The Most Terrible Things Sonic The Hedgehog Has Ever Done

Even by Sonic standards, Sonic Underground is weird. Instead of a wise-cracking rebel, Sonic is the prince of Mobius, who spends his time searching for his mother, the queen, in order to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Instead of sidekicks like Tails, Princess Sally, and Amy Rose, Sonic is joined on his adventures by his brother and sister, Manic and Sonia. While Sonic still has superspeed, all three royal children also have magic amulets that transform into both weapons and musical instruments and, when they’re not fighting evil, Sonic and his siblings moonlight as a rock band.

Basically, it doesn’t make any sense, so why not throw some alternate dimension shenanigans and evil doppelgängers in there, too? In “Six is a Crowd” after visiting the Oracle of Delphius, who serves as the hedgehogs’ de facto mentor, Sonic and his family travel to an alternate reality in which Robotnik leads the resistance and Sonic, Sonia, and Manic rule Mobius with three iron fists. After capturing the heroes, the rebel Robotnik explains that Manic stole the people’s money, Sonia robbed them of their freedom, and—worst of all—a fat and lazy version of Sonic took their music.

That gives the rockin’ siblings a chance to prove their innocence with a song, but honestly, the tune “I Can Do That For You,” probably deserves its own entry on this list. Still, Nice Robotnik—who clearly hasn’t heard a good song in a very, very long time—is so charmed that he happily lets Sonic go, leaving the hedgehogs free to confront their doppelgängers and show the evil Sonic clan the error of their ways. Thankfully, they manage to do so without singing. One song per episode is more than enough.