“It's ORANGE BANNANA WHAM BAM SLAM FLAM BING BHAM BOOM BOOM BOOGALOO ROCKEM SOCKEM ROLLY POLY WHAK DANG DING DANg WALLA WALLA JUICE TIME!!!!” — Sonic, in the credits of Sonic Fights Robotnik 6
It came as if from nowhere. In the final active years of the now defunct alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog newsgroup, a man who only called himself SONIC FAN began his now legendary history. With this seemingly harmless post that was ignored by all, it became prophetic when later that day, the first chapter in the SONIC FIGHTS ROBOTNIK series was released. Even if the warning had been replied to, no one would have been able to prepare for what was to come. Some laughed, some cried, and some just stopped reading after the first line. While forgotten by some, those that do remember recall the numerous references to Mountain “Due,” Green Day, cybersex, and the word “FOCK.” For those who stuck around, and dared to read each new installment in the series, the members of AFSH were rewarded with, if nothing else, a brief moment of entertainment.
In the aftermath of Sonic Adventure and the rapidly changing landscape of the Internet, SONIC FAN disappeared from the scene in June of 2000, leaving his saga incomplete. The only public archive of his work, a personal site hosted on the former servers of xoom/nbci, became a victim of circumstance, and was deleted when the service stopped existing. In the years that passed, there was no central location for SONIC FAN's works, even though his legacy lingered.
In that vacancy, a version of this archive was established on Angelfire, before moving to Horseface and finally here. Striving to preserve the legacy of SONIC FAN, the content within exists for future generations to behold, so that they may understand what it once was like. And how it could be once again...
In the final days of January of 2010, a man claiming to be SONIC FAN appeared once again, just as silent as the original in 1998. Quietly releasing the latest chapter in the Sonic Fights Robotnik saga, the memories of the past once again return to the forefront, for even if he is not the same man we once loved, he has reminded us just why the tales below continue to endure.
Though returning after a decade and finishing the dangling plot threads of the Shadowfox trilogy, there is still a question that lingers on: just who is SONIC FAN? Was he someone who intended his work be serious at some point? Was he a random troll that no one knew? Was he one of the regulars on AFSH just having a few laughs? Or was he the most clever satirist to ever grace the Sonic Internet community? Sadly, this site can offer no answers, though there are those who argue it might be better that way. But what we can do is look forward to the return of the Robotnik Show, Snively wailing on his sax, and Sonic forever jamming to Green Day. But until that day happens...
“David Gonterman is one of if not the best Sonic writer ever” — Sonic Fan