Humans in the world of Sonic the Hedgehog »

          Even though that unlike how there might be realistic animals in the Sonic Universe, we know that there are humans. However, unlike the realistic animals article, humans don't exist in the world of Sonic no matter where he comes from. Humans existence in the Sonic world depends solely on what continuity you're researching. This is a fairly short article and is meant to just clean this mess up. What we're going to do is go through every portrayal of Sonic and see how humans relate to them. We'll start with the games.

Games:

          With Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, and Shadow the Hedgehog in mind, there is absolutely no question that humans exist in the game-based Sonic universe. Humans swamped these three games and have a very effective role in the latter two. But what about the old games? Yes, human appearances in the old games were much more elusive. In fact, it was the lack of human appearances in the old games that make some fans think that the old and new generations of Sonic are somehow separated, whether it be by where Sonic comes from or just because they are two different portrayals. However, humans were in some of the old Sonic games. It just takes whit to spot them. Let's not forget Dr. Eggman either!

           The first old game a human other than Dr. Eggman appeared in was Tails' Sky Patrol, which was released only in Japan: this works for us since it shows that it applies to no other continuity but the Japanese one. Witchkart is a human, so there's one. Next is Sonic Jam. But this hint to humans lies within a hidden video on the disc known as the Sonic: Man of the Year video. Humans are seen cheering Sonic on, talking on the news, walking around the city (that is suspiciously Station Square-like), and then detesting Sonic since his image was ruined and framed by Dr. Eggman.

           Whether or not the Sonic: Man of the Year video was actually a Sega of Japan-made video is suspicious, but odds are, it is. Some of the music and sound effects in the movie were taken from Sonic CD… the Japanese version of Sonic CD. Eggman and Sonic's design is also based off of the Sonic Team designs. As for the humans? Their design is strikingly similar to the cartoony, non-animeish style of Witchkart instead of anime-ish like they are these days.

            So we can conclude that in the games, there are humans, especially since they take place on an alternate EARTH.


Sonic X:

           Sonic X's involvement with humans is a little more complicated. In the games, we have no known proof that Sonic comes from some other world without humans since from the very start, his world has been called "Earth," and has seemed the same, so we can easily assume that the entire game continuity; 1991 to now, has taken place on the same world. But in Sonic X, the continuity has strictly emphasized that Sonic is not from the Earth of the humans, but is instead from some other world. The premise is simple, but the human's involvement is more complicated.

            In Sonic X, Sonic's world is devoid of humans with the exception of Dr. Eggman, who seems to have unknown origins on Sonic's world. Nobody knows where he came from. Obviously, since his relatives are on the Earth of the humans (Gerald & Maria), then it's suffice to say he comes from there. How he got to Sonic's world or why, however, is totally unknown. But we can conclude that he wasn't always there.

            As stated, in the Sonic X continuity, there are no humans on Sonic's homeworld. In the first episode, through an accident involving Chaos Control, the Sonic cast is teleported to an alternate world where there are humans. Sonic has absolutely no idea what they are and vice versa. So this shows that Sonic isn't used to humans, meaning they weren't where he was from. This world-to-world conveyance in the Sonic X continuity was meant primarily to tie in with the Sonic Adventure series.

            So for Sonic X, there are humans on their own planet Earth. But on Sonic's home world? No humans except Dr. Eggman.


Comics:

           The comics are more complicated than all of them. Fleetway, to be honest, I don't know about. For what I gather, I haven't seen any other humans in that comic other than Dr. Robotnik/Kintobor. So maybe there are none. But for Archie, which I have read every issue of so far, I know that humans exist on Mobius but they're involvement is far more complicated.

            First off, in Archie, there are two types of humans: Overlanders, and then normal humans. The Overlanders are abundant on Mobius, but only dwell in very minute concentrations. They have four fingers instead of five and their origins are unknown. With the exception of their minor physical deformity, they are just like humans: same size, same proportions, same pros, same cons, same races, etc., etc. Most Overlanders are cruel and war-mongoring, which is why they have quite a developed aversion towards the Mobosapiens (Sonic, Tails, Sally, King Acorn, etc., etc.). And then there are humans. Until Sonic Adventure, there were no humans in the Archie comics. Humans were made in Archie to tie-in with their Sonic Adventure adaptation to keep things official (even though making a Sonic Adventure adaptation was a mistake in the first place). So how did they work out the humans on Mobius?

            In Archie, believe it or not, Mobius is actually Earth but in the future. 12,000+ years have passed since the year 2006 on Archie, although the year is currently around 3235 in the comics, which is because of the restart of the year count once the evolution of the new Mobian races made it to an intelligent level. 2006 was when the planet was called Earth and the only species that inhabited it were the humans — just like now. However, as a result of the humans imprisoning, executing, and then dissecting the carcass of an alien courier who wanted to deliver a proposal of peace, the alien's race retaliated by dropping Gene Bombs allover Earth. Pretty much the entire human race was destroyed. In the post apocalyptic state, seismic activity and clouds of ash & dust flying into the atmosphere along with the remnants of the gene bombs is what boosted the evolution of what used to be the animal kingdom into what is today the Sonic characters.

             The only humans left in Archie exist at Station Square, AKA the Hidden City of the Ancients. In Archie, Station Square is the last stronghold of humans and is hidden within a mountain with a plane crashed into its side (sound familiar?). The city's amazing technology can project a virtual sky, ocean, and atmosphere even though it is actually underground.

             So yes, that's how it works in Archie. Humans are very rare and are only left in Station Square, while the rest are four-fingered overlanders. But nonetheless, there are humans in the Sonic Universe in Archie.


Sonic OAV:

            This is easy: In the Sonic OAV, there are humans. There is Eggman, Sara, the president, and also the president's advisor. No big quarrel here.


Conclusion: In most portrayals of Sonic, humans do exist in the environment. Only Sonic X has so far portrayed humans coming from another world. So whether or not you implement humans into your creation depends solely on what portrayal of Sonic you find the most interest in. Plothole solved.