[SFM] Disposable Design

The idea of this short was actually part of a different idea I've had in mind for some time, but never really got it down in writing so I decided to take this small section of it and make it a short of its own! I hope you all enjoy this video with Metal Sonic, and just in time for Sonic's anniversary too XD
Consider supporting my Patreon for Early Access, WIPs and renders! / mikedarklighter
credits:
Custom Textures provided by Flora-Tea www.deviantart.com/flora-tea / _flora_tea_
Songs used:
-Final Fever (US) - Sonic The Hedgehog CD
-Stardust Speedway Zone Good Future (US) - Sonic The Hedgehog CD
-Gravity Rush 2 OST Lei Elgona - Houseboat Fleet
Models provided by Apoc Hedgie, RandomTBrush, Ratchet Mario, gameman5804 and VicenticoTD
Sonic the Hedgehog belongs to Sega
Animation by me using Source Filmmaker from Valve.

[@kooyah6420]

_"You're still the enemy. You always will be. But maybe one day there can be one of us that gets to live as more than just a weapon."_

[@metalsonic8008]

Good ide

[@Somirage143]

Do you mean:E-102 Gamma?

[@chaoraiser2338]

@@Somirage143 what about e123 omega.....and emerl and gemeral

[@Somirage143]

@@chaoraiser2338 that's very true, however gamma was the first one to break free, and he's also my favorite, so that's why I mentioned him

[@Rewrite_wants_your_soul]

Wise words buddy

[@SonicSpeedNet]

I really enjoyed this, Metal having a bit of kindness for his past self. One of the reason’s I really like the character, he's not the same as every machine and has a personality of his own.

[@MikeDarklighter]

Hey thanks man! And same here!

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

Metal gave his past self to Tails.

[@eternallylearning2811]

There are plenty robots with personality in even just the sonic franchise none of them are the same as every machine

[@SonicSpeedNet]

@@eternallylearning2811 Totally didn't know that, I totally didn't make a career of doing Sonic stuff without ya know knowing that. Sorry I'm just messing around but yes I know I'm not very good with words.

[@Superdarksidex5]

This is one of the most wholesome stories I've see with Metal. Despite not able to display expressions, you made it clear that he has a feeling of confliction. I'm always a fan of villains possibly turning good or at least learn the goodness in life.

[@sebastianflores8177]

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[@senseiswordmaster8785]

Like dark matter from the kirby series?

[@Superdarksidex5]

@@senseiswordmaster8785 Does he really? Sorry. ^^; I haven't seen all of the Kirby stories. I must have missed that.

[@senseiswordmaster8785]

@@Superdarksidex5 Well to sum it up, dark matter is a dark entity from space with its trademark black sphere orange orbs around it's back and one soul piercing eye

[@senseiswordmaster8785]

@@Superdarksidex5 it has the inability to feel any form of positive emotions. So it believes that if it cant be happy no one should so it takes over planets and possesses life forms that can be happy

[@jordanboyd5587]

I love of how Tails wasn't portrayed as a wimp in this animation and was willing to defend himself against foes without needing Sonic's help, unlike Modern Tails were he just sits there and hides like a coward.

[@retrosquadchannel2.050]

Tails in late games is spineless worm, but at the beginning of Modern Era in Sonic Adventure he stands for himself, in Sonic Adventure 2 he even leads the fight without Sonic. All those writers are assholes.

[@Endriu192]

@@retrosquadchannel2.050 what did you expect from American writers, who was writing Lazy Town, Happy tree friends and don't have any ideas about Franchise.

[@retrosquadchannel2.050]

@@Endriu192 Я ожидал от таких сценаристов, что они себе зарплату урежут до такой степени, что сами станут платить. чтобы работать сценаристами.

[@flonneofthestars3709]

We don't talk about beta male tails he was not it cuz I feel like at a certain point after thousands of Eggman attacks you just need to be ready to throw hands not hide in the corner because he did that while chaos was around he would have drowned

[@TheShuuman]

@@Endriu192 This entire sentence hurt to read.

[@emberthefox4951]

For a machine, Metal was quite expressive here. You could almost hear what he was thinking and see expressions on his face. You just won yourself a sub.

[@chrismaystar3014]

I think I finally understand why Metal Sonic is one of my favorite Sonic characters. Eversince the OVA/Heroes, he's embodied that existential fear of being "one of" or A something instead of THE something. The feeling of being just another step towards something better instead of being that unique being, and yet, very few robot characters like him choose not to fight that fear. Metal Sonic embraces his similarities and builds on what he knows he's good at to make himself stronger. That is what makes him unique. That's what, in an ironic twist of fate, makes him that unique being. It might be weird that I drew that conclusion from this video, but I can't help that this video opened my eyes to something I could not understand before. Thanks, Mike!

[@AIYFProductions]

This. This comment right here that you made has simplified why Metal is my number one favorite Sonic character ever!

[@Gazing-09]

I like your vision. Also I love how it comes from a Tails PFP! 😂 😂 😂

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

In the original movie he had redemption

[@deltaxeno7807]

@@akiraevangelionultimateali5199 Metal Sonic: "There can only be one." Also Metal Sonic: *Sacrifices himself instead of finishing Sonic off.* To clarify, I'm a Gen Z. I saw the OVA movie when I was pretty young. Around the same time, I was introduced to Robotech (or Macross,) and Fist of the North Star.

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

Delta Xeno I love the original movie and also metal sonic of how we became an antihero at the end

[@shadow759]

Plot twist metal fooled Tails to fix the other metal to have a friend to help rule the world and make more metals.

[@MikeDarklighter]

Gasp! What a long con

[@darwin1646]

shadow759 OH MY GOD METAL HAS THE BIO DATA STILL HE HAS 1% OF BIG THE CATS KNOWLEDGE

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

If you ask me, Metal technically gave his classic model to Tails, hoping that Tails will manage to find a better use for Metal's classic model... In fact, seeing what Metal did, giving his classic self to Tails, was the reason why I always partner Tails with Metal Sonic while I play Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020! 🙂😮🤨😕😲🙂

[@grapeman3999]

HI SHADOW 759!!! LOVE UR VIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ak4chb392]

shadow759 i keep seeing you everywhere

[@lady_zora]

Seeing that Metal didn't attack and gave Tails his past self means something to me. Do you think Metal can actually be redeemed? Also the Time Stone. Oh boi.

[@MikeDarklighter]

I'd be open to the idea! Or even maybe be an anti-hero perhaps, detached from both Eggman and Sonic and friends

[@lady_zora]

@@MikeDarklighter That would be more interesting! We need more anti-heroes.

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

@Mike Darklighter If you ask me, Metal basically gave Tails his classic self in hope that Tails will find a better, less "disposable" use for it. Seeing that made me think of Tails and Metal Sonic working together, which is why I'm always partnering Tails with Metal Sonic on Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020! And it works! 😲🤨😕😐🙂

[@kooyah6420]

Metal actually redeemed himself one time in his prototype iteration, if you want to count Shard from the comics.

[@lady_zora]

@@kooyah6420 I'm familiar with that, yeah! Not to mention the slight Redemption in OVA, sort of. He slaps Sonic's hand away to keep him away from the lava.

[@Solesteam]

metal Sonic can sometimes be one of the most harmless things in the Sonic series... other times the complete opposite... he's my favorite character out of the entire Sonic series due to him occasionally thinking out if his own free will and doing some, not evil things.

[@apersonnamedjune7410]

This was awesome! Metal Sonic is my favorite character, so seeing an animation focused on him was awesome, plus the conflict of Eggman treating his creations as disposable was really interesting since we don’t really focus on it that much in the main series to my knowledge.

[@MikeDarklighter]

I'm so glad this could give a small spotlight for your favorite character! And that conflict is something I'd be interested to see explored someday

[@eclipsesoluna3453]

same metal will always be best boi also, the father/son dynamic that Robotnik and Metal have in the comics is super wholesome

[@dy5kh0rd51]

part of the reason metal sonic doesn't break so easily is because he's not mass-produced like all the other units (the beetles, bees, etc). He was built as a miniboss, sio by default, he had more time put into his design. the others just shatter irreparably when broken, but most if not all of Metal's parts are still around when he does get broken.

[@dabluepittoo-aqua4213]

Poor guy. Must be scary to think that someone might replace you like that.

[@Nyonthecat]

This was really really good!

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

2:13 Including the part where Metal Sonic formed a truce with Tails? 😕

[@jbbajangamer]

Stormer The Hedgehog ...why would that be bad

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

@@jbbajangamer It's not bad. It's just something that made me think about the idea of Tails creating his own Metal Sonic.

[@sonar6175]

Prove that even a cold and deadly robot can have a heart 💙 Nice work Man 👍🏻

[@MikeDarklighter]

Yes! And thank you!

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

Especially, when that robot has a heart for a certain two-tailed mechanic...

[@tomikasiler9432]

S ok nic

[@nemesisstars1527]

Looks like metal sonic wanted tails to build and repair the other metal sonic so that he would thank him later

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

Perhaps even give Tails a... H-U-G?

[@chomikswirtom]

SONICTHEHEDGEHDG2 @@StormadowTheHedgehog

[@user-ic3ud8bo2d]

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[@roohtsp]

This is both cute and amazing! I love the Sonic CD references. The animations on Metal are on point. Great job on this!

[@ZillaSupreme]

“I…Am I….just another copy? Another soldier? Am I really the ultimate power?”

[@calliethewolfcat2183]

I love your takes on the Side nic characters. You breathe life into them in a way that makes it easy to understand and empathize with them. I feel genuine emotions from these characters. Thank you!

[@MikeDarklighter]

Thank you so much! I really appreciated your comment, I really like the wide cast of characters that Sonic has to offer and feel they could each shine in their own way ^^

[@Gazing-09]

... Is this the origine of Metal Sonic Rebooted fangame? Cuz lemme tell : This is freaking excellent. It features Metal Sonic, a good fight, cooperation, feelings... You did a crazy job. Love it.

[@pixeluka5809]

Its rom hack not fangame

[@Gazing-09]

@@pixeluka5809 Really? I thought it was one... Oh well. The plot of the game would be fitting to that animation!

[@allavasthetoon]

" There’s Only One Sonic." Man this is why this metal and ova metal is better.

[@uberkirbeeh7954]

Eggman truly is an awful parental figure. As much as he is proud and loves Metal like his son and best creation, he still uses him for his own benefits without any consideration of Metal's questionable existing feelings, only his well being, as in if he is functioning and in what condition he is in. And when he is done with Metal or Metal has done his job, it's back to the shelf till he is needed ones again. He even robs Metal of a voice and true identity just to keep him obedient.

[@wolfenden9805]

It's this characteristic of eggman where i don't buy their father daughter dynamic with sage in sonic frontiers. (Its my opinion) Because while the game wanted to humanize eggman. I can't help but feel there is a motivation behind admiring sage or even considering her as a daughter. And even if that doesn't convince you. Keep in mind he'd still built omega as a mechanical killing machine only to abandon his so called creation for a guarding duty causing him to go sicko mode He pitted E-102 gamma over E-101 beta. Favouring gamma as a part of e 100 series because of his potential. While beta was in repaired to be more efficient and stronger. He only values his creation as long as they aren't pitiful or an embarrassment to him

[@AIYFProductions]

Being the fan of Metal Sonic I am, I adored this animation! Loved the animating on Metal, showed a lot of emotion even though Metal doesn't normally speak

[@Gazing-09]

@MICHAEL BROWN Or with Mecha Sonic (Metal Cooler really) voice chip instead.

[@sleepydeeznuts]

2:24 “he’ll live a better life here then the base, take good care of him” -metal sonic

[@TheFullNEWS]

Honestly this makes me so interested to see if they would try to do something cinematically in love action like this with the metal sonic character. I would love for this to be the interpretation of his arc. this is why is my favorite character there’s literally so much potential and just imagine a trailer ending with those red … glowing… eyes😩

[@mr.presidentman3198]

I like that Metal doesn’t go to the good guys and just leaves the parts and flies away after a wordless exchange. I don’t understand why but it feels so much more impactful. Just a quick sidenote I love how this doesn’t have any dialogue, but it’s still just as effective if not more so effective than dialogue. Here’s another quick sidenote: I really like hell the lighting makes Eggman seem sort of like a monster. He’s a creepy kind of figure and I like that

[@user-gn5jt5gf2x]

This is beautiful...I wonder if Tails is going to rebuild the old Metal into Shard or something.

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

You never know... 😏

[@aidan9156]

🎊🎈Happy birthday to Sonic the Hedgehog.🎈🎊 You know sometimes I wish I could animate, I just don’t know how.

[@YoshiTails13]

Aww this is sweet Mike. Metal wanted Tails to repair the other Metal. c:

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

Exactly right!!!!!! 😲

[@cookies5029]

I love how you added the special stage in there!❤️ Great animation!

[@Mchenrygames]

you Sir are a genius

[@bluemagic1863]

Omg! This was fantastic! I almost cried. Wonderful job with this Mike! :)

[@MikeDarklighter]

Thank you so much! Aww I'm touched this little vid could bring such a response ^^

[@ChaosRayZero]

2:10 Nice of Metal to make sure the "this end up" arrow is actually facing upward.

[@yusefbaker9318]

Metal seeing Classic Metal on the ground and wanting better for him is such an amazing thing. Hopefully Tails can do what he does best with it.

[@Reddar_Rebellion]

aw how sweet of him! i have no idea how to describe this wholesome video-

[@wattmelberries]

Your content is still amazing as ever and better.

[@MikeDarklighter]

Thanks!

[@fatimaalnazeer67]

@@MikeDarklighter خمحك،،

[@fatimaalnazeer67]

كككك

[@fatimaalnazeer67]

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[@fatimaalnazeer67]

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[@measlyfurball37]

Absolutely incredible work here. This was very moving.

[@diamondstrike9086]

Part 2 plz this is heart warming ☺️

[@johnthecyber-wolf3063]

It's like metal sonic grew a Consciousness

[@lanluhylrean1122]

And that he did what he thought was right before eggman made him lose it again. Like someone else said. He wants there to be a version of himself that is free and “less disposable” even in enslavement, he’ll be happy if one version of him is free.

[@matti.8465]

I'm guessing those are the badniks and the first Metal Sonic from Sonic CD? I love the silent moment where he looks at the discarded badniks and the ones currently in production, wondering if he too will be replaced someday.

[@Stellerman7]

Does this lead to Shard the Metal Sonic being created by Tails? Always hated how that character got wiped out by the reboot in Archie (It didn't matter since the entire comic was cancelled not long after but still).

[@Makorze]

I think Shard was technically a Mecha Sonic, not a Metal Sonic. In one of the current comics, Tails is playing about with a rebuilt Metal Sonic but its still incomplete since Metal Sonic is a custom built robot and not a mass produced Badnik that can be salvaged. Plus he basically has to create a whole new AI to actually "live" in the body. (Eggman actually long suspected someone might try to reprogram a Metal Sonic to try and kill him one day. After the incident with Neo Metal Sonic, Eggman actually stopped programming Metal to be loyal to him and actually make [Defeating SonIc] his sole and only directive - Effectively meaning Metal Sonic has no reason to rebel against Eggman as long as he doesn't get in his way and will always go after sonic even if he IS defeated or programmed to ignore Eggman's orders)

[@DraconicInsomniac9815]

I almost threw up seeing how much your animations have improved. This is just outstanding.

[@laitheclarke8956]

thank you for making this animation of metal he is my favourite character in sonic

[@kaiserdrago9598]

Metal sonic is one of the most underrated sonic villains of the franchise this robot has so much more potential that Sega doesn't try to work on

[@darkbladealmazon9588]

Man he made metal sonic that he had a soul its amazing.

[@strictmizu]

Bro I love your channel

[@MikeDarklighter]

Thank you!

[@Ledragonboi27]

And fun Fact For The quite a Number of You i assume,Metal Sonic,Unlike Other Robots,Actually Possesses Feelings and Can Experience Pain,Sorrow and All thta such..The fact that Even though he Cant Actually Show It theres still the Obvious Sign of Conflict and Pain in this video.. Its just awe inspiring.

[@KodyCrimson]

If Metal was to turn good, this is the best way to have it be done, having him be rejected by Eggman. Usually when the bots turn on him, they reject him first, but he'd be rejected first.

[@KimiOmega]

This is really good!

[@DaSleepiestAuto]

Thank you for making this, it really brings back memories of when I used to play Rom hacks with metal Sonic instead of sonic in sonic 1-3 and CD. I always loved to imagine why Metal was the protagonist, and that tails fixed him up after a bad mission. After that, he decided that Mobius's natural life deserved to live and so he rebelled and fought Robotnik...thank you for bringing my old fantasies somewhat to life with this sfm.

[@VisionTheFox]

my heaaathhh! this is so well done!! no dialoge need to understand the sadness of MS! ack! its like that scene from the zombot comic!

[@sonicbaseballzoodreams]

Metal Sonic really do have a soft heartwarming side. 💓💓💓💗💗💗💗💖💖💖💖

[@matei3601]

You do great metal sonic animations.... I hope to see more of these... :)

[@DragonGirl2000]

Awesome animation! :)

[@zoniken]

This was quite an interesting fan vid you've made, and you've done it perfectly. Metal may be pure evil, not just he'll intentionally kill Sonic, but betray his master anytime. But one difference is that even his only mission is to defeat his one and only enemy Sonic, he wasn't programmed to kill others even if they're Sonic's friends, just like how he treated Oji-san nicely and saving the president's life back in the OVA. Asking (thus he cannot talk) Tails a favor to take care of his previous design is quite charming, which he does have a will to do something that's outside of his orders. Whether that will would cause Sonic Heroes all over again, or take a different step to do something amazing that might impress his enemies at least once, its his choice. I wonder if he has any feelings with his previous brothers, the Mecha Sonics...

[@caydenej8581]

this is great! The only thing off to me is when you get a close up of metal flying when he just got to stardust speedway, because his body is sill but his limbs are moving, but all in all i think this is pretty cool! :3

[@klortikterra4423]

i like where this is going... please keep it up

[@hoseinbmr3449]

This was amazing It shows interesting sides of metal sonic

[@papafranku8638]

Poor metallic hedgehog. Great work Mike!

[@SharkyDash]

This video is dope Metal sonic is one badass machine

[@polloaztecaSRT]

Nice work :D

[@MikeDarklighter]

Thanks!

[@tigerlowe5002]

Hey, didn't expect to hear from you again this soon ;) (and I only now notice I've been rather inactive & didn't comment your videos lately ^^") This was both creepy, thx to the music, thrilling, beautyfull and made me feel sorry for Metal. What is this I see ? Feelings ? Is Metal going through an existencial crisis and not good enough for Eggman anymore ? The only time I felt bad for him was in the Mania Adventure short

[@MikeDarklighter]

Surprise! :) And awww it's no trouble at all, but I do appreciate your comments each time ^^ And yes feelingsssss, I'm glad you enjoyed

[@sol4507]

We I love your channel

[@jcsantos6071]

i like how mike makes 2000000 graphic vids i love them

[@alexisthedarkness2724]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh how great I subscribe now, I can't take it anymore I love these animations

[@mcmistle9892]

Using music from the US soundtrack is seriously appreciated. Also really nice video.

[@iwant2ducks39]

nice, love this video !!

[@elliotgandersen]

Beautiful animation.

[@Error1626]

Great animation :D mEtAl SoNic bOi vS RiStaR StaR bOi

[@59rlmccormack]

Wow, good job!

[@fatalwaffle1715]

AWESOME VIDEO!

[@yamiletortega742]

It's lovely

[@reckingz2gaming68]

This is way past cool

[@kanabro]

Plot twist: Bomb was in the broken Metal

[@rangedfire8179]

Great video

[@joshuamusah3427]

nice work

[@tankthehedgehog105]

Nice Job!

[@leirsadreemur8256]

WHY THE FRICK DID I CRY?!?!?!??!ITS JUST PERFECTLY WHOLESOME!!!

[@dragonjames4500]

great animation. i always liked Metal Sonic.

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

2:00 This isn't the first time I've seen Tails and Metal Sonic interact like this... 🙂👍

[@Gazing-09]

Sonic Boom?

[@StormadowTheHedgehog]

@@Gazing-09 Quite possibly... That was when Shadow threatened to destroy the universe, and Team Sonic had to find the Eggmen to stop it. What Tails said next, was what made me make the idea of Tails and Metal Sonic as partners: "If I can piece Metal Sonic back together, I might be able to use his built-in homing beacon to lead us to Eggman." 😲😐🤨😕😮🙂

[@jeffmcfadden8403]

Awesome Just wanted it to continue.........

[@Canadamus_Prime]

That was kinda heartwarming.

[@raymonddallaire653]

Thumbs up! I love it! :)

[@zonayyoshi2001]

Awesome 👏 videoclip

[@angelacarr5315]

Good video keep it up

[@bell_the2cat555]

I can't wait to see the video!!!!!!!!

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

Hope he gets redemption and join sonic like he does in the original movie

[@mb4456]

Aww, buddyyyy

[@darrenpetrie9879]

Metal Sonic is my favorite character along with Dr.Eggman and Infinite, It's cool though that Metal Sonic gets some episode type videoes.

[@jakubgardecki9681]

This is cool

[@CheerUpCrewcut]

God an ad for Unployment Skyrocketing and for a second I thought that was the beginning of the video because statistics made sense for what I thought this might be.

[@treythornton19]

Cool animation 😎

[@MotasemG]

Wow what a nice video could you please make part 2

[@armandotejeda3832]

Interesting. This gave me an idea for a game.

[@Fuzzehead]

Once you see source walking animation metal, you can never unsee it

[@BigrookieMER]

The coolest thing about Metal is that he can fly!

[@KirbyZilla]

Good VIDEO

[@teamsonicfanproductions4582]

Impressive

[@brimstoneclub]

I always wondered when...or if...Metal Sonic ever found out he was one of many variations of Eggman's robotic attempts to defeat Sonic. Technically, the version in Sonic CD died on Little Planet and we're never told if the one(s) afterward are the original or copies. This is why I loved Omega before Sega retired him. He makes it his business to prove he's the best robot, not just the E-Series, probably for this exact reason.

[@chacedubose6398]

0:32 reference to Sonic CD

[@styxart1182]

Metal sonic: yo your Amazon order is here Tails: ah sweet

[@mikiwikistown4100]

Omg is very cool that animation mega like!!👍👍👍