Sonic: Night of the Werehog (ソニック＆チップ 恐怖の館 Sonikku to Chippu Kyōfu no Kan?, lit. "Sonic & Chip: House of Horror")[1] is a 2008 Japanese animated comedy short film available on the internet taking place within the events of the video game Sonic Unleashed.
It is directed by Takashi Nakashima and produced by Takeshi Itou, starring Jason Griffith, Tony Salerno, Kevin Glenz and Ryan Drees as English voice actors, and Jun'ichi Kanemaru, Tomokazu Seki, Ryōko Shiraishi and Momoko Ishikawa as the Japanese voice actors.
Sonic and Chip enter a classic haunted house that is haunted by three ghosts, two of whom are trying to win the affection of a third, Lah, by photographing the expressions of people they've scared. However, the ghosts didn't expect the brave hedgehog to become a Werehog.[1]
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Continuity and References
- 4 Taglines
- 5 Production
- 6 Videos
- 7 External links
- 8 References
Plot[]
The short opens with two boys entering a haunted house during a rain storm. As they explore the house, they are watched by a pair of ghosts named Su and Uh. The two ghosts scare the children out and take pictures of their frightened faces. Once they take their photos, they return to a ghost girl named Lah and present her their photos to impress her. Ultimately, Lah chooses Uh's picture and rewards him with a kiss, leaving Su defeated.
Immediately, Sonic and Chip enter the house. Sonic is interested but Chip is rather frightened. Su scared Chip when he passes by a mirror with a freaky reflection of himself. The photo of Chip impresses Lah, thereafter, the ghosts continue to scare Chip to win her heart. Even Sonic teasingly makes a scary face at Chip and accidentally causes him to faint. The pile of pictures of a frightened Chip grows with each scare. However, Lah is dismayed to see several photos of Sonic that showed him unaffected by their scares, holding a book, yawning, and making a silly face at the camera.
The male ghosts hunt Sonic and Chip disguised in armor. As Chip cowers in fear, Sonic transforms into his Werehog form upon seeing the full moon and scares the two ghosts, causing their cameras to take photos of themselves. Lah laughs at the photos of the frightened ghosts. Humiliated and angered, both ghosts decide to team up and fuse together to form a large minotaur ghost named Baker to attack Sonic.
While Sonic uses his abilities as a Werehog, Baker gains the upper hand by turning invisible and intangible to dodge every attack Sonic throws at him. As the two fight, Chip discovers that Sonic can see Baker by taking its photo. While trying to exploit this fault, the ghost uppercuts Sonic high into the air as he waited for the photo to develop. As he free-fell, Sonic took multiple photos of the ground to expose Baker, only to be attacked again as he tried to make the photos develop faster. After the photos finish, they reveal Baker mockingly posing the same ways Sonic was when Su and Uh took photos of him.
Infuriated, Sonic begins randomly attacking his surroundings, only to take a full charge from Baker and crash into the wall. As Sonic lays unconscious on the ground, Baker proceeded to take his photo. However, Su and Uh begin to fight over the camera, as they both want to impress Lah, causing Baker to separate into the two ghosts. As they fight over the camera, Sonic reawakens and scares them with a roar, causing them to fall backwards. Sonic then grabs them and swings them around before tossing them high above him, waiting for them to fall back down, and finishing with a powerful punch that sends the ghosts flying to the moon. Right before he punched, the camera went off just before Sonic sent the final blow. Lah found the taken photo of Sonic as the Werehog and falls in love with him.
In the morning, Lah impersonates Chip and has Sonic take a picture with her. When the photo comes out, it shows Lah in her true form. After the credits, Su and Uh are seen sadly watching Lah (who is still in Chip’s form) and Sonic walk away. They turn around and look at the real Chip, who has been kidnapped so Lah can take his place, struggling to be freed.[1]
Cast[]
- Jason Griffith/Jun'ichi Kanemaru/Tomokazu Seki as Sonic the Hedgehog
- Tony Salerno/Ryōko Shiraishi as Chip
- Ryan Drees as Su
- Kevin Glenz as Uh
- Momoko Ishikawa as Lah
Continuity and References[]
- Sonic and Chip appear.
- Sonic the Werehog appears.
- Su is introduced.
- Uh is introduced.
- Lah is introduced.
Taglines[]
- See what happens to Sonic when the sun goes down...[2]
Production[]
Videos[]
External links[]
- Sonic: Night of the Werehog on Sonic News Network
- Sonic: Night of the Werehog on IMDB
- Sonic Unleashed: Night of the Werehog (1440p HD), high-definition edit on the film.
- www.nightofthewerehog.com
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sonic: Night of the Werehog on Sonic News Network
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090218135349/http://www.sega.com/sonicunleashed/notw/us/
| 90's | Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1996) |
|---|---|
| 2000's | Sonic: Night of the Werehog (2008) |
| 2010's | Chao In Space (2019) |
| 2020's | Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) · Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) |
