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2011X

X, majorly known as SONIC.EXE, is the main antagonist of the official Sonic.exe game SONIC 2011, created by JoeDoughBoi. An interdimensional entity who hails from the VOID, X is a being whose fascination with humanity and obsession with the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise created a destructive mix, forming a vessel for itself, with its goal being to spread and cause as much pain and suffering as it can go. It does this by playing various games, some subtle in its sadism, but always rigged to torture and manipulate the players that it forces into these games, using the souls of its new "friends" to fuel the vessels to play its games over and over again.

The God

X is a sadistic and cruel monster that possesses an instinctive lust for destruction and pain. It has immense interest in the human race and the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise, stealing the souls of people and putting them into the bodies of the franchise's characters. X sees humans as disposable puppets it can manipulate and torture for as long as it likes simply because it wields the power to do so.

X's signature trait is its interest in playing games. These games often serve as entertainment for X's sadism, being entirely rigged for the monster to win without a successful escape. X does not savor how inexperienced it is at game design.

Similar to that of a young child, it is also extremely short-tempered. When something is not played in X's favor, it can often become uncharacteristically impatient or angry. This is best shown in how, when the player takes too long to move to the right, it will often just end up killing them on the spot out of sheer spite.

Appearance

X appears as a monstrous, deformed version of Sonic's usual appearance. It is proportionally inaccurate, with a chest similar to that of the modern Sonic and proportions similar to that of the classic Sonic, with its arms, legs and belly being skinny and stretched, to a point of showing the outline of its "bones." It has a black sclera pouring blood that leaks down to its nose, along with glowing red and white eyes, and a disproportionately large mouth with many sharp, yellow and rotten teeth. Its fur is noticeably much brighter, its ears more closely resemble a demon's horns, and its quills are significantly longer. For attire, X wears white gloves (occasionally stained with blood), as well as strangely large grey sneakers with a white strap and socks. Alternatively, X is depicted with dark blue fur, in contrast to its usual bright fur.

Histroy

GENISIS

The GENESIS saga, also known as the SONIC.EXE saga, is the introduction to X as a character. This saga sets up several major characters and events covered in the SOULLESS saga and branching canons.

Forged from the VOID, X is an interdimensional entity with an unclear fascination toward the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. X creates games to draw in new victims purely for its own amusement.

SONIC 2011

Some time after his arrival on Earth, "GammaEpsilon" would find X’s disk, playing it and meeting X itself. We don’t know the identity of this person or how he encountered the disk; all that we know is that he would dump the file within the disk online as a GameJolt game in an attempt to get rid of X’s influence. It’s likely he wasn’t successful, since X himself is implied to be the one in control of the account after the victim made his last post. After that, you, the player, would download the game and play it, leading to the chain of events yet to be unfolded. The game starts with the Sonic 1 title screen from 1991, which would distort itself upon pressing start. You're then taken to the save select, with Tails, Knuckles, and Dr. Eggman, with Knuckles and Eggman currently locked from the player and no sight of Sonic. Upon selecting Tails, he appears in "HILL". After walking for a bit, lots of dead animals appear, and after walking enough, Tails will come across "Sonic", but he seems to unusually have grey shoes on instead of red shoes. Upon realizing who is standing in front of him, Tails will walk to the left on his own, attempting to avoid "Sonic". The screen border will stop him from escaping, though. After you force him to walk towards "Sonic", "Sonic" will turn towards Tails and open his eyes, revealing his identity. A black screen would then appear, with the text "HELLO. DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH ME?" within it. The hud shows Tails' name changed to Alan, then gets popped into HIDE AND SEEK, and after running a bit, the time counter would be given 10 seconds, which would eventually drop down until the count reaches 0. When it reaches 0, a sign pops up. "TIME OVER" followed by "READY OR NOT" and "HERE I COME". The screen would then show X itself, which would rapidly twitch its head in front of the player. It would also pop up in the level itself, and after chasing Alan, it would knock him to the ground, breaking his leg. Alan, unable to stand up, would be at the mercy of X, who immediately teleported and snapped Alan's spine, killing him in an instant. X would then mock the player by telling them, "AWW… TOO SLOW. WANT TO TRY AGAIN?" Afterwards, Knuckles' level, "YOU CAN'T RUN", would start. The stage would be darker than usual, only lit up by thunder. At some point, Knuckles would encounter X, who would tease him with a message that reads "FOUND YOU". Knuckles, now having his name changed to Dave, would attempt to attack back, but X would dodge every single punches, mocking Dave every time. After a while, X would kick Dave's face so hard his teeth would come flying off his mouth. X would then stab him with a piece of metal in the chest, killing him. Afterwards, X's would express its enjoyment of the scene and gloat about its past victims by saying "SO MANY SOULS, SO LITTLE TIME. WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?" The player would then start up Eggman's level, "…". After walking downstairs for about two minutes, X would suddenly appear in front of Eggman, now getting his name changed to Paul like the others, scaring him. It would then suddenly open his jaw, which would extend itself in length in an unnatural, impossible way, erasing Paul's soul. The screen would be filled with static, and then we'd be shown a black screen with nothing but a text saying "GAME OVER". The letters of said text would be tinted with blood. The player is then shown the torn apart corpses of the three victims, locked within the save files for each character. Then, the screen would be filled with static, and we'd be shown a close-up of X's eyes. The screen would light itself up and show us X's face, rendered through a 16-bit filter. The said filter would eventually vanish, showing us a realistic close-up of his facial features. It would then write out "I AM GOD" on our screen with his fingers, which were tainted with the blood of his previous victims. It then lunges at the screen, breaking it, and finishing the game.

SECRET ZONES

GO BACK

To enter this stage, while playing as Tails, the player must break the wall behind them to the left of the stage's starting point. Entering this will send the player down the underground caves of Green Hill Zone, showing a misty background. The level has actual level design, which is surprising considering X's tendencies to make flat stages. If the player gets to the end of this stage, X will tell the player, "THE BRIMSTONE CALLS YOUR NAME". If the player loses at the platforming stage, it will tell the player, "NO CHEATING". On both occasions, X will send the player to HIDE AND SEEK.

000000

To enter this stage, while playing as Knuckles, or as the game calls him, "Dave", the player must fall through the drop on the left of this stage. Dave will bug out and glitch the entire stage. He will enter a new stage, in which X will write out a few messages on the screen.

• THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, ARE WE?
• YOU DELIGHT ME, NEW FRIEND.
• BUT SOON THIS WORLD WILL BE YOUR HOME.

In the end, Dave will be forced to fight X, just like in the main route. The game will continue onwards completely normally after this point.

Other Media

Soulless Sonic

X is to reappear in the upcoming Soulless - PC Sonic fangame series. Your same old friend from 2011, it comes off as more mature and collected after so long of playing its twisted games. It still carries the same knack for torture, however.

Friday Night Funkin'

A variant of this character appears in the FNF Mod known as RodenTrap, more accurately known as Sonic Legacy. It is an alternate timeline, described as "What if X was in FNF"?. However, the events transpired are not canon to the main variant of the character.

Lyrical Video(s)

X has a set of canon lyrics for the track known as Hill.gym, which are showcased in a song known as X's Lament. They go as follows:

"CRIMSON ARISEN GIVEN IMPRISONED THOUGH I'M RESTLESS, PATIENCE PUT TO TEST I STILL THANK YOU FOR THE BEST THIS TIME WE'VE SPENT THOUGH WINDOWS BENT IT'S SEEN PROGRESS THAT NONE WILL PROTEST TWIRLED PANTOMIME QUILLED DARK DESIGN I KNOW YOU ENJOYED THIS GAME OF LIES ZONED IN ON EVERY SESSION RIGHT HERE FOR YOUR IMPRESSIONS LEFT FOR THOSE KIND OR THOSE WHO LACK DISCRETION AS YOU FALL THROUGH HALLOWED HALLS DON'T BE APPALLED MY BLISS BE SPREAD TO ALL TOO SLOW, YET TOO FAST THUS ENDS MY CURTAIN CALL NOW WE'RE FINALLY FREE HERE TO FROLIC IN GLEE OLD WORLD ROTTEN LEFT FORGOTTEN TOW THE LINE, THIS ROUND I'VE WON."

Trivia/Misc

• The game has the intent of being as accurate as possible to the original story, but this does not mean both incarnations of X are the same character.
  • Being a reboot of the original story, he replaced the original Sonic.exe and is now considered the original version of the character.
• Unlike the original incarnation of X, this iteration, and his older self, doesn't possess any sort of romantic attraction towards anyone, alongside lacking a gender.
  • This also applies to the other X-Verse characters. (Lord X, "Sonic", Mortis and Xenophanes).
  • This change was made in an attempt to distance him from JC's previous fetishistic influence on the series.
    • Of course, he will remains obsessed with Sonic and his world. However, he expresses this by attempting to mimic and recreate them to the best of his ability.
• Although it hasn't been fully elaborated on yet, the reason X possesses this obsession is said to be the fact that it was something he came into contact with very early on, in his first visit of Earth.
• Midway through their segments, each character's name (Tails, Knuckles and Eggman) change to reflect who they were in real life, before falling onto X's hands.
  • Alan, who in the vessel of Tails is notable for playing an important role as X gets older.
  • It is unknown if the name of the Knuckles victim, Dave, has any sort of significance or is a reference to something.
  • The name of the person within Eggman's vessel, Paul, was actually taken from an extract of Round 2, the official sequel to the original Sonic.exe pasta.
• In Alan’s segment, when he approaches X and notices it’s him, he will actually walk away to the left on his own, heading to the opposite side X is in, unlike most EXE games and the original story where Tails went towards Sonic on his own, in a cutscenes manner. You are the one forcing him to go forward and interact with X in order to progress this time. This implies Alan has already gone through the events of the original creepypasta, and so, he already knows X is not truly Sonic. Or at least, that this isn't Alan's first time playing one of X's games.
• The reason why Alan's secret stage is called "GO BACK", is because X was attempting to learn level design in secret, trying to hide it from the player until he was ready.
• In the chase sequence in HIDE AND SEEK, Alan will start running through the trees present in the cutscene before the boss of the original Angel Island Act 2, in which Dr. Eggman was shown chasing Sonic in the foreground.
  • The stage is also filled with small, brick-made structures in its background and floor. The reason for this is unknown.
• This version of the game has integrated the curtains in "…", which were described in the original creepypasta and were missing in the original game.
• If you stay still for too long, X will come out for you himself, saying “NOW… NOW… DO NOT BE SHY". After this, you will appear on the next “stage”. So if you did this on Hill, for example, you will appear on HIDE AND SEEK. Or if you did this on YOU CAN’T RUN, X will force you to fight him right away.
  • This makes him visibly angry, as can be seen by looking at his sprite.
• The original creepypasta specified that the purple-bricked stage shown in "…" had original graphics that didn't resemble those of any existing Sonic game. For what we can only assume to be simplicity's sake, MY5TCrimson decided to use Marble Zone for the stage's background, which started a big misconception where people thought "…" was always meant to be Marble Zone. Luckily, this game corrected said mistake, showing us a brand-new look for the zone.
• As previously mentioned, Alan and Dave have secret stages that you can find when going backwards. However, this is not the case with Paul. If you go backwards at the start of the stage, you won't get anywhere and will simply be stopped by the screen border. If you step on the stairs and try to go back, the stairs will turn into a flat, angled surface, making Paul slide downwards and forcing you to progress through the level.
• Paul's idle animation has him turn around as a sign of insecurity. He even turns to the camera, shrugging at a later point in the stage. This is a direct reference to the original story, in which Paul did the very same thing.
• There is a glitch in "…" where you're able to clip through the stairs and fall off the level.
  • Doing this glitch originally caused a game over; however, the game was patched, so when you fall off, the "No Cheating" screen shows up.
• The game features brand new tracks for most of its stages, which give the game a truly unique feel.
• X has been stated to not be very good at game design, and he doesn’t seem to enjoy attempting to work on it either.
• X does not utilize a faker form in the events of SONIC 2011, as while in FNF: RodenTrap Sonic Legacy, it can create the facade, he doesn't do it in canon.
  • It is worth noting that Sonic Legacy is not directly canon to 2011's plotline, and it's more so an alternate timeline themed around what would happen if X came in contact with FNF. A page for that variant of the character can be found here.
• X's victims do not become "EXEs" or his slaves.
• The events of this remake take place in 2011.
  • 2011 being the year that the 20th Anniversary of Sonic was being celebrated, Generations was released, JC released the eponymous Creepypasta, and of course, his namesake.
• When reaching the I AM GOD screen at the end of the game, X has a random chance to say one of two lines. “Ready for another round?” which is a reference to the original creepypasta’s “Ready for Round 2?” line, and “Keep this interesting for me.” which is a reference to the last line X says in the original story, which is “Try to keep this interesting for me, Tom.”
  • Immediately after, it lunges towards the screen. This is something that was not present in the original game, but was detailed in the creepypasta and added back in for this remake.
• It is the third official X remake. (The first was the initial 2017 reboot, and the second was Xenophanes.)
• It doesn't have the darker fur the original X has, having the exact same color scheme as the original Sonic. (Aside from his eyes and shoes).
  • X was also designed with a modern body in mind, according to JoeDoughBoi.
• The moment at the end of the "…" stage when X extended its mouth to an inhuman degree was confirmed to be X using the black hole within his mouth, erasing Paul’s soul from existence.
  • This is alluded to within Paul's face photo, which is completely blank. Hidden within the image, there is a text that says "ERASED".
  • The black hole ability is also alluded to in the final jumpscare, in which we can see some sort of light being emitted from within the darkness in X's mouth.
• In the game's final I AM GOD screen, we can see flesh within X's teeth. This is a reference to the description of that very same image in the original story, which was described to have "stains of blood and small bits of flesh on his lips and fangs as if he ate some animal."
• As stated before, this X replaced the original entity and is now considered the canonical original entity, completely scrapping JC's original lore and replacing it with a similar, yet updated and improved storyline. Even Joey calls this X "the original" as if JC's original entity had never existed in the first place.
• Joe has stated that he wouldn't draw any refs of the victims, because they're unimportant, and it would only apply to their death in this specific moment, because the victims come back to die over and over again, and since they most likely die in different ways, they'd look different anyway.
  • The dead Paul sprite is official, though. It was found in the official game's spritesheet, although it seems it was never actually used in-game.
• The username of the account that uploaded the game, GammaEpsilon, is a direct reference to AntiSonic.dll.
• This game lacks the over-the-top GAME OVER screen the original game had, because the original story had no game-over screen. In the original story, Tom's PC simply turned off. The game can't actually do that, so it was replaced with a black screen instead.
  • There are a few official depictions of what this screen would look like if it existed, though.
• The faces of the victims were AI generated using thispersondoesnotexist.com.
• X's Lament was written by Revie03/Raven, and it was created to celebrate Halloween 2023. It was released a few days late, though.
• Unlike what's stated everywhere else, this X was originally created way before 2011's release, in an unspecified yet far away date. It first public appearance was in this post.
• X's voice is based off the voice of SheyGrell, the original voice actor for X.
• The Father and Shannon Goldman do not exist in this version of the timeline. This is because they were self-inserts of JC and Shannon Love, respectively.
• When you start digging into the game files, several files with no extension, simply named "sonic", can be found, all of differing sizes.
  • The true contents of these files are unobtainable as they are protected seemingly through the use of Enigma Protector as when the file is extracted, it will be replaced with a different file containing the link to the Enigma Protector website.
• When asked if "Dark EXE" was still as much of a form for X as it was for the original, Joe responded with "s2 ep13 family guy 4:06," which is a clip of a man covering his mouth.
• "Don't be appalled," a lyric from "X's Lament," is a cheeky pun on "Don't be a Paul," the name of the victim the song is about. Raven was herself appalled that no one seemed to notice for a year and a quarter before she pointed it out.
• X have only interacts with EXEs in its canon such as EXE and Bandado
  • Despite these interactions, it hates other EXEs
• JoeDoughBoi confirmed that the secret stages in SONIC 2011 represent how resisting X's control is futile and will not work out saving them.
  • This is why Alan's secret stage leads straight to Hide and Seek, whether you pass or fail, and Dave's secret stage just has the fight happen there.
  • Notably Paul does not have one, as Joe states that he is aware of this and had tried in the past. At this point, the only way forward was to progress Paul to his death.
• In canon, X’s game is simply just called "sonic", with the .exe simply being the executable file extention.
• X does possess any emotions nor a trace of love, and would have a twisted idea if it gained its own understanding of the concept.
  • This is actually not entierly true as X is able to feel hate, pride and dread. He can also feel joy although it is not like the human one since X is an alien.
• X's personality changes depending on his vessel, as shown in JoeDoughBoi's art for Day 7 of EXE-Tober.