History WesternAnimation / SonicPrime

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Possessing just ''one'' Prism shard--let alone the whole thing--can drive its holder mad with power. [[spoiler:[[WomenAreWiser Thorn, with Sonic's help,]] [[HeelRealization is able to recognizes the danger and turn back]], but Dread's lifelong obsession with one of the shards sends him OffTheRails before long, and the Chaos Council pay no heed to the damage their misuse of three shards causes to the fabric of reality. Later still, Nine steals the full Prism and goes ''all-out'' with this trope.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Pretty much the whole plot of the show happened due to Sonic ended up creating the Shatterspaces by [[RammingAlwaysWorks colliding]] with the Paradox Prism.
** New Yoke City is essentially what would happen if Sonic never existed, allowing the Green Hill Zone to be conquered easily by the Dr. Eggman (or rather, in this case, Egg''men''), harnessing the power of the Paradox Prism shard without Sonic there to oppose them. Furthermore, Nine was never saved from his bullies, resulting in him becoming a cynical loner.

* BadassBoast: It wouldn't be Sonic without him doling these out like candy on Halloween.
--->'''Sonic:''' I know what you're thinking. I'm good~! ...And powerful, apparently! [[SmugSuper Jealous]]?

--->'''Sonic:''' You bring it, I break it, Eggman!

--->'''Eggman:''' Find those rebels!\\
'''Sonic:''' Take your best shot!
* BigBad: The Chaos Council is shaping up to be the main antagonist for[[spoiler: the first]] two seasons[[spoiler: before Nine betrays everyone, especially Sonic, and steals the nearly-complete Paradox Prism to use it in recreating his ideal world in the Grim, consequences for every Shatterspace/universe be damned.]]

* {{Bookends}}: The series' story begins with [[spoiler:the battle against Eggman in the Paradox Prism's cave. In From the Top, the Last Episode of Season 3, The only difference in the ending is Sonic actually listening to his friends and not charging in guns blazing, preventing another Paradox Prism shattering as he instead hugs Eggman, just glad to see everyone again before proceeding with the egg-whooping.]]

* PrimalFear: Three Shatterspaces correspond with one of Sonic's worst fears:
** New Yoke City: [[TheBadGuyWins Eggman prevailing.]]
** Boscage Maze: [[HatesBeingAlone Isolation.]]
** No Place: [[SuperDrowningSkills Water.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: '''''ALL OVER THE PLACE''''' (and possibly {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, too). This one trope instigates the series' entire plot and drives a good solid chunk of its conflict thereafter.

A second season released on [[https://twitter.com/wildbrainstudio/status/1658862067850391553?s=46&t=ivKM_-e99qBlqZOw7sJApg July 13, 2023.]] The third and [[GrandFinale final]] season will be released on January 11, 2024.

* PoorCommunicationKills: '''''ALL OVER THE PLACE'''' (and possibly {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, too). This one trope instigates the series' entire plot and drives a good solid chunk of its conflict thereafter.

* {{Bookends}}: The series' story begins and ends with [[spoiler:the battle against Eggman in the Paradox Prism's cave. The only difference in the ending is Sonic actually listening to his friends and not charging in guns blazing, preventing another Paradox Prism shattering as he instead hugs Eggman, just glad to see everyone again before proceeding with the egg-whooping.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Pretty much the whole plot of the show happened due to Sonic ended up creating the Shatterspaces by [[RamminAlwaysWorks colliding]] with the Paradox Prism.

* ForWantOfANail: New Yoke City is essentially what would happen if Sonic never existed, allowing the Green Hill Zone to be conquered easily by the Dr. Eggman (or rather, in this case, Egg''men''), harnessing the power of the Paradox Prism shard without Sonic there to oppose them. Furthermore, Nine was never saved from his bullies, resulting in him becoming a cynical loner.

'''Nine:''' ''This'' is the friend Sonic thought was like me? We're ''[[{{Foreshadowing}} nothing]]'' alike.

* ArcHero: Sonic shares the protagonist role with another character whenever he goes to a new Shatterspace. In New Yoke City, it's Nine; in Boscage Maze, it's Thorn Rose; and in No Place, it's Knuckles the Dread. It gets complicated in Season 2, though [[spoiler:Shadow aided.]]

* AllCGICartoon: Similar to the franchise predecessor ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'', the cartoon will use 3DCG computer-based animation in an art direction similar to modern games.

* PoorCommunicationKills: '''''ALL OVER THE PLACE. Possibly {{Deconstructed|Trope}}.''''' This one trope instigates the series' entire plot and drives a good solid chunk of its conflict thereafter.

--->'''Sonic:''' [[spoiler:I assumed after everything we'd been through, you'd see things the way I do. Just like the real Tails]].\\
[[spoiler:'''Nine''': I ''am'' real!]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: In comparison to the previous animated series ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''. Whereas ''Boom'' had an episodic, comedic setup, ''Prime'' is a lot more plot-oriented with a tone more in line with the main games, with Eggman, in particular, being far from the humorous HarmlessVillain he was in ''Boom'', with the whole cast having a deeper introspective on their characters.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} The world he knows is about to shatter.]]]]

-->-- '''Sonic'''

'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTSfcptADA0 First Look Big and Froggy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCAqAZOPi8c First Look Shadow the Hedgehog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJPSNYVSehU Teaser Trailer 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zvvaR8Glfo&t=1s Teaser Trailer 2]], [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=2rShZls4Ffw Official Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/jvrSJ_jGbGY Season 2 Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/VgeC0VU1iEI Season 3 Sneak Peek]], [[https://youtu.be/tiIFLyJCLj0 Season 3 Clip]]

A second season released on [[https://twitter.com/wildbrainstudio/status/1658862067850391553?s=46&t=ivKM_-e99qBlqZOw7sJApg July 13, 2023.]] The third and final season will be released on January 11, 2024.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:In "Avoid the Void", Shadow and Sonic argue over the validity of the Shatterspaces, leading to Sonic comparing Nine and Tails while Shadow retorts that the foxes are different people. Near the end of "Ghost of a Chance", Nine criticizes Sonic for treating him like a ReplacementGoldfish and pulls a FaceHeelTurn after the hedgehog accidentally implies he doesn’t think of Nine as a real person]].
* ForWantOfANail: New Yoke City is essentially what would happen if Sonic never existed, allowing the Green Hill Zone to be conquered easily by the Eggmen harnessing the power of the Paradox Prism shard without Sonic there to oppose them. Furthermore, Nine was never saved from his bullies, resulting in him becoming a cynical loner.

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Shadow is the ''only'' person to never suffer from memory loss, as Sonic is temporarily unable to recall certain events and everyone else is seemingly split into completely different lives. Rather ironic for a character whose memory has been severely damaged in multiple games]].
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Played with. Unlike his friends, who have alternate counterparts in the Shatterverse, Sonic has none and therefore [[ParadoxPerson doesn’t exist at all within the Shatterspaces]]. This is most noticeable in New Yoke, where Sonic's absence greatly enabled the Chaos Council to conquer the world and caused Nine to become an cold loner without Sonic to save him from bullying.
** Shadow also lacks any alternates, but in his case, it's because he used Chaos Control the instant he got struck by the Paradox Prism's energy wave, causing him to end up in the Void, but unable to enter Shatterspaces himself, so there's no alternates of the Ultimate Life Form that exist.

* MistakenForAnImposter: After travelling through the Shatterverse and meeting different versions of his friends, when Sonic finds [[spoiler:Shadow]] again, he dismisses him as a stranger. [[spoiler:Shadow then clarifies he's from Sonic's world… as he attacks the other hedgehog for destroying it]].

'''Nine:''' ''This'' is the friend Sonic thought was like me? We're ''nothing'' alike.

* PoorCommunicationKills: '''''All over the place.''''' This one trope instigates the series' entire plot and drives a good solid chunk of its conflict thereafter.

** Due to a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter on Sonic's part, he never tells Nine about his and Shadow's plan to fix the world (he thought Nine would be on board with it because he's one of Tails' counterparts), nor does he clarify whether he wants Green Hill or its netherworld state, Ghost Hill, restored, which gives Nine false impressions. [[spoiler:When they finally learn each other's intent, Sonic further botches things with a FreudianSlip about whether or not Nine is a real person; Nine hits his RageBreakingPoint on that note and betrays the hedgehogs, stealing the Prism on his way out.]]

[[spoiler:'''Nine''']]: [[spoiler:I ''am'' real!]]

'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTSfcptADA0 First Look Big and Froggy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCAqAZOPi8c First Look Shadow the Hedgehog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJPSNYVSehU Teaser Trailer 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zvvaR8Glfo&t=1s Teaser Trailer 2]], [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=2rShZls4Ffw Official Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/jvrSJ_jGbGY Season 2 Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/VgeC0VU1iEI Season 3 Sneak Peek]]

** Tails' New Yoke City counterpart, Nine, has a much more jaded and cynical personality, because he never had a Sonic to help him stave off his bullies, realize his twin tails' potential, and find friends; so he had to scrape by all on his own in the Chaos Council's Stalinist hellscape of a world. [[spoiler: At the end of Season 2 (specifically at the last seconds of "Ghost of a Chance", Nine betrays Sonic after the latter defeated the prismatic Titan, and stole all the Prism Shards for himself to his place with Grim in mind, intending to make a new home out of the Paradox Prism altogether.]]

* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: After receiving newly upgraded tech from Nine, Sonic's gloves and shoes not only change their appearance to match whatever Shatterspace he's in, but also give him unique abilities that help him traverse the area's unique terrain. [[spoiler: Further upgraded in Season 2, allowing Sonic to safely hold any Prism Shards.]]

* ContinuityCavalcade: Season 2 starts with [[spoiler: the entirety of the first season reframed into [[SwitchingPOV Shadow's perspective]].]]

* DeathIsGray: [[spoiler:The Green Hill Shatterspace ([=a.k.a.=] Ghost Hill) takes on this form, having been rendered a pale, lifeless world haunted by phantoms of Sonic's friends [[BrokenRecord repeating the same lines over and over again]]. Incidentally, Sonic's gloves and shoes transform into a basic monochrome palette with grey wireframe TronLines, reflecting the incomplete nature of the Shatterspace.]][[spoiler: Briefly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as Nine placed the Red Shard inaccurately inside of the prism blueprint, briefly making the Hills normal... and then back to this trope again.]]
* DemotedToExtra: The main versions of Sonic's friends (and Eggman) don't get much to do this time around, as they're done away with in the first episode to focus on their Shatterspace counterparts instead. The originals do get sporadically referenced, but are [[spoiler:later revealed to have been transformed/split into the Shattered Characters.

After an intense battle with Dr. Eggman over a mysterious artifact known as the Paradox Prism, Sonic recklessly shatters the crystal, causing the universe to shatter apart and sending him spiraling through new dimensions known as "Shatterspaces". Needing to repair the universe, Sonic must travel along the "Shatterverse", encountering various alternate versions of his friends and new allies in order to save the universe, while facing off against the Chaos Council, a group of various versions of Eggman, who plan to conquer these new dimensions. The series will also feature themes of self-discovery and redemption.

A second season released on [[https://twitter.com/wildbrainstudio/status/1658862067850391553?s=46&t=ivKM_-e99qBlqZOw7sJApg July 13, 2023.]]

* ActorAllusion: One of Dread's former crew mates is a pirate named Jack. He is voiced by Sean [=McLoughlin=], A.K.A. LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}}.

* DeathIsGray: [[spoiler:The Green Hill Shatterspace ([=a.k.a.=] Ghost Hill) takes on this form, having been rendered a pale, lifeless world haunted by phantoms of Sonic's friends [[BrokenRecord repeating the same lines over and over again]]. Incidentally, Sonic's gloves and shoes transform into a basic monochrome palette with grey wireframe TronLines, reflecting the incomplete nature of the Shatterspace.]][[spoiler: Briefly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as Nine placed the Red Shard inaccurately inside of the prism blueprint, briefly turning the Hills back to normal... and then back to this trope again.]]
* DemotedToExtra: The main versions of Sonic's friends (and Eggman) don't get much to do this time around, as they're done away with in the first episode to focus on their Shatterspace counterparts instead. The originals do get sporadically referenced, but are [[spoiler:later revealed to have been trapped in Ghost Hill as mindless phantoms who [[BrokenRecord repeat the same lines over and over]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Enough running--we're gonna fix the world!"''[[note]]Center: Sonic. Clockwise from the left: Nine, Renegade Knucks, Dr. Eggman, Batten, and Thorn Rose.[[/note]]]]

!!Tropes to be found in the series:

* PoorCommunicationKills:

'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTSfcptADA0 First Look Big and Froggy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCAqAZOPi8c First Look Shadow the Hedgehog]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJPSNYVSehU Teaser Trailer 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zvvaR8Glfo&t=1s Teaser Trailer 2]], [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=2rShZls4Ffw Official Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/jvrSJ_jGbGY Season 2 Trailer]]

-->'''Sonic:''' ''[disgusted]'' Good thing I'm always wearing gloves...

* DeathIsGray: [[spoiler:The Green Hill Shatterspace ([=a.k.a.=] Ghost Hill) takes on this form, having been rendered a pale, lifeless world haunted by phantoms of Sonic's friends [[BrokenRecord repeating the same lines over and over again]]. Incidentally, Sonic's gloves and shoes transform into a basic monochrome palette with grey wireframe TronLines, reflecting the incomplete nature of the Shatterspace.]][[spoiler: Briefly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as Nine aligned the Prisms, briefly turning the Hills back to normal... and then back to this trope again.]]