Sonic-in-the-box
Purpose
Damaging opponents Flipping opponents controls
A Sonic Surprise! This spring-loaded box of tricks will confuse rivals who run into it!
— Description, Sonic Forces: Speed Battle
The Sonic-in-the-box is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a Trap Item used primarily to obstruct opposing rivals' path.
Description [ ]
The Sonic-in-the-box's icon takes form of yellow box (with two blue stripes outside and a red stripe between in front of the box) with yellow-red springs appeared with Jester Sonic's toy head. What a surprise! In gameplay, this power-up becomes the aforementioned boxes down the track. Watch out for some opened box appeared the surprise!
Overview [ ]
In gameplay, the Sonic-in-the-box can only be obtained at random from Item Boxes by Jester Sonic . As with most other Items, Metal Sonic and Metal Sonic Mach 3.0 can also use the Sonic-in-the-box if they use the Steal Item, or Fortune Teller Amy if she uses Lucky Draw or Wall of Cards to steal it from the aforementioned user.
Once obtained, the player can utilize the Sonic-in-the-box by pressing its icon on the bottom of the HUD. When used, the Sonic-in-the-box will drop its boxes some distance ahead of the user's current location on all the lanes that the user is not currently on. Notably, some or all of appeared boxes will open that appear Jester Sonic's toy head which the players cannot be jumped over. If a character collides with any of the boxes, including the user themselves, they will have their controls flipped, and will also have their Item slots on the bottom of the HUD disappear for a short time. However, the player can still use the power-ups stored in them by tapping on the place the slots are located. To avoid the Sonic-in-the-box, the playable character must jump over the unopened boxes or run in-between them.
The Sonic-in-the-box can also be upgraded by leveling the user up to level 4, 10 and 16 respectively. For each upgrade, the Sonic-in-the-box will increase the damage it deals.
Trivia [ ]
Upon its inclusion in the 4.25.0 update, the Sonic-in-the-box, mistakenly, did not have a confusion effect placed onto it, as its description implies. Instead, it takes regular damage. This was later fixed during the 4.26.0 update
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)
Minus Ring
Reaper
Steal Boost
Steal Wisp
Sonic-in-the-box
Playable characters
Common
Amy · Charmy · Classic Sonic · Knuckles · Omega · Silver · Sonic · Tails
Rare
Blaze · Cream · Espio · Jet · Rouge · Storm · Vector · Tangle · Wave · Whisper
Super Rare
Big · Chaos · Eggman · Gamma · Metal Sonic · Shadow · Tikal · Zavok · Zazz · Zeena
Special
All-Star Amy · Baby Sonic · Boscage Maze Sonic · Chrono Silver · Chuck · Classic Super Sonic · Darkspine Sonic · Detective Vector · Dragon Hunter Lancelot · Dragonclaw Tails · Dragonfire Sonic · Drummer Cream · Dulce Amy · DJ Vector · Elf Classic Sonic · Elite Agent Rouge · Excalibur Sonic · Extreme Gear Sonic · Fortune Teller Amy · Ice Slicer Jet · Idol Shadow · Jester Sonic · Jingle Belle Amy · Karate Knuckles · Knuckles the Dread · Lantern Silver · LEGO® Amy · LEGO® Sonic · LEGO® Tails · Linebacker Omega · Longclaw · Lucky Whisper · Lunar Blaze · Movie Sonic · Movie Super Sonic · Movie Tails · Mummy Knuckles · Nutcracker Silver · Paladin Amy · Panda Amy · Popstar Amy · Punk Zazz · Pyromancer Blaze · Quarterback Zavok · Reaper Metal Sonic · Rockstar Rouge · Santa Big · Sir Galahad · Sir Gawain · Sir Lancelot · Sir Percival · Slugger Sonic · Snowdrift Sonic · Spring Cream · Super Shadow · Super Silver · Super Sonic · Tails Nine · Thorn Rose · Tidal Wave · Treasure Hunter Knuckles · Tropical Storm · Unicorn Cream · Valentine Rouge · Valiant Tails · Vampire Shadow · Werehog · Witch Rouge
Challenger
Burning Blaze · Grim Sonic · Infinite · LEGO® Dr. Eggman · Mephiles · Metal Sonic 3.0 · Movie Knuckles · Movie Shadow · Oni Mephiles · Red · Rusty Rose · Series Knuckles · Surge · Valhalla Surge · Warlock Infinite · Warrior Shadow
Non-playable characters
Boo · Chao · Cheese · Froggy · Phantom Copy · Shadow (enemy) · Wisp (Black , Blue , Crimson , Cyan , Gray , Ivory , Magenta , Pink , Red , White , Yellow )
Tracks
Green Hill
Pyramid Valley · Corkscrew Canyon · Parched Palms
Sky Sanctuary
Temple Gate · Celestial Skyway · Pinnacle Peaks · Ancient Isles · Spiral Heights
City
Sunset Bridge · Splash Highway · Viaduct Valley · Red Gate Bay
Mystic Jungle
Lambent Grove · Electric Arbor · Dash Vegas · Glowing Grotto
Golden Bay
Street Retreat · Suburban Speedway · High Hill Park
Planet Wisp
Mining Mayhem · Mining Mayhem R
Emerald City
Downtown Dash · Emerald Market Blitz · Big City Sprint
Removed
Sandy Hills · Desert Falls · Parched Palms R · Pyramid Valley R · Celestial Skyway R · Temple Gate R · Red Gate Ruins · Red Gate Bay R · Splash Highway R · Tangled Tunnels
Enemies
Buzz Bomber · Egg Chaser · Egg Pawn
Moves/techniques
Chaos Spear · Grinding · Grind Step · Hover · Slide · Spin Attack · Spin Jump · Super Sonic Boost
Gimmicks and obstacles
Conveyor Belt · Corkscrew · Dash Panel · Grind Rail · Loop · Spikes
Items
General
Chest · Phantom Ruby prototype · Red Star Ring · Ring · Trophy
Item Box power-ups
Audio Assault · Balkiry · Bam-Boost · Bashosen · Bass Boost · Bat Bomb · Beat Boost · Berserker's Axes · Blazing Aura · Blizzard Bomb · Blue Tornado · Boo-Boost · Booby Trap · Broadside · Brutal Barrier · Brutal Blitz · Bubble Bomb · Bullet Punch · Bunny Boost · Captive Light · Chao Attack · Chao Chase · Chao Guardians · Chao-nado · Chaos Boost · Chaos Charge · Chaos Chord · Chaos Control · Chaos Flame Sword · Chaos Slash · Chaos Spear · Choc Lock · Chopper Boost · Chopper Chomp · Claw Boost · Confusion Boost · Confusion Mine · Crossed Wires · Cyan Laser · Cyborg Smash · Cyclone Charge · Dark Blast · Dark Embrace · Dead End · Deadly Replica · Deadly Spears · Drac-O'-Lantern · Dragon Breath · Dragon Dance · Dragon Flight · Dragon Smoke · Drill Spin Boost · Drumbeat · Dual Wield Dash · Earthshaker Fist · Electro Boost · Ember Shroud · EMP Boost · EMP Shield · Energy Cannon · Explosive Mine · Falling Sword · Fearless Strike · Feral Dash · Festive Forest · Festive Umbrella Boost · Fire Boost · Fire Whirl · Fireball · Firecracker · Firework Flurry · Flames of Disaster · Flue Shot · Fortune Boost · Frozen Chopper Chomp · Gail Meteor · Gathered Flame · Gift Trapped · Gift Wrapped · Gold Rush · Golden Boost · Green Hover · Grimions · Hammer Slam · Hard Rock · Harvest Time · Hedge Maze · Home Run · Honor Guard · Ice Boost · Ice Mine · Ice Wave · Invincibility · Jingle Boost · Jump Scare · Jungle Run · Kanabo Boost · King's Judgement · Knight Smite · Laevatein Lunge · Laser Blaster · Lava Bomb · Lightning · Lightning Bolt · Lightning Boost · Lightning Storm · Lilytrap · Lockup · Love Struck · Lucky Draw · Magical Boost · Metal March · Meteor Charge · Meteor Crash · Missile Launch · Moto-Bug · Panda Mine-ium · Phantom Dagger · Phantom Dash · Pink Spikes · Pit Stop · Power Sneakers · Power Surge · Psy-Chlone · Psychic Strike · Psychic Surge · Psychic Surprise · Pyro-Mine · Rainbow Blast · Reality Warp · Red Dragon · Ring Portal · Rocket Boost · Rockstar Chao Attack · Rocky Road · Savage Throw · Seeking Flame · Sharp Shelter · Shed Light · Shield · Shockwave · Slingshot Boost · Slipstream Whirlwind · Slow Burn · Snowball · Sol Transformation · Solo Hit · Sonic-in-the-box · Soul Surge · Spear Trap · Speed Break · Stalking Onibi · Stalking Shade · Star Trail · Steal · Storm Cloud · Strike Out · Sugar Rush · Super Form · Swarming Darkness · Sweet Roll · Sword Launch · Tail Spring · Tail Strike · Thunder Shield Wall · Tornado · Trap Shot · Tricky Towers · Twin-Tail Boost · Ultimate Waveform · Umbrella Boost · Viking Offense · Vision Scramble · Volt Bolt · Wall of Cards · Whirlwind Wallop · Whirlwind · Wild Card · Wind Boost · Wipeout · Wrench Rush · Zap Trap
Other
Air Shoes · Angry Birds · Arondight · Chaos Emeralds · Ddraig Goch · Eggmobile · EMP-Charged Boots · Excalibur · Experience Point · Extreme Gear (Blue Star II , Type-J , Type-S , Type-W ) · Flamberge · Galatine · Holo-Tech Sword · Jet Booster · Laevatein · Phantom Ruby · Psycokinetic Enhancers · Ring (Paramount) · Sol Emeralds · Sonic's shoes · Variable Wispon