The Internet Is Convinced Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Will Kill A Child Character, And Fans Had A Surprising Reaction

With just a few months to go until the threequel’s arrival on the 2024 movies schedule, the first Sonic the Hedgehog 3 trailer dropped yesterday, giving viewers their first taste of Keanu Reeves voicing Shadow following the character’s silent cameo at the end of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. As the preview showed off, Shadow will be such a grave threat that Sonic, Tails and Knuckles will be forced to team up with Dr. Ivo Robotnik to defeat him. As if the stakes weren’t already high enough, now there are some who are convinced that Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will kill a child character, which is leaving many fans thrilled.

For those confused about why a kid dying in an upcoming family-friendly movie would sound appealing to Sonic the Hedgehog fans, you first need to take note of both the above still from the trailer, as well as the below still of Shadow and a human male kneeling next what appears to be a dead body.

Following the preview’s release, it was revealed that the girl, played by Alyla Browne, is named Maria, and in the Sonic mythology, there’s a character named Maria Robotnik, the granddaughter of Professor Gerald Robotnik and Ivo Robotnik’s cousin. Originally featured in the games Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog, Maria bonded with Shadow after he was created, but she was killed when the government organization G.U.N. raided the ARK complex. Before she died, Maria put Shadow in an escape pod and urged him to protect humanity. That incident left Shadow traumatized and nearly led to him destroying Earth in Sonic Adventures 2, but heeding Maria’s final words to him, he turned to the light and has allied himself with Sonic and the gang,