Jet the Hawk

"You know, I checked you out actually. Not bad. I admit you're pretty fast on your feet. But here, it's a whole different story when riding with Extreme Gear! You see, to be the fastest on a Gear, you have to become one with the wind! Without wings, well you might as well kiss the ground and go home!"

- Jet the Hawk

Jet the Hawk (ジェット・ザ・ホーク) is a fictional, 14 year-old anthropomorphic hawk from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is the leader of the current generation of Babylon Rogues, a talented and legendary band of thieves that has existed since ancient times. He is known as the "Legendary Wind Master" due to his mastery at Extreme Gear riding, and has because of them earned an impressive reputation.

Cocky and brash, Jet is very arrogant and prideful about his Extreme Gear skills. While he is the leader of the Babylon Rogues, Jet rarely takes his responsibilities seriously and remains laid-back, though he knows when to assert his authority. He is also greedy, always seeking riches and fortunes, and has no tolerance for failure. When facing others when racing, however, Jet opposes cheating and seeks only to win fairly.

After being beaten by Sonic the Hedgehog in Extreme Gear riding, Jet has had an intense rivalry with Sonic, having become Sonic's most potent rival in Extreme Gear riding. Ever competitive towards Sonic, Jet has made it his foremost goal to beat him and claim the title as the fastest thing in the universe.

Early Life
Jet was born into a clan of thieves known as the Babylon Rogues. He is a descendant of the Babylonians, an alien race that stranded on Earth in ancient times, where they became the Babylon Rouges, a legendary band of thieves and Extreme Gear specialist. Eventually, however, the Babylonians incurred the wrath of the gods because of their crimes. As punishment, the Babylonians were scattered and their home, Babylon Garden, along with the treasure within it, were cast into the earth. The remaining Babylonians then became a collective clan of thieves, who would continue their legacy of thieving for generations, with Jet being one of the Babylonians' few latest descendants.

At some point in his life, Jet became a member of the Babylon Rogues. When Jet's father retired from the Babylon Rogues, Jet was passed down the position as leader of the Babylon Rogues and the Key to Babylon Garden, which had been passed down for generations, from his father. Joined by Wave the Swallow and Storm the Albatross, the three of them formed the newest generation of Babylon Rogues and continued their clan's legacy of theft.

During his carrier as one of the Babylon Rogues, Jet and his group went through a number of unknown criminal activities, and became quite infamous. Over time, Jet's skills at Extreme Gear riding became renowned worldwide, earning him an impressive reputation, eventually reaching the point where he was called the "Legendary Wind Master" and a legendary rogue. All the while, Jet remained determined to uncover the secret treasure in Babylon Garden, having heard the stories of the hidden treasure of presumed great value within it, and that the Key to Babylon Garden could unlock it.

Sonic Riders
Jet first appeared when he is chased by Sonic because he has stolen a Chaos Emerald but merely escaped from his pursuit. He later entered the EX World Grand Prix with Wave and Storm. Later on, Jet makes fun of Sonic thinking he could master riding on Extreme Gear. He advances to the finals of the EX World Grand Prix and (unintentionally) unfairly wins after Wave detonates an explosive placed on the bottom of Sonic's board near the end of the race. Again, he races against Sonic after Doctor Eggman steals the control box in order to steal the ancient treasure of Babylon. This time, he is defeated fairly. Sonic, who retrieved the box from Eggman, willingly hands it to Jet, as he is not intending to use it.

At the doors of the Babylonian Garden, Jet, Wave, and Storm awaken and are confronted by the Babylon Guardian, a large purple genie, and only succeed in defeating it with the help of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. They discover the fabled Babylonian Treasure to be the ancient Extreme Gear Magic Carpet.

Jet and Sonic finally decide to be more friendly to each other, even though Jet still thinks of Sonic as a rival. Jet concedes to the fact that Sonic is faster than him. However, this doesn't make him want to beat Sonic any less than in the beginning. Jet and Sonic later have many other rivalry races.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Jet wishes upon a shooting star for the power to beat Sonic, then when the shooting star crashes it causes an avalanche, making a newly found artifact activate, revealing to Jet the powers of gravity control. Proclaiming himself the fastest thing in the universe, Jet sets off to find the rest of the Ark's of the Cosmos, and prove to Sonic the Hedgehog once and for all he is the best.

Jet and Sonic meet up again at MeteorTech and Jet immediately jumps at the chance to prove once and for all to Sonic that he is the fastest in the universe. Later on, at the end of the game, Jet and Sonic have a race in Crimson Crater to prove who gets the title of fastest and all of the Ark of the Cosmos. Jet and Sonic tie and Sonic gives his Ark of the Cosmos to him. Tails figures out that the Arks can amplify gravity to form black holes to use Gravity Control and that if all of them are close enough to Babylon Garden, the entire world would be sucked into the massive black hole it would create.

One of Eggman's robots flies into the room and snatches the Arks from Wave and flies them to Babylon Garden. Babylon Garden reverts back into it's usual form as a space ship and a black hole appears at it's center and begins sucking in the world. Jet, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Wave and Storm fly to the Garden and defeat the Master Core: ABIS program. The last cutscene from the game is Sonic, Tails, Knuckles driving through a city and Jet flying up beside them and challenging Sonic to yet another race.

Sonic Free Riders
Jet once again rivals Sonic alongside Wave and Storm in the game Sonic Free Riders, exclusive for the Xbox 360 Kinect. In Team Heroes' Story, as both teams meet and race each other in the finals, Sonic appears to defeat Jet easily which was the cause of tech trouble slowing down Jet. Sonic calls for a rematch, much to Jet's warning that Sonic would regret. Even that, Sonic defeats Jet and when talking to him, Jet swears revenge in somewhat of a sportsmanship-like way. In his own story mode (along with Wave and Storm), they were up against Team Dark in the first round. After winning the first race Jet tries to compliment Shadow and Rouge that they raced well but the duo's negative response claims that the first win was a fluke. However, the Babylon Rogues proved to their legends that their next two wins were hardly a challenge to them and Team Dark goes down. In the second round against Team Rose, Team Babylon outraces Team Rose which again was hardly a challenge. As the championship finally comes around, Jet finally gets to race Sonic. As Wave claims that Jet will win the next race, Jet tells Wave he doesn't need any more compliments of him winning along with Storm which then Jet becomes suspicious that Wave have messed up Team Heroes' Gears like she did in the first game. Jet seems to outrace Sonic easily which he didn't take as an accomplishment which follows up with Jet calling a rematch race with Sonic. The latter questions, with Jet responding that 'a legendary wind master doesn't accept anything short of absolute victory'. Jet secures an 'absolute victory' and the story ends with Jet telling Sonic to go back to training on his Gear, promising a rematch.

Sonic and the Black Knight
Jet appears as Sir Lamorak in the Wii-exclusive video game, Sonic and the Black Knight. Although he doesn't appear in the main story mode, he's unlockable afterward, and uses two twin swords. Like Gawain, his Soul Surge is Gail Meteor. He is unlocked by obtaining 5 Mastery Stars in Great Megalith.

Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games
Jet was revealed in a Nintendo Magazine to appear in Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games, but appeared as a boss. Like Rouge, he is one of the rivals that challenges the player every couple of days in the Festival Mode. In the DS Adventure tour Jet is in Cubyrinth waiting for Sonic to arrive so he can challenge him to see if he can beat him in Deluxe Halfpipe and when defeated he runs off promising to come back for a rematch later. In the Wii version, he challenges the player in Snowboard Cross.

Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Jet appears as a boss in the 3DS version of the game. When he runs into Sonic, Tails, Yoshi, Shadow, and Silver, who are looking for a fog machine, he says that he will claim it for the Babylon Rogues. He competes against Shadow in 3000m Steeplechase. When he is defeated, Tails asks for his help to find the fog machine. Jet tells him that the machine was already near them. He tries to destroy the machine (which is what Sonic wanted to do so the Games wouldn't be postponed) but bounces off the machine and gets dizzy. In the Wii version, he appears in London Party as a rival at times. He can challenge the player to Dream Discus. Also, players can win his costume with the scratch cards.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Jet appears as a collectible trophy and sticker.

Trophy Description

Theme Songs
Jet's theme, often associated with the entire Babylon Rogues group, is called Catch Me If You Can. A remixed version was created for the OST, and a new version was created for Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.Jet also has a unique rival theme in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.

Quotes
The asterisk means that the quote also appears in Sonic Rider: Zero Gravity.

Sonic Riders

 * "No way I'm gonna lose!" *- Jet before a race starts.
 * "I'm the best!" *- Jet after winning a race.
 * "Hmph! So YOU'RE supposed to be the fastest thing alive?" - When Jet attacked Sonic in the opening scene of Team Heroes story mode.
 * "Not very impressive for someone of your reputation." Jet to Sonic in the forest cutscene.
 * "You know, I checked you out actually. Not bad. I admit you're pretty fast on your feet. But here, it's a whole different story when riding with Extreme Gear! You see, to be the fastest on a Gear, you have to become one wtih the wind! Without wings, well you might as well kiss the ground and go home!"-Jet to Sonic in that same cutscene making fun of Sonic attempting to master Extreme Gear.
 * "Hah, you're lucky you got this far. It obviously wasn't due to your skills!" Jet to Sonic before the finals race in Sand Ruins.
 * "You may be the fastest... for now... But I'll be back. Sonic the Hedgehog!" - Jet at the end of Sonic Riders.
 * "Why'd you do that? I was just having this great daydream!" - Jet after dreaming of being surrounded by bags of gold.
 * "Feel the wrath of Babylon!" - Jet when he attacks his opponent in Sonic Riders.
 * "No sweat!" - Jet after performing a trick properly.
 * "You can't catch up with him. Get outta my way!"* - Jet distracts Sonic by preventing him from coming after Eggman.
 * "The dirt suits you so well!" - Says that to Sonic when he wins from the EX World Grand Prix.
 * "Hmph! He may be the fastest creature on the ground, but in the air, with me and my Extreme Gear, he's just a joke!" - Jet in the opening cutscene of the Babylon Story, in Sonic Riders.
 * "Hmph! I lost! So don't play games with me! I don't want your pity, nor do I need it!" - When Sonic was handing him over the box, even when Jet lost against Sonic.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

 * "Alright star, give me the power to beat him!"- Jet wishing to a shooting star wanting to beat Sonic while at Gigan Rocks.
 * "Looks like my wish came true already!"- Jet while being in zero-gravity for the first time in Gigan Rocks.
 * "Tch, just wait, Sonic the Hedgehog. You won't be calling yourself the world's fastest for long!'- Jet while peeping at Team Heroes' conversation.
 * "It's been a while, Sonic the Hedgehog." - Jet appearing before Team Heroes in MeteoTech Premises.
 * "Don't play dumb! Not after swiping the Ark of the Cosmos right out of our hands!" - Jet yelling at Amy in response to her not knowing what the Ark of the Cosmos is.
 * "Now you'll see my TRUE POWER!" - Jet before doing a Gravity Dive during a race.
 * "I'll show you!" - Jet in Attack mode during a race.
 * "Rush? I'm the fastest thing in the universe! And today, I'm gonna prove it." - When Sonic was telling him that "girls hate guys who rush them".
 * "Yaaawn, can the boring speech! What can this thing do for me?"- Jet being bothered by Wave's analysis of the Ark of the Cosmos.
 * "Heh, these things really do attract one another..."- Jet muttering the fact that the Ark of the Cosmos attract one another.
 * "Why that dirty..! Sneak onto my ship, will he?! Full speed ahead! Follow him!"- Jet realizing Dr. Eggman has snuck onto Jet's ship and stole the Arks of the Cosmos.
 * "Hold it! (..) You think I was just sitting around here twiddling my thumbs? Sonic the Hedgehog? (...) First one to nab Eggman gets all of the Arks of the Cosmos! And the title of 'fastest creature in the universe'!"- Jet challenging Sonic to a showdown race in Crimson Tower.
 * "Ugh! I'll get you next time!" - Jet after losing a race.

Sonic Free Riders

 * "What's with the temper tantrum? Is this kindergarten?" - Jet in one of the cutscenes in Team Rose's story mode.
 * "Let's Fly!" Jet boosting in a race.
 * "I'm no.1!!" Jet winning a race.
 * "Regardless of why we're here, this Grand Prix is ours, Sonic the Hedgehog!"- Jet to Team Heroes in their story mode.
 * "Ugh, the both of you are useless. Looks like I'm going to have to get serious if we want to win this!" - Jet to Wave and Storm in Team Heroes' story mode.
 * "What the heck was that, Wave? Did you even tune our Gear before the race?!" Jet complaining to Wave after losing the second race against Team Heroes in their story mode in Sonic Free Riders.
 * "Tch! If we lost, we lost! Just know that you guys got lucky!" - Jet losing to Team Heroes for the first time in Sonic Heroes' story mode.
 * "You sure you wanna risk a rematch? I promise you right now you'll regret it!"-Jet questioning Sonic when he called for a rematch in Team Heroes' story mode in Sonic Free Riders.
 * "Yeah, well, there's gonna be payback for this! You just wait, Sonic the Hedgehog."-Jet's last words to Sonic in Team Heroes's story mode.
 * "Don't you worry about us. We'll take the cash and the treasure prize, just you watch." Jet in response to Rouge's taunt regarding the Babylon Rouges finding treasure at a slower rate.
 * "Shadow and Rouge was it?You guys are not bad." Jet to Shadow and Rouge after defeating Team Dark in Team Babylon's story mode.
 * "Let's go! Time to cool off, then start plotting revenge." Jet when Team Dark defeated Team Babylon in Team Dark's story mode.
 * "Tch! I went easy on 'em because they were such amateurs." Jet after losing the first race to Team Rose in their story mode.
 * "Enjoy those dreams while you still can!" Jet in response to Vector daydreaming about having the cash prize.
 * "Ultimate Gear-jockey? Please! I'll prove that wrong here and now!" Jet making fun of Eggman calling the repaired E-10000B an 'ultimate Gear-jockey' in the Final Race story mode.
 * "Hah, he wanted to call that scrap metal the fastest Gear-jockey? Pffft!" Jet taunting Eggman after E-10000B didn't win in the first final race.
 * "Maybe you better walk him through it, Wave." Jet making a joke that Eggman needs to be given lectures about Extreme Gear.

Storm the Albatross
Since Jet is the leader of the Babylon Rogues, Storm does not call Jet by his name; he calls him "Boss" and does whatever he can to please Jet. Jet doesn't really seem to take Storm as a friend as he is always acting like a leader and appoints him missions.

Wave the Swallow
Jet is also Wave's boss. But Wave doesn't bother calling him "Boss", she simply calls him by his name. She is the creator of Jet's Extreme Gear, Type-J. She also helps Jet by her intelligence, But Jet seems to be bothered by her "long and boring speeches".

Sonic the Hedgehog
Jet and Sonic have been rivals ever since they met. At first, when Jet was better than Sonic in Extreme Gear riding, Jet used to make fun of Sonic. In the last court in the World Grand Prix, Jet was surprised that he was actually losing against Sonic, so he (albeit unknowingly, due to Wave's deception) cheated which made him win. In the end of Sonic Riders, the two had a more friendly relationship, friendship and promised each other to compete once again. In addition, although Jet desires to beat Sonic in racing, he does not wish to do unfair tactics to win against him, as he told Wave to not sabotage Sonic's Extreme Gear, and later told Wave off when he learned about the actual reason behind his win was indeed due to Wave sabotaging Sonic's Extreme Gear. Wave tells Jet that it's time to split up. And everyone hops on to their gears and went home. In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, they met again and had a race, but it ended up as a draw, Sonic then says in the end of the game that he'll compete Jet again in the World Grand Prix. But however, in the final ending, when Sonic was in the car, Jet called his name and came in-front of a car asking for another race, Sonic accepts it and the two are competing against each other. It is unknown which one of them won the race since the credits of the game came in between.

Amy Rose
In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, when Jet found out that Amy had one of the Ark of the Cosmos, he had gone after her. When he caught her, he said "Alright, girly. Hand over the Ark of the Cosmos!", Amy told him that she has no idea what was he talking about, Jet thought she was lying and told her not to play dumb. When Jet had reached Eggman's Computer Room, he found out how important the Ark of the Cosmos were and knew that Amy still had them, but since she wasn't around he couldn't get it from her, but Storm got it from her, along with another one.

Friends

 * Wave the Swallow
 * Storm the Albatross

Enemies/Rivals

 * Dr. Eggman (after being betrayed)
 * Metal Sonic
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (rival in speed)
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Amy Rose
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Rouge the Bat
 * Vector the Crocodile
 * Cream the Rabbit

Extreme Gear
Like the other Babylon Rogues, Jet's Extreme Gear board gets it's name from the first letter of Jet's name. His board is called Type-J. (Another good example of this is Wave the Swallow's, which has a W as the first letter of her name, therefore her board is named Type-W.)

Personality
Jet the Hawk's personality is greedy, conceited and selfish. He is normally very lazy and rude, seen as when he ordered Wave and Storm around, and has also shown to have a really short temper, by stomping around and aggressively kicking whatever he sees, whenever he gets angry. Despite him being greedy, he can at times act nice to others and treat them fairly, even if they are his rivals. When he and Sonic first met, Jet teased him about his skills and having no chance in competing with him in the air, but, it was then shown in Sonic Riders Zero Gravity, he seemed to have become more mature and level-headed, by no longer kicking things, when he gets angered and instead of raising his voice, he simply ignores Storm and Wave's frequent arguments. However, when listening to Wave's boring (and sometimes complicated) talks, he tells her to shorten her information down and put them in simple terms. Despite that, he seemed to have become a better leader of the Babylon Rogues, compared to his debut.

In Sonic Free Riders, he still shows some signs of arrogance, but seems to have become more mature and more of a sport. After defeating Team Dark the first time, he showed genuine, though unreciprocated, kindness to them by complimenting their skills and effort. Before one of his races with Sonic, towards the end, he asks Wave, if she had messed with Sonic's Gear in any way, meaning that unlike in Sonic Riders, in which he was interested in cheating, in order to win, in Sonic Free Riders, he was shown to be more keen on having a fair race. On the other hand (meaning if the player is playing as Team Sonic), he seems rather okay with having lost. Also, at the end of Sonic Free Riders, Jet had no problem going home empty-handed, as he was happy that he and everyone had had a good time in the end.

Reception
IGN had said that Jet's voice in Sonic Free Riders is more annoying but they had said that they think it's fine because he is a "jerk." Many fans believe that Jet is a great character, as seen on SEGA's website, where they took a poll on Jet. Other than IGN, most websites leave no comment on Jet's personality or behavior.

Trivia

 * Jet's name came from the prototype name of the character in the classic games, Nack the Weasel, as when Sonic Triple Trouble was first announced in a Magazine article in 1994, Nack the Weasel was referred to as Jet, but was later changed. This could also show how both characters resemble a lot in personality.
 * Jet is the youngest member in his group, the Babylon Rogues. He is also the youngest rival Sonic has ever had in the game series alongside Silver who, like Jet, is also 14.
 * Coincidentally, both of them have a seiyuu that shares the same given name (Daisuke).
 * Oddly enough, in "Durarara!!" both Daisuke Ono and Kishio voice characters related to each other (the Heiwajima brothers.)
 * Both Jet's and Silver's counterparts in Sonic and the Black Knight don't appear in story mode.
 * Jet is currently the only Babylon Rogues member to have a playable appearance outside the Sonic Riders series, in Sonic and the Black Knight in the multiplayer mode.
 * Jet can be considered ambidextrous. In the Sonic Riders series Jet attacks with this fans on both hands and in Sonic and the Black Knight, Jet's counterpart, Lamorak fights with two swords.
 * Jet also makes the most appearances than Storm or Wave do outside the Sonic Riders series.
 * Jet was intended to be playable in Sonic Rivals and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, but was removed from the latter for unknown reasons.
 * In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Jet's data still remains in the game. In the European version of the game, if you hack the game, Jet is playable along with Silver, Donkey Kong, Cream, Big, Birdo and Espio.
 * Some fans believe Jet to be modeled after Bean the Dynamite from Sonic the Fighters. In some cases, people even mistook Jet to be Bean. Nintendo Power Magazine played a joke on this fact by giving an image of Jet a caption reading; "Bean? Is that you, Bean? Oh! How we've missed you!".
 * On that note, there is a similarity between Speedy, Bean the Dynamite, and Jet the Hawk, since they are all bird characters who have green feathers and yellow beaks.
 * In Jet's quarters of the Babylon Rogues' hovercraft, there is a portrait of a bird that is most likely Jet's father.
 * Jet's species may have chosen as a reference to the famous skateboarder, Tony Hawk, as they are both skilled board riders.
 * In Jet's 2D images, he has nostrils on his beak. However, in his 3D renders he doesn't. This could be the exception with his Sonic and the Black Knight artwork, though it is hard to confirm due to his helmet blocking the "nose" of his beak.
 * Jet's laughing is similar to Sonic's, because they were both voiced by Jason Griffith.
 * Jet is the only rival of Sonic whom he hasn't made friends with, despite them having to work together twice.
 * Jet and Sonic seem to have their colors inverted, in terms of eye and fur/feather color. Jet's appearance is mostly green, but he has blue eyes, the color of Sonic. Sonic's appearance is mostly blue, but he has green eyes, the color of Jet.
 * Jet, along with Wave and Storm, is the only characters in the Sonic Riders series to wear their goggles when racing in-game, though in the opening cutscene in the first Sonic Riders, that was the only time he wore his goggles in any cutscene of some sort.
 * Also, most characters tend to wear their goggles when using skates in the first two Sonic Riders games, Jet basically wears his goggles more often compared to others, possibly noting to his experience on an Extreme Gear.