Observations

This page is made to point out extra observations made in official 'Sonic the Hedgehog' medias.
== Sonic Team ==
=== Observations ===
On June 10, 2024, Sonic and Shadow were shown together among white hydrangeas that also had a slight pink color to some of them. Not only can this be interpreted as the two of them going on a walk with each other like when they did with their Sakura walk, but the flowers shown around them holds some symbolism just like the Sakura flowers. Though white hydrangeas have more negative meanings when it comes to their symbolism in Europe, in Japan the flowers hold a more special and pure meaning. For Japan, white hydrangeas means: purity, grace, righteousness, innocence, thoughtfulness, goodness, a sense of timelessness, purity of love, and similar. Similarity, pink hydrangeas mean: true feelings, sincere feelings, cheerful, hearty, sincere, happy, affectionate, romance, love, marriage and other heartfelt emotions. [Site Reference: 1 | 2 | 3] Putting the two meanings together, it could mean that the true feelings between the two is that of romance, affection, love and other pure heartfelt emotions while also saying that the two are innocent, thoughtful, pure, happy and righteousness. The meanings could also be taken separately and represent them as what was mentioned.
In a response post to the Sonic and Shadow photo of them being among the white hydrangeas, on June 11, 2024, SEGA America also took a photo with Sonic and Shadow among hydrangeas, but the color of the flowers were purple, blue, and purple with shades of pink in them. With this, the flowers gain more meanings since two more colors are added. Purple hydrangeas mean: desire for deep understanding, pride, royalty, gratefulness, everlasting, calm, understanding and creative, desire to understand someone on a deeper level, prosperity and similar. Blue hydrangeas mean: faithfulness, adoration, love, sincerity, spirituality, forgiveness, regret, gratitude, understanding, unity, togetherness and being apologetic. For the blue hydrangeas, there is a story in Japan where an emperor gave the flowers to his significant other's family as an apology for neglecting her. This action of his made a huge impact on not only the family, but the rest of the empire as well. Together these could symbolize wanting to understand the other, wanting to unify with each other and if one is apologetic towards the other, which in this case might lean more towards Sonic since he is the one at the blue hydrangeas in the photo. The meanings could also be taken separately and represent them as what was mentioned.
More than once, Sonic and Shadow have been shown with stars or other galaxy themes when paired together. The stars are done with using the Sonic Picts that have Sonic with the falling stars in Sonic Frontiers and Shadow listening to Maria's story about Tanabata on the ARK. The first time this paring was shown was on a Sonic Team post that was celebrating clothes day and the other time was with the Sonic 2024 Birthday Merchandise clear files. This can be in correlation with the July 2021 Calendar Story between Sonic and Shadow where it hints at Tanabata, a Japanese holiday that is also related to stars, which also relates to the galaxy in some manner. Shadow's Sonic Pict where he stares at the full moon in awe is also another image that has Shadow with something related to the galaxy and he was also shown in front of the world at the end of Sonic Adventure 2. Sonic has also often been seen with the moon such as in Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 in the ending cutscene, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 the movie when Sonic posing as Blue Justice, and with a picture for Mid-Autumn Harvest Moon where he runs in front of a full moon. (Check Sonic and Shadow - The Moon and The World to see these examples.)
On March 15, 2024, SEGA Japan collaborated with SEGA America in taking pictures of Sonic and Shadow going on a walk together to view the cherry blossoms (Sakuras). When looking at the meaning of Sakura Viewing in Japan, it is usually done with friends or family in a potluck manner, but there are times it can be taken in a more romantic way if there are two individuals viewing them together, especially at night. Both type of situations are common in Japanese Anime where the characters either hang out with each other and party under the Sakura flowers as a group or where couples take a walk under the Sakura flowers with a romantic atmosphere. There are several meanings for Sakuras, but the more commonly known ones are them being symbols of renewal and new beginnings. With this meaning, it can be interpreted that Sonic and Shadow's walk is a sign of a new beginning for the two. [Site Reference: 1 | 2]
In the first month of 2023, Super Sonic, Shadow and Infinite images were drawn and shown by Sonic Team Japan.
thumb|285x285px|January 2023 Calendar Picture
The first three characters to get illustrations for 2023 are Super Sonic, Shadow and Infinite. You can interpret the order of these characters as 'Sonic and Shadow forever' or 'Shadow Forever Sonic'.
For the design of Shadow's idol clothes, you can see him have a ring on his middle and ring finger on his left hand. A ring on the ring finger for the left hand is a sign of someone being married to someone for both Japan and America. Infinite's idol clothes does not share the same rings. Many Sonadow fan artists who draw Sonic with a matching outfit like to put him as the one wearing the other matching ring.
While Shadow's ring on the ring finger usually represents marriage, the ring on the middle finger of his left hand can mean balance. Specifically for males, a ring on the middle finger tends to mean balance. [Site Reference] This can be seen as being related to how Shadow is The World since The World tarot card speaks of balance as well. (To read more on this, check the Sonic and Shadow - The Moon and The World page.)
For the Red Lantern video series, Shadow's car the Dark Reaper is parked outside the shop in one of the thumbnails used for the video. It is stated by Kazuyuki Hoshino that Shadow is not there to drink, so it can be implied that Shadow is there to drive someone back home who is drinking. That individual can be assumed to be Sonic because some of the Sonic Team Japan members are there to talk about things concerning Sonic. It can also be implied that Sonic drinks alcohol if this assumption is true, which can be seen from SEGA Japan's X (Twitter) posts.
For the 2021 calendar picture of Sonic and Shadow, it was done on the month that the Japanese holiday Tanabata takes place. On that holiday, a story is mentioned where two star-crossed lovers can only meet once a year through crossing the bridge of stars mentioned in the story. In the calendar picture's story, this was referenced when the Moon and the ARK crossed each others paths in a specific alignment once a year. It alludes to the times Sonic and Shadow rarely meet. It is also alluded that when Sonic meets Shadow, it one of his favorite moments in his life. One can assume that them being alluded as star-crossed lovers through this story is also true. Though this fact about them seems to be changing to where they are not star-crossed lovers anymore. Meaning that they are not destined to never be together like the story implies for the characters.
For the 2020 monthly picture of Shadow and Maria, the picture was made in celebration of the Japanese holiday Tanabata. In this picture, two stars colored red and blue can be seen on either side of the bridge of stars in the sea of stars behind Shadow and Maria. In Maria's hands also holds a book showing a red and blue character on opposite sides of the bridge. Though Maria is shown in this picture explaining the Tanabata story to Shadow, and though Maria's color can also be blue, Sonic is also someone who is often depicted as blue. In this case, Shadow can be seen as the red colored entities and Sonic can be seen as the blue colored ones. That would make them the star-crossed lovers from the Tanabata story. The same story was used to reference Sonic and Shadow later through the 2021 July calendar story. So it is most likely that the star-crossed lovers referenced in this picture is Sonic and Shadow.
[NSFW Warning] In the explicit version of Vandalize from Sonic Frontiers, there is a line that is different than the non-explicit version. This is the non-explicit version: "Fight the pain away, my head is in ruins." If you look up the explicit version, this line is slightly different: "F___ the pain away, my bed is in ruins." Since the song is about Sonic (the superiors) suffering from those who plague him, this changed line in the explicit version is implying that Sonic is relieving stress and pain with the one he loves. We can assume he is doing this with Shadow because of the hints provided in materials like the games, pictures, and other medias. (You can read about it in the Sonic and Shadow - The Moon and The World page or by looking at the many contents available on this wiki to see moments and subtle hints between them.)
=== In Games ===
For Sonic Adventure 2's opening intro for the Dreamcast, it shows the logo in a Yin-Yang manner during the animation. This can allude to them being each other's half and where both of them create the perfect balance. This may also be a reason why the logo has both Sonic and Shadow's quills on it in a circle like manner where Sonic represents the white side, Yang, and Shadow represents the black side, Yin. The theme of the game surrounding Heroes and Dark is also similar to Yin (Dark) and Yang (Heroes).
Another time the Yin-Yang symbol has appeared is on a giveaway poster advertisement for Sonic Adventure 2 Battle from an old website called "gamepro." On this poster, Sonic is shown on the white side, Yang, while Shadow is shown on the black side, Yin. This can further allude them to being the perfect balance for each other and that Sonic represents Yang while Shadow represents Yin in this comparison. It's also something to consider that Sonic and Shadow could also be representing the dot in the middle of each half from this image.
In Shadow the Hedgehog (2005), a photo of Shadow and Sonic is on the president's desk with "SEGA" stamped on the back of it. The president wears a blue suit. Fans used to ask, "Why does the president have a photo of Sonic and Shadow on his desk?" In the game, he has the photo as inspiration from their heroicness. One can theorize that another symbolism for the photo could mean that the superiors of SEGA of Japan, who are represented as the president, like Sonadow or that their favorite characters are both Sonic and Shadow. We can further assume this from the opening cutscene where Shadow appears in front of the Moon (which represents Sonic - You can read more about this on the Sonic and Shadow - The Moon and The World page).
== SEGA Hardlight ==
During Sonic's 30th anniversary, special pirate outfits for Sonic and Shadow were made and released on Sonic Dash/Dash+. Because the outfits are themed after pirates, you can say that they could be hinting at them being shipped together because pirates are on ships.
== Sonic Prime ==
In Sonic Prime, there is a scene where Sonic says that he loves captains in episode 7. Shadow has an outfit from SEGA HARDlight for Sonic Dash/Sonic Dash+ that is called Captain Shadow where he is a pirate captain. The captain outfit, along with Sonic's pirate outfit, was made in 2021 for Sonic's 30th anniversary. So you could say that Sonic also loves Shadow because he has a Pirate Captain outfit too.
In Sonic Prime, when Shadow saves Sonic from being blasted by missiles, Sonic tells Shadow, "I heart you too, Shadow!" We can take his heart sign as a him saying "love" due to him using this gesture before when saying that he loves captains. So what you can take it that Sonic is saying to Shadow, "I love you too, Shadow!" Shadow doesn't deny this and still helps him, so it can be assumed that it is mutual feelings between the two. Shadow is just more Tsundere about it than Sonic is.
=== Parallel Worlds - Two Sonics ===
While looking at multiple medias, a fan can tell that there are more than one version of Sonic. Meaning, there are many parallel worlds for the 'Sonic the Hedgehog' series. This has been confirmed to be a possibility from a TailsTube talking about the multiverse or the possibility of there being many versions of Sonic. (Eitaro Toyoda clarifies that it's better to look at what Tails said in this video as Tails speculating the possibility of there being many versions of Sonic on his personal X (Twitter).) Besides the obvious parallel worlds like Sonic Boom, Archie, Sonic Prime, Sonic X and the Sonic Movie Universe, there is one more parallel world that isn't so easy to notice. The reason why is because this parallel world seems similar to the main/canon world. In this world, Sonic is seen as Modern Sonic and has a similar history, but the main difference is that the personality between the characters are very different from the main/canon world. Works that are part of this world consists of mostly English works that are added alongside with the main/canon world. In other words, this world has more added to it than the main/canon world and has works that drastically change the canon material. Because of this, many of the characters are very different than the main/canon world. Works that are part of this other parallel world are IDW Sonic, Lost World, Sonic Frontiers, TailsTube, Sonic Origins Plus and Sonic Superstars. (It was clarified by Katie that Iizuka explains that Sonic Superstars is from the same universe Sonic Frontiers takes place, but Sonic Superstars took place earlier in time than Sonic Frontiers. It was also later clarified that Sonic Superstars takes place between Sonic Mania and Sonic Adventure by Iizuka.) It is also hinted by an executive SEGA official from SEGA Japan that he sees Sonic Superstars as a reboot (SEGA Japan COO interview with Famitsu), which means that he sees it as a game that takes old materials, changes things from the canon material, adds new things not from the canon materials and by doing that, makes its own timeline with it. This further gives examples of how there are two parallel timelines with similar Sonics. The Sonic portrayed in these medias is a different Sonic than the real Sonic. (To see more of about the differences between English Sonic and Japanese Sonic, look at The Difference Between SEGA Japan and SEGA America/Europe.) To see more evidence on this, on Sonic Team Japan's bio for Sonic and Super Sonic on Sonic Channel (their website), certain games are listed below as games that Sonic is in. In the games listed there, Lost World, Sonic Origins, Sonic Frontiers and Sonic Superstars are not listed there. The games that are listed are: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Sonic World Adventure/Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Generations, Sonic Forces and Team Sonic Racing. Sonic Colors/Sonic Colors Ultimate manga works from Sonic Team Japan and other stories (such as the calendar stories from 2021) from Sonic Team Japan are also listed there in Sonic's bio as other works real Sonic is in. (We may be able to even consider a spin-off as official in some manner because Shadow's bio has Sonic Battle listed in games he appears in.) What this implies is that the real Sonic is in these games and other Sonic Team Japan creations listed. Despite Sonic Frontiers being the latest game to release in the 'Sonic the Hedgehog' franchise, it is not listed here as a game "Sonic" is in. (The things added to this bio about Sonic was updated on 04/14/23, which is after the release of Sonic Frontiers. Eitaro Toyoda of Sonic Team speaks of this update on his personal Twitter.) Instead of having a game released in 2022 as the last game listed, a game released in 2019 was the last to be listed. And it was in this game, Team Sonic Racing, that Sonic and Shadow are the main focus. Many argue that since Sonic Frontiers mentions Tangle, that the IDW Sonic Comics are also canon, though this is not entirely true because both are not part of the main/canon world. IDW Comics are part of the world with the parallel Sonic that is from Sonic Frontiers, but the comics are not part of the main world/canon world. Another hint where we can see that a parallel Sonic similar to the main/canon Sonic exists, is in Sonic Frontiers. In Sonic Frontiers, Tails mentions that while he was trapped, he saw another him that was mad at him. These Sonics can be differentiated as English Sonic and Japanese Sonic, since what makes them different is that one is more influenced and changed by the English side of SEGA (Sonic Team USA and the Lore Team) while the other is from the original creators from Japan and is mostly untouched by English influence. One way to tell the difference between the two worlds is to see which characters are more prominent than others. In the canon/real world, Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles and Tails would be the main focus. In the other parallel world that is not the real world, Sonic, Tails and Amy are the most prominent. In the parallel world that's not real, Amy is also more prominent than even Sonic at times. It is also "joked" at times in this world that they would kill Sonic.
Taking that there are two parallel Sonics into consideration, that would mean that there are also parallel versions of all the other characters in the franchise. Meaning that there is also a real and a parallel Shadow. The real Shadow is more seen in Japanese and past materials that are not brought up often. The parallel Shadow is more seen within English medias just like the other parallel Sonic. This includes medias like the IDW Sonic Comics, the Official Sonic Cookbook, and the Fast Friends Forever campaign. The way to tell the difference is from English medias saying that Shadow is mean, hates Sonic to the point of not being his friend or wanting to help him under any circumstances, hates humanity to the point of wanting to destroy it, and similar information like so. Such information is false about real Shadow, which can be seen in many of the official medias from Sonic Team Japan and games. Though it is said that Shadow dislikes humanity in Sonic Team's bio for Shadow, he still goes out of his way to save humanity all the time. To be more accurate in that would be to say that Shadow dislikes humanity's selfishness and greed, which he often points out in several medias. But even if he doesn't like the bad parts of humanity, he still wishes to save them and help them on his own accord. Shadow is not a bad person. He is an anti-hero, but he is not a mean or bad person. As he states in Sonic Battle, Shadow's desire is to give hope to humanity. He says this as his own choice to do in life, which we can see in later materials that show the real Shadow, such as the Sonic x Shadow July Calendar story. Real Shadow also often goes out of his way to help humanity in some manner, as seen in many of the games where he appears out of nowhere to help Sonic or to find a way to help in his own way. If we want to see the games that have real Shadow in it, or that have parts of his real characterization in it, we can look at Shadow's bio on the Sonic Team's website, Sonic Channel. Besides the Japanese medias that Sonic Team Japan made that are listed there, the games listed there that are told to look at to see more about Shadow and his character are: Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog (2005), Sonic Battle, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Sonic Generations, Sonic Forces and Team Sonic Racing. The July calendar story is also listed there to see real Shadow's characterization. Though in Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)'s case, there are many paths that can be taken seen in that game, but the official path is where Shadow ends up the hero and destroys the Black Arms race. So though there are evil paths in the game, they are not official and are more of "what if" situations. We can know this as a fact because in the official/real world, the Black Arms race did not take over the world and Shadow did not become evil like in the evil paths shown in the game. So because of that, it is best to remember that only the ending matters for this game's case.
* There is a reason why the English and Japanese Shadows are portrayed so differently and that is mostly due to the English medias not understanding Shadow's character or due to them not portraying him correctly on purpose. This reflects on their medias where they have Shadow overly mean, like in the IDW Sonic Comics or other English translated medias. Some thought that Shadow is always battle hungry, arrogant, doesn't care about most things, extremely standoffish, rude, and mean to Sonic (Nowadays, though, due to different medias portraying Shadow better, like Sonic Prime, some say that Sonic and Shadow have mutual respect for each other, but they don't say or hint that it's deeper than that. However, looking at the Sonic x Shadow 2021 calendar story bottom description, even though slightly outdated, one can see that their relationship is on a deeper level (Sonic Prime, a more recent portrayal, shows this as well.). Concerning Shadow, some still believe that he is extremely standoffish to everyone (which is incorrect because the only one he's willing to let in close to him is Sonic, as stated in the 2021 calendar description), that he doesn't care about most things, gets angry easily, and that he's arrogant. The main difference, though, is that the incorrect medias don't portray Sonic and Shadow caring for each other when they do. They also doesn't portray Sonic respecting Shadow properly, like in the 2023 December TailsTube #6 where he made an off rude comment about Shadow, despite him saying they respect each other.). The medias, or perhaps the Lore Team who are making things this way, push that Shadow is still tied to Maria in his decisions, but Shadow has proven that what he does is out of his own choice, not because of what Maria told him. But even though others have this incorrect interpretation of Shadow, many of the English medias go through the Lore Team, which in turn, makes Shadow's English characterization be completely different and off compared to real Shadow. Due to this interpretation, the English have created a whole parallel Shadow compared to the Japanese Shadow. In this case, the parallel Shadow (along with the parallel Sonic and other parallel characters in the franchise) have become more of a fanfiction interpretation that's been made "official." Shadow isn't the only one that suffers from being made into a fanfiction interpretation. Other characters also suffer from this like Silver, Knuckles, and Amy. Silver and Knuckles are made too unsmart despite not being so, which in turn, creates a parallel version of Silver and Knuckles. Amy is also another character that is drastically changed into a fan interpretation that is very different from canon materials with her. In Amy's case, they make her try too hard to be perfect or what they deem as "caring" and "kind." In past materials with Amy, she has shown to be selfish and narrow-minded to the point that she didn't care how others felt around her. This made her not be aware of how others felt and therefore, would not make her someone who is good at consulting others or understanding other's problems. We can see this by her constantly trying to push herself onto Sonic despite him showing that he is not interested in her in a romantic way. Other ways we can tell this is when she selfishly asks other characters to do things for her that only benefits her, where she always asks about what she gets or what about herself in things, where she disregards facts that are not to her favor and makes excuses as to why things don't go her way, where she doesn't pick up context clues (despite it being said that she can understand people and their hearts) and still does something that makes others uncomfortable and more. Games that show this are in past materials like: Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Battle, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors DS and Sonic Generations. So, if there was a more clear depiction of how the two parallel worlds are separated, one would be more official medias that are from the true original side while the other parallel world would be a fanfiction created by others. (To learn more about this, read through The Hidden Truth About SEGA page.)
Again taking into consideration that there are two parallel Sonics, there is another hint that can tell us when the two worlds split off from each other. That would be the events of Sonic Generations. In Sonic Generations, Modern Sonic meets Classic Sonic. Classic Sonic has what is assumed the same history as Modern Sonic, but in more recent years we can assume that is not the case. Modern Sonic from this game can be seen as more the real Sonic where he has the same history we all are aware of. Meaning that the events of when Modern Sonic was Classic Sonic happened the same as it did in the 1990s and so on for him. Classic Sonic from Sonic Generations can be said to have a different history than Modern Sonic, though. The way we can know this is due to the recreation of the classic games with the game Sonic Origins/Sonic Origins Plus. In Sonic Origins/Sonic Origins Plus, animations were added to connect the games more fluidly. But within those animations, new content that is not the same as the original classic games was added. That new content was Amy Rose being added to the trio as someone who could fight on her own. This over complicates things because Amy Rose is introduced as a damsel in distress in Sonic CD. But due to Sonic Origins Plus, Amy has become playable and is able to go through levels without the help of others. This begs the question of why she was a damsel and why she couldn't help herself in the first place from Metal Sonic then. Another thing to take note of is that Amy didn't acquire her hammer until the arcade game Sonic Fighters, which was released in 1996. Sonic CD released in 1993, which is before the game where Amy gets a hammer. This messes with the timeline quite a bit. Another thing that has been messed with and changed from the original set up of things is Sonic CD happening before Sonic the Hedgehog 2. (It is also important to note that Sonic CD is a spin-off, which means it is not technically considered a mainline game despite Amy and Metal Sonic appearing so much later on in the series.) In accordance to the order of release dates, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 released first by releasing in 1992. That is before Sonic CD, which is again, released in 1993. (You can say that this order was changed to force Amy being the one to meet Sonic first because of certain others.) That would mean that in the real world, Sonic met Tails first like everyone thinks and is aware of. Another thing that messes up due to this switch of games is that Metal Sonic wouldn't be considered Eggman's greatest creation considering his creations that mimic Sonic. Because of how Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has a Mecha Sonic that is said to be his most powerful Sonic clone to date (in the game), that would make Metal Sonic inferior to this Mecha Sonic. That in turn would mean that even though the other one is "seen as the stronger version" due to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 happening after Sonic CD, Eggman for some reason decides to use Metal Sonic instead in the future. So, taking all this into consideration, Sonic Origins Plus is part of a parallel world where Classic Sonic met Amy first and where Amy was somehow strong enough to take care of herself since the beginning. She also had her hammer before she knew she had it. It is also a parallel world where Metal Sonic is not the strongest Sonic clone made by Eggman, but is used in that manner either way. Sonic Superstars can also be considered due to Takashi Iizuka saying that it is part of the same timeline as Sonic Frontiers from trying to merge all games into one timeline (when it is not possible to). Another thing to remember is that Sonic Superstars was made to be a sequel to Sonic Origins (Not Sonic Origins Plus) by having Amy in the ending animation with her joining the trio for a later adventure. But since this is true that Sonic Superstars has the same Sonic as Sonic Frontiers, that would mean that Classic Sonic eventually grows up to be Modern Sonic. Some might argue that both have the same age and that that can't be the case, but ages were taken away from all characters, meaning that it is possible for one of them to grow up like it was originally thought. In a TailsTube, it is also mentioned that Classic Sonic is a younger version of Modern Sonic. That would mean that the only one who would fit to have this parallel timeline would be the Classic Sonic from Sonic Generations and who we see again in Sonic Forces. This would all conclude to Classic Sonic having his own timeline where he is that parallel Sonic mentioned. He is not the real Sonic and has a very different timeline compared to him due to so many things being changed and different. That would mean that anything attached to this Classic Sonic, who is also the parallel Modern Sonic, is not real due to not being the real Sonic who's history hasn't changed. That would include the medias: Sonic Origins/Sonic Origins Plus, Sonic Superstars, Lost World, Sonic Frontiers, the IDW Comic series and TailsTube. Whatever happens in these is part of a parallel world separate from the real world. To further prove this, we can tell with how parallel Sonic treats other characters compared to real Sonic. One such major difference is that parallel Sonic does not like Shadow and speaks ill of him, but real Sonic speaks highly of Shadow and highly respects him. This can be seen in segments like Sonic Frontiers where parallel Sonic says the line, "At this point, I wouldn't mind Shadow lending me a hand." Real Sonic says how much Shadow is a good person and how he has a heart (which he mentions in Sonic Battle, which is a game that is listed as a game with real Shadow/Sonic in it), parallel Sonic does not indulge in this idea much. Parallel Sonic also treats his "closest friends" differently than real Sonic would. Parallel Sonic also cares too much for Amy compared to real Sonic. Real Sonic is neutral towards her or avoids her as seen in many medias, but parallel Sonic has shown to overly care about Amy to a strange degree. Though he shows that he will not go together with her, he gets overly worried for just Amy, even compared to Tails and Knuckles. This can be seen in places like the IDW Comics when she got a gun pointed at her by Eggman and Sonic Frontiers when he was saving her from her prison. A similar situation happened in Sonic Adventure 2 where Amy got a gun pointed at her by Eggman, but Sonic did not react in the same manner he did in the IDW Comics. He was calm and collected. He even joked with Eggman to lighten the mood a bit, despite it being dire. It is a very big contrast to what this parallel Sonic is like. Parallel Sonic is also shown to be more at odds with Knuckles than real Sonic. Real Sonic is playful with Knuckles and even has good lighthearted times with him, like seen in their 2021 Calendar Story. He also respects him and shows so when interacting with Knuckles. But Parallel Sonic is seen more as always trying to get on Knuckles' bad side to just annoy him for his own entertainment. It's hard to tell the difference, but one is more selfish than the other. One more critical thing that is different between parallel Sonic and real Sonic is that real Sonic has more of a heart than parallel Sonic. Real Sonic is always sad when someone dies, is thought to have died or goes away for a long time, like Chip. But parallel Sonic does not show the same sediment by not caring for SAGE's death and by wanting to go through the painful adventure of Sonic Frontiers again for his own entertainment. This shows that he has no regard to the pain he or his friends went through during the adventure despite claiming to care (or "love" them as the game tries to claim) about them. There are many things that are different from parallel Sonic and real Sonic. Some of the major things are:
* Parallel Sonic is more selfish than Real Sonic
* Parallel Sonic is more self-centered
* Parallel Sonic cares more about his own needs, even before his friends
* Parallel Sonic is psychopathic due to lacking empathy and mimicking emotions without meaning it
* Parallel Sonic is more arrogant and full of himself
* Parallel Sonic is more rude and disrespectful
* Parallel Sonic pretends to care or show care towards his friends, but shows not to care in many situations as well (Due to this, he shows to overly care in certain situations, but then later shows to not care about it later.)
While taking parallel worlds into consideration, a fallacy that can be recognized by Lore Team members trying to merge the timelines into one is how Modern Sonic in Sonic Forces did not know what a Paradox Prism was despite them trying to claim that the Classic Sonic they meet in Sonic Forces is the same Modern Sonic in Sonic Forces. If this was truly the case, then Modern Sonic would have recognized the Paradox Prism since he saw it before when he was younger as Classic Sonic, but this is not the case. Classic Sonic from Sonic Forces also dealt with it back in Sonic Mania, which is said to happen before Sonic Superstars, so he should have remembered the Paradox Prism from having to deal with it twice in his lifetime. So, Sonic not remembering what the Paradox Prism was when older becomes a fallacy in the timeline. It also begs the question when things started because at one point a Modern Sonic couldn't have gone through the events of Sonic Forces to start the timeline to be a loop of some sort, but that would also mean that the Modern Sonic that goes through Sonic Forces would always have to forget about the Paradox Prism for some odd reason. In the end, things then become confusing and a paradox due to this fallacy in things, which further proves the existence of two parallel worlds, especially since the timeline would make more sense with two parallel worlds instead of one singular one.