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Sonic the Hedgehog — Paramount: research table, product / access matches and inspection gaps.
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18 catalogue records; 16 indexed works. Shared branch points, embedded scenes and anthology containers are distinguished.
A research edition, not a completed full-interior audit. A missing date remains an inspection gap until the actual work has been checked.
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| Entry | Media / release | Story date | Canon / continuity | Placement / inspection | Sources | Edition / viewing match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — Project Shadow recollectionsShadow and Maria’s time at the research facility ends in tragedy. · Embedded segment | Film segmentReleased 2024 | 1974; fifty years before the Tokyo crisisRelative / stated chronology | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Optional historical scenes within Sonic 3. Different from the space-colony version in Sonic Adventure 2; do not import game dates or events into the film.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | Sonic 3 — screen-year / historical plot cross-checkSonic 3 — 2024 in-story advertisement reference | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — 4K UHD + Blu-ray + DigitalExact corresponding format surfaced in current Amazon search. Confirm selected region / edition; not a box set of all three. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog — Longclaw & childhood escapeLongclaw sends young Sonic to Earth. · Embedded segment | Film segmentReleased 2020 | est. 2010s; roughly ten years before the first film’s modern storyEvidence-based estimate | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Childhood opening and later recollections; not a standalone prequel. Calendar is a broad estimate from the ten-year exile and later 2024 anchor. The arrival anniversary in Sonic 3 is not evidence that all ten years disappeared.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | Paramount+ — official screen watch guidePRH — Sonic 3 novelization and legal interior sampleSonic 3 — screen-year / historical plot cross-check | Sonic the Hedgehog — 2-Movie Collection, Blu-rayActual Amazon title checked. Contains films 1 and 2; confirm extras, region and seller condition. No guarantee of exclusive comic booklet. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog — first filmSonic and Sheriff Tom evade Robotnik on a cross-country journey. | FilmReleased 2020 | Early 2020s; est. 2022–2023 in the later film’s calendarEvidence-based estimate | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Working calendar uses Sonic 3’s 2024 anchor, the reported novel last-year Green Hills battle and eight-month first-to-second interval. The novel passage is secondary-reported and screen dialogue is looser, so this remains estimated. Do not equate theatrical release with setting.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | Paramount+ — official screen watch guideSonic 2 — contemporary eight-month interval referenceSonic 3 — screen-year / historical plot cross-checkSonic 3 novel — reported previous-year Green Hills battle | Sonic the Hedgehog — 2-Movie Collection, Blu-rayActual Amazon title checked. Contains films 1 and 2; confirm extras, region and seller condition. No guarantee of exclusive comic booklet. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog: The Official Movie NovelizationKiel Phegley retells Sonic and Tom’s first Robotnik encounter. | NovelReleased 2020; 2024 bind-up | Early 2020s; est. 2022–2023 source-film positionEvidence-based estimate | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Grouped with the film. The selected bind-up contains this story and the second film’s novelization; these are not two new adventures in 2024.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | PRH — official films 1 & 2 novelization bind-upParamount+ — official screen watch guide | Sonic the Hedgehog: Official Movie Novelizations — films 1 & 2 bind-upPublisher confirms ISBN 9780593891513 and contents. Each film’s novelization shares its own story position; this one containing volume covers both. Current Amazon stock not independently asserted. |
| The Adventures of Sonic & Donut LordA sprite-art mini-comic retells the first film. | ComicReleased 2020 | Early 2020s; est. 2022–2023 source-film positionEvidence-based estimate | Promotional onlyParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Official promotional adaptation at the same story position, not a later mission. Full booklet was not legally acquired / inspected. The closest verified product is the film; it does NOT promise the exclusive comic insert.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | The Adventures of Sonic & Donut Lord — edition contents referenceParamount+ — official screen watch guide | Sonic the Hedgehog — 2-Movie Collection, Blu-rayNearest verified official product: the source films’ Blu-ray set. The exclusive first-film SteelBook booklet is not guaranteed or claimed to be included. |
| Around the World in 80 SecondsSonic’s illustrated travel diary tours the world at speed. | Short filmReleased 2020 | est. 2022–2023; within the first eight months of the shared-home periodEra known; exact sequence open | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Placed shortly after the first adventure because he now calls Green Hills home. Exact order against the Pre-Quill vignettes is not established; the eight-month cap is a working first-to-second-film window.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | Paramount home-video announcement — original film shortAround the World in 80 Seconds — narration / story cross-checkSonic 2 — contemporary eight-month interval reference | Sonic the Hedgehog — 2-Movie Collection, Blu-rayActual Amazon title checked. Contains films 1 and 2; confirm extras, region and seller condition. No guarantee of exclusive comic booklet. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill — five storiesFive vignettes follow Sonic, Knuckles, Robotnik, Stone and Tails toward the second film. | ComicReleased March 2022 | est. 2022–2023; first-to-second-film interval, roughly 0–8 monthsEra known; exact sequence open | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Includes Hedgehog Day Afternoon; Always Bet on Red; Mushroom With a View; The Secret of My Distress; Two For the Road. Official interquel purpose supports the window. The five parallel stories have no fully verified common day or strict internal sequence; one anthology card avoids inventing it.Legally released preview vault scene visually read. Remaining story interiors / all captions not acquired; not declared undated. | IDW Pre-Quill — legally released Apple preview pagesGrand Comics Database — Pre-Quill issue inventorySonic 2 — contemporary eight-month interval reference | Sonic 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill — KindleExact historical Kindle product identifier recovered; current Amazon listing failed to render, so availability is unconfirmed. No unrelated IDW volume sold as its collected edition.Read legal previewPublished preview pages reproduced with IDW / Apple attribution; not the full five-story issue. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — second filmTails joins Sonic as Robotnik and Knuckles search for the Master Emerald. | FilmReleased 2022 | est. 2023; reported eight months after the first adventureEvidence-based estimate | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Reported eight-month interval and the third novel’s reported last-year battle support this working 2023 placement against the 2024 screen anchor. Full source-page / film-dialogue reconciliation remains open.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | Paramount+ — official screen watch guideSonic 2 — contemporary eight-month interval referenceSonic 3 — screen-year / historical plot cross-checkParamount production notes — KnucklesSonic 3 novel — reported previous-year Green Hills battle | Sonic the Hedgehog — 2-Movie Collection, Blu-rayActual Amazon title checked. Contains films 1 and 2; confirm extras, region and seller condition. No guarantee of exclusive comic booklet. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie NovelizationThe Master Emerald quest is retold in prose by Kiel Phegley. | NovelReleased 2022; 2024 bind-up | est. 2023; same eight-month sequel positionEvidence-based estimate | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Same story as film two, with adaptation differences; do not move to 2024 merely because this containing edition was reissued then.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | PRH — official films 1 & 2 novelization bind-up | Sonic the Hedgehog: Official Movie Novelizations — films 1 & 2 bind-upPublisher confirms ISBN 9780593891513 and contents. Each film’s novelization shares its own story position; this one containing volume covers both. Current Amazon stock not independently asserted. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Get Up To Speed — The Adventures of The Hero TrioA short illustrated retelling introduces Tails, Knuckles and the fight against Robotnik. | Picture bookReleased 2024 | est. 2023; retelling of the second filmEvidence-based estimate | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Despite Sonic 3 on the cover, the publisher identifies a recap of the previous adventure. It belongs with Sonic 2 rather than after Sonic 3.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | PRH — Get Up To Speed: The Adventures of The Hero TrioParamount+ — official screen watch guide | Get Up To Speed: The Adventures of The Hero Trio — paperbackPublisher ISBN 9780593889411 identifies the exact recap storybook. Retail availability not guaranteed. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Gadgets, Gizmos, and GearsRings, Emeralds and Robotnik’s machines are introduced through illustrated scenes. | Illustrated companionReleased 2024 | est. 2023–2024; earlier adventures recalledEvidence-based estimate | Promotional onlyParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Grouped with the previous adventure as a companion / recap window; branding does not establish a new third-film mission. Complete interior not inspected, so any original framing episode remains unverified.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | PRH — Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gears | Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gears — paperbackCorresponding publisher ISBN 9780593889428; exact object-story companion, not the movie novelization. |
| Sonic Drone HomeA library detour brings Team Sonic face to face with a poetry-loving Badnik. | Short filmReleased 2022 | est. 2023; early shared-household period after the Emerald crisisEra known; exact sequence open | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Tails and Knuckles now live with Sonic and the Wachowskis. Good fit in the same household-adjustment era as Knuckles; exact order between these stories is open, rather than an exact day invented.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | Sonic Drone Home — narrative dialogue cross-checkParamount production notes — Knuckles | Sonic the Hedgehog — 2-Movie Collection, Blu-rayActual Amazon title checked. Contains films 1 and 2; confirm extras, region and seller condition. No guarantee of exclusive comic booklet. |
| Knuckles — Episodes 1–6Knuckles trains Wade Whipple for a bowling showdown in Reno. | TV seriesReleased 2024 | est. 2023; shortly after film two, within the 2024 upper boundEvidence-based estimate | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Official production notes directly connect this run to the end of Sonic 2. All six related episodes grouped; the rock-opera retelling / dreams are embedded storytelling, not extra years of real travel.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | Paramount production notes — KnucklesParamount+ — official screen watch guideSonic 3 — screen-year / historical plot cross-checkSonic 3 novel — reported previous-year Green Hills battleKnuckles — physical season release / edition | Knuckles — six-episode season, Blu-rayExact Blu-ray product recovered from the home-video release and its Amazon title checked. Confirm format / region / seller condition.Watch on Paramount+Official streaming alternative for the same six episodes; subscription / region may apply. |
| A Very Sonic ChristmasThe trio help Santa finish his deliveries. | Short filmReleased 2024 | est. Christmas 2023–2024; first shared holiday with Tails & KnucklesEra known; exact sequence open | Promotional onlyParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Promotional narrative retained in the inclusive chronology. Household context gives a strong era; Shadow’s cameo makes a rigid pre-Sonic-3 placement uncertain. This overlapping holiday window is not asserted to be an exact canonical December.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | Paramount — A Very Sonic ChristmasA Very Sonic Christmas — story cross-checkSonic 3 — screen-year / historical plot cross-check | Watch on YouTubeOfficial Paramount upload of the complete short; no unrelated Amazon purchase needed. |
| Sonic × Shadow: Tokyo Mission — Episode 0Shadow’s Tokyo movements lead into his encounter with Team Sonic. | MangaReleased 2024 | 2024; immediately before the Tokyo / Shibuya clashRelative / stated chronology | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Japanese distributor announcement explicitly places this cinema-giveaway story just before the film’s confrontation. It stays beside that story rather than being declared unplaceable because the full booklet is inaccessible. The other Shadow manga excerpt in the booklet is a separate rendition.Official Japanese announcement / contemporary distributor text checked. Complete legal manga interior not obtained. | Paramount Japan — Episode 0 manga announcementJapanese distributor announcement — Episode 0 detailSonic 3 — screen-year / historical plot cross-check | View official manga announcementNo exact Amazon listing or containing retail edition verified. Announcement / access information, not a promise of complete free manga. The source film is a separate available edition.Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — 4K UHD + Blu-ray + DigitalExact corresponding format surfaced in current Amazon search. Confirm selected region / edition; not a box set of all three. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — third filmTeam Sonic confront Shadow and the Robotnik family’s past. | FilmReleased 2024 | 2024; fifty years after Project ShadowRelative / stated chronology | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | The 2024 story anchor is tied to Shadow’s in-world discovery of the date, corroborated by film references. Historical 1974 scenes can be shown separately; do not import game-continuity Space Colony ARK events.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | Paramount+ — official screen watch guideSonic 3 — screen-year / historical plot cross-checkSonic 3 — 2024 in-story advertisement reference | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — 4K UHD + Blu-ray + DigitalExact corresponding format surfaced in current Amazon search. Confirm selected region / edition; not a box set of all three. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3: The Official Movie NovelizationKiel Phegley retells the film’s Shadow conflict. | NovelReleased 2024 | 2024; source-film positionRelative / stated chronology | Confirmed canonParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Same story position; shortened / changed adaptation material is not an independently dated sequel. Opening legal sample inspected; complete ending equivalence not claimed.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | PRH — Sonic 3 novelization and legal interior sampleSonic 3 — screen-year / historical plot cross-check | Sonic 3 official novelization — publisher-linked ebookExact selected ebook Amazon destination supplied by PRH; print edition differs. Publisher’s legal sample was opened. |
| Sonic × Shadow Generations — Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie PackShadow races through Shibuya after a dimensional displacement. | Game DLCReleased 2024 | Modern era; 2024-inspired Tokyo renditionEra known; exact sequence open | Non-canon connectedParamount films — inclusive screen chronology | Official developer explicitly says this DLC has no story directly related to the movie. Retained beside its inspiration with non-canon connected status, not mislabeled a canonical prequel or merged with the base game’s history.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected | Sega developer interview — movie-inspired DLC story boundaryPlayStation — Sonic 3 Movie Pack | View official DLCExact licensed expansion listing. Requires the base game; ordinary physical editions are not assumed to contain it. No exact Amazon DLC purchase verified. |
COVERAGE BOUNDARIES
Upcoming / outside released chronology
Fourth film officially due March 19, 2027. No completed story or in-universe date verified; do not use 2027 release as a fictional year. Later spin-off claims require separate official story evidence.
Paramount Pictures — Sonic the Hedgehog 4Sega Sammy — fourth film announcementOutside selected Paramount scope
These are substantial different renditions, not omitted Paramount sequels. No claim that this guide exhausts all Sonic media. Movie-inspired DLC is included because its direct connection is verified.
Paramount+ — official screen watch guidePRH — Sonic publishing catalogueSega developer interview — movie-inspired DLC story boundaryNarrative not separately verified
Character skins / races are not automatically new movie events. No original licensed mission script was inspected; a verified narrative quest can be added without importing every unrelated game event.
Sega developer interview — movie-inspired DLC story boundaryPRH — Sonic publishing catalogueNot automatically movie tie-ins
Current publisher catalogue mixes several Sonic renditions. Film-specific storybooks are included above; shared author, brand or 2026 anniversary reissue alone is not evidence of Paramount continuity.
PRH — Sonic publishing catalogueContaining-film material or activities
Three independently released narrative shorts are included. Recut movie footage and puzzles are not separate adventures; exclusive booklets are not promised with generic movie sets. Deleted / alternate scenes remain supplements rather than exact canon sequels.
Paramount home-video announcement — original film shortParamount — A Very Sonic ChristmasPRH — Sonic publishing catalogueSOURCE REGISTER
Released film inventory and Knuckles placement between films two and three. Does not equate the film release gaps with story intervals.
Six episodes, April 26, 2024 US launch. Showrunner says it picks up very soon after Sonic 2; the six-part bowling journey is one continuous run.
Official March 19, 2027 release announcement. Upcoming film is listed in scope without invented completed plot / fictional date.
Official fourth-film confirmation; cross-check for the Paramount release listing and established screen audience.
Reports eight months after the first film. Used as a qualified interval, not proof of an exact calendar. Main film / novel frame verification remains open.
1974 Shadow arrival and 2024 release from confinement. These are fictional events, not simply release-year assignments.
Records the advertisement Shadow reads to learn it is 2024 after fifty years. Cross-check with the film chronology; the complete film was not frame-audited here.
Discussion reproduces / reports the novel’s last-year description of the Green Hills battle. Used provisionally for estimated 2023 / 2022–2023 back-placement; the complete printed passage was not acquired directly. Film dialogue uses less precise years wording, so calendar is not called exact.
Kiel Phegley; November 5, 2024; ISBN 9780593891513. Explicitly contains the first TWO film novelizations, not Sonic 3.
Kiel Phegley, December 20, 2024. Opening sample pages visually inspected: camping, anniversary and old-cave passages (printed pages 5, 9, 12–16 sampled). Anniversary wording does not by itself mean Sonic first arrived only one year earlier. Publisher ebook Amazon B0DJBBC2GC.
Charlie Moon, November 5, 2024. Retells the previous adventure involving Tails / Knuckles and Robotnik, so belongs with Sonic 2 despite Sonic 3 branding.
Brandon T. Snider, 2024, ISBN 9780593889428. Illustrated storybook / object companion, not a new post-film mission.
Published preview includes actual comic pages, not just a summary. Vault-scene page visually inspected. Five story titles supplied; full interiors / every caption were not obtained.
IDW one-shot, five stories / variants are not five separately released issues. Different March 2022 on-sale references exist; retain month precision.
Exact titled Kindle identifier recovered from a contemporary retailer-link record; current listing did not render on inspection. Product availability is not asserted.
December 16, 2024 official news archive: Yuki Imada’s cinema-giveaway Episode 0 precedes the Tokyo confrontation. Companion excerpt of the separate Shadow manga is not automatically film canon. Official archive search text was readable; live page / complete manga access failed.
Contemporary release report: nationwide December 27, 2024 giveaway and story immediately before the Shibuya clash. Supports close placement despite inaccessible complete booklet.
Documents sprite mini-comic in the first-film exclusive SteelBook. It retells that film; a generic Blu-ray purchase does not guarantee the booklet.
Reproduced Paramount announcement identifies Around the World in 80 Seconds and edition supplements. Short’s modern travel diary is not a new 2020 calendar anchor.
Diary narration places the journey after making a home in Green Hills. Exact day relative to the comic’s vignettes remains open.
Team Sonic’s library trip / Maddie’s late fees establish the shared-household sequel context. No exact date appears in the transcribed scene; full video frame check remains open.
Official December 11, 2024 stop-motion short. Christmas story with Team Sonic and Santa; upload year is not declared its fictional year.
First shared holiday with Tails / Knuckles; Shadow cameo complicates rigid placement against the third film. Keep a broad holiday window, not a confidently exact prequel day.
Shun Nakamura states the pack has no story directly related to the movie. This prevents presenting the game’s dimension travel as an unseen canonical film scene.
Official digital DLC listing: Shadow transported to an unknown dimension / modern Shibuya. Requires containing game; ordinary physical base-game edition is not assumed to include this DLC.
Movie novelizations / 2024 movie-three storybooks checked against game / Prime books. Meet Sonic!, Tales of Terror and 5-Minute Stories do not become Paramount stories merely because they share a shelf / author.
Actual Sonic The Hedgehog 2-Movie Collection [Blu-ray] title inspected. Corresponding first and second films; not a three-film set.
Paramount home-video release reported, six episodes. Exact Blu-ray outbound product B0D2224FBT recovered and its Amazon Knuckles title checked without affiliate query.