Eric


 * You may be looking for Erik, Eric Bungalow or Eric the Echidna.

Eric (エリック) is a human resident of Apotos who appears in Sonic Unleashed, and the husband of Anastasia. On the PS3/Xbox360 version of the game, he serves as translator for his wife, after she was left unable to talk, as believes himself to be in fine tune with his wife. He translates her mumbling talk poorly however, and he often takes what she is actually saying completely out of contexts.

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''Anastasia's husband, an 80-year old man who's in absolutely no rush to hit 81. Eric believes himself to be very in tune with his wife, and helps interpret her murky mumblings, but something always seems to get lost in translation... ''

PS3/Xbox360
In his youth, Eric appeared as a shady character who used to hang around on the shore with a grin on his face, while combing the beach for shells. One day however, Eric got bit by a crab and a young Anastasia came to his aid. Eric however, mistook this as a sign of affection from Anastasia's side and he fell in love with her. After that, he brought her beautiful shells every day and saying ''“Marry me! I can’t go on if you won’t”'' even though Anastasia was not interested in him. Eventually, Eric's constant pleas made Anastasia give up on resisting, and Eric married her, though Eric came to see his courtship from another point of view. Over the years however, the two of them came to have to have a happy marriage, and Eric came to gain Anastasia's love.

When the Earth broke apart in Sonic Unleashed, the tremors from the shattering made Anastasia lose her dentures, leaving her unable to talk, and Eric helped her look for them. When Sonic the Hedgehog and Chip came to Apotos, he explains his wife's condition to the duo and translates her mumble as a greeting to Sonic and Chip. During nightfall, Eric later sees Tails pass through Apotos and passes this information on to Sonic.

As the planet began to come together again, Eric began to believe that they had better chances at finding his wife's dentures. Later when Eric hears that Chun-Nan's continent has been restored, he is thrilled to hear the news. He then hears his wife following mumble, and translates it as if she wants to go visit Chun-Nan, and Eric happily complies.

Eventually, Eric travels with Anastasia to Chun-Nan. When arriving there, Eric is amazed by things such as the local waterfall, while he takes his wife's occasional mumble as if she is thrilled beyond words. There the two of them meet Sonic and Chip, where Eric talks with them about the scenic routes and the delicious meat buns. All the while, he translates Anastasia's occasional mumble (which starts to sound displeased) as if she is agreeing with him all the way, such as she is loving the idea of going on the scenic routes and that she is a big fan of meat buns.

Eric later returned with Anastasia to Apotos. When Sonic and Chip comes by them again, he tells them that he was glad that they made this trip, while he translate his wife's mumble as if she is liked the trip too. He then suddenly says that he heard Sonic asking how he and his wife met (though Sonic did not say that) and starts telling his version of his early romance, bit for bit. He claims to Sonic and Chip that in his youth he was a shy, yet debonair fella and stand-up guy, while his wife was shy, awkward and plain unlucky in love. He then claims that he naturally “felt bad for this sad girl” and that one day he thought he would go lift up her spirit, and tells them that she then fell for him hard and that he could not get rid of her from that moment on. During his story he translates his wife's angry outburst as if she is agreeing with him.

Around the time Sonic defeats Dark Guardian, Eric and Anastasia manages to find the lost dentures, As soon as Anastasia regains her dentures however, Eric is schooled by her for his poor translations. Eric tries to make her calm down and to soften her up with cute noises, but to no avail.

Following his wife yelling at him, Eric is left doing penance and was pretty ashamed to do so in his age. At the same time, he wondered if Anastasia was still mad at him. Eventually however, the two of them reconciled after Anastasia had cooled down, and Eric is relieved she is no longer mad.

PS2/Wii
Eric first appeared alongside Lambros when Sonic was asking around town for someone who knew Chip, as Chip was suffering from amnesia. Unfortunately, just like Lambros, Eric had never seen Chip before. During the following nightfall, he met Tails and provided direction for the yong fox. Tails then asked a favor of Eric, which he accepted, and Eric received a Moon Tablet from Tails who told him to give it to a "blue hedgehog" if he saw him. Later that night, Eric found Sonic as Sonic the Werehog, and while he was different from Tails' description, Eric was sure it was him and gave the Moon Tablet to him.

Later on, Eric was talking to Sonic and Lambros about how the town used to be quite, but now was in turmoil due to the tremors created by the planet's shattering. Eric wanted Sonic to feel welcome however, and gives him Soundtrack 32 as a memento of him.