Amy Rose


 * For other uses of the term, see Amy Rose (disambiguation).

"My name is Amy Rose. I'm cute and full of energy!"

- Amy Rose, Sonic Adventure 2

Amy Rose (エミー・ローズ), also formerly known as Rosy the Rascal (ロージー・ザ・ラスカル), is a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She is an anthropomorphic twelve-year-old pink hedgehog who first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog CD. She has a major long-standing crush on Sonic the Hedgehog and has since meeting him become his self-proclaimed girlfriend and has attempted to win his heart by any means. She wields the Piko Piko Hammer, a colorful but extremely powerful melee weapon that she uses with proficiency second to none and never leaves home without.

Amy is a cheerful, though slightly erratic, girl. Always with a positive attitude, she is full of energy and passion. However, her infatuation with Sonic makes her shortsighted and a bit obsessive about chasing Sonic as she follows him everwhere, and she has a scary temper. Nevertheless, she has a pure heart and will not let anything get in her way.

Amy is the first and most recurring female character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and is also one of the most popular characters, coming in fifth place on an official popularity poll, being the most popular female character.

Concept and Creation
Amy Rose is one of the few main characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series to have her first appearance outside the Sega games. She was created by Kenji Terada for the various Sonic the Hedgehog manga published by Shogakukan, where she was known as "Eimi" (エイミー). She first appeared in the April 1992 issue of Shogaku Ninensei, written and illustrated by Sango Morimoto. She also appeared in the unrelated series from Shogaku Ichinensei, Shogaku Sannensei, Shogaku Gonensei, Shogaku Rokunensei, and Coro Coro Comics Special, all of which were written and illustrated by different mangaka but based on Kenji Terada's initial concept. In these series, Eimi (no second name is given) is the girlfriend of Nikki, a nerdy young male hedgehog with the power to transform into the superhero, Sonic the Hedgehog. Eimi is also the target of the bully Anton Beruka. Because of the vastly different styles of the illustrators for these series, Eimi's design was different in each. She appeared most like her counterpart's later games appearances in the Coro Coro Comics Specials, written and illustrated by Tanaka Kouichi.

In 1993, the manga character was adapted by the Sonic CD team to be used in Sonic's Mega CD debut. Her final design for this game was done by Kazuyuki Hoshino. She appeared infrequently thereafter, in ensemble spin-off games such as Sonic the Fighters, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, and Sonic R. She did not appear in any of the early TV series, although she was included in most comics, including the Archie Comics series, the British Sonic the Comic and the French Sonic Adventures.

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. While Sonic, Tails and Knuckles all received minor design changes, Amy's clothing and hairstyle were completely revamped. She also had her entire figure redesigned to make her appear older, perhaps in an attempt to appeal to a different demographic than the rest of the Sonic characters.

Following Sonic Adventure, Amy became one of the main characters of the series, and has appeared in nearly every Sonic game since as well as the TV series Sonic X and the upcoming Sonic Boom.

Early Life
Not much is known about Amy's early life except that she had always loved fortunes and other mystical things, and that she practiced some of it using her own tarot cards. At some point, she learned about Sonic the Hedgehog, who became her biggest hero and the one she wanted to marry.

Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Prior to the events of Sonic the Hedgehog CD, Amy predicted from her tarot cards that she would have a "destined" encounter with Sonic on the small satellite known as Little Planet. Excited, Amy traveled to Never Lake where Little Planet would appear for one month every year and got to the small satellite. While in Palmtree Panic, Amy finally found Sonic where she was overtaken by love and excitedly grabbed onto him though Sonic did not reciprocate her advances. Still smitten with Sonic, Amy followed him to Collision Chaos when she was kidnapped by Metal Sonic, Dr. Ivo Robotnik's latest creation and taken into Robotnik's captivity.

Sometime later, Amy was brought to Stardust Speedway where she was tied to a mast. Fortunately, she was freed by Sonic after he defeated Metal Sonic and Amy thanked her rescuer by lovingly hugging him. Later, after Sonic defeated Robotnik and the doctor's base began to fall apart around them, Amy was carried through the crumbling structures by Sonic and was safely brought back to earth. When Amy dared to look, she could only watch as Sonic ran away and freed Little Planet from its captivity.

Sonic the Fighters
In Sonic the Fighters, Dr. Robotnik constructed the Death Egg II to help conquer earth with his robots. Standing up to defeat Robotnik (and impress Sonic), Amy entered a fighting tournament where the winner would get the Chaos Emeralds belonging to the other participants, with herself already having one. If she won all the Chaos Emeralds, Amy would be allowed to use them to power Tails's single-seat Lunar Fox and use it to travel to the Death Egg II and destroy it.

At the end of the tournament, the victor got all the Chaos Emeralds and used them to go to the Death Egg II in the Luna Fox. There, the victor beat both Metal Sonic and Robotnik using the Emeralds and rigged the Death Egg II to self-destruct before heading back to earth in the Luna Fox moments before the massive space station exploded.

Sonic R
In Sonic R, Amy watched some global advertisement for the World Grand Prix, a racing competition to determine the fastest in the world which about to take place. Learning that Sonic would participate, Amy signed up for the World Grand Prix as well in hopes of winning over Sonic's heart.

At the World Grand Prix, Amy ended up facing not only Sonic, but also Tails, Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik and his lackeys, who were planning to use Amy and her friends to find the Chaos Emeralds which were spread across the race tracks. In the end, Amy and the others kept Robotnik from the Chaos Emeralds, thus avoiding another world crisis.

Sonic Adventure
In Sonic Adventure, Amy had returned to her home in downtown Station Square where she lived normal, albeit boring life while Sonic was gone on a journey. One day while out shopping, Amy was reminiscing about her old times with Sonic when she to her shock saw the Egg Carrier fly over the city, only for then to be knocked over by a small blue Flicky with a pendant which she named "birdie." Soon after, ZERO appeared and chased after Amy and birdie, but the two of them escaped the robot by hiding in a burger shop. Realizing that Dr. Eggman was after birdie, Amy promised to protect it all the way.

Soon after, Amy found Sonic outside Casinopolis where she asked him to be birdie's bodyguard. While Sonic refused her request, Amy tagged along with him anyway. Shortly after, ZERO showed up again but Amy, birdie and Sonic fled into Twinkle Park as Amy was drawn by the offer that "cute couples" got in free. When Amy and birdie thought they had lost ZERO after leaving Twinkle Park (while having lost Sonic in the process), however, the robot caught them and took them to the Mystic Ruins, where Dr. Eggman picked them up in the Egg Carrier and locked Amy and birdie in a cell. As she comforted birdie, Gamma came to collect birdie, but Amy refused to hand it over and instead pleaded it to release them. When Gamma could not understand Amy's devotion to birdie, Amy pitied Gamma's lack of emotions, but in a surprisingly turn of events, Gamma freed them from their cell. Seeing that it was a good robot, Amy gave Gamma her friendship and fled with birdie.

While escaping, Amy and birdie were taken into the past by a mysterious light where they saw Tikal meeting the Chao and Chaos at the Altar of the Emeralds for the first time. Returning to the present, Amy and Birdie escaped to the Egg Carrier's flight deck only to meet Dr. Eggman, but then Sonic and Tails came to her rescue. Initially delighted see her friends, Amy had birdie grabbed from her by Dr. Eggman who took a Chaos Emerald from its pendant. Gamma was then send to eliminate the intruders, but Amy stopped Sonic before he could destroy Gamma and convinced him it was good. As the Egg Carrier began to lose altitude, Sonic told Tails to fly Amy away. Before leaving though, Amy advised Gamma not to follow Dr. Eggman anymore and said her goodbyes as she was carried off the Egg Carrier by Tails.

Arriving in Station Square, Amy discovered from birdie's pendant that it had a family and decided to help find its family which was in Dr. Eggman's captivity. When they could not find anything in the Final Egg, Amy went to search the remains of the Egg Carrier. There, Amy found birdie's family when ZERO suddenly arrived and hurt birdie. Enraged, Amy finally destroyed ZERO and tended to birdie who recovered and happily flew off with its family. As Amy left the Egg Carrier, she resolved to try harder and make Sonic respect her.

Later, Amy returned to Station Square, which had been destroyed and flooded by Perfect Chaos, a powerful creature Dr. Eggman had tried to control but failed. After Perfect Chaos released the seven drain Chaos Emeralds, Amy found one and brought it to Sonic, while her other friends brought the other six Emeralds. Through their caring for each other, Amy watched Sonic use the Emeralds' positive Chaos Energy to transform into Super Sonic and defeat Perfect Chaos while neutralizing its evil.

Sonic Shuffle
In Sonic Shuffle, Amy was with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles when they without warning were transported to Maginaryworld. As they landed in the Temple of Light, Amy and her friends were met by Lumina Flowlight, the one who had brought them to Maginaryworld. Lumina presented Maginaryworld to the group and explained that she had brought them here because she needed their help to restore the Perfect Precioustone which had been shattered by Void. Its pieces had then been scattered, and their guardian and protector of the Perfect Precioustone, Illumina, had vanish as such too. If the pieces remained lost, Void would destroy Maginaryworld. Ever helpful, Amy agreed to help Lumina with this crisis.

Having learned about their mission, Amy and her friends began with Lumina's help the task of recovering the Precioustone pieces from the different worlds within Maginaryworld and restoring the places affected by Void. Whenever they obtained a Precioustone, Amy and her friends had a dream where he met Void. In these dreams, Amy and the others initially stood defiant against Void, but they soon saw that Void was lonely and depressed which touched their hearts, and they eventually realized that Void and Lumina embodied the positive and negative aspects of dreams and were two halves of the same being.

After all the Precioustones had been returned to the Temple of Light, Amy and her group went there when Void headed there too to get the Perfect Precioustone again. As Sonic, Lumina and the rest got to the temple to stop Void, Void claimed he just want to become whole, but never could. Seeing Amy and the others' refusal of him, Void’s was consumed by sadness and turned into a monster, but Amy, Sonic, Knuckles and Tails defeated him.

Despite having beaten Void, Lumina lost hope as the Perfect Precioustone did not recovered despite Amy telling her no to think like that. When Sonic found Void who had become a dark gem, the group tried to make Lumina accept Void, with Amy telling her that dreams always helped someone get through troubled times. Having cheered up Lumina, Amy and the others witnessed Lumina restoring the Perfect Precioustone, and Lumina and Void merging back into their original form, Illumina. With Marginaryworld being restored to an even better place, Amy and her friends received Illumina's gratitude before they returned home.

Sonic Adventure 2
In Sonic Adventure 2, Amy learned that Sonic had been arrested by the military troops and imprisoned on Prison Island. As such, she traveled to Prison Island alone to rescue Sonic. After arriving there, Amy stumbled upon Shadow the Hedgehog and initially mistook him for Sonic, but soon saw he was not Sonic and that he was with Dr. Eggman and Rouge, who had come to steal the islands' Chaos Emeralds. Amy was cornered by Eggman, but was saved at the last minute by Tails. After Amy had explained to Tails why she was here, the two teamed up to free Sonic from the prison. With Tails' help, Amy found Sonic's prison cell where she learned from Sonic he was imprisoned because of the actions of Shadow. As Amy told Sonic about Shadow and his allegiance to Eggman, she freed him from his cell using a key card she snatched earlier. As she looked at his cell though, Amy noticed Sonic had left to fight Shadow, promoting her to chase after him. When Prison Island then began to explode, Amy, Sonic and Tails got off the island before it was destroyed.

Because of her involvement in Sonic's escape however, Amy was made an arrest target of G.U.N. too. As the trio went to Central City, Amy, Sonic and Tails saw a broadcast from Eggman, where he revealed the Space Colony ARK and displayed the Eclipse Cannon, powered by six Chaos Emeralds, by blowing up half of the Moon, before demanding total world control within 24 hours or he would fire the cannon at earth. Just as Tails had the idea of tracking Eggman with his own Chaos Emerald, the police arrived, forcing Amy and Tails get away and find Eggman while Sonic distracted them. As Tails planned a way of finding Eggman with Sonic over radio, Amy and Tails met Knuckles and Amy literally dragged him into their adventure.

After locating Eggman, Amy and her friends found Eggman's base with Knuckles' help where they expected to find a space ship that could take them to the ARK so they could destroy the Eclipse Cannon. When the group reached the base's center, however, they were ambushed by Dr. Eggman and his Egg Golem. While Sonic took care of the Egg Golem, Amy and the others found a space shuttle and used it to take off into space.

While en route to Space Colony ARK, Knuckles attempted to take control of the shuttle when a stray asteroid released his Emerald Shards into space, causing Amy and her friends crash land on the ARK. Onboard, however, Amy was left behind by Sonic and Tails while they left to destroy the Eclipse Cannon with a fake Chaos Emerald. No sooner, Amy was taken hostage by Dr. Eggman who demanded the locations of Sonic and Tails while holding her at gunpoint. When Sonic and Tails came to exchange their Chaos Emerald for Amy's life with Eggman, however, Eggman knew they were trying to give him the fake Emerald so he trapped Sonic in a capsule set to explode. As Amy got Sonic's goodbyes, Sonic's capsule was shot into space and exploded, leaving Amy crying in grief. After Tails beat Eggman (though they still lost their Chaos Emerald), Amy and Tails heard Sonic, who had survived the explosion, over the radio and they watched him destroy the Eclipse Cannon.

Amy met up with everyone in the ARK's control room when it was revealed the Space Colony ARK was on a collision course with earth. Everyone then saw a recording of Gerald Robotnik announcing to the world that the ARK would crash into the planet and destroy it as his revenge at the world for the death of his granddaughter, Maria. Banding together with Eggman, the group came up with plan of using the Master Emerald to deactivate the cannon's core, which was powered by the seven Chaos Emeralds, to stop the Space Colony's crash course.

On their way, Amy was left behind by everyone, but then came across Shadow, who also wished the world destroyed as he wanted Maria avenged, and begged for his help. Though telling him that humanity was worth saving and deserved to be happy, Amy made Shadow remember that Maria wished for him to bring hope to humanity, thus convincing him to help. After stopping the Chaos Emeralds, however, the Biolizard merged with the ARK, becoming the Finalhazard and kept the ARK on its collision course. As Super Sonic and Super Shadow then fought the Finalhazard, Amy supported them through transmission lines.

After Super Sonic and Super Shadow beat the Finalhazard and brought the Space Colony ARK back into orbit, Amy and the others found Sonic returning alone, informing them that Shadow had seemingly died in the fight. As Amy tried to talk with Sonic about Shadow's death, they all decided to head back home to earth.

Sonic Advance
In Sonic Advance, Amy joined forces with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles to stop Dr. Eggman from obtaining the seven Chaos Emeralds. Over the course of their adventure, Amy and her friends recovered the Chaos Emeralds before Eggman, who they chased to the X-Zone. After they defeated the EGG X, Amy, Tails and Knuckles returned to Earth while Super Sonic faced Eggman in a final confrontation on the moon. There, they awaited Sonic's return, but grew confused when he did not show up. A few days later though, Sonic finally returned.

Sonic Advance 3
In Sonic Advance 3, where the earth was split into seven regions by a massive Chaos Control induced by Dr. Eggman, Amy met Sonic and his friends in Toy Kingdom. There, Amy thought Sonic would ask her out and even pulled her Piko Piko Hammer to make him admit his feelings for her. Amy then joined Sonic and his friends in their mission to restore the world and stop Eggman.

Traveling across the different regions, Amy and her friends eventual recovered the seven Chaos Emeralds and had Cream join them. Along the way, Amy also faced Dr. Eggman's newest creation, Gemerl, a rebuilt version of Emerl. Eventually, Amy and the others made it to the Emerald Altar where they beat the Hyper EggRobo and used the Master Emerald to return the world to normal. Later, Amy and the others found Sonic after his battle with Ultimate Emerl and she welcomed him tearfully back. Shortly after, Amy following Sonic out on new adventures.

Sonic Heroes
In Sonic Heroes, Amy had been without contact with Sonic for a month. Making little process on his trail, she almost gave up when she saw Sonic's picture in a newspaper. Excited, Amy went to the publishers to ask where the picture was taken when she met Big, Cream and Cheese who revealed they looked for Chocola and Froggy respectively, both of whom appeared with Sonic in the newspaper picture. As they pondered on their only clue, Amy nearly lost it to a breeze, but her friends got it back. Regrouping, the quartet then set out to find their friends, forming Team Rose.

As Team Rose took their search to the coast, they were attacked by Dr. Eggman and his Egg Hawk, but they defeated the mech and made the doctor retreat. Following her heart's hunches, Amy led her team to Grand Metropolis where they after escaping the Power Plant found Team Sonic. This time, Amy tried to force Sonic to marry her by fighting him, but Sonic managed to use the fight to escape Amy and her team.

Though depressed that Sonic got away, Amy came up with the plan of finding Eggman and thereby finding Sonic. As Team Rose searched for the doctor, Eggman appeared and attacked them with his robot horde, but Team Rose destroyed it. When they reached Rail Canyon, Amy's team-mates picked up on Froggy and Chocola, and they headed to Eggman's base where they met the Egg Albatross which Amy lead her team into battle with to impress Sonic. After the fight, however, Amy discovered to her anger that the Eggman they fought was a copy and Froggy and Chocola were nowhere. With Amy suspecting Eggman was behind Froggy and Chocola's disappearance, Team Rose left to find Eggman to save their friends.

Team Rose's search eventually took them to the jungle where they met Team Chaotix. Amy initially turned Vector down when she thought he was asking for a date, but when Team Chaotix demanded Cheese, the two teams ended up fighting. When Team Rose reached Hang Castle, Amy had to push her team onward when they were scared by their surroundings. After they escaped from Mystic Mansion, Team Rose were met by Eggman and his robot horde, but they still defeated it.

After that, Team Rose traveled to the Egg Fleet to find Eggman's main fleet, the Final Fortress. Once they got there, Team Rose defeated Eggman in his Egg Emperor in a final confrontation. Though their opponent ended up being another fake, they found Chocola and Froggy in its remains and had a happy reunion. No sooner, Amy saw Sonic nearby and quickly chased after him.

Not long after, Team Rose, Sonic, Chaotix and Dark united to see Neo Metal Sonic reveal himself. It turned out that Metal Sonic, who had been impersonating Eggman, was the true kidnapper of Froggy and Chocola and the one staging the teams' adventures so he could copy their data to conquer the world himself. As Neo Metal Sonic transformed into Metal Madness, the real Dr. Eggman saw the teams had collected all the Chaos Emeralds and got the idea of using the Emeralds against Metal Sonic. Amy and her team then volunteered to stall Metal Madness with the others while Team Sonic prepared the Chaos Emeralds. Despite Team Rose's efforts, the robot transformed into Metal Overlord, but Team Super Sonic then arrived and defeated him while Amy watched on. After the battle, Amy resume her chase after Sonic, saying goodbye to her team while doing so.

Shadow the Hedgehog
In Shadow the Hedgehog, Amy joined Sonic and several of her friends in battling the Black Arms, who had begun invading earth, and would try convincing Shadow to join their cause. She appears in Shadow's Hero Missions.

Cryptic Castle
At Cryptic Castle, Amy discovered Cream and Cheese had not returned from the castle and therefore headed out to find them. On her way, she met Shadow and asked for help to look for Cream.

In the Hero scenario, where Shadow accepted Amy's request, Amy and Shadow managed to find both Cream and Cheese. Later, Amy came to Shadow's aid when the hedgehog was attacked by Dr. Eggman and his Egg Breaker. Eventually, the two destroyed Eggman's battle mech and collected one of the Chaos Emeralds.

Last Story
In the last story, Amy, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Rouge and Dr. Eggman found Shadow and tried to stop him from giving the Chaos Emeralds to Black Doom, the Black Arms' leader. Black Doom however, took the Emeralds and used an enhanced Chaos Control to transport the Black Comet to the surface, planning to use humans as energy sources for his kind. Shortly after, Amy and her allies were paralyzed by a special nerve gas and Black Doom unleashed the Death leeches to prey on them. However, it turned out Shadow was immune to the gas and he left Amy and the others behind as he went to stop Black Doom.

Soon after, Amy and the other got out of the Black Comet and found some shelter from where she and the others cheered Super Shadow on as he fought and defeated Devil Doom. After Super Shadow sent the Black Comet back into space and blew it up with the Eclipse Cannon, Amy was positive Shadow had survived when Rouge questioned it, before joining her friends for a laugh as Knuckles furiously chased Eggman around.

Sonic Battle
Amy appears in Sonic Battle as a playable character. In the story, Amy comes and asks Tails about Emerl, and Tails explains that Emerl is like Sonic's child. Amy takes this statement literally and thinks that Sonic is testing her to see if she could handle taking care of a real child. Amy then takes Emerl away and tells him to call her his "mother", thus making Emerl believe that Amy is his actual mother. Amy also chases after and fights Rouge when she steals Emerl for her own purposes.

Amy is often considered to be one of the stronger and more reliable characters in the game, since all of her attacks are fairly balanced and contains a good mixture of speed and power, making her the third fastest character in the game. Her healing ability can quickly raise her HP.

Sonic Riders
Amy is a playable character in Sonic Riders from the start. She is a speed type racer, her default Gear is the Pink Rose, and has stats equivalent to Sonic's and Jet's. She joins in the EX World Grand Prix along with Team Sonic because she wants to "keep her eye on Sonic", much to Sonic's disgrace. Wave walks by, who observes Sonic's Extreme Gear (and places a bomb on it; unknowingly to the heroes) and mocks at Tails, who claims the Gear as "a piece of junk" before leaving. Amy gets angry at Wave and challenges her to a race, being able to outperform her.

Eventually, Amy herself is knocked out of the tournament. She cheers Sonic on in hopes of winning the finals race by beating Jet. After Jet wins, Amy and the rest of the heroes discover Jet using a cube along with the 7 Chaos Emeralds to summon Babylon Garden as it rises out of the underground. Eggman snatches the Key and takes off to Babylon Garden, but not before Amy hitches a ride with the doctor on his Egg Mobile.

Eventually, the doctor held Amy out hostage when Sonic tried to stop him but by creating a series of windstorms on his new Gear, Amy was freed from Eggman's grasp. Despite of this rescue, Amy gets mad at Sonic for diving into Eggman and chases him with her Piko Piko Hammer around Tails and Knuckles.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, she finds one of the Arks of the Cosmos and not knowing what it actually was, refuses to hand it over to Jet. After being chased by Storm, she throws it at his face and gets mad at him because he caused her to become lost. Amy forces him to lead her back to Sonic, but he ditches her when he finds a destroyed robot with another Ark of the Cosmos inside. She is then found by Sonic and tells him that Storm mentioned the Gigan Rocks, a place where they could find information about the Arks.

Sonic Free Riders
Amy teams up with Cream and Vector in Sonic Free Riders in order to win the second EX Grand Prix and so she can see Sonic. In the Team Rose story, they must beat three teams in order to win the World Grand Prix. In the end, Amy celebrates her victory and rushes to Sonic, telling him he should go on a date with her because she won, much to Sonic's disgrace.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
Amy appears in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) and serves as an ally in Silver the Hedgehog's storyline. In this game, she mistakes Silver as Sonic. Learning that Silver was also looking for Sonic, she tries to enlist his help, not realizing Silver's true intentions on killing Sonic. Upon finding Sonic, Silver battles him and loses, but manages to catch Sonic off-guard afterward, and is able to hit him with a powerful blow, thus gaining the upper hand. However, Amy stops him from delivering the final blow. Amy also saves the damsel-in-distress Princess Elise&mdash;as well as Sonic&mdash;at one point in the story. She eventually found out that Silver didn't kill Sonic and that it was all part of Mephiles' plan to kill Sonic himself.

Amy can be played during the final level, End of the World, where she helps to revive Sonic by collecting one of the Chaos Emeralds. In the end, Solaris has been destroyed by Super Sonic, Super Shadow and Super Silver. Due to Solaris being erased from existence, therefore causing the events of the game to never happen, it is unknown if Amy remembers the events of the game.

Sonic Rivals
In Sonic Rivals, Amy was turned into a card by Dr. Eggman Nega with his special camera. When Eggman Nega later met Sonic and Tails on Onyx Island, the doctor showed Amy's card to Sonic and explained what he had done to her before turning Tails into a card as well, making Sonic set off to save both his friends. When Eggman Nega later escaped to his space station, the doctor planned to use Amy's card, along with some other cards to fuel his special camera as he used it to turn earth into a card, but he was stopped by Sonic, Knuckles, Shadow and Silver. After the battle, Amy was returned to normal by Sonic and she took this as a sign that they were to live happily together. Sonic however, claimed he had to find Eggman Nega’s other card captives and ran off, much to Amy's dismay.

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Amy went with Sonic to save Knuckles&mdash;and later the world&mdash;from Imperator Ix. Early on in the story, Amy claims to Sonic that she has found a new boyfriend called Dexter and tries at many occasions to present him as a great boyfriend, but without going into much detail about him. Depending on the player's choices, Amy will reveal to Sonic that she just made him up in an attempt to make Sonic jealous.

It is revealed in this game that Amy has started a club for young girls to protect themselves from bullies. When the Voxai Overmind brainwashed her, she says "You never pay attention to me". Also, the player can engage in a romantic subplot between Sonic and Amy, which varies based on the player's conversation choices. She is the first unlockable character and the second playable character.

Sonic Unleashed
Amy is one of the few Sonic characters to appear 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 hugging someone who looks like Sonic the Hedgehog. Although she hugged the right hedgehog this time, she didn't recognize Sonic due to him being in his Werehog form. She apologized, saying that she could have sworn it was him, and then ran off, causing Sonic to become depressed, as he is shown that he is not the same at all in his new form. Later, after Sonic saves her from some people possessed by Dark Gaia, he dashed away.

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 follows Sonic, Tails, Chip and Professor Pickle to Shamar when the laboratory is relocated. In the Wii/PS2 version, she decides to help out Professor Pickle in his research, having gained an interest in learning; this role is filled by his assistant and Tails in the 360/PS3 version, and she instead fawns over Sonic when spoken to outside the lab. In the latter versions, she can optionally ask Sonic out on a date near the end of the game, and he can either agree or turn her down. In both versions, she tries to strike hope into Professor Pickle by showing unwavering faith in Sonic during his final battle; after the fact, Amy prepares a "coming home" party for Sonic.

Sonic and the Black Knight
In Sonic and the Black Knight, Amy had managed to make a date with Sonic, but when the time came for it, he did not show up. When Amy met Sonic later, he explained he had been on an adventure in the world of Camelot. However, Amy believed Sonic made that up as an excuse for forgetting their date before proceeding to chase after Sonic and attacking him with her Piko Piko Hammer.

Sonic Colors (DS)
Amy appears in the DS version of Sonic Colors as a non-playable character. She is excited to see Sonic again and asks him to complete a mission for her entertainment. When Sonic finishes it, Amy comments that it was "dreamy" and asks Sonic to marry her, causing Sonic to ditch her and leave the problem to Tails. Later, Amy finds Sonic with Big, and asks him to complete one more mission for her. After Sonic is done, Amy decides to have a picnic with him. Amy then screams in joy, saying, "Eating together in an Aquarium! We are so gonna date!" Tails comments on this, explaining that they were in the middle of Eggman's base.

Sonic Generations
In the console/PC version of Sonic Generations, Amy attended and helped prepare Sonic's surprise birthday party. As the party started, however, the Time Eater suddenly appeared, and Amy was then sucked into one of the Time Eater's Time Holes and ended up in the White Space, where she was turned into a statue due to the Time Eater's effects.

Eventually, Amy was returned to normal by Classic Sonic (Sonic's past self) and Modern Sonic (Sonic's present self). When Classic and Modern Sonic confronted the Time Eater, which was revealed to be controlled by Modern Eggman and Classic Eggman, Amy arrived at the battle with the others and cheered on both Sonics, allowing them both to transform into Super Sonic. When the Sonics defeated the Time Eater, Amy and the others were sent back to the present, where Amy knocked Knuckles into a tree for deeming Sonic's performance "half-bad". Continuing the celebration from where it left off, Amy later waved goodbye to Classic Sonic and Classic Tails when they returned to their own time.

Sonic Lost World
In Sonic Lost World, Amy remained behind with Knuckles to look after some animals while Sonic and Tails went to free the other animals Dr. Eggman had captured. While waiting, Amy contacted Sonic, who reported they only rescued one capsule of animals, and she pleaded to him to save the others.

When the Deadly Six took control of Eggman's Extractor and began draining the Life Energy out of earth, Amy contacted Sonic and Tails and reported about this phenomenon. Eventually, Amy herself became drained of her energy to the point where her death seemed imminent. Contacting Sonic, Amy told him it was too late for them, and urged him to save the world as their transmission got cut out. Fortunately, she and everyone else were saved when Sonic and Tails got the Extractor to return the stolen energy. Following the world's restoration, Amy welcomed Sonic and Tails back when they arrived, before coming over to Sonic when he tried to take a nap.

Sonic Drift/Sonic Drift 2
In the game Sonic Drift and its sequel, Sonic Drift 2, Amy ended up joining two drift-racing competitions, both of which offered Chaos Emeralds as prizes. Driving a blue car, and later a red one, she competed in both races in an attempt to meet and impress Sonic.

Sonic Advance 2
Amy is an unlockable character in Sonic Advance 2, after collecting all of the Chaos Emeralds with all four of the other playable characters. In this game, she is able to perform the Spin Jump and Spin Dash in addition to her Hammer Attack techniques. Amy is not seen in the Sound Test screen in this game because Cream the Rabbit replaced Amy as the fourth main character in the Sonic Advance series for this game.

Sonic Rivals 2
Amy does not appear in the story of Sonic Rivals 2, but she is featured on two collectible cards.

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

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

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Amy appears as a playable character in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Like all the other female characters, Amy sports a different outfit than her normal dress. Her dress is similar to her normal one, but different around the shoulders, with the addition of black leggings underneath it and a different pair of shoes.

Amy has five missions in this game's DS and Wii versions and one special mission. In the DS version the missions are: In the Wii version the missions are:
 * Throw for a distance between 70 and 85 M in Javelin throw
 * Earn GOOD ratings for the entire performance (10 times) in Trampoline
 * Come from behind to win in Fencing (Interim result is 8-9)
 * Get GREAT result from your jump in Long jump
 * Use items to three of your opponents ahead of you in dream long jump
 * Defeat Peach in dream boxing (clear all 5 missions to unlock this)
 * Do a perfect start and finish in 1st place in 100m freestyle
 * Go through 5 rings and fall to water first in dream platform
 * Do a perfect start dash in 100m and finish 1st
 * Win the game with special move as a last point in dream table tennis
 * Defeat Peach in fencing
 * Jump from all hurdles perfectly in 110m hurdles

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
She also appears in the game Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games as an all-around type character. Her main rival is Princess Peach. Her signature move is Pink Typhoon for the Wii version and Rose Spin for the DS version. She wears a pink parka, black leggings, and pink boots.

Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Amy also appeared in Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games as the third playable Sonic character. In her official artwork, she is shown to have a newly-designed swimsuit.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Amy appears in Sonic & 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 that 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. Her All-Star Theme is "My Sweet Passion" from Sonic Adventure.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Amy returns as a racer in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

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&mdash;"Sonic Adventures: Dans Les Griffes De Robotnik"&mdash;being kidnapped by Robotnik as bait to get Sonic. This version of Amy has the same design as in Sonic CD.

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

Archie Comics
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comics by Archie Comics, Amy is from the country of Mercia and has a cousin named Rob O' the Hedge. 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 frequently because of her young age. She then made herself older by wishing on the Ring of Acorns, but was still denied by Sally 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 X (comics)
Amy Rose's role in the Sonic X comic is similar to hers in the Sonic X anime. In the comic book version, her relationship with Sonic is developed more closely, with Sonic even taking her on a date for Valentine's Day, although this was due to him having lost a bet with Knuckles. He seemed to enjoy himself, however, when Amy asked him if he would ever take her on a date again, Sonic answered "Er... Maybe?"

Sonic X
Amy is one of the main characters in Sonic X, an anime series which is the most recent of the Sonic the Hedgehog TV shows. This is her first appearance in a Sonic TV series, as she did not appear in any of the other three American-produced series.

In Sonic X, Amy is Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend. Much the same as in the game series, her long-term goal is to get him to notice, love and respect 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 and doesn't want him to get hurt. Likewise, Sonic seems closer and more comfortable with Amy in the anime, even going so far as to bring her a white rose and say he loves for her in one episode. Amy also has romantic daydreams about her and Sonic. Overall, her personality is more temperamental, bossy, annoying and stubborn than in the games; she may threaten or even harm her friends for things they had nothing to do with, but she still has the same kind heart that she possesses in the games.

Sonic Boom
Amy will appear as one of the main characters in the new upcoming CGI animated TV series Sonic Boom, which will air in Fall 2014.

Personality
Amy in the main series is presented as being somewhat kind and girly. 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 feminine personality, such as an interest in shopping and fashion, but that didn't remove her tomboyish nature. However, in the later games, she has the personality of a girly-girl more so than a tomboy unlike the earlier games. In the more recent games, Amy has become a bit more obsessive and far more aggressive, much to Sonic's dismay. She often shows her anger by pulling out her Piko Piko Hammer out of Hammerspace, sometimes threatening Sonic with it.

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, willing to fight whenever necessary.

Despite her aggressive tendencies, Amy has a good heart, never gives up, and is one of the most optimistic and cheerful characters. 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, as shown in Sonic Adventure, where 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 often a likable person she has rarely met anyone who she did not befriend (including Shadow and Blaze). Amy is a cheerful and caring individual, with a positive outlook on life, and an over sweeping infatuation for Sonic.

Since 2010, after the release of Sonic Free Riders, Amy seems to be more bossy and infatuated with Sonic than before. This is most likely due to the more light and humorous nature of recent Sonic games. Amy's personality has added more a humorous factor in games like Sonic Colors, Sonic Free Riders, and Sonic Generations with her obsession for Sonic, which causes her to say silly and embarrassing things.

Physical Abilities
In terms of physical attributes, Amy is not exactly gifted with superhuman abilities as other characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Despite this, Amy does possess above average physical capabilities, making her a powerful character in her own right.

While not strictly superhuman, Amy has a high degree of physical strength. She is able to wield her Piko Piko Hammer, which appears to weigh quite a bit, with little effort, and can swing it around with enough force to smash clean through metal and send enemies sky rocketing. She even has enough strength to swing her Piko Piko Hammer around so fast that she can ascend into the air like a helicopter rotor or generate shock waves and whirlwinds by either swinging it or hammering into the ground. She can as well provide enough force with her Piko Piko Hammer to send herself into the air by hammering it into the ground. On top of that, in Sonic Generations, when Amy accidentally hits Knuckles, she sends him flying into a nearby tree without even noticing.

Like most characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Amy is capable of running at super speeds, which is developed from her practice chasing after Sonic and her innate hedgehog abilities. While her exact top speed is unclear, she can run fast enough to even keep Sonic on a constant lookout for her, suggesting Amy has remarkably high running speed. However, Amy has admitted herself that she is not as fast as Sonic is.

Amy has as well good acrobatic skills and agility, being able to handle and swing her large Piko Piko Hammer gracefully and without disturbing her when airborne, perform various forms of movements and tricks when launched into midair, and grind on rails with ease.

Combat Skills
Though kind and optimistic, Amy is a tough and powerful fighter. Combined with her aggressive approach when provoked, Amy can be a fierce opponent in a confrontation. Though she has not received much training in martial arts, reminiscing more of exercises, Amy knows how to defend herself against, and can go up against powerful robots and even highly trained combatants such as the Nocturnus Clan soldiers.

Fighting Style
Amy's fighting style is heavily based on the usage of her Piko Piko Hammer. In battle, Amy uses her Piko Piko Hammer's size and durability to her advantage, either swinging her hammer into the opponent and knocking the opponent a great distance away through midair, or bringing the entirety of her hammer's weight down on the opponent in a downward swing, crushing her opponents with devastating force. When launching more offensive or effective moves, Amy will swirl around with her Piko Piko Hammer, turning herself into a spinning top that mows down everything she comes into contact with or even stir up whirlwinds and shock waves to send opponents flying, though such maneuvers can leave her dizzy.

Despite preferring to use her Piko Piko Hammer when fighting enemies, Amy can as well fight opponents hand-to-hand in direct combat, though she rarely resorts to this method. As seen in Sonic Battle, when fighting opponents close up, Amy will resort to kickboxing moves, using fast jabs and uppercuts to hit her opponents.

Techniques and Moves
Amy has one of the widest ranges of moves and techniques in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, ranging from techniques involving her Piko Piko Hammer, to the basic Spin Attack maneuvers, to even mimicries of other characters' moves.

Most of Amy's offensive techniques revolves around the variants of her primary offensive technique, the Hammer Attack, a downward swing with her Piko Piko Hammer on opponents. These variants serve to compensate for Amy's lack of superior physical skills and moves. Her Jump Attack lets her swing her Piko Piko Hammer in midair to attack enemies while airborne with increased attack range, and her Spin Hammer Attack and Hammer Whirl lets her spin around with her Piko Piko Hammer to attack with increased attack range. For better movements, Amy can use her Hammer Jump and Mid-Air Hammer Jump techniques to let her somersault higher into the air by setting off with her Piko Piko Hammer from where she is positioned, and with her Propeller Hammer she can float through the air like a helicopter for a short while.

Some of Amy's more special moves include her Tornado Hammer where she throws a whirlwind at opponents to blow them off the ground, and the Rose Typhoon where she creates a dome-like shock wave by hammering into the ground. While she sometimes lacks it, Amy can also perform the various forms of the Spin Attack, which is a variation on the tendency for hedgehogs to roll into tight balls for protection. The Homing Attack allows Amy to jump and home in on an enemy to get over large gaps she cannot normally reach, the Spin Jump lets her curl into a ball to attack opponent by landing on them, and the Spin Dash lets her shoot herself forward as an acceleration roll at high speeds to break barriers or mow down enemies.

Miscellaneous Skills
Amy has on several occasions proved to possess excellent tracking and searching skills, especially when she is looking for Sonic. As demonstrated during her searches for Sonic, Amy is able to, through a mix of dowsing and just plain searching, locate the general area of the person that she is looking for, no matter where in the world it is. In fact, at least in Sonic's case, Amy is able to "feel" that the person she is looking has been in a certain location. Amy's tracking skills are further enforced in Sonic Rush, where Cream told Blaze that Amy was sure to find Sonic for them.

Amy has as well displayed some skills in the mystical field, primarily in reading tarot cards. Using her tarot cards, Amy is able to predict the future and give herself knowledge of future events, such as successfully predicting where Sonic would be in Sonic the Hedgehog CD and Sonic Battle, and even curse others.

In Sonic the Fighters, Amy demonstrated the ability to harness Chaos Energy from the Chaos Emeralds, allowing her to enter the Hyper Mode.

Though not necessarily a special skill or ability, Amy's positive outlook and attitude gives her the ability to convince even the most cold-hearted and cruel people into giving up on their evil ways through genuinely heart-spoken speeches, as seen in the cases of Shadow the Hedgehog and E-102 Gamma.

In the Sonic Riders series, Amy has steadily proven herself as a very talented Extreme Gear rider. Though she did not make it to the finals during the first EX World Grand Prix in Sonic Riders, she had at the time of the Grand Prix in Sonic Free Riders become so skilled at riding Extreme Gear that she was able compete against even the world's best Extreme Gear riders. While riding on an Extreme Gear, Amy is skillful enough to ride on rails, focus on opponents while remaining in control of her Extreme Gear, and as well pulls off highly advanced tricks and techniques on her Extreme Gear while in midair.

Piko Piko Hammer
Amy's trademark weapon is the Piko Piko Hammer, a large and durable hammer that she is able to call out from nowhere at will, and is Amy's preferred means of offense. Though simple in function, Amy can wield the Piko Piko Hammer with incredible proficiency. While mostly used in melee combat in various ways, Amy can use it in several other ways, such as executing better movement, perform long-ranged attacks, or even have it mimic the variants of the Spin Attack. Even powerful figures such as Sonic and Knuckles get worried and even afraid when Amy pulls out her Piko Piko Hammer, hinting the danger that this weapon poses when in her hands.

Sonic the Hedgehog
Amy Rose believes that being together with Sonic the Hedgehog is her destiny as foretold by her initial tarot card reading, and has indeed fallen madly in love with the blue hero since her fateful rescue in Sonic the Hedgehog CD. While Sonic appears annoyed by her affections, her infatuation was renewed upon meeting him once again in Sonic Adventure, where she resolved to become more independent to win over Sonic's heart by the end of her tale. Even though he seems nervous and occasionally overwhelmed by her advances, Sonic at least considers Amy a good friend and worthy comrade, and is always there to help her out should the need arise. Sonic's emotional neglect for the most part does not seem to hurt or deter Amy; rather, she continues to treat him as if he is hiding his feelings behind a facade, which has occasionally been implied to be the case (such as in the Sonic Heroes manual). As of Sonic Heroes, Amy's Sonic-chasing tendencies were particularly aggressive and hyperactively over the top for a while, which put off Sonic and only caused him to run away. Having developed a more mellow approach in recent years, the relationship between the two has become less defined and may even be interpreted as a serious on-off interest, although she is still identified as Sonic's "self-proclaimed" girlfriend and they do not currently make an official couple.

In Sonic Battle, Amy obsesses with "Boxercise" as part of her arduous physical training to impress Sonic with her adamant dedication, which mildly works but also worries him. In Amy's story, she asks Tails about Emerl, and Tails explains that Emerl is like a child to Sonic. Amy takes this literally and thinks that Sonic wants her to be Emerl's mother. Amy then takes Emerl away and tells him to call her his mother, thus making Emerl believe that Amy is actually his mother figure. During her story she tries hard to protect Emerl after losing him to Rouge. At the end of her story, Amy tries to get Sonic to propose to her, but he promptly shivers at the thought and bails.

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.

In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Amy's time is spent mostly trying to find Sonic. She teams up with Silver in order to find him, though when she finds out that he is trying to kill him, she ditches him, saying that she'd choose Sonic over the entire world. In Sonic's story, one of the mandatory Town Missions is the Test of Love, which has the player (as Sonic) choose whether his feelings truly lie with Amy or Princess Elise. Sonic must choose one of these girls to progress, although it is never mentioned again and neither character knows of or reacts to this choice. Later on during the Last Story, nearly every important character gets sent to a time-space rift. They all see that Sonic is dead, and Amy reacts to this by kneeling down and crying into her hands. Oddly enough, when Elise performs the infamous kiss when she revives him as Super Sonic with the Chaos Emeralds, Amy doesn't appear to think twice about it.

In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Amy insecurely claims she finally made a legitimate boyfriend named Dexter during Sonic's long two-year absence, but unusually does not appear to have any wild schemes to get Sonic to accept her. Through dialog trees, the player can decide the extent of Sonic's interaction with her, as well as whether his exchanges are positive, negative or neutral in nature. If he treats Amy with high regard and respect, an additional scene may occur on the Kron Colony near the end of the game where she pulls Sonic aside for a moment, wondering why he has been so nice to her after such an empty gap of time has passed. There are multiple choice outcomes to this scene, from Sonic making it clear once and for all that he cannot be romantically invested in her to him actually admitting that he does return her feelings in some way but promising they can figure out what this means after they get home. If this breakthrough occurs, Amy will reveal that Dexter is fake to her potential boyfriend.

In Sonic Unleashed, Sonic seemed depressed when Amy didn't recognize him as a Werehog, understanding that he isn't the same at all in his Werehog form 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, though Sonic looks better in the day time, she doesn't care about that. Near the end of the 360/PS3 version, she asks Sonic out on a date when she is spoken to, and the player can choose whether Sonic accepts or declines it. If rejected, she will think she earned the opportunity and get a little upset at Sonic's decision, but otherwise she will tell Sonic to hurry up and stop Eggman while she excitedly plans it.

In Sonic and the Black Knight ' s ending, Sonic is shown explaining to Amy all about his adventure in the Arthurian Legend. Amy does not believe him and accuses, "That's the lamest excuse ever! You just forgot about our date!" Acknowledging his missed date, Sonic calmly tries to reason with her by swearing that his story is completely factual, but Amy doesn't listen and apparently pulls out her hammer.

In the DS version of Sonic Colors, Amy tries to have a romantic picnic with Sonic at first; however, Sonic is too busy and does not want to make the picnic look like a date. Later on, with Big and Tails around, he does agree since he is hungry and it doesn't look like a date. Amy also gives Sonic a mission, because he looks "dreamy" when he performs his tricks in stages.

In Sonic Generations, Amy is excited to attend Sonic's birthday. However Sonic keeps Amy away from getting too close to him (such as hugging him) by placing his hand over her face. If Classic Sonic rescues Amy, she mistakes him for the present form of Sonic and questions how he looks so young, whereas if the present Sonic saves Amy, she tells Sonic that she was afraid that she would never be able to flirt with him again, leaving Sonic wordlessly exasperated. If Sonic gets an S rank in Chemical Plant, Amy will compliment that Sonic "knows how to get the girls", and when attaining a Red Star Ring, Amy says that she mistook the ring for an actual ring, meaning that she thought Sonic was giving her a ring as a gift or for another reason.

In Sonic Lost World, Amy's personality was further matured compared to previous appearances, showing a more nurturing and understanding side. She first appears with a group of animals, comforting them with Knuckles. She then calls Sonic to check on how he is doing with rescuing Flickies. The third time she communicates with Sonic, she solemnly tells him that it was too late for her and Knuckles and the planet's energy is leaving them, and she tries to tell Sonic that she loves him before the signal dies, much to Sonic's shock. In the end, they are revealed to be okay, and Sonic pleasantly joins them for a relaxing nap in the open meadow.

A running gag involves Amy making her entrance in a game by running into another hedgehog from the left of the screen and hugging them from behind, mistaking them for Sonic despite looking nothing alike up close.

Cream the Rabbit
Since Sonic Heroes, Cream and Amy 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 are portrayed as best friends and 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 Rose 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.

In recent games such as Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations, Amy seems to be distancing herself from Cream. She is often seen around other characters, such as Blaze, but she still remains close to Amy in Sonic Free Riders, but not quite as a sidekick.

Big the Cat
Big the Cat acts as an older brother figure to Amy and is most likely her other best friend. They form Team Rose and fight together in Sonic Heroes. 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 around Amy.

Miles "Tails" Prower
Tails and Amy rarely interact with each other. In games like Sonic Battle and Sonic Free Riders, Tails tries helping Sonic get away from Amy.

In Sonic Battle, he mistakenly tells Amy that Sonic is treating Emerl like a son which lead her to believe that Sonic wants her to be Emerl's mother.

In Sonic Riders, Amy is defensive of Tails when Wave makes fun of him.

Knuckles the Echidna
Amy has only been seen interacting with Knuckles the Echidna on rare occasions.

In Sonic Heroes when playing as Team Sonic; at the beginning of the fight against Team Rose, Knuckles will taunt Sonic about Amy saying, "Have you been messing with that girl's heart again Sonic?"

In Sonic Rush, Amy stops Knuckles from starting a fight with Blaze.

In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Amy budges in Knuckles' sentence in the end, annoying the echidna. However Knuckles is also seen protecting Amy and pulls her away out of danger in the MeteorTech Premises.

In Sonic Generations, Amy accidentally hurts Knuckles with a great force (which causes him to crash into a tree) after he said that Sonic "wasn't half bad", whereas she thought he was "all great". However, Amy does not notice how hard she hit Knuckles because she was busy swooning at Sonic.

In Sonic Lost World, they work separately from Sonic and Tails in saving the animals from Dr. Eggman.

Shadow the Hedgehog
In Sonic Adventure 2, they interact twice. Amy first meets Shadow when she mistakes him for Sonic and hugs him from behind. 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, but Dr. Eggman stops him.

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. Shadow suddenly has a flashback of Maria begging Shadow to make people happy. Shadow then comes to his senses he goes off to fight the Biolizard, 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 Robotnik'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 angered by Rouge, who wasn't answering her question as to why Shadow is in her house.

During Shadow the Hedgehog, Shadow can choose to assist Amy Rose in helping find Cream and have her fight alongside the player in the boss battle. Regardless, at the end of stage, Shadow benevolently advises, "If you wanna stay clear of trouble, then stay away from that Doctor." In the final ending, Amy shows an amount of faith and admiration for Shadow, regardless of anything bad that may have happened.

Vector the Crocodile
Amy and Vector encountered each other in Sonic Heroes. When the Chaotix saw Team Rose, Vector wanted to ask Amy a question, however her rude response caused the teams to fight.

The next time the two were seen together was in Sonic Free Riders. Vector joined Amy's team along with Cream to win the prize money Eggman advertised about his Grand Prix. Vector and Amy do not seem to get along. At first, Amy blames Vector for not getting them registered for the race even when he claimed that it was not his fault as she invited him to her team 30 minutes ago. Also, when Amy pretends that she wasn't expecting her and Sonic in the Grand Prix (because she wanted to prove that "lovers" are drawn together), Vector disapproves her by calling her a "terrible actress". Amy also appears to yell at Vector and boss him around, something she does not do to Cream throughout the game, even though Cream is also a member of the team.

Friends/Allies

 * Sonic the Hedgehog (Love interest)
 * Cream the Rabbit (Best friend, close as Sisters)
 * Cheese
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * E-102 Gamma
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Blaze the Cat
 * Silver the Hedgehog
 * Vanilla the Rabbit
 * Big the Cat (Close friend)
 * Vector the Crocodile
 * Espio the Chameleon
 * Charmy Bee
 * Emerl ("foster son")

Rivals

 * Rouge the Bat (Arch-Rival and also ally)
 * The Babylon Rogues
 * Jet the Hawk
 * Wave the Swallow
 * Storm the Albatross
 * Princess Peach (Mario & Sonic series)

Enemies

 * ZERO
 * Doctor Eggman
 * Metal Sonic
 * Eggman Nega
 * Black Doom
 * Pir'Oth Ix

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 entitled "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.

Amy is overall very well received by fans, and is considered to be one of the series "Top 10" characters, as evidenced by popularity polls. She has tied with Knuckles for fourth place being the most popular female over all. Amy is so far one of the only females to have a figure made by Jazwares, with the other figures being Wave the Swallow and Blaze the Cat.

Theme Songs

 * "My Sweet Passion" - Nikki Gregoroff (Unlike other characters, Amy has kept this theme song throughout her many game appearances, such as in the ending of Sonic and the Black Knight when Sonic tries to explain to her why he didn't show up for his date).
 * "Follow Me" - Kay Hanley (This theme song is shared with Big and Cream in Sonic Heroes).

Quotes

 * "It's my turn now!" - When choosing Amy in Sonic Adventure.
 * "Let go of me, you hunk of junk! I MEAN IT!" - When being taken away to the Egg Carrier by ZERO in Sonic Adventure.
 * "Have no fear! Amy Rose is here!" - When Amy rescues Sonic from Prison Island in Sonic Adventure 2.
 * "If I tell you, will you marry me?" - Amy after Sonic asks where Shadow is in Sonic Adventure 2.
 * "I hate it when they leave me behind!" - When Sonic and Tails leave Amy on the Space Colony ARK before Eggman kidnaps her in Sonic Adventure 2.
 * "If it's about a date, it'll have to wait." - Amy after Team Rose confronts Team Chaotix in Sonic Heroes.
 * "We're, like, awesome!" - Amy after getting an A Rank in Sonic Heroes.
 * "Sonic! This time there's no way outta marrying me!" - Amy to Sonic in the Team Rose boss battle in Sonic Heroes.
 * "Listen, Emerl! I'm your mommy!" - Amy talking to Emerl in Sonic Battle.
 * "Watch out! I'm Sonic's girlfriend!" - Amy warning Blaze in Sonic Rush.
 * "Oh Shadow, I'm so glad you're here! Cream went into that castle and she hasn't come back out! Will go in there with me and look for her?" - Amy asking Shadow a favor to find Cream in Shadow the Hedgehog.
 * "Hey look it's Eggman's robots, well if they're fighting off the aliens they can't be all bad" - Amy talking about Eggman's robots doing a good thing in Shadow the Hedgehog.
 * "Just leave the robots alone!" - Amy if Shadow hurts one of Eggman's robots since they are being good in Shadow the Hedgehog.
 * "I feel bad for those poor things." - Amy explaining she feels bad for Eggman's robots, in Shadow the Hedgehog.
 * "If I had to choose between the world and Sonic, I would choose Sonic!" - Amy after Silver beats Sonic in Sonic the Hedgehog 2006.
 * "Now I've got you Sonic! It's about time I finally caught you again. Hey! You're not Sonic! Um...I'm sorry!'" - Amy after mistaking Silver for Sonic in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
 * "Sonic, I'm going to save you." - Amy starting White Acropolis in End of the World in [Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)|[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)]].
 * "That's right, I'm the best!" - When Amy wins in the Olympic games series.
 * "Not gonna hold back!" - Amy at the start of a race in Sonic Riders & Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Get ready!... 'Cause here I go!" - Amy using Gravity Dive in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Thanks to you, I got separated from Sonic, you big jerk! So you're going to find the way out. Am I clear?!" - Amy after Storm forces Amy to be separated from her beloved Sonic in the Tempest Waterway in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "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 MeteoTech Sparkworks in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "You're crazy if you think you can get away from Amy Rose and.... Who are you?" - Amy when she hugged Sonic the Werehog in Sonic Unleashed.
 * "Just now... was that... Sonic?" - Amy when Sonic the Werehog rescued her from Dark Gaia's forces.
 * "I'll destroy all of you!" - When she unleashes her All-Star move in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.
 * "Sheesh, Sonic! Would it have killed you to go easy out there?!" - Amy scolding Sonic for not going easy on her in Sonic Free Riders.
 * "Thank you, Sonic... Wow, you look younger every day. What's your secret?" - Amy after Classic Sonic rescues her at Chemical Plant in Sonic Generations.
 * "You saved me, Sonic! I was afraid I'd never be able to flirt with you again!" - Amy after Modern Sonic rescues her at Chemical Plant in Sonic Generations.
 * "I'll help you jump higher with my Piko Piko Hammer!" - Amy before her mission in Chemical Plant Act 2 in Sonic Generations. (First time Amy has ever called her hammer by its full name).
 * "You can do it, Sonic!" - Amy cheering on the Sonics in Sonic Generations.
 * "Half bad? Are you kidding me? He was all great!" - Amy in the last cutscene of Sonic Generations.
 * "Come on! Give a girl a break!" - Amy when losing a mission in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

Trivia

 * Amy was described to be eight years old in Sonic the Hedgehog CD, but from Sonic Adventure onward she has grown by four years.
 * In the Sega CD release of Sonic CD in America, Amy was referred to as "Princess Sally" in the game manual, possibly to connect her to the Sonic animated television series released that same year. However, the Sally that showed up in the cartoons was not Amy. Subsequent re-releases of Sonic CD jettison any references to Amy being named Sally. Interestingly, she was clearly stated as "Amy" in the earlier European manual for Sonic CD.
 * Amy's concept outfit for Sonic Riders appears to give her pink fingers, although her gloves may have been fur-colored rather than fingerless.
 * Amy has always called her Piko Piko Hammer just "my hammer", but in her co-op mission in Sonic Generations, she calls it "my Piko Piko Hammer", this being the first time she has called it by its full name, as well as the first time it has ever been called its full name correctly. (In Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing the Announcer calls it "The Piko Hammer".)
 * Amy's bio in the Codex of Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood calls her Amy Rose the Hedgehog.
 * Also in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Amy has three lashes instead of two on some sprites during cutscenes.
 * Amy was the first female character introduced in the game series as well as the only female hedgehog of the series.
 * In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Amy is the strongest character in terms of Smash ability, being the only character who can reach Level 3. (Knuckles and E-123 Omega can only reach Level 2 Smash ability.)
 * Amy Rose is the only member of Team Rose that is affected by the brainwashing of the Overmind Voxai in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.
 * In Sonic R, Amy is one of two characters who races in a vehicle rather than on foot. The other is Doctor Robotnik.
 * If Sonic the Fighters is to be believed, Amy Rose did not wear panties in the classic era - harmless pink fur covers her body underneath her skirt. This was not changed in the HD release.
 * In Sonic Riders, Amy sports a different, racing outfit throughout the game, but in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Amy wears her usual dress in the story cutscenes and in the story level where she races Storm. However, in the Single and Multiplayer modes, she wears the same outfit that she wore in Sonic Riders.
 * Amy is the only playable character in Sonic '06 to not travel to the future nor the past at any time during the game.
 * Amy is the only character that appeared in Sonic Rivals that did not appear in Sonic Rivals 2.
 * Ironically, in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, despite being the speed leader of Team Rose, Amy's attack is slower than other speed leaders like Sonic and Shadow. She is also the strongest attacker of her team, despite Big being the power leader.
 * Amy's hair has grown slightly longer in recent games. The back side of her hair was noticeably shorter than the hair at the side of her face in Sonic Adventure but that part of the hair has been longer since Sonic Unleashed.
 * In the DS version of Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, Amy's character and vehicle selection picture shows her car with ears and head mirrors. However, while racing as her, they aren't shown.
 * Strangely, Amy appears in the French guide for Sonic & Knuckles, even though she makes no appearance whatsoever in the game. In that guide, it was said that Amy had been kidnapped by Knuckles.
 * Although she does not have her own video game like many of the other main characters, Amy does have her own mobile game called Amy's American Page One for Sonic Cafe.
 * Amy is the only hedgehog from the games not to have a super form.
 * She is also the only hedgehog whose name does not begin with an "S".
 * She is also the only hedgehog who is not shown to be able to use Chaos Control.
 * All of the cars Amy has driven in racing games have been old-fashioned convertibles, similar to how Sonic has driven sports cars and how Knuckles drives off-roaders.
 * Amy's last name, Rose, can be considered a play on words. A rose is a flower that is connected with love, which can be related to her crush on Sonic. It is also a play on her color, because in French, rose translates to pink, her fur color. Her first name, Amy, could also be derived from the Japanese word ame, meaning candy, related to Amy's cute personality, but also rain, which can be related to her quick changing temper and power when she's angry. It is also be derived from the French name Aimée which means beloved which also fits with her connection to love.
 * In the Mario & Sonic series, Amy is the only playable female character who is not a princess.
 * Like Blaze, Amy is a speed type character in the normal series, but in the Mario & Sonic series and in SEGA Superstars Tennis, she is an All-Around type instead.
 * Amy Rose was the alias of Lisa Ortiz which was credited in her voice role of March and Salsa from the game Eternal Sonata.
 * With the release of "Episode Metal", Amy is the only major character from the Classic games who is still around and who has yet to get her own game.
 * Amy Rose is one of four characters to appear in every Sonic the Hedgehog series racing game to date.
 * Although in Sonic Advance Amy cannot typically Spin Dash or Spin Jump, when Amy is forced into a ball, Amy lacks the standard spin animation and an unusual, high pitched noise can be heard.
 * Amy Rose was one of Lisa Ortiz's favorite roles to do voice work for.
 * Amy and Sonic are the two hedgehogs without fur on their arms, while Shadow and Silver have fur on theirs.
 * Amy appears to be slow in her Twinkle Circuit cart in Sonic Adventure, likely because her speed wasn't established until later. She also didn't weigh a lot, as seen by how high her car floats over the track compared to the others.
 * Amy is the only game character confirmed to use magic outside of the Storybook series.
 * In Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- 2nd, another SEGA video game, Amy's iconic Piko Piko Hammer is an unlockable item for Kagamine Rin, where it is Rin's favorite item.
 * Amy is one of the few speed types not to enhance her natural speed in any way.
 * Amy is one of only two characters to appear on the tab for selecting Sonic World for Dream Figure Skating in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, the other being Sonic.
 * Amy being Sonic's "Self Proclaimed" Girlfriend is actually a mythology gag to her original version in which she was the Girlfriend of Nicky who unknown to him was actually Sonic the Hedgehog.