Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill

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## Production Staff

### Writer

Kiel Phegley, Gale Galligan

**Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill** is a one-shot collection of stories published by IDW Publishing that are set in the cinematic continuity of the Sonic the hedgehog movie series.

## Official Solicitation

*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!*
## Featured Stories

### Hedgehog Day Afternoon

* **Story**: Kiel Phegley
* **Art**: Adam Bryce Thomas
* **Colors**: Reggie Graham
* **Letters**: Shawn Lee

#### Appearances

**Characters:**

* Sonic the Hedgehog ***(First appearance)***
* Maddie Wachowski ***(First appearance)***
* Ozzie ***(First appearance)***
* Crazy Carl ***(First appearance)***
* Badnik (Movie Universe) ***(First appearance)***
* Green Hills Sheriff's Department
	+ Tom Wachowski
	+ Wade Whipple ***(First appearance)***
* Jason ***(First appearance)***
* Lindsey ***(First appearance)***

**Locations:**

* Earth ***(First appearance)***
	+ Green Hills, Montanna ***(First appearance)***
	+ Walla Walla ***(First appearance)***
		- First bank of Walla Walla ***(First appearance)***
	+ Transamerica Pyramid ***(Mentioned)***

**Items:**

* Robotnik Control Glove
* Chili dog
* Donuts (multiple)

**Misc:**

* Chaos energy

### The Secret of my Distress

* **Story**: Kiel Phegley
* **Art**: Tracy Yardley
* **Colors**: Luis Antonio Delgado
* **Letters**: Shawn Lee

#### Appearances

**Characters:**

* Agent Stone ***(First appearance)***
* Dr. Robotnik (Movie Universe) ***(Mentioned)***
* Badnik (Movie Universe) ***(First appearance)***
	+ Crabmeat (Movie Universe) ***(First appearance)***
* Karen ***(First appearance)***
* Tina ***(First appearance)***
* Brayden ***(First appearance)***
* George ***(First appearance)***

**Locations:**

* Earth
	+ Green Hills
	+ Karen’s Coffee ***(First appearance)***

**Items:**

* Robotnik Control Glove

#### Trivia

* The story's title is a reference to *The Secret of My Success*, a film starring Michael J. Fox. Its logo is based off the the film's logo as well.
* Stone tries making a steamed Austrian goat milk latte for Karen, which is a drink he was first seen preparing for Dr. Robotnik in the first *Sonic the Hedgehog* film.

### Always Bet on Red

* **Story**: Kiel Phegley
* **Art**: Evan Stanley
* **Colors**: Heather Breckel
* **Letters**: Shawn Lee

#### Appearances

**Characters:**

* Knuckles the Echidna (Movie Universe) ***(First appearance)***
* Sonic the Hedgehog (Movie Universe) ***(Mentioned)***
* Scavengers
	+ Scavenger Leader

**Items:**

* Rings (multiple)

**Locations:**

* Casino Night

**Misc:**

* Chaos energy

##### Trivia

* Team Chaotix make a cameo appearance on page twenty-eight.
* Three of the gamblers on page twenty-eight resemble a Ricky, Picky, and Pocky.

### Two for the Road

* **Story**: Kiel Phegley
* **Art**: Evan Stanley
* **Colors**: Heather Breckel
* **Letters**: Shawn Lee

#### Appearances

**Characters:**

* Knuckles the Echidna (Movie Universe)
* Tails the Fox
* Longclaw (portrait)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (drawing)
* Rava the Destroyer

**Locations:**

* Earth ***(Mentioned)***
* Hill Top Zone ***(First appearance)***
* Marble Zone ***(First appearance)***
* Marble Garden Zone ***(First appearance)***
* Mushroom Planet ***(Mentioned)***
* Sonic's world ***(First appearance)***
	+ Sonic's Island
		- Green Hill Zone (Movie Universe) ***(First appearance)***
* Spring Yard Zone ***(First appearance)***

**Items:**

* Miles Electric
* Rings (multiple)
* Spring (Movie Universe)
* Bumper

**Misc.**:

* Chaos energy ***(Mentioned)***

#### Trivia

* Tails ends up traveling to Earth in order to find Sonic. He is first seen traveling there in the first Sonic the Hedgehog film.
* The scavengers continue to guide Knuckles through different worlds to find Sonic, following the previous story in this one-shot, "Always Bet On Red".

### Mushroom with a View

* **Story**: Kiel Phegley
* **Art**: Tracy Yardley
* **Colors**: Luis Antonio Delgado
* **Letters**: Shawn Lee

#### Appearances

**Characters:**

* Dr. Robotnik (Movie Universe)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (Movie Universe) ***(Mentioned)***

**Locations:**

* Mushroom Planet
* Earth ***(Mentioned)***

**Misc:**

* Eggpod

## Other Features

* **Cover Gallery**: A page dedicated to a clean, textless illustration of this issue's front cover.

## Trivia

* According to writer Kiel Phegley, the Robotnik story was "spearheaded" by Jim Carrey, the actor portraying as Robotnik.
* The name of this book came from John Barber after he had made a typo typing the word "prequel".

## Gallery

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