... He was a phenomenon in every area, but T.L. had, there was something specific and new about Sonic the Hedgehog, especially in the early '90s. So let's get into-- All right, so without, out of the way, T.L. thinks this is the blackest character of all time. ...
... - Yeah, and it gets a cloth, yeah. - Okay, okay, so getting back into it, T.L. wanted to do a thing like why black people like Sonic? I could make, I could poo-poo him here, but I won't, because the only thing being like, I think everybody likes Sonic. He was a phenomenon in every area, but T.L. had, there was something specific and new about Sonic the Hedgehog, especially in the early '90s. So let's get into-- All right, so without, out of the way, T.L. thinks this is the blackest character of all time. - Hi there, I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. - All right, all right, all right. - What did you call this, the top five what, T.L.? - Yeah, this is the top five reasons black people love Sonic the Hedgehog. - Number five. ...
14 more quotes about Sonic the Hedgehog from this episode
00:16:16 - 00:16:46
- And then why don't we segue into number four, because I really like that you highlighted this TL, 'cause it's worth highlighting. - Number four, you had as the music of the Genesis slash Sonic the Hedgehog. And I absolutely love pointing that out, because I love comparing Sonic and Mario to Mickey and Bugs Bunny. ...
00:25:50 - 00:26:44
... - Gotta do it, gotta do it. - Hi there, I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. - Not that one. ...
00:30:23 - 00:33:07
... What I thought was, of course, what we're highlighting here, I think I highlighted, obviously, you've been hearing me play this throughout the show. - I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. - That is Sonic's first voice in 1996 in a PC game that is a woman named Meg, I should've written it down, and Sonic talks a lot in that game, but Sonic doesn't talk in the games and doesn't talk in Western animation. ...
00:44:23 - 00:45:09
... - Oh, what's this one? - Oh, this is Sonic the Hedgehog from Sega Genesis. Look at these radical colors, huh? ...
00:49:52 - 00:50:22
... You can, anywhere your life was, they made sure that you were able to get Sonic the Hedgehog. It is a genius marketing campaign to make sure that you get those games in your hands. ...
00:51:50 - 00:52:20
... (dramatic music) - I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. (laughing) - TL, what'd you highlight this aesthetic attitude, just? ...
01:02:42 - 01:03:42
... - Here's the thing. Who's the main bad guy, Sonic Hedgehog? That's right. - Oh, white guy. ...
02:14:14 - 02:14:44
... - Six, seven deadbeats. - I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. - And then-- - See, they can't see you doing the hand thing. ...
02:21:16 - 02:21:59
like, three months ago, like, I can show you levels you can't reach yet, his parents are very screen, what do you call it, regulatory, so they're like, he would like to write you a letter about Sonic the Hedgehog 1, and he is currently writing me a letter about, 'cause Sonic still works, still works on kids, still works on everybody, and so, like, yeah, what, Sonic the Hedgehog memories, for real, because-- - Yeah, I'll actually, I'll start mine, 'cause I do think it's something, like you said, I think it's…
02:41:46 - 02:42:16
... - VGA Sonic, Black Sonic episode, that's how we'll refer to it behind the scenes, is over, and I have to play this one more time. - Hi there, I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. (upbeat music)
02:16:31 - 02:17:01
... - I sort of want to know what you like about Sonic the Hedgehog, and I know that not everybody out there can comment on Sonic's blackness comfortably, or like what, but I do like that we brought it up like that. ...
00:03:18 - 00:03:51
and we wanted to talk about, like I said, Blackest game characters, and y'all know how, y'all heard me on the show, y'all know, I think, I say, Sonic is Black, Sonic is for Black people, but then I thought, what would be a great top five? The top five reasons Black people love Sonic the Hedgehog. - Believe me, that was workshops, and I'm very glad TL found a better way to say it than I was thinking. ...
00:54:51 - 00:55:21
... And I think what I tried to highlight is that like, even when you think, Mario World, I don't know, might be a better game than Sonic the Hedgehog. I don't really know anymore. ...
01:58:38 - 01:59:10
... You always lost money on this. I don't know that the Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis games made money. ...
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