Why Mephiles Is Actually A Great Villain 

So what do you guys think about Mephiles. Leave a comment below with your thoughts.

"they don't treat you like a friend, they treat you like an item"

He’s literally the only guy who killed sonic like bruh infinite could never

Look man no matter how legit his writing may be. He's always gonna be Memphis Tennessee to me.

I think Mephiles didn’t play mind games with Sonic because he knew Sonic wasn’t easy to manipulate since Sonic doesn’t appear to have any regrets or desires like Shadow and Silver. Sonic just lives in the moment and does what’s right. That’s why he represents the present (Shadow = The past, Silver = the future.)

Mephiles kills Sonic and they didn't even interact, Sonic never met or knew who killed him... holy shit the great Sonic was killed by someone who he didn't even know existed, that's how much control he had over the plan he was confident that he could achieve his goal

If you think about Mephiles is the only villain to succeed in all of his goals. Thanos only succeeded in his main goal. Mephiles succeeded in every goal.

He goes by many names. Mephiles the Dark Mephistophile the philosopher And Memphis Tennesse the Gamer

Mephiles, like Sonic 06 in and of itself, is a fantastic concept of a villain, held back by the fact that it's Sonic 06.

I think it also seems to be overlooked just how badly Mephiles messed with Silver for no other reason than besides he can. Remember; Silver is not important at all to Mephiles' goals. His goal in '06 is to get his revenge on Shadow and fuse with Iblis to form Solaris, neither of which require Silver at all. He basically just forced a naive and vulnerable teenage boy into his universe-ending plan by giving him false hope that there is a way for him to achieve the peaceful life he so desperately wants, just because he can... and if that's not torturous, I don't know what is. Poor kid didn't deserve any of the stuff that happened to him in this game.

Memphis "Mephiles" Tenesse is such a great character indeed

Funny thing is that Mephile's original Japanese voice sounds NOTHING like his English voice. Yet both of those voices perfectly fit in their own way. The English voice actor is rather strong, bombastic at times even, he has incredible presence. He sounds like a Devil dressed in a tuxedo who appeared in front of you to tell you how this contract he wants you to sign is Obviously the best and the only way. The Japanese voice actor approached it differently. He sounds way more creepy and zombie like. (Which is more fitting to the animation, as it's the original.) He is much quieter and slower. He isn't enforcing his view on Shadow like in the English dub. He is subtly eroding Shadow's confidence, as if speaking from bellow him while shriveling on the ground. Like Gríma Wormtongue from Lord of the Rings would.

This guy is the best Villain. But why? Here are the answers: 1. He is unique. His design is the call back on Shadow, in both Visual and Psychological side, and it is unusal to see an Anthro Sonic character as the true Villain. Even Shadow didn't pull that off. 2. He is properly creepy and demonic, a very rare trait in Sonic Villains 3. He is Sadistic, absolutely Cruel Manipulator who played 4d Chess throughout the game. 4. Mephiles is smart as nobs. And powerfull to boot. It is a mistake to assume that Death of Elise would release Iblis, instead of causing both to perish. It was never stated this way.

If you look at Mephiles's chestfur, it looks like a Fallen Angel or Bird and so literally represents Solaris fallen from grace, I also like how the Crystalline Form is based on Solaris becoming a hard molten sphere that has cracked when Mephiles and Iblis were first formed.

I wouldn’t say mephilies doesn’t have a motive. He’s an incomplete half looking to rejoin with iblis and become whole, and given humanity where the being that split him in the first place he had a reason to resent them.

One thing I think is worth noting with Mephiles is that he _does_ have a deeper motive and backstory. Mephiles was _never meant to exist as a separate entity from Solaris._ Solaris is the natural state of him and Iblis, and the Duke ripped them apart from each other for what was, ultimately, a selfish reason. And then shortly after that, barely aware of himself, he's sealed into a tiny box by Shadow, at the direction of, again, the Duke. The guy is born in _pain_ and then crammed into a miniscule prison for a whole decade, no wonder he's crazy and misanthropic. And the two people he focuses his wrath on? Shadow, who sealed him, and Elise, the daughter of the man who ripped him apart. He's making them suffer and taking pleasure in it out of _revenge._ It's even in his opening monologue: "*What you gave to me, I now return to you.*" It actually ties into a running theme throughout the Adventure titles (of which I consider 06 to be one), the main antagonists (Chaos, Shadow, and Mephiles) are all set off on their violent, vengeful rampages by the selfish actions of a dead old man (Pachacamac, Gerald, the Duke). Chaos is less a sapient being and more a force of nature, and is eventually calmed. Shadow realises what he was truly meant to be stops his creator's posthumous vengeance, and later through stories like Battle and his own game, achieves full self-actualisation and makes peace with his history and Gerald's better, pre-madness intentions (and that's part of why Gemerl is a wasted character, their connection could be so good if it were brought back). Mephiles is somewhere between the two, sapient and aware, but still a pure, entropic force of destruction, unwilling to ever back down. That said... there's always a chance for him to return: His erasure was a _paradox._ Elise snuffing out of the Flame of Hope was only possible because she and Sonic were time-travelling through the power of Solaris. With Solaris retconned out of existence, Elise can't travel back to extinguish the Flame, so the Flame should be fine, which means she can travel back and extinguish it, so the Flame is gone, so she can't travel back, so the Flame is fine, etcetera, etcetera. Mephiles _could_ escape from that scenario... but given what's been done with other antagonists from the 1998-2009 era... maybe it's best that he doesn't. Chaos, Shadow, Neo Metal, Gemerl... none of them have faired well.

I didn't even know people hated him, like wtf he's great.

To me, Mephiles is more creeper than Sonic.exe, he is perfect and like a creepypasta character but official in Sonic verse.

The thing that's bugged me about Mephiles is the fact that he looks a lot like Shadow without the excuse of being a Shadow Android. This video does help explain why. Thank you.

8:50 You can tell how Creepy and Intimidating Mephilis is, simply by the fact that he managed to SCARE Shadow to the point that Mephilis just raising his hand casualy, already sets off all the red flags in shadows head,literaly Jumping away from him and instinctivly protecting rouge from potential danger.

He has the best lair, Tilted Towers. In all seriousness, you got me to see Mephiles in a way I never had before. He truly is one of the better Sonic villains and just happened to be in a not so great game. As for his return being impossible...well here's the thing. Sonic 06 ain't canon. It was meant to be more of a reboot, but obviously they just went back to the old timeline after the game tanked. So, if they were to have Mephiles again, it'd be more a new version. That or they could pull some space-time shenanigans or something. Anyways, great analysis.

Merlina and mephiles are the most slept on Villains in sonic

Fun fact: Ian Flynn, the writer of Archie Sonic Comics, believed that the Time Eater(from Sonic Generations) was actually leftover remnants of Mephiles the Dark. So he may not be as dead as we think.

Many People have already stated why Mephiles is so hellbent on getting revenge and on Shadow specifically. Here is another thought why it had to be Silver who kills Sonic and subsequently releases Iblis. It's because Silver helped to seal Iblis.

Mephiles is the best villain because he actually won; he killed Sonic which released Iblis and became Solaris once more, he also told Shadow that he was going to rewrite history, Sonic and Elise did that for him. I mean come on, he killed Sonic, that alone counts for something, I'm just saying that he had a plan, and it worked. Sure the emeralds brought back Sonic and then three super-hedgies took down Solaris, that's more than what we can say for other villains in the series though

I just occured to me in watching this video that Mephiles seemed to really enjoy the fact that Shadow, the hedgehog that sealed him away to begin with, set him free unintentionally. With that said, it’s kind of crazy to think that Mephiles wants Silver, the hedgehog that he maybe thinks sealed Iblis, to free Iblis and as a result make an unknowing Silver directly responsible for the world that he hates so much (the future, his present) by killing Sonic, a hero, in front of a loved one. You’re definite right in the fact that he simply wants the people around him so suffer greatly. Obviously that didn’t pan out though and so he just killed Sonic himself.

"My name is Memphis, Tennessee, and I'm part lizard. Nice to yoroshiku onegaishimasu, as they say in Nippon."

I feel like Mephiles could still come back seeing as generations brought back crisis city aswell as the iblis creatures which would literally be impossible without Solaris /Iblis or Mephiles existing at all.

The fact that shadow was taken a back by mephiles when mephiles introduced himself says a lot about just how dangerous mephiles actually was shadow is not a character that is easily intimidated and the fact mephiles could just by looking at him speaks volumes mephiles was an awesome villain he was also meant to be a representation of what shadow could have been if it wasn't for rogue and amy

You should see his house. He’s knocked over many chairs because he gets so tilted at the towers.

Always loved Mephiles, never actually played Sonic 06 but saw walkthrough's of it which was more enjoyable really liked his design by far

Okay, soft spot for Mephiles I can 100% stand by since his motive is actually pretty damn deep and unlike anything ever seen in Sonic, but I wouldn't go as far as to say the same for Sonic 06 lol. This is why we need a petition for a remake even though it's probably never happening. I feel a remake will finally do this game some justice and not be virtually unplayable actually.

What scares me most about Mephiles? Do I have to pick just one? The Theme that lingers in the background as he slowly walks with his head hanging low, his eyes that feel and look like daggers, the fact he killed Sonic, he gets into people's heads by tricking and deceiving them with words, he's able to be a puppeteer in his own dark and twisted way, his color scheme that just shows how dark and sadistic he is, you get my point. If Sega is able to rewrite his origins but nothing else, like his personality or instability, I hope we'll get to see him again.

I LOVE Mephiles hes the awesome best villian in the sonic franchise

Just by looking at Mephiles, I liked him instantly. His origin was the best.

Mephiles is the best Sonic villain, end of story, no other villain can top him! God, I remember seeing him as a kid and having nightmares for at least a month! His fear factor is superior to all other Sonic villains! He’s unnerving, cunning, sadistic, he’s darkness itself! Though I think it’s best if Sega doesn’t bring him back, cause then he’ll just be dethroned as the ultimate villain, and that’s something that I can’t stomach, leave him to rest on his throne of eternal darkness!

This probably doesn't mean much, but I've always noticed that the close up on Mephiles' eye is very reminiscent of the close up of Perfect Chaos' eye. I feel like there could be a connection there, between the god of destruction and the god of the sun (or time?) although I'm not sure I can exactly see what it is I'm looking for

Something I noticed through this video and absolutely adore, when Mephiles introduces himself to Shadow he says "I'm Mephiles, Mephiles the Dark." and I always thought this was really cheesy for someone who's supposed to be so intimidating. But then when I paused the video and watched the cutscene where Shadow seals Mephiles - Mephiles' first meeting with Shadow - Shadow introduces himself in the exact same way: "I'm Shadow, Shadow the Hedgehog", and I think it's so cool that Mephiles sort of taunts him upon meeting again by not only taking his physical form but also using the same words that Shadow used a decade ago.

Mephiles is a awesome villain he actually kind of gave me the creeps when I was a kid like damn. He can be a horror villain

Definitely the best Sonic villain ever man, I would love to see Mephiles return. That's a pipe dream though.

Not once have I played, watched, or fully understood Sonic 06, but I’m glad to see it had a brilliant villain. Pure evil is a good villainous trait, but “doing it because I can” is an even better one to me. Having the power to achieve your goal but using that power to instead torture, manipulate, and kill random people because the option is there is something that will always give me chills.

My only issue with Mephiles is how he handles his plans. I get that he's meant to be a puppet master in the grand scheme but if all he wanted to do was join with Iblis again, and nothing ever said that Iblis was too strong for him in Silver's time, so was there some reason he couldn't just do that in the future when Iblis was already freed,? But that's neither here nor there. His plans could be just a LITTLE simpler (or better explained) but aside from that, he's definitely a great villain and the fact that he not only killed Sonic (albeit temporarily) but also wins, certainly makes him out to be a powerful foe. Whenever he's in a scene, all eyes from the cast are on him and despite not being as strong as Iblis, he's still able to put up a good fight.

It’s a sheer delight to hear Dan Green who also voices Yugi and Yami/Pharaoh Atem in Yu-Gi-Oh as well as Mewtwo in the Pokémon series do Mephiles’s voice. He’s perfect at it.

I love your take on mephiles. I could not agree more even as an adult I’m terrified by him. What a great villain he was.

As for SEGA bringing him back, I believe it to be entirely possible lore-wise. (Came up with this a couple of showers ago.) You see, we have the big question on what happens to your conscience when errased from existance like Mephiles. Let's say you can't see, hear, smell, taste, or touch anything: A blank void. (Like how Tails described the white-statue state in Generations?) But what if, after being vanquished from existance, he formed his own space to regain strength? A *Null Space* if you wish? After all, if it is the ONLY thing in non-existance, it becomes the only thing that exists, and a universe on itself. Before you think about it: No, not many things have ben WIPED from existance, as you might suspect, so the blank void wouldn't be all crowded with elements or characters, probably just him (given that 06 Blaze, the one who assimilated Iblis was transported SOMEWHERE, so he exists, but as part of Blaze's power, so not really?) Given his desires to pay back people (as explained in his Japanese ver. backstory) he could have tried to errase Sonic & co from the timeline, or just doom them to fight over and over with his time powers. But how? *Time Eater.* What is if is not remains, but something he manifested with his slowly re-growing power? After all, it came to Eggman in a VERY convenient moment, having been tossed into the far-reaches of space with no supplies or air whatsoever, guaranteeing at least a shot at using Eggman to take care of those who vanquished him into non-existance to begin with. The Phantom Ruby could also play a part as a gateway between his "Null Space" and reality, and the disturbances it can create. Forces, you threw away so much...

There are two main characters from Sonic The Hedgehog with nicknames. Miles "Tails" Prower. Memphis "Mephiles" Tennessee.

one of mephiles’ biggest issues is that a lot of his charm factor; his enjoyment of destruction and how sadistic he is; stems from how we interpret his actions the story doesnt take time to really establish any of this, making some of his charm seem like headcanon. it sometimes feels like we only like him because we had time as kids to postulate on who he is and why he does things i think mephiles needed much better execution, but what we actually had in theory was extremely good

One thing that I think people often overlook when talking about Mephiles is the actual reason he tricks Silver into trying to kill Sonic. Its established that Silver is one of the more powerful characters in the Sonic universe, surviving a dystopian future and defeating Iblis many times over. Naturally, Mephiles wanted to get him out of the picture, so if Silver had been successful in killing Sonic, Mephiles would've gathered together everyone who posed a threat to him in one easy to destroy group. It's really quite clever.

I love how in silvers cutscenes, you hear a little bit of Mephiles’ theme, but in shadow’s, you hear the theme crack and struggle but maintain control.

I REALLY Like Mephiles as a character, he is very different from other sonic villains, and you make a lot of good points that he literally does everything in that game because he CAN. HE has a very sadistic, cruel, and creepy nature and I love him to death. I love his interaction parallels with Silver and Shadow. Like you explained: I also thoroughly enjoy the interactions he has with the two characters. With Silver, he's calm and somewhat collected taking control of the entire outcome with silver and he keeps feeding him lies and deceit, convincing Silver to do what he wants. However, with Shadow, Mephiles tries to talk to him and get into his head (like he did with Silver) but he uses manipulation tactics and the fears he knows about due to being a technical time god and likely seeing into the past through Shadow. He knows what triggers Shadow and what doesn't in a way. He knew telling Shadow about the future and him being sealed away again would get to his head, but was shocked when Shadow did not take his offer and I love the fact Mephiles showed surprise to that answer and decided to try and take Shadow down by force. Also it's interesting to think about the fact Shadow has someone who has bested him in combat and almost defeated him! Last time we had that in any way was with Black Doom in Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) but even in that instance Shadow managed to beat him on his own, he probably would not be able to defeat Mephiles on his own without massive power bursts which, since Mephiles is very intelligent would likely catch in on and wear Shadow down and get to him when he's vulnerable. When you fight Mephiles in the boss battles (which are both AWESOME by the way) I love the way in the first fight Mephiles was more focused in trying to continue on in getting to Shadow's head, confusing him as his shadow in the ground or talking to him about what could happen in the future. This is more on Shadow's point of view but I noticed Shadow had a bit of hesitation when Mephiles told him to join along side him and I found that very interesting! I love the sinister, manipulative, and torturous way Mephiles handles things and his obsession with Shadow makes it even better in a way. He's so angry with Shadow in sealing him away he won't stop at nothing to get Shadow to basically kneel before him and take control of the situation at hand. Another thing I really like about Mephiles that I wish they touched up on a bit more was his ability to shapeshift. They sorta show it in the Mephiles Phase 2 battle with the large energy creatures but I think it would have been cool if he managed to take some of those monstrous forms himself. ALTHOUGH it's very cool to see him manipulate his energy like he did and it makes you wonder what he can do with all that energy. Theoretically, He could've used it to capture Shadow and continue to try and verbally get to his head due to his manipulative nature but he chose to fight and scare him in a sense I like that. Also him being weak to light based attacks makes sense and that's something I see people complain about a lot, the fights with him being "too easy"

His best line is "It's because you're a Beta male, Silver"

That opening for Mephiles just makes me CRAVE a Sonic 06 animated series.

many people hate this game. I love this game despite a lot of it's bugs and short time to make. I don't like the new games because it feels like they don't put a lot of effort into a story and are doing it to make quick cash. They put a lot of effort in this storyboard especially with the screwy timeline. I feel like they try to bring back villains that are like Mephiles but are not as intimidating as Mephiles. Think about it. Every five years in a Sonic game, there is always a villain that has something to do with TIME. Sonic 06 (2006): Mephiles Sonic Generations (2011): Time Eater Sonic Forces/Sonic Mania (2016/2017): Infinite

To this day 06 still remains my favourite Sonic game. Mephiles is still in my mind today not because of everything you just said, but because he was the first villain to ever kill Sonic. This video helped me understand Mephiles more, thanks.

I think there is a way to bring him back. Just like Silver and Blaze. It probably takes an entire game to do so but he's literally the only villain who isn't a joke.

I Always loved Mephiles, he's such a forgotten character. I remember being scared of the shadow form of Mephiles at his first boss fight and I just couldn't do the fight because I was too scared. I'm glad that someone like you made a video on him, very neat ! -'v'-

While there maybe some problems with Sonic 06, you still have to give it credit for having a tone and unashamedly sticking to it. Which is alot more than can be said for the games of the past decade. The way the series can poke fun at itself with self deprecating humour its like its almost afraid to take itself seriously, because that could lead to... Gaming press: The game's taking itself seriously, just 06! We can't have that! All aboard the Sonic hate train for those easy clicks, because Sonic was never good! Also for a character request, could you do a video on the villainess Merlina? The only good female Sonic villain in the games.

Honestly Mephiles is the most sinister darkest villains in the sonic universe that I commonly know

I’d love to see Mephiles return, and to be honest, it seems like a plausible option. For starters, Sonic as a franchise seems to be going back to its older titles and taking things from them (take for example Forces with the returning villains and baddies, more specifically the Egg Dragoon), and Mania with its entire gamestyle. Now, given that, to my knowledge, the Sonic series is gonna be quiet for a long time, I don’t know what could happen, but my guess is that maybe, just maybe, they will bring him back. Another thing to consider, he could come back in a number of ways. One way that comes to mind, and one I’m sure you all thought of at one point, would be the one-off dark entity, the Time Eater. It could be a simple matter of Mephiles hitching a ride on them, perhaps the Flame of Hope paradox ends up sending him to the space where the Time Eater resides and he gets assistance from them, or more accurately manipulated them into doing his bidding. Perhaps he could find a way back on his own, perhaps by breaking the cycle, or again with the Time Eater’s domain, or some other way I can’t think of. Another idea is the theory that the Time Eater is connected to Mephiles/Solaris in some way, which I could see *sort of*. Lastly, how this could be executed in a game. I’ve had this one stewing for a bit, so here it goes: Imagine a time of peace for once, perhaps after the whole clean-up stuff after Forces to keep continuity and explain the peace. Nothing bad seems to be happening, and nothing from Eggman in a while. Well, Eggman would be somewhere, perhaps a rebuilt Death Egg, perhaps another base, doesn’t really matter much. He’s experimenting with the powers of two Chaos Emeralds, when suddenly they create a rift, and out pops our boy Mephiles, pretty fed up with humanity (more than he already was) and very much ready for round 2. Perhaps an uprising of robots would alert Sonic and his friends to Eggman’s resurgence, but nothing about Mephiles. Perhaps Mephiles could take the form of Eggman, or another character, or perhaps stay with the Shadow clone look, but he wouldn’t come up fully until much later on. Instead, little hints to him here and there, perhaps a small glimpse of him could be in the backgrounds of different levels, as if he’s spying on Sonic, biding his time… I’ve got nothing else to add, really. I hope I’m not too far off my rocker with all this, lol.

He was so popular, they named a city after him!

Once again, with a bunch of polishes and a few tweaks and fixes on the storyline, Sonic '06 would have been a gem

We'll never see Mephiles again, cause he'll make the story very dark and not child friendly, which Sonic plots are currently. What I love about the early-mid 2000s is that Sega went all out with their ideas with alot of freedom aiming for adult -teen audiences.

Mephiles: have you ever been f by a clone feels great they know all the great spots

13:47 The bad lip sinking kills the seriousness but god damn, I miss this shadow so much 😍

This video turned out really well, nice work! It's a bit strange since Eggman is the main villain of the series, but I gotta say that Mephiles is probably my favorite Sonic villain. Here's a weird request, what do you think about making a video about Emerl from Sonic Battle. I think his story is one of the greatest, and should be talked about more.

2:40 And I have no idea how intentional it was but this zoom on his eyes and their design itself reminds me of the same zoom to Perfect Chaos's eyes in SA1.

He has always been my favourite sonic villain. I think the general STORY of 06 is horribly flawed however the character writing was at its peak in this game. It really is a crying shame about the game being so glitchy and broken because it could have been the greatest sonic game of all time.

The wonderfully evil laugh, followed by the organ playing, after Mephilis had killed Sonic, is peak villainy. So deliciously evil! I’d gotten chills in that scene.

Yo this just popped up on my feed. Something I like about ur channel, is that i can have a reasonable disagreement, and when we agree, u articulate my own position better than I can ! Solid ! . Definitly about to watch this after work

i think the most terrifying thing about mephlise is that he has no actual motive, he just wants destruction, no less, no more

I think all the remakes of 06 coming out to make it not (play) terrible at least are bringing some of that reevaluation of it's plot and characters forward after all the original hate died down, that or just a new audience experiencing it that wasn't around back then at all.

It's such a shame that SEGA can't even get his name right now. He is the one Sonic villain, or even villain in general, who got exactly what they wanted. It took time travel shenanigans to defeat him, and he's still finding a way to influence the spin offs!

No one but NO ONE can top mephiles he is the greatest villain in all sonic games i wish he was brought back

I think there wasn't really any interaction between Sonic and Mephiles because he didn't need to be around. His plan was going perfectly. Using Silver he put Sonic and Elise in situations where they would grow closer and by staying away from Sonic he didn't give Silver the chance to see his true colors too soon . He set everything up so perfectly. Waited until Sonic and Elise was very close. Waited until Elise was at her happies and then killed Sonic in front of her. Sonic not knowing Mephiles even existed made it very easy. He made sure is was sudden.

The one short part where Mephiles tells Omega that humanity reprogrammed him in the future to defeat and imprison Shadow... AND that in addition to that, Omega also did it because he wanted... I thought that was mind blowing story development. Something that hits you very hard, because it has an actual meaning. It is a story. Unlike the modern Sonic stories like: "Go to place X and collect Y. Once you have all Y, you can fight the final boss." That's not a story, that is gameplay. This relationship between Omega and Shadow... that was the story. And they only mentioned it in 06 in this one bit of dialog. And then when Shadow and Rouge approached... they let Omega explain what Mephiles meant... OFF SCREEN? The first time I saw that, I thought that was either underwhelming, or hiding something on purpose. It either meant that it would be elaborated on later in the game... or in a sequel. It never happened later in the game. And for the longest time, I was foolish enough to think there would be a sequel. Or any kind of Sonic game where this plot point would come up and be central to the story. I hoped that we would get "Shadow the Hedgehog 2", where Shadow would be shown working for GUN. During that game, a secret part of GUN would be planning to get rid of Shadow for the same reason they tried to get rid of him 50 years ago (which is basically the reason Mephiles stated). And they would get their hands on Omega and reprogram him. Maybe they would even make a deal with Eggman to achieve this goal. And Omega would betray Shadow just because he always wanted to prove he was the strongest. And Rouge would at first believe the GUN propaganda that Shadow went rogue and needed to be neutralized... but then she would realize that he was framed. She would be the only one to know that. So she would have to save him. And in the end, Omega would finally have some character development, where he would realize that he cannot be just a dumb meathead who only lives to keep proving to everyone that he's the strongest. Because then others will take advantage of him. And most importantly, he will lose his only friends because of that. In the end, the GUN general from the first ShtH could be shown to help discover the traitors inside GUN and help GUN to clean its name. But after this experience, Shadow would decide to leave GUN and be on his own for a while,. To think about what his role in this world is. Because being an agent (basically a weapon) for a military organization that has this much power and influence over the entire world doesn't really feel that heroic. Not in practice, and not even in principle. I still hope that one day we will get a game like this. But the way things are going right now, it will happen maybe in 100 years, once Sonic franchise is resurrected from the dead and completely restarted from scratch.

Another thing is that when Mephiles killed Sonic, he keeps that blade in him to make him feel pain l, rub it in, and/or savor the murder

dude, u have the time and talent for this and im glad i got to experience a few of ur vids, u can see through the writing and thats already a pretty powerful skill lol

As always, wonderful video!

As good as a villain he is 1. He is buried under bad writing in 06 2. Snapcube’s Real Time Fandub of 06 has become the dominant version of him online, which I think is great and hilarious, but cracks begin to show when a bunch of improv comedians do the character more justice than his own game series.

Mephiles just has a thing about him ,that gives me slight chills ,the way he talks ,toys with everyone he can and the sadistic nature of him turn him into a sonic villian that i actually take seriously , the only other villian that could do that was chaos . Like eggman is iconic ,but i xan never take him seriously, metal sonic in heroes is just whack , zavok and the other of the deadly 6 are annoying at best and infinite looks cool ,but lacks both interesting abilities, backstory or personality traits.

When you showed mephiles laughed I just laughed along his laugh is so cool

Of all the videos you've made that outro music just fit so well after talking about mephiles, not to mention I really wanna play 06 at this point just to experience this villain in all his glory

Am I the only person who when hears Mephiles’s name, my mind immediately goes to… M E M P H I S T E N N E S E E

@8:10 Mephiles intro scene is nothing short of well done! Music, cinematography, posing, voice acting. This game does have its positives & merits.

Good video, 06 was always my favorite game

Mephiles is automatically the best villain because he killed sonic just for the lols. He could have time traveled to LITERALLY ANY POINT IN TIME with iblis and joined with him then, but he went out of his way to trick silver, fight shadow, and kill sonic just to be a dick. And this is what also led to his downfall. If he had just went to the future and joined with iblis without encountering sonic, shadow, or silver then no one would know who he is or how to stop him. But him choosing to fight everyone gave them the knowledge of how to defeat him.

He was that one villain that I can always think of when thinking of Sonic villains

As someone who recently acquired Mephiles in Sonic Forces, this video has been very useful for backstory. Thanks!

Honestly, creating such an elaborate and somewhat complicated plan when he can just do the thing, is a such a good villain thing to do. Why just do the thing when you can have fun with it? Like doing a chore vs doing a chore to music. The music being sadistic glee in this case. It's a simple question he asked himself. "What would cause the most pain for them?" I can feel a smile where there is none. Where there shouldn't be.

YES THANK YOU I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT MEPHILES VIDEO FOR SO LONG AND THIS ONE IS IT

You got yourself a subscriber for this video in me. Mephiles is definitely my 3rd favorite Sonic Villain behind Metal Sonic and Eggman.

really didn't expect this to turn my opinion completely around, but I gave it a shot, and wow you do not disappoint absolutely nailed it, man

What if Mephiles after merging with Solaris left a fragment of his Soul (The Phantom Rudy) back in the Sonic 3/Mania on the Angel Island through the timeline so he can resurrect himself through Infinite?? The Infinite Symbol he does with the Chaos Emeralds, doesn't seem that random to me! I just heard that Mephiles may be in the new Sonic game!

I remember the "Some Call Me Johnny" review of 06 and the line that I always remember from it was "can you honestly tell me that he instigated the whole 'have Silver kill Sonic to make Elise cry' plot just to be a d---!?" and just think to myself "yes, yes he did." also, even if Mephiles wasn't both killed and retconned (in his own game), I'd only want him to appear (in the mainline games) one more time, as part of what makes him cool is that what he accomplished in just one game greatly outshines anything anyone did both before and after him. also, just look at Metal Sonic, he's also cool, but he's been run into the ground that it almost loses his cool.

This video has given me a different kind of insight than I expected. The analysis on Mephiles was great as is, but I've been wanting to make a video somewhat like this about *my* favourite villain, but was struggling with how to approach the presentation of information (speaking more from a writing standpoint than visual)

I've barely played any Sonic games yet I still find myself enthralled with your videos. You convinced me to buy Sonic Heroes after not playing it since I was a kid.

I think Mephiles was the first sonic villain to actual scare me, genuinely. Especially with his theme song playing in the background it does not help😰

0:20 I think the reason some still hate him, is because those who hate the character also hated the game. There is some truth about the hatred of the game (probably the numerous glitches and bad controls)

I just realized that when shadow meets him for the first time, the close up of Mephiles's eye parallels the openimg of Sonic Adventure 1 wjich zooms in on Chaos's and Sonic's eyes respectively

got here after looking at a meme my friend sent me at 4am from after i stumbled across the knuckles video. gotta say you make some compelling arguments even though i’m too half awake to understand shit right now