Sonic the Hedgehog
video game character from the eponymous video game franchise
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Summary
Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game character[1]. He ranks in the top 3% of video game character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,639 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Yuji Naka[3], Naoto Ohshima[4], Hirokazu Yasuhara[5], Yūji Uekawa[6], Sega[7], DIC Entertainment Corporation[8]
- Sex or gender: male[9]
- Instance of: anthropomorphic hedgehog[10], comics character[11], film character[12], Sonic the Hedgehog character[13], television character[14], animated character[15]
- Commons category: Sonic the Hedgehog (character)[16]
- Unmarried partner: Amy Rose[17]
- Said to be the same as: Super Sonic[18]
- Color: blue[19]
- Country of origin: United States[20]
- From narrative universe: Sonic the Hedgehog universe[21]
- Home world: Mobius[22], Earth[23]
- Eye color: green[24], black[25]
- Present in work: Super Smash Bros.[26], Sonic the Hedgehog[27], Wreck-It Ralph[28], Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)[29], Sonic Battle[30], Sonic the Hedgehog CD[31], Sonic Forces[32], Sonic Advance 2[33], Sonic Mania[34], Sonic Heroes[35], Sonic Chaos[36], Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball[37], Sonic the Hedgehog 2[38], Ralph Breaks the Internet[39]
- Name in native language: ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ[40], Sonic the Hedgehog[41]
- Different from: Sonic the Hedgehog[42]
- Superhuman feature or ability: superhuman speed[43]
- Hashtag: Sonic[44], SonicTheHedgehog[45], sonic_the_hedgehog[46]
- Subject has role: player character[47]
- Significant person: Miles "Tails" Prower[48], Shadow the Hedgehog[49], Knuckles the Echidna[50]
- Means of locomotion: rolling[51], running[52]
- Wears: glove[53]
- Narrative role: minor character[54], protagonist[55]
- Catchphrase: You're too slow![56], Gotta juice![57]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Sonic the Hedgehog include SHH[58], a gene[59]; The Murder of him[60], a video game[61]; and Coleco Sonic[62], a handheld game console model[63].
Why It Matters
Sonic the Hedgehog has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] He is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for him include SHH[58], a gene[59]; The Murder of him[60], a video game[61]; and Coleco Sonic[62], a handheld game console model[63].