Sonic 2 Perfectly Mocks Vin Diesel & The Rock’s Fast & Furious Feud
Warning: SPOILERS for Sonic the Hedgehog 2!
In a movie filled with jokes and pop culture references, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 perfectly mocks the feud between Fast & Furious stars Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Based on the popular video game series, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 continues Sonic’s story as he tries to become a true hero. He gets a chance to prove himself when Dr. Robotnik returns with the help of his new partner, Knuckles the Echidna. Together, Robotnik and Knuckles aim to recover the Master Emerald, a mystical weapon that can turn thoughts into reality, and Knuckles believes that Sonic is the key to finding it.
Although Sonic did not know anything about the Master Emerald before the arrival of Knuckles, he is indeed essential to discovering its location. Throughout Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic learns that Longclaw, his guardian when he was little, was the last in a long line of owl warriors who protected the Master Emerald. Many years earlier, the echidnas forged the Master Emerald, which allowed a single warrior to defeat whole armies. Although the echidnas were heroes, the owls believed the Master Emerald was too powerful, so they stole and hid it. This made the owls and the echidnas enemies, eventually resulting in a battle where both Longclaw and all of the echidnas died — except for Knuckles, who was too young to fight at the time.
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When Tails, Sonic’s new fox friend, explains the conflict, Sonic immediately responds by equating the owls and the echidnas to “Vin Diesel and the Rock.” Actors Vin Diesel and Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson worked together for the first time in 2011’s Fast Five, the fifth installment of the Fast &
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