Colleen O'Shaughnessey's surprising casting as Tails in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 set the precedent that the films could bring the series' regular voice cast into the new medium, a rarity in the industry.

"When I first started voicing Tails, it was for Sonic Boom and Sonic and Tails already had an established relationship.” However, in the films, this storyline arc changed.