Respect Sonic the Hedgehog!

Change reality any way you like, Robotnik! Whatever you do, I'll still fight you! And somehow, I’ll win! Because no matter your twisted schemes, no matter how ridiculous the situation, I’ll never give up, Robotnik! I’ll never give up!

Biography

Sonic was formerly simply a boastful hedgehog that declared himself the fastest in the world. However, in a freak lab accident, he found that he gained powers that truly did make him the fastest thing alive! From then on, he used his powers to defend the weak and help the powerless...though not without being a pretty big jerk to everybody around him.

For most of the beginning of Sonic the Comic and at the very end, Sonic has the ability to transform into Super Sonic when his stress reaches a peak or he's about to be defeated--at the cost of Sonic's moral compass. However, this thread will only be going over Sonic by himself due to Super Sonic becoming a distinct character separate from Sonic.

Hover over a feat to see which issue it can be found in.

I. Speed

Long-Range Speed

• Creates afterimages.

• Successfully pilots the Death Egg from orbit into the ocean and escapes onto Tails' escape pod without him noticing.

• Speeds halfway across the world in less than five seconds.

• The entire initial fight with Metallix is so quick that Sonic, Metallix, and Amy are already on Little Planet when the rest of Sonic's friends arrive by plane, with the chain connecting Little Planet and Mobius stated as being hundreds of miles long (although able to be walked across in a few hours).

• Runs around the entire circumference of Little Planet to surprise attack Metallix.

• Runs from Emerald Hill Zone to Metropolis Zone "before a blink."

• Someone with Sonic's speed accidentally crosses 10,000 miles in an instant.

• Quickly moves from Downing Street to Scotland in five minutes or less, finding a secret base hidden in Scotland in the process.

• Easily runs up a pillar of smooth marble, later runs back down.

Short-Range Speed

• Overloads a machine by going 761 mph before even gaining his powers.

• Evades gunfire.

• Catches all the shrapnel from an explosive.

• Keeps pace with Metallix.

• Pushes Amy out of the way of a surprise attack from Metallix.

• Evades electric attacks from Metallix.

• Humiliates Knuckles.

• Evades multiple of the Metallix Army at once, in the process pulls one Metallix in the way of another Metallix's blast.

• Evades machine gunfire.

• Dodges Super Sonic's laser.

• Catches a bullet before it could hit someone very close to the shooter.

• Evades Knuckles Metallix's laser at point blank range just enough to make the blast non-lethal, then moves faster than it can see.

• Escapes a crumbling room in a split-second while saving another person.

• Steals keys from Grimer before he could notice, notably while being shocked by an electrical gate.

• Spins hard enough to destroy a drill that was causing earthquakes that devastated towns far away; also counts as a durability feat.

Esoteric

• Creates a tornado with his speed to extinguish a fire in an oil refinery.

• Writes a note and leaves the room before Johnny Lightfoot can finish his sentence.

• Creates a vortex that has a high enough pressure to hurt Knuckles and send him flying.

• Generates a hurricane while indoors.

• Creates an updraft to slow the descent of a falling bell.

• Signs a paper fast enough for it to catch fire.

• Creates a mini-tornado to make a missile fly into space.

• Contains an explosion, in the process accidentally making himself speed up to where everyone around him is frozen and a second passes by in an hour.

• Vibrates at super-speed to weaken vines that were holding himself and the Chaotix.

• Creates an entire playground made of snow in seconds.

• A speed cyclone attracts lightning to destroy a snow monster, though Sonic only intended it to trap it.

Forcefield

• Formed by solidifying air molecules in front of Sonic with super-speed.

• Shields Sonic from spikes.

• Blocks Knuckles' attack while Sonic explains how the forcefield works.

II. Strength

Against Other Characters

• Fights and defeats Metallix while boring through rock and knocking down stone pillars.

• Causes the surroundings to collapse while fighting Knuckles underground.

• Dismantles one of the Metallix army with a staff in one hit.

• KOs Mighty with a single punch then takes out the other Chaotix in quick succession.

• KOs Mister Fry in one hit who regularly gives the Chaotix trouble.

By Himself

• Shatters a large tank-like machine in one blow.

• Kicks a life monitor to space.^Outlier

• Breaks apart a stone fist he was being held in.

• Causes a cave-in.

• Destroys a tank.

• Easily tips over a stone tower.

• Causes a large building to crumble; also counts as a speed feat.

III. Durability

Blunt

• Takes an attack from a Roboticized Tails followed by a wrecking ball that crushes Sonic against a cliff.

• Takes a beating from an evil copy of himself, only on the losing end due to morals.

• Hit by a thrown boulder from Metallix.

• Struck by a surprise attack from Metallix.

• Punched by Knuckles.

• Only pretends to be hurt by a stone fist crushing him.

• Hit by Mekanik's tail which can bring down buildings.

• Takes hits from multiple of the Metallix army.

• Punched by a character that can bring down a building.

Energy

• Hurt but relatively undamaged by slamming into a being made of pure plasma.

• Incinerated by a point-blank laser from Metallix and comes out unscathed, although it was set to its lowest setting.

• Tanks a Chaos-powered laser strong enough to (possibly) knock out Knuckles for a few seconds.

• According to a simulation, cannot survive a blast that can take out an entire Zone (which are approximately the size of whole cities).^Limit

Explosive

• Takes a point-blank explosion unharmed.

• Blown up alongside a building from Super Sonic's blast (though Super Sonic notes he was protecting those caught in the blast with energy shields) then gets hit by more attacks from Super Sonic (and one from Biohazard).

• Undamaged by a point-blank explosion and only pretends to die to mess with some kids.

Other

• Harmed but not punctured by a flying spike.

• Hurt but unsinged by a Badnik's flamethrower against his back.

• Barely held back by being poisoned, either quickly recovers or simply ignores the effects of the poison after the fight.

IV. Intelligence

• Uses oil and fire to harm a Badnik his physical blows cannot.

• Tricks Badniks into shooting each other.

• Creates a tunnel to drain a liquid enemy out of; also counts as a strength feat.

• Creates glass from sand with his super-speed to craft a makeshift mirror to deflect a laser back into space.

• Deduces a tracking device is disguised as an award.

• Thinks positively to escape a prison that reverses force from anyone inside of it.

• Figures out he's stuck in an illusion.

• Forces an evil version of himself to go Super to pacify him; also counts as a physical feat since this Sonic was Sonic's equal with killing intent.

V. Other

• An old pair of shoes containing leftover energy lets a normal critter emulate Sonic's speed enough to push him out of a way of a trap.

• Immune to the mind control that comes with being a battery for Robotnik's machines.

• Has an extremely high appetite and metabolism.

• Lands a tricky shot with a gun.