The Conductor is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is the former conductor of the Mirage Express and the husband of his wife along with a father of Ivy and her sibling who has recently retired after thirty-two years of service.
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Appearance[]
The Conductor is a tall, cyan-furred anthropomorphic dog with two large ears that are swiveled on the sides of his head, yellow eyes, a black nose, a white muzzle with a matching mustache-like facial hair below the nose, and a tail.
For attire, the Conductor wears a large, pine green coat with red trim that covers his torso, most of his legs, and his arms. This coat has six gold buttons, a yellow Ring emblem with wings on the left, and yellow cuffs. Apart from that, the Conductor sports a yellow shirt, a pair of pine green pants with visible lining, as well as white gloves and short black boots with yellow cuffs. Finally, he wears a pine green hat with a red band and a Ring emblem with white wings that distinctively leaves much of his face in the shadows.
During the winter, he wears a "Santa Claus" outfit with a red hat and a red and white coat along with a black belt and red pence with black shoes, with brown gloves.
History[]
Past[]
For thirty-two years, the Conductor was, as hinted by his name, the conductor of the Mirage Express cargo train. At some point, he met and married a woman and the couple had at least two children one of them being Ivy, from whom he learned of Sonic the Hedgehog in recent times. When the Eggman Empire took over the Earth in what later became the War to Take Back the Planet, the Conductor feared that the worst was about to come, but his kids assured him that Sonic would save the world, which he did. The Conductor would also compete in a winter competition and take Ivy to watch Clean Sweepstakes and travel to the city of Sequin for the carnival.
Very recently, the Conductor considered retiring after decades of working at the Mirage Express. To celebrate his retirement, his wife bought him and the rest of his family tickets to Spagonia for a vacation. At that time, however, his train was amongst the many cargo trains that were secretly modified by Dr. Eggman into autonomous Badniks in his plan to transport civilians away from their hometowns to build Eggmanland and another Death Egg, him and his wife would also compete in a winter competition.[2]
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog[]
In The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, right during his last day of work at the Mirage Express, the Conductor held Amy Rose's birthday party onboard his train. At the same time, he had also hired Barry the Quokka to ensure everything went as planned. When Amy and her friends arrived, both the Conductor and Barry met everyone and spoke with them.
Soon after, Amy assigned her friends different roles to play a murderer mystery game. With Sonic being given the role of the train's captain, he headed to the conductor car. The Conductor welcomed him there and taught him the Mirage Express' many features. However, the blue hedgehog suspected that something was off, and when he asked what powered the train, the Conductor did not know. After they went to check to see, the two found out that it was powered by a Flicky, prompting Sonic to suggest destroying the Mirage Express, which the Conductor did not want to know. Immediately afterwards, however, the hedgehog was attacked by Espio, the "murderer" of the game, who shot him with a tranquilizer gun as the "staff" of the train had suggested him to do. The chameleon disappeared afterwards, and the Conductor was caught off-guard by his own train's robotic arms, which held him hostage since the Mirage Express did not want him to leave it. Another one of the arms took the fainting Sonic to the Dining Car.
Much later, when Sonic regained consciousness following the end of the murder mystery game, he revealed to his friends what had happened to the Conductor. Soon after, the Mirage Express revealed the Conductor himself, who was still caught and unable to talk, before it started accelerating, knocking all of the heroes out. When the group woke up, they cooperated to stop the Mirage Express from getting to Eggman's base. After this mission ended in a success, the Conductor was finally liberated from the robotic hands' grasp, from whom the train apologized for all the trouble since it could not bear seeing him go. Afterwards, he was greeted by his wife, and the two joined Sonic and his friends when they began celebrating Amy's birthday before they packed their stuff to go to Spagonia.[3]
IDW Publishing[]
Conductor and his wife, from Sonic the Hedgehog: Winter Jam.
In Sonic the Hedgehog: Winter Jam, Eggman is seen watching a winter game show and one of the competitors on there is the Conductor and his wife.[2]
Other game appearances[]
Sonic Blitz[]
In Sonic Blitz, The Conductor appears as a playable character card, he is one of the various characters to receive a brand-new 3D model. He costs 2 energy, has 4 health and deals 1 damage. On BATTLE, Grant a card +2 Attack.
| Character | Origin | Description | Energy Cost | Added in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 
|
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
PC/Mac, 2023 |
The conductor of the luxury train Mirage Express has loved his job, but after thirty-three years of service, he is looking forward to retirement. | 2 | Soft launch
(2 Jun. 2025) |
Personality[]
His personality is very optimistic while at times being straight forward. He is also very friendly as when upon meeting Barry the Quokka is excited and joyed instead of having a thought of distrust. He even warms up to Sonic and friends quickly he also has manners proving his kindness. But when the Mirage Express was destroyed, he apologizes showing more of him taking the blame for a misdeed.
Relationships[]
His Wife[]
The Conductor's wife waited on him at the train station to go on a trip to Spagonia to celebrate thirty three years working with the express and when he saw he, she ran to him and hugged him and the Conductor was very happy to see her. They would even compete in game shows and do other fun activities together.
Barry the Quokka[]
Barry the Quokka is the Conductor's new employer and appreciates them a great deal. When first meeting him, they start by being nice toward the conductor and respects him to keep their job. Throughout their adventure they kept thinking about the conductor telling them about keeping the passengers safe showing a sign of respect and not ignoring the boss.
Mirage Express[]
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Friends/allies[]
- Amy Rose
- Barry the Quokka (employee)
- Big the Cat
- Blaze the Cat
- Cheese
- Conductor's wife (wife)
- Cream the Rabbit
- E-123 Omega
- Froggy
- Ivy (daughter)
- Jewel the Beetle
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Rouge the Bat
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Silver the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Tangle the Lemur
- Team Chaotix
- Vanilla the Rabbit
Neutral[]
Enemies[]
Quotes[]
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Trivia[]
- The Conductor having driven the Mirage Express for 32 years is a reference to the fact that 2023 (the release year of the game) marks 32 years since the release of the original Sonic the Hedgehog.
- The Conductor bears a heavy resemble to the Conductor from Galaxy Express 999.
- His real world designer, Min Ho Kim, calls him Basil.
- In Sonic Blitz, his character description mentions how he has been in service for thirty-three years while in his The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, it is stated to be thirty-two years.
- This could most likely be due to the developer's real-world view as the game starting development in 2024 which would technically be thirty-three years from an in-universe perspective as the game released in 2023.
References[]
- ↑ DEEGEEMIN on Twitter. Twitter (4 June 2024). Retrieved on 4 June 2024. "@wheeliethebin: quick question: what animals are the conductor and his wife? are they both dawgs? / Min Ho Kim: Yep both dogs! The conductor is a St. Bernard and his wife is an Akita."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sonic the Hedgehog: Winter Jam, "Story one"
- ↑ The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
| Playable characters | Sonic · Barry | |
| Non-playable characters | Amy · Blaze · Chao · Conductor · Conductor's wife · Cubot · Eggman · Espio · Hot Honey · Knuckles · Metal Sonic · Orbot · Rouge · Sage · Shadow · Tails · Vector | |
| Bosses | Mirage Express | |
| Moves/Techniques | Spin Attack · Spin Jump · Spin Dash | |
| Gimmicks and obstacles | Iron ball · Spring · Spikes | |
| Items | Birthday key · DreamGear · Item Box (Super Ring) · Ring | |
| Other | Amy's birthday · Big Chao Band · Bottomless pit · Death Egg · Eggmanland · Mirage Express · Spagonia · Super Monkey Ball | |
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