As it turned out, the Sonic the Hedgehog films came out rather well. Both are fun, fan-pleasing adventures that have done great numbers at the box office. However, there was a time before the first movie released when things were not looking good. Remember the above-pictured monstrosity? Thank goodness that character model was revised, and the old one forgotten. Well, that old design hasn't quite been forgotten. In fact, "Ugly Sonic" is set to make an appearance in a movie after all.
Because we're living in the strangest timeline and apparently anything can happen, this binned version of Sonic is featured as a cameo in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. That's right — he's in a Disney movie. A clip, for those who understandably refuse to believe this preposterous turn of events:
Madness.
How did this come about, then? Ugly Sonic in a Disney animated film? Director Akiva Schaffer says it wasn't easy. Speaking to Polygon about licensing third-party characters for the movie, he says it all came down to the legal team. "It was a process. […] You don’t usually come out of a movie and want to thank the lawyers, but we genuinely owe the Disney lawyers for being team players," he said. Apparently, Ugly Sonic is one of his favourite cameos in the film.
Anyway, what do you think about this? Are you happy Ugly Sonic finally gets to shine, or should he never have seen the light of day again? Get weirded out by his human teeth in the comments section below.
[source polygon.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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"I'd like to thank the lawyers, my family, our producer...."
My god, the creepy old Sonic still baffles me. What were they thinking?
A fammmmillllyyy picture.
He’s better looking than the chipmunk to be fair.
Woah was that a Wonder Woman cameo in a Disney film!? One of the wishes before I leave this earth is to see a Marvel/DC crossover film or game so I'm pretty much going to die wishless 🙂
I just watched it. It's a masterpiece.
Simple. The sonic studio got slapped in the face with wads of disney bucks. Not many say no to that.
I'm definitely watching it this weekend
Should be rated 18. Ain’t nobody sleeping after seeing that monster.
let’s be for real , if you see an anthropomorphic blue animal in real life , it’s gonna be freakish like this
both sonics look bad nonetheless
@Juanalf Give it a couple more years, and WB will be selling DC to Disney after this whole Warner Bros. Discovery thing goes up in smoke.
I feel like Disney just went "Hey look at us! We did a pop culture joke! We're super cool, amirite?"
You could give a few more days before posting a spoiler.
I had no idea there was a Chip n Dale movie.... I now feel the urge to watch it Awesome clip imho...!
I watched the movie, it had no right being as good as it was. It won't win any awards but it's a fun, witty commentary on modern Hollywood.
@z0d15g0d well, Paramount did. Makes sense why there were cameos from Sonic, South Park, Transformers and Beavis and Butthead. You are probably right though.
The first movie was actually surprisingly good. Haven’t seen the second yet though
@PlayStationGamer3919 @Jackpaza0508 @Enuo Same really loved the new Rescue Rangers film!
Do you guys think we'll get another film, or a series set in this universe?
Or will this be more of a one-off that gets forgotten.
Just watched it. I’m definitely up for an ugly sonic movie.
The chip and dale film was ok. The throws of nostalgia was done well…but man, How cool would it have been if they had made a proper crime thriller out of chip and dale. Ultimately this is still aimed at kids. Those that remember rescue rangers the most though are touching 40…a film that plays on nostalgia but written like china town would have been awesome…rather than falling into tired tropes (which they make fun off but at the end of the day still play it safe and follow them).
I’d love to see Disney take full advantage of the freedoms a subscription service can offer and be more adventurous with licences that haven’t been touched for decades. They do come close a few times with this film…but there’s so much further they could go…especially when it’s adults who have real affinity to these characters
@PlayStationGamer3919 I would be perfectly happy if they just made a Rescue Rangers 2 film, or a spinoff series that served as a sequel of the reboot.
That chipmunk was ugly too. Maybe they're going to make a movie about ugly characters?
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