Characters
- Sonic is Felix the Cat meets Mickey Mouse meets The Flash.
- Alternatively, Sonic is Son Goku meets Dante meets Bugs Bunny, or Bart Simpson meets Speedy Gonzales meets Spider-Man.
- Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik is Teddy Roosevelt meets Wile E. Coyote meets Dr. Wily.
- Alternatively, he's Lex Luthor meets a PG-rated Eric Cartman.
- Tails is Dexter or Hermione Granger meets one of the kids from Fantastic Mr. Fox meets Son Gohan.
- Amy Rose is Minnie Mouse meets Ramona Flowers meets Chi-Chi.
- Knuckles the Echidna is Piccolo meets Worf.
- Cream the Rabbit is Roll meets Toad meets Babs Bunny meets Pan.
- Shadow the Hedgehog is Mewtwo meets Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" meets Vegeta.
- Rouge the Bat is Fujiko Mine meets Morrigan Aensland.
- Metal Sonic is Mechagodzilla meets The Terminator, all in the shape of a toy-looking robot Sonic.
- Infinite from Sonic Forces is Kylo Ren meets The Scarecrow from the Batman: Arkham Series (a sadist who, with the power of illusions, torments people to provoke fear into them).
- Silver the Hedgehog is Future Trunks meets Crono meets Jean Grey.
- Blaze the Cat is Celes Chere meets Princess Zelda meets Rei Hino/Sailor Mars.
- Chaos is Biollante meets Tetsuo Shima meets Cell.
- Mephiles is Cell meets King Piccolo meets Shadow the Hedgehog meets Kefka Palazzo.
- Sage is Rei Ayanami meets Bowser Jr. meets Mecha "M" Robotnick with a little of Rosalina.
- Fang the Sniper/Nack the Weasel is Wile E. Coyote meets Wario meets Hol Horse.
- Sonic Frontiers: The End is the Angels meet the Stone-Like meets Dormin meets Unicron.
Games
Sonic the Hedgehog (classic gameplay at least) was Super Mario Bros. meets racing games. The franchise itself is Super Mario Bros. meets Dragon Ball meets Looney Tunes.- Sonic the Hedgehog is Super Mario Bros. meets Looney Tunes.
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is Sonic the Hedgehog meets A New Hope.
- Sonic 3 & Knuckles is Sonic the Hedgehog meets The Empire Strikes Back meets Dragon Ball Z meets Super Mario World.
- Sonic CD is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Back to the Future.
- Sonic the Fighters is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Virtua Fighter, with Looney Tunes-style slapstick and injuries.
- Sonic Adventure is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Super Mario 64 meets Rashomon.
- Sonic Adventure 2 is Sonic Adventure meets Moonraker meets Mewtwo Strikes Back.
- Sonic Heroes is Sonic the Hedgehog meets The Lost Vikings
- Sonic Battle is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Power Stone.
- Shadow the Hedgehog is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Devil May Cry meets School Days style story-branching.
- Sonic Riders is F-Zero GX meets Kirby Air Ride.
- Sonic Storybook Series is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Wishbone.
- Sonic Unleashed is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Around the World in Eighty Days meets God of War meets Ristar.
- Sonic Colors is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Super Mario Galaxy.
- Sonic Generations is Mickey Mania meets Sonic the Hedgehog (he even meets his classic self).
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is Sonic the Hedgehog meets New Super Mario Bros..
- Sonic Lost World is Sonic the Hedgehog meets the planetoid gameplay of Super Mario Galaxy meets Super Mario 3D World.
- Sonic Mania is the Genesis Sonic trilogy meeting up with Donkey Kong Country (Particularly Encore Mode) and Super Mario 3D World.
- Sonic Shuffle is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Mario Party, with the artstyle of Jet Set Radio.
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is Mario Kart meets Sega's back catalog. Likewise, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is the previous game meets Diddy Kong Racing, albeit with all three vehicle types usable within the same race.
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) is Sonic Adventure meets Chrono Trigger meets the Cell Saga.
- Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) meets Metroid Prime.
- Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is also Sonic the Hedgehog meets Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, with hints of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time.
- Sonic Frontiers is Sonic the Hedgehog meets The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild meets Super Mario Sunshine meets Death Stranding meets Neon Genesis Evangelion meets Shadow of the Colossus.
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Murder on the Orient Express.
- Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Super Mario Land.
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.
- Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos is Sonic the Hedgehog 2 meets Sonic CD meets Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble is Sonic Chaos meets Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble 16-Bit is the above game plus Donkey Kong Country and Sonic Advance 3.
- Sonic Superstars is Sonic the Hedgehog 4 meets Sonic Mania meets Sonic Colors meets Super Mario 3D World.
- Sonic Dream Team is Sonic Adventure meets Sonic Advance meets Super Mario Bros. 2 meets Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
