Random
Purpose
Granting a random power-up Shuffling characters
Random [1] (ランダム , Randamu ? ) known is also as Question Item (質問項目 , Shitsumon kōmoku ? ) is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . When obtained, it gives a random power-up.
Description [ ]
Random's icon on the Item Boxes containing them differ between games, but otherwise depict a question mark on them.
When picking up a Random, the player obtains a randomly-selected power-up from those available in its game (excluding the Random power-up itself).
Game appearances [ ]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [ ]
Random first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as an unnamed Super item exclusive to the "2 Player VS" competition. In this game, the monitors containing them feature a flickering white screen with a red question mark on them. It is also the default and only monitor power-up encountered in the Zones in "2 Player VS".
After breaking a Random's monitor in this game, it gives either a Super Ring , Invincible , Shield , Power Sneakers , 1-Up , Eggman Mark or Teleport . In Options, the player can either choose for Random to give all kinds of items or Teleport only. If set to Teleport only, the Random monitors will give Teleport but if a player already reaches the goal, the Random monitors will only give Invincible instead of Teleport to the other player.
In the 2013 enhanced port of the game, it is possible to use Random in a single player No Save mode by accessing the Level Select and can bring up a special menu by playing the specific tunes at Sound Test in the following order: 00, 00, 00. The player can toggle to one of the two options in the Items category which replaces all Monitors in the Acts with Random Monitor which will give a different range of Power-ups when broken depending on which option is selected; the first causes Random monitors to grant Super Ring , Invincible , Shield , Power Sneakers , 1-Up , Eggman Mark or Teleporter while the second grants either the Flame Shield , Bubble Shield and Lightning Shield in addition to the aforementioned items.
Sonic Blast [ ]
In Sonic Blast , Random is referred to as ??? [2] in Japanese material and can be encountered in the Zones . In this game, the TVs containing them feature a black screen with a golden question mark on them.
After breaking a Random's monitor in this game, it gives either a Super Ring , Shield , Shoe , Invincible , Extra Life (either Sonic or Knuckles ), Marker or Robotnik .
Sonic Riders series[ ]
Sonic Riders [ ]
In Sonic Riders , Random is called Question Item [3] (クエスチョン[4] , Kuesuchon ? , lit. "Question") and appears on all the available racetracks. In this game, the icon for Question Item is a square blue icon with a golden question mark on it.
In gameplay, Question Item is obtained at random from any Item Box . After breaking a Question Item Item Box in this game, players will receive either a Rings , Magnetic Shield , Explosion , Air , Invincible Barrier , High Speed or Speed Down .
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity [ ]
In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity , Random is an unnamed power-up that is encountered on all the available racing courses. In this game, the icon for Random is a square blue icon with a golden question mark on it, much like in Sonic Riders .
In gameplay, Random is obtained at random from any Item Box. After breaking a Random Item Box in this game, players will receive either a Rings , Magnetic Shield , Explosion , GP Boost , High Speed , Speed Down , Attack , Parts Lock or Colorball .
Sonic Free Riders [ ]
In Sonic Free Riders , Random is called Question (クエスチョン[5] , Kuesuchon ? ) and can be found on every racing track available. In this game, the icon for Question is identical to how it appeared in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity . As such, it resembles a square blue icon with a golden question mark on it.
In gameplay, Question is obtained at random from any Item Box .
Sonic Mania [ ]
In Sonic Mania and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus , this power-up is referred to as Random [1] for the first time. In these games, the monitors containing them feature a flickering white screen with a red question mark on them, like in their debut.
Much like in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 , Random is found first and foremost in the game's Competition mode. However, it only appears in this mode's Zones if the players enable the "Random" feature in the game rules before a match, which causes all monitor power-ups throughout the mode to be replaced with Random power-ups.
After breaking a Random's monitor in this game, it gives either a Super Ring , Hyper Ring , Invincible , Blue Shield , Power Sneakers , 1-Up , Eggman Mark , Bubble Shield , Fire Shield , Lightning Shield or Player Swap .
In Sonic Mania Plus ' Encore Mode, Random functions differently in the regular Zones where instead of giving one of the other Item Box power-up items, it will shuffle the player's party randomly, potentially replacing the player's current characters.
References [ ]
Navigation templates to Random
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)
Minus Ring
Random
Reaper
Spring
Steal Boost
Steal Wisp
Lightning Bolt
Slingshot Boost
Tricky Towers
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails (Super Tails **) · Knuckles ** (Super Knuckles **) · Amy ** (Super Amy **)
Non-playable characters
Eggman · Animals (Becky , Cucky , Flicky , Locky , Micky , Pecky , Picky , Pocky , Ricky , Rocky , Tocky , Wocky )
Zones
Main
Emerald Hill Zone · Chemical Plant Zone · Aquatic Ruin Zone · Casino Night Zone · Hill Top Zone · Mystic Cave Zone · Hidden Palace Zone ** · Oil Ocean Zone · Metropolis Zone · Sky Chase Zone · Wing Fortress Zone · Death Egg Zone · Special Stage
Other
Boss Attack Zone ** · Cyber City Zone * · Egg Gauntlet Zone ** · Proto Palace Zone ** · Rock World Zone * · Sand Shower Zone * · Wood Zone *
Enemies
Aquis · Asteron · Balkiry · Banper * · Batbot ** · BFish * · Bubbler * · Bubbler's Mother * · Buzzer · Cactus * · Chop Chop · Clucker · Coconuts · Crawl · Crawlton · Flasher · Frog * · Gator * · Gohla · Grabber · Grounder · Jellygnite ** · Lobster * · Masher · Nebula · Octus · Redz ** · Rexon · Shellcracker · Slicer · Snail * · Spiker · Spiny · Stegway ** · Turtloids · Whisp
Bosses
Egg Drillster · Egg Poison · Egg Hammer · Egg Claw · Egg Scorcher Mk. II · Egg Digger · Brass Eggman ** · Eggmarine · Egg Bouncer · Laser Prison · Mecha Sonic · Death Egg Robot
Moves/techniques
Climb ** · Crouch · Drop Dash ** · Glide ** · Hammer Attack ** · Hammer Jump ** · Insta-Shield ** · Propeller Flying /Swim ** · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump
Gimmicks and obstacles
Arrow column · Blue blob · Bomb · Breakaway column · Booster · Bumper · Bumper wall · Cannon · Conveyor Belt · Crusher · Drop Target · Elevator · Fan · Flipper · Giant spear · Goal Plate · Gondola · High-speed warp tube · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Mega Mack · Metal nut · Prison Egg · Seesaw · Sinking pool · Slot machine · Spikes · Spring · Spring Catapult · Star Post · Triangle Bumper · Switch
Items
Air bubble · Chaos Emerald · Item Box (1-Up , Aqua Shield **, Eggman Mark , Flame Shield **, Invincible , Player Swap , Power Sneakers , Random , S **, Shield , Super Rings , Thunder Shield **) · Ring · Star Circle
Music
Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack · Sonic the Hedgehog Tribute
Other
Death Egg saga · Continue · Corkscrew · Death Egg · Death Egg Robot · Debug Mode · Egg Mobile · Life · Lock-on technology · Loop · Perfect Bonus · Sonic 2sday · Sonic Panic · Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD · Space rocket · Time Attack · Tornado · Totem pole · Tunnel · Water · West Side Island
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Jet · Wave · Storm · Eggman · Cream · Rouge · Shadow · AiAi · Nights · Ulala · E-10000G · E-10000R
Non-playable characters
Babylon Guardian · Jet's father · Omochao · Stolen
Courses
Main
Metal City /Night Chase · Splash Canyon /Red Canyon · Egg Factory /Ice Factory · Green Cave /White Cave · Sand Ruins /Dark Desert · Babylon Garden /Sky Road · Digital Dimension /Babylon Guardian · Sega Carnival /Sega Illusion
Survival
Dual Towers · Snow Valley · Space Theater
Moves/techniques
Air Ride · Air Slide · Attacks · Grinding · Kick Dash · Super Sonic Boost · Tornado · Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles
Air Pit · Automatic Trail · Barricade · Bomb · Car · Catapult · Dash Panel · Dash Ring · Grind Rail · Slipstream · Trick Zone
Items
Air · Item Box (Air , Explosion , High Speed , Invincible , Magnetic Shield , Random , Rings , Speed Down ) · Ring
Extreme Gear
Accelerator · Access · Advantage F , Advantage P , Advantage S · Air Broom · Air Tank · Auto-Slider · BANANA · Beginner · Berserker · Blue Star · Blue Star II · Cannonball · Channel5 · Chaos Emerald · Cover F , Cover P , Cover S · Darkness · Destroyer · E-gearG · E-gearR · E-Rider · Faster · Fastest · Gambler · Grinder · Hang-On · Heavy Bike · High Booster · Hovercraft · Legend · Light Board · Magic Carpet · Night Sky · Omnitempus · Opa Opa · Pink Rose · Power Gear · Powerful Gear · Red Rock · Rengoku · Slide Booster · Smile · Speed Balancer · Super Hang-On · Temptation · The Crazy · Trap Gear · Turbo Star · Type-J · Type-S · Type-W · Yellow Tail
Voice actors
English
Jason Griffith (Sonic , Jet , Shadow ) · Amy Palant (Tails ) · Dan Green (Knuckles , Storm ) · Bella Hudson (Wave , Babylon Computer) · Lisa Ortiz (Amy ) · Mike Pollock (Eggman ) · Kathleen Delaney (Rouge ) · Rebecca Honig (Cream ) · Maddie Blaustein (E-10000G , E-10000R , Babylon Guardian ) · Liza Jacqueline (Omochao ) · Kaoru Morota (AiAi ) · Apollo Smile (Ulala )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Daisuke Kishio (Jet ) · Chie Nakamura (Wave , Babylon Computer) · Kenji Nomura (Storm , Babylon Guardian ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) · Kaoru Morota (AiAi ) · Apollo Smile (Ulala )
Music
Songs
"Catch Me If You Can " · "Sonic Speed Riders "
Albums
Speedbeats Grand Prix: Sonic Riders Original Soundtrack
Other
Air Tank · Babylon Garden · Babylon Rogues' ship · Babylonians · Bashōsen · Chaos Control · Chaos Emerald · Fly Type , Power Type , Speed Type · Eggman Empire · Emerald Detector · Freeze · Key to Babylon Garden · Loop · Mission Mode · Rank · Robotnik Corp. · Sonic Riders: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide · Shop · Sonic Extreme · Sonic Extreme (Game Boy Advance) · World Grand Prix · Time Attack
Main article | Scripts (Heroes , Babylon ) | Staff | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Knuckles | Amy | Jet | Wave | Storm | Eggman | Cream | Rouge | Shadow | Silver | Blaze | SCR-GP | Amigo | Nights | Billy Hatcher | SCR-HD
Non-playable characters
Master Core: ABIS
Courses/Fields
Main
Megalo Station /Nightside Rush | Botanical Kingdom /Snowy Kingdom | MeteorTech Premises /MeteorTech Sparkworks | Aquatic Capital /Tempest Waterway | Gigan Rocks /Gigan Device | Crimson Crater /Security Corridor | Astral Babylon /Mobius Strip | '80s Boulevard /'90s Boulevard
Survival Battle
Gravity Pit | Labyrinth | Square Quartet
Survival Ball
MeteorTech Arsenal | Botanical Cave | Megalo Junction
Moves/ techniques
Air Ride | Attacks | Gravity Control | Gravity Dive | Grinding | Meteor Burst | Slide Turn | Super Sonic Boost | Trick
Gimmicks and obstacles
Barricade | Car | Catapult | Crusher | Dash Panel | Dash Ring | Grind Rail | Trick Zone | Wall Route | Wide spring
Items
General
Gravity Ring | Item Box (Attack , Colorball , Explosion , GP Boost , High Speed , Magnetic Barrier , Missile , Parts Lock , Rings , Shield , Speed Down ) | Ring | Time item
Gear Parts
Air Ride | Angel/Devil | Attack Time UP | Auto Wall-Run | Base Stats UP | BGM Change | Bike | Durability UP | GC Boost UP | Ghost | GP Gain UP | GP Gauge UP | GP Usage UP | Grind | Item Rank +1 | Magnetic Barrier | Max Speed UP | Parts Lock | Ring Cap UP | Starting Speed UP | Status Trap | Tank | Throttle | Trick Rank +1 | Vision Trap | Wheel | Yacht
Extreme Gear
Board
Airship | Beginner | Black Shot | Blue Star | Chaos Emerald | Faster | Fastest | Flame Lance | Gambler | GC Booster | GC Master | GP Accumulator | G Shot | Hyperdrive | Legend | Light Board | Mag | Night Sky | Omnitempus | Pink Rose | Power Egg | Psychic Wave | Rainbow | Red Rock | Rhythm Machine | Road Star | Skill Booster | Shooting Star | Smile | Temptation | The Crazy | Throttle | Turbo Star | Type-J | Type-S | Type-W | Untouchable | Wheel Custom | Wind Star | Yellow Tail
Skate
Advantage S | Cover S | Rail Linker | Shinobi | Wanted
Bike
Advantage P | Cover P | E-Rider | Hang-On | Master Off-Road | Reserve Tank
Air Ride
Advantage F | Cover F | Angel • Devil | Kunoichi
Yacht
Bingo Star | Magic Broom | Wind Catcher
Wheel
Big Bang | GP Tank | Money Crisis
Music
Songs
"Catch Me If You Can " | "Un-Gravitify "
Albums
Zero Gravity Tracks: Sonic Riders Shooting Star Story Original Soundtrack
English voice actors
Jason Griffith (Sonic , Jet , Shadow ) | Amy Palant (Tails ) | Dan Green (Knuckles , Storm ) | Bella Hudson (Wave , Mother computer ) | Lisa Ortiz (Amy ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman ) | Kathleen Delaney (Rouge ) | Pete Capella (Silver ) | Rebecca Honig (Cream ) | Andrew Paull (SCR-HD , SCR-GP , Master Core: ABIS )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Daisuke Kishio (Jet ) | Chie Nakamura (Wave , Mother computer ) | Kenji Nomura (Storm , SCR-HD , SCR-GP , Master Core: ABIS ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver ) | Nao Takamori (Blaze )
Other
Ark of the Cosmos | Babylon Garden | Babylon Rogues' ship | Babylonians | Bashōsen | Black Market | Crimson Tower | Eggman Empire | Gravity Band | Gravity Point | Loop | Monopole | Mother computer | Slipstream | Rank | Time Attack | World Grand Prix
V ·T ·E | {{Riders info }} | {{Free Riders info }} | Category
Main article | Scripts (Introduction , Team Heroes , Team Babylon , Team Dark , Team Rose , Final Race ) | Staff | Gallery
Playable characters
Team Heroes
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Knuckles
Team Babylon
Jet | Wave | Storm
Team Dark
Shadow | Rouge | E-10000B
Team Rose
Amy | Cream | Vector
Misc.
Blaze | Eggman | E-10000G | Silver | Metal Sonic | Xbox Live Avatar
Non-playable characters
Cheese | E-10000 A | E-10000 C | E-10000 N | E-10000 O | E-10000 S | E-10000 P | E-10000 Y | Omochao
Courses
Dolphin Resort | Rocky Ridge | Frozen Forest | Metropolis Speedway | Magma Rift | Forgotten Tomb | Final Factory | Metal City
Moves/Techniques
Air Ride | Attacks | Grinding | Kick Dash | Super Sonic Boost | Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles
Barricade | Bobsled | Car | Catapult | Dash Ring | Grind Rail | Minecart
Items
General
Air | Item Box (Air , Bowling Strike , Free Throw , Octo-Boost , Octo-Ink , Question , Ring Can , Rings , Special Item , Soda Rocket , Target Torpedo , Tee Shot ) | Ring
Gear Parts
Air Plus | Air Ride Skill | Air Saver | Big Air | Cornering UP | Durability UP | Extra Air | Grind Skill | Invisible | Item Lock: Air | Item Lock: Rings | Max Speed UP | Music Change 1 | Music Change 2 | Power Skill | Rapid Dash | Rapid Stream | Ring Eater | Start Speed UP | Trick Boost
Extreme Gear
Angel • Devil | Auto-Slider | Avatar-F | Avatar-M | Beginner | Black Shot | Blue Star | Chaos Emeralds | E-Gear | E-Rider | Explosion | Fastest | Flame Lance | Fortress | Gambler | Hang-On | Hard-Boiled | High Booster | Legend | Metal Star | Omnitempus | Pink Rose | Potential | Professional | Psychic Wave | Red Rock | Reserve Tank | Smile | Steel | Super Hang-On | Temptation | The Crazy | Turbo Star | Type-J | Type-S | Type-W | Wanted | Yellow Tail
English voice actors
Roger Craig Smith (Sonic ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman ) | Kate Higgins (Tails , Wave ) | Travis Willingham (Knuckles , Storm ) | Mike Mycheck (Jet ) | Kirk Thornton (Shadow ) | Karen Strassman (Rouge ) | Wally Wingert (E-10000B , E-10000G ) | Cindy Robinson (Amy ) | Michelle Ruff (Cream ) | Keith Silverstein (Vector ) | Quinton Flynn (Silver ) | Laura Bailey (Blaze , Omochao )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Daisuke Kishio (Jet ) | Chie Nakamura (Wave ) | Kenji Nomura (Storm ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) | Kenta Miyake (Vector ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver ) | Nao Takamori (Blaze )
Music
Songs
"Free " | "Theme of Dolphin Resort " | "Theme of Rocky Ridge " | "Theme of Metropolis Speedway "
Albums
Break Free: Sonic Free Riders Original Soundtrack
Other
Air Gauge | Bat Cracker | Bashōsen | Relay Race | Rank | Time Attack | World Grand Prix
V ·T ·E | {{Riders info }} | {{Zero Gravity info }} | Category
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails (Super Tails ) · Knuckles (Super Knuckles ) · Mighty ^ (Super Mighty ^) · Ray ^ (Super Ray ^)
Non-playable characters
Eggman · Eggrobo (Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy Gunner , Heavy King , Heavy Magician , Heavy Rider , Heavy Shinobi ), Phantom Heavies (Phantom Gunner , Phantom King , Phantom Magician , Phantom Rider , Phantom Shinobi )) · Jimmy · Metal Sonic (Giga Metal ) · Rock Drill · Animals (Becky , Cucky , Flicky , Locky , Micky , Pecky , Picky , Pocky , Ricky , Rocky , Tocky , Wocky )
Zones
Angel Island Zone ^ · Green Hill Zone · Chemical Plant Zone · Studiopolis Zone · Flying Battery Zone · Press Garden Zone · Stardust Speedway Zone · Hydrocity Zone · Mirage Saloon Zone · Oil Ocean Zone · Lava Reef Zone · Metallic Madness Zone · Titanic Monarch Zone · Egg Reverie Zone * · Special Stage · Bonus Stage * · Pinball Stage ^
Enemies
Amy Doll · Aquis · Armadiloid · Asteron · Ball Hog · Batbrain · Blaster · Blastoid · Bloominator ^ · Bugernaut · Bumpalo · Buzz Bomber · Cactula · Canister · Caterkiller Jr. · Chopper · Clucker · Crabmeat · Dango · Dragonfly · Fireworm · Flasher Mk. II · Gohla · Grabber · Hotaru · IceBomba · Iwamodoki · Jawz · Jellygnite · Juggle Saw · Kabasira · Kanabun · Madmole · Matryoshka-Bom · Mecha-Bu · Mega Chopper · Mic Drop · Monkey Dude ^ · Moto Bug · Newtron · Octus · Poh-Bee · Pointdexter · Rattlekiller · Rexon · RhinoBot ^ · Roller Mk. II · Scarab · Sentry Bug · Shutterbug · Silver Sonic · Spiny · Splats · Sweep · Technosqueek · Toxomister · Tubinaut · Turbo Spiker · Turbo Turtle · Vultron · Woodrow · Zombie Orbinaut
Bosses
Mini-bosses
DD Wrecker · Amoeba Droid · Heavy Gunner · Big Squeeze · Shiversaw · Hotaru Hi-Watt · Dive Eggman · Uber Caterkiller · Meter Droid · Drillerdroid · Egg Pistons mk.II · Crimson Eye
Zone bosses
Death Egg Robot · Mean Bean Machine · Weather Globe · Spider Mobile · Heavy Shinobi · Metal Sonic · Laundro-Mobile · Heavy Magician · Mega Octus · Heavy Rider · Heavy King · Gachapandora · Phantom Egg · Phantom King and Klepto Mobile *
Moves/techniques
Air Glide ^ · Bounce Jump · Climb · Crouch · Double Jump · Drop Dash · Fireball Spin Dash · Glide · Hammer Drop ^ · Insta-Shield · Propeller Flying · Ring Spark Field · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Super Peel Out · Swim · V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles
Arrow column · Beanstalk · Blue blob · Bomb · Bouncy Checkpoint · Bumper · Bungee Rope · Bumper wall · Cannon · Capsule · Conveyor Belt · Crusher · Dash Panel · Dropping platform · Electrical conduit · Fan · Fireball · Flipper · Flywheel · Goal Plate · Hand Launcher · Hang Glider · High-speed spiral tube · High-speed warp tube · Ice Spring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Lighting switch · Magnetic sphere · Platform-raising Wheel · Pulley · Ruby Mist · Saw · Seesaw · Sinking pool · Shrink ray · Snowblower · Spikes · Spring · Star Post · Switch · Transport · Vine · Zip Line
Items
Air bubble · Chaos Emerald · Giant Ring · Giant spear · Item Box (1-Up *, Aqua Shield , Character ^, Hyper Ring , Eggman Mark , Flame Shield , Invincible , Player Swap , Power Sneakers , Random , S , Shield , Super Ring , Thunder Shield ) · Little Planet flowers · Master Emerald · Metal Sonic hologram · Medallion · Ring · Robot transporter · Schrodinger's Capsule ^ · Sphere · Star Circle · Time Warp sign · UFO · Warp Point
Music
Sonic Mania (vinyl album) · Sonic Mania Original Soundtrack (Selected Edition) · Sonic Mania Plus Original Soundtrack
Other
Angel Island · The Art of Sonic Mania · Auto Running · Continue · Corkscrew · Death Egg Robot · Debug Mode · Egg Mobile · Freeze · Game Over · Klepto Mobile · Level Select · Life · Little Planet · Loop · Mega Mack · Phantom Ruby · Perfect Bonus · Popgun · Sonic Mania Adventures ("Sonic Returns ", "Sonic and Tails ", "& Knuckles ", "Mighty and Ray ", "Metal Mayhem ", "From: A. Rose ", "The Complete Mini-Series ") · Time Attack · Time Over * · Time Warp · Tunnel · Tornado * · Water