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Rouge the Bat

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|'''Place of birth''' || Unknown
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'''Rouge the Bat''' is a popular [[anthropomorphic]] [[fruit bat]] from the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] [[video game]] series. She claims to be a treasure hunter, but is generally viewed as a jewelry thief.

Rouge is most known for being the only current and common [[female]] Sonic character to have an obvious sexual appeal, with the possible exception of [[Amy Rose]]; as such, her fanart tends to exaggerate her voluptuous shape even moreso than her official appearances.

== Personality ==
In official media, Rouge appears on the outside to be independent and cold, and slightly vain. She has been shown at times to have compassion or pity, or even vulnerability.

Her taste for fine jewelry leads to disagreements with museums, and with [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]], who protects the Master Emerald.

== Fandom ==
In the general [[furry]] community, Rouge is often portrayed as a fleeting seductress, generally with extremely large [[breasts]], who uses her raw sexual appeal with great liberty.

Common jokes, punchlines, or fetishes attributed to Rouge include:
* Breasts filled with some light gas, enabling her to fly with their weight
* The usage of jewelry, particularly emeralds, as sexual euphemisms

== See Also ==
* [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]], her general rival, and hinted love interest.

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Shadow the Hedgehog

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|'''Gender''' || Male
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|'''Age''' || Looks Sonic's age; is technically in his late fifties and also considered immortal.
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'''Shadow the Hedgehog''' is known as Sonic's rival in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] video games, first appearing in ''Sonic Adventure 2''. He is the "Ultimate Life Form", having near-unlimited power such as manipulating space via "Chaos Control". Initially he and Sonic were enemies upon their first meeting, at the time Shadow was not fully recognized by the public so when Shadow stole a Chaos Emerald, said public believed Sonic to be the criminal. Only by saving the earth together (Super Sonic and Super Shadow) did everyone finally get used to Shadow's image and Shadow became a sort of friendly (if very intense) rival to Sonic.

Shadow's closest friends are Rouge the Bat and E-123 Omega. Rouge often lends Shadow a hand during his missions of infiltration, and Omega was often used for heavy firepower. Despite this, Shadow often worried about Omega's safety, like in ''Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood", when he found that the Marauders kidnapped Omega and took him apart.

Shadow once had a close friend, Maria Robotnik, who was later killed by members of G.U.N. As a result, briefly Shadow held a grudge against humans, which was ironic considering Maria was human herself. It was until after the Black Arms' defeat in ''Shadow the Hedgehog'' did he decide to stop worrying about Maria and look into the present.

Unlike Sonic, who simply runs to achieve high speed, Shadow's shoes are fitted with a sort of air skates that allow him to glide on the ground once he started moving at a certain speed.

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== Trivia ==
* In an official character poll regarding the Sonic characters, Shadow came second to Sonic in popularity. Love him or hate him, he's not leaving the franchise any time soon...

== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow the Hedgehog]] at Wikipedia

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Knuckles the Echidna

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'''Knuckles''' is a character in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog series]] of video games, television shows and [[comic]]s. Some of his nicknames include "Knuckie" (Rouge's pet name for him in the animated series ''Sonic X''), "Rad Red", "Knux", and "Knucklehead". His creator is Takashi Thomas Yuda.

He is a red [[echidna]], and while Sonic has quills, Knuckles has red dreadlocks. He is 16 years old, 110 cm (3 ft 7 in), and weighs 40 kg (88 lb).<ref name="jp profile">Sega.jp, [http://sonic.sega.jp/chara/chara_knuckles.html Knuckles' Official Character Profile], URL Accessed on April 8, 2006.</ref> His birthday is probably February 2nd, the date his first game came out.<ref name="cp profile">Concept-Mobius.com, [http://www.concept-mobius.com/info/realcharacterbios/knuckles.htm 'Real' Character Profile], URL Accessed on April 25, 2006</ref> Two of the knuckles on each of his hands are actually sharp spikes. His name also shows his ancestry, from the ancient Knuckles Warrior Clan. He is one of the strongest characters in the series (said to be as strong as Sonic is fast). He also has the ability to glide by trapping air under his dreadlocks, and is very skilled at a wide variety of martial art forms. 

==Personality==
Knuckles is honest, independent, headstrong, devoted to his duty and often gullible. He is very serious and usually likes to be by himself, but can be relied upon to help out whenever the planet needs saving. In all versions of the Sonic universe Knuckles has a rivalry in some form with Sonic. He appears to be jealous of his independent nature and freedom.<ref name="cpoc profile">Geocities.com, [http://www.geocities.com/thecpoc/SonicBoard/Profiles.html Sonic the Hedgehog Character Profiles], URL retrieved on April 25, 2006.</ref> Knuckles being easily tricked into believing Sonic is the bad guy has become a recurring theme in the Sonic universe.

Knuckles' personality varies, depending on the universe - the Knuckles of the Sega games is extremely stubborn and is loyal to his duty, although he does go with Sonic and company to save the world far more often than his counterparts in other continuities. He is easily fooled into walking into traps. Knuckles is said to be shy in his bio in ''Sonic Jam'', which is not consistent with the new games, but can be backed up by the way he acts awkwardly around girls like [[Amy Rose|Amy]], [[Blaze the Cat|Blaze]] and especially [[Rouge the Bat|Rouge]] In Sonic Adventure 2, he claims that he is not scared of ghosts before the level, Pumpkin Hill, but before fighting King Boom Boo he reveals his true fear.

The Knuckles of the Sonic Anime is a devoted treasure hunter (perhaps because there are no Chaos Emeralds involved in the story), almost carefree and quite goofy at times. He is said to be Sonic's best friend, but he's still more serious than Sonic and he knows his priorities.

The Knuckles of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie Comics]] is the devoted Guardian of the Master Emerald, and though he is more sulky, he is also perhaps more talkative and sarcastic as he isn't a social loner like his other depictions.

The Knuckles of Fleetway is even more devoted to his duty as a Guardian, to the point of an obsession. He finds Sonic's enhanced ego slightly obnoxious, and is an extreme loner. He is quicker to anger, slow to trust and slightly less gullible than usual. He guards not only the Master Emerald, but also the Chaos Emeralds.

The Knuckles of [[Sonic X]] gets mad very easily, but is slightly less stubborn than other incarnations and tends to give in to situations when others gang up on him. He is probably the most gullible of the versions of Knuckles, perhaps for the comedy factor involved in Sonic X. Perhaps he focuses less on his duty as a Guardian, but in the first season of the show Angel Island wasn't around to protect anyway. Knuckles spent the majority of the first season traveling on his own, resulting in a lack of screen time. Though during this season, there was at least one episode which focused on Knuckles, as the primary character, in a small side-story in which he ultimately gained possession of a Chaos Emerald (more specifically the red one, a possible pun of Knuckles' own body color). He also likes cheese and crackers.

== Games storyline ==
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Knuckles lives on Angel Island which hovers in the sky thanks to the power of the Master Emerald, which he is charged with guarding. Knuckles is the last surviving member of the Echidna people who once inhabited the island. Due to his rather remote location and the fact that he rarely strays far from his duty, Knuckles is often alone, and as thus can be quite antisocial and distrusting, but on the other side, he is often quite gullible. One example of this gullibility is the belief that he held throughout Sonic the Hedgehog 3: that Sonic and Tails were attempting to steal the Master Emerald and that the infamous mad scientist Dr. Robotnik was trying to protect it.

Dr. Robotnik, of course, had lied to Knuckles, and was planning on using the emerald to power his space station, the Death Egg. In the Hidden Palace Zone (from the perspective of Sonic & Tails), Robotnik's betrayal was revealed to him very bluntly, in the form of electrocution. Knuckles then joined Sonic and Tails in their quest to stop the villain.

Knuckles has been a (sometimes reluctant) friend to Sonic and Tails since then, sharing many of their adventures, getting tricked by Dr. Robotnik, and catching the thieving eye of a certain white bat named Rouge, who tries to steal the Master Emerald for herself (Sonic Adventure 2).

Aside from appearances in the main Sonic series, Knuckles featured prominently in Knuckles Chaotix, a relatively unknown spin-off title developed for Sega 32X. The game also introduced Team Chaotix, a group of comical misfits.

In Sonic & Knuckles/Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Knuckles in Sonic 2, Knuckles is able to use the Chaos Emeralds to go Super, changing into Super Knuckles. In Sonic 3 & Knuckles, he is able to use the Super Emeralds to change into Hyper Knuckles.

In the game Shadow the Hedgehog, he helps out in the Glyphic Canyon, Central City and Black Comet levels, and in the Black Comet Egg Dealer boss battle.

==Fleetway storyline==
Knuckles is a character in Fleetway's ''[[Sonic the Comic]]''.

In ''Sonic the Comic'', Knuckles is depicted as (at first) being the last of his kind, and bears the burden of guarding the Master Emerald and Chaos Emeralds alone. When the Death Egg crashed on the island, Knuckles was briefly duped by Doctor Robotnik into believing Sonic was a dangerous villain who plotted to steal the Island's Chaos Emeralds. The echidna thus allowed Robotnik to place his Badnik armies on the island and also construct a Launch Base Zone to rebuild his Death Egg, and assisted him in fighting Sonic & stealing Sonic's own six Chaos Emeralds so they could be combined with Knuckles' into one set of Emeralds (the original state of the Chaos Emeralds). Knuckles, however, didn't trust Robotnik enough to tell him that the Master Emerald - which could control the others - was on the island, and when Robotnik tried to absorb the Emerald's power into himself, Knuckles used the Master Emerald to defeat him.

Knuckles spent the next few months destroying every trace of Robotnik's influence on the Floating Island, including the entire Carnival Night Zone, and assisted Sonic both when his secret base came under attack by a Badnik army and when Robotnik established a base in the Ice Cap Zone. Finally, the two heroes teamed up to destroy the Death Egg before it could launch - which they failed to do, and worse Knuckles had failed to stop Robotnik's [[Metal Sonic|Metallix]] from stealing the Master Emerald to power the Death Egg! While Sonic fought to retrieve the Emerald, Knuckles used ancient echidna technology to ''pilot'' the Floating Island and ''open fire'' on the Death Egg with Chaos Energy blasts, finally downing the craft.

With the Master Emerald returned, Knuckles owed a debt to Sonic and, despite preferring privacy, agreed to hide the entire population of Emerald Hill Zone in the Mushroom Hill Zone to keep them safe from Robotnik's wrath. Whilst the arrangement was generally stress-free, the villagers swiftly demanded to be returned home when Robotnik was overthrown.

In the story "The Homecoming", Knuckles discovered that a elderly, white-furred echidna named Dr. Zachary had appeared on the [[Angel Island (Sonic)|Floating Island]]. He claimed to be the first of the race to return to [[Mobius (Sonic the Hedgehog)|Mobius]] and was being pursued by a dangerous robot, but it turned out Zachary was evil & using the robot (in reality an ancient echidna Guardian Robot) as his minion. He had the robot destroy the Master Emerald and absorb its power, leaving the Island to crash while he destroyed Mobius, but Knuckles stopped him (using the robot's head as a brief substitute Emerald) Zachary apparently perished as he fell from the Island, but later returned, with a part-robot body, working for Robotnik. It was hinted that he knew where the echidnas had vanished to, but his story was left unfinished at the end of the comic.

Knuckles retrieved a new Emerald from the echidna's Sacred Emerald Mines, which existed in a haunted graveyard. In doing so, he had to face the spirit of the Koyunhi, a race of Styrakosaurus' who were unwittingly hunted to extinction by the echidnas, and take responsibility for their death. He then was roped into helping [[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog#Captain Plunder|Captain Plunder and his Sky Pirates]] launch a heist on an alien galleon, in return for a chest of ancient echidna documents that could help him with the Island's ancient computer systems. Knuckles trekked across Mobius with the chest, fighting [[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog#Mesmer|the occasional villain]] as he went, before finally returning to the Island. When Robotnik was overthrown, Knuckles spent his days with Porker Lewis trying to uncover the mysteries of his lost people.

Knuckles is also one of the few to know of Tails' legendary status in the Nameless Zone, a fact he became aware of when he followed Tails through a portal mistakenly believing the young fox was being kidnapped. The Nameless Zone residents came to the conclusion that Knuckles was actually Sonic, whom Tails had claimed was his sidekick. Far from blowing Tails' cover, Knuckles was delighted to meet people who didn't worship his rival and played along.

The last STC storyline revealed that the ancient echidnas had been at war with the alien Drakon Empire, who invented the Chaos Emeralds; Knuckles was alive back then and served as the leader of the echidna's army. It is presumed by Sonic that Knuckles was placed in suspended animation for unknown reasons and lost his memory. Nigel Kitching's original plan was to reveal that the outcome of the war was that the Drakons were driven back but the only surviving echidnas were Drakon slaves scattered across the Empire (and that Zachary was one of these echidnas).

==Archie storyline==
In the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)|American comic published by Archie Comics]], Knuckles is the sixteenth guardian of the Floating island.

Knuckles initially lived alone, his objective in life being to protect it for many years until he learned of his noble heritage and the whereabouts of his people. His place in life was established centuries before his birth, as a descendant from Edmund who would be the first guardian.

Locke, Knuckles' father, would marry Lara-le from the House of Arian. After a couple of years married, Knuckles was born. However, without the knowledge or consent from his wife, Locke would subject Knuckles' egg to large doses of chaos radiation. The intent behind this was to create a guardian that surpassed the abilities achieved by his ancestors. Locke also experimented on himself prior to Knuckles' birth to achieve this result.

After Knuckles hatched from his egg, it wasn't long until he sported intellect and abilities that were very abnormal in children his age. It was at the age of three where Locke decided training would begin for Knuckles as the next guardian. The decision clashed with Lara-le's idea on raising her son, and the dispute would end their marriage. However, Locke would win custody of Knuckles and at the age of five, Locke would remove Knuckles and himself from echidna society and would return to the Floating Island.

Due to an occurrence that happened two centuries prior, inhabitants of the floating island, including echidnas, relocated to another zone on issues concerning safety. Hence as they returned to the island, their first thing done would include returning the refugees that included their people, back to floating island. During this time, he would prepare Knuckles to live alone as a guardian.

Throughout his secret, childhood friend would be in princess Sally, who would accompany her father to visit and converse with Locke who was the current guardian. Like Sally, Knuckles would be to an extent secluded as a child, learning history, mathematics, geography, sciences, and other issues a guardian would need to know in order to perform his job effectively.

When Knuckles was ten, Locke would journey to the forbidden Zone with the confidence that Knuckles could be the next guardian. Locke would join the brotherhood in Haven. The brotherhood involving several of the sixteen guardians.

Years would pass, and Knuckles would be the guardian his father hoped. Princess Sally no longer able to see Knuckles now that Robotnik took over her father's city, Knuckles' only friend occasionally accessible at this point would be the cockatoo catweazle. Later on he would eventually become friends with Vector, Espio, Mighty, and Charmy-- soon to be members of the Chaotix.

He would also be mentored by Archimedes the fire ant. Guardians had previously relied on fire ants for this purpose. Knuckles would not long after meeting his mentor find a confrontation in Enerjak, who would turn out to be Dimitri. Dimitri being the leader of Knuckles' long time threat to Knuckles and his friends, the Dark Legion.

Since then, Echidnaopolis had been restored to the Floating island, Knuckles learned of his ancestry, reunited with family, and still struggles with his personal life. Knuckles bears the weight of being a living chaos emerald, while trying to a normal guy. Attempts shown would include his relationship with Julie-su, and friends. As for his family, Lara-le has remarried with a child (Kneecapeon--Mace) and his father is a bachelor.

During what fans commonly refer to as the "green knuckles saga", Knuckles would undertake an evolution that would change his pigment, and would awaken greater powers. However, Knuckles at the end of this arc would die using these powers to fight against Mammoth Mogul to protect his former enemy Dimitri. Knuckles would return back to life, rejecting the ability to become one with the Chaos Force. The result was that Knuckles had lost his powers after he thwarted an earthquake on the battlegrounds with the Xodra.

Knuckles afterwards would be prohibited to return to the Angel Island, but eventually gathered the approval to go by Sally. It was then that he learned what Robotnik had done to the people while he had been gone. The echidnas had been enslaved, the Dingo population carrying out the orders of Robotnik in a fashion not unlike Nazi Germany. Knuckles would confront Robotnik turning himself into Super Knuckles and would regain his powers, and the people would praise him as the Avatar. It was this adventure that gave Knuckles an awakening, that the rest of the world suffered like his people. The realization and empathy towards this would give him the will to extend his services beyond the Angel Island, much to the disapproval of his father Locke.<ref name="Knuckles Datafile">nz17.com. [http://www.nz17.com/sonic-wiki/index.php?n=Main.KnucklesTheEchidna Knuckles' Sega Data File], URL Accessed on April 26, 2006.</ref>

== Love life ==

===With Rouge the Bat===
In the video games since ''Sonic Adventure 2'', Knuckles appears to have a slight crush on [[Rouge the Bat]] that he tries not to show, and Rouge is confirmed to have a crush on him. In ''Sonic Adventure 2'', he saved Rouge when she lost her footing and was (presumably) going to fall into lava. While this could be labeled as regular 'Hero' behaviour and that Knuckles was only trying to save the pieces of the Master Emerald, the Master Emerald is a very powerful gem and would have survived a trip through lava. Later,Knuckles said to Rouge: "Im sorry...If i hurt you...". Because of these reasons, and the fact that this is the most alluded-to relation in the entire franchise, Knuckles and Rouge is a very popular coupling in the fanbase.

In ''Sonic X'', Knuckles and Rouge's relationship is more advanced, both have regular encounters and conversations with one another along romantic lines. Episodes 52 and 73 to 78 drops several hints that they could take things further.

In Sonic Generations they're relationship seems to be in a friendly way. It is possible that they either didn't want to fight during Sonic's birthday party or they finally got over they're fighting problems and become friends.

=== With non-game characters ===
Like Sonic, Knuckles has had a history of girlfriend relationships outside the game-related continuities. In the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie Comic]], Knuckles fell for a female Echidna named Julie-Su because both were destined for one another, though for a time he also showed romantic inclination towards [[Sally Acorn]]. In the comic's alternative M25YL storyline, Knuckles and Julie Su are together (not married as both characters don't believe in ceremonies to prove their commitment to each other) and have a child, Lara Su (though this is stressed to be a possible or alternate future in the comic, see Alternate Selves below).

In the ''[[Wikipedia:Sonic Underground|Sonic Underground]]'' TV series, Knuckles showed interest in Sonic's sister, [[Wikipedia:Sonia (Sonic The Hedgehog)|Sonia the Hedgehog]]. Also, in the [[Sonic Anime]], Sara is rumoured to have a crush on Knuckles, as once he saves her from death, she says "Thank you Mr. Mole!" (a goof is that Knuckles is called a mole in the movie) and kisses him. Later, Tails asks Knuckles if he will stop a river of magma from destroying the arctic caps, but Knuckles hesitates. But Sara, than says "Would you try it for me, brave man?" and gives him a kiss. Knuckles blushes and yells "YES, MA'AM!", then he goes off to stop the magma.

==Abilities==
Knuckles is the physically strongest character in the series and extremely powerful. His practically monstrous strength enables him to perform amazing feats such as punching holes right through thick steel, shatter boulders to smithereens and lift objects many times his own size and weight. His super strength seems to lie in his upper body, particularly in his arms and hands (or fists). He also possess near-maximized endurance; capable of taking some major punishment.
Knuckles' punches are incredibly powerful and he can attack with Fire Punches, as shown in the games Sonic Advance 1, 2, and 3, ''Sonic Adventure'', ''Sonic Adventure 2'', ''Sonic Heroes'' and ''Sonic Battle'' (However, in Sonic Adventure 2, Knuckles needs the Hammer Gloves to attack with Fire Punches).

Knuckles is also shown to be very fast on his feet, but still not quite as fast as Sonic or Shadow. Though some fans insist that his strength makes up for it.

Knuckles can glide in the air by apparently trapping the air under his dreadlocks, and so far he is the only one who knows how to access and utilize the powers of the Master Emerald, other than [[Tikal the Echidna]]. He can also sense the Chaos Emeralds from a distance.

Like Sonic and Shadow, Knuckles can power up into Super Knuckles using the Chaos Emeralds or the Master Emerald (though it has not been seen once in any of the more recent or 3D games). Also in the comics, Knuckles has achieved the ability to access the chaos force, allowing him to perform chaos based abilities without the use of any emeralds.
Unlike Sonic, Knuckles can swim. He can also 'glide' on the top of water.

===Game-specific abilities===

*In Sonic Adventure, Knuckles can use the Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack to do a punching version of Sonic's Light Speed Attack.
*In Sonic & Knuckles/Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Knuckles in Sonic 2, Knuckles does not have the ability to jump quite as high as Sonic or Tails. This is extremely apparent if the level select code is successfully used to play as Knuckles in the Sonic & Knuckles version of Death Egg Zone, which is normally only accessible to Sonic and Tails. Knuckles can only clear the level through use of the debug code.

*In ''Sonic Heroes'', Knuckles can use a move called Fire Dunk in which he uses Sonic and Tails as fire balls to destroy their enemies.
*In ''Sonic Heroes'', Knuckles can slam the ground and kick up tremors to attack enemies. The range and power increases as Knuckles collects energy cores. At Level 3, Knuckles can kick up a small volcanic eruption, spewing fireballs at all enemies.
*Knuckles can use the mystic melody which causes something to happen when played in front of a certain kind of object.
*In the game Sonic Riders Knuckles is a power-type character, and can bash his way through certain obstacles. When someone gets near him, or he catches up to them, he punches the opponent and the victim looses all of their rings (and gets slowed down).
*In Sonic the Fighters Knuckles can activate the Knuckles special where he spins around the opponent and punches them until they fall.
*In Sonic & Knuckles, Knuckles has the ability to glide as his spines puff out and catches the air. This move reappears in ''Sonic Heroes'' under the name of 'Triangle Dive'. Knuckles holds onto Sonic and Tails, gliding with his dreadlocks. Using this move and huge fans, it is possible to go up instead of floating down.

*In Sonic Adventure 2,collecting 20 rings allows him to punch the ground and stun the opponent, collecting 40 rings allows him to do a move called Thunder Arrow which shocks the opponent and makes them dizzy, collecting 60 rings allows him to do a move called Red Flash and the opponent can't move for 30 seconds.(all of these moves can only be performed in 2 player mode)

===Transformations===

Like Sonic and Shadow, Knuckles has the ability to power up using the Chaos Emeralds and become '''Super Knuckles''', he can also use the Super Emeralds from ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles'' and become '''Hyper Knuckles'''. As both he is in a hot pink form, an indication of his power increasing. Like Hyper Sonic, Hyper Knuckles has an after image effect. When he moves, there appears to be 5 split afterimages of him.

When Knuckles is in a Super form, he gains invincibility and all his powers and natural abilities are enhanced up to their full limit. Super Knuckles can run twice as fast, is twice as powerful, and can climb walls twice as fast and fly. In the final battle of Sonic Heroes, Super Knuckles could also shoot Fire Balls from his fists. As Hyper Knuckles, he can destroy all on-screen enemies by gliding into a wall, causing the ground to shake. He also had the ability to fly at a fast speed without staying in the air long enough to reach the speed when he is normal. Hyper Knuckles is also incapable of drowning.

In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie Comics]]'', Knuckles can use 7 Chaos Emeralds to turn into Hyper Knuckles, and use the Master Emerald to turn into Super Knuckles. (In Sonic the Hedgehog #141, the term "Hyper Knuckles" for his first transformation was scrapped in favor of "Super Knuckles", which correlates with the naming convention used by the games.) As both, Knuckles appears in a hot pink form, and Super Knuckles has the same powers he has in the games. In ''Archie'', Knuckles was also able to turn into a green-colored '''Chaos Knuckles'''. Chaos Knuckles was incredibly powerful, he had all kinds of Chaos powers and he overloaded two chaos syphons. His Chaos powers included Chaos Blasts, teleportation, time and space traveling, healing ability, mind control and several others. This was Knuckles' most powerful form, but he lost this power when he came back from death. Chaos Knuckles was the most powerful Chaos entity on Mobius when he appeared.

== Relations ==
===Family===
The references to family lie within the American comic storyline in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie comic]] and the cartoon, Sonic Underground. These are as follows:

*[[Wikipedia:Brotherhood of Guardians|Brotherhood of Guardians]] - Predecessors/Grandparents
*[[Wikipedia:Dark Legion|Dimitri]]/[[Wikipedia:Dark Legion|Enerjak]] - Great Uncle
*Athair - Great-grandfather (also featured in ''[[Wikipedia:Sonic Underground|Sonic Underground]]'', Voiced by [[Wikipedia:Sean Connery|Sean Connery]]).
*Lara-Le - Mother
*Locke - Father (Former Guardian who is currently guarding the Master Emerald in Knuckles' absence)
*Wynmacher - Stepfather
*Kneecapeon "Kneecaps" Mace - Half-brother
*[[Wikipedia:Julie-Su|Julie-Su]]- Third-generation cousin
*Kragok - Third-generation cousin
*[[Wikipedia:Lien-Da|Lien-Da]]/Kommisar - Third-generation cousin
*[[Wikipedia:Brotherhood of Guardians|Lara-Su]] - Daughter (alternate/possible future)

===Alternate selves===
Like several characters in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie Comics]] continuity, Knuckles has been depicted has having multiple counterparts in other realities. Among these counterparts are Anti-Knuckles, a version of Knuckles from the Anti-universe, which is the evil version of the main Sonic universe. Anti-Knuckles, like Knuckles, guards the Master Emerald, but in his dimension, he lives on the undersea Sunken Island. This version of Knuckles has an Irish accent, wears a beret, and as opposed to his classic counterpart, is pacifistic. Only matters of great importance are likely to get him into a fight, but when he does, Anti-Knuckles is no pushover. Anti-Knuckles at first maintained an isolationist position on his world, until [[Wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Evil Sonic]] tricked him into going to his counterpart's world. After Anti-Knuckles saw his error, he became a fierce opponent to the miscreant Evil Sonic.

Knuckles also has a counterpart named Tuxedo Knux, from a ''Sailor Moon'' themed version of Mobius. This version of Knuckles wears the tuxedo, cape, and mask of character Tuxedo Mask, and his weapon is also a thrown rose. This version is also the boyfriend of Sally Moon, that dimension's [[Sally Acorn]].

Two other versions of Knuckles come from alternate futures. In the future from which Knuckles' daughter, Lara-Su, made her first appearance, Knuckles went insane after absorbing a massive amount of Chaos energy. Julie-Su lied to her daughter about her father's fate, saying that he had been killed. In reality, Knuckles had become the leader of the Dark Legion, leading them in place of Enerjak. Another future version of Knuckles, from the ''Mobius: 25 Years Later'' storyline, is also different. This Knuckles is Julie-Su's husband, but not civilly, because Knuckles "believes in commitment and not ceremony." He too is Lara-Su's father, but one she actually knows. The two constantly bicker, as Lara wants to become the next Guardian, but Knuckles doesn't want her to. This Knuckles also has a cybernetic right eye, as a result of Sonic attempting to stop him with a device he didn't know how to work due to Knuckles again becoming Chaos Knuckles. Knuckles also doesn't get along at all with Sonic, with untold amounts of bad blood between them. Knuckles also serves a more political function as Guardian of Angel Island.

It can be assumed that other versions of Knuckles exist, but they have not been encountered. In fact, of the members of Team Sonic (Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles) Knuckles is the only one not to have teamed up with innumerable other selves to combat a massive threat. This is likely because the plot would be cliché, since it would be the third time it was used.

==The battle: Sonic versus Knuckles==
Ever since Knuckles' introduction, nearly every Sonic continuity featuring him has had the most cliché scene in Sonic history: the recurring and unfinished battle between Sonic and Knuckles. Because of their differences, the two are constantly getting into arguments, which then devolve into outright fisticuffs. However, they finish the battle tied or something serves to interrupt the battle before its end, thus putting the fans in suspense as to who is the more powerful of the two. Rather like the idea of one or more of the characters settling down and getting married, the end of the recurring battle, and the final victor, is one of those things that is never likely to happen.

The battle has appeared in the games, comics, and TV series. It occurs in practically every game featuring Knuckles up until Sonic Adventure 2. It has also appeared in both Fleetway and Archie's Sonic comics, the latter even featuring a battle between Sonic and Knuckles' powered-up selves, Super Sonic and "Hyper" Knuckles. It has also occurred during Knuckles' introductory episode of Sonic Underground and several times throughout [[Sonic X]].

In spite of Sonic & Knuckles' rivalry and the constant skirmishes they get themselves into, in the end they eventually join forces. When Sonic & Knuckles fight side by side they create one of the most imposing forces one could ever have the misfortune of being put up against.

This rivalry between two heroes is also like many other rivalries in anime, manga, and video games, for example Kai Hiwatari and Tyson Granger from Beyblade and Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke from Naruto.
==Theme songs==
*In Sonic Adventure, Knuckles' theme song is called 'Unknown from M.E.' It is a mix of rap, jazz, and other styles of music.
*In and Sonic Adventure 2, Knuckles' theme song is also 'Unknown from M.E.', but it has a slightly different tune and some extra lyrics.
*In Sonic Heroes, Knuckles' team, Team Sonic, theme tune is called 'We Can', and actively mentions him in the lines; 'And Knuckles by our side, makes this a safer ride.'
*In Sonic Riders, Knuckles' theme, shared with Sonic and Tails, is an instrumental called "High Flying Groove".

==Voice actors==
*In [[Sonic X]] and every new Sonic game beginning with [[Wikipedia:Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]], Knuckles is voiced by Dan Green.
*In ''Sonic Adventure 2'', ''Sonic Heroes'', ''Sonic Battle'', and ''Sonic Advance 3'' he is voiced by Scott Drier. (Fans wish for him to return to his role as well.)
*In ''Sonic Shuffle'', he is voiced by Ryan Drummond
*In ''Sonic Adventure'', he is voiced by Michael McGaharn.
*In ''Sonic Underground'' he was voiced by Ian James Corlett.
*In ''Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie'' ([[Sonic Anime]]) he is voiced by Bill Wise for the English dub and Yasunori Matsumoto for the original Japanese version.
*In Japan (''Sonic Adventure'' and onwards), he is voiced by Nobutoshi Kanna.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sega.com/sonic/content.php/ Official Sonic site]
*[http://eg.sonicstrike.net/ Emerald Guardian] Knuckles Shrine

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'''Amy Rose''', previously known as '''Rosy the Rascal''', is a pink [[hedgehog]] from the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (series)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games]] released by Sega. She has chased [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic]] for over a decade and has been trying to gain his heart in everything from animated TV shows to comics and games. Like Sonic and Tails, she has her own sidekick, [[Cream the Rabbit]]

== Appearances ==
=== Original appearance ===
Amy first appeared in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog manga'' published in 1992, as the girlfriend of Sonic, in a design very similar to Nintendo's Princess Peach. After that appearance, Sega took the character, and Kazayuki Hoshino redesigned her for ''Sonic CD'' in 1993.

=== Game Appearances ===
In her first game appearance, ''Sonic CD'' (1993), Amy was introduced and kidnapped by Metal Sonic, but was rescued when Sonic challenged him to a race to save her.

Amy has also appeared in most of the other Sonic games, such as ''Sonic Drift'', ''Sonic Drift 2'', ''Sonic the Fighters'', ''Sonic R'', ''Sonic Adventure'', ''Sonic Shuffle'', ''Sonic Adventure 2'', ''Sonic Advance'', ''Sonic Advance 2'', ''Sonic Advance 3'', ''Sonic Heroes'', ''Shadow the Hedgehog''and ''Sonic Riders''.

=== Sonic X ===
Amy is one of the main characters in ''[[Sonic X]]'', an [[anime]] series which is the latest of the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] cartoons. In Sonic X, Amy is Sonic's self proclaimed girlfriend, although her long-term goal is to get him to notice her. Despite his annoyance at her antics, Sonic's feelings are still unclear about her. In some translations, he has given her flowers to tell her he loves her. Amy also has her Piko Piko Hammer which she uses multiple times during Sonic X. The "Piko Piko Hammer" was used in "Cruise Blues" after Sonic tried to use Amy in order to get off the ship. The Piko Piko Hammer is however mainly used to attack Eggman's machines.

=== Archie Comics ===
In the Archie Comics, Amy is the youngest member of the Freedom Fighters, and has a crush on Sonic that he tends to ignore. Amy is the cousin of [[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)#Rob O' the Hedge|Rob O' the Hedge]] (a thinly veiled homage to Robin Hood), who sends her to live with Sonic, where she falls head over heels for Sonic, but remains distant out of respect for [[Sally Acorn]].

==Relationships==
===Sonic===
The love of Amy's life is Sonic the Hedgehog. Ever since Sonic rescued her in Sonic CD, she has fallen in love with him and been trying to win his heart. Only in the Sonic manga is it clear that she's succeeded in this, because it states she was his girlfriend. <ref name="offical_profile">Sega.com, [http://www.sega.com/sonic/globalsonic/post_allabout.php?article=soniccharacters Amy's Profile at Sonic Central]. URL Accessed March 23, 2006</ref>

==Friendships==
===Cream===
[[Cream the Rabbit|Cream]] has been Amy's sidekick practically every time they appear together. They first teamed up in ''Sonic Advance 3'' as ''Team Jubilee'' and played a largely equivalent role to Sonic and Tails' ''Unbreakable Bond''. This has been backed up by their friendship in ''Sonic X''. They also seem be together in many other games, like ''Sonic Heroes'', ''Sonic Battle'', and ''Shadow the Hedgehog''.

===Tails===
Miles Tails Prower (Tails) is known to be a younger brother figure towards Amy. They work good together and make a strong team. Tails normally enjoys Amy, except for when she's chasing Sonic. He has a small crush on her, too.

===Knuckles===
Knuckles and Amy Rose tend to have a brother/sister relationship. The two don't always get along in the anime (Sonic X) but both Knuckles and Amy know when to stop fighting and work together.

==Voice actors==
*In ''Sonic X'' and the games beginning with ''Shadow the Hedgehog'', she is voiced by Lisa Ortiz.
* Previously, she was voiced by Jennifer Douillard for the ''Sonic Adventure'' games and Sonic Heroes.
* Her Japanese voice actor is Taeko Kawata.

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[[File:Tails (2D) current.gif|200px|Miles "Tails" Prower]]
'''Miles Prower''', better known by his nickname '''Tails''', is a character in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series]] of video games, [[comics]], and animated cartoons released by [[Wikipedia:Sega|Sega]].

The name "Miles Prower" is a pun on "miles per hour", a reference to the famed speed of the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series, as well as his incredible skills as a mechanic. He is a young [[fox]] with two tails (similar to the mythological [[kitsune]]), which enable him to fly by spinning them in a helicopter-like motion. According to Sega Japan's Web site [http://sonic.sega.jp/chara/chara_tails.html], he is  8 years old, stands at 80 centimeters (approx. 2 ft 7.5 in), and weighs 20 kilograms (44 lbs). His birthday is most likely October 16, the release date of his 1992 debut to the Master System and Game Gear version of ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'', although most players' introduction to the character was in the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version of ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''.

During his first appearance his fur was an orange color, but changed to yellow-orange for ''Sonic Adventure'', and light-yellow for ''Sonic Heroes''. In 1995 he starred in his own games, ''Tails Adventure'' and ''Tails' Skypatrol'' for the Game Gear.

== Character design ==
[[File:Tailsoriginal2dart.jpeg|right|thumb|Original 2D concept art|250px]]
[[Yasushi Yamaguchi]], originally the main artist and zone designer for [[Sega]]'s Sonic Team, designed Tails for an internal competition for the sidekick. His entry won, but Sonic Team decided to change his character's name from "Miles" to "Tails".

Yamaguchi ended up with a compromise. He snuck the name "Miles" in as his legal name; "Tails" would be his nickname, ending up with the full name of Miles "Tails" Prower.

Tails was redesigned (along with all of the other [[Wikipedia:List of characters from Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic characters]]) by Yuji Uekawa for ''Sonic Adventure''. His fur changed color to a slightly orange shade of yellow, and he gained visible blue irises.

In the American and UK comics, he was once a brownish color. After the redesign by Sega, Archie decided to make him look more like the game image.

== Personality ==
Tails was very shy when he first met [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]], but gradually opened up and became Sonic's best friend. In ''Sonic Adventure'', Tails proved his independence by saving Station Square from [[Dr. Eggman]] without Sonic's help. He now has many different creations and his intelligence matches Eggman's. He does have a few weaknesses though; he is very afraid of lightning and has a tendency to talk too much, stating the obvious most of the time. In the Archie Comics, the other [[Freedom Fighters]] take care of the fox, him being too young to do much. However, over time, he grows up to become a valuable team member. Tails also creates their first battleship, the X-Tornado.

==Relationships==
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===As a sidekick===

The Japanese and Western manuals differ somewhat in the story of how the two first met.

In the Japanese manual, Tails lived on Westside Island, which Sonic arrived at shortly after the first game in his biplane, the Tornado. Sonic instantly became Tails' idol when the young fox first witnessed the blue hedgehog's incredible speed. After Sonic saw that Tails was actually able to catch up with him, he decided to let him tag along (this scene can be witnessed in ''Sonic Adventure'' in a flashback during Tails' story). Being a mechanics buff, Tails took the time to look over Sonic's plane when he had gone away. However, around the same time, [[Dr. Eggman|Dr. Eggman (Dr. Robotnik)]] began demonstrating the power of his spacestation, the Death Egg. Tails was more than willing to help stop Eggman, effectively teaming up with Sonic. The added details about his mechanical abilities explain why Tails was so quick with repairs during Wing Fortress Zone, and have since been referenced in later titles such as ''Sonic Adventure'' where he made a much faster, more well equipped plane, the Tornado II, to replace the old one.

According to the Western manual, Sonic had been Tails' hero ever since he was a baby fox. After following his hero relentlessly for a long time, Tails became fast enough to keep up with Sonic by spinning his twin tails in a propeller-like style, which gave the fox the ability of flight. Eventually, Sonic and Tails became best friends.

===With other ''Sonic'' characters===
Tails has many friends besides Sonic, and his skills are respected by everyone who knows him. In ''Sonic Heroes'' he is part of Team Sonic, along with Sonic and [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]]. Tails mostly treats and respects all his friends the same with a humble and somewhat passive attitude.

For the most part, he has a friendly relationship with [[Amy Rose]]. Amy can be quite rude and outspoken to Tails, like she is to everyone else, but they can work together productively and sometimes Amy is defensive of him; for example, by getting mad at Wave for laughing at him. Tails is also friendly with Knuckles. They converse more than Knuckles does with Sonic, although they do tend to irritate each other occasionally - Knuckles scares Tails in ''Sonic Heroes'' during the ghost levels, while Knuckles gets confused when Tails talks about technicalities in ''Sonic Riders''. Tails is also on friendly terms with Cream and Cheese, but doesn't seem to know them very well.

Tails doesn't know [[Rouge the Bat]] very well either. However, he is intelligent enough to see past her charm - in ''Sonic Battle''; for example, he treats her motives with suspicion and doesn't trust her. However, it is interesting to note that Tails has been kissed by Rouge on two different occasions, once in ''Sonic Battle'' (this can be viewed by losing in the fight where Rouge challenges the player for her Entry pass) and once in the ''Sonic X'' cartoon (during the Chaos Tournament, she kissed him to distract him while she tossed the love struck Tails out of the ring). Tails works with [[Shadow the Hedgehog]] in ''Shadow the Hedgehog'' and seems to trust him more than anyone but Rouge and Omega. Though, unfortunately, Sonic sees Shadow as a rival, so Tails is usually dragged into their fight whether he likes it or not.

Tails probably sees the Chaotix Crew (Vector, Charmy and Espio) as friends, although throughout the game series he has never had any dialogue with them. In ''Sonic X'' however, the crew decides to help him get involved with Cosmo, a girl that Tails likes. They try everything from knocking Knuckles out and trying to pass him off as a Metarex for Tails to defend the girl from, to just running up and placing them together, but nothing seems to work. Vector finally succeeds in making them closer by kicking a ball which bounces towards Cosmo, causing Tails to jump onto Cosmo to get her out of the way.

In ''Sonic Adventure 2'', he had a short rivalry with Eggman, fighting him directly in the Cyclone twice - once on Prison Island, the second time when Eggman blasted Sonic into space. After this however, the rivalry seems to have ceased. Tails also found a rival in [[Babylon Rogues|Wave the Swallow]] in ''Sonic Riders''. In the game, she insulted his extreme gear skills to lower his morale, but her action caused a determined Tails to beat her in a race.

As for love life, Tails is generally considered too young for crushes, although in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog comics'' by Archie Comics and the TV series ''Sonic X'' by TMS Entertainment/Sonic Project, Tails has a few love interests. In ''Sonic X'', Tails falls in love with [[Wikipedia:Cosmo (Sonic the Hedgehog)|Cosmo]] – a talking plant-alien-girl (a Seedrian, specifically) although the love doesn't seem to be love in a traditional sense – the two act as if in a very close friendship, though it's obvious they harbour feelings for each other. Tails is forced to kill her in the end because of the Metarex.

In the comics, Tails develops affections for [[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)#Fiona Fox|Fiona Fox]], a dashing red one-tailed female fox with mechanical skills similar to Tails'. In Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog issue #28 Robotnik uses a robotic version of Fiona Fox in an attempt to capture Tails (this occurs when he is much younger) - Sonic later remarks in the 'Home' series of the comic during a 'welcome back' party that Tails should be careful not to get his heart broken again. Ironically, when the biological Fiona shows up, it's Sonic who breaks Tails heart when Tails catches Sonic embracing and kissing her. During the early Tails/Downunda miniseries, Tails also has a very big crush on Barby Koala. She also likes him, although the two are forced to depart when Tails has to go back to Knothole.

In the ''25 Years Later'' Archie storyline, which the Archie editors have stated is not the definite canon future, Tails is married to [[Mina Mongoose]]. (Note that this clearly is not canon to the master plot, as ''[[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)#Ash Mongoose|Ash]]'' is supposed to be Mina's boyfriend.)

===Family===
Like most of the characters, Tails is often depicted without any known family. However, in the [[Wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic)|Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comics]], he does have a few relatives:

*[[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)#Amadeus Prower|Amadeus Prower]] (father)
*[[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)#Rosemary Prower|Rosemary Prower]] (mother)
*[[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)#Merlin Prower|Merlin Prower]] (uncle)

There are rumors that he was orphaned at birth for unknown reasons. He has been living on the streets every day of his life, barely able to survive. The other kids picked on him because of his two tails and pushed him around because of his shyness.

===Alternate selves===
In the Archie Comics, Tails has a variety of other-dimensional counterparts. Among these are a superhero Tails, teamed up with a group of Freedom Fighters descended from the originals who are styled after the Justice League. There is also [[Wikipedia:Anti-Freedom Fighters|Anti-Tails]] (who prefers his given name of Miles), an evil version from the same dimension as [[Wikipedia:Anti-Freedom Fighters|Evil Sonic]] and [[Knuckles the Echidna#Alternate Versions|Anti-Knuckles]]. There are also many other forms of Tails who appear at one point to aid the fox in his battle with Mammoth Mogul. [[Tails Doll]] could also be seen as an alternative Tails, from the game Sonic R.

== Tails' mechanical creations ==

Although Tails can fly by twirling his two tails like the blades of a helicopter, he also enjoys flying Sonic's red biplane, the Tornado. As the TV series progressed, it was obvious his interest in the old biplane went further than just piloting it - Tails is a prodigy with mechanics, and he has a mechanical ability equal to that of [[Dr. Eggman|Dr. Eggman's]]. As a result, many modifications were made to the Tornado, as well as new biplanes and a small, blue submarine called the "Sea Fox", a space ship called the "Lunar Fox", and a race car called the "Whirlwind S7." The "Whirlwind S7" is a vehicle clearly based upon the Lotus/Catherham Super Seven (hence the name).

In the ''Sonic the Hedgehog Movie'' (also known as [[Wikipedia:Sonic Anime|Sonic Anime]] or Sonic Look-a-Like) Tails tampers with a tracking device given to him by Eggman to find the location of Robotropolis and the whereabouts of 'Black-Eggman'. After the escapade turns out to be a trick, Tails uses his quick thinking to modify the device back at his home (an island similar to Cocoa-Island) and uses the chipset to make an interference device which somehow causes Metal Sonic to malfunction. The device is later shot off of Tails' arm by Eggman, narrowly missing his arm.

In ''Sonic Adventure'', Tails was experimenting with a Chaos Emerald-powered prototype plane based on Sonic's Tornado, the Tornado II. The Tornado II has two modes. One is quite similar to the old Tornado, but with a button press, Tails could make it transform into a rather futuristic-looking little plane which outperformed the Tornado in all but one important function -- landing gear. [[Big the Cat]] ended up flying the wrecked Tornado II to his home after Sonic and Tails crash-landed on Eggman's flying fortress, the Egg Carrier.

In ''Sonic Adventure 2'', Tails had a new plane similar to the Tornado II called the P-3a Cyclone (or the Tornado III in ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]''). The Cyclone has three modes: a plane mode, a car mode, and a mech mode. The airplane is only seen in cutscenes; the car is used on only one level (In the Kart minigame, Tails uses a go-kart); the mech mode is used most during the game. Tails drives the mech during all other gameplay, except when visiting the [[Wikipedia:Chao (video game)|Chao Garden]]. For some reason, in ''[[]]Sonic Heroes'', the Tornado III/Cyclone appears in a cutscene. It has the same body as the Tornado III, but with a cross-wing design and leaves smoke trails. In ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'', the Tornado III reappeared as its ''Sonic Adventure 2'' version. Tails also built two other walkers in Sonic Adventure 2. One was the Tornado in walker mode (Apparently a recent upgrade of some sort), and the other was the Chao Walker, which was designed by Tails to give Chao the ability to fight back when hurt. Eggman created the Dark Chao Walker as its parallel. Both mechs are only playable in vs. mode.

Sonic X features a much improved model of the Tornado, and it is more high tech than the one in the games. Known as the X Tornado, two of these models exist, one yellow, and one silver. These machines are equipped with weaponry, and can transform into robots known as the X Cyclones : one a ground-based plane with legs (inspired by the Gerwalk Mode of the Valkyries rom ''Macross''), the other a flying torso. Sonic X also features the Hyper Tornado, a superior version of Tails' biplane. Finally, Tails' greatest achievement is the Blue Typhoon warship. This vessel is equipped for deep space travel, and is equipped with a wide arsenal, the most powerful weapon in which is the Sonic Driver. This giant cannon uses Sonic as a living cannonball, creating a much-improved version of his super spin. The Blue Typhoon is powered by the Master Emerald. Despite the fact that Tails reconstructed the X Tornado from Tornado II, the Tornado II made a reappearance in episode 52 of Sonic X. It isn't explained how but this cannot be possible. Also, Sonic Project perhaps had made a mistake and did not think before doing this. Also, it is unexplained how Tails built the huge Blue Typhoon - in the games, it is important to note that Tails doesn't seem to be able to construct designs like this.

The original Tornado that appears in the Sonic series resembles the Polikarpov I-153 Chaika, a Soviet biplane from World War II; the I-153's engine is a Wright "Cyclone".

== Moves and abilities ==
Like many of the other characters in the Sonic universe, Tails has super speed (but not as fast as Sonic) can do the Sonic Spin, the Spin Dash, the homing attack, as well as doing his own attacks, such as attacking with his tails by twirling around. In ''Sonic Adventure'', he obtained the Rhythm Badge, which enabled him to do a continuous tail attack. In Sonic Adventure 2, he gained the ability to use the mystic melody, which caused something to happen when played in front of a certain kind of strange object. In ''Sonic Heroes'', he is the Flight member of Team Sonic, which means that he can also use the Thunder Shoot attack, whereby he electrically charges Sonic and [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]] and kicks them at his enemies. When alone, Tails can also throw fake rings, which electrocute enemies who blunder into them. He can also swim quite well, which is an ability Sonic never had. This, when combined with his flying ability, actually makes him quite an unfairly skilled character in some games.

Tails plays major roles in almost all Sonic games released since his debut in ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''. However, it's likely that in the unreleased ''Sonic X-treme'', which was in development for the Sega Saturn platform, Tails would not have appeared. In similar fashion, ''Sonic CD'' only contains Tails in the form of a piece of artwork that features him standing next to a racecar with the caption "SEE YOU NEXT GAME" - a reference to ''Sonic Drift'' for the Game Gear.

Aside from his excellent mechanics and driving/piloting, Tails is great at sports, like grinding and boarding, which he learned (possibly) from Sonic.

===Alternate Forms===
See also: [[Super Sonic]], [[Shadow the Hedgehog#Super Shadow|Super Shadow]], [[Knuckles the Echidna#Transformations|Super Knuckles]]

Like Sonic, Tails can transform into a super form, called "Super Tails", but so far this has only been seen in Sonic 3 & Knuckles. He is bright gold, with four gold [[Wikipedia:Flicky (bird)|Flickies]] around him which can attack enemies. He needs the 7 Super Emeralds to transform.

The Archie Comics feature a wider range of transformations. In the continuity, Tails can still become the traditional Super Tails, but his coloring does not change and he achieved this through absorbing an unknown multitude of Power Rings. However, Tails' main transformation is into Turbo Tails. In this version, his fur changes from orange to brown (or brown to orange depending on the colorists of the comic issue), and he wears a cape and gloves reminiscent of a super hero. Finally, Tails' ultimate transformation, the strongest and least likely to appear again, is Titan Tails. In this incarnation, Tails merged with countless versions of himself from alternate dimensions to battle Mammoth Mogul. The result was a giant, muscular Tails with cosmic abilities.

He also was part of "Team Super Sonic" in the climactic fight against [[Metal Sonic]] in Sonic Heroes, however many fans are disheartened by the lack of any appearance of "Super Tails". The only form of transformation which Tails undergoes it to be encircled by a shield (which looks much like the fire shields found in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

Tails has not been shown to transform in any of the cartoons. Sonic Project, the team behind ''Sonic X'', apparently wanted the power of Chaos Control to stay limited to those of "greater" importance (a.k.a., Sonic and Shadow).

== Video game appearances ==
Tails was first seen on ''Sonic 2'' for the Master System, where he was kidnapped by Robotnik for ransom. He was first made playable in ''Sonic 2'' for the Megadrive (Genesis), where he played the part of Sonic's sidekick and also as a playable character from the second controller. ''Sonic Chaos'' (1993), on the Game Gear/Master System was the first game where you could control Tails' flight abilities.

Then, in ''Sonic 3'' (1994) Tails made his second major appearance (also able to fly, which made him pick up Sonic when possible). This was a big step forward for Tails; he became much better known and respected at this point.

In Sonic Adventure and its remake, Sonic Adventure DX, Tails is 1 of the 6 playable characters in those games. To unlock him, rescue him as [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] at the beach. His gameplay is to destroy the capsule or get to the Chaos Emerald before Sonic or [[Dr. Eggman]].

However, in the sequel, Sonic Adventure 2 and it's remake, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, his gameplay changed. Instead of the one in Sonic Adventure, he got a gameplay similar to [[E-102 Gamma]]'s in Sonic Adventure, in fact, Dr. Eggman got the gameplay too.

In ''Shadow the Hedgehog'', he helps out in the Circus Park and Air Fleet levels.

In ''Sonic Riders'', Tails is a playable character, and one of the main characters of the game. He modified Sonic's Extreme Gear "Blue Star" to become "Blue Star II". [[Babylon Rogues|Wave the Swallow]] makes fun of his board design, sparking a rivalry between them throughout the game. When racing, he has the best cornering of all characters.

===Gameplay quirks===
In ''Sonic 2'', ''Sonic 3'' and ''Sonic Adventure'', when the player has opted to play in 'Sonic and Tails' mode (controlling Sonic while the AI makes Tails follow him), it's not readily stated in the manual, but a second player can use the 2P controller to use Tails. The action will continue to follow Sonic on the screen, making him the focal point, but Tails is fully controllable in every way that he is when playing as Tails alone. This can potentially be exploited by players who are having trouble with some problem areas or bosses, as Tails has the benefit of being completely invulnerable, with any "death" he suffers being quickly resolved as the character flies harmlessly back onto the screen after a few seconds. Moreover, in ''Sonic 3'', Tails is granted the ability to fly as he pleases, which can allow the Tails-using player to airlift Sonic wherever he might need to go, though Tails does have an endurance limit to his flight. Sonic Advance allowed this mode as well (via a code entered at character select), however, Tails couldn't be controlled by a second player this time.

There is also a glitch in ''Sonic 2'' which arguably gives him a 'Super Tails' form before its official appearance in ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles''. Again, playing in Sonic & Tails mode is a prerequisite. After becoming Super Sonic through whatever means necessary (code or legitimately), the player can use the in-game debug mode to place a normal item monitor on the ground, giving himself a monitor with the teleport item normally only available in 2-player split screen. After jumping on this, the characters will stay in their location, but while Super Sonic's abilities will be apparently gone, Tails will now have an invincibility ring surrounding him. Sonic must collect another 50 rings and jump to return to Super status. Super Tails will remain in his state for as long as he doesn't "die" through drowning, crushing or falling, and he actually runs as fast as Super Sonic, though he lacks the height of his jumps.

== Comics and TV shows ==
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[[Image:TailsScreenshot.jpg|right|thumb|Miles "Tails" Prower piloting the X-Tornado in Sonic X]]
Tails has appeared in several cartoon shows, such as [[Wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM)|SatAM]], ''[[Wikipedia:Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia:Sonic X|Sonic X]]''. However, he is absent from ''[[Wikipedia:Sonic Underground|Sonic Underground]]''.

In '''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog''', he is a lot younger than his game self (this is one reason he became often seen as Sonic's little "groupie"). He is often, in Sonic's opinion, a slight annoyance due to his irritating tendency of being captured easily, often by one of Robotnik's creations or Robotnik himself. But still, Sonic sees him as like a surrogate brother and best friend, and is usually overprotective of him (this often leads to his or Sonic's capture). Even though, Tails seems to have a vast intelligence in mechanics and can operate independently in drastic situations, such as in one instance lacing an entire building with booby-traps (in a manner similar to those seen in ''Home Alone'') in order to revive Sonic from a nasty ailment. He is also evidenced to have a large appetite, and like Sonic, his favorite food is chili dogs. He has a rather sharp tongue towards Scratch and Grounder (losers, morons, dumbclucks, etc) especially when cornered.

He also appears in the British ''Sonic the Comic'', published by Fleetway, where he hails from the Nameless Zone, a region which can apparently only be accessed by a space warp. A misunderstanding led Tails to the Emerald Hill Zone, where the streets of which he believed were paved with real emeralds, but once there, Tails immediately became fascinated with Sonic, and eventually became his sidekick and eventually best friend. Unfortunately for him, though, he exaggerated the relationship in letters home, professing that HE was the great hero of [[Mobius]] and that Sonic was HIS sidekick, which resulted in the elders of the Nameless Zone often calling him back, and gifting him with a suit of enchanted armor to defend their Zone from assorted evil - and poor old Tails never did quite manage to explain the truth. One time, Knuckles accidentally joined Tails and was mistaken for Sonic by everyone in the Nameless Zone. Knuckles played along and kept it all secret from Sonic. Tails also accidentally found himself seen as an valiant and unstoppable Zonerunner (a Freedom Fighter who travels between Zones) by the Chemical Plant Zone rebels known as the Flock.

While the Zonerunner & Nameless Zone adventures were 'secret' adventures where Tails was accidentally seen as a major hero, later stories would have him actively doing heroic deeds, though these were mainly short arcs or more comedic stories. On occasions, he would save someone and they would grumble he wasn't a more famous hero! Despite this, Tails gained his own rogue's gallery including the brutal goblin lord Trogg, the psychotic robot Nutzan Bolt, Fleabyte the bounty hunter and the gangster Max Gamble, as well as allies such as Errol & Blackthorn (brother and sister warriors of the Nameless Zone). He also fought many criminals after the defeat of Robotnik, defended the Casino Night Zone & its people from Brutus' Badniks, and was chosen by Sonic to protect the planet while he went after Robotnik during the ''Planet In Peril/Game Over'' story. While he is self-conscious, Tails has proven time & again (and openly stated) that he is much tougher than some people may think.

Tails also appears in the American Archie Sonic Comics, where he is developed upon as the chosen one and the son of Rosemary and Amadeus Prower, also having an uncle named Merlin. In the Archie Sonic comic, he seemed to have lost his parents at an early age, and admired the [[Wikipedia:Freedom Fighters (Sonic the Hedgehog)|Freedom Fighters]], particularly Sonic. He has grown pretty close with the [[Wikipedia:Princess Sally|Princess Sally]], as he calls her Aunt Sally. He is also Sonic's surrogate little brother. Jules and Bernie Hedgehog (Sonic's parents in the comic version) also view Tails as a son to them. During his journey through space, Sonic met Tails' parents on Argentium, home planet of the Bem aliens.

When he absorbs fifty rings and seven Chaos Emeralds, he becomes Turbo Tails. His fur color changes from orange to dark orange, all natural abilities are upgraded and he is, like Super Sonic, immune to all attacks that come his way. He has only once made an appearance as Super Tails after he had absorbed the power of a thousand power rings in a battle along side Ultra Sonic against the evil wizard Ixis Naugus. He was aided by four flickies that have chaos energy and that will attack whatever he wishes them to. Tails, like Sonic, has multiple other-dimensional counterparts, whom he teamed up with to fight his nemesis, Mammoth Mogul. When this proved ineffective, Tails merged with his alternate selves to become a massive cosmic being known as Titan Tails.

Archie Comics produced a supplementary 3-issue mini-series in the mid-nineties, in which Tails embarked on a solo adventure to the land of Downunda, a supposed parallel of Australia, where several marsupials befriended him including one Barby Koala. Leading into the story arc featured in the mini-series was a two-part mini-adventure in which Tails encountered a disguised robot named [[Wikipedia:Minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)#Fiona Fox|Fiona Fox]], a robotic duplicate of a young vixen. He fell in love with her before discovering her robotic nature. The organic counterpart of Fiona is now featured in the Archie comic and Tails seems to have a crush on her, although she is less than interested in him as she is several years older. (Fiona Fox herself has recently been seen dating, of all people, Sonic; Tails ended up screaming "I HATE YOU!" at Sonic when he found out.)

In Sonic X, Tails develops a love interest in [[Wikipedia:List of minor characters in Sonic the Hedgehog#Cosmo|Cosmo]], the plant-like alien girl introduced in Season 3. The strength of Tails' love is shown in Episode 73, where [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]], in an attempt to kill Cosmo, clobbers Sonic, Chris, and Knuckles, but, despite his best efforts, could not manage to get past Tails. Unfortunately, Cosmo sacrifices herself in Episode 77, fusing herself with the Metarex planet so that Tails could destroy it with the Sonic Driver; Tails was extremely hesitant to fire, and only did so at the urging of Cosmo herself and Dr. Eggman. In Episode 78, Super Sonic and Super Shadow use Chaos Regeneration to try to bring Cosmo back to life, but only manage to produce a small seed. When Sonic shows the seed to Tails, the fox collapses on the floor and starts crying. However, it is possible that Sonic and Shadow succeeded; at the end of the episode, the seed began to sprout.

===How Sonic and Tails met===
In every version of the Sonic series, there is a different version of how Sonic and Tails met (excluding ''Sonic Underground'', since Tails was absent from it). As stated earlier, in the video game version (as taken from the official ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' manual) Sonic instantly became Tails' idol when Tails first witnessed Sonic's incredible speed. After Sonic sees that the young fox is actually able to catch up with him he recruits him as his sidekick. This scene can be witnessed in ''Sonic Adventure'' in a flashback during Tails' story.

In ''Sonic X'', Tails and Sonic became friends after Tails rebuilt and repainted Sonic's antique airplane. Before he met Sonic, Tails was bullied by other animals where he lived because of his skills.

In a flashback shown in the ''Adventures Of Sonic the Hedgehog'' episode "Tails' New Home", Tails literally landed on top of Sonic. The baby fox cub explains to Sonic he had just been kicked out the nest of some birds, young Tails had decided he was a bird due to his ability to fly. Sonic tells him he is in fact a fox and is shocked to see that he can actually fly. Baby Tails follows Sonic and after getting him into some mishaps, Sonic agrees that Tails can stay with him.

In ''Sonic The Comic'', Sonic saved Tails from drowning in a swamp when they first met when he saw two tails peering from the swamp, the rest of Tails' body completely submerged. Mistakenly believing there were two foxes in the swamp, Sonic only had time to grab one tail and believed one fox had drowned; he soon realized that both tails belonged to the same fox.

The [[Saturday morning cartoon]] did not give an explanation as to how they met, but the comics based off of it did. In the flashback story "Eve of Destruction", the five-year-old Sonic witnesses Tails' birth and immediately befriends the newborn fox a few minutes (or two pages) later.

==Voice Actors==
*In Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails is voiced by Christopher Stephen Welch.
*In the series Sonic the Hedgehog (nicknamed SatAM by fans), he is voiced by Bradley Pierce.
*In the English adaptation of the Sonic the Hedgehog anime, Tails was played by Lainie Fraiser.
*In the Japanese version of the Sonic the Hedgehog anime, Tails was played by Hekiru Shiina.
*In ''Sonic X'' and all future games beginning with ''Shadow the Hedgehog'', Tails is voiced by Amy Palant.
*In the ''Sonic Adventure'' games, Tails was voiced by Corey Bringas.
*In Japan, Tails was played by Atsuki Murata in the games until Sonic X came out. Since then he has been voiced by Ryo Hirohashi.
*In Sonic Heroes, Sonic Battle, and Sonic Advance 3, William Corkery provides the voice for Tails.

== Theme songs ==
*In ''Sonic Adventure'' and ''Sonic Adventure DX'', Tails's theme song is "Believe in Myself", a [[rock]] song sung by Karen Brake.
*In ''Sonic Adventure 2'' and ''Sonic Adventure 2: Battle'', Tails's theme song is also "Believe in Myself", featuring many of the same lyrics, but set to a different tune and sung by Kaz Silver.
*In ''Sonic Heroes'' Team Sonic's theme is called "We Can", and mentions him in the line, "Tails keeps us flying high to stay above trouble".
*In Sonic Riders, Tails' theme song, shared with Sonic and Knuckles, is an instrumental called "High Flying Groove".

==External links==
===Fan sites===
* [http://tails.kicks-ass.net Tails.Kicks-Ass.Net] Tails/Sonic/Etc site with plenty of media downloads, a simple Forum.
* [http://www.tailmanteam.net Tailman Team] A general Tails information website, media, pictures, and info on Tails. (Currently Closed)
* [http://www.prower.org Tails Domain] Tails site with plenty of media downloads.

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