Many people wonder about Dark Sonic, and exactly how he transforms into what he is. There are three ways Sonic could become his dark self, and they are explored here.

Theory One: The only "canon" time that Dark Sonic was seen was in the anime Sonic X. Now, we all agree that he transformed because he saw Chris and Cosmo suffer. But remember, they were two people. Another element that could have assisted in the transformation: the thousands of fake Chaos Emeralds around Sonic that he had encountered. Their massive-yet-finite energy could have helped to destabilize Sonic, allowing his intense rush...

A lot of people don't get the 06 story, and understandably so. The plot was extremely complicated, told from 3 different points of view at different times, and involved way zaidi time travel than most people probably would have preferred. Thus, a lot of people end up not comprehending the story at all. I'm here to help with that.

One of the most frequent problems I've seen people have is "Why didn't Mephiles just kill Sonic himself in the first place?" Well, he needed Elise to become emotionally attached to Sonic before he was killed, else she wouldn't have cried, which was the entire point....