Ippolita

Ippolita (イッポリータ) is a human resident of Spagonia that appears in Sonic Unleashed. She is the grandchild of Irma and is very responsible for her young age; whenever her grandmother is feeling ill, Ippolita will run all over the place to do both her and her grandmother's chores.

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''A little girl who lives with her grandmother, Irma. She is exceptionally responsible for her age, and never seems to stop running errands. Ippolita dreams of attending the university when she grows up, so she can "get in a 'ploma."''

PS3/Xbox360
Sometime prior to Sonic Unleashed, Ippolita came to live with her grandmother under unknown circumstances. Whether Ippolita has any parents or that she is a orphan is unknown. While living with her grandmother, Ippolita had to run many of her grandmother's errands, because her grandmother suffered from a sickness that made her movements hurt, and also made her very cranky. Additionally, since Irma's pain usually reached it peak at night, it would not be uncommon for Ippolita to run around at night to do her grandmother errands. Ippolita however cared deeply for grandmother and knew she did not want to be mean, so she always took her chores in stride and did her best to help her.

Just before the beginning of Sonic Unleashed, Ippolita witnessed Professor Pickle being kidnapped by Dr. Eggman and his robots, and then flown to Mazuri. Later, after the Earth was shattered by Dr. Eggman, Ippolita met Sonic the Hedgehog and Chip who came running through Spagonia to look for Professor Pickle. Ippolita asked them why they were in such a rush and she deduced that it was because Sonic and Chip were panicking about the planet's shattering, so she told them that they should remain calm in such situations, just as her grandmother had taught her. Ippolita soon after met up with Sonic and Chip again, who was looking for clues to where Professor Pickle had been taken, and she helped them by telling them what she had seen when Professor Pickle was being kidnapped. She could not stay for long however as she had more chores to do.

While Sonic and Chip was in Mazuri to save Professor Pickle, Ippolita met Boss from Empire City and had a conversation with him, where she among other things told him that her favorite flowers were the White Flowers. Boss could not stay for long however and rushed off.

Ippolita soon returned to doing her chores for her grandmother, which mostly included doing her shopping. She would find herself very busy and often had to work hard to remember what she had to buy as her grandmother would get mad at her if she forgot anything. A while later, Ippolita found herself approached by Sonic and wondered if there was something she could help with. To Ippolita's surprise, she received a box of treats from Sonic (which was actually from Boss, who had taken pity on Ippolita and her grandmother's strict treatment, and had Sonic deliver them because he wanted to be anonymous) because she had worked hard for her grandmother, and Ippolita said that was the first time she got a gift for that. She noticed how good they smelled and asked for Sonic's permission before beginning to eat them. She told Sonic that they tasted good, but also told him not to tell it to her grandmother since she could get mad for receiving gifts.

Sonic later returned to Ippolita and she thanked him for the gift, but then saw that he had brought her another box of treats. Ippolita was thankful to get another one and took it home to eat it later, but not before once again telling Sonic to keep it a secret.

Ippolita continued afterward with her normal routine by doing her grandmother's chores and buying medicine for her, while thanking Sonic for the gifts whenever she saw him. Unfortunately, Irma eventually discovered Ippolita's gifts, and Ippolita was scold for receiving gifts from strangers and was told strictly that too many snacks was not good for her, before throwing her gift away. Sad over the outcome, Ippolita resumed her chores, but then met Sonic again who had brought her yet another gift. Ippolita told him that while she was grateful, she explained that she could not receive any more presents from him and declined his gift while apologizing.

Later on, Ippolita met up with Sonic again and asked him politely how he was doing, but then saw he had yet another present with him. Ippolita told him again that she could not take any more gifts from him, but was surprised to see that it was not treats, but White Flowers. She happily received them and told Sonic that she loved them, but then noticed that the flowers were from Empire City. She then began to wonder why Sonic kept giving her favorite things since they hardly talked to each other and how weird it was that he knew her favorite things.

Not long after, Ippolita noticed that her grandmother's health had decline to the point where she had been sick for days. She wanted to help her, but she did not know what medicine would work, which left her running around, wondering what to do. Luckily, Ippolita ran into Sonic and she asked him if he could help her find right medicine. Sonic accepted her request, and with some leads from Boss, he returned with the right medicine, much to Ippolita's joy. Relieved that her grandmother would recover now, Ippolita told Sonic about her grandmother's illness and how it made her cranky. Ippolita was then surprised to hear that Sonic thought Irma was just being mean, but assured him that she was usually "wicked nice" and explained how she only scold her because she cared about her.

After Sonic handed over the medicine to Ippolita, she wondered if she could ask him something, and asked Sonic if the gifts was not from him, but was actually from Boss. After Sonic confirms it, she exclaimed that she knew it as she had recalled telling Boss about her favorite flowers, and since he came from Empire City they could only have come forom him. Wanting to say thanks to Boss for his presents, Ippolita requested to Sonic that he should say "thanks" to Boss on her behalf whenever he met him.

A while later, Ippolita met up with Sonic again and thanked him for all his help. She also told him that her grandmother could now walk again and that they were now shopping together. She also expressed her wish to Sonic about meeting Boss again and thank him in person.

Ippolita later watched on in horror with the rest of her town as Dark Gaia began to cast the world into darkness and was protected by Federica, but rejoiced as the world returned to normal following Perfect Dark Gaia's defeat at the hands of Super Sonic and the Gaia Colossus.

PS2/Wii
Ippolita first appeared on the PS2/Wii version of Sonic Unleashed alongside Lucia, when Sonic the Hedgehog and Chip first arrived in Spagonia to find Professor Pickle's Laboratory. She and Lucia was soon after the duo's arrival approached by them, who asked for directions to Professor Pickles' laboratory. During their conversation, Ippolita was mistakenly taken by Sonic and Chip as Lucia's sister, though this was quickly cleared up. As Lucia said she not know where the laboratory was, Ippolita said she could not help then as she did not even know what a "labo-tree" was.

Sometime later, Ippolita and Lucia was approached by Sonic and Chip again who asked them where they could find the Sacred Shrine. As Lucia gave them the directions, Ippolita confirmed that Lucia was speaking the truth. Then, when Lucia gave them the Moon Tablet as she believed that they would need it, Ippolita took this as a bad sign.

After Sonic and Chip restored Spagonia's continent, Ippolita made Lucia bring Sonic and Chip to her because she wanted to give them a present. As she handed over the present, which is Secret Soundtrack 38, Ippolita told them that it serve to remind them that they were friends.

Ippolita later watched on in horror with the rest of her town as Dark Gaia began to cast the world into darkness and was protected by Federica, but rejoiced as the world returned to normal following Perfect Dark Gaia's defeat at the hands of Super Sonic and the Gaia Colossus.

Mission

 * Miracle Cure: Talk to Ippolita in Spagonia, then talk to Boss who says where the cure is. Go then to Chun-Nan and talk to Zonshen to get the Miracle Cure. Return to Ippolita to hand over the cure and then go talk to Boss.