


Most levels are short enough that this doesn't happen, but Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic Mania have substantially long enough levels that it's likely to happen, especially in Carnival Night Zone Act 2 (thanks to the notorious red barrel), both Acts of Sandopolis Zone, Death Egg Zone Act 2 and Mania's Flying Battery Zone Act 2. The drowning music also plays in some games at 9'49" out of 10 minutes.Tails lampshades this in Sonic Generations by saying the water in Chemical Plant Zone makes him really nervous.Missing the question leads to the water level rising drastically, with predictable results. At a game show called Banzai Arcade's panel at an anime convention, one of the backdrops to one of the hard questions was a "Labyrinth Zone Dance Party".However, arguably the worst version is the Sonic Generations one, which combines the fast tone of the regular version with incoherent drumming. What makes drowning in Colors even scarier is Sonic's body language during it, depicting an even more realistic drowning. The Sonic Adventure games feature an orchestrated version of it, complete with realistic drowning and, last but not least, Sonic Colors has an even more ominous-sounding, better-orchestrated version of the track, as heard here.It is a frantic, booming jingle that gets faster and louder until the player drowns. The infamous drowning theme frequently reduces (most) players to tears while playing through Labyrinth Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog, if only because of how louder-in-comparison and unexpected it is.
