Thunderbolt the Chinchilla

"You've given Lord Eggman so much trouble, Sonic. I honestly didn't think you'd fall for our trap so easily. But you won't have to live with the indignity for long. I don't take prisoners!"

- Thunderbolt, Sonic the Hedgehog #264

Thunderbolt is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. She is an anthropomorphic chinchilla and the Egg Boss of the Soumerca Egg Army division of the Egg Army stationed on Sonic's World.

Appearance
Thunderbolt is a diminutive anthropomorphic chinchilla, close to ten inches tall, with yellow-orange fur, a brown nose, light green eyes, and a white short muzzle. She has a small head with round ears almost as large as her head, an over-proportioned round torso with green fur on her chest, stubby legs and arms, a long bushy tail, and bushy turquoise hair fluff covering her chest all the way to the back of her neck. Having undergone the Cyberization procedure, she has a pair of cables on top of her head, a ruby-like object on the forehead, and a cable each connecting the back of her hands with a power generator on her back.

For attire, Thunderbolt wears an orange shirt, dark pants with two yellow buttons on the front, dark gloves and orange shoes. In her powersuit, Thunderbolt is around five to six feet tall. The suit itself slightly resemble E-102 Gamma and the E-1000 series. Thunderbolt's silhouette can be seen through the suit's yellowish dome.

Shattered World Crisis
Thunderbolt and her forces managed to recover a Chaos Emerald. As she was about to report to Dr. Eggman of their find, the doctor contacted her. Thunderbolt promised to deliver the Emerald soon, but Eggman ordered her to keep it and use it as bait for the New Freedom Fighters, a plan she took a liking to.

Later, Thunderbolt and her Egg Army were entrusted with E-113 Xi. As Sonic the Hedgehog, Amy Rose, and Sally Acorn, along with help from Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel, managed to subdue E-113 Xi, Thunderbolt prepared for Eggman's plan to destroy the Freedom Fighters. The Freedom Fighters arrived at the Egg Army base, and defeated the badniks there, but were immediately ambushed by Thunderbolt, inside her robotic suit, and her Egg Soldiers. They activated electric projectiles at the heroes, which caused Sonic to succumb to his dark concentration energy, transforming him into the Werehog.

Unwilling to allow Sonic's unexpected transformation to phase her, Thunderbolt ordered her forces to attack, only for the Werehog to throw them aside with ease. Annoyed, Thunderbolt entered the fray herself, only to be torn from her battlesuit, which left her furious. However, her electrical powers proved little use against an angry Werehog, and it was only the intervention of Mighty the Armadillo that allowed her to escape. She subsequently reported her failure to Dr. Eggman, who furiously ordered her to make sure that she didn't fail again, warning that if she did, he wouldn't "leave enough of [her] to make gloves!" In response, Thunderbolt had her forces prepare a weapon known as the Flying Dynamo in order to destroy Sonic once and for all. However, shortly after the robot's deployment, Thunderbolt received a signal informing her of its destruction. The next occurrence known to have incurred her wrath was when she caught a couple of her Egg Soldiers watching the Chaos Emerald Championship.

Personality
Thunderbolt has ruthless and sadistic tendencies combined with a very short temper; she does not tolerate failure nor does she take prisoners, and she seems to enjoy the suffering of her master's enemies.

Powers and abilities
Having undergone Cyberization, Thunderbolt is fitted with cybernetics, which lets her project powerful electrical blasts.

Dr. Eggman
On top of her loyalty to Dr. Eggman, Thunderbolt apparently has high opinions of him, referring to him as "Lord Eggman" when discussing him with her troops; for example, when informed by one of her Egg Soldiers that "her" plan was ready, she roughly replied that it was actually Eggman's plan and that they merely had the pleasure of carrying it out. Despite her loyalty to Eggman though, it is apparent that she fears him as well.

Trivia

 * Thunderbolt's attire is similar to the "classic" design of Dr. Eggman.