The End

* Elder
* Master King
* Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane (Titan pilots)

### Goals

Establish universal order and neutrality by destroying all of existence and reverting it to nothing (failed).
Wipe out the last surviving Ancients (failed).
Manipulate Sonic into releasing it from Cyber Space by destroying the Titans and deactivating the six towers (succeeded).
Kill Sonic and Sage.
Resume its consumption of all creation by destroying the world (both failed).

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Detractors of THE END consider it to be a very underwhelming villain or an otherwise wasted idea that had a lot of potential.
The Japanese dub of Sonic Frontiers made THE END comes of as another generic doomsday villain Sonic fights, unlike the English Dub that paints it as a completely depraved villain.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

Supporters of THE END consider it to be by far one of the darkest villains in the entire series, as well as a neat concept for a villain in general

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Wasted Villain

**The End** is the overarching antagonist of the *Sonic the Hedgehog* franchise, serving as the main antagonist of *Sonic Frontiers*, and its DLC *The Final Horizon*. It is a sadistic, godlike entity that went around the galaxies and destroyed an indescribable amount of planets, all with no known motivation aside from considering themselves as supreme.

In Japanese, it is voiced by Gara Takashima for its female voice and Hōchū Ōtsuka for its male voice. In English, it is voiced by Cindy Robinson for its female voice and Mike Pollock, who also did the voice for Dr. Eggman, for its male voice.

## What Makes It a Base-Breaking Characters?

### What Do People Like About It?

* Those who like The End consider it one of the darkest villains in the entire Sonic franchise, thanks in part to the fact that it had committed mass genocide all across the omniverse.
	+ Additionally, all scenes that involve The End are portrayed very seriously, adding onto people's perception of this.
* A common point of praise for The End is how unique of an idea for a villain it is, being the end of the universe itself, or rather a lack of hope personified, that tells others that their lives are meaningless, greatly contrasting with the franchise's titular protagonist, who actively encourages others to live their lives freely.
* Its monologue, where it talks down to both Sonic and Sage about its perpetual existence and how everything it kills is worthless, during the final battle in the base game has been deemed one of the most memorable parts of the series, becoming one of the most quoted lines of any character within the Sonic fanbase.
* It is generally agreed that the final battle with it in the DLC *The Final Horizon* is one of the best Sonic final bosses of all time due to its atmosphere, the introduction of two new Super Forms for Sonic, and the high stakes involved with the fight, even being able to temporarily take Sonic out of his super form.

### What Do People Dislike About It?

* Those who dislike The End all around consider it a very flat and boring villain, with no real personality or characterization beyond just wanting to destroy everything. Not helping is how there was no real build up to the character until the last island of the game. Even in the DLC it is commonly complained that it still wasn't given any further characterization.
	+ In Japanese script, The End comes off as the genuine & respectful extremist cosmic being. That would paint itself as just another generic doomsday villain Sonic fights, unlike the English script that characterized as the absolutely depraved, supremacistic, & manipulative being. It doesn't help that it has killed all the survivors of The Ancients and destroyed countless planets and stars.
* Many people found both phases of its fight in the base game to be rather underwhelming, unlike all of the other bosses, which are deemed some of the best parts of *Sonic Frontiers*.
	+ The first phase, where Sonic fights the SUPREME titan is considered underwhelming and rather easy to beat. Not helping this is when hackers found this part of the game had been rushed, as the fight would have included extra attacks like SUPREME using a giant gun.
	+ The second phase, where Sonic and Sage fight it in space, is also commonly criticized for using a mechanic in the game that had only been used one other time up to this point, fighting The End in a Ikaruga-style shoot-em-up. The insane difficulty of this battle also contributed to this.
* People commonly mock the character's design, being nothing more than a giant purple glowing moon, in contrast to the more complex designs of other villains such as Dark Gaia or even Black Doom.
	+ On the other hand, Morio Kishimoto had also revealed that this form is only one way it can appear, as its actual appearance is what one perceives death to be, with The End just appearing as a moon due to the moon being associated with death in some myths. Even with this explanation, however, people were still rather unsatisfied with this design choice.
* When Ian Flynn had confirmed on Twitter that Sonic had killed The End entirely, this had left some fans rather disappointed that the concept of the character was thrown out rather quickly, being a concept that could easily be explored more in later games.

## Trivia

* Only the English Dub of THE END is Pure Evil.

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