Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25212528-20141012084027/@comment-24658561-20170301232302

I like Sonic X as a show(aside from a few things like Chris and his daddy issues), but absolutely hate the effect it had on the characterizations as a whole. Just take a look at this:

Sonic in X: Likes slacking off, but still has his love for adventure as he fights Eggman with great energy and runs around the planet just to see what it's like. He has a snarky attitude and usually knows what to do without help, but does care deeply about his friends as shown when he picks flowers for the homesick Cream and refuses to go to a press conference with the president to instead get Helen to the place she always wanted to visit, but couldn't due to her health condition.

Modern Sonic: An overconfident jerk who isn't challenged by anything and berates everyone around him. Barely pays attention to his friends to the point where they're not even playable anymore in favor of random Wisp power-ups and another Sonic.

Boom Sonic: A lazy jack*ss who loves sleeping more than anything and looks annoyed most of the time when he's supposed to do some fighting. Also tends to be a jerk to his friends like replacing Tails, entirely forgetting Amy's birthday and abusing Knuckles.

Tails in Sonic X: A supportive friend of Sonic who unfortunately got pushed aside for Chris. Was bullied in the past, but managed to impress Sonic with his knowledge of technology though he was humble about his intelligence. Fell in love with a girl about his age in the last season.

Modern Tails: Either gets pushed aside for a shiny new character(Chip, Shara, Merlina) or is Sonic's buddy-buddy who builds random devices and brags about his brains, but doesn't really do anything other than that.

Boom Tails: Not as bad as Modern Tails personality-wise, but he is literally called Sonic's sidekick.

Amy in X: Cheerful and kind of naive, but madly in love with Sonic to the point where it's a legitimate anger problem that should have been addressed.

Modern Amy: A psycho in pretty much every game after X to a greater or lesser degree. Is so obsessed with Sonic that she thinks he can do no wrong and attacks everyone who disagrees with that. Would go as far as hitting her friends with her hammer for saying something she doesn't like.

Boom Amy: Has no consistent personality. She just keeps hopping from trope to trope as the writers god damn please. The idea behind her however is a "stwong and indippandent" female who subverts the tropes of previous Amy, but ends up falling into more girl stereotypes than she subverts.

Knuckles in X: A serious, no-nonsense guardian who was the only one who actually tried to get back to Mobius. Takes his duty very seriously and prefers being on his own. Is kind of jealous of Sonic due to him getting all the fame while he himself is ridiculed by the other characters for no particular reason. This causes him to be more likely to believe in the bad in Sonic and the good in Eggman as Eggman is the only one who takes him seriously to some degree. He also has a random short temper that wasn't there in SA(2) which causes "hiwarious shenaniganz".

Modern Knuckles: The short temper is taken up to eleven. He snaps whenever someone tries to as much as correct him or explain something to him. Thinks overly highly of himself even though he apparently abandoned his duty on Angel Island and therefore has nothing to be prideful about. Is everyone's buttmonkey and gets beaten up in way that by no means should beat him like rocks falling onto him, Amy slapping him and Flicky carrying him away.

Boom Knuckles: A narcissistic idiot who gets beaten up all the time because his super strength apparently ran off with his brain.

Eggman in X: While he does a lot of foolish and childish things and usually gets beaten easily by Sonic, he is considered an international threat on earth and a valuable ally by the Metarex. He does try to destroy Sonic and his friends, but he also has a heart which was shown in the Metarex Saga when he took a blast for the Blue Typhoon.

Modern Eggman: Nobody takes him seriously. And that's not just Sonic and his friends, it's random people and his own damn robots as well. He's Sonic's personal punching bag and you're not allowed to sympathize with him cuz he's the bad guy, even if he does something honorable.

Boom Eggman: Does that even count as a villain anymore? He's just living alongside the villagers, nobody bats an eye when he shows up in the village and his plan doesn't even involve harming anyone anymore. Has some weird crush on Sonic, but he is too annoying and Sonic is too salty about him disturbing his naptime, so Soneggman will probably never come to be.

Over time, the characteristics established in Sonic X were blown out of proportion and pretty much ended up ruining the characters and making them less than they should be.