Sonic The Hedgehog (franchise)

Sonic the Hedgehog is a large, famous video game, TV, and comic book franchise by SEGA. They work together in their Japanese and American teams, so they produce games that are a little different in feeling than other Japanese and American games IMO (and the games developed on their respective sides are different, too). It features a blue hedgehog-based character called Sonic The Hedgehog who speeds thru levels and attacks the villain Robotnik/Eggman's robots by bouncing on them. The games feature a high running speed as a trademark part of the gameplay. This creates a uniqueness to the games. It's interesting because while hedgehogs can be kinda fast for having squat features, they're not really creatures characterized by their speed like cheetahs, antelopes, panthers, or fish. The games also tend to feature multiple playing characters with their own stories and levels (though not always). Some of the more common playable characters are an echidna, fox, bat, rabbit, cats, chameleon, crocodile, and a bee. The franchise has spurned some long-running comics, and while not all Sonic fans are fans of the comics, it is a respectable part of the fandom from what I can tell. They're sort of a sub-category of fans from what I can see. The same can be said for fans of the American cartoons. The series has also produced one anime, Sonic X, and two movies.
Category:Hedgehogs
Category:Sonic The Hedgehog
Category:Video Games
Category:Japanese animated television series
Category:United States animated television series