Film Theory: Dear Sonic, You SUCK at Running!

The new Sonic movie is FULL of hidden gems, the most important of which has to be how ADORABLE the redesign of Sonic ended up. That's not the point of this theory, though. No, today I am focusing on one key detail from the movie - Sonic's shoes. Specifically, the fact that Sonic seems to keep ruining them. You see, this detail says something VERY important about the way Sonic runs. What is that? Watch and find out!


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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Justin Kuiper
Editors: Alex "Sedge" Sedgwick and Koen Verhagen
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

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[SCrafter]

Matpat: The sonic movie is advertising shoes without us knowing knowing

Also Matpat: *proceeds to talk about the benefits of Nike shoes*

[felixkalenskyy]

MatPat: Is it the shoes?

Auto-generated English subtitles: *iS iT tHe jEwS?*

[stephensstudent]

Matpat: Sonic has holes in the toes of his shoes. Is he running wrong?

Me: *looking at my running shoes that have holes in the front sides*

Me: oh...

[liamkrawchuk]

He’s also running like a sprinter and a proper lean puts the ideal impact location on the ball of the foot

[fluffles]

" Does Sonic run wrong ? "


_If it's not a Naruto run, then yes, he is_

Edit: we all started attacking my Comment here which was supposed to be a _Joke_ I already know Sonic did the entire "Running with your arms at your sides" kinda thing. I was joking around, and to anyone thinking about writing that. Please don't. I find it Annoying when I'm doing something and get a Youtube Notification. So stop attacking my Comment. Please and thank you.

[ye-average-artist]

Mattpat: *talking about how the heel strike is superior for marathon type of runners*
Me who is a sprinter, taught to do forefoot striking because in sprinting heel striking slows you down an exuberant amount: *Awkward sweating*

[frausteh]

I’m more concerned that you think sonic is “marathon running.” He’s constantly at a full sprint, with his shoulders leaned in front of his toes upon footfall. Meaning he’s “digging in” and pushing off with his toes.

[isaaccastleberg]

Hey Mat!! Just wanted to note one thing. Another reason Sonic might be running on his toes is because that is what professional sprinters do in the real world. To gain acceleration and velocity, sprinters run on their toes and lean forward so that they are more aerodynamic. This makes their speed faster and in turn, makes them a better sprinter. The speed Sonic is going makes me think that not only is it more comfortable for him, but it is also a better running style for running fast instead of long periods of time.

[joshformento]

Why aren't sprinters considered in this theory? Sprinter's shoes have spikes on the forefoot region which emphasizes the fact that running on your toes generates greater force to run faster 🤷🏻‍♂️ just a thought

[BingoBlitz]

Isn't Sonic just a sprinter who's just so fast that he covers large distances. That's why he uses the toe strike

[fruitsbasketissweet]

Matt: Sonic is running wrong by running on his toes
My brain: remember that track shoes put the spikes on the front of the foot
Me, a sprinter: TOES

[SuperNovaArtz]

I love that he calls Sonic a Mobian. Its what he is. And not a lot of people acknowledge it.

[bethanygardner]

I feel like you're missing a HUGE point in the argument, and that is that Sonic isn't running, he's sprinting. Sure, he goes long distances like a long distance runner, but he's going so fast that he can only go long distances. D.Rs and Sprinters have very different ways of running, because of how they have to keep themselves healthy. Striking your toes on the ground for 3000m is going to ruin your shins while 100m isn't. As a sprinter, you strike with your toes, because it makes you faster. As a D.R. you strike your heal, because it doesn't put all your weight into your shins.
Sonic's style of running is a sprint, so naturally he would use his toes. My shoes always wear out at the toes, whether they're my walking or running shoes, because I've taught myself to run that way as a sprinter myself. And I've tried both running styles and using your heal when trying to sprint is a terrible disadvantage, because there's more motion to go through. And with every high action, and high energy thing Sonic gets himself into, he's gonna want to run as fast as he can, so he's going to sprint.
I hope this wasn't too rambly, but I just wanted to put that out there. Hope it makes sense to someone, and have a nice day. :)

[superfiver]

Me as a distance Runner: Of course Sonic is a sprinter and uses his toes.

Game Theory: So marathon runners are professional runners and show what all runners are....

Me: But Sonic is a sprinter, he never spend more than 30 seconds running :(

[kevinj]

Yo, I'd say Sonic is a sprinter NOT a marathon runner: his whole thing is his speed not endurance. Sprinters land ball first or slightly flat footed, not heel first.

[kathrynmarlin]

You’ve done it. You’ve made me get up and actually run around to see how I run. 😂 Great job

[Merione]

Follow-up theory: could Sonic's socks be worn out on the heel instead of the toes because his old shoes were too large for his feet? If that's the case, then it's easy to imagine his feet sliding inside the shoe and thus wearing out the sock in unusual places.

[margiesings]

he literally sprints, on his toes. i ran sprints in track and shoes were designed the complete opposite of a runners shoe because you sprint on your toes and you run heel toe

[OLA-Lifts]

Matpat: we regular people will run on our heels
Sprinters everywhere: am I a joke to you ?

[frenchiesottises]

Whenever it comes to running, I always try to use the forefoot method. While most runners use the heel strike, you don't feel that kind of impact using the forefoot method. It's especially noticeable when you don't have on proper shoes.

Running is almost like jumping in terms of impact. Jumping and landing on your feet flat will resort in risk of injury, so it's much better landing on your forefeet since it forces the posture of your legs to be bent, allowing you to bounce and equal out the energy. While running isn't exactly jumping, the same concepts still apply. Heel strike running sends the impact up your legs, but with forefoot running, you're equaling out that energy by forcing your legs to be in a more springy position.

The best example of this is basically any animal whose hind legs are made for running and jumping, like cats, rabbits, and dogs. They're not using their heels, they do all that on their toes.