Thorn Spring
Purpose
Launching the player in certain directions Inflicting damage
The Thorn Spring is a recurring gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog seriesSpring which has spikes equipped on the bottom.
Description The Thorn Spring is a floating object with a modern Spring on top and a metallic cup on the bottom which surface is covered in spikes . In gameplay, the Thorn Spring flips itself upside down for a short while in fixed intervals, making either its top or bottom point upward. The player can either touch them normally or target them with a Homing Attack .
When touching the Thorn Spike while the Spring-side is up, it works like a regular Spring. If the spike-side is up though, the player will take damage upon touching it. Using this gimmick properly is thus based on timing.
Game appearances Sonic and the Secret Rings The Thorn Springs in Sonic and the Secret Rings
In Sonic and the Secret Rings iron ball as its bottom, and the Spring rests on a black sphere that separates the top and bottom.
Certain Worlds feature unique variations of the Thorn Spring. In Pirate Storm , there are Thorn Springs that only flip once and never turn back up. Then there is the Skeleton Dome , where some Thorn Springs either do not flip at all or are constantly flipping. The latter's movements make them virtually impossible to use.
Sonic Unleashed The Thorn Springs first appeared in the in Xbox 360 /PlayStation 3 version of Sonic Unleashed Action Stages . They are also not very common, only appearing in Jungle Joyride Act 1 and a few non-obligatory Acts.
Sonic Colors In Sonic Colors Wii version of the game.
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Sonic (Darkspine Sonic ) | Shadow * | Tails * | Knuckles * | Amy * | Cream * | Silver * | Blaze *
Non-playable characters
Shahra | Erazor (Alf Layla wa-Layla ) | Shahryar | Ali Baba | Sinbad | Solomon | Uhu | Kri Ma Djinn | Pri Ma Djinn | Cheese * | Omochao * | Big
Worlds
Lost Prologue | Sand Oasis | Dinosaur Jungle | Evil Foundry | Levitated Ruin | Pirate Storm | Skeleton Dome | Night Palace
Party Mode Attractions
Treasure Hunt | World Bazaar | Tournament Palace | Genie's Lair | Pirates Coast
Mini-games
Aim! Big Crossbow | Aim! Color Balloon | Aye, aye Captain! Pirate Flag | Cross! Balance Race | Fire! Marksman | Fly! Ptero-Rider | Fore! Putt-Putt | Get 'em! Parasol Diving | Go! Mine Cart Race | Grab it! Bubble Hunt | Grab it! Kri Ma Djinn | Hit it! Home Run | Hit it! Parasol Ball | Hold it! Treasure Haul | Knockdown! Balance Battle | Look up! Skydiving | Play! Violin | Pull on it! Carpet | Put it out! Big Fire | Recognize! Treasure Box | Reel! Battle Fishing | Roll it! Heavy Ball | Row! Canoe Race | Row! Canoe Salvage | Row! Canoe Survival | Seek! Edge Race | Shine on! Kri Ma Djinn | Sink 'em! Pirate Ship | Spike! Fruit Catch | Spill! Weight Puzzle | Spin! Cogwheel Relay | Spin! Propeller Race | Spin! Safe Dial | Spin! Steel Survival! | Spot! Pitch Black | Stay Tight! Big Balloon! | Thrust! Bone Knight | Watch out! Trap | Whack! Giant Stakes | Whack! Hatchet
Enemies
Blue Ma Djinn | Gargoyle Djinn | Golem Djinn | Green Ma Djinn | Rafflesia Djinn | Red Ma Djinn | Skeleton Djinn | Slime Djinn
Bosses
Sand Scorpion | Captain Bemoth | Ifrit Golem | Erazor Djinn | Alf Layla wa-Layla
Moves/
Playable characters
Charge Jump | Crouch | Grind Step | Grinding | Homing Attack | Speed Break | Time Break | Wall Shuffle
NPCs
Darkness Slash | Darkness Spark | Spirit Blast
Gimmicks and obstacles
Air Launcher | Burner | Catapult | Dash Panel | Flying Pot | Giant spear | Hourglass | Iron ball | Jump Carpet | Jump Panel | Thorn Spring | Triceratops | Vine | Zip Line
Items
Cage | Dinosaur egg | Fire Soul | Genie Egg | Medal | Pearl | Rich Pearl | Rich Ring | Ring | Soul | World Ring (Blue Ring , Green Ring , Purple Ring , Red Ring , Water Blue Ring , White Ring , Yellow Ring )
English voice actors
Jason Griffith (Sonic , Shadow ) | Bella Hudson (Shahra , Blaze ) | Peter Cormican (Erazor ) | Mike Pollock (King Shahryār , Eggman ) | Amy Palant (Ali Baba , Tails ) | Dan Green (Sinbad , Knuckles ) | Richard Will (King Solomon ) | Lisa Ortiz (Amy ) | Rebecca Honig (Cream , Omochao ) | Pete Capella (Silver )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Mai Nakahara (Shahra ) | Masashi Ebara (Erazor ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (King Shahryār , Eggman ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Ali Baba , Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Sinbad , Knuckles ) | Fumito Yamano (King Solomon ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) | Nao Takamori (Blaze ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver )
Music
Songs
"Seven Rings In Hand " | "Let the Speed Mend It " | "The Wicked Wild " | "The Palace That Was Found " | "No Way Through " | "The White of Sky " | "Unawakening Float " | "Poison Spear " | "Blue on the Run " | "How It Started " | "It Has Come to This " | "Worth a Chance "
Albums
Sonic and the Secret Rings Game Soundtrack Seven Rings In Hand: Sonic and the Secret Rings Original Sound Track
Other
Arabian Nights Auto Running | Diehard Challenge | Djinn | Drifting | Experience Point | Flame of Judgment | Magic Lamp | Shahra's Ring | Skill | Sonic and the Secret Rings: Prima Official Game Guide Sonic and the Secret Rings Strongest Strategy Guide Sonic Maze Craze Soul Gauge | World of the Arabian Nights
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Playable characters Sonic (Super Sonic , Werehog ) · Gaia Colossus
Non-playable characters Apotos Alexis · Anastasia · Eric · Gregorios · Hot Dog Vendor · Ice Cream Vendor · Lambros · Lucas · Milos · Sandra
Spagonia Aida · Barbara · Ciccio · David · Denise · Dora · Elio · Federica · Franco · Gigi · Hot Dog Vendor · Ippolita · Irma · Josef · Lilli · Lucia · Marcantonio · Mauro · Natalia · Otto · Professor Pickle · Professor Pickle's Assistant · Raimondo
Mazuri Ana · Essie · Gwek · Hog Dog Vendor · Kofi · Kwami · Kwod · Yawa · Yaya
Chun-nan Chun · Hot Dog Vendor · Hualin · Jinlin · Lin · Shuifon · Wang · Yilin · Zonshen
Holoska Hot Dog Vendor · Jari-Pekka · Jari-Thure · Marketa · Sarianna · Ursule
Shamar Ara · Dimah · Ehsan · Erhan · Hizir · Hot Dog Vendor · Iman · Labib · Latif · Layla · Mufid · Musaid · Raniya · Sa'id · Sadiq · Safi · Samia · Sammar · Shadi · Utba · Yasmine
Empire City Boss · Brenda · Charles · Def Big · Elizabeth · Hot Dog Vendor · Li'l Kate · Louie Montaine · Robert
Adabat Hot Dog Vendor · Jamal · Kaeo · Nagi · Rudi · Teanchai
Eggmanland EF-DC1998 · EF-MD1991 · EF-XB2006 · Hot Dog Vendor
Misc. Amy · Chip · Dark Gaia (Perfect Dark Gaia ) · Dr. Eggman · Tails · SA-55 · Su · Uh · Wentos
Town Stages Apotos · Mazuri · Spagonia · Chun-nan · Holoska · Shamar · Empire City · Adabat · Eggmanland
Action Stages Windmill Isle · Savannah Citadel · Rooftop Run · Dragon Road · Cool Edge · Arid Sands · Skyscraper Scamper · Jungle Joyride · Eggmanland · Tornado Defense
Enemies Badniks Aero-Cannon · Aero-Chaser · Egg Blizzard · Egg Burst · Egg Fighter · Egg Fighter: Knight (Electric shield , Spring shield ) · Egg Fighter: Shield (Electric shield , Spring shield ) · Egg Fighter: Sword · Egg Flame · Egg Launcher (H) · Egg Launcher (H+V) · Egg Launcher (V) · Egg Shackle · Egg Shooter · Egg Typhoon · Gold Aero-Cannon · Interceptor · Little Fighter · Mole Cannon · Spinner · Thunder Ball · Thunder Spinner
Dark Gaia's Minions Big Mother · Cure Master · Dark Bat · Dark Bat Sniper · Dark Eel · Dark Fright · Deep Nightmare · Evil Flower · Fire Master · Fright Master · Killer Bee · Lightning Master · Little Rex · Nightmare · Power Master · Red Fright · Red Killer Bee · Red Rex · Thunder Bat · Titan
Bosses Egg Beetle · Egg Cauldron · Egg Devil Ray · Egg Dragoon · Egg Lancer · Dark Gaia · Dark Gaia Phoenix · Dark Guardian · Dark Moray · Perfect Dark Gaia
Moves/ Sonic Air Boost · Cartwheel · Crouch · Foot Sweep · Grind Step · Grinding · Homing Attack · Hop · Jump Dash · Lightspeed Dash · Slide · Skydiving · Sonic Boost · Sonic Drift · Spin Jump · Stomp · Quick Step · Wall Jump
Werehog Attack · Dash · Double Jump · Grab · Guard · Unleashed Mode · Wall Shuffle
Misc.
Boost · Drill Attack · Super Sonic Boost · Turbo Boost
Skills Straight attacks Donkey Kick Combo · Double Axle Combo · Double Kick Combo · Feral Were-Hammer · Knuckle Sandwich Combo · Sho-Hog-Ken · Unleashed Knuckle Sandwich · Vertical Were-Hammer · Were-Hammer · Werewheel Rush
Hook attacks Earthshaker · Egg Scrambler · Feral Wild Whirl · Rolling Kick Combo · Sho-Claw-Ken · Ultimate Wild Combo · Unleashed Wild Combo · Wereclap · Wild Whirl · Wild Whirl Were-Hammer
Aerial attacks
Aerial Claw Slash · Aerial Claw Slash and Spin · Aerial Piledriver · Crescent Moon Strike · Diving Bodypress · Flying Double-Punch · Flying Double-Punch Crush · Hurricane Combo · Shooting Star Combo · Typhoon Combo
Special attacks Comet Punch · Missile Punch · Spinning Needle Attack · Tricky Tornado Uppercut · Triple Wild Claw · Were-Claw Charge · Were-Cyclone · Were-Rush · Were-Tornado · Wild Werewhip
Gimmicks and obstacles Balloon · Blue spring · Bobsled · Bomb · Buoy · Check Point · Conveyor Belt · Crane Lift · Crank · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Door · Egg Spring · Fountain · Grind Rail · Hanging vine · Hint Ring · Horizontal Bar · Hourglass · Icicle · Iron ball · Jump Selector · Laser field · Lever · Movable box · Moving Crate · Rainbow Ring · Ramp · Snowblower · Spike Trap · Spikes · Spring · Spring Pole · Switch · Thorn Spring · Trick Jump Panel · Wide spring · Zip Line
Items General 1-Up · Art Book · Audio System · Blue Tea · Bookshelf · Boss Gate · Chaos Orb · Container (Explosive crate , Steel Container , Wooden Container ) · Crystal Ball · Dark Gaia Force · Edible item (Apple , Banana , Canned Juice , Chai , Chili dog , Donut , Sundae Supreme ) · Gaia Gate · Gaia Key · Goal Ring · Gift · Gramophone · Green Tea · Key Stone · Lovely Ring · Maiden Statue · Old Necklace · Pick-Me-Up · Pretty Bouquet · Power Shield · Record · Red Tea · Ring · Shield Charge · Souvenir · Super Ring · Sun/Moon Medal · Super Claw · Super Ring · Turquoise Tea · TV · Videotape · Violet Tea · White Tea · Yellow Tea
Level Up Items Air Boost Shoes · Light Speed Dash Shoes · Stomping Shoes · Wall Jump Shoes
Voice actors English Jason Griffith (Sonic , Werehog , Pickle's Assistant ) · Amy Palant (Tails ) · Lisa Ortiz (Amy ) · Dan Green (Ice Cream Vendor , Pickle ) · Anthony Salerno (Chip ) · Mike Pollock (Eggman , Zonshen ) · Christopher Collet (SA-55 )
Japanese Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Tomokazu Seki (Werehog ) · Chikao Otsuka (Eggman ) · Chō (Pickle ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Ryōko Shiraishi (Chip )
Music Songs "Endless Possibility " · "Dear My Friend "
Albums Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack
Other Auto Running · Boost Gauge · Boost Gauge · Chao · Chaos Emerald · Chaos Energy Cannon · Chun-nan's Treasure · Collection Room · Combo · Critical Attack · Don Fachio · Dr. Eggman's chair · Earth · Egg Dragoon · Egg Fleet · Egg Mobile · Entrance Stage · Exorcisms · Experience Point · Freeze · Gaia Manuscripts · Gaia Temple · Gaia Temple guardian · Hallowmoon · Health Gauge · Ibanga · Lah · Miles Electric · Mission · Real-Time Interaction · Ring Energy Gauge · Shield Gauge · Shop (Counter of Dreams 2 , Eggshop , Flying Fish Beach Shop , Golden Trading Company , Josef's , Surfside Seagull Sundries , Traveling Salesman Wentos , Treeshade , Ursule's Trading Post , Wang's Emporium ) · Shuttle loop · Sonic: Night of the Werehog · Sonic World Adventure (manga) · Spagonia University · SPD · Tornado-1 · Rank · Time of awakening · Unleashed Gauge
Playable characters Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Mii * · Virtual Hedgehog
Non-playable characters Cubot · Eggman · Metal Sonic ^ · Orbot · Tails · Yacker
Wisps White · Cyan · Yellow · Orange · Blue · Green · Pink · Purple · Jade ^
Areas Tropical Resort · Sweet Mountain · Starlight Carnival · Planet Wisp · Aquarium Park · Asteroid Coaster · Terminal Velocity · Game Land (1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 )
Enemies Big Chaser · Buzzer · Chopper · Crabmeat · Egg Chaser · Egg Pawn · Jawz · Larva · Mole · Moto Bug · Sandworm · Spinner (Metal , Thunder ) · Spiny · Sprinkler
Bosses Rotatatron · Captain Jelly · Frigate Orcan · Refreshinator · Admiral Jelly · Asteroid Coaster sub-boss · Frigate Skullian · Nega-Wisp Armor
Moves/techniques Air Boost · Assist · Boost · Crouch · Double Jump · Drift · Ghost Attack ^ · Grind Step · Grinding · Homing Attack · Hop · Jump Dash · Kick boost · Ring Dash · Slide · Skydiving · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Stomp · Super Sonic Boost · Trick Action · Wall Jump
Color Powers Blue Cube · Cyan Laser · Final Color Blaster · Green Hover · Jade Ghost ^ · Orange Rocket · Pink Spikes · Purple Frenzy · Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles Accelerator Gun · Amber block · Balloon · Billiard Ball · Bomb · Bottomless pit · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Dropping platform · Egg Spring · Fan · Floating turret · Fountain · Ghost Anchor ^ · Grind Rail · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Mobile spring · Movable box · Moving Crate · Optical cable · Prism · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Red School · Sea Monster · Slot machine · Spike Trap · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post · Switch · Trick Jump Panel · Underground pipe · Wide spring · Zip Line
Items 1-Up * · 100 Count Ring ^ · Air bubble · Blue Block · Blue Ring · Chaos Emerald · Container (Chroma Cube , Steel , Unbreakable , Wooden ) · Egg Medal · Goal Ring · Meteorite · Park Token ^ · Prison Capsule · Ring · Special Ring · Super Ring · Tails Save ^ · Wisp Capsule
Voice actors English Roger Craig Smith (Sonic , Wisp announcer) · Mike Pollock (Eggman ) · Kate Higgins (Tails ) · Kirk Thornton (Orbot ) · Wally Wingert (Cubot )
Japanese Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot ) · Wataru Takagi (Cubot ) · Utako Yoshino (Yacker ) · Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
Music Songs "Reach for the Stars " · "Speak with Your Heart "
Albums Vivid Sound X Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack · Sonic Colors: Ultimate Original Soundtrack "Re-Colors" · SONIC COLORS ULTIMATE 2XLP VINYL SOUNDTRACK
Other Auto Running · Boost Gauge · The Bucket O'Sushi · Corkscrew · Customize ^ · Earth · Egg Gun · Egg Planet Park · Egg Shuttle · Egg Spear · Eggman's Ultra-Accelerating Space Elevator · Eggman Enterprises · Hyper-go-on · Life · Loop · Miles Electric · Mind Control Ray · Moon · Nega-Wisp · Options Satellite (Music ^) · Rank · Real-Time Interaction · Sonic Colors: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps Part 1 , Part 2 , Complete ) · Sonic Colors Comics The whisper of invasion Egg Planet Park · Totem pole · Tractor beam generator · Water · Wisp Gauge
