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Sharps the Parakeet,[1] also known as Max the Parrot,[2] is a white anthropomorphic parakeet. Sharps was originally supposed to be one of the band members in Sonic the Hedgehog Band, along with Sonic the Hedgehog, Mach the Rabbit, Max the Monkey, Vector the Crocodile and would appear playing the music at the Sound Test with other band members before being dropped in the final release of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991).

Overview[]

During the early development of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sharps was originally meant to be the guitarist of the band. In the early ending sketches from the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Collected Works art book, Sharps is shown saving Sonic from falling and sending him back to Green Hill Zone after destroying Dr. Eggman's escape plane. In the same art book, Sharps is revealed to have had more appearances in the game.[3] Like the other band members, he was dropped from the final release due to time constraints.[4]

In other media[]

Books and comics[]

Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic[]

Sharps, along with Mach and Vector, made a small appearance before the release of the game in Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic Volume 1, a manga published in Japan.

Archie Comics[]

Main article: Sharps the Chicken
Sharps

Sharps, from Sonic the Hedgehog #220.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Sharps appears as the guitarist in Mina Mongoose's band, the Forget Me Knots, along with Max (the bass player) and Mach (the drummer), and has since been a recurring member of her band.

IDW Publishing[]

One day, Sharps would appear outside of Amy's house and read one of her many comic stories that Tails showed to the entire village. While there, he noticed Amy acting distraught when Sonic took a look at her work.[5]

Trivia[]

Shogaku Gonensei April 1992

Sharps, Vector, Mighty, Ray and others standing among Nicky's family and friends.

  • Sharps' attire consists of red shoes accented with white straps, similar to Sonic's shoes.
  • In the April 1992 issue of Shogaku Gonensei, Sharps appeared alongside Vector, Mighty, Ray, and members of the Sonic the Hedgehog manga cast.[6] His design matches that seen in Naoto Ohshima's concept art of "Sonic's Friends", where he was labelled with the name "Max".[2]
  • On pages sixty-three and sixty-seven of Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Special, Sharps makes two cameo appearances in two different designs, both walking down the sidewalk.

Gallery[]

Gallery

References[]

  1. Stuart, Keith (06 November 2014). Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works. Read-Only Memory. p. 329. ISBN 978-0957576810. "Naoto Ohshima: The band was comprised of Sonic as lead singer, Vector the Crocodile on the keyboard, Mach the Rabbit on drums, Max the Monkey on bass and Sharps the Parakeet on guitar."
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mysterious Bird (English). @NaotoOhshima. Twitter (19 March 2018). Retrieved on 23 October 2020. "Naoto Ohshima: He is a parrot. His name is Max."
  3. Sonic the Hedgehog 1's Original Intro & Ending Revealed!. The Sonic Stadium (5 November 2014). Retrieved on 1 May 2015.
  4. Sega's Yuji Naka Talks!. Heidi Kemps. GameSpy (30 September 2005). Retrieved on 1 May 2015. "Yuji Naka: But the biggest thing I remember we had that we didn't use in Sonic 1 was the break-dancing. We had this idea for the sound test. The composer for the game was one of the members of Dreams Come True, a famous Japanese band, so we wanted to do something special for the game's music. See, we wanted to have a separate sound-test screen with an animation of Sonic break-dancing while a "Sonic Band" played the game music. We were working on the images, and had enough space left on the cartridge memory for it, but once again time constraints prevented us from putting it in the program. So what should we do with that leftover space? I suddenly had an epiphany! It said to me ... "SE-GA!" It came from our TV commercials, and that became the game's startup sound. I thought it made a good impression when you heard it, right? Though to fit it in, we had to delete all the break-dancing picture data we had made up to that point. Oshima was heartbroken, since we didn't need his pictures anymore. But seriously, that sound alone took up 1/8 of the 4 megabit ROM! Ah, those were the days..."
  5. Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day 2021, "Amy's New Hobby"
  6. knnosr on Twitter. Twitter (14 October 2020). Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved on 15 October 2020.

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