ah yeah! this is happenin'! https://twitter.com/swishbuzzroar/status/1306550967664553987

I'll try to keep this in a single thread. if ya don't wanna listen to me commentate, just mute this convo... or me lol!!

Tails giving Sonic what looks like Master Emerald shards in the opening??? (yes, we're watching this in Japanese.)

I love how the full introduction of sonic is him fighting these gundam-esque robots with his friends... and then you're watching a show mostly about a rich elementary school kid and his family hanging out with sonic.

baby, you are our angeeelllllll!!!

sonic and knuckles were the og concept of the blue and red oni trope lol shadow ended up taking that role tho.

bro... DID HE ALWAYS KNOW ABOUT CHAOS CONTROL?! WE LEARN ABOUT CHAOS CONTROL IN THE FIRST EPISODE??? FROM KNUCKLES??? EXCUSE ME???

my brain is racing at the thought that knuckles knew what chaos control was when everyone else had no idea. how do you know about that? what are your secrets?

"see, he has a cheeky look" haha

thinking about that Sonic X Abridged where they edited the whole preparation scene with sam and the s team to 'eye of the tiger'

sam, no one cares that you don't get any action as a part of a special police force.

I'm gonna dunk on most of the humans in this series so hard bc it's the only way to tolerate them lmao

anyway, sonic's contemplation over where he is and what happened to him and his friends... then immediately like, "eh, I'll figure it out later!!"

sonic: I am only allowed to feel despair for exactly 10 seconds, no more.

the fact that people see sonic as a hedgehog before any other animal in this show is remarkable.

sonic's english!!!

I absolutely adore sonic's attitude in this show.

sonic has sooo much personality in this second episode. the animators pushed the heck out of his expressions and body language.

chuck: maybe the military thinks you guys are some sort of alien or biological weapon.

of course they do, shadow is in vault somewhere in their facilities.

could you imagine if the black arms were a thing in this show? that'd be wild.

chris: do you know how sonic can make his way around the facility?
chuck: yeah, if you keep going in suspicious-looking directions, you're probably going the right way.

lol alright, grandpa chuck. you're my favorite human so far.

aww, cream is so sweet and positive, even in such a scary situation also... sonic, language!!

TAAAILS!!!

when chaos control is established this early in the show, it makes shadow's version less impressive lmaooooo

roast him, knuckles!! haha stop arguing, you two, you're both right.

ahh, I'm so excited for knuckles' character development. Sonic X was so good to him!!

I feel like we should all remember this knuckles bc this was very much his character before shadow came into the cast and, to a degree, it still is given that you play the games in Japanese. he's a lot more lively nowadays, but he can be serious when he needs to be.

eggman having to go through different people in positions of power haha he's sure patient with his take over of the city.

knuckles trying to look out for amy despite pushing her away with his words earlier don't tempt her into danger bc you're too stubborn to reason with!!

amy: we should help our friends.
knuckles: I really don't wanna get involved with you all.
amy: UGH!!! You're so dumb!!!
knuckles: HOW?!

*tails and chris being attacked by eggman*
sonic: they look like they're having fun!!

sonic...

knuckles ran faster on the stairs to the roof of that building than amy did riding in the elevator...

love that knuckles is all happy to see sonic after, in amy's words, "talking stink" about him just 15min ago lol

ahhh!! knuckles is so cool!! then you learn he's also a huge dork hkdfjsk

knuckles looking at sonic and amy... BRO, I KNOW YOU WANT THAT FRIENDSHIP. DON'T LIE TO YOURSELF.

don't mind me, I'm going to be yelling about knuckles a lot in this thread.