SPOILER ALERT: This text incorporates main spoilers concerning the ending and post-credits scene in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” now enjoying in theaters.

Identical to the ending of the primary two “Sonic the Hedgehog” films, the third installment units up the fourth film — coming to theaters in 2027 — with a shock cameo.

After Staff Sonic saves the world from Dr. Ivo Robotnik and his grandfather Gerald Robotnik (each performed by Jim Carrey), Sonic (Ben Schwartz) finishes his race with Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey) and Knuckles (Idris Elba) to seek out out who’s the quickest. The blue hedgehog simply wins the race as he speeds far forward of his buddies and finds himself misplaced at midnight woods. Issues shortly take a flip when Sonic finds himself surrounded by a squad of robots that look precisely like him. The robots’ designs are based mostly on Steel Sonic, an evil android created by Dr. Robotnik within the video video games. Steel Sonic is one in all Robotnik’s most elite creations with all of the powers of Sonic and extra, like super-strength, invisibility, chaos powers and self-replication.

Fortunately, because the Steel Sonics shut in on the hero, he’s saved by a cloaked determine who seems to be the fan-favorite character Amy Rose. Identical to Tails and Shadow (Keanu Reeves) had been teased on the ends of the primary two “Sonic” films, it’s clear that Amy will play a serious position in “Sonic 4.” Amy is a pink hedgehog and infrequently portrayed as Sonic’s love curiosity. Whereas she doesn’t have Sonic’s velocity or Knuckles’ power, she wields a large hammer that may simply defeat any foe.

What about Shadow and the Robotniks? Properly, all of them seem to fulfill their demises within the ultimate battle aboard the large house canon. After he’s betrayed by his grandfather, Ivo pushes Gerald into the power reactor, after which he and Shadow sacrifice themselves to maneuver the laser away from Earth. The house base explodes with all of them on it — nevertheless it wouldn’t be the primary time Ivo miraculously survives obvious dying. Ivo additionally got here again after disappearing on the finish of “Sonic 2. Nonetheless, the ultimate post-credits scene confirms that Shadow survived the explosion and flies again to Earth, setting him as much as seem in “Sonic 4.”

Schwartz was tight-lipped about what “Sonic 4” could embody, however teased that it’ll be “stunning” and completely different than the earlier three movies.

“The precise issues we tease on the finish of this movie is the precise factor I hope we might do for the fourth. There’s a stunning storyline that can be utilized, and it takes our film in an entire completely different place,” he stated. “That’s what makes these thrilling. Each one in all these films nearly appears like a unique style. The primary one’s form of a buddy comedy. The second’s form of like an journey, “Indiana Jones” film. This one brings the darkness in Shadow, and the subsequent one can have a very completely different vibe. It’s simply heaven. Additionally we are able to get unbelievable individuals to play new characters and stuff like that, which may be very thrilling.”