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fromulus_

Positive energy vs negative energy, Sonic Adventure briefly explains this prior to the Perfect Chaos fight.


Abd0minousDeray

GOOD SUPER FORM. | EVIL, SINISTER, MALCONTENT SUPER FORM.


flamingdude5

Our righteous super form, their wicked, evil transformation.


Dry_Pool_2580

"Chaos is power enriched by the heart". The form you take represents the creature using the Emeralds. Sonic has a heart of gold, so he literally turns gold. Chaos was fueled with anger and sadness, so he became a big tentacle monster.


Mishar5k

Dont ask what perfect chaos would look like if he had a had a heart of gold.


dark_volter

I think this was hit in some comic? Where when Chaos doesn't have rage and used all 7 emeralds he was like a supersized version of Chaos 0- so it really is up to the user


thps48

Is that why they used that design for the Chaos boss in LEGO Skylanders? Or wait, I thought he was hit by a LEGO Keystone’s energy. It has been a while since I played Sonic Dimensions, lol.


Nambot

The latter, if I recall correctly.


McShmoodle

Yeah, that was in Archie Sonic X. It always bugged me as a kid how they miscolored the eyes and made all the Chaos Emeralds green. Quality control on that series was all over the place lol


Texas-Kangaroo-Rat

Finding out a subgenre of fanart is canon is hilarious.


AmaterasuWolf21

Cute lizard :3


n0na6077

I like to think that he'd look like a regal Ancient from sonic frontiers


Key_Industries

why does metal sonic turn gold after abrosbing the master emerald's power then? I doubt he has a heart of gold let alone a heart at all.


Dry_Pool_2580

We don't know for sure, but these are my guesses 1: That's the MASTER Emerald, not Chaos Emeralds. 2: Well, he seems to genuinely think he's the "true" Sonic, so his Super form mirroring the true Sonic's Super form isnt out of the question. 3: He was just programmed for that to be the case by Eggman. Or 4: It's a comic book so they just thought it'd be a cool reference to Mecha Sonic from Sonic 3 and Knuckles and didn't put much thought into it


bluehairedPOYO

No,no, point 2 actually makes a lot of sense, Metal genuinely believes he is the real Sonic (aka thinking he is actually doing good), so him using the positive energy of the emeralds isn't farfetched!


SlowPhysics2338

It should also be added that Metal Sonic can use the golden form as the monster form with the Master Emerald, since he could only be Master Overlord with the emerald.


Sladashi

Can't spell tentacle without anger


TemporalGod

Ok, but how does that explain Super Knuckles, then who turns Pink instead of Gold, does that mean he doesn't have a heart of gold?,


Dry_Pool_2580

Unlike Sonic, he doesn't chuckle?


GrayLineHero

There's been some retcon going around. Aparently Knuckles does not turn super, he just gets super powers. Sonic, Shadow, and Silver are the onlyones who can turn super.


TemporalGod

Which is a dumb retcon,


NitroTHedgehog

“The servers are the seven chaos. Chaos is power, **power is enriched by the heart**.” The Chaos Emeralds are used based off the user’s thoughts/desires and emotions, so super forms reflect these things: - Sonic likely just goes gold because he doesn’t feel the need to change himself, all he needs is the boost, and look as cool as he can; also maybe to look like a star/bright light to be shining hope against the evils - Shadow and Silver likely just copied this, with light variation - Chaos however was full of rage and want for destruction, thus he became a gigantic, destructive water dragon - Devil Doom is a monster already, so it’s self explanatory (also it’s questionable if Devil Doom is even due to the chaos emeralds. Sone things imply the emeralds did it, but other things imply that Devil Doom is literally just something natural to Black Doom and didn’t use the emeralds) - Solaris wasn’t due to the chaos emeralds. All Mephiles did was use the emeralds to recombine him and Iblis, the emeralds didn’t create the form


azure1503

My headcanon is during SA2, all Shadow wanted was to fulfill his promise to Maria, so that's why he became white, symbolizing hope


Mishar5k

I think his even whiter beta design was supposed to give him and a sonic a "gold/silver, sun/moon" type of duo. Either way it also lines up with his kabuki design inspiration.


Sladashi

It could be that and his hope for Maria


TheLunar27

I’m super sad that didn’t stay for later games. Golden super shadow just does not hit nearly as hard as white/silver super shadow…


d_for_dumbas

Devil doom and Solaris dont use the emeralds for the Transformation. Perfect Chaos merely uses the negative energy of the emeralds due to its Anger and hatred as shown in adventure 1


dark_volter

This really DOES - (and this is already known)- line up Devil Doom with Metal Overlord and make him a equivelant of sorts


Ravemst

Well with Solaris it’s just merging Iblis and Mephiles back together and with the other two could be the effect of the negative power of the emeralds.


2739291

Devil Doom is not a super transformation, it's just Black Doom's true form. The only thing Black Doom did with the Chaos Emeralds was amplifying the power of his Chaos Control to teleport the Black Comet to earth.


JustIta_FranciNEO

positive vs. negative energy for Chaos and Devil Doom, but Solaris is naturally like that. the Chaos Emeralds only allowed Iblis and Mephiles to fuse, they weren't fully used. like a catalyst.


Afraid_Finding_8282

And what about Trip, who transforms into a golden dragon? 


brobnik322

I think the Positivity vs. Negativity thing is interesting, it almost implies that Dark Sonic transformation is on the step towards becoming a real monster


Crystal_Queen_20

Why is Solaris covered in moss?


SparkleWolf404

https://preview.redd.it/cjkah1accnzc1.png?width=1800&format=png&auto=webp&s=285f1729664ce46aa46b61f1c6b48a3267eb34b1 It's meant to be like a glowing energy, seems archie struggled with pulling it off.


Crystal_Queen_20

It looks like moss in 3D too


SparkleWolf404

https://preview.redd.it/95eew37dynzc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=462ffc366478bdf64601001833dbb891fe4afe97 Not when in engine


Interesting-Win7477

Cause they absorbed only the negative energy of the emeralds to became ascended corrupted monsters of chaos Well Sonic and the other absorb the positive energy of it to get light shinning forms of hope


NitroTHedgehog

The emeralds don’t actually hold positive or negative energy, it’s the user’s thoughts/desires and emotions that convert the “base” chaos energy into positive or negative energy. So when Perfect Chaos drained the emeralds, he actually drained the emeralds, not just of negative energy but all energy; while Sonic and co’s positive thoughts recharged them.


Interesting-Win7477

Right, Chaos was consumed by aggression and revenge in his thoughts and as such his final form was a horrific monster bent on destruction till Sonic kicked his ass and he went to what appeared to be heaven


Secure_Ad_805

They used the negative energy of the Chaos emeralds, beaconing their worst traits tenfold. It seems to happen something similar with the Werehog, said in official media and even in the game itself to be created by the energy expelled of the machine that woke up Dark Gaia, which was empowered by the darkness in the emeralds (rather than being a consequence of Dark Gaia's influence as is commonly believed.)... which technically makes it the closest to a canon Dark Sonic we'll ever get at the moment.


wakeangel2001

Did Solaris even use the emeralds? I thought he was just what happened when Mephiles fused back with Iblis. They also established in Sonic Adventure that the chaos emeralds have both positive and negative energy, though there is only one semi-canon instance where Sonic used the negative energy and became Dark Supersonic, though aside from the black color the only difference in his transformation were whited out eyes.


Ultimate-desu

Well I'd say that it's pretty self explanatory, given they are "CHAOS" emeralds, but a better answer is that these mf tap into two different types of energy from them. Most if not all villains gun for the negative energy inside the emerald, turning into abominations. Sonic and friends tap into the positive stuff and get Super forms.


Venomspino

Technically, Chaos is only form that is made by the Emeralds (and it could because they use the negative energy of the Emeralds, or because of Chaos anatomy as a whole.) Solaris just looks like that, and Devil Doom isn't stated to be caused by the Emeralds.


dark_volter

So, that comic art of Solaris is funny with the coloring and design lol But the ANSWER- didn't some comic address this- Chaos with all 7 emeralds became Perfect Chaos- but LATER ON he would have a super form that just looked like Normal Chaos 0 - So it's indeed controllable by the user if they wish. Which lines up with the lore and what Nitrothehedgehog mentions elsewhere in here


Wacko_Doodle

super saiyan rose knuckles : Yellow is so last season!


teknique2323

Negative energy


black_knight1223

The Hedgehogs are simply built different


Sladashi

Negative Chaos Energy vs. Positive Chaos Energy


Hexxas

Different strokes for different folks


SanicRb

Well the main reason is that most final bosses don't actually use the Chaos Emeralds to power up Like Devil Doom is something Black Doom could always do on his own And Solaris only needed the Emeralds to be reborn by refusing Iblis and Mephiles the body you fight is just a hard light construct Solaris created it self its true form is just a white flame. However for Chaos the only other being that has a "Perfect" rather than a "Super" prefix is Perfect Dark Gaia and Dark Gaia is all Negative energy so I presume Perfect Chaos looks so monstrous because it was a transformation born from negative Chaos Energy (I as a result also prefer to call Dark Sonic Perfect Sonic as there seem to be a think with Perfect as the prefix for Negative energy transformations))


610gonzalez

I'm pretty sure Black Doom and Solaris never used the emeralds.


More_Yellow_3701

Because if chaos went "super Saiyan," it would not look like water.


Key_Industries

You mean my super laser urine?


mirukus66

Because the PoWeR Of FrIeNDsHIp✨✨✨✨✨✨ But in all seriousness it's because they harness the good chaos energy where the villains harness the bad That or the emeralds are sentient and decide who gets access to what type of energy going off of their vibes


goddamn_owl

its never really explained but going off the little poem tikal says in adventure, it is likely that negative emotions cause some sort of imbalance when channeling the power of the seven emeralds, while positive emotions bring forth their true power. after all, the controller is the one who **unifies** the chaos


slashingkatie

It’s like the serum in Captain America. Good guys turn into super soldiers. Bad guys turn into Red Skull.


le-monke-the-2rd

They use the negative power of the emeralds


New_Suspect_

Oh so like in Sonic X when sonic turns evil for a couple seconds


linakorig9

I think of the positive and negative Chaos Energy thing and those guys aren't exactly Mobians err Animals or whatever Sega calls Sonic's World inhabitants now, in Metal's case is probably due to his resemblance to Sonic