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The plot involves Sonic and Tails on a mission to stop Eggman's volcano fortress. As per usual, Tails' plane is [[Captain Crash|shot down]], and Sonic is forced to go solo. There are four stages to the game, all reminiscent of giant multi-tiered pinball tables, with Sonic as the ball. The standard platforming action used in earlier Sonic games is limited here, as the blue hedgehog's movement is mainly controlled by flippers, although the player can still use his Spin Dash attack to reach some areas in a hurry. In each stage, Sonic must find all of the Chaos Emeralds in a level, which will give him access to the [[Boss Room]].

 

 

* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: The opening level, Toxic Caves.

* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: The last level's music is pretty [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJoTiMSf7vw hardcore], even for a Sonic game.

** Actually, all of the stage music is very industrial as well as the boss music. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Zzb1yu_x4 This] is probably the most bass heavy piece of music in the history of the series.

* [[Chekhov's Volcano]]: Not just that, but it's the entire goal of the game.

* [[Collapsing Lair]]: The final stage, "Showdown".

* [[Death Throws]]: If Sonic falls into lava/toxic waste/anything that causes him to lose a life, he'll slowly fall off the screen with his hands in the air.

* [[Down the Drain]]: The Toxic Caves, the first level of the game.

* [[Eternal Engine]]: The Machine, the third level.

* [[Have a Nice Death]]: Not only does the game give you the standard "TOO BAAAD" message for dying, the game also ''knows'' when you've fallen down a death chute ("BOGUS DUDE..." "BIG MISTAKE" "READY TO FRY?").

* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: The Lava Powerhouse, the second level.

* [[Pinball Protagonist]]: [[Visual Pun|In the literal sense.]]

* [[Pinball Scoring]]: Duh.

* [[Totally Radical]]: The top banner's lines, like "BOGUS DUDE", "BIG MISTAKE", AND "READY TO FRY?"

* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: After the usual task of nabbing emeralds, the final objective of "Showdown" is to prevent Eggman's ship from escaping.

** The intro banner to Showdown: "ROBOTNIK'S GETTING AWAY! GO GET HIM!"

** [[Oh Crap|READY TO FRY?]]

* [[Widget Series]]: The game is arguably among the weirdest (and creepiest) games in the overbearingly Japanese ''Sonic'' franchise, but it was actually put together by an American team - hence the ''[[Sonic Sat AM|SatAM]]'' influences and the dark vibe. This WHAT status was actually used in the game's marketing in Japan; ''Spinball'' was [[Gratuitous English|heralded]] as "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3fjPux-86o AMERIKKANO FANKAY AKSHON!]" "[http://info.sonicretro.org/images/5/5d/Spinball-box-jap.jpg from U.S.A.]"

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