Gigi

Gigi (ジジ) is a human resident of Spagonia who appears in Sonic Unleashed. He is the husband of Barbara and as well the owner and the chef of Restaurant Swa, a restaurant that has been in his family for three generations. He runs the restaurant along with Barbara, and is always looking for new types of food to add to his menu, but lets his wife stand for the taste testing.

Directory
''Chef at a well-established restaurant popular with students. It has been in his family for three generations. He fills his days by energetically searching for new menu items, but leaves the rigorous taste testing to Barbara.''

PS3/Xbox360
Many years prior to Sonic Unleashed, Gigi met Barabara under unknown circumstances, and later married her. Over they many years Gigi were married to Barbara, he had a happy marriage and never experienced any heated talks from Barbara. At some point in his life, Gigi took over as the owner of his family's restaurant, and became the chef of the restaurant. With the help from his wife, who would take care of the dining room, Gigi and Barbara managed to keep the restaurant running, which became very popular with the students from Spagonia University. While working at his restaurant, Gigi would also spend his time trying to come up with new recipes to sell.

During the events of Sonic Unleashed however, Gigi's found out that the restaurant had come into financial troubles as the number of customers was falling. Gigi thought about coming up with some new exciting recipes that he could sell, but found himself unable to come up with anything. This situation made Gigi worry greatly about his restaurant's future, fearing that it could mean the end of it, and had him often wrapped up in his thoughts about what to do with the problem.

When Gigi first met Sonic the Hedgehog and Chip who had arrived in Spagonia to find Professor Pickle, he quickly dismissed them, though gently, as he did not want to be bothered while he thought about his trouble. Gigi's soon after got more troubles on his hands, however, as Barbara, who had been possessed by Dark Gaia's minions, began blaming him for the restaurant's troubles and told him about how sick she was of his cooking. This behavior not only made Gigi worried and confused about his wife, but also served to bring him even more down about his situation and made him very edgy.

Days later however, Sonic the Werehog and Chip came to Gigi's aid, and managed to exorcise Barbara. With his wife back to normal, Gigi celebrated in a joyous mood for the first time in a long while, though he wondered how Barbara could not remember what she had said.

Despite having his wife back to normal however, Gigi was soon back to worrying about what to do with his restaurant. Fortune smiled on Gigi however, as he later saw a gourmet show to get some inspiration and saw food that he had never seen before, such as canned horror from Holoska and broiled ibanga from Mazuri, and was now eager to try these ingredients out. However, as these ingredients could only be found in other parts of the world, Gigi was left wondering how he could collect them. He soon after however met up with Sonic and Chip again and asked them if they could collect these ingredients for him. As they accepted his assignment, Gigi told them, which he now called his "little assistances", that he hoped that they could bring him these gourmet world-class foods.

Sonic and Chip soon after returned with the ingredients and upon seeing them Gigi wondered what he should try first. He remarked how the canned horror taste as good as it smells and that the broiled ibanga taste both rich and sophisticated. He then thanked Sonic and Chip for showing him a new world of tastes and said that he had now been inspired for new recipes, before telling them that he did want to be disturbed while experiencing these new taste sensations. Now struck with inspiration, Gigi created a new special menu which he was pretty excited about, and later remarked to Sonic and Chip that he thinks that everything in life is better with a touch of spice.

Gigi later watched on in horror with the rest of his town, as Dark Gaia began to cast the world into darkness, but rejoiced as the world returned to normal following Perfect Dark Gaia's defeat at the hands of Super Sonic and the Gaia Colossus.

PS2/Wii
Gigi never made any real appearance on the PS2/Wii version of Sonic Unleashed. He did however appear during the cutscenes, where he and the rest of Spagonia watched in horror, as Dark Gaia began to cast the world into darkness, but rejoiced as the world returned to normal following Perfect Dark Gaia's defeat at the hands of Super Sonic and the Gaia Colossus.

Kitchen Lab

 * How to obtain mission: After you exorcise his wife, Barbara, talk to Gigi in Spagonia.
 * Objective: Collect one Broiled Ibagana from Mazuri and one Canned Horror from Holoska and bring it back to Gigi

Trivia

 * The name of Gig's restaurant, Restaurant Swa, might be a reference to Sonic World Adventure, which is the the Japanese title for Sonic Unleashed.