Sonic: Night of the Werehog

Sonic: Night of the Werehog is a 3D animated short by Sega based on Sonic Unleashed, which Sonic and Chip the Dog enter a classic haunted house that is haunted by 3 ghosts, 2 trying to win the affection of one ghost girl through photographing their scares. However the ghosts didn't expect the brave Sonic to be a werehog.

Plot
The short opens with two boys entering a haunted house while a rain storm comes down outside. As they explore the house, they are unknowingly watched by two ghosts, one with a bandanna and one with a bow tie, and they take their picture the moment the two ghosts scare them. Once they take their pictures, they return to a girl ghost with long purple hair and show their pictures. In her room are various pictures of frightened people that the ghosts have taken pictures of (marked each by their special marks of a red bandanna and bow tie). Ultimately, the girl chooses the red bandanna ghost's picture and kisses him. Just as the other ghost feels defeated, another knock comes at the door and he grins.

This time, Sonic and Chip enter the house together with Chip frightened by the surroundings while Sonic is interested in some things. The bow tie ghost scares Chip when he passes by a mirror with a freaky reflection of himself and when he shows his taken picture, the ghost girl kisses him twice, seemingly taken a liking to Chip. Soon enough, the two ghosts pop up everywhere Sonic and Chip go, scaring Chip and then getting his picture (one moment included Sonic teasingly scaring Chip, causing him to faint). As the ghost girl is looking at Chip's many photos, she is soon dismayed when she finds their taken pictures of Sonic. She's angry that they haven't taken any pictures of Sonic being scared (three pictures show him holding a book, yawning and making a face at the camera).

Annoyed by Sonic, the two ghosts come after Sonic and Chip in suits of metal. As Chip cowers in fear, Sonic starts shuddering and collapses to his hands and knees. The moon is revealed behind the rain clouds in an open window and Sonic goes through his transformation into the Werehog. Once Sonic changes, he scares both ghosts into fleeing the scene. But when they return to the ghost girl, she is laughing her head off because their cameras took their own scared faces by accident. Both ghosts decide to team up, from absolute anger, and form a green glowing Minotaur like ghost to attack Sonic.

While Sonic uses his Werehog powers, the ghost gains the upper hand since it becomes invisible and unable to be struck by the Werehog's stretching punches. But as they fight, Chip discovers that Sonic can see the ghost by taking it's photo. But even with the camera at his disposal, Sonic is unable to fight since he needs time for the pictures to develop (three he has taken have the ghost making the same poses as when they took his picture).

Ultimately, the Werehog is tackled into a wall after losing his temper and attacking wildly. As Sonic lays unconscious on the ground, the ghost proceeds to take his picture. But this is the two ghost's big mistake, as they separate back to their previous forms with their bodies connected by the Minotaur's legs when fighting over the camera. As they fight over the camera and who gets the picture, Sonic wakes up again and attacks them by knocking them down and swinging them around by their legs before sending them flying out of the roof with a strong punch. Since the camera went off before Sonic finished them off, the ghost girl sees the taken picture is of Sonic as the Werehog.

After seeing it, she falls in love with the Werehog and sees Chip as her way of getting closer. When day comes the following morning, Sonic leaves as the Werehog with the ghost girl disguised as Chip following behind (you can see the heart mark from the ghost girl on his face). She asks Sonic for a picture and he agrees while the real Chip is tied up in a chair in the mansion. When the picture is taken, the ghost girl is seen as her ghost form other than her Chip transformation. The final scene is Sonic and the ghost leaving together as the other two ghosts sigh while watching Chip trying to break free. It can be questioned if Sonic really knew if this was the real Chip or an impostor.

Characters

 * Two kids
 * Sonic the Hedgehog/Werehog
 * Chip the Dog
 * Red Bandana Ghost
 * Red Bow Tie Ghost
 * Ghost Girl

Trivia

 * At the end, Sonic still remains the Werehog despite the sun being clearly seen above him. According to Sonic Unleashed, the Werehog changes back to Sonic whenever he comes in contact with light.
 * This short has no dialogue throughout the entire time, except for when Sonic says "Oops." after causing Chip to faint.
 * On Sonic Unleashed the two ghost photographers have also appeared in Spagonia on the mission "Tower Terror".