Watch the Sonic Macys Thanksgiving Parade Balloon Explode

Watch the Sonic Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Balloon Explode

Footage of the late great Sonic the Hedgehog balloon being popped during a 90s Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is circulating again this year.

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Thanksgiving has quickly come and gone, but gamers have been celebrating by rewatching the immortal news footage of the giant Sonic the Hedgehog balloon exploding during the 1993 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Sonic has been the center of a meme movement online for years, so it’s only fitting that this clip circulates every November.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, one of the largest in the world, has been held annually since 1952 and is televised by NBC for those who are unable to make it to New York City (hence how the aforementioned footage was captured). The parade is most famous for its giant balloons depicting beloved pop culture characters, many of which have been from “geek culture,” including Spider-Man introduced in 1987, Pikachu introduced in 2001, and Goku from Dragon Ball, introduced just last year in 2018. The balloon in question, however, Sonic, debuted in 1993 and was the first video game character to be featured in the parade.

Unfortunately, it was also the same year that disaster would strike. Winds were unusually high on that fateful Thanksgiving day in 1993, and those in charge of the balloons were having difficulty controlling them. News footage caught the sight of the winds dragging Sonic into a light post at Columbus Circle, which tore open his face and caused him to pop. It also broke the light post off of the building, causing the balloon to be dragged down and injure a child and an off-duty police officer. Sonic wasn’t the only casualty that year either, as Rex the Dinosaur was unceremoniously torn asunder by a traffic light.

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It seems that the balloon handlers have learned from the incident, however, so that they are able to continue on with the iconic balloons even with dangerously fast winds. This year’s parade saw similar weather conditions, but the balloons were kept in control by keeping them close to the ground. It may have looked a little silly, but it’s a smart solution to include one of the parade’s staples while ensuring the safety of both the balloons and the onlookers.

The death of the Sonic balloon will forever go down in infamy, mostly because the memers refuse to let it die. It does seem a bit symbolic of what has happened to the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise over the past few decades and makes for particularly hilarious viewing considering all of the turmoil that’s gone down this year surrounding the upcoming live-action film adaptation.

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