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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

http://kotaku.com/a-look-inside-the-soul-of-sonic-the-hedgehog-1615891789
http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/12/8026899/sonic-the-hedgehog-needs-to-die
http://www.polygon.com/features/2016/9/13/12888124/sonic-the-hedgehog-twitter-memes-aaron-webber
https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/4/17/15099400/how-sega-moved-sonic-from-2d-to-3d
Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Art Book. Cook & Becker. 2017.: Incredible in-depth history on the creation of Sonic and his design changes throughout different eras.
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/sanic-purest-expression-sonic-the-hedgehog
https://www.themarysue.com/why-does-sonic-like-chili-dogs-so-much/
https://archive.org/details/retro-gamer-special-edition-greatest-gaming-icons-2nd-edition-2020/page/8/mode/2up?q=%22Manhole%22

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Semi-protected edit request on 8 December 2022: Sonics Age

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Reference to (https://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/character/sonic.html) for Sonics age is no longer valid, as the information was removed. Change the reference to (https://web.archive.org/web/20190526143733/http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/character/sonic.html) or remove the footnote entirely. AdaMesmer (talk) 22:39, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 15:40, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Render change

Can you change this to the Sonic Dream Team render? Sonicafs (talk) 18:16, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a reason beyond "its the most recent Sonic game"? If not, then it doesn't need to be changed. Sergecross73 msg me 18:38, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Sonic the Head chog" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog" listed at Redirects for discussion

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