About
Coldsteel the Hedgeheg is a fan-made character from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. It is notorious for being a stereotype of an overly edgy OC, as well for its hilariously bad portrayal, which is full of grammar errors and 4th wall breaking descriptions.
Origin
The origin of the character is unknown, as the artist of the name in the original picture no longer exists or probably had never existed in the first place. The earliest known appearance of the original picture can be dated back to May 29th, 2013, to a Twitter post by Granfallogna[1].
Spread
On June 5th, 2014, a Youtuber arizona tea uploaded a Vocaroo reading from 4chan named “COLDSTEEL– THEHEDGEHEG trailer”[2]. Three days later, on June 8th, another Youtuber named AirplaneRandy uploaded a parody trailer for the hypothetical Coldsteel the Hedgeheg game[3], using the audio from the former video. During the period of 4 months, the video had gained over 137,000 views.
Psssh… Nothin Personnel… Kid…
“Psssh… Nothin Personnel… Kid…” is a bastardization of the phrase “Nothing personal, kid” and it is considered to be the catchphrase most commonly associated with Coldsteel the Hedgeheg. In forums and imageboards the phrase is used in tendem with cringeworthy displays of roleplay[4], parodying how a character like Coldsteel would act a situation.
Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Twitter – First known appearance
[2]Youtube – COLDSTEEL– THEHEDGEHEG trailer
[3]Youtube – Coldsteel The Hedgeheg – E3 2014 Trailer
[4]archive.moe – nothin personnel kid