History Heartwarming / SonicTheHedgehog

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6wvK14QWhU Meteor Herd]] from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' has the lines "Took a shuttle to space and left from our home, At least we're with friends and I'm not all alone." Even though it's indirect, this is the first time Knuckles has acknowledged Sonic, Tails and Amy as his friends. His theme songs from the Adventure games mostly talk about what a loner he is, so it's kind of sweet to see that he appreciates them being there with him.

* From ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', Amy protecting E-102 Gamma from Sonic. To put it in perspective, she's defending what seems like a random {{Mook}} working for Robotnik from ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', not only the hero, but her self-proclaimed boyfriend. [[HarryPotter It takes courage to stand up to your enemies, but it takes even more to stand up to your friends]], especially the love of your life.

** It doubles as a CMoH for EGGMAN of all people! For the longest time, Metal Sonic's reapperance was a mystery, with Metal Sonic implying in SonicHeroes that he himself was the one who's responsible for it. Episode Metal showed that to be wrong. Eggman reached through time and space to rescue Metal Sonic from [[SonicCD Stardust Speedway]] and bring him back. As soon as Metal Sonic got back to his base, he completely repaired Metal Sonic and happily sent the robot off to do his own thing in his quest to defeat Sonic, giving him weapons, tools and even a personal escort at times to assist him. It makes the TheDogBitesBack moment in Sonic Heroes rather heartbreaking in retrospect. After all the care and attention Eggman lavished on his creation, he ends up being one of it's victims, relying on [[KnucklesChaotix a group of people who he was once fighting against with the very same robot on his side]] to rescue him.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuww5fHhnhY We Can]] from ''SonicHeroes'', a very feel-good song about Sonic's friendship with Tails and Knuckles, and how ThePowerOfFriendship makes all of them stronger together. Unlike the Last Story's {{Narm}}ful presentation, ''this'' is how you talk about friendship in ''Sonic''.

* Aside of the cast's interaction with Emerl in ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' ([[spoiler:[[PlayerPunch which is used to set up]] [[TearJerker one of the series' most heartwrenching moments]]]]), Shadow's episode features him willingly relinquishing his Chaos Emerald--the only one that hasn't been absorbed by Emerl--in order to awaken Emerl and complete his evolution as the Gizoid. When Rouge expresses concern over this, Shadow merely replies, "It's okay. [[ThePowerOfFriendship I hav Maria]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship in my heart.]]" Given all of the horrors Shadow has had to endure, coupled with his own self-loathing in ''Battle'' over his status as a bioweapon, the fact that even one of the darkest, most jaded and brooding characters in ''Sonic'' mythos recognizes that true power comes from the bonds one makes in life with their loved ones is a CMOH in and of itself.

* Aside of the cast's interaction with Emerl in ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' ([[spoiler:[[PlayerPunch which is used to set up]] [[TearJerker one of the series' most heartwrenching moments]]]]), Shadow's episode features him willingly relinquishing his Chaos Emerald--the only one that hasn't been absorbed by Emerl--in order to awaken Emerl and complete his evolution as the Gizoid. When Rouge expresses concern over this, Shadow merely replies, "It's okay. [[ThePowerOfFriendship I have]] [[DeadLittleSister Maria]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship in my heart.]]" Given all of the horrors Shadow has had to endure, coupled with his own self-loathing in ''Battle'' over his status as a bioweapon, the fact that even one of the darkest, most jaded and brooding characters in ''Sonic'' mythos recognizes that true power comes from the bonds one makes in life with their loved ones is a CMOH in and of itself.

** And speaking of Emerl, [[spoiler:the end of Sonic Advance 3.]]

** Their interactions are more than heartwarming. Especially the ending to the first SonicRush, where Super Sonic and Burning Blaze say their goodbyes and actually make friendly physical contact for the first time.. by HoldingHands as their dimensions are being torn apart. How is that not sweet? With or without ShippingGoggles?

* A lot of people seem to think it's {{narm}}, but Maria's speech in ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic Adventure]] 2'' is heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once. She's been shot, and is dying, but says to Shadow, "I beg of you. For all the people on that planet... give them a chance to be happy!" The Shadow the Hedgehog version, which has improved characterization, voice acting, and even context, is even better. In Adventure 2, Maria is an innocent little girl with no personality whose innocence motivated Gerald and Shadow to do horrible things. In Shadow the Hedgehog, she's a hero in her own right, trying to save other people despite being ''terminally ill'' and occasionally still laughing at things like a child would, even during a disaster, making her sacrifice seem a lot more human and a lot more poignant.
** Don't forget the ending to the Last Story in ''[[{{Main/ShadowTheHedgehog}} Shadow The Hedgehog]]''. When everybody in GUN HQ is celebrating, and the realization that Professor Gerald, and the project that created Shadow, had been misunderstood. "We were all wrong about the professor. After the way we all treated him, he saved us all in the end."

* From ''SonicAdventure'', Amy protecting E-102 Gamma from Sonic. To put it in perspective, she's defending what seems like a random {{Mook}} working for Robotnik from ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', not only the hero, but her self-proclaimed boyfriend. [[HarryPotter It takes courage to stand up to your enemies, but it takes even more to stand up to your friends]], especially the love of your life.

* Much of Sonic and Tails' interaction in [[SonicColors Colors]] - with all the emphasis on heroics and believing in themselves in their characters taking precedent for so long, it's nice to see a game where even while saving the day the two aren't so intense, palling around and acting like brothers.

* SonicGenerations isn't even out yet, but just you try to not get warm fuzzies from [[http://www.sonicstadium.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sonic-Generations-Picnic-Screenshot.jpg this.]]

----> [[spoiler:'''Dr. Eggman:''' Shadow, can you hear me? This may be the last chance I get to speak to you, so... What I said about having created you? It was all a lie. Everyone thought you had died during [[SonicAdventure2 that horrible incident]]. But I rescued you with one of my robots! You lost your memory, that's all. You really ARE the UltimateLifeform my grandfather created!]]

----> [[spoiler: '''Dr. Eggman''']] : [[spoiler:Shadow, can you hear me? This may be the last chance I get to speak to you, so... What I said about having created you? It was all a lie. Everyone thought you had died during [[SonicAdventure2 that horrible incident]]. But I rescued you with one of my robots! You lost your memory, that's all. You really ARE the UltimateLifeform my grandfather created!]]

--> '''Rouge:''' Even if you believe that the whole world will be against you... know that I'll always remain by your side. Remember that.
--> '''Shadow:''' ...I will.

** Speaking of Shadow, this exchange from [[SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 06]], after Shadow [[spoiler:learnt that Omega would eventually be forced to imprison him in the future, due to Iblis being released,]] must count for something.

* Despite being considered one of the worst games in its series, [[SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 06]] has quite a few of them, despite people looking at it as melodramatic.

--> [[spoiler: '''Dr. Eggman''']] : [[spoiler: Shadow, can you hear me? This may be the last chance I get to speak to you, so... What I said about having created you? It was all a lie. Everyone thought you had died during [[SonicAdventure2 that horrible incident]]. But I rescued you with one of my robots! You lost your memory, that's all. You really ARE the UltimateLifeform my grandfather created!]]

* This troper was overwhelmed with an enormous sense of satisfaction that couldn't have been anything ''but'' this trope when he beat ''SonicUnleashed'' and watched the ending. [[spoiler:When Sonic pulls himself out of the ground after the Gaia Colossus threw him back up to the surface of the planet, he shakes his head, looks around, and sees Chip's unconscious body...but that's when the similarity to the intro ends; Chip's body fades away, leaving behind his necklace that happens to fit Sonic perfectly as a bracelet.]] As a heroic orchestral theme swells up, Chip says "I'll never forget you. I'll always be by your side...a part of the earth you tread." Sonic watches the sun rise, cracks a smile, and starts running along the cliffside as ''[[AwesomeMusic/SonicTheHedgehog Endless Possibility]]'' starts up and Tails flies by, waving hi. Somehow, this simplistic Saturday-morning-cartoon-esque scene fit the tone of the game perfectly--there couldn't have been a better ending to the best 3D Sonic game in recent years.
** An earlier one from the same game: After Chip [[spoiler:(who is really Light Gaia)]] finally gets his memory back, he's about to fly off [[spoiler:to finish fixing the planet by himself]], only for Sonic ([[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent in Werehog form]]) to pull him right back. Chip [[spoiler:asks him why he did that--there's more to it, [[{{G-Mon}} this troper]] just can't remember it all at present]]. Sonic's response?
--> '''Sonic:''' [[spoiler:"Do I need a reason to want to help out a friend?"]]
** The ending song is CrowningMusicOfAwesome because it's this.
-->I will be there if you need me and I know you'll do the same
-->I can see you, I can hear you in my heart
-->You will be here, if I need you I will never have to guess
-->'Cause we are very special friends

* This troper was overwhelmed with an enormous sense of satisfaction that couldn't have been anything ''but'' this trope when he beat ''SonicUnleashed'' and watched the ending. [[spoiler:When Sonic pulls himself out of the ground after the Gaia Colossus threw him back up to the surface of the planet, he shakes his head, looks around, and sees Chip's unconscious body...but that's when the similarity to the intro ends; Chip's body fades away, leaving behind his necklace that happens to fit Sonic perfectly as a bracelet.]] As a heroic orchestral theme swells up, Chip says "I'll never forget you. I'll always be by your side...a part of the earth you tread." Sonic watches the sun rise, cracks a smile, and starts running along the cliffside as ''[[CrowningMusic/SonicTheHedgehog Endless Possibility]]'' starts up and Tails flies by, waving hi. Somehow, this simplistic Saturday-morning-cartoon-esque scene fit the tone of the game perfectly--there couldn't have been a better ending to the best 3D Sonic game in recent years.

* What, no mention of Sonic's interactions with Blaze? In any of the games they've been in?

** The ending has a double Heartwarming Moment. [[spoiler: At the end, everyone (plus the originally absent Shadow and Silver) is back at the party and having fun. Not only do we see Classic Sonic attempt to perform the Boost ability, but when Classic Sonic and Tails have to return, Sonic tells his younger self "Enjoy your future! It's gonna be a ''blast!''". And at the end of the credits, after seeing clips of the original stages, you're treated to a small reprise of the opening cutscene, the box listing a title now replaced with "Happy Birthday, Sonic!" and a crowd shouting that same exact phrase. Even more poignant when you realize that this was a sound clip recorded at the ''Sonic Boom'' anniversary party and SEGA themselves asked the fans there to say it!]]

** The ending has a double Heartwarming Moment. [[spoiler: At the end, everyone (plus the originally absent Shadow and Silver) is back at the party and having fun. Not only do we see Classic Sonic attempt to perform the Boost ability, but when Classic Sonic and Tails have to return, Sonic tells his younger self "Enjoy your future! It's gonna be a ''blast!''". And at the end of the credits, after seeing clips of the original stages, you're treated to a small reprise of the opening cutscene, the box listing a title now replaced with "Happy Birthday, Sonic!" and a crowd shouting that same exact phrase. Even more poignant when you realize that this was a sound clip recorded at the ''Sonic Boom'' anniversary party and SEGA themselves asked the fans there to say it!]]

* SonicGenerations isn't even out yet, but just you try to not get warm fuzzies from [[http://www.sonicstadium.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sonic-Generations-Picnic-Screenshot.jpg this.]]