Baby Sonic
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About
Baby Sonic refers to the child version of Sonic the Hedgehog featured in the 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog. The character was revealed in a Japanese trailer for the film in December 2019 and caused widespread commentary on what the character may have looked like before the redesign and numerous fan art posts.
Origin
On December 26th, 2019, Japan's Sonic The Hedgehog Film official Twitter account posted a trailer for the 2020 film which included a short clip of a younger Sonic (shown below). The video gained over 3,200 likes and 1,400 retweets in a day.
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— 『ソニック・ザ・ムービー』公式 (@Sonic_MovieJP) December 26, 2019
That same day, @Sonic_MovieJP[1] also tweeted a poster featuring "baby" Sonic (shown below). The tweet garnered over 1,800 likes and 820 retweets in a day.
Precursor
On March 11th, 2019, @MemeBeanRegime tweeted that Toywiz has a Baby Sonic plush listed which hints at a Baby Sonic character (shown below).[2] The listing was quickly deleted.
https://t.co/cIAWtaM9mYTHERE WILL BE A BABY SONIC IN THE MOVIE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. #SONICMOVIE pic.twitter.com/odY2DjLpG8
— 🎄 Robotniklaus 🎄 (@MemeBeanRegime) March 12, 2019
Spread
On December 26th, 2019, Twitter users began responding to the small character with fan art and references to the redesign. Twitter user @NitroRad[3] tweeted, "There being a baby Sonic means at one point there was a baby Sonic with the old design, and that thought terrifies me" which received over 17,700 likes and 3,100 retweets in a day (show below, left). That same day, Twitter user @Ls1389[5] accumulated over 2,400 likes and 600 retweets for their fan art (show below, right).
On December 27th, Redditor Mr-Oof-28 posted a pre-redesign version of Baby sonic they created to r/SonicTheHedgehog[4] (shown below). The post gained over 50 points (91% upvoted) in a day.
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