The movie stresses the horrifying nature of his teeth. Multiple gags in the movie are centered on slowly zooming in on the teeth and how much they disturb the other characters. Ugly Sonic isn’t worried about that though. He’s got a reality show in works where he does ride alongs with the FBI. He says the show will be titled Ugly Sonic, Uglier Crimes.
Dale doesn’t believe him and you understand why. Around Ugly Sonic hangs a bunch of odd fan art of him with way too many muscles. It’s a spot on representation of the kind of weird art you sometimes see at cons, even weirder that Ugly Sonic himself is selling it. He’s also got a CD that’s simply titled, “The Love Coach.” The movie doesn’t specify if this is Ugly Sonic giving motivational chats about relationships or deeply soulful love ballads accompanied by smooth jazz.
Ugly Sonic’s appearance isn’t a one-off gag either. He shows up several times in the movie, at one point quipping to Chip and Dale, “You want me to go fast? That’s Sonic’s thing. Ugly Sonic’s thing is going SLOW.”
This appearance of Sonic’s first movie design is completely baffling and delightful. I have no idea why Paramount agreed to it, and Sonic the Hedgehog movie director Jeff Fowler says he had no idea it was happening. We spoke to Fowler before Rescue Rangers was publicly released (more on that discussion next week), and he chuckled when told about it.
“I can’t wait to see it,” he said, “I did not know about it but it sounds really fun and hilarious.”
