Darkness falls across the land...the midnight hour is close at hand...creatures crawl in search of blood...to terrorize y'all's neighborhood. It's Halloween month everyone! It's during this fun spooky time where us villains reign! So I will be focusing only on villains for character threads for this month. And what better way to begin this creepy month with a creepypasta!
With all that being said, here is the character thread for Sonic.exe (Icon and image by
Arion Rashad)
Who is Sonic.exe?
That...is a very good question. There are many interpretations of the character. Some say he is Sonic possessed/turned evil, an alternate version of Sonic, a robot, a virus created by Eggman (which is my preferred interpretation), or this character I barely know called Zalgo. While I can't really say who exactly this character is, what I can tell you is where he originated from. He first appeared in the creepypasta story of the same name on September 3, 2013. The story was written by JC-the-Hyena.
One day Tom was playing Sonic Unleashed and the mailman came by and put some mail in the mailbox. When he went to check what's in the mailbox, all that was in there was a CD with words that were written by a black marker saying "SONIC.EXE." The CD also had a letter that was from his best friend Kyle which warns him about the disc and urges him to destroy it. Tom disregards the warning and plays the disc as he was excited to try it out since it had Sonic in the name.
And this is where things get interesting. Warning though, if you don't like blood and gore, I recommend stopping here.
The game had an intro like the very first Sonic game. When he pushes the start button a brief image appears of the waters of Green Hill red, Sega 1991 became Sega 666, and Sonic's eyes because pitch black with red pupils with blood dripping from the eyes. After that brief image, the save files of Sonic 3 appeared and allowed Tom to choose Tails, Dr. Eggman, and Knuckles. At this point, he realized that this is a hacked game but he still continued playing and started with Tails.
Tails' level took place in "HILL, ACT 1." Unlike the Green Hill Zone level in the first Sonic game, the level was all flat with a few trees showing up and music that sounded peaceful but reversed played. After five minutes of running, there is an animal lying bleeding. Tails' face appears to be sad and worried. As he continues the level, more dead animals appear until Sonic appears. Tails seemed happy for a brief second but worried as Sonic didn't notice him. As Tails gets closer to Sonic the sound of static increases until Sonic opens his eyes which were black with red pupils similar to the title screen and the screen goes black then some white text appears.
"Hello. Do you want to play with me?" it says.
Tom is obviously creeped out by this and part of him wanted to stop but his curiosity got the best of him and he was taken to a new level called "HIDE AND SEEK." Tails is now on Angel Island where everything seems to be on fire. The fox seems to be terrified like he wants to leave as fast as mobianly possible. He even makes frantic gestures to the player. As Tails goes through the level, a laugh is heard (which according to Tom sounds like Kefka's from Final Fantasy VI) and Sonic flashes everywhere on the screen. As Tails runs as fast as he can through the burning woods, Sonic seems to be flying towards Tails with a huge grin. Tails then trips and Sonic appears in front of him with his grin growing wider and is shown to kill Tails for a split second and the screen goes black with a loud screech.
"You're too slow, want to try again?" the text says.
Tom is taken back to the character select where Tails is no longer available as a selectable character. Instead, he is displayed on the TV Screen with black eyes and bleeding. He picks Knuckles and thus begins the next level called "YOU CAN'T RUN." Knuckles is shown in what seems to be Scrap Brain Zone. As he goes through the straight path, red static, that same laugh, and blood seem to appear in the pathway. As he continues, he starts to look sick, and then Sonic suddenly appears and the screen goes black with the text, "FOuNd YOu!" Tom is then back to that level with Knuckles looking terrified. Sonic then appears in front of him in what seems to be smoke. Tom makes Knuckles attempt to punch him but Sonic vanish and just appears behind Knuckles. The process continues until Knuckles is crying on his knees and Sonic kills Knuckles for a split second and the screen goes black once more.
"So many souls to play with, so little time...would you agree?" the text appears.
Tom is taken back to the file select and the second file select has Knuckles with his fur reddish grey and his eyes black and bleeding like Tails. Tom decides to shut off the game and go to bed. If you want to see more of this story, please look here: https://www.creepypasta.com/sonic-exe/
What can he do?
It depends on the interpretation. If we are taking the original creepypasta, he can fly, break the game he is in, fourth-wall-breaking abilities, teleport, and can kill whoever he pleases.
If we take the virus interpretation (according to the Miitoons summary of the character which you can view here), he can corrupt any electronics and turn them against people, trap people's minds in the digital world and toy with them.
Theme Song?
Here is Hill Act 1:
...now why is this thread the most in-depth one I made so far?