Billed as "the Hero of Mobius," this version of Sonic is still brash, irreverent, and cocksure, but also has heroing as a full-time job that he couldn't quit if he wanted to (not that he does). Robotnik's coup against the government happened when Sonic was five years old, and for the ~10 years of Comic Book Time since he's spent the majority of his energy enthusiastically opposing him. Though not the tactical leader of the Freedom Fighters, he is certainly their most iconic member, and one of their greatest assets against Robotnik. Sonic's ego, though undeniable, is braced somewhat by a spirit of teamwork and a genuinely selfless impulse, against a backdrop of sobering losses to a tyrant who has wreaked havoc amongst the lives of Sonic and his friends and family. Thus at his worst Sonic is occasionally thoughtless or insensitive, but generally friendly and easygoing, quick to forgive and loyal to a fault. As of issue 236, Sonic is now the leader of "Team Fighters", seeking to hunt down the Death Egg II.
Adaptational Badass: Much more powerful than the Sega version. He's a Lightning Bruiser as opposed to being a Fragile Speedster, and he has more abilities than the games version (can go intangible by vibrating his molecules, for example).
Angst? What Angst?: In universe, save for a brief period after learning his parents were alive and it had been kept from him, and a few smaller instances, Sonic's more likely to smile and crack a few jokes than wallow in depression. Starting to be subverted recently, ever since Sally's roboticization.
Balloon Belly: In the chapter The Return of Uncle Chuck.
Berserk Button: Eggman taunting him after destroying Knothole causes him to lose his cool. Also, Silver accusing Antoine of betraying the Freedom Fighters as he lay in a coma due to his Heroic Sacrifice sets Sonic off.
Blood Knight: He's not murderous and is nowhere near the psychopathic extreme that defines this trope, but certain stories have shown that Sonic enjoys fighting Robotnik and the rest of his various Rogues Gallery a bit too much.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Twice. The first time involved amnesia, and the second was when he was Roboticized into Mecha Sonic. Note that the latter involved him Fighting From The Inside.
Chick Magnet: Sally, Fiona, Amy, Mina; it seems that most girls are in love with him at one point or another. And unlike his games counterpart, he definitely doesn't try to avoid it.
Child Soldier: He's been fighting Robotnik since he was a kid, all the while avoiding most of the Angst that comes with this trope.
Composite Character: Of Sonic's myriad incarnations. He's got a bit of the adventure loving hero from the more recent games and Sonic X, while also retaining some of his 90's-era attitude along with a sprinkling of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog's comedic trickster.
Early Installment Weirdness: Some aspects of Sonic's character from the earlier stories seem jarring when compared to elements that have become generally accepted aspects of his character. Such as his lack of hydrophobia, which has since been incorporated into more recent stories.
Embarrassing Middle Name: Maurice... though not any more. An issue revealed it, and Ken Penders had intended to give him the first name of Olgilvie, but it was never revealed in the comic. Current writer Ian Flynn has refused to acknowledge the canonicity of said name, but went so far as to explicitly retcon it in a later Data File.
Genre Savvy: Emphasized more since the beginning Ian Flynn's run.
Genre Blindness: He can still manage to make critical mistakes, such as in Sonic #225, where he gets too excited about Eggman's new Silver Sonic robot to realize he was ignoring Sally walking into a trap.
The Hero: He's Sonic the Hedgehog, what did you expect?
Let's Get Dangerous: It's very rare, but there are times when he drops the corny jokes and carefree demeanor, and focuses on taking out the threat at hand. A good example of this is during the events of "Endgame." Seems to be creeping in again, since Sally's roboticization, as shown by his intolerance of the Babylon Rogues and Battle Bird Armada threatening his home. He actually said that he wished he wasn't such a good guy so he could make sure they couldn't escape before their ship crashed, and even said that if anyone was hurt, he'd kill them.
Made of Iron: Sonic's taken a lot of punishment over the years, but even after being beat down, he'll get right up and come back for more.
New Powers as the Plot Demands: Sonic was prone to this in some of the earlier days of the comic, and it kept creeping in and out over the years. The most egregious example comes from the myriad ways the writers have abused his "Figure-8 Super Peel Out." He also fits trope due to his sizable amount of Super Forms (see below).
Not so Different: From characters like Knuckles, in that his own background is less that straightforward. The difference is that Sonic tends to take it all in stride.
Parental Abandonment: Sonic basically grew up without parental influence. Eventually, the mobians turned into robots were freed of Robotnik's influence, and later most of them (saving Sonic's dad) were turned flesh again as well, and so he has since reunited with them, but the lack of supervision during his formative years causes Sonic's father some angst.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right: Tended to do this when butting heads with Sally's father, and now more often thanks to the formation of the Council of Acorn.
Sins OF Our Fathers: Issue 50 revealed his dad and uncle brought Julian Kintobor to King Max in the first place. That and they chased down a young Regina (Iron Queen) sometime prior.
Spanner in the Works: Commented on in-universe: Mammoth Mogul has realized that for whatever reason, he can't beat Sonic, so he'll stay out of the way until Sonic dies. Eggman worked himself out of his insanity once he realized this, likening it to an unpredictable element in any experiment. He's rationalized that Sonic has become an element of chaos because of all the chaos energy he's been exposed to over the years.
Super Form: There's the usual Super Sonic, but the comic has added a few others to the mix:
Ultra Sonic: Attained by absorbing a large number of Power Rings, giving him Elemental Powers and a couple other Stock Superpowers. He also has the ability to transform into the following terrain based variants:*
Note that all three of these have only been seen once.
All five of these forms were seen when Sonic was using a single Super Emerald, a reference to Hyper Sonic from Sonic 3 & Knuckles. This would suggest Sonic could obtain that form as well, except it would be far stronger than anything we've seen.*
if a Super Emerald is the equivalent of roughly seven Chaos Emeralds, the whole set would be about 50, making Hyper Sonic four times more powerful than Enerjak or Master Mogul, the strongest opponents the book has shown. Bear in mind, either of those are considered mutli-verse level threats, so if Hyper Sonic really would be that strong, it'd basically require divine intervention to stop him
Took A Level In Jerk Ass: Definitely not a total jerk, but his tendency to let his ego rage out of control and insensitive behavior is called out more often than some of his otherportrayals, where they're usually brushed off or accepted. Furthermore, he's able to work past and make up for them with surprising sensitivity.
Trademark Favorite Food: Chili dogs. Along wth SatAm, one of the first versions to emphasize it.
Translator Microbes: Due to some adventures in space and acquiring a translator device, Sonic is able to understand all languages. Even his dog's.
Unfortunate Names: At one point, his name was considered to be Olgilvie Maurice Takeshi Hedgehog.
Unwilling Roboticization: In "Mecha Madness", where he was roboticised and turned against his friends. Then again, years later, by the BEM, though he retained his free will this time.
Year Outside, Hour Inside: Due to being tossed to the other edge of the universe and the whole relativity thing, the trip home, which had been a relatively short period of time for him, amounted to a year for his friends back on Mobius. This also makes him physically younger than the other Freedom Fighters his age.
Miles "Tails" Prower
Sonic's best friend and sometimes-sidekick, Tails' earliest characterization suffered somewhat for being "the little kid who hero-worships Sonic and resents the other Freedom Fighters for babying him," and generally treated as more of an innocent in need of protection than an active asset to the team. Tails' first strike out at adventure on his own (where he met Fiona) was a rebellion in this spirit. Later issues worked to correct this by steadily upping his apparent maturity and skill with mechanics (which had the somewhat unintended consequence of rendering Rotor and Uncle Chuck redundant). Tails in the comics has also carried around the rather ambiguously defined title of "The Chosen One," for a destiny he may or may not have fulfilled by this point.Generally sweet and unassuming, Tails retains a good relationship with the other Freedom Fighters, who are still somewhat inclined to be protective of him — which he is more embarrassed than angered by, these days.As of issue 236, Tails is now part of "Team Fighters", a group dedicated to finding and stopping the Death Egg II.
Badass Bookworm: Not only is he as smart as his Sonic X counterpart, but in some more recent issues, he's put up awesome fights against the likes of Monkey Kahn and even Sonic himself.
Beware the Nice Ones: Tails' wrath is hard to incur, but even Sonic himself isn't safe from it when it does come out.
The Chosen One: Of a prophecy that was either fulfilled by his battle with Mogul (which we don't talk about), his merging of the Void with the Zone of Silence and moving all the Chaos Emeralds in the universe there (resulting in creating the Special Zone), or some as-of-yet unrevealed destiny.
The Linus: While highly intelligent, his childlike perceptive shows up several times, especially in early stories.
Parental Abandonment: Par for the course among the Freedom Fighters, although Tails' parents weren't turned into robots — they were abducted by aliens. He's since reunited with them.
Daughter of the deposed king Maximillian Acorn, Princess Sally led the Freedom Fighters through their time of exile after the coup and saw her father, and subsequently her brother, re-ascend the throne after Robotnik's demise (which, alas, did not stick). For quite some time she was Heir Presumptive, and retired from field duties, but she has since reassumed her post after Elias was crowned instead.Sally is intelligent, pragmatic, and patient, often serving as a foil to Sonic who is also her main love interest. Among the fandom she is incredibly divisive, loved by many who see her as the heart of the team and hold "Sonally" to be the One True Pairing; and disliked by many others who see her as a Canon Sue and dislike all of the Love Triangle plots her presence spawns (and/or ship Sonic with someone else). Needless to say, such tropes should go on the YMMV page rather than here.
Breakout Character: Had more of a supporting role in early Archie. Arguably as prominent a character as Sonic himself later on. This is even more evident counting her earlier background as a minor captive in the games.
The Comically Serious: Often when paired against Sonic, though she is often more jovial than most examples.
Control Freak: Had shades of this in the earlier more comical issues, usually butting heads with the reckless and free spirited Sonic as a result. This was diluted as the stories matured, the rare occasion she delves back in this trope are more Played for Drama.
Distressed Damsel: Like Amy, she is still a pivotal hero, but also one of the villains' favorite hostage choices.
The Everygirl: Borderline example, despite her role as Princess, Sally is arguably the nearest to "normal" in terms of personality compared to most of her wackier comrades (her earlier depictions are slightly more pompous and clownish in their own right however).
Foil: Largely to Sonic, her cautious and uptight personality contrasting Sonic's brash and reckless persona. Both share a similar arrogance and ego that only fuels their bickering more.
The Linus: In earlier issues, Sally was still intelligent but somewhat bratty tempered. Toned down in later issues where she arguably the most mature of the main Freedom Fighters.
Oh Crap: Now that she's roboticized, she's causing these in her friends.
Only Sane Man: Definitely has traits of this at times, especially when frustrated by Sonic.
Petting Zoo Person: Usually more a Funny Animal like the others, it was a trend to draw her this way during the mid-era of the Archie comics. Artists Steven Butler, J. Axer and Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante are especially known for their "suggestive" versions of Sally.
Positive Discrimination: Occasionally leans as this due to her Women Are Wiser personality and prominent role. Par a few notable moments, she at least isn't that known for making a fool of herself. Less prominent in earlier issues, where she was almost as blundering and wacky as the rest of the cast.
Robotic Reveal: Originally, it was planned for it to be eventually revealed that Sally had been Dead All Along since the Endgame arc and that the one we've seen since then is a robotic clone that did a Heel Face Turn. This was scrapped due to Executive Veto.
Too Clever by Half: While still highly intelligent in early issues, she had far greater superiority complex and arrogance that rivaled Sonic's. While this still appears every now and again, it is far more subtle.
You Are Worth Hell: In 230, she has the choice to invert the World Roboticizer, or not and be trapped in a world controlled by Eggman with Sonic. She hesitates before she does the former.
Bunnie Rabbot D'Coolette
A Southern Belle who was subject to Roboticization and rescued half-way, Bunnie retained her free will but put her powerful robotic limbs at the service of the Freedom Fighters. Bunnie has an outgoing but gentle personality who is nonetheless willing to throw her considerable weight around when the occasion calls for it. Though liked by pretty much everyone, she seems especially close to Sally, and to Antoine, her husband.
Ms. Fanservice: Following a rather questionable "upgrade".
Murderous Thighs: She uses her cybernetic legs on a brainwashed Sonic in this fashion once, though he's able to break free. She calls it her "TLC: Tight Leg Crush".
Ornamental Weapon: Some artists drew her with a pair of revolvers when she first started wearing the cowboy hat & jacket, though these were deleted in later issues and she's not shown using them, since she has her Arm Cannon as her main weapon.
Petting Zoo Person: Again like Sally, usually a Funny Animal but prone to exaggerations by certain Archie artists. The fact they redesigned her cyborg proportions to suit this evolution doesn't help.
Power at a Price: A victim of Robotocization, which grants her amazing — if occasionally unstable — cybernetic powers and strength, but the expected deformities.
Lampshaded, too - her uncle points out that he just KNOWS that, due to her limbs, everyone assumes that that's how it's pronounced, because he's had the same thing happen to him.
Southern Belle: Albeit more tomboyish than most examples.
Women Are Wiser: Placed against Antoine, it's bound to happen at times.
Antoine D'Coolette
A French and somewhat cowardly member of the Freedom Fighters who was, in the early days, a would-be rival to Sonic for Sally's affections (but strictly a Hopeless Suitor). Generally used as the bumbling, occasionally overbearing comic relief, he eventually shed most of his jerkier traits and was allowed to take a level in badass when he stopped pursuing Sally and instead became involved with Bunnie. Antoine, like his father, wears the uniform of the Royal Guard, but like the other Freedom Fighters was too young to actually be a member before Robotnik's coup. In issue 234, Antoine is badly injured, rescuing the de-throned Elias Acorn from Metal Sonic.
Heroic Sacrifice: He pulls a Metal Sonic away from a transport holding the dethroned Acorn Family, only for Eggman to detonate the robot. He is still alive, but barely.
Squee: In an issue of Sonic Universe, after having gone through most of the arc without a sword, he has the reaction "Eek! Un sabre!" when he's finally given one, complete with a little jump for joy. At the end of the arc, he mentions that he might start up a sword collection.
Took a Level in Badass: Oh so much. He went from being basically afraid of his own shadow to Commander of the Royal Army.
Amy Rose
The tough-but-pretty, self-proclaimed love interest and friend of Sonic. As of Issue 236, Amy is now part of Team Fighters, a group dedicated to finding and stopping the Death Egg II.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: She hasn't given up on Sonic, but if Sally makes Sonic happy in the here and now, she'll support their relationship. It helps that she thinks Sally is kinda cool.
Plot-Relevant Age-Up: Introduced as the eight-year-old Amy from Sonic CD, she used a magic ring to age herself to her modern design in time for the Sonic Adventure tie-in. It was acknowledged early afterwards that despite that, she is still a child chronologically.
The team's resident mechanic and smart guy. Rotor is a somewhat retiring type, but strong enough to fill the role of The Big Guy if Bunnie hadn't occupied that slot. With Tails increasingly occupying The Smart Guy slot, Rotor unfortunately finds himself pushed to the background frequently. In #175, he sustained a back injury while protecting Tails and subsequently retired from field duty to assume a place on the council.As of issue 236, Rotor is now leader of "Team Freedom", a group dedicated to protecting Mobotropolis in the absence of the full Freedom Fighters team.
Demoted to Extra: Since sustaining a serious injury to his back, he's joined the council and retired from the Freedom Fighters proper.
Does Not Like Shoes: The only member of the Freedom Fighters (not counting Dulcy or Nicole) that goes barefoot on a regular basis.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When The Mobian Council votes to banish NICOLE to Freedom HQ, Rotor quits in disgust, especially since they give him the reason of "It's what the people want".
Stout Strength: Implied at times to be out of shape, but can whack a wallop when he needs to.
Taking the Bullet: His injury was sustained while pushing Tails out of the way of a falling wall that would likely have killed him.
Word of Gay: The original writer of Mobius: 25 Years Later has confirmed that Rotor and Cobar, an Echidna scientist, were both gay and in a relationship together.
Shrug of Gay: Neither the current writer, Archie or Sega have confirmed or denied this as canon though, and there are no conclusive hints, so it may not be all that relevant.
Nicole
Built by Rotor, Nicole is an an Artificial Intelligence sent to Sally in the past from her future self in a Stable Time Loop, but her origins are obscured from the others in the present (as well as to the viewers of the modern-day, considering how convoluted the time travel plots have gotten since her introduction). Loyal, intelligent (obviously), occasionally playful or sarcastic Nicole has always evidenced aspects of personality, but her prominence in the series skyrocketed once she outgrew her handheld and learned to project herself into a solid form as a Lynx. Nicole and her nanites are responsible for the construction of New Mobotropolis, but the populace's initial gratitude has turned to fear once it became apparent that her technological basis left her vulnerable to Magitek — and that under the influence she would turn the city against its citizens.
Ascended Extra: She was around almost since the beginning, but #151's "Stargazing" set her on a track that led from "occasional prop" to "front-line Freedom Fighter".
Projected Man: She alternates between a real body constructed of nanites and a holographic projection. The latter is much less labor-intensive to sustain.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Her eyes changed from green to red when she was brainwashed during the Iron Dominion storyline.
Silk Hiding Steel: Not so much in her earliest appearances (she once shocked Sonic in retribution for shaking her), but since obtaining her lynx form she's been nothing but shy, sweet, and nurturing... when she's not Brainwashed and Crazy.
Stealth Pun: A lot of fans believe that the choice of a lynx as the species of her mobian form was a tongue in cheek reference by the writers to a hand-held video game system from Atari called the 'Lynx'.
Dulcy the Dragon
A dragon. Played a minor role in the earlier days of the comic, but rarely seen since. Word of God says that he just can't find a decent place to fit her into the story right now, so she remains in the dark until then.
Remember the New Guy: Though the comic does a better job explaining how the Freedom Fighters met her than SatAm did, she was still essentially introduced out of the blue this way.
New Mobotropolis
Elias Acorn
Sally's brother, who was lost during the Great War and raised on the Floating Island. After being reunited with his family, he struggled under the weight of his responsibilities and eventually ran away from home. Nevertheless, after marrying his wife Megan, he returned to accept the crown. However, he soon found himself with new struggles, and was recently deposed as King by Ixis Naugus.
Cool Sword: The sword of Light, given to him by Sir Connery.
Dual Wielding: Wields a pair of exotic-looking... daggers?
Happily Married: With Megan, who he met after running away from home.
Heir Club For Men: He and Sally have been drawn into this by their father on several occasions, and his step-daughter Alexis is ineligible to succeed him, so this will likely be an issue in the future.
I Just Want to Be Normal: He originally just wanted a life of adventure, and then to live quietly with his new family. Elias constantly doubts his ability to rule, and Ixis Naugus wastes no time attempting to appeal to Elias's desire to "return to the simple life" when making his bid for the throne.
Well Done Son Guy: Like Sally, he's struggled to earn his father's approval. This clashes with his duty as King, and deciding to reform the kingdom into a Republic has only made their relationship more difficult.
Former King of Mobotropolis and father of Princess Sally and King Elias, the current king. Was lost in the Zone of Silence for years, where he was mentally manipulated by Ixis Naugus and convinced to offer him the throne. After being freed, suffering crystallization, being paralyzed from the waist down twice, and then poisoned, he's had to leave the throne and gone rather senile as of late.
Arranged Marriage: He and Alicia are Happily Married, despite being in one of these. His attempts to force Sally into one... haven't gone so well.
The Artifact: In universe, as shown by his strict adherence to tradition and desire to restore the monarchy.
Grumpy Old Man: In later issues he's usually complaining about something or other, and hates seeing things change after he leaves the throne (the formation of the council is one example).
Horrible Judge of Character: He didn't see Julian Robotnik's true colors until it was too late. As we find out in issue 233, this is a recurring problem for him, as Harvey Who, his adviser at the time, told Max to kick out Kodos, Ixis Naugus, and Robotnik, only to be ignored. Possibly justified as Max revealed much earlier that the Acorn royal family used a magic pool called "The Source of All" to guide their actions, meaning Max never developed the right skills for ruling.
Sanity Slippage: After being thrown into the Zone of Silence, branwashed, rescued only to start turning into crystal, being brainwashed again, being paralyzed from the waist down, recovering, and then being poisoned and being wheel chair ridden again, is it any wonder King Max has started to go senile?
Took a Level in Jerkass: He's been known as a kind father and has his nicer moments, but just as often, he turns around and forces more and more difficulties on his children. Some of this is due to his strict adherence to royal tradition, and some of it's from the sheer amount of trauma he's been through.
Warrior King: During the Great War and during his internment in the Zone of Silence. His attempt to slip back into this role didn't go so well...
Maximillian's wife, who was shot down in transit during the Great War and left in stasis for a number of years by the Brotherhood. After recovering, she stepped back into the role of Queen and mother to both her children.
Good Old Ways: Rather old fashioned, but somewhat averts it by knowing the ways of the past don't quite apply to today. This is in sharp contrast to her husband.
Happily Married: Despite Max's behavior and fall into senility, Alicia continues to remain by his side.
Sonic's uncle, who was roboticized when Sonic was very young. As it turned out, he invented the roboticizer as a medical tool, only for Robotnik (then Julian) to sabotage it. After toiling away for years as an automaton, an accident granted him free will, and he became a spy for the Freedom Fighters. Recently de-roboticized along with the other "Robians" save for his brother, Jules. Nowadays, he serves on the Mobian Council.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Part of his initial roboticization, and then again later after the second Robotnik's rise to power. Both times he's ultimately been freed.
The Mole: Under the reign of the original Robotnik.
My Greatest Failure: Attempted to save his brother's life by roboticizing him, only for him to become a soulless automaton and for Charles to resign in failure. Later got worse, after Robotnik used it to enslave the people of Mobius.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Invented the roboticizer. Issue 50 revealed that he and his brother brought Julian Kintobor to King Max in the first place. That and a flashback in the Iron Queen are revealed that they chased down a young Regina (Iron Queen) sometime prior.
Sonic's parents, once fighters in the Great War. Jules was the first victim of Charles' sabotaged roboticizer, which was meant to save his life but turned him into a slave of Robotnik. Bernie was also later roboticized. Both remained under Robotnik's control until his death in issue #50. Bernie was later returned to flesh along with the other roboticized citizens, but Jules remains a robot due to the fact that if he were restored, his old injuries would kill him. Both parents love and are proud of their son, but deeply regret not being able to be there for him when he was growing up.
Depending on the Artist: While Jules has always been blue, Bernie's fur color has fluctuated from blue to purple over the years.
Depending on the Artist: Rosemary has gone from looking like an older, feminine version of Tails, to her current, more distinctive red-haired appearance. Of course, now people say she looks too much like Sally...
Velvet Revolution: The Prowers try to lead a revolution in order to transform the Kingdom of Acorn into a democracy, but Elias proves to be reasonable and the two end up working out a compromise that makes everyone happy.
Rosemary does show some continued distrust of the monarchy, despite this. Which may explain why she seemed okay with putting Naugus in charge, even though he had tried to kill her son a few times in the past.
Well Done Son Guy: An aversion. Though Antoine thought his father favored Sonic and sought to impress him, the General always appreciated his son.
Council of Acorn
Demoted to Extra: Dylan, Hamlin, and Penelope's reasons for joining the council, as they didn't get much chance to make a difference when in the shadow of the other Freedom Fighters.
Obstructive Bureaucrats: Though they mean well, they've caused a lot of frustration for Sonic.
Hamlin more so than the others, due to his frustration with the main characters, which results in him often making it different for Sonic and friends.
Not so Different: During the Great War, King Max allowed Julian Kintobor, an Overlander, to assume position of warlord to help defeat the Overlanders. Max's adviser, Harvey Who, warned against this, but was ignored, causing the first Robotnik War. The council was formed to prevent the monarchy from making such mistakes again. Yet most of the council allowed Ixis Naugus, a known enemy, to assume position of king to help resolve the Nicole problem, with warnings from Sonic, Rotor, and Uncle Chuck ignored.
Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: The Council is often divided between those who generally support Sonic and co. (Uncle Chuck and Rotor), the more obstinate members who distrust them or the monarchy for various reasons (Hamlin, Rosemary), and those that sit somewhere in the middle (Dylan, Penelope).
The Resenter: Hamlin, due to years of pent-up rage over being a "substitute" Freedom Fighter who never got to do anything.
The Smart Guy: Dylan, when he was a Freedom Fighter.
Mina Mongoose
A teenaged mongoose once rescued by Sonic, who later developed a crush on him. Mina, like Sonic, has Super Speed, but did not feel she was capable of serving as a Freedom Fighter (when trying out, she panicked under pressure) although she has assisted them on occasion. She discovered she had a talent for singing and went on to become quite famous. Although it took her a long time to get over her feelings for Sonic, she eventually moved on to her current boyfriend, Ash.
Character Development: Mina started out as a lonely girl who uncertain of herself, who kept pining for Sonic and tried unsuccessfully to be a Freedom Fighter. Eventually, she grew past her crush, realized her true talent was singing, and found love with Ash.
Loving a Shadow: Towards Sonic, who saw her only as a good friend.
My God, What Have I Done?: After she learns what NICOLE was really going through during the Iron Dominion arc, and when seeing people taking her message differently than she intended.
Pimped Out Dress: Has a red, Chinese style dress she wears from time to time.
Soap Box Sadie: After the Iron Dominion, Mina decided to use her music to try and make people be more active, and not just accept things so blindly anymore.
Unwitting Pawn: Mina's attempt to spread her message about standing up and getting the people to do things for themselves instead of relying on the Freedom Fighters was used by Ixis Naugus to spread fear all over New Mobotropolis.
Before that, she was one to Mogul, who activated her super speed in order to use her for his plans at a later date.
Mina Mongoose's manager/boyfriend. He's not exactly Sonic's biggest fan, and though he's at least tried to put his jealousy behind him, that doesn't seem likely to change anytime soon.
Clingy Jealous Guy: Didn't much care for Sonic at first, thinking he'd end up taking Mina away from him.
Ascended Extra / Mythology Gag: Based off of the "Sonic the Hedgehog" band which were to be part of the Sound Test in the first Sonic game, but were later dropped.
The Quiet One: To date, Sharps' only words have been "Yeah!"
Cream the Rabbit and Vanilla
A mother and daughter whose home, where all of Knothole's Chao had relocated, was destroyed by Snively. They were saved by Amy Rose, who brought them to New Mobotropolis. Cream quickly became friends with Amy, and participated in their adventure with Blaze and the Sol Emeralds. Recently, Cream picked up a certain doll resembling Tails...As of issue 236, Cream and Cheese is now part of "Team Freedom", a group dedicated to protecting Mobotropolis against threats in the absence of the full Freedom Fighters.
Denizens of Mysterious Cat Country who became involved in the ordeal with Perfect Chaos. Big has since been exiled by the other Felidae and forced to take up residence in New Mobotropolis.As of issue 236, Big is now part of "Team Freedom", a group dedicated to protecting Mobotropolis in the absence of the full Freedom Fighter team.
Angst? What Angst?: In-universe. Cheered up after being exiled from his home when Sonic told him the fishing was great up north.
Commuting On A Bus: Has been making infrequent appearances in the comic over the years, but has recently moved to the same area as the rest of the main cast.
Suddenly Voiced: It's a comic book, so it's not quite this trope, but the comic is one of the few mediums where we get a glimpse into Froggy's thoughts. As it turns out, he's a bit of a smart ass.
Dr. Horatio Quentin Quack
Knothole, and later New Mobotropolis's chief physician. Dr. Quack was used by the original Robotnik and Snively by threatening his family, forcing him to cooperate with their plan to kill Princess Sally. Fortunately for everyone, he used his medical prestige to deceive them. Dr. Quack has since lost his eye in the war with Eggman, and retired from field duty.
When drawn by Jon Gray, the head of his cane would always mirror his own expression, just like Wade Duck on Garfield and Friends.
The Chaotix
Knuckles the Echidna
The hot-tempered guardian of Angel Island and its Master Emerald. Knuckles is descended from a long line of Guardians collectively known as the Brotherhood, a very secretive organization that kept Knuckles Locked Out of the Loop as part of his mandatory training. As a result, for a long time Knuckles believed himself The Last Of His Kind when in fact a great deal of echidnas, including both his parents, were alive. Unraveling all of the mysteries, conspiracies, and histories of his people made up a very large fraction of the overall plot, not the least because Knuckles for a time had his own comic book alongside Sonic's. Suffice to say by now many of the secrets are out, but the situation has also changed considerably since his debut.Knuckles takes his role as Guardian very seriously, almost to a fault if this means extreme measures must be taken to keep the emerald or his people safe. Due to living largely in isolation, he is somewhat awkward socially, but although he has been tricked on occasion this version is probably less gullible than other incarnations of his character. He and Sonic are billed as "friendly rivals," as their personalities occasionally clash but mostly they are able to get along. He is, however, closer to his team the Chaotix.
A God Am I: He gained near god-like power after becoming "Chaos Knuckles", but managed to avert this by holding onto his sanity. His attempts to Set Right What Once Went Wrong were flawed, but well intentioned.
Played straight, however, after becoming Enerjak.
Angst: Knuckles could give Shadow a run for his money in this department.
Barefisted Monk: Knuckles prefers to use his physical strength rather than rely on his Chaos Powers like the other Guardians.
Birthmark of Destiny: The white "Nike swoosh" on his chest. Just a part of his character design in the games, in the comics, it's a trait of all members of Knuckles' family.
Last of His Kind: Actually not, although there are a lot fewer echidnas around than once were. Nevertheless, he believed he was alone for much of his life.
Laser Guided Tykebomb: A bit standard for all Guardian kids, but Knuckles more so due to his father experimenting on giving him chaos powers when he was still inside of his egg.
An old friend of Knuckles' and the current leader of the Chaotix. Known for his over-bearing street lingo and quarreling with Julie-su, he's since bulked up and focused on growing as a fighter. Recently revealed to be from Downunda, where he was part of a group of orphans raised by an old mentor, along with Duck Bill and Barby Koala.
The Big Guy: Since bulking up and once Mighty left the position vacant.
Butt Monkey: Known to suffer from this from time to time.
Charles Atlas Super Power: Implied by Mighty, who says Vector is nearly as strong as he is now due to undertaking Mighty's training course.
A tough, fighting-geared soldier and former member of the Dark Legion. She joined Knuckles soon after the Dark Legion's return to Mobius. She was later revealed to be a descendant of Dimitri, who had her past kept from her by her half-siblings Lien-da and Kragok. Julie-su is strong willed, quick to anger, and compassionate, much like her sparring partner/boyfriend (and future partner in the Mobius X Years Later timeline) Knuckles.
Cain and Abel: Despised by Lien Da and Kragok who disposed of her as child. Naturally, after coming to learn all her older siblings have done, Julie Su vents an equal disgust and hatred for them whenever they meet.
Dark Action Girl: Before switching sides, and losing the "Dark" part.
Parental Abandonment: After the death of both her mother, Mari-su, and Luger, the Grandmaster before Kragok, she was raised by a kindly Dark Legion couple who were ordered to keep the truth of her birth a secret.
Women Are Wiser: Basically a female Knuckles albeit with a slightly more rashional temper.
Vitriolic Best Buds: She and Vector quarrel a lot, but still manage to serve together on the same team.
Espio the Chameleon
The stoic and mysterious member of the Chaotix known for his expertise in stealth and ninja skills. Has recently been revealed to be a spy for the Shinobi Clan sent to spy on Knuckles and the Brotherhood. Espio was briefly forced to serve the Iron Dominion, before helping to engineer the Shinobi Clan's break from them.
Cerebus Retcon: Originally just another one of Knuckles' friends. Now it's been established that he was sent to spy on Knuckles and the Brotherhood by his clan.
Expansion Pack Past: Originally it was established that he was from Rainbow Valley. The Iron Dominion arc later revealed that he was sent there by the Shinobi Clan to spy on Knuckles and the Brotherhood.
My Master, Right or Wrong: Serves the Iron Dominion despite being ordered to turn against his friends. Makes sense, when you realize the leader of the Shinobi Clan is heavily implied to be his mother.
Straight Man: To the more dead serious Knuckles, the more comical Vector, the child-like Charmy, and the more easy-going and friendly Mighty.
Mighty the Armadillo
A super-strong armadillo whose powers were granted to him by Mammoth Mogul) with patience and gentleness to match his might. He seems to be a bit of a big brother surrogate to Ray. Has recently left the Chaotix to search for his missing little sister, who he has learned is a member of the Dark Egg Legion.
Berserk Button: Do not hurt Ray when he's in front of him, as Snively quickly learned in issue #175.
The Big Guy: Not the largest one on the team, but he fills this role with his strength.
Deal with the Devil: Accquired his strength from Mammoth Mogul in order to save his parents, though he doesn't remember it.
Gentle Giant: Again, not really a giant, but when you're as mild mannered as he is while still being able to tear metal like it's paper, Mighty definitely qualifies for this trope.
The runaway prince of the Golden Hive Colony, who ran away from home out of a lack of desire to be king. He eventually returned to accept his lineage, only to have the colony destroyed by the Eggman Empire. Charmy was recently subjected to the torturous effects of the Egg Grapes, which caused him to mentally regress to the mentality of a child.
Charmy's childhood friend and current fiance. Joined the Chaotix after she and Charmy fled the destruction of Golden Hive Colony, and currently stands by him through his mental impairment.
Action Girlfriend: Not quite the Badass the other Chaotix are, but capable of fighting alongside them.
Knuckles' telepathic fire ant mentor, who helped him during his first ordeal with Enerjak. Archimedes is part of a long lineage of fire ants who have aided the Brotherhood of Guardians, and was his father Locke's mentor as well.
Teleportation: Though he claims it's just elaborate smoke and mirrors.
Trickster Mentor: First met Knuckles as part of an elaborate scenario that first made him appear to be a villain.
Ray the Flying Squirrel
An old friend of Mighty's who was trapped in a time warp for years before being rescued. He joined the Chaotix, but recently left the group to join Mighty on his quest to find his sister.
Kid Appeal Character: Despite being timid and nowhere near the most skilled of the Chaotix, Ray will always try his best. He's even small and yellow, like the Trope Namer.
Year Outside, Hour Inside: Was trapped in a pocket zone for years, thanks to contact with a Power Gem. For him, it was a relatively short period of time.
Team Dark
Shadow the Hedgehog
The infamous black and red Ultimate Lifeform. He was created for the purpose of finding a cure for a deadly neurological disorder called NIDS, which was killing the daugter of his creator Gerald Kintobor (yes, relation to Eggman was intended.) Imbued with the chaos power of a race of aliens known as the Black Arms, as well as speed granted by his rocket shoes, he is able to go toe-to-toe with Sonic. His personality varies very little from the games, a brooding, melancholy and silent (for the most part.)
Daughter of Overlander Colin Kintobor Sr. and half-sister of Snively. Recently severed all ties with Snively due to his constant desire to rule Mobius.
Morality Pet: To Shadow and a limited extent Snively.
A well-meaning time traveller from a Bad Future with a talent for psychokinesis. He means to Set Right What Once Went Wrong by outing a "traitor" in the Freedom Fighters, but he's not such a hot shot at correctly identifying said traitor. Has the added problem that traveling through time can take him to multiple timelines, and so far it's not confirmed if he's even gotten back to the past from his own timeline.
Catch and Return: Used to great effect on Enerjak, aka "Dark" Knuckles.
Did Not Do the Research: Actually, he did do the research, and believed Rotor was the traitor after reading that one of the original Freedom Fighters was "Boomer Walrus" and not "Rotor." "Boomer" is Rotor's nick-name.
He pulls it again, this time finding Antoine's journal and mistakes the faded words as proof of his guilt.
Future Badass: Somewhat averted. He's quite capable, but he's also a bit too inexperienced and naive, which leads to him making a few mistakes.
Leeroy Jenkins: Silver'd probably do a better job of saving the future if he didn't jump to conclusions and confront "traitors" all of the time.
Inspector Javert: Has accused Sonic and Rotor of being the traitor that will bring his world to ruin, both times with very little to go on.
Psychic Powers: Like his video game counterpart, he uses telekinesis. He has some latent power for telepathy as well, but it apparently needs amplification in order to do much more than "give someone a headache."
Story Breaker Power: He's powerful enough to throw Enerjak around, not actually hurt him but still, and has a rough idea of what's going on in the current timeline. However, his desire to not excessively screw with the timeline is stopping him from just ending all the villains himself, or just staying in the timeline to help Sonic and his friends out.
Time Travel: By using a super charged warp ring, or one of the Time Stones, which utilizes a technique called "Chronos Control."
What the Hell, Hero?: When Silver reappears again to Sonic, he now tells him that it's Antoine who is the traitor. Sonic promptly puts Silver through a wall for that one. Why? Antoine almost gave his life just before Silver showed up.
Geoffery St. John
A skunk. Formerly the leader of a rebel group allied with the Freedom Fighters, he went on to become head of the Royal Secret Service. He is known to have a hatred for Overlanders.
Badass in a Nice Suit: Has been known to wear a sharp-looking suit from time to time.
Badass Normal: His skills come entirely from training. Until it's revealed he's an Ixis Wizard, that is. That said, Geoffery's combat skills aren't entirely reliant on magic
Berserk Button: Insinuating that his feelings for Hershey were faked.
Casting a Shadow: Has gained shadow powers as a result of being Naugus' apprentice.
Even Evil Has Standards: In 235 he admits that while he isn't always trustworthy, he does respect his adversaries. He even admits that what happened to Sally and Antoine isn't what he wanted and sympathizes with Sonic over what happened with Sally.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Honestly believes that making Naugus king was the right thing to do, for the good of the Republic of Acorn.
Which falls under Fridge Logic since Naugus implied that he started the Great War with his powers, meaning he basically killed Geoffrey's dad. That said, how much Geoffery knows about this is in question.
The Fridge Logic goes further since 233 revealed that Naugus warned Geoffrey about Robotnik when they first met, but told him not to warn anyone, making Naugus responsible for Robotnik. Of course, Geoffrey isn't very fond of Overlanders like Robotnik, and wasn't emotionally stable at the time since his dad just died.
Hershey the Cat
Character Outlives Actor: Maybe. Geoffery said she's been "dead for a while", but the exact details are unknown.
Character Development: Started out as a brash, cocky jerk who was quick to anger and seek revenge. Being with Sally led to him overcoming his personal demons and becoming a much calmer person, and more of a legitimate hero.
Cool Hat: The power ring he wears as a crown enhances his power and
Joker Immunity: Subverted. The Dr. Robotnik that the book started with died in issue 50, which was considered the final issue at the time. Dr. Eggman however, is an alternate universe version of Robotnik that moved to the comic's world to fill the void left by the original's passing. The original came back for an issue, but died again. Eggman's still around because, according to the Zone Cops, "Sonic Prime has to fight Robotnik". The current writer has been avoiding the subject directly, somewhat acknowledging the original's death, but generally referring to both doctors as the same character.
Laughably Evil: Flip flops with this. He begun the series highly comical before evolving slowly to fit his more sinister Sonic Satam counterpart. After returning in his "Eggman" form, he slowly began to display similar goofy qualities as his games counterpart to match.
Reason You Suck Speech: Hits Sonic with one in issue 175 saying that he has accomplished nothing in all his years fighting him and has only survived so long because he had fun fighting him, and later Snively during the Iron Dominion arc, owning him despite being locked in a jail cell.
Also got handed one back in #200 by Sonic (inadvertantly breaking him in the process). Following his breakdown, Snively would spend many enjoyable visits to his cell mocking Eggman in a such a manner, until he was sane enough to hand it all back to him.
Villainous Breakdown: Descends into insanity after issue 177, and completely loses his mind in 200.
"Snively Robotnik" (Colin Kintobor, Jr.)
Robotnik's nephew and right-hand man. Often used as the doctor's punching bag, Snively has gained a conniving and ambitious personality intent on overthrowing his uncle.
Heel Face Revolving Door: He joined the good guys for a while before returning to Robotnik's side once again.
Not so Different: Resents his abusive uncle and considers himself far more competent than him. Nevertheless when he finally gets a moment in power, he often becomes an incompetent Bad Boss similar to Robotnik.
Only Known by Their Nickname: He was named after his father, who he hated, so he prefers to be called Snively despite its obviously derogatory connotation.
Servile Snarker: Often had back handed remarks to his Uncle Julian (albeit not to his face). Follows this trope more closely alongside his Eggman counterpart, who he seems far more impudant towards.
The Starscream: In "Endgame" he actually succeeds in erasing the original Robotnik from existence.
Badniks
Metal Sonic
Dark Egg Legion
Once a group of legionized (cybernetically enhanced) echidnas known only as the Dark Legion, the Eggman Empire's DEL has recently expanded to several other species. All who are placed into the Legion are subjected to legionization. Eggman ensures every legionarre is in line by implanting a small explosive to each soldier's cybernetics, which he can trigger at anytime. However, he is aware that some of his subordinates are likely to turn against him, which he treats as a twisted game.
Conquering Storm
Drago Wolf
A disgraced former member of the Wolf Pack, he not only sold out his team and the Freedom Fighters to Robotnik for power, he used his would-be (now ex) girlfriend Hershey as a tool to kill Sally and frame Sonic during the Endgame. He was imprisoned along with Slueth Dawg and other criminals but were set free by Dr. Eggman.He is currently a co-Grandmaster of Soumerca's chapter of the Dark Egg Legion.
Beauregard Rabbot
The uncle of Bunnie Rabbot, he was one of the victims of Robotnik's roboticization. Sometime after the de-roboticization from the Bem, he and several other former robians were subjugated and oppressed by the citizens of Sand Blast City. After leading his group out to the Badlands, he sought Eggman for help, and is now in charge of Great Desert Dark Egg Legion.
Matilda the Armadillo
The Dark Legion
The Dark Legion
Dimitri / Enerjak
Distant ancestor of Knuckles, Lien-Da, and Julie-Su. Spent several centuries as the Chaos-empowered demigod Enerjak.
A God Am I: When he became Enerjak, he declared himself a god.
Really 700 Years Old: Was kept perpetually young by his Chaos powers. When they were stolen, however, he aged rapidly, to the point that the only way to save him was to surgically remove his head, and attach it to a life support system in a floating fish bowl.
Sealed Evil in a Can: He spent several centuries buried under the rubble of his own fortress, and shortly after escaping from there, was launched into space for a while.
Unwitting Pawn: To Finitevus during the events leading up to the "Enerjak Reborn" arc - he thought his power would be returned to him, but Finitevus was just using him to figure out how to turn someone else into Enerjak.
Cain and Abel: She, along with Kragok despised their younger sister and immediately set upon disposing of her (Lein Da in particular lingered over whether just to kill her instead). Interestingly, Lien Da herself was double crossed by Kragok out of power as Grandmaster, leading her to have played both roles of the trope.
Control Freak: Actually has nothing against robbing the sentience of her clan to get them to follow her orders.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In the Mobius: 25 Years Later timeline altered by King Sonic's time-traveling, she's still as evil as ever, but she seems to genuinely love her son Rutan (in the unaltered timeline, she's actually semi-Heel Face Turned.)
The Starscream: Desposed of her Grandfather to gain the role of Grandmaster and tried to overthrow the Iron Queen. This didn't work out too well however.
Moritori Rex
Dr. Finitevus
Once an ordinary scientist of Albion, he was affected by the Chaos Siphon after it had malfunctioned. This renegade Echidna has develop a twisted belief that the world is corrupt that needs to be cleansed, and will do anything he can to do so.
Combat Pragmatist: Rather than fighting hand-to-hand, he prefers using his warp rings to make enemies knock themselves out (think having a portal gun in the farm of size increasing bracelets), only doing so once because Knuckles pissed him off, but then dropped fighting him straight up (despite being even fight), and tries to kill him by seeing what happens if he closes a warp ring while someone is part way through it. Thankfully the rest of the Chaotix have Big Damn Heroes moment and prevent the Gorn
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Seemed honestly surprised that Knuckles' friends were willing to die to save him.
Evil Counterpart: To Knuckles, in a way. He actually looks a bit like a negative photo of Knux, fights using the same powers, and has an evil version of the Chaos Emerald chant from the game.
Karma Houdini: While none of his plans have ever worked the way he intended, he's still responsible for Enerjak rampaging across Moebius and has yet to suffer any beat downs or Humiliation Conga defeats the way other villains have because he always gets away thanks to his warp rings.
Manipulative Bastard: He once manipulated Scourge, the Destructix, Dimitri, Knuckles and his father, and two factions of the Dark Legion into helping him create a new Enerjak.
Obviously Evil: By far the most evil looking character in the comic
You Killed My Father: Not directly, but Knuckles holds him responsible for the death of his father Locke, since Locke killed himself in order to free Knuckles from Finitevus' control after Finitevus transformed him into Enerjak.
Other Villains
Mammoth Mogul
An ancient mammoth wizard with a penchant for verbosity.
Affably Evil: As power hungry as he is, he is distinguished by his upper class etiguette, and has scruples concerning bargains. Is also finding enjoyment as a businessman to pass time before he can finally make a power play. That doesn't mean he won't get the odd kick making Sonic's life hell in the mean time however.
Bigger Bad: He created Ixian magic, leading to Ixis Naugus, who started the Great War leading Dr. Robotnik and subsequent threats.
Complete Immortality: His main schtick, thanks to the Chaos Emerald embedded in his chest.
Dangerously Genre Savvy: After breaking out of the prison in New Mobotropolis, he avoids fighting Sonic, realized that no matter what he did, SOMETHING would stop him, so he decided that since he was immortal, he would just wait till Sonic died of old age and then Take Over the World.
Informed Ability: Boasts in one instance when lacking a Chaos Emerald that he still has his magic and claims to posses Super Strength due to his great size (he never took part in fight without using magic in the past), but got knocked out by Sally and a motorcycle immediatly afterwords.
Old Master: He's Silver mentor in his future, having apparently seen the error of his ways, and Silver is completely ignorant of his former status as a villain.
A wizard and recurring villain. He had once saved Maximillian when he was banished into the Zone of Silence, while making him swear fealty to him, making the wizard a legal ruler. He had been trying to take over Mobotropolis twice and failed thanks to Sonic (who he frequently refers to as "Quickster"). It wasn't until after the failed Iron Dominion invasion in New Mobotropolis that, through his magical manipulation, he was finally able to become king with help from Geoffery St. John.
Biological Mash Up: Naugus was created when three other Ixis wizards - a rhino, a bat, and a lobster - were permanently fused together.
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He pretty much never works for anyone unless he plans to take over their operation at some point down the road. In fact, it's even the reason he exists to begin with: the three original Ixis wizards specialized in land, air, and sea respectively, and collaborated to add fire to their repertoires, but all three tried to screw one another over to take all the power for themselves.
Sealed Evil in a Can: Naugus spent years trapped in the Zone of Silence. He escaped and was resealed several times before escaping permanently.
Squishy Wizard: Didn't do that well fighting the Battle Kukku.
Villain with Good Publicity: Used the aforementioned Hate Plague against Nicole to boost himself into having this in New Mobotropolis when he promised to dispose of her. He sealed the deal by defeating a giant Metal Sonic and saving New Mobotropolis.
Uma Arachnis / Arachne
Warlord Kodos
"The Iron Queen" (Regina Ferrum)
A technomage who controlled the Dragon Kingdom with her partner The Iron King. First seen is issue #60 as a more typical sorceress and reappeared, revamped, in issue #200. She briefly took over the Eggman Empire after Eggman lost his mind.
Ambiguously Human: She looked like an Overlander, but was married to the Iron King, an ox. Word Of God claimed she was a badger at the time. However, when Ian Flynn brought her back, he reversed this. The Queen is indeed human, and the titles are purely honorary.
Magitek: She can control the electrical impulses found in all active electronics and send him out at will. As you can imagine, she's quite dangerous to opponents who are partly or completely robotic.
Playing with Fire: In her original appearance she set Mount Stormtop on fire via magic.
Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: The statuesque Iron Queen dating the Four-foot tall Snively.
Unholy Matrimony: The Iron Queen and King's marriage is only for political convenience. Though, the Queen did have a thing on the side with Snively, and each seemed to be using each other to advance their positions in Eggman's empire.
One's an overtalkative, more-than-slightly bonkers duck who can spontaneously generate bombs, the other's a mute, hefty polar bear. Together, they cause crime. Usually in the employ of another villain, Bean and Bark don't seem to carry any sort of grudge against the heroes, and are mostly in it to earn a quick buck and have fun.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Bean would be downright formidable if he weren't so insane. Best demonstrated when he single-handedly prematurely detonates the Babylon Rogue's entire arsenal in Sonic Universe #23.
Early-Bird Cameo: Bean (or perhaps an ancestor) in #50. Their first official appearance is #160.
The Nicknamer: Bean's called Sonic "Speedy McQuickness", "Mr. Needlemouse" and "Speedy Cheese"; called Tails "Propellor Butt"; called Amy "Piko Piko Valkyrie" and "Shouty Hammer McPain"; called Jet the Hawk "Jettinson Q. Hawkington" and called Blaze "Little Miss Flaming Lilac". He also named one of his bombs "Jamie-Kendall Duckingworth III".
Formerly known as the Anti-Sonic, Sonic's Evil Twin from an Alternate Universe where the Freedom Fighters are evil. Exposure to the Master Emerald turned him green and led him to reinvent himself as "Scourge", going From Nobody to Nightmare in the process. Very much a Base Breaker. As he and the Destructix weren't on Mobius during the Genesis arc, they're still immune to robotcization.
Evil Twin: He's Sonic from a Mirror Universe. Though he's trying to make himself more than that (maybe)
For the Evulz: He has no clear motive for his evil beyond being drunk on his own strength and making Prime!Sonic's life utter hell (though this ranges anywhere from picking scraps with him to trying to destroy his respective universe).
Super Mode: The craziest looking one in the series.
Took a Level in Badass: Before becoming Scourge: a petty wannabe punk who was just a two-bit player in the grand scheme of things. After becoming Scourge: a world-conquering psychopath who beat up both Sonic and all his allies and almost destroyed No Zone.
Unholy Matrimony: With Fiona. He's stated that he prefers her to the girls in Moebius because rather than being evil by default, she chose to be evil. And apparently Scrouge finds that hot.
Villainous Breakdown: When the Suppression Squad betrayed him, he decided to go Super and destroy both worlds pretty much for the Hell of it. Of course, this leads into...
Villainous BSOD: ...him being arrested by the Zone Cops, DePowered, and locked up, which seems to completely remove his drive; he lets the other inmates push him around and abuse him, including giving him the degrading nickname "Snot". However, Fiona arriving with the Destructix to break him out of jail snaps him out of it.
Fiona Fox
Former Freedom Fighter gone bad. Tails' one-time crush and Sonic's one-time girlfriend.
Unholy Matrimony: With Scourge. And if there was any doubt as to whether she actually loved him, she goes through the trouble of reorganizing the Destructix as her personal goon squad and letting herself be arrested by the Zone Cops, all in order to break him out of jail.
Sergeant Simian
Alliterative Name: Both in terms of his villainous moniker and his real name, Simon Simian.
Arc Welding: The Guerilla Gorillas showed up a couple years before he did, but seemed to be a perfect fit for his backstory.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Simian started out wanting to protect his home from Robotnik's forces. Since falling in with Mogul and the others, things have changed.
Always Someone Better: In the Armada, he excelled at everything he did, only for the best opportunities to go to the Battle Lord's son. Later, when part of the Rogues, he continued to feel this way towards the group's leader, Jet.
Blood Knight: Part of why he didn't quite fit in with the Armada or the Rogues is because they didn't give him enough opportunity to satisfy his desire for challenging "prey."
Dude, Where's My Respect?: Again, quit both the Armada and the Rogues due to not being rewarded based on ability.
A demigod being imbued with the power of a living Chaos Emerald. The first Enerjak was Dimitri, who attempted to drain power from the Chaos Emeralds that were keeping Angel Island afloat to try to bring it back down to earth. His device failed, granting him the power that rivaled a god, which he intended to use until he was sealed away for several centuries.After Finitevus tricked Knuckles into absorbing power from the hexed Master Emerald, Knuckles became the newest avatar for Enerjak against his will.
Legacy Character: So far, Dimitri, Knuckles, his counterpart from the "Dark Mobius" universe, and said counterpart's daughter have worn the mantle of Enerjak. Finitevus has implied that there have been more, touching back on the fact that when in flashbacks Dimitri took the name Enjerak he said he was taking the name of an "ancient evil."
Hero Killer: Is extremely feared by the heroes regardless of the incarnation. Knuckles really only survived against Dimitri the first time due to Idiot Ball moments on Dimitri's part, Knuckles required Super Sonic to fight him, when Knuckles was Enerjak, Super Sonic was needed to fight him, the Dark Moebius incarnation had already beaten every hero and villain from the main stories (including Super Sonic), the Freedom Fighters in that timeline were only still alive because he was bored and let them live for his amusement.
Women Are Wiser: Unlike Dimitri and Knuckles, Jani-Ca retained her sane state of mind after transforming into Enerjak, and is implied to be smart enough to despose of her powers after she briefly utilizes them, solely for (genuinely) benevolent purposes.
Also Miles, whose condescending bravado is a cover up for the fact that he's really a scared little boy.
Disability Super Power: Buns Rabbot, whose disease forces her to live inside of the Omega Care Unit. Fortunately for her, said device doubles as Powered Armor...
Important Haircut: Miles is hinted to both do this and color his hair in order to appear older, in addition to trying to differentiate himself from Tails. Some fans like to joke that it's a toupee.
Only Known by Their Nickname: The entire group, with the exception of Miles, who sets himself apart from Tails by refusing to be referred to by his nickname.
Yandere: Rosy loves Scourge so much she wants to bust his head in.
Dr. Ivo Kintobor
Early Installment Weirdness: His original appearance had him look just like the original Robotnik, his second was much thinner, and then finally, he was portrayed with his current, more Eggman-like appearance.
Mythology Gag: His current appearance is based off of Eggman's classic appearance from the Genesis-era games.
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: A lot like his Mobius Prime counterpart. He's a vet, but he's also made powered armor, "sweep-bots", and a method for travelling between dimensions.
Anti-Knuckles
Badass Pacifist: He's against violence, but he was still capable of throwing down with his counterpart.
Underwater City: Atlantinopolis, to contrast with Angel Island.
Zonic the Zone Cop
Because Destiny Says So: His reason for throwing Sonic into interdimensional conflicts, and why he hasn't taken care of Eggman.
By-the-Book Cop: Sworn to keep balance between Zones. As a result, he tends to avert Sonic's Screw Destiny tendencies. But at least he usually has good humor about it.
Did You Think I Can't Feel?: Shown after Sonic calls him out for callously throwing him into a scenario where he had to fight an alternate version of his father. Zonic shows he sympathizes with Sonic by revealing they're both alternate versions of one another, thus proving he knew what Sonic's been through.
Gravity Screw: Zonic is from a zone perpendicular to all others, resulting him to appear to be standing sideways. Invariably, all of his appearances tend to involve this.
Guardian Of The Multiverse: Tasked with keeping the peace between multiple realities. Interestingly enough, he says it's Sonic's job to do this, and he has a bad habit of getting Sonic to do his job for him.
Kid from the Future: In one continuity, she does travel back to the past, giving her name as "Jani-Ca." She later takes on that alias even in her own time.
Set Right What Once Went Wrong: She tries, but not being informed as to what needed fixing in the first place, she doesn't do so hot.
Dark Freedom Fighters
Alternate Mobians
Mobius X Years Later
Lara-Su
The future daughter of Knuckles and Julie-Su, seen in the Mobius: 25/30 Years Later storylines. As a Guardian, she possesses all of Knuckles' abilities, including flight and Chaos Control.
Action Girl: She goes head to head with Shadow. And wins!
The future daughter of Knuckles and Julie-Su, seen in the Mobius: 25/30 Years Later storylines. As a Guardian, she possesses all of Knuckles' abilities, including flight and Chaos Control.