Electric Generator

Electric Generators are gimmicks in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. They are small generators that shoot out electricity.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)

An Electric Generator in *Sonic the Hedgehog* (1991).

Electric Generators first appeared in Scrap Brain Zone Acts 1 and 2 in Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Mega Drive, among many other dangerous traps designed to kill Sonic. Here, Electric Generators are small metal bars with a plasma sphere that shoots energy.

Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)

In Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Master System and the Sega Game Gear, the generators appear in the Scrap Brain Zone as in the 16-bit version of the game. They look the same as their Mega Drive version, except that now the spheres are totally yellow.

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

In Sonic the Hedgehog CD, Electric Generators reappear. They appear in Wacky Workbench, although they fire one power line at a time. To avoid them, Sonic must hang on a pole and pass over them. Here, they are small electric cubes (whose color varies depending on the time). In the Good Future, they are temporarily disabled at times.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

In Sonic & Knuckles, and its expansion Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, the generators appear in Death Egg Zone as long panels of electricity on the floor or ceiling. The ceiling ones shoot out lightning bolts periodically and can even harm Sonic through a lightning shield for some reason.

Appearances in other media

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

In the TV series Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, an electric generator appears in the episode "Slowwww Going". Scratch attached the Subatomic Slow Go Beam Weapon and got zapped by a bolt of electricity from a generator as he was walking along.

Archie Comics

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Electric Generators made an appearance in the Scrap Brain Zone as shown when Sonic first traversed the Zone. He also encountered them in Wacky Workbench.^[1] ^[2]

References

↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #288, "Genesis of a Hero Part One: Where It All Began"
↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #290, "Genesis of a Hero Part Three: Sonic's Cease & Desist"

Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)

Playable characters	Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles* (Super Knuckles*)
Non-playable characters	Dr. Robotnik \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Picky, Rocky)
Zones	Green Hill Zone \| Marble Zone \| Spring Yard Zone \| Labyrinth Zone \| Star Light Zone \| Scrap Brain Zone \| Final Zone \| Special Stages
Enemies	Ball Hog \| Batbrain \| Bomb \| Burrobot \| Buzz Bomber \| Caterkiller \| Chopper \| Crabmeat \| Jaws \| Moto Bug \| Newtron \| Orbinaut (Uni Uni, Unidasu) \| Roller \| Spikes \| Splats
Bosses	Egg Mobile-H \| Marble Zone boss \| Spring Yard Zone boss \| Labyrinth Zone boss \| Star Light Zone boss \| Final Zone
Moves/Techniques	Crouch \| Spin Jump \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash* \| Insta-Shield* \| Propeller Flying* \| Glide* \| Climb*
Gimmicks and obstacles	Bomb \| Bumper \| Capsule \| Chaos Emerald \| Color Block \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Electric Generator \| Fan \| Fire Statue \| Fireball Cannon \| Flywheel \| Giant spear \| Goal \| Goal Plate \| Giant Ring \| High-speed elevator \| Iron ball \| Jump Stand \| Lamppost \| Reverse \| Rotating platform \| See-saw \| Spikes \| Spring \| Switch \| Up and Down
Items	Air Bubble \| Movable box \| Ring \| Video Monitor (Aqua Shield, Extra Life, Flame Shield, Invincible, Power Sneakers, S, Shield, Super Ring, Thunder Shield)
Music	Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack
Other	Bonus Point \| Continue \| Blue Sphere \| Debug Mode \| Madonna \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic the Hedgehog Band (Max, Mach, Sharps, Vector) \| South Island \| Sonic the Hedgehog (promotional comic) \| Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic \| Time Attack* \| Time Over \| Totem Pole \| Winding Tunnel Exclusive to the 2013 re-release of Sonic the Hedgehog*.

Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)

Main article | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters	Sonic
Non-playable characters	Dr. Robotnik \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Picky, Rocky)
Zones	Green Hill Zone \| Bridge Zone \| Jungle Zone \| Labyrinth Zone \| Scrap Brain Zone \| Sky Base Zone \| Special Stages
Enemies	Ball Hog \| Bomb \| Burrobot \| Buzz Bomber \| Caterkiller \| Chopper \| Crabmeat \| Jaws \| Moto Bug \| Newtron \| Orbinaut (Uni Uni, Unidasu) \| Spikes
Bosses	Green Hill Zone boss \| Bridge Zone boss \| Jungle Zone boss \| Labyrinth Zone boss \| Sky Base Zone boss
Moves/Techniques	Crouch \| Spin Attack \| Spin Jump
Gimmicks and obstacles	Bomb \| Bumper \| Bonus Plate \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Electric Generator \| Fire Statue \| Flipper \| Giant spear \| Iron ball \| Metal cage \| Seesaw \| Spikes \| Spring \| Switch
Items	Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Video monitor (Arrow Monitor, Continue Monitor, Extra Life, Invincible, Shield, Super Ring, Power Sneakers) \| Ring
Other	Continue \| South Island \| Time Over \| Teleporter \| Totem pole

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails*
Non-playable characters		Amy \| Dr. Robotnik \| Metal Sonic \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Ricky, Pecky, Robin, Sheep)
Rounds		Palmtree Panic \| Collision Chaos \| Tidal Tempest \| Quartz Quadrant \| Wacky Workbench \| Stardust Speedway \| Metallic Madness \| Special Stage \| Bonus Stage \| R2 \| Desert Dazzle* \| Final Fever*
Enemies		Amenbo \| Antlion \| Bigbom \| Dango \| Ga \| Hotaru \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Kemusi \| Kumo-Kumo \| Minomusi \| Noro-Noro \| Robot Ant \| Robot Bee \| Robot Beetle \| Robot Butterfly \| Robot Mantis \| Robot Mosquito \| Sasori \| Scarab \| Semi \| Taga-Taga \| Tamabboh \| Tentou \| Tonbo \| Yago
Bosses		EGG-HVC-001 \| Collision Chaos boss \| Tidal Tempest boss \| Quartz Quadrant boss \| Wacky Workbench boss \| Metal Sonic \| Metallic Madness boss \| Final Fever*
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Duck \| Propeller Flying* \| Spin Jump \| Super Spin Attack \| Super Spin Dash \| Super Peel Out
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Ring Spark Field \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper \| Capsule \| Chopper Block \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Zone \| Electrical conduit \| Emerald Block \| Fan Block \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Lamppost \| Rotating platform \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Sphere \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Switch \| Time Warp sign
Items		Air Bubble \| Little Planet flowers \| Metal Sonic Projector \| Monitor (1-UP, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Super Ring, Shield) \| Ring \| Robot transporter \| Super Ring \| Time Bonus \| Time Stone \| UFO
Music	Songs	Brand-new World \| Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself \| Sonic - You Can Do Anything \| Sonic Boom \| When we reach for you~Could it be right~
Music	Albums	Sonic CD (vinyl album) \| Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix \| Sonic the Hedgehog Boom \| Sonic the Hedgehog CD Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other		Debug Mode \| Freeze \| Little Planet \| Never Lake \| Shuttle loop \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Time Warp \| Winding Tunnel *Only included in the 2011 re-release.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

Main articles (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Staff (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Manuals (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles) | Glitches (Sonic 3, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Beta elements (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 & Knuckles) | Galleries (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection)

Characters		Sonic (Super Sonic, Hyper Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles, Hyper Knuckles) \| Dr. Robotnik \| Mecha Sonic (Mecha Sonic's Super State) \| Animals (Flicky (Flicky's Super State), Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Rocky)
Badniks		Batbot \| Blaster \| Blastoid (Carnival Night Zone) \| Blastoid (Hydrocity Zone) \| Bloominator \| Bubbles \| Bugernaut \| Butterdroid \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chainspike \| Clamer \| Cluckoid \| Corkey \| Dragonfly \| EggRobo \| Fireworm \| Flybot767 \| Hyudoro \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Madmole \| Mantis \| Mega Chopper \| Monkey Dude \| Mushmeanie \| Orbinaut \| Penguinator \| Pointdexter \| RhinoBot \| Ribot \| Rock'n \| Sandworm \| Skorp \| Snale Blaster \| Spikebonker \| Spiker \| Star Pointer \| Technosqueek \| Toxomister \| Turbo Spiker
Zones	Sonic 3	Angel Island Zone \| Hydrocity Zone \| Marble Garden Zone \| Carnival Night Zone \| IceCap Zone \| Launch Base Zone \| Special Stages \| Bonus Stages
	Sonic & Knuckles	Mushroom Hill Zone \| Flying Battery Zone \| Sandopolis Zone \| Lava Reef Zone \| Hidden Palace Zone \| Sky Sanctuary Zone \| Death Egg Zone \| The Doomsday Zone \| Special Stages \| Bonus Stages
	Competition	Azure Lake Zone \| Balloon Park Zone \| Chrome Gadget Zone \| Desert Palace Zone \| Endless Mine Zone
Bosses	Sub-bosses	Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft \| Doctor Robotnik's Whirlpool Machine \| Tunnelbot \| Self D-Struct Machine \| Iceball \| Swing'm Spikez \| Hei Hou \| Gapsule \| Barrier Eggman \| Guardian \| Heat Arms \| Egg Mobile-H \| Flying Eggman \| Red Eye \| Death Ball
Bosses	Zone bosses	Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft \| Doctor Robotnik's Waterspout and Depth Charge Machine \| Doctor Robotnik's Jet Drill Pod \| Doctor Robotnik's Energy Ship \| Doctor Robotnik's Freeze-O-Matic \| Ball Shooter \| Beam Rocket \| Big Arm \| Jet Mobile \| Hang Mobile \| Egg Golem \| Hot Mobile \| Knuckles \| Mecha Sonic \| Mecha Sonic's Super State \| Great Eggman Robo \| Final Weapon
Moves/Techniques		Bound Jump \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Gliding Knuckles Attack \| Hyper Flash \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Jump \| Spin Dash \| Spin Attack \| Wall Climb
Items		Air Bubble \| Balloon \| Banana \| Bomb \| Booster \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Change \| Chaos Emerald \| Cloud \| Continue \| Fan \| Jump Stand \| Monitor (Water Shield, Flame Shield, Invincibility, Lightning Shield, Super Ring, Super Shoes, Extra Life, S, Eggman) \| Movable box \| Mushroom \| Pulley \| Ring \| Signpost \| Self-Propelled Bomb \| Slow-Down Shoes \| Snowboard \| Sphere \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spinning Top \| Star Post (Star Circle) \| Super Emerald \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Other		Angel Island \| Barrel \| Conveyor Belt \| Corkscrew loop \| Crusher \| Death Egg \| Debug Mode \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Freeze \| Giant spear \| Goal \| Gravity Control Switch \| Gumball \| High-speed elevator \| High-speed warp tube \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jewel Radar \| Perfect Bonus \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pole Elevator \| Relief \| Reverse \| Ring Shooter \| Rock Drill \| Seesaw \| Shuttle loop \| Slot machine \| Snowblower \| Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 \| Strange Relief \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Warp Point \| Winding Tunnel \| Wonderman

[1] Sonic the Hedgehog #288, "Genesis of a Hero Part One: Where It All Began"

[2] Sonic the Hedgehog #290, "Genesis of a Hero Part Three: Sonic's Cease & Desist"

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