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This character exists primarily or exclusively within the Pre-Super Genesis Wave continuity.
Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.

Allow me to introduce myself... Renfield T. Rodent's the name, and family fun's the game!


— Renfield T. Rodent, Knuckles' Chaotix.

Renfield the Rodent[1], often shortened to Renfield T. Rodent[1], is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He is a smiling, sharp-dressed rat character with brown fur and reddish-brown eyes who was in charge of several criminal organizations and shady dealings, most often occurring in his personal amusement park, the Happyland Amusement Park, located on Angel Island.

History[]

Past[]

For an unknown amount of time, Renfield had the simple ambition of creating a grand theme park the likes of which had never been seen on Mobius. However, due to the planet being ravaged by many wars, Renfield had difficulty acquiring funding for such a large project, and as a result, he resorted to shady and illegal operations in an attempt to earn the necessary money.[2][3]

The Chaos Effect[]

Secretly working under Dr. Ivo Robotnik, Renfield invited Sonic, Knuckles and the fellow Freedom Fighters to be his "guests" at his Happyland Amusement Park, as part of a trap formulated by Robotnik. Renfield then trapped Sonic and the Freedom Fighters in the Hall of Mirrors (within the mirrors themselves). However, Knuckles managed to escape and later met up with the rest of the Chaotix, including Heavy and Bomb. Knuckles and the Chaotix liberated Sonic and the others, and making short work of Robotnik's new Metal Sonic robot. Realizing the failure of the scheme, Robotnik ditched Renfield and allowed him to be captured by Knuckles.[1]

Despite this, Renfield would apparently be released soon afterwards on unknown grounds.

Dark Legion invasion[]

During a Dark Legion invasion of Angel Island, Renfield would be seen among the creatures fleeing from the raging forest fire caused by a group of Dark Legion tanks. Renfield would eventually escape the fire, which itself was soon extinguished by Vector the Crocodile.[4][5]

The Chaotix Caper[]

Months after the original closure of the Happyland Amusement Park, Renfield managed to reopen it (advertising it as "under new management"), despite the disturbance caused by Echidnaopolis's reappearance. The Chaotix once again become suspicious of Renfield's actions when Charmy Bee's best friend, Mello, died of food poisoning from Renfield's "secret sauce" that he put in the Chili Dogs served at his theme park. Downtown Ebony Hare found out about Renfield's plans and forced his way into Renfield's office, demanding changes, as he believed the rat was "killing the market" for the drug by putting too much of it on the chili dogs. Although Renfield initially tried resisting by calling in his brother Ripper the Rodent, after said backup was knocked out by Downtown's enforcer Blackjack Bulldog, Renfield was forced into working under Downtown.[6][7]

However, the Chaotix and Knuckles would later enter the amusement park and, acting on their suspicions, dismantled Downtown's operation. Downtown was arrested but Renfield was allowed to operate his amusement park, but without the toxic secret sauce, confiscated by Sergeant Remington.[8]

The Chaotix Connection[]

At some point later, Renfield would apparently be jailed again for an unknown reason, only to be released by Dr. Eggman's forces during the Angel Island Takeover. As payment for his release, Renfield agreed to work for the doctor, constructing Casinopolis as a front for an Infiltrator factory. Rouge the Bat would become suspicious of Renfield's announcement for a supposedly innocent casino, and accompanied Knuckles and the Chaotix to investigate the under-construction building in Station Square. Knuckles, however, ended up captured by Renfield, who revealed to the echidna the casino's true purpose as an Infiltrator factory, which used scanners hidden in the slot machine screens to copy customers data for programming. However, Mighty the Armadillo and Julie-Su managed to slip out of Renfield's traps, and proceeded to destroy the robot factory. Soon the police were called, and Renfield was arrested. It was last heard that Renfield was going to stand trial for his crimes at Station Square.[9]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Knuckles Chaotix, "The Chaos Effect"
  2. Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Sonic Comic Encyclopedia, "Mobius Underworld"
  3. Ian Flynn (31 August 2010). Villainy - The Ringmaster - Sonic The Hedgehog. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010.
  4. Knuckles the Echidna #2, "Sins of the Fathers"
  5. Knuckles the Echidna #3, "Blood is Thicker"
  6. Knuckles the Echidna #13, "The Chaotix Caper Part One of Three: The Unsuspecting"
  7. Knuckles the Echidna #14, "The Chaotix Caper Part Two of Three: A Tenuous Grip on Reality"
  8. Knuckles the Echidna #15, "The Chaotix Caper Part Three of Three: Picking Up the Pieces"
  9. Sonic the Hedgehog #166, "The Chaotix Connection"

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