What Is The 'Sonic Surrounded By Amy Plush Dolls' Meme And Where Does It Come From? The Viral Redraw Meme Explained

Sonic the Hedgehog fans on X / Twitter are eating up a new redraw format that sees an image of a Sonic plush doll surrounded by Amy plush dolls transformed to represent various ship pairings. But the image of the Sonic and Amy dolls dates back much further than 2024 and actually first appeared online way back in 2001! Here's what you need to know.

What Is The 'Sonic Surrounded by Amy Plush Dolls' Meme?

In October 2001, Amy Camacura, a Japanese blogger who runs the Sonic and Amy Rose-dedicated blog "Amy World," posted a series of photographs of her plush toys. In one of the photographs, a Sonic plush is shown surrounded by a variety of Amy plush dolls, his eyes edited to appear as swirls as if overwhelmed. In the series' lore, Sonic isn't exactly thrilled with Amy's obsession over him, explaining the expression.

The image spread far and wide across social media over the next 20 years, resulting in everything from a YTMND page to simple reposts on Sonic-related subreddits. In 2023, an artist on X redrew the image for the first time, then in April 2024 it was posted to X with the prompt, "OK BUT WHAT IF WE DREW OUR SHIPS LIKE THIS," prompting a wave of redraws.

How Is 'Sonic Surrounded by Amy' Used In Memes?

The April 2024 repost sparked a massive redraw trend on X. The trend has users drawing over the original and replacing the Sonic and Amy plush dolls with characters from other fandoms. The results cover a huge variety of bases, from video game characters to anime characters and beyond.

The memes have spread far beyond X, with examples also appearing on sites like Tumblr and Reddit that use the image to convey the common trope of a character madly in love with another character who doesn't want anything to do with them.

For the full history of Sonic surrounded by Amy plush dolls, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.