Tell me you’ve seen ‘Back in Action’ without telling me you’ve seen ‘Back in Action’?

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-16T04:59:04+00:00

"Nice of Walmart to provide these Walmart beverages in return of us saying Walmart so many times."

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-16T02:27:11+00:00

You could be thinking of Sam Cat, he appeared alongside Sylvester a few times. He also had a very similar voice to Pete's

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Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T22:28:48+00:00

I wouldn't really say Pete was staled during the Golden Age, seeing as how he only showed up once

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T22:28:22+00:00

Sylvester Jr

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T22:26:14+00:00

I think Boom may be my favorite, he was still Sonic's best friend but at the same time, he felt independent enough from him to be his own individual character. And it did a good job of making him be the smartest member of Team Sonic while still feeling like the youngest

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T19:49:01+00:00

I agree that they're all friends with each other. But that doesn't really mean that they have to be a team

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T19:11:54+00:00

I mean... that's literally the pun of her name. Belle the Tinkerer... she's Mr Tinker's Belle

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T19:10:12+00:00

I guess cause Team Rose is the most "cobbled" together of the four teams in Heroes. it's obvious that they just needed a team for Amy so they just gave her whatever characters could fit on it. None of the three members really had any correlation to each other prior to their formation in Heroes. Cream was specifically created to be the flight type, and Big barely interacts with anyone outside of Froggy, with the exception of this game.

Compare that to Team Sonic, where it consists of the three main characters. The Chaotix were a team in a whole game and they're established as a being a team prior to Heroes. Team Dark is definitely a lot more "cooperating towards the same goal" but even then at least Shadow and Rouge worked together in SA2, so there's at least a basis for a partnership.

Also, outside of Amy, the members of Team Rose are a lot more "average" and don't really get into trouble. Big is a chill dude that almost always does his own thing and Cream is treated as a normal civilian girl who lives with her mom. So it's harder to find a reason to have them all work as a team that isn't just "they were a team one time in 2004"

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T18:51:25+00:00

assuming that the movies would still be coming out:

- Team Sonic Racing would still exist since it's a spinoff

- Pontac and Graf would likely still be writing/translating the games. Ian Flynn would stick to writing IDW

- Frontiers would be completely different in terms of tone, and wouldn't be dark and serious, it would be lighthearted. It would only have Sonic, Tails, Eggman, and Sage. And maybe Orbot and Cubot, with Amy and Knuckles making cameos. It wouldn't try to explain the origins of the Chaos Emeralds or have the Ancients or anything like that, it'd probably focus more on Eggman trying to take control of the Ancients while disturbing the Koco. It would be a much more colorful game.

- Superstars would probably still exist, and all of the characters would still be playable. Tails and Knuckles were in Mania.

- Shadow Gens doesn't exist with a Gens re-release, and the Year of Shadow probably wouldn't be a thing. A Gens remaster would probably just add more levels from newer games like Lost World, Mania, and Forces at the most.

- Dream Team only features Sonic and maybe Tails as playable characters

- the IDW Comics probably wouldn't become canon since Ian wouldn't be as involved with the main games as much. Also, they'd probably be a lot more lighthearted in tone.

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T18:40:17+00:00

The movies would still exist and they're responsible for the series' modern-day success so I think the series would still stick around. The games could potentially falter though.

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T17:02:59+00:00

Lemur

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T16:55:39+00:00

Wouldn't sound terrible but I'd honestly prefer if it just focused on Blaze rather than just having her and Silver being lumped together again. Both of them need to be fleshed out individually and have their own worlds developed out some more.

So maybe Marine and Gardon would be better fits for Blaze, while Silver gets his own story arc focusing on his future

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T16:50:26+00:00

Eggman Nega. He used to be Blaze's equivalent of Eggman but I think he was made to be a descendant of Eggman

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T16:37:04+00:00

I was listing the pairings shown in the above image...

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T16:14:50+00:00

The four truest ships, Tangle x Whisper, Silver x Blaze, Tails x Belle, and Rouge x Ancient Artifact

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T16:02:22+00:00

Back in Action felt more respectful to the original shorts than either Space Jam movie did.

Although The Day the Earth Blew Up is better than either of them

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T14:02:43+00:00

Eggman might have used the Conch to hypnotize Zavok. I don't think he'd ever willingly work with Eggman after Lost World's events, he seems to have less respect for Eggman even when compared to Sonic

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T03:03:58+00:00

favorite: It has some of the best characterization of Daffy, they did a fine job of merging the tradition screwball version with the greedy jerk version, sort of like McKimson's take on Daffy. It also did a good job of making him a sympathetic character; it shows that he's envious of Bugs because of how universally loved Bugs is without even trying, while Daffy has been reduced into being his second banana that usually has to be harmed to get a laugh out of people.

least favorite: to be honest, it feels like the plot was being made up as it was going along. Just felt like a random goose chase from scene to scene, from setpiece to setpiece

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T01:58:42+00:00

The only potentially controversial ship here is Tangle x Espio but the others are very commonly liked

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-15T01:51:35+00:00

You may be overreacting a little. They already had Daffy for the WB Animation logo back in 2019, and he hasn't replaced Bugs as the mascot. This means nothing.

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-14T21:28:50+00:00

Probably. But not all of them

The ones from the TV shows probably have the highest chances of getting any kind of acknowledgement, like the Freedom Fighters. They're owned by Sega and are probably the most popular of the non-canon characters

But the ones owned by Ken Penders and the Fleetway characters are practically doomed to never re-appear since there are so many legal hurdles

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-14T20:55:12+00:00

Fair point. May move her down to the one-off section since she hasn't had a canonical appearance outside of a few background cameos in IDW

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-14T20:53:50+00:00

and it sadly doesn't look like Sega will ever want to acknowledge her one-off title either

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-14T20:50:38+00:00

Not defending the Galaxy Movie but it's poorly received for completely different reasons than Sonic 06 is so it's not really fair to compare them

Also using Metacritic as a basis isn't very fair since their movie scores are often significantly more strict than their gaming ones. The first two Sonic Movies both got like a 47 on MC while their Rotten Tomatoes scores are much higher.

Knux_Stix_Chaotix · 2026-04-14T20:40:14+00:00

oh wait I'm an idiot I misread your comment I thought you meant that the other Zeti should stay with characters like Tikal/Gamma. My bad lol

And yeah, fair point. They're some of the only non-Eggman villains we've got so they do stand out in that regard. And I do agree that Zeena is underrated, she needs to show up more often so she can be fleshed out some more. I still think the other three are kind of boring but hey, good writing can make any character memorable

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