Ray the Flying Squirrel (Classic Sonic's world)

Ray the Flying Squirrel (レイ・ザ・フライングスクイレル) is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is an anthropomorphic flying squirrel, and Ray the Flying Squirrel's counterpart from another dimension set in the recent past.

Appearance
Ray has golden yellow fur and dark tan skin on his muzzle, inner ears and front torso. He has black eyes, a small tapered hair tuft at the top back of his head (making it appear somewhat teardrop-shaped), a furry skin membrane connecting his waist to his lower arms, small, perky triangular ears, a shiny, bulbous black nose and a long club-shaped tail.

Ray wears white gloves with large cuffs. He also wears blue sneakers with white soles. Each shoe has two white straps that do not reach the soles.

Sonic Mania Adventures
Arriving on Angel Island during his search for Mighty, Ray eventually came across Knuckles the Echidna and his Master Emerald. After having his friendly greeting rejected, Ray showed Knuckles Mighty's missing person poster. Before he could see Knuckles give his response however, Ray's interest fell upon the Master Emerald. When he tried to touch it though, a paranoid Knuckles grabbed Ray and threw him away.

Sonic Mania Plus
Ray is set to appear as a playable character in Sonic Mania Plus, the updated edition of Sonic Mania. In this game, Ray has a move known as the Air Glide, which lets him glide through midair.

Personality
Ray is friendly, eager and very energetic. He is also shown to be highly curious (if not scatterbrained), as seen when he forgot that he was engaging with Knuckles after the Master Emerald caught his interest.

Powers and abilities
Ray is capable of running at high speeds, like Sonic, and is also rather agile. He can also perform the basic Spin Attack, a technique where he curls into a concussive ball or cutting disk and directs himself at his targets. With it, Ray can shred or burrow through just about any substance given enough speed. Being a flying squirrel, he is able to glide on the wind using his skin flaps.

Friends

 * Mighty the Armadillo

Trivia

 * The design for Ray's shoes were based on his Archie counterpart's shoes, which were designed by Archie Comics artist/writer Aleah Baker. However, his full design is heavily inspired from his classic appearance on the regular cover of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog #294.