The History of Metal Sonic

If I'm going to make a Sonic timeline, than I have to make one for the series' best villain.

[Howlabunga]

A theory I have is that the reason Metal turned against Eggman was because he was angry that he was left behind on Miracle Planet, and wanted revenge for being abandoned.

[halloseve]

Metal sonic should get his return and his true spotlight instead of it just being shadow or egg man all the time, shadow doesn’t really feel like a villain but just a cold hearted person with grumpy traces in the recent games which Sega should definitely change. As for well, metal sonic, even his 3.0 counter part, they really seem like a OG fresh start of villains in the series

[ghostspider]

Even before Forces, he did technically appear in Rivals and Riders Zero Gravity. Plus, the one in Forces was a fake.

[Connect_White]

Metal Sonic did show up again in sonic lore shown in the IDW comics and SEGA themselves said it's cannon so I think that should be taken in consideration. Also another thing I never knew Amy was called that in her debut.

[Ianadaya]

Finally giving Metal the respect he deserves! Thanks for the cool video!
Hopefully someday soon he’ll again assume a role beyond being Eggman’s lapdog, I see a lot of potential in Metal as not just a villain, but a person with an identity crisis, whether as a weapon or Sonic’s “superior”. I feel someone should give him that choice

[TheTSMBoi]

So after heroes in the time line he’s never seen again. Wow.

[luscario]

Great video, dude! I found it while trying to figure out Metal's multiple comebacks throughout the series (I'm making a timeline too). The parallels between Sonic and his metallic counterpart you made at the beginning fascinate me. ❤

[Wepospalient]

I've always found metal sonic to be a really interesting and underdeveloped sonic villain. He was created with one purpose in mind, to out-Sonic Sonic, and that is something he has continually failed to do. You can see in some of his depictions that despite the exterior of a cold unfeeling machine, the fact that he is continually bested by sonic frustrates him to no end. His only purpose is to be a better Sonic than Sonic, and yet he just cant seem to match up. That leaves a lot of interesting roads to take him as a charcter, for good and bad. My ideal metal sonic is seeing him develop his rivalry and inferiority to sonic to the point he really develops into his own character, much like Shadow has. Sadly he seems to be a mostly forgotten character by Sonic Team these days.

[parkercope]

Most raw opening I have seen in a while 🥶

[cawareyoudoin]

For the quality, I would have thought you had more views! You deserve more attention, dude.

[luckysix]

I believe that Metal betrayed Eggman in Heroes was because he kept getting replaced. A rebuilt Mecha Sonic mk 1 in pocket adventure. Chaos in SA1, Shadow in SA2. And was in the middle of creating an army of Shadow Androids before Heroes starts. So he tries to become superior to all of them.

[starstreamer]

This hyped Metal for me up only to realize he hasnt truly appeared in the steel in more recent entries, my goat is so washed 🥹

[AkshayTanniru]

For Sonic 4, I just put it between CD and all other classic Metal Sonic appearances. Just ignore the modern designs

[Eris]

The Metal from Knuckles Chaotix is the original Metal but in a rebuilt body after a previous fight with Sonic.

I think a problem with STH4 coming after Mania is we see Metal Sonic in Sonic Mania Adventures which takes place right after Forces, and Forces takes places right after Mania.

[JacobBarton]

Mecha Sonic is stated to be a prototype of Metal Sonic. It’s likely that he created the Mecha line, and in the end, there was Metal. He used Metal first as CD is before 2, but after that, he used all of the prototypes to hold Sonic off.

[amandaduran]

He survived: get a beating from sonic 3 times, then then collapse of sky sanctuary, then get a beating from knuckles 2 times, then the collapse of sky sanctuary again, falling on to scrapnick island with two of his limbs gone, then being reanimated by gamma or whoever almost melting to death and

[neuronoc.]

Honestly, the "Metal Sonic is actually a Sonic who lost" theory should just become canon already. I'd like to see Metal truly cut ties with Robotnik and do his own thing.

[AkshayTanniru]

8:14 Actually, Metal Sonic appears in the Rivals games after Heroes.

[pikachuwithabellypatch]

Amy's full name is Amelia "Rosy The Rascal" Rose T. Hedgehog? Cool.

[Neolythic]

holy crap you'd be a perfect sonic va!!!

great video!