List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters

This is a complete list of characters who have appeared in Sega's video game franchise Sonic the Hedgehog in order of appearance.
1991-1997
*Sonic the Hedgehog: The hero of the series. Sonic is a male hedgehog with blue fur. His primary ability is super speed; in fact, Sonic is capable of running faster than the speed of sound, and able to move faster than any sort of opponent. He can use the Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Sonic.
*Badniks: The original name for Dr. Eggman's robots in North America and Europe.
*: The tiny animals Robotnik traps in his robots.
*Flickies: A race of birds that live on Flicky Island. First appeared in the game, Flicky.
*Dr. Eggman: The main villain of the series, also known as Dr. Robotnik. A mad scientist who is constantly trying to take over the world. He specializes in robotics and advanced technology.
*: Sonic's best friend who is a young fox with two tails hence his nickname, which he can twirl like helicopter blades to fly. Tails is also incredibly talented with technology and robots; his skill equals that of Dr. Eggman's.
*: (Also known as Silver Sonic) A big, clunky robotic Sonic-copy.
*Mighty the Armadillo: An armadillo who was a traveler and a pacifist and hates weakness.
*Ray the Flying Squirrel: A friendly flying squirrel.
*Amy Rose: A female hedgehog with pink fur, Amy is in love with Sonic and is always chasing him.
*: Eggman's most powerful and adaptable robot, who rivals Sonic in terms of speed. At one point it betrayed Eggman, but then returned to its original role as a mindless servant.
*Knuckles the Echidna: A hotheaded echidna with red fur who is the strongest character in the series, capable of breaking anything with his fists. He is the guardian of the Master Emerald, and also a friendly rival to Sonic.
*: Eggman's own robotic take on himself.
*: A sneaky and devious weasel-wolf, who cares only about money. In the Sonic the Hedgehog comics, Fang is an assassin.
* Chaotix: A group of misfit detectives that provide comic relief.
**Espio the Chameleon: A purple chameleon, who is a detective, a skilled ninja, and a member of the Chaotix. Compared to Vector and Charmy, Espio is rather cool, cautious, and collected.
**Vector the Crocodile: A music-loving crocodile and leader of the Chaotix. Vector is hotheaded and rude; yet he's still a very capable leader.
**Charmy Bee: A hyperactive 6-year old bee and mascot of the Chaotix. Charmy is constantly aggravating Espio and Vector with his antics.
*Heavy and Bomb: Two robots that betrayed Eggman to help the Chaotix, but it is unknown what happened to them.
*Wendy Witchcart: An old evil witch who rides in a rail cart. She was defeated by Tails.
*Fockewulf: One of Witchcart's henchmen, a blue male wolf who rides on a flying motorbike.
*Bearenger: Also one of Witchcart's henchmen, a black male bear who rides on a missile.
*Carrotia: Another one of Witchcart's henchmen, an orange female rabbit who rides in a flying carrot.
*The Battle Kukku Army: An army of evil birds who attempted to steal the Chaos Emeralds from Cocoa Island. They were defeated by Tails.
**Battle Kukku 16th: Also known as Speedy, he is the son of the leader of the Battle Kukku Army. He can fly at very fast speeds.
**Dr. Fukurokov: The mad scientist of the Battle Kukku Army.
**Grand Battle Kukku 15th: The leader of the Battle Kukku Army. He is Speedy's father.
*Bark the Polarbear: A rough and tough polar bear.
*Bean the Dynamite: A duck who uses bombs as weapons.
*Tails Doll: A doll version of Tails, built by Robotnik. It has only been seen in Sonic R.
*Metal Knuckles: A robotic version of Knuckles, built by Eggman.
1998-2004
*Chaos: A mutated chao also known as the god of destruction, is the guardian of the Chaos Emeralds. He also protects the Chao, going into a rage when they are harmed.
*: Eggman's new brand of robots. These are upgraded into newer and sleeker models in each game.
*Big the Cat: A peaceful, strong cat with a pet frog named Froggy.
*Froggy: Big's poliwog pal who is constantly always hopping away from him.
*Tikal the Echidna: The young daughter of the chief, who sacrificed herself 3000 years ago to stop Chaos from destroying the planet.
*Pachacamac the Echidna: Tikal's power-hungry father and chief of the Knuckles Tribe which was destroyed by Chaos.
*: Blue creatures raised in the Chao Garden. These are virtual pets similar to a Tamagotchi.
*Lumina Flowlight: The guardian of the Precioustone in Maginaryworld. Lumina needs Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy's help to save Maginaryworld from Void.
*Void: A mysterious creature who plans to destroy the Precioustones.
*Illumina: The goddess of Maginaryworld.
*: The franchise's military, which often uses the initials G.U.N.
*Shadow the Hedgehog: A black hedgehog created by Gerald Robotnik with use of DNA from Black Doom. He rivals Sonic's speed and can use the Chaos Emeralds to create Chaos Control. He almost died saving the world, but was found alive and is now an agent working for G.U.N. He can use the Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Shadow.
*Rouge the Bat: A secret agent working for G.U.N., and jewel thief in her spare time.
*: The president of the United Federation, who lives in the White House in Central City.
*: The president's secretary.
*King Boom Boo: The king of all ghosts, King Boom Boo was defeated by Knuckles in the Death Chamber.
*Egg Golem: The guardian of Robotnik's pyramid base.
*Maria Robotnik: Eggman's late cousin, who sacrificed herself to save Shadow from GUN. Maria was like a sister to Shadow.
*Gerald Robotnik: Eggman's late grandfather who created Shadow with Black Doom. He was executed by the GUN forces.
*Biolizard: The prototype of the ultimate life-form who merged with the ARK to create the Final-Hazard. It was destroyed by Super Shadow and Super Sonic.
*Cream the Rabbit: A young rabbit. Cream is often considered Amy's sidekick, and her best friend.
*Cheese the Chao: Cream's pet Chao. Cheese is identified by wearing a red bow tie.
*: Cream's mother.
*Emerl: An ancient robot that can copy the attacks of other people, and can also become smarter and more humanoid if in the presence of a Chaos Emerald. When Emerl gained all the Chaos Emeralds he was set free by Shadow but Dr. Robotnik used a weapon on him, causing him to go insane and was later destroyed by Sonic.
*: Advanced Robot made by Eggman based on Emerl.
*: Powerful robot made from Gamma's parts.
* : The final robot of Eggman's E-100 Series. Omega betrayed its creator and wants revenge on him.
*Egg Pawn: Small orange robots designed in Robotnik's image.
*: Cheese's brother.
*: Gemerl is a robot built from Emerl's damaged parts. Gemerl was damaged by Super Sonic and Eggman, but repaired and re-programmed to be heroic.
2005-Present
*Black Arms: An evil alien race.
**: Black Doom's third eye.
**Black Doom: Leader of the Black Arms, helped Prof. Gerald create Shadow with the secret intention of conquering the world. He was defeated by Shadow.
**Black Bull: A monster controlled by Black Doom and the Black Arms.
*Blaze the Cat: A princess from another dimension. She possesses inherent control over fire and can use the Sol Emeralds to transform into Burning Blaze.
*Eggman Nega: Doctor Eggman's counterpart from another dimension/descendant from the future.
* : A group of Babylon thieves.
**: The leader of the Babylon Rogues. Jet is famous because of his skills with Extreme Gear.
**: The mechanic of the Babylon Rogues. She loves insulting others, and built the Rogues' Extreme Gear.
**: The muscle behind the Babylon Rogues. He is very clumsy, and lacking in the intelligence department.
*: Green robots with incredible strength. These robots look similar to the Egg Pawns.
*: A red speedy robot running on Metal Sonic's engine. This robot also looks similar to the Egg Pawns.
*Babylon Guardian: The guardian of Babylon's greatest treasure. He was defeated by Sonic in a battle/race.
*Princess Elise: The princess of Soleanna who is the protector of a dark secret known as the Flames of Disaster.
*Silver the Hedgehog: A silver hedgehog from the future. He has pyschokinetic powers and can use the Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Silver.
*Iblis: A giant monster made of lava that Silver and Blaze fought in the future. He is one of the two forms that make up Solaris, the entity that attempts to consume all of time.
*Mephiles the Dark: A mist-like demon who took up the form of Shadow by assuming the form of his shadow. This creature is one of the two forms that make up Solaris, the entity that attempts to consume all of time. He is the only character that managed to kill Sonic even though he revived.
*Solaris: The super dimensional sun god of Soleanna, who is the fusion of Mephiles and Iblis.
*Shahra the Ring Genie: A genie who transports Sonic into the book of the Arabian Nights through a special ring after she tells Sonic that the stories have gone unwary.
*Erazor Djinn: An evil genie who absorbs the power from the Arabian Nights book, thus causing the stories to vanish.
*Marine the Raccoon: A raccoon girl who dreams of becoming a captain of her own ship, so she can sail around the world.
*Coconut Crew: The Coconut Crew is a crew of eight koalas and one viking polar bear who all live on Southern Island in Sonic Rush Adventure. The members are Deikun, Colonel, Muzy, Kylok, Tabby, Gardon, Setter and Norman.
*Captain Whisker: An evil pirate robot who was created by Eggman and Eggman Nega.
*Johnny: Captain Whisker's speedy first mate who hates losing and challenges Sonic to races.
*: Eggman Nega's personal Metal Sonic copy.
*: An inter-dimensional monster that appears in Sonic Rivals 2. It has the power to destroy the world, and will become invincible when it devours Chao. Also a boss in Sonic and the Secret Rings is known as the "Ifrit Golem" it was summoned by Erazor Djinn and manifested itself by creating a humanoid body out of scrap metal.
*MeteorTech Robots: These are the service robots working on an extensive techno organization. When the Ark of Cosmos has fallen to the Earth, they send from under control.
*Master Core: ABIS: Was once the leader of the MeteorTech Robots. It stole the Arks of the Cosmos and took them to the Babylon Garden in which caused a massive black hole and his transformation. He is defeated by Sonic in a battle/race.
*Shade: Shade is an orange female echidna who is lieutenant among the Nocturne, and head of intelligence within the organization.
*Imperator Ix: The leader of the Nocturne echidna tribe, Ix is an old and powerful echidna who has taken over the other aliens in the Twilight Cage.
*The Nocturne: The Nocturne are a clan of echidnas that were exiled to the Twilight Cage. While in the Twilight Cage, their master, Lord Ix, lead them to domination of all the other races also exiled. They also created the first prototypes for Gizoids.
*The Zoah: One of the main alien races in the Twilight Cage, the Zoah are militaristic giants who use energy weapons and their own massive strength and tactical knowledge to try to conquer the other aliens in the cage.
*The Kron: The Kron are a mysterious race of stone-like humanoids that are known for their mining and construction abilities. They are forced to work as slaves to the Nocturne.
*SWATbots: A type of robot enemy created by Eggman appearing in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, inspired by and directly named after robots from the first Sonic the Hedgehog TV series and the Sonic the Hedgehog comics.
*The Voxai: The Voxai are a race of beings in the Twilight Cage ruled by an Overmind. They all act as part of the same Overmind, but are given their free will back by Sonic and Co.
*: The N'rrgal are a species in the Twilight Cage that feed on energy. They are mortal enemies of the Zoah and are constantly at war with them. They are ruled by the N'rrgal Queen.
*Chip/Light Gaia: An imp-like creature who lost his memory, supposedly, after Sonic's fall from outer space, and joins Sonic on his adventure to help regain his identity. He is always optimistic and loves to eat, and sometimes aids Sonic with a strange power. After helping Sonic re-seal Dark Gaia, Chip disappeared.
*Dark Gaia: A powerful entity sealed within the Earth, freed prematurely after Dr. Eggman fired a laser powered by the energy of the Chaos Emeralds at the Earth with the intent of using its limitless energy for world domination. Upon its freedom, Dark Gaia split the world apart and gave Sonic a new power (but takes it back at the end of the game).
*Professor Pickle: A professor at Spagonia University, and a mentor of Tails. He deciphers the Gaia Manuscripts and guides Sonic on his world adventure.
*Caliburn: Sonic's talking sword, he doesn't approve of Sonic initially, calling him a "Knave" at first (Sonic likewise, didn't get along with Caliburn, calling him an "oversized letter opener" and mocking him at most any chance he got), but the two begin to work together over time. He sticks by Sonic's side throughout the entire game and joins him in battling monsters and the Royal Knights. By the time Sonic defeated Lady Percival, Caliburn accepts Sonic and dubs him "Sir Sonic, Knight of the Wind."
*Merlina: A sorceress who summons Sonic to Camelot to fight the corrupted King Arthur, and revealed that she's the grandaughter of Merlin.
*King Arthur/Black Knight: The king of Camelot, corrupted by darkness into the Black Knight.After being defeated by Sonic, the Black Knight fades away, leaving nothing but his scabbard. When Sonic brings the scabbard to Merlina, she reveals that King Arthur was never there, just an illusion created by Merlin, and it was merely part of her plan to acquire it for her own ends. At the end of Black Knight, it turns out that Sonic is the real King Arthur.

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