Wave the Swallow

"Let's just collect the prize and be on our way."

- Wave

Wave the Swallow (ウェーブ・ザ・スワロー) is a anthropomorphic pink and purple swallow. She is also the Babylon Rogues' resident technical genius, and a bit of a trash-talker. She is 18 years old, 110 cm (3'7") tall, and weighs 20 to 25 kg (44 to 55 lbs). Wave is the daughter of the tech expert of the Rogues' previous generation, and her knowledge of Extreme Gear far surpasses that of Tails and Doctor Eggman. Because of this knowledge, she is brimming with self-confidence; and as a result she "gives advice understandable to herself but not to others". However, she still considers Tails and Eggman to be worthy mechanical opponents when it comes to building. She's the only female in the Babylon Rogues. She is often mistreated by the others in the Babylon Rouges as if she is only good at helping make stuff like Tails. She has been brought down from the tough person she was in the first game and dragged into a quiet and loyal friend of Jet. She allows her self to take blame for something that is not her fault.

Although she looks on Jet the Hawk as an "unreliable friend" and can be quite stubborn, she follows his leadership.

In the EX World Grand Prix, she beats Amy Rose at Splash Canyon, but is knocked out of the tournament by Tails at Green Cave. Wave uses a Type-W airboard, which is specially designed to fly well, and the red jewel she wears around her neck is actually a small computer capable of playing back media files via holographic projection.

Wave is something of a voice of reason amongst the Rogues, often reminding Jet and Storm the Albatross of their responsibilities. Wave has something of a rivalry with Tails, in which she scorns the way he made Sonic the Hedgehog's Extreme Gear, calls him "Shorty" a number of times, and also "a twerp" in one of her mission reports, though this diminishes by the end of the game. Storm, with one such instance criticizing his skills on Extreme Gear. In a cutscene before Sky Road, she angers Knuckles the Echidna by calling him a "Red Mutt".

Wave often refuses to admit when someone has talent, as noted in some of her mission reports. She either says that she will continue to deny a person's skill or flat-out denies that they have any skill at all. She also says in the opening of White Cave, that if she doesn't take charge, nothing will ever get done.

The Japanese manual for Sonic Riders hints that something of a rivalry exists between her and Rouge the Bat. In addition, her profile at "Sonic Channel" states that she likes treasure and mechanical knowledge, and dislikes thick headed people as well as stupid people.

Jet the Hawk
Unlike Storm, Wave would not bother if she would call her leader, Jet, by his name. She is the creator of Type-J and always does whatever Jet tells her to do. She seems annoyed when Jet told her that her speeches are boring. However, despite almost always listening to Jet, she said in Sonic Riders, "Unless I take charge, nothing ever gets done here!". In Sonic Free Riders, she acts much more loyal towards Jet, having showing concern if Jet would disapprove of Team Dark, telling him that he should just ignore them. Also, in one part of a cutscene, she slightly bows towards Jet, approving his riding skills. Despite this attitude change, she lies to him in the game. In the Babylon Story, before Jet was about to race Sonic, he told Wave not to make him cheat by doing "something" to Sonic's gear, Wave tells him that she did not do anything to his gear and so they race. Suspiciously, Jet won easily up to his concern and found out that Wave did mess up Sonic's gear. Wave apologizes and claimed herself guilty while Sonic and Jet were ready for their rematch without Wave cheating.

Storm the Albatross
Storm and Wave are friends, but the two seem to get into small arguments (much to Jet's annoyance). When Storm lost against Knuckles, Storm was complaining to Wave and Jet that he must have cheated. Wave then thought he was criticizing how she built his Extreme Gear, which angered her and caused her to shout "What!? Are you implying that you lost because of MY Gear!!? No one can tune a Gear the way I can!!! Accept it, buddy! It's not the board. Your skills just suck!". Storm, feeling shocked and disheartened by this, repeated; "Wh-wh-what?! Su...S...S...Suck!?" Which to this, Wave replied; "Yes. 'S-U-C-K. Suck."

Miles "Tails" Prower
Wave and Tails are rivals in inventions, since they both are intelligent. In Sonic Riders, Wave was impressed by Tails' inventions but couldn't admit it, so she insulted it instead saying that he made "a piece of junk." She also teases Tails by calling him "shorty." In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, the two do not seem to rival each other in anything. When Wave was hurt by the robots in the game, Tails is seen trying to help her get up. In Sonic Free Riders, instead she calls him "shrimp." Once again, they do not talk much or show much rivalry until in one scene when Tails examines the gears she made he commented, Your Gear is still as amazing as ever, Wave...", but Wave ungratefully replied, "Is that supposed to be sarcasm, shrimp?" much to Tails' dismay, telling her that he actually meant that. Wave and Tails haven't talked to each other since that scene in Sonic Free Riders''.

Friends/Allies

 * Jet the Hawk
 * Storm the Albatross

Rivals

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Amy Rose
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Rouge the Bat

Physical appearance
Wave has a purple-feathered body with flame-shaped highlights of a darker purple shade on her arms, smoother (than Jet and Storm's), jagged, golden yellow beak with two nostril pits, blue eyes with pink eyelids, two spikes of feathers behind her head that contour and flare out towards the bottom almost to the ground, and tipped in a darker shade of purple, and two scissor-shaped feathers tipped in a darker shade of purple to serve as a tail. She wears white gloves with red-accented, sock-like cuffs fastened with tan hoops, red boots with white accents, zipper application, and durable gray heel soles, large golden-yellow sunglasses, white flare trousers with violet flame accents on the bottom of each pant leg, a fluffy white tube top, a necklace complimented by a large, spherical red gem that actually seems to be a utility device ranging from being able to load data and show it via holographic projection to being a personal alarm clock. She also dons a white bandana that is fastened in a Doo Rag style and seems to apply pink eyeshadow.

Abilities
Wave is well known within the series as being a skilled Extreme Gear rider and can build and fix them with ease. She has never displayed any signs of hand to hand combat, but does use a wrench and dynamite to attack enemies while riding her Extreme Gear. When it comes to Extreme Gear, she can even outsmart Tails and Eggman. Other than being a gifted Extreme Gear rider, she is also very smart. Many times in the Sonic Riders series, she shows her knowledge of other machines other that Extreme Gear. For example, she made a bomb to put on the bottom of Sonic's Extreme Gear in the case that Sonic might have won.

Attacks
Scowl: Wave scowls directly into her adversary's face, causing damage and great slow-down.

Wrench/Spanner: Wave strikes her enemies with her giant wrench/spanner tool, inflicting damage and slow-down on the enemy.

Dynamite: Wave places a lit pack of dynamite on her adversary, causing damage and stalling when it detonates.

Quotes

 * "Get ready...for this!" Wave about to do a Gravity Dive in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "You think you could win with that board?" Wave before starting a race in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Eat my dust!" Wave after passing or attacking an opponent in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Excellent!" Wave after properly performing a trick in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "And that's a wrap!" Wave after completing a race in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * "Accept it buddy! It's not the board. Your skills just suck!" Wave taunting Storm after he loses to Knuckles in Sonic Riders.
 * "Long time, no see, Shorty." Talking to Tails after they meet up in MeteorTech.
 * "Sorry loser!" Wave as she's running with her wrench.
 * "You think you can win with a board like that?" Wave before starting a race in Sonic Free Riders.
 * "Yes. S-U-C-K. Suck!" Wave telling Storm that he sucks.

Trivia

 * Wave is the only female member in the Babylon Rogues.
 * Even though her 2D art show her hair had a dark part, in her 3D art it's nowhere to be found but her Sonic Free Riders artwork has it.
 * An odd trait Wave has is that her beak is curved. However, her species have straight beaks.
 * Her beak also has nostrils in her 2D artworks only, just like in Jet's and Storm's cases.
 * When Wave is scolding Jet about his responsibilities in Sonic Riders, she starts speaking quickly and to the comical point where it is sped up for explanations unknown. When slowed down it is revealed that she is speaking in her Japanese voice, even in the English version.
 * Both her new English and Japanese voice play Sakura Haruno in Naruto and Naruto Shippuden as of 2010.
 * Wave seems to be more loyal to Jet in Sonic Free Riders than in the first and second Riders, possibly due to the fact that Jet has noticeably matured.
 * She has a cameo in Speed Highway in Sonic Generations.
 * Wave is shown to be very competetive and can't stand loosing almost as much as Jet, however she usually uses some dirty trick to sabotage Sonic and his friends.