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You're a Colorful Bunch is a quote said by the character Shadow (voiced by actor Keanu Reeves) in the 2024 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 film. The phrase went viral in late August 2024 after the movie's trailer was released online, sparking parodies, memes and reaction images using Shadow's line to mock characters from the Sonic universe or others that share a wide color palette, like Power Rangers and My Little Pony.

Origin

On August 27th, 2024, the first trailer for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie was posted on YouTube.^[1] In a particular moment of the video (seen below), Sonic's rival, Shadow, looks at the trio of heroes and says the line, "You're a colorful bunch," which amassed more than 6 million views and 358,000 likes in two days.

Spread

A few hours after the trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film was posted online, netizens started to use a still frame of Shadow accompanied by his quote, "You're a colorful bunch," in memes and jokes on Reddit and X.

For example, on August 27th, 2024, Redditor^[2] ManuTheDorK posted a montage of Shadow alongside a picture of the Power Rangers TV Show to /r/SonicTheHedgehog, captioning it, "You're a colorful bunch," which amassed roughly 30 upvotes and three comments in two days (seen below).

Also on August 27th, X^[3] user @TheMrPasquale posted Shadow's clip saying the line, captioning it, "Me when I open a pack of crayons," which amassed more than 760,000 views and 35,000 likes in two days (seen below).

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