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{{Infobox character
 
{{Infobox character
|title = Madonna
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|title = Madonna
|image = Madonna.jpg
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|image = Madonna.jpg
|caption = The concept art of Madonna, taken from ''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]''.
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|caption = The concept art of Madonna, taken from ''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]''.
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|media = [[Archie Comics]]
|games =
 
|media = [[Archie Comics]]
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|realcreator = [[Naoto Ohshima]]
 
|artist =
|realcreator = [[Naoto Ōshima]]
 
 
|species = [[Human]]
|artist =
 
 
|gender = Female
|voiceactor =
 
 
|hair color = Blonde
|japanactor =
 
 
|eye color = Blue
|species = [[Human]]
 
 
|skin color = Caucasian
|gender = Female
 
 
|alignment = Good
|hair color = Blonde
 
 
|likes = Sonic
|eye color = Blue
 
|skin color = Caucasian
 
|alignment = Good
 
|likes = Sonic
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
'''Madonna''' was supposed to be a love interest for [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] during the early development of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991)]]. She was scrapped from the final release along with other ideas, including the early idealized [[Sound Test]] with Sonic and [[Sonic the Hedgehog Band|his band]].
 
'''Madonna''' was supposed to be a love interest for [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] during the early development of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991)]]. She was scrapped from the final release along with other ideas, including the early idealized [[Sound Test]] with Sonic and [[Sonic the Hedgehog Band|his band]].
   
 
==Concept and creation==
 
==Concept and creation==
[[Naoto Ōshima]] designed Madonna as "male fantasy", who would chase Sonic around,<ref name="GameTap">{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkhjBAYL2Hs |title= Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Part 2 |date= 17 February 2009 |publisher= GameTap |accessdate= 3 May 2015}}</ref> although it hasn't been made clear what role she is supposed to play in the game.
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[[Naoto Ohshima]] designed Madonna as "male fantasy", who would chase Sonic around,<ref name="GameTap">{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkhjBAYL2Hs |title= Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Part 2 |date= 17 February 2009 |publisher= GameTap |accessdate= 3 May 2015}}</ref> although it hasn't been made clear what role she is supposed to play in the game.
   
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
 
[[File:S1concept-Madonna.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Screenshot of Madonna and Sonic taken from Tokyo Toy Show in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.ne.jp/asahi/v/hara/sggg/sg_sonic.htm |title= SGGG MANIAX - 幻のソニック |accessdate= 3 May 2015}}</ref>]]
 
[[File:S1concept-Madonna.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Screenshot of Madonna and Sonic taken from Tokyo Toy Show in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.ne.jp/asahi/v/hara/sggg/sg_sonic.htm |title= SGGG MANIAX - 幻のソニック |accessdate= 3 May 2015}}</ref>]]
Madonna was a blonde haired skinny [[human]] woman in a form-fitting red dress and was actually going to be [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]'s girlfriend. At some point in the early development, Madonna was dropped from the final game along with other [[Naoto Ōshima]]'s ideas.
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Madonna was a blonde haired skinny [[human]] woman in a form-fitting red dress and was actually going to be [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]'s girlfriend. At some point in the early development, Madonna was dropped from the final game along with other Naoto Ohshima's ideas.
   
 
There have been two kinds of claims for the removal. [[Madeline Schroeder]] from [[Sega of America]] claims to be one who removed her from the final release as her reason being to "soften" Sonic for children and foreign countries, because she thought it was too Japanese-esque.<ref name="GameTap" /> In [[Summer of Sonic]] 2011 however, [[Yuji Naka]] stated that reason for removing her was to due the overused cliche of saving the kidnapped heroine that is also featured in the rivaling ''[[Mario|Super Mario Bros.]]'' series, so the staff team decided to change the story direction to center around the conflict between Sonic and [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkhjBAYL2Hs |title= Summer of Sonic - Sonic Team Q&A 2011 |date= 2 July 2012 |publisher= The Sonic Show |accessdate= 3 May 2015}}</ref>
 
There have been two kinds of claims for the removal. [[Madeline Schroeder]] from [[Sega of America]] claims to be one who removed her from the final release as her reason being to "soften" Sonic for children and foreign countries, because she thought it was too Japanese-esque.<ref name="GameTap" /> In [[Summer of Sonic]] 2011 however, [[Yuji Naka]] stated that reason for removing her was to due the overused cliche of saving the kidnapped heroine that is also featured in the rivaling ''[[Mario|Super Mario Bros.]]'' series, so the staff team decided to change the story direction to center around the conflict between Sonic and [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkhjBAYL2Hs |title= Summer of Sonic - Sonic Team Q&A 2011 |date= 2 July 2012 |publisher= The Sonic Show |accessdate= 3 May 2015}}</ref>
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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*[[Tom Kalinske]] once said in an {{Plain link|https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/my-interview-with-tom-kalinske-july-2011.32913/|interview}} that Madonna was not the appropriate girlfriend for Sonic.
*In an episode "[[Sonic is Running]]" of ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', the look of Sonic's female disguise to fool Robotnik was similar to Madonna, but only the hairstyle was different.
 
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*[[Naoto Ohshima]] said in an interview for Famitsu that some elements of Madonna were passed on to [[Amy Rose]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201606/24107383.html?page=2 |title=『ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ』誕生・ヒット・新生の真実をソニックチームのレジェンドクリエイターが、25周年のいま明かす 秘蔵資料満載の永久保存版!(2/5) |publisher=Famitsu |accessdate=1 October 2020 |date=24 June 2016 |language=Japanese |first=馬波 |last=レイ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001183447if_/https://www.famitsu.com/news/201606/24107383.html?page=2 |archivedate=1 October 2020 }}</ref>
**Also in episode "[[The Mystery of the Missing Hi-tops]]", one of [[Harry the Hucker]]'s ties for sale shows blond woman in a short red outfit which closely looks like Madonna.
 
**Additionally, [[Breezie]] seems to resemble a hedgehog version of Madonna because they both wear the same clothes.
 
*Madonna may generally be based on the [[Wikipedia:Madonna (entertainer)|real-life performer with same name]].
 
   
 
==References==
 
==References==

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Madonna was supposed to be a love interest for Sonic the Hedgehog during the early development of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991). She was scrapped from the final release along with other ideas, including the early idealized Sound Test with Sonic and his band.

Concept and creation

Naoto Ohshima designed Madonna as "male fantasy", who would chase Sonic around,[1] although it hasn't been made clear what role she is supposed to play in the game.

Overview

S1concept-Madonna

Screenshot of Madonna and Sonic taken from Tokyo Toy Show in 1990.[2]

Madonna was a blonde haired skinny human woman in a form-fitting red dress and was actually going to be Sonic's girlfriend. At some point in the early development, Madonna was dropped from the final game along with other Naoto Ohshima's ideas.

There have been two kinds of claims for the removal. Madeline Schroeder from Sega of America claims to be one who removed her from the final release as her reason being to "soften" Sonic for children and foreign countries, because she thought it was too Japanese-esque.[1] In Summer of Sonic 2011 however, Yuji Naka stated that reason for removing her was to due the overused cliche of saving the kidnapped heroine that is also featured in the rivaling Super Mario Bros. series, so the staff team decided to change the story direction to center around the conflict between Sonic and Dr. Eggman.[3]

While many concept illustrations of Madonna has circled around the internet for years, two concept art related to her are featured as unlockable content in Sonic Gems Collection.

In other media

Archie Comics

Main article: Madonna Garnet
Madonna profile

Madonna in the Archie Comics.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Madonna, full name Madonna Garnet, is an agent of G.U.N. and a member of the organization's C.L.I.P. division. She first appeared in Sonic Super Digest #12, where she reviewed Dr. Julian Snively's history with G.U.N.

Trivia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Part 2. GameTap (17 February 2009). Retrieved on 3 May 2015.
  2. SGGG MANIAX - 幻のソニック. Retrieved on 3 May 2015.
  3. Summer of Sonic - Sonic Team Q&A 2011. The Sonic Show (2 July 2012). Retrieved on 3 May 2015.
  4. レイ, 馬波 (24 June 2016). 『ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ』誕生・ヒット・新生の真実をソニックチームのレジェンドクリエイターが、25周年のいま明かす 秘蔵資料満載の永久保存版!(2/5) (Japanese). Famitsu. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved on 1 October 2020.

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