5 Innocent Movies That Became Toxic

5. Sonic The Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog is an adorable, blue, super-fast, alien...thing. (He's not really much of a hedgehog, is he?) How could anyone possibly use his 2020 film in a toxic light?

Sonic the Hedgehog was released on 14 February, 2020, making it a questionable Valentine's Day date for any of the couples who saw it on opening night. It came out a week after Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, then called Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.

For some reason, the DCEU's best film to date was struggling at the box office. Competing with the little blue guy didn't help, especially when several online sexist Sonic fans pushed for seeing his film as a way to stick it to Birds of Prey. They couldn't fathom a female-led comic book film succeeding (more on that later), so they rallied behind Sonic to create a false sense of competition.

The worst part is that the two films have nothing in common. Sonic the Hedgehog is a kids film about friendship, while Birds of Prey is a dark, Pulp Fiction-esque look into Gotham City. They both work for different reasons, so there's no reason to pit them against each other unless you want one of them to fail.