Sonic the Hedgehog 2

*"Today's forecast calls for clear sunny skies and a 100% chance of adventure!"*
―Sonic the Hedgehog
***Sonic the Hedgehog 2*** is a 2022 adventure comedy film based on the videogame series of the same name. It is the sequel to *Sonic the Hedgehog* and is the second film in the Sonic the Hedgehog Cinematic Universe. It was released in the United States on April 8, 2022, while released before in other markets starting March 30, 2022.

The film was directed by Jeff Fowler, and stars Ben Schwartz as Sonic the Hedgehog, Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Miles "Tails" Prower, Idris Elba as Knuckles the Echidna, Jim Carrey as Ivo Robotnik/Doctor Eggman, James Marsden as Tom Wachowski/Donut Lord, Tika Sumpter as Maddie Wachowski, Lee Majdoub as Stone, Adam Pally as Wade Whipple, Tom Butler as Commander Sam Walters, Shemar Moore as Randall Handel and Natasha Rothwell as Rachel.

The third film in the series, *Sonic the Hedgehog 3*, will be released on December 20, 2024.

## Synopsis

After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.

## Plot

On his 243rd day since he was banished to the Mushroom Planet, Ivo Robotnik sets off a beacon via hooking up a quill stemming from his mortal enemy Sonic the Hedgehog, which leads scavengers to Robotnik's location from a ring portal. However, Robotnik tricks the scavengers by using traps he had set up and defeats them. Robotnik then runs towards the portal until he sees another entity, Knuckles the Echidna, approaching him. Robotnik slips and falls to the ground in surprise as Knuckles sees the quill of his target and asks Robotnik where he got it. Robotnik happily tells him that he had gotten it from Earth and that he will show him the way.

In Seattle, Sonic, going by the name 'Blue Justice', roughly stops an attempted heist between robbers and the Seattle Police Department and in turn destroys an entire city block. After Sonic successfully stops the heist, he runs back home and tries to sneak inside. Sonic opens his drawer and takes his map out, and notices a feather falling out. Sonic realizes that the feather had once belonged to his former caretaker, Longclaw, and reminisces the good times they had together before the Echidna Tribe had attacked her home before putting the map back in the drawer and going to sleep. After being awoken by Ozzie, Sonic remembers to meet Tom Wachowski by the lake thanks to Maddie Wachowski reminding him. At the aforementioned lake, Tom reveals to Sonic that he knew he had sneaked out the previous night and shows him a newspaper from that night. Tom tells Sonic he needs to be more responsible rather than partaking in his 'heroic' escapades, telling him that his moment will come one day. After Sonic tells Tom about the goosebumps he received from Tom's speech and asking him if he stole it from Oprah, Sonic speeds the boat to land.

Sometime later, Sonic set a ring portal for Tom and Maddie's trip to Hawaii to attend Rachel's wedding, leaving Sonic and Ozzie to ensue loads of fun due to them being unsupervised. Meanwhile, Tails visits Earth, specifically Green Hills, in search of Sonic. In order to remain stealthy, Tails uses a Green Hills Sheriff's Department vehicle. As Tom called Sonic to if everything is okay back home, he meets Randall Handel, Rachel's fiancé, who tells him that Rachel does not care about him. As Maddie and Rachel come over, Rachel hugs Tom, warning him not to make her wedding a mess. Sonic, however, witnesses a seeming blackout, which is actually a ring distorting the area. He comes to know that by the front door, Robotnik stands, assuring him of his revenge on who Sonic loves. Sonic proceeds an attempt of punching him, but is thwarted by Knuckles' mighty blow. A fight ensues, where Knuckles demands the ultimate Master Emerald. Luckily, Tails strikes Knuckles with the car he stole and drives Sonic to his escape. Tails elaborates on Knuckles and what he wants, something Sonic thought was a myth. With Knuckles attacking the fleeing car, Tails saves Sonic by hovering above a cliff as the car tumbles, flying off into the distance.

As Robotnik catches up with a lawn mower, he messages Stone of his return, with Stone closing down his Mean Bean Coffee Café in order to use secret equipment to send a pod containing his Badniks and upgraded outfit. After Knuckles managed to climb upwards from the cliff, Robotnik settles a deal with Knuckles regarding the Master Emerald.

Sonic and Tails hide in Wade Whipple's garage, witnessing a prerecorded holographic message of Longclaw hidden in the Safe Worlds Map, in which she reveals the Master Emerald's location and how she loves and trusts Sonic enough to become the new guardian of the emerald. With the map alternating, a compass to the emerald is revealed, which leads to Siberia. Sonic asks Tails to come along, although hesitant at first. Sonic however convinced Tails to come as Sonic will protect him, a promise sealed with a fist bump.

Sonic and Tails develop a stronger friendship after facing a dance battle with Siberians, now entering a cave telling the story of the War for the Master Emerald and achieving the compass. The duo are unfortunately confronted by their opponents, who take the compass and cause an avalanche. Sonic must carry an unconscious Tails to Hawaii with Tom's help, interrupting the wedding. Subsequently, the Guardian Units of Nations, a federal anti-alien organization, reveal themselves, taking the extraterrestrials and Tom, attempted savior of them, away to cages in a hotel. Maddie saves them. However, as Rachel reunites with her G.U.N. agent fiancé Randall, the Wachowskis and Sonic meet a green energy beam emitting from a beach afar. Sonic is determined to travel over there and has to pass through a maze with his super speed.

Sonic eventually meets the opposing team, battling Knuckles in order for him not to achieve the emerald. But alas, Eggman takes it and uses it to teleport back to Green Hills. Bringing each other to safety, Sonic and Knuckles make amends as Tails brings the two back to town with the *Tornado* bi-plane. There, they are met with a giant cloud revealed to be Eggman's giant robot replica; the Giant Eggman Robot. The three all effort to damage it, but to no avail, thus gathering together to bundle their powers into one with teamwork. As Sonic runs solo, while Tails and Knuckles infiltrate the robot, Sonic is seemingly defeated by Eggman, and so are the Wachowskis who tried to save him. After Knuckles has extracted the emerald from Robotnik with a brutal punch, Sonic absorbs the Chaos Emeralds from it, turning into a god-like entity destroying the mechanism and leading Eggman to his demise.

Settling down, Sonic performs a group hug with the Wachowskis and Tails as Knuckles regenerates the Master Emerald with the exception of the Chaos Emeralds, performing a power bump with Sonic and Tails to symbolize the birth of a new team keeping the emerald from potential evils and securing it. The team and the Wachowskis later play baseball before going out to eat ice cream.

As G.U.N. searches the area for signs of the now presumed deceased Robotnik, Sam Walters is met with an agent's information over files telling about a secret research facility in which Project Shadow was hosted. Simultaneously, the end result of this experiment, Shadow the Hedgehog, awakens.

## Cast

* Ben Schwartz as Sonic the Hedgehog (voice)
* Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Miles "Tails" Prower (voice)
* Idris Elba as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
* Jim Carrey as Ivo Robotnik/Doctor Eggman
* James Marsden as Tom Wachowski
* Tika Sumpter as Maddie Wachowski
* Lee Majdoub as Stone
* Adam Pally as Wade Whipple
* Tom Butler as Sam Walters
* Shemar Moore as Randall Handel
* Natasha Rothwell as Rachel
* Melody Nosipho Niemann as Jojo

## Appearances

### Locations

* Earth
	+ United States of America
		- Seattle, Washington
		- Green Hills, Montana
			* Wachowski Residence
			* Wade Whipple's Residence
			* Mean Bean Coffee Café
			* Green Hills Baseball Field
			* Green Hills Police Office
		- Oahu, Hawaii
			* Four Seasons Resort Oahu
		- Master Emerald Shrine
		- San Francisco, California (mentioned)
			* Rachel's Home (mentioned)
		- Helena, Montana (newspaper)
		- Portland, Oregon (newspaper)
		- Minneapolis, Minnesota (newspaper)
	+ Siberia
	+ Secret Research Facility
* Mushroom Planet
* Mobius (flashback)
	+ Sonic's Island (flashback)
		- Longclaw's Home (flashback)
	+ Tails' Village (mentioned)

### Events

* Car Heist of Seattle
* War for the Master Emerald
	+ Attack on the Wachowski Residence
	+ Chase of the Master Emerald Compass
	+ Ambush of Rachel's Wedding
	+ Duel at the Master Emerald Shrine
	+ Battle Against the Giant Eggman Robot
	+ Battle for the Master Emerald (hologram)
	+ Attack on Longclaw's Home (flashback)
* Green Hills Energy Surge (mentioned; flashback)
* Hunt for Sonic the Hedgehog (mentioned)
	+ Chase of San Francisco (mentioned)
	+ Skirmish at Green Hills (mentioned)

### Items

* Sonic's PUMAs
* Master Emerald
	+ Chaos Emeralds
* Badniks
	+ Flying Eggs
	+ Buzz Bombers
	+ Giant Eggman Robot
* Rings
* Master Emerald Compass
* Miles Electric

### Vehicles

* *Tornado*
* Egg-Pod
* Egg-Mobile

### Sentient Species

* Humans
* Hedgehogs
* Foxes
* Echidnas
* Owls (statue; hologram; flashback)

### Creatures

* Dogs
* Porcupines (mentioned)

### Organizations

* Echidna Tribe (flashback; mural; hologram)
* Team Sonic
* Guardian Units of Nations
* Splash Hills
* Green Hills Sheriff's Department
* Seattle Police Department
* Lock Load Security Services
* Scavengers

### Mentioned

* Batman
* Oprah Winfrey
* Shaun White
* *Snow Dogs*
* Clifford the Big Red Dog
* *Ghostbusters*
	+ Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
* Knuckles
* *The Secret*
* Vin Diesel
* Dwayne Johnson
* Uber
* Professor X
* Mr. Monopoly
* Winter Soldier
* Olive Garden
* Little Red Riding Hood
* *Universe*
* *Multiverse*

## Production

On January 27, 2020, Jim Carrey showed interest in reprising his role as Doctor Eggman for a sequel to *Sonic the Hedgehog*.

On February 28, 2020, director Jeff Fowler revealed he had scrapped Super Sonic from an early script, wanting to focus on Sonic and Eggman's origins before potentially introducing such elements from the video game series.

On March 6, 2020, it was reported that James Marsden had signed on multiple sequels to the first film. Marsden said in April 2020 that he'd be interested in a sequel featuring more set pieces and action sequences, along with new characters such as Tails, who was teased in the post-credits scene of the first film.

On April 12, 2020, Fowler expressed interest in having Sonic and Tails together in a sequel and the development of Eggman, which is said to be part of the continuing story. He also states that Paramount Pictures has not officially greenlit a second film at the time.

On April 15, 2020, Ben Schwartz revealed he only knew about the sequel not being greenlit yet and figured it made sense because of the global pandemic. He also said he'd be interested in Tails and Eggman's appearances being akin to their video game counterparts in the sequel.

On April 23, 2020, Pat Casey revealed that there were discussions on the sequel that has not yet been greenlit, hoping that there will be one, and that Jim Carrey would want to wear a fat suit for his role. He also stated that Super Sonic's appearance was yet to be determined and that the Echidna Tribe was not a random attribute to the first film, possibly relating to Knuckles the Echidna, and described Tails as the Sonic the Hedgehog Cinematic Universe's 'Nick Fury'.

On May 28, 2020, *Variety* reported that a sequel was officially announced to be in development, with Fowler returning to direct and Casey and Josh Miller returning the write the script.

In December 2020, it was reported that there were auditions held for the role of Knuckles and an A-list human character who does not interact with the animal cast.

In January 2021, Tika Sumpter was announced to reprise her role as Maddie Wachowski.

On February 10, 2021, Paramount Pictures officially revealed the title of the film to be *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* and announced its release date to be April 8, 2022.

In March 2021, *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* begun production. Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, James Marsden and Adam Pally were announced to reprise their respective roles as Sonic the Hedgehog, Doctor Eggman, Tom Wachowski and Wade Whipple.

On June 16, 2021, Shemar Moore joined the cast in an undisclosed role.

On August 10, 2021, Idris Elba announced that he would portray Knuckles the Echidna. It was also revealed that John Whittington would serve as a co-screenwriter for the film.

On September 28, 2021, Tom Butler was revealed to reprise the role of Sam Walters.

On September 29, 2021, it was announced Lee Majdoub would reprise the role of agent Stone.

On December 7, 2021, Colleen O'Shaughnessey revealed she will voice Tails in the film, following her portrayal of the character in the first film's post-credits scene.

## Videos

### Trailers

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

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Red Quill or Blue Quill" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "The Real Competition Begins" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Rings" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Big Game Spot" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Choose Your Team" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Blue Justice" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Madness" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Family" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Number 1" - Paramount Pictures
### Clips

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "I Make This Look Good" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Meet Knuckles" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Put A Ring On It" - Paramount Pictures
### Featurettes

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Bigger, Bluer, Better" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Knuckle Down Featurette" - Paramount Pictures
### Other

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Yule Log" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "No Spoilers" - Paramount PicturesSonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - "Kid Cudi" - Paramount Pictures
## Notes

1. ↑ Titled ***Sonic VS Knuckles*** in Japan.

## Music

* *Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Music from the Motion Picture)*

## References

1. ↑ ‘A Quiet Place 2,’ ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Delayed Until 2021
2. ↑ *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* on sonicthehedgehogmovie.com
3. ↑ The Sonic Movie's Not Even Out Yet, But Jim Carrey Is Up For Doing A Sequel
4. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog: Early Drafts Included Super Sonic
5. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog Star James Marsden Confirms He's Signed on for Multiple Sequels
6. ↑ Listen: James Marsden Talks Filming ‘The Stand’ During the Coronavirus Outbreak, Recalls His ‘X-Men’ Audition
7. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog Star James Marsden on What He'd Like to See in a Potential Sequel
8. ↑ SONIC THE HEDGEHOG DIRECTOR REVEALS DELETED SCENES, TEASES TAILS & SEQUEL PLANS
9. ↑ CS Interview: Ben Schwartz on Sonic the Hedgehog Success, Possible Future
10. ↑ Jim Carrey Wants to Wear a Fat Suit for ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Sequel
11. ↑ ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Sequel in the Works (EXCLUSIVE)
12. ↑ SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2: PRODUCTION START DATE UNCOVERED AND NEW KNUCKLES’ DETAILS: EXCLUSIVE
13. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Will See Tika Sumpter Return
14. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - Title Announcement - Paramount Pictures
15. ↑ 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2' Begins Production — See the Official Announcement
16. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Officially Begins Production!
17. ↑ Sonic 2 Recruits SWAT's Shemar Moore in Mystery Role
18. ↑ Idris Elba on Twitter - August 10, 2021
19. ↑ Idris Elba Joins ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ as Knuckles
20. ↑ Welcome to Raccoon City (ผีชีวะ พฤหัสหน้า จองเลย) on Twitter - September 28, 2021
21. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog on Twitter - September 29, 2021
22. ↑ Colleen O'Shaughnessey on Twitter - December 7, 2021

## External Links

* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film) on Wikipedia
* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film) on Sonic Wiki Zone
* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on IMDb
* @SonicMovie on X
* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on Paramount+