Sonic Storybook Series/YMMV

Here are the various subjective tropes used throughout the Sonic Storybook Series.

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General:

• Crowning Music of Awesome: Are you surprised?

Sonic and the Secret Rings:

• Crowning Moment of Heartwarming/ Tastes Like Diabetes /Narm: The ending.
• Complete Monster: Erazor Djinn for multiple reasons. He blackmailed Sonic with a inevitably fatal curse if he didn't gather the World Rings for him whilst having no intention whatsoever of removing the curse if Sonic did fulfill the terms, intending to use him as a ritual sacrifice to gain the true power of said rings. He tried to murder Sonic, but only succeeded in killing Shahra in his place, and even though Shahra's killing was unintended, he still had a Kick the Dog moment in mocking her comparitively weak magical power as a genie. On top of that, he even had the audacity to manipulate Shahra into stopping Sonic from dealing with him. She doesn't, however. He was defiant right to the very end, even whilst Sonic was dooming him to his eternal prison before throwing him in lava.
• Hilariousinhindsight: From the PC complilation of Sonic 3 & Knuckles came the Sonic screensavers. One of them featured a genie lamp. Then, over 10 years later...
• Most Wonderful Sound: The sound Pearls make when they are collected.
• Nightmare Fuel: Erazor's very gruesome and agonizing-sounding transformation into Alf Layla Wa Layla.
• That One Level: Dinosaur Jungle - Mission 10: "Get the Pterosaur Egg!". You must find four dinosaur eggs scattered throughout a small course and take them to their nests. One problem: each egg belongs in a specific nest and the eggs' locations are all randomized. Combine all this with controls that are more tuned for going forwards than anything related to exploration, and you got a mission that will wear out its welcome in no time flat.
• The Woobie: Sonic. He has to deal with a magical flame arrow jutting out of his heart which continually saps his energy as a result of his selflessness, has a time limit to fulfill the request of retrieving the World Rings or the curse will kill him, experiences fatigue from the curse occasionally, has to juggle with the idea that he'll be killed whether he does it or not, and then is faced by Shahra's death and his rather painful-looking forced transformation into Darkspine Sonic. On top of that, the poor guy is suffering with a cold throughout the game as well.

Sonic and the Black Knight:

• And the Fandom Rejoiced: The music crew.
• Crush Blush: Percival (Blaze) blushes lightly after Caliburn says "Save the hugs and kisses for later" towards her and Sonic.
• Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch: Fans got enraged at trailers with sword-wielding Sonic.
• Crowning Moment of Awesome: Detailed here. Spoilers abound.
• Family-Unfriendly Aesop: Sonic stops Merlina's plan because he doesn't like the idea of a world that won't end. It's this because of how unclear it is. Though he could actually mean he doesn't like the idea of a world unable to change, the dialog makes it murky.
• Crowning Music of Awesome: "I just gotta do what I gotta do!"
• Hilarious in Hindsight: One line from the main theme of Sonic CD,Sonic - You Can Do Anything. is "Excalibar - It's not that far". Here, Sonic gets Excalibur.
• 8.8: IGN's low score review. A lot of it has to do with accusations that the reviewer never actually completed the game, due to comments about the post game being totally inaccurate.
• Tear Jerker: The ending credits theme, Live Life. Performed by Crush 40. May also count as a Crowning Music of Awesome.