He’s arguably more popular now than ever before.

And not just the ones Sega would prefer you to forget.

Then, of course, there are the numerous TV shows.

Shadow the Hedgehog

Bafflingly, the trio’s powers come from musical instruments that shoot lasers (????

(Granted, any connection over ‘zero’ is an automatic improvement).

We’ve ranked every Sonic the Hedgehog movie from worst to best.

Shadow, Sonic, and Amy Rose standing in Green Hill Zone.

AOSTH is the definition of pure adequacy.

These have to be seen to be believed.

And for the first episode, it delivered on that.

A split image of Sonic X Shadow Generations, showing Modern Sonic in City Escape, Shadow in Space Colony ARK, and Classic Sonic in Chemical Plant.

Wanted to see Knuckles match wits with rogue GUN agents, as the trailers indicated?

But the legendary warrior deserved so much more.

4Sonic X

Kids, Never Use Formula One Race Cars To Chase Hedgehogs!

Sonic Boom Fire and Ice promo art.

Get to know the Ultimate Life Form!

When X gets cooking in seasons two and three, though, it’s great.

It mostly works, though it isn’t without its hiccups.

A collage showing gameplay screenshots of three different obscure Sonic games.

The main hook of Prime is seeing Sonic’s friends in such different options.

Against all odds, it’s a laugh riot.

The Sonic games feature a huge cast of characters who don’t get all that much recognition.

Sonic, accompanied by his siblings Sonia and Manic, in Sonic Underground.

These are the best of them.

This is some of the sharpest, quick-witted satire you’ll see in a show of this kind.

There are episodes about the legal system, about the music industry, about the corruption of politics.

Sonic and Tails dress as soldiers to confuse Robotnik, Scratch and Grounder.

Every so often, a scene from Boom will make the rounds on social media.

1Sonic SatAM

He’s The Fastest Thing Alive!

It’s not even really a contest.

Knuckles, Sonic, and Shadow standing in Green Hill.

In this show, Robotnik has already won and has rendered the lush Mobius a technology-centric hellscape.

Sally Acorn, in particular, would enjoy a lengthy second life in the comic books.

SatAM nails its tone.

Knuckles pulling on an electrifed chain in his titular show.

Jim Cummings, of Disney fame, makes for a terrifying Robotnik, whose presence is encroaching and oppressive.

About the only criticism we have of SatAM is that there wasn’t more of it!

From Radical Highway to Space Colony ARK, we’ve ranked the best levels in Sonic X Shadow Generations.

Sonic X promotional art for its Netflix debut.

Sonic Prime poster featuring all the main characters.

The cast of Sonic Boom stood against a jungle backdrop.

Sonic and friends planning around a table in Sonic SatAM.

Sonic The Hedgehog