The Sonic Movie

The Sonic Movie is a traditionally animated 2005 feature film based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video games. It came out on July 15th 2005 in America. It was made by Sony Pictures, SEGA Features and Colombia Pictures making this Sony Pictures first movie.
== Plot ==
Following shortly after the events of Sonic Heroes, it turns out that long ago Sonic was a normal hedgehog but he was tested on by a doctor however while he got super speed a evil inside him also started growing from the test potion which leads us to today where Sonic starts feeling weird as his evil inside starts to take over and eventually become a seperate entity, meanwhile Tails and Knuckles are on the look out for Meatball Plants. It's now up to Sonic and Shadow to team-up and kill the evil from Sonic.
== Synopsis ==
The movie opens with a quick introduction, Sonic introduces us to his world and how he got his super speed which perfectly pans into present day where Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are defeating Eggman once again succesfully. Tails and Knuckles goes to get a plate of spaghetti and meatballs at a near by restaurant while Sonic walks home however he's pulled into a alleyway by Shadow to ask Sonic some questions. Shadow says he's been experiencing something trying to break out of him and since his dna is based on Sonic's he assumed Sonic would feel something similiar. Sonic says he hasn't felt anything weird but suddenly starts acting weird with Shadow asking what he's doing which Sonic responds to with "I can't control it! Help me!". It suddenly stops and Shadow decides they need to know more about this so they try to find the doctor that gave Sonic his speed which turns out to be Doctor Eggman, they force him to tell them everything and he explains he was once a nice guy known as Doctor Ovi "Manegg" Kintobor. Back then he experimented on various animals but it was with Sonic that he actually made progress, he managed to give Sonic super speed but also turned himself evil which he says "I don't regret that however", Eggman reveals that the test potion had a little problem. A growing evil that would eventually cover the earth in darkness and toxic gas and he thought it would take longer for it to grow into a almost dangerous size however it sees it's faster than he thought. This is followed by Sonic saying "WHAT!?" which changes the scene to the resturant Tails and Knuckles was at with Knuckles saying "..do you mean you're out of meatballs!?" which the resturant cashier says they haven't gotten a delivery of meatball plants for a month, Knuckles tells Tails that they're going to Meat Island to get those Meatball plants in which Tails tries to make Knuckles change his mind but with no effect. So they start their journey and the scene transitions to Sonic again who is now on a test bed as Eggman wants to try and get rid of the evil before it has the chance to become it's own person. However the evil starts trying to get out again and Sonic temporarily turns into a wild animal who breaks free from the test bed and runs around however Eggman puts him in a cage for the time being. When he wakes up from the evil taking over he can barely remember it, he remembers some of it but not much.
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== Production ==
Production on the movie started in late 2001 originally set for Holiday 2003 but then pushed up to September 2004, it was then pushed up to March 2005 before announcing the movie would come out November 6th 2005 on a Sega Blog in Summer 2004 although it was pushed back to July 15th 2005 in December 2004. It has been stated before by many people who worked on the movie that it was supposed to be a retelling of Sonic Adventure 2 in movie form however they decided to go with a original story. The movie went through many rewrites and changes, Deem Bristow was originally supposed to play Dr Eggman but due to his passing Mike Pollock who voiced Eggman in Sonic X replaced him and recorded his lines between February 7th 2005 to April 9th 2005. Deem Bristow had almost recorded all his lines with some of his voice lines even being present in the November 2004 trailer.
== Release ==
The Sonic Movie released in theaters on July 15th 2005 in America alongside the Sega Shorts Short "AiAi's Banana Hunt" which had premiered on Japanese television 3 months prior although it was it's debut in America. The Sonic Movie was succesful both critically and with the box office.
== Home Media ==
The VHS and DVD for The Sonic Movie came out on December 3rd 2005, the DVD included the theatrically released short "AiAi's Banana Hunt" alongside a new short called "Tails Cooking Show: Rat Stew" which was parodying cooking shows. The movie released on Blu-Ray and Blu-Ray 3D on March 20th 2011 ahead of the sequel's premiere the following November.
== Sequels and Spinoffs ==
=== Sequels ===
In 2007 it was announced that the highly acclaimed movie "The Sonic Movie" was gonna get a sequel set for premiere in Early 2012. The movie was eventually pushed back to November 5th 2011 under the title The Sonic Movie 2: The Story Continues. In 2012 it was announced that the 3rd installment was in development and was coming out in 2015 under the working title of The Sonic Movie 3: The Middle Chapter, it came out on April 2nd 2015 and only months later both a 4th and 5th movie was announced. The 4th movie was set for a Early 2018 release however was pushed back and the 5th and final installment for 2023. The 4th movie The Sonic Movie: Saving the World 4 Your Safety came out on December 25th 2017 and was intended to be the first of a 2 part story that was gonna conclude the franchise. The 5th movie The Sonic Movie 5: Closing Chapter was released on August 7th 2023 and was to conclude the movies story.
=== Spinoffs ===
In 2006 production on a Knuckles Spinoff was announced even before a sequel was however the movie went through production hell and it took until March 5th 2014 to come out under the title Knuckles The Echidna: The Lost Treasure. A sequel was announced in 2019 under the working title Knuckles the Echidna 2: The Adventure Continues and is set to come out in late 2025. Following the success of the Tails Cooking Short on the original movie's DVD it was announced in 2009 that it would get its own Television Series on Nickelodeon starting Summer 2010. The show lasted 4 seasons totalling 178 episodes which ran from June 5th 2010 to October 1st 2017 with the show being moved to NickToons on September 28th 2015.
== Release dates ==
Country 	Date 	Release
Japan 	May 6th 2005 	Theaters
Belgium 	June 21st 2005 	Theaters
Netherlands 	June 21st 2005 	Theaters
France 	June 28th 2005 	Theaters
Spain 	June 29th 2005 	Theaters
Portugal 	June 30th 2005 	Theaters
Serbia 	July 2nd 2005 	Theaters
Finland 	July 4th 2005 	Theaters
Sweden 	July 8th 2005 	Theaters
Norway 	July 8th 2005 	Theaters
Canada 	July 13th 2005 	Theaters
America 	July 15th 2005 	Theaters
United Kingdom 	July 16th 2005 	Theaters
Ireland 	July 22nd 2005 	Theaters
Romania 	August 2nd 2005 	Theaters
Russia 	August 25th 2005 	Theaters
Ukraine 	August 27th 2005 	Theaters
South Korea 	September 29th 2005	Theaters
Phillipines 	October 17th 2005 	Theaters
Turkey 	November 2nd 2005 	Theaters
Denmark 	November 9th 2005 	Theaters
America 	December 3rd 2005 	VHS & DVD
Canada 	December 5th 2005 	VHS & DVD
Japan 	January 6th 2006 	VHS & DVD
United Kingdom 	February 10th 2006 	VHS & DVD
Ireland 	February 10th 2006 	DVD
France 	February 14th 2006 	VHS & DVD
Spain 	February 17th 2006 	VHS & DVD
Portugal 	February 17th 2006 	VHS & DVD
Serbia 	February 17th 2006 	VHS & DVD
Sweden 	February 25th 2006 	DVD
Norway 	February 25th 2006 	DVD
Finland 	February 26th 2006 	VHS & DVD
Finland (Swedish) 	March 2nd 2006 	VHS
China 	March 5th 2006 	Theaters
Romania 	March 20th 2006 	DVD
Russia 	March 30th 2006 	DVD
Ukraine 	March 30th 2006 	DVD
Phillipines 	May 9th 2006 	DVD
Turkey 	June 20th 2006 	VHS, VCD & DVD
Denmark 	June 24th 2006 	VHS & DVD
South Korea 	July 2nd 2006 	VHS
China 	November 17th 2006 	VHS & DVD
South Korea 	March 8th 2007 	DVD
America 	September 8th 2008 	Nickelodeon (Television Debut)
Nordic (Sweden, Denmark, Finland) 	October 3rd 2009 	Nickelodeon
France, Belgium, Netherlands 	December 1st 2009 	Nickelodeon
America 	November 7th 2010 	Theaters (3D Re-release)
Sweden 	December 25th 2010 	Theaters (3D Re-release)
Norway 	December 25th 2010 	Theaters (3D Re-release)
Denmark 	February 27th 2011 	Theaters (3D Re-release)
Finland 	March 4th 2011 	Theaters (3D Re-release)
America 	March 20th 2011 	Blu-Ray & Blu-Ray 3D
Europe (Except Russia and Ukraine)	April 13th 2011 	Blu-Ray & Blu-Ray 3D
Russia 	April 30th 2011 	Blu-Ray & Blu-Ray 3D
Ukraine 	May 5th 2011 	Blu-Ray & Blu-Ray 3D
Japan 	July 1st 2012 	Blu-Ray
Singapore 	August 3rd 2014 	TV
America 	July 15th 2015 	Theaters (10th Anniversary Re-Release)
China 	August 7th 2016 	Blu-Ray
== Trivia ==
* The Sonic Movie was the highest grossing movie of 2005.
* The Sonic Movie VHS and DVD was the most purchased VHS and DVD at the time however it's DVD sales were surpassed by Cars the following year.
* While originally planned as a stand-alone movie following it's success Sega started production on 4 sequels that would all tie into each other so it would be like a really long movie.