Censorship
Due to the number of scenes that would be offensive to Western audiences, the following scenes were edited or removed from the 1999 VHS release of the film:
- In a daydream when Doctor Robotnik proposes to Sara, she is shown pregnant and breastfeeding one of their future children.
- Robotnik groping Sara.
- Sonic giving Metal Eggman the middle finger, which was edited to look like an index finger in the VHS.
- Metal Sonic accidentally looking up Sara's dress when he crashes through the bottom of Eggman's ship, resulting in Sara repeatedly kicking his head, calling him a pervert. In the same sequence, Sonic also appears to injure himself after falling onto the ship, landing on his groin. Also, Sonic is synched with Metal Sonic and essentially feels what he feels, he even blushes.
- During the second fight against Metal Sonic, Tails, after the Tornado is shot out of the sky, falls down a hill and starts to roll into a snowball and crashes into Sara and Knuckles. When the snowball clears, Tails is revealed to be holding on to Sara's breasts. Knuckles notices this, and is heard to mention that he "Never thought he'd stoop that low".
Both DVD releases include all the above scenes and are regarded as fully uncut.
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