People Continued Joking About The ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Trailer And Trying To ‘Fix’ It

The first trailer for the mostly live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie arrived on Tuesday, and some people had strong feelings about it. To be fair, the trailer was better than I expected. To also be fair, my expectations were set at “surprise catheterization” level. That’s a low bar to hopefully not jam into any urethras.

People had already been joking about Sonic’s legs and his appearance in the first poster, the second poster, and the style guide. Now, with the trailer, Twitter users also had something to say about THE TEETH and the use of Coolio’s “Gangster’s Paradise” throughout the trailer. Weird Al Yankovic arguably had the best response about the latter, tweeting, “I’m not sure how comfortable I am with them using a parody of ‘Amish Paradise’ in the Sonic the Hedgehog trailer.”

Funny reactions to the trailer have continued to pour in since its release, and we’ve already seen a truer-to-life version of the story:

— Лиля (@lo_lifer) April 30, 2019

Meanwhile, other people decided the film is unmitigated nightmare fuel:

— Daniel Howell (@danielhowell) April 30, 2019

Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie: What if we were back in the 90s but also, simultaneously, in hell

— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) April 30, 2019

Sonic the hedgehog looks promising pic.twitter.com/pkLtGkIqUd

— morgan sybert (@yeastybeastyUwU) April 30, 2019

Some people pondered the design process:

— Peach Saliva (@PeachSaliva) April 30, 2019

no one:

not a soul:

literally not a single person:

me: ok i'll ask. where are sonic's genitals pic.twitter.com/HdUYoRWepc

— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 30, 2019

The mockery continued:

— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) April 30, 2019

the best parts of the sonic trailer are when dr robotnik calls someone “basic” and when sonic checks his daily step count app on his smartwatch. everybody loves when movies do that sort of stuff

— my insurance doesnt cover waterslide injuries (@KrangTNelson) April 30, 2019

the real sonic movie is watching every one of these commercials in a row pic.twitter.com/IK2gwKphDs

— my insurance doesnt cover waterslide injuries (@KrangTNelson) April 30, 2019

wow the trailer for the new Sonic movie looks so good @mega64 pic.twitter.com/Zrzcvs0Wir

— gohome (@ne0ge0_) April 30, 2019

Oh, hey, Jim Carrey’s in this.

— chris person (@Papapishu) April 30, 2019

I’m not happy with how they changed the plot of Sonic pic.twitter.com/JbqOwYz89F

— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) April 30, 2019

Maybe that California court was too harsh when it sentenced Jim Carrey to appear in this movie for causing a measles outbreak

— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) April 30, 2019

People couldn’t help but compare Sonic the Hedgehog to another fuzzy movie character adapted from a long-running video game franchise, Detective Pikachu:

— Basketball Jones (@DDoherty23_) April 30, 2019

Calling it now: Detective Pikachu is the new MCU and the Sonic the Hedgehog movie is the new DCU. pic.twitter.com/nCkstaB9aZ

— Jason Arriola (@darthmeticulous) April 30, 2019

pic.twitter.com/aRmR6kArB3

— detective pikachu stunt double (@cubeyrose) April 30, 2019

when i see peers popping off about Detective Pikachu and Sonic on here I imagine my dad in 1992 coming home from a long day of work and calling his friends to argue with them about the design of the bat from Ferngully

— dave horwitz (@Dave_Horwitz) April 30, 2019

Comparisons were also made to other movies:

— Ryboflavin (@_ryboflavin_) April 30, 2019

The Sonic Movie is just a sequel to Hop or at the very least takes place in the same universe. You can’t convince me otherwise! pic.twitter.com/MRf8WggD3y

— Kayla O'Brien (@nightwing_o) April 30, 2019

pic.twitter.com/IhS6TWNm0v

— Saberspark (@Saberspark) April 30, 2019

More Coolio jokes were shared:

— Chris Sawyer (@HarpyFeathers) April 30, 2019

We're blue and speedy guys

Livin' in a hedgehog's paradise

I know a fox that flies

Livin' in a hedgehog's paradise

Grabbing rings earns extra lives

Livin' in a hedgehog's paradise

The evil Robotnik tries

Livin' in a hedgehog's paradise

— boss wombat (@yerpalmildsauce) April 30, 2019

As were jokes about THE TEETH, and yes, we have to capitalize that every time:

— Crows Crows Crows (@crowsx3) April 30, 2019

I hope "sonic's teeth!" becomes a phrase like "odin's beard!"

— Matt Cummings (@EiffelArt) April 30, 2019

remember to take good care of them sonic :) pic.twitter.com/GRTBgXyvFw

— Jackie (@_itsjackielee) April 30, 2019

I can't believe you guys were right pic.twitter.com/5PrpobudZx

— Jenny Nicholson (@JennyENicholson) April 30, 2019

Some artists thought they could improve Sonic’s look:

— Edward Pun (@EdwardPun1) April 30, 2019

Relax, everyone. It's nothing some good ol' Buscemi eyes can't fix. pic.twitter.com/2Hw2yWi3E7

— Cal Skuthorpe (@buzz_clik) May 1, 2019

Even a GIF of the character Sonic’s voice actor played in Parks and Recreation made an appearance:

— Henry Sharpe (@bone_sharpe) April 30, 2019

Speaking of Ben Schwartz, he’s already shown he has a sense of humor about the (non)seriousness of the whole thing when he shot his shot at the Golden Globes voters back in January:

— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) January 7, 2019

We’ll see where this goes when Sonic the Hedgehog opens November 8th.

(Hat tip to SyFy and Pleated Jeans)