Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers: All Spray Can Room Dialog

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SONG LIST:
"See Your Sunbeam", by Interrobang Pie for Summer Chip II (used in the different tutorial sections in Ring Racers) - at 0:00
"A Journey in Modulating Time" [starting 59 seconds in], by dj.tuBIG and MaliceX for SOUNDSHOCK 2: FM FUNK TERROR!! (used in the test track course the tutorial-skip race takes place on) - at 4:22
"Cascade Cave Zone, Act 1 and 2", by Bomb Boy for SOUNDSHOCK 3: FM FUNK NIRVANA!! (used in the main menus of Ring Racers) - at 6:03
"A Journey in Modulating Time", by dj.tuBIG and MaliceX for SOUNDSHOCK 2: FM FUNK TERROR!! (used in the introductory scene of eggman and tails setting up metal sonic) - at 8:16
Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers is the world's coolest and most stylish kart racer, AND it has more depth of detail than any other. even the game's tutorial has secrets and surprises!! the subject of this video is a specific room in the second tutorial section that has a lot of variable dialog to it. consider this a taste of both the character writing in Ring Racers and the amount of Stuff in it!

[@professorbadvibes695]

appley juice :)

[@UAreMad1234]

Appley juice :)

[@Avriel_Mimiga]

Appley Juice :)

[@toaster3124]

Appley juice :)

[@robloxian68]

appley juice :)

[@SailorShulk9]

Appley juice :)

[@DynoSkrimisher]

"The hedgehog's doing something right if he raised someone like you." Man, this quote hits hard.

[@StarshadowMelody]

Tails so much as _mentions_ the ark and Eggman _IMMEDIATELY DIES INSIDE._

[@inaccurateprophecy8971]

Some hidden dialogue implies Shadow stays dead post-SA2 which snowballs into Tails and Eggman becoming buddy-buddy, so the Ark would hold even less pleasant memories for both than usual.

[@buddeman27]

I hardly touched any of the Sonic games I played, so I'm not familiar in the slightest with the lore... But what happened with the Ark?

[@bedservedcold892]

@@buddeman27 Basically, the G.U.N. planned a raid to kill everybody on the A.R.K that knew about project Shadow, so they killed Maria (which had negative effects on both Shadow and Gerald), but Gerald planned revenge on G.U.N., and the A.R.K. had a secret WORLD DESTROYING LASER-BEAM. Although the world wasn't destroyed, Shadow had sacrificed his life.

[@beandaily4074]

@@buddeman27Basically a huge space slander created by eggmans grandfather was planning to crash into the earth with the all and destroy everything by, Sonic and shadow stopped it in time but in turn shadow had not come back from the final fight and had become (presumably) dead. In ring racers canon shadow is actually dead though

[@LordTyph]

​@@beandaily4074...wait, what about the Black Arms, then?

[@GlitchanBlack]

"Eggman… these are spray cans. You didn’t invent spray cans." 😂

[@CassiusStelar]

Its a STONE luigi, you didnt make it

[@LoneSWarrior]

It's a FOOTBALL; I CHISELED it!

[@TheGrammarNazi123]

"It's a SPRAY CAN, Robotnik! YOU didn't MAKE IT!"

[@JohnR576]

​@@LoneSWarrior"Well, what're you waiting for? Throw me a pass!"

[@Comkill117]

@@JohnR576it’s even official size! (Throws)

[@Melonposting]

"I swear, you nature lovers would kiss a plant if you could get away with it" *Taismo intensifies*

[@Neospection]

"Tails, stop kissing that plant and find a real girlfriend!"

[@cybershoutmon9741]

@@Neospectionoh! I understood that reference

[@AceTechn0]

@@Neospection ayy, Sonic Shorts reference!

[@ShrubRustle]

COSMO MENTIONED 🎉🎉🎉

[@darkninja2992]

Legitimately, i thought of this the INSTANT he said it. Especially to tails of all people

[@KurosakiYukigo]

It's interesting to see that Eggman actually seems to respect Tails a fair bit, or at least can admire his mechanical genius. Also Tails calling Eggman by his first name when he insults Sonic is such a mom move lol.

[@Poyozito]

This genuinely so much care put into the game, even a optional dialog added to a tutorial where 99% of players would never even know, not gonna lie i kinda wish we had more of this dialog outside of tutorial

[@Digolgrin]

Honestly, same, the tutorial gave me Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch vibes. That game takes Mega Man's legacy and basically sprinkles in (tasteful) metahumor and jokes left and right while it adapts pretty much every single Mega Man game ever released. If they'd continued the plot thread of you playing as MS-1 for the entire game and sprinkled in some story segments between GPs, I think I would have been even happier! EDIT: Aaaand I guess the RPG-style coloring of important names and terms helped too. Dang it I knew I had a bias somewhere. :P

[@professorgucho2629]

would LOVE a story in the single player or some kind of banter with these characters. The writing is astonishingly good,

[@AngelusShea]

Same here I would love more cut scenes or even more dialog in single player But sometimes I understand if it getting annoying I just wish more games would put care into dialog and the tutorial

[@MrArreaga]

I love how the game even mocks you for skipping the tutorial lmaoo

[@Snypor]

There's even unique dialogue if you "Give Up" during the race and return to the tutorial.

[@clodolcmidnights837]

“You nature lovers would kiss a plant If you could get away with it” If That’s not a Sonic X reference, I don’t know what is

[@1408TheHedgehog]

7:54 i like how Tails was angry that Eggman didn't open the door for him leave the room and Eggman just kept cutting off his dialogue lmao

[@Cyberguy64]

Sonic is Tails' picket fence. That's a beautiful AOSTH reference.

[@EggoBoi]

I was wondering what Tails meant by that! What is the reference specifically though?

[@zeeoh5466]

@@EggoBoi kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5fRenSbhsqhaZI

[@CesarTorres61296]

@@EggoBoi Found a clip of it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5fRenSbhsqhaZI&ab_channel=CandyBear53

[@Zol_H]

​@@EggoBoiHave a look at kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6mwl3aOd62Lm6c Sonic mentions a picket fence at around the 10 minute mark of AoSTH episode 2, and it's referenced again at the conclusion of the episode around 20 minutes.

[@rogercameron6912]

It's the episode where Sonic tries to give Tails to a family of foxes. But they're not who they seem...

[@lego174]

Chose purple, the game mentioned Blaze. This game knows me too well.

[@eclipsesoluna3453]

based

[@NicoTheCinderace]

Based!

[@lazy_bt]

same here. i actually came to look for a video with all the dialogue, because i thought tails would always mention an invention hes made with the chosen color, and then him and eggman would talk about a character with that color. thats what happens with purple and im surprised its not the "formula" for all the dialogue.

[@GHNeko]

The tutorial has so much life and love and lore placed in it. Despite how it doesn't teach you everything and how it was handled in v2.0; it's still one of the things that I love the most so far about Ring Racers. The dialog is well made and makes me want to see more of the interactions between the two.

[@Digolgrin]

Really makes you wonder how Eggman came to befriend Tails in the first place; I was wondering if it was some AU where Tails decided to go work for him after some tragic event, but the way everyone's referred to in the present tense threw that out of the window.

[@CrappyBlue]

there was a time around the turn of the millennium when a sonic game ended with a mood shift, one of somber reflection that was rife with potential for character dynamics to change. ring racers owes a lot of its status quo to the idea that those dynamics could have changed for the better.

[@nate567987]

@@CrappyBlueso what if sa2 led egg man to be not evil

[@firedreadyblocks7427]

Finally, someone else who appreciates the writing in the tutorial! I don't see how others get bored of the tutorial when you have so many fun character interactions to read!

[@edfreak9001]

for what it's worth you can't see most of these unless you start a new file, so it's understandable people haven't taken the time to appreciate them. That being said I would adore having more chances for this writing.

[@graysongdl]

@@edfreak9001 Unless you start a new file? I mean... There's no choice BUT to start with a new file when you start the game for the first time, right?

[@CrappyBlue]

they mean that you can't see _all_ of the dialog in this video in-game without repeatedly starting new save files--or without making a backup of your save file at the start of the controls tutorial and repeatedly replacing the new save file with it, which is what i did for this video. it takes a lil work! which is why i made the video LOL

[@graysongdl]

@@CrappyBlue Are you sure? I thought they were just talking about your message at the end, where you praised the writing. So the reply I was responding to felt off-topic.

[@CrappyBlue]

shrug. i just saw your confusion and felt like trying to alleviate it since i wasn't really confused by the comment or the exchange. i guess it's off-topic from the original reply but i understood where they were coming from

[@greenknight9000]

I absolutely adore the banter here. I really like how despite being enemies (or at least friends now for the time being) Eggman still shows his respect to Tails and Sonic, as shown with the Blue Spray Can dialogue

[@picoultimate7707]

As it happens, going through the Rings tutorial again after completing it has Tails lampshade Eggy seemingly trying to pull the same trick twice on him, though he tries to explain it away as a bug in the system this time around. Tails even lampshades that some spray cans aren't worth the tight security.

[@thehatman7051]

As much as I can understand some of the criticisms of the tutorial, the writing was so fun that I just had a blast the whole time. Kinda makes me wish there was some sort of story mode so we could get even more, though of course the devs have already put so much into this game that I couldn’t ask that of them

[@ZezinhoGameplay_]

Eggman changing emotions after he mentions the ARK is so funny because of Shadow

[@kirbymario2633]

love the possible cosmo reference for green

[@ismy3680]

The Tails and Eggman exchanges are always my favorite. You can tell Eggman has respect and even a certain fondness of Tails. They don't have the never ending banter like Sonic and Eggman, more like genius rivals who regonize eachothers' talent and can have a semi-casual conversation at times. I really liked these interactions, I hope we get more of this duo in the future!

[@SonicWind149]

Like, it's crazy how much effort and details were put into a tutorial you may never visit after the first time. All the dialogue in it and the first boot menu are fun little conversations between Tails and Eggman that sprinkle in references to past Sonic games and other media, even recent stuff like _Prime._ Kart Krew clearly put some thought into all this (which, I suppose, is why they make you do the tutorial at first launch aside from just learning the ropes; they're just _really_ proud). Makes me wonder who amongst them wrote it. They did good.

[@wildfire9280]

“Surely you’ve had enough of green and hills to last a lifetime?” Narrator: *He did not.*

[@ajshitshed]

i fully understand the criticisims with the tutorial and whatnot, but god i really loved the little interactions in it. its so cute and charming

[@digidrveKJ]

Ok Eggman admitting Sonic raising Tails right is pretty great

[@ArcadeStriker]

I love that you used other music tracks for the demo of the unique interactions. The tutorial was already full of personality from the dialogue as I played it, but having a case for collecting EVERY SPRAY CAN is just cheff kiss. Really happy you showcased all of the stuff here- I had picked up Violet first and had skipped over the dialogue Because was like "WAIT I CAN'T GO BACK" lmao, so I wondered what other options looked like. That ARK mention though. The cherry on top is the cheeky acknowledgement of the five year wait for the game in the form of that little five minutes five years quip about Metal Sonic after completing the tutorial

[@Davtwan]

I love for Tails and Ivo dialogue. These two have the best banter.

[@Hexagonaldonut]

I have a lot of gripes about the tutorial, and definitely think it needs a restructuring, but the dialogue is definitely one of the key things I have ZERO complaints about. It's just really fun! That exchange for the gray can, though. Oof.

[@cascade969]

After seeing that there was unique dialogue for picking orange, I figured there would be for every color. Was waiting for soneone to upload this, so thanks.

[@PhantomRaptor1]

Orange gang

[@dabluepittoo-aqua4213]

I KNEW someone would make a video about this as soon as I saw the dialogue in the spray can room (I picked blue for obvious reasons). Gotta love the Blaze reference for Purple.

[@supper_e1823]

I picked blue as well! :3

[@eclipsesoluna3453]

Doctor, Sonic is my PICKET FENCE I don't quite understand why he said that but it struck me as hilarious nonetheless XD

[@HedgehogAdventurer]

It’s a reference to Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

[@josearaujomota4665]

2:04 man even he is anoyed by the recurring use of green hill and other hill like stages

[@hiddenflare6169]

The lovely interactions from this video (plus the silly portraits) is mainly what inspired me to get this fan game on my computer. Thanks for posting this!

[@parkourboio1062]

OH MY GOD I LOVE VIDEOS WITH TEXT-ONLY COMMENTARY SO MUCH......... this video and this game makes me feel like i'm 11 years old agaain. you're a hero

[@AegixDrakan]

Oh my gosh, there was so much more to that room than I was expecting. Thanks for compiling all of it for us! :D

[@aloeTevi]

Those dialogues are so charming

[@Luigi_Main3752]

2:16 F in the chat for Cosmo

[@voyagerwitch]

F

[@jennifermenzel4500]

"You nature lovers could kiss a plant if you could get away with it" nice sonic x reference

[@ChairChair_]

this dialogue is so entertaining, loved reading them through the tutorial

[@Chenginerd]

you're so real for showcasing this; thank you 🙏

[@Crazyboutpeace]

So I was reading the description, like any good KZbin viewer should do, and the first song name was a major shock. I recognize that artist from over a decade ago now I think, such a small world we live in. Thanks for showing off this dialogue, gonna have to look more into this game!

[@Comkill117]

It’s crazy how much detail this has.

[@Whackjood]

Oh! I was wondering if someone would show off all the different dialogue options in the spraycan room. All the details in this game are very cute

[@driftingbreath]

I love you for putting this together in such a comprehensive and cleanly edited way. thank you

[@ReikuYin]

So... Blue IS my favorite colour. So I got that fence line and actually thought it was sweet hearing the Dr. Mention that Sonic must be doing something right. Showing some of that respect he had in his writing from SA2.

[@DynamicLemons]

the amount of dialogue that's present for this one room is actually crazy, not surprising, but its cool they went through the effort for that. currently on 62/100, statistics menu is a life saver, there's a couple of maps i just FORGOT to search, haha. though i haven't played past egg cup yet... i actually got the tutorial race map and spray can RIGHT before watching this, it's funny they hid one there. it'd be interesting to see a complication of all the "dev intended" methods to get the spray cans, as there are some that COMPLETELY stumped me on how to get. No idea how storm rig's spray can is supposed to be gotten, but I assume it's through another unlockable? spray cans are basically most of my unlockables atm, i only have 2 characters and one chaos emerald... i haven't really been going out of my way to complete challenges, just getting my funny colors. got that first chaos emerald at egg cup because i hadn't actually done well enough to get an a rank until then while also managing to get the emerald.

[@marioman3142]

storm rig's spray can: right before you enter that building with it, there's a switch you can hit with an item that can be lobbed to the left, hit it and the gate opens up to the can

[@planetmars313]

"IVO. Sonic is my PICKET FENCE." is going to make me fucking cry

[@resthejackal4238]

Beautifully edited! This makes me really wanna play ^ ^

[@ZesTofthelemon]

I straight up had to look up what megamalatricarbo-sonichloride was. Turns out it's Mega Mack, the "water" from Chemical Plant.

[@jaysonata3211]

This is so coooool! ❤

[@CheddarVG]

I love how he said "IVO." like an angry mother.

[@dekoldrick]

"I swear, you nature lovers would kiss a plant if you could get away with it." I mean, he had Cosmo...

[@AkaiAzul]

I had no idea Tails and Dr. Robotnick were on a first name basis!

[@sauvagess]

In seclusion, yeah. Genius recognizes genius.

[@Sov_spoiled]

Eggman…I remember you’re… Colored spray cans

[@GamerGee]

4:30 this song slaps.

[@EeveeEuphoria]

got a bit jumpscared seeing it was you who made this video lol, was just done re-organizing my cassettes when i was thinking about your album i got on cassette

[@CrappyBlue]

omg... thank you for buying the cassette printing of my album ;u;

[@callmewumple]

Eggman was probably having flashbacks to the ARC after Tails mentioned that, some thoughts about gerald most likely

[@F1areon]

There's some dialogue in the game that suggests this is an alternate timeline where Shadow didn't survive SA2

[@JudeEaley]

The Icons are so expressive

[@SuperSonic34569]

How funny I was just looking for a video doing this exact thing yesterday

[@MegaZeta]

Eggman looks proud the chemicals are noxious

[@CrappyBlue]

this is probably because he said "nontoxic" and not "noxious"

[@Sonikkujam]

Imma skip this tutorial so I can go back and get my main cyan spray

[@GoofballPaul]

"I use this shade to paint the tornado!" And then you unlock a little tornado that follows your racer and its default color is a different shade of red to the one you pick here. FILTHY LIAR.

[@toaster3124]

If this is Tails' first exposure to the idea of Spray Cans, would he know at first glance that there was a closer match..? :P

[@supper_e1823]

I love the mad face tails has in these lol

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

I really want to see this feature become available for AI opponents as well, for when you're playing by yourself in match race mode. This is definitely neat!

[@bonegamerthecyndaquill7181]

We'll finally know the answer to the question Sonic asked Tails in Sonic Chronicles. At least, technically...

[@muzzleflash2483]

what the fuck do you mean mega mack has a full chemical name

[@centdemeern1]

I guess I’ll go play the game next time I’m procrastinating!

[@Snick-hl8ek]

I love ring racers

[@SuperZombieBros]

Surprised to find you out in the wild here.

[@lazy_bt]

what if you go into the room with less than 9 spray cans left to collect? do only some of the container thingies get the remaining colors? how does the scene play out?

[@Esitaro3670]

"Just think about ARK" JESUS CHRIST DUDE!!!

[@MechaLeo]

I can't believe the amount of work that went into this! You don't see racing games get this amount of attention and replayability put into- I'm sorry what did 5:47 say?

[@CrappyBlue]

"cluckoid" is a weathervane chicken badnik from sonic & knuckles. "retire" is the term the game uses for when a racer's kart blows up.

[@metaknightjudgesyoursins4710]

I- What- *How does this game have so much more personality than most Modern games today?*

[@parkourboio1062]

people who love and are passionate for Sonic characters decided to spend their free time making a game about them, with no commercial incentive to interfere with that passion

[@Orangestar1]

Quick correction (dunno who else has commented) you need to get 4th or higher to skip the tutorial with the race, not 1st.

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

"Lesser genius" I mean according to Sonic Battle Tails actually has an IQ of 400 /j

[@Josuh]

bless u

[@Tozito911]

2:45 im confused. how do they know blaze if they are the classic versions of themselves? 3:29 same at here... how do they know these stuff?

[@CrappyBlue]

the classic designs are an aesthetic choice. they don't indicate anything about the timeline of events.

[@Tozito911]

@@CrappyBlue oh well.

[@Zkeleton969]

2:25 THAT ANGERY SPRITE

[@edfreak9001]

...is eggman referencing the Chemical Plant "Mega-Muck" (the purple water) for his Violet quote?

[@astr0sauce]

can you change this color later? i picked orange on accident and i don’t like orange:/

[@CrappyBlue]

your only options are to either pick up some spray cans on the tracks, which will unlock more player colors to use, or to delete your save data file (ringdata.dat) and play the tutorial over again.

[@orsonzedd]

Megamalatricarbo-sonichloride

[@JudeEaley]

What is a picket fence

[@williamfalls]

Just a father and his adopted boy.

[@JosephRiveraSantiago0617]

So I gotta ask: What is your favorite color? Mine is Yellow.

[@CrappyBlue]

blue, of course :3

[@userprincegaming5034]

Light Or Baby Blue 🔵

[@ocanopet]

mine is green!

[@nate567987]

Nice 3dpad

[@bobdoe8533]

What's the name of the song at 4:23?

[@CrappyBlue]

it's the song "A Journey in Modulating Time" by dj.tuBIG and MaliceX off of SOUNDSHOCK 2: FM FUNK TERROR!!; specifically, 59 seconds into the track. thanks for this comment, it prompted me to put the tracklist for the video in the description

[@zebrin]

What happens if you get all but one can?

[@CrappyBlue]

presumably it plays out the same as when you choose a nonstandard color after having collected the first nine. that being said, i was going off info from a person on the team when i made this video, and they didn't tell me there was unique dialog there. if there is, they missed it or forgot to tell me.

[@zebrin]

@@CrappyBlue Kinda figured it wouldn't be anything special, but oh well.

[@licensedvibechecker8096]

eggman's reaction to the black spray paint associated with the ARK might be a reference to the snapvube sa2 fandub

[@CrappyBlue]

it's probably a reference to sonic adventure 2, the video game.

[@licensedvibechecker8096]

@@CrappyBlue probably. something abt eggman's reaction seemed a bit personal tho, like he didn't want to think about it

[@CrappyBlue]

@licensedvibechecker8096 yeah. this characterization fits with a post-SA2 eggman who ended that game reflecting on the dire situation aboard the ark and the history and actions of his extended family.

[@licensedvibechecker8096]

@@CrappyBlue ohhh i see, i forgot the game's actual plot lmao

[@azertyQ]

I tried restarting the game after I accidently drove into the wrong color (drifting is too fun to not always be drifting), but it wouldn't let me change it still :( PS I think deleting all whole title for a replay leads to a Segmentation Fault

[@christopherstardeluxe]

You can just get them in races

[@multiversegamer6587]

3:33 I’m so confused What’s the tension here and why is it here

[@CrappyBlue]

have you seen the ending to sonic adventure 2?

[@multiversegamer6587]

@@CrappyBlue no, what is it?

[@CrappyBlue]

i imagine it'd have its strongest impact if you played the game or saw it played through to the ending, but in brief: in the final story, it's revealed the ARK was set to have its cannon fire on earth as an act of revenge against the government raid on the ARK that led to maria robotnik's death. eggman is horrified by this, as his goal was only to use the *threat* of the cannon to get what he wanted, without actually following through on its destructive power. he works with the rest of the game's cast to disarm the ARK and spends the game's ending wondering about his grandfather's motivation in wishing the death of humanity, having a rather vulnerable exchange with tails over it. ring racers is heavily implied to take place not long after adventure 2, with other continuity elements from later games mixed in but the story progression kept where it had been. so, the implication is that tails mentioning the ARK in the dialog for the black spray can causes eggman to recede, as those feelings are still somewhat raw.

[@ThisisTheUltimate]

@@CrappyBlue I mean, considering the game mentions Blaze, and the SS Tornado-X, the best it can be is taking place after Sonic Rush Adventure, but I personally think it would go somewhere around the current releases maybe, Forces, Team Sonic Racing, Frontiers, IDW... It even has IDW characters stopping to think of it, and even though we have other SEGA characters who aren't from Sonic's universe, I think it's fair to say that the game would take place around the current games But it still does make sense for Eggman to be upsed about it, it was his grandfather who created the ARK, someone he admired, and tried to kill everyone including Eggman himself because of the death of his grandaughter, or Eggman's cousin, Maria

[@CrappyBlue]

@@ThisisTheUltimate the word of the devs is that sonic adventure 2 has happened, sonic heroes has not. mentions of other elements can point to some melding of timeline events into some weird new thing. but it's vital to the dynamic of tails and eggman here to think of it as stemming from adventure 2's ending.

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

Is this a fan game?

[@CrappyBlue]

yep! just came out last week on the 24th.

[@MrMoron-qn5rx]

The only one i dont like as much is the white paint, as it could have refrenced tails' mint addiction. He apparently smells heavily off the stuff.