Tommy Turtle

Tommy taught Sonic a valuable lesson in humility when he beat him in a foot race. The event went down very much like the classic "Tortoise and the Hare" fable.

He was a friend that the Freedom Fighters had believed dead until recently. Sonic found that he was in the company of several villains, who were working for Dr. Robotnik. After Robotnik betrayed the villains, Tommy apparently gave his life to save Sonic. However, a year later, Sonic and company met an identical turtle claiming to be Tommy. They trusted "Tommy" until he was exposed as an evil robot, called an infiltrator. Inspection of the robot suggested that the actual Tommy was alive and in the clutches of Robo-Dyne Systems. Once they rescued Tommy, he became a member of the Brain Trust portion of the Freedom Fighters. He is good friends with Rotor Walrus. He is one of the few Freedom Fighters to call Tails "Miles", because he knew Tails when he was very young, but not while he was growing up. As a result of coming into contact with his tears and an electric shock, nanites became bonded to Tommy's shell. As a result, he gained bionic abilities.

However, this seemingly beneficial transformation was revealed to be part of a larger scheme hatched by A.D.A.M. After Robotnik exposed his "son" as a traitor, A.D.A.M. used the nanites to take control of Tommy's body and use him as a host. Tommy later gave his life to save his friends and was destroyed along with A.D.A.M., shortly after Dr. Eggman commanded the Egg Fleet to fire at will at the metal turtle.

His ashes currently rest at Knothole Graveyard, beside Sir Connery. However, the graveyard's status is unknown, with the recent destruction of Knothole. The hospital in New Mobotropolis is named in his memory.