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In other media[]

Animation[]

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog[]

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The first four Chaos Emeralds, from "Black Bot the Pirate".

In the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series, the Chaos Emeralds are four emeralds hidden in different time periods. Gathering all four will grant their user with enough power to conquer the entire universe.

There is also a fifth Chaos Emerald, named the Chaos Emerald Ring, which has many abilities, including sinking entire countries. To activate its powers, the user must take it to the Secret Zone and make a wish.

Sonic Underground[]

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A Chaos Emerald, from "Friend or Foe?"

In the Sonic Underground television series, the Chaos Emeralds made an appearance, but very little is known about them. Like in the games, they are a source of incredible power. Described as a green rare emerald variety, only two of them are known to exist.

Knuckles guards one Emerald on the Floating Island. Dr. Robotnik tried to steal this one and frame the Sonic Underground for the theft, but his plan failed. Robotnik later acquired another one for his Fortress of Altitude. Due to Sleet and Dingo's treachery however, the Chaos Emerald was broken, forcing the heroes and villains to work together to contain the unstable Emerald fragments before they could destroy Mobius.

Sonic X[]

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The Chaos Emeralds, from "Emerald Anniversary".

In the Sonic X anime series and its comic series published by Archie Comics, the Chaos Emeralds were described as legendary stones that could give one enough power to rule an entire planet.

Originating from Sonic's world, the Chaos Emeralds came to Earth during a massive Chaos Control amidst a battle between Sonic and Dr. Eggman. There, they were sought by Sonic and his friends to return home while Eggman sought them for various plots to conquer the planet. Eventually though, the Chaos Emeralds, along with other elements from Sonic's world, returned to the world from whence they when Sonic used them to go home. Six months later, the Chaos Emeralds were targeted by the Metarex, an alien race of cyborgs bent on universal domination, but Sonic and his allies managed to secure them and use them to stop the Metarex.

Sonic Mania Adventures[]

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The Chaos Emeralds, from "Metal Mayhem".

In Sonic Mania Adventures, some time after the first Phantom Ruby incident, Sonic's absence prompted Dr. Eggman to look for the seven Chaos Emeralds to power up Metal Sonic with.[1] Eventually, he found four of them after digging around on Angel Island. The fifth one, which was in Sonic's possession, was later used by the hedgehog to lure Eggman into a trap the latter had set up for Sonic. The location of the last two Emeralds, however, were unknown to Eggman.[2][3] Eventually though, Eggman located the sixth Emerald on Angel Island and began excavating it, only for Sonic and Tails to claim it after they found and defeated him.[3]

The final Chaos Emerald was found by Mighty the Armadillo. However, he was forced to surrender it after Metal Sonic threatened to harm his friend Ray the Flying Squirrel. Metal Sonic thus took the Emerald and flew off to give it to Dr. Eggman.[4] When Sonic and Tails later came to Eggman's base, Metal Sonic took the duo's Chaos Emeralds as well using the base's force-field traps. Metal Sonic then received the last Emeralds from Eggman, giving him an enormous power boost. However, Tails managed to separate the Chaos Emeralds from Metal Sonic and eject them from the base using the base's own force-field traps.[1]

Sonic Prime[]

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The green Chaos Emerald, from "The Yoke's on You".

In the Sonic Prime television series, the Chaos Emeralds allow Shadow to teleport via Chaos Control.

A Chaos Emerald is first seen being hunted down by Shadow in Green Hill, after which he uses it to battle Sonic. When Sonic shatters the Paradox Prism, Shadow invokes Chaos Control via the Emerald, which prevents him from being affected by the Paradox Prism being shattered.

Books and comics[]

Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic[]

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A Chaos Emerald, from Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic Volume 1.

A Chaos Emerald is mentioned in Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic Volume 1. According to Dr. Eggman, Chaos Emerald contains unfathomable energy and nobody has ever been able to find one before. With one of it, he'll be able to boil world's largest egg in the world's largest pot, which has been dreaming since as a child. One of Eggman's robots detects a Chaos Emerald from north west of South Island, in Green Hill Zone. Chaos Emerald is never mentioned in later volumes.

Sonic the Hedgehog (manga)[]

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A Chaos Emerald, from the Shogaku Ichinensei stories. Art by Sango Morimoto.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog manga series published by Shogakukan, only a singular green Chaos Emerald appears, but reference is made to six others existing. Described as a legendary gemstone, a Chaos Emerald has the ability to power complex machines or grant individuals large sums of power for brief periods of time. Dr. Eggman had tried multiple times to steal and harness the emerald's energy for his own use, in all instances leading to him either being thwarted before he can do anything with it or to Sonic using the emerald against him.

Sonic the Comic[]

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The Chaos Emeralds in the Emerald Chamber, from Sonic the Comic #101. Art by Nigel Dobbyn.

In the Sonic the Comic series published by Fleetway Editions, the Chaos Emeralds were originally green Raw Emeralds from the Sacred Emerald Mine of the ancient echidnas, but were infused with chaos energy by the Drakon Empire in the distant past. When brought together outside of certain stabilizing conditions (e.g. extreme cold), the Chaos Emeralds generate a chain reaction of chaos energy and warp to the Special Zone.

Six of the Chaos Emeralds were brought to Mobius in the distant past, and subsequently used by Dr. Ovi Kintobor in an attempt to rid Mobius of evil with his Retro-Orbital Chaos Compressor (ROCC). An accident involving the Emeralds and the ROCC corrupted Kintobor and transformed him into Dr. Ivo Robotnik.

The Emeralds were gathered by Sonic and protected from Robotnik, but were eventually returned to the Floating Island and placed in the care of Knuckles, the appointed Guardian of the Chaos Emeralds.

Archie Comics[]

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The Chaos Emeralds, from Sonic the Hedgehog #251.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, the Chaos Emeralds were originally said to be physical embodiments of the "Chaos Force", the all-encompassing force of the universe, and were much more numerous. A seemingly rare mineral, they could be found all across the universe, each coming in a different color depending on the celestial body. They were also connected to the Power Rings, which are by-products of the emeralds. In addition, there existed rare "Super Emeralds", created from unique Chao.

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The Chaos Emeralds, from Sonic Super Digest #9.

The central planet in the comics' storyline, Mobius, was given its supplies of green Chaos Emeralds during the mysterious event known as the Coming of the Chaos Emeralds. Their power were harnessed to revolutionize the world and gave as well rise to various villains and demi-gods, such as Mammoth Mogul and the Ancient Walkers. For ages, the Chaos Emeralds were a focus of much conflict on Mobius. All the Chaos Emeralds in the universe were eventually brought to Mobius by the villain A.D.A.M., but Super Shadow and Turbo Tails managed to sent them all into the Special Zone. There, the Zone's new ruler, Feist fused all of them into the seven differently colored jewels which he would hand out to those who could complete his challenges.

After the Super Genesis Wave re-wrote history, the Chaos Emeralds were powerful gems several factions in Sonic's World and beyond seek in order to gain incredible powers. In this new reality, their past was nearly identical to their game counterpart's.

IDW Publishing[]

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The Chaos Emeralds, from Sonic the Hedgehog: Fang the Hunter #1.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing, the Chaos Emeralds are seven gemstones of incredible chaotic power that Dr. Eggman has sought to conquer Sonic's world. In this media, their past is identical to their game counterparts', up until after the events of Sonic Forces.

After the Eggman War, Dr. Starline collected them all and handed them over to Dr. Eggman, who used them to power his Faceship. However, when the Deadly Six took over the Faceship, they each took one Chaos Emerald for themselves to boost their powers. Later, Sonic and his friends and allies retrieved the Chaos Emeralds, which were used by Sonic and Silver to transform into Super Sonic and Super Silver in order to defeat Zavok and rid the world of the Metal Virus.

Films[]

Paramount[]

In the Sonic the Hedgehog film series produced by Paramount Pictures and its spin-offs, the Chaos Emeralds are seven ancient relics that got merged into the Master Emerald by the members of the echidna tribe, creating an object of ultimate power. Centuries later, the Chaos Emeralds returned when the Master Emerald got shattered. They were soon after used by Sonic to become Super Sonic and defeat Dr. Robotnik, before disappearing to parts unknown.

Trivia[]

  • "Emerald" is the name of a specific gem of the beryl variety, a family known for its wide array of possibly colors. "Emerald" is also used in Japan as a generic term for jewels.
  • The current colors of the Chaos Emeralds are based on the three primary colors of light (red, blue, and green), the three secondary colors, which are mixtures of the primary colors (red + blue = purple, blue + green = turquoise, and green + red = yellow), and finally white which is a mixture of all three primary colors (red + blue + green = white).
  • In Sonic the Hedgehog 2, if the player gets a Game Over (or finishes the game) and starts a new game via the Options menu, the number of Chaos Emeralds they had in the previous game is transferred over to the new game.
  • When the colors of the Chaos Emeralds are inverted, they simply swap colors, giving the appearance that the position of the Emeralds simply changed.
  • In most games, when causing a super transformation, the Emeralds surround the users in a circle and starts rotating around the users, before being absorbed.
  • In Sonic the Hedgehog 3, after accessing the Sound Test and entering a code, the player has access to a secret, and very difficult, 8th special stage. Upon completion, this stage yields the gray Emerald. In Sonic 3 & Knuckles, after accessing the Sound Test, two unused Special Stages could be accessed (one Chaos Emerald stage, with the same layout as the one in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, but with different colored panels, and one Super Emerald Stage). They unlocked a "golden" Emerald (instead of the white one as in Sonic the Hedgehog 3). After that, the player goes on to the Angel Island Zone stage. This Emerald is considered a glitch.
  • In an unused Sonic Colors voice clip, Dr. Eggman stated that the Chaos Emeralds are less powerful than Hyper-go-on.
    • However, since this line is ultimately unused, it cannot be officially guaranteed.
  • In Sonic the Hedgehog 2, it is possible to collect all seven within Emerald Hill Zone, provided the player is careful with the order in which Star Posts are activated.
  • The Chaos Emeralds that appear in Tikal's visions in Sonic Adventure are much larger than the Chaos Emeralds that appear elsewhere in the game.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hesse, Tyson (July 17, 2018). "Metal Mayhem". Sonic Mania Adventures. Season 1. Episode 5. YouTube.
  2. Hesse, Tyson (March 30, 2018). "Sonic Returns". Sonic Mania Adventures. Season 1. Episode 1. YouTube.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hesse, Tyson (April 30, 2018). "Sonic and Tails". Sonic Mania Adventures. Season 1. Episode 2. YouTube.
  4. Hesse, Tyson (June 22, 2018). "Mighty and Ray". Sonic Mania Adventures. Season 1. Episode 4. YouTube.
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