Looking For The Most Niche Sonic Character

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Welcome, one and all to...

from the referee of @sonic-nonbinary-knockout and @sonic-macguffin-matchup comes a tournament inspired by an offhanded comment from another ref i forget who i'm sorry. but we're here to decide who is the least well-known character from the sonic the hedgehog franchise!

submissions are now open again (closing at 128 eligible submissions)

vote for whoever you don't know. if you only learned about a character from seeing them on this blog, treat them as if you don't know them.

this poll was inspired by the likes of... *deep breath*

@idwsonicshowdown @sonicgirlsmackdown @sonic-stairs-smackdown @sonicvillaindeathmatch @sonicaroaceshowdown @sonic-oc-showdown @sonicocshowdown @the-sonic-duo-throw-down @sonicpoorlittlemeowmeowshowdown @best-infinite-brawl @best-sonic-soundtracks @tailsgadgetshowdown @sonicshipbattles @bestsonicshowdown @bestactualsonicshowdown @bestsonichuman @sonicskinsmackdown @sonicuniversesmackdown @sonic-transmasc-swag-tourney @sonic-transfem-swag-tourney @themurderofsonic-knockout @sonic-instrumental-matchup @thepeakofsonicmusic @amyroseshowdown and others

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underneath the cut is the roster for the now-defunct sonic obscurity opposition. it contains 120 characters, along with a maybe and a probably not list taken directly from my notes when sorting through submissions. it is my hope that anyone who would have been invested in this poll reads them, and perhaps finds some appreciation for them.

PARTICIPANTS:

Saffron Bee (Archie)

Society Max (Fleetway)

Shortfuse the Cybernick (Fleetway)

Blockhead Bill (Fleetway)

Speedy (Tails Adventure)

1999 (Fleetway)

Da Bears (AoStH)

Zonic the Zone Cop (Archie)

Prefect Charyb & Prefect Scylla (Chronicles)

Humpty (AoStH)

Ifyoucan (Underground)

Grimer (Fleetway)

D-Fekt (Boom)

Ari (SatAM)

Hawk (Sonic X)

Johnny (Rush Adventure)

Mello Bee (Archie)

Has Bean (Mean Bean Machine)

Princess Alucion (Sirène)

Eric the Echidna (StH in the Fourth Dimension)

Relic the Pika (Archie)

Captain Oe (Archie)

Demo Duck (Dark Mobius Bean) (Archie)

Melody Prower (Archie)

Teri-Lu (Archie)

Iago the Echidna (Archie)

Brock the Echidna (Archie)

Dr. Quack (Archie)

Bartleby MontClair (Underground)

Pseudo Sonic (Archie)

Amadeus Prower (Archie)

Gae-Na (Archie)

Komi-Ko (Archie)

X Robot (Archie Sonic X)

Meringue the Rabbit (IDW)

Cyrus (Underground)

VerticAL and HorizontAL (Archie)

Mari-Su (Archie)

Wynmacher (Archie)

Rosie Woodchuck (Archie)

Vermin the Rat (Fleetway)

Bog Beasty (Underground)

Chomps (Underground)

Farrell (Underground)

Penelope the Hedgehog (AoStH)

Lucas (AoStH)

Filch (Fleetway)

Harpio (Fleetway)

Leaf (Fleetway)

Mello (Fleetway)

Simpson the Cat (Fleetway)

Old Sonic Clone (Fleetway)

Tufftee (Fleetway)

Lightmare (Fleetway)

Knuckles the Echidna

Cat (SatAM)

Aerial & Athena (Archie)

E-100 Lambda (Archie)

Ichneumon the White Mouse (StH and the Silicon Warriors)

Gaz and Del (Fleetway)

Mom with a Gambling Addiction NPC (Adventure 1)

Lumina Flowlight (Shuffle)

Princess Bee (Archie)

Hershey St. John (Archie)

Echo the Shark (Archie)

Cinos the Anti-Sonic (StH and in Fourth Dimension)

Rob o' the Hedge (Archie)

Juanita the Chameleon (Archie)

Marta the Echidna (Archie)

Liza the Chameleon

Bivalve Clam (Archie)

Duck "Bill" Platypus (Archie)

Griff (SatAM)

Barney the Chameleon (Archie)

Katella (Aosth) - Special request to use this specific image: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/c/c8/Katellaheart.png/revision/latest?cb=20160407210139

King Peter - (StH in Robotnik's Laboratory)

Colonel Percy Granite (Fleetway)

Hobidon (Sonic X)

Rhygenta (Archie)

Molly (Sonic X)

Ron (IDW)

Arctur the Dragonkin (StH and in Fourth Dimension)

Practice Robot (Fleetway)

Ash Mongoose (Archie)

Walt Wallaby (Archie)

Ebony (Fleetway)

Bimmy the Echidna (Archie)

The Narrator (LEGO Commercial)

Emperor Sleetus (Underground)

Luke Periwinkle (Underground)

Bellok (Underground)

Captain Squeegee (Underground)

Duke of Velcronia (Underground)

Mindy LaTour (Underground)

Lucinda (AoStH)

William Le Duck (AoStH)

Baby T (SatAM)

Dove (SatAM)

Nicholas O'Tyme (SatAM/Archie)

Heavy and Bomb (Knuckles' Chaotix)

Nerbs (Archie)

Lah the Ghost (Unleashed - Night of the Werehog)

Akhlut the Orca (Archie)

Karen (Stone's Ex Boss) (Sonic 2 Pre-quill)

Rava the Destroyer (Sonic 2 Pre-quill)

Nestor the Wise (Chronicles)

Radar the Echidna (Archie)

Kanewisher the Echidna (Archie)

Catweazle (Archie)

Snailbot (Sonic 2)

A.D.A.M. (Archie)

Alexis Acorn (Archie)

Megan Acorn (Archie)

Arthur Mongoose (Archie)

Avery the Bear (Archie)

Aypex (Archie)

Bagbar Beeblebrox (Archie)

Barney (Archie)

Bertha Kintobor (Archie)

Friday the Parrot (StH Adventure Gamebook 5: Theme Park Panic)

MAYBE:

Sonic the Human (Sega Hard Girls)

Thunder the Pasha (Archie) - It's not really a character is it?

The Freedom Team (Beta SatAM) - They're a whole team and also unreleased

Mecha Sonic Model No. 29 (Sonic the Fighters) - I think there was a popular youtube video about this character. Maybe Chaomix.

Galaxina (Sonic X) - May be obscure, haven't finished sonic x, but seems like she wouldn't be

Jimmy and Jilly (Fleetway) - two in one and also i'm very tired

Mr. Yuji Naka (ShtH05) - Not a character, only referenced in one voice line.

Evil Duck (SatAM) - Not real

Skull That Says "SEGA" (S3&K EU Ads) - Not really a character? We'll see.

Masado and Miwasco (Up on the Green Hill (Masado and Miwasco version)) - While they have done official work, I can't tell if this song is licensed.

Segata Sanshiro (Sonic R Ad) - Isn't a part of the world, just beats up some kids and holds up a SEGA Saturn

PROBABLY NOT:

Dave the Intern (Boom) - Popular

Tikal the Echidna (Adventure) - Extremely popular and prominent within the source material

Ian Jr. - Popular

Manic the Hedgehog (Underground) - Manic

Elias Acorn (Archie) - I haven't gotten that far in Archie but this guy is literally a king and Sally's brother

Orca - Iconic? Also an animal with no unique characteristics.

The Cow in the Triple Trouble Ad - An animal with no unique characteristics.

Dodon Pa (Team Sonic Racing) - Important Character in TSR

Santa Claus (AoStH) - That's Santa Claus

[sonic-obscurity-opposition]

hi

it's me

bet'cha forgot about me

well i didn't.

for nearly a year this blog and this prepared tournament has had permanent residence in the back of my mind. a source of anxiety and self-loathing. all because i couldn't draw a couple pictures.

and it's been so long. if i did manage to draw the promised pictures for use in the tournament, would it even be worth it?

running the nonbinary knockout and macguffin matchup was fun. i enjoyed interacting with people and feeling like i was actually participating in fandom, something i've historically had difficulty with. but it wasn't just me. i got to interact and riff off of other poll runners. it felt like it wasn't just me. but now the fad's died down. if i just resumed work now, i'd be standing alone. and that doesn't sound fun. that sounds scary.

i could launch the poll without any images. i could make quick scribbles. i could do any number of things to get this back on track. but it just wouldn't be fun. it'd be stressful, and i don't even know if anyone would participate in the polls now that the trend is essentially buried. i don't want to do something that would stress me out, especially when i'm supposed to be having fun alongside everyone else. if there even is an everyone else.

i'm quitting. i'm pulling the sonic obscurity opposition out of limbo and into hell. i think that's the best thing for me. in a moment, i'll post the list of characters that were going to be included. characters from all corners of the sonic franchise. i'm sure there are plenty you haven't heard of. and maybe you can give them some appreciation.

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i am so so sorry i could make all sorts of excuses but really none of them would sound good so i'll just say i really do plan on doing this and again i'm sorry

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it’s JJ Moto. you’re welcome.

ihavenoideawhatthismeans

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oh it's a character. well this isn't canceled. we'd say if it was canceled. we just gave myself a lot of work when i am known to freeze up in the face of so many tasks.

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it’s JJ Moto. you’re welcome.

ihavenoideawhatthismeans

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we're gonna try to finish two drawings but this second one has taken me actual days and i'm not even doing proper lines or anything. so don't be upset if we don't have it in us to do all 4 (afaik) contestants that don't have official art.

as previously stated, i have disorders.

sorry everyone

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brain is less scattered, so here's the plan.

we won't set deadlines for myself because i'm not fully certain we could meet them, but the general idea is this

draw the characters that don't have official art

make a bracket using an external tool

make the polls just using images of the characters

once we get to 64 contestants, we'll make a bracket more in line with the snbk and smm

we'll also make proper vs images similar to the snbk

this all may seem very obvious but sometimes just saying things helps to get you to do something

we want to do this!

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should probably update here.

i'll resume work on this tournament sometime soon. basically once i have time/motivation

if you want context for what happened you can check my main (@cloudsoffire)

the basic thing is i had something planned for the 28th and it fell through. but i was then occupied for another week.

i got home on the 3rd but my mind's been kinda scattered and i completely forgot to make this post.

[sonic-obscurity-opposition]

should probably update here.

i'll resume work on this tournament sometime soon. basically once i have time/motivation

if you want context for what happened you can check my main (@cloudsoffire)

the basic thing is i had something planned for the 28th and it fell through. but i was then occupied for another week.

i got home on the 3rd but my mind's been kinda scattered and i completely forgot to make this post.

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I am a anon that originated from the secret sonic showdown

-star★

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yay it's anon star

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Oh? What's this? A star?

-star★

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i truly truly genuinely hate to do this, but i'll be taking another break on the 28th, which, while a ways away, isn't enough time to run a tournament, let alone of this size.

therefore, i'm putting this project on hiatus for now.

sorry.

[cloudsoffire]

HEY

so um, funny thing

i REALLY need to get off the internet. or at least social media.

WHY?

because i'm fully spiraling and nobody needs or wants to see that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'll be gone for a little bit to save you all the bother.

that also means @sonic-obscurity-opposition is gonna be delayed even more!!! yay!!! but if i can, i'll use the time off to do some of the art i promised for it.

you may recall i did this before, and it only lasted for like a day and a half.

huge mistake!!!!!

on april 20th, the day after i came back, i wrote in my journal, "i need to log off again. like asap. but i can't leave as i came back. i'll do it after i finish the sonic macguffin matchup."

but tell me, what did i do as soon as that tournament was finished???????????????

i started on another one!!!!!! because i don't know why!!!!!!

i only came back in the first place because i wanted to share a drawing i did!!!!!!

so yeah i'm going dormant for a bit until i'm in a better place.

see ya

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we hit 120!

due to various factors we won't be able to start right away, but we'll be working on it.

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okay for a second i thought someone submitted a character from hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy but we're good