T-Pup


 * This article is for the character that appears in Archie Comics. For the identical character from Tails Adventure, see Tails Remote Robot.

T-Pup is a small, dog/fox-like robot built by Miles "Tails" Prower while on Cocoa Island. Hours after T-Pup's creation, the Battle Bird Armada assaulted Antoine and Bunnie D'Coolette and Tails and his new pet tried to fend them off and help the couple and T-Pup witnessed as Tails fought Speedy and was thrown to the ground by him. T-Pup proceeded to help Tails and the D'Coolettes fight the Armada throughout Cocoa Island, proving invaluable with his many functions.

Creation
T-Pup was built in 3237 within hours by Tails in his Cocoa Island workshop, using mechanical parts and completed when his operating system was uploaded into his head. (SU: #17)

Tails's Side-kick
Soon after his completion, T-Pup went offline at the foot of Tails's bed while he slept, but both were awoken by an explosion and they went to find Bunnie and Antoine, taking to the skies. They soon encountered members of the Battle Bird Armada, but Tails quickly dealt with them with some aerial acrobatics, and then Speedy arrived and temporarily defeated Tails. While Speedy was gloating in the fox's face, T-Pup snuck up behind him and when the order was given, bit Speedy on his tail feathers. T-Pup and Tails then flew away, but Speedy quickly caught up and pursued them into a cave. They flew upwards to an opening and lost Speedy by hiding between two rock structures sticking out of the cave's walls. Tails then ordered T-Pup to keep watch while he had some sleep, deciding he could make a better plan in the morning with some rest. When morning came, T-Pup woke Tails with an alarm, and the fox boy inadverdently knocked him off the ledge, though T-pup was able to save himself thanks to his propellors. The two then returned to the Sea Fox, only to find it surrounded by Battle Birds. But Tails's gas bombs soon ended that problem. Another occurred underwater while searching for a secret entrance when Battle Birds in submarines showed up. They too were easily defeated, though damage had been taken and they needed to surface. This was fortunate for Antoine, as it allowed him a safe landing from up above. After explaining that Bunnie was undercover and enquring about the "strange little thing" that was T-Pup, Antoine said that must get back to the Battle Bird base, and Tails provided them a way back on to land. T-Pup then started scanning for the nearest cavern entrance to sneak into the Armada's underground base, and quickly led Tails and Antoine to it. T-Pup then used his eye lights to guide them through the caves and locate two Battle Birds armed with explosives, who they ambushed and relieved of their bombs (some stored in T-Pup for later usage) to blow a faster way to the base. This led to a confrontation with more Battle Birds, but help arrived in the form of Bunnie, who took a shine to T-Pup and started petting and fussing over him, until she got spooked by his holographic projectors, which showed the structurual information of the base she'd stolen. The four of them swept through the Battle Bird defences to the base, where they came face-to-face with Dr. Fukurokov and his Mole Mech, who quickly had them all on the ropes. The four then regrouped after Bunnie stunned the Mole Mech and Tails ordered Bunnie and Antoine to tear up the two points of the lab he'd shown earlier while he and T-Pup took on the Mole Mech using the bombs he stored in T-Pup. Using T-Pup as a distraction, Tails was able to loosen the parts connecting the Mole Mech together until all he had to do was hit it for it to fall apart. T-Pup's paw became damaged in the battle, however, and Tails had to carry him when the island started to shake. They went below ground and thought the island was sinking when really is was seperating from the land below as it was really the Battle Bird Armada's Battle Fortress. The four of them escaped safely and returned to Tails's cabin, where he fixed T-Pup's paw before they all had a "real" vacation. (SU: #17, #18, #19, #20)

Personality
T-Pup acts much like a household dog, panting with its tongue held out, yipping and yapping, whining when scared, sad or damaged, growling at enemies and even seen sleeping at the foot of Tails's bed. It does seem to have something of a greater personality than a pet, though, as T-Pup once gave Tails something of an evil look after the fox boy accidentally knocked him off a ledge, though it ended quickly.

Abilities
T-Pup is capable of flight via a propellor that comes out of its back and also has a variety of both high-tech equipment for field missions and basic functions for around the house. For example, he can project holographic images with his eyes and can also use them to cast light, but is also capable of being used as an alarm clock and detecting anyone who would approach him even when offline. He does not seem to have many functions for battle, however.

Appearance
A good way to describe T-Pup is that he is like a disproportionate, goofy, robot chihuahua. His colouring is light orange and grey and he has grey eyes. His head is roughly the same size as his body and he has large eyes, a large metal muzzle, a thin tail with a metal sphere at the end and a pink tongue.