The Sonic Universe Explained In Under 10 Minutes

Sonic the Hedgehog started off as a pretty simple concept but I'm sure many people have fallen off from the series from time to time. Let's do a recap! 32 years of Sonic lore in one video.
Disclaimer: This video does not include from lore spinoff games, comics, TV series, or movies
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Music:
Sonic Frontiers - Ouranos Island
Sonic Unleashed - Apotos (Day)
Sonic Adventure 2 - Masters of the Desert
Sonic Adventure - Tricky Maze (Lost World)
Shadow the Hedgehog - Broken
Sonic and Knuckles - Lava Reef Zone Act 1
Sonic CD - Stardust Speedway (Bad Future)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Final Boss
Sonic Adventure - Strain
Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart
Sonic Adventure 2 - Supporting Me
Sonic Adventure 2 - Live and Learn
Sonic Heroes - Final Fortress
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) - His World (Instrumental)
Sonic Unleashed - Arid Sands (Day)
Sonic Colors - Planet Wisp Act 1
Sonic Generations - Death Egg Robot (White Space)
Sonic Generations - Skill Shop
Sonic Lost World - Dr. Eggman Showdown
Sonic Forces - Justice (Park Avenue)
Sonic Frontiers - Kronos Island 3rd Movement
Sonic Frontiers - I'm with you
Sonic Frontiers (Final Horizon) - I'm Here Final Boss

[@TheMentok]

Should I make this experiment a full series? This was a challenge for me because I like including every detail. 😅(I know I missed spinoffs, movies, tv shows and comics)

[@loafyishere]

You should

[@shattershock1234]

Yea

[@HIPHOPHER]

Yes! Please!

[@EBTheOriginalMaster]

The Mario Universe Explained in Less Than 10 Minutes

[@LoquenderoInazuma]

Yes, it was nice :)

[@cpwcomputerplayerwill]

I cannot believe you managed to cover every major plot point in just 10 minutes

[@androgamerzx389]

It's 9 minutes

[@Mr.MR2111]

Except whatever Emerl was, but ok who cares about Sonic Battle

[@Apro101]

Bro had to summarize in sonic speed

[@farid3454]

Also no sonic 4 + sonic heroes story covered. But not really relevant to the lore. So it doesn't matter that much

[@iliakostarev1032]

@@farid3454heroes story was in the video btw

[@MrSpoodersaurus]

Sonic games: Blue Hedgehog that runs fast. Sonic Lore: Ancient Aliens and Gods

[@SonicYT-ce6kr]

Then sonic frontiers: most powerful hedgehog

[@bensims6796]

Sonic abel to beat some said gods. And becomes more than just a hedgehog that run fast… He is now! A blue hedgehog that runs faster than light and is at multiverse level type feats.

[@Mo-.]

@@bensims6796Faster than time itself even

[@bensims6796]

@@Mo-. fr tho. That’s od.

[@rotion3]

Just like Kirby Games

[@Kibui]

This batshit insane lore is unironically part of why I love this franchise so much

[@Prince_Dracula]

It’s not that insane for a game about a blue hedgehog that runs at sonic speeds. The fact that there’s lore at all is what’s surprising. Mario could never be this interesting

[@randomdoctorsstudios142]

@@Prince_Dracula Clearly you’ve never played Super Mario galaxy paper Mario 64 paper Mario the thousand year Door Super paper Mario Bowser’s inside story.

[@arieson7715]

Lore of three games vs 30​@@randomdoctorsstudios142

[@shawerful5209]

I like how sonic games occour on earth, like even Mario dont occour on earth and he is a human

[@Brianna-eo8nu]

The lore going chronologically from ancient alien races and god to funny hedgehog going fast is so hilariously jarring.

[@flaviapederzini]

I'm shookened to my core that you managed to make this. I didn't even believe that making one cohesive sonic timeline could be possible. My compliments to you man, really well done

[@TheMentok]

This took a few re-writes but I admit, it was fun condensing all this lore down! Would love to make more videos like these in-between my bigger projects.

[@chaosspider5765]

​@TheMentok now do this again but with all the spin-offs, including different versions of games like sonic 1&2 8-bit

[@Contenwtdeketedd]

​@@chaosspider5765 no bcuz they will recomplicate the timeline The 8bit games arent even canon or made by sonic team Riders trilogy is canon excluding free riders cuz its garbage I think sonic chaos could be canon

[@akidproductions2]

@@TheMentok lol i loved everything about the video just wanted to let you know that classic sonic being a alt dimension was retconned, its currentlly the same timeline. Everything that happens to classic sonic has happened to modern sonic.

[@TheBLUEM64]

You made everything sound so simple.

[@BrothaKyo]

That was needed actually. I never actually thought that Infinite is DEAD dead. Thank you.

[@Mo-.]

To be fair, we still are somewhat on the fence about that. Him and his prototype being “consumed” is a very vague way to phrase it, leaving things up to interpretation. For all we know it might mean something along the lines of him not being dead but rather sealed inside the Phantom Ruby like Chaos was in the Master Emerald. We really can’t be sure

[@AngelPerez-tu1nk]

It's funny and awesome how a game about a fast Blue Hedgehog fighting a más scientist basically turned into Dragon Ball with anthropomorphic characters.

[@Cyan_ChaosEmerald]

For. Real

[@GangstaCrab]

shit has gone wild since sonic and knuckles

[@scul40928]

One bit of correction, Sonic doesn't live on South Island, he was born on Christmas Island, then when he was young, he decided to use his Biplane, the tornado, to travel the world. During one of the travels, before the events of Sonic 1, he encounters Eggman, and decides to pout a stop to his plans for world domination.

[@TheMentok]

Good point and I considered leaving that in but the Christmas Island thing being canon these days is questionable. But I agree I could have used better word choice than "lives".

[@Chayusuizai]

@@TheMentok can you make a video of the Christmas island, first time hearing this

[@tailzgimer1726]

@@Chayusuizaiit’s in the JP sonic bible for his origin

[@haonneogip4740]

Emerl, the 4th greatest civilization, and Mother Wisp: "Am I a joke to you?" But seriously, this is actually very thorough, yet so simple! Awesome work!

[@lightyoshiman]

its funny too because Emerl's back story is completely skipped over even though it lead's to some important moments in the sonic lore, why the knuckles clan wanted the emeralds so badly that they'd defile a sacred land and why gun started to fear gearlds work so much they'd raid the arc leading up to the shadow story

[@haonneogip4740]

While I disagree on the bit about the Knuckles clan (what with Chronicles not considered canon and there being a 1,000 year difference between Emerl's creators and the Knuckles clan), I wholeheartedly agree on how he ties into the ARK's lore. He also directly ties into Sonic Advance 3 and by extension IDW, with Gemerl being made using Emerl as a template.

[@FreddyMannLive]

I'm pretty sure Sonic Battle is a side game which is why Emerl was not mentioned, and I think Mother Wisp was only a final boss in the DS Version of Sonic Colors which I happen to own

[@ZechOfTheWest]

Weeeeelllll, there's technically the side stuff that ties in, like Sonic Rush [Blaze], and Sonic advance [Cream]. But yeah for the mainline games, spot on. Would like to see side game lore next. As it's just as crazy.

[@Mo-.]

Yeah my favourite thing is that Sonic has canonically became an isekai mc on two different occasions in completely different fantasy settings and just never bothers to bring it up

[@Drydoctor-qo5wt]

The fact that you made every game in the series sound good while also covering EVERY SINGLE PLOT POINT. Is insane

[@kamothe1]

Dark Gaia looks like Emerald Weapon from Final Fantasy VII. Excellent work as always, Mentok. Looking forward to your insight on other material as I constantly learn dope shit each video.

[@TheMentok]

Thank you sir for your dedicated viewership 🖖😆

[@kamothe1]

@@TheMentok 😂 just waiting on FF content, specifically FFIX

[@JonyPlayz1]

Great video! You really managed to explain well everything and somehow organize the lore as confusing as it is lol

[@ghostspider2056]

Left out the lore concerning Blaze and her world, the Babylonians, the story book series and the Rival series.

[@TheMentok]

Yeah, I know I missed a few games. Decided to stick to the major plot points to keep things simple. I would have otherwise named it "The Entire Sonic Universe Explained in Under 10 Minutes" 😂 It was hard giving Blaze the cut since she's in my top 5 character list. I'm down to do this format again with the spinoff games/other plotlines I missed

[@ghostspider2056]

@@TheMentok Fair enough, if it’s just the major ones than it’s understandable since some of the ones I mentioned were kind of spin-offs. If you do decide to redo with all of them, hopefully Mephiles’ involvement at least gets a mention.

[@TheBobasbro]

Having just learned there is a wholesome ending to the last game with Dr. Eggman learning the value of caring for someone and Sonic is able to focus on finding future personal growth. Dr. Eggman does deserve a War Crimes trial at the bare minimum tho, his crimes were global and near genocidal multiple times, but still, warms my heart to see that sick SOB liking the idea of being a Dad, not a Dictator.

[@FLlin3s_mewsic]

Bro explained 3 generations in 9 minutes 💀

[@SonicAndShadowFanYT]

I actually think the final horizon is the cannon one it just makes a lot more sense

[@robertlupa8273]

Yeah I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that Final Horizin is canon while the original ending was something put together due to crunch time.

[@masterreece1098]

i like how you just go straight to the point and dont overcomplicate the lore, great vid dude

[@pupulauls]

with the release of Sonic Superstars I believe they’ve not only backed out of the two dimensions (classic and modern) a while ago, but now recently backed out of Generations creating a split timeline that leads to Mania and Forces which I believed for a while. Now Sega is saying that Mania happens after Sonic 3&K, and Superstars is sometime in between Mania and Adventure

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

Very impressive work explaining all the main events in such a short time!

[@ozzbozz3813]

5:04 a pissed of person from the future that is definitely not named trucks

[@studior2962]

The Sonic lore can be summed up as “Because Eggman”

[@imnotkaizo]

This is amazing man!! It’s insane how you fit the most important parts of the lore all right here in 10 minutes

[@Nothavinit00]

Excellent Work. I'm always paying attention to lore, and you covered all the bases flawlessly.

[@Bruh0906_]

MAN THIS VIDEO WAS SO GOOD!!! I imagine a video like this with all the other Spin-Offs games (GameGear saga, DS saga, GBA saga, and others), the IDW comics and Sonic Prime, would be wild.

[@arnoldlancer7301]

Yo this was awesome loved watching you break this down.

[@bettynug]

This is awesome, thanks for making it!

[@giasca]

I'm very new to the franchise and I have to say that this lore recap was very useful! Thanks. At least I know the jist of it

[@JMXico]

This was very insightful since i always treat most sonic games like their own story. Thank you

[@TheMentok]

Making this video I realized this timeline is not all that crazy when you don't sweat the details too much.

[@TeesaT555]

This made me love n understand everything about Sonic even more 💙

[@CarlThePirateYT]

This is the best Sonic lore video I've seen. Great job!

[@zombiesouffle]

Fast paced, informative, and entertaining! Great video~☆

[@Kumlord]

Well done. Would love to see more vids like this

[@seiyaz6657]

Incredible how you did this! I just want to see another video like this but with IDW comics lore!

[@Wolfcam96]

You have earned a subscriber! Amazing work man and I hope to see more videos like this in the future! :)

[@matthewisguy7336]

Masterful work. I hope SONIC TEAM or whoever is managing the story side of things sees this specific video. It clears up so much in a non-confusing way (as much as you can make this jumbled lore not confusing lol)

[@Ericdj15]

Best video ever for sonic lore this is insanely good!

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

How it started: Hehe stop egg boi. How it's going. *YOU STAND AGAINST THE END OF ALL THI--*

[@Waderboi2005]

Dang that’s crazy how you manage to make the entire timeline

[@Fafaboi]

This was a pretty good explanation on universe of Sonic the hedgehog Well I don't know why people say That's Sonic 4 is where they got their modern look when adventure exists Now Sonic 4 is not cannon since people don't like that game and it's not even finished because episode 3 never happened and was abandoned 12 years ago but I do respect the theory as to what others they're trying to do

[@SonicTheCosplayer]

This was actually accurate af and incredibly well made! I'd watch more of these with other mediums!

[@oluyomilael]

alot of people dont know witch ending to frontiers is canon but in a twitter takeover sonic said a quote amoug the lines of " oh I change my answer my favorite to fight was the end teaming up with my freids, eggman and sage to take a narsasitict planet down was legendary" in the og ending sonic did not team up with his buddies only sage and eggman so I guess final horizon is the canon one kinda off topic but I wanted to say anyway

[@ladyhitchhikerjackmanson8097]

Thank you! This helped a lot!

[@SoranotRoxas]

I need a *"really long video all about Sonic the Hedgehog"* at some point, but this is still good 👍. You did great explaining here

[@zwaywest9445]

It makes sense. It finally makes makes sense. It makes sense to me.

[@valmid5069]

Cant wait for more content!!!

[@LRM5195]

Good thing people don’t play Sonic for the story lmao 🤣 this is so convoluted but at the same time it’s nice that they’re also experimenting and trying new things and just having fun with it :)

[@therandomvideochannel8589]

this is the BEST mainline sonic game timeline video

[@CJ_IceCissalc]

This is GOLD content! Magnificent. Even makes me want to play games that I’ve skipped due to not being appealing to me (Sonic’06 and Forces). Just wish you’d squeezed in the story books ones (Wildfire and Black Knight) they are great games for me.

[@alis7763]

Super sonic 2 They're not hiding it at this point

[@kay_glo]

Wow, thanks for doing this

[@SSB_Gogeta9001]

The storybook games are underrated

[@shadicboi4007]

uh oh bro forgot Sonic Mania (I'm just kidding, this summary was actually perfect and short and simple, if i wanted to know sonic lore from no knowledge at all this would clear up everything)

[@OkaySunrise]

This is literally exactly what I’ve been looking for for like months holy shit

[@PayForViewsJST]

I once sat down friend who is a fan of kingdom hearts and told him the entirety of the sonic franchise lore including the chaos Emeralds lore and the split timeline theory before the retcon. And he Told me how can I think kingdom hearts is confusing knowing all this? I told him its like breathing I don't think about.

[@johnpett1955]

I find it hilarious how you pointed out that Chip gives Sonic the bracelet, and then you never see it again.

[@Vrabsher_-Supreme_Perhinther-]

I think Sonic keeps it somewhere safe in a locker in one of Tails' houses .

[@Natsuki_Kat]

Since sonic games have started adding ‘skins’ I hope they give us a skin with chips bracelet

[@LoiValdes]

I love cute and colorful franchises with a crazy and dark lore

[@user-el2pm2um1h]

and breathe… great vid mate

[@redpanda4818]

Now include Sonic SatAM, and the Archie and IDW comics... they honestly fit the timelime quite well, with the Archie ones explaining pre-Sonic CD, and the jump from Classic Sonic to Modern Sonic (I am talking about the Sonic and Megaman worlds collide, leading to the Genesis Waves that rewrite reality and changes all the characters to their modern versions) The Archie comics also go in-depth into the Sonic Unleashed story. And the IDW comics explaining the events that take place after the Sonic Forces War, and everything after that.

[@sorooshmj6277]

thank you for the being straight forward.

[@ominicronikal0902]

Wow. Just. Wow. I am extremely impressed

[@CookieKing42085]

after watching this, I realized how the movies and the shows aline with the Lore and I think I can predict the new sonic movie

[@HamzinaGalina]

Sonic team: uuh... yeah, that's *exactly* what is the lore of Sonic is.

[@shypeoplearehawt8155]

👍😊Always doing the Lord True Justice when the explanations is quick precise very accurate

[@WchannelYT]

Great video

[@kingdedede584]

You definitely need to do this again 😍

[@Opdudall]

This actually makes sense

[@ozzbozz3813]

7:32 people loved this game yes, 'loved'

[@prettymuchmemes9735]

love this vid ima sub

[@TheMentok]

Much appreciated!

[@Miju001]

Now THIS is a good video

[@Neo6lur]

You should definitely do this again.

[@kitbct1444]

Very impressive you pulled this off. This makes the Zelda timeline seem simple by comparison.

[@ColdHighway7]

This was good. Curious if you could do the Sonic universe in the Archie comics in that same amount of time

[@shypeoplearehawt8155]

👍🤩I don't know about anyone else out there however I absolutely love these very quick Lore minutes explain vids

[@vancedyeahboi6889]

So... where does Sonic Battle and Sonic and the Secret Rings (& the Black Knight) fit in here? XDD Really enjoyed the video!

[@sonic-xy3li]

I thought it was unconfirmed infinite was dead and that he was just sucked into null space. I didnt know he was dead.

[@purpwl]

this lowkey explains a lot

[@AverageRamenEnjoyer]

7:42 this only means that he's trapped within the Phantom Ruby which means Eggman can release him

[@AquaBlueTea]

Sonic 2 takes place before CD. Literally confirmed by Naoto Ohshima himself no matter what Origins and Ian Flynn claim. Also you mention 06 (even tho it’s really not suppose to be canon anymore but for some reason is treated as such) but not the Rush games (where Blaze is introduced into canon) or the Rivals games (which properly reintroduces Silver into the canon). Other than that, good video mate

[@garrettviewegh9028]

"I miss my daughter Sonic, I miss her a lot. I'll be back"

[@ProjectNB]

In the Classic timeline, Sonic actually failed to collect the time stones because eggman had the last one, therefore mania shows little planet still conquered by eggman.

[@Dork..]

So basically, egg-man never gives up

[@Axlx777]

Cool video man, but can u please tell me where u found that sick super Sonic picture in the thumbnail? Whats it calledddd

[@TheMentok]

Yeah! It's from the Japanese official Sonic website. they post cool art all the time. I have a link to that Twitter post in the description if you want to check them out.

[@Axlx777]

@@TheMentok Thanks bro. And again awesome video. Loved the entire explanation! Just subbed

[@DocBloc87]

At 3:35 you mention that Sonic turns super to defeat Robotnik again, except that would be Hyper Sonic... I know it's minor, but I do feel the need to point it out considering the significance of the transformation on the series as a whole. Game Apologist has great videos on the subject if anyone is interested!

[@AkumetsuOne]

Hey love the story, but can you share the order of game, so i can play chronologically or where can i find it?

[@chrismaystar3014]

If the subtext about Sonic being the ancients' god is true, then it's kinda funny that humanity twice over recreated him before he was born.

[@DJWoozie]

Id take a slow and fast version please

[@gameomer1855]

What about the stories of (at least): Sonic 2 (8 bit), Sonic Chaos, Sonic Triple Trouble, Sonic Blast, Tails' Sky Patrol, Tails Adventure, Sega Sonic (arcade), Sonic Labyrinth, Knuckles Chaotix, Sonic 3D Blast, the Sonic Advance games, Sonic Battle, the Sonic Rush games, the Sonic Rivals games, the Sonic Storybook games, the Sonic Riders games, Sonic Mania, Sonic Superstars, Sonic Dream Team and the Sonic IDW comics

[@NIDER3]

just a tiny correction! • sonic doesn't live on south island, he's actually from a unknown island called "christmas island". and since he got out of there, he's being living as a nomad, always traveling freely

[@evdestroy5304]

He was *born* on Christmas Island. He lives on South Island.

[@NIDER3]

@@evdestroy5304 nope! he doesn't have a home, he doesn't live anywhere

[@evdestroy5304]

@aklekq Just because he doesn't have a home doesn't mean he doesn't live on South Island. It's a whole ass island, and there's more than just one spot.

[@Skittles4Life5]

Forgot sonic advance, those 8 bit sonic games, sonic generations, unleashed, mania, those 8bit sonic games that arent very well known, the sega saturn games like 3d blast, sonic dream team, etc.

[@user-fh7di8st6l]

oh crazy lore

[@whitetspider82whitetspider78]

Can you make a history of Silver The Hedgehog that includes his concept art.

[@PeacefulBoi]

0:22 “ it explodes” why did bro say it like you was used to it?

[@GoldenSpeedsterMSP]

8:51 Starfall Super Sonic

[@47northm]

Doom’s eye is still alive

[@DinoMann1180]

Is it me or that Ancient and Chaos is same related? Edit: i mean like are they related because they both have same tentacle hair or whatever is it

[@bluedragons8350]

I like how sonic went from a dbz copy to its own universe