Of course, the most iconic Sonic the Hedgehog character is probably Sonic the Hedgehog, a character design so strong that he's become more popular than characters like Mickey Mouse. It's kinda reasonable to say that half the reason this franchise is still going strong is just because Sonic is an incredibly appealing guy.

The Sonic the Hedgehog movies wisely sell themselves off the strength of their characters. No movie would have ever gotten away with the nightmarish depiction of the character in the initial trailers,

Sega and DC Comics are collaborating, and the new partnership means some of Sega's famed characters from Sonic the Hedgehog will become superheroes. 2024 marks Batman's 85th birthday, and on Sept. 21,

Sonic has had no shortage of iconic antagonists from across the series, from the older games that just had Robotnik fill that role, to the stranger antagonists of the 2000s, then back to having just Eggman for a while in the 2010s.