"SegaSonic"»

          To be honest, this is actually more of a dispute than it is an actual plothole. SegaSonic was a term adopted by Sonic Team purists to describe any 'true' Sonic-related media that is canon to the video games and made in, for, and by Japan and Sonic Team. You may have noticed this word was sprinkled about the site, but I never failed to place it in quote marks. That is simply because I happen to know for a fact that SegaSonic is actually a meaningless freakin' term and I was using it in a sarcastic context. I mostly made this page to clear up that I was not using it because I am some "SegaSonic" purist as many people who flame-mailed me misinterpret me as. For the love of GOD, some of the people in this fanbase are dumb.

          All the term SegaSonic really is was just the name they happened to give to the System 32 Arcade title, "SegaSonic the Hedgehog" along with "SegaSonic Cosmo Fighter." Other than that, it was just a promotional label slapped onto some Japanese Sonic merchandise such as plush dolls, figurines, keychains and stickers.

         As you can clearly see, the title graphic of the Arcade title says, "SegaSonic the Hedgehog." That is pretty much the only 'official' representation of such a dubbing, but nope — God forbid we keep it there, huh? I mean, it's also on these:

Top left: SEGASONIC iron-on badge, next to it is a joint SEGASONIC Sonic & Tails plush, below them is the tag of an Eggman plush, and next to it… SEGASONIC boxers. And yes, I took these from Ebay. I highly doubt that is a 3rd degree misdemeanor.

         In a way, SegaSonic was more of a nickname or alias Japan gave Sonic for some promotional purposes (I'm quite sure he was never called SegaSonic in the games), and the nickname died out at around 94, or 95. But it wasn't until major online Sonic fandom formed that Sonic Team purists adopted the name and used it as some elite way to classify their ideal vision of Sonic: that everything from Sonic Team and Sega of Japan is the canon Sonic and everything else isn't. Most true and marginally intelligent Sonic fans know that all portrayals of Sonic: Sonic Team, Archie, Fleetway, SatAM, etc., etc. are all official, but are just different to appeal to different nations. But there are those special few that think that their precious "SegaSonic" universe is the official Sonic, mostly because they have some strange complex with their own ethnicity and bust a nut over anything that is Japanese. Newsflash, people. If Archie, Fleetway, SatAM, etc., etc. weren't official, they wouldn't exist since they would be infracting copyright and trademark laws. All Sonic media whether it be the comics, games, TV series or merchandise pass through SEGA at some point.

         So as a conclusion here, if you insist on smothering any Archie or SatAM fans with your purist caca, then at least assert some technicality and refer to your logic as, "Sega of Japan-canon" or perhaps "Sonic Team Sonic" instead of SegaSonic. SEGASONIC is dead, meaningless, and is being totally misused across the fanbase. All in all, EVERYTHING Sonic-related is SEGASONIC since, guess what, SEGA is the one that licenses all Sonic products!