Beth the Shrew

Beth the Shrew is a character that appears in the Sonic Boom television series. She is a young anthropomorphic shrew who lives on Seaside Island.

Concept and creation
Beth the Shrew was named after Bill Freiberger's wife. Her voice and manner of speaking were based on a character from Fibber McGee and Molly, an old radio show that Freiberger liked when he was a kid.

Appearance
Beth is a pink-furred, anthropomorphic shrew with pale peach skin and dark blue eyes. She has a long and sharp muzzle with a black snout, dark eyelids, a short tail, a longer-than-average torso, two round ears, thin limbs and four horizontal quills arranged in a line down the back of her head. Curiously, she also has a dark pink streak down each of her quills. For attire, she wears a white t-shirt with puffy sleeves, short-legged blue overalls, white gloves, and greenish-grey boots with white soles.

Season two
Hearing that an asteroid would impact the earth, Beth showed up to buy a spot in Eggman's bunker to ride out the impending apocalypse in. Although Beth did not get a spot, Team Sonic would stop the asteroid. She would soon after flee from the Village Center when Eggman launched an ambush on said location.

Another time, Beth came to Career Day to hear other people elaborate on their careers. She soon tried asking Sonic for his autograph, only to scare Sonic, who had just escaped an insane fan, away. Later hypnotized by Dreamcaster's TV broadcasts, Beth became Dr. Eggman's zombie slave, who had her and the hypnotized villagers build a world-controlling satellite. She would later attack Sticks when she came to the rescue, but was freed when Team Sonic foiled Eggman's plan. Beth was later inspired to buy some Fuzzy Puppy figurines from Orbot and resell one of them to a mystery buyer, unaware that Orbot was manipulating her. She would also run from the Egg Tank when Orbot invaded the Village. During a power outage in the Unnamed Village soon after, Beth would riot alongside the others villagers.

While at a town meeting, Beth learned that their village was named after Sticks' evil ancestor, Jebediah Badger. Eventually wanting the town renamed, Beth agreed to a referendum between Amy and Eggman's name propositions at another meeting. Beth later had to be evacuated from the youth center when Eggman attempted to destroy it. Coming to Meh Burger, Beth received premium service from the new robot employees (courtesy of Eggman) before watching Dave the Intern lose his job to one of these robots in a contest. Upon attenting the reopening of the improved Meh Burger however, Beth and the villagers got trapped in a force-field and sent towards space in Meh Burger by Eggman. Thanks to Team Sonic and Dave though, Beth was rescued, along with Meh Burger.

Winning the Science Fair Awards with her space diorama, Beth got a trophy and the right to observe the local top scientist, Tails. While amazed by Tails' work, Beth got more invested in seeing Knuckles break stuff after she (under Lady Walrus' watch) saw Team Sonic fight Eggman while following Tails. However, Beth got overlooked when Tails and Knuckles got caught up in a shared experiment, and she began following Sticks when the badger's theories caught her interest. When Tails later seemingly proved Muckfoot's existence with a photo, Beth would look up to Tails as a hero and take part in the ensuring Muckfoot Mania. She would therefore scorn Tails when the fox showed that his "Muckfoot" was just Knuckles covered in mud. Some time afterwards, Beth found the time to play with other kids on the beach. Beth was soon after nearly trampled by a widabit stampede while in the Village Center, but was saved in the last moment by Sonic.

One day, Beth had to run for her life again when Eggman's malware-infected robots went on an unparalleled blitzkrieg in the Village. While she tried to stay safe, Knuckles would inspire the villagers to fight back against the robots. After the robots withdrew though, Beth skipped out on the cleanup of the town. Joining the Lightning Bowler Society fan craze, Beth tried ordering their fast-food tie-in at Meh Burger, only to change her mind upon hearing that it had been rebranded. When local gossip then revealed that Dr. Eggman was no doctor, Beth began seeing him as a joke. She thus joined the villagers in mocking Eggman during the scientist's next trip to the Village. When Eggman did earn his doctorate, Beth watched his graduation ceremony. Beth later came under attack by Cubot when the latter went nuts and gained new gravity powers. Although Sticks kept her safe for a while, Beth ultimately got caught in the grasp of Cubot's gravity powers and taken towards space with the villagers by Cubot. Thanks to Sonic and Tails though, Beth was brought down to earth again before she died from asphyxia.

Personality
Speaking in a slight country accent, Beth is soft-spoken, sweet, polite and well-mannered. However, her manner of speaking has a few quirks: she always refers to others as "mister" (regardless of gender) and she often ends her sentences with the words "I betcha". Like many other villagers, she appears to be a fan of Sonic.

Beth is a smart girl, having won the Science Fair Awards all on her own. Despite this, she has a child-like innocence and attention span. Highly curious, she often asks questions, some of which can be very profound in their simplicity. She is also very impressionable, being instantly fascinated by anyone's outstanding qualities, be it either Tails' intellect, Knuckles' brute strength, or Sticks' conspiracy theories.

Trivia

 * Beth is the first background character introduced in the second season of Sonic Boom with a confirmed name.