The Sega Scourge

**The Sega Scourge** is a Sonic-focused YouTube content creator known particularly for his two long-running series: *The Sonic Theorist* and *Sonic: What If?*. His content largely revolves around the lore and stories of the Sonic video game series, asking and answering questions held by the fanbase be they informative or narrative in their presentation.

## Role in Sonic: What If?

### Narration

The Sega Scourge is most known for his role as the narrator on all episodes of the series, filmed reading out the script on a number of backdrops that have evolved as the series progresses. While most of the episodes have him reading directly through the story, there will be moments at the start and end of the episodes where he greets and bids farewell the viewers, talking briefly about the series as a whole, providing recaps and asking questions of the community regarding their thoughts on the given instalment. Some segments within episodes will have Scourge deviate from the story to provide explanations on certain elements or crack jokes, providing some breaks between exposition.

### Writing

As head showrunner, all episodes of the main series thus far have been penned at least in part by Scourge. He also provides the writing for Sonicomics: What If? and writing passes for the short stories accompanying Official Artwork releases.

### Voice Acting

As the chief narrator, Scourge provides many voices for the characters who have spoken dialogue throughout the show.

#### Characters voiced by The Sega Scourge

* Sonic the Hedgehog (WI01)
* Chip (WI01)
* Caliburn (WI01)
* Sir Percival (WI01)
* Sir Lancelot (WI01)
* Orbot (WI01)
* Cubot (WI01)
* Doctor Eggman (WI01)
* Knuckles the Echidna (WI01)
* Espio the Chameleon (WI01)
* Vector the Crocodile (WI01)
* Big the Cat (WI01)
* E-123 Omega (WI01)
* Shadow the Hedgehog (WI01)
* Miles "Tails" Prower (WI01)
* Erazor Djinn (WI01)
	+ Alf Wamaritan
* Classic Eggman (WI01)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (WI02)
* Emerl (WI02)
* Doctor Eggman (WI02)
* Gemerl (WI02)
* Knuckles the Echidna (WI02)
* Shadow the Hedgehog (WI02)
* Mephiles the Dark (WI02)
* E-123 Omega (WI02)
* Silver the Hedgehog (WI02)
* Masterl
* Imperator Pi'roth Ix (WI02)
* Prefect Charyb (WI02)
* Prefect Scylla (WI02)
* Knuckles the Echidna (WI03)
* Silver the Hedgehog (WI03)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (WI03)
* Shadow the Hedgehog (WI03)
* Vector the Crocodile (WI03)
* Doctor Eggman (WI03)
* E-123 Omega (WI03)
* Black Doom (WI03)
* Commander Abraham Tower (WI03)
* The President (WI03)
* E-102 Gamma (WI04)
* Amy Rose (WI04)
* Doctor Eggman (WI04)
* Big the Cat (WI04)
* Professor Tomo
* E-123 Omega (WI04)
* Master Zik (WI05)
* Espio the Chameleon (WI05)
* The Joker
* Doctor Eggman (AF01)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (AF01)

### Artwork

The Sega Scourge contributes many images to the episodes in place of external artists, typically in the form of composited images taken from various official and non-official pieces of Sonic media, edited to fit the context of the sequence at hand.

Edited Sonic Adventure screenshot used in WI04 Part 1.Composited image of the Space Elevator snapping used in WI01 Part 3.Edited screenshot with new composited elements used in WI01 Part 3.Mix of composited model screenshots and renders over a backdrop used in WI03 Part 2.
## References

1. ↑ Alf Wamaritan is the transformed state of the Time Eater, who is a distinct character from Erazor Djinn. However, due to being possessed by Erazor during his sole appearance, he uses Erazor Djinn's voice.