Amy Rose

Amy Rose (エミー・ローズ), once known as Rosy the Rascal, is a character who appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She is a pink, female hedgehog who plays the part of Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend. She has chased Sonic since her first debut in 1993, and has been trying to win his heart in everything from the series' animated TV shows to comics and games. She is the first female character introduced into the game universe and is also one of the most popular, coming in fifth 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.)

The alias "Rosy the Rascal" is most likely a play on of "Rosie the Riveter", a feminist character and national icon which represents the women that had to work during World War II when all of their husbands were drafted. The name is rather suiting as both characters are extremely tough and motivated females.

Amy Rose is also noted to be very popular among fans of Sonic and also to remain attractive to the series' older members.

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. For example, at the start of episode 20, "Cruise Blues," she gets angry and snaps at Tails because she thought he was getting bored of being on a cruise ship(he really only wanted to know what activities were planned).

Amy is easily swayed by Sonic, and Sonic knows it. He sometimes uses this to get her to do things, such as episode 20 on the cruise ship when he tricked her into thinking he'd love her if she swung her hammer. ("perhaps I could go on, if you'd only swing that hammer once more.") she did this and as a result, looked like she was going insane, and Sonic used this as an excuse to turn the boat around. (later in the episode, Amy found out and hammered down a flagpole Sonic was sitting on top of to hide from her, then sat on him.)

In episode 52, Amy showed Sonic just how much she cared for him, and Sonic even told her that he'd never leave her again while presenting her with a rose. In season 2 of Sonic X Amy goes several steps further to win Sonics heart. Thoughout the journey through space Amy tries to rescue Sonic from a Metarex base, disobey orders so that she can find him on a planet, and even tries to force Sonic into loving her by creating a love charm (although her plan failed as Tails and Cosmo accidentally triggered it instead). Sonic on the other hand has other things on his mind but doesn't completely ingnore her and her efforts. In the Final Battle against the Metarex Sonic shows just how much he does care for her by putting himself and his life on the line so that the the Metarex wouldn't hurt Amy. When Sonic is dragged inside the Metarex planet Amy tries to save him but ends up being dragged inside the planet as well; then suddenly a bubble appears and envelopes them both, healing and protecting them, it transports them out of the planet (it seems as though something unknown had sensed how much they cared for each other and saved them when they needed it most).

In the original Japanese version of Sonic X, each episode would have one of three extra scenes added at the end credits. The second one, which was shown on episodes 14-39 and 53-78, focused on Sonic and Amy. It starts with Sonic sitting on the roof of a skyscraper, thinking to himself. He is then shown walking through a forest until he finds Amy standing by a tree alone. Amy turns around and sees Sonic smiling at her, and the scene ends. The song playing during the scene, "Hikaru Michi('The Shining Road,' in English)," is sung by a girl telling the boy she loves to meet with her secretly on a hill. However, the initial sad look on Amy's face, her obvious surprise at seeing Sonic, and the fact that she was all by herself would imply that Amy was feeling lonely and possibly heartbroken because of Sonic's continual attempts to resist her, and that Sonic had been thinking over his actions, and came to console her. Strangely, the ending for episode 39 is mostly the same, but with Cheese standing in Amy's place, using the same expressions she did. This may have been meant as a joke to lighten the moods of viewers, as the previous episode ended with Shadow supposedly dying (he returned in the third season). None of the three endings were ever shown in the English dubs.

Personality
Amy in the main series is presented as being kind and sweet, and a good victim for holding hostage by her enemies. Her kind and caring nature seems to have given her the ability to talk almost anybody out of destruction, from Eggman's supposedly single-minded and emotionless robots like E-102 Gamma (who then released her and turned on Eggman) to bitter, revenge-seeking villains such as Shadow the Hedgehog (who after talking to her, helped Sonic save the world in Sonic Adventure 2).

In the more recent spin-off games she has become far more violent and aggressive, much to Sonic's dismay. Her former image, that of being what could be described as the series Ingenue (the "sweet and innocent girl"), appear to have been taken over to the new character of Cream the Rabbit. However, she is extremely protective of her friends. Despite her violent tendencies, Amy has a very good heart, she never gives up, and is one of the most optimistic and cheery characters of the series.

Upon being asked by Sega.com 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."

Sonic the Hedgehog


Sonic the Hedgehog is Amy's love interest and she is obsessed with the blue hedgehog and marvels at all his personal traits. Most often, Amy gets involved in the story while searching for Sonic or trying to find information about his whereabouts. She tends to plunge ahead at first glimpse of his figure, this prompting unusual confrontations as she embraced both Shadow the Hedgehog during the events of Sonic Adventure 2 as well as Silver the Hedgehog in Sonic Next Gen, though the latter was dissolved as part of the storyline. Amy travels the world in pursuit of Sonic and won't hesitate to throw herself in the line of danger if it means protecting him. In Sonic '06, she tells Silver that she would love Sonic even if he was the one who would destroy Silver's world, and mourns his temporary death more extensively than any of the other characters. Also, in the trials of Soleanna in Sonic's story, there is a test of love, in which Sonic can choose if his true love is Amy by running in the portal on the right or Princess Elise by running in the portal on the left. After the player makes their choice, the person giving the test tells Sonic that his love will support him in the upcoming battle. However, the players decision has no effect on the story. In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, the player can engage in a romantic subplot between Sonic and Amy depending on their choices in conversations. If done right, it will lead to a scene in Chapter 10 before the attack against Ix, where Sonic admits that he cares about Amy. This scene is entirely optional and is up to the player's choice. Sonic can also answer Amy several different ways, including rejection.

However, Sonic appears to care about Amy anyway, regardless of the above scene, since in Sonic Unleashed he seemed very disappointed when Amy didn't recognize him as a Werehog, which made Sonic feel sad and dejected when Chip pointed it out.

In Sonic and the Black Knight's ending, there is a possibility that Sonic and Amy are really dating. Because of her line, "You just forgot about our date!" Sonic tries to reason out, but Amy doesn't listen and pulls out her hammer. This may be a point that they are starting a relationship.

Dexter
Dexter is a person that Amy Rose made up in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood to try and make Sonic jealous. Depending on Sonic's choices in the games conversations, Amy will admit that he is fake before going to Nocturne. It is unknown if he is a Hedgehog or not, though that is pretty much a moot point, considering he doesn't exist.

Interactions With Other Characters
Aside from Sonic, Amy converses with many other characters in the series.

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?".

The two team up twice in Sonic Chronicles 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.

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 toward Amy. Sometimes she is 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
Knuckles the Echidna is more of an associate with Amy than a good friend, only because they usually have the same enemy and need to work together. Aside from those events, the two will probably get into some kind of a dispute over what is going on. Nonetheless, they will save and help each other and can be considered as allies. In Sonic X, Amy sees Knuckles as a naive hothead, and their relationship is a bit more bitter.

Cosmo the Seedrian
Cosmo is a Seedrian and a kind and gentle character that Amy and Cream met for the first time in Sonic X. In Episode 58 of Sonic X, Amy, Cream, and Cosmo are working together to fight a Metarex. This further indicates that Cosmo and Amy are good friends, as Amy seems to try and cheer up Cosmo.

Shadow the Hedgehog
Amy has a short, yet strong bond with Shadow the Hedgehog. They first meet in Dark Story of Sonic Adventure 2 during the attack on Prison Island where Amy mistakes Shadow for Sonic and because of that affectionately hugs him from behind. When she realizes her mistake a few seconds later she demands Shadow to tell her his name but he only keeps looking silently back at her. In Last story the two meet again at the ARK where Amy asks Shadow to help the others save the planet. At first he refuses, but Amy remains determined and in the end through her words manages to remind Shadow his promise to Maria. He then agrees to help Amy and her friends. Amy also seems to respect Shadow, due to the fact that she seems to never pick a fight with him. She seems to be pleased when he does good things. However, when she is not happy with him for hurting robots, she simply says "Just leave the robots alone." in a calm non-disrespectful tone.

Silver the Hedgehog
Silver the Hedgehog met Amy in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) in an awkward confrontation, when she mistook him for Sonic and ended up hugging him. After realizing it is someone else Amy playfully slaps Silver out of absolute embarrassment, yet decides to help him find who he is looking for (not knowing that he intends to track down Sonic and kill him). Though Silver is largely unwilling to help her at first, he soon warms up to her and decides to help. When he attacks Sonic, Amy distracts him just long enough to allow Sonic to escape, and Amy angrily leaves him after Silver informs her of the destruction that Sonic will cause (which ultimately proved to be partially wrong). Strangely, when they meet again after Solaris is reborn, she shows no outright hostility or anger towards him (mainly because she had bigger concerns, such as where she was).

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 has developed 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 be seen in the background, but did not try to stop her, knowing that his life was more important.

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 liked him. Blaze was upset (meaning that she dislikes love discussions) and said no. 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
 * Cream the Rabbit (Closest friend)
 * Cosmo the Seedrian (Sonic X)
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Bunnie Rabbot (Archie Comics)
 * Shadow the Hedgehog (Respected ally)
 * Christopher Thorndyke (Sonic X)
 * Princess Elise
 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Princess Peach
 * Yoshi
 * Princess Daisy
 * Donkey Kong
 * Espio the Chameleon
 * Vector the Crocodile
 * Blaze the Cat
 * Vanilla the Rabbit
 * Silver the Hedgehog
 * Big the Cat
 * Chip
 * Emerl
 * Tikal the Echidna
 * Dexter (imaginary boyfriend at a time)
 * Charmy Bee
 * Anti-Bunnie Rabbot (Archie Comics)

Enemies/Rivals

 * Doctor Eggman
 * Metal Sonic
 * Eggman Nega
 * Sally Acorn (Archie Comics)
 * Rouge the Bat
 * Wave the Swallow
 * Shade the Echidna
 * Mina Mongoose
 * Fiona Fox (Archie Comics)
 * Gemerl
 * Anti-Amy Rose (Archie Comics)
 * Princess Peach (Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games)
 * Princess Daisy (Mario and Sonic at the olympic games)

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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)

Trivia

 * In Sonic Chronicles, Amy says she had found a boyfriend, but when Sonic thanked her (when she told Rouge to leave him alone due to Rouge's flirting), she cheerfully cried "Sure Sonic, anytime!" Also, in the romantic subplot, when Sonic says that he has the same feelings for her, Amy, quite cheerfully, admits that the boyfriend was just a lie, and made to make Sonic jealous. It appears that Sonic suspected this, as he simply replys "Imagine that."
 * A booklet of one of the Sonic games lists Amy as Sonic's "Secret love interest," another indication that he truly cares for her.
 * Her dress seems to vary in length from game to game. It is at its longest in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, though it is considered a different outfit. Amy wears black pants under her trademark dress in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, maybe due to her not wanting the player or viewers seeing her underwear when playing.
 * Knuckles and Amy are the only 2 Sonic characters who appeared to have "aged" (Knuckles going from 15 to 16, and Amy going from 8 to 12, respectively, but Knuckles' age is only in the games, while Amy's appears in the comics, unless you count Sonic CD, in which Amy appears like her 8 year old self in the comics, and in recent games she appears 12).
 * Amy and Wave are the only female characters who fight with a trademark object: a Piko Piko Hammer and a wrench respectfully. (Unless one counts Cream with Cheese).
 * In Sonic Chronicles, the Codex mentions that Amy had started a club for teaching young girls to defend themselves against bullies, although this is never mentioned again.
 * Amy has significant and several similarities with Sakura Haruno from Naruto, in looks and personality.
 * Amy has mistaken another hedgehog for Sonic four times: Shadow (Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic X), Neo Metal Sonic, though it's questionable to count because he morphed in to Sonic's form (Sonic Heroes), Silver (Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)), and Sonic himself as a Werehog (Sonic Unleashed, although she was technically right).
 * In the ending of Sonic and the Black Knight, Amy accuses Sonic of forgetting about their date. Sonic tries to tell her he didn't, but she doesn't believe him and takes out her Piko Piko Hammer.
 * In Sonic Unleashed (Playstation 3/Xbox 360 versions), before going to Eggmanland, Amy will tell Sonic "Good luck, and maybe we can finally go out after this?" If you answer "Sure, It could be fun," Amy shows excitement and says, "You...You mean it? Yay! It's a promise. Now go and hurry up and save the world already! Jeez!" If you say, "No thanks, I'll pass", she'll become angry and say, "C'mon Sonic! Give a gal a little hope here!" However, whichever answer you choose, you can ask her again and apparently she can't remember your previous answer. Your answer doesn't affect your story.
 * Amy is the only character (besides Sonic himself) to appear as herself in Sonic and the Black Knight making a cameo appearance at the ending (angrily telling Sonic he forgot about their date)
 * Amy's nickname in Sonic the Fighters, "Rosy the Rascal", is used in the Comic Series as the name of her Anti-Mobian counterpart, who looks like the original Amy, complete with the original costume, but with a hate for her universe's "Sonic" (Scourge the Hedgehog)
 * In Sonic and the Black Knight's Multiplayer Mode, Amy is the only character who uses a battering weapon.
 * Amy once had the power to turn invisible. The only game she could turn invisible was Sonic 2006. After the time was erased, she hasn't turned invisible since.
 * Amy Rose is the only member of Team Rose that will be affected by the brainwashing of the Overmind Voxai in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. 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 to simple minded for brainwashing.
 * She is also the only member of Team Rose to be in Last Story of Shadow the Hedgehog.
 * Amy's outfit in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games looks like the one from the prequel, but instead of a dress, she wears a parka, and her pants cover her tails this time.
 * Amy has appeared in 25 Sonic games.
 * Amy is the very first prominent female in the entire series.
 * Amy is the only member of Team Rose who doesn't have marks above her eyes.
 * In Sonic R, Amy is one of two characters who races in a vehicle rather than on foot. The other is Dr. Eggman. She is also the only playahble who does not have an inorganic duplicate (Egg Bot can be considered Eggman's "duplicate")
 * Amy is the only female character in Sonic Drift and Sonic Drift 2. Her special ability is throwing kisses(represented by small hearts) at her opponents, regardless of whether they are her friends or enemies; if an opponent runs into one, a heart circles around his head and temporarily slows him down. A possible glitch in Sonic Drift 2 allows Amy to run into a heart she threw; if taken literally, it basically means she fell in love with herself.
 * Many of Amy's rivals are females, mostly due to thinking that they want to woo Sonic. However, Anti-Amy and Fiona Fox are considered true enemies (Anti-Amy: she wants to 'smash' all hedgehogs; Fiona: Betrayal)
 * In Sonic Chronicles, Amy is the only member of Team Rose who is not a Support-Class character, and the first Shifter-Class party member.
 * Amy has a few things in common with Bouquet from Blue Dragon anime. They're both always chasing after someone, (Amy=Sonic and Bouquet=Shu) they plan on marrying the one they chase, both think that their crushes "girlfriends" want to marry Sonic/Shu, and they can both turn invisible. (Amy did once in Sonic 2006).
 * Amy does appear to have a few things in common with Shadow and Silver
 * 1) They are all Hedgehogs
 * 2) They all have interacted with Sonic for periodss of time
 * 3) Non of thier feet have been seen in games(although this can be said for the majority of Sonic characters)
 * 4) They all appeared in Sonic Rivals
 * 5) They all have a card in Sonic Rivals 2
 * 6) All have appeared in at least 10 games (for Silver exactly 10 games)
 * 7) All have been angry with sonic at one point or 2
 * 8) All like or try to one-up Sonic one at least one occasion
 * 9) They have interacted with one another in games that came out in the 2000's (Amy and Silver=Sonic 06' Amy and Shadow=Sonic Adv. 2, Shadow and Silver= Sonic 06' (technically) Sonic Rivals (generally refered to in their world)).
 * 10) All appeared in Sonic 06'
 * Amy has some things in common with Silver
 * 1) They both wear boots
 * 2) Both have unusual designes for their spikes (Amy's is slaked down and Silver's spikes might look unique like that to signify the fact that he is from the futere, possibly making that a futureistic hedgehog look).
 * Amy is currently the only hedgehog in the games who lacks spikes coming from her back. Though a reason for this could be because female hedgehogs lack back spikes, and she, is the only female hedgehog in the games (However it could be possible that it is only applying to Amy, as Sega could possibly introduce another female hedgehog wiht spikes on her back).
 * One of Amy's poses in Sonic Adventure DX is very similar to haer stance in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle