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A different era inhabited by younger versions of the main Sonic cast, alongside its original set of characters.
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Team Sonic
Sonic the Hedgehog
- Badass in Distress:
- In Tails' 30th Anniversary comic, he ends up imprisoned in crystal by Witchcart after his reckless ambush to stop her and her minions, leaving Tails to rescue him and save the day.
- Sonic is in this position again in the Amy's 30th Anniversary, where he was ambushed by Metal Sonic and then imprisoned in a capsule. He ends up being rescued by Amy and her ragtag team.
- Depending on the Writer: Sonic's characterization varies between "Seasons of Chaos" and "Sonic Learns to Drive". Sonic is similar to his IDW characterization when written by Ian Flynn, as confident and with a bit of snark. In "Learns to drive", Sonic becomes a Motor Mouth when written by the McElroy Brothers.
- Drives Like Crazy: In "Learns to Drive", Sonic is rather impulsive at driving and just speeding ahead without a care. Notably, he gets pretty impatient when he attempt to drive normally.
- Suddenly Speaking: As with Sonic: Mega Drive, Classic Sonic is allowed to speak in comic book format unlike the video games, which prefer to keep him mute.
- Super-Speed: But of course, though in keeping with the classic motif, his running motion is shaped more like a figure eight.
Miles "Tails" Prower
- Attention Deficit... Oh, Shiny!: When trying to stop Fang, he geeks out about his hover bike for a few seconds, before focusing back on the mission.
- Child Prodigy: Like in the present (and as shown in the early games), Tails is very technologically savvy. He can instantly understand how to sabotage Fang's air bike, aid in shutting down Heavy King's machine, and scrap together various parts from the Witchcarters' vehicles to make weapons.
- A Day in the Limelight: As the title suggests, the Tails' 30th Anniversary comic primarily focused on Tails in his attempt to stop Witchcart and her minions from taking over Flicky Island.
- Distressed Dude: In Amy's 30th Anniversary Special, he's one of Amy's friends who's being captured by Metal Sonic.
- Flight: As with all iterations, Tails can flight by spinning his tails in a helicopter fashion.
- Kid Sidekick: He's much younger in this universe, fitting this trope much more than his modern counterpart.
Knuckles the Echidna
- The Big Guy: The main powerhouse of the team. He matches Bark in strength.
- Depending on the Writer: Knuckles is portrayed in "Seasons of Chaos" as a serious and calm guardian while having a few humorous moments here and there, at least compared to his usual depictions as a hot-blooded knuckle-head like in Sonic Mania Adventures.
- Sarcasm-Blind: As this conversations shows:Knuckles: Huh. Fang never ended up giving me a nickname.
Sonic: Probably would've been "Knucklehead".
Knuckles: How do you figure?
Sonic: Because... nevermind. - Trap Master: In the Fang the Hunter miniseries, Knuckles is able to make the Hooligans chase themselves in circles, splitting them up with fake tracks and improvised defensive measures from Mushroom Hill, which include switches and pitfalls that manage to capture Bean and Bark, which is an often forgotten part of Knuckles' character that stemmed from his first appearance.
Amy Rose
- Adaptational Wimp: Zig-zagged.
- In the 2021 30th Anniversary Special, this is Played for Laughs, where Amy's attacks with her hammer are not strong enough to damage Bark.
- In Amy's 30th Anniversary, this is averted, where she can bust up Badniks like her modern counterpart and Sonic the Fighters incarnation.
- A Day in the Limelight:
- In Amy's New Hobby, the story is focused on Amy and her hobby of making comic about her friends.
- Amy's 30th Anniversary has her as the central character, where she recruits various other characters in order to rescue her friends from Dr. Eggman and Metal Sonic's clutches.
- Determinator: Despite not being as strong as the boys, she is still willing to aid Sonic and enter dangerous situations. 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.
- Hidden Depths: "Amy's New Hobby" reveals she's a budding artist and has been making her own comics in her spare time.
- Humongous-Headed Hammer: Like her modern self, her main weapon is the Piko Piko Hammer, which is bigger than her and the head being twice the size of her own.
- Morality Pet: To Bark during their temporary team-up to stop Heavy King. He notably looks after Amy throughout their journey and even allows her to borrow his scarf when they reach 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.
- Nice Girl: Amy's a cheerful little girl who wants to be part of the adventure, and is the only character who thinks there's good in Bark.
- The Smurfette Principle: Amy is the only female character in "Seasons of Chaos". She is not the only female character of the Classic era, 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.
Mighty the Armadillo
- Lightning Bruiser: Possibly the most physically powerful character in the classic series and has borderline super speed on top of that if his fight with Bark is any indication.
- Old Friend: Of Sonic, one of his earlier ones even before he met Tails and Knuckles.
- Super-Strength: Mighty's very strong, as his name suggests, capable of lifting rocks of considerable size with only one hand.
- Super-Toughness: Being an armadillo, he has a thick hide, which is able to withstand a swipe from Metal Sonic with only some scratches to show for it.
Ray the Flying Squirrel
- Flight: It's pretty much in his title, he can glide around using the flaps on his arms.
- Kid Sidekick: To Mighty, essentially the Tails to his Sonic. When Mighty gets captured by Metal Sonic, Ray is determined to join Amy to help rescue his best buddy.
- Old Friend: As with Mighty, Ray is an old friend of Sonic who had an adventure with in the past.
- Prehensile Tail: He's able to grab some things with his tail such as catching one of Bean's bombs and lobbing it back.
Eggman Empire
The Empire in General
- Lighter and Softer: They're much less threatening and violent than their Modern counterparts.
Dr. Eggman
- Birthday Hater: He dreads his birthday, not because of getting older but because his robots always throw him a party which he detests.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Openly evil, and proud of it. This is also his flaw, as he programmed Heavy King to be deceitful and conquest-driven, which ends up shooting him in the foot.Eggman: Oh-ho-ho! Can I make an evil robot or what?
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: In "Seasons of Chaos", he teams with the heroes and the Hooligans to stop Metal King. After the succeed and he brings Metal King back under his control, he tries to turn on both parties. But by then they've long since left his base with the Chaos Emeralds. And all the Badniks around it had been destroyed by then, along with the Metals and Heavy King being out of power to chase after them.
- Manchild: Eggman sleeps with the Tails Doll.
- Not Me This Time: In "Seasons of Chaos" he reveals he's not the one looking for the emeralds. Heavy King is.
- Pet the Dog: In "Dr. Eggman's Birthday" after his Badniks cite that he at least deserves something special on his birthday. Eggman is slightly genuinely touched and begrudgingly lets the bots celebrate it.
- Villain Ball: Eggman shoots himself in the foot by programming Heavy King to be deceitful and conquest-driven. No wonder the robot turned rogue.
Metal Sonic
- Call-Forward: Heavy King declares himself to be a metallic overlord, with Metal Sonic seemingly interested by the idea. Eggman tells him to not get any ideas about it.
- A Day in the Limelight: Due to sharing the same anniversary, he's technically also sharing spotlight with Amy in Amy's 30th Anniversary Special, being the main threat who captures all of her friends.
- Robot Me: A robot version of Sonic the Hedgehog, and the most famous of all the metal doppelgangers.
- Silent Antagonist: Like his older self, Metal is incapable of speech. Oddly enough, he speaks in Sonic Generations.
Metal Knuckles
- Flat Character: He's a robot counterpart of Knuckles, but unlike Tails Doll's creepy nature and Metal Sonic's implied betrayal, it doesn't go beyond that.
- Robot Me: A robot version of Knuckles the Echidna.
- Silent Antagonist: Metal Knuckles isn't able to speak, and remains a silent obedient robot.
- Truer to the Text: Unlike the appearances of the character in the Archie comics, which were based off the crude in-game model from Sonic R, Metal Knuckles here is based directly off the original concept art for the character, with a much more elaborate and obviously segmented design.
Tails Doll
- Creepy Doll: A really creepy doll based off Tails. Despite this, Eggman seems to enjoy sleeping with him.
- Ret-Canon: The characterization as a creepy doll comes from the Archie series, which in turn was inspired by the creepypastas based on the character. Admitedly, Tails Doll doesn't appear to hold a Mechanical Abomination inside of him and is just a creepy doll with a hidden camera.
- Robot Me: A robot (?) version of Tails in the shape of a doll. Tails is offended that Sonic and Knuckles get their metal variations but he himself ends with a creepy doll.
- Silent Antagonist: Tails Doll isn't capable of speaking, which seemingly adds to the uncanny feeling.
Heavy King and the Hard Boiled Heavies
My badnik forces will conquer the world. I will rule as its metallic overlord.
An elite group of Egg-Robos led by Heavy King, who were changed by the power of the Phantom Ruby. Heavy King was rebuilt by Eggman after the events of Mania.- Arc Villain:
- Heavy King is the main antagonist of the Seasons of Chaos story.
- Over the course of Fang the Hunter, it's revealed that he is partially responsible for a lot of the events that are taking place, with his discovery of the Warp Topaz end up tying together the assortment of plot threads set up throughout the miniseries.
- Back from the Dead: Heavy King was rebuilt by Eggman prior to the events of Seasons of Chaos, while the other Heavies were rebuilt some time after that.
- Bad Liar: When Eggman asks for a report about the Heavy Wing and why they haven't returned with it, Heavy King provides terribly practiced lies, as they're all excuses that Eggman heard already the last few times he called. When he tries to use the "going through a tunnel" excuse, Eggman berates him since they're on a video call.
- Blinded by Rage: Heavy King is at the top of his game, with almost all the Chaos Emeralds at his power. How is he stopped? Sonic decides to annoy him, calling him "Heavy Comedian", saying his cape is stupid, and that even without the Chaos Emeralds, Mecha Sonic did achieve a super transformation using the Master Emerald. The last one does the trick, enraging Heavy King and distracting him enough for everyone to take the emeralds and steal them, leaving him powerless. It should be noted that he heard Sonic’s plan to do this immediately beforehand and was prepared to simply ignore him. Sonic managed to piss him off that much that he still ended up taking the bait.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: 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.
- Gone Horribly Right: Eggman made and programmed a deceitful and conquest-driven robot... and succeeded.
- King Mook: Heavy King and cohorts are advanced Egg-Robos.
- Robot Me: As an enhanced Egg-Robo, Heavy King is essentially Eggman's metallic counterpart if he had a big beard instead of a mustache.
- The Starscream: Eggman built him to become the chief commander to lead the robots into battle, but turned rogue. Justified, 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. It doesn't last long, as the Fang the Hunter mini-series sees him commandeering the Heavy Wing as his own battleship, though without actively trying to oppose the Eggman Empire this time.
- Suddenly Speaking: All the Heavies are capable of speech in the comics, while their debut in Sonic Mania features no dialogue.
The Hooligans
The Hooligans in General
Bark (Left) Fang (Center) and Bean (Right)
- Introduced in: Seasons of Chaos
- Adaptational Villainy: Bean and Bark have a complicated case of this. In his original biography, Bark was described as a Gentle Giant with a kind heart, and both him and Bean were grouped up as part of "Sonic's friends" in the story
of Sonic the Fighters. The Archie comics depicted them as wanted criminals associated with Fang, which was incorporated into the games after Sonic Generations. Here, they're part of a trio of guns-for-hire with Fang as their leader, but they're a bit Truer to the Text; neither Bean nor Bark are outwardly malicious to Sonic and friends, and they only end up fighting against each other due to circumstance. - Comic Trio: Fang is The Leader, Bean is The Fool, and Bark is the Only Sane Man.
- Friendly Enemy: Despite them usually being an antagonistic force to the heroes, they have their moments.
- In his own quirky way, Bean can be quite friendly when he's not trying to blow people up. He is one of many people who came to read Amy's comics when Tails shows them off.
- The biggest example of the group would be Bark the Polar Bear, who follows his Fighters characterization more closely than in the Archie series, even if he doesn't outwardly show it. He can be seen amongst the crowd who wanted to read Amy's comics in "Amy's New Hobby" alongside Bean, with Amy believing he's not really a bad guy, he just hangs out with the wrong crowd. His interactions with Amy and Ray in Amy's 30th Anniversary see him being very polite, joining the team in order to help save Bean and Fang without much coaxing.
- Fang, while still being an opportunistic treasure hunter who only cares about money, is somewhat willing to work with the heroes when the situation calls for it, as shown in both the 2021 30th Anniversary Special and Amy's 30th Anniversary Special.
- Hired Guns: In their first appearance, they were hired by Eggman in order to get the Chaos Emeralds for him.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Bark is the Nice, a Bruiser with a Soft Center who is the least openly antagonistic towards the heroes, is easily convinced to team up with them, and has plenty of Pet the Dog moments; Fang is the Mean, a selfish, loud-mouthed Dirty Coward 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.
- Ret-Canon: Their alliance is taken from Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics), 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.
- Terrible Trio: If the name didn't give it away, they're a trio of mercenaries that are usually against Sonic and friends.
- Villain Protagonist: The trio are the ones given the main focus in the Fang the Hunter mini-series, in place of Sonic himself.
Fang the Hunter
Dr. Eggman promised a hefty reward if we bring him all the Chaos Emeralds. No problem for a treasure hunter like me, of course!
A treasure hunter who's not exactly as effective as he proclaims himself to be.- Adaptation Name Change: Played With. 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 Amy's 30th Anniversary Special, matching the alias change made in Sonic Superstars.
- Cool Bike: 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.
- A Day in the Limelight: 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, with the series also focusing on his relationship as the leader of the Hooligans.
- Dirty Coward: Fang would rather run away from a fight. During the fight against Heavy King, he is the only who is running away, with Metal Sonic grabbing him to keep him there.
- Enemy Mine:
- In 30th Anniversary Special, he, alongside his own team, was 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 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 pink hedgehog serves as a bait.
- Evil Is Petty: Fang is the one to convince the other two Hooligans into stealing a pie from Amy Rose, which Bean points out they really didn't have a reason to (with Bark also the most visibly distressed about stealing from her). Fang can only recoil in fear as he remembers how she chased them afterwards, admitting the onus being on him for that incident.
- Family-Friendly Firearms: Unlike the Archie series where he wielded real firearms, here his main gun just fires corks which are hardly effective.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: 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.
- Hey, You!: He often doesn't call 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. Subverted in issue #3 of Fang the Hunter, where he curtly refers to Bean and Bark by name when giving them instructions on how to deal with Heavy Rider.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: In Amy's 30th Anniversary, he goes looking for Bean and Bark after they're kidnapped and imprisoned. Not because he was worried about them, but because he couldn't stand the prospect of someone pulling a fast one on him.Fang: I'm gonna get my boys back. Nobody takes nothin' from me!
- The Nicknamer: 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 nicknamenote . 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.
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: 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.
- Treasure Hunter: He pegs himself as such.
- Truer to the Text: Compared to the Archie series, his usage of a cork gun instead of real firearms is more faithful to the games, particularly in Sonic the Fighters and Sonic Mania. One panel also shows he has the Hair Antennae underneath his hat shown in his original concept art by Touma, something missing from the Archie version.
- Verbal Tic: Fang always refers to someone by calling them "Mook" or attaching "Mook" to the end of their names in some fashion. Bean lampshades this tendency.Bean: Do you get paid for every time you say "Mook?"
- Watch the Paint Job: 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.
Bean the Dynamite
But this is our big reunion after so long! Didn't cha miss me?
A bomb obsessed woodpecker who's not exactly right in his head.- Cloudcuckoolander: As in the Archie series, he's utterly nuts; Fang can barely keep him under control half the time.
- Crying a River: After Eggman describes how he got kicked out of his own base courtesy of Heavy King, he's the only one of the group who is moved to tears.
- Drives Like Crazy: Implied. If what Fang has told him in past is anything to go by, Bean is barred from driving his Marvelous Queen after the "last time" he did.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: 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 (especially 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.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: When Bean and Sonic meet, he tells him it has been a long time since they last met, a nod to Bean’s lack of appearances following the cancellation of the Archie series.
- Mad Bomber: 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, he's moved to tears.
- Mood-Swinger: He can go from being overjoyed, to brooding, to angry in the slice of half a page.
- Only Sane Man: 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.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: 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.Eggman: Now, for the last time. What were you doing on my land?
Bean: Oh, just tell him already!
Fang: Since when were you the voice of reason?
Bean: I don't know! I feel all icky and unnatural! - Punch-Clock Villain: 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 his fondness for causing mischief, and openly disdains working for Eggman.
- Skewed Priorities: While he is captured by Metal Sonic, he takes up decorating the inside of his capsule like it was his own home instead of trying to escape from it.
- Strong Family Resemblance: The framed photo he has in his capsule depicts his father, Bin the Duck from Dynamite Dux, where they share the same face and beak structure. The only difference is their plumage.
- Troll: When the heroes arrive to Winter Caverns Zone, he can be seen throwing rocks to Mighty, for some reason.
Bark the Polar Bear
- Beware the Quiet Ones: 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. Likewise, when Mighty gets put into a tree by the Polar Bear, he and Fang sport some villainous sneers while the armadillo smiles nervously.
- The Brute: The main muscle among the three.
- Furry Reminder: 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 Polar Bears in real-life can overheat by simply just running. Bark, while not getting exhausted to the same extent as real Polar Bears, 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.
- Genius Bruiser: He may seem like a brute but is intelligent enough to use Mighty’s momentum against him when it was clear that the armadillo was beginning to overpower him. He can even use a razor sharp leaf like a throwing knife to destroy a Badnik patrolling Eggman's base (while wearing boxing gloves, no less).
- Gentle Giant: Despite being a big bruiser who works with the Hooligans, he follows his characterization from Sonic the Fighters, where he's "blunt and quiet, but gentle and shy, with a kind heart". These aspects are best demonstrated with how he treats Amy Rose.
- Luminescent Blush: Whenever he gets praised or called a nice guy by Amy, he noticeably blushes. When he gets hugged by her in Amy's 30th Anniversary, he stiffens up, only able to give her a thumbs-up while his face is red.
- Only Sane Man: Between Fang barely leading the team and Bean being Bean. He's the only one with any common sense between the three.
- Pet the Dog: When Amy (pitifully) tries to harm him with her hammer, he simply puts her on a nearby tree so she won't get hurt. He also lets her borrow his scarf when they're approaching Eggman's snowy base.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Much like Bean, he's really only antagonistic towards Sonic and the gang when he’s on the clock for Fang, with Amy thinking he just hangs out with the wrong crowd and isn't a bad person. In his spare time, he's more than willing to spend time with them, as shown when he and Bean check out Amy’s comics.
- Real Men Wear Pink: In Issue #3 of Fang the Hunter, Bark can be seen knitting a brand-new red scarf, looking very proud at his handiwork. He gets a little mopey when Fang starts charging towards a battleship in his bike and his ball of yarn falls out.
- The Silent Bob: Doesn't utter a word through his appearances, only communicating through various actions and gestures. Even when Bark tries saying something to Fang, the jerboa cuts him off and says what he's going to say for him.
- Super-Strength: Has this in spades, able to punch and lift on equal footing with both Knuckles and Mighty.
- Token Good Teammate: 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.Amy: [The Hooligans are] mean and rude and cruel! Except Bark. I think he just hangs out with bad people.
- Tsundere: When Amy gives him his scarf back and calls him a "big sweetie", he blushes and covers his face to look meaner. His appearance in Amy's 30th Anniversary has him somewhat embarrassed to be around her, blushing when Amy gives him a hug, but still manages to maintain his composure.
- Worthy Opponent: 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.
- Wrestler in All of Us: 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.
The Witchcarters
The Witchcarters in General
From left to right: Witchcart, Hocke-Wulf, Bearanger, Carrottia
- Introduced in: Tails' 30th Anniversary Special
A group of baddies Tails fought once. After their previous defeat, they decides to take over Flicky Island and capture the titular birds for them to exploits. The leader of the gang is the titular Witchcart, a witch that rides around in a minecart and uses her magic to trap people in crystal. She's aided by her three lackeys: Hocke-Wulf, Bearanger, and Carrottia.
- Adaptational Modesty: Hocke-Wulf has been given a jacket, explained by the comic's artist as a way of separating his head from his torso, helping disguising the fact that, unlike his original design, this version of Hocke-Wulf doesn't have a neck. Possibly also true for Carrottia, though we can't be entirely sure how dressed she was due to her sprite essentially just being her head and nothing else.
- Adaptational Personality Change: While none of them had much personality to begin with, outside of what their in-game sprites and villainous motives implied, Carrottia's personality is notably different from Ian Flynn's previous take at Archie. Where that version was a Cloudcuckoolander Womanchild, this version is instead a lazy, easily-bored bunny of indeterminate age. As for the rest of the gang, Witchcart's nature as a witch has been played up a bit more, Hocke-Wulf has been turned into a goofball bully, and Bearanger's essentially a more cartoony version of his Archie counterpart.
- Beware the Silly Ones: The four are goofy and silly, but they are credible threats. Witchcart instantly takes down Sonic when she appears and her minions are tough enough that Tails has to outthink them rather than take them head-on.
- Ret-Canon: The term "Witchcarter" was used in the Archie canon to refer to Witchcart's minions. Here, it's used to refer to the group as a whole.
- Truer to the Text: Compared to the Archie versions. While Witchcart's minions have been given slight design alterations to make them fit in a bit more with Classic Sonic's design ethos, the gang's overall appearances are more-or-less identical to the original sprites (save Carrottia, whose design was notably overhauled). Additionally, their names were left unchanged, notably reverting "Falke Wulf" back to "Hocke-Wulf" and sticking with just "Witchcart" as the witch's alias, and all three of Witchcart's minions are willingly working with her rather than being mind-controlled.
Witchcart
- Crystal Prison: What Witchcart's magic does, unlike what the manual for Tails' Skypatrol indicated, which was that her magic turned people into crystals.
- Meaningful Name: Witchcart is exactly that; a witch who rides a minecart.
- Minecart Madness: No matter where she goes, Witchcart always has to have a rail line laid down for her minecart to traverse.
- Rhymes on a Dime: Witchcart always speaks in this manner, though she really stretches it sometimes.Witchcart: Once all the Flickies' secrets are revealed, nothing will stop all of my e-vil!
Tails: That was terrible! That was a slant rhyme at best! - Shout-Out: Witchcart's rhyming might have been inspired by Gruntilda, another rhyming witch that regularly fights sarcastic animals.
- Token Human: Like in her game of origin, Witchcart outwardly appears to be human, making her the only Classic-era human character not named "Dr. Eggman".
- Wicked Witch: Witchcart, as her name implies. With the help of her goons, she aims to conquer the world, using her magic to trap innocents and would-be heroes in crystal.
Hocke-Wulf
- The Bully: He tells the Flickies that it's their own fault they're being captured due to them being "so small and weak" and asks Tails if he's "still pretending to be a hero" when he's snatched up by the fox.
- Giggling Villain: Hocke-Wulf almost always lets out a goofy "Gyee-hee-hee!" whenever he talks.
- Savage Wolves: Though he's more of a goofy bully than a savage beast.
Bearanger
- Bears Are Bad News: He's the short-tempered brute of the quartet.
- Fat Bastard: Bearanger is a rather rotund bear and quite a meany.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: He could more-or-less be described as "Yosemite Sam as a bear".Bearanger: Well, fine then! You wanna get nuts?! LET'S GET NUTS!
- Only Sane Man: Among Witchcart's minions, he's the only one who fully dedicated to his job while Hocke-Wulf prefers to goof around and Carrottia is too lazy to do anything properly. He even comments on how useless they are when Sonic comes in to ambush them.
Carrottia
- Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes: While Carrottia's always had half-closed eyes, her lazy personality in this version of the canon indicates that they've been interpreted this way.
- Graceful Loser: Hocke-Wulf, Bearanger, and Witchcart are devastated by their defeats, but Carrottia actually resigns herself to her fate once Tails defeats her. Though this was less "graceful" and more like "completely apathetic".
- Inconsistent Spelling: Between the Archie and IDW versions, 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 katakana (キャロット), either interpretation is technically correct.
- Mellow Fellow: Part of her lazy personality, Carrottia refuses to show any outward emotion, even when her life is in peril.Carrottia: Aw, phooey. (lands in a ditch) Ow. (yawn) Oh, well. Guess I'm defeated.
- Mythology Gag: Carrottia's redesign seemingly takes cues from Naoto Ohshima's original rabbit design, from before a hedgehog was decided on as the series' main character. Additionally, her outfit is based off of Patty from the 1992 Sonic manga.
- The Slacker: If she can get away with doing as little as she has to, she will. She even threatens the Flickies and Tails that forcing her to actually start putting in the slightest amount of effort is an easy way to piss her off. Lucky for them, she’s also too lazy to act on that once they steal her weapons too.Carrottia: I am helping. (yawn) I'm guarding the... y'know... whatever.
Other characters
Honey the Cat
- Introduced in: Amy New's Hobby
- Continuity Cameo: Honey makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Amy's New Hobby and Amy's 30th Anniversary.
