Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is in theaters now and, like the first two films, has an ending credits that gives us an idea of what to expect in the next film, which, it seems, is coming in 2027. However, Sonic3This isn't quite as self-explanatory as the ones in the first two films unless you're already familiar with the blue blur and all of his friends (and enemies). The post-credits scenes of the first two films felt like natural extensions of the films they came from, but Sonic the Hedgehog 3is a bit more confusing and may have confused new fans. Fear not, because we're here to fill in the gaps and speculate on what it all means. Spoilers ahead!
The first post-credits scene is the meatier of the two. It starts with Sonic running around, seemingly fighting Tails and Knuckles like seen earlier in the movie. But in his haste, the hedgehog takes a wrong turn once or twice and ends up in a New York state park. A little far from your home in Green HIlls, Montana, my man. Once there, he is greeted by none other than Metal Sonic, an evil synthetic replica of our hero who Doctor Eggman creates in the games to try to match Sonic's speed and power. At first, Sonic outmaneuvers Metal as his attacker attempts to obliterate him with an energy blast from a cannon in his arm, but is then suddenly surrounded by a group of his robot doppelgangers. Just as they all jump in to take him out, they are hit by a flying hammer covered in pink chaos energy, similar to Sonic's blue and Shadow's red. It returns to its bearer: a hooded figure who is revealed to be a pink hedgehog before the film cuts to black.
If you're not one of the long-time fans who probably stopped by this point in the theater, Amy Rose is that hammer-using vigilante. She originally debuted alongside Metal Sonic in Sonic the Hedgehog CD Back in 1993. For most of her early appearances, Amy was considered Sonic's one-sided lover – she was infatuated with the hero, but he was too busy being the fastest hedgehog alive to think about something as trivial as romance. However, over the years, Amy has developed into a much more well-rounded character and a team leader in her own right. In the past, she's added some girly pop spunk to the mix sound cast, and after the live-action universe has been a boys' club for three films, it desperately needs it.
But what do she and Metal Sonic do in the live-action films? This scene also feels quite disconnected from the rest of the film, so we can only draw so much from this brief exchange. Given that Sonic has traveled to a different part of the country than we've seen in the films so far, it's entirely possible that Amy has already been alone on Earth for some time and has decided to become a vigilante in New York work. How she got here, where she comes from, and how she will feel about more alien animals in her space remains to be seen Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Although he promotes the idea that Sonic and his ilk are aliens from different places, it's obvious that Amy isn't from Earth either.
The bigger question mark in this scene is Metal Sonic. Eggman builds the robotic hedgehog in the games, but as we saw less than 10 minutes earlier, Jim Carrey's version of the mad scientist seemingly kicked the bucket in a final moment of heroism. Granted, they also pretended to kill him in the end Sonic the Hedgehog 2but there were more explicit allusions to his survival than anything else in it Sonic3. Agent Stone, Eggman's loyal henchman, also appears to have turned over a new leaf by the end of the film, so he's probably off the table. In theory, anyone could have seen all the events of the first three films and decided to create a robot version of Sonic, but the question still remains as to why. That's the main difference between this post-credits scene and the previous ones; This film feels almost abstract, introducing new ideas and characters that have no clear, direct connection to what happened in the film it accompanies. I wouldn't be surprised if this scene appeared in it Sonic the Hedgehog 4maybe 10 to 15 minutes into the film with more context to fill in those gaps. But the only thing we really know for now based on this scene is who the new cast members will be in the next film.
The second post-credits scene is much shorter and more straightforward. We see that one of Shadow's inhibitor rings left a small crater on Earth after falling on the planet during the final space battle. The shot freezes briefly before we see Shadow walk into the frame and pick it up. It's not much, but it confirms that Shadow survived the destruction of the Eclipse Cannon and will be in the next film. That's not too surprising. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is based heavily on Sonic Adventure 2in which Shadow is presumed dead after the final battle, only to return Sonic Heroes after being saved by Eggman. There are reports of plans for a Shadow-centric spin-offso of course they didn't kill him for good.
Overall, I'm starting to wonder if… Sonic 4 could be a loose adaptation of Sonic Heroes. Metal Sonic is the main antagonist of this game, and by the time Shadow's supposed spin-off introduces the rest of his team, treasure-seeking spy Rouge the Bat and decommissioned Eggman robot E-123 Omega, they're already halfway there Heroes'Cast considered. Whatever the fourth film ends up being, sound Fans have a lot to chew on after the ending Sonic3. And hey, I don't want to brag, but I was right the characters most likely to appear in the post-credits scene. Go to me.
