Brooklyn Nine-Nine star's movie mocks "Ugly Sonic" backlash

Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg's new Disney+ film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers came out to rave first reactions earlier this week.

The animated/live-action reboot of the children's classic stars John Mulaney (Big Mouth) as Chip opposite Samberg's Dale and features several cartoon character cameos including a relic of internet discourse past (2019, to be specific): "Ugly Sonic."

That's right. Among the meta chaos of the movie, which some have dubbed a Who Framed Roger Rabbit? sequel in all but name, was the publicly rejected and scrapped version of Sonic the Hedgehog "Ugly Sonic", voiced by Tim Robinson.

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While the movie was very self-aware of the ridiculous nature of the character, Ugly Sonic himself played a rather crucial role in the plot, making a few appearances, much to viewers' bemused horror.

One person wrote: "CAN I JUST ADMIT: the Ugly Sonic in Chip and Dale Movie makes 2019 DESIGN LOOK MORE TOLERABLE IN COMPARISON."

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While another pointed out what a wild timeline we live in: "I can't believe we live in a world where the first Sonic Movie Design was so bad, we got the re-designed Sonic that lead to a blockbuster movie franchise going on a trilogy, and a character parody of the old look in Rescue Rangers called "Ugly Sonic" What a timeline."

And some simply accepted what we all know to be true – "Ugly Sonic" is superior: "I'm 10 minutes in the Chip n Dale movie and Ugly Sonic is stealing the show," someone wrote.

"Y'all thought you could suppress Ugly Sonic with cyberbullying? Think again. He came back uglier out of spite and I respect that," added another.

Check out some more reactions below:

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Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is now out on Disney+.

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Asyia Iftikhar

Asyia is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, theatre, music, books and general showbiz.

She was previously a freelance reporter who has written for publications including Glamour, gal-dem, Metro and Bustle.

She has a gold-standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates. Asyia has covered industry events such as the London Film Festival and BFI Flare and has a specialist interest in analysing LGBTQ+ issues, race and identity within the cultural landscape.
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