The Chao Container[1] (チャオコンテナ[2] Chao Kontena?), also called the Chao Box,[3] is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a type of Container which holds unique contents inside it.
Description
The Chao Container shares many qualities with that of the basic Container, including its basic cuboid shape. However, the Chao Container is light blue and appear metallic (akin to the Steel Containers) with eyeless Chao face on each side, except the top side which has waving lines.
Game appearances
Sonic Adventure 2
The Chao Container first appeared in Sonic Adventure 2 and its remake Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. In gameplay, unlike the Steel Container, the Chao Container can be destroyed with any attack that has not been enhanced by Level Up Items.

The third Chao Container that holds the Unicorn after being destroyed.
Each Stage holds three Chao Containers, with the exceptions of Green Hill and Hidden Base, which only have one and two respectively. Chao Containers can be hidden behind Wooden Containers, in the cover of secret platforms, etc. As per their purpose, they contain items that are released when they are broken, each holding a specific item depending on the order in which they are broken in:
- First container: One Chao Key which transports the player to the Chao World at the end of the Stage.
- Second Container: Four non-rare Animals of random species
- Third container: One copy of the Stage's designated rare small animal (imaginary category).
It should be noted that if a player dies before opening all three Chao Containers, they only need to open the containers they have not already opened to get the contents of the second and third containers.
Below is a list of all of the unique Animals in the third Chao Container:
Sonic Rivals 2

The Chao Container's collectible card in Sonic Rivals 2.
In Sonic Rivals 2, the Chao Container is featured as one of the collectible cards in the game. To collect it, the player has to defeat the Ifrit with Sonic the Hedgehog or unlock the Sonic Cup.
References
- ↑ Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube) United States instruction booklet, pg. 32.
- ↑ Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 24.
- ↑ Prima Development. Sonic Adventure 2: Battle: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 12. ISBN 978-0761539292.
Playable characters | Sonic (Super Sonic) | Tails | Knuckles | Amy* | Shadow (Super Shadow) | Rouge | Eggman | Big*^ | Tikal* | Chaos* | Dark Chao Walker* | Chao Walker* | Metal Sonic* | |
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Non-playable characters | Chao (Dark Chao, Hero Chao, Chaos Chao) | Gerald | Maria | President | Secretary | Sigma-Alpha 2 | Researcher | Animals (Bat, Bear, Boar, Cheetah, Condor, Dragon, Gorilla, Half Fish, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Phoenix, Rabbit, Raccoon, Seal, Sea Otter, Sheep, Skeleton Dog, Skunk, Tiger, Unicorn) | |
Stages | Hero | City Escape | Wild Canyon | Prison Lane | Metal Harbor | Green Forest | Pumpkin Hill | Mission Street | Aquatic Mine | Route 101 | Hidden Base | Pyramid Cave | Death Chamber | Eternal Engine | Meteor Herd | Crazy Gadget | Final Rush |
Dark | Iron Gate | Dry Lagoon | Sand Ocean | Radical Highway | Egg Quarters | Lost Colony | Weapons Bed | Security Hall | White Jungle | Route 280 | Sky Rail | Mad Space | Cosmic Wall | Final Chase | |
Misc. | Cannon's Core | Green Hill | |
2P Stages | Downtown Race | Grind Race | Planet Quest | Pool Quest | Deck Race | Pyramid Race | |
Enemies | G.U.N. | Blue Eagle | Bomb Beetle | Bomb Wing | Gold Beetle | Gun Hawk | Gun Beetle | Gun Hawk | Gun Hunter | Gun Wing | Hornet-3 | Hornet-6 | Hornet-9 | Laser Hawk | Laser Hornet | Laser Hunter | Mono Beetle | Phoenix | Rhino Cannon | Rhino Jet | Rhino Metal | Rhino Spike | Shield Hunter | Sky Hawk | Spark Beetle | Spring Beetle |
Badniks | Buzz Bomber | Chopper | E-1000 | Gola | Unidus | Kiki | |
Misc | Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-1, Artificial Chaos P-100, Cell, Float Type, Guard Type) | Boo | Boom Boo | |
Bosses | B-3x Hot Shot | Biolizard | Dr. Eggman | Egg Golem | F-6t Big Foot | Finalhazard | King Boom Boo | Knuckles | R-1/A Flying Dog | Rouge | Shadow | Sonic | Tails | |
Moves/Techniques | Amy Flash* | Black Shield* | Black Wave* | Booming Missile* | Bounce Attack | Captive Light* | Chaos Bind* | Chaos Control | Chaos Impact* | Chaos Screw* | Chaos Spear | Chaos Strike* | Charm Ray* | Crazy Rush* | Crouch | Dark Finish* | Dark Omochao* | Dig | Drill Claw | Drill Drive | Fire Somersault | Glide | Grind Step | Grinding | Hammer Punch* | Heaven's Justice* | Hell Bomber* | Hip Drop* | Hover | Homing Attack | Jump Dash | Kick/Kick Attack | Knuckle Spin* | Laser Missile* | Light Attack | Light Speed Dash | Lock-on | Lock-On Missile | Magic Hands | Omochao | Pick | Power Flash* | Power Laser* | Propeller Punch | Punch (Eggwalker) | Punch/Punch Attack | Rocket Launcher | Rumble Launcher* | Screw Kick | Somersault | Sonic Wind* | Speed Up* | Spin Jump | Spin Dash | Spiral Upper | Storming Heart* | Super Sonic Boost | Swim | Thunder Arrow* | Time Stop* | Volkan Cannon | Wrath of Gaia* | Zap Laser* | |
Gimmicks and obstacles | Ancient Ruin | Ball Switch | Bungie Vine | Dash Panel | Dynamite | Egg Beetle | Gravity Control Switch | Green energy fluid | Grind Rail | GUN Military Truck | High-speed warp tube | Hint Box | Hourglass | Iron ball | Jump Plate | Laser field | Missile | Pipe | Propeller Spring | Pulley | Ramp | Rocket | Safe | Spikes | Spinning drum | Swing Bar | Time Stop Switch | Turtle | Warp Hole | Warp Wall | Weight | Wide spring | |
Objects | General | Balloon | Chao Egg | Chao Key | Chaos Emerald | Chaos Drive | Container (Cage, Chao Container, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) | Emblem | Emerald Shard | Goal Ring | Item Box (5 Rings, 10 Rings, 20 Rings, Bomb, Extra Life, Health, High-Speed Shoes, Invincibility, Magnetic Shield, Shield) | Key Stone (Gate Key) | Meteorite | Outfit | Point Marker | Ring | Snowboard |
Level Up Items | Air Necklace | Air Shoes | Ancient Light | Bazooka | Booster | Bounce Bracelet | Flame Ring | Hammer Gloves | Iron Boots | Jet Engine | Large Cannon | Laser Blaster | Light Speed Shoes | Magic Gloves | Mystic Melody | Pick Nails | Protective Armor | Shovel Claw | Sunglasses | Treasure Scope | |
English voice actors | Ryan Drummond (Sonic) | Connor Bringas (Tails) | Scott Dreier (Knuckles/GUN Soldiers) | Jennifer Douillard (Amy Rose) | David Humphrey (Shadow the Hedgehog) | Lani Minella (Rouge/Omochao) | Deem Bristow (Doctor Eggman) | Moriah Angeline (Maria Robotnik) | Marc Biagi (Gerald/GUN Soldiers) | Steve Broadie (President) | Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) | Jon St. John (Big) | Elara Distler (Tikal) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao) | |
Japanese voice actors | Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) | Kazuki Hayashi (Tails) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) | Taeko Kawata (Amy) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) | Yuri Shiratori (Maria) | Kinryū Arimoto (President) | Shun Yashiro (Big) | Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao) | |
Music | Songs | A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup | Believe In Myself | Deeper | Dive into the Mellow | E.G.G.M.A.N. | Escape from the City | Fly in the Freedom | For True Story | It Doesn't Matter | Kick the Rock! | Live and Learn | My Sweet Passion | Rhythm And Balance | Space Trip Steps | Supporting Me | The Supernatural | Throw It All Away | Unknown from M.E. | Vengeance is Mine |
Albums | Multi-Dimensional Sonic Adventure 2 Original Sound Track | Sonic Adventure 2 Vocal Collection: Cuts Unleashed | Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack | Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sampler | Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition | Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era | |
Other | Angel Island | Auto Running | Black Market | Central City | Chao Adventure 2^ | Chao Garden (Dark, Hero, Neutral) | Chao in Space | Chao Kindergarten | Chao Machine | Chao Race | Chao Stadium | Chao Transporter^ | Chao World | Corkscrew loop | Cyclone | Eclipse Cannon | Eggman Bombom | Eggwalker | Emerald Radar | Fake Emerald | Gerald Robotnik's diary | Health Gauge | Hi-Speed Shoes | Kart Race | Prison Island | Project Shadow | Rank | Shuttle loop | Space Colony ARK | Station Square | Teleporter | Totem Pole | Winding Tunnel
*Appears or is playable only in the 2P mode |