Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill

## Sonic Cinematic Universe

***Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill*** is a five-issue one-shot comic book miniseries from IDW Publishing which released on March 30, 2022. It is a collection of five stories that act as a prequel to *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*.

## Synopsis

Catch up with Sonic and friends—if you can—in this exclusive prequel to 2022’s most anticipated family film! Life is good in Green Hills for Sonic the Hedgehog . . . maybe too good. He’s starting to get bored, and when Sonic gets bored, things become a lot less boring for everyone else—fast! Quicker than you can say “Chili Dog,” the Fastest Thing Alive is saving the day and causing all sorts of chaos along the way! Plus, new and returning characters starring in the *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* film take the lead in stories of their own!

## Plot

### Hedgehog Day Afternoon

Sonic the Hedgehog narrates his story whilst he struggles to escape from a money vault, which he accidentally locked himself into, and ponders if this is the end of him.

Twelve hours prior, Maddie Wachowski leaves to the veterinarian clinic, alarming Sonic to not cause nor be in trouble until Tom Wachowski and Wade Whipple return from their trip. Even though he assured he'll remain well behaved, he couldn’t resist his sense of adventure and heads out to town, asking Ozzie to not tell anyone.

Outdoors, Sonic creates snowmen involved in a horror-based incident quickly enough to make citizens believe it was the work of truant teenagers.

    He also heads to a donut shop to recreate Sergeant Sprinkles and chats with it about his heroism and recent heroic events or deeds. He also discusses a 'super hero' alias, "The Electric Hog". Carl, however, finds "The Blue Devil" the most fitting ever since their first encounter. But Sonic replies that his name in mind is better than the nickname 'Crazy Carl'. Sonic would then feel down, as he expected revealing himself to the public would be more exciting, but Sgt. Sprinkles assures him this new life is a better experience than going ice fishing with Tom and Wade. Meanwhile, in Walla Walla, Washington, Jason and his team of robbers rob the First Bank of Walla Walla and take the people inside hostage. Not being after the money, however, Jason forces hostage Lindsey to come with him to the vault. Inside, Jason opens safety deposit box number 203 to find a fully functioning Control Glove that belongs to Ivo Robotnik. Jason reveals that he and his crew were sent by a client to retrieve this glove but he decides to make use of it before returning it.

On the edge of town, Tom and Wade, whom are fishing, Tom wonders if all the problems in life could be solved if one achieves one pure moment of tranquility while Wade talks about how awesome it would be if they asked the federal government to give them a police chopper. Tom replies he had enough airborne action when he and his wife Maddie were pushed off the Transamerica Pyramid by Sonic. Wade resolves to just stick by the police scanner, believing he could one day heed the call to adventure. Suddenly, the pair hear an A.P.B. for any available units in Walla Walla to aid against an armed robbery at the First Bank of Walla Walla. Wade gets excited over this call, prompting Tom to ask him to calm down as he did not wish to deal with another hyperactive daredevil. The pair get in their vehicle and drive down to aid the police. Sonic also hears about this robbery on the news as he ate some chili dogs. In a rush of excitement, he travels the entire 350 miles to the source of the problem. Jason is later informed that the cops have the whole place surrounded and is asked by a crew member about the escape route that was promised to them. Jason tells him to relax as he is still figuring out how to work the glove. Nearby, Lindsey convinces herself that the situation will all be over in a few minutes. She is suddenly met by Sonic, who states it will be over much sooner. The startled Lindsey is told by the hedgehog that she has no need to be alarmed with the "Super Streak" in her presence. Lindsey, underwhelmed by Sonic's alias, is told by Sonic that he has enough experience to take care of the thugs. Sonic runs all around the vault looking for the leader, only to be shocked by a taser by Lindsey. She angrily tells Jason that not only did his time wasting blow her cover but it was also attracting people like Sonic to them; she demands him to hurry up with the glove configuration and get them extracted from the building. He tells her that he is almost done, leading Lindsey to make a call to their client. She updates him on how they are surrounded by cops and her cover has been blown. Additionally, she believes someone has sent some kind of "giant blue chipmunk" after them. The client states that a creature with that sort of description would be of interest to him and says that he is willing to pay extra if he is delivered to him in one piece. Lindsey says that she can do this but wants an extra half a million dollars in cryptocurrency to be sent to her wallet, along with an extraction plan. A dazed Sonic is soon locked within the vault.

Outside the bank, Tom and Wade arrive on the scene, with the latter noting that it reminds him of a movie. Tom tells Wade to become serious before they begin to interact with the situation. One of the police officers there talks about how there have been no demands or confirmation of the number of people involved; there has only been a total communications blackout, which greatly confuses her as to what the thugs were doing inside. Tom introduces himself and Wade to the police officer, with Wade asking for what kind of situation it is and noting that he would be up for helping with a bomb defusing. Just then, Jason manages to finally get the glove working and summons three Badniks his way. Tom, Wade, and the police officer see the Badniks fly overhead, prompting the officer to ask if they can take care of the drones. Recognizing the design of the drones, Tom notes that they have had experience against them. While Sonic struggles to open the vault door, the Badniks use grapples to hook onto the vault and drag the entire thing out of the building. Surprised at the revelation, Lindsey takes the glove wondering what else the it could do. Jason says that they should forget about their buyer and instead use the glove to make much more than what he was paying by stealing the vault and everything in it; Lindsey agrees.

Inside the vault, Sonic decides to run circles around the interior, forcing the vault and the Badniks and spin right around in place. This creates quite a great cyclone effect outside, forcing the others to take cover. Jason and Lindsey wonder what the drones were doing and soon find the vault to be dropped back into the building, unable to keep up the pressure. The dazed Sonic considers the struggle with the vault to be a draw. Jason asks if Sonic would last much longer in there, to which Lindsey states that he will not for long. Deciding that breaking out of a bank was much cooler than breaking into one, Sonic charges up and performs a spin attack to break out of the vault. He offers the thugs two ways to deal with the current situation; the easy way or the hard way, which is traveled only by "Hedgehog the Unkillable". As Jason does not find this name intimidating, Sonic asks if it is too "avenging vigilante". With this, Lindsey activates the glove. Outside, Wade notices that though the noise has died down, the Badniks were still out and about. Fed up with not getting to enjoy his vacation, Tom takes up his fishing rod and manages to destroy a Badnik by hooking onto it. He misses the second Badnik that flies back inside the bank.

As the thugs point their guns at Sonic, he asks if they would actually shoot what he is pretty sure is an endangered species. Not giving them a chance to answer, Sonic makes quick work of the group and pins down Jason to ask about where he got the glove from. He tells the hedgehog that he heard about it on the dark web. A Badnik flies by Lindsey's side and she orders it to attack Sonic. The Badnik instead uses its extended arm to grab a hold of the glove and carry Lindsey into the air as she struggles with it. Sonic states that the Badniks had only one master and he did not like to share. Sonic forces the thugs to walk out and get themselves arrested, while telling them and the hostages not to mention his presence. Tom enters the bank to force the thugs to surrender, only to be shocked that they are already in the process of surrendering themselves just as he walks in. Sonic returns to the site of the vault to see that Lindsey has lost the glove and is now falling. He catches her as he did not believe she deserved death. He says that if Lindsey was not so bad at crime, he would have suspected that she was actually distracting him to let the Badnik get away. However, while dropping her onto the floor, Sonic firmly believes that the day has been saved. Stating that Lindsey will face time for her actions, Sonic rebrands himself as "Blue Justice". Lindsey pleads with Sonic, saying that she will surrender if he stops talking.

The Badnik that got away returns to the client, who is revealed to be agent Stone, and gives him Robotnik's glove. At the crime scene, Wade congratulates Tom on being a hero again and states that the next time a killer robot shows up, he will take it down with something like a blow dart or a boomerang. However, Tom is more concerned with the fact that there are still more of Robotnik's technology still around and wonders how many more of these incidents they would have to deal with. Because of this, Tom resolves not to tell Sonic about any of this, believing that there will be a bigger mess if the hedgehog attempted to track them down. The police officer from before notes that she could not follow the conversation properly but offers donuts to the duo for helping out. However, she finds that all of the donuts have been taken. It is revealed that Sonic took them as he runs back home.

### The Secret Of My Distress

Agent Stone, having retrieved a Control Glove by a Badnik with a flash drive inside, finds a manifesto written by Ivo Robotnik prior to defeat as a contingency plan to control the weaker minded individuals of America. Stone utilizes the steps listed, trying them out on a simple coffee shop named "Karen's Coffee". He applies for a barista occupation. Mistakenly according to Robotnik's rules, Stone offers the café owner Karen a steamed goat milk delicacy, which is spit out by her. Stone then assures himself and co-worker Brayden that he shall thrive above Karen's power in a week.

Tina requests Stone to cover a shift for her, only to take a day off for herself on Sunday. Unfortunately for her, Stone has sent a Crabmeat Badnik to destroy her car. Monday, Stone receives keys to the café and becomes a cashier following Tina's 'sudden' disappearance. The assistant manager George threateningly tells Stone too do his job well, resulting in his kidnapping by Flying Eggs on Tuesday. Due to the lack of productivity, Stone is set to pick up the slack by Karen on Wednesday. Thursday, Karen is arrested for money laundering by an anonymous tip from Stone. From prison, Karen received a one time call from Stone on Friday, who declares his ownership of the café.

Saturday, pre-Stone's successful coffee shop takeover, Stone suggests there to be new equipment and a revamped name, which would later be 'Mean Bean Coffee Café'.

### Always Bet On Red

Knuckles the Echidna searches for Sonic the Hedgehog as he believes he is the key to everything. He thus investigates the most desolate places of the galaxy for him as he is his one chance to restore what was lost. Through a ring, the echidna arrives on a slightly mountainous planet with a clear volcano nearby. It was said that his people used to track in packs. However, alone or not, Knuckles is determined to find him. He mentions how his hunt must be quick depending on how fast people say Sonic is, but declares that nothing can escape him once he has dug in. Knuckles scales up a section near a mountain, only to fall off when the volcano erupts. He lands on ground far below. With this, he suggests that no one could survive in the area, not even hunters or scavengers. Two scavengers exit from a ring and find the echidna struggling to get back on his feet. They restrain him and take him away through their ring.

Knuckles is eventually imprisoned in *Casino Night*, where a battle between him and a giant two-headed scorpion-like alien was promised. Aforementioned brawl engages, in which Knuckles unleashes himself from his chains and forces his dangerous rage-filled abilities upon the monster he faces. Feeling good regarding his victory, he still focuses on the finding of Sonic; he may need to betray his own instincts as it is one job he may not be able to do on his own. Knuckles wins a bag of rings for his prize and requests the scavengers to help him with finding something.

### Two For The Road

Tails hops through a ring to Sonic's Island in an attempt to locate Sonic the Hedgehog, where he visits the late Longclaw's sacred home, finding a left over drawing made by Sonic in the past. Scanning it, Tails can now form a rough path through the galaxy to Sonic's current location. He first visits the Marble Zone, where he reads high chaos energy spikes that originate from Rava the Destroyer's domain. Not knowing that that was the source, and also the wrong type of energy, Tails accidentally crosses Rava's domain, which left Rava furious. Realizing that a pursuer is following Tails' travels, he transports to Spring Yard, Aquatic Ruins and eventually to Hill Top. As all of these locations result in a dead end, the only planets with high energy signatures he knows of are the Mushroom Planet and Earth. As he travels to Earth, the scavengers and Knuckles lose track of Tails. They then decide to follow Knuckles guide to another person who can get to Sonic.

### Mushroom With A View

Following the Skirmish at Green Hills, Doctor Eggman remains stranded upon the Mushroom Planet. After taking a bite of a mysterious blue mushroom, he collects more, following a trail that leads to a cave surrounded by these mushrooms. He comes to find out that said mushrooms are villainous and are attempting to eat Eggman back, he burns the cave with his jet fuel dispersement system set on flamethrower mode. He deems himself victorious to the nincompoop life forms he faced, and his ready to fend off his most recent arch-nemesis.

## Appearances

### Characters

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Tails
* Knuckles the Echidna
* Doctor Eggman
* Maddie Wachowski
* Carl
* Stone
* Tom Wachowski
* Wade Whipple
* Vector the Crocodile
* Espio the Chameleon
* Charmy Bee
* Rava the Destroyer
* Jason
* Lindsey
* Karen
* Tina
* Brayden
* George
* Longclaw (portrait)

### Locations

* Earth
	+ United States of America
		- Green Hills, Montana
			* Karen's Coffee
		- Walla Walla, Washington
			* First Bank of Walla Walla
		- San Francisco, California (indirectly mentioned)
			* Transamerica Pyramid (mentioned)
* Mobius
	+ Sonic's Island
		- Longclaw's Home
* Mushroom Planet
* *Casino Night*
* Hill Top Zone
* Marble Zone
* Aquatic Ruin Zone
* Spring Yard Zone

### Events

* Robbery of the First Bank of Walla Walla
* Skirmish at Green Hills (indirectly mentioned)
* Chase of San Francisco (indirectly mentioned)

### Items

* Rings
* Sonic's PUMAs
* Sergeant Sprinkles
* Miles Electric
* Control Gloves
* Springs
* Bumpers

### Sentient Species

* Humans
* Hedgehogs
* Foxes
* Echidnas
* Lizards
* Pigs
* Rabbits
* Cats
* Squirrels
* Penguins
* Crocodiles
* Chameleons
* Bees

### Creatures

* Dogs
	+ Ozzie
* Chipmunks (mentioned)

### Organizations

* United States government (indirectly mentioned)
* Green Hills Sheriff's Department
* Lindsey's Crew
* Scavengers

## Trivia

* In *Always Bet On Red*, animals resembling Ricky, Pocky, Pecky and Picky can be seen in one panel.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IDW March 2022 Solicitations
2. ↑ Kiel Phegley on Twitter - March 8, 2022
3. ↑ *Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill* on Amazon