Professor Pickle's Assistant

Professor Pickle's Assistant (ピックル教授の助手) is a human resident of Spagonia who appears in Sonic Unleashed. He is, as his name suggests, Professor Pickle's assistant and he helps him out with various tasks. He is Professor Pickle's greatest admirer and looks very much to him and tries his best to please him, though he tends to think about things a little too much. He was one of the people being possessed by Dark Gaia's minions, until he was exorcised by Sonic the Werehog and Chip.

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''Professor Pickle's helper and his greatest admirer. He takes his sweet time with just about everything, which explains why he's often plugging away at the same work for three days when anybody else would have finished it in one.''

PS3/Xbox360
At some point prior to Sonic Unleashed, Professor Pickle's Assistant took the job as an assistant to Professor Pickle. Because he is the biggest fan of Professor Pickle and his work, it was like a dream come true to him. Sometime before the Earth was shattered in Sonic Unleashed, however, Professor Pickle's Assistant witnessed Professor Pickle being kidnapped by Doctor Eggman and his army of robots, but was unable to help him. This made Professor Pickle's Assistant blame himself for not being able to save the professor and feared that the professor would neglect him because of that.

After the world was shattered by Dr. Eggman, Professor Pickle's Assistant met Sonic, Tails and Chip, who had come to Spagonia University to see Professor Pickle. Since the professor had been kidnapped, however, he explained to them what had happen and what he had seen. Later, after Sonic, Tails and Chip managed to save Professor Pickle and had laid out a plan of action, Professor Pickle's Assistant watched over Professor Pickle's work with the Gaia Manuscripts, as the professor studied them to decipher the knowledge needed to restore the planet.

At some point during the game, Professor Pickle's Assistant became possessed by Dark Gaia's minions, which caused him to become rather rude and made him throw dance parties in the streets with other possessed people during the night, but would later return to normal during the day. One night however, he came across Amy Rose and dragged her into their dancing party against her will. As Professor Pickle's Assistant forced her to dance, Amy asked him what the big idea was, but he just told Amy, whom he called "babe", to dance the night away. Luckily, Sonic the Werehog and Chip came across them, and Chip unintentionally managed to drive Dark Gaia's minions out of Professor Pickle's Assistant, while Sonic slayed them, thus completing their first exorcism. As Professor Pickle's Assistant came to, he had no idea what he had just been doing.

After this experience, Professor Pickle's Assistant remained near Spagonia University where he observed Sonic's and Professor Pickle's progress, and as well offering to restore the flashes to Chip's camera, which was needed for their exorcisms. Whenever Sonic and Chip were near Spagonia University, Professor Pickle's Assistant talked with them about how quick he thought the planet was being restored, how the progress was going with Professor Pickle's studies and how happy he was to know that the professor's work contributed to world peace. He also wondered about how Sonic managed to stay mentally unaffected by Dark Gaia.

When Sonic passed through the daytime version of Rooftop Run, Professor Pickle's Assistant watched his activities. He was left rather dizzy, but impressed at Sonic's performance, which he later admitted to Sonic made him look dashing. He could later feel the movement from Spagonia's continent moving back into place as Sonic restored it.

Afterwards, Professor Pickle's Assistant sought out Sonic at the exit of Spagonia, as he prepared to head to Holoska to find the Gaia Temple there. While Sonic was gone, Professor Pickle's Assistant noticed that Professor Pickle was packing his stuff and wondered if he was going on a trip. When Sonic later returned, Professor Pickle's Assistant asked him how it was there as he expected it to be quite cold.

Eventually, Professor Pickle left Spagonia to join Sonic in Shamar, but Professor Pickle's Assistant was left behind. This left him rather depressed, as he took it as a sign that the professor was mad at him for failing to save him. Fortunately, Professor Pickle's Assistant soon received a letter from Professor Pickle, who told him not to neglect his research in his absence. Professor Pickle's Assistant was then overjoyed to know that he was not forgotten and that the professor was not mad at him.

From this point on, Professor Pickle's Assistant remained confident as the professor's eyes and ears in Spagonia and served as Sonic's local guide by providing hints to his destinations, though he was a little displeased since he felt more like a guard than a scientist. As the planet was nearly fully restored, Professor Pickle's Assistant asked Sonic if he could safely assume that he would finish the job and save the world.

PS2/Wii
Sometime before the Earth was shattered in Sonic Unleashed, Professor Pickle's Assistant witnessed Professor Pickle being kidnapped by Dr. Eggman and his army of robots, but he was unable to help him. After the kidnapping, however, Professor Pickle's assistant tried to find him and went on a busy search throughout Spagonia.

Some time after the Earth's shattering, Professor Pickle's Assistant ran into Sonic the Hedgehog, Chip and Tails. He told them that he could not help them right away. But as he heard them asking for directions to Professor Pickle's laboratory, he figured out that they were looking for Professor Pickle as well and told them that the professor had vanished into thin air, before leading them to the laboratory to explain further. Once at the laboratory he explained to them what had happened to the professor and what he had seen.

At some point during the game, Professor Pickle's Assistant became possessed by Dark Gaia's minions, which caused him to become rather rude and made him throw dance parties in the streets with other possessed people during the night, but would later return to normal during the day. Whenever Sonic tried to talk to Professor Pickle's Assistant, he would growl, pant and snarl at him, while claiming that he could not recall meeting Sonic and then told him to get lost. During the day, however, he would remark to Sonic that he did feel his memory was quite muddled after nightfall and stated that he hoped that he had not done anything rude. Because of his behavior, Professor Pickle confronted his assistant about concerns for him, but it only made Professor Pickle's Assistant feel even worse, since he was the one who made the professor worry.

One night, he came across Amy Rose and dragged her into their dancing party against her will. As Professor Pickle's Assistant forced her to dance, Amy asked him what the big idea was, but he just told Amy, whom he called "babe", to dance the night away.Luckily, Sonic the Werehog and Chip came across them, and Chip unintentionally managed to drive Dark Gaia's minions out of Professor Pickle's Assistant, where Sonic then slayed them, thus completing their first exorcism. As Professor Pickle's Assistant came to, he had no idea what he had just been doing.

When Professor Pickle began to pack so he could travel to Shamar, Professor Pickle's Assistant helped the professor move the laboratory. After having just set up the professor's laboratory in Shamar, Professor Pickle's Assistant met Sonic and directed him to the laboratory.

When the planet was nearly fully restored, Professor Pickle's Assistant met Sonic in Spagonia and asked him if he could safely assume that he would finish the job and save the world.

Trivia

 * Professor Pickle's Assistant is named "Cucumber" in the Archie Comics. This was first confimed in Archie Sonic Super Digest Issue 1.