Hedgehogs
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Hedgehogs in the video game, comic book and television series fiction of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, are anthropomorphic, spiny animals with quills of varying styles, similar to human hairstyles. Sonic, the main character of the series is a hedgehog followed by other hedgehogs through the series.
Hedgehogs are frequently brightly-colored (despite being mostly brown or grey in real life). They also often (but not uniformly) possess special abilities including, but not limited to, Speed (Sonic), Strength (Amy), Telekinesis (Silver) or the ability to use Chaos Control (Shadow).
Several robotic copies of hedgehogs also existed, most of whom were created by Doctor Eggman in imitation of Sonic. The most famous of these is Metal Sonic.
Games
In the games, neither the bright colors nor special powers of the hedgehogs are explained (save for Shadow, whose abilities and color derive from the circumstances of his creation).
Hedgehogs in the games
Sonic and the Black Knight
Robotic hedgehogs
Others
Comics
In the Archie Comics, the bright colors of the hedgehogs are inherited traits. Sonic's blue pigmentation originates from his family (his parents and his uncle are also blue). That said, Amy and Rob O' the Hedge are cousins, yet one is pink and the other is green, for no discernible reason. In Sonic the Comic, most hedgehogs are brown. Sonic and Amy both were born brown, and gained their distinctive colors later due to accident and mutation.
Hedgehogs in Archie comics
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Bernadette Hedgehog
- Jules Hedgehog
- Sir Charles Hedgehog
- Amy Rose
- Rob O' the Hedge
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Silver the Hedgehog
- Scourge the Hedgehog
- Rosy the Rascal
- Manik Acorn
- Cyborg Sonic
- Zonic the Zone Cop
- Sonic the Werehog
Robotic hedgehogs in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs
- Sir Charles Hedgehog (Robian)
- Jules Hedgehog (Robian)
- Pseudo Sonic
- Metal Sonic
- Metal Scourge
- Silver Sonic
- Silver Sonic II
- Silver Sonic III
- Mecha Sonic (Roboticized Sonic)
- Metal Sonic Troopers
- Metal Amy
- Shard the Metal Sonic
Hedgehogs in Sonic the Comic
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Amy Rose
- Super Sonic (independent entity)
- Bravehog
Robot hedgehogs in Sonic the Comic
Others in Sonic the Comic
Cartoons
Different variety of hedgehogs in the cartoons. In Sonic X and Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, Sonic's blue color is not explained; in the other cartoons, it is an inherited color except in Sonic Underground, where all his family members have their own color. Notably in Sonic X, Christopher Thorndyke once mentioned that his favorite animals are hedgehogs.
Hedgehogs in the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Cute little Hedgehog in a polka dot bikini (from "Blackbot the Pirate")
- Buff Male Hedgehog in a speedo (from "Blackbot the Pirate")
Regular brown hedgehogs were also seen in the series. In the episode 50, "Robotnik's Pyramid Scheme", Professor Canine Stein shows Sonic his family tree of blue hedgehogs but they were never named, however some of Sonic's ancestors were named.
Merhogs: half hedgehog, half fish animals
- Merna the Merhog
- Queen of the Merhogs
- Merhogs of Mertopia
Robot hedgehogs in AoSTH
Hedgehogs in the Sonic the Hedgehog TV series
Robotic hedgehogs in SatAM
Hedgehogs in the Sonic Underground
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Manic the Hedgehog
- Sonia the Hedgehog
- Queen Aleena
- Aman-Rapi
- Queen Sauna
- The Royal 'Corrupt' Hedgehogs
- Fat alternate version of Sonic as a king
- Greedy alternate version of Manic as a king
- Vain alternate version of Sonia as a queen
- Luke Periwinkle
- Unnamed purple hedgehog girl, usually seen homeless
