History Sandbox / SonicTheHedgehogOriginalMainCharacters

* SkillGateCharacter: His {{flight}} ability makes him the most accessible character in 2D platformers for less experienced players, as he could fly over difficult sections and save himself from making mistakes. However, he can't undergo a SuperMode like Sonic (except in the circumstances listed below), and misses out on his DifficultButAwesome techniques like the Insta-Shield attack.

* DropTheHammer: In ''VideoGame/TailsAdventure'', he uses a hammer similar to Amy's. Or, rather, the other way around, as his hammer appeared before Amy's.

* DropTheHammer: Her Piko Piko Hammer is her weapon of choice.

* NotGoodWithRejection: She doesn't take it well when Sonic doesn't reciprocate her advances and is willing to DropTheHammer. As of ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'', she's back to normal.

* GutturalGrowler: At least when voiced by Dan Green and Travis Willingham. Knuckles has a bit of a gruff voice, which fits his tough guy character.

* DeathGlare: There's ''[[http://images.wikia.com/sonic/images/3/30/Amy_Rush4.png this]]'' horrifying face seen in ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}}'', which is used exactly once in the game (when she demands to know who Blaze is and why Sonic seems so interested in her).

* {{Yandere}}: Shows slight shades of this, particularly in ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}}''. Upon meeting Blaze, she warns her that she's Sonic's girlfriend, and that she won't let anyone else have him. Later, when Sonic asks Amy if she's seen Blaze, she immediately jumps to the conclusion that Sonic is in love with her, only calming down once Tails explains that it's not like that. It's PlayedForLaughs, of course, but her obsession with Sonic is clearly unhealthy.

* HotBlooded: Goes hand and hand with his temper, tho usually Knuckles is provoked when he goes off.

* VocalEvolution: Travis Willingham’s stint as Knuckles started as a near-identical impression of Dan Green’s take, but it became deeper and smoother in ''Sonic Forces'', almost like a lighter [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang.]]

** Sonic refusing to get romantically involved with her is a sure fire way to anger her. Also, [[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic missing out on a date]], even if it was beyond his power.

* NoSympathy: In the end of ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', she dismisses Sonic's reason for missing out on their date because he was sent to Arthurian times, and angrily chases him with her hammer.

* BadassBaritone: He has a low-sounding voice when voiced by Scott Dreier to fit his stoic and serious personality in the two ''Adventure'' games and ''Heroes''.

* BadassInCharge: In ''Forces'', he leads the Resistance.

** Amy ('''Sanguine'''): She's the leader of her own group (Team Rose), but sometimes resorts to going along with Sonic and his crew. She's [[TheChick a cheerful and optimistic individual who can be very compassionate and overly concerned with other people's problems]]. However, [[{{Tsundere}} she can be very aggressive, stubborn, and temperamental]]. Because of those traits, she can come across as very overbearing.

* TheChick: To Team Sonic whenever she teams up with them. She also has elements of TheBigGuy when she has her mallet.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He's the leader of the Resistance in ''Sonic Forces''.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Her Piko Piko Hammer is a popular Japanese children's toy. In its original appearance, ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'', it even bears a stronger resemblance to that toy.

* ILoveNuclearPower: At least in a few alternate continuities, it's been theorized that his mutation is due to toxic waste dumped by Dr. Robotnik.

* GrumpyBear: Downplayed. Although nowhere near to the level Shadow is, he often too serious to lighten up, although this stems from having to live alone in Angel Island for all his life. However, he's a rather mellow guy.

* InformedSpecies: Knuckles looks almost nothing like a real echidna, although he gets a pass on it [[SeldomSeenSpecies due to being one of the few major character based on the species in fiction.]]

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Both in and out of universe--he is the first example of an echidna being a main character in fiction. In-universe, its justified because he's the LastOfHisKind.

* DemotedToComicRelief: Knuckles starts off as a rival and serious {{foil}} to Sonic, with some focus on his role as guardian of the powerful Master Emerald. After ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', however, these aspects have been downplayed and he has instead been characterized as a ButtMonkey who desperately, and unsuccessfully, tries to one up Sonic. UpToEleven in the ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'', where Knuckles' primary character traits is being a {{cloudcuckoolander}} who drops funny lines.

* MarriedToTheJob: To the point where some fans turn it UpToEleven and literally [[CargoShip ship him with the Master Emerald]].

* AbsenteeActor: Not counting games before his debut, Tails has only been absent from ''VideoGame/SonicLabyrinth'', ''VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog'', ''VideoGame/SonicBlast'', and ''VideoGame/DoctorRobotniksMeanBeanMachine''.

* {{Kitsune}}: He doesn't have the magic powers associated with Kitsune, but he has the intelligence and multiple tails.

* MultipleTailedBeast: Being based on a {{Kitsune}}, it is to be expected.

** He found a new one in [[ClassyCatBurglar Rouge]], but its filled to the brim with FoeYay due to her crush on him.

So lately user Bowbowis and I have been in disagreement over ''Videogame/SonicForces''. He adds the following:

* CharacterRerailment:
** Knuckles is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure as the leader of the Resistance, restoring some of his dignity after years of BadassDecay and {{Flanderization}}. [[spoiler: Even when his plan to assault the capital city [[GravityScrew literally goes sideways]], it's because of an unprecedented display of power from Infinite, rather than genuine stupidity on Knuckles' part.]] The "guardian of the Master Emerald" thing is still ignored though.
** ''Forces'' returns Shadow to the levelheaded and heroic ([[GoodIsNotNice if not always friendly]]) personality he had in ''[[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Heroes]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgeHog2006 '06]]'', in contrast [[VideoGame/SonicFreeRiders previous]] [[VideoGame/SonicBoom Sonic]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom media]] of the [[TheNewTens 2010s]], where he's portrayed as more of a petty thug.

I've disagreed with these statements for a while now, because CharacterRerailment, as I understand it, refers to when a character returns to their original characterization, not to any form of dignity. In the case of Knuckles, he was never a team leader, much less the leader of an army; if anything, this example is just further CharacterDerailment, as it feels a different character was written with Knuckles's face and name.

Likewise, the only form of rerailment involving Shadow is his interpretation in a racing game from 2010 where he was a petty thug, and [[

The protagonists of the series, which all debuted in the original games. These characters exists in both the Classic Era and the Modern era.

Sonic's young sidekick: a small fox who can use his unique twin tails to fly. Despite his young age, he's a reliable and dependable ally to Sonic. In later games, he's come into his own as a genius inventor that even rivals Eggman. His real name is ''Miles Prower'', and he grew up as an orphan, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ostracized because of his twin tails.]] One day, he noticed Sonic's running by and was so awed by his speed, he tried to catch up using his tails. Sonic didn't pay the young fox any attention, but witnessing how he nearly caught up with him impressed him enough to take him under his wing and give him his well known nickname. Together, they foiled Eggman's latest scheme on Westside Island and the two became nearly inseparable.

* AerithAndBob: His real name is Miles Prower, while the other Sonic characters have unique names.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He used to get picked on for having two tails, though IntelligenceEqualsIsolation may have been part of it as well.
* AnimeHair: More so in his post-''Adventure'' design than his original one.
* ArtEvolution: He got a slimmer design touchup from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' and on, and got his color altered from orange to yellow.
* AscendedFanboy: He follows Sonic one day and becomes interested in him. He eventually wants to become like him, though [[{{Jerkass}} Sonic ignores him]]. After Sonic and Tails had gone on an adventure to defeat Eggman, they become friends and he lets him tag along with him, [[HeterosexualLifePartners eventually developing a bond]].
* AttackAnimal: In his SuperMode, he summons four "Super Flickies" that charge at and destroy all enemies and even bosses.

* BadassBookworm: He fits this, but it's been mellowed down due to his lack of importance as a fighter in a majority of newer games. [[spoiler: Until ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' when he outsmarts the [[BigBadEnsemble Deadly Six]] by faking his brainwashing and even shuts down and reverses Eggman's life draining machine when it was thought that only the latter could do it.]]
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: In ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' Tails is captured by the Deadly Six and left to be turned into a robot, however he manages to hack the machine that would have done so to retain his free will, thus rescuing himself from the Deadly Six's kit-napping.]]
* BerserkButton: Insulting his technological skills, ignoring him, and threatening Sonic's life. Also in ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'', he didn't take it well when Sonic trusts Eggman to shut down his Extractor more than him.

* BlowYouAway: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin He uses the Tornado to create a huge tornado]] in ''Sega All-Stars Racing''. He's also able to use his tails to create strong winds if he spins them without hovering.

* CaptainObvious: Sonic {{lampshade|Hanging}}d this in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' with an AsideGlance.

* CelibateHero: Like Sonic, Tails doesn't really show a lot of interest in romance.
* CharacterDevelopment: Gets a lot of it in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. His defining moment is when Eggman attacks Station Square and with Sonic separated from him, Tails has to defeat Eggman himself, compared to all the times in which Tails needed to be by Sonic's side in order to get things done. This is even retained for most games afterwards, where Tails is less impressed with Sonic's feats than before, though he still remains his sidekick out of their close friendship.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He was actually a lot nicer and more humble than later portrayals would suggest, but that may be the result of the aforementioned CharacterDevelopment.

* CoolShades: Wore those in one of his first manga appearances, which is in fact what that one ''Sonic CD'' easter egg was referencing.

* CunningLikeAFox: {{Subverted|Trope}}. While he is certainly intelligent enough, his childish naivete prevents him from actually being cunning most of the time.

** Taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld''. Probably half of his lines are snarking at Sonic and/or Eggman.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The consistent things about him are that he's always Sonic's best friend and sidekick as well as being TheSmartGuy. Now whether he's a young protege who looks up to Sonic or an equal partner on their adventures varies. Also, his maturity tends to fluctuate as well; sometimes he acts like the kid he's said to be, other times he has more sense than his peers.