Aside from Sonic's 60+ games, five cartoon series and 500+ comic books, the franchise has made a number of cameo appearances and references in other video games, movies, television shows and other non-Sonic related media.

Two music tracks from Sonic Mania , "Friends" and "Time Trials", appear as in the game as purchasable tracks. The artwork and description of both tracks contain references to the series. Coincdentally, a collaboration with Sega was made later on, despite not being related to Sonic, to include a track from their own arcade rhythm game.

In episode 5, "Order Up!", one of the optional potions Jesse can take to defeat Aiden is a speed potion which allows him/her to move faster and slow his/her perception of time. His/her one-liner for taking the potion is " Gotta go fast ".

By using the Sonic Amiibo or clearing 100 Mario Challenge on Expert or Super Expert as a random unlockable, Mario can use the Mystery Mushroom to transform into an 16-bit of Sonic. It uses sounds from the Genesis games, including "Act Clear" and "Game Over" from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 . This feature is only available when the player is designing a level based on the original Super Mario Bros. game.

By using the Sonic Amiibo, players can change Yoshi's appearance identical to Sonic's.

A tactical role-playing game crossover between Capcom, SEGA, and Bandai Namco Entertainment. In the game, couple of references to Sonic are made: at the start of Chapter 6, one of Ling Xiayou's lines is "Gotta go fast", one of the examples Ling Xiayou provides when telling the characters to look for inscrutable signs is "The Two-Tailed Fox" in chapter 21 and in chapter 34 Segata Sanshiro states he should have brought a Spring from the Spring Yard Zone .

The eighth installment in the main Mario Kart series. Version 4.0 allows the game to unlock a Sonic racing suit for Mii by using the Sonic Amiibo. The Nintendo Switch port, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe , allows this too.

A Enhanced version of the RPG game Monster Hunter 4 . An upcoming DLC for the 3DS Game where the Felyn dress up as Sonic and wields Excaliburn from Sonic and the Black Knight . Also announced was a Guild Card themed of Sonic.

In Puyo Puyo Tetris , similar to Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary , the game featured Sonic the Hedgehog -themed Puyos and Tetriminoes the player can use in place of the game's Puyos and Tetriminoes' default appearance.

After waking up in a seemingly empty void, Neptune tries to call out for anyone and mentions that she will not be blamed for "collecting rings floating by the ground". Another reference was present in one of the sub-events on the nation of Planeptune, where a herd of " speedy blue hedgehogs " run past by the heroines. The group observes that the herd went to a pachinko-resembling building, referencing the frequent casino-themed levels in the series at the time. These references are not present in the Hyperdimension Neptunia Re:Birth 1 remake.

A turn-based JRPG that stars Neptune, an amnesiac goddess that represents Sega, as she travels through the entire world with her newfound companions to save the world of Gamindustri from an unknown threat.

Though Sonic and Tails have speaking roles in some commercials, they and others are often background characters, rendered using their Sonic Adventure models.

In a commercial for a McDonald's Happy Train set for their anniversary, Sonic is featured (along with other non-McDonald's characters such as Barbie) helping Ronald McDonald decorate for a party. Another commercial included Buster and Babs Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures .

Sonic offers the kid a Happy Meal, and even says McDonalds' famous "I'm Lovin' It" slogan.

A McDonalds TV ad for their Sonic Heroes promotion. The ad shows a kid falling after doing tricks on a skateboard, hallucinating, and seeing Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.

Sonic, along with AiAi from Super Monkey Ball , appear as some of the captured characters.

The commercial shows a fictitious situation where JoyRide actually captures characters in order to get their detailed sculpts.

This commercial features their Sonic Adventure 2 action figure, as well as Sonic himself.

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Tosh.0 - Season 2 ep. 16 "WoW Freakout (Investigation)" (14 July 2010) Sonic

Miles "Tails" Prower

Buzzer

Splash Hill Zone Comedian, Daniel Tosh showcased a speed run of Emerald Hill Zone on Tosh.0, his stand-up/web video show on Comedy Central. After he shows the video, Tosh then told (and showed) everyone that he does a 'speed run' of his own to get to work every week. In another episode, a clip showing a high school women's basketball game, Sonic is painted in a wall, holding a basketball. That pose is clearly taken from the Sonic Adventure 2 pose. In yet another episode, Tosh is explaining "Parkouring" (aka Free-Running) and says that Sonic died while going through a triple corkscrew, with a screenshot of Sonic running through that "triple corkscrew" in Splash Hill Zone.

WWE SmackDown (2010) Sonic CM Punk, a pro-wrestler is seen wearing a Sonic T-shirt in the ring. However, this episode was never shown on television, as at that time SmackDown was doing house shows in Europe.

Jeopardy - (14 February 2011) Sonic the Hedgehog A new twist is added to this long running trivia game show. An IBM Supercomputer called "Watson" competes against the show's two highest earning contestants. The way it works is after the question is asked, all three contestants are given 3 answers to choose from. As an example, 3 games were shown on screen, the 2nd one being Sonic the Hedgehog.

MAD - Season 1 ep. 16 "The Straight A-Team/Gaming's Next Top Princess" (28 February 2011) Amy Rose An animated parody show based on the ever popular MAD Magazine which pokes fun at anything and everything that is the least bit popular. In this episode they had a parody of America's Next Top Model called Gaming's Next Top Princess. Amongst the candidates is Amy Rose (probably a reference to Sonic CD where she's named Princess Sally in the Western Manuals). It should be noted that Amy is the only character that is not drawn as a parody, that is, with another look or colors.

MAD - Season 1 ep. 23 "TwiGH School Musical/Avenger Time" (30 May 2011) Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic's Shoes

Animal friends In this episode they had an ad parody of Sonic Brand Sneakers.

All Worked Up - episode 34 (2011) Sonic the Hedgehog (mentioned) In All Worked Up, a midget, who is very upset, enters Lizard Lick Towing Company asking where his car is because he was repossessed and told to come and get his car. Once Ron and Bobby walk in and greet the midget, the midget asks Bobby, “What do you want, Sonic the Hedgehog?” as if he was trying to insult him even though Bobby is taller than him. N/A

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest... - Season 11, ep. 3 "World's Dumbest Thrill-Seekers 2" (16 June 2011) Sonic the Hedgehog In one segment, a teenager does a live action video of Sonic the Hedgehog by running and doing flips over things while the special effects make it look like he is collecting rings as he is doing these stunts.

The Looney Tunes Show - Season 1, ep 10, "Eligible Bachelors" (5 July 2011) Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote "Winter Blunderland" Shuttle loop (reference) After Wile E. Coyote froze the desert with the ACME Insta-Winter, a shuttle loop like structure is seen. Later on he chases The Road Runner through the shuttle loop.

Jeopardy - (8 July 2011) Sonic

Tails In the annual kids week of the popular trivia show Jeopardy!, a category came up during Double Jeopardy called "Cute and Cuddly". The $800 question said Tails is the large-eyed friend of this hedgehog. A contestant instantly ringed in and said "Who is Sonic?" winning the $800. N/A

Breaking Bad - Season 4, ep. 4 "Bullet Points" (7 August 2011) Sonic the Hedgehog

Amy Rose In the fourth season of this popular AMC drama, there is a scene where Jesse Pinkman takes a woman upstairs to his bedroom, and the two of them sit on his bed and start playing video games. The scene cuts to the TV screen where we see they are playing Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing as Sonic and Amy. You can hear multiple soundbites from the game including Sonic yelling "Gotcha".

Ben-To - Ep. 2 "Mackerel Boiled in Miso Bento 674kcal" (16 October 2011) Sonic The anime Ben-to, is about a teenager named Sato who has to fight every night at the convenience store for half-priced Ben-to meals. After he finally gets one, he receives a message on his phone which has wallpaper of Sonic.

Parks and Recreation - Season 4 ep. 5 "Meet 'n' Greet" (27 October 2011) Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) Rob Swanson is disgusted as he searches through a homemade tool kit which contains many random items. One item he pulls out is Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) for the Sega Genesis. He says "Some cartridge. It says 'Sonic' and 'Hedgehog'." He holds the game up.

Wakfu - Season 2 ep. 15 "Wabbit Island" (12 November 2011) Zones (reference) The Brotherhood of Tofu are chibified to run through the Wabbit Dungeon side-scrolling platform style. Rolling down tunnels, through a shuttle loop and Ruel looses kamas from getting hurt from lava.

Dofus: The Treasures of Kerubim - Ep. 5 Shuttle loop

Ring Kerub falls on snow while rolling and becomes a snowball. The screen changes to a side-scrolling platform style, and Kerub falls in the middle of a shuttle loop after taking a ring, losing one of his lives.

The Simpsons - Season 23 ep. 5 "The Food Wife" (13 November 2011) Sonic The Simpson family attend "E4" (a parody of "E3" the world's largest annual video game convention). In the background of a shot, a very Sonic looking character can be seen in the background that almost looks like a fusion between Sonic and Blaze.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - (24 November 2011 – 28 November 2013) Sonic Sonic makes his triumphic return to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to celebrate his 20th Anniversary. During the broadcast, music from Splash Hill Zone from the Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I was played while the announcers described the Sonic balloon (that music was played again in 2012). He has since been in the Parade since 2011, although in 2012, the people holding the balloon also wore a Red Cross Pin to honor the victims of Hurricane Sandy, which hit the New York City Area a month before the Parade. He made his last appearance on November 28, 2013 after SEGA announced on August 26, 2014 that the balloon will not appear at the 2014 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.[18]

iPod Touch Commercial (December 2011) Sonic

Dr. Eggman Apple released a new television commercial for their iPod Touch. The new commercial shows teenagers communicating with friends, playing games, and just having fun. One shot in the commercial is of Sonic racing Dr. Eggman in the iPod version of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.

Jeopardy - (7 December 2011) Sonic (mentioned) In one category, named "Urban Dictionary Lingo", the first question was "Drop one letter off the species Sonic is, and you'll get a word". N/A

Progressive Auto Insurance commercial (6 January 2012) Sonic

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 soundtrack Sonic runs around the Progressive store while Flo and another worker watch. The commercial uses two soundtracks from Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The invincibility music plays as he runs and the extra life music plays after Flo tells him about their price compare.

Wakfu - Season 2 ep. 22 "The Silence of the Rings" (28 January 2012) Emerald Hill Zone (reference)

Shuttle loop (reference)

Rings

Super Peel Out The title card depict Percidal running towards the episodes villain Cassis riding a mecha, the image reminiscent to Emerald Hill Zone with rings scattered among the place.

Carrossel - First episode (May 21, 2012) Classic Sonic sound effects In a part of the episode Davi and Marcelina are playing in a minigame and some sounds effects of the old Sonic games from Mega Drive can be heard. N/A

MAD - Season 3 ep. 1 "The Iron Giant Lady/Raising a New Hope" (28 May 2012) Bunnie Rabbot When a look is taken at what a lady version of what The Iron Giant would look like, the success of other lady robots is briefly looked at. Bunnie is included in this, defeating Chuck Norris as a martial arts tournament. However, this is somewhat inaccurate, as Bunnie is a cyborg.

MAD - Season 3 ep. 2 "Yawn Carter/Franklin & Crash" (4 June 2012) Sonic the Hedgehog During Franklin & Crash, a parody of Franklin & Bash, at the trial, prosecutor Sonic the Hedgehog presents compelling video evidence showing the Prince of All Cosmos in the process of creating various katamaris.

News 2 This Morning on WKRN - (15 June 2012) Sonic (mentioned)

Tails (mentioned)

Spin Dash (mentioned) On WKRN, (a news show that only airs in and around Nashville, Kentucky) a video of a white hedgehog was shown having trouble getting out of a sink with shallow water. Female reporter, Heather Jensen, commented that the hedgehog will need Tails to get out. She later commented that he should curl into a ball and press C. N/A

Gravity Falls - Season 1 ep. 10, "Fight Fighters" (14 September 2012) Rings (mentioned) In the episode, one of the main characters, Dipper, mentions Gold Rings when talking about normal power-ups to a video game character. N/A

MAD - Season 3 ep. 11 "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus/Adjustment Burro" (27 September 2012) Sonic the Hedgehog

Dr. Eggman During Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus, a parody of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Robotnik can be seen as students at Video Game School.

World War Blue (20 October 2012 – 4 April 2013) (Dubbed 6 February 2017 - 20 February 2017) Sonic the Hedgehog (reference)

Tails (reference)

Sega (reference)

Nintendo (reference)

Other various game series and characters (reference)

Crush 40 (reference)

Rings The main character Gear (name reference to the Sega Game Gear) is obviously based on Sonic due to his blue hair and clothes, desire to run and his incredible "Killer Power" speed. In fact, the entire series is based on the Console Wars. Gear joins the Segua Army after the loss of his best friend Til who was killed by Ninteldo soldiers. Til being based on Tails is blond, wears yellow (with slight orange/brown tinge) yet has blue eyes and refers to Gear as his brother. His reputation in the war earned him the name "Blue Sonic". During the credits, sparkling gold rings can be seen with Gear standing by a checkered background. The English dub is heavy with the references to various console slogans and video game memes. Sega and Sonic memes such as "Gotta Go Fast" as well as quotes of lyrics from Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 are used in talk throughout the series.

MAD - Season 3 ep. 19 "Here Comes the Doom/Brain Purge" (29 November 2012) Sonic

Dr. Eggman During Koopa Troopa, Gutsman, & Kracko, parody of Mario, Mega Man and Kirby, Sonic and Dr. Eggman make a cameo appearance (note that Sonic's colour scheme is purple rather than blue in the segment). N/A

Impractical Jokers - Season 1, ep. 2 "Love Expert" (14 January 2013) Sonic the Hedgehog (cameo) The Jokers, Sal, Q, Murr, and Joe are in Times Square trying to give away free tickets to a broadway play. In the explanation, a person in a Sonic the Hedgehog costume can be seen in the background chatting with onlookers in multiple shots. N/A

Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation - ep. 1 "The Goddess (Neptune) of Planeptune" (12 July 2013) Sega

Sonic Purple Heart (Neptune's goddess form), who represents Sega, mentions the Sega slogan, "Welcome to the Next Level", as part of her introduction to the ceremony. This was mentioned in the English dub only. In a later scene, after Histoire gets extremely frustrated at Neptune, Neptune shouts "Sonic Jump!" as she plays a video game.

Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation - ep. 11 "The Emissary (Aggressor) of Old" (20 September 2013) Sonic

Rings

Green Hill Zone A festival was held by Neptune in celebration after stopping a national invasion and the rise of her nation's shares. In the festival, Neptune accidentally bumps into Abnes and drops a chest full of golden rings that she was holding. After receiving a call from Blanc for a meeting, she then volunteers Abnes to help with Nepgear. Nepgear then instructs Abnes to put the rings into the "Green Hill" attraction. In a later scene, Abnes can be seen bumping into a green Sonic mascot.

Teen Titans Go! - Season 1 ep. 29, "Starfire the Terrible" (16 October 2013) Sonic the Hedgehog (reference) When Robin tries restyling his hair in one part of the Episode, one of the Hairstyles resemble Sonic's quills.

Trust Me, I'm a Gameshow Host - Season 1 ep. 5, "Patricia Canale" (19 November 2013) Sonic (reference) One of the hosts, comedian Michael Ian Black, told the contestant, Patricia, this fact: "President Bill Clinton was an inspiration for the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog". She ended up "trusting" the other host, comedian D.L. Hughley, who was actually lying about his fact about Pizza Hut being the only pizzeria allowed to deliver to the White House. She ended up losing the round as a result. N/A

LOL :-) - Season 3 (2013) Sonic

Dr. Eggman In one of the sketches of the Canadian comedy television series, a man tries to obtain a plush toy playing one of the rides inside a luna park. Several plush toys that can be won can be seen, including a a plush toy of Sonic by Nanco.

Steven Universe - Season 1 ep. 16, "Steven the Sword Fighter" (9 April 2014) Sonic

meme Steven was showing HoloPearl how to behave like Pearl by organising his toys. The set of figurines placed bear resemblance to Pikachu (with a head-antenna like that of a Moogle), Gitaroo Man, Sonic (who bares resemblence to the "Gotta Go Fast/Sanic" fan picture) and Cloud Strife.

TripTank - Season 1 ep. 8, "XXX Overload" (21 May 2014) Sonic (reference) A dark satire show that consist of a variety of animated sketches. In the Bethiffer sketch "Game Hole", Bethany and Jennifer go to a game shop and damage the Virtus Edge causing Bethany to appear like Bowser and Jennifer to appear like Princess Peach. In the "fight" the store clerk Tim appears similar to Sonic.

Steven Universe - Season 1 ep. 39, "Future Vision" (29 January 2015) Sonic (reference) A second toy that bares resemblence more to Sonic was seen later on in the series as Steven was getting rid of his old toys.

Assassination Classroom - Season 1 ep. 5, "Assembly Time" (13 February 2015) Sonic (reference) After drinking Sodium Hydroxide, Koro-Senseis head turned blue and grew various horns.

Steven Universe - Numerous episodes (Amethyst and Jasper) Spin Dash In the show Amethyst is shown many times using a technique that is very similar to the spin dash to attack other gems. Jasper also used such a technique against her battles with the Crystal Gems.

Lucas Bros. Moving Co. - Season 2 ep. 10, "Honey, I Shrunk the Bros" (27 March 2015) Sonic (reference)

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog/SatAM The Government assigns the Lucas Bros to free the memory of Steve Urkel from Jaleel White's mind. Jaleel White appears in the episode as a shut-in who has cut himself off from the rest of the world. In his run-down home, a picture of Sonic from SatAM hangs on his wall, and he wears a Sonic t-shirt, obviously a reference to his voice acting in the 90s Sonic cartoons.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season 2 ep. 19, "The Dirty Half Dozen" (28 April 2015) Sonic (reference)

Rings (reference) Skye makes a joke about Raina because of her new appearance, saying "I thought her gift was spinning really fast to collect gold rings".

The Morning Show (2015) Sonic The Morning Show is a Canadian morning talk show that airs on Global Television. similar to the Today Show. During an interview with Jesse Sukunda and Julia Schwartz, 2 of the 3 hosts of "Gaming Show in my Parents' Garage" that airs on Disney XD, a video shows Jesse play Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric at SEGA of America's HQ. Then later on in the video, Sonic walks around the office doing certain things for the employees. Sonic also makes several other appearances in Gaming Show itself. N/A

Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation - (7 January 2016 – 31 March 2016) Sega (reference, franchise)

Sonic Team (reference)

Sonic (reference)

Tails (reference) The Seiga Academy (the name itself is a reference to Sega) has a pool in it's center which is shaped like the logo of Sonic Team. In episode 4, Sonic appears as a doll in a gallery shooting game. Sonic and Tails plush toys are again seen in a crane claw machine in episode 6. Yutaka Sasaki has a yellow phone with Tails' face on it. He also owns Sonic like pyjamas as seen in episode 8.





Family Guy - Season 14 ep. 18, "The New Adventures of Old Tom" (May 8, 2016) Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) During the scene where Lois is talking to Peter while the latter plays a fictional video game called "Michael Douglas' Munch-Out", various video game boxes can be seen on the shelves behind them. One of them has cover art resembling that of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

Os Under-Undergrounds - Season 1 ep. 21 "O Cavaleiro James" (July 18, 2016) Sonic One of the skeletons of the heroes who were defeated by the black knight in the past closely resembles Sonic.

The Amazing World of Gumball - Season 5 ep. 5 "The Vision" (October 6, 2016) Doctor Eggman One of the selected faces to replace Alan Keane's greatly resembles Doctor Eggman.

Marcus Level - Ep. 38 "The Good, the Bad and the Mule" (November 16, 2017) Sonic

Various gaming references. In a race to deliver the most newspaper by mule and wagon, Ephi grabbed power-ups from question blocks. One of the power-ups recoloured Gladis the mule to that of Sonic's colours.

The Amazing World of Gumball - Season 5 ep. 28 "The Uncle" (March 7, 2017) Mario

Sonic Ocho's Uncle is by all means similar to Mario. However, Ocho claims to also have another uncle who is a fast, blur hedgehog, in reference to Sonic the Hedgehog. Furthermore, Gumball runs exactly like Sonic at the end of the episode.

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes - Season 1 ep. 20 "Everybody Like Rad?" (August 18, 2017) Power Sneakers

Shadow the Hedgehog

Amy Rose The character Crinkly Wrinkly, a reoccuring background character throughout the show, wears yellow shoes that look similar to Sonic's shoes.

In "Everybody Like Rad?", a minor character at RadCon, named Shadamy, has her pink bangs shaped like Amy's, pink hair shaped like Shadow's quills, limbs colored peach, wears cuffs and shoes resembling Inhibitor Rings and Hover Shoes, and white gloves. Shadamy is an obvious reference to a popular fan pairing of Shadow the Hedgehog and Amy Rose.

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes - Season 1 ep. 24 "One Last Score" (September 1, 2017) Rouge the Bat Ginger convinced K.O. into one last heist. She wears a jumpsuit with heart chestplate similar to Rouge the Bat's jumpsuit except with yellow instead of pink. Her neckerchief may also reference Rouge's wings.

Craig of the Creek - Pilot (1 December 2017) Sonic Craig has a poster in his room of "Slide the Ferret" who somewhat resembles Sonic.

La Casa de Papel - Season 2 ep. 2 "Money Heist" (April 6, 2018) Sonic In season 2's second episode, in a scene where the Professor is in the police station after beating Alberto, Raquel's ex husband, in a fight, an extra who is wearing a Sonic T-Shirt is briefly seen passing by.

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes! - Season 2 ep. 10 "T.K.O.'s House" (May 18, 2018) Sonic Adventure 2: Battle At the end of the episode, K.O. and T.K.O. play a game called Chip Adventure 2 Battle, a reference to Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.

Ben 10 (2016) - Season 2 ep. 21 "That's The Stuff" (May 14, 2018) Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie Ben as the Omni-Enhanced Four Arms fights a shapeshifter, who is also in the form of the Omni-Enhanced Four Arms. As they fight, Ben says to the shapeshifter "You might know everything I'm gonna do but that ain't no good because I know everything you're gonna do!". This dialogue is a reference to the line that Sonic states during his fight against Hyper Metal Sonic in Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie.

Emmerdale (December 26, 2018) Sonic Mania Plus After Bob Hope accidentally got his children PlayStation 3 games for Christmas instead of PlayStation 4, he goes out the next day to return them and get the correct games. The one game he returns with is a slightly worn copy of Sonic Mania Plus.

Craig of the Creek - The Great Fossil Rush (February 25, 2019) Ring

Power Sneakers A kid is breifly seen wearing a T-shirt with a yellow ring on it and a pair of red shoes with white buckles.

Amphibia - "Best Fronds" (June 17, 2019) Dreamcast

Sonic Adventure A Sega Dreamcast and some games can be seen under the counter in a thrift store. The two visible games appear to be Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi.

Amphibia - "Anne Theft Auto" (June 24, 2019) Sonic When Anne and Bessie are surrounded by hedgehogs, one of them was blue in color, resembling Sonic.[19]

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes - Season 3 ep. 20 "Thank You for Watching the Show" (September 6, 2019) Doctor Eggman

Rings When K.O. was experiancing time skips and was confronting Boxman, one of Boxmans forms were "Dr. Roboxman" while he was surrounded by seven rings. A later scene depicts posters of former episodes throughout the series. One of those posters was a gold ring.

Hi Score Girl II - Episode 5 "Round 20" (November 24, 2019) Sega

Sonic the Fighters Sonic the Hedgehog Bean the Dynamite

Hi Score Girl is a '90s romantic comedy between Harou Yaguchi, a dedicated arcade gamer growing up in Japans coin-up gaming scene and his gaming rivalry and friendship with Akira Ono. Many fighting games are seen throughout the series, as well as Sega arcade games such as Virtua Fighters and Fighting Vipers. A scene in the second season (called Hi Score Girl II) depicts Sonic the Fighters as one of the many arcade games visable in the background.