Sonic Chronology:
Sonic
Adventures
(Sonic 72 –
125)
Robotnik Returns!
*Tales of the Great War: Prelude
Sonic 71: “In the
Beginning” / Sonic 72: “The Shot Heard
'Round the World” / Sonic 73: “The Big Bad One”
Tails and Amy Rose explore the Library.
--A
day prior to the events of Sonic 73-77.
*Sonic 72:
“I,Robotnik”
Rotor leaves for
the Arctic; Robotnik's life-story is broadcast on live TV.
--
The afternoon before the events of Sonic 73-77.
Off Panel (Sonic 72)
*Robotnik's
Rise & Robotnik's Return
Sonic 73: “The
Truth is Out There”
Sonic Super Special 11:
“Ascension”
Sonic 74: “Don't Call It A
Comeback” & “Tales of the Great War 3: Enter... Robotnik”
Sonic 75: “I Am The Eggman!”
Sonic 76:
“Business As Usual”
Sonic 76: “Tales of
the Great War 4: Another Point of View”
Sonic
77: “Rebel Without a Pause”
* Shortly after Robo-Robotnik's conquest, while Mina is searching for her mother, she encounters the spirit of Mammoth Mogul. He marks her as his own, enhances her abilities, and removes her memory of the incident.
-- Sonic 185: "Needful Things". Occurs between Robotnik's attack in 75 and Sonic's second meeting with Mina in 76. Note that in 185 it was implied Mogul was physically present - however, that is impossible as he was trapped in the Master Emerald at this time.
Off Panel Universe - “Off Panel” (Knuckles 26, Sonic 73, Knuckles 27, Sonic 74, SSS 10, Knuckles 28, Sonic 75)
*Tales of the Great War: War's End
Sonic 77: “For
Better or Worse” / Sonic 78: “What Really Happened” / Sonic 79:
“Life Underground”
Elias, Amy Rose, Jules, Bernie, and others talk around the
campfire.
*Knuckles 29: “My Special Friend”
Sally
meets with the Brotherhood of Guardians
*Super
Special 11: Girls Rule!
“Ascension” listed
above.
“Solo”
“Family”
“Upgrade”
“Shadows”
*King of the Hill
Knuckles 30:
“King of the Hill: Bad to the Bone”
Knuckles 31: “King of the Hill: The Thrill of the Hunt”
Knuckles 32: “King of the Hill: To the Death”
*Espio the Chameleon
Knuckles 30:
“Hiding in Plain Sight”
Knuckles 31: “The
Best of Friends”
Knuckles 32: “The Worst of
Enemies”
Off Panel Universe - “Off Panel” (Knuckles 29,
Sonic 76, Knuckles 30, Sonic 77, SSS 11, Knuckles 31)
Sonic Adventure
*Sonic
78 - A New Beginning
“Changes”
Off Panel Universe: Off Panel
*Off Panel Universe: “Off Panel” (Knuckles 33)
*Zone Wars: Giant Robotno"
--Super Special 12. Knothole is
referred to as "Knothole Kingdom", so it must be after 78.
However, I assume it took place before Sonic 79-93.
*Law
of the Land
--Super Special 14. Sonic and Sally are together,
thus, to be even close to its' publishing order, and after the
previous Zonic appearance, it must go here.
*Sonic
Adventure
Day One:
Sonic 79: “The
Discovery”
Day Two:
Sonic 80: “If Wishes
Were Acorns” -- the morning following “the Discovery”
Day
Three:
Sonic 80: “Swallowing Trouble” --
The night following “If Wishes Were Acorns”
Sonic 81: “City of Dreams” -- starts same night as “Swallowing
Trouble”, continues into the next morning.
Sonic 79: “The Chaos Factor” -- starts early in the morning
following “Swallowing Trouble”, continues into the day.
Sonic 80: “Land Fall” -- Continues from “Chaos Factor”
Sonic 81: “A Rose Plucked” -- Continues from “City of
Dreams”
Sonic 81: “All You Need Is A
Bit of Chaos” -- Continues from “Land Fall”
Sonic 82: “Door to the Past” -- Continues from “A Bit of
Chaos”, after “A Rose Plucked”
Sonic
82: “Night of Chaos” -- After “Door to the Past”
Sonic 82: “Double-Crossed Circuits” -- Side-story to “Door
to the Past”, ends shortly before “Sonic Adventure”
Day
Four:
Super Special 13: “Sonic Adventure”
-- Begins the morning after “Night of Chaos”
Sonic 83: “Menace to Society” -- continues from “Sonic
Adventure”
Sonic 84: “Perfect Chaos”
-- Continues from Sonic 83
Sonic 84:
“Bridge Over Troubled Waters” -- After “Perfect Chaos”
*Off
Panel Universe: Off Panel Adventure (Sonic 79-80, SS12, 81-82, SS13,
Sonic 83-84)
*Sonic 85: “The Big
Payback”
Sonic battles Silver Sonic 2 before the Freedom
Fighters leave Station Square.
*
Robotnik is chased out of Station Square by the reprogrammed
Silver Sonic 2 all the way to Prison Island, where he discovers one
of the labs of his grandfather (on his mother's side), Doctor
Gerald.
-- Sonic 98: “Sonic Adventure 2” flashback
*
Heart of the Hedgehog:
Sonic 86: “Heart of
the Hedgehog: Evil's Return”
Sonic 87: “Heart
of the Hedgehog: Lava Story”
Tails and Sonic battle Metal Sonic – the robot formerly known as
the artificial Mecha Sonic!
-- Within a few hours after
85: “Home and Back”
*Sonic
85: “Home and Back”
Rotor is in trouble in the Arctic.
Off
Panel Universe – Off Panel (Sonic 85, 86,
87)
*“Against
the Haunted Past”
Sonic 86: Part One / Sonic 87: Part Two
Monkey Khan remembers his past, and fights Eggman.
*Sonic
Super Special #14: “The Best of Times, The Worst of
Times"
Lara-Le and
Wynmacher are married. The ghost of Matthias returns. A Dark Legion
attack pushes the Floating Island into another Zone, but Knuckles
escapes.
*Return to A Crisis:
Sonic
88:“Family Matters”
Sonic 89: “Thicker
Than Water”
*Knuckles'
Crusade
Sonic 88: “Picking Up the Pieces”
Sonic 89: “A Matter of Self Interest”
Sonic
90: “Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
Off Panel (88, 89)
*Sonic
the Thief
Sonic 90:
“Sword of Omens”
Sonic
91: “Crash!”
The
Overlanders return to Mobius.
Sonic 92: “The
Wrath of Khan”
Monkey Khan
attacks Robotropolis, scaring the Overlanders and helping convince
them to side with Robotnik.
Sonic 93: “Crime
'N' Punishment”
For
stealing (and losing) the Sword of Acorns, Sonic looses his title,
and is forbidden from leaving Knothole.
-- Note: Combining the
“six weeks later” in Sonic 94 with the “3 Months” said to be
between Sonic Adventures 1 & 2, this story would seem to be set a
month and a half after Sonic Adventure.
*Hunting
the Green Echidna:
Sonic 91: “Hired Guns”
Sonic 93: “Bagging the Big One”
Sonic 94:
"The Best Laid Plans"
Knuckles goes mad with pain and power.
*
Sonic 92: “Sonic Shuffle: Premonition”
This
is either non-continuity, or it requires a better place to go, and a
conclusion.
Off Panel (92, 93)
3237:
Sonic Adventure 2
The
date for the year change-over is, as always, uncertain. I have placed
it here because so much has already taken place in 3236, and after
this point we have two points where the story jumps ahead a few
months. By keeping those jumps in 37, we spread things out a bit.
Also, while we know Sonic is away for about a year during 37-38,
there is no reason he can't have left several months into 37, and
returned several months into 38.
* A month and a half pass, unchronicled. During that time, Sally and Sonic are unable to see each other, and Geoffry runs the Kingdom through Elias. Knothole goes through many changes, including the construction of a castle.
*The New Order
Sonic 94: “New Order”
Sonic goes to school!
Sonic 95: “Enemy Mine”
*Faux Fox Vs Emerald
Echidna:
Sonic 95: “When Destiny Calls”
Sonic 96: “The Chosen One”
Sonic 97: “To
The Brink”
*Hedgehog in Disguise:
Sonic 96: “The Messenger”
Sonic 97: “My
Secret Identity”
Sonic 98: “Sonic Adventure
2” -- Said to be three months after “Sonic Adventure”.
Sonic Adventure 2:
Eggman and Shadow take control of the Ark. Eggman uses the Eclipse
Cannon to shatter the moon, and threatens to do the same to the world
if the remaining free nations (such as Station Square) don't
surrender. But then, Dr. Gerald's programing takes over, setting the
cannon to destroy Mobius no matter what. Meanwhile, Sonic and Rouge
make it onto the Ark. The heroes and villains join forces to defeat
the Bio-Lizard and destroy the Eclipse Cannon before it's too late.
However, in the end, Shadow must sacrifice himself to save the
world.
-- The events of the Game, minus Tails, Amy, and
Knuckles... Don't ask me how that works. See also, the flashback scenes in Sonic Universe 2.
*The
Bem find Shadow floating unconscious and
critically injured in space. They begin
work to heal him.
-- Sonic 174: “Sonic Adventure 2.5:
Alpha”. Shortly after “Sonic Adventure 2”.
Off Panel (96)
*Reunions and Decisions
Sonic 99: “Blow By Blow” -- late at night, then continuing the
next day... The text indicates everything since the start of “New
Order” happened on one day and night!
Sonic
99: “What Comes Around Goes Around”
Sonic
100: “Reunion” & “Welcome to the Dark Side” --
simultaneous. “Reunion” is shortly after “Blow By Blow”.
“Welcome to the Dark Side” continues from “What Comes Around”,
and continues into “Altered States”.
* Playing With History
Sonic 101: “Reboot” & some of “Altered States”
Sonic 102: “Life's Realities” & the rest of Sonic 101:
“Altered States”
Just as
the Freedom Fighters and Robians are leaving Robotropolis, Knuckles
attempts to change history, creating several alternate timelines
before he realizes he can't predict what will happen.
*Sonic 102: “Family Dys-Function”
Off Panel (102)
*Sonic Super Special 15:
“Naugus Games”
Sonic returns to the southern tundra to honor
Eddy. However, Naugus has left a surprise behind...
--The only
possible place for this closer to publication order is between 78 &
79, but that slot is already crowded.
Sonic Adventure 2.5
*Myth-Taken Identity
Part
One: Sonic 103 / Part Two: Sonic 104 / Part Three: Sonic 105
The
Downunda Freedom Fighters reminisce
about their founding, then face... the Bunyip!
*Sonic 105:
“You Say You Want a Revelation?”
Off
Panel (105)
*Crouching Hedgehog, Hidden Dragon
Part
One: Sonic 106 / Part Two: Sonic 107
Off Panel (Sonic 106)
*ReUnification
Part
One: Sonic 106 / Part Two: Sonic 107 / Part Three: Sonic 108 / Part
Four: Sonic 109
*Sonic 108:
“Robotnik x2 = Trouble!”
“A Girl Named Hope”
“Reunification
3” placed above
*Sonic
109:
“I Heard it Through the Pipeline”
“The Crush!”
“Reunification 4”
placed above
*Sonic
110:
“Station Square Attacks!”
“One For All”
Off Panel
*
Sonic 111:
“Kids of the Spider-Woman”
“I'll Shoot the Sheriff” --
continues from “Kids of the Spider-Woman”
“The Trouble With Grrrls!”
Off Panel
*
Sonic 112:
“Mistaken Identity Crisis!”
“Forgiven”
Off Panel
*
Ultimate Power
Sonic 114: Twice Told
Tails
Sonic 114: “Ultimate
Power” part 1 – continues from “Twice Told Tails”
Sonic 115: “Ultimate Power” part 2
Sonic 116: “Ultimate Power” mid-logue: “The Lesson”
Sonic 117: “Ultimate
Power” part 3
Sonic 118: “Ultimate Power”
part 4
*Afterlife:
Sonic 120: “Those
Were the Days” -- between “Ultimate
Power” and “Afterlife”
Sonic 121:
“Afterlife” part 1 – shortly after “Ultimate Power”, as
Knuckle's body is at his funeral.
Sonic
122: “Afterlife” part 2
Sonic 122: “When
There Was Only One Guardian” --
between “Afterlife” parts 1 and 3.
Sonic
123: “Afterlife” part 3
Sonic 124:
“Afterlife” part 4
*Sonic 114: “Young At Heart”
Off
Panel (114)
*Sonic 115: “Meanie In a Bottle”
*Sonic
116:
“Operation: Off Switch”
“Bat Fight!” -- Continues from “Operation Off Switch”
“Ultimate Power” interlude placed above
*Sonic
117:
“The Tortoise and the Hedgehog”
“Cyber Race” -- the design of the bodies seen in this suggests
to me it occurred between “Tortoise” and 118: “Robotnik's
Return”
“Ultimate Power 3”
placed above
*Sonic
118:
“Robotnik's Return”
The Bem kidnap Sonic, Tails, Robotnik and Snively,
and force them to compete with each other.
“Heart to Heart”
“Ultimate
Power 4” placed above
*Sonic
119:
“Cater-Killer's Coming!”
“Dust Bunnie”
“Time Code”
Off Panel
*Sonic
120:
“She's Gotta Have Him”
“Those were the Days” -- placed above
“The Royal Signet”
Off Panel
*Sonic
121:
“The Prince and the Revolution”
“Afterlife” -- placed above
“Songbird”
Off Panel
*Heart
Held Hostage
Part One: Sonic 122 / Part Two:
Sonic 123
Springtime.
* The Price of Flame
Part One: Sonic 155 / Part Two: Sonic 156
Dulcy decides to return home, in hopes of having her exile revoked.
Instead, she accidentally leads Eggman's Robian Dragons to Vesuvio,
risking the roboticization of the entire Dragon Species!
-- The
presence of Robians makes this prior to “The Last Robian”,
despite the fact that no other hint of the story being
chronologically out-of-place was given when it was published.
*Sonic
123: “The Last Robian”
--This story covers several
months.
*Off Panel (122, 123)
* Robotnik builds E123 "Omega". It is designed to destroy Sonic; however it will be put into storage shortly after completion.
-- Over a year prior to Sonic Universe 3: "Old Soldiers". Sonic must have been on Mobius while Omega was built, so this is the latest it could be. The fact that Robotnik never used Omega suggests he completed it very shortly before Sonic's dissapearance, which also indicates this placement.
*Sonic Adventure
2.5
Sonic 124:
“Sonic Adventure 2.5: Alpha”
Sonic 125:
“Sonic Adventure 2.5: Omega” -- Note: Pages 26 & 27 (of
28) seem to be transposed.
The Bem send Super Shadow to fight the Xorda, but he is defeated.
The Xorda attack, and everybody on the planet fights them and loses.
The Xorda set a bomb and leave, and Sonic sacrifices himself to
destroy the bomb. Everybody but Eggman mourns him. Meanwhile, Sonic winds up on some asteroid in deep space.
Mobius: 25 Years
Later
The
destruction of the Xorda Gravity Bomb disrupted the time-stream, and
will threaten to destroy Mobius in 25 years time. Can the future
versions of Sonic and Knuckles overcome their differences in time to
return to the past and set things aright?
And even if they do, what will the new future be like...?
Sonic 131: Prologue
Sonic
132: “The Unveiling”
Sonic 133: “Midnight
in the Garden”
Sonic 134: “In Transit”
Sonic 135: “Dealing With the Devil”
Sonic
136: “Girl Talk”
Sonic 137: “Trouble in
Paradise”
Sonic 138: “My Dinner With
Sonic”
Sonic 139: “Slumber Party”
Sonic 140: “A Difference of Opinion”
Sonic
141: “Scenario”
Sonic 142: “Moment of
Truth”
Sonic 143: “Father's Day” parts 1
& 2
Sonic 144: “The Die Is Cast”
-- Set here because of the Gravity Bomb and because the first M25YL timeline and the events of the comic seem to diverge at this point, suggesting this is the time Sonic and Knuckles traveled to. What they did in this era is unknown.