The Element of Speed is an American Sonic the Hedgehog Fan Fic written by Olra and hosted on Fanfiction.net.
This Fic provides examples of
- Berserk Button: Sonic being called a rat by many other characters
- Composite Character: Manic has not only his own personality, but has Scourge's jacket and shoes (with his pendant replacing the flames that are on the original◊) and The Glitch Character Ashura's head marking. The teleporting comes from the debug mode in the Sega Megadrive/Genesis and Sega CD games.
- Deus ex Machina:
- Sonic has the last emerald that Eggman was searching for in the Sonic the Hedgehog plot.
- When Sonic was being beat up by Nack in The Special Stage, Wechidna and Bean the Dynamite Duck showed up and saved Sonic.
- Dishing Out Dirt: Manic caused an earthquake in the first chapter.
- Patchwork Fic: Takes elements from the Sonic The Hedgehog video games, with characters from Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) , Sonic Underground , and many of the spin-off titles.
- Spin Attack: Sonic can utilize the Spindash.