- Not to be confused with Sonic Chaos.
Chaos Sonic (カオスソニック[1] Kaosu Sonikku?) is an antagonist that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He was a robot created by Mr. Dr. Eggman as a means of besting and imitating Sonic the Hedgehog.
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Appearance[]
Chaos Sonic, from "Double Trouble"
Chaos Sonic was a dark blue, spindly robot with long appendages, yellow accents on his body and red shoe-like feet. Having been modeled after Sonic the Hedgehog, he possessed faux quills and ears on his head, the rest of which was primarily composed of a glowing, cyan screen that displayed his red "eyes."
History[]
TV series[]
Season two[]
Chaos Sonic was created as a result of an interrogation Mr. Dr. Eggman performed against Tails Nine. When the doctor asked how to defeat Sonic, Nine said the Chaos Council could not, as they didn't think like Sonic, and had no hope to understand him. This inspired the doctor, who harnessed the power of three Prism Shards to create Chaos Sonic.
Chaos Sonic fighting Sonic, from "Double Trouble".
After Chaos Sonic was built, his first and primary objective was to defeat Sonic for the Chaos Council.[2] During his battle with Sonic, Chaos Sonic taunted him and lay countless blows to him. During the fight, Renegade Knucks got involved before Sonic raced Chaos Sonic and soon managed to subdue him by making him get hit by a bus. However, this didn't last long, as Chaos Sonic soon caught up to his organic counterpart before he could reach Tails Nine. He managed to hold his own against the combined efforts of Sonic, Rebel Rouge, and Knucks, but was lured to the Mother Ship's lab by Sonic, just before Nine fired a Shard-powered beam to ultimately destroy him. Chaos Sonic's remains were later discovered by Dr. Babble, prompting the robot's head to utter one last quip before shutting down and dying.[3]
Season three[]
During the third season, Chaos Sonic was succeeded by the Grim series of robots that Nine builds in his image, and particularly by Alpha Grim Sonic. His personality is not present in the Grim robots in any capacity.[4]
Game appearances[]
Sonic Speed Simulator[]
In Sonic Speed Simulator, Chaos Sonic appeared as a playable character obtainable by competing his side quest in No Place.
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Personality[]
Chaos Sonic showing off his sparky personality, from "Double Trouble".
Having been made to think like Sonic, Chaos Sonic shared several of his personality traits. However, he was an unflattering imitation, specifically only possessing magnified versions of Sonic's more negative attributes: being cocky, overly talkative, competitive, and uncooperative. He was also shown to be sadistic and psychotic.
His extreme arrogance was his most prominent trait, and he constantly bragged and claimed himself superior to Sonic. He even thought of himself as the "new" version of him, aiming to destroy and replace what he considered his inferior predecessor. While he quipped and taunted in a similar manner to Sonic, even borrowing specific lines of his, his taunts had a more sadistic edge to them.
He was also very mocking, imitating Sonic and showing interest in making promotional material of him to get under his skin, and showing the belief that friendship is a weakness.
Powers and abilities[]
As a robot who was supposed to be built at the same level as Sonic the Hedgehog, Chaos Sonic could travel at the same speed. He also had enhanced strength and is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, being able to fight Renegade Knucks, Rebel Rouge and Knuckles the Dread at the same time. He was also durable enough to withstand being hit by a bus and the attack from two Knuckles. He was also able to rotate his head 180 degrees to look behind him. And because he was programmed to be like Sonic, he tended to mock Sonic in the same annoying fashion that Sonic commonly does.
Relationships[]
Sonic the Hedgehog[]
As Chaos Sonic was programmed by the Chaos Council, his first and primary enemy is Sonic the Hedgehog. After he encounters Sonic for the first time, he immediately attacks him in an attempt to defeat him. Chaos Sonic also is seen mocking Sonic during their race, as he copies his words in an echoic manner.
Friends/allies[]
Enemies[]
- Resistance
- Sonic the Hedgehog (normal counterpart)
- Knuckles the Dread
- Nine
Trivia[]
- Chaos Sonic is possibly New Yoke City's version of Metal Sonic, as he shares a lot of his features, albeit slightly altered.
- The race between Sonic and Chaos Sonic bears a resemblance to the iconic race between Sonic and Metal Sonic in Sonic the Hedgehog CD.
- There are two voice actors in international dubs who voiced Sonic, but didn't voice Chaos Sonic:
- In the French dub, instead of being voiced by Alexandre Gillet, he is voiced by Philippe Bozo, who also voiced Knuckles and Manic in the Sonic Underground television series, as well as Dave the Intern and Wild Cat in the Sonic Boom television series.
- In the Indonesian dub, he is voiced by the same voice actor of Shadow, Ihwan Zaid, instead of Sonic's voice actor, Nugraha Sukma Ramadhan.
- Deven Mack confirmed on Twitter that he channeled Jaleel White when creating the voice for Chaos Sonic.[5]
- During the episode "Double Trouble", the English SDH subtitles incorrectly read, "Super Sonic running mechanically", instead of Chaos Sonic.
- According to Deven Mack, an earlier draft of Sonic Prime involved Chaos Sonic beating Renegade Knucks unconscious and then using his limp body as a ventriloquist dummy to mock Sonic.[6]
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ Sonic Prime ("Double Trouble"), Japanese subtitles
- ↑ Duncan, Andrew; Sangherra, Kiran (13 July 2023). "A Madness to Their Methods". Sonic Prime. Season 2. Episode 5. Netflix.
- ↑ Rudell, Ishi (13 July 2023). "Double Trouble". Sonic Prime. Season 2. Episode 6. Netflix.
- ↑ Rudell, Ishi (11 January 2024). "Grim Tidings". Sonic Prime. Season 3. Episode 1. Netflix.
- ↑ Deven Mack on Twitter. Twitter (14 July 2023). Retrieved on 17 July 2023.
- ↑ Deven Mack on Twitter. Twitter (7 January 2025). Retrieved on 8 January 2025.
