Web of Chaos is a Crossover Fan Fiction between the Sonic the Hedgehog and Spider-Man franchises by Metal Jrock.
The story starts with Spider-Man crossing paths with his arch-enemy, The Green Goblin, who has managed to get his hands on The Tablet of Order and Chaos, and a mystical gem known as a Chaos Emerald. During their scuffle, Spider-Man shatters the tablet into two fragments and opens a portal as a result of the chaos unleashed.
The portal sends them to Mobius, where Spider-Man meets its hero, Sonic the Hedgehog. With this unlikely alliance forged, the heroes of two worlds must unite, find the remaining Chaos Emeralds and stop Green Goblin’s plan.
The first story can be found here.
Web of Chaos provides examples of:
- A God Am I: Norman Osborn invokes this when he becomes the Goblin King.
- Adaptation Distillation:
- Worlds Collide combines elements of Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man: Worlds Collide and Spider-Man: Lifeline, with the Tablet of Order and Chaos replacing the titular Lifeline Tablet.
- Alternate Continuity:
- For Spider-Man, this series is set in a universe with similarities to Earth-616 but with the events of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions occurring and Peter and Mary Jane remaining married.
- For Sonic, this series is set sometime after Sonic Generations with no games afterwards having taken place yet.
- Ascended Extra: After making a small cameo in Worlds Collide, Boomerang joins the heroes in Deadly Adventures to stop the Chaos Emeralds from falling into the wrong hands.
- Ascended Fanboy: Steel Spider has been a fan of Spider-Man since he was a kid and is now working with him as a close ally in light of Norman Osborn and Eggman’s partnership.
- Badass Bookworm: Peter and Tails, the two of them bonding almost immediately.
- Badass in Distress:
- Shadow is detained by Osborn.
- The Avengers are being held captive by Eggman and the Goblin King.
- Bash Brothers:
- Sonic and Tails, naturally.
- Sonic and Spider-Man have started to work together pretty well.
- Battle Couple: Peter and Mary Jane, notably when Mary Jane dons the Iron Spider to fight Doctor Octopus.
- Big Bad:
- Worlds Collide: Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin, who seeks to use the Tablet of Order and Chaos and the Chaos Emeralds. It’s eventually revealed to be a Big Bad Duumvirate of himself and Dr. Eggman.
- Big Bad Ensemble: Deadly Adventures features the Kingpin, Tombstone, the Deadly Six and the apparent return of Green Goblin and Doctor Eggman in a race for the Chaos Emeralds.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Doctor Octopus wants to hijack Norman’s plan, and pays for his inevitable betrayal by getting fried by Norman’s powers as an excuse to keep Spider-Man busy.
- Big Brother Instinct: Sonic when Shadow nearly injures Tails.
- Big Brother Mentor:
- Sonic to Tails naturally.
- Spider-Man once attempted this with Steel Spider back when he was a teenager. Once he found out he was even younger than him, he forced him to go home.
- Big Damn Heroes:
- Tails distracts the Goblin King, Metal Sonic and Shadow from killing Sonic and Spider-Man, a moment Shadow takes to break free from Osborn’s control and warps them away.
- When it looked like Tombstone would escape, Spider-Gwen managed to hold him down and nab a Chaos Emerald.
- Blind Seer: Madame Web, her connection to the Web of Life removing her eyesight but giving her pre-cognition for any Spider-Man. Most notably Peter Parker.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Shadow the Hedgehog, who was put under Goblin’s control thanks to his tablet fragment.
- The Cameo: Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man 2099 and Ultimate Spider-Man witness the ripple effects of Worlds Collide’s climax.
- Casual Danger Dialogue: Sonic, Tails and Spider-Man do this frequently.
- Clones Are People, Too: Kaine Parker, despite being a former evil clone is regarded as Spider-Man’s brother by everyone including Peter himself, the latter having warmed up to him over the years and seeing him redeem himself.
- Composite Character:
- Tails Doll’s transformation takes a form similar to Tails Man from Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man: Worlds Collide.
- Norman Osborn starts off with his iconic Earth-616 Green Goblin design before transforming into his Ultimate Spider-Man design.
- The Steel Spider is more based off Miles Morales in Spider-Man (PS4) rather than his original incarnation.
- Shadow the Hedgehog becomes Venom temporarily.
- Costume Evolution: Spider-Man starts off in his classic red and blue suit, to his Stark Suit and currently the Upgraded Suit.
- Curb-Stomp Battle:
- The Goblin King, Metal Sonic and Shadow deliver one to Sonic and Spider-Man.
- The Sinister Six to Sonic and Spider-Man as well.
- Darkest Hour: In Worlds Collide, when Norman and Eggman successfully use the Tablet of Order and Chaos and Eggman’s Genesis machine to tear apart reality, the remaining heroes being the only ones who can stop them.
- Deadpan Snarker: Sonic and Spider-Man.
- The Dragon:
- Metal Sonic to Green Goblin seemingly.
- Zero the Jackal for Osborn and Dr. Eggman.
- Enemy Mine: Boomerang joins the heroes to stop an imminent gang war.
- Green Hill Zone: The Trope Namer is the first locale the heroes visit while searching for the Chaos Emeralds.
- Heroic BSoD: Peter suffers one when he meets Spider-Gwen since he’s still recovering from Aunt May’s death.
- Kid Hero:
- The Sonic cast despite acting as adults. Aunt May expresses concern over Tails’ independent lifestyle in particular.
- Spider-Man started his superhero career as this, something he mentions time and again.
- Steel Spider started off as one back when Peter himself was a teenager when they first met, much to Peter’s chagrin.
- Killed Off for Real:
- The Goblin King kills the Jackal in between chapters while searching for the second fragment of the Tablet of Order and Chaos.
- Aunt May at the hands of the Goblin King.
- Let's You and Him Fight: Lampshaded by Sonic and Spider-Man upon meeting each other before being averted thanks to Peter.
- Mythology Gag:
- The first words of the story is a reference to the first lines of dialogue Peter says in The Spectacular Spider-Man.
- Once his iconic suit gets torn apart, Peter decides to make the Velocity Armor, an alternate costume from Spider-Man (PS4).
- Green Goblin takes the form of his Ultimate Spider-Man counterpart upon transforming into the Goblin King. Which in itself is a reference to Osborn's counterpart in Shattered Dimensions upon gaining a fragment.
- The Tails Doll transforming is a reference to his appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics), albeit less monstrous.
- The first villains to attack Team Sonic and Spider-Man are Shocker, Boomerang, Speed Demon and Beetle, who were members of a ragtag Sinister Six for a time.
- Dr. Eggman makes his grand debut to the heroes by broadcasting a threat to the world.
- Upon returning to Earth, Peter modifies his Spider-Man suit to look similar to the Stark Suit as seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He also does so by using tech given to him by Tony Stark.
- The Raft breakout and ensuing Sinister Six battle and lineup take cues from Spider-Man (PS4) except Mister Negative and Electro are replaced with Metal Sonic and Shadow.
- The villain pairings are also similar to that of the same game, except Metal Sonic takes Electro’s spot as Vulture’s partner.
- Spider-Man’s new armor is based off his Spider-Armor MK.III from Ends of the Earth.
- Powered Armor:
- Spider-Man creates the Velocity Armor while on Mobius to give him an edge over foes like Metal Sonic.
- Iron Man, naturally.
- Spider-Man’s new Spider-Armor.
- Psychic Powers: Madame Web, being able to see into the future.
- Rogues Gallery Showcase:
- The first story features Eggman, Metal Sonic, Infinite (before his transformation), Green Goblin, the Sinister Six, the Superior Foes and even Venom as threats to the heroes.
- Deadly Adventures primarily focuses on Spider-Man’s more grounded gang-based villains such as Kingpin, Tombstone and Silvermane as well as introducing the Deadly Six.
- Shipper on Deck: Peter points out that Sonic and Amy would make a cute couple should Amy tone down her forcefulness on the subject.
- Sidekick:
- Tails to Sonic, though Sonic practically considers him a hero equal to him with how much faith he has.
- The Steel Spider wanted to be this to Spider-Man but was rejected on the account of being even younger than the teenage hero.
- Spider-Sense: The Trope Namer is acknowledged and used.
- Villain Team-Up: The Kingpin allies himself with Doctor Eggman and the Deadly Six in Deadly Adventures.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The Goblin King burns Doctor Octopus alive, knowing full well he’ll betray him. He doesn’t kill him as holding his life hostage gave Peter more of a reason not to confront him.
