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Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble
Development staff
Directed by	Tyson Hesse Evan Stanley
Produced by	Ian Drazen Jasmin Hernandez
Production company(s)	Sega
Written by	Ian Flynn
Overview
Studio	Powerhouse Animation Studios
Running time	5 minutes
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, 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.

Appearances

Characters:

• Amy Rose
• Black Dragon (mural)
• Dr. Eggman
• Knuckles the Echidna
• Fang the Hunter
• Miles "Tails" Prower
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Trip the Sungazer (first appearance)

Races and species:

• Echidna
• Human

Locations:

• Earth
  • Northstar Islands (first appearance)

Items:

• Black Onyx (mural)
• Chaos Emerald
• Marvelous Queen
• Piko Piko Hammer

Miscellaneous:

• Climb
• Glide
• Punch Attack
• Spin Attack

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

• Short
• Short (audio description)

References

Sonic Superstars

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