History Heartwarming / TheMurderOfSonicTheHedgehog

* Despite the game being a send-up of murder mysteries and mystery Visual Novels, there's one classic trope that's notably absent: no-one, not even the "murderer", ever tries to [[FrameUp frame another person for the crime.]] All {{Red Herring}}s are due to misunderstandings or NotWhatItLooksLike. Even during the final confrontation, the "murderer" only focuses on denying their actions, rather than trying to pin them on someone else. That none of them ever even ''consider'' pulling this shows this crew [[TrueCompanions are such close friends]].

** He even agrees to go with her, though he clearly has no interest in the band and was outright offended when the PC suggested he was a fan
* The player character has a HeroicBSOD moment after everything has been revealed, leading them to believe [[ItsAllMyFault it's all their fault]] and that playing along with the gang resulted in them being captured by the train, who is a Badnik hell-bent on delivering everyone to Dr. Eggman, and didn't speak up about how [[CassandraTruth Sonic was really injured the whole time]]. Despite that, Sonic gives the player character a RousingSpeech, insisting that whatever happened wasn't their fault. The upbeat remix of his theme, "It Doesn't Matter" from ''Sonic Adventure 2'', adds to the moment.

* Once Sonic lands the third hit to free the Flicky, Espio immediately jumps in to save it. Amy is then the one to deal the final blow to the train, which causes it to explode. While Amy falls back from the explosion, Sonic comes in and catches her in a BridalCarry. He's always going to be her hero.
* Tails admits that when he's unsure of what to do he asks himself what Sonic would do in his situation and when the PC says so to Sonic later, Sonic takes it in stride. No teasing or arrogance. They're relationship will never not be adorable.

* Even the villains get some moments. Sage and Metal Sonic appearing at the end to celebrate Eggman's victory is really adorable. The "Let's Go Dad" T-Shirts they wear just adds to it, making them more like a surrogate family.
* Talking to Blaze after the heist has her ask Tails to say hello to Cream for her, a sweet reminder of their friendship.
* The premise of the game is that it's Amy's birthday. And everyone goes out of their way to make sure it's a good day for her as much as possible within reason. Knuckles managed to stay in character until she left though it was clearly uncomfortable for him. Espio wrote really bad poetry, and Vector tried to bring a knife just to sell the act, both breaking character only to give her their present. Blaze came from a separate dimension just to attend. Shadow tried really hard to get her a surprise present though it made him look suspicious and she accused him of being the murderer. And Sonic clearly had to pull some serious favors to get that birthday cake since he'd forgotten his wallet. It's adorable to see them go all out for her. Especially since, for a while there, she was perhaps the most poorly written and annoying character in the franchise. It's nice to see Amy get the respect she deserves.

* Why was Shadow locking the doors? He realized that he forgot to get Amy a gift, and so he was trying to get tickets for a concert for a band she loves. Granted, he accidentally printed the home page in process and the tickets wouldn't be available until later in the day, but the thought still counts. Amy is evidently very touched, even inviting him to join her.

* Why was Shadow locking the doors? He realized that he forgot to get Amy a gift, and so he was trying to get tickets for a concert for a band she loves. Granted, he accidentally printed the home page in process and the tickets wouldn't be available until later in the day, but the thought still counts, and Amy is very touched, even inviting him to join her.
* The player character has a HeroicBSOD moment after everything has been revealed, leading them to believe [[ItsAllMyFault it's all their fault]] and that playing along with the gang resulted in them being captured by the train, who is a Badnik hell-bent on delivering everyone to Dr. Eggman, and didn't speak up about how [[CassandraTruth Sonic was really injured the whole time]]. However, Sonic gives the player character a RousingSpeech, insisting that whatever happened wasn't their fault. The upbeat remix of his theme, "It Doesn't Matter" from ''Sonic Adventure 2'' adds to the moment.

* Once Sonic lands the third hit to free the Flicky, Amy is the one to deal the final blow to the train, which causes it to explode. While Amy falls back from the explosion, Sonic comes in and catches her in a BridalCarry. He's always going to be her hero.

* The ending where everyone gets off the train safely, Amy celebrates her birthday properly, and the Conductor is reunited with his wife and the Flicky powering the train. It's a very pleasant scene to end the story on after both a stress-inducing sequence and fight with the train, which turned out to have been a badnik all along.

* The ending where everyone gets off the train safely, Amy celebrates her birthday properly, and the Conductor is reunited with his wife and the Flicky powering the train. It's a very pleasant scene to end the story on after both a stress-inducing sequence and fight with the train, which turned out to have been a badnik all along.

* In the aforementioned HeroicBSOD moment, the player character believes [[ItsAllMyFault it's all their fault]] and that playing along with the gang resulted in them being captured by the train, who is a Badnik hell-bent on delivering everyone to Dr. Eggman, and didn't speak up about how [[CassandraTruth Sonic was really injured the whole time]]. However, Sonic gives the player character a RousingSpeech, insisting that whatever happened wasn't their fault. The upbeat remix of his theme adds to the moment.
--->'''Sonic:''' Hey. I can tell this situation is getting to you. I get it, the road's getting tough. It's easy to question the decisions that got you here. But when negative thoughts hit you, let it pass, and keep living.

** The ending where everyone gets off the train safely, Amy celebrates her birthday properly, and the Conductor is reunited with his wife and the Flicky powering the train. It's a very pleasant scene to end the story on after both a stress-inducing sequence and fight with the train, which turned out to have been a badnik all along.
** Why was Shadow locking the doors? He realized that he forgot to get Amy a gift, and so he was trying to get tickets for a concert for a band she loves. Granted, he accidentally printed the home page in process and the tickets wouldn't be available until later in the day, but the thought still counts, and Amy is very touched, even inviting him to join her.
** In the aforementioned HeroicBSOD moment, the player character believes [[ItsAllMyFault it's all their fault]] and that playing along with the gang resulted in them being captured by the train, who is a Badnik hell-bent on delivering everyone to Dr. Eggman, and didn't speak up about how [[CassandraTruth Sonic was really injured the whole time]]. However, Sonic gives the player character a RousingSpeech, insisting that whatever happened wasn't their fault. The upbeat remix of his theme adds to the moment.

** The love the conductor has for his wife is rather sweet, as he is looking forward to spending his retirement with her. SickeninglySweethearts he may be, you can tell he's got a very [[HappilyMarried healthy marriage going]]. The ending scene shows that the feeling goes both ways, where his wife embraces him after being worried for several hours.
** Even the villains get some moments. Sage and Metal Sonic appearing at the end to celebrate Eggman's victory is really adorable. The "Let's Go Dad" T-Shirts they wear just adds to it, making them more like a surrogate family.

** The ending where everyone gets off the train safely, Amy celebrates her birthday properly, and the Conductor is reunited with his wife and [[spoiler:the Flicky powering the train]]. It's a very pleasant scene to end the story on after both a stress-inducing sequence and fight with [[spoiler:the train, which turned out to have been a badnik all along]].
** Why was Shadow locking the doors? [[spoiler: He realized that he forgot to get Amy a gift, and so he was trying to get tickets for a concert for a band she loves. Granted, he accidentally printed the home page in process and the tickets wouldn't be available until later in the day, but the thought still counts, and Amy is very touched, even inviting him to join her]].
** In the aforementioned HeroicBSOD moment, the player character believes [[ItsAllMyFault it's all their fault]] and that playing along with the gang resulted in them being [[spoiler:captured by the train, who is a Badnik hell-bent on delivering everyone to Dr. Eggman, and didn't speak up about how [[CassandraTruth Sonic was really injured the whole time]]]]. However, Sonic gives the player character a RousingSpeech, insisting that whatever happened wasn't their fault. The upbeat remix of his theme adds to the moment.