History Characters / SonicTheHedgehogIDWClassicEra

* BreakingTheFellowship: After Bean and Bark have had enough of Fang endangering their lives and only caring about himself, Bean and Bark ditch him and go their separate ways. This leaves Fang by himself, free to work with Eggman without remorse and setting up the events of ''Sonic Superstars''.

** PlayedForDrama, in Fang's miniseries. Fang's own greed and stubbornnes in his hunt for the 'eighth Chaos Emerald', as well as his blatant disregard for his teammates concerns, results in both Bean and Bark quitting and making Fang to deal with the events of ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' alone.

** When he gets trapped by Heavy Gunner and Heavy Magician in a dead end, he realizes his "dinky little bombs" won't work. So he pulls out a ''huge'' one, which explodes in the storage room that causes enough force to cause the sign to fall off, and his tail feathers to catch fire.

-->'''Fang:''' ''(looking concerned at his tail feather now having a small flame) ...are you on fire?\\

-->'''Amy''': [The Hooligans are] mean and rude and cruel! Except Bark. I think he just hangs out with bad people.

* WorthyOpponent: Equally shared between Knuckles and Mighty. Bark is known enough by Knuckles to call "dibs!" when he spots the polar bear, and Mighty decides to stop holding back when he sees that Bark can handle himself in a brawl.
-->'''Mighty:''' Kindred spirit, I see. Then I'll take you seriously.
** Heavy King seems to acknowledge him as a worthy challenger in ''Fang the Hunter'', where he sends the other Hard-Boiled Heavies to pursue the Hooligans, while he alone challenges Bark to a fight, by himself, and is quite impressed with the Polar Bear's resilience.

* DependingOnTheWriter: Sonic's characterization varies between "Seasons of Chaos" and "Sonic Learns to Drive". Sonic is similar to his IDW characterization when written by Creator/IanFlynn, as confident and with a bit of snark. In "Learns to drive", Sonic becomes a MotorMouth when written by the Creator/McElroyBrothers.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Despite the doctor implementing a patch to prevent Heavy King from taking over his Empire, the Hard-Boiled Heavies go off the grid in ''Fang the Hunter'' and steal their new phantom battleship.

* SuddenlySpeaking: All the Heavies are capable of speech in the comics, while their debut in ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' features [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue.]]

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: By the end of the Fang the Hunter mini-series, Bean and Bark had become so fed up with Fang dragging them into a pointless goose chase (which got them chased, hurt and nearly killed on multiple occasions) for the 'eighth Chaos Emerald' and Fang's poor attitude, that they both strike out on their own in a huff.

* BadBoss: Bossy, ill-tempered, detrimentally greedy, arrogant, keeps dragging his boys into working with [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] even when neither likes to do so and constantly getting them into dangerous consequences. By the end of Fang's minis-series, it gets to the point where both Bean and Bark leave the gang out of frustration with him.
* CoolBike: As usual, he shows up on his hover bike, The Marvelous Queen. It can bounce around, fly, and even fire its side cars like missiles.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Unlike the Archie series where he wielded real firearms, here his main gun just fires corks which are hardly effective.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even moreso than Bean. While Sonic and his friends already doesn't think too highly of him, both Bean and Bark are shown to occasionally be fed up of being dragged into his schemes as they voice their objections in Fang's miniseries. Once their latest adventure with Fang is over, both ditch him in a hurry due to how awful of a time they had with him and his nonsense.

* TheNicknamer: He never refers to anyone by name, instead giving them (often demeaning) nicknames. The only character he does not give a unique nickname to is Eggman, but even then, "Eggman" is technically already a nickname[[note]]Although in ''Fang's Big Break,'' an online promotional comic for ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'', he does call him "Egg-Mook" instead[[/note]]. In issue #3 of ''Fang the Hunter'', he curtly refers to Bean and Bark by name when giving them instructions on how to deal with Heavy Rider.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: He attempts to run away from the fight against Heavy King in the ''30th Anniversary'' comic, but is dragged back into the fight by Metal Sonic.

* WatchThePaintJob: Fang seems to care more for his Marvelous Queen air bike over his teammates. He's barred Bean from driving it after a previous incident, looks for a mechanic after the events of Seasons of Chaos, wants to give it the upgrades "it deserves" (while looking at it with sparkles in his eyes), and when Bean starts throwing bombs willy-nilly at Sonic, he immediately dives at the woodpecker to prevent him from accidentally blowing the bike up.

* MadBomber: Bean's capable of making bombs out of thin air and he's not afraid of launching them willy-nilly. He seems to consider bombing as a form of art, as he makes a speech to Fang about "artistic vision" when he was about to blow Eggman's door, and when Heavy King uses explosions, [[InLoveWithYourCarnage he's moved to tears]].

* OnlySaneMan: Shockingly, Bean ends up becoming this alongside Bark in the ''Fang the Hunter'' miniseries, where the more time Fang spends time on his fruitless quest to find the rumored eighth Chaos Emerald, the more Bean and Bark get annoyed and tell him to stop. It comes to ahead when Bean tells Fang to just spill the beans about what they know in order to save their own hides, much to Fang's surprise.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Bean, despite being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with a penchant for causing mischief, reaches the limit of his patience with Fang when they get captured by Eggman in issue #3 of ''Fang the Hunter'', telling him to tell the doctor what they know. The bomb-happy duck usually isn't the voice of reason, which Fang and Bean himself lampshade.

* TheBrute: The main muscle among the three.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayel: By the end of the Fang the Hunter mini-series, Bean and Bark had become so fed up with Fang dragging them into a pointless goose chase (which got them chased, hurt and nearly killed on multiple occasions) for the 'eighth Chaos Emerald' and Fang's poor attitude, that they both strike out on their own in a huff.

** PlayedForDrama, in Fang's miniseries. Fang's own greed and stubbornnes in his hunt for the 'eighth Chaos Emerald', as well as his blatant disregard for his teammates concerns, results in both Bean and Bark quitting and making Fang to deal with the events of ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars''.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even moreso than Bean. While Sonic and his friends already doesn't think too highly of him, both Bean and Bark are shown to occasionally be fed up of being dragged into his schemes as they voice their objections in Fang's miniseries.

* TokenGoodTeammate: He's actually very honorable and willing to team with others for the bigger picture, even smiling when he works with Amy and letting her borrow his scarf for a time. Why he works for Fang is anyone's guess. This is proven further in ''Amy's 30th Anniversary'', where upon being rescued by Amy, immediately goes to help her in saving Bean and Fang. The ''Fang the Hunter'' miniseries brings up a flashback where he's distressed and worried about stealing from ''Amy''.

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* TheStarscream: Eggman built him to become the chief commander to lead the robots into battle, but turned rogue. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], [[VillainBall because Eggman]] programmed him to be deceitful and conquest-driven. After he is defeated, Eggman installed a software patch to make sure Heavy King doesn't rebel again.

* OnlySaneMan: Shockingly, Bean ends up becoming this alongside Bark in the ''Fang the Hunter'' miniseries, where the more time Fang spends time on his fruitless quest to find the rumored eighth Chaos Emerald, the more Bean and Bark get annoyed and tell him to stop. It comes to ahead when Bean tells Fang to spill the beans about what they know in order to save their own hides, much to Fang's surprise.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Bark uses a German Suplex on Sonic in ''Fang the Hunter'', which is slightly modified in order to be used on Sonic's smaller body.

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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Given his chaotic, illogical, nature, Bean is someone that winds up being barely tolerated by his cohorts and flat-out disliked by those in Sonic's crew (espeially Sonic who flat outs says to Bean's face he isn't happy to see him). It's to the point that Amy, who he's at least on good enough terms with to read her comics, lumps the guy in the same vein as Fang as being a jerk, that's 'mean, rude and cruel'. Still, despite it all, both Fang and Bark do care enough about him to raid Eggman's base to save him after he was captured, showing he's still a valued member of their gang.

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* ArcVillain: Heavy King is the main antagonist of the ''Seasons of Chaos'' story.

* HeyYou: He doesn't calls Bean and Bark by their names, referring to them by Bomb-Mook and Scarf-Mook. Likewise he gives out nicknames to his opponents such as calling Sonic "Fleet-Feet" and Tails "Double Butt". Knuckles lampshades this when he didn't get a nickname.

* TheNicknamer: He never refers to anyone by name, instead giving them (often demeaning) nicknames. The only character he does not give a unique nickname to is Eggman, but even then, "Eggman" is technically already a nickname[[note]]Although in ''Fang's Big Break,'' an online promotional comic for ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'', he does call him "Egg-Mook" instead[[/note]].

* MadBomber: Bean's capable of making bombs out of thin air and he's not afraid of launching them willy-nilly. He seems to consider bombing as a form of art, as he makes a speech to Fang about "artistic vision" when he was about to blow Eggman's door, and when Heavy King uses detonations, [[InLoveWithYourCarnage he's moved to tears]].

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even moreso than Bean. While Sonic and his friends already doesn't think too highly of him, both Bean and Bark shown to occasionally fed up of being dragged into his schemes as they voicing their objection in Fang's miniseries.

* {{Troll}}: When the heroes arrive to Winter Caverns Zone, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent he can be seen throwing rocks to Mighty, for some reason]].

* FurryReminder: Bean brings up that Bark would like to purchase a portable freezer so he can travel in comfort and style. Bark is a polar bear after all, and these bears can overheat by simply just running, and Bark is typically seen travelling with Bean and Fang in (mostly) tropical island climates. Bark even punctuates Bean's point by fanning himself when he brings up the freezer.

* OnlySaneMan: Between Fang barely leading the team and Bean... [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} being Bean]]. He's the only one with any common sense between the three.

* TokenGoodTeammate: He's actually very honorable and willing to team with others for the bigger picture, even smiling when he works with Amy and letting her borrow his scarf for a time. Why he works for Fang is anyone's guess. This is proven further in ''Amy's 30th Anniversary'', where upon being rescued by Amy, immediately goes to help her in saving Bean and Fang. The ''Fang the Hunter'' miniseries also sees him distressed and worried about stealing from ''Amy''.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Unlike the Archie version, Carrottia's name is spelled with two T's rather than one, like in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog Encyclo-speed-ia''. It's still worth noting that, given the transliteration of "carrot" in [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem katakana]] (キャロット), either interpretation is technically correct.

* PunchClockVillain: Bean's only antagonistic towards Sonic and the gang when he’s on the clock for Fang. In his spare time, he's more than willing to spend time with them, as shown when he and Bark check out Amy’s comics. In Fang's miniseries, he admits that the only reason he joins in on the treasure-hunting jerboa's escapades is [ItAmusedMe his fondness for causing mischief]], and openly disdains working for Eggman.

* PunchClockVillain: Bean's only antagonistic towards Sonic and the gang when he’s on the clock for Fang. In his spare time, he's more than willing to spend time with them, as shown when he and Bark check out Amy’s comics.

* DropTheHammer: Like her modern self, she summons and wields a hammer as her main weapon.

* TheSilentBob: Doesn't utter a word through his appearances, only communicating through various actions and gestures.

* SuperSpeed: But of course, though in keeping with the classic motif, his running motion is more like a figure eight.

* ChildProdigy: He shows he has knowledge of tech awareness and uses it to sabotage Fang's motorcycle and aid in shutting down Heavy King's machine.

* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Bark is the Nice, a BruiserWithASoftCenter who is the least openly antagonistic towards the heroes, is easily convinced to team up with them, and has plenty of PetTheDog moments; Fang is the Mean, a selfish, loud-mouthed DirtyCoward mercenary who enjoys messing with the heroes; and Bean is the In Between, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who is more than willing to fight the heroes but generally has a more pleasant demeanor than Fang.

* ADayInTheLimelight: In 2024, Fang got his own self-titled miniseries, where he, along with Bark and Bean, go and search for a rumored eighth Chaos Emerald.

* TokenGoodTeammate: He's actually very honorable and willing to team with others for the bigger picture, even smiling when he works with Amy and letting her borrow his scarf for a time. Why he works for Fang is anyone's guess. This is proven further in ''Amy's 30th Anniversary'', where upon being rescued by Amy, immediately goes to help her in saving Bean and Fang.

--> Introduced in: ''Tails' 30th Anniversary Special''

--> Introduced in: ''Amy New's Hobby''

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* AdaptationalWimp: Played With.

* MoralityPet: To Bark during [[EnemyMine their temporary team-up]] to stop Heavy King. He's notably always look-up to Amy throughout their journey and even borrow her his scarf when they reached Winter Caverns Zone. When she saves him in ''Amy's 30th Anniversary'', he is rather grateful and teams up with her to save Fang and Bean.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Amy is the only female character in "Seasons of Chaos". She is not the only female character of the verse, however, as the Hard Boiled Heavies have Heavy Rider and Heavy Magician, Witchcart's crew includes herself and Carrotia, and Honey appears as a cameo.

* CallForward: Heavy King declares himself to be a metallic overlord, with Metal Sonic [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes seemingly interested by the idea]]. Eggman tells him to not get any ideas about it.

** In ''Amy's 30th Anniversary'', he dismisses Amy after she freed him from his imprisonment at first. But when the two reunite again in Eggman Island Zone, Fang gives a small nod towards Amy near one of the Egg Capsules, subtly indicating that he was willing to work with Amy to trap Metal Sonic as the jerboa serves as a bait.

* AlternateSelf: As with Sonic, he is the classic iteration of Tails and his past self. They both met each other [[VideoGame/SonicGenerations once]].
* AttentionDeficitOhShiny: When trying to stop Fang, he geeks on his hover bike for some seconds, before focusing back on the mission.

* DependingOnTheWriter: Knuckles is potrayed in "Seasons of Chaos" as a serious and calm guardian with a few humor here and there, at least compared to his usual depictions as a hot-blooded [[DumbMuscle knuckle-head]] like in ''WebAnimation/SonicManiaAdventures''.

* {{Determinator}}: Despite not being as strong as the boys, she still willing to aid Sonic where she can. When Metal Sonic starts capturing her friends in capsules, she does everything she can to save her friends despite being outmatched by the blue blur's robotic doppelganger.
* DropTheHammer: As with her modern counterpart, she summons and wields a hammer as her main weapon.

** In his own quirky way, Bean can be quite friendly when he's not trying to blow people up. He even shows up to read Amy's comics when Tails shows them off.

** Fang, while remain being an opportunistic treasure hunter who cares about money, is somewhat willing to work with the heroes when the situation call for it as shown in both ''30th Anniversary Special'' and ''Amy's 30th Anniversary Special''.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Bark is the Nice, a BruiserWithASoftCenter who is the least openly antagonistic towards the heroes, is easily convinced to team up with them, and has plenty of PetTheDog moments; Fang is the Mean, a selfish, loud-mouthed DirtyCoward mercenary who enjoys messing with the heroes; and Bean is the In Between, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who is more than willing to fight the heroes but generally has a more pleasant demeanor than Fang.

* AdaptationNameChange: Inverted. While he's always been named Fang in Japan, in the U.S, he was dubbed Nack the Weasel (save for ''Sonic the Fighters''). The Archie series likewise used "Nack" through all of his appearances, including the Post-Super Genesis Wave universe. The ''30th Anniversary'' comic is the first time that "Fang" has been used in the comics since then. His title of "Sniper" has also been tweaked to "Hunter" in ''Recap/Amys30thAnniversarySpecial'', matching the change made in ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars''.

** In ''30th Anniversary Special'', he alongside his own team willing to work with Team Sonic in order to take Heavy King down (and after Eggman promised him with more payment, that is)
** In ''Amy's 30th Anniversary'', he dismisses Amy after she freed him from his imprisoment at first. But when the two reunite again in Eggman Island Zone, Fang give small nods toward Amy near one of the Egg Capsule, subtly-indicates that he willing to work with Amy to trap Metal Sonic as the latter serves as a bait.

* PunchClockVillain: Bean’s only antagonistic towards Sonic and the gang when he’s on the clock for Fang. In his spare time he more than willing to spend time with them, as shown when he and Bark check out Amy’s comics.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Bark puts up with a lot from Fang and the various jobs with nary a sigh and an eyeroll. His stoic nature falls away as he battles Knuckles, with both angrily ramping up their blows until he and the Guardian knock each other dazed.

** Fang, while remain being an opportunistic treasure hunter who cares about money, still somewhat willing to work with the heroes when the situation call for it as shown in both ''30th Anniversary Special'' and ''Amy's 30th Anniversary Special''.

** In ''Amy's 30th Anniversary'', he dismiss Amy after she freed him from his imprisoment at first. But when the two reunite again in Eggman Island Zone, Fang give small nods toward Amy near one of the Egg Capsule, subtly-indicates that he willing to work with Amy to trap Metal Sonic as the latter serves as a bait.

** Fang, while still being an opportunistic treasure hunter who cares about money, gives Amy a modicum of respect by tipping his hat to her when she manages to save him and the rest of the captured animals in the ''Amy's 30th Anniversary'' one-shot.

* VillainRespect: Gives a small one to Amy, tipping his hat to her, after she and her ragtag team saves him from Metal Sonic a second time.

* AlternateSelf: Sonic's classic counterpart as well his past self, who teamed up with his modern day counterpart on [[VideoGame/SonicGenerations two]] [[VideoGame/SonicForces occasions]].

* DependingOnTheWriter: Sonic's characterization varies between "Seasons of Chaos" and "Sonic Learns to Drive". Sonic is similar to his IDW counterpart when written by Creator/IanFlynn, as confident and with a bit of snark. In "Learns to drive", Sonic becomes a MotorMouth when written by the Creator/McElroyBrothers.

* AlternateSelf: The classic iteration from his modern counterpart. Oddly design-wise, there doesn't seem to be much different between him and his modern self. On the personality front (at least in the 30th anniversary issue), he's much more calmer and focused.

* AlternateSelf: Like Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, she is the younger, classic version of her modern one. This is signified by her outfit she's worn since ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD''.

* AlternateSelf: He's Dr. Eggman's counterpart, and they both [[VideoGame/SonicGenerations teamed-up]] in the past. This Eggman is less destructive and more [[ManChild childhish by comparison]], thanks to the [[LighterAndSofter more lighthearted tone]] of the verse's works.

* AlternateSelf: Classic Metal Sonic has a counterpart in the main series, and while he never met his counterpart, he was summoned by the Time Eater in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.

* SilentAntagonist: Like it's main counterpart, Metal is incapable of speech. Oddly enough, he speaks in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.

* RetCanon: Their alliance is borrowed from ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' and ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' -- which in turn took the idea from ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' -- as opposed to their portrayal from ''Sonic the Fighters'', where they were largely unassociated. Their characterizations also lean more toward Archie's portrayal, but tweaked slightly to be more compatible with how they were originally described.

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