ALL Sonic The Hedgehog Species Ranked!

[@Aozora_Sonikku]

For Big and Blaze being the same species but having vastly different appearances, I would argue that they could just be different breeds of cats. I don't know if they are based on particular breeds of cats respectively, but that makes the most logical sense to me.

[@salty_cake-bz2he]

I have a headcanon of Big being an oriental cat. These cats look so noble and calm, and Big is a dum-dum, which makes it even funnier

[@Wolf_bit64]

The reason why they look different is because blaze is from a different dimension

[@JewelCartmanJaty]

I think Big is more like Maine Coon cat while Blaze is more like some slender type cat breed.

[@rubinmuttoriginal7444]

@@Wolf_bit64 What does being from a different dimension has to do with Blaze's species?

[@FidgetyAttic]

@@rubinmuttoriginal7444 in blazes dimension species could work different I think thats what their point was

[@notbl1tz616]

“but he still ends up looking like a fox” my brother in christ, a fennec is literally a type of fox

[@jonieljoestarzawarudo8172]

12:32 actually, Starline does have poisonous spikes on his heels, but they're artificial (they can also electrify).

[@theawesome6X]

yeah he fucking holds an orangutan hostage so he can kidnap belle

[@amalgamation12]

Next thing you know bulba is gonna rank all the characters gloves

[@fredyjaz]

Good idea, if he doesn't I will

[@amalgamation12]

@@fredyjaz that would be hilarious

[@ROUGETHEBAT-iw8dc]

ROUGES GLOVES BEST

[@craigbarker4675]

Old movie sonic had nice gloves

[@GabrieIPlayz]

Then shoes

[@kennythetrend3688]

3:25 Bro...a Fennec IS a type of Fox. That's what he should look like at the end of the day! 😂

[@princerovan876]

Glad I wasn’t the only one hella bothered by this 😭 also he’s intended to look like tails since him and surge are “clones” of sonic and tails

[@starkstruckus]

1:18 "enormous thick ass tail" yeah that's what opossums have, it's pretty iconic to them

[@ZenithintheMaking]

You left out the Conductor, His Wife, and Barry from TMoStH (And yes they are canon to IDW because of the latest IDW Sonic Winter Jam issue that they had a cameo) The Conductor and his wife are Dogs, while Barry is a Quokka.

[@mt32boi45]

Theres also a bunch of background dogs in idw

[@skyray16]

Also the video lacked the monkeys and ocelots

[@moisesrosario9716]

What about chip from unleash?

[@castform7]

When you brought up dogs I first thought "Sonic has dog characters?" and then I thought "why doesn't Sonic have dog characters?" I mean, I like how diverse and obscure Sonic can be with the animals they choose to anthropromorize but I feel like adding at least one dog into the cast is a no brainer.

[@JewelCartmanJaty]

I saw one from Sonic Prime

[@MadWinter889]

Sleuth "Doggy" Dawg

[@berserker3414]

Well, dogs are just domestic wolves. It's an artificial animal while wild cats existed from before us. Maybe that's why. You don't see mice as well but maybe it's due to not to resemble Disney? I dunno

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

I think the problem is that dog are… somewhat generic when it comes to designing anthro animal characters. In most media, they’re typically used to fill out crowds or as nameless extras, and it’s pretty much the same with the Sonic series. Outside of Ben Muttski from the Archie reboot, the only SEGA-styled dog characters that really have gotten some sort of spotlight in recent years have been the train conductor and his wife from the “Murder of Sonic” game.

[@FoxsDumbSeriesMaker]

I actually think the jackals look really cool because of their more monochrome color scheme (black and white fur) and striking yellow eyes. There’s something about the consistency with the Jackal Squad’s overall design that I just like. And yes, Infinite’s design is absolutely peak within the Sonic franchise.

[@TheSultan1470]

Infinite is H. 0. T.

[@thomascircle245]

10:03 I’m pretty sure that Ariem is very intentionally a sheep, as a reference to the old idea of counting sheep to help oneself fall asleep. Also her name is pronounced “R.E.M.” as a reference to the motions people do when they dream.

[@Ollie.H-23]

To be fair, it is stated in Unleashed that Dark Gaia and Light Gaia reside within the planet's core until they are awoken after 10,000 years

[@missingnerd]

Starline literally has poison. His heel spikes inject it if he gets the chance and he uses it multiple times in the comic

[@Hero_of_Comedy]

Whenever I designed an OC, I always tried to stick to animals that have not appeared in the games yet. To that end I have made a frog, a mouse, a viper, a crow, a chimpanzee, a tarantula, a seahorse, a swordfish, a stingray, a coyote, an elephant, a ferret, a tortoise, a sparrow, a gecko, and a chicken

[@lKlynI]

I also just created one based off the Sea Bunny species (sea slug basically) and turns out not many people knew that this was a real species so they thought I made it up LOL

[@Trxe.bxggyz]

they REALLLYYYYY should make a turtle/tortoise character

[@cat-cam-87]

​@@lKlynI lol im making a character like that too! not a Sonic oc tho. he's just a little hybrid between an actual bunny and a sea bunny, it's been fun playing around with the idea!

[@wakeangel2001]

My personal head canon is that Big is a tiger. Tigers are the largest cat species so the fact that he's 6 feet tall and has stripes has always been enough to justify that to me. Blaze is like, a domestic cat, which is why she's small and lanky (and she IS smol, she looks the same height as Sonic but remember how high her heels are, she's barely taller than Amy if that.) The thing about Sonic cats that pisses me off is the cat avatar option from forces has that :3 mouth, while the named cat characters Blaze and Big have regular mouths like everyone else, you have NO IDEA how much that pisses me off!

[@phoenixtail901studio9]

I like to think he's a mancoon

[@bluephoenix4241]

Only issue is Big's ears, Tiger ears are more rounded. Him just big cat with big heart. And... Big's mouth... It's actually more of a cat mouth than the one they put in forces; y'know... Like the kind of cat mouth you see on the images of a "grumpy" cat.

[@wakeangel2001]

@@bluephoenix4241 I don't really consider the ear thing a deal breaker, after all Bees don't have muzzles with dog noses but Charmy is a thing, along with other insect characters like Jewel

[@mikeliosketch746]

I think big is a Maine coon cat. The largest breed of domestic cat

[@PurrpleCatYT]

16:18 "Her design has two giant ---- that I love to look at."

[@NathanSpies]

Honestly if it weren’t for the sonic series I probably wouldn’t have known about most of these species

[@CEC_OklahomaAndGF]

Same

[@TheSwordsman100]

IDW is indeed completely canon to the games and thats not just Ian saying so, (like some people who hate him and/or the book would have you believe) Chris Hernandez another member hired to mange the lore would go on to back Ian's claims in seventh episode of the seventh season of Sonic Official. Its why not only did Tangle get a mention in Frontiers but she, Whisper and Surge are now playable in the mobile spin off games.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

For now, at least. There’s plenty of official material outside the mainline games that were once considered canon but were eventually delisted for varying reasons.

[@TheSwordsman100]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 Your comment is confusing. Regarding media that aren't video games, none of the western cartoons or comics were ever considered canon nor were manga that was found in Japan to begin with. If you are meaning more about any game that isn't mainline, the only game that had it's placement outright said to be canon and then removed was Dark Brotherhood and that more due to Penders. Being delisted off Steam or the consoles doesn't impact the continuity whatsoever. The Storybook games, Shuffle, Riders, etc. are all still canon.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

@@TheSwordsman100 Other than "Sonic Chronicles," I was referring to early western promotional materials - such as the entire Kintobor Origin story, which was regarded as canon by SEGA of America until it was altered to be more accurate to the Japanese version with the "Adventure" games - as well as some early promotional manga. Some stuff was initially in a more grey area of canonicity, like the “Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games” titles. But ever since the series has been discontinued for… very unfortunate reasons, it’s since been declared to be non-canon.

[@TheSwordsman100]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 While SEGA of America and Europe did alter the story to do their own thing, Japan was always the real canon and why America and Europe was forced to follow suit come Adventure as Sonic Team was tired of them changing all their hard work. As for Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games at least on the Sonic side that was never considered canon to begin with

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

@@TheSwordsman100 By “hard work”, you mean practically very little. There was so little established canon material to go off of in the early ‘90s that the west really felt the need to flesh it out themselves in order to make it more engaging to westerners. I mean, if it meant the character was to have his own cartoons, comic books, and everything, you’d probably want to flesh it out a great deal more as well.

[@darkalicornkingdoom3572]

3:24 bruh it's a fennec fox, of course it looks like a fox

[@Napkinthekat]

1:21 I actually like his tail because irl opossums Cary stuff with them and they’re pretty important also as babies they can use them to hand off of stuff. What annoys me is that people texture them like a rat tail when they’re actually a completely different more scaly texture it’s cool.

[@m.a.ddragon939]

13:33 I like birds with feather hands. Like botw Rito

[@ghostspider2056]

For the cats, I’d argue they’re different in-universe breed of cats.

[@casualdinofan1953]

Two different breeds in different dimensions

[@Ollimus]

I'm ashamed you forgot to mention phantom balloon boy

[@speedy_shorts]

yeah man that Sucks!

[@Milkanade]

that's my fav animal

[@Jaxdoesdrawing]

Right!

[@Cheesit-uy6wy]

Yeah he’s such a memorable sonic character!

[@greensoda123]

Kinda surprised Fang was ranked lower as I personally think hes one of the most unique characters.

[@TheEldritchHyena]

Fang's one of my favorites as well. Personally I go with the earlier continuity of him being a weasel rather than a jerboa since weasels are commonly depicted in pop culture as sleazy and conniving, which is more in line with Fang's usual characterization. Making him a jerboa just seems kinda random, you know? Though based purely on his design, you could also probably headcanon him as an opossum, raccoon, or any sort of canine given he possesses enough characteristics from all of those animals for it to make sense.

[@DeltaDonsan]

@@TheEldritchHyenathat “earlier” lore is just English, only the name nack comes from Japan. He was originally conceptualizer as a jerboa wolf hybrid which I personally think is even cooler and makes me question what happens if a cat has a kid with a dog in the Sonic universe.

[@ViolNinj156]

13:43 This aged really well lol Also Sticks is canon to the games now thanks to Frontiers. Amy mentioned her in the final cutscene. Surprised you didn’t mention it since you were so adamant on the IDW stuff being canon.

[@MakriaMicronation]

5:58 imagine if they made an aquatic character like a clownfish or a shark or a salmon and they walked around in a big yellow reverse-scuba suit, possibly built by tails after the character was found underwater during a mission to destroy an eggman underwater base and the character wanted to see the surface and meet land creatures

[@skyray16]

There were fish people in post-reboot archie

[@marcasmannarino2924]

3:25 Kit looks like a fox because he is a Fennec FOX

[@liamcael]

I lost my crap when he said that

[@anonymouslucario285]

I think he thinks Fenecs are a completely different species

[@wadeyhyena1657]

On the topic of Lanolin as a character. Does she ever have to shear her wool? Like, I know she tends to bunch up the wool near her eyes into a four-set bun. But for the rest of her body, it must need shearing (which I imagine would be similar to running a razor across body hair on the skin for humans.) Which leaves me with another question... Do sheep mobians sell their wool to make cotton-based clothing, or... do feral sheep exist in Sonic's Universe too?

[@wadeyhyena1657]

Also, I tend to treat Big and Blaze as two separate breeds of mobian cats. It helps to distinguish the differences between the two without giving my head brainrot.

[@TheSultan1470]

Good question! One thing is for certain, good for hugs.

[@smalllfox]

can't believe you forgot koalas, the most important sonic the hedgehog species of all time

[@choomakesvideos]

Fun fact Surge is a tenrec because sometimes they’re referred to as “false hedgehogs” which ties into her character!

[@omega_blue5009]

You know I’m actually kinda sure there’s a panel in IDW where starline uses spurs to attack Eggman robots

[@soniclegends453]

Yeah it was in issue #1 of the bad guys arc

[@coomcharger6105]

The black arms a few months later "HEEEEEY! WHAT'S UUUUUP! IT'S MEEEEE!"

[@penguin_evere]

16:18 sir, you knew exactly what you were doing there, didn’t you?

[@SupersonicA-sj7vp]

16:17 “Her design has two giant… wings. That I like to look at” 🥸

[@tailsfan628]

16:18 You almost got me there lol

[@abrahammartin4695]

Ha you're not the only one

[@JewelCartmanJaty]

I think Sonic versions have different types of hedgehogs changed.Classic Sonic is more likely resemble to European hedgehog while Modern Sonic is more like Long Eared Hedgehog because of his ears are longer than Classic's.

[@tanook4751]

Whisper and Tangle are such good friends! I love when they dress up and travel together 😊

[@cellinemartins]

13:32 what do you mean we dodged a bullet??? WE WERE ROBBED 😭😭😭 THE BIRD FEET AND WING HANDS LOOK SO COOL WHAT 💔💔💔💔

[@foxtrap86flame]

Hi First time on the channel 5:32 Unexpected Fnaf fan, I like it here already

[@castform7]

I feel like robots count. Lots of robots have displayed some type of sentience or autonomy to where I feel it's justified. Plus they are super cool and provide some great moments.

[@superfreddyplushadventures2714]

You better be careful, you might offend all the hawks and chameleons In the audience

[@ZetaEntity101]

this was a neat idea for ranking keep up the good work

[@Joopitor]

The section with Infinite made my soul happy

[@Coolersback]

Where was Knuckles. Brother forgot Knuckles and his whole tribe 🙏💀

[@luke0092]

19:03 Literally I couldn't agree more with you. You described exactly what I think about Metal Sonic.

[@comicfan1324]

0:06 “To two completely separate comic continuities.” Sonic the Comic: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@axelh20]

The Shogakukan Sonic Manga: Why doesn't anyone remember me? :(

[@charmingmagican9821]

@@axelh20 that one French sonic comic : hi

[@hardknockyouthsports8731]

5:32 the Mimic

[@ghostspider2056]

Technically Arthur wasn’t the final boss, it was Merlina as the Dark Queen.

[@lightanddarkbros6646]

13:00 d-fekt mention! If sticks is being brought back he should too.

[@tulip135]

How Rouge isn’t a bat x cat crossbreed is forever a mystery to me. She looks more like a cat than Big ever did lmao.

[@alanemocab3465]

You forgot about chaos as a deities. Also Honey the cat exists.

[@levelupsonic]

another funny video about snickerdoodle

[@DrJose2014]

Clutch gets eyes like that to show you he's a bad guy

[@Unkn0wn.m3]

“I haven’t really read the idw sonic comics that much, I’ve only read like 50 issues” we’re currently on issue 67 as of this date 💀

[@gummywurm]

Opossums just have huge ass tails irl

[@greatgatsby0174]

Having robots be number 1 in the ranking immediately made me subscribe to you. Excellent taste.

[@BlitzTheBobcat]

Real talk, man. you're probably my favorite sonic-tuber. you rock!

[@fadinglight3920]

Fun fact, when sonic was first thought of, he was originally gonna be a rabbit and he could use his ears to fight and interact with things

[@marmalade8915]

The feeling when my favourite animal i didn't know existed as a character is immediately ranked as the worst even though the design is good gave me major whiplash

[@Abner-gu3ve]

Hedgehogs being ranked high was obviously a no brainer lol 😂

[@Foxpuffy]

‏‪16:30‬‏ Sandopolis zone: am I joke to you?!

[@GoofyAhhir]

11:33 normal cat and fat cat,thats it

[@dragowolfgamer4214]

Cats- I feel like they look different because of different breeds

[@triciagenett3334]

I don’t know if this is intentional but it works: A tenrec is also referred to as a lesser hedgehog, which represents how surge can’t live a normal life while sonic is still alive

[@p1gssa]

3:20 the thing is fennecs are a species of fox

[@ROUGETHEBAT-iw8dc]

ROUGE BEING ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES IS A W

[@Echo-fo2nf]

Big and Blaze aren't the same species I don't think. They're just called the same thing and have a few coincidental similarities. They ARE from different dimensions after all & so far all other Sol Dimension species have been exclusive. (Vikings are considered separately from bears.) That is, except Eggman Nega, but he might be Eggman from the future and just altogether doesn't make much sense.

[@alitahir5904]

1:15 nah gotta disagree clutches design is actually really cool imo.

[@someutuber376]

You do know that Shadow is technically a hybrid right?

[@littleman1266]

I instantly understood “playing in the Himalayas for hours” bit

[@Sonikku_Za_Hejjihoggu_1991]

Bulba you should rank all human species that would be cool

[@CrystalDreamcast]

16:27 “There’s only really 2 ghosts in the sonic franchise” Soon there will be 3

[@PutzShaka]

19:08 You’re so right. Definitely my favorite 💯

[@chandlerstevens8612]

Starline does still have the Poisen spurs but there on his ankles I think

[@phorchybug3286]

I like the deadly six too. They're just cute little monsters of the week. (At least one of them is cute (Zeena)).

[@charmingmagican9821]

But she hurt cream So she must die in fire

[@TheSultan1470]

Indeed

[@cesarlorenzosmithmartinez4126]

11:32 Blaze is from a mother dimension, I guess that’s why she looks SO different from Big

[@donstarplayz]

Bro seriously forgot The Ancients💀

[@JackalHavok1992]

There's only 4 bird characters in the Sonic franchise. Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow, Storm the Albatross and Bean the Woodpecker.

[@skyray16]

Sharps the Parakeet, Nite the Owl, Don the Rooster

[@carinaslima]

Bean is a duck.

[@Goobusstoobus]

Finally, another race tierlist to watch

[@MelonFresh484]

You’re a genius, how come no one has done this!

[@jacobramirez5432]

1:18 bro straight up has Smiling Critters eyes

[@QualityGarbage]

Bonus Flying Squirrel Skill: Ray uses his tail to hang off of / catch things

[@calebopossum5023]

You Just Angered All Opossum Fans Everywhere

[@pillarchaseconnoisseur]

This feels Specielly motivated..

[@ghostspider2056]

I think some of the Wisps decided to stay on Earth after Sonic saved them.

[@noor-cx4wz]

You're so right about your number 1 pick

[@bigcountrymxog]

Himalayas reference made me stop what I was doing

[@sonicfan09211]

I wish Scratch and Grounder were canon…

[@TerraKava]

I think that Nack the weasel in sonic superstars acts exactly how he looks

[@GameKnight404]

Next on Bulbasquirtle, Ranking every race from bob to trash bucket.

[@LooniGamer]

16:18 Careful there, pal'. You just dodged a bullet there. You don't want to get called out now, do you? 🧐

[@CheeseTheWhistle]

Ah, Boom is kinda in Sonic Frontiers, what with Sticks being a character

[@ISaaczz]

5:31 ok this got me REAL bad KJKSDBKS

[@michylichy01]

I just came here to see all species in one video, but am with you in a lot of your opinions, also this was funny Also also, what game is the one in background? Looks fun

[@DaMemeManDan]

Metal Sonic is the best thing that has happened to anything ever.

[@SaddieMoon]

5:30 Mimic gives me a similar feel to Octolings and Inklings. So I like him more.

[@TheSultan1470]

But with better weapons.

[@berserker3414]

Starline has poison, dude. It was very smart of them to implement that

[@justinmyers7587]

I called it. I freaking called it. I knew Robot would be number one when I heard humans.

[@katkakatka3485]

Starline is based on a knuckles glitch so he's a platypus because they're the closest relatives to echidnas

[@maksimstecenko7717]

Oh, I love opossum design

[@Bobble-m6e]

0:04 “You’re a colourful bunch.”