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Patch D'Coolette, formerly known as Anti-Antoine "Patch" D'Coolette or Evil Antoine (born 3217)[note 1], is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He is Antoine D'Coolette's evil counterpart from Anti-Mobius. Patch was a member of the Anti-Freedom Fighters, but unlike his cowardly counterpart, Patch was evil, fierce and an expert warrior, but also had murderous tendencies, which drove him to attempt assassinations on Anti-Sonic on more than one occasion. Patch was also the love interest of Anti-Sally and gained his nickname (now first name) from wearing an eye-patch, despite previously having perfect functionality of both eyes.
Appearance[]
Anti-Antoine, from Sonic the Hedgehog #24.
Patch's appearance is the same of his good counterpart, but with a black jacket, red ribbons on his neck, and a black eye patch.
History[]
First Encounter with the Freedom Fighters[]
Like the other Anti-Freedom Fighters, Patch came to Mobius Prime and impersonated his good counterpart, terrorizing Knothole and ruining his good self's reputation. However, the Freedom Fighter soon engaged him and his compatriots, only to find themselves evenly matched. By switching opponents, however, the Mobius Prime group were able to send their enemies packing.[1]
Impersonating Antoine[]
Following Anti-Sonic's last escape from the No Zone, Patch attempted to use one of Evil Rotor's inventions; the Zone-Link Generator, to banish his rival to Mobius Prime, allowing Patch to take over. Evil Sonic was too quick for him, however, and instead knocked him out, and sent Patch himself to Mobius-Prime, replacing his counterpart's position. Patch, upon realizing where he was, plotted that if he couldn't be leader on his world, he would be leader on this world.[2]Patch used his counterpart's position in the Acorn Kingdom Army to gradually scheme and worm his way into King Maximillian Acorn's confidence, given his counterpart a new cold and ruthless-soldier look to it, impressing the King, while making his "friends" nervous of his new persona.[3]
When the royal couple, King Max and his wife, Queen Alicia Acorn, went on a tour to create a coalition against Dr. Eggman with other free nation-states, Patch was given the rank of Commander and lead the bodyguard detachment. Patch saw his time to strike was at hand, and began slowly poisoning the King with a poisonous substance native to his dimension, and also arranged to poison his counterpart's father; General Armand D'Coolette, with a much heavier dose via laced food.[4]
Eventually, when negotiations with other nation-states failed, Patch made his move and dosed the King with a much heavier dose that left him bed-ridden and forced to return to Knothole. Patch also stopped the King's medication, which served to put him into a coma, but not before the King announced he would step down and allow Sally to take over, and wanted Patch to be her husband and King. Sonic the Hedgehog, upon hearing of this, tried to go to Castle Acorn to talk to Sally, but was stopped by a sword-wielding Patch.[5]
With the King indisposed, Patch manipulated Sally's fragile emotional state to go through with the marriage. At the celebratory feast, Patch had Sonic arrested when he broke into the banquet hall, and later excused himself to finish King Max off with a final dose of the poison. Unfortunately, as he was mere steps away from the comatose Max, Sonic and Prince Elias Acorn arrived, where Elias announced that, as first-born, he would take the throne. Patch was internally furious, and put aside his plans to kill Max, so he could kill Elias, and later Elias's wife and daughter, instead. Just after Elias's crowning, Patch tried to give Elias a dose of the poison via a hypodermic needle hidden in his uniform, which would serve to kill him later so Patch wouldn't be suspected. Sonic, however, noticed the needle and, after pushing Elias to safety, knocked Patch to the floor. Sonic and Patch fought, with Patch yelling Sonic was the one with the needle and he tried to kill him with it. Sonic, however, had by this time figured out Patch's real nature, and, with colossal strength, punched Patch across the hall and into unconsciousness. Sonic then used his own Zone-Link Generator to send Patch away to his home, while Antoine was rescued and brought back to Mobius Prime.[6]
Unfortunately, Patch would leave his mark on Mobius, as, while former-King Max was eventually brought out of his coma, he remained in a wheelchair once again, and Armand D'Coolette succumbed to the poison soon after his departure.[7]
The Suppression Squad[]
When Scourge returned to Anti-Mobius with his new girlfriend Fiona Fox, he was driven by some choice words from his prime universe counterpart to invade Anti-Mobius and distinguish and set it apart from anything in the Primeverse. Within a matter of days, Scourge took over, and crowned himself King and made Fiona his Queen. Scourge then took over the Anti-Freedom Fighters, renaming them the Suppression Squad.[8] Patch, like the other Anti-Freedom Fighters, willingly put up with Scourge as king, likely due to it ensuring their own survival. Scourge sent the Suppression Squad to use a pair of stolen Globe Posts to travel to Mobius and launch a surprise attack on Freedom HQ. Upon the arrival of Sonic and Scourge themselves, a full pitched battle ensued. Initially, Patch suffered ferocious attacks courtesy of Amy Rose, due to his actions on Mobius while posing as his counterpart, but soon found his stride fighting his own counterpart, threatening to kill him like he did Armand.[9] Antoine, as a result, resolved to fight Patch on his own, not wanting his new wife Bunnie to be killed the same way. Patch, Miles Prower and Boomer overheard this, and Patch, interested in the idea of taking away Antoine's purpose for living, restrained Bunnie and was poised to slit her throat, though Sonic stopped him in time. Despite failing, the actions of the Squad eventually drove the Freedom Fighters from Freedom HQ, though, according to Sonic, only temporarily.[10]
Betrayal[]
While watching as Scourge battled Metal Sonic v3.3, Metal Scourge, and Sonic from within Freedom HQ, Patch joined in a discussion with the other original Suppression Squad members, regarding the possibility of overthrowing their leader. Despite Scourge causing his patch to no longer be "for show", Patch and the others followed through on Miles' plan to get rid of Scourge with the help of the Freedom Fighters. Despite this, they still proved no match for Scourge's might. It was only on Sonic's arrival that their true plan was revealed: To send both Sonic and Scourge to Moebius, and to seal their escape, at least until Scourge was beaten.
Patch was shocked to see Scourge in his super form and undefeated along with the rest of the Suppression Squad and Freedom Fighters. He joined the two groups attack on Super Scourge. During the fighting, Super Scourge asked Patch if Fiona had accompanied them, to which Patch called Scourge impossible and explained she hadn't come with them to Moebius. With this information obtained, Scourge threw Patch aside into Boomer. Following Scourge's defeat, Patch and his compatriots remained on Moebius.[11]
Personality[]
Patch possesses many of the same qualities as Antoine, but lacks several crucial elements. Where Antoine is loyal to King, country, and friends, Patch is loyal only to himself. Antoine is somewhat cowardly in the face of danger and lacks a killer instinct, while Patch is willing to get rid of anyone to advance himself. Antoine is an honest gentleman, and while Patch can pull off the same display of manners, he is fully capable and adept at lying to get what he wants.
Patch has also been shown to have murderous tendencies and prefers to kill his opponents with poison, this shows that deep down Patch is truly a coward unlike Antoine who has been shown to have hidden courage inside himself. Like the other members of The Suppression Squad, Patch detests his Prime Counterpart and while impersonating Antoine not only did he do everything he could to satisfy his own needs, but he also tried to destroy his Prime Counterpart's social life (Indicating that Patch envies Antoine's positive life.)
Patch also enjoys hurting his opponents emotionally as well as physically as he threatened Elias saying that after he kills him, Patch would then kill his wife Meg and baby Alexis, also when fighting his Prime Counterpart he took sadistic pleasure in reminding him that he killed his father and was very close to killing Bunnie. All of this makes Patch one of the most dangerous enemies of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
Powers and abilities[]
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Weapons[]
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Relationships[]
Antoine D'Coolette[]
Patch fighting Antoine in Freedom HQ, from Sonic the Hedgehog #189.
Antoine holds a grudge against Patch D'Coolette for trapping him on Moebius, killing his father, nearly killing King Max and nearly destroying his relationship with Bunnie. For this, he tries to take any opportunity he can to fight him to get justice for his late father, and making Bunnie see that she was glad the real Antoine committed his feelings for her.[6]
Scourge the Hedgehog[]
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Armand D'Coolette[]
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Friends/allies[]
Neutral[]
Enemies[]
- Alicia Acorn
- Armand D'Coolette (victim)
- Buns Rabbot
- Destructix
- Dr. Quack
- Elias Acorn
- Eggman Empire
- Jeffrey St. Croix
- Dr. Ivo Kintobor
- Freedom Fighters
- Chaotix
- Knothole Freedom Fighters ("teammates")
- Amy Rose
- Antoine D'Coolette (good counterpart and arch-rival)
- Bunnie D'Coolette (hater)
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Nicole
- Rotor Walrus
- Sally Acorn (false marrige)
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Forget Me Knots
- Geoffrey St. John
- G.U.N
- Hershey St. John
- Isabella Mongoose
- Jules Hedgehog
- Maxx Acorn
- Maximillian Acorn
- Rosy the Rascal
- Knothole Village residents
Trivia[]
- It is heavily implied from Patch that Scourge removed, or severely damaged his eye to no longer make the eyepatch "for show".[12]
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #24, "When Hedgehogs Collide"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #134, "Home: Epilogue - Say You Will"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #150, "Hero To Zero In No Time At All"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #153, "Songoose Part 1 of 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #155, "Line of Succession Part One"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sonic the Hedgehog #156, "Line of Succession Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #170, "Comings & Goings"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #188, "Beating the House"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #189, "Bold New Moebius Part One: Unwelcome Guests"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #190, "Bold New Moebius Part Two: Duality"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #196, "Hedgehog Havoc! Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #192, "Metal and Mettle Part 2"
External links[]
- Patch D'Coolette at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.