Film Theory: Did Sonic WASTE Our Time? (Sonic Movie 2020)

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When I was watching the new Sonic movie I had to ask myself, "MatPat, why is Sonic on a road trip?" We all know that Sonic's big thing is running. He can move way faster than a car, which makes the choice of making his big theatrical release a road trip movie SUPER weird. Theorist, today I am peeling back the layers of this "plot hole" to figure out if it was a MISTAKE or, perhaps, proof that it really is about the friends you make along the way.
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Credits:
Writer: Matthew Patrick
Researcher: Justin Kuiper
Editors: Koen Verhagen, Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi, and Forrest Lee
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman
Sources:geology.com/state-map/montana...

[@HittingBandy]

Jim Carrey: watches Game Theory Also him in the Sonic movie: I'm gonna do what's called a gamer move, a pro gamer move

[@eken1725]

Pro gamer.

[@UltimatePerfection]

*Jim Carrey.

[@HittingBandy]

@@UltimatePerfection oops tnx

[@UltimatePerfection]

@@HittingBandy You're welcome 😀.

[@faizahmohammedaruwa]

555th like 😎

[@ArloLinn]

Film theory: Sonic didn’t want to run for a day straight in case he injured his knee, he’s being a bit more cautious after seeing your last video

[@Alex26108]

Spooky Filmz Ent. WTF???

[@IrvingIV]

@@YoungAlienBoy Everybody spam report them, they are view baiting with bots, people are talking about it in the linked video if you don't believe me.

[@purplefirekitty1]

I love this

[@IrvingIV]

@@Logan-fb7sy Yes, and I have seen identical comments within threads of this comment section repeatedly. Theoretically they could have done it by hand, but the sheer volume of dislikes is not likely due to human effort alone.

[@Logan-fb7sy]

bruh

[@deianeirawalker4628]

I appreciate how MatPat calculated Sonic’s run to the Pacific Ocean and back, but it looks like there are some mountains there too, so I think he would have to calculate the height of the mountains that Sonic would have run up and back down again as well

[@Noobstenman]

Hi

[@sugarconley3457]

TRUE

[@ttry1152]

The rockies wre brutal imma be honest. Tho there are roads and passes that don't detour too kuch

[@anthonyschutz7201]

I mean it seems to me that you can just tell sonic to go to the Pacific ocean, and then run down the coast until he hits San Francisco.

[@bunnyarewatching1556]

He is afraid of water

[@thefallenuchiha.4940]

@@bunnyarewatching1556that’s just… no

[@bunnyarewatching1556]

@@thefallenuchiha.4940 wym no

[@zer0378]

Movie: Does a scene to have more character develoment Mat: *YOU WERENT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT*

[@snowybreeze9529]

Eljo Kuka I remember watching sonic x and sonic says to travel the whole world it will take a day but this video that gives an accurate answer than the show did

[@navystoneswampattackcrocod6539]

@@snowybreeze9529 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@partyjams]

Sonic: wants to spend time with someone he cares about before having to leave his home forever MattPat: Yet another video game character being a manipulative monster

[@cometahavoc]

No words for this

[@noriakikakyoin5503]

@@YoungAlienBoy bro fucking stop

[@coreythepeanut]

@@YoungAlienBoy No, you have a bad ad campaign.

[@kenwalkensdeadchannelcanal2886]

@@YoungAlienBoy what the, WHAT IS YOUR MEANING? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

[@NotASpyReally]

lol exactly

[@turtle1658]

Youv'e gotta still consider in the movieverse he is still a kid, he feels a need for a parental figure like tom (donut lord) He also does not want to leave earth so he clings to the last times he has there, and for once does not gotta go fast

[@ladygrim7658]

As I stated before I will again. You and your crew will always be number 1 in the movie business. No matter what people say about your theorist, you have always proved that the movie and television biz pay attention to what y'all produce. So keep up the great work you all. I'm on a personal mission to see all videos on all 4 of your channels by the end of the year.

[@user-th9oz1mr3f]

I feel like Sonic just stayed with Donutlord because at heart, he’s a kid. He doesn’t want to be alone. And really, he doesn’t want to leave Earth. So he’s purposefully dragging his feet on leaving and spending as much time as possible trying to stay here. And he stays in the car with him because this is person he feels closest with, even at the beginning of the movie, this is his dad in his mind.

[@mopnem]

This is how I took it...only way for it to make sense

[@littlediamond4552]

You have brought me back to why I love thulis movie. Its a story about sonic's character, his growth, and finding his place in the world.

[@willwatzke8860]

I must have Alzheimer’s because I don’t remember asking

[@stateofhibernation]

Thank you! I don't see why so many people don't get that? He's been alone for so long and loves earth, he wanted to spend time and travel with the donut lord.

[@DirectorsChoice]

He doesn't want to go, he needs a family like Dory from Find Nemo..."Just keep running, just keep running..."

[@justallwrong5401]

meanwhile in a CIA building* CIA agent: "Why is someone adding up the mileage of roadways around the world?"

[@MegaBradster1]

JustAllWrong Hope they don’t realize we just threw random numbers for half the countries

[@ErikPT]

He should have used the NSA who had actual real data of all information accessible.

[@nopity3057]

Why I would do the adding up of mileages of roadways across the world: It helps pass the time.

[@nlechoppa3687]

JustAllWrong kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKCsoGtpqsehjJY

[@shubhamsagarsingh9451]

Can you be sure Sonic can run that fast continuously?

[@blitxzy]

I don’t know if I’m the first to notice this but this video was uploaded on February 29th, 2020, if you’re confused, 2020 was a leap year and leap year’s only come every 4 years (next one is next year, 2024), so how does KZbin count this video as 2 years old but February 29th only comes every 4 years? (I should clarify this comment is sorta a joke but I just wanted to make this fact aware bc idk if anyone noticed this in the comments👍)

[@lolziz]

15:54 "That manipulative little hedgehog, Seems like speed isn't his ONLY super ability" Should be one of the villan's lines for the sequel.

[@technical_difficulties.mp4]

( like lolziz comment if you agree )We need this to be a thing in the movie sequel.

[@temmie9391]

Introducing line to the antagonist, sanic.

[@Zt-jpeg]

Honestly I laughed And it does

[@rei1sba315]

lolziz sadly there wont be a sequel due to the studio basically bankrupting

[@soip6710]

@@rei1sba315 Sony? Sony isn't that far gone yet. At least I hope not, my girlfriend works under them :/

[@MelodicQuest]

Here's a good question: Is the sequel gonna be "Sonic 2" or "Sonic & Tails"

[@pidgebird]

Sonic 2 and Tails

[@mooses1027]

WOAH THATS DEEP

[@linkolek]

Sonic... Tails twoo.

[@Tassadar_Lord_of_Flames]

Nice

[@martianmanreacts9005]

Yes...

[@javircortez7008]

Did matpat change the cover of the video?

[@CDR_Droid]

It's weird how the thumbnail has changed.

[@SteveMutt]

Alternative Theory: Sonic wanted a road trip. The fish on his head would have dropped off if he hadn’t kept it there or put it there so, quite plausible

[@AJsMillions]

From our puny view of physics, this is accurate to a degree.

[@lettu6199]

It may have stayed their. With the speed he was going his head could’ve kept it up their

[@Lambda_Ovine]

There are plenty of things that I can do myself and I decide not to because I don't feel like it, so yeah.

[@mishabfox7589]

Sonic has Quills like a porcupine the Fish was impaled like velcro and was unable to fall off on its own

[@nekodragneel2260]

thank you for this comment I honestly just think that sonic wanted to go on a road trip with someone he liked so he can be part of a family considering his personality and how lonely he was

[@danielcurtis8895]

Sonic 'could' have found his rings on his own but: 1. Everyone tends to think and do irrational things when they are scared. This is probably magnified because Sonic has no one. 2. He wanted to make a friend and took this chance to road trip with Donut Lord to do just that. 3. He wasn't in full control of all of his powers. In fact, he just learned to Time Stop and Spin Attack from the film. 4. This Sonic isn't the seasoned hero from the games, and this is his origin story.

[@gurimisenpai2358]

I think bowling ball hedgehog was the only thing he'd learned.

[@diegobrando3409]

I thought those scenes were just sonics super fast reaction time and him moving in accordance to that speed. Never knew it was him just stopping time.

[@Amundo.]

👏👏👏

[@TalkingBook72]

Did everyone just forget about the scene where he explains that he doesn't know how to get there? That's literally all it is. There's no big theory behind it

[@sonicjamal230]

@@diegobrando3409 im pretty sure you're right about that. sonic obviously doesn't literally have time powers but people just simplify it to stopping time even though it's just the super fast reaction time.

[@sarahloveless1726]

I have another take: Sonic seems to have the attention span of a squirrel. Maybe he wanted him to come along to keep him on track

[@matthewvarnadoe5818]

Hey matpat I doubt to see this comment but did you know the sign on the board (1981) is a reference to when sega first bought the rights to frogger 10 years before Sonic first came out

[@pepethegamer3000]

Wow really? That’s pretty cool

[@JimboAverage]

Paramount: “Write that down.” *”Write that down!!”*

[@mobbcentral4675]

Dipper: oh my gosh mable do you see this

[@ogfazcoin]

Mobb Central HA

[@DirectorsChoice]

"Write that down!!!"

[@dr.stoner7341]

hey at least they're listening(supposedly).

[@patom8327]

@Spooky Filmz Ent. That’s just bad writing right there

[@Dire_Pants]

Tom also could've just told him "Go west, turn left at the ocean, follow it south".

[@donutchan8114]

Or like, make it to the coast and run along it until you make it to San Francisco. But plot, apparently.

[@Purrfect_Werecat]

Literally this

[@shawnpitman876]

@@donutchan8114 "Ah, the planet sized plot hole. We didn't think you'd notice that...." Think about it too, he would have had 0% chance of failing to find it fast with those directions. They would put him right in front of the golden gate bridge, which he would recognize.

[@therealalexw6108]

My mum gives more instructions than that to find the nachos

[@PumpkinKing-ruler-of-pumpkins]

you can really tell how late they edited the numbers on the speedometer based on the sloppy editing on the numbers showing this isnt most likely a film theory fan but rather a person who just heard about this through social media etc

[@masonhunter2748]

Do a video on how deep is the never ending pasta bowl.

[@ibiahmed1947]

FOOD THEORY: HOW MUCH PASTA COULD FIT IN THE INFINITE PASTA BOWL

[@cringeyyygaming1262]

Dude when sonic was taking a “road trip” his legs were considered “feelin like spaghetti”

[@mattdocken4551]

Yes, and after that he ran out to see the rubber band ball.

[@theycallmerainy2010]

jebblottin92 it was poorly acted out dialogue. The exact same words could do as long as the actor sounded a bit fearful.

[@naha6161]

Yes, but in one of the shown clips, he ran to the Atlantic ocean, before he had started the trip. This proves that his legs were completely healed at the point in which he is expected to have left.

[@theycallmerainy2010]

jebblottin92 very true

[@Robbie.D.Rancid]

Gaming for Gaming because the tranquilizer gun numbed his legs

[@pie6029]

When Robotnik just used Sonic's power for his own machines I just thought: "So it's the same type of stand as Star Platinum"

[@Hunter-lj4mg]

9 seconds have passed

[@enginegaming2848]

Is Sonic a Jojo reference?????

[@tibiafibiafie]

When Sonic stopped time I was thinking “4 seconds have passed”

[@ekaj-fj3gk]

I still wonder how there are JoJo fans in each and every comment section on KZbin

[@jamkithotlinemiami901]

Yare yare daze

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweos7934]

Tumbnail ---> 6:56

[@kaijuboi9]

Yea, Matpat posted his final video today. Hopefully he makes a cameo in Sonic 3

[@happycamperds9917]

Sonic: DODGES OVER 100 MISSILES Also Sonic: CAN’T DODGE A SINGLE TRANQUILIZER DART

[@errorninja1019]

well his brain was focused on screaming therefore he was distracted

[@Fluffkitscripts]

I suppose the speed is something he has to turn on and off. When he’s using it, he can dodge. But if he doesn’t know the dart is coming, he can’t dodge.

[@midnightminingspider7824]

Ha

[@fakenio242]

MidnightMining Spider you mean AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@bartg6937]

He was.....too slow.

[@mixedmercury]

If Tom just added in "and go south when you get to the coast" then the entire movie would've been over. The entire plot only happens because he's horrible at giving directions.

[@coco_puffyz1919]

Ok

[@extremealier4143]

@@coco_puffyz1919 no

[@cyb3rmilk686]

@@extremealier4143 what

[@gachachris3805]

You’re right tho

[@extremealier4143]

@@cyb3rmilk686 no u

[@Karlz1212]

My guess is that Sonic knows he could *maybe* get to San Francisco on his own in a much quicker way, but if he did he could be taking the risk of Eggman or someone else finding him much faster if they read his speed level or something like that So he sticks by Tom’s side with the fake excuse that he doesn’t know where SF is because traveling by car wouldn’t raise awareness With the added bonus that he gets to spend time with his father figure But hey! That’s just a theory, a comment theory!

[@realitylogics3561]

But how much time does Sonic experience? In the slow mo scenes, he experiences way more time than bystanders.

[@RiHikaru]

2:06 "Fanservice" Shows Rouge PervPat is back guys!

[@itsPlasma06]

**flashback to the boob episode**

[@Criselyon]

Luigis fruit

[@RiHikaru]

@@itsPlasma06 "To the 10 females who watch this show... (Inculding my mother) I apologize for what you're about to see."

[@itsPlasma06]

@@RiHikaru **cue the can-can with a bunch of boob nicknames** MatPat a couple years later: I regret everything

[@vegetablackpotato4700]

@@YoungAlienBoy wigga you had the vid in your channel

[@SomewhereFireworks]

“Call me Angelica Schuyler because I am still not satisfied” -MatPat, 2020

[@axelstars7117]

HAMILFANNNNNN

[@funnyfox204]

Vergil Sanders WOOOOOOOOO

[@6teafrog698]

Out boi has learned the ways of fan fiction KZbin and *wattpat*

[@CineCoy]

Monika so how is the Club doing

[@floydofnova2743]

You have summon us Hamilton fans

[@myleswelnetz6700]

I see you changed the thumbnail. I liked the old one better, but this isn’t bad either.

[@a.kitcat.b]

🦔He's like a little kid at a theme park. Dragging their feet and taking as much time as possible. I would know from experience.🌀

[@CrYngeMania]

Me, a human living in Deer Lodge: Oh, hey! Look at- The prison isn't that bad, dude..

[@Modernwoman-cy6dc]

Are you really

[@CineCoy]

Hey fellow Montanan!!! Still find it hilarious that Sonic is a Montanan movie.

[@alphabriarwolf721]

Well you aren't wrong cause I visited Deer Lodge once and it was cool to see

[@magnifichades9710]

FELLOW MONTANANS UNITE

[@SteamPunkLinken7]

Sonic: Im the fastest in the world! Camera Man: Don’t make me laugh.

[@ghostleemann955]

DAG

[@nevodahari916]

Where did you get your profile picture from?

[@SteamPunkLinken7]

An anime called Overlord.

[@nevodahari916]

@@SteamPunkLinken7 Oh ok, thanks

[@yotsugiononoki5343]

nevo dahari it has 3 seasons 12 episode each it’s a good series

[@sirman69]

Ok wtf wrong with thumbnail

[@Super_Sonic_gamer714]

well, i needed this so i stopped crying from the news

[@randomcontentahead6428]

Sonic isolating himself was just him hiding from the corona earlier than everyone else

[@Burstroom]

Sonic went so fast he warped into the future and saw stuff about the virus and went back to the past and isolated himself. Or I t was just his home.

[@gegernald6455]

Do creatures that look like humanoid dogs from different dimensions catch the COVID-19?

[@dragonsquad9144]

Lol

[@manobigb9633]

Lol

[@technobladeneverdies7547]

HA! Sonic has nothing on us introverts! We were hiding from Corona since begining! XD

[@kirkir3029]

As someone who lives litterally 30min away from Deer Lodge, MT I am SUPER excited that my (almost) little town is being talked about!. ALSO, the prison is super cool and not used anymore, it's just there as a tourist attraction, and right next door is a cool car museum that is honestly fun to visit even if cars aren't your thing. ALSO, ALSO there used the be the most amazing diner there that had the BEST tomatoe soup but they closed sadly a couple years ago. Anywho, I was just super excited to hear about my little town here!

[@chimkinmayonaise9459]

Mmmm tomatoe soup

[@Heidi19ck22]

80 year old man with foot fetish reading this comment why the heck I’ve never seen this before do they serve it on feet or is it feet served with soup I’m down either way

[@soup-flavored-soup6613]

Tama toe soup, may I ask what kind of animal is a tama *toma

[@lewanuva8158]

Small towns are the best! They are always so unique and interesting.

[@sherylcervantes8901]

Sonic:Dodges over 100 missiles easily Me:can’t dodge a nerf dart

[@1Rhaast]

I laughed way too hard at "Crappy Information Archive" XD

[@Aquagamer224]

And fanservice.... Shows picture of Rouge “Yeah that seems about right”

[@poissonmulti-taches2742]

For fanservice it should be shadow .

[@samfleming4527]

poisson multi-taches I don’t think you get what he’s referring to

[@poissonmulti-taches2742]

@@samfleming4527 Yes I get it 🍆 🍑 but rouge is more adult jokes than s. fanservice .

[@core3gamegd587]

Notification squad!

[@samfleming4527]

poisson multi-taches ok true

[@katherine252]

Matpat: "Call me Angelica Schuyler cause im still not satisfied!" Me and my fellow theater kids are quaking

[@tiffany15O5]

I don't think that's a theatre kid thing, Hamilton is VERY famous

[@doxiedarling144]

*Quakes intensely*

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

WORK WORK

[@afkijkuit4057]

@@CrystalDoggoIsMissing Angelicaaaa

[@sem9517]

Elizzaaa and PEGGY!

[@MYLIFESUCKS872]

Tom could have just gave sonic a map and highlight the route to San Francisco and BOOM he would have been there

[@NeptuneEnerg]

As a proud citizen of not Powell county, I can confirm that the prison is a castle

[@eManMayhem]

Matpat: looks at every road My first thought: if he looked at Idaho roads, then he looked at my house!

[@evanc6508]

Looked at mine in Oregon

[@popularparzy2116]

@@YoungAlienBoy Why u so annoying?

[@LiamLimeLarm]

@@YoungAlienBoy That's your own video, this is just a scheme to get more views and watch time.

[@Kiri_-so3ei]

I also live in Idaho

[@ichigoisthegoat]

@@YoungAlienBoy u cant even spell

[@mrfuzzymittens1453]

"sonic can turn his life around in 1 year so can you" i never felt so personally attacked. subbed

[@KevinG3699]

I know, right in the meow meow.

[@Crazy8-er4xk]

That was so funny when you really carry a stopwatch to the movie theater 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I also kind of love your film theories 😁 but sometimes they kind of miss me up 😳 still can' keep watching though 😄👍

[@lbgamer6166]

15:55 Disconsidering the fact that Sonic didn't know how to look at signs and didn't know the way. Time isn't the only thing

[@707tinman707]

*Counter Theory:* What if Sonic knows he could get to San Francisco really fast but chose not to because he didnt want to be lonely anymore, hence traveling with Tom.

[@milkymurderer907]

Zanarkand this is true though( your counter theory)

[@mechanicalmagician8874]

This is what I believe to be true, though Matpat's theory isn't incorrect in my opinion. I think it comes down to the fact that in this movie, Sonic is much more of a kid and as such might have simply not been confident enough to explore such a distant place on his own. Montana is his home, and he hasn't really left it from what we're shown. So going to some unknown place far away would not only be scary, but he would also have to find a way back home (if we're assuming he's using his rings only in emergencies and doesn't use the rings to get back to Montana). While he probably knows that he's faster than Tom's truck, he sees this as an opportunity to fill the empty place in his heart. He's basically getting the father he never had AND that father is making sure that he gets to San Fran and back safely. Thank you for listening to my insane ramblings.

[@samfleming4527]

Y’all it’s a good theory but not as good as this endless pasta bowl from Olive Garden

[@Plague_and_class]

That is the best counter theory ever

[@Raccoooooooooon]

Also didnt sonic get tranquilized

[@ibrothebro6864]

This man went through a lot of dedication and time just to prove that a movie about an alien hedgehog who runs faster than the speed of light doesnt make sense........ This man is a legend.

[@speedguy8637]

Not really. Every video he makes it about calling Sonic slow. And it’s dumb cuz none of it is canon proof of anything.

[@donnagormann9653]

Yes...

[@upseguest]

he is not alien

[@minnightxx__8708]

I agree

[@shaylynnlegault5757]

I love your videos they're the best

[@ImaLineOfCode]

i just now realized in sonic 2 he can run on water. RUN ON WATER! yet he crashes in to the cold dark waters of the pacific :(

[@EpicoolGuy7]

15:37 I'm pretty sure that Sonic tried to go up the building, but for some reason he could not figure out a way to reach the top.

[@TheNewsDepot]

When running as fast as he does, how much calories is he burning? How often would he need to stop and eat running every street in the US? Maybe riding in the car is faster over all because he doesn't have to stop every hour and nap for three hours after eating 10k calories of food.

[@amethyst_dawn]

Plus he's only ever shown to run at top speeds for what in real time would be about 2 minutes max, so we don't know how long he can keep up the sonic speeds.

[@celinnejansson5679]

I was thinking about that too

[@thestevens580]

He said it took seven hours. He has more than twice that time to beat the car bc of how long it takes for the car to get there. He still has soooo much time

[@trunorth8809]

I would love a theory like that

[@Jpeg.g]

This would be burried as a comment so tell matpatvthat its NEV-A-DA NOT NEV-OD-A

[@ethribin4188]

My headcannon why Sonic wanted John to bring him was because he was scared and uncertain. And we know Sonic isnt a thinker. So he bropably didnt think about just going all imperial measuring by simply running. So in his paniced, cornered and scared state he just asked John to bring him there, not realizing he could have done it himself and alone.

[@johnblack5616]

Ethribin his name is Tom, but his dentist calls him Tim. But it’s gone on so long that it’d be weird to correct it now.

[@chimkinmayonaise9459]

His name be Tom

[@ORIONVIIXI]

his name is donut lord get it right

[@sop1918]

Sonic is able to find his way back to the truck after going to the sea easily, in this case he must be good at navigating or have a good memory so as long as he saw a map he’d be able to make it to San Francisco

[@SamODonnell-up7bm]

i did it matt i will miss you greatly i aspire to be like you

[@Nnaul]

Matpat:"I'm the weird single guy" I thought he was married with a kid, What happened? Did I miss something?

[@frozenwintershitty]

single guy meaning he is 1 Person watching the movie.

[@safetytheflamewolf]

I think he was referring to the fact he was by himself in the movie theater rather then with a family

[@drivera0502]

I think Stephanie left him after he sold off his own son in a previous video

[@joelramirez8629]

This.

[@avianwmorgan8462]

They divorced a few months ago.

[@mew.shroom]

Sonic thought the world was Minecraft, infinitely generated.

[@youngjellyfish8694]

Best comment

[@lvbboi9]

@@youngjellyfish8694 worst*

[@jacobmartinez38]

Minecraft is not infinite

[@moonshineblackmoon7293]

@@jacobmartinez38 you wanna try and reach the end of it then?

[@prest01]

@@jacobmartinez38 sonic thought it was the infdev version of minecraft

[@parvitz]

"huevos rancheros near the nazca lines" please tell me that joke was ironic about how mexico is so far away from peru and not you thinking huevos rancheros and the nazca lines are close to eachother

[@ranboozould9959]

love your videos!

[@whateven9211]

As someone who lives in Deer Lodge, Mt... it made me laugh a little when I watched this.

[@ttry1152]

I didn't know that many other montanans watched this. I know 2.

[@ttry1152]

@Junxi Liang u one

[@phlippedfilosophy9047]

1 in 100000000000

[@Nethercroc]

No you dont, your kidding right?!

[@dannybanny8322]

stop lying for likes

[@marco446]

"Did sonic waste our time" Kid part of me : *nooo! Never*

[@nockradqkdak7992]

Mom: youre wasting your time on the genesis/mega drive (i dont know which countrie you are frkm

[@Burning_Wolf]

Bro what happened to the thumbnail

[@thehvanddino-weaponshow1337]

I have no clue

[@ellymyths]

14:05 It's probably because that calculation is from 2013 and some of the entrees might have been added after that entree

[@rufioh]

but it's not like he will go over every road exactly once. This is the traveling salesman problem, but on a scale that's pretty incalculable

[@ratgr]

Yeah and does he never rest? how much can he run before needing rest, also route mapping gets exponential over intersections when you don't have a clue of your destination so no, even using only the biggest interstate roads I simulated an average of ~5 days using the clue of west using southwest it takes ~1.1 days

[@ZachariahMBaird]

But he's also probably going to get to San Francisco before going to every single other road in the world. So it balances out.

[@ratgr]

@@ZachariahMBaird No it doesn't balance, I simulated the travel (see my comment)

[@rosure7]

But that's assuming his speed is the lowest possible... In reality he's just too fast... And sonic spends most of his time running we don't know how much he needs to rest. We would be assuming here...

[@alexanderbrambila3812]

It’s also unlikely that he’ll travel on every single road

[@blackbun130]

Tbh when Eggman said "They proved it" I actually did think of Game Theory at first 😂

[@sonicjason255]

Why... that wasn't even the thing matpat proved, he actually disproved that before doing math on Sonic's stopping in the video he's referencing

[@blackbun130]

@@sonicjason255 Bro I said "at first". Just in the spur of the moment when that line was said I thought of GT, that's it. Dumb smarty pants.

[@sonicjason255]

@@blackbun130 oh... ok sorry

[@RevolutionaryOven]

You know what, I wonder, why didn't Donut Lord just give sonic his phone with google maps? As long as sonic respected how long the voice takes to speak, he wouldn't need to read the map, he could listen for where to turn. That is, of course, unless getting google's permission to use their product in this movie would have been affordable, pff.

[@skoryuroborus9677]

MatPat: Hey Guy! Can we get to 10M subscribers before the end of the year? Me: *sees he got 11.4M of those* Also me: Oh, okey then!

[@greaterbritannia5745]

“Call me Angelica Schyuler cuz I’m still not satisfied!” -Matpat 2020

[@zachthemangod1512]

Whos that tho

[@sakanagakyoko]

Is that a HAMILTON refference??

[@SYatesie]

WHEN HE SAID THAT IT MADE ME SO SO SO HAPPY AAAAAA

[@starcre9338]

Yess Hamilton

[@xronium]

@@zachthemangod1512 if you are making a joke, disregard this comment. Angelica Schuyler was the sister of Eliza Schuyler, who was the wife of Alexander Hamilton. Angelica was going to be Hamilton's wife and Hamilham said to Angelica; "You strike me As a woman who has never been satified." Keep in mind this is from the Hamilton Musical.

[@lifeisok7726]

The problem is, sonic would be caught if he ran. He needed the truck so he wouldn’t be seen on raders, by pedestrians, ect. AND dont say he didnt know. The best way to trick your enemy’s, is to trick your friends.

[@hc855]

Also the fact that sonic might off just wanted to spend time with the only person he saw as a friend.

[@robojoe2414]

but people aren't going to see something travelling at 990000mph

[@thecorn1689]

@@robojoe2414 they are going to see the trail

[@renaskaplan732]

@@robojoe2414 they have radars and sattelites that search the power when he runs

[@modelgio360]

Xd he just state that he can, and beside Sonic is not that intelligent

[@Jessicadupin83]

I already subed and I already hit the notification bell before I even started watching this video

[@johnthegreat4128]

Film Theory you are wrong because Longclaw was actually a character that existed before the sonic movie they barley used it and now it is back to being used!

[@randompersononyoutube4596]

°Spoilers° When Tails appeared in the movie a kid behind me in the theater yelled "YeLLoW SoNiC!"

[@Emily-cy6ej]

Oh no...poor child...

[@hinatagirl1529]

Omg 😂😂

[@dejulesb7063]

🤣🤣

[@jellyvcake]

Ha

[@mixedlove217]

When I saw it I started laughing and my brother said "It's freaking Tails"

[@Moonstar79]

MatPat: Adds up every single road in the western hemisphere Also MatPat: Assumed Sonic doesn't cross the same road twice

[@nataliaborys1554]

He could run in circles in one state very easily

[@iexist9966]

@@nataliaborys1554 exactly

[@rubenantao2476]

I know how easily people can get lost in a shopping mall imagine trying to not get lost on a planet

[@rockeaterlink]

I mean, he prob will only take a month even if he crosses each one 73 times or somthing

[@rubenantao2476]

true but it would be slower than a 2 day road trip

[@random_ax3283]

Ok I just wanna say what I think: 1. Remember, sonic had no idea where San Francisco was. That’s why the road trip. 2. He didn’t run up the wall because he prefers to be a secret.

[@tntori5079]

Kalispell native here: how did I miss this episode till now XD I always assumed it was just a reference to old Kalispell - that is the one longtime native remember before blowing up. Good ol days.

[@abubakarjamro5713]

Matpat in 2019: sonic should not run that fast or else his joint would be impaired. Matpat in 2020: Why isn't sonic using his speed to find his rings.

[@jaythewolf7216]

this 100% geez

[@user-bc7tl1ef1i]

IKR XD

[@verybasedgamez2700]

no

[@olilondonisabum7170]

@Liam LaMarre no he wasnt

[@nikniknotsry7806]

"Well call me Angelica Sklyar cause im still not satisfied!" - Matpat 2020 Love the Hamilton reference

[@woah4167]

Not to be _that_ guy, but schuyler*

[@fork.5707]

@@woah4167 you just gained the high ground on Niknik not sry

[@brackenblaze6225]

12:22

[@tacopenguin8327]

I agree with your things, but what you didn’t account for and what you can’t account for is overlapping roads going over roads he was already on. I can’t expect you to do this because you can’t

[@queenwinger1897]

Sonic would need to rest after 24hour of running. Right?

[@brytheguy4515]

"roadways across all 50 states" Hawaii: uhhh... are you forgetting something?

[@everblue2277]

BryTheGuy same with Alaska.

[@brytheguy4515]

@@everblue2277 at least with Alaska it's physically possible to drive there

[@redkingrauri3769]

Wait was the highway in Bojack Horseman not real?

[@awesomeblb3407]

BryTheGuy and Alaska

[@everblue2277]

BryTheGuy yeah, lol, but in the section for just America you can’t really take the roads.

[@KittAnimations]

But if Sonic did just run Yes: he would get there faster BUT he be would risk getting caught faster too

[@user86s]

So tru

[@lucasolsson1538]

fair point and he'd probably cause more blackouts messing things up

[@tourmelion9221]

And also loneliness and companionship

[@tourmelion9221]

Also he would go back on roads he could be running in circles for hours

[@sheepbow909]

At least until the police caught him

[@melissabury5341]

Rip matpat😢

[@userjames2009]

Sonic wanted some good memories (things he wrote on his bucket list) before he had to live on mushroom planet and its boredom for the rest of his life.

[@techformsmaster930]

you fail to consider 1 thing, since he doesn't know how to get there, he could've ended up running in a big circle for the rest of time.

[@TayoEXE]

That's what I was thinking of too. In a brute force algorithm along some graph, you have to have some kind of way of keeping track of where you have been. It's unlikely Sonic just magically memorizes every place he has been too and could have just as easily kept running through areas and towns he has already visited.

[@EleganteDee]

MatPat: You took the videogame character known for running to fast and you put it on a car. Team Sonic Racing: ...

[@fireballplayz6954]

Nathaniel Bandy has entered the chat

[@pegasBaO23]

I mean in team sonic racing, sonic probably did that so the other characters had chance at the race

[@aLwE17]

I'd like to think that Sonic can only go fast in short bursts then need time to recuperate the energy he lost in connection to Matpat's other theory on how much energy Sonic needs, or he faces severe wear and tear to his body and he dies.

[@Alex2themaximum]

Wait, wouldn't sonic take a break from running after like an hour or 2 maybe? There's no way he'd run for 24 hours straight 😂

[@kiaranecessary7972]

I think when Sonic says he "can't do" it alone, he means emotionally more so than physically. He can't wander around the country reaching dead ends a thousand times in a row. He's not used to failure.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

true

[@DirectorsChoice]

You're right, he doesn't know what failure feels like!

[@purpledragon1945]

Plus that town is the only comforting place he has anymore, might not be able to find his way back if he goes in the wrong direction

[@prof.reithe4053]

I just immediately figured, based on his literal interpretation of "Go West" despite obviously knowing what roads are, that he KNEW he COULD, but that essentially, it was about him wanting a friend in what was essentially a new place. He just didn't want to be alone.

[@nlechoppa3687]

Kiara Necessary kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKCsoGtpqsehjJY

[@Gihad97]

The question is does Sonic have the endurance to run for a whole day? Thats what I see is that he couldn’t run for a whole day straight at that speed.

[@thetestinggrounds7855]

I was trying to consider his endurance as well. I mean, it's not like his body is immune to damage. So why should he be immune to fatigue?

[@Gihad97]

Pyro Gaming Inc exactly. They say the flash has to eat a ton of calories because he burns up so many. It should be the same for Sonic as well.

[@jodester3132]

@@Gihad97 Sonic is a hedgehog so it's probably a much smaller fraction of calories compared to the flash.

[@yuvalgilan9013]

14:44 @mat-pat, In Sonic X the TV series (that I absolutely love, you should check it out), Sonic says that if he went to any place in the world he wanted it would take him, &I quote, “about a day”!

[@annarodriguezanna]

you know it's matpat if he's destroying the government with knowledge

[@wisetheblood2522]

Director Of Sonic: Lets add this meme to be funny, Film Theory: So you've chosen death

[@coco_puffyz1919]

Ok

[@jmas2593]

Sonic: Hey can I use your google maps app? Tom: Sure Movie: Is over

[@spalsh10yearsago31]

Jimi Masuraki honestly

[@real_fanta_star_3626]

How would the satellite see him?

[@artomaton776]

@@real_fanta_star_3626 Let them have this

[@KnuttyEntertainment]

Every time he takes a turn, he stops for a few seconds to let the phone update, and give new directions.

[@jonnykk843]

It shows how fast your going on Google Maps to and if the government is watching us then I pretty sure they would see that

[@aaronyc2011]

Technically, it would be even less than 4 seconds because sonic would have to spend time realizing that he was in the ocean

[@user-fl8pr7du8e]

at 10:09 in the video mat pat said to subscribe but i was and still are subscribed.