Special Stage Key

The Special Stage Key (スペシャルステージキー, Supesharu Sutēji Kī^?), also called the Special Key, is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a golden, sparkling key that allows entrance to a Special Stage once collected.

Game appearances

Sonic Heroes

In Sonic Heroes, the Special Stage Keys can be found in various locations of the Stage where it is usually contained in a Cage. The player can collect the Special Stage Key by simply having the leading character touch it. Once the Special Stage Key is collected, its icon will appear in the HUD on the top-left corner of the screen. After completing the stage, the team is taken to the Special Stage. If the player is attacked (except if the leading character had a Shield upon being attacked) or loses a life (e.g. falling into a bottomless pit), the Special Stage Key disappears. There are no Special Stage Keys in Super Hard Mode.

Sonic Advance 3

A similar key item called the "Special Key" appears in Sonic Advance 3, which can be found in certain areas in an act of a zone, when the player has found all ten Chao from the each zone. The player can collect the key, clear the act and then jump onto the locked Special Spring on the hub world to enter the Special Stage. Doing so uses one Special Key in the process.

Trivia

In the early versions of Sonic Advance 3, the Special Stage does not need to be finished; the players could just exit the stage while retaining the Special Key in their possession.

Sonic Heroes

Playable characters	Team Sonic	Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles)
	Team Dark	Shadow \| Rouge \| Omega
	Team Rose	Amy \| Cream \| Cheese \| Big
	Team Chaotix	Espio \| Charmy \| Vector
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Metal Sonic (Neo Metal Sonic) \| Chocola \| Froggy \| Shadow Android \| Omochao \| Dark Chao \| Hero Chao
Stages	1P stages	Sea Gate \| Seaside Hill \| Ocean Palace \| Grand Metropolis \| Power Plant \| Casino Park \| BINGO Highway \| Rail Canyon \| Bullet Station \| Frog Forest \| Lost Jungle \| Hang Castle \| Mystic Mansion \| Egg Fleet \| Final Fortress \| Special Stage
2P stages		BINGO Highway \| Casino Course \| City Course \| City Top \| Casino Ring \| Egg Fleet \| Egg Treat \| Frog Forest \| Grand Metropolis \| Hot Elevator \| Mad Express \| Pinball Match \| Rail Canyon \| Road Rock \| Seaside Course \| Seaside Hill \| Special Stage \| Terror Hall \| Turtle Shell
2P Play Mode		Action Race \| Battle \| Bobsled Race \| Expert Race \| Quick Race \| Ring Race \| Special Stage
Enemies		Bomb Flapper \| Cameron \| Cannon Flapper \| E-2000 \| E-2000R \| Egg Bishop \| Egg Hammer \| Egg Knight \| Egg Magician \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (Casino version) \| Falco \| Flapper \| Gold Cameron \| Gold Klagen \| Gun Flapper \| Heavy-Egg Hammer \| Klagen \| Laser Flapper \| Needle Flapper \| Pumpkin ghost \| Rhinoliner \| Search Flapper \| Solid Flapper \| Solid Pawn
Bosses		Egg Albatross \| Egg Emperor \| Egg Hawk \| Metal Madness \| Metal Overlord \| Robot Carnival \| Robot Storm \| Team Chaotix \| Team Dark \| Team Rose \| Team Sonic
Moves/ Techniques	Speed Maneuvers	Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Kick \| Light Dash \| Lightspeed Attack \| Propeller Hammer \| Rocket Accel \| Shuriken \| Spin \| Spin Jump \| Swinging Hammer Attack \| Tornado Jump (Black Tornado, Blue Tornado, Leaf Swirl, Tornado Hammer) \| Triangle Jump
	Power Maneuvers	Auto Homing \| Body Press \| Bubblegum Descent \| Fire Combination \| Fire Dunk \| Fire Launcher \| Fireball Jump \| Forward Power Attack \| Hammer Down \| Jump Fire Knock \| Jump Fireball \| Remote Power Attack (Fireball, Fire Knock) \| Spin Jump \| Triangle Dive \| Umbrella Descent \| Wide Power Attack (Big Fishing, Omega Arm, Vector Breath, Volcanic Dunk)
	Fly Maneuvers	Ascending Flight \| Cheese Attack \| Dummy Ring Bomb \| Spin Jump \| Sting Attack \| Thunder Shoot \| Quick Ascent
	Team Blasts	Sonic Overdrive \| Chaos Inferno \| Flower Festival \| Chaotix Recital \| Super Sonic Power
	Misc.	Chaos Control \| Crouch \| Crystal Attack \| Grind Step \| Grinding
Gimmicks and obstacles		Ball Switch \| Bingo \| Bobsled \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Check Point \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Detonator Switch \| Fan \| Fireball \| Flipper \| Flower \| Formation Change Gate \| Giant Frog \| Giant Switch \| Grind Rail \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Kao \| Laser field \| Mushroom \| Orb switch \| Pole \| Power Gong \| Propeller \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Target Switch \| Trolley \| Vine \| Warp Flower \| Weight \| Wide spring
Items		Capsule \| Car \| Casino chip \| Castle Key \| Cell Key \| Chaos Emerald \| Chaotix Detective Agency \| Container (Cage, Case, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Emblem \| Engine Core \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Hermit crab \| Item Box (Barrier, Fly Charge, High Speed, Invincible, Rings, Power Core, Team Blast Ring, 1-Up) \| Light spider marking \| Power Core \| Ring \| Special Stage Key \| Sphere \| Torch
Voice actors	English	Ryan Drummond (Sonic, Metal Sonic) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| William Corkery (Tails) \| Scott Drier (Knuckles) \| David Humphrey (Shadow) \| Lani Minella (Rouge, Omochao) \| Jon St. John (Omega, Big) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Sarah Wulfeck (Cream) \| Bill Corkery (Espio) \| Marc Biagi (Vector) \| Emily Corkery (Charmy)
Voice actors	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic, Metal Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Takashi Nagasako (Big) \| Yūki Masuda (Espio) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao)
Music	Songs	Sonic Heroes \| We Can \| This Machine \| Follow Me \| Team Chaotix \| What I'm Made of...
Music	Albums	Complete Trinity: Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrax \| Triple Threat: Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax \| Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack \| Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other		Armored train \| Dummy Ring \| Egg Bazooka \| Egg Fleet \| Egg Gun \| Egg Spear \| Fly Type \| Health Gauge \| HEXAeco \| Moon \| Orca \| Palm Plants \| Power Type \| Rank \| Sonic Heroes Puzzle \| Shuttle loop \| Speed Type \| Super Hard Mode \| Team Blast Gauge \| Tornado 2

Sonic Advance 3

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Cream \| Cheese
Non-playable characters		Eggman \| Vanilla \| G-merl (Ultimate G-merl) \| Chao \| Omochao
Zones		Route 99 \| Sunset Hill \| Ocean Base \| Toy Kingdom \| Twinkle Snow \| Cyber Track \| Chaos Angel \| Altar Emerald \| Nonaggression \| Special Stage
Enemies		Akatento \| Aotento \| Ape \| Bu-bu \| Buzzer \| Clam \| Condor \| Gaogao \| Gekogeko \| Ginpe \| Guards \| Guruguru \| Hariisen \| Jousun \| Juggling \| Kamaki \| Kyacchaa \| Marrun \| Minimole \| Muugaden \| Spina \| Takkon \| Uutsubo \| Yadokka \| Yukigasen
Bosses		Egg Hammer 3 \| Egg Ball No.2 \| Egg Foot \| Egg Cube \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Pinball \| Egg Gravity \| Hyper Eggrobo \| Ultimate G-merl
Moves/ Techniques	General	Amy Dash \| Big Hammer Attack \| Boost Mode \| Bound Attack \| Chao Attack \| Chao Ball Attack \| Chao Spinning Attack \| Dash Climb \| Double Mid-Air Glide \| Double Punch \| Drill Claw \| Fire Sliding \| Flying \| Floating Fall \| Grinding \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hammer Propeller Flying \| Head Slide \| High Propeller Flying \| Hip Drop \| Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Leap \| Look down \| Mid-Air Dash Glide \| Propeller Flying \| Mid-Air Chao Attack \| Mid-Air Chao Ball Attack \| Mid-Air Chao Spinning Attack \| Mid-Air Glide \| Mid-Air Hammer Attack \| Mid-Air Hammer Jump \| Skid Attack \| Spin \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Sonic Boost \| Spinning Hammer Attack \| Spiral Upper \| Tag Action \| Tail Spin Attack \| Tail Swipe \| Tornado Attack \| Upper Spin \| Wall Climb \| Wind Attack
Moves/ Techniques	Mid-Air Trick Actions	Big Air (Happy Spring, Hop Jump, Petit Step) \| Long Wind Jump (Humming Top, Sweet Roll, Window Jump) \| Stop 'n' Slam (Bound Attack, Spinning Hammer Attack, Propeller Descent, Hip Drop)
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Bungee Rope \| Checkpoint \| Dash Panel \| Flywheel \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Minecart \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pole \| Pulley \| Propeller Spring \| Seesaw \| Snowblower \| Special Spring] \| Spin ring \| Switch
Items		Act Ring \| Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Confusion, Invincibility, Minus Ring, Maximum Speed, Mosaic, Random Ring Bonus, Ring Magnet, Shield, Slow, Swap, Transparency) \| Capsule \| Chaos Emerald' \| Factory Ring \| Goal Medal \| Ring \| Special Key
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| William Corkery (Tails) \| Scott Dreier (Knuckles) \| Jon St. John (Announcer) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Sarah Wulfeck (Cream)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic the Hedgehog) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream)
Other		Angel Island \| Chao Playground \| Corkscrew loop \| Fly Type \| Freeze \| Mini-Games \| Power Type \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Factory \| Speed Type \| Time Attack \| Tornado 2

Special Stage Key

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