Tom brought Sonic injured to Maddie, and Sonic woke up literally bouncing off the walls, then asked if The Rock was president.
Knuckles punched Sonic through a tv and wall before even speaking a word to him.
Tails stole a police car, broke down a fence, and rammed into Knuckles so hard he went flying into a shed.
Tails picked up Sonic in stolen police car and committed several traffic violations.
Tom and Maddie met Tails when he woke up from being knocked out via snowy mountain explosion. They first saw him when Sonic brought an avalanche to a wedding, and the two were thrown into cages.
Tails and Knuckles’ first real conversation included an apology for attempted vehicular manslaughter, and a promise for revenge.
Tom and Maddie met Knuckles when he yelled at them that no, they cannot touch their son, he has crossed over to the dark side and ate all the cookies.
I love how . . . realistically socially awkward Sonic Wachowski is. Like, the kid spent ten years alone. Of course his social/conversation skills are gonna be rusty and awkward.
His first interactions with Tom in the first movie are proof enough (as well as showing how desperate he was for socialization and friendship). But I'm also going to use a deleted scene to showcase this.
I'm not gonna share screenshots because it was with an early stage of CGI with the old design, which is meh. But the scene itself was so good, so I'll just share bits of the script. (You can find it easily on YouTube if you don't believe me lol.) The beginning is the main part I'm talking about.
*immediately after Sonic was meeting Ozzy for the first time and was getting licked all over his face. Tom walks in and sits on the couch*
Tom: "I wanna talk to you for a second, have a seat."
Sonic: "Okay."
*he sits on the ground*
*Tom stares at him for a second*
Tom: "Up here." *pats the spot next to him*
Sonic: "Right, right right right." *quickly, awkwardly sits on the couch*
Then Tom proceeds to ask him about his "crazy lightning display" on the highway, which was actually a really interesting conversation that better sealed in stone how Sonic's powers are linked with his emotions. But that's maybe for another post.
Tom's asking him to sit down so he could talk to him felt so much like a parent vibe. Even just as an adult to a child.
It's a fairly normal experience for most kids. Sonic? The kid is still learning how relationships with real people work. He doesn't understand social cues at this point and isn't aware of how normal, deeper conversations go. He's not used to close proximity, he hasn't been in a long time. And he's twelve.
Tom asks him to sit with him so they can talk.
And this kid just . . . sits on the floor. As if he really believes that's what Tom was expecting him to do.
I feel like this might speak a little of his trauma issues, too, but I'd need to spend more time analyzing it with other things in order to make a proper post about it.
Idk why that moment just stuck out to me so much. I just really like how accurately he behaves as a kid who spent way too much time in isolation with no interpersonal relationships.