Timeline/Sonic

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**Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure** is retconned out; rights issues.

Same goes for that **Pinball Party** game, but not because of rights; just because... I think they don't like crossovers.

Another game that almost got retconned out "just because" was **Sonic Labyrinth**. Good thing that team at Japan suddenly had a special month praising **Sonic Labyrinth** to high hell and back in response to Ian Flynn saying it on his BumbleKast.

We also have to wait for a long time till we can see where **Sonic Prime** fits into all of this. I'm telling you this already: I don't think it fits anywhere. :D

Non-canon events that are still placed in this timeline are written in Comic Sans MS.

I also can't place down any concrete years for the birth years of the main/side Sonic cast. It always changes...

After hearing about Sonic Rush being before Sonic 06, I've started ignoring the BumbleKast. Until it's in official material, that podcast's not gospel.

## Year -52

* Emerl is discovered by Gerald Robotnik.
* Gerald also created Shadow the Hedgehog using Dark Arms DNA as part of his quest to cure Maria Robotnik of her disease.
* The Space Colony ARK is ramsacked by GUN, executing everyone inside, including Maria. Shadow is held in stasis deep underground.
* Gerald Robotnik, after tampering the ARK to crash into the planet if all the Chaos Emeralds are slotted into one of its rooms, is executed by firing squad.

## Year 1

* The events of **Tails Adventure**
	+ Commissioned art implies Tails Adventure takes place during Spring.
	+ The JP manual states this takes place before Tails met Sonic. Since **Sonic Origins** is a continuous quadrilogy, I'm placing it before **Sonic 1**. Ian Flynn went on record to state that Tails Adventure is not before Sonic 1, but mm let's wait till it reaches official stuff.

## Year 2

* The events of **Sonic Origins**
	+ **Sonic the Hedgehog**: Eggman's first time meeting Sonic. Sonic saves South Island.
	+ **Sonic the Hedgehog CD**: Sonic saves Little Planet from Eggman. Sonic's first meeting with Amy.
		- It's implied Little Planet appears on Never Lake during February; Valentine's Day. Perhaps the entire trilogy takes place during February.
		- Must be pretty illogical to have this robot with equal speed to Sonic's, to then have to downgrade to a remote-controlled one in **Sonic 2**.
	+ **Sonic the Hedgehog 2**: Sonic meets Tails. Both save Westside Island.
	+ **Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles**: Angel Island is discovered. Angel Island is saved.
		- Must be after **Sonic the Hedgehog 2** as it continues off of its Death Egg falling on Angel Island.
* The events of **SegaSonic the Hedgehog**: Will Sonic, Mighty, and Ray escape that trap-filled Eggman Island? (yes)
	+ Well Sonic has to have met Ray and Mighty at some point before **Sonic Mania**, so...
* The events of **Sonic Mania**: That Phantom Ruby kajoots doing some gabagoo. Eggman's got it, so stop him.
	+ Takes place "some time" after **Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles**.
	+ Sonic travels to **Sonic Forces** for a while, but he gets better
* The events of **Sonic Mania Adventures**: Sonic returns from **Sonic Forces**.
* The events of **Sonic Mania - Encore Mode**: Mighty and Ray are captured in capsules. Also Sonic and co. must go through Sonic Mania again sorry
	+ **Sonic Mania Adventures** happens all throughout that singular act in Angel Island, with Encore continuing on from there.
		- Doesn't explain **Sonic Mania Adventures: Holiday Special** and where Metal Sonic was throughout all of it.
* Sonic celebrates his birthday in Studiopolis Zone.
* The events of **Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1**
	+ Takes place closely after the Death Egg Saga.
	+ Recent retcons forces Sonic 4 to take place after Sonic Mania.
	+ Yes they look Modern, ignore it this was before they differentiated Modern and Classic as separate creatures.

* The events of **Knuckles' Chaotix**
	+ Takes place months after Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles.
* The events of **Papercraft Mania Adventures: Snow Sculpting Contest**: Eh, end of the year, i'm putting it at the end of Year 1.

## Year 3

* The events of **Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 + Episode Metal**
	+ Takes place "a few months" after Episode 1.
	+ Little Planet also only comes once a year, so this takes place a year after **Sonic the Hedgehog CD**.
* Tails is finishing up the transformation function of Remote Robot.
	+ Tails isn't around during the **Papercraft Valentine's Day** short and **Sonic 1 (8-bit)**, so I'm guessing he's busy here.
	+ This is also implied to take place at the start of the new year.
* The events of **Papercraft Mania Adventures: Valentine's Day**.
	+ Well since Little Planet arrives close to Valentine's Day, I'm placing this short closely after **Sonic 4: Episode 2**.
* The events of **Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)**: Sonic saves South Island.
	+ Well this is finally a game without any inherent link to the Origins Quadrilogy, so after Sonic 4.
* The events of **Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)**
	+ Takes place after Sonic the Hedgehog returned peace to South Island, so I'm placing it after **Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)**.
* The events of **Sonic Chaos**: South Island is sinking due to the missing red Chaos Emerald.
	+ Release date order.
* The events of **Sonic Spinball**: Sonic destroys the Veg-O Fortress.
	+ Release date order.
	+ If you really wanna be funny, only count the 8-bit version as canon. That version doesn't have any SatAM characters, and is the only version playable in **Sonic Origins**.
* The events of **Sonic Learns to Drive**: Sonic is going to get his drivings license.
	+ The events of this story takes place "on the 12th". No clue which month of the 12th, but it's the 12th.
	+ Sonic retakes driving class in 10 business days, so somewhere after that he gets his driving license and can fully drive.
* The events of **Sonic Drift**
	+ Sonic can drive, so it's after **Sonic Learns to Drive**.
* The events of **Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble**
	+ Well Fannack the Weasniper is introduced, so it's somewhere here.
	+ Fang wasn't in Drift 1, so it's a between here.
* The events of **Sonic Drift 2**
	+ Fang is here, so it's after **Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble**.
* The events of **Tails' Skypatrol**
	+ **Tails Adventure** was Tails' first solo adventure, so **Tails' Skypatrol** is after.
* The events of **Sonic Labyrinth**
	+ Tails is gone for a travel, so Sonic Labyrinth is likely happening at the same time as Tails' Skypatrol.
* The events of **Sonic the Fighters**
	+ Fang's there. Post-**Triple Trouble**.
	+ Bark and Bean are introduced!
* The events of **Sonic 3D Blast**
	+ Release date order.
* The events of **Sonic Blast**
	+ Release date order.
* The events of **Sonic R**
	+ Release date.
* The events of **Seasons of Chaos**
	+ Oh gosh finally some placements. Metal Knuckles and Tails Doll are here, meaning it takes place after **Sonic R**. Bark and Bean are here, meaning it's after **Sonic the Fighters**.
* The events of **Dr. Eggman's Birthday**
	+ Heavy King got fixed up in **Seasons of Chaos**, meaning this takes place after.
* The events of **Amy's New Hobby**: Amy draws comics? Unbelievable
	+ Sonic references **Dr. Eggman's Birthday** at the end.
* The events of **Flying Off the Rails**
	+ Release date order.
	+ It's also the last thing of the Classic Era. I hope those special fucking shoes will do wonders for him now.
* Everyone suffers a horrific growth spurt that nobody has mentally recovered from.
* The events of **Sonic Pocket Adventure**: Yeah woo surprise I placed the game where Eggman suddenly switches from Classic to Modern clothes between the Classic and Modern era.

	+ Well, due to rights issues, this game can never be canon.
* The events of **Sonic Advance**
	+ Tails flies the Tornado, meaning it takes place before **Sonic Adventure** where Tails upgraded to the Tornado 2.
* The events of **Sonic Adventure**
	+ Takes place during Summer, according to Sonic's Twitter.
	+ This is definitely a bridge between the classic games and the modern games with the amount of references it makes to the classic games. Tails also upgrades from the Tornado to the Tornado 2.
* The events of **Sonic Shuffle**
	+ Lots of callbacks exclusively to **Sonic Adventure**.
	+ Gamma is back, but only in Maginaryworld.
* The events of **Sonic Adventure 2**
	+ Happens almost right after **Sonic Adventure**, as newspapers of Tails saving Station Square are still circulating.
	+ Shadow is presumed dead as hell
* The events of **Sonic Advance 2**
	+ The introduction of the Rabbit family.
	+ Zero's also here, who had been created in **Sonic Adventure**.
* The events of **Sonic Heroes**
	+ Shadow is unpresumed dead, and is suffering from amnesia. I wonder how that flies
	+ Takes place "a while" after Amy had seen Sonic.
* The events of **Shadow the Hedgehog**: Those bitches promised me fame and glory. Instead, I now babysit an alien race!
	+ Shadow started his memory struggle in **Sonic Heroes**, which is now resolved in this game.
* The events of **Sonic Battle**
	+ Shadow remembers his past, so it's after **Shadow the Hedgehog**.
* The events of **Sonic Advance 3**
	+ Gemerl is created, used from Emerl's data, so it's after **Sonic Battle**.
* The events of **Sonic Riders**
	+ Release date.
* The events of **Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)**: Sonic was at Soleanna's Festival of the Sun. How quaint
	+ Blaze's "that blue hedgehog" line is a mistranslation. "Blue" and "naive" are pretty similar to one another in Japanese, with Blaze attributing Silver as being naive.
	+ Well, Blaze gets Iblis inside of her and is sent to another dimension. She's later retconned to be a princess from another dimension after Elize puts out the Flames and wipes this entire story from memory. Sonic's still at Soleanna to see the Festival of the Sun though, and seems to remember **Sonic 06**'s events according to **Team Sonic Racing**.
	+ Soleanna's Festival of the Sun apparently takes place at the end of Summer, according to Sonic's Twitter.
* The events of **Sonic Rivals**
	+ Without **Sonic 06** to introduce us to Silver, **Sonic Rivals** serves as our replacement introduction. Eggman Nega is also introduced, with Eggman not even knowing who he is at first.
* The events of **Sonic Rush**
	+ Sonic's introduced to Blaze. Sonic is also introduced to Eggman Nega. (The two never met eachother in **Rivals**, shocker huh?)
	+ The boost. The boost is here, oh god the boost.
	+ Ian Flynn went on his podcast to say that **Sonic Rush** comes before **Sonic 06**. This is wrong. Eggman doesn't know who Eggman Nega is in **Sonic Rivals**, but already knows him in **Sonic Rush**.
* The events of **Sonic and the Secret Rings**
	+ Release order.
* The events of **Sonic Rush Adventure**
	+ Sequel to **Sonic Rush**.
	+ Release order regardless; there's nothing really saying it necessitates it being a direct sequel.
	+ Eggman's kind of mad at Nega now for wanting to blow up the planet.
* The events of **Sonic Rivals 2**
	+ Nega's trapped in Chaotix Inferno. Will he get out? Who knows, but he hasn't so that's the end of the Nega Man

## Year 4

* The events of **Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity**
	+ Takes place months after Sonic Riders.
	+ Release order. Silver and Blaze are here if you want to know if it still fits.
* The events of **Sonic Unleashed**
	+ Takes place during February; close to Valentine's Day, according to Sonic's Twitter.
	+ But another artwork says it's during Sonic's birthday? Eh I don't trust the translation as far as I can throw it!!!
* The events of **Sonic and the Black Knight**
	+ Amy mentions Sonic being late for their date, which Sonic could accept in Sonic Unleashed, so it's not soon after **Sonic Unleashed**.
* The events of **Sonic Free Riders**
	+ Mweh, after **Black Knight**. The plot for this game has Eggman, and his story from **Colors** continues in **Generations**, and you can't interrupt that.

* The events of **Sonic Colors/Rise of the Wisps**
	+ Takes place during Autumn, according to Sonic's Twitter.
		- **Sonic '06** takes place at the end of Summer. There's not enough time between that game and Colors for it to still be Autumn, so a new year it is.
	+ Orbot and Cubot, those guys
	+ **Rise of the Wisps** takes place while Sonic's in Sweet Mountain.

## Year 5

* The events of **Sonic Generations**
	+ Takes place during Sonic's birthday, so on June 23rd.
	+ Eggman discovers the Time Eater after the events of **Sonic Colors**.
* The events of **Sonic Lost World**
	+ Takes place during Winter, according to Sonic's Twitter.
	+ Wisps are a game mechanic, which were introduced in **Sonic Colors**, but **Sonic Generations** is a continuation of **Colors**, meaning **Sonic Lost World** takes place after Generations.
* The events of **Sonic Runners**

	+ Takes place on Lost Hex, which was first discovered in **Sonic Lost World**.
	+ The *Windy Hill in Spring Event* takes place in Spring, *Happy Birthday Sonic!* takes place on Sonic's birthday, *Tropical Coast in Summer Event* is in Summer, *Halloween Event* is in Halloween, the two simultaneous Christmas events (*Christmas NiGHTS Collaboration Event* & *Christmas Event*) are in Christmas. The Sonic Channel artwork above mentions **Lost World** to have happened during Winter, so this would be an additional year as it conflicts with Year 5's events below.
* The events of **Sonic Runners Adventure**

	+ The Extractor from **Sonic Lost World** is part of the story, making it take place after **Sonic Lost World**.
	+ This also would've been an additional year as it conflicts with Year 5 below. So if you combine this plus **Sonic Runners** above, you'd have Year 7 below!

## Year 6

* The events of **Sonic Forces: Rise of Infinite**: Eggman finds that Phantom Ruby on his doorstep.
* The events of **Sonic Forces: Stress Test**: Eggman tests the Phantom Ruby by summoning a Chaos clone and having it battle Silver and Knuckles.
* **Mystic Jungle: Eggman's Facility**: Shadow beats the crud out of Infinite and calls him weak.
* The events of **Sonic Forces: Looming Shadow**:
* The events of **Episode Shadow**
	+ *Mystic Jungle: Eggman's Facility* takes place max 2 months ago, while the rest of the episode takes place a month before **Sonic Forces**.
* The events of **Sonic Forces**
	+ 6 months of just inane warfare. This duration is referenced in **IDW Sonic the Hedgehog**, so it happened.
* The events of **IDW Sonic the Hedgehog #1-36**: A zombie apocalypse happened. That ended, with nobody no worse for the wear.
	+ Takes place a month after **Sonic Forces**.
	+ The **Tangle & Whisper** mini-series is after #16.
	+ The **2020 Annual** is sprinkled all throughout the Metal Virus saga.
	+ The **2022 Annual** story *Another Grand Adventure for Jet the Hawk* (the worst one) is between #32-#42
	+ The **5th Anniversary Edition** story *Familiar Territory* is somewhere after #32.
	+ The **Bad Guys** mini-series is right between issues #32 and #33.
	+ Issue 45 mentions the entire Metal Virus saga to have happened throughout the Winter.

## Year 7

* The events of **Team Sonic Racing**
	+ The Death Egg from **Forces** makes an appearance here.
	+ Eggman shouldn't still be a threat yet, so it's after atleast one IDW Sonic arc where Eggman ain't menacing the neighborhood, so after Issue 36 would fit.
		- Besides, this game would give Starline enough time to develop and train Surge and Kit.
	+ Orbot and Cubot are with Eggman in this game. After **IDW**'s **Test Run**, an arc happenening from Issue 37 and 40, the two go on vacation and only sneak back in at Eggman's in **Imposter Syndrome** and Issue 50. However, in Issue 43, Vector now owns the Beat Monster from **Team Sonic Racing**. Therefore, **Team Sonic Racing** must be happening between Issues 36 and 37.
	+ **Team Sonic Racing Overdrive** also happens here.

* The events of **IDW Sonic the Hedgehog #37-Right now**
	+ Vector owns the Beat Monster from **Team Sonic Racing** in Issue 43, making it take place after **Team Sonic Racing**.
* The events of **Sonic Channel 2021 Cover Stories**: Sightings of a seven-colored shooting star leads Sonic to many locations and Chaos Emeralds.
	+ *Sonic & Cream* features mass-produced hill-sized Death Egg Robots, likely the ones from **Sonic Forces**. If it is after **Forces**, it has to be after Mr. Tinker turns back into Eggman... and the immediate Metal Virus... yea let's just place it after IDW as a whole for now.
	+ The novels are indeed canon. Have patience for when 2023's novels are finished.
* The events of **Sonic Speed Simulator**: Weird blocky creatures are running around the place.

	+ There's wreckage of Death Egg robots from **Sonic Forces**, placing this game after.
	+ The *Beach Party Event* is in Summer, *Birthday Bash Event* is on Sonic's birthday, *Gotta Snow Fast Event* is during the holidays, and the *1st Anniversary Celebration Event* is on Sonic's birthday... You'd have to add an additional 2 years to this timeline if this were canon.
	+ The *Gotta Snow Fast Event* also features **Sonic Prime'**s Nine, so you'd have a place to put **Sonic Prime** in this timeline: right in the middle of **Sonic Speed Simulator**. Of course, again, this ain't canon.
* The events of **TailsTube #1-3**
	+ Uses footage of **Team Sonic Racing**, making it take place after.
	+ **Tailstube #3** ends with a lead-in to **Sonic Frontiers**.
* The events of **Sonic Frontiers Prologue**
* The events of **Sonic Frontiers**
	+ Before Sonic's gang arrives, Eggman finds a Cyberspace Final Egg base created from his memories. He heads in there and gives Sage shoes.
		- (Don't ask me why there are Christmas stuff, I want to scream too.)
	+ Sonic's birthday is celebrated, meaning **Sonic Frontiers** takes place around June.
	+ **IDW**-exclusive material is mentioned here, such as Tangle by Sonic and the EggNet.
* The events of **The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog**

	+ Sonic references **Sonic Frontiers**, meaning it has to take place after.
	+ The game's canonicity is "the power of headcanon". A rich way of saying non-canon. Still, if it were to be canon, it would be placed here.
* The events of **TailsTube #4-Current**
	+ Well, T**ailsTube #3** took place right before **Sonic Frontiers**, so it only makes sense **TailsTube #4** and beyond is after that.
* The events of **Chao in Space**: Chao in Space is released on DVD, and a Chao is dreamwalking after watching it.
	+ With all the Christmas gifts, Christmas decorations, and Eggman dressed as Santa, this short takes place on Christmas.
	+ Issue 48's cover promoted Chao in Space on a billboard, while it released as a DVD here, meaning Chao in Space takes place after Issue 48.

## References

1. ↑ "*An unexplored jungle from a billion years ago. A lost world of giant plants and swamps.*" -**Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble** manual
2. ↑ "*Springtime in Poloy Forest means it's time for some adventures!*" -**@sonic\_hedgehog**
3. ↑ "*It's been a long time since Tails started living on this island. From here, this story begins before Tails met Sonic...*" -**Tails Adventure** JP manual
4. ↑ "*Uh, for Tails Adventure. That's-... how much can I say about this? ...Things are being adjusted, let's just say. And a Game Gear title, a Game Gear spin-off title is not as beholden to the canon as like the main series. So, expect some, uh, retconning, I guess. In some regards, here and there.*" -Ian Flynn, BumbleKast (September 19th, 2022)
5. ↑ "*They come back every year. 'Little Planet' 🌏, the setting for one day's adventures. 'If I wait here this time of year. Maybe that blue hedgehog will come back to watch? 🦔 I just wanted to say thank you.' Amy's at work making sweets. 'I have so many feelings I want to share with you ✨.' Give shape to your feelings. I hope you all give your loved ones a wonderful gift 🍫.*" -**SonicOfficialJP**
6. ↑ "*Some time after saving Angel Island, Sonic the Hedgehog and his best friend, Miles “Tails” Prower, are relaxing when Tails picks up a strange energy reading far away. Though different from the Chaos Emeralds, the reading is remarkably powerful, and Tails convinces Sonic to join him to check it out.*" -**Sonic Mania** instruction manual
7. ↑ "*Adventures ends with everything basically returning to status quo anyway. Encore and SMA both start the same way, with Sonic appearing back in Angel Island. If it needs to fit into any sort of timeline you could easily just say that it all happens during the time in that singular act in Angel Island and then Encore continues on from there for the rest of the game. That's my perspective on it anyway.*" -**Tyson Hesse**, Sonic and Sega Retro Forums
8. ↑ "*The highlight of this year's #Sonic birthday party is Sonic's Birthday Live! 🎇. We will give a fluttering performance to thank them for always celebrating with us 🎤. Before you know it, the Studiopolis camera crew has arrived and the stage is getting more and more gorgeous..! The best night of the festival was about to end. Happy Birthday Sonic🎂*" -@SonicOfficialJP
9. ↑ "*As Knuckles finishes his showdown with Mecha Sonic, the real hedgehog chases Eggman through space, ultimately destroying his doomsday plans - with it, the Death Egg saga comes to a close.*
*But this humiliating defeat only serves to further Eggman's rage, and he has determined once and for all to rid himself of Sonic. Eggman revisits - and improves - the very best of his creations to defeat our spiked hero. But is there something more to his plan?'**And so a new adventure begins...*****" -**Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 **Story**
10. ↑ "*A Floating Island somewhere in the world. It's been months since the island grazed the surface of the ocean in an incident.*" -**Knuckles' Chaotix** JP manual
11. ↑ "*A few months have passed since the battle from Episode I. However Sonic's rest comes to an end as Little Planet re-approaches.*" -**Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II** Characters
12. ↑ "*'Okay, this is going to get better!' Giddy #Tails🦊 is in the Tails House lab, doing maintenance on the versatile radio-controlled Remote Robot. We finish up a mechanism with complicated variant functions in a crisp 🤖. As we start the new year, why don't you all take care of your work tools? 👀*" -**@SonicOfficialJP**
13. ↑ "*Peace returned to South Island by Sonic's heroic activities, but again the evil hand of the world-conquest-plotting Doctor Eggman was already closing in.*" -**Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)** manual
14. ↑ "*Up until now Tails has no experience, this will certainly be the start of his first great adventure...!!*" -Tails Adventure JP manual
15. ↑ "*Sonic woke up in the afternoon that day. Tails had just gone out a few days ago, saying that he was going on a travel.*" -**Sonic Labyrinth** JP manual
16. ↑ "*I wonder if I could balance on those? Might need to practice with some special shoes first. Eh, I'll give it a shot one day.*" -**Sonic the Hedgehog**, **Sonic the Hedgehog Tails 30th Anniversary**
17. ↑ "*Aerial Battleship Egg Carrier Pool Room ⛱️ Eggman is happy with shaved ice🍧 by the cool pool while watching #Sonic run through the lava area of Red Mountain. I'm sure there has never been a cooler taste for him than this ✨. Hot days are still ahead.*
*Here's a late-#summer greeting from EggCarrier! ☀️*" -**SonicOfficialJP**
18. ↑ "*Gamma is back, by the strange power of the dreams in Maginaryworld.*" -Gamma's First Mission, Sonic's Album
19. ↑ "*Amy is still very much in love with Sonic, but she hasn't heard from him in a while and is worried about him.*" -**Sonic Heroes JP** manual
20. ↑ "'It's a nice... place. This place.' The summer public viewing event of the Principality of Soleana, the fireworks display on the water, was a great success again this year. Silver stops by the festival on his journey, looks up at the sky from his boat, and is half speechless at the beauty of the fireworks and the peaceful festival scene...✨. Summer is already over, and we send you a late summer greeting from the Principality of Soleana!" -**@SonicOfficialJP**
21. ↑ **Ian Flynn**: *Sonic Rush comes first, the Blaze of '06 is the Blaze of Rush...*, **BumbleKast Mini! for September 22nd - Ian Flynn Q&A Podcast**
22. ↑ "*A few months after the World Grand Prix the night sky was filled with a deafening roar as a meteorite hurtled towards the ground.*" -Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity manual
23. ↑ "*While waiting for Sonic on his adventure, Amy is eagerly baking sweets on the second floor of a bakery in Spagonia. I'm sure the chocolate bars you put your heart and soul into tasted wonderful! Chip was supposed to help...? Today is Valentine's Day. May you all have a sweet day [Channel Staff].*" -**@SonicOfficialJP**
24. ↑ "*'Then you have a birthday today!' 💡 Warm Apotos afternoon ☀. Sonic told Chip that he didn't know when his birthday was, and the birthday party started by chance ✨. After exchanging gifts, with a big smile, yes cheese! 📸 The sea breeze blows through to bless the pair!*" -**SonicOfficialJP**
25. ↑ **Amy Rose**: "*And when you're done, the world will be at peace and we can finally go out!*"

**Sonic the Hedgehog**: "*That could be fun.*"

**Amy Rose**: "*You... You mean it?! Yaaay! It's a promise! Now, go! Hurry up! Go save the world already, geez!*", Sonic Unleashed
26. ↑ "*It is the season of cooler weather and better food. It's the "fall of appetite." If there were such a theme park somewhere in the universe, I could enjoy a mountain of hamburgers and sweets.........somewhere, right? Sonic will tell you that chili dogs are the best anywhere.*" -**@SonicOfficialJP**
27. ↑ "*Sonic Santa is coming, slicing through the night sky of the Northern Lights. They are just now crossing the snowy mountains of Lost Hex!  Be good, everyone, and wait for it★. Merry Christmas from Sonic and the Sonic Team! [Channel Staff]*" -**@SonicOfficialJP**
28. ↑ "*'Tighten here like this, and...' Tails is busy servicing the Tornado in the hangar at Tails Labs. The sky is covered with powdery snow, but this cold weather is nothing to his enthusiasm for tinkering with his favorite machines. Lost Hex brings you #ColdHex! [Channel Staff]*" -**@SonicOfficialJP**
29. ↑ "*Ha! No offense, but you're about seven months late.*" -**Sonic the Hedgehog**, **Sonic the Hedgehog #4**
30. ↑ "*Uh, Tangle and Whisper mini-series takes place after... I think it's Sonic #16 - it's the one where Tangle goes to visit Sonic and Tails at the lab. It happens after that one, but before the Metal Virus really starts getting nuts.*" -**Ian Flynn**, **BumbleKast** (July 8, 2019)
31. ↑ "*Here's the thing: the stories in the 2020 annual don't all fit neatly into one place. And I actually sat down and went through the books again to research this, so if you really really want your nitpicky order, this is the best I can give you. Uh, the Metal Sonic story is best placed somewhere after Sonic #15. It's pretty open-ended, so it could fit in a lot of places. Uh, Dr. Starline's story with Eggman in the Egg Cave... has to happen somewhere before Sonic #18. That would be where the first seed of doubt is planted, and then things just get worse from there. The story, uh, starring Nite the Owl -- which I love that name -- is kind of before, but also during and then sometime after the storyline in Sonic #19 and #20. Jewel's story has to happen somewhere between the #21 to #23 arc and #24. The Chaotix story has to happen somewhere between Sonic #20 and 21. Again, 21, 22, 23; they all kind of count as one story because they'll happen roughly the same time. And therefore, Big's story has to happen sometime after Sonic #24. So, ideally, they should all be kind of chopped up and sprinkled throughout the trades, but that's kind of crazy and I don't know how that would work with page counts. So, that's your reading order if you want to put it together yourself.*" -**Ian Flynn**, **BumbleKast** (October 19th, 2020)
32. ↑ **Andrew DeCrescenzo**: "*Sure thing! So I take it it fits best before [Whisper] returns to the Restoration HQ in issue 42 and not as a mission after returning or after leaving to track down Mimic?*" **Ian Mutchler**: "*yes, i agree that’s best!*"
33. ↑ "*Sometime after the Metal Virus saga.*" -**Ian Flynn**, **BumbleKast** (May 12th, 2023)
34. ↑ "*It is safely snuggled between Sonic #32 and Sonic #33.*" -**Ian Flynn**, **BumbleKast** (October 12th, 2020)
35. ↑ "*The Metal Virus infected this entire region through the winter and metal plants don't absorb water, see?*" -**Forest Ridge Zone campground owner**, **Sonic the Hedgehog #45**
36. ↑ **The Might of Gebura**: *Are the Sonic Channel Novels canon? And if so, where do they take place in the timeline?* // **Ian Flynn**: *I consider it to be.* (BumbleKast Mini! for July 5th, 2023 - Ian Flynn Q&A Podcast)
37. ↑ "*Blocky creature, you are too fun and useful for me to annihilate. I am obligated to give my thanks.*" -**E-123 Omega**, **Sonic Speed Simulator**
38. ↑ "*'This... is... a gift...' A room at the Final Egg Base, projected into the cyber space. Sage, updated by Eggman, looks at the big changes in her little toes 🥿. ''Cause it's not a disgrace for my perfect creation to be barefoot! 😤' Christmas is coming soon 🎄. We'll give you a gift 🎁 with all our hearts.*" -**@SonicOfficialJP**
39. ↑ "*This is not a Sonic Team title, but we strongly believe in the power of headcanon!*" -**The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog** Steam description