In Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog #250, Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily send out their respective goons Motobug and Met to attack Dr. Light, calling bets over who can take care of the captured scientist. It...goes nowhere, they're both equally useless and end up butting heads.

In Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog #7, Dr. Robotnik is bewitched by Princess Sally in a costume, instantly wanting her hand in marriage. It's likely he doesn't know that this is the child Freedom Fighter he's been at war with, but this is wrong for very obvious reasons.


In Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog #11, Dr. Robotnik creates his Slopmaker plant, with the hopes of filling Mobius with nothing but slop. However, Sonic arrives just in time with Anti-Robotnik's Super Scooper to out-slurp Robotnik's slop at an immeasurable rate.


Throughout Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog #192 story "Father and Son", Scourge is seen wearing Sega-branded shades.

In Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog #153, Eggman is cursed with an ear worm from Mina Mongoose's music, so he hires Fang the Sniper to assassinate her.



In DC X Sonic the Hedgehog #4, Batman is trying to contain his own excitement by the prospect of driving the Batcycle through a loop-de-loop.

Amy Rose seems to be the only character in the main Sonic the Hedgehog cast who can handle a casual punch from Knuckles.

Scott Pilgrim's high school band "Sonic & Knuckles" is a very subtle reference to the 1994 Sega Genesis game Sonic & Knuckles.

Sonic the Hedgehog does not know what hedgehogs look like.

Whisper the Wolf's design began with an in-game custom character in Sonic Forces. From there, she would gradually evolve into her final look.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Special story "Sonic Learns to Drive", Sonic is visibly baffled by the concept of slowing down in a school zone.

According to Ian Flynn in the 1/11/21 BumbleKast, Dr. Starline's computer password is **********. His password is not censored. His password is literally **********.

Sega has mandated that Sonic X is not to be referenced in IDW comics. Despite this, they seem to pick and choose elements from the show they want to see; in the 1/18/21 BumbleKast, Ian Flynn reveals that Sega had sent him a note requesting to see Vector's crush on Vanilla again.

Tails is very discontent with the fact that Eggman has settled on making Tails Doll rather than a Metal Tails. Moreover, this suggests that he finds Metal Sonic and Knuckles to be particularly cool.

When robots or lackeys fail, Eggman uses his built-in command grab

According to Super Smash Bros. Brawl's trophy description for Cream, Vanilla is a strict mother. This appears to be hinted at in IDW #36, where she appears to intimidate even the likes of Rouge. There seems to be a very scary mistress in Vanilla.

In 2015, it was revealed that Ian Flynn, Tracey Yardley!, and Ben Bates of Archie Sonic the Hedgehog fame had pitched a line of Super Mario comics to Nintendo. It was ultimately rejected. Allegedly, Mario was also intended to cross over with Sonic and Mega Man in comic form.