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|caption = The Big Squeeze
  
|caption = The Big Squeeze
 
|1st_app = ''[[Sonic Mania]]''
  
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|other_apps = ''[[Sonic Mania Plus]]''
 
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|creator = [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]]
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|creator = [[Doctor Eggman (Classic Sonic's world)|Dr. Eggman]]
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|user = [[Doctor Eggman (Classic Sonic's world)|Dr. Eggman]]
 
|use = Trash compaction
  
|use = Trash compaction
 
|description = A large trash compactor.
  
|description = A large trash compactor.
 
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The '''Big Squeeze'''<ref group="note">While not listed in any instruction manuals, the internal files in the [[PC]] release of ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' refers to this boss as "BigSqueeze".</ref> is an object that appears in ''[[Sonic Mania]]''. It is a giant trash compactor onboard the [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery]] that [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]] used as a trap for [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and his friends.
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The '''Big Squeeze'''<ref group="note">While not listed in any instruction manuals, the internal files in the [[PC]] release of ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' refers to this boss as "BigSqueeze".</ref> is an object that appears in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog series|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series]]. It is a giant trash compactor onboard the [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery]] that [[Doctor Eggman (Classic Sonic's world)|Dr. Eggman]] used as a trap for [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Classic Sonic's world)|Sonic]] and his friends twice.
   
 
==Description==
  
==Description==
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===Features and traits===
  
===Features and traits===
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As per its purpose, the Big Squeeze can compress trash into manageable and wrapped bales. In terms of strength in that area, it can squeeze already dense piles of scrap metal from various [[Badnik]]s and other devices into even smaller blocks.
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As per its purpose, the Big Squeeze can compress trash into manageable and wrapped bales. In terms of strength, it can squeeze already dense piles of scrap metal from various [[Badnik]]s and other devices into even smaller blocks.
   
 
The Big Squeeze's electromagnet gives it a degree of magnokinesis. The magnetism the Big Squeeze creates and its ability to control it is advanced enough to let it manipulate Badnik parts into forming new robots, which the Big Squeeze holds together and moves through magnetism.
  
The Big Squeeze's electromagnet gives it a degree of magnokinesis. The magnetism the Big Squeeze creates and its ability to control it is advanced enough to let it manipulate Badnik parts into forming new robots, which the Big Squeeze holds together and moves through magnetism.
   
 
==History==
  
==History==
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===''Sonic Mania''===
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Built into the [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery]], the Big Squeeze was used as a trap by [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]] after [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]], [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] and [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]] go onboard the ship. With the press of a button while the heroes were stuck on the other side of a force-field, Eggman dumped Sonic and co. into the Big Squeeze to be crushed. While the trio stopped the Big Squeeze in time, it still managed to compress enough of its scrap to deposit both it and Sonic and his crew from the Flying Battery. Fortunately for Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, they were saved in the last moment by crate mover.
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In ''[[Sonic Mania]]'', the Big Squeeze was used as a trap by [[Doctor Eggman (Classic Sonic's world)|Dr. Eggman]] after [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Classic Sonic's world)|Sonic]], [[Miles "Tails" Prower (Classic Sonic's world)|Tails]] and [[Knuckles the Echidna (Classic Sonic's world)|Knuckles]] go onboard the ship. With the press of a button while the heroes were stuck on the other side of a force-field, Eggman dumped Sonic and co. into the Big Squeeze to be crushed. While the trio stopped the Big Squeeze in time, it still managed to compress enough of its scrap to deposit both it and Sonic and his crew from the Flying Battery. Fortunately for Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, they were saved in the last moment by a crate mover.
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===''Sonic Mania Plus''===
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In ''[[Sonic Mania Plus]]'', [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Classic Sonic's world)|Sonic]], [[Miles "Tails" Prower (Classic Sonic's world)|Tails]], [[Knuckles the Echidna (Classic Sonic's world)|Knuckles]], [[Mighty the Armadillo (Classic Sonic's world)|Mighty]] and [[Ray the Flying Squirrel (Classic Sonic's world)|Ray]] had managed to catch up to [[Doctor Eggman (Classic Sonic's world)|Dr. Eggman]] onboard the [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery]], only for the doctor to drop them into a rebuilt Big Squeeze while they were stuck behind a force-field. Before the machine could crush them however, the group stopped it. Still, the Big Squeeze had compressed enough trash to initiate its deposing procedure, resulting in Sonic and co. being deposited from the ship. Fortunately for Sonic and his friends, they were saved in the last moment by a crate mover.
   
 
==Battle==
  
==Battle==
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|title = Big Squeeze
  
|title = Big Squeeze
 
|image = Eggcrushx.png
  
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|caption = [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] in the Big Squeeze.
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|caption = [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Classic Sonic's world)|Sonic]] and [[Miles "Tails" Prower (Classic Sonic's world)|Tails]] in the Big Squeeze.
 
|game = ''[[Sonic Mania]]''
  
|game = ''[[Sonic Mania]]''
 
|level = [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery Zone]] Act 1
  
|level = [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery Zone]] Act 1
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|other_apps = ''[[Sonic Mania Plus]]''
 
|description = A battle in a pit of discarded robots against an electromagnet. Use the reanimated Badniks to bounce up and hit the electromagnet six times to beat it.
  
|description = A battle in a pit of discarded robots against an electromagnet. Use the reanimated Badniks to bounce up and hit the electromagnet six times to beat it.
 
|previous = [[Weather Globe#Battle|Weather Globe]]
  
|previous = [[Weather Globe#Battle|Weather Globe]]
 
|next = [[Spider Mobile#Battle|Spider Mobile]]
  
|next = [[Spider Mobile#Battle|Spider Mobile]]
 
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The Big Squeeze is the mini-boss of [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery Zone]] and the seventh overall boss of ''[[Sonic Mania]]''. It is fought with [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]], [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] or [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]] at the end of Flying Battery Zone Act 1.
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The Big Squeeze is the mini-boss of [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery Zone]] and the seventh overall boss of ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' and ''[[Sonic Mania Plus]]''. It is fought at the end of Flying Battery Zone Act 1.
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In ''Sonic Mania'', the Big Squeeze is fought with [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Classic Sonic's world)|Sonic]], [[Miles "Tails" Prower (Classic Sonic's world)|Tails]] or [[Knuckles the Echidna (Classic Sonic's world)|Knuckles]]. In ''Sonic Mania Plus'', it is fought with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, [[Mighty the Armadillo (Classic Sonic's world)|Mighty]] or [[Ray the Flying Squirrel (Classic Sonic's world)|Ray]].
   
 
===Boss guide===
  
===Boss guide===
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The battle begins once the player is dropped into a pit of discarded robots by [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]]. The battle is against the electromagnet on the ceiling, which attracts pieces of the broken robots and turns them into functional [[Badnik]]s. While it is forming the Badniks, touching the electromagnet will damage the player. The strategy is to [[Spin Jump|jump]] on these Badniks it creates to gain enough height to hit the electromagnet.
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The battle begins once the player is dropped into a pit of discarded robots by [[Doctor Eggman (Classic Sonic's world)|Dr. Eggman]]. The battle is against the electromagnet on the ceiling, which attracts pieces of the broken robots and turns them into functional [[Badnik]]s. While it is forming the Badniks, touching the electromagnet will damage the player. The strategy is to [[Spin Jump|jump]] on these Badniks it creates to gain enough height to hit the electromagnet.
   
 
Each time one of the Badniks is destroyed, the walls of the garbage pit will close slightly, decreasing the amount of available space and eventually crushing the characters if the boss is not defeated quickly enough, resulting in a loss of a [[1-Up|life]]. With less space, however, the garbage pit piles up, steadily increasing the height which will eventually allow the player to hit the electromagnet with just a jump. Once it has been hit six times, the player has beaten the mini-boss. The player can then touch the [[Goal Plate]] that drops from the sky and finish the Act.
  
Each time one of the Badniks is destroyed, the walls of the garbage pit will close slightly, decreasing the amount of available space and eventually crushing the characters if the boss is not defeated quickly enough, resulting in a loss of a [[1-Up|life]]. With less space, however, the garbage pit piles up, steadily increasing the height which will eventually allow the player to hit the electromagnet with just a jump. Once it has been hit six times, the player has beaten the mini-boss. The player can then touch the [[Goal Plate]] that drops from the sky and finish the Act.
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[[Knuckles the Echidna (Classic Sonic's world)|Knuckles]] will have to wait longer to be able to hit the boss due to his gimped jump. However, it is possible to gain altitude by gliding into the reanimated Badniks and potentially score early hits.
   
 
After its defeat, the playable character will be dropped into a pit by the Big Squeeze, only to be rescued by a [[Grabber]]-based gimmick which carries them to safety.
  
After its defeat, the playable character will be dropped into a pit by the Big Squeeze, only to be rescued by a [[Grabber]]-based gimmick which carries them to safety.
   
 
===Music===
  
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|Danger on the Dance Floor
  
|Danger on the Dance Floor
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|[[Tee Lopes]], [[Falk Au Yeong]]
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|[[Tee Lopes]], [[Falk Au Yeong]] (mixing)
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|2:08
 
|[[File:Sonic Mania Vinyl Album - Mini Boss Theme ~Danger on the Dancefloor~.ogg|center]]
  
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==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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*The Big Squeeze is loosely based on [[Barrier Eggman]], the sub-boss of the original [[Flying Battery Zone]] in ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''.
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*The Big Squeeze is loosely based on [[Barrier Eggman]], the sub-boss of the second act of the original [[Flying Battery Zone]] in ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''.
 
*One of the Badniks seen in the Big Squeeze's trash heap is [[Splats]], a Badnik that was planned to appear in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.
  
*One of the Badniks seen in the Big Squeeze's trash heap is [[Splats]], a Badnik that was planned to appear in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.
 
**However, Splats makes its official appearance in ''Sonic Mania'' in [[Press Garden Zone]], the [[Zone]] after [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery Zone]].
  
**However, Splats makes its official appearance in ''Sonic Mania'' in [[Press Garden Zone]], the [[Zone]] after [[Flying Battery Zone (Sonic Mania)|Flying Battery Zone]].
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*The makeshift Badniks created during the boss battle with the Big Squeeze appear to be comprised of [[Tubinaut]] and [[RattleKiller]] parts.
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*The makeshift Badniks created during the boss battle with the Big Squeeze appear to be comprised of [[Tubinaut]] and [[Rattlekiller]] parts.
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*An unused Sprite of a destroyed [[Chopper]] moving its mouth can be seen in the files, meaning that he would also use his parts.
   
 
==Notes==
  
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[[Category:Sonic Mania bosses]]
  
[[Category:Sonic Mania bosses]]
 
[[Category:Eggman's creations]]
  
[[Category:Eggman's creations]]
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[[Category:Villains]]
  

Revision as of 01:15, 29 November 2019

The Big Squeeze[note 1] is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a giant trash compactor onboard the Flying Battery that Dr. Eggman used as a trap for Sonic and his friends twice.

Description

Appearance

The Big Squeeze's main components are two large flat blocks with yellow and black hazard stribes on the edges. These two blocks each have a large hydraulics mounted on their backside. On top of these two blocks are a rail that carries a gray and yellow mechanism with a blue electromagnet. This mechanism moves along the rail via wheels.

Features and traits

As per its purpose, the Big Squeeze can compress trash into manageable and wrapped bales. In terms of strength, it can squeeze already dense piles of scrap metal from various Badniks and other devices into even smaller blocks.

The Big Squeeze's electromagnet gives it a degree of magnokinesis. The magnetism the Big Squeeze creates and its ability to control it is advanced enough to let it manipulate Badnik parts into forming new robots, which the Big Squeeze holds together and moves through magnetism.

History

Sonic Mania

In Sonic Mania, the Big Squeeze was used as a trap by Dr. Eggman after Sonic, Tails and Knuckles go onboard the ship. With the press of a button while the heroes were stuck on the other side of a force-field, Eggman dumped Sonic and co. into the Big Squeeze to be crushed. While the trio stopped the Big Squeeze in time, it still managed to compress enough of its scrap to deposit both it and Sonic and his crew from the Flying Battery. Fortunately for Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, they were saved in the last moment by a crate mover.

Sonic Mania Plus

In Sonic Mania Plus, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Mighty and Ray had managed to catch up to Dr. Eggman onboard the Flying Battery, only for the doctor to drop them into a rebuilt Big Squeeze while they were stuck behind a force-field. Before the machine could crush them however, the group stopped it. Still, the Big Squeeze had compressed enough trash to initiate its deposing procedure, resulting in Sonic and co. being deposited from the ship. Fortunately for Sonic and his friends, they were saved in the last moment by a crate mover.

Battle

The Big Squeeze is the mini-boss of Flying Battery Zone and the seventh overall boss of Sonic Mania and Sonic Mania Plus. It is fought at the end of Flying Battery Zone Act 1.

In Sonic Mania, the Big Squeeze is fought with Sonic, Tails or Knuckles. In Sonic Mania Plus, it is fought with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Mighty or Ray.

Boss guide

The battle begins once the player is dropped into a pit of discarded robots by Dr. Eggman. The battle is against the electromagnet on the ceiling, which attracts pieces of the broken robots and turns them into functional Badniks. While it is forming the Badniks, touching the electromagnet will damage the player. The strategy is to jump on these Badniks it creates to gain enough height to hit the electromagnet.

Each time one of the Badniks is destroyed, the walls of the garbage pit will close slightly, decreasing the amount of available space and eventually crushing the characters if the boss is not defeated quickly enough, resulting in a loss of a life. With less space, however, the garbage pit piles up, steadily increasing the height which will eventually allow the player to hit the electromagnet with just a jump. Once it has been hit six times, the player has beaten the mini-boss. The player can then touch the Goal Plate that drops from the sky and finish the Act.

Knuckles will have to wait longer to be able to hit the boss due to his gimped jump. However, it is possible to gain altitude by gliding into the reanimated Badniks and potentially score early hits.

After its defeat, the playable character will be dropped into a pit by the Big Squeeze, only to be rescued by a Grabber-based gimmick which carries them to safety.

Music

Name Artist(s) Length Music Track
Danger on the Dance Floor Tee Lopes, Falk Au Yeong (mixing) 2:08

Video

Sonic_Mania_Boss_7_-_Trash_Compactor

Sonic Mania Boss 7 - Trash Compactor


Trivia

Notes

  1. ↑ While not listed in any instruction manuals, the internal files in the PC release of Sonic Mania refers to this boss as "BigSqueeze".
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