Amy Rose

"I know that people fight over the most trivial things. Some people may be selfish, like the professor said... but they're basically good, if they try their best and never give up on their wishes. They always have a reason to be happy; that's why you should help them out!"

- Amy

Amy Rose (エミー・ローズ), formerly known as Rosy the Rascal (ロージーラスカル Rōjīrasukaru), is a pink, female hedgehog who has chased Sonic out of obsessive love and has been trying to win his heart by any means, including impressing him by fighting robots, and jokingly threatening to keep him locked in prison. She is the first female character introduced into the game universe and is also one of the most popular, coming in fourth place on an official popularity poll.

Like Sonic and other characters in the series, Amy is significantly shorter and lighter than humans her same age. To be precise, she is 12 years old, 90 cm (2'11") tall (although at times it looks as if she's almost the same height as Sonic), and keeps her weight a secret. She was described as being 8 years old in Sonic CD, but as of Sonic Adventure and onwards, she has grown older (by 4 years). Also, with the addition of Cream the Rabbit, Amy seems to have found herself a sidekick similar to Sonic's own Tails (as implied by Sonic Battle, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Advance 3, and Shadow the Hedgehog).

Concept and Creation
Amy Rose is one of the few characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series to have her start outside the games. The original design for Amy Rose was developed in the Sonic the Hedgehog manga published in Shogaku Yonensei. Written by Kenji Terada and illustrated by Sango Norimoto, the manga character was soon adapted by the Sonic the Hedgehog CD team to be used in Sonic's Mega CD debut. She was redesigned by Kazuyuki Hoshino, giving her a completely new dress and removing the Mohawk-like hairstyle prominent in the manga, instead giving her a trim similar to Sonic the Hedgehog.

When Sonic Team reunited and started work on their three dimensional follow-up to the classic Sonic games, Sonic Adventure, it was decided they would revive the pink hedgehog and give her a starring role in the game. Yuji Uekawa, the man who would redesign all the classic characters, did the most drastic changes to Amy Rose. While Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles all received minor tweaks, Amy once again had her clothing and hairstyle completely revamped, and was also made to look slightly older, perhaps in an attempt to appeal to a different demographic than the rest of the Sonic characters.

Early Life
Amy was born into the Rose family and was sometimes nicknamed “Rosy the Rascal”. She was a fortune teller and practitioner of mystical practices who, at one point, lived in downtown Station Square, and had her own set of tarrot cards. Amy was also apparently obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog, a hero who traveled the World and fought Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik.

Kidnapping by Metal Sonic
Using her tarrot cards, Amy learned that she was to have a "destined" encounter with Sonic on the Little Planet. Excited, she rushed over to Never Lake, the place where the small planet appears one month out of the year, and quickly made it to the terrain. It wasn't long before she ran into her crush, Sonic, in Palmtree Panic, and couldn't help but excitingly grab onto her hero, a fact he was none too pleased with. Her happiness was short lived, for as she continued to follow Sonic into Collision Chaos, she was kidnapped by Dr. Eggman's latest creation, Metal Sonic. Though Sonic eventually rescued Amy from her capture, and saved Little Planet from Eggman's grasp, he did not reciprocate her advances.

Racing and Fighting
Apparently following Sonic, Amy ended up joining a drift-racing competition, which offered Chaos Emeralds as prizes. Driving her cute blue car, she competed in the event, and later the second grand prix. A while afterwards, Dr. Eggman planned to dominate the world from space, and a spaceship was made by Sonic’s friend, Miles "Tails" Prower, which had only one seat and required the power of the Chaos Emeralds. Wanting to use the ship, everyone who had an Emerald fought to gain the others, including Amy. Under the alias of "Rosy the Rascal", she competed for the chance to defeat Eggman and impress Sonic. Later, Amy took part in another race with Sonic, this time sporting a red car, and raced for the Chaos Emeralds.

"Birdie" and the Chaos Incident
Returning to her home in downtown Station Square, Amy lived out a normal life in Sonic’s absence. In this time, she also had an extreme makeover; replacing her green sweater and orange skirt with a red dress with white décor, her blue and white shoes with red and white boots, and sporting a hair band and golden rings around her wrists. That was not all; she also had her spikes arranged like an echidna’s, rather than her hedgehog-y spikes she had beforehand. It was while shopping and reminiscing about her times with Sonic that the Egg Carrier flew over the city, and a small blue Flicky zoomed out and knocked her over. After naming the bird "Birdie ", one of Eggman’s robots, E-100 "ZERO" Alpha, arrived and chased the two of them. Escaping into the burger shop, Amy and Birdie escaped, and Amy decided to find Sonic and make him be Birdie’s bodyguard for a short while. Finding him outside of Casinopolis, Sonic was shocked to see her and refused her request, which led her to say she would "tag along" instead. After fleeing ZERO again, the three ended up in Twinkle Park, where Amy and Birdie lost Sonic after being chased. Deciding to find him, the two searched all around the city, until they were found by ZERO and forcibly taken to the Mystic Ruins, where Eggman picked them up and had Amy and Birdie locked away in a cell. After managing to switch E-102 Gamma’s allegiance, the two fled through the Hot Shelter with the Warrior Feather, but were transported to the time of the Knuckles Tribe, and watched Tikal with a group of Chao meeting Chaos. Returning to the present day Egg Carrier confused, Amy and Birdie escaped to the deck, where Eggman was with Sonic and Tails. Delighted to see them, Amy’s joy was short-lived when the Doctor grabbed Birdie and took a Chaos Emerald she had been secretly guarding from her pendant. Eggman then called Gamma to eradicate them, before fleeing, but Amy got Tails, Gamma and Sonic to stop fighting. Sonic then told Tails to fly Amy away, which he did, just before the Egg Carrier lost altitude and exploded. Arriving in Station Square, Amy went to search for Birdie’s family, firstly in the Final Egg, and then the crash-landed Egg Carrier, where they were attacked by ZERO. Finally destroying the robot, Birdie returned to her family, who had come out of the destroyed Gamma and E-101 Beta.

Maginaryworld
A while later, Amy, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles the Echidna and (accidentally) Dr. Eggman were summoned to the Maginaryworld by Lumina Flowlight, who needed them to help repair the Precioustone. Each had their own part to play, and, with each other’s help, the Precioustone was repaired, Maginaryworld was saved, and the heroes were returned home to Earth.

The Time To Be Important Than Just Girly
She was an important supporting character in Sonic Adventure 2 because she was the only character that was only playable in 2-player mode to also have a role in the story mode. When Sonic was kept in an island prison, with Tails' help she managed to free him. This happened to be one of the surprisingly many times Amy has saved Sonic rather than the usual opposite. She is also responsible for causing Shadow to realize Maria's true wish by begging him to help everyone, and thus ending up saving the world against the Biolizard, and later with Sonic-- Finalhazard.

Girl in the Gameboy
Amy was playable in Sonic Advance, but unlike the other playable characters, she could not spin and all her attacks had to be triggered. She had an unlockable playable appearance in Sonic Advance 2 (after collecting all Chaos Emeralds with all the other characters) in which she could spin, as well as Sonic Advance 3 (if she is the partner, then the leader behaves like she does in Sonic Advance.).

Chasing Sonic With The Help Of Her Gang
In Sonic Heroes, Amy leads Team Rose. She represents the team's speed formation. She's accompanied by Cream the Rabbit and Big the Cat on a mission to impress Sonic, while Big wants to find his friend Froggy (again), and Cream and Cheese want to find Cheese's sibling, Chocola, all the while inspiring the whole team, cheering her friends on.

A Girly Tomboy?
Amy appears in Sonic Battle as a playable character. She is considered by some to be one of the stronger and more reliable characters in the game. In the story, when Amy comes and asks Tails who is Emerl, Tails explains that Emerl is like "Sonic's child", Amy reacted to that and thought that Sonic's Emerl's "Daddy" and she is the "Mommy", Amy then takes away Emerl and tells him to call her "Mommy", so that made Emerl believe that Amy is actually his mother, Amy also chases and fights Rouge in the game since Rouge wanted to steal Emerl for her own needs. All of her attacks contain large amounts of speed, power, and balance, her healing ability can quickly raise her HP, and she is the third fastest character.

Stick With Shadow
Amy appeared alongside Sonic and the rest of the cast in Shadow the Hedgehog to try to convince Shadow to join their cause. Amy in particular needs Shadow's help to rescue Cream and Cheese from Eggman's Cryptic Castle. No matter which mission you decide to choose, after you complete the stage she will assist against your fight against the Egg Breaker. Oddly enough, she does not appear in the cutscenes before or after the battle.

The Speed With Pink Rose
Amy is a playable character in Sonic Riders from the start, and her type is Speed, as equivalent to Sonic's. She joins in the EX World Grand Prix because she wanted to stay with Sonic. In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity she finds one of the Ark of the Cosmos and refuses to hand it over to Jet and not knowing what it actually was, when Storm chases after her she throws it at his face, and gets lost because of him. She is then found by Sonic. In the end of the game, Amy gives suggestions on how did people started wishing on shooting stars.

Time Paradox
Amy appears in Sonic the Hedgehog as an ally in Silver the Hedgehog's storyline to enlist his help in finding Sonic, not knowing that Silver is looking for him too for radically different reasons. Upon finding Sonic, Silver battles him and loses, but by later on catching Sonic off guard and hitting him with a powerful blow, Silver gets the upper hand, but Amy stops him from finishing Sonic off. Amy also saves the damsel-in-distress Princess Elise and Sonic at one point in the story.

Meet the Werehog
Amy appears in Sonic Unleashed. She made her introduction as she did in Sonic Adventure 2's Dark Story and Silver's story in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) by plunging into someone who looks like Sonic. Although she got it right this time, she didn't recognize Sonic due to him being in his Werehog form. She apologized, saying that she could of sworn it was him, then ran off, casuing Sonic to become depressed. Later, after Sonic saves her from some people possessed by Dark Gaia, he dashed away before she could get a good look at him, afraid of what Amy would think of him if she knew who he was. Amy later finds out about Sonic's new form, saying that although he's changed his look, he's still Sonic to her. She later helps out Professor Pickle and in one cutscene, she talks about being interested in learning (Wii version only).

Lady of the Lake
For more see: Lady of the Lake

Amy appears in Sonic and the Black Knight, portrayed as Nimue, the Lady of the Lake. She gives King Arthur Excalibur, which later proves to be a mistake. Sonic backs away at first, because he recognizes her all too well. Nimue tells that whoever holds the scabbard of Excalibur will become corrupted by its influence. She gives three tests to Sonic: First one is to free innocents from King Arthur's dungeon, second is to show compassion to those in need, the third one is to defeat King Arthur's Knights of the Underworld. Nimue places a three day time limit for the tests to be completed. For the last day of the time limit, she disguises herself as a young child and asks Sonic to rescue her "parents". He completes the test, but runs out of time. She reveals herself after he tells her everyone's okay. As she will only tell the secret of stopping Excalibur to a true knight, Amy tells him that Caliburn, along with the swords of Sir Gawain, Sir Lancelot, and Dame Percival combined can stop Excalibur's immortality-giving ability. Nimue appears as the kingdom is falling to darkness and tells Sonic and the three knights to place their swords in four shrines to create a barrier. After the game, Sonic, who has been taken back to his world, explains his journey to Amy Rose, who then complains that he is lying and forgot about their date, then proceeds to attack him with her hammer.

In Sonic Colors
Amy will appear in the upcoming game called, Sonic Colors, she will be involved in the story along with Tails.

Other Appearances
Amy also appears in Sonic's storyline in Sonic Rivals: Amy has been turned into a card by Dr. Eggman and Sonic sets off to save both her and Tails. She also makes cameo appearances as three collectible cards. And although it is said that Rouge will be playable and there seems to be a rivalry between the two in few games. She doesn't appear in the sequel Sonic Rivals 2, except as a few collectible cards.

Amy is a playable character in the Party Mode in Sonic and the Secret Rings alongside Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Cream, Silver and Blaze.

Amy appears in the Mario and Sonic game crossover as a playable character in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. Like all the other female playable characters (Blaze, Princess Peach, and Princess Daisy) she will wear a different outfit to her normal clothes. Her dress is similar to her normal wear (but different around the shoulders), white the edition of black leggings underneath it, while she wears a different pair of shoes, despite her being the only female character in the Olympic series that does not have royal blood.

Amy is a playable character in the game Sega Superstars Tennis.

Amy is playable in the Sonic Riders sequel Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Amy went with Sonic to save Knuckles, and later the world from Emperor Ix. It is revealed in Chronicles that Amy has started a club for young girls to protect themselves from bullies. Also, the player can engage in a romantic subplot between Sonic and Amy depending on the player's conversation choices.

Amy appears in the game Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games as an all-around type character. Her main rival is Peach. Her signature move for the Wii and DS versions is Pink Typhoon and Rose Spin for the DS version. She wears a pink parka, black pants and pink boots. And finally, Amy appears in Sonic &amp; Sega All-Stars Racing, alongside Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Dr. Eggman and Big the Cat. Her model car is the Pink Cabriolet, an old-fashioned pink buggy with a spare tire cover etched with "AMY", and a plate on the front side says: "AMY-ROSE". Her All-Star Move is the Piko Piko Hammer, she pulls it out and madly swings it around to smash anyone unlucky enough to get in her way. And her All-Star Theme is: "My Sweet Passion" from Sonic Adventure.

Personality
Amy in the main series is presented as being kind and sweet. In Sonic CD, she was referred to as an "optimistic tomboy" who loves fortunes and uses tarot cards. Because of her tomboyish nature, she became a playable character as a fighter in Sonic the Fighters. However, after Sonic Adventure, Amy had grown a more girly personality, such as an interest in shopping and fashion, but that didn't remove her tomboyish nature, in the more recent games, Amy has become far more violent and aggressive, much to Sonic's dismay. She often shows her anger by pulling out her Piko Piko Hammer out of nowhere and usually threatens that she'll hit Sonic with it which causes him to run away.

Amy seems to be a girly-girl and a tomboy, such as in Sonic Battle, her attraction towards "Boxercise" plays to both elements of her ever-changing personality; the exercise helping her lose weight to maintain her girlish figure, and the boxing to help her train when she's forced to fight. In Sonic Battle she had shown a very powerful and aggressive attitude, always willing to fight, she had been training to fight by using weights. Amy is not against fighting and can fight when she needs to.

Despite her violent tendencies, Amy has a very good heart, she never gives up, and is one of the most optimistic and cheerful characters of the series. Amy is always full of hope and is always cheering on for the good side of things. She almost never seems to find anything hopeless. In Sonic Adventure, she was determined to help the Flicky who had lost his family.

In Sonic Adventure 2, Amy felt strongly that there was a chance for the world to be saved and that people were basically good (as she told Shadow). Amy is also a rather likable person. Despite her being slightly annoying, she has rarely met anyone who she did not befriend (including Shadow and Blaze). Amy is a regular sweetheart, but with a strong sense of justice, a slightly tomboyish but more girly nature and an oversweeping infatuation.

Sonic X
Amy was also one of the main characters in Sonic X, an anime series which is the most recent of the Sonic the Hedgehog TV shows; her first ever appearance in a Sonic TV series (she did not appear in any of the three American produced series).

In Sonic X, Amy is Sonic's self proclaimed girlfriend. As with her game appearances, her long-term goal is to get him to notice her. She gets mad at Sonic's impatience and aloof attitude, which occasionally are so bad that she is driven to violence. However, she really does care about him. Sonic seems to care about Amy even more in the Anime. Amy also had love daydreams about her and Sonic. Overall, her personality is more temperamental than in the games; she may threaten to and even harm her friends for things they had nothing to do with.

Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comics by Archie, Amy is from the country of Mercia and has a cousin named Rob O' the Hedge (a reference to Robin Hood). As in other continuities, she has a crush on Sonic. In her earliest appearances, she attempted to become a member of the Freedom Fighters, but was rejected because of her youth - even after making herself older by wishing on the Ring of Acorns, since she still had the mind of a younger girl. Eventually, however, Amy did advance enough to be accepted as a Freedom Fighter, and became an important member of the team.

Sonic the Comic
Amy also appeared in the UK publication Sonic the Comic, in which she was a level-headed and pragmatic member of the Freedom Fighters (when she wasn't claiming to be Sonic's girlfriend). She also became the leader of the team while Sonic was stuck in the Special Zone. She was close friends with Tekno the Canary, and she used a crossbow in battle (rather than the Piko Piko Hammer that eventually became her trademark in the games).

Sonic X: The Comic
Amy Rose's appearance in the Sonic X comic is similar to the one in the Sonic X anime.

In this comic book version, her relationship with Sonic developed more closely, Sonic even took her on a date for Valentine's Day (though this was due to the fact he lost a bet to Knuckles). However, after the date when Amy asked to Sonic if they would go on a date again, Sonic answered with: "Maybe".

Sonic: Adventures
Sonic Adventures was a two-volume, French-made comic book published by Sirène, that was released in 1994. Amy appears in the first volume ("Sonic Adventures: Dans Les Griffes De Robotnik") being kidnapped by Robotnik as bait to get Sonic. This version of Amy had the same design as in Sonic CD.

Abilities

 * Amy does have super speed, although not as fast as Sonic or Shadow. However, she does seem to be able to catch Sonic from time to time (mainly because Sonic stays in one place for too long). In many games, such as Sonic Heroes, she's usually one of the fastest characters.
 * Amy's primary use for attack is her Piko Piko Hammer, which she uses to inflict major damage to her enemies. She can also use it to create huge gusts of pink winds, like tornadoes and typhoons. This also allows her to float in the air.
 * Amy may have access to hammerspace, as she is able to conjure a hammer out of nowhere and can summon more than one.
 * In Sonic '06, it is revealed that Amy can turn invisible, though this was mainly introduced to save time in the game's development.
 * It is mentioned in the manual for Sonic CD that Amy can read tarot cards, which she used in one of her POW moves in Sonic Chronicles, Tarot Draw. This power was also mentioned in Sonic Battle when Amy said, "My cards tell me you're here." Whilst looking for Sonic.
 * In Sonic & the Black Knight, Amy is able to whack her hammer into the ground and send of a dome-like energy wave called "Rose Typhoon."
 * The following is a list of POW moves Amy has in Sonic Chronicles:


 * Low Blow (ローブロー): Amy jumps up and hits a foe with her Piko Piko Hammer, possibly rendering it vulnerable.
 * Spin Cycle (スピンサイクル): Cream lifts up Amy, then spins her around before throwing her at a group of enemies.
 * Tantrum (Hysteric Blow ヒステリックブロー): Amy charges at an enemy, spinning like a tornado. This may render a foe sluggish.
 * Blow Kiss (投げキッス): Amy blows a kiss to a friend, empowering the friend to do his or her best.
 * Tarot Draw (Tarot Cards タロットカード): Amy foresees the future with her tarot deck, cursing a single foe.
 * Flower Power (フラワーパワー): Big rushes forward and falls flat on his face. Cream then pushes Amy, who bounces off Big's back and lands, hammer first, on top of an enemy and stuns it.

Sonic the Hedgehog
Most of Amy's life is spent following Sonic the Hedgehog, whom she is obsessively in love with. Even though he seems nervous and occasionally overcome by her advances, Sonic and Amy are still able to be friends, even helping each other out if need be.

Amy has been enamored with Sonic ever since she saw him. Throughout the games, since their meeting, Amy has been chasing Sonic and tries to be romantic with Sonic. This behavior has a tendency to embarrass Sonic to the point of running away. However, Sonic appears to care about Amy. In Sonic Unleashed, he seemed very disappointed when Amy didn't recognize him as a Werehog, which made Sonic feel sad and rejected when Chip pointed it out. When she finds out the Werehog was Sonic, she wanted to know all about how it happened, and had even mentioned that Sonic looks better in the day time, but she doesn't care about that. Also, in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Sonic seems to stand up for Amy in two cutscenes.

In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Amy tries to make Sonic jealous by making up "her new boyfriend" named Dexter, however that didn't make Sonic jealous so Amy thought that she had to tell him that Dexter was a fake. In the game, there is also an option for Sonic to tell Amy if he really cares about her or not. There is also an option to escape from her.

In Sonic Riders, Amy enters the EX World Grand Prix so she can be beside Sonic, though she becomes mad when Sonic accidentally launches her into a tornado when he had to save her from Dr. Eggman and forgot about her. After getting caught in the tornado, she chases Sonic with her Piko Piko Hammer as payback for forgetting about her, even though Sonic keeps trying to apologize.

In Sonic and the Black Knight's ending, it is suggested that Sonic and Amy have begun dating. Sonic was explaining to Amy about his adventure in the Arthurian Legend, Amy wouldn't believe him and said, "That's the lamest excuse ever! You just forgot about our date!" Sonic tries to reason out saying that he swears that it was true, but Amy doesn't listen and pulls out her hammer.

Upon being asked if Sonic and Amy will ever get married, creator Yuji Naka said that, "There will hardly be any chance, I bet. Amy will continue to pursue Sonic all the time, but Sonic will not ever get married. I think so, because I cannot picture the image of Sonic that he is married and has his children! Also, I feel it is a more Amy's style to always chase Sonic."

Cream the Rabbit
Cream the Rabbit is Amy's best friend. Since Sonic Heroes, Cream and Amy are portrayed as best friends and they share a sister-like relationship, comparable to Sonic and Tails' brother-like friendship. This fact is strengthened by Sonic Advance 3, as when they are paired together, they are given the title "Team Jubilee" and serve as a female counterpart to Sonic and Tails' "Unbreakable Bond." The two also seem to frequent together almost completely throughout Sonic Battle, except when Emerl drags one of them away. Amy is also seen searching for Cream during the level Cryptic Castle in Shadow the Hedgehog which further suggests how much she cares for her. Another suggestion is in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood when you go to recruit Cream she says "You poor thing! What are you doing out here?".

In Sonic Rush, it is implied that Amy occasionally gets angry with Cream, angry enough to chase her with her hammer as Cream shouted "Not again!" after she said that Amy was "shortsighted" in the regard of her love of Sonic when Cream introduced Blaze to Amy.

The two team up twice in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for the moves Spin Cycle, the equivalent of Sonic and Tails' Blue Bomber move in which Cream lifts Amy up and sends her spinning into one enemy, as well damaging adjacent ones. Team Amy band together to perform Flower Power, their most potent attack in this game which involves Amy bouncing off Big with a boost from Cream and landing on a foe hammer-first.

Big the Cat
Big the Cat is most likely Amy's other best friend. They fight together in Sonic Heroes, forming Team Rose. In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood after meeting Big in the Mystic Ruins, Big states that he "heard his good friend Amy Rose" so he rushed over to see if it was really her. When Big sees Amy he becomes ecstatic and actually makes an attempt to hug her (in which Amy refuses due to the fact that he smelled from the gases in the ruins). Also, if you agree to let Big join your party he, again, becomes happy that he gets to be to around Amy.

Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles "Tails" Prower is a lot like a little brother figure to Amy. Sometimes, she's bossy with him and many other times, she is protective and defensive of Tails. Although, Amy will sometimes use Tails' close connections with Sonic to find out his whereabouts and/or some current events. Nonetheless, Amy and Tails are very good friends, and are almost always seen together in Sonic X.

Knuckles the Echidna
Amy has only been seen interacting with Knuckles the Echidna on rare occasions. In Sonic Rush, when Amy interacted with Blaze for the second time Knuckles rushes in, and says to Blaze, ''"Hey, cat woman, it's payback time!" , Amy then says, "Uh-oh! What did you do to him!?"'' Cream tells Amy that he's got a misunderstanding, Amy comments that as "pretty typical of Knuckles". To let Knuckles leave Blaze alone, Amy calls Knuckles a 'dimwit', leading to a brief argument, Knuckles replies, "I don't have time for you! I have business with that cat woman!" Amy then taunts Knuckles and says, "I know! That's why I called you a d-", daring herself that she'll call him a dimwit again, Knuckles then gets outraged and goes hot on Amy, leaving Blaze alone.

Shadow the Hedgehog
In Sonic Adventure 2, they interact twice, but each time, Amy seems to gain an odd reaction from Shadow.

Amy first meets Shadow when she mistakes him for Sonic and hugs him from behind. Shadow remains still after having been caught off guard by her ambush, and does not shake her off or retort with violence. When Amy senses the lack of a reaction, she releases him, causing him to glance back at her. Amy demands his name when she realizes that he is not Sonic, but he continues to watch her quietly. After Amy notices Dr. Eggman, she also realizes the mistake she's made, and runs off screaming. During this, Shadow takes a step after her, until Dr. Eggman tells the team that he'll take care of Amy.

Later in the game aboard the ARK, Amy meets Shadow again and this time does her part in helping by begging Shadow to save the world. At first, Shadow simply replies, strangely in a non-threatening way, that it is pointless, but then Amy points out that despite people sometimes being selfish, they were still inwardly good and that saving them was right. Because of this, Shadow suddenly has a flashback of Maria begging Shadow to make people happy. When Shadow comes to his senses he goes off to fight the Biolizard, upliftingly and softly telling Amy that he has to keep his promise to Maria and her.

Amy was also the only one to see Shadow's tear after he remembered Maria's promise, making her the only person to see him cry in Sonic Adventure 2. Amy and Maria have the same insight towards humanity, thus this might be one of the reasons Shadow is nice to her, since it's unknown whether or not Shadow remembers Amy's deed in ARK.

During Sonic Battle, Amy is surprised when she finds out that Shadow's in Rouge's house, but she gets angry when Rouge doesn't tell Amy why he's in her house.

Also, at the end of Shadow the Hedgehog, Amy shows an amount of faith and admiration for Shadow, regardless of him being Sonic's arch-rival. When Rouge mutters to herself, "I hope he's okay.", Amy comforts her with her hands clasped and a cheerful smile on her face, "I'm sure he's fine, Rouge! After all, he is Shadow!", which further displays her positive outlook on the black hedgehog.

Princess Elise
While looking for Sonic in Eggman's White Acropolis, Amy runs into Princess Elise during her own escape attempt and assists her in escaping the base. When they return to Soleanna, Amy gives her some advice on love, assures her that she has a chance with Sonic (not knowing that Elise a crush on Sonic), stating, "You're a princess and you're super-cute. This guy's the lucky one.", and the two become close friends. When Amy is assisting the other characters in gathering the Chaos Emeralds in order to bring Sonic back to life, she entrusts Elise to look after Sonic's body until they return. When Elise had to kiss Sonic to revive him, Amy can't be seen in the background, showing no jealousy, only concern. Since Sonic and Elise remember the events of the game, it is assumed that Amy and the others remember as well.

Blaze the Cat
They met when Blaze was telling Cream that she doesn't need Sonic's help then Blaze said "Besides this Sonic sounds like...." Then Amy showed up and said "Sonic-Where is Sonic?!". Blaze was a bit angry at Amy budging her lines then Cream calmed her down and introduced Amy. Amy noticed Blaze, and thought that Blaze was in love with Sonic and even asked Blaze if she loves him, and warned Blaze by saying, "Watch out! I'm Sonic's girlfriend!". Blaze replied, that she is least interested in him and doesn't even know him. There is also a part in which Amy tells Sonic that she has seen Blaze, Sonic quickly shows a spark of anger and says, "What?! You could have told us earlier!", Amy then speaks to herself angrily and says, "Oh please tell me why is Sonic after this girl!?", meaning that Amy thought that it is Sonic who loves Blaze. But, then Amy realized that they aren't romantically interested in each other, Amy then befriends Blaze and later sticks up for her when Knuckles is searching for Blaze to get back at her.

Friends/Allies

 * Sonic the Hedgehog (Love interest)
 * Cream the Rabbit (As close as sisters)
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Princess Elise
 * Blaze the Cat
 * Vanilla the Rabbit
 * Silver the Hedgehog
 * Big the Cat
 * Chip
 * Emerl (Self-proclaims herself as his mother)
 * Tikal the Echidna
 * Dexter
 * Vector the Crocodile
 * Espio the Chameleon
 * Charmy Bee
 * E-102 Gamma
 * Mario
 * Donkey Kong
 * Yoshi

Enemies/Rivals

 * Doctor Eggman
 * Metal Sonic
 * Eggman Nega
 * Rouge the Bat (Arch-rival)
 * Jet the Hawk
 * Wave the Swallow
 * Storm the Albatross
 * Shade the Echidna
 * Gemerl
 * Black Doom
 * Black Arms
 * Dark Gaia
 * E-100 Alpha
 * Princess Peach (Mario and Sonic series)

Love

 * Sonic the Hedgehog

Reception
A Games Radar article called Amy's introduction "the only bitter taste" in Sonic CD, but added that "she's just a pink hedgehog here and not a whiny, annoying brat like in Sonic Adventure." In an IGN article "Smash It Up", Lucas M Thomas stated that "one of the coolest things about Amy Rose's character is her enormous, walloping hammer" that is often used for comedy in the series.

Theme Songs

 * "My Sweet Passion" - Nikki Gregoroff (This later appeared at the end of Sonic and the Black Knight when Sonic tried to explain why he didn't show up for his date with Amy).
 * "Follow Me" - Kay Hanley (This theme song is shared with Big and Cream in Sonic Heroes).

Gallery
For more, please see here.

Memorable Quotes

 * "I hate it when they leave me behind!" - When alone on the Space Colony ARK before meeting Shadow the second time in Sonic Adventure 2.
 * "Have no fear! Amy Rose is here!" - When Amy rescues Sonic from Prison Island in Sonic Adventure 2.
 * "Not gonna hold back!" - Amy at the start of a race in Sonic Riders & Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "I'll destroy all of you!" - When she unleashes her All-Star move in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
 * "That's right, I'm the best!" - When Amy wins in the Olympic games series.
 * "That's not fair!" - When Amy loses in the Olympic game series.
 * "Yay!" or "Great!" - After making a score in SEGA Superstars Tennis.
 * "Watch out! I'm Sonic's girlfriend!" - Amy warning Blaze in Sonic Rush.
 * "Listen Emerl! I'm your mommy!" - Amy talking to Emerl in Sonic Battle.
 * "If it's about a date, it'll halfta wait." - Amy after Team Amy confronts Team Chaotix in Sonic Heroes.
 * "Get ready........ cause here I go!" Amy about to do a meteor burst in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Coming through!" Amy after passing an opponent in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Yahoo!" Amy doing a meteor burst in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Later!" Amy after passing an opponent in Sonic Riders.
 * "Fated lovers are always drawn together silly!" Amy giving Sonic an answer of what she's doing at the Botanical Kingdom in the third cut-scene in the Heroes Story in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Hey, out of the way, buddy! I'll lose sight of Sonic!" Amy after Storm confronts her in a Babylon Story cut-scene in MeteorTech Sparkworks in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Thanks to you, I got seperated from Sonic, you big jerk! So you're going to find the way out. Am I clear?!" Amy after Storm forces Amy to be seperated from her beloved Sonic in the Tempest Waterway in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "We're like awesome!" Amy after getting a rank A in Sonic Heroes.

Trivia

 * In | Sonic Channel Amy's wallpaper is pronounced "Emmy", This might be an error.
 * Amy's bio in Sonic Chronicles calls her "Amy Rose the Hedgehog".
 * Amy is the first female character introduced to the series.
 * In Sonic Chronicles, Amy is the strongest character in terms of Smash ability, being the only character who can reach level 3. (Knuckles can reach level 2 Smash ability.)
 * Amy frequently mistakes other hedgehogs for Sonic.
 * In Sonic Rush, it is shown that Amy has two other hammers. In the cutscene where Amy first meets Blaze, and Cream said that there's no time to chat, Amy got mad and took out her hammer: It was all yellow with two red lines at the sides. And in the ending of Sonic's Story (after beating the F-zone boss fight) in the credits shows Amy running after Sonic carrying her hammer and Sonic is trying to get away, in the end Sonic thought that he lost Amy and was relieved but then he saw her coming with an orange and grey hammer (which is larger than Amy's Piko-Piko Hammer) and she runs after him again. This large hammer is very similar to the one used by Knuckles in Sonic Advance 3.
 * Amy once had the power to turn invisible. The only game in which she could turn invisible was Sonic '06. After the time was erased, she hadn't turned invisible since (except in Sonic and the Black Knight, as Nimue).
 * Amy Rose is the only member of Team Rose that is affected by the brainwashing of the Overmind Voxai in Sonic Chronicles. It is possible that the other members weren't affected because Cream was an optional character (although it might be because of her innocence) and Big's too simple minded for brainwashing.
 * In Sonic R, Amy is one of two characters who races in a vehicle rather than on foot. The other is Doctor Eggman.
 * Amy's original hammer (In Sonic the Fighters) had a pink handle.
 * Many of Amy's rivals are females, mostly due to her thinking that they want to woo Sonic.
 * Amy is currently the only hedgehog in the games who lacks spikes coming from her back. (Her original design had three spikes similar to Sonic's.)
 * In Sonic Riders, throughout the story, Amy is wearing a different outfit, but in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity Amy wears her usual dress in the story and in the level where she races Storm. However, in the Multiplayer Mode of the game, she wears the same outfit that she wore in Sonic Riders.
 * Amy is the only playable character in Sonic 2006 to not travel to the future at any time during the game.
 * Amy is one of the few characters in Sonic Unleashed who is not affected by the negative effects of Dark Gaia spreading over the planet. This is never explained in-game; however, it may be due to her attraction to Sonic, who is too strong-willed to be affected, or her immense faith in Sonic.
 * Amy is the only character that appeared in Sonic Rivals that didn't appear in Sonic Rivals 2.
 * In the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Sonic Unleashed, Sonic makes a reference to Amy after defeating the Dark Guardian in Shamar, when he says, "I know little girls who are better with a hammer than you! Well, one, anyway."
 * Ironically, In Sonic Chronicles, Amy is the slowest attacker out of Team Rose, despite being the speed type of the team. She is also the strongest attacker, despite Big being the power type.
 * In Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing, in the DS version at least, Amy's character and vehicle selection picture, her car is shown with ears and head mirrors. However, while racing as her, they aren't shown.