History Characters / SonicTheHedgehogGroups

* UncertainDoom: WordOfGod confirms that G.U.N. was defeated by Eggman's forces offscreen at some point during the [[VideoGame/SonicForces War to Take Back the Planet]] and seemingly ceased operations but it's unknown whether or not the organization has recovered since the Resistance's victory.

** As it turns out, under the leadership of Pachacamac's mother, they were fairly chill and peaceful, though maybe they were MartialPacifist, but when she died and her son took over, the Knuckles Clan became greedy warmongers and were soon subjected to this trope.

* '''Asteroid Wispon''': An indigo weapon that can attack with {{HomingProjectile}}s or be used to create an OrbitingParticleShield.

* AscendedExtra: Flicky in ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'' (even outright sub-titled ''Flickie's Island'' in PAL regions). The game not only makes the species integral to the gameplay itself, but places the premise of [[VideoGame/{{Flicky}} its origin game]] into Sonic gameplay.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Master King Koco attributes this to ''himself'', stating that "Master King" is the closest term in Earth language to his real name. Sonic thinks he has a big ego because of this.

** Before that, they also made a surprise appearance as audience members in ''VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'' and its sequels.

* NoBiologicalSex: Chao are a primarily genderless species, and, in game mechanics, any Chao is capable of producing an egg with any other Chao, suggesting absolutely no sexual dimorphism whatsoever. However, some games do refer to some Chao with gendered pronouns, such as siblings Cheese and Chocola. That said, recent media has switched to using "they/them" pronouns for the two Chao, and the species in general, to emphasize this trope.

* WasOnceAMan: As revealed in ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', [[spoiler:they used to be the Ancients, a benevolent alien race that fled to Earth after their home was destroyed by the malicious being known as [[EldritchAbomination THE END]]. After the planet destroyer found the survivors again, a small contingent of survivors fled to what became Angel Island, and steadily devolved overtime into the Chao we know today. Chaos, being a former Chao, is the only one who is known to have regain some of its Ancient heritage]].

* BedsheetGhost: With their button-like eyes and stitched up mouths, the docile boos and boom boos look like stuffed cloth dolls. The effect is lost the instant they show their GameFace, however.

* TheBusCameBack: The Boos never made any appearances until in the Wii U version of ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' where they serve as invisible enemies in Sky Road: Act 4.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In ''VideoGame/SonicRunners''' Halloween Event, Tails is frightened by the appearance of the Boo, but Sonic assures that ghosts aren't always scary and may turn out to be cool.

* HeelFaceTurn: They don't appear as enemies in the ''VideoGame/SonicRunners'' Halloween Event; one Boo guides Sonic and co. to the castle to stop Eggman's brainwashing of King Boom Boo and the other Boos. Also, you can have a Boo as a companion character.

* StayWithTheAliens: ''VideoGame/SonicRunners'' explains that while most Wisps followed the Mother Wisp back to Planet Wisp after the events of Sonic Colors, some Wisps liked Earth so much that they decided to stay there. They still remember Sonic and will help him whenever he needs it.

* GreaterScopeParagon: Their home planet was, as far as can be told, the original resting place of the Chaos Emeralds, which act as the central {{MacGuffin}}s across the series, used by Sonic to defeat planet-threatening villains, and intertwined with the plot and history of nearly every game. The only part of the Chaos Emeralds' equation left unexplained is their relation to the Master Emerald, as the Ancients seemingly weren't aware of its existence until its energy began pulling them towards Sonic's world.

* {{Precursors}}: They existed long before the franchise's most ancient of legends, and in fact were responsible for many of those elements. They're the original owners (and possibly creators) of the Chaos Emeralds, as well as the distant ancestors of both Chaos and the Chao.

* FrameUp: Some theorize that this was their true motivation of arresting Sonic in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', in order to cover up the existence of Project Shadow and, by extension, the ARK massacre, and are playing the news networks honestly mistaking Shadow for Sonic to their advantage.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When first introduced in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', G.U.N. is portrayed as being completely ruthless with absolutely no sympathetic qualities. Their raid on the ARK triggered the events of the game, they relentlessly hunt down Sonic without even attempting to hear his side of the story, and show what seems to be zero concern over any of the potential collateral damage they're causing during their pursuit of him. Come ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', they're shown in a much better light, as while they still antagonize Shadow, they're shown to have the planet's best interest at heart and bravely fight off the Black Arms' invasion. By ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', they're portrayed as being completely heroic and are nothing but helpful to Shadow and his allies.

* MirrorCharacter: As revealed in ''The Final Horizon'', the four Titan pilots (named for their Trials in said update) are a very similar set of characters in their overall theming as the members of Team Sonic. Not coincidentally, the first three happen to be based on the character found on the island their Titan is fought on:
** GIGANTO's pilot, Dragon, is the TokenFemale of the group, and heavily places emphasis on love for those around her, just like Amy.
** WYVERN's pilot, Snake, has the fewest similarities, but him being a proud warrior and keen to test himself evokes a somewhat similar character to Knuckles.
** KNIGHT's pilot, Tiger, was protégé to the Ancients' greatest hero, and was the one who designed and built the Titans. His profession and relationship with the Ancient's greatest hero definitely draws parallels to Tails.
** SUPREME's original pilot, Crane, was the Ancient's greatest hero, known to be a HopeBringer and inspiration to those around them, and ultimately [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed their life]] to save their loved ones by sealing THE END inside their Titan. Naturally, all these factors (willingness to sacrifice themselves for those they care about, being the world's greatest hero and a HopeBringer) point to Crane being a counterpart to Sonic.

* GreaterScopeParagon: Their home planet was, as far as can be told, the original resting place of the Chaos Emeralds, which act as the central {{MacGuffin}}s in most games in the series. Sonic, of course, has used the Emeralds time and time again to defeat the villains threatening his planet, but it goes ''way'' beyond that -- several other factions and entities have made use of the Chaos Emeralds the Ancients brought with them to positive ends. [[ForWantOfANail Without the Chaos Emeralds,]] Gerald would have been unable to give the Eclipse Cannon the power it needed to defeat the Black Arms; there would be no way for Sonic and friends to travel between their world and the Sol Dimension to help out or be helped out by Blaze; Perfect Chaos would have been impossible to stop or contain by Tikal[[note]]Though considering Chaos' connection to the Ancients, perhaps he wouldn’t have been a problem in the first place without them coming[[/note]]; and so on. In fact, the space rocks brought in by the Ancients end up being so ''vital'' to the planet's existence that they're a key aspect of the cycle of destruction and rebirth that Dark and Light Gaia represent -- the world would only end up destroyed if Light Gaia did not have the Chaos Emeralds to fuel it. The only part of the Chaos Emeralds' equation left unexplained is their relation to the Master Emerald, as the Ancients seemingly weren't aware of its existence until its energy began pulling them towards Sonic's world.

* {{Expy}}: As revealed in "The Final Horizon", the four Titan pilots (named for their Trials in said update) are a very similar set of characters in their overall theming as the members of Team Sonic. Not coincidentally, the first three happen to be based on the character found on the island their Titan is fought on:
** GIGANTO's pilot, Dragon, is the TokenFemale of the group, and heavily places emphasis on love for those around her, just like Amy.
** WYVERN's pilot, Snake, has the fewest similarities, but him being a proud warrior and keen to test himself evokes a somewhat similar character to Knuckles.
** KNIGHT's pilot, Tiger, was protégé to the Ancients' greatest hero, and was the one who designed and built the Titans. His profession and relationship with the Ancient's greatest hero definitely draws parallels to Tails.
** SUPREME's original pilot, Crane, was the Ancient's greatest hero, known to be a HopeBringer and inspiration to those around them, and ultimately [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed their life]] to save their loved ones by sealing THE END inside their Titan. Naturally, all these factors (willingness to sacrifice themselves for those they care about, being the world's greatest hero and a HopeBringer) point to Crane being a counterpart to Sonic.

* Expy: As revealled in "The Final Horizon", the four Titan pilots (named for their Trials in said update) are a very similar set of characters in their overall theming as the members of Team Sonic. Not coincidentally, the first three happen to be based on the character found on the island their Titan is fought on:

* HeelFaceTurn: After the events of ''Shadow the Hedgehog'', GUN lost most of its WellIntentiodExtremist characteristics and became much less antagonistic towards Sonic and his friends.

* HeelFaceTurn: After the events of ''Shadow the Hedgehog'', GUN lost most of its KnightTemplar characteristics and became much less antagonistic towards Sonic and his friends.

* KnightTemplar: G.U.N. will do almost anything to preserve world order. They get better about this eventually.

* UncertainDoom: WordOfGod confirms that G.U.N. was defeated by Eggman's forces offscreen at some point during the [[VideoGame/SonicForces War to Take Back the Planet]] and seemingly ceased operations but it's unknown whether or not the organization has recovered since Resistance's victory.

* ShieldBearingMook: Some Hunter robots have shields and the characters can't destroy it until it points out their lasers after the character waits for a few seconds. (Except Sonic and Shadow, who can wipe it out by attacking their unprotected feet with a somersault.)

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Aside from the return of the infamous G.U.N. truck in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', the organization has not had a major appearance since ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. [[spoiler: [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 Well, not in videogames, at least]] ]]. This is due to director Takashi Iizuka wanting to keep the focus off human characters other than Eggman. That being said, the military vehicles Eggman and Sonic deal with in Cyber Space during ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' are directly stated by Eggman to belong to G.U.N., but the vehicles are unmanned drones and a figment of Sonic and Eggman's memories, anyway.

** Outside of videogames, [[spoiler: the version of G.U.N. that appears in the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 2022 movie]] is first introduced as antagonistic towards Sonic, capturing him along with Tails, but when their commander is informed that [[BiggerFish Robotnik]] could possibly be back, he takes the news very seriously and clearly considers him to be the bigger threat. Also, unlike their seemingly more TriggerHappy videogame counterparts, the agents involved in Sonic's capture only used non-lethal weapons and even then they still made sure to give their human targets a warning instead of shooting on sight. Once it's clear that Robotnik is indeed back, and more dangerous than ever, they drop their pursuit of Sonic entirely and even help Tom and Maddie get back to Green Hills despite them previously interfering with their mission, making the movie version of G.U.N. sort of an amalgamation of their characterization from ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''.]]

* Well-IntentionedExtremist: Could be considered this given their reasoning for the ARK raid and pursuit of Sonic, despite how they went about it. Their later appearances have them not really fit this trope anymore, since their not really extremists in their current actions.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Could be considered this given their reasoning for the ARK raid and pursuit of Sonic, despite how they went about it. Their later appearances have them not really fit this trope anymore, since their not really extremists in their current actions.

* WhatTheHellHero: They have gotten this treatment here and there throughout the games. The most prominent example is the Space Colony Ark massacre; while they ''did'' have a good reason for shutting down Gerald's facility, their murder of Maria, a NiceGirl completely innocent in all of it, is treated in-universe as one of their most unambiguously awful deeds and is the main driving force of much of Shadow's rage in ''Sonic Adventure 2'' and ''Shadow The Hedgehog''.
* TheWorfEffect: G.U.N. tends to get easily beaten by the actual main antagonists of whatever game it appears in, even to the point that, [[WordOfGod according to]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfYieaXmqrA Tailstube #2]], it loses to Dr. Eggman's army in ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' offscreen.

** As it turns out, under the leadership of Pachacamac's mother, they were fairly chill and peaceful, though maybe they were MartialPacifist, but when she died and her son took over, the Knuckles Clan became this trope.