his life jacket. Knuckles likes sitting at the bottom of the lake and he eventually gets Tails into doing it by make it a whole contest to see who can float back up the slowest and hold their breath the longest.
sonic has physically grown between the 1st and 2nd movies.
i completely didn’t notice at all in the first, but on my rewatch, as tom dropped down to sonic’s knees i realized he wasn’t. puny anymore.
in the 1st he’s only up to tom and maddie’s knees. by the 2nd, he’s doubled in size. hes also lost a bit of face chub since the second movie. it’s subtle, but it’s there.
when sitting, he used to reach just up to their waists. now he’s able up to their shoulders and is able to lean on them, as we saw in the final battle of sonic 2
his frame and body have gotten bigger. we’re seeing him grow up.
This one is a bit shorter, but here’s the prequel comic! Here we see about a month after sonic 1 takes place, and the wachowski parents have a little talk while their kid sleeps. Tom’s ecstatic sonic finally trusts him enough to fall asleep on him :)
Similarities between the Sonic Movie and Sonic Movie 2
Ever since I saw the sequel for the first time, I noticed a lot of things that happened there that happened as well in the first movie. Now that I’ve seen the movie three times in theaters, I finally finished this list I’ve been working on since the first time I saw it.
If you think I missed something, you’re free to add them when you reblog
To be a Sonic Movie it must feature:
- A bar scene.
- Tom punching someone in the face.
- Someone getting tucked in.
- Sonic eating chili dogs.
- Robotnik moving/acting like a robot.
- Sanic reference.
- Any anthropomorphic animal gets hurt and Maddie takes care of them.
- Sonic falling in water/getting wet.
- Musical montage where Sonic’s having fun.
- Afro Sonic.
- The Wachowski house being destroyed.
- Someone flossing.
- Someone spying on someone (Sonic spying on the Green Hills people and Tails spying on Sonic).
- Slow motion scene with Sonic avoiding the drones attacks and destroying them.
- Sonic making the PEW, PEW, PEW!sound.
- References to other Ben Schwartz’ characters.
- Sonic falling on his face.
- Tom saying “What am I doing?”
- Robotnik shrieking.
- Robotnik talking in another language.
- Robotnik’s playlist.
- Someone getting tied up to a chair (by the Wachowskis.)
- A scene at the baseball field.
- Sonic saying “I can’t with this guy”.
- Sonic saying “Gotta go fast”.
- Baby version of a character.
- Olive Garden being mentioned.
- Someone from Sonic’s planet drives a car.
- Car chase.
- Sonic being rendered unconscious at least three times.
- Sonic being caged.
- Sonic dancing.
- Sonic doing an iconic pose from the videogames.
- Sonic saying “I have no idea.”
- A young character is knocked unconscious and his new friend begs desperately for them to wake up.
- Sonic almost dying by Robotnik’s hand and getting a power up to defeat him.
- The vehicle Tom’s driving ends up damaged.
- Sonic saying “Uhh… Meow?”
- A character with a traumatic past is in need of a friend and ends up not only earning friends, but also a family.
- Wholesome found family ending.
- A beloved and very important character from the games being featured in the post credit scene.
