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This character exists primarily or exclusively within the Sonic X continuity.
Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.
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If she dies, the dream she made for her planet will die. And no one will know her sacrifice.


Shadow the Hedgehog[2]

Captain Molly[3] (モリー Morī?) is a character that appears in the anime series Sonic X. She hails from the planet Cascade where she is rescued from the Metarex by Shadow the Hedgehog. Shadow noted how much she reminds him of Maria Robotnik and witnessed her sacrifice herself during a Metarex attack. Shadow would afterwards build a memorial in her honor.

Appearance[]

Molly was a young and tall human girl with peach skin, blue eyes and long ginger hair tied into a ponytail by a dark blue hair tie. For attire, she wore the uniform that all the planet Cascade captains wore: a light blue long-sleeved turtleneck underneath a blue sleeveless romper with a stand up collar open, three white buttons and two yellow straps on the sides, and dark blue leggings. She also wore a white hairband, a white bracelet with a single yellow stripe on her left forearm, white socks, and dark purple short boots.

History[]

Anime[]

Past[]

It is believed that Cascade, a planet with an empire throughout space made by ruthlessly attacking and conquering other worlds, was at war with the Metarex and various other species throughout the galaxy long before the Metarex's transformation into cyborgs, judging by how the enemies of Cosmo's people used the same type of aircraft in battle Molly's people used. As a result of this, the Metarex took the Planet Egg from Cascade after their transformation, reducing the planet to a lifeless and literally broken world because of Cascade having attacked Green Gate.

For generations afterward, Molly's people continued to fight the Metarex as the Resistance, their numbers becoming fewer and fewer all the time.

Metarex Saga[]

One battle involving roughly a dozen resistance troops (with Molly apparently serving as the squad leader) was fought against the Metarex in space, almost wiping out the squad in the process. Nearby, Dr. Eggman was searching for a Chaos Emerald in the sector they were fighting in, and his ship was receiving damage due to the battle. He sent out Shadow to defeat the Metarex and he ended up saving Molly while she provided a distraction for the remainder of her team to attack the Metarex mother ship. With Eggman and Shadow now involved in the fight, the Metarex's commander, Pale Bayleaf, ordered a retreat and decided to initiate Plan B.

Molly contacted Eggman's ship and gave him her thanks for the rescue, and after learning the Chaos Emerald was on her planet, Eggman accepted her invitation to a meal of thanks with intention to obtain the Chaos Emerald. However, it appeared to the Resistance that Eggman was going to join their fight.

Meanwhile, Shadow and Rouge had been sent to find the Chaos Emerald and Molly interrupted Shadow's thoughts with her thanks and by telling him he was like Black Wind, a legendary hero on her planet that once protected their people from their enemies as he moved like the wind. Shadow became annoyed at being made out to be something he wasn't (a hero), leaving Molly discouraged. Later, the trio interrupted an argument between the rest of the Resistance and Eggman since they wouldn't be staying to help fight the Metarex like the people of Cascade thought. Molly then pulled Leon aside and asked him about the Chaos Emerald, which he claimed never to have heard of, but at Rouge's inquiry, remembered a meteor that looked like a white gemstone crashing on the planet that was now stored with the other minerals in a mining building far away.

Before Molly could leave, Leon grabbed her and gave her a key to a cupboard which housed a disk with administration records to the mine, saying the old program could improve the system of their ship. Molly took the key with her, but was unaware it was actually a trap set up by Leon as part of a traitorous deal with the Metarex in order to establish an alliance between their peoples.

Molly flew Shadow and Rouge in her fighter, explaining to Rouge the history of her planet along the way and how her people were becoming exhausted of losing the war and seeing their planet in ruins. She wished to have the power of the Metarex to protect her planet. They then walked near a river, but in the water were giant carnivorous fish that leaped up and tried to attack the trio. Molly shot the first one, and the rest were taken care of by Shadow and Rouge.

The two told her that risking her life for others was a bad habit, but she insisted if she was killed, someone would always be there to replace her. Molly then ran off into the mine. Once inside, Molly found the box the Chaos Emerald was kept in. Shadow took it so Rouge could not snatch it. Then Molly opened the cupboard the disk was supposedly kept in.

What she found was a bomb that exploded seconds after the door's opening, but Shadow got the three of them to safety with his speed. As Molly realized that Leon had tried to kill her and wondered why, a Metarex fleet flew over the horizon. Rouge realized what was going on---Leon wanted to get Shadow and herself away from Eggman in order to capture and deliver him to the Metarex and do away with Molly in the process. Despite Shadow and Rouge's warnings, Molly then got into her fighter and flew off, determined to change the minds of her friends.

Molly found them crashed into the dirt, still in their fighter jets as a result of being defeated by Eggman's E-3000 and tried to reason with them, but they were so tired of living on a ruined planet and fighting a losing battle that they did not listen, and insisted that they only wished to live their lives instead of die in battle. Leon stated that Molly never would have agreed to their plan, and so they had to get rid of her.

Molly was reduced to tears by their words and Shadow landed on the wing of her fighter, telling her to leave them and finish her life's mission before striking a Metarex ship. Molly thought of his words and, driven with grief, rushed at the Metarex mother ship with her guns blazing. The Metarex fleet then fired their weapons on Molly and Shadow rushed by her cockpit, and she locked crying eyes with him before her fighter was destroyed and she was killed.

Molly's Grave

Molly's grave.

Following the explosion that killed Molly, Shadow was thrown to the ground by the force of the explosion and then removed his Limiters before striking the mother ship himself, causing the destruction of the entire fleet. Later he made a grave marker out of debris for Molly and gave Rouge the Chaos Emerald to deliver to Eggman and left to fight the Metarex on his own.

During the final battle with Dark Oak, Shadow thought of Molly before inducing a super transformation with Sonic and later appeared to have sacrificed himself again for everyone else. After the battle, the Planet Egg was returned to Cascade and Shadow, alive, returned to Molly's grave-marker and placed a pink rose next to it.

Personality[]

Molly was a very kind, determined and stout-hearted[1] young girl with leadership skills and strong beliefs that her planet could be glorious again and was always willing to risk her life for others, believing there would always be someone to replace her if she was killed. She was very trusting of her teammates and believed their devotion to be as strong as hers, and was reduced to tears when she learned the truth and made a reckless attempt to stop the Metarex, which resulted in her death. She appeared to have low self-esteem, and was quick to blame herself when someone got annoyed of her.

Powers and abilities[]

Molly is an ace pilot of a small fighter jet capable of space travel, and has great marksmanship with a laser pistol.

Weapons[]

Molly carries a laser pistol with her at all times.

Relationships[]

Shadow the Hedgehog[]

Molly sees Shadow as a brave hero just like the Black Wind. Shadow sees a splitting image of Maria within Molly, hence why he was upset when Molly died, as it felt like he was repeating the same tragedy all over again.

Rouge the Bat[]

Molly doesn't interact much with Rouge, but seems to not mind her company and have positive interactions with her. Rouge, along with Shadow, was upset when Molly died, trying to save everyone.

Leon[]

Molly sees Leon as a great fighter. After his betrayal, she lost faith in him up to her death.

Friends/allies[]

Neutral[]

Enemies[]

Trivia[]

  • The scene of Molly being killed was altered in the English dub. Instead, Molly's death is not shown, and it is implied that she escaped as Shadow asked her to, rather than defying him and continuing to fight and die in despair. Shadow says he hopes she will be okay, since she is all alone out there.
    • In the English dub, her memorial was edited out (although the shadow of the grave is still present by mistake). Also, in the last episode of the series, the scene of Shadow placing a pink rose next to Molly's grave was cut from the English dub as well.
  • Molly flies an aircraft that resembles a futuristic version of the F7U Cutlass, a 1950s US Navy jet fighter. She was flying this fighter when she was killed by the Metarex in the original Japanese version.
  • In the original Japanese version, it is revealed Molly holds the rank of captain by Decoe and Bocoe. But in the English version, her rank is never mentioned.
  • Her name is misspelled as "Morry" in her eyecatch card, mostly due to confusion between the "L" and "R" in the Japanese language.
  • In the English dub, Shadow admits that he took a liking to her and calls her “a good kid”.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Media:Sonicx-ep68-eye1.jpg
  2. Shadow thinks what will happen if Molly dies fighting the Metarex.
  3. In the original Japanese version, it is revealed Molly holds the rank of captain.
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