Remember Dr Robotnik? The portly Sonic the Hedgehog villain with enormous whiskers? If you don’t there’ll be little use looking at Jim Carrey’s well-groomed portrayal of the baddie in the new live-action trailer.

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However, while Carrey only appears to be wearing Eggman cosplay, the sneak peek of his eccentric performance marks his first major comedy role in a film since the Dumb and Dumber sequel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvZaBf9QQI

While Carrey is enough to get some fans excited, most have spotted a major problem with the trailer: Sonic himself. Voiced by Ben Schwartz (Jean-Ralphio from Parks and Recreation), the lightning-quick blue hedgehog looks weird. Very weird.

Not our words (although we’re thinking the same), but those of users that have shared their thoughts – and a lot of confusion – on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/smashyoshult/status/1123209103285936128

https://twitter.com/paulshaw/status/1123218165679493120

https://twitter.com/StarsOWonder/status/1123225951784046593

https://twitter.com/RedMakuzawa/status/1123211036985675777

https://twitter.com/TroyBarnies7/status/1123224478132187136

https://twitter.com/TheRealPatete/status/1123221500188819456

And many aren’t keeping their hopes up about the film...

https://twitter.com/CuckKermit/status/1123212321051041792

https://twitter.com/Roy2Dave/status/1123223375055327232

But despite Sonic's speed, we’ve still got to wait until November for the blue blur to arrive in cinemas.

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We’ll leave it up to you whether that’s a good thing or not.

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