History Characters / SonicTheHedgehog

* [[strike: AnimeHair]] [[AnimeHair Anime Fur]]: More so in his post-Adventure design then his original one.

* [[strike: ToServeMan]] [[ToServeMan To Serve The Entire Planet]]: Black Doom's ultimate goal. And he would have pulled it off if Shadow didn't turn out to be immune to his nerve gas and WeCanRuleTogether antics. HighOctaneNightmareFuel ahoy!

* [[strike: ClassyCatBurglar]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Classy Bat Burglar]]

* CompleteMonster: To be fair,[[YourMilageMayVary he's not]] [[Understatement well-developed villain.]]

* Expy: Of Trunks

* HeyItsThatVoice: DanGreen, better known for his work in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}''. Or for the Japanese, it's NobutoshiCanna

* CompleteMonster

* EvilTwin

* TheWesley: In the eyes of some, mainly due to her main tier role and largely replacing Tails and Amy in the role of Sonic's best friend and love interest respectively, though the alternate canon may arguably justify it.

* PunnyName: Miles Prower

* BlackHoleSue: A Major reason he is an unpopular character is that he [[CharacterDerailment derails]] Blaze from independent ActionGirl into his sidelined sidekick and replaced her as Eggman Nega's archenemy in Sonic rivals. Also his storyline changed Blaze and Nega from coming from another dimension, to being with him in the future. This caused [[ContinuitySnarl massive plotholes]] and [[DubInducedPlotHole inconsistencies]] with their old backstories in SonicRush.

* ContinuitySnarl: Much like Blaze Eggman nega suffers from this. In SonicRush Nega is Eggman's ally and counterpart from another Dimension, but in SonicRivals Nega is Eggman's enemy and descendent from the future. WordOfGod [[http://www.smile.talktalk.net/ghz/interviews/rivals2/sonic%20rivals%202%20interview.pdf eventually confirmed he comes from another dimension]].

* BlackHoleSue: A Major reason he is an unpopular character is that he [[CharacterDerailment derails]] Blaze from independent ActionGirl into his sidelined sidekick and replaced her as Eggman Nega's archenemy in Sonic rivals. Also his storyline changed Blaze and Nega from coming from another dimension, to being with him in the future [[ContinuitySnarl massive plotholes]] and [[DubInducedPlotHole inconsistencies]] with their old backstories in SonicRush.

* BlowYouAway: Ever since ''SonicAdventure2'', he could use wind based attacks.
* ChaoticGood: So freakin' much.

* InvincibleHero: Certain incarnations such as that of ''Sonic X'' draw close to this at times. The games interpretation also occasionally steered into this trope, though this has arguably toned down in recent titles, having shown vulnerability even in his super form[[hottip:*:though having more powerful opponents may have something to do with that]].

* KarmicTrickster: Especially in the ''[[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Adventures]]'' cartoon, where he frequently wore disguises to fool the bad guys, even [[spoiler:[[FoeYay marrying Robotnik]] in one episode]] . Also, in ''Sonic The Fighters'', one of his throws is to take his opponent's weapon and use it on them in a very cartoony manner.

* SuperMode: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara_ssonic_3138.gif Super Sonic]], which makes him [[PowerGlows glow]], [[PowerFloats fly]], and takes his already established SuperSpeed ''UpToEleven.'' Yuji Naka [[WordOfGod said it himself]] that this form was inspired by [[{{Dragonball}} Super Saiyans]]. [[{{Understatement}} It shows well.]]
** There's also [[InfinityPlusOneSword Hyper]] [[{{Sonic3andKnuckles}} Sonic]], [[SonicAndTheSecretRings Darkspine Sonic]], [[SonicAndTheBlackKnight Excalibur Sonic]], and [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes Super]] [[SonicX Sonic]].

* TalkingToHimself: In ''SonicX'' and 2005 - 2009 games, JasonGriffith does both Sonic and Shadow -- not to mention Jet the Hawk in ''Sonic Riders''. Jaleel White also voiced Sonic, Sonia, and Manic in ''SonicUnderground''. In the games without the 4Kids cast, Ryan Drummond played Sonic and Knuckles in ''Sonic Shuffle''. On top of that, he and Metal Sonic share the same voice actor in both the Japanese and American versions of ''Sonic Heroes''.
* TotallyRadical: Very much this in ''[[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Adventures]]''
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chilidogs in most adaptations, including the games.
* UnfortunateNames: Some continuities: Archie, namely give him the truly absurd name of '''Olgilvie Maurice Takeshi Hedgehog'''... Needless to say, he insists on being called "Sonic".
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[Main/SuperDrowningSkills He can't swim.]]

* [[strike:AnimeHair]] [[AnimeHair Anime Fur]]: More so in his post-Adventure design then his original one.
* BadassBookworm: In the Archie Comics, not only is he as smart as his SonicX counterpart, but in the more recent issues he's put up awesome fights against the likes of Monkey Kahn and even Sonic himself.

* BalloonBelly: In the episode ''Boogey-Mania'' of ''Adventures''

* BrattyHalfPint: In SatAM and [[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog AoSTH]], DependingOnTheWriter.
* ButtMonkey: In the Fleetway comics, with Sonic as his main aggressor.

* CowardlyLion: In the Fleetway comics.

* FixerSue: In many modern incarnations, there doesn't seem to be much character involvement outside making the odd gadget for Sonic and co.
* {{Flight}}: He can use his namesake tails to propel him upward, and when that isn't enough, there's always the Tails Tornado: later the X-Tornado.

* PingPongNaivete: Has astonishing technical abilties but often has the disposition and naïveté of a child. This has lessened in more recent interpretations, which [[YourMileageMayVary depending on who you ask]] is an example of [[CharacterDevelopment maturing and developing the character]] or [[CharacterDerailment robbing him of his distinctive personality traits]].
* PunnyName: Miles Prower

* SuperMode: Super Tails. Unlike the rest of the characters, he needs the Super Emeralds rather than the Chaos Emeralds to achieve super form.
* TagAlongKid
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chilidogs in ''Adventures'', and mint candy in the games.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's [[FearOfThunder afraid of lightning]] in some versions, especially in the OVA.
* TheWoobie: He had to shoot ''his own LoveInterest'' at the end of {{Sonic X}}. He didn't take that very well.

* BareFistedMonk: Well, his name ''is'' Knuckles...

* ButtMonkey: Many later incarnations are more bumbling in tone; in ''SonicX'', he is often a patsy for both Eggman and ''his own teammates''.
* {{Characterization Marches On}}: Knuckles was far less serious in his original appearance than he is just about everywhere else

* DishingOutDirt: Some of his moves in "Sonic Battle" and "Sonic Heroes"

* HeyItsThatVoice: DanGreen, better known for his work in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}''. Or for the Japanese, it's NobutoshiCanna
* HotBlooded: And how!
* InspectorJavert: His role in ''SonicTheHedgehog3''
* JapanesePronouns: "Ore" and "Oresama" .

* TheLancer: Especially in ''SonicChronicles''.
* LawfulGood: Represents the tensions that occur between lawful and chaotic good characters.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: How his altercations with Sonic in ''SonicTheHedgehog3'', ''SonicAdventure'' and '[[SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance 2]]'' went.
* PowerFist: Has these in "Sonic Adventure" and its sequel. It carries over to ''SonicX''.

* RealMenWearPink: His Super and Hyper forms in Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Also lampshaded by Super Sonic in the Archie Comics.

* TheRival: to Sonic in ''Sonic3AndKnuckles''.
* SuperMode: Super Knuckles and Hyper Knuckles.

* ActionGirl: Starts turning into one in ''Sonic Heroes'', fully blossoms into one by ''SonicChronicles''. Also one in ''SonicX''.
* BadassNormal: In games where she doesn't have super speed.

* TheChick: with elements of TheBigGuy when she has her mallet

* DeathGlare: In addition to GoThroughMe.
* DistressedDamsel: though balanced by having actual utilities and ActionGirl traits, she's been playing this role since her first appearance.

* GoThroughMe: In the infamous ''SonicTheHedgehog2006'', when Silver tries to issue Sonic a killing blow, Amy jumps right in front of him.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[{{ptitle9rfuhqnp4mtr}} Jennifer Douillard]] and [[{{Pokemon}} Lisa]] [[{{Yu-Gi-Oh}} Ortiz]]
* HopelessSuitor: Amy loves Sonic, but Sonic isn't interested.

*** [[spoiler:And she thinks he's joking. [[HyperspaceMallet And promptly tries to whack him on the head.]]]]

* TheIngenue: During her debut in ''Sonic CD'', Amy filled the role of the innocent damsel in distress. This role has since been passed to Cream.
* JapanesePronouns: "Atashi".
* LoonyFan: As a result of {{Flanderization}}, though this has gotten better as of late.
* MamaBear: In ''Sonic 2006''. About ready to kick Silver's ass when he was going to finish Sonic off.

* NeutralGood: Much more aggressive than most of this alignment.
* OperationJealousy: In ''SonicChronicles'', Amy claims to have found a new beau named "Dexter", but he's never shown. Sonic suspects she just made him up to spite him: though that only crops up depending on which dialog options you choose
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: In the Archie comics, to change from her ''Sonic CD'' version to her ''Sonic Adventure'' model.

* SmittenTeenageGirl: Is this pre-''Adventure'', though she isn't too far off post-''Adventure'' either.
* SuperSpeed: In games where she's not a BadassNormal.

* {{Tsundere}}: Particularly in ''SonicX'', though she tends towards type B.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Inverted; he was intended to be a KillerRobot but ended up turning good.

* HeroicSacrifice: Self destructs at the end of ''Sonic Adventure'', to free the last trapped bird.
* JapanesePronouns: "Watashi", but before his 'death', he used "Boku".
* KilledOffForReal: There were a couple half-hearted attempts to revive Gamma in spinoffs, but these stopped once Omega was introduced.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Ultimately turns out to be one after gaining self awareness.
* NobleDemon: For most of the early half of his story, due to his limited sentience and overlogical programming, his 'evil doing' is never personal.
* TheWoobie: First major character to be 'killed off', after a lifespan of less than a week, which unlike Shadow or Emerl, was not commemorated or recognized by the other heroes.
** IronWoobie: Despite how [[WhatMeasureIsAMook neglected it was by everyone except Amy]] and everything it went through, it doesn't angst about any of it.

* BadassAdorable: In SonicX, [[spoiler:she manages to beat up and destroy berserked Emerl, while her friends weren't able to do so]]. Needless to say, she's considered to be one of the ''weakest'' characters in the series with a few exceptions. See GameBreaker below.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: There are occasional moments where the character acts more [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass wily]] or [[LittleMissSnarker snarky]] in tone, especially in ''Sonic X''. Since they are always played for laughs, however, it may count more as {{Comedic Sociopathy}}.

* GameBreaker: In ''Sonic Advance 2''. Makes the bosses a LOT easier, and again in ''SonicChronicles'' where she can provide all but unlimited special move use for everyone[[hottip:*:especially if you give her Ferox, which makes ActionCommands automatically succeed, or better yet, ''actually master her ActionCommands'' so that you can pull them off reliably]].
* HeliCritter: Is able to fly by flapping her ears.

* JapanesePronouns: "Watashi".

* KidHero: Cream is tied with Charmy as the youngest of the heroes.

* {{Moe}}: Along with her pet Chao, Cheese.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: This is what most of the fanbase thinks of Cream the Rabbit.
* TechnicalPacifist: She dislikes violence, but ''will'' get involved in a fight if there are no other options.

First appeared in ''Knuckles Chaotix'', where they team up with Knux to foil one of Robotnik's plans. Consists of [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara_vector_2298.gif Vector the Crocodile]], a music lover with a Brooklyn accent; [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fig_espio_4088.gif Espio the Chameleon]], a {{ninja}} with powers of invisibility; hyperactive kid [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara_charmy_3638.gif Charmy Bee]]; and Mighty the Armadillo: who previously appeared in the ''[=SegaSonic=]'' arcade game . Dropped off the radar until ''Sonic Heroes'', where Vector, Espio, and Charmy run a detective agency: Mighty is still AWOL. The Archie comics have developed the Chaotix into Knuckles' supporting FiveManBand.

* BigEater: Vector.
* BrattyHalfPint: Charmy, much to Vector's annoyance.
* BreathWeapon: Vector in ''Heroes'' and ''SonicX''.
* BrownEyes: Vector
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mighty. Even more so Heavy and Bomb, RobotBuddy side characters from the ''Chaotix'' game that didn't last long even in the comics.
* CloudCuckooLander: Charmy.
* EyesOfGold: Espio.
* FlechetteStorm: Espio does this in ''SonicX''with explosive shuriken.
* FuumaShuriken: Espio uses large shuriken in ''SonicHeroes''.
* GeniusBruiser: Vector is both the muscle and the brains behind the bunch.
* InvisibleMan: Espio via blending in with his surroundings.
* JapanesePronouns: "Ore" and "Oresama" for Vector, "Jibun" for Espio and "Boku" for Charmy.
* JokeCharacter: Heavy and Bomb in ''Chaotix''.
* {{Keet}}: Charmy.

* MakeMeWannaShout: One of Vector's {{Breath Weapon}}s.
* MusicalAssassin: Their [[LimitBreak team blast]] in "SonicHeroes" destroys robots by singing and playing instruments.
* {{Ninja}}: Espio.
* PetalPower: Espio can make a storm of leaves in Heroes.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Mighty, who stood in for Sonic in ''Chaotix''.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Charmy can do this by pollenating flowers.
* TheZenigata: Vector.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: While he is seemingly dim and klutzy, he can pick up boulders and cars easily, exchange his fishing lure with an inner tube and a flail: both on fire , and manages to stand up to not only Chaos, but Metal Overlord, actually telling the latter that they would pay for their actions prior to the fight.

* ExcusePlot: It's said that Big's only reason for existing is to make Froggy more than just a MacGuffin.

* JapanesePronouns: "Boku".
* MegaNeko: Appropriately, as he's a big cat.
* NeutralGood: Too stupid to be any other good alignment.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Thanks to Bioware, Big went from [[RalphWiggum scrappy idiot]] to [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} lovable oaf]].
* TheScrappy: Not ''as'' bad as some of the others, but this is largely due to...
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: ''Sonic Adventure''; In an action-adventure game series, Big is a ''fisherman''.
** This is a big part of why Big is such a Scrappy. It doesn't help that the fishing levels are frustratingly difficult, ''especially'' when it comes to catching the bigger fish.

A fire-wielding cat from, ah, someplace else. Guardian of the Sol Emeralds. Made her first appearance in ''Sonic Rush''.

* BareYourMidriff: In ''MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames''.
* BarrierMaiden: She becomes Iblis' new [[SealedEvilInACan can.]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Then the reset button got pushed...]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Standing out among the number of recent Scrappies.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Despite a mistranslation calling her a queen in the ''SonicTheHedgehog2006'' [[AllThereInTheManual manual]], both ''SonicRush'' titles refer to her as a princess.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Blaze's home goes back and forth between being an alternate dimension [[hottip:*:The ''Sonic Rush'' series]] and the future: [[hottip:*:''Sonic 2006'']]. See also: DubInducedPlotHole.
* HeyItsThatVoice: She used to be [[OnePiece Luffy]], [[DullSurprise but that]] [[{{Understatement}} didn't work]] [[CutAndPasteTranslation out for her]].
* IWorkAlone: [[spoiler:At first.]]
* JapanesePronouns: "Watashi".

* PlayingWithFire: Obviously; her name is ''[[MeaningfulName Blaze]]'' the Cat, after all.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She kicks people's asses into next week.
* [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself This Is Something I've Got To Do Myself]]: Her initial attitude in ''Sonic Rush''.
* SuperMode: Burning Blaze; so far, she's the only female character in the entire series to have one.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: As shown in both ''SonicRush'' titles, she has a case of acrophobia.

A telekinetic hedgehog from the future. First video game appearance was in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'': 2006.

* FutureBadass: Subverted; he's too LawfulGood for his own good, and he's also younger and less experienced than Sonic.

* JapanesePronouns: "Ore".

* KnightTemplar: Although kept in check by PetTheDog moments.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: In sharing the starring role in ''Sonic '06'' with Sonic and Shadow, Sega was accused of being biased against their non-hedgehog characters.
** His cameo in ''Brawl'' also led to claims of this.
* SuperMode: Super Silver.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Tony Palermo, Chazz Princeton in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}''.
* [[spoiler:NatureSpirit]]
* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld]]: He explains he's ''[[spoiler:older than Earth]]''!

* AIIsACrapshoot: Played with throughout ''Sonic Battle''.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Gemerl is actually a rebuilt and reprogrammed Emerl. After being defeated, Tails gets rid of the program that made him so violently loyal to Eggman, effectively reviving Emerl.]]

* FromACertainPointOfView: The Nocturnus appear to have been drawn into the Twilight Cage when they got too powerful, thanks in no small part to their Gizoid armies - so Emerl did lead to their downfall from a certain point of view.

* OneWingedAngel: Gemerl turns into an orb with flexible arms and lasers capable of stunning Super Sonic.
* RobotBuddy: To nearly the entire recurring cast, but mostly for Cream.
* SuperpowerMeltdown: As shown in ''Sonic Battle'' and [[spoiler:''[[SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance 3]]]], too much energy or too many copied abilities causes him to go berserk.

** DubInducedPlotHole / FridgeLogic: He originally hates the derogatory "new" nickname in the English version of Adventure, but after that game he shows no dislike of it and even refers to himself as it.

* EvillyAffable: Most of the more ruthless alternate incarnations: eg. the SatAm and Archie comic interpretations at least have some moderate goofy or whimsical traits to prevent them from ''quite'' entering {{Complete Monster}} territory.

* ForTheEvulz: Some alternate enterpretations: particularly the ''StC'' and ''SatAm'' versions revolve many of their plans or past times on the suffering of innocents. The games and ''Sonic X'' versions are more toned down, though they do retain {{Card Carrying Villain}} traits on occasion.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Blues Singer Long John Baldry, JimCummings, Gary "[[TransformersArmada Optimus Prime]] and [[BeastWars Optimus Primal]]" Chalk, ChikaoOhtsuka, and MikePollock.
* JapanesePronouns: "Washi".
* {{Jerkass}}: In the mode "comedic" iterations, especially his [[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog AoStH]] incarnation.
* LargeHam: Especially in [[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog AoStH.]]

* MemeticMutation: "Snoo[[YoutubePoop PING]] [[{{Mondegreen}} AS]] usual, I see."

* BigBad: In ''Sonic Heroes''.

* IHaveManyNames: Metal Sonic, Mecha Sonic, Metallix,...
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the Archie Comics, Metal sacrificed himself to save Sonic and Tails by stopping a lava flow, and was eventually engulfed by it. ]]

* JapanesePronouns: "Ore".
* OneWingedAngel: Metal Overlord, the Giant Metal Sonic from ''Knuckles Chaotix''.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:In the Movie, Metal Sonic saves the President and Old Man Owl from an exploding hovercraft, only to be smashed into a lava pool he had opened up a few minutes ago.]]
* TalkingToHimself: He and Sonic were voiced by the same American and Japanese actors in ''Heroes''.
* ThereCanOnlyBeOne: [[spoiler:''[[SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie There is only one Sonic.]]'']]
* TheStarscream: In ''Sonic Heroes''.
* VillainDecay: Sadly, recent games have destroyed what little character development he had and made him less villainous.

* CoolShades: Even cooler than Eggman's pince-nez, Eggman sports a [[GurrenLagann Kamina-esque visor.]]
* CompleteMonster: He lacks even the few redeeming qualities Eggman has.

* JapanesePronouns: "Watashi".
* ReplacementScrappy: The ''Rivals'' games were more enjoyable before we found out Nega kicked Eggman out of the villain spotlight.

* BigBad: Of ''{{Shadow the Hedgehog}}''

* ImAHumanitarian: Oh dear ''God'', yes. Though it's not Black Doom so much as the entire Black Arms race. And they don't seem to be content with just feasting on humans...
* JapanesePronouns: "Ware".

* LukeIAmYourFather: Kind of. [[spoiler:His blood was used to create Shadow.]]

* [[strike:ToServeMan]] [[ToServeMan To Serve The Entire Planet]]: Black Doom's ultimate goal. And he would have pulled it off if Shadow didn't turn out to be immune to his nerve gas and WeCanRuleTogether antics. HighOctaneNightmareFuel ahoy!

** Really bad at it? I don't think so. He makes some convincing arguments. Whether or not Shadow falls for it depends largely on your path through the storyline. Though, yes, Black Doom's most blatant example does come in the Last Story, and Shadow blatantly refuses that one: granted, he needed some help from the Chaotix and one of Gerald's old recordings, but the effects of Black Doom's "mind control" seemed to be more along the lines of "holding in place".

Known as "Fang the Sniper" in Japan, he's a treasure hunter out for cash. His only main appearance was in ''Sonic Triple Trouble'', and had a few more in spinoffs but that's it.

* [[spoiler:GodOfEvil: Solaris.]]

* BaseBreaker: See below.
* BerserkButton: Don't harm his friends, ever.
* ChaoticNeutral
** Yet as of late, he's done nothing but firmly participate in saving humanity after having learnt of his final purpose once Shadow the Hedgehog (video game) ended, and seems to play his role as the official dark hero who sides on the good, making him far more of GoodIsNotNice.

* DeadLittleSister: Maria Robotnik, though he has gotten over his past after going through the phases of {{My Greatest Failure}} in Sonic Adventure 2 to {{My Greatest Second Chance}} in both the ending of Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog.
* EnergyBall: He uses these in ''Sonic Battle'' and ''Sonic Riders''.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shadow is the second-most popular character in the series behind Sonic himself, though some Sonic fans think his role is starting to get [[Main/TheWesley overplayed]] in recent iterations.
* GoodIsNotNice: Has no compunctions against lethal force in the games and the anime when against an evil foe. The Black Arms learned the hard way that this also means no compunctions against genocide when dealing with exceptional evil.
* GodModeSue: Occasionally criticized as such, especially his ''Sonic X'' form, often the only member capable of defeating Metarex armies hand-to-hand.
* HiddenDepths: ''Much'' smarter than he looks. Only seen in ''SonicTheHedgehog2006'', but it shows just how dangerous he can be.
** Though this is mostly because Shadow has far more interaction with the source of the threat, which is Mephiles, who deliberately is 'reborn' through his 'shadow' because their future events were tied, and both confronts and eggs Shadow on the most out of anyone else.
* HumansAreBastards: His initial attitude. He gets better after he remember Maria's ''true'' wish.
* JapanesePronouns: "Boku".
* KiAttacks: His Chaos Spear is a dual example of this and ShockAndAwe.

* PerpetualFrowner: You'll only see him either frowning, indifferent, or smirking. That is, until ''MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicWinterGames'', where you can catch him smiling if he does well at an event.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: This is what happens when you push his berserk button. Would have happened to the Maruders if Omega was destroyed.

* SuperMode: Super Shadow.
* TeleportersandTransporters: Chaos Control.
* TheScrappy: [[LoveItOrHateIt Millions hate him, millions love him]]. Also a case of YourMileageMayVary.
* TheStoic: Even after his {{Heel Face Turn}}, he's this in heavy doses.

* TimeStandsStill: Chaos Control.

* TalkingToHimself: see the Sonic entry.

* BareYourMidriff: In ''Sonic Riders''.
* [[DarkActionGirl (Dark?)]] ActionGirl: Consider that before her, Amy was the only major female character, and this stands out a lot more.

* BoobsOfSteel: Has the largest breasts out of any of the Sonic girls and literally kicks people asses with kickboxing,making her one of the stronger female characters.
*[[strike:ClassyCatBurglar]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Classy Bat Burglar]]
* CuteLittleFangs: You don't see them that often, but they're there.
* DeadpanSnarker: In the Japanese version of ''Sonic X'' and in ''SonicChronicles''

* JapanesePronouns: "Atashi".
* KickChick: In contrast to Knuckles' punches.
* MsFanservice: Yes, seriously. Have you seen that chest plate of hers?
* MrViceGuy: Despite being heroic: no matter what side of the line she is on at the time , she wants "all the world's jewels."
* PunnyName: Rouge the Bat -> Baton Rouge.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: If Satin and the Angles didn't rebel, this'd be the TropeNamer right here.

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl

* ArmCannon: One that has ''many'' weapons in it.
* BeamSpam: Used during the [[LimitBreak Team Blast]] in ''Heroes''.

* DarkerAndEdgier: compared to Gamma
* {{Expy}}: of E-102 Gamma from ''Sonic Adventure''

* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler:This might be pushing it a bit, but consider this: Omega was found in the same room as Shadow in the beginning of Sonic Heroes. During the fight with Devil Doom in ''ShadowTheHedgehog'', Eggman tells Shadow that after his sacrifice at the end of ''Sonic Adventure 2'', he saved him with one of his robots. Could it be possible that Omega was the one who saved Shadow, and Eggman ordered Omega to guard the room that Shadow had been preserved in, then something could have happened that made him malfunction and go berserk? Just a thought]].
* GatlingGood: another one of his ArmCannon functions

* MacrossMissileMassacre: One of his upgraded moves in ''Heroes''.
* JapanesePronouns: "Watashi".

* PlayingWithFire: He has flamethrowers built into his ArmCannons.

!!Shade [[spoiler:the Echidna]]

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:At first... ]]

* EasilyForgiven:: Arguable example; she is made a trusted ally rather quickly, Knuckles even scolds you if you don't follow this trope with the branched dialogue options
* {{Expy}}: Julie-Su: A member of a lost tribe of Echidnas known as the Dark Legion from the Archie Comics shares a lot of similarities with Shade. And the entire Nocturnus share similarities with the Dark Legion from the same comics. The most obvious example, in the comics the Dark Legion was sealed away in the Twilight Zone, while the Nocturnus were sealed away in the Twilight ''Cage''. Both were alternate dimensions that seem like pretty terrible places to be.

* LaserBlade: One of her attacks.

*** To be fair, she had shown willingness and little resentment to any of his previous acts of callousness: hence her status as a {{Well Intentioned Extremist}} . His cocky openess of his plans and [[ForTheEvulz less than subtle or well hidden demeanor]], and the fact only Shade of his entire army seems to object to them suggests her nobilities took him completely by surprise.

A water being that acts as guardian of the Chao. Went on a rampage when the Chao were attacked and was sealed inside the Master Emerald. Robotnik eventually set him free, but Sonic was able to purify him. Was the BigBad of ''Sonic Adventure'', and makes occasional other cameos.

* OneWingedAngel:: Has ''seven'' of these, each one stronger than the next every time he absorbs a Chaos Emerald
* PapaWolf: To the Chao, especially in his ''ComicBook/SonicX'' incarnation

* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Extreme Gear guy]]- Jet

* PaperFanOfDoom: Jet uses these to attack other riders.

* TheRival: Jet to Sonic, Wave to Tails, and Storm to Knuckles. Jet definitely takes it the farthest, though.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: A common victim.
* RyuAndKen: Each Rogue has the exact same stats as their Sonic trio counterpart.

* TerribleTrio: [[spoiler:At first.]]

* WrenchWench: Wave. She even uses [[ImprobableWeaponUser a giant wrench]] to attack.

* ActionGirl: In the Archie comics at least, more a {{Faux Action Girl}} in SatAm, even if she still has other utilities in missions.
* AllThereInTheManual: Her surname 'Acorn' is never mentioned in SatAm, though is stated in the show's bible and frequently in the comic books.
* AscendedExtra: She was based on one of the animals that were freed from the [[{{Mooks}} badniks]] in the original game.
* BadassAdorable: At least to one half of the fanbase. YourMileageMayVary.
* BadassBookworm: Is shown researching ancient civilizations and myths in SatAm.
* BadassNormal: especially in the comics due to her profound martial arts. In SatAm she is less involved physically, but is still highly pivotal technical and intelligence-wise.
* BaseBreaker: Even more so than Shadow; well developed {{Action Girl}} and foil/{{Romantic Interest}} for Sonic with {{Woobie}} qualities, or annoying {{Jerk Sue}} that [[TheWesley hogs roles and screentime from other characters]]. Her status as an alternate media character only further divides the fanbase.

* DeadpanSnarker: Oh yes.
* DistressedDamsel: Like Amy, she is still a pivotal hero, but also one of the villains' favorite hostage choices.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses : YourMileageMayVary.
* {{Foil}}: Largely to Sonic, her cautious and uptight personality contrasting Sonic's brash and reckless persona. [[NotSoDifferent Both share a similar arrogance and ego]] that only fuels their bickering more.

* JerkSue: Some fans resent her condescending attitude and occasional emotional outbursts directed at her team mates, especially Sonic, though she herself has at least admitted that she can treat her friends better.

* MsFanservice: Arguably the biggest example in the franchise. The way some official artists draw her certainly doesn't help.
** Let's put it this way - she's a ''female'' HalfDressedCartoonAnimal. Who doesn't wear a shirt, or a bra. She does wear a vest, but she leaves it open.
* OnlySaneMan: Definitely has traits of this at times, especially when frustrated by Sonic or Antoine

*RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* ShesAManInJapan: The squirrel she was based on was male in the Japanese version.

* WellExcuseMePrincess: With Sonic.
* TheWesley: In the eyes of some, mainly due to her main tier role and largely replacing Tails and Amy in the role of Sonic's best friend and love interest respectively, though the alternate canon may arguably justify it.

* CharacterDevelopment: In the Archie comics they took his character from a ButtMonkey to KnightInShiningArmour.

* DirtyCoward: In later episodes of SatAm, thanks to Flanderization. He is willing to sell out the Freedom Fighters at some points.

* HappilyMarried: Eventually got married to Bunnie in the Archie comics.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In ''[[Series/SonicTheHedgehog SatAM]]'' and the Archie comics before his CharacterDevelopment.

* TookALevelInBadass: In the Archie Comics.

A cyborg rabbit who filled the role of TheBigGuy in the '[[Series/SonicTheHedgehog SatAM]]'' FiveManBand.

* BadassAdorable: YourMileageMayVary.
* {{BlessedWithSuck}}/{{CursedWithAwesome}}: A victim of Robotocization, which grants her amazing: if occasionally unstable cybernetic powers and strength, but the expected deforminities

* HappilyMarried: See the above entry for Antoine.

* MsFanservice: Following a rather questionable "upgrade".

* SouthernBelle: Albeit more tomboyish than most examples.

* DemotedToExtra: In season two of ''[[Series/SonicTheHedgehog SatAM]]''

* TheOtherDarrin: The only character to have a different voice actor in SatAM's second season.
* OutOfFocus: In season two of ''[[Series/SonicTheHedgehog SatAM]]''.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: {{Your Mileage May Vary}}.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Cree Summer
* ThePoochie: Networks thought SatAm fans would appreciate another female addition, they also thought they would like one in the form of dragon. Things didn't quite work that way...

* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs
* IdolSinger

* EvilLaugh: Ba-HA ha-HAAA!!
* {{Expy}}: While Grounder is a badnik taken straight from Sonic 2, Scratch is an Expy of the Cluck badnicks from the Wing Fortress Zone.

* HammerSpace: How Grounder carries all those arm gadgets.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Grounder is voiced by Gary Chalk, who went on to voice Robotnik in ''SonicUnderground'' and was also the voice of [[TransformersArmada Optimus Prime]]
* NonIdenticalTwins
* ThoseTwoBadGuys
* WhatAnIdiot: This is even played up in one episode of the TV series - when a rival genius' shapeshifting robot [[AIIsACrapshoot defects]], Dr. Robotnik boasts that he deliberately designed Scratch and Grounder to be idiots, so they'd never defect.

* SixthRanger: Of the [[GoldfishPoopGang Super Special Sonic Search & Smash Squad]].

*SmugSnake: Snively WANTS to be a MagnificentBastard but the fact is he's just too much of a brand a cringing coward to really pull it off. He gets close when he partners up with the Iron Dominion but the minute things don't go his way, he reverts to a cowardly type, ruining any MagnificentBastard points he'd managed to acquire.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:In the Archie comics, he actually succeeds in erasing the original Robotnik from existence.]] Ironically, [[HeyItsThatVoice Charlie Adler who voices Snivley also voiced Starscream in the 2007 movie.]]

* JapanesePronouns: "Boku".
* LonelyRichKid
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: In the Metarex arc.

* SympatheticSue

* TheWesley
* TookALevelInBadAss: Sorta and promplty ''lost'' a lot of it afterwards due to a [[PlotRelevantAgeUp Plot Relevant Age Down]].

* BaseBreaker: The shipping wars over whether Tails should be with her or Cream are... well... [[DieForOurShip just plain crazy]]. Though in Cosmo's case it's more like "stay dead for our ship."
* BreakTheCutie: she starts out pretty fractured. The rest of the series finishes her off .
* ChosenOne: Sorta, though we don't know about it until near the end.

* HeroicSacrifice: And how! Tails actually had to be the one to finish her off - and [[{{Understatement}} he was ''not'' happy about it]].
* {{Kawaiiko}}: Though less so than Cream.
* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:or so we think until we learn who the Metarex are, then we realise it's more like...]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Dark Oak's daughter]].
* MoralityPet: Dub Chris says that [[AssPull she reminds him of himself when he was younger]], and Chris did some damn dumb things which his older self attempts to make up for a bit, so...
* PlantAliens
* SomeoneHasToDie: Again, ''and how!'' That final episode made Tails into a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] all by itself.
* SortingAlgorithmOfDeadness: Could very well have turned out to be on the low end if SonicX didn't end right after she died - that plant she left behind could be a means for her to regenerate.

* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:At first.]]
* JerkAss: When he was first introduced, though it was nothing a little CharacterDevelopment couldn't cure.

* OppositesAttract: He's rather brooding and mean looking, while Mina is a cute and cheerful GenkiGirl
* RelationshipSue: Seems to have been created for the sole purpose of being shipped with Mina.

Sonic's EvilTwin from an AlternateUniverse where the [[ThePsychoRangers Freedom Fighters are evil.]]

* ForTheEvulz: He has no clear motive for his evil beyond being drunk on his own strength.

* NamesTheSame: {{Transformers}} often uses Scourge as the name for an Evil Optimus Prime clone.
* PaletteSwap

* ManipulativeBastard: This along with TheChessmaster. He manipulated seemingly everyone in the story over 210 years just so he could [[spoiler:force Elise to develop feelings towards Sonic, only to kill Sonic, thus freeing Iblis from inside Elise, allowing himself to merge with Iblis to become Solaris]]. [[SoYeah So... Yeah...]]

** Let's put it this way - she's a ''female'' HalfDressedCartoonAnimal. Who doesn't wear a shirt, or a bra. She does wear a vest, but she leaves it open. SoYeah...

* BigBad: of ''{{Shadow the Hedgehog}}''

* ShockAndAwe: Chaos Spear.

** Yet as of late, he's done nothing but firmly participate in saving humanity after having learnt of his final purpose once Shadow the Hedgehog (video game) ended, and seems to play his role as the official dark hero who sides on the good, making him far more of [[Good Is Not Nice]].

* GodModeSue: Occasionally critised as such, especially his ''Sonic X'' form, often the only member capable of defeating Metarex armies hand-to-hand.