Why Is Ugly Sonic BACK?

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers has revived Ugly Sonic
Please comment if you know more about this meme's origins.

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[PianoVampire]

Great job addressing the Bobby Driscoll issue. It's a Disney film, you're telling me amongst the hundreds of people involved in making this movie no one brought it up? Or worse they just don't care.

[TheEngieTF]

That movie literally just gave Ugly Sonic an entire Redemption Arc, something no one would expect, like the Spanish Inquisition

[spongebobfan]

The best part of Ugly Sonic is that he was depicted positively in the movie. He's "with the joke" so he isn't entirely hurt with the ridicule and him being enthusiastic in scoring a show with the FBI shows that he hasn't given up in life.

[spinylizardz]

The fact that Chip and Dale's Sonic was likable shows that it wasn't that we found the character ugly, the design didn't fit Sonic's personality.

[gulorful]

Two things to note:
- The Ugly Sonic model was provided by the same company who did the CGI work for Chip N' Dale and the first Sonic movie. It's likely they were allowed to use the model as Paramount nor Sega wanted to use or claim it ever again (likely either meaning Ugly Sonic is a Disney character or he's now part of the public domain).
- With that, Ugly Sonic is completely separate from regular Sonic. There's a line Ugly Sonic says where he says "Oh you want me to go fast? That's Sonic's thing. Ugly Sonic goes slow, baby!" which adds so much lore to the movie Sonic universe.

Update: Through a leaked storyboard, Ugly Sonic's role was originally going to be Jar Jar Binks!

[kingpotato]

It's low-key hilarious how ugly sonic is actually kind of likeable too, also that Peter Pan/Bobby driscol story is very meta, the creators definitely knew what they were doing

[TheAnimalKingdom-tqsz]

Ironic for a character design so hated, Everyone liked that and only watched the movie for him. The inner machinations of people's mind are an enigma

[SoulBro]

I wouldn't mind it if they embraced this Sonic as his own version
The problem with the og design is that it was supposed to be THE Sonic meanwhile in this one he's just an ugly guy who lost an audition

[azj_]

2019: The Ugly Sonic makes everyone hate it because of appearance.

2022: *The Ugly Sonic makes everyone likes it because of memes 🗿*

[MrLolguy]

>Best character in his own movie
>Best character in this movie
He just keeps winning

[sudo]

that feels so strange to see ugly sonic making a return tho

[GOWONSKIE]

The way they zoomed in on his teeth is just AHHH!!

[UMIF]

Ugly Sonic is finally got his own Redemption Arc

[lildaffy]

Came for the meme, stayed for the truth and sad history of Peter Pan's voice actor. Shame how Disney treated him.

[cosmicspacething]

What’s interesting about the “corruption” of childhood icons is that Disney did the exact opposite early on, by making most of their stories less morbid than theirs original counterparts.

In the original version of Pinocchio, he was hung to death after becoming a real boy. I can’t imagine how much worse the whole child slavery part was, and I frankly don’t want to.

[ashb]

The fact that they depicted him as a villain is too deliberate of a choice not to be some kind of shitty statement from an awful corporation.

[rayyaninspookymonth]

Maybe because his design isn't fit a main character but instead a side character because you wouldn't want a Sonic movie where the main character is this but in a spinoff, he is greatly welcome

[GlorySnowstar]

He’s canon now. He’s ascended Bad Box Art Mega Man and became a secondary character to a major Disney film.

You can’t help but feel proud of him. I want him in Smash.

[GioGio]

Ugly Sonic's personality fits so perfectly in Chip n Dale. Sonic in that oh so bizzare trailer had classic Sonic's personality which didn't really match that very ugly appearance.

[isaacthemonke]

Really if they wanted a villain for the movie, the Mad Doctor from the old Mickey Mouse shorts would've been a great candidate.
Bootlegging sounds like something he'd probably do, after not getting work for almost 90 years.