Charmy Bee

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Charmy Bee
First appearance	Sonic the Hedgehog (1992 Shogakukan manga) Knuckles' Chaotix
Appears in (games)	Knuckles' Chaotix Sonic Heroes Shadow the Hedgehog Sonic Rivals (collectible card) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (cameo) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games(cameo)
Appears in (other media)	Archie Comics, Sonic the Comic, Sonic X
Creator (real-world)	Shogakukan Sega Corporation (32X) Nobuhiko Honda (Sonic Team USA) (2003 - Present)
Voice actor(s) (English)	Emily Corkery Amy Birnbaum
Voice actor(s) (Japanese)	Youko Teppouzuka
Also known as	Buzz Boy, Fastest Insect in the World[citation needed]
Species	Honey Bee
Gender	Male
Height	70 cm (2 ft 3 in)
Weight	10 kg (22 lb)
Birthplace	Isolated Islands or Angel Island
Age	6 (originally 16 in Knuckles' Chaotix)
Fur	Yellow and Black
Skin	Tan
Eyes	Orange-Amber
Attire	Brown goggles Orange bomber jacket Red and white sneakers White gloves and socks Black and red helmet
Alignment	Good
Likes	Honey, sugar, goofing off, flower, nectar and playing video games
Dislikes	Boredom, being tricked, Vector yelling at him
Skills	Spin Jump, Buzz Dash, Buzz Dash Attack, Quick Dash, Thunder Shoot, Sting, Playing games, Stinging tail, Flying, Calming down espio, Angering Vector
Ability type	Flight

Charmy Bee (チャーミー・ビー Chāmī Bī) is a young, childish anthropomorphic bee and a member of Team Chaotix. He debuted in Knuckles' Chaotix, and was missing from the games for a few years until Sonic Heroes.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Knuckles Chaotix 1.2 Sonic Heroes 1.3 Shadow the Hedgehog 1.4 Sonic Rivals 1.5 Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games 1.6 Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 2 Personality 3 Abilities 4 Other media 4.1 Sonic X 4.2 Archie Comics 4.3 Sonic the Comic 4.3.1 Trivia 5 Relationships 5.1 Friends/Allies 5.2 Rivals/Foes 6 Theme Songs 7 Voice acting 8 Memorable Quotes 9 Trivia 10 Gallery 10.1 Screenhots 10.2 Artwork 11 See also 12 External links 13 References

[edit] History

Charmy first appeared in a Sonic the Hedgehog manga, and was later used for the games.

[edit] Knuckles Chaotix

In Knuckles' Chaotix, Charmy makes his first game appearance. According to the Japanese manual, Charmy is out doing what bees do best when he arrives at an island and is captured by Doctor Robotnik, who is currently taking over the island. In the US version, he is a friend of Knuckles the Echidna who is visiting "Carnival Island" when Robotnik makes a surprise attack on the island.

In both cases, he is captured and placed in Robotnik's "Combi-Confiner", and becomes one of the several characters the player can choose to play as, or play with (as a partner character). Charmy can fly, and can as such do a dash in any direction instead of jumping. He can also start hover, which allows him and his partner to fall at a much slower and controlled rate.

[edit] Sonic Heroes

In Sonic Heroes, Charmy is part of a detective agency along with Espio the Chameleon and Vector the Crocodile. One day he brings a package to the group, which contains a walkie-talkie. The voice behind it promises the Chaotix a large reward if they perform some missions for it, which they do. Charmy is the "flight" member of Team Chaotix, which lets him lift the other two to higher areas, or to kick them at enemies.

In the end, the voice turns out to be Eggman, which angers the Chaotix as they know he won't pay them. Vengefully, Charmy starts stinging the doctor with his stinger. Later, it turns out that Metal Sonic had betrayed and imprisoned Eggman, which is why he needed their help. Metal Sonic proceeds to transform into Metal Madness, and Eggman tells the heroes that the only way to defeat it is by using the Chaos Emeralds. The Chaotix give Sonic theirs, with Charmy having the cyan Emerald. They then stall Metal Madness by fighting his left side, so that Sonic can turn into Super Sonic.

[edit] Shadow the Hedgehog

Charmy and the Chaotix work on a new mission in Shadow the Hedgehog. They all appear in the cutscene prior to the Mad Matrix stage, but Charmy's most notable part of the game is on the Prison Island stage, where he is a partner character. When Shadow the Hedgehog goes to the island, he finds Charmy, who explains that Vector sent him there to find five "top secret discs" that belongs to GUN. The player can choose whether or not to help him find these discs. Unlike most partner characters in the game, Charmy cannot be controlled by the second controller in the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions, as he is constantly airborne.

In the Last Story, Charmy inadvertently saves Earth when ramming his stinger into a computer aboard the Space Colony ARK while helping Espio and Vector hack in. By doing this, Charmy activates a videotape that allows Shadow to break free of Black Doom's mind control.

[edit] Sonic Rivals

Charmy Bee appears on two collectable cards in Sonic Rivals.

[edit] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games

Charmy makes a cameo appearance as a referee.

[edit] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Charmy reappears as a more active referee again in this sequal crossover title.

[edit] Personality

Charmy is hyperactive and scatter brained, and not too bright. Being a child, he would rather play than work, as shown in the first level of Sonic Heroes when Team Chaotix is receiving their first mission on a beach, and he's hovering around singing "Sea, sea, sea". However, he is also the most friendly and optimistic of all the Chaotix members. Due to his age, he is not as skilled a detective as Vector or Espio, but he is nonetheless valuable to the team.

He shows a deep respect, even admiration, for Shadow in Shadow the Hedgehog.

[edit] Abilities

Charmy, like many other Sonic characters, can run at high speed, but is mostly known for his flying ability, as he is the flight character in Sonic Heroes. He can use his stinger as a method of attack when he is alone and has the abilities to somehow warp between large flowers, helping him and his friends to get around obstacles and complete their missions more quickly. In the game, if the team does not get all of the items by the time they finish a zone, Charmy can activate a flower and take them back to the beginning of the level. He also has acute hearing and is good at finding lost objects. Like other flight members in Sonic Heroes, Charmy can use Thunder Shoot, where he charges his friends with electricity and kicks them at enemies. Though he doesn't seem to excel at it, Charmy also plays drums during the "Chaotix Recital" Team Blast.

[edit] Other media

[edit] Sonic X

In the anime Sonic X, the Chaotix crew play a very minor role in Season 2, only appearing in one episode where they try to help Vanilla the Rabbit find her daughter, Cream. In Season 3, they play a much larger role, first bringing supplies to Chris, but Vector thinks they are also supposed to bring Cream back to her mother, Vanilla. Charmy seems to act as Vector's right-hand man during these missions, because while Espio reluctantly does them, Charmy acts a lot more enthusiastic while taking orders from Vector. Later, they appear to help fight the Metarex. Charmy seems to be calmer in the anime unlike his video game counterpart.

[edit] Archie Comics

Main article: Charmy Bee (Archie)

In the Archie Comics series, Charmy Bee is the prince of bees of the Golden Hive Colony. He felt pressured by his upcoming royal responsibilities and ran away from home, making his way to Angel Island. He found himself becoming a member of the Chaotix and assisted the group on Angel Island for time before returning home. When Golden Hive Colony was destroyed by the Eggman Empire, Charmy survived along with his fiancée, Saffron, and the two fled to Knothole. Along with other members of Chaotix, Charmy was taken prisoner during an attack on Knothole by Dr. Eggman that resulted in the city's destruction, but was subsequently rescued. He was also briefly subjected to the effects of the Egg Grape Chamber before he was freed.

[edit] Sonic the Comic

In Sonic the Comic, he is a native of the Special Zone (as are the other members of Chaotix). Just like in the post-Heroes games (though it predates them), he is extremely scatterbrained and hyper, frequently annoying his team-mates to the point of insanity with his banter, odd speech patterns and cries of "righty-diddly-doo!" While he acknowledges that they yell at him all the time, particularly Vector,^[1] he genuinely seems to believe that they only pretend he gets on their nerves, and doesn't want them to treat him any differently.^[2]

As in the Archie series, Charmy is the son of the Queen Bee and thus the prince of the Hive. However, in STC his teammates do not know this and he insists that they do not find out.^[2]

Despite his seeming insanity, he sometimes appears to be smarter than he acts, and it is occasionally suggested that he deliberately puts on his annoying air.

Charmy is also the one responsible for defeating the villains in both Chaotix solo strips, first by having the Fundamental Four turned into a vase^[3] and then by buying out the Crimson Cobra's company and the base, minions, weapons and even robot arms that came with it.

[edit] Trivia

In "Total Chaotix", the first story to feature Charmy (Sonic the Comic #53 to #58), Charmy's name was spelled "Charmee".

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Friends/Allies

• Chaotix
  • Espio the Chameleon
  • Vector the Crocodile
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Miles "Tails" Prower
• Knuckles the Echidna
• Amy Rose
• Rouge the Bat
• Big the Cat
• Mighty the Armadillo
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Julie-Su (Archie only)
• Heavy and Bomb
• Omni-Viewer (Fleetway)
• Doctor Bob Bobble (Fleetway)
• Saffron (Archie comics)

[edit] Rivals/Foes

• Dr. Eggman
• Black Arms
• Metal Sonic
• Metarex (Sonic X exclusive)
• Fang the Sniper
• The Bulk (Fleetway)

[edit] Theme Songs

Team Chaotix (this theme is shared with Espio the Chameleon and Vector the Crocodile, yet Charmy is mentioned in the two lines "Danger hides when the hyper bee flies" and "Charmy's thing is dishin' out first sting"

[edit] Voice acting

• Video games, Sonic X - Youko Teppouzuka (Japan)
• Sonic Heroes - Emily Corkery (US)
• Shadow the Hedgehog - present, Sonic X - Amy Birnbaum (US)

[edit] Memorable Quotes

• "Hey Shadow! I gotta ask you somethin'. Vector sent me to find five top secret disks. But like, what's a top secret disk?"

• "It's here it's here, we got work!"

• "Yeah,let's go!"
• "Yeah,you know our policy!"After Vector says the policy to Espio in Sonic Heroes
• Oh flower,pretty flower,show your face and I'll sting you!",Sonic Heroes.

[edit] Trivia

• In the US Manual of Knuckles' Chaotix, Charmy was labeled as being 16 years of age; however, with the release of Sonic Heroes, his age has been retconned to 6. It should be noted however that the Japanese manual for Chaotix didn't list an age for Charmy, as it did for the other characters.
• His size changed greatly from Chaotix, where he was very small, to Sonic Heroes, in which he was approximately the size of Cream (smaller than other Sonic characters, but far larger than previously proportioned).
• In his Season 2 appearance in Sonic X, Charmy is the only Chaotix Member who doesn't get to introduce himself to the audience before the commercial break. The card shown for his character stats shows his reaction to this.
• Charmy is the first (and currently only) anthropomorphic insect in the entire cast of the series (he has a family in the Comic series though).
• In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic games, Charmy is air viewing.
• Charmy's personality is similar to Marine the Raccoon and Chip.
• During the cutscene that took place before the Egg Hawk battle in Sonic Heroes, Charmy acts as if he's never met Eggman before, which contradicts the events that took place in Knuckles' Chaotix.
• So far, Charmy is the only member of the Chaotix not to appear playable without the rest of his team (Espio appeared in Sonic the Fighters and Sonic Rivals 2;Vector appeared in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and it's sequel).

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Screenhots

Sonic X

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games(referee)

Charmy annoys Vector.

[edit] Artwork

Knuckles Chaotix

Sonic Heroes

Shadow the Hedgehog

Sonic Channel

[edit] See also

• Chaotix

[edit] External links

• Charmy Bee Concept: "Mobius" (REAL Character Profile)

[edit] References