Earth (Sonic X)

Earth is a location that appears in the anime series Sonic X and its comic series spin off published by Archie Comics. It is a planet that Sonic and his friends ended up in due to Chaos Control

Description
The Earth is primarily blue in color due to the majority of its surface being covered in water. The land masses of the planet appear to be very similar to those of the real world, if not a perfect match. As such, numerous different environments can be found on Earth, including frozen landmasses, lush jungles, cityscapes, and valleys.

Past
Over 50 years ago, the government of Station Square hired several scientists, among them being Gerald Robotnik, to work on top-secret military weapons for them on the Space Colony ARK. Gerald in particular was put in charge of Project Shadow, a research project aiming to find the secrets to immortality. Gerald eventually succeeded in completing a final prototype for the project, but he was soon capturedand while the other ARK scientists were silenced by the Guardian Units of the Nations when they began to fear the research being done. Gerald was then taken to Prison Island in order to continue doing his research under the eyes of the government. However, despite this, he was still able to secretly get away with planning his revenge against humanity using both Shadow the Hedgehog and the Bio Lizard.

New World Saga
When other-worldly aliens such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Cream the Rabbit began showing up on the planet, many eye-witnesses and scientists began questioning the identity and nature of these beings. However, with the aid of Christopher Thorndyke and his family, Sonic and his allies were mostly able to stay hidden from the general public for a while. But when the dimension-hopping Doctor Eggman began threatening the planet with his tyranny, Sonic and his friends rose against him and thwarted his plans time and time again, earning them fast recognition as world-wide heroes.

Chaos Emerald Saga
With Sonic and his friends garnering a warm reception from the planet's inhabitants, the aliens went on to enjoy their stay on the planet. During this period of down time, Sonic and his allies visited a Savannah, went on a cruise ship across the ocean, watched Lindsey Thorndyke's recording her movies, and went camping, all while still searching for the Chaos Emeralds in order to get back to their home world. While all seven emeralds were eventually gathered together, the resulting Chaos Control did not send the aliens back to their homeworld, but rather, brought more of Sonic's world to Earth.

Chaos Saga
As a result of Angel Island being brought to Earth, Doctor Eggman soon managed to get his hands on the entity known as Chaos by studying the ancient murals of the island. Through Chaos, the doctor planned to conquer the entire planet by giving the liquid life form the Chaos Emeralds to strengthen it in power. Eventually succeeding in this scheme, in part, as Chaos would betray him soon after transforming, Perfect Chaos was born and began doing on a rampage across Station Square, and furthering threatening to destroy the entire planet. With the positive feelings of Sonic and his friends Sonic the Hedgehog transformed into Super Sonic and neutralized the negative emotions within Chaos, both calming him down and saving the world.

Shadow Saga
With Doctor Eggman hacking into the government computer, he soon found out that not only was he originally born on Earth, but that his grandfather, Gerald Robotnik, has created a secret military weapon that could "bring destruction" to the world. As such, Eggman set out to find this weapon, eventually leading him to meet and team up with Shadow the Hedgehog, the weapon in question. The doctor soon learned of the powerful Eclipse Cannon attached to the Space Colony ARK, which he planned to use in order to threaten the planet into submission. However, since the cannon required the power of the Chaos Emeralds to use, Eggman soon set out to find the emeralds, eventually leading Sonic the Hedgehog to be caught because of being mistaken for Shadow. Sonic soon escaped his imprisonment in Prison Island and gave chase after Eggman and Shadow, eventually leading him and his allies to the Space Colony ARK. Initially, Eggman was able to father the emeralds and get the Eclipse Cannon to work, but with an artificial emerald, Sonic was able to stop the cannon from firing. Despite this, the cannon still had plenty of energy within, and was hurling towards the Earth. With the aid of Knuckles the Echidna and his Master Emerald, this crisis seemed to have been averted, until the Bio Lizard fused with the ARK in order to keep it on its collision course. With a third and final attempt to end the madness, Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog, now reformed, teamed up and used the Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Sonic and Super Shadow respectively, and went on to battle and beat the Final Lizard and, upon doing so, used Chaos Control to put the ARK back a safe distance away from Earth.

Egg Moon Saga
Using his technological genius, Doctor Eggman fixed the moon he had earlier destroyed by using the Eclipse Cannon. He rebuilt the moon to be the same shape and density as it formerly did, garnering praise from the entire world. However, the now-called Egg Moon soon seemed to malfunction, as it stopped moving while in front of the sun, causing a permanent solar eclipse. With the entire world's eyes on Eggman, the man assured the press that he had a solution for their sunless dilemma until he managed to fix it: that being the Sunshine Balls, which would provide the people with proper sun light until the Egg Moon was fixed. However, Eggman's scheme of both earning money and sending subliminal messages through the Sunshine Balls was ruined when Sonic the Hedgehog pointed out the flaw in Eggman's explanation of the Egg Moon being unable to move, as the sun and Earth were also moving, concluding that the only way the Egg Moon could truly block the sun 24/7 would be if it was functioning.

Homebound Saga
At some point in time, the government began theorizing and conducting experiments on a phenomenon known as the Time Suspension Phenomenon, coming to the conclusion that, if the inhabitants of Sonic's world did not return to their own dimension, the two parallel universes in which the Earth and Sonic's world existed in would merge together slowly but surely, eventually bringing time to a complete stop. As such, Project Homebound was set into motion in order to get the inter-dimensional aliens back home. Although many inhabitants of Earth, particularly Christopher Thorndyke, were devesatated at having to leave their new found friends, for the sake of both worlds, Sonic and the rest of the people of his world finally left Earth and returned home.

Locations

 * Angel Island
 * Altar of the Emeralds
 * Mystic Ruins
 * Argentina
 * Brazil
 * France
 * Paris
 * Sapphire Sea
 * United States
 * Las Vegas
 * Thorndyke Crest Casino
 * Prison Island
 * Station Square
 * Casinopolis
 * Emerald Coast
 * Hotel de Blanc
 * Eggman's Scream Park
 * Diamond Stadium
 * Downhill Street
 * Thorndyke Mansion
 * Station Square Elementary School
 * Station Square Mall
 * Station Square Space Museum
 * Station Square State Park
 * Station Square University
 * South West Dump
 * SS Central Station
 * Toys for Us
 * Twinkle Park
 * Tingalin Villa
 * Washington, D.C.
 * Wisconsin