The History of Fleetway Extra Life Sonic

[@Camad]

God I love the Fleetway comics, so many cool and unique ideas that weren’t scared to make Sonic the bad guy.

[@sonictag-teamheroes8835]

Fleetway really liked to lean towards edgier interpretations of the lore. The Jekyll and Hyde dynamic of Super Sonic, the tragedy of Kintobor turning into Robotnik, even Sonic himself was rather, ahem, _prickly!_ I'm half surprised they didn't give the Rings some horrible secret 😆

[@enclosedgranddad1715]

Extra Life Sonic is basically Sonic's Alternate (for those of you who know what The Mandela Catalogue is). Like, he looks almost exactly like regular Sonic, but certain features are twisted and modified just enough for the resemblance to be uncanny. Kinda wish we got more out of Extra Life Sonic, as there's still a lot of potential for him to be a disturbing counterpart to Sonic.

[@rayvenkman2087]

A violent Sonic or a Bizarro Sonic?

[@enclosedgranddad1715]

@@rayvenkman2087 I'd say both, and maybe sprinkle in a bit of Super Sonic's sadistic nature.

[@enclosedgranddad1715]

@stop Same, but I'm afraid that Sonic Team would somehow screw up his design and make him lose his charm.

[@SAWNIX]

Remember. If it looks like sonic but isnt sonic then its probably evil

[@SonicTheComic]

Good advice!

[@dalaxdercrisper957]

That works if someone had good eye

[@gloomyamateur]

I love how elaborate this comic makes every story, it’s really good writing and why I enjoy this comic so much

[@justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313]

I kinda like the concept of a game mechanic (1-UPs/Extra Lifes in this case) being turned into lore for a different but similar world. In the case of what the Fleetway Comics did, a second chance for someone being made evil instead of good only for it to get sealed up is a fascinating concept that I don't see that often. One of Nintendo's many magazines/comics did try something similar with Wario being a evil clone of Mario, but that idea was shot down faster than the Tornado and probably would cause many folks to get the wrong idea if Wario showed up in different games and other media. Imagining Eggman in the games experimenting with a 1-UP monitor/capsule and creating a near one-to-one clone of Sonic but with similar differences like Extra Life is actually kinda something I wish would be done in either the comics (which is unlikely given the circumstances) or the games, spinoff or otherwise.

[@minicle426]

In the Mirror Zone, this would be the good counterpart to King Sonic.

[@lazybird6918]

I like the fact that sonic resorts to booting him away not once but twice in this story XD “Extra Life Sonic’s blasting off again!”

[@wobblebubbeeakasham8118]

While Extra Life may not have as many appearances as say super sonic, he is still an amazing character.

[@rayvenkman2087]

Extra Life Sonic could have been brought back and turned into a Bizarro Sonic whenever Super Sonic exists since we still don’t have a Bizarro equivalent yet for Sonic in any media.

[@alanabend9631]

I love this character he was a total savage and insulted literally everyone he saw

[@kaiinkdemon8203]

Yes

[@Ospyro3em]

Now here's a video I never expected to see!

[@MicMixMaster]

I just realized that Dr. Ovi Kintobor is just Dr. Ivo Robotnik backwards.

[@mr.waffle7736]

I feel like fleetway super sonic and extra life sonic met. They would be great friends.

[@supersonicfan7514]

Or rivals.

[@mr.waffle7736]

@@supersonicfan7514 maybe

[@wolfherojohnson2766]

Assuming they didn't try to kill eachother first

[@skoalacrazy9227]

If it was fight with fleetway and EL sonic it wouldn't go well for extra life because he's not that powerful, I say fleetway would win cause he's using the power of the 7 chaos emeralds and stress, the extra life is different. But if or what if the extra life could do the same? I'd be bad with a destructive battle.if they become friends they would of destroyed things together and 2 sonic would of been split up with fleetway like in the past, but sadly fleetway is maybe no more. They would be good friends your on to something!

[@skoalacrazy9227]

@@supersonicfan7514 they might be good rivals that's something also

[@robbiewalker2831]

In hindsight, with the way normal Sonic is drawn, Extra Life Sonic (or Decoy Sonic, as I'd like to call him), feels more like a parody of Western Sonic, in a way that he's drawn more exaggerated than normal Sonic, who looks closer to the finalized Japanese artwork.

[@muntherdoesstuff9615]

I like that even after everything sonic called extra life sonic kinda handsome

[@Rabbitearsblog]

I didn't even know there was Extra life Sonic! The only other psychotic version of Sonic I know of is Super Sonic, who became very famous!

[@almir-chan9570]

10:53 also is that art of Rouge made by Richard Elson, it kinda looks like it

[@SonicTheComic]

Nope, that's the late Nigel Dobbyn.

[@gloomyamateur]

One of my favorite fleetway characters!

[@HybridAngelZero]

As someone from the US, I've only learned of STC in the last few years, and had no idea it was so different, but it's got so many unique and cool ideas. I really dig the idea of Extra Life becoming this universe's Shadow at some point. I would imagine perhaps Black Doom (from the Shadow the Hedgehog game) would have found him in space and changed his DNA or something of the sort.

[@fnaf2isthegoat75]

Idea for extra life Since he is one of the item boxes what if he got new powers from the shields box Fire element: he turns red and is able to shoot fire Electric element: he turns light blue and it's able to summon Thunder and shoot lightning. Also zap electricity Water element: not really sure about this one. Those are my ideas what do you think

[@syazwanmustapah2826]

Such an odd idea to make the Extra Life as a bad guy. Imagine Fleetway did Mario comic back then. Mario VS The Evil Green Mushroom.

[@mr.waffle7736]

Extra life: I'll be back! *He never came back.*

[@thetitanhater]

Would be interesting to see a interaction between EL Sonic and Fleetway Super Sonic...

[@akeem6024]

Sonic is playing ‘Super Mario World’ on a SNES. 10:02

[@cnk9822]

Great video bud, do you plan to cover Sonic the comic online in the future?

[@SonicTheComic]

No plans at the moment!

[@TheRealMSH]

Sad part is. There's going to be a FNF mod about it.

[@lithuanian_lard5319]

What do you mean by "going to be" it's already out and is a banger

[@lithuanian_lard5319]

Hell, the fnf sprite is in the thumbnail

[@bobalicous7743]

i dont see a problem with it

[@perodliz]

i love your channel

[@SonicTheComic]

Glad to have you here!

[@DorkVaderYT]

Its kinda sad that sonic and robotnick had a good relationship with each other, and then a failed experiment ruined it all

[@reptile1840]

Eventually, Extra Life Sonic stopped thinking

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

"he only wanted to create mayhem" Super Sonic, is that you?

[@--nooby--2914]

Why is tails so thicc

[@skoalacrazy9227]

What?

[@twours]

If i had a nickel for every evil sonic clone/doppelganger/lookalike, i would have like 10 nickels holy shit

[@Шлепскофич]

Клянусь этот Соник Extra Life и Fleetway лучшие альт-эго соника которые я видел.Также есть металл но будем честны Роботник создал его чтобы тот противостовал самому себе.

[@ShadeDX-mv4dc]

I feel like it would’ve worked if the extra life was brought back for the Archie Sonic Comics and have him become Scourge the Hedgehog.

[@WitchHunterSiegfried]

Evil Sonic already existed in the Archie Comics and that was who became Scourge, he was from a world where the good are evil and evil are good.

[@mr.werb15md90]

imagine the crazed result if ELS went Super. would Super ELS make main Super look like a saint, or would he oddly loop himself into either a kind Super Sonic (like Super King Sonic) or just normal Sonic but Super.

[@paperprince2953]

He would still be evil

[@PaulooficialBrEsquadrão]

Fleetway sonic vs fake sonic !

[@tashcordwell9142]

How did you found the Fnf extra life

[@classictails824]

My sonic oc was in the sonic comics

[@ultraLuigiArthur]

Im like the story

[@idkrandomname4304]

Honestly extra life sonic design wise is what you get when you mix a hedgehog with a tasmsanian devil kinda wished he appeared in more media then only in comics

[@thatonedoge6394]

how did extra life sonic know the name of robotnik before kingtobor became robotnik

[@SonicTheComic]

Some mystery’s are still unknown.

[@tippyfrog1210]

What is it with fleetway and making Sonic's power ups evil?

[@Supermariorpg6]

You need to do more commentary my guy. I

[@SonicTheComic]

Thank you kindly, a big retrospective is on the way with plenty of talking in it so I hope you’ll enjoy it.

[@Sillysillybrowhat]

I didnt know the 8:52 that tails back is fat and have an smol face

[@skoalacrazy9227]

Why is it called fleetway extra life?

[@tashcordwell9142]

But hey please go check out the contuned version of sonic the comic

[@SonicTheComic]

Hello, I only read and stick to the canon material I'm afraid.

[@kidz4p509]

It’s not April Fools Day, is it?

[@whitneymurphy1859]

sonic2w

[@mr.artist8914]

Why was he around for just one comic?

[@lightgivemepower6425]

Why not?

[@SonicTheComic]

The writer wrote the character to simply be a throwaway one shot character never to be used again.

[@lightgivemepower6425]

@@SonicTheComic It would of been interesting if Extra Life sonic came back around the times Sonic and Super Sonic got separated, as EL sonic and Super Sonic fused into one, leading sonic to have no choice but to use the emeralds power this time with the seventh one involved

[@mr.artist8914]

Really? I guess that makes sense.🤔 But still I wouldn't suggest to just throw him away like that on his debut!

[@Bonyige3748]

ㅜㅑㅊㄷ👍

[@slimeproanimation2236]

FNF Extra Life Sonic OKay Cool

[@Rlzf4]

better than faker sonic

[@tashcordwell9142]

What do you mean

[@sager9558]

You know what I think extra life sonic turning into shadow would be a good origin story but wouldn’t that mean that shadow would’ve never met Maria

[@SonicTheComic]

It could have been worked in somehow, maybe Maria was the one who freed him, STC game adaptations never completely followed the games.

[@Megahog2010]

Looks like Fleetway somehow found out about Sonic's Original Design before it got "softened" by one of the American Employees from Sega. The Fangs and the more "Wild" look that Extra Life Sonic has Resemble the descriptions given to us by I think Naoto Oshima... (Something tells me I might be wrong on this one, but I did hear this fact a long time ago)

[@monkeyman767]

It's really interesting to me that Kintobor managed to create essentially a perfect Sonic clone, speed and all, but as Robotnik, could never reach that same goal again

[@AscendedEmperor]

Extra Life Sonic is the Og Sonic Faker despite him only having one real significant appearance and that being his first appearance 😐

[@macaemeia146]

Yeah

[@james739123]

This could be an idea for is Sonic and Super Sonic are separated again, Super Sonic could use Extra Life as a new host body

[@SonicTheComic]

Good idea.

[@RyomenAyeni225]

I would prefer sonic and super sonic as a Jekyll and Hyde duo that was always entertaining to me

[@macaemeia146]

@@RyomenAyeni225 I agree

[@meg9258]

My favourite 'copy' sonic character was Cosmic (I think that was his name) the green hedgehog who later turned out to be Metamorphia in disguise. I always loved how much he hit a nerve with Sonic and made him jealous.

[@seganintendofan1]

Is it crazy how Fleetway is making the most simple sonic lore Extra Life, Speed shoes, & Super Sonic & give sometimes dark lore

[@sonicandgodzillafan730]

It's curently 2022 and sonic the comic issue 13 was relesed in november 13 1993 so extra life has been in space for 28 years

[@skoalacrazy9227]

Your probably right cause we haven't seen him since for a long time in stc's you might be on to something!

[@Ospyro3em]

Only you have the awesome capabilities to release an indepth retrospective on Extra Life! 👏😎

[@UnfunnymanTSMG]

Videos with your voice makes these vids better ngl

[@RoseSupreme]

While I enjoy these videos, I'm seriously tired of all the FNF stuff shoehorned into them. FNF is literally like its own Rule 34; if it exists, no matter what it is, it will be an FNF mod.

[@FrogInShorts]

9:12 "Eventually, Fleetway Sonic stopped thinking"

[@Michael72022]

Extra live is not feetway sonic feetway sonic Is from master ermd

[@TsarieaTheWolf]

I’ll never had that before, I really liked that monster hedgehog.

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Please do every issue with audio long videos it be something

[@yeahwhoiwannaknowye]

I guess we can say, that thing sure for ugly

[@LuisGonzalez-xo9ll]

fieeway super Sonic

[@lantacon]

"Trap Sonic for *six months*, *take over all of mobius"* where have I heard that before… *Fist bump plays in the background*

[@THED.O.A.T]

Btw it's just "extra life sonic" not "fleetway extra life sonic" because u got it wrong fleetway and extra life are to dif sonics fleetway and Extra Life are alike tho they both like destruction and want to destroy anything in their path :D

[@MariaAparecida-gp4bq]

Fleetway is the name of the publisher that made these comics. He only called it "Fleetway Extra Life" to differentiate it from the Extra Life item in the Sonic games.

[@THED.O.A.T]

@@MariaAparecida-gp4bq OH I GET IT NOW- THX HERES A LIKE!

[@NightShadeTheSkullDog]

I love this video

[@notaValible2333]

It’s tails not tals

[@apogus]

FLEET AWAY BALL

[@andresugalde916]

Fleetway sure loved their evil Sonic dopplegangers huh

[@SonnikkuGamer6969]

a way EL Sonic could come back is if he floated in space and landed into another universe/dimension in the Game universe and probably cease havick there

[@jack_knows-that]

WOW

[@donbosiljko1950]

This was very intresting. Im very happy that now i know a bit more about my favorite charackter

[@itsjohfy]

8:14 That adlib tho

[@Blappyblap9]

Nice vid👍

[@almir-chan9570]

Hey this is my comment lol, cool!

[@SonicTheComic]

Congrats on the feature.

[@Smhedgehog]

Dang, I came in right near the end

[@SonicTheComic]

Thanks for joining. Don't worry, the next retrospective will probably be quadruple the length so I reckon you may be able to make that one.

[@Smhedgehog]

Cool, can't wait

[@Shattered_Spirit]

Extra life is the true origin of Fleetway Super sonic?

[@SonicChannelGaming]

extra life is not fleetway sonic did you not watch the video ?

[@Rlzf4]

tails looks chubby