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Did You Know...
From Sonic News Network's Numerous articles...
 * ...Sonic the Hedgehog can't swim because, during the production of Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991, Yuji Naka mistakenly believed that real hedgehogs could not do so?
 * ...character designer Naoto Ōshima based Sonic's Power Sneakers on Michael Jackson's boots from the cover of the album Bad, but took the red and white color from Santa Claus?
 * ...character designer Naoto Ōshima based Sonic's personality on future-president Bill Clinton's "get it done" attitude?
 * ...there is a gene named after Sonic the Hedgehog? A potential macrocycle inhibitor of this gene was named "Robotnikinin" after Sonic's nemesis, Doctor Robotnik.
 * ...Sonic first spoke in Sonic CD, voiced by Keiko Utoku? After standing still for three minutes, Sonic would say "I'm outta here" and jump off the screen, after which the "game over" screen would appear.
 * ...Sonic has appeared in a band twice, first in the Sonic Band from the unused sound test of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), and later in the TV series Sonic Underground? In both bands, he was the guitarist.
 * ...Tails' full name, Miles Prower, is a pun on the words "miles per hour"?
 * ...Nintendo Power mistook Tails for a squirrel on several occasions?
 * ...during multiplayer in Sonic Heroes, the white crest symbol on Knuckles' chest will disappear when he is taunting the opponent?
 * ...a caricature of Theodore Roosevelt in pajamas was among the proposed designs for Sega's new mascot? This idea later became Doctor Eggman, the villain of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
 * ...Eggman has had more redesigns than any other character in the whole Sonic series?
 * ...Eggman's eyes are modelled in only one game: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)?
 * ...Vector the Crocodile was originally in the "Sonic the Hedgehog Band" sound test and is the only member of that band other than Sonic to make it into later games?
 * ...an unused voice clip from Sonic Colors states that Hyper-go-on energy is more powerful than Chaos Energy?
 * ...Shadow the Hedgehog usually uses the green Chaos Emerald to perform Chaos Control?
 * ...Shadow the Hedgehog is left-handed?
 * ...Knuckles is ambidextrous?
 * ...in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Shadow's profile states that he likes nothing?
 * ...Sonic first appeared in the 1991 video game Rad Mobile several months before his first game, Sonic the Hedgehog?
 * ...Amy Rose had the ability to turn invisible in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)?
 * ...Amy Rose and Charmy Bee both made their first appearances in the Japanese Sonic the Hedgehog manga, years before they were introduced to the game series?
 * ...Silver the Hedgehog was originally named "Venice," and he was to be a mink?
 * ...both the Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic X comics by Archie Comics started off as a miniseries?
 * ...Alex Kidd was SEGA's mascot before Sonic?
 * ...Knuckles has been tricked six times all together in the TV shows he stars in? Twice in Sonic Underground, and four times in Sonic X.
 * ...Green Hill Zone is the most recurring stage in the Sonic series?
 * ...Shadow's chest fur has been mistakenly colored yellow in the Archie comics? It has been changed to the correct color in subsequent comics.
 * ...the stage City Escape is based off of the city of San Francisco, California.
 * ...Nintendo Power magazine had a poll asking which sidekick people would choose, with Tails being the second most picked?
 * ...in the 2011 Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, Shadow placed twenty-fifth in the "Top 50 Video Game Characters of All Time"? Sonic placed tenth.
 * ...Chaos from Sonic Adventure was designed to be a creature made of water specifically because it would have been difficult to render on systems before the Dreamcast?
 * ...Mephiles the Dark is the only character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series to succeed in killing Sonic?
 * ...Sonic Rivals 2 was the first Sonic game where Metal Sonic has done some heroic deeds?
 * ...in the anime Sonic X, Emerl was called "Emel"?
 * ...the September 2010 issue of GameInformer magazine elected Tails as the 10th "Most Disgustingly Cute" Video Game Character?
 * ...Ray the Flying Squirrel is the first Sonic character depicted with five toes on each foot, which are first seen when his shoes fall off upon walking off a cliff?
 * ...Ray was originally going to be Sonic's sidekick, but was scrapped? This later led to the creation of Tails.
 * ...Eggman Nega's costume is partially based after the classic Doctor Eggman from the original games, seeing as how they both have yellow triangles on the front of their clothes?
 * ...the very first named Echidna character in the series was Eric the Echidna, who appeared in chapter 1 of the novel Sonic the Hedgehog in the Fourth Dimension?
 * ...the echidna city from the French comic Sonic Adventures resembles the one from the Mystic Ruins in Sonic Adventure, a game that was released 4 years later?
 * ...in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Silver the Hedgehog is the only hedgehog who is not a Speed type?
 * ...the first Sonic the Hedgehog comic ever (Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic Volume 1) was released in June 1991 in Japan? The first English-language comic was a promotional comic released later the same year.
 * ..due to a mandate that states Dr. Eggman Nega is from two nonidentical dimensions, Archie Comics are not allowed to use Dr. Eggman Nega in the comics? Instead, he is shown, but his name and appearance are not allowed to be seen.
 * ...Sonic Pocket Adventure is, so far, the only Sonic the Hedgehog video game to date that received a perfect score from IGN?