Sonic The Hedgehog 2

*This article is about the second film. For other uses, see the disambiguation page.*

## *Sonic The Hedgehog 2*

### Written by

Pat Casey
Josh Miller

### Produced by

Toby Ascher
Dmitri M. Johnson
Tim Miller
Nan Morales
Neal H. Moritz
Toru Nakahara
Hajime Satomi
Haruki Satomi

### Box Office

$405.4 million

 Welcome 2 the next level
 — Tagline

***Sonic The Hedgehog 2*** is the 2022 sequel to the first film, *Sonic The Hedgehog*, both based on the *Sonic The Hedgehog* video game franchise. It is an action-adventure comedy film. It is the second installment in The Sonic Cinematic Universe.

## Synopsis

After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is ready for more freedom, and Tom and Maddie agree to leave him home while they go on vacation. But, no sooner are they gone, when Dr. Robotnik comes back, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to both build and destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a journey to find the emerald before it's too late. Being directed by Jeff Fowler, and starring Jim Carrey, James Marsden, and Ben Schwartz.

## Plot

On the Mushroom Planet, dawn breaks. As a mushroom rises up in the sunshine, it sets off a Rube Goldberg mushroom-based mechanism that ends with a mushroom figure of Sonic The Hedgehog, along with other mushrooms, getting squeezed of their juices, which are then poured into a cup. Dr. Ivo Robotnik then shows up, picking up the cup as he documents his log. Being on his 243rd day on the Mushroom Planet, Robotnik logs how he has been marooned on this planet by Sonic, but has managed to survive thanks to a breathable atmosphere and his own intellect while occupying himself, though his efforts to get something tasty from the mushrooms and fungi have all met with dismal failure. Despite this, Robotnik sees a reason to be optimistic, as he has formulated a plan to get back to Earth and get revenge on Sonic. Having salvaged components from his Eggpod, Robotnik has constructed a beacon. Making his final preparations, Robotnik gets ready to hook Sonic's Chaos energy-infused quill up to his masterpiece and see who will come to investigate his signal. As he connects the quill however, Robotnik gets knocked out by an energy pulse that extends far into space. Night then falls, with Robotnik still unconscious, but then a Ring appears. Out of it comes three alien scavengers who find the unconscious body of Robotnik. As one of them reaches for Sonic's quill in Robotnik's hand however, Robotnik wakes up. Robotnik proceeds to activate different traps that he has set up, which take the scavengers out. With the opposition gone, Robotnik heads for the Ring portal, only for Knuckles The Echidna to appear from the other side. As he approaches Robotnik, he asks where he has gotten Sonic's quill from, to which Robotnik explains that he got it from Sonic on Earth and that he will be happy to show him the way.

Back on Earth, in Seattle, the peacefulness of the city is disrupted when some bank robbers in a hijacked truck come driving through the streets with the police hot on their tail. As the bank robbers throws bombs at the police, Sonic is shown standing on a building as he makes some preparations before going after the bank robbers' truck. Jumping into the truck, Sonic knocks out one of the robbers and pushes the other out of the truck before taking the wheel himself. Sonic proceeds to drive recklessly, causing the robbers in the back of the truck to drop bombs on the streets as they get knocked out. Sonic also ungags a male captive onboard the track, who asks who Sonic is. Sonic tries introducing himself as a superhero, but loses focus as he drives. To make matters worse, Sonic's driving sets off the remainder of the robbers' bombs. The captive questions why Sonic is not slowing down, to which Sonic reveals that he cannot reach the brakes, which are blocked by an unconscious robber. Regardless, Sonic insists that heroes can handle this without the police, and so throws the bombs into a garbage truck that they pass by, which blows it up and scatters its trash. However, the captive can still hear an ignited bomb. As Sonic looks for the bomb while not looking at the road, the captive criticizes his performance before noticing that the bomb is stuck in Sonic's back quills. Grabbing it, Sonic tosses the bomb into a sewer drain on the side of the road. No soon however, Sonic notices that the truck is heading for a public ice cream stand. Spotting some power tools in the truck however, Sonic uses them to pick the truck apart at super speed, leaving only its undercarriage to slide to a halt right in front of the ice cream stand, much to the shock of a young boy standing in its path. As the people recover from their stupor, the bomb in the sewer drain goes off, resulting in several water sprouts emerging from the manholes. Meanwhile, the robbers recover as the Seattle Police Department appears to apprehend them. Standing on top of a building, Sonic declares loudly that no thanks are needed for "Blue Justice". While the captive calls him a "terrible hero", Sonic does not mind as he runs away through the destruction he has caused.

Running back to Green Hills, Montana, Sonic greets Wade at the speed trap before hurrying up to a mountain and says good morning to Green Hills from afar. He then runs back to the Wachowski house and sneaks into his room, only to notice that he got some dirty banknotes stuck to his shoes. Putting them away in a drawer to avoid raising suspicion, Sonic take a look at the map of safe worlds that Longclaw gave him, with a feather from Longclaw falling out of it. Reminiscing Longclaw, Sonic tells her that he misses her and that he is trying to make her proud. Putting the map and feather away in his pouch, Sonic goes to bed, but then Ozzy and Maddle come in, with Maddie reminding him that he is supposed to meet Tom. Having no choice, Sonic gets up. Later, Sonic and Tom are out fishing on a lake. As Tom tries having a nice conversation with Sonic though, he notices that Sonic has fallen asleep. Soon after, Sonic falls into the water as the boat tilts With Sonic unable to swim, Tom pulls him back into the boat. As he helps Sonic dry off and warm up however, Tom points out that he discovered Sonic's absence last night when coming into his room and discovering his attempt to fake his presence with a shoddy dummy and a taped recording. Tom then shows Sonic a newspaper documenting the mayhem he created in Seattle and asks him how many times they are going to have this discussion about the hedgehog lying, sneaking out, and trying to be a superhero. Tom tries to tell Sonic that he is being irresponsible and reckless, but Sonic insists that the city was already a mess and that he was a hero back there. Tom, however, remarks that he was putting people in danger back there, to which Sonic asks Tom to be his friend and not his dad. Sonic tries to insist that he can take care of himself, but Tom tells him that being a hero is about taking responsibility for other people and that he still has some growing up to do before he can be the hero he wants to be. He also adds that the moment will come where his power is needed, but that the moment will choose him. Sonic is surprised by Tom's insight, and Tom explains it is a "Wachowski family special" that he got in the lake they are in from his father, who always tried to steer him in the right direction, like how he and Maddie are trying to do with him. With Sonic convinced to try and be more responsible until his moment arrives. The two then high-five, and Sonic celebrates by using his speed to push their boat ahead at high speed, much to Tom's dismay.

Later, back in the Wachowski house, Tom and Maddie are preparing to head to Hawaii for Rachel's wedding. As they enter their living room, they find Sonic and Ozzie playing the roles of fight attendances in front of a Ring portal leading to the couple's destination. After giving Tom and Maddie their sendoff, Tom asks for a hug, but Sonic declines, seeing as he is going to be home alone for the first time and is therefore too mature for it. At Maddie's suggestion, they power-bump instead. Sonic then gives Tom a Ring that they can use to go home with, and the couple Sonic goodbye as the portal closes. Once they are gone though, Sonic is determined to have fun with Ozzie for the next two days while Tom and Maddie are gone. Sonic proceeds to party it up, leaving the house in a mess along the way. Meanwhile, somewhere far away, Miles Tails Prower appears from a Ring portal. Consulting his Miles Electric, Tails proclaims that he has found "him" and hurries out to find that person before it's too late, taking flight with his twin-tails as he heads towards Green Hills.

As night falls, Tails arrives in town and decides to use a car to get around without being spotted, choosing Wade's police cruiser for the job. Meanwhile, Sonic is chilling when he notices that Tom is calling him on his mobile phone via FaceTime. Cleaning up the house in a flash, Sonic answers Tom's call. While Sonic acts casual, Tom knows Sonic is up to something. Regardless, Sonic convinces him to just relax and enjoy his vacation, with Tom assured that Sonic can clean up his mess in good time. After then having a brief chat about Rachel's fiancé, Randall, Tom decides to introduce himself and hangs up on Sonic after encouraging him to stay out of trouble. When Tom tries to greet Randall however, he tells him with hostility that he should tear him apart for what he did to Rachel back in San Francisco. However, Randall quickly drops the façade and tells a relived Tom that he is just kidding. The two proceed to talk about how Rachel does not care about Tom, but then Rachel and Maddie come over, with Rachel seeming happily about Tom's presence and insisting that they bury the hatchet. As they hug it out however, Rachel quietly tells Tom that she will end him if he screws up her wedding, showing she's still furious over the events in San Francisco.

Back in the Wachowski house, Sonic is watching TV with Ozzie when a power outage suddenly hits. Although thrilled at first, Sonic notices something is wrong when the TV turns on by itself and the lights start to flicker. As Sonic heads for the front door however, the handle gets cut off, leaving the door to open and reveal Robotnik. Though surprised, Sonic tells Robotnik that he made a mistake coming back. Robotnik, however, retorts back and tells him how he will have his revenge on him and the Wachowskis. Sonic proceeds to charge at Robotnik, only for him to step aside and reveal Knuckles, who punches Sonic through a wall. As Robotnik introduces Knuckles, Sonic picks up his pouch and tries charging at Knuckles, only to get punched through the wall and into the backyard by the echidna, whom demands to know where "it" is. Taking it as a challenge, Sonic charges at a reprimanding Knuckles again with a spin attack, only for Knuckles to stop it with one hand and knock Sonic down. As he pins Sonic against a tree, Knuckles proclaims his intended destiny to restore the "ultimate power" to the home of his people. While Sonic insists that he has no idea of what he is talking about, Robotnik, who has been watching the fight from the sidelines, takes an interest in Knuckles' mention about "ultimate power." Knuckles proceeds to elaborate when he mentions Longclaw that her people and his people, the Echidnas, were sworn enemies, and that he will now end him for it. Suddenly though, Tails appears in Wade's police cruiser, which he rams Knuckles with. With Tails saying he is on his side and Knuckles recovering, Sonic jumps into Tails' car, which Tails uses his gadgets to drive. After shaking off Robotnik when he jumps onto the hood, the two drive away, with Knuckles hot on their heels. After an amazed Tails has introduced himself, Sonic demands an explanation for everything. Tails proceeds to tell him about Knuckles—the most dangerous warrior in the galaxy—who is obsessed with finding the Master Emerald. Sonic dismisses the Emerald as a bedtime story, but Tails tells him that Knuckles believes otherwise and that Sonic is the key to it. As Sonic taking over the wheel though, Knuckles quickly catches up to them and begins tearing the car apart. Tails, however, has them drive over a cliff. To Sonic's surprise however, Tails is able to haul them to safety by using his twin-tails as helicopter blades. Meanwhile, Knuckles manages to get off the car and latch onto the cliff while the police cruiser is destroyed upon hitting the ground below and exploding.

While Sonic and Tails fly away, Robotnik catches up in a riding mower. In order to proceed with his plans, Robotnik uses his Robotnik Control Glove to call Agent Stone, who has become the owner of the Mean Bean Coffee Café in Green Hills. As a sad Stone wonders where Robotnik is however, he gets his message on his smartwatch. Closing his café, Stone uses the shop's advanced systems to send a pod located in orbit to Robotnik, all while Stone joyfully proclaims Robotnik's return. Following his pod's arrival, Robotnik arms himself with new clothes, a tune-up, equipment and Drones. Meanwhile, Knuckles is climbing up the cliff until Robotnik intrudes from above, asking him about the Master Emerald. Knuckles insists that it does not concern him and that their deal is over now that he has gotten him off the Mushroom Planet. In response, Robotnik helps Knuckles back up with his Badniks and insists that he needs him to navigate Earth. Furthermore, Robotnik offers to help him find the Master Emerald, which Knuckles can then use to destroy Sonic. With Knuckles seeing that Robotnik is suggesting an alliance, the two shake hands on the deal, with Knuckles crushing Robotnik's hand due to his own brute strength. With Knuckles convinced of his commitment, Robotnik calls in his Egg Mobile from the pod.

Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails have gone to Wade. As they get acquainted with Wade's garage, Sonic and Tails try to figure out why Knuckles thinks Sonic is the key to finding the Master Emerald. When Tails mentions a connection however, Sonic recalls that Longclaw's map shows the image of an emerald. After Sonic pulls the map from his punch though, it starts to glow. Dropping it, Sonic sees the map reveal a holographic message from Longclaw. In the message, Longclaw reveals that the message is for Sonic in case something has happened to her. She also reveals that the Earth was chosen as the secret hiding place of the Master Emerald, a relic with the power to turn thoughts into reality, which, in the wrong hands, can threaten all life in the universe. As Longclaw reveals that she is passing her duty of watching the Emerald over to Sonic, he sees this as his moment. Longclaw then tells Sonic to follow the map to the Master Emerald and keep it safe, before ending her message with her recognition of Sonic's special heart and a loving goodbye. Following an awkward remark from Wade, Sonic sees that the map has changed: it reveals that there is a compass in Siberia that will lead to the Master Emerald. Tails then adds that Knuckles will be racing them for the Emerald. After an goofy remark from Wade, Sonic decides to find the compass with Tails and opens a Ring portal to Siberia. Tails, however, is hesitant to come along, insisting that that he is not a "field guy". Sonic, however, convinces Tails to come along by promising to protect him, a promise of which they seal with a power-bump.

Back in the Mean Bean Coffee Café, Stone has prepared a latte for Robotnik, who soon after arrives in the café. While Stone is surprised by Robotnik's different appearance, he nonetheless expresses his loyalty with Robotnik's favorite latte. While Robotnik notes that could use some mushroom, referencing his dismal attempts with the fungi back on the Mushroom Planet to make something tasty to drink, Knuckles arrives and takes offense to Stone when he calls him a porcupine. Regardless, Stone welcomes him upon hearing his resolve to fulfill his goal, which they mark with a handshake that crushes Stone's hand. As Robotnik decides that they should renovate the café, Stone transforms it into their headquarters with a simple code phase.

On Hawaii, Tom is having a rough volleyball match against Randall and his team. Despite this, the two of them remain on good terms. As they get talking, Randall notes that his team is more than that: they are his life-long squad. Afterward, two of them promise to hang some more with extreme activities, although Tom regrets it after he leaves. He then meets Jojo and Maddie, with Jojo revealing her duty as ringbearer for Rachel's wedding. At first, it seems that Jojo has lost one of the rings, but Tom soon reveals that he is just playing with her by giving her back the lost wedding ring. As Tom and Maddie get reacquainted, Tom looks at Randall's team and wishes that Sonic had friends like that. Maddie, however, tells him to relax and not worry about Sonic, sure that he will find his way.

Meanwhile, in Siberia, Sonic and Tails are caught in a snowstorm and completely lost. Unable to get a reading on his Miles Electric in this storm either, Tails suggests turning back. Sonic, however, spots a public restaurant nearby and says that they should take shelter in there. Tails is worried, but Sonic assures him that humans are very welcoming. Putting on some disguises, Sonic and Tails enter the restaurant, only to get an icy and threatening reception from the patrons. After getting a table and ordering a pair of beef stews using the translator on his Miles Electric, Sonic inquires Tails about his gadgets. Revealing that he made them himself, Tails remarks that he found Sonic thanks to them. He proceeds to explain that he first detected Sonic from his home planet when he created his energy blast at the baseball field, and that he saw him save Green Hills from Robotnik, much to his amazement. With Sonic equally amazed by how much Tails knows about him, the fox cub reveals that when he learned that Knuckles was after him, he had to do something and come warm him. Immediately after, Sonic gets a text message from Tom, prompting Sonic to write one back.

Back in Green Hills, Robotnik and Stone have intercepted Sonic and Tom text messages. As Knuckles displays his limited understanding of technology, Stone quietly asks Robotnik why they are working with an "imbecile" like him. Robotnik explains that the Master Emerald he seeks can power his wildest designs and both get his genius recognized across the galaxy and let him command unimaginable power. Reading further into Sonic's message, Knuckles believes Sonic has returned home. Robotnik corrects him though, having pinpointed his location in Siberia with his technology. After fiddling with a hologram of Sonic, Robotnik and Knuckles head out. Knuckles, however, asks what to do about Stone, to which Robotnik insists that they ditch him for now. Knuckles calls him out for being dishonorable, but Robotnik notes that it is how he rolls.

In Siberia, Sonic and Tails get the wrong dishes. Tails tries to correct the waitress, but his translator glitches and turns his question into an insult. As the situation escalates when it glitches again translating Sonic's attempts to calm the mob down, the patrons tear off their disguises for everyone to see. Immediately after, Sonic and Tails are grabbed the patrons, who prepare to throw them into the fireplace. Fortunately, Tails finds a Siberian custom on his Miles Electric and declares "Pivonka", which stops the patrons in surprise. Soon after, everyone's attention turns to a single man in the restaurant, who accepts the Pivonka challenge. As Sonic asks what "Pivonka" is, Tails explains that it is a Siberian custom for settling disputes: if they win, they let them go, but if they lose, they will die. As room is made, Sonic suggest taking the map and leave, but Tails reveals that he left the map on the table, which the waitress puts away. The Pivonka challenger then steps forward and begins dancing to local music, which makes Sonic realize that "Pivonka" is a dance-off. In attempt to get the map, Sonic and Tails try to dance, but cannot get the rhythm right. Meanwhile, the map ends up stuck to the Pivonka challenger's shoe. Sonic tries to get it, but the Pivonka challenger gets it first and dares to come and get it. Meanwhile, Tails starts to lose his nerve as everyone begin calling them "freaks". Despite this, Sonic is unintimidated and insists that he needs his help. Sonic then gets an idea. Hooking his phone up to the speakers, Sonic has him and Tails dance to their own music in their own way, which is much more successful. Additionally, with Tails supplementing their choreography with holograms of themselves using his Miles Electric, Sonic and Tails are able to beat the Pivonka challenger and get back the map, leading the impressed patrons to hail them as the winners, lift them in the air, and cheer for them.

In the aftermath, Sonic and Tails are resting, with Tails expressing amazement at Sonic's ability to win the Pivonka. Sonic then tells Tails, as his friend, to stick with him if he wants to see more of Earth. Surprised, Tails asks Sonic if he really means that he is his friend, which Sonic insists, prompting a hug from Tails. Tails then explains that he never had any friends growing up because people thought his twin-tails were weird, and that Sonic inspired him to come find and help him by becoming a legend himself despite being weird as well. With Sonic relating to Tails' past, the two tell each other that they are happy to be here with each other. Getting tired, Tails falls asleep while Sonic's back is turned. Tugging Tails in, Sonic goes to sleep too, with Tails' twin-tails covering him. The next morning however, Sonic wakes up to find a patron hugging him in their sleep.

Not long after, Sonic is being carried through the mountains by Tails, who has pinpointed the coordinates on the map. There, they find an ancient temple inside a mountainside Heading into the temple, the pair finds a wall with ancient inscriptions. Upon Sonic's inquiry, Tails begins translating it, revealing that ages ago, the fearsome warriors of the echidna tribe forged the seven Chaos Emeralds into the most unstoppable weapon ever created: the Master Emerald. With it, a single warrior could defeat entire armies. Believing that no one should have such power, an ancient order of heroes, the owls recovered the Emerald and swore to protect it from evil, thereby sparking a centuries-long conflict between these two orders. Heading deeper into the temple, Sonic and Tails find a giant owl statue with inscribed slots on it. Recognizing the symbols on the slots from Longclaw's map, Sonic aligns the symbols like those on the map. This triggers a mystical mechanism that hands the compass leading to the Master Emerald to Sonic.

Unfortunately, Robotnik and Knuckles arrives in the temple in the Egg Mobile immediately after with Badniks, who destroy the door out of the temple. With Robotnik and Knuckles determined to take the compass. After some banter, Robotnik fires a missile that Sonic redirects into the owl state, causing the temple to start caving in and open a way for them. Heading for the exit, Sonic snatches a panel from a Badnik that he destroys, before he and Tails reach a steep drop off a mountainside. With Tails taking the high route, Sonic heads down the mountain on the panel like a snowboard. However, the Badniks pursue and open fire on him, with Tails unable to get close due to the fire and Robotnik. Meanwhile, Knuckles, who got stuck in the temple, has escaped and uses another piece from a Badnik like a snowboard to pursue Sonic. Meanwhile, Sonic uses snowballs at high speed to throw off his pursuers, only to run into another swarm of them. However, Sonic manages to dodge them all at super speed before using a Buzz Bomber to destroy the others.

As Sonic continues his trip, Knuckles soon catches up to him, much to Sonic's dismay. As Knuckles engages Sonic while they slide down the mountain, Knuckles eventually manages to knock Sonic off-balance, causing him to land on the edge of a cliff where all his Rings fall out of his pouch. With Knuckles in front of him, Sonic mocks Knuckles' temper, to which Knuckles replies that he knows nothing about him. Sonic retorts that echidnas have a habit of ruining his life, but Knuckles tells Sonic that he lost everything because him. Knuckles proceeds to explain that years ago, his tribe was on the verge of its greatest victory. Having located Longclaw, the last of the owl warriors, the tribe were heading out to get her Emerald secrets. A young Knuckles wanted to join them, but his father kept him from coming along, insisting that his moment to honor their tribe would come, but that this was not the moment. However, he never saw his father or his tribe again after they left. Despite it all, Sonic sympathizes with Knuckles, admitting that they both lost everything that day. As Knuckles lets down his guard however, Tails restrains him from behind with a gadget of his. Calling Sonic out for deceiving him, Knuckles breaks free, despite Sonic's attempts to defend himself. Sonic tries passing the compass over to Tails, but Robotnik swoops in in his Egg Mobile and snatches the compass before firing some missiles that knocks Tails out cold. With Sonic hurrying out to help Tails, Knuckles hitches a ride with Robotnik, puzzled that Sonic chose Tails over the compass, although Robotnik notes that friendship is a weakness, much to Knuckles' suspicion. Immediately after, an avalanche occurs, forcing Sonic to take Tails and try snowboarding away while Robotnik and Knuckles escape.

Back on Hawaii, Rachel and Randall's weeding ceremony is underway, with a biplane arranged by Randall flying a banner attributing the couple flying by. As Sonic tries calling Tom however, his ringtone disturbs the ceremony. Tom puts his phone away, but Sonic calls again with a text message, much to Rachel's anger, as she warned Tom of what would happen if he disrupted her wedding. Seeing that Sonic writes that it is an emergency however, Tom walks away from the ceremony to answer the call. Although angry at first, Tom notices that Sonic is out snowboarding, with Sonic telling him to use the Ring he gave him to open a portal for him to escape the avalanche through. Tom proceeds to throw the Ring, but nothing happens. Taking a closer took, Tom realizes he got the Ring mixed up with Rachel's wedding ring when he was teasing Jojo, and that Randall is currently putting it on Rachel. With Sonic urging him to hurry, Tom disrupts the wedding ceremony and is forced to punch Randall to get the Ring back. Tom then opens the Ring portal in front of the wedding reception, with Sonic and Tails coming blasting through it with a wave of snow that buries everyone.

As everyone recovers, Tom is notably upset at Sonic while Maddie wants an explanation. Sonic gives a quick rundown of what has happened since yesterday before turning his attention to Tails, who is still unconscious. However, he is soon after hit by a taser net and knocked out as every one of Randall's guests draw taser pistols at the Wachowskis, much to Rachel's confusion. Commander Walters then shows up and reveals that he and his associates are federal agents, including Randall. As an upset Rachel realizes that her wedding was a setup as a part of Walters' Operation: Catfish and that nearly everyone involve is an agent. Rachel loses her temper and tries to attack Randall, who tries to apologize, but is restrained. Meanwhile, an unconscious Sonic and Tails are hauled away in cages. Tom tries to stop them, but is held back by Randall. Maddie tries telling Walters that Sonic is no threat, but Walters insists otherwise and declares their days of aiding and abiding him are over before having Sonic and Tails secured in the hotel for now. Rachel, however, still wants an explanation for everything. Walters explains that following the incident in San Francisco, a global taskforce named Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.) was created to protect the Earth from alien threats, which includes Sonic. Maddie however, insists that Robotnik is a threat too. Walters insists that Robotnik is dead, but Maddie tells him otherwise, prompting Walters to call in aid to find him, before taking his leave. Jojo then brings Maddie Tails' backpack with gadgets, which inspires Maddie to go save Sonic, Tails and Tom. Rachel, wanting a word with Randall, is in on it.

While Tom, Sonic and Tails are taken into the hotel, Sonic's only concern is Tails' wellbeing. Meanwhile, Maddie and Rachel scoop out the hotel, which is infested with G.U.N. agents. Maddie then decide to go after Tom and Sonic while an emotionally unstable Rachel wants to get Randall. Arming themselves with Tails' gadgets, the two head for the hotel. Upon encountering their first agent, Rachel throws a gadget that sends the agent flying high into the sky, allowing them to proceed. Eventually find the place where Sonic and Tom are held, Maddie and Rachel split up to find their respective targets. Just as Maddie enters the hotel however, she is surrounded by G.U.N. agents. Fortunately, Rachel comes to a rescue with a flying homing gadget from Tails that knocks the agents out, allowing Maddie to continue. Meanwhile Randall, remorseful over what he did to Rachel, tries to have a toast with Walters, only for the flying agent to come back down and warn them of Maddie and Rachel's attack. Immediately after, a furious Rachel arrives in a golf cart, crashing the set pieces while amazing Randall with her passion. As Randall tries explaining himself to an understandably upset Rachel however, Walters threatens her with a taser pistol. When Rachel refuses to back down though, Walters takes his shot, only for Randall to take the shot for her. While Walters is disappointed in Randall, he nonetheless takes aim at Rachel. Rachel, however, takes out a ray gun made by Tails and makes Walters surrender when she blows her wedding cake to pieces with it, showing she has the better firepower. Rachel then confronts Randall, asking that if their love was ever real. Randall then admits that while he did not think think he could love others, he still ended up falling in love with her. With that, they both forgive each other and they kiss.

Back inside the hotel, Maddie finds and frees Sonic, Tom and an unconscious Tails. Meanwhile, Robotnik, Knuckles and some Badniks arrive at an island not too far from there via a Ring. Using his control glove's scanner, Robotnik locates a pedestal in the sand which Knuckles inserts the compass into. Soon after, a mystical mechanism is activated, and the sea in front of them split apart to reveal an ancient temple in the middle of it. Back on Hawaii, Maddie is tending to the unconscious Tails when she, Sonic, Tom and a bound and gagged Walters notice storm clouds and a green pillar of energy in the horizon. With Sonic recognizing it as a sign that Robotnik and Knuckles have found the Master Emerald, Tom suggests that they make a plan together. Sonic however, being the only one fast enough to get there, insists going alone. Tom and Maddie disagree, but Sonic, upset over having screwed up his moment and feeling guilty over nearly getting Tails killed, refuses to let others get involved and hurt because of him and runs off. Tails wakes up immediately after, and tries to follow Sonic, but is too weak. Tom and Maddie tries telling Tails to take it easy, but Tails tells them that they have no idea what Sonic is up against. Tom and Maddie thus turn to Walters, whom they get to believe them now. Meanwhile, back in Green Hills, Wade is heading for a visit to the Mean Bean Coffee Café while patrolling the town, only to discover that the café is closed. Thinking that it is not right, Wade takes a peak inside, only to see Stone fiddling with the equipment, designing a new look for Robotnik. Intruding on Stone, Wade holds him at gunpoint while having him show that his control gloves are not dangerous with outlandish demands.

Back on Hawaii, Sonic is at the coastline. Despite his dislike of water, Sonic pulls himself together and charges up his chaos energy, before running at full speed across the sea towards the temple. However, the rough waves makes it hard for Sonic to navigate, and he eventually crashes into a wave. Fortunately, he wakes up soon after on the island with the Master Emerald's temple in front of it. Inside said temple, Robotnik, Knuckles and some Badniks are making their way through a labyrinth of traps, barely managing to stay one step ahead of the local traps. Along the way, Robotnik's accompanying Badniks are destroyed by the traps. After just barely avoiding getting crushed by a spiked ball and swinging axe, Robotnik decides that they should approach the labyrinth more scientifically and so deploys a miniature Badnik from his glove that scans the labyrinth ahead of them, which Robotnik uses to form a holographic map with his control glove for them to follow. Elsewhere, Sonic enters the labyrinth, and decides to run through it at high speed in hopes of reaching the center, either moving too fast for the traps or barely dodging them along the way. Meanwhile, Robotnik and Knuckles reach the center of the temple after Knuckles punches down a wall. Seeing the Master Emerald's pedestal ahead of them, Knuckles proclaims that order will be restored thanks their collaboration. As Robotnik prepares to backstab Knuckles with his control glove's taser however, they hear Sonic speed through the labyrinth before coming crashing through the roof and landing in front of them. Furious, Knuckles asks Sonic why he keeps interfering with his destiny, to which Sonic replies that he is doing it to protect his friends and family, and that if he want the Master Emerald, he has to get through him. Sonic then speeds for the Master Emerald, but Knuckles intercepts him, and they two engage in an intense fight.

As Sonic and Knuckles clash, the tide of battle constantly shifting, Robotnik gets to the Master Emerald. As Knuckles gets Sonic pinned down however, Sonic points out to him that Robotnik is stealing the Master Emerald. Knuckles calls out Robotnik for breaking their deal and supposed friendship, but Robotnik betrays him for his lack of intelligence and gullibility before grabbing the Master Emerald. As an energy surge is unleashed, Robotnik steals the Master Emerald as he warps away in a flash that causes the temple to explode. With water flooding into the crumbling temple, Sonic starts to to flee. However, he then notices that Knuckles has been pinned down by a pillar, unable to get free on his own and losing consciousness in the rising water. Hitching a ride on a falling boulder however, Sonic gets down to Knuckles and tries moving the pillar. As Knuckles then comes around, they work together to remove the pillar, allowing Knuckles to escape to the surface. Sonic, however, being unable to swim, nearly drowns, but is saved in the last moment by Knuckles, who gets them back to the island. There Sonic tries asking Knuckles about why he saved him. When he proved too upset to talk though, Sonic provokes him into answering by throwing sand balls at him. Knuckles reveals that he was repaying Sonic for saving him despite not understanding his tactics for doing so. Sonic replies however, that he just could not let him die, which Knuckles does not understand given their past conflicts. Sonic proceeds to recite Tom's advice about being a hero is about taking responsibility for others, which Knuckles recognizes the wisdom in. Soon after, Tails arrives at the island in the Tornado, much to Sonic's happiness. Sonic then tries convincing Knuckles to come with them and stop Robotnik. Knuckles asks Sonic how he can be so hopeful and free despite having lost everything like himself and his numerous failures, to which Sonic explains that he found a new family and friends to help him through it. Encouraging Knuckles to do the same, they two seal their newfound friendship with a handshake that crushes Sonic's hand.

Back in the Mean Bean Coffee Café, Wade has tied up Stone and is trying interrogate him. However, his attempts at playing bad cop/good cop in order to get answers from Stone have proven fruitless. Immediately after, Robotnik teleports into the café in an Master Emerald-empowered state. Feeling an elevated sense of self, Robotnik adjusts himself to his new powers as he teleports around, quickly forcing Wade to surrender himself while freeing Stone. Stone then reveals to Robotnik that the forces of G.U.N. are arriving outside and surrounding the café with armed personnel and military vehicles, but Robotnik tells him that he has a solution to this. Outside, Walters arrives in a helicopter with Tom and Maddie where the Secretary of Homeland Security informs him of Robotnik and Stone's presence in the café with a hostage, the hostage of which Tom and Maddie recognizes as Wade. Robotnik soon after comes out, and both him and Tom have some banter until Walters tells Robotnik that he is finished, as the U.S. government has seized all his assets. In response, Robotnik uses his new powers to tear apart G.U.N.'s vehicles and all other forms of technology in the vicinity and pulling it into a tornado, including Stone upon his request. Tom and Maddie, however, have realized that Robotnik is building something.

Meanwhile, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles emerge from a Ring outside of town in the Tornado. Although they spot Robotnik's tornado and sees its threat, Tails worries if is a good idea to bring Knuckles with them. Sonic, however, insists that Knuckles is just "mixed up", which Knuckles vehemently denies. After Knuckles and Tails then come to a sort of understanding, the trio head towards the tornado, inside of which a machine is informing, which Robotnik boards with an impressed Stone inside a secondary command center in it. The tornado then dissipates as the Egg-mech is revealed. With the robot responding to Robotnik's movements, Robotnik has his machine begin trampling into Green Hills while playing music. While G.U.N. falls back, Sonic and his crew move in in the Tornado. Before Sonic can formulate a plan though, Knuckles jumps off the Tornado, leaving Sonic and Tails to face the Great Eggman Robot without a plan. As Sonic taunts Robotnik, the doctor decides to fire missiles at him. However, Stone has yet to figure out how to operate the Great Eggman Robot, so Robotnik does it himself, shocking Stone with his energies as he operates the control panel. As a missile barrage is fired from the Great Eggman Robot, Tails manages to steer the Tornado through the barrage unharmed. Just as Sonic relaxes however, he is knocked away by a missile hitting him. Meanwhile, down on the ground, Knuckles approaches the Great Eggman Robot head-on. In response, Robotnik tries to crush him with his robot's hand. Ultimately, Knuckles hits the hand with his best attack, but it does no harm. Back in the air, Tails shoots the Great Eggman Robot with machinegun gadgets equipped to the Tornado, but they make no different either. Furthermore, the Tornado's wings get crushed by the Great Eggman Robot's flappable mustache, which Stone managed to use after reading the Great Eggman Robot's manual. The Tornado subsequently crashes into the ground and is destroyed, but Tails gets out of it in the last moment. Back to Sonic, he has managed to take control of the missile he is riding and redirects it into the Great Eggman Robot's knee, shaking the machine enough to knock Stone out.

As Sonic, Tails and Knuckles reconvene on the main street, Knuckles and Tails are at loss at what to do. Sonic, however, notes that separately, they cannot win, but if the pool their skills together as a team, using strength, speed, and smarts, they will stand a chance. With everyone in agreement, Sonic declares this is their moment. Back in the Great Eggman Robot, Robotnik sends his infantry of Badniks after the trio. As the heroes engage the Badniks, Sonic asks Tails for ideas, to which Tails notes that they need to find the Great Eggman Robot's weak spot. Knuckles suggests the groin, but Sonic rejects that suggestion. As the Great Eggman Robot then opens fire with lasers at them, Sonic realizes that he is Robotnik's weak spot; if he can rile Robotnik up and get his attention, he will leave the Great Eggman Robot open to a flanking maneuver from Tails and Knuckles. With everyone in agreement, the trio splits up, with Sonic running up to the Great Eggman Robot and taunting Robotnik into pursuing him. As Robotnik has the Great Eggman Robot follow Sonic out of Green Hills, Tails carries Knuckles onto the backside of the giant robot. At the same time, Tom and Maddie are helping evacuate civilians. Upon stopping a local and his truck however, Tom and Maddie decide to go get Sonic, and so borrows the truck from the local and heads out in it.

Out in the forest, Robotnik takes a break to get his breath, all while Sonic taunts the doctor about his supposed future plans. In response, Robotnik declares his intention to enslave humanity and conquer the entire multiverse before starting to shoot eye lasers at Sonic, who barely manages to dodge them. As he is about to head over a bridge however, Sonic starts to run out of gas and begins to slow down, allowing the Great Eggman Robot to catch up and fire a nose beam that destroys the bridge and sends Sonic plummeting down. As Robotnik gloats about his superiority to the grounded Sonic however, he discovers that he is all-seeing as well, which lets him notice Tails break into the Great Eggman Robot's cockpit. Tails proceeds to use holographic images of himself to swarm Robotnik. Declaring that he cannot outsmart him, Robotnik blasts away the holograms, leaving Tails at Robotnik's mercy. It is then that Tails reveals that he is just a distraction. Robotnik then notices Knuckles on the other side of the cockpit, who promptly jumps at Robotnik and literally punches the Master Emerald out of him. With Robotnik stunned and without his power now, the Great Eggman Robot shuts down and falls over, causing Tails and Knuckles to slide out of the Great Eggman Robot with the Master Emerald and land outside, completely knocked out.

Recovering, a frustrated and panicking Robotnik uses his control glove to activate the Great Eggman Robot's auxiliary power, causing the robot to start powering up again. Meanwhile, an exhausted and damaged Sonic comes back to his senses and spots the Master Emerald nearby. As Sonic slumps his way towards the Master Emerald, Robotnik manages to get the Great Eggman Robot back on its feet and walk towards Sonic. Without him knowing however, Tom and Maddie are arriving from behind in the truck. Then, just before the Great Eggman Robot can step on Sonic, the Master Emerald is picked up by Sonic, who in turn is picked by Maddie as she and Tom drive by in the truck. Despite having escape the Great Eggman Robot's foot however, Robotnik has it punch the ground just behind the truck, causing it to topple and crash. Crawling out of the wreck, Sonic, Tom and Maddie spot the Great Eggman Robot approaching. Having the Master Emerald however, Sonic believes that they can still defeat Robotnik. As he tries to figure out how it works though, the Master Emerald breaks to pieces in Sonic's hands, releasing the seven Chaos Emeralds from it. Robotnik proceeds to use the Great Eggman Robot's flamethrower to trap the trio inside a ring of fire. Sonic tells Tom and Maddie to save themselves, but the two of them refused to leave Sonic behind, insisting that they are family. Declaring their love for each other, Sonic and his foster family get ready to accept their fate and die together as the Great Eggman Robot brings its foot down upon them. However, in the last moment, the Chaos Emeralds respond to Sonic's emotions, who accidentally absorbs them.

With the Great Eggman Robot's foot brought down, Tails, Knuckles, and Robotnik believe Sonic and the Wachowskis to be dead. However, the Great Eggman Robot suddenly jerks up, with its foot being lifted by Sonic, now transformed into Super Sonic, while Tails, Knuckles and the Wachowskis, who are still alive and well, watching. Blasting through the Great Eggman Robot's foot, Super Sonic cuts its head off and tells Robotnik that it is over. As Robotnik tries talking Super Sonic into a truce however, he uses his control glove to have the Great Eggman Robot take punches at him. Super Sonic, however, effortlessly stops and blows the robot's arms to pieces before piercing it several times at super speed before toppling it over with a tap of his foot, leaving Robotnik to fall with his collapsing robot. As Super Sonic comes back down, the Wachowskis comes towards him. Knuckles stops them, however, insisting that Sonic has been corrupted by the power of the Chaos Emeralds now. Super Sonic proceeds to summon a thunder storm that focuses into his hand. However, it is then revealed that Sonic only made a Chili dog for himself, before summoning another one for Knuckles to land in his face, and Knuckles bluntly remarks that Sonic is still himself. Super Sonic subsequently relinquishes the Chaos Emeralds, which disappear to parts unknown, and reverts back to normal. After getting hugs from Tom and Maddie, Sonic is asked by Tails of why he gave up all that power, to which Sonic explains that he "still has some growing up to do." As they celebrate, Knuckles takes the pieces of the Master Emerald and reassembles it. However, now that he finally has the Master Emerald, Knuckles questions what they will do next. As Tails reminds them that both the echidnas and owls wanted to protect the Master Emerald from the forces of evil, Sonic suggest that they start a new order to guard the Master Emerald, starting with the three of them. As Knuckles insists that they must take a vow upon their new tribe's duty, Tails has them do a power-bump together to mark their oath.

Some time later, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Tom, Maddie and Ozzie are at Green Hills' baseball field, trying to have some fun with a baseball game. Knuckles, however, has trouble understanding the purpose of the game. Encouraged by Tom and Maddie to just have fun, Knuckles tries it out. When the time comes to hit the baseball however, Knuckles hits it with a power-bump instead of his bat, sending it flying through the score board. Regardless, Knuckles jubilantly runs around the baseball field. With their only ball gone now, Maddie suggests they go for ice cream, which everyone is in on. Meanwhile, Tom and Maddie are happy on behalf of Sonic, who has found his own squad to grow up with. As Tom congratulates Sonic for his newfound friends, Sonic admits he has found way more than that, acknowledging Tom as his dad along the way. As the group proceeds to drive away in the truck, they almost leave the Master Emerald behind in the cooler until Sonic comes back for it.

In a post-credit scene, G.U.N.'s forces have arrived at the site where the Giant Eggman Robot was destroyed. At the site, Walters is informed by his agent that they have been unable to find Robotnik. While Waters is sure that Robotnik could not have survived, he does not notice Stone, who has disguised himself as a G.U.N. soldier, having survived himself to sneak away undetected. Walters is then informed by his agent that when they removed Robotnik from their databases, they found a file dating back to over fifty years ago. This file contains coordinates to a well-hidden black site, which Walters realizes, much to his dread, concerns "Project Shadow". Meanwhile, in a remote research facility, a capsule slips out, inside of which a black hedgehog awakens.

## Development

### Filming

The filming for the sequel has started on March 15th, 2021. Known locations are Hawaii and Vancouver. This has been confirmed in an interview with Tika Sumpter, the actress who plays Maddie Wachowski.

On the ninth of March, production signs were/are seen in the Metro Vancouver area, or the suburb of Burnaby which is east of Vancouver. This information is shared by a tweet from dottie10 on the same day.

#### Characters

At the end credits scene of the first film, Tails showed up, making it clear that the two-tailed fox is playing a big role in the movie. But it might be so that Knuckles will also appear in the movie. The role of Knuckles is offered to the actor who played Aquaman in the film of the same name, Jason Momoa. Later, it would be confirmed that Idris Elba will play Knuckles The Echidna in the film.

There's also a new character named Randall, someone who'll not speak with Sonic. This is most likely a human character.

### Development

Before the announcement of the film, Jim Carrey revealed in a promotional interview for *Sonic the Hedgehog* that he could imagine developing the character of Dr. Robotnik for a sequel, stating "*I wouldn't mind going to do another one because it was so much fun, first of all, and a real challenge to try to convince people that I have a triple-digit IQ... There is so much room, you know, Robotnik has not reached his apotheosis.*" It was later stated by *Sonic the Hedgehog* director Jeff Fowler in March 2020 that he had planned a potential sequel for *Sonic the Hedgehog* to involve more elements from the *Sonic the Hedgehog* video games. It was also stated by James Marsden that he had signed on for multiple sequels to *Sonic the Hedgehog*.

On 28 May 2020, the sequel was offcially announced to be in development by Paramount Pictures and Sega, with Fowler serving as director, Neal Moritz, Toru Nakahara, Tim Miller serving as producers, and Patrick Casey and Josh Miller serving as writers. In addition, Miller, Hajime Satomi, and Haruki Satomi serve as executive producers and Neal Mortiz, Toby Ascher, and Toru Nakahara fill serve as producers. Production is expected to start in March 2021 under the codename "Emerald Hill". Later, on 8 December 2020, Tyson Hesse, an artist who previously contributed to *Sonic the Hedgehog*, would return to work on the *Sonic the Hedgehog* sequel. Joining him were also storyboard artist Fill Marc.

## Trivia

* An announcement trailer reveals the sequel's title, alongside a remix of the *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* video game's Emerald Hill Zone theme.
* *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*'s long anticipated official trailer was revealed at the 2021 Game Awards, on December 9, 2021.

## Trailer(s)

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - Title Announcement - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Official Trailer" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Final Trailer" - Paramount Pictures

## References

1. ↑ Tails' Channel
2. ↑ Tails' Channel
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sonic Fandom Wiki