Why Do Sonic Fans Like Spider-Man? 

Honestly, we should get a Sonic and Spider-man crossover considering we got weird crossovers like DC x RWBY, Avengers x Godzilla. Sonic and Spider-man would make more sense because of the fandom convergence.

I've always loved Sonic, and I've always loved Spider-Man. They were both some of my very favorite characters and franchises since I was a literal toddler.

One thing about Sonic and Spider-Man that’s similar is their character traits that make them appealing and relatable to younger audiences, such as their age, their charismatic attitudes, and their bravery in dangerous situations.

fundamentally they have so much in common its crazy. theyre both red and blue colored characters, quip while they battle, have many iterations, idolized in their universes and irl and have a companion named miles.

They both mentor and teamwork with a guy named Miles They both have powerups (Sonic SuperSonic and Spider-man either cosmic spiderman or symbiote suit) They both have dark antiheros, Venom/Shadow They both have a female friend who steal gems, Black Cat/ Rouge They both have a futuristic friend, Miguel O'Hara/Silver They both have evil scientists that are proud of themselves and want nothing but power Doctor Octopus/Doctor Eggman They both have a 6 villain group Sinister Six/Deathly Six They both have water-like villains Hydroman/Chaos Now that this week sonic superstars and spider-man 2 will be coming, this was the perfect time to make this video 🤌

Because they're both cool. Duh.

Another comparison is that both Sonic and Spider-Man are mentors to a younger hero named Miles.

"Bunch of primary colored spiky blobs with giant weird conjoined eyeballs, big poofy ears and goofy-ass noses" Never thought I'd hear a Sonic fan deconstruct the Sonic cast so savage yet so accurately.

This video is honestly like a childhood revelation for me as somone who's been really into both franchises from a very young age, being interested in Sonic in some sort of way since Pre-K and my love of Spider-Man extending longer than my actual memory

in the Archie comic we actually get to see Spider-Sonic, in a prominently displayed monitor in Zonic's surveillance room (along with several other Marvel heroes such as Thor, the Hulk, Namor, the Human Torch, and Wolverine) and also in one of the alternate universes we see "Stealth the Hedgehog" who is basically black suit Spiderman doing battle against a Green Goblin version of Dr. Robotnik.

Sonic, Dragon Ball and Spiderman is a personality type

My take, is that they have that sort of power fantasy that teens find attainable. Sonic and most incarnations of Spider-Man are teen-aged, so they're easy to identify with a younger audience. They're considered attractive by females (namely Amy and Mary Jane) within their own universe, which is why you see them shipped a LOT in fanart. They also have the same plot structure of "a teenager trying to hold the world in their shoulders" and a lot of kids identify with this because most of them feel misunderstood, neglected, or like they're against the whole world; and that's due to them not really knowing what their purpose is. It's the same reason why a lot of anime fandoms tend to overlap. Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, MHA, etc. They all appeal to that same demographic that Sonic and Spider-Man appeal to. Not to mention that Sonic and Spider-Man fans are also the BIGGEST battleboarders on the internet, but that's another story.

I'm starting to realize that sonic has more in common with Spider-man and mickey mouse than with goku

Penny Snapcube. That's it, that's the example

And this is why next week is going to be one of the most exciting weeks I can ever experience. A Sonic game AND a Spider-Man game in A SINGLE WEEK?!

Because they are both peak characters 🤷‍♂️

I can remember watching both Sonic X and the Spectacular Spider-Man on 4Kids once when I was little and thinking to myself that the shows are very similar to each other because of the action and fighting style from both shows. This became even more when I heard somewhere compare or quite literally say that the Sonic movies are like the Sam Rami Spider-Man of video game movie adaptations

I’ve always like Spider-Man and Sonic equally. I found about both franchises around the same time cementing my love for both

I've always loved both ever since I was a kid. I think what links them together is that they're both characters who use quips to annoy their enemies and use their mobility to maneuver around their enemies rather than overpower them all the time, leading to some creative on the fly solutions that are fun to watch. Most importantly, both characters are all about having a sense of justice, perseverance, and being a catalyst for positive change with anyone they interact with, all inspirational traits especially when you're introduced to them at such a formative age.

I believe Spider-Man ps4 was a driving factor as well. The traversal in that game is satisfying for sonic fans Plus the length of the game helps newer fans connect to Spider-Man and what he stands for more than a few hours of a film would

Both move like each other so it makes it easier for me to imagine imaginary fights for them :)

As a huge Spider-Man and Sonic fan I would LOVE to see these 2 team up 1 day. Imagine both Peter and Miles's Spider-Men team up with Sonic and Tails to take down Doc Ock and Eggman or something. It doesn't even have to be a game. You could make it a comic and I'd be fine with it

Other strange things I notice when it comes to Sonic and Spider-Man, I don't know why I make these comparisons but the Sonic Adventure games and the Raimi Spider Man movies feel weirdly similar or at least have similar vibes in a way. But other things I notice comes down to voice actors, weirdly enough between Sonic and Venom. Like did you know that Rogar Craig Smith one time voice Venom in The Avengers: Battle for Earth despite most people knowing him for voicing Captain America or even more lesser known a Italian voice actor named Renato Novara not only voice Sonic in Smash Bros WiiU/3DS, Sonic Generation, Rise of Lyric and the 2020 Sonic Movie. But also both Venom/Eddie in the Italian dub SM3 game as well Venom again in Spider Man Web of Shadows and Spider Man: Friend or Foe. Lastly, Bryan Drummond as of recent is Eggman in Sonic Prime and way back when was Knuckles in Sonic Underground also voiced Venom/Eddie in Spider Man Unlimited. There is probably a bunch of other Sonic voice actors that have voice in Spider Man that I have completely forgot about so feel free to add more to this if you wish to.

Both practically suffer live carefree attitude with repercussions for their life style and heroics

Many people often overlook the fact that these characters are quite simple to draw. Personally, sketching them from a young age has deeply ingrained their image in my mind. I believe this is the case for many others as well.

Huh, maybe all of that’s why I was drawn to the Sonic franchise after being a Spider-Man fan for like 4 years at that point

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I would die for a non-canon Sonic & Spider-Man crossover

I have been into both Sonic and Spiderman since i'm a kid so much that i made my own sort of AU mixing both of them so i'm just gonna say some random connections ive found: •In the Archie cómics and SatAM Sonic has this whole girlfriend problem just like Peter, but mainly they endup with the red head who is very smart ( MJ and Sally) •They have no parents (sorta) and live with their uncle/aunt who they love very much and it's basically their parental figure. •They eat hotdogs a lot? •Little buddy named Miles. •have a friend/enemy who has a deep conection with some black alien that are supposed to be very evil but not really. •in the comics (again, the Archie had a lot of similar stuff with Spidey) they had a whole thing with the multiverse and all, not to metion the No Zone and their Dimetional police who is basically what Miguel Ohara kinda thinks he's doing in the Spiderverse movie. • With Sonic Prime (TV show) i found fun the concept of Tails/Nine basically has Doc oc energy. I could go on and on...

And they both have a Dark form that makes them angrier and stronger

Because both are GOATED

I’ve always wanted a video that explains my love for Sonic and spider man

I liked spider-man before even knew what a sonic was

3:33 this is one of the best ways to describe sonic and the footage u used👏🏾 Both these characters have good theme songs for their cartoons too like who remembers spectacular Spider-Man coming on after sonic x

Because he’s cool. He’s fast, he’s acrobatic, he does tricks all the time and he straight up bullies his villains.

I've been a fan of both Sonic and Spider-Man since I was a young kid. And yeah, I think they both deserve a crossover!🦔🕷 Speaking of which, I actually have a Sonic/Spider-Man OC… and I call him "Satoshi Kanemaru", AKA "Spider-Wolf".🐺

2:47 It baffles me that the comic book character is going strong in every other form of media *Besides* comics.

This is a genuine question I’ve been asking myself for a long time. Thank you gorgeous answering it lmao

He didn't mention the time Spider-Man helped the Autobots fight off the Decepticons 0/10 video

Honestly how come no one noticed this until now. Glad to see someone bring this up!

It’s simple: they both cool as fuck

sometimes your a spiderman fan who likes sonic, like me

As a Sonic and Spider-Man fan, I can confirm this is true.

cus running super fast is cool and swinging super fast is also cool

This video made some great points I WISH I'd made in my video lmaoo Super interesting video 🗣️

This phenomenon isn’t recent at all. Look no further than Spider-Sonic which was made using a screenshot from Sonic X and coloring the Spidey costume on him or the Spider-Man movie trailers in the style of Sonic. All these things existed almost 10 years ago. It’s been going on for a long time

Both Spider-man and Sonic are my GOATS💙❤️🦔💙❤️🕷️🕸️

_With great power.... Comes what you get when the stars collide_

I'm a spiderman fan first. One of my earliest memories is watching spiderman and sonic has had an impact on me too. Both are easily in my favourite characters of all time

Not hard to answer. they have similar colors they're both heroic, do the right thing because they know it's right, they're buds with two amazing characters who look similar to them with black and red color patterning, both Cool asf been through hell and back and still come out relevant and on top, they have some Outstandingly good Movies, (some in Spideys case not really good) if u know what I mean and overall I just love the shows, merchandise and games I grew up with.

Ive always believed why sonic fans also like DBZ, this has been huge since 2010. You should make a video on this, your commentary is great!

The title of this video felt really personal

I noticed a lot of Sonic fans also love Spider-Man, Jet Set Radio; and if they play Overwatch, main or have did main Lucio

I think if you are gonna mention the timing of the franchises, you should mention that the timing goes way back. I remember that around the time Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic SatAM was airing, there was also Spiderman TAS.

As Uncle Ben once said,With Great Power, Comes Great Respectability.

As much as i would like to see a proper Mario & Sonic crossover, i think SEGA and Sonic Team had long to go before they have a crossover with Mario. maybe someday though, just not soon. but meanwhile they should have a crossover with something else. like of course...the Amazing Spider-Man. honestly, would be a match made in heaven.

As someone who has Spider-Man & Sonic the Hedgehog on their profile pic, I can relate. I can say they’re both awesome!

This one is a bit less common but another fanbase connection is Sonic-Spider-Man-One Piece fans, all having light-hearted tone that can get serious and dramatic when needed and messages about freedom and fighting for your own justice.

I have loved sonic and spider man for most of my life

The red and blue trifecta for me was AND STILL IS Spider-Man Sonic and Mario

I really really hope we get a Stealth the Hedgehog reference in Beyond the Spiderverse. That would be so so awesome.

Damn, i knew i wasn't alone but i didn't know this was a noticeable trend. I've always been a fan of both for 20 years now and im always playing a sonic or spider-man game as a comfort game in between the other stuff i played

Sonic and spider man are indeed my fav franchises

Weirdly I'm a Mario fan mainly but I also absolutely love Spider-Man as well and Sonic too, Since all three of them are red and blue.

I always wondered this as someone whos loved both series' ever since i was little, and noticed many similarities between the two (and funnily enough a lot of Sonics music works so well with Spidey, an example being "Through Traffic" from Sonic Riders with the chase scene, the one in Nueva York specifically, from Across The Spider-Verse, works so well)

Honey get my suit prepared bulbasquirtle released a video about sonic and spider man this is the most important event of my life

Funnily enough, I was actually a Spider-Man fan before I was a Sonic fan.

While not as popular I also saw some people making a Sonic x Ratchet and Clank crossover

i always felt there was a connection to be made with Sonic and Spider-Man. Sonic games have been pretty bad for a long time, and Spider-Man comics have been bad for a long time.

they both are the most popular in their respective media (games comics) and both start with S

And now with Sonic frontiers:The Final Horizon and Spider-man 2 being released only a month apart,after playing both and replaying frontiers with the final horizon instead of ouranos and when new game + comes to Spider-man 2 I plan on playing Spider-man,Miles Morales and Spider-man 2 (important side quests included) all in 1 sitting

Generally speaking I always thought that the 2 went through similar breakthroughs at similar times. - Sonic was created in the 90s, Spider-Man became more popular in the 90s due to the '94 Animated Series - They both had a lot of content in the 2000s, keeping both old and new fans invested (Sonic had popular games like SA2, Heroes, and Unleashed, the Sonic X anime helped to bring in a lot of new fans, and Archie Sonic was still going. Spider-Man had the Raimi Trilogy, various games, 2 TV shows, and the Ultimate comics) - They both had a bit of an identity crisis in the 2010s (Sonic was going through the "Meta Era" and Spider-Man went through a lot of failed reboots within the comics and movies) - They both started to rise again within the 2020s (Sonic had the brand new movie franchise, and new games, while Spider-Man has also had great new movies and games)

ANOTHER ONE ALREADY WOW

I could imagine if Marvel and Sega did a crossover like how Marvel and DC made the amalgamation comics we would get a Sonic Spider man amalgamation aka Stealth which would be sick

Yo you should tell us about all metal gear memes because we gotta know and I also wanna know what the first one was

During Archie comic days there was a Writer Dan Slott that made a version of Sonic called Zonic the Zone Cop, Dan is famous for The Amazing Spider-Man, The Superior Spider-Man, Silver Surfer, and Fantastic Four comics, I heard he wants Zonic to come back again.

I think sonic was a spider-man once in a comic.

I mean I know it's not too similar but I find it a little bit cool that Bendy fans also like Cuphead. Sometimes no matter what fandom you're in, you somehow also like SpongeBob.

Ima leave this comment here, cause I'm curious how many other people will be able to relate and say they also love these franchises I'm about to list: Cause personally, I LOVE: >Sonic >Kirby >Spider-Man >Metroid >Halo >Kingdom Hearts >Dark Souls >DBZ >Mario >Zelda >Hollow Knight >Pokemon But specifically, I've yet to meet anyone who loves the combo of these three in particular: Sonic, Halo, and Kingdom Hearts. I've seen a RU-vid channel here or there with videos on 2 of them, but never all 3.

Good video Missed opportunity for lego to do dimensions sonic and Spider-Man that would’ve been a dream come true

Another speedy hero you could compare. The morality to Spider-Man is the flash.

after being in your server for 5 seconds i realized this

The fact that literal 5 yr olds love the Godfather makes me laugh😂

On the topic of crossovers I NEED a Crash and Sonic team up game. Sure it’d only work with Japanese Sonic’s no nonsense attitude paired with Crash’s all nonsense attitude but it’d be cool. The 2 even are complementary colors

It could just be me, but I feel like there's a similar correlation between Sonic fans and TMNT fans, and I think it would be worth making a video about.

he does tell the truth... and, honestly, i dont know which one i liked first. i was introduced to both in the same daycare (ultimate spider-man show and sonic boom), so i do love them both.

As a fan of both i see thisas an absolute win

you forgot about the Spider-Man games, Marvel Spider-Man and spider-Man Miles Morales

I've been thinking about that my entire life! I thought that Spidey and Sonic are so similar, that as a kid I've been imagining Sonic movies being directed by Sam Raimi in the style of his Spider-Man Trilogy as my dream films besides Spider-Man 4 considering the fact that Sonic is my #1 favorite video game character similar on how Spidey is my #1 comic book character. I also love the fact that there was a trend in the late 2010s beginning at Civil War where whenever there's a trailer for new Avengers there's also a Smash Bros. version replacing everyone as a Smash Bros character, while the lineup on which is which was varied the only consistent idea is that Spider-Man is always Sonic a fact that I'm very glad about.

I have been both a Sonic fan and a Spider-Man fan my whole life

Most of all we both had a really good show taken away from us before we could get a season 3 which still hurts... A lot.

TBH, I’m a Sonic fan but I’m NOT into Spider-Man. Not because I don’t like the series, but Super Heroes aren’t my thing. I have seen the Spider-Verse movies though. And, plenty of memes based around the Raimi Trilogy and the old cartoons.

That ending was peak

when i first heard that they were making a sonic movie, i thought andrew garfield would be the dream pick because even though he is my least favorite spider man,(he's not bad) whenever he's fighting enemies, he's always making a joke to roast them.

With most of these points you could tie the Ninja Turtles along with this.

As a sonic and spider-man fan. You right

Me be like watching this being a fan for both for many years already

I'm honestly one of the Sonic fans that has no connection with Spider-Man since I just don't see the appeal of the movies. You can all reply saying "hE dOsenT liKe SpIdEr maN" and I get that but it's just my opinion. Sonic has been popping off this year and last and he takes my full interest right now.

Here's a quick story: I was at Walmart and I saw someone who looked alot like bulbasquirtle, and that got me thinking, is it actually bulbasquirtle? Or is it a look alike? I'll probably never know.

0:17 i also found this pattern with transformers and BIONICLE fans