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''Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebooks'' is a series of six Main/GameBooks that were released in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Fantail/Puffin Books (now known as Penguin Books), written by a different set of author(s) depending on the book. With the writers being James Wallis (Metal City Mayhem and Zone Rangers), Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (Sonic vs. Zonik and The Zone Zapper), and Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (Theme Park Panic and Stormin' Sonic).

The series shows Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower trying to defeat the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik from conquering Mobius with his evil schemes. But they can't do it alone. They need ''your'' decision making to help them save the day. Or you can [[BlackComedyBurst get him crushed by a bulldozer, killed in vacuum of space, forced to watch his nemesis destroy his home and be unable to anything, get his sidekick Tails eaten by a shark]]. By the way, [[SomethingWeForgot did we forget to mention these books can get quite dark for Sonic standards?]]

The books require the reader to number Sonic's Vital Statistics (Speed, Strength, Agility, Coolness, Quick Wits and Good Looks) from 2 (being worst) to 5 (being best). And these are important to remember as there will be points in the books where Sonic needs to use one of these to get him out of a situation or defeat an enemy/boss, which also require a 6-sided die roll.

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''Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebooks'' is a Main/GameBook series of six Main/GameBooks that were released in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Fantail/Puffin Books (now known as Penguin Books), written by a different set of author(s) depending on the book. With the writers being James Wallis (Metal City Mayhem and Zone Rangers), Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (Sonic vs. Zonik and The Zone Zapper), and Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (Theme Park Panic and Stormin' Sonic).

The series shows Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower trying to defeat the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik from conquering Mobius with his evil schemes. But they can't do it alone. They need ''your'' decision making to help them save the day. Or you can [[BlackComedyBurst get him crushed by a bulldozer, killed in vacuum of space, forced to watch his nemesis destroy his home and be unable to anything, get his sidekick Tails eaten by a shark]]. By the way, [[SomethingWeForgot did we forget to mention these There's six books can get quite dark for Sonic standards?]]

The books require the reader to number Sonic's Vital Statistics (Speed, Strength, Agility, Coolness, Quick Wits and Good Looks) from 2 (being worst) to 5 (being best). And these are important to remember as there will be points
in the books where Sonic needs to use one of these to get him out of a situation or defeat an enemy/boss, which also require a 6-sided die roll.

The series includes six gamebooks:
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* ''Sonic vs, Zonik'' (1994)

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And the series follows Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower trying to defeat the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik from conquering Mobius with his evil schemes. But they can't do it alone. They need ''your'' decision making to help them save the day. Or you can [[BlackComedyBurst get him crushed by a bulldozer, killed in vacuum of space, forced to watch his nemesis destroy his home and be unable to anything, get his sidekick Tails eaten by a shark]]. By the way, [[SomethingWeForgot did we forget to mention these books can get quite dark for Sonic standards?]]

The books require the reader to number Sonic's Vital Statistics (Speed, Strength, Agility, Coolness, Quick Wits and Good Looks) from 2 (being worst) to 5 (being best). And these are important to remember as there will be points in the books where Sonic needs to use one of these to get him out of a situation or defeat an enemy/boss, which also require a 6-sided die roll.

Not to be confused with the video game ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.


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* AdaptationalBadass: Robotnik's badniks. Unlike the original games where they're small and don't serve a real challenge, here - aside from some exceptions - are ''huge'' and a genuine threat to Sonic. Just take this Chop Chop from [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/d/d5/Chop-Chop.png the Genesis game]] to [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/5/5d/SVZ-ChopChop.jpg the same Badnik in Sonic vs. Zonik]].
* AdaptationalWimp: While Sonic is a nigh-unbeatable powerhouse in the games, here, due to his success being more on Vital Stats and good dice rolls, Sonic is far weaker in some of his best abilities and can actually lose fights.


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* EasyImpersonation: Zonik frames Sonic for evil deeds and his animal friends, even ''Tails'' think Sonic did it, despite Zonik looking rather robotic than Sonic.


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* ChekhovsGun: The gloves Sonic can get using the Zone Chip prove important as they're needed for Sonic to fight Zonik.



** Later on, Sonic finds the Zone Chip, which he can use at any time to transport him and/or Tails to a zone with four door ways to choose from that will reward you an item if you clear the challenges (the tweezers and the gloves). However, it costs ten rings per person to use.

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** Later on, Sonic finds the Zone Chip, which he can use at any time to transport him and/or Tails to a zone with four door ways to choose from that will reward you an item if you clear the challenges (the tweezers and the gloves are vital in cetain sections, partially the gloves). However, it costs ten rings per person to use.

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* ''Metal City Mayhem'' (1993) – a mysterious city called Robotropolis appears in Green Hill Zone, and just as it did, all of Sonic's friends have been held captive inside to be turn to robots. Sonic and Tails venture into the city to rescue their friends and find the person behind this mysterious city. [[SarcasmMode We'll give you three guess to who it might be]].
* ''Zone Rangers'' (1993) – Sonic and Tails are napping when they are suddenly interrupted by a bulldozer tearing up the countryside. Unsurprisingly, Dr. Robotnik isn't far behind and the duo go off to stop him.
* ''Sonic vs, Zonik'' (1994) – Sonic is being framed by an imposter named Zonik, and must hunt Zonik down before he collects enough rings to enter the Special Zone and bring Robotnik whatever he finds.
* ''The Zone Zapper'' (1994) – Robotnik creates a Reality Inversion Beam which turns everything good into bad. And with his buddy Tails zapped and turned into a robot, Sonic must make an unlikely team up with a badnik named Catcher, who was hit with the ray and turned into a "Goodnik", to find the Chaos Emeralds to save Mobius and Sonic's little buddy.
* ''Theme Park Panic'' (1995) – An amazing new theme park has opened on Mobius. But for Sonic and his pals it turns out to have more than the usual thrills and spills, thanks to the devious mind of Robotnik.
* ''Stormin' Sonic'' (1996) – The zones are being plagued by bizarre and dangerous weather by a mysterious Weather Egg creating climate chaos wherever it goes. And Sonic and Tails must stop it before it creates a weather wipeout.

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* ''Metal City Mayhem'' (1993) – a mysterious city called Robotropolis appears in Green Hill Zone, and just as it did, all of Sonic's friends have been held captive inside to be turn to robots. Sonic and Tails venture into the city to rescue their friends and find the person behind this mysterious city. [[SarcasmMode We'll give you three guess to who it might be]].
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* ''Zone Rangers'' (1993) – Sonic and Tails are napping when they are suddenly interrupted by a bulldozer tearing up the countryside. Unsurprisingly, Dr. Robotnik isn't far behind and the duo go off to stop him.
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* ''Sonic vs, Zonik'' (1994) – Sonic is being framed by an imposter named Zonik, and must hunt Zonik down before he collects enough rings to enter the Special Zone and bring Robotnik whatever he finds.
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* ''The Zone Zapper'' (1994) – Robotnik creates a Reality Inversion Beam which turns everything good into bad. And with his buddy Tails zapped and turned into a robot, Sonic must make an unlikely team up with a badnik named Catcher, who was hit with the ray and turned into a "Goodnik", to find the Chaos Emeralds to save Mobius and Sonic's little buddy.
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* ''Theme Park Panic'' (1995) – An amazing new theme park has opened on Mobius. But for Sonic and his pals it turns out to have more than the usual thrills and spills, thanks to the devious mind of Robotnik.
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* ''Stormin' Sonic'' (1996) – The zones are being plagued by bizarre and dangerous weather by a mysterious Weather Egg creating climate chaos wherever it goes. And Sonic and Tails must stop it before it creates a weather wipeout.
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A mysterious city called Robotropolis appears in Green Hill Zone, and just as it did, all of Sonic's friends have been held captive inside to be turn to robots. Sonic and Tails venture into the city to rescue their friends and find the person behind this mysterious city. [[SarcasmMode We'll give you three guess to who it might be]].
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Sonic and Tails are napping when they are suddenly interrupted by a bulldozer tearing up the countryside. Unsurprisingly, Dr. Robotnik isn't far behind and the duo go off to stop him that takes them all across Mobius, and beyond.
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* MistakenForSpies: During Sonic's mini adventure away from Tails in Scrap Brain City, he wanders into the Outsiders camp and gets captured by the group, with the group leader Ravis believing Sonic is a city spy.

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* MistakenForSpies: During Sonic's mini adventure away from Tails in Scrap Brain City, he wanders into the Outsiders camp and gets captured by the group, with the group leader Ravis believing Sonic is a city spy. If he chooses to go along with the lie instead of staying honest and getting tortured, [[DownerEnding he's called a coward and tied to a stake to be fed to vultures, ending his adventure]].


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* OutOfFocus: Robotnik plays a very minor role in this book in comparison to the other book, only being seen once when he mistakes Sonic as Zonik.


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* UnroboticReveal: Upon breaking into the Metropolis factory, Sonic and Tails find out that Zonik's created using a blue goo-like substance meant for creating clones of the real Sonic upon finding a Bottle Bank of clones of Zonik, and Zonik himself melting to goo upon defeating him.


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''Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebooks'' is a series of six Main/GameBooks that were released in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Fantail/Puffin Books (now known as Penguin Books), written by a different set of author(s) depending on the book. With the writers being James Wallis (Metal City Mayhem and Zone Rangers), Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (Sonic v. Zonik and The Zone Zapper), and Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (Theme Park Panic and Stormin' Sonic).

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''Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebooks'' is a series of six Main/GameBooks that were released in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Fantail/Puffin Books (now known as Penguin Books), written by a different set of author(s) depending on the book. With the writers being James Wallis (Metal City Mayhem and Zone Rangers), Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (Sonic v.vs. Zonik and The Zone Zapper), and Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (Theme Park Panic and Stormin' Sonic).



* ''Sonic v. Zonik'' (1994) – Sonic is being framed by an imposter named Zonik, and must hunt Zonik down before he collects enough rings to enter the Special Zone and bring Robotnik whatever he finds.

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* ''Sonic v. vs, Zonik'' (1994) – Sonic is being framed by an imposter named Zonik, and must hunt Zonik down before he collects enough rings to enter the Special Zone and bring Robotnik whatever he finds.



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* TyopOnTheCover: The cover has the title spelled as Sonic ''v.'' Zonik, whilst the inside is called Sonic vs. Zonik (which will be how it's named here.
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Before you start, you have to assign a limited number of points into attributes (e.g. speed and strength), as well as keep track of any items collected during the story.

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Before you start, you have The books require the reader to assign a limited number of Sonic's Vital Statistics (Speed, Strength, Agility, Coolness, Quick Wits and Good Looks) from 2 (being worst) to 5 (being best). And these are important to remember as there will be points into attributes (e.g. speed and strength), as well as keep track of any items collected during in the story.
books where Sonic needs to use one of these to get him out of a situation or defeat an enemy/boss, which also require a 6-sided die roll.



* ''Metal City Mayhem'' (1993) – a mysterious city called Robotropolis appears in Green Hill Zone, and just as it did, all of Sonic's friends disappeared. Sonic and Tails venture into the city to rescue their friends and find the person behind this mysterious city. [[SarcasmMode We'll give you three guess to who it might be]].

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* ''Metal City Mayhem'' (1993) – a mysterious city called Robotropolis appears in Green Hill Zone, and just as it did, all of Sonic's friends disappeared.have been held captive inside to be turn to robots. Sonic and Tails venture into the city to rescue their friends and find the person behind this mysterious city. [[SarcasmMode We'll give you three guess to who it might be]].



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* AWinnerIsYou: After Sonic and Tails chase Zonik across the Sky Chase Zone and defeat him in a quick battle, Zonik melts to goo, Sonic and Tails go: "Well, I suppose that's that then" and run off into the distance.

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* AWinnerIsYou: After In the GoldenEnding, after Sonic and Tails chase Zonik across the Sky Chase Zone and defeat him in a quick battle, Zonik melts to goo, Sonic and Tails go: "Well, I suppose that's that then" and run off into the distance.distance. There's not even any ending artwork.



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* OddFriendship: Sonic ends up forming a friendship with Catcher, the former Badnik turned Goodnik he spent most of the story with.




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* TheBadGuyWins: In one of the {{Bad Ending}}s, if Sonic and Tails fail to have their Coolness 8 or higher when Robotnik tries to brainwash the pair, the doctor succeeds and puts the now brainwashed pair to work.


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* MindControlDevice: Robotnik builds a Broadcasting Company to hijack the live showing of ''Zone Alone'' to make the animals work for him. He later tries to use it on Sonic and Tails.


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* GameBreakingBug:
** Your starting equipment isn't listed on the character sheet (it's supposed to consist of the Energy Gun).
** The choices are reversed in sections 298 and 119.
** The path that leads from 82 to 67 should in fact lead to 121 instead.
** The path from 85 to 68 should instead lead to 227.
** The transitions from 216 to 114, 153 to 268 and 199 to 97 are all wrong, though it's unclear where the paths actually should lead (it's been speculated it's in the jump from 180 to 76, which works slightly better if it replaced 76 with 234).
* {{Microtransactions}}: Two InUniverse examples:
** Sonic starts of the game with an Energy Gun that when fired freezes the target for a while and costs ten rings per use.
** Later on, Sonic finds the Zone Chip, which he can use at any time to transport him and/or Tails to a zone with four door ways to choose from that will reward you an item if you clear the challenges (the tweezers and the gloves). However, it costs ten rings per person to use.

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* ''The Zone Zapper'' (1994) – Robotnik creates an Evil-fying ray to take over Mobius. And with his buddy Tails zapped and turned into a robot, Sonic must make an unlikely team up with a badnik named Catcher, who was hit with the ray and turned into a "Goodnik".

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* ''The Zone Zapper'' (1994) – Robotnik creates an Evil-fying ray to take over Mobius. a Reality Inversion Beam which turns everything good into bad. And with his buddy Tails zapped and turned into a robot, Sonic must make an unlikely team up with a badnik named Catcher, who was hit with the ray and turned into a "Goodnik"."Goodnik", to find the Chaos Emeralds to save Mobius and Sonic's little buddy.


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* MacGuffin: In order to reverse the effects of the Reality Inversion Beam, Sonic must find three Chaos Emeralds hidden Chemical Plant, Aquatic Ruin Zone and Emerald Hill Zone and drop them in the ray.
* OutOfFocus: With Tails getting struck by the Reality Inversion Beam and turned into a robot, he spends most of the story absent.
* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: In the GoldenEnding, it seems the book is going to end bittersweet with Grabber turning back into a Badnik. But Grabber still reveals to have his old personality inside the Badnik still.
* TransformationRay: Robotnik creates a Reality Inversion Beam, that turns turn good into bad and bad into good.
* TwistedAnkle: Tails ends up twisting his ankle around the start of the book, which allows him to get transformed by Robotnik's Reality Inversion Beam.
* UnwillingRoboticisation: Upon getting hit with the Reality Inversion Beam, Tails gets transformed into a gnashing and gibbering Badnik, or a Tailsnik.

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The series shows Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower trying to defeat the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik from conquering Mobius with his evil schemes. But they can't do it alone. They need ''your'' decision making to help them save the day. Or you can [[BlackComedyBurst get him crushed by a bulldozer, killed in vacuum of space, or forced to watch his nemesis destroy his home and be unable to anything, or eaten by a shark]]. By the way, [[SomethingWeForgot did we forget to mention these books can get quite dark for Sonic standards?]]

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The series shows Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower trying to defeat the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik from conquering Mobius with his evil schemes. But they can't do it alone. They need ''your'' decision making to help them save the day. Or you can [[BlackComedyBurst get him crushed by a bulldozer, killed in vacuum of space, or forced to watch his nemesis destroy his home and be unable to anything, or get his sidekick Tails eaten by a shark]]. By the way, [[SomethingWeForgot did we forget to mention these books can get quite dark for Sonic standards?]]



* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] '''BIG TIME''' in one of the endings. If Sonic and Tails don't finish putting their space suits on and chase the red robot that opens the airlock to suck Sonic and Tails out into space, they end up dying!

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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] {{Subverted|Trope}} '''BIG TIME''' in one of the endings. If Sonic and Tails don't finish putting their space suits on and chase the red robot that opens the airlock to suck Sonic and Tails out into space, they end up dying!dying!
* HandWave: In the GoldenEnding, Porker reveals to Sonic and Tails that the Robotnik Broadcasting Company - that was brainwashing the animals - went off air an hour ago, and the animals took care of the buildings and roads to restore Green Hill to its original glory.



* RewardingInactivity: {{SubvertedTrope|Subverted}}. If you let Sonic continue to rest and ignore the bulldozer, the bulldozer will run over Sonic and earn the reader an instant GameOver.

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* RewardingInactivity: {{SubvertedTrope|Subverted}}.{{Subverted|Trope}}. If you let Sonic continue to rest and ignore the bulldozer, the bulldozer will run over Sonic and earn the reader an instant GameOver.



* RisingWaterRisingTension: In Chemical Plant, Mega Mack slowly rises as Sonic and Tails spend more times in the maze, with you having only 20 * sections before it starts to deplete your rings for every * section, then removing one of Sonic's lifes for every 5 * sections, and if you fail to escape the maze and lose your last life, Sonic and Tails are soaked in the Mack and lost their special abilities forever.

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* RisingWaterRisingTension: In Chemical Plant, Mega Mack slowly rises as Sonic and Tails spend more times in the maze, with you having only 20 * sections before it starts to deplete your rings for every * section, then removing one of Sonic's lifes lives for every 5 * sections, and if you fail to escape the maze and lose your last life, Sonic and Tails are soaked in the Mack and lost their special abilities forever.
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* MistakenForSpies: During Sonic's mini adventure away from Tails in Scrap Brain City, he wanders into the Outsiders camp and gets captured by the group, with the group leader Ravis believing Sonic is a city spy.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: If you allowed Sonic to let Tails get ran over by the bulldozer, the book will mention that the real Sonic would let his friend Tails be killed and mentions how Sonic must have fallen under Robotnik's mind control rays.


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* RewardingInactivity: {{SubvertedTrope|Subverted}}. If you let Sonic continue to rest and ignore the bulldozer, the bulldozer will run over Sonic and earn the reader an instant GameOver.


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* AWinnerIsYou: After Sonic and Tails chase Zonik across the Sky Chase Zone and defeat him in a quick battle, Zonik melts to goo, Sonic and Tails go: "Well, I suppose that's that then" and run off into the distance.


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* ThatCloudLooksLike: The book begins with Sonic and Tails looking at clouds that look like a bunny, a rabbit and Dr. Robotnik before getting rained out.

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* MultipleEndings: As common in adventure gamebooks,

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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: This comic was produced when "[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM Sally]] [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Acorn]]", "[[Comicbook/SonicTheComic Porker Lewis]]", and "[[Comicbook/SonicTheComic Johnny Lightfoot]]" had not yet undergone DivergentCharacterEvolution and were still just Sonic's [[WoodlandCreatures Animal Friends]] with new names from Creator/{{Sega}} of America. This early version of Sally is notably just a [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091002173929/sonic/images/e/e4/Ricky_(Sally_Acorn)_1.png Ricky]] [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics with a bow on her head]].
* MultipleEndings: As common in adventure gamebooks,gamebooks, there's multiple endings the reader can achieve. Most of them are {{Bad Ending}}s with one GoldenEnding per book.



* VideoGameLives: Each book starts you off with three lives, with collecting a hundred rings earning you a extra life, and losing them all earns you a GameOver.



* FinalBoss: To complete his adventure, Sonic needs to take down Dr. Robotnik's Technobot and the mad doctor himself.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Some pretty on the nose foreshadowing at the beginning. On page one, Sonic is relaxing in the Green Hill Zone playing ''Botman'' on his Game Gear, and notes how the Technobot at the end of Level Six stymies him every time. He goes to ask his friend Porker for advice since he beat the game already and the book mentions that "Sonic is almost too proud to go and ask his friend's advice, but Porker is a good friend and besides, it's only a video game, not the end of the ''world''." Guess what Sonic needs to fight at the end of the adventure.
** On Section 121, Sonic reads information about all the robots in the Robotropolis. The most mysterious of them is the Platinum robot, with only one existing with all details classified. Wonder what that can be.



* ForWantOfANail: Sonic and Tails deciding to leave the viewing party of ''Zone Alone'' is what allows them to not be brainwashed by Dr. Robotnik.

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* SelfDestructButton: Inside Robotnik's rocket Sonic and Tails stow in, the computer has a self-destruct choice to pick, and upon picking it, this happens:
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* BroughtDownToNormal: If Sonic and Tails fail to escape the maze in Chemical Plant and lost their last life, they're soaked in Mega Mack and lose their special abilities, getting an instant GameOver.

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* BittersweetEnding: If Sonic uses the Game Gear controls to stop the Technobot by steering it off the highest cliff in the Green Hill Zone instead of the deepest lake, he ends up destroying the robot for good and saving Green Hill, but gets crushed by the Technobot's stomach, killing him.



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* AlternateContinuity: The books take place in a separate continuity from the games and [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic British comic]], but do carry some elements, such as Dr. Ivo Robotnik originally being Ovi Kintober, a detail in [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic early US material]] and the British comic series.
* ArtShift: The first two books use the more Japanese style designs for Sonic, Tails and Robotnik, while the next two books use the more US designs for Sonic and Tails (ex: mohawk look for Sonic and lack of belt under Tails' socks). The final two books have Sonic back to looking like he did in the first two books while Robotnik starts to look like his AOSTH self.



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* ForWantOfANail: Sonic and Tails deciding to leave the viewing of ''Zone Alone'' is what allows them to not be brainwashed by Dr. Robotnik.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: At the start of the book, Sonic is attacked by a group of bunnies that make him confused, as they were usually his friends. Even more so, his buddy Tails yells at him to stay away from him and flies away from him before Sonic convinces Tails he's the real Sonic.
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* EvilKnockoff: In Section 45, Sonic finds a room of robot doubles, some being shoddy copies while others are indistinguishable from the real Sonic.
* IdentityBreakdown: Upon being in a room of Sonics, the real Sonic begins having an existential crisis and starts to question if he's even the original Sonic. Even proved more if he loses the race against his evil knockoffs.
-->'''Sonic''': Oh. Maybe he really was the real, original Sonic, and I am just a duplicate after all. Perhaps it's all for the best. After all, he did look like a hero...
* KnockoutGas: In one of the {{Bad Ending}}s where Sonic waits around an empty room he's thrown in, this gas begins to be sprayed in that knocks Sonic and the reader out, with the former being taken away to who knows where.



* SkewedPriorities: In one of the {{BadEnding}}s where Sonic lets the Technobot march towards Green Hill Zone and head off towards the horizon to cause more chaos, Sonic more worried that he'll never finish ''Botman''.

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* SkewedPriorities: In one of the {{BadEnding}}s {{Bad Ending}}s where Sonic lets the Technobot march towards Green Hill Zone and head off towards the horizon to cause more chaos, Sonic more worried that he'll never finish ''Botman''.

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The series shows Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower trying to defeat the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik from conquering Mobius with his evil schemes. But they can't do it alone. They need ''your'' decision making to help them.

At the beginning of the book, a profile page allows readers to choose Sonic's (or Tails' if you're playing Zone Rangers) abilities by assigning numbers to certain traits (e.g. speed and strength), as well as keep track of any items collected during the story.


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The series shows Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower trying to defeat the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik from conquering Mobius with his evil schemes. But they can't do it alone. They need ''your'' decision making to help them.

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them save the beginning day. Or you can [[BlackComedyBurst get him crushed by a bulldozer, killed in vacuum of space, or forced to watch his nemesis destroy his home and be unable to anything, or eaten by a shark]]. By the book, a profile page allows readers way, [[SomethingWeForgot did we forget to choose Sonic's (or Tails' if you're playing Zone Rangers) abilities by assigning numbers mention these books can get quite dark for Sonic standards?]]

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to certain traits assign a limited number of points into attributes (e.g. speed and strength), as well as keep track of any items collected during the story.

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* AreYouSureYouWantToDoThat: If you choose to make Sonic wait around in the empty room he's thrown in, he questions your decision:
-->'''Sonic''': Hey, smart-bonce, are you sure waiting here is a good idea? I'm stuck in Robotnik's clutches, and you want me to hang around and see what happens?



* SkewedPriorities: In one of the {{BadEnding}}s where Sonic lets the Technobot march towards Green Hill Zone and head off towards the horizon to cause more chaos, Sonic more worried that he'll never finish ''Botman''

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* SkewedPriorities: In one of the {{BadEnding}}s where Sonic lets the Technobot march towards Green Hill Zone and head off towards the horizon to cause more chaos, Sonic more worried that he'll never finish ''Botman''''Botman''.
* WinToExit: At one point, Sonic gets sucked into Robotnik's computer and put in a video game world where he has to play a shoot 'em up, fighting game and a racing game to exit out.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sonic regularly talks to the reader in certain sections of the



* {{Bookends}}: The story starts with Sonic playing ''Botman'' on

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* {{Bookends}}: The story starts with Sonic playing ''Botman'' on his Game Gear and struggling to get past the final boss. After defeating the Technobot, Sonic back playing ''Botman'' and uses what he did in real life to beat the game.



* SkewedPriorities: In one of the {{BadEnding|s}} where Sonic lets the Technobot march towards Green Hill Zone and head off towards the horizon to cause more chaos, Sonic more worried that he'll never finish ''Botman''

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* SkewedPriorities: In one of the {{BadEnding|s}} {{BadEnding}}s where Sonic lets the Technobot march towards Green Hill Zone and head off towards the horizon to cause more chaos, Sonic more worried that he'll never finish ''Botman''
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''Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook'' is a series of six Main/GameBooks that were released in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Fantail/Puffin Books (now known as Penguin Books), written by a different set of author(s) depending on the book. With the writers being James Wallis (Metal City Mayhem and Zone Rangers), Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (Sonic v. Zonik and The Zone Zapper), and Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (Theme Park Panic and Stormin' Sonic).

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''Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook'' Gamebooks'' is a series of six Main/GameBooks that were released in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Fantail/Puffin Books (now known as Penguin Books), written by a different set of author(s) depending on the book. With the writers being James Wallis (Metal City Mayhem and Zone Rangers), Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (Sonic v. Zonik and The Zone Zapper), and Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (Theme Park Panic and Stormin' Sonic).



* Metal City Mayhem (1993) - a mysterious city called Robotropolis appears in Green Hill Zone, and just as it did, all of Sonic's friends disappeared. Sonic and Tails venture into the city to rescue their friends and find the person behind this mysterious city. [[SarcasmMode We'll give you three guess to who it might be]].
* Zone Rangers (1993) - Sonic and Tails are napping when they are suddenly interrupted by a bulldozer tearing up the countryside. Unsurprisingly, Dr. Robotnik isn't far behind and the duo go off to stop him.
* Sonic v. Zonik (1994) - Sonic is being framed by an imposter named Zonik, and must hunt Zonik down before he collects enough rings to enter the Special Zone and bring Robotnik whatever he finds.
* The Zone Zapper (1994) - Robotnik creates an Evil-fying ray to take over Mobius. And with his buddy Tails zapped and turned into a robot, Sonic must make an unlikely team up with a badnik named Catcher, who was hit with the ray and turned into a "Goodnik".
* Theme Park Panic (1995) - An amazing new theme park has opened on Mobius. But for Sonic and his pals it turns out to have more than the usual thrills and spills, thanks to the devious mind of Robotnik.
* Stormin' Sonic (1996) - The zones are being plagued by bizarre and dangerous weather by a mysterious Weather Egg creating climate chaos wherever it goes. And Sonic and Tails must stop it before it creates a weather wipeout.

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* Metal ''Metal City Mayhem Mayhem'' (1993) - a mysterious city called Robotropolis appears in Green Hill Zone, and just as it did, all of Sonic's friends disappeared. Sonic and Tails venture into the city to rescue their friends and find the person behind this mysterious city. [[SarcasmMode We'll give you three guess to who it might be]].
* Zone Rangers ''Zone Rangers'' (1993) - Sonic and Tails are napping when they are suddenly interrupted by a bulldozer tearing up the countryside. Unsurprisingly, Dr. Robotnik isn't far behind and the duo go off to stop him.
* Sonic ''Sonic v. Zonik Zonik'' (1994) - Sonic is being framed by an imposter named Zonik, and must hunt Zonik down before he collects enough rings to enter the Special Zone and bring Robotnik whatever he finds.
* The ''The Zone Zapper Zapper'' (1994) - Robotnik creates an Evil-fying ray to take over Mobius. And with his buddy Tails zapped and turned into a robot, Sonic must make an unlikely team up with a badnik named Catcher, who was hit with the ray and turned into a "Goodnik".
* Theme ''Theme Park Panic Panic'' (1995) - An amazing new theme park has opened on Mobius. But for Sonic and his pals it turns out to have more than the usual thrills and spills, thanks to the devious mind of Robotnik.
* Stormin' Sonic ''Stormin' Sonic'' (1996) - The zones are being plagued by bizarre and dangerous weather by a mysterious Weather Egg creating climate chaos wherever it goes. And Sonic and Tails must stop it before it creates a weather wipeout.wipeout.



!!''Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebooks'' provides examples of:

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* DarkerAndEdiger: ''Metal City Mayhem'' and ''Zone Rangers'' are far more brutal and explicit with darker topics. With the bad endings getting descriptively dark in ways the video games never cross often.

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''Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook'' is a series of six Main/GameBooks that were released in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Fantail/Puffin Books (now known as Penguin Books), written by the authors of the novel series but not belonging to that continuity.

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''Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook'' is a series of six Main/GameBooks that were released in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Fantail/Puffin Books (now known as Penguin Books), written by a different set of author(s) depending on the authors of book. With the novel series but not belonging to that continuity.
writers being James Wallis (Metal City Mayhem and Zone Rangers), Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (Sonic v. Zonik and The Zone Zapper), and Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (Theme Park Panic and Stormin' Sonic).



* Zone Rangers (1993) - Robotnik
* Sonic v. Zonik (1994) -
* The Zone Zapper (1994) - Robotnik
* Theme Park Panic (1995) -
* Stormin' Sonic (1996) -

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* Zone Rangers (1993) - Robotnik
Sonic and Tails are napping when they are suddenly interrupted by a bulldozer tearing up the countryside. Unsurprisingly, Dr. Robotnik isn't far behind and the duo go off to stop him.
* Sonic v. Zonik (1994) -
- Sonic is being framed by an imposter named Zonik, and must hunt Zonik down before he collects enough rings to enter the Special Zone and bring Robotnik whatever he finds.
* The Zone Zapper (1994) - Robotnik
Robotnik creates an Evil-fying ray to take over Mobius. And with his buddy Tails zapped and turned into a robot, Sonic must make an unlikely team up with a badnik named Catcher, who was hit with the ray and turned into a "Goodnik".
* Theme Park Panic (1995) -
- An amazing new theme park has opened on Mobius. But for Sonic and his pals it turns out to have more than the usual thrills and spills, thanks to the devious mind of Robotnik.
* Stormin' Sonic (1996) -
- The zones are being plagued by bizarre and dangerous weather by a mysterious Weather Egg creating climate chaos wherever it goes. And Sonic and Tails must stop it before it creates a weather wipeout.
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* RandomEventsPlot: The book goes in all sorts of directions. It starts with Sonic and Tails trying to save their friends after they are brainwashed from Dr. Robotnik's Brodcasting Company that Sonic and Tails try to break into

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* RandomEventsPlot: The book goes in all sorts of directions. It starts with Sonic and Tails trying to save their friends after they are brainwashed from Dr. Robotnik's Brodcasting Company that Sonic and Tails try to break into, that goes then into them getting involved with natives, getting warped to different places, heading to outer space, breaking into Robotnik's submarine, among else.



* AdaptationalExpansion: Of the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 the second game]], which has Robotnik built Zonik to rampage around and destroy the real Sonic's reputation and Sonic has to hunt him down through the game's levels.



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''Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook'' is a series of six Main/GameBooks that were released in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Fantail/Puffin Books (now known as Penguin Books), written by the authors of the novel series but not belonging to that continuity.

The series shows Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower trying to defeat the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik from conquering Mobius with his evil schemes. But they can't do it alone. They need ''your'' decision making to help them.

At the beginning of the book, a profile page allows readers to choose Sonic's (or Tails' if you're playing Zone Rangers) abilities by assigning numbers to certain traits (e.g. speed and strength), as well as keep track of any items collected during the story.


The series includes six gamebooks:
* Metal City Mayhem (1993) - a mysterious city called Robotropolis appears in Green Hill Zone, and just as it did, all of Sonic's friends disappeared. Sonic and Tails venture into the city to rescue their friends and find the person behind this mysterious city. [[SarcasmMode We'll give you three guess to who it might be]].
* Zone Rangers (1993) - Robotnik
* Sonic v. Zonik (1994) -
* The Zone Zapper (1994) - Robotnik
* Theme Park Panic (1995) -
* Stormin' Sonic (1996) -

[[folder:General]]
* AnyoneCanDie: In the first two books has multiple ways for Sonic, Tails and even some of the critters to die.
* BigBad: Dr. Robotnik, as usual.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
* DarkerAndEdiger: ''Metal City Mayhem'' and ''Zone Rangers'' are far more brutal and explicit with darker topics. With the bad endings getting descriptively dark in ways the video games never cross often.
* MultipleEndings: As common in adventure gamebooks,
* ProductPlacement: The books commonly use Sega consoles like the Platform/GameGear and Platform/MegaDrive (AKA the Platform/SegaGenesis).
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* {{Bookends}}: The story starts with Sonic playing ''Botman'' on
* ChekhovsGun: Sonic's Game Gear and a cable he can get from a gold robot or Robotnik's storeroom ends up proving important near the end as Sonic needs a cable to plug his Game Gear into the control desk to gain control of the Technobot.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the only book to have no mentions or collecting the Chaos Emeralds.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If Sonic wastes time defeating the robot guarding the captured Sally Acorn trapped in a glass box with limited air, Sally ends up suffocating and '''dying!'''
* SkewedPriorities: In one of the {{BadEnding|s}} where Sonic lets the Technobot march towards Green Hill Zone and head off towards the horizon to cause more chaos, Sonic more worried that he'll never finish ''Botman''
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[[folder:Zone Rangers]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: Of sorts. Compared to other books, Tails has his own separate vital stats as he separates from Sonic as has his own adventure while away from Sonic.
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] '''BIG TIME''' in one of the endings. If Sonic and Tails don't finish putting their space suits on and chase the red robot that opens the airlock to suck Sonic and Tails out into space, they end up dying!
* ForWantOfANail: Sonic and Tails deciding to leave the viewing of ''Zone Alone'' is what allows them to not be brainwashed by Dr. Robotnik.
* RandomEventsPlot: The book goes in all sorts of directions. It starts with Sonic and Tails trying to save their friends after they are brainwashed from Dr. Robotnik's Brodcasting Company that Sonic and Tails try to break into
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[[folder:Sonic v. Zonik]]
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[[folder:The Zone Zapper]]
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[[folder:Theme Park Panic]]
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[[folder:Stormin' Sonic]]
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