Tangle the Lemur

Tangle the Lemur is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing. She is an anthropomorphic ring-tailed lemur and a heroic ally of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Concept and creation
Tangle came about when the staff at IDW Publishing wanted a kick-butt female Sonic character who could accompany Sonic on his adventures. Since none of the main female Sonic characters were able to fit that occupation, Tangle, who would be able to easily go on Sonic's adventures and look cool while doing it, was conceptualized.

Before even being given a name, IDW wanted Tangle "to be like a lot of other great Sonic characters and have a special ability tied to one of her features." She was ultimately inspired by the prototype Sonic design. One of the concepts for Sonic was a rabbit that could use his ears to pick up and throw objects. After brainstorming for animals who could do cool stuff with their features, the staff decided on a ring-tailed lemur, whose tail could prove a very versatile weapon. Finally, she was given the name "Tangle" as a reference to how she likes to "tangle" with bad guys.

Appearance
Tangle is an anthropomorphic ring-tailed lemur with primarily white fur and purple eyes. She possesses a small black nose and a long bushy tail with gray stripes. She also has gray fur around her muzzle and between eyes, and dark gray fur around the sides of her eyes and on her round ears. She also has extra fur on top of head and chest, and small cheek tuffs.

Tangle wears a short-sleeved black bodysuit with orange stripes down the sides, a yellow-orange sleeveless top, and detailed yellow-orange hi-tops with white laces and soles, black details, and orange cuffs. She also wears yellow-orange sportstape around her wrists and fingerless black gloves with blocky orange backs.

Personality
Heroic and just as fearless as Sonic the Hedgehog, Tangle is scrappy and loves to tangle with bad guys.

Powers and abilities
Tangle's main draw is a highly prehensile tail that she can use and manipulate in various ways. In practice, her tail can whip, stretch, snap, grip, curl and bash up Badniks, and even make a hand to form a fist with.

Physically, Tangle is very fit and agile, being on the same level of athleticism as Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic the Hedgehog
Tangle has been described as a "kindred spirit" to Sonic the Hedgehog, who has many things in common with her.

Trivia

 * Tangle is the first identified character exclusive to the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series that was revealed to the public, and the first not to appear in the Archie Comics. She was first teased as an obscured silhouette in an artwork on Facebook that featured her and Sonic. This image was first revealed five days prior to the release of the first four issues solicitations for the Sonic the Hedgehog comics. The image was updated regularly to show more of the silhouette, up until her unveiling on 24 January 2018.