Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble
Produced by
Ian Drazen Jasmin Hernandez
Original run
September 20, 2023
Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble (ソニックスーパースターズ: トリオ・オブ・トラブル[ 1] , Sonikku Sūpāsutāzu: Torio Obu Toraburu ? ) is a 2D animated special intended to serve as a prequel to Sonic Superstars . It was released on September 20, 2023.
Synopsis [ ]
While escorting Dr. Eggman and his hapless new helper Trip through a perilous ruin, Fang the Hunter will need to muster all his cunning to overcome past mistakes and escape the coils of a fierce new enemy. Meanwhile, Eggman discovers what may be the key to his next dastardly scheme. [ 2]
Appearances [ ]
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Plot [ ]
Sonic has Tails , Knuckles and Amy gather round in an abandoned temple, and they all turn their heads upward to gaze at Fang the Hunter in his Marvelous Queen , holding the green Chaos Emerald . The four spread across the temple as Fang's ship unleashed its missiles, allowing the team to hide behind a pillar. They agree to attempt to confuse the Marvelous Queen's tracking system, allowing Sonic and Tails to mess with said ship. With the ship's battery reinserted backwards by Tails, the Marvelous Queen applies a drill that plunges into the floor spinning. The ship stops and is launched forward with a punch from Knuckles, heading towards Amy's Piko Piko Hammer .
Fang awakens in an ancient tunnel from what was a nightmare, bumping his ship into Dr. Eggman and Trip the Sungazer . They set their traversal forth, during which Eggman tramples a flower Trip wanted to inspect and later triggers a booty trap. Fang charges his Marvelous Queen into a wall along with Trip and Eggman to escape the traps, finding themselves in a large room containing a mural depicting people similar to Trip, Eggman walked up to.
Fang shines his ship's headlight across the room to investigate it, noticing something moving. A giant snake begins pursuing Fang. As Trip takes a hold of the snake's neck, Fang clings onto the snake's neck as his ship is thrown away. Eggman, not acknowledging what is happening behind him, thinks of what to note in his notebook. Hurrying back to the Marvelous Queen, Fang activated his harpoon gun in an attempt to best the snake, but the ship malfunctioned at the press of another button. Trip throws an unplugged battery back to Fang, and Fang, remembering what Tails did in his nightmare, reinserts it backwards, having the harpoon's ropes defeat the snake once it's buried under broken columns.
Fang proudly stands upon the snake's head, ignoring Trip's offer of a handshake and Eggman's drawing from his notebook, which resembles a winged cow. As Trip gently caresses the snake, Eggman manically laughs after having noticed the mural containing a beast equipped with red eyes earlier.
Promotion [ ]
On September 19, 2023, the Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account announced that an untitled prologue to Sonic Superstars would release the next day. A still from the short film also featured Fang the Hunter holding a Chaos Emerald .
Crew [ ]
Directed by : Evan Stanley
Co-Director : Tyson Hesse
Executive Producer : Yukio Kusumoto
Producers : Jasmin Hernandez, Ian Drazen
Written by : Ian Flynn
Animation by : Powerhouse Animation Studios
Executive Producer : Brad Graeber
Studio Executive : Bruce Tinnin
Supervising Producer : Shane Minshew
Producers : Ryan Arrington, Rachel Citron
Supervising Director : Kellan Stover
Supervising Technical Director : Lindsey Chastain
Background Director : Chris Beaver
Outsource Coordinator : Mark-Ryan Magallanez
Production Assistants : Sergio Diaz, Ember Schwager
Supervising Pre-Production Artist : Meg Kluck
Pre-Production Lead : Mikk Dado
Pre-Production Artists : Tory Patterson, Savannah Ruddy
Storyboard Artists : Manuela Escolar Gonzalez, Guillem Guarro, Meg Kluck, Miguel Angel Montañez Aragón, Cody Shaw, Kellan Stover
Supervising Background/Layout Illustrator : Megan Redlich
Background/Layout Illustrators : Caroline Born, Brett Carville, Steven Dang, Ashley Lange, Marius Millar, Dania Nava
Supervising Animators : Deanna Trudeau
Animators : Dennis Buara, Tom De Vis, Jeff Freeman, Manuela Escolar Gonzalez, Hardik Manktala, Miguel Angel Montañez Aragón, Tyler Richlen, Kellan Stover, Ben Thomas, Kenny Tran, John Varvir
Compositing Lead : Jennifer Leads
Compositors : Kevin Cavanagh, Lindsey Chastain, Steven I. Gracia
Trivia [ ]
The title is a subtitle reference to Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble . The logo's subtitle also resembles the font of Sonic Triple Trouble 's logo in North American regions.
Fang 's nightmare in the beginning of the short seems to take place in one of the Special Stage temples from Sonic Triple Trouble .
Dr. Eggman 's eyes are briefly seen when Fang's vehicle is about to bump into him while escaping the end of the booby trap.
The shooting sound effect from Taito 's Space Invaders (1978) can be heard when Fang the Hunter's Marvelous Queen is about to land right before he ties up the giant snake.
Videos [ ]
References [ ]
Playable characters
Main Game
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails (Super Powers ) · Knuckles (Super Powers ) · Amy (Super Powers ) · Trip (Dragon Form )
Battle Mode
Metal Fighters (Mecha Sonic , Metal Amy , Metal Knuckles , Metal NiGHTS , Metal Sonic , Metal Tails , Metal Trip )
Non-playable characters
Dr. Eggman · Fang · Animals (Cucky , Flicky , Pecky , Picky , Rocky )
Zones
Bridge Island Zone · Speed Jungle Zone · Sky Temple Zone · Pinball Carnival Zone · Lagoon City Zone · Sand Sanctuary Zone · Press Factory Zone · Golden Capital Zone · Cyber Station Zone · Frozen Base Zone · Egg Fortress Zone · LEGO Green Hill · Special Stage · Bonus Stage · Green Hill Zone
Enemies
Amidakuji Mech · Anton · Barrel Thrower · Bastion · Batbrain · Blaster · Bottaco · Buzz Bomber · Caterpillar Mecha · Chopper · Cling Mecha · Coaster Buzzsaw · Cooperation Mecha Group · Coulon · Crabmeat · Crawlshell · Crawlton · Darts Mecha · Eggrobo · Electrical Discharge Mecha · Electric Catfish Mecha · Elephant Mecha · Fly Thorn · Fly Thorn 03 · Grapes Mech · Green Beetle Badnik · Hotaru · Item Mecha · Jellyfish Mecha · Kanga Clanga · Laser Mecha · Light Bird Mecha · Mecha-Bu · Mini Ptera Mecha · Mole Mecha · Moocolon · Quili-Quili · Rush Mecha · Security Machine · Soap Bubble Mecha · Scarab Beetle Mecha · Skorp · Slicer · Snail Blaster · Sourthan · Spider Mecha · Splats · Spotted Garden Eel Mecha · Spring Mecha · Tails Doll · Tick-Tock Drone · Toad Mecha · Trampling Mecha · Uni Uni · Watermelon Mecha · Water Strider Mecha
Bosses
Mini-bosses
Mosasaurus · Mosquito · Pierrot · Jellyfish · Gorilla · Pig · Ptera
Zone bosses
Hammer Egg Robot · Speed Jungle Zone boss · Sky Temple Zone boss · Pinball Carnival Zone boss · Lagoon City Zone boss · Mole · Press Factory Zone boss · Fang · Metal Fighter · Stunpalon · Volanda · Big Egg · Fang Robo
Misc.
Black Dragon
Moves/ techniques
General
Climb · Crouch · Double Jump · Drop Dash · Glide · Grinding · Hammer Rush · Jumping Hammer Attack · Propeller Flying · Ring Rolling · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump
Emerald Powers
Avatar · Bullet · Extra (Homing Attack , Tail Swipe , Hammer Throw , Punch Attack , Fire Breath ) · Ivy · Slow · Vision · Water · Super
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bomb · Bumper · Bumper Wall · Capsule · Color Block · Conveyor Belt · Crusher · Dash Panel · Dash Ring · Elevator · Fan · Flipper · Goal Plate · Grind Rail · High-speed Warp Tube · Iron ball · Magnetic Sphere · Pulley · Sinking Pool · Snowblower · Spikes · Spring · Star Post · Up and Down
Items
Air Bubble · Banana · Black Onyx · Chaos Emerald · Floating Item Box · Item Box (Invincible , Power Sneakers , Random , Shield , Super Ring ) · Ring
Music
Sonic Superstars Original Soundtrack
Other
Battle Mode · Clockback Hourglass · Egg Mobile · Freeze · Loop · Outfit · Northstar Islands · Perfect Bonus · Sonic Superstars: Fang's Big Break · Sonic Superstars Start Book · Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble · Sonic the Hedgehog · Star Circle · Time Attack · Tornado · Tunnel
Printed media
Manga
Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic (1991) · Sonic the Hedgehog (The Adventures of SONIC the Hedgehog (1992—1994) · Dash & Spin Super Fast Sonic (2003—2005) · Dengeki Nintendo DS (Sonic World Adventure (2008), Sonic and the Black Knight (2009), Sonic Chronicles (2009), Sonic Colors (2010), Sonic Generations (2011) · Sonic Superstars Start Book (2023) · The Jet Black Hedgehog: Shadow the Hedgehog (2024) · Sonic X Shadow Generations X Chao (2024) Sonic and the Blade of Courage (2025) ·
Comic books
Sonic the Hedgehog (promotional comic) (1991) · Archie Comics (Issue ¼ (1992), Sonic the Hedgehog (miniseries) (1993), Sonic the Hedgehog (comic series) (1993—2017)) · Sonic the Comic (1993—2002) · Sonic Sunday Strips (1993—1995) · Sonic Adventures (1994) · Archie Comics (Princess Sally (1995), Tails (1995), Knuckles (1996), Sonic Quest (1996), Knuckles the Echidna (1997—1999), Sonic X (2005—2008), Sonic Universe (2008—2017), Sonic Boom (2014—2015)) · Sonic Comic (2016) · IDW Publishing (Sonic the Hedgehog (2018-present), Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle & Whisper (2019), Sonic the Hedgehog: Bad Guys (2020), Sonic the Hedgehog: Imposter Syndrome (2021-2022), Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island (2022-2023), Sonic the Hedgehog: Fang the Hunter (2024)) · Sonic the Hedgehog: The Adventures of Sonic & Donut Lord (2020) · Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill (2022)
Novels and picture books
Stay Sonic (1993) · Virgin Books (Sonic the Hedgehog in Robotnik's Laboratory (1993), Sonic the Hedgehog in the Fourth Dimension (1993), Sonic the Hedgehog and the Silicon Warriors (1993), Sonic the Hedgehog in Castle Robotnik (1994) · Pense Bem: Uma Aventura Científica com Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) · Troll Associates (Sonic the Hedgehog (1994), Sonic the Hedgehog: Robotnik's Revenge (1994), Sonic the Hedgehog: Fortress of Fear (1995), Sonic the Hedgehog: Friend or Foe? (1995), Sonic & Knuckles (1995), Sonic X-Treme (1997) · Ladybird (Sonic the Hedgehog Colouring Poster Book (1994), Sonic the Story (1994), Sonic the Hedgehog: Robotnik's Oil (1994), Sonic the Hedgehog: The Invisible Robotnik (1994) · Watermill Press (Sonic the Hedgehog (1995) · Golden Books (Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic's Shoes Blues (1993), Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Secret Admirer (1994), Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Up Against the Wall (1995), Sonic the Hedgehog: Double Trouble (1996) · Sonic X (2005—2007) (Meteor Shower Messenger (2005), Spaceship Blue Typhoon (2005), Battle at Ice Palace (2006), Aqua Planet (2006), Dr. Eggman Goes to War (2006), Desperately Seeking Sonic (2007) · Where's Sonic? A Search-and-Find Adventure (2012) · Sonic Boom (2015—2016) (Le partenaire ideal (2015), La machine à gaffes (2015), Pas de chance, Knuckles ! (2015), L'épouvantable Todd (2016), Sonic Superstar (2016), Une étrange météorite (2016)) · Sonic and the Tales of Deception (2018) · Sonic and the Tales of Terror (2018) · Meet Sonic! (2019) · Sonic the Hedgehog: The Official Movie Novelization (2020) · Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Novelization (2022) · Sonic Prime (2023-2024) (Bienvenue à Néo Yoke City ! (2023), Le prisme du paradoxe (2023), La loi de la jungle (2024), L'arbre qui cache la forêt (2024)) · Sonic the Hedgehog 3: The Official Movie Novelization (2024)
Strategy guides
BradyGames (Sonic Riders: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide (2006), Sonic Colors: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide (2010), Sonic Generations: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide (2011) · Prima Games (Sonic Adventure: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (1999), Sonic Adventure 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2001), Sonic Adventure 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2003), Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2003), Sonic Heroes: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2004), Shadow the Hedgehog: Prima Official Game Guide (2005), Sonic the Hedgehog: Official Game Guide (2006), Sonic and the Secret Rings: Prima Official Game Guide (2007), Sonic Unleashed: Prima Official Game Guide (2008), Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood: Prima Official Game Guide (2008) · Sonic Adventure 2 Perfect Guide (2001) · Sonic Advance & Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Official Perfect Guide (2002) · Sonic Advance 2 Official Guidebook (2003) · Shadow the Hedgehog Strongest Strategy Guide (2005) · Softbank (Sonic R Official Guide (1997), Sonic Adventure: Navigation Guide (1999), Sonic Adventure 2 Hero/Dark Manual (2001)
Other
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Knitting Patterns (1992) · Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook (Fantail) (1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) (1993—1996) · Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook (Ladybird) (1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) (1994—1995) · Joke Book (1994) · Sonic-Grams Extra (199X) · Where's Sonic? (1994) · Where's Sonic Now? (1996) · Puzzle Book 1 (1994) · Puzzle Book 2 (1994) · The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1993 , 1994 ) · Sonic the Hedgehog Book (1992) · Sonic the Hedgehog Paint 'n' Marker Book (1993) · Look and Find Sonic the Hedgehog (1995) · Sonic the Hedgehog (Play-a-Sound) (1995) · How to Draw Sonic the Hedgehog & the Gang (1998) · The History of Sonic the Hedgehog (2012) · Sonic the Hedgehog Super Interactive Annual 2014 (2013) · Run, Sonic, Run! (2013) · Sonic the Hedgehog Joke Book (2014) · Sonic the Hedgehog Sticker Mania! (2014) · Totally Sonic (2014) · Sonic: His Amazing History! (2016) · The Secrets of Sonic the Hedgehog (2016) · Sonic: The Ultimate Character Guide (2016) · Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Art Book (2017) · Welcome to the World of Sonic (2018) · Sonic the Hedgehog Mad Libs (2018) · Race Against Chaos Sticker Activity Book (2018) · Sonic the Hedgehog Art & Design Book (2019) · Sonic & Friends Sticker Activity Book (2019) · Sonic the Hedgehog: The Official Movie Mad Libs (2019) · Sonic the Hedgehog Encyclo-speed-ia (2021) · Sonic the Hedgehog: The Official Movie Mad Libs (2022) · Sonic the Hedgehog: The Official Coloring Book (2022) · Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Color by Sticker Book (2022) · Sonic the Hedgehog: The Official Adult Coloring Book (2022) · Sonic Prime Sticker Album (2023) · Sonic the Hedgehog: The Official Cookbook (2023) · Sonic the Hedgehog: The IDW Comic Art Collection (2023) · The Ultimate Sonic Prime Coloring Book (2023) · Sonic Prime Sticker & Activity Book (2024) · Sonic - Maxi-colo (2024) · Sonic and Shadow: The Official Coloring Book (2024) · Sonic the Hedgehog 3: The Official Movie Mad Libs (2024)
Television and film
Animated shows
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) · Sonic the Hedgehog (1993—1994) · Sonic Underground (1999) · Sonic X (2003—2005) · Sonic Boom (2014—2017) · Sonic Prime (2022-2024)
Shorts
Sonic the Animation (1997) · Sonic: Night of the Werehog (2008) · Sonic Mania Adventures (2018) · Papercraft Mania Adventures (2019) · Team Sonic Racing Overdrive (2019) · Chao In Space (2019) · Around the World in 80 Seconds (2020) · An Eggman Carol (2020) · Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps (2021) · Sonic Drone Home (2022) · Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence (2022) · Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble (2023) · Ghost Tale (2023) · Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings (2024) · A Very Sonic Christmas (2024) · Chao Tales (2025)
Live Action
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) · Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) · Knuckles (2024) · Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) · Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (2027)
Other
Sonic - Super Hedgehog (1994) · Sonic Christmas Blast (1996) · Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1996) · Let's Meet Sonic (2019) · Sonic English Challenge (2024)
Cancelled projects
Super Sonic Sisters · Sonic: The Movie · Sonic the Hedgehog: Wonders of the World · Sonic Armageddon
Internet streams
Sonic Official (2016-present) · Sonic Station Live! (2020-present) · Sonic Central (2021-present) · TailsTube (2022-present) · Sonic & Friends (2023-present)
Events
Anniversaries (10th , 15th , 20th , 25th , 30th , 35th ) · Conventions (Sonic Boom , Sonic Party 2002 Summer Festival , Sonic Party 2003 Summer Festival , Summer of Sonic ) · Fast. Friends. Forever. · Fearless: Year of Shadow · Franchise timeline · Ken Penders' legal cases · Project Sonic · Racing Around the World · Sonic 2020 · Sonic Generations of Skate · Sonic in Sydney · Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Symphony · Steve Aoki x Sonic Concert · Sonic Symphony World Tour · Sonic Official Fan Meeting Tour
Miscellaneous
Alton Towers (Spinball Whizzer ) · Cameo appearances and references · Cookie Crisp · Frosties · Guinness World Records · Honey Nut Cheerios · iTunes · Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Sonic Balloon · Sanic · Sega Republic (Sonic Hopper , Spin Gear ) · Sega Sonic Railway · Sonic Bible · Sonic Bowl · Toyland Tours