The Sonic the Hedgehog Code v1

The Sonic the Hedgehog Code v1.1

as inspired by the Animaniacs Code, Jonathan Woodward, woodward@ftp.com.

See disclaimer below. Distribute freely.

Last Updated: 08 April 97

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Are you a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog? Well, tell the world! Presented

herein is the Sonic the Hedgehog Code (abbrev.: StH Code). Void where

prohibited. Simply add this convenient code to your sig file, and all the net

will know the truth of your love for Sonic, the Freedom Fighters, and even

Robotnik. At cons, add it to your badge! A million uses! The Sonic the

Hedgehog Code is a simple, powerful, and, hopefully, _silly_ tool for fan

communication.

{Format}

To distinguish our code from other, lesser codes, the code is always

preceded by the identifier "StH", and the version indicator "JJ1". These

are _not_ optional! Follow this with codes from the categories below.

You do not have to include every code; only those you think significant.

In cases where degrees are indicated, feel free to expand the code in

either direction as you see fit. Whitespace between the codes is

recommended but not required; "Son++ Sal++" and "Son++Sal++" are equally

acceptable. Case is important! As yet there is little possibility of

confusion if you use "ant++" instead of the correct "Ant++", but we are

attempting to maintain forward compatibility.

{Modifiers}

The following modifiers may be applied to the codes. Most of them

indicate a degree of indecision.

/ Used when two different values apply. For example, "Rbk---^/++".

> Indicates a range of feelings. "Bun->++"

~ Indicates waffling and indecision. "Snv~"

? Used to denote true bafflement. "Ant?"

{} Use curly brackets around a rating you hope to attain. "${+++}"

[] Use square brackets around a rating that once applied. "Dp[s]"

{Characters We Love}

You are not obliged to include a code for _every_ character; just

the ones you want us to know about. Many groups and characters are listed

below. The ratings are as follows:

XX--- I want to _roboticize_ this character.

XX-- I turn off the TV when this character is on.

XX- I'd rather this character wasn't on so often.

XX or XX0 No feelings; ho-hum.

XX+ I'm fond of this character.

XX++ I love this character!

XX+++ I have written mash notes to this character; I have a tattoo.

You may modify this rating by appending one of the following:

i I see elements of myself in the character.

! I have a sexual attraction to the character.

^ I love the character for his or her mind.

" I love the character for his or her ears.

t I love the character for his or her tail(s).

For example: "Sal+++! Bun+++""

The codes are:

Sega (self explanitory) for fans who also like/dislike Sonic's birthplace

WkS Weekend Sonic

AdS Adventures of Sonic

Arc Archie Comics

Flt Fleetwood Comics

tFF the Freedom Fighters

Son Sonic

Sal Sally

Tal Tails

Bun Bunnie

Rot Rotor

Ant Antoine

Nic Nicole

Dul Dulcy

UnC Uncle Chuck (Sir Charles)

Orw Orwin Raccoon

Bks Bookshire Draftwood

Joe Joseph

Tsh Tasha

Vil the Villans

Rbk Robotnik

Snv Snively

Pck Commander PackBell

Swt SwatBots

(From the Adventures of Sonic)

Scr Scratch

Grn Grounder

S&G Scratch and Grounder

Coc Coconuts

Ext People who show up once in a while (once or twice a year)

Knu Knuckles

Amy Amy Rose

KAc King Acorn

McS MechaSonic (or PsuedoSonic)

McK MechaKnuckles

Ros Rosie (Sally's nanny)

Jul Julayla (Sally's mentor)

Mut Muttski (Sonic's dog)

(From the Weekend Sonic)

Ngs Naugus

Ari Ari (duh)

tNH the Nasty Hyenas (from 'Fed Up With Antoine')

tWP the Wolf Pack

Lup Lupee

(From the Adventures of Sonic)

PVS Professor Von Schlammer

Can Professor Canine-stien

Wes Wes Weasely

Brz (Agent) Breezy

RJr (Robotnik) Junior

MsP Ms. Possum

BWh Bert Who

Rox Roxie (Waitress of Bert's Diner)

Cat Catty Carlisle (wrote Sonic's Song)

KAr King Arfer (ruler of Medieval Mobius)

Gwn Princess Gwendalyn (King Arfer's daughter)

MaS Ma-Sonic (Sonic's ancestor form Mobi-Gypt)

Pen Penelopy (Sonic's ancestor form Mobi-Gypt)

(From the Archie Comics)

Gef Geffory St. John

Pos Posie [president of the StH Fan Club (Sonic In Your Face)]

ASn Anti Sonic -

ASl Anti Sally -

ATl Anti Tails - - from the parallel universe comics.

ARt Anti Rotor -

AAn Anti Antoine -

ARb Anti Robotnik -

PnP Penelope Platypus *

Dyl Dylan * *first showing - the Princess Sally miniseries.

Arl Arlo *

Anc Ancient Walkers

Fio Fiona +

Frt Fourty Fathoms Freedom Fighters +

Ray Ray Fillet +

BFk Big Fluke +

Dnu Downunda Freedom Fighters +

Wlt Walt Wallaby + + from the Tails solo stories and mini-series.

Emu Emu Guru +

Wom Wombat Stu +

Bar Barbie Koala +

Crc Crocbot +

Ath Athair +

For other characters, simply use their name. "Sonic's Kids++"

{the Sonic the Hedgehog discussion group And You}

How Often Do You Post? (P)

P--- What's posting?

P-- What's StH?

P- I've heard of the group.

P I lurk.

P+ I've posted.

P++ I post regularly.

P+++ I post scores of messages daily; I _am_ StH.

What Have You Done For StH Lately? (D)

Da I've hosted a Sonic the Hedgehog event.

Df I've written fan-fiction.

Dh I have made humorous posts.

Dm I'm a member on a Sonic related MUCK (ie. Furtoonia, SPR, etc.)

Dp I've written a song parody.

Ds I run an FTP site.

Dw I run a web page.

Do Other.

Combine these freely. "Dmpf"

{Fan Behavior}

Money Spent ($)

Each + indicates an order of magnitude. This is total money spent on

anything connected to Sonic the Hedgehog.

$ $0

$+ $1-$10 (I have one plushy.)

$++ $11-$100 (I have two plushies and some of the comics.)

$+++ $101-$1000 (I have a Genesis and a couple of StH games.)

$++++ ...and so on (eek!).

Voice Artists Met (V)

Use a "V" followed by one or more of these:

jw Jaleel White (Sonic)

ks Kath Soucie (Sally and Nicole)

bp Bradley Pierce (Tails)

cc Christine Cavanaugh (Bunnie)

rp Rob Paulsen (Antoine)

mb Mark Ballou (Rotor - 1st season)

cb Cam Brainard (Rotor - 2nd season)

cs Cree Summer Franks (Dulcy)

ww William Windom (Uncle Chuck)

jc Jim Cummings (Robotnik)

ca Charles Adler (Snively)

tc [not Top Cat ;-)] Tim Curry (King Acorn)

fw Frank Welker [The Guardian of Lezer (Super Sonic)]

sb Shari Belafonte [Lupe (Cry of the Wolf)]

mb Michael Bell [Naugus (The Void)]

And from the Adventures of Sonic -

jw Jaleel White (Sonic)

lj Long John Baldry (Robotnik)

ph Phil Hayes (Scratch)

gc Gary Clark (Grounder)

ic Ian Corlett (Coconuts, Prof. Von Schlammer, and Robonik Jr.)

ow Orson Wells [how'd he get in here ;-)]

Indicate others with their names. Add a "+" for each autograph,

voice recording, picture taken _with both you and the artist in the

picture_, or anything else that would stand up in court. Also, use a

comma to separate initials and/or names, if you were lucky enought to

know several vocal artists. "Vjc+,cc"

Sonic Team Members Met (S)

Use a "S" followed by one or more of these:

{note: numbers indicate which games these people worked on...

1=Sonic the Hedgehog; 2=Sonic 2; 3=Sonic 3; K=Sonic & Knuckles.}

yn Yuji Naka [Executve Producer, Lead Programmer (3K)]

hya Hirokazu Yasuhara [Co-Exec. Producer, Lead Game Designer (3K)]

hyo Hisayoshi Yoshida [Senior Programmer (3K)]

ti Takashi Iizuka [Senior Programmer (3); Senior Game Designer (K)]

th Takahiro Hamano [Senior Game Designer (3); Senior Programmer (K)]

my Masanobu Yamamoto [Senior Game Designer (3); Senior Programmer (K)]

tty Takashi Thomas Yuda [Character Designer, Animator, Scene Artist (3K)]

ka Kunitake Aoki [CG Artist (3); Special Stage Artist (K);

Scene Artist (3K)]

sy Satoshi Yokokawa [Enemy Artist, Scene Artist (3K)]

cy Chie Yoshida [Scene Artist (3K)]

so Shigeru Okada [Scene Artist (3K)]

ta Tsuneko Aoki [Scene Artist (3K)]

oo Osamu Ohashi [Art Assistant (3K)]

bb Bobby Brooks [Music Composer (3K)]

dg Doug Grigsky ]|[ [Music Composer (3K)]

dr Darryl Ross [Music Composer (3K)]

gg Geoff Grace [Music Composer (3K)]

sc Scirocco [Music Composer (3K)]

bo Bo [Sega Sound Team (3K)]

js Jun Senoue [Sega Sound Team (3K)]

mi Milpo [Sega Sound Team (3K)]

mn Masayuki Nagao [Sega Sound Team (3K)]

ms Masaru Setsumaru [Sega Sound Team (3K)]

tm Tatsuyuki Maeda [Sega Sound Team (3K)]

ts Tomonori Sawada [Sega Sound Team (3K)]

hn Hisaki Nimiya [Sound Project Coordinator (3K)]

Indicate others with their names. Add a "+" for each autograph,

voice recording, picture taken _with both you and the artist in the

picture_, or anything else that would stand up in court. Also, use a

comma to separate initials and/or names, if you were lucky enought to

know several Sonic Team members. "Syn+,tty"

Favorite Episode (E)

Indicated with an E and the episode number. For example, "E27".

For somone who wants to mention their next favoriets, may indicate their

second favorite with "Ee", third with "Eee", et cetera. _Least_ favorite

shows may obviously be indicated with a minus after the "E"s and before the

show number. Ex. "E27 Ee12 E-16"

Episode Numbers:

(First Season) (Second Season)

01 Super Sonic 14 Game Guy

02 Sonic Boom 15 Sonic Conversion

03 Sonic and Sally 16 No Brainer

04 Hooked on Sonic 17 Blast To the Past

05 Ultra Sonic 18 Fed Up With Antoine

06 Sonic's Nightmare 19 Ghost Busted

07 Warp Sonic 20 Dulcy

08 Harmonic Sonic 21 The Void

09 Sonic and the Secret Scrolls 22 The Odd Couple

10 Sub Sonic 23 Ro-Becca

11 Heads or Tails 24 Cry of the Wolf

12 Sonic Past Cool 25 Drood Henge

13 Sonic Racer 26 Spy Hog

27 Doomsday

{Misc.}

Age (A or Ay)

As it seems to be a hot topic of discussion, you may indicate your

age (A) or your year of birth (Ay). For example: "A25" for someone who is

25 years old, or "Ay69" for someone who was born in 1969.

Gender (Male, Female, or Unidenified)

Optional gender-indicator. "GM" or "GF" or "GU"

Country / State you're posting from! (Co)

For the benefit of those who are fascinated by where you come

from, here's where you would indicate on your code on where you're from!

The format is "CO" followed by the country / state you're from...

Ex. "CoTX"; "CoJP"; "CoDK".

US United States

AK Alaska LA Loisiana OH Ohio

AL Alabama MA Massachusettes Ok Oklahoma

AR Arkansas MD Maryland OR Oregon

AZ Arizona ME Maine PR Puerto Rico

CA CAlifornia MI Michigan RI Rhode Island

CN Conneticut MN Minnesota SC South Carolina

CO Colorado MO Missouri SD South Dakota

DE Delaware MS Mississippi TN Tennessee

FL Forida MT Montana TX Texas

GA Georgia NC North Carolina UT Utah

HA Hawaii ND North Dakota VI Virginia

ID Idaho NE Nebraska VT Vermont

IL Illinois NH New Hampshire WA Washington

IN Indiana NM New Mexico WI Wisconson

IO Iowa NV Nevada WV West Virginia

KA Kansas NY New York WY Wyoming

KN Kentucky

ca Canada mx Mexico sp Spain

ch China mr Moracco tw Taiwan

dk Denmark ne The Netherlands uk United Kingdom

en England ni Northern Ireland

Germany (Duetchland)

fr France

ho Holland

ic Iceland

ir Ireland

kr Korea (North &South) st Scotland

jp Japan so South Africa za Zaire

{Sample (No, This Isn't Me)}

StH JJ1 WkS+++ AdS++ Son++ Sal+++! Tal+++t Bun+++!" Ant--- Rbk---/+++

Amy++ Lup++[!] P- DDmpf $++ Vcc+ E27 Ee25 E-11 Ay70 GM CoTX

{In Closing...}

This is yet a work in progress. All comments are welcome, and

contributors will be credited in future versions. Stay tooned...

{Contributors & Pioneers}

Jonathan Woodward (woodward@ftp.com) - for giving me permission to create

the Sonic Code.

Erich Schulman (acme@use.usit.net) - for inspiring me to create the Sonic

Code.

Captain William O'Hare (willohare@aol.com) - for providing the names of the

Adventures of Sonic vocals.

Andy Watts (Sonic@dial.pipex.com) - for inspiring me to put in countries and

states of origin.

{Disclaimer}

Use of trademarks is not intended as a challenge to their validity.

The right to create derivative works is explicitly not granted. Mine!

Any attempt to make a profit from this without my consent will incur the

wrath of my lawyers. This work is a parody of "The Geek Code" and, as

such, is permitted and protected by US and international copyright law.

This work was inspired by Jonathin Woodward's Animaniacs Code. The format

was copied with his permission. Sonic the Hedgehog and related materials

are copyrights of SEGA of America; DiC, Inc.; and Archie Comics.