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| “ | The small town with a big heart. | „ |
| ~ The Green Hills town's official motto on its welcome sign. |
Green Hills is the main location that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog film series produced by Paramount Pictures and its spin-offs. It is a small town in the state of Montana, where Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles live with Tom and Maddie Wachowski.
Green Hills is a small rural town in the middle of a mountainous forest area, not too far from the Hedgehog Cave. Most of the town's buildings run along the main street running through the center of the town. The town also has a sheriff's department and a baseball field. It is also where the Wachowskis' house of residence can be found.
Overview[]
Past[]
Over fifty years ago, the Wachowski family began policing Green Hills as a part of the Green Hills Sheriff's Department, and would continue this tradition up until the present day. Eventually, Tom Wachowski of the current generation of the Wachowski family became the town's sheriff while his wife, Maddie Wachowski, became Green Hills' most respective veterinarian.
A decade ago, after Sonic the Hedgehog arrived in Montana following his departure from Mobius, the hedgehog would visit Green Hills often while avoiding being discovered by the local human population. In an attempt to deny his own loneliness, Sonic would spy on Green Hills' inhabitants, and would take a special interest in Tom and Maddie. Although the town lunatic, Crazy Carl, eventually caught onto Sonic and attempted to capture him on several occasions, Sonic would elude him every time for fun.
In the recent past, Tom applied to the San Francisco Police Department in hopes of doing more and making a real impact in peoples' lives. Having anticipated Tom's success, Maddie began searching for apartments to rent in San Francisco.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)[]
Eventually, Tom received an acceptance letter from the San Francisco Police Department to become a street cop on their force, and Maddie revealed to him that she was already planning their move for them. Soon after, Maddie flew to San Francisco with Ozzie to await Tom while he wrapped things up in Green Hills. Meanwhile, Sonic, after watching a junior league baseball game at Green Hills' baseball field, would play a game with himself that same evening. As his frustrations over being all alone grew, however, Sonic would resort to running around until his powers built up and released an electromagnetic pulse that cut out power all across the Pacific Northwest, including Green Hills. During the blackout, Wade would call Tom from the police station in order to get instructions on how to deal with the situation.
Soon after, the United States sent the United States Army and Dr. Robotnik to Green Hills to discover the origin of the electromagnetic pulse. As the government encroached him, Sonic fled to Green Hills with his most important belongings from the Hedgehog Cave and hid out in Tom's garage, hoping to safely use a Ring there to escape to the Mushroom Planet with. However, he was discovered by Tom, who shot him with a tranquilizer dart. Before losing consciousness however, Sonic opened a Ring portal to the Transamerica Pyramid and accidentally dropped his remaining Rings into it. After recovering however, Sonic managed to persuade Tom to help him when Robotnik's truck arrived at Tom's house. Ultimately, they both managed to escape Robotnik after he stormed into Tom's house with his Badniks and discovered Sonic, which led to Tom getting on the homicidal Robotnik's bad side. Robotnik and his agents soon after occupied the Green Hills Sheriff's Department, where they intercepted a conversation between Tom and Wade.
Days later, Sonic sent Tom and Maddie through a Ring portal to Green Hills, where they landed in Farmer Zimmer's barn, to keep them safe from Robotnik. Hours later, Sonic got blasted through a Ring portal by Robotnik's Eggpod that took him back to Green Hills, where he landed in the town's main street. There, Tom came to Sonic's defense by attacking Robotnik onboard his Eggpod, only to get knocked off it. Fortunately for Tom, the townspeople came to his defense. When it seemed that Sonic was dead though, Tom berated Robotnik for his lack of humanity and declared Sonic his friend. Hearing this, Sonic recovered with his full power unleashed. As Sonic pummeled the Eggpod into submission, he and Tom banished Robotnik to the Mushroom Planet. Afterward, Tom and Maddie decided to remain in Green Hills.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)[]
Following a catastrophic act of vigilantism in Seattle, Sonic returned to Green Hills in the early morning. After sneaking into his room, however, Maddie and Ozzie woke him up from his intended nap. Reminded then of a fishing trip with Tom, Sonic would fish with Tom out on a local lake, where Tom confronted Sonic with his trip to Seattle and gave him a lesson in heroism and responsibility. Soon after, Tom and Maddie went on a vacation to Hawaii, with Sonic providing them with a route there through a Ring, thus leaving Sonic in charge of the house and Ozzie.
As Sonic began partying it up, Tails came to Green Hills in search of him, borrowing a police car to get around unnoticed in the process. Later at night, Dr. Robotnik returned to Green Hills with Knuckles the Echidna using a Ring. After Robotnik then had revealed himself to Sonic, the hedgehog tried attacking him, only to get into a fight with Knuckles. While Sonic got outmatched by Knuckles' greater experience, Robotnik learned of Knuckles' search for the "ultimate power." Immediately after, Tails arrived in his police car and saved Sonic. Making their escape through Green Hills, Sonic and Tails ultimately got away from Knuckles. Afterward, Robotnik contacted Agent Stone, informing him of his return. Working now in Green Hills' Mean Bean Coffee Café, Stone used the tech he had installed into the café to send new equipment to Robotnik. After receiving his delivery and gearing up, Robotnik forged an alliance with Knuckles to help him find the ultimate power, the Master Emerald. In truth though, Robotnik's plan was to use Knuckles and get the Master Emerald for himself.
Finding refuge at Wade's, Sonic and Tails' search for answers about Knuckles' quest for the Master Emerald led them to discover a message from Longclaw in an old map Sonic had, which revealed the whereabouts of a compass that could lead to the Master Emerald, prompting Sonic and Tails to head to eastern Siberia through a Ring to retrieve the compass. In the meantime, Robotnik and Knuckles met up with Stone at the Mean Bean Coffee Café, which Stone had since secretly transformed into their secret command center. While there, they intercepted a text message between Sonic and Tom, which Robotnik used to pinpoint Sonic's location in Siberia. Meanwhile, Robotnik quietly informed Stone of his secret reason for allying himself with an "imbecile" like Knuckles. With Sonic's whereabouts determined, Robotnik and Knuckles headed out in pursuit of Sonic while Stone remained behind.
Points of Interest[]
- Bar: ?.
- Baseball field: ?.
- Green Hills Junkyard: ?.
- Green Hills Sheriff's Department: ?.
- Library: ?.
- Mean Bean Coffee Café: ?.
- Wachowski House: ?.
Trivia[]
- The town is named after the Green Hill Zone itself.
- The welcome sign of Green Hills is based on the one along with the name tiself that appears within Green Hill Zone in an early prototype of the original 16-bit Sonic the Hedgehog videogame back in the early 1990s.
The town of Ladysmith within British Columbia, Canada served as the filming location for Green Hills in Sonic the Hedgehog, while Metro Vancouver served as the filming location in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.