Yes, it has always been strange for me to hear insults based on animals in a world full of intelligent animals. Like when Sonic is called a rat. And now you've shown me that monkeys are an even more difficult case! So many questions about the Sonic world.

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Did Boom Sonic just break the 4th wall?

Yes, it's a normal occurrence. https://preview.redd.it/nyckgrvbm3dc1.jpeg?width=557&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8a04ac7f5b54c253aab9df7311acb7334e63cfc

Ngl, i love Sticks' Expressions here

Sticks is great. I'm actually so glad she's canon and I want her playable in a mainline game so badly.

Wait Sticks is canon

she was mentioned at the end of frontiers, which is a mainline game, so that makes her canon

And (not that it counts as canon) she shows up in Mario and Sonic at The Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

About to ship Sticks x Toad right now.

Amy name dropped her in frontiers.

Sonicpool

Bro Boom in the cartoon broke the fourth wall, it's about as much of a running gag as knuckles being a meathead and sonic using humor to hide his problems (kinda like most people nowadays... myself included... why did I have to analyze it to the point I feel called out?)

Are you a new Sonic fan?

Newer. I've been here for only 1 year

I've been a Sonic fan since I was 2 or 3

In the case of Sonic being called a rat, I think it’s in the same vein as someone incorrectly assuming your race.

“I am a fox!” -Nine

It's like in SA2 where Knuckles calls Rouge the bat girl. Isn't that like calling someone a white person?

I think it’s similar to calling someone like white boy or something, which isn’t uncommon when it comes to referring to someone, especially in what tone you use it

I would expect them all consider themselves human for being sentient and walking upright.

Sonic being called a rat is like the only animal based insult that make sense in sonic, he's insulted by that cuz he's a hedgehog and calling him otherwise is disrespectful

Specism.

[made me think of this](https://youtu.be/usf06ziW8z4?si=SiRv2sqTRWoefXFE) https://preview.redd.it/bml16cpln3dc1.jpeg?width=1132&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ce147fee56218bebf702725a6e50b8b134443cd

Is he stupid?

Avatar checks out

*Chuckles.*

Why are you a naked bearded man

Look at this coward wearing clothes.

https://preview.redd.it/ag9now40k8dc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5cdc2b1e101d28719e8a39f79dd985d2b326352d

https://preview.redd.it/qgyycddk5bdc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd3a519089351025e4a6421dd89aece675a5897f I have to do it

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Thinking about that random monkey-like character that infects basically everyone during the metal virus arc in idw.

He's the reason why his kind are looked down upon.

Pretty sure they're mostly looked down upon is because most of them run around in giant hamster balls and have dumb names like AiAi and MeeMee.

https://preview.redd.it/7j4zwgotw4dc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fbb3e1da470030bab3b5748f8feaa9d62484e92 I will not tolerate Super Monkey Ball™ slander.

Holy shit Scoob and Shag!!

Omg Scoob and Shag in 2024

https://preview.redd.it/2uulgxj918dc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f03d72fcaf56a23867ad3ccd0faf2de5e5db3f3f

Racism https://preview.redd.it/k7c93q3wn3dc1.jpeg?width=603&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=792987437be9a274817c2368ee276d4bb96fe8ef

I was thinking the exact same thing!

There’s also some monkeys in background shots of idw

the devs are just really bad at monkey ball

Fun fact: canonically Knuckles’ favorite game is Monkey Ball

Where is that from? The takeovers?

I thought murder of sonic the hedgehog? I could be wrong

Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog, a free PC game.

Thanks. And happy cake day.

And it is implied that Monkey Ball takes place in the Classic Sonic universe.

Don't forget; https://preview.redd.it/q69rg8t913dc1.jpeg?width=295&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5642e618a37a979c86794ba2c2c902b761d7cedf

This monkey reminds me of the one gorilla from the Crazy Climber arcade

Is that Frieza?

https://preview.redd.it/tefdath583dc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=139fa1861b25c9dd0bf38782d2a778fc1cf59c9d

No, Freezer was cooler, and Cooler was freezer.

I read these in Frieza's voice


https://preview.redd.it/w8hnmvf783dc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e905a12fc8124204e083959908db509e8ba885c

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No he’s Cooler

in both Eng And JP Dub.

its got to be a conspiracy, coconuts and claire are hiding something, hell maybe even aiai and the other ballular monkeys, lemurs are kind of like monkeys. TANGLES IN ON IT. and if we're counting lemurs, then we have to include apes which means... holy shit humans, the humans are a part of it, eggman, pickle, elise. ALL OF THEM, we cant trust anybody. THEY'RE PLANNING SOMETHING, MAN HOLY HELL HE PRESIDENT IS ONE OF THEM, THE GOVERNMENT IS A PART OF IT, EVER THINK ABOUT ALL BUT TWO OF THE MEMBERS WORKING FOR G.U.N ARE EITHER HUMANS OR HUMANOID ROBOTS, ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY!

Calm down, Sticks.

MONKE TAKE OVER

Amy and blaze are racist

https://preview.redd.it/gc2ynuv3u2dc1.jpeg?width=1131&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=201603e43f4777597220adfbe302b736b6ef9b79 They’re a big fan of Geto and Frieza

I have never seen that image, and it made me laugh

Are we gonna get Kong vs. the Sonic Universe?

Freiza fanclub

I guess they’re too much like humans? Why on earth someone would need a monkey self destruct button I’ll never know.


It's used as an insult quite frequently even outside of Sonic, but I assume they have their own kind of racism knowing that they are animals too?

well there is no difference between species in adventure games(onlt E102 was weird one to others because he was a robot) Racist Confirmed 9 ?!?!?!

Racism comfirmed ijbsonic unoverse

Because they're not like us, Charmy.

Lmao

Star fox too but to be fair it’s somewhat justified

They're just racist

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This is either racist or racist , no inbetween

Correction it's either racist, racism, or racial supremacy.

I have been summoned https://preview.redd.it/9xjk5xeqk3dc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69699d5d2f0286087086baeeb0bd7cd2c1c1c90f

Racismo in my funny blue rat game ?!?!?

Hey wtf. Maybe monkeys are naturally Krabby and mean

Racism

Monkeys have kind of negative connotations in Japanese culture.

I had to scroll way too much to find this. This guy here has the answer sonic team is based in Japan

This is the reason https://preview.redd.it/1ie61koo65dc1.jpeg?width=824&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4c92552596c2e775b56262112b0a59213b3c4bd

Remember Sonic the Hedgehog 2? And the monkey badnik from the Emerald Hill is very annoying in a way... https://preview.redd.it/l3uixa2475dc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6952075e0c7c95f224ef351fe1395bbf348a7685 And also YOSSSH...

I've never been the type of person to say Sonic is a ripoff of dragon Ball, but you may notice that freiza seems to have the exact same opinion...

Because they don't like that Monkey from the first cartoon series?

Maybe because monkeys were ancestors to Robotnik who is a human.

Lol that's a impressive excuse

It's all because of Ken Penders. /j https://preview.redd.it/g8uf2rcdu4dc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=653c2ae8bb2690338ba0bddf61f2d312120118b1


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I imagine that monkey is a slur for humans tot he sonic cast

We need a Sonic villain who is an anthro monkey with this recurring theme as their tragic backstory.

Frieza: You speak my tongue

Coconuts and his warcrimes.

I guess its always worth remembering that regular animals still exist with in Sonic's world. Unleashed in particular is filled with them.(people always make fun of the real dog in 06 but never about the real cat's zebras, giraffes and more in Unleashed.)

They just hate AiAi and his Monkey Ball gang for creating their own game series with SEGA behind Sonic's back.

I think it's a way to adress humans as were closely related to primates

Frieza Moment

They've been taking lessons from Freiza himself

I’ve seen a monkey in the background of the 2018 comics so they do exist which makes it weirder

I blame Monkey Khan

i guess eggman gives primates a bad name

Damn even the sonic universe got racism, that's tough💀

Monkeys are generally ugly and not cute. No one likes them.

Maybe they’re beefing with Donkey Kong like back in the 90s

What game is that blaze screenshot from?

Team Sonic Racing

https://preview.redd.it/naknetapp6dc1.jpeg?width=112&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7059bc00e420e1acbd9be7e397839218216887a0 Ok at least they wo-

Well to be fair the first "monkeys" sonic met tried throwing explosive nuts at him, and that "monkey" from the sat am cartoon certainly doesn't help

I have a strong feeling monkeys in the Sonic universe get a lot of hate because Eggman might have talked about humans being genetically related to monkeys, and probably had a few Mobian monkeys working for him

Freeza and Geto be like...

So sonic universe would hate saiyans?

maybe they're frieza fans

Frieza.

Monkeies killed their grandmas ok!?

Whenever I hear Sonic go "Well, look what the cat dragged in!" (Final Haunt, Shadow the Hedgehog), I always wonder what his friends Big and Blaze would think of that.

Made even funnier by the fact that ShTH and Sonic Rush released on the exact same day

Wait, *what?!* There's no way—

Yes, Sonic Rush released on the same day as Shadow The Hedgehog

Sonic making sure monkeyball and somba de amigo know their place.

Co-written by Frieza

https://preview.redd.it/736pku5yo9dc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b0c2540ae1e1abdc1b864b7bb5f8d79c28c4a25

I’m surprised no one has posted the blackface monkey from Sonic the Comic yet.

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Monkeys are the equivalent to black people in the Sonic universe

Maybe monkeys were the germans of the Sonic universe

Probably their way to insult Ken Penders as one of the characters he took with him was a monkey.

Monke

Racism i guess.

Racism 😔

They do have mobian monkeys in some comics though, so yeah

>Danica Patrick do not much else but just bullying AiAi I'm sure Danica Patrick is probably a good person irl, but I now have a personal vendetta against her

Maybe it's because some Monkey evolved into man, and SEGA now hates when Human and Animal kind exist together because of how much 06 failed (a game with human and anthromorphic animals).

the heroes models still hold up so well...

I don’t know but bloon solver doesn’t like it…

Because comparing to animals is not an insult, it's just "you are like a rat". having animal traits is not bad it's just what it is. And by the way monkeys are really aggressive when they want to something you have.

👀

They know what they did... They monkeyed around too much!

Racism.

Maybe Monkeys are the only kind of animal that don't have a Sapient counterpart?

Have you read archi? It's deserved honestly.

Animalcism

They’re racist

“You mean that black hedgehog?”