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Undeterred, Ray continued his search for Mighty. During so, he was attacked by [[Metal Sonic (Classic Sonic's world)|Metal Sonic]]. Cornered by the robot, Ray was luckily saved by Mighty. Mighty briefly incapacitated the robot and the duo happily reunited. This was cut short as Metal Sonic took Ray hostage. He then demanded for Mighty to hand over his [[Chaos Emerald (Classic Sonic's world)|Chaos Emerald]] in exchange for letting Ray go. Having no choice, Mighty gave the Metal Sonic his Emerald. The duo then watched Metal Sonic fly away despite Mighty's attempts to stop him. With Mighty's help, Ray did some reconnaissance on Metal Sonic, whom he saw fly towards a fortress while also seeing a [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Classic Sonic's world)|blue hedgehog]] and a [[Miles "Tails" Prower (Classic Sonic's world)|two-tailed fox]] head in that direction. He also saw an angry Knuckles giving chase to them. Ray informed Mighty of the direction they needed to head in and the duo went after Metal Sonic.<ref name="SMAEP4">{{Cite episode |title=[[Mighty and Ray]] |series=[[Sonic Mania Adventures]] |season=1 |number=4 |first=Tyson |last=Hesse |network=[[Wikipedia:YouTube|YouTube]] |date=22 June 2018 }}</ref> |
Undeterred, Ray continued his search for Mighty. During so, he was attacked by [[Metal Sonic (Classic Sonic's world)|Metal Sonic]]. Cornered by the robot, Ray was luckily saved by Mighty. Mighty briefly incapacitated the robot and the duo happily reunited. This was cut short as Metal Sonic took Ray hostage. He then demanded for Mighty to hand over his [[Chaos Emerald (Classic Sonic's world)|Chaos Emerald]] in exchange for letting Ray go. Having no choice, Mighty gave the Metal Sonic his Emerald. The duo then watched Metal Sonic fly away despite Mighty's attempts to stop him. With Mighty's help, Ray did some reconnaissance on Metal Sonic, whom he saw fly towards a fortress while also seeing a [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Classic Sonic's world)|blue hedgehog]] and a [[Miles "Tails" Prower (Classic Sonic's world)|two-tailed fox]] head in that direction. He also saw an angry Knuckles giving chase to them. Ray informed Mighty of the direction they needed to head in and the duo went after Metal Sonic.<ref name="SMAEP4">{{Cite episode |title=[[Mighty and Ray]] |series=[[Sonic Mania Adventures]] |season=1 |number=4 |first=Tyson |last=Hesse |network=[[Wikipedia:YouTube|YouTube]] |date=22 June 2018 }}</ref> |
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Ray the Flying Squirrel (レイ・ザ・フライングスクイレル Rei za Furaingu Sukuireru?) is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is an anthropomorphic flying squirrel, and Ray the Flying Squirrel's counterpart from another dimension set in the recent past.
Appearance
Ray has golden yellow fur and dark tan skin on his muzzle, inner ears and front torso. He has black eyes, a small tapered hair tuft at the top back of his head (making it appear somewhat teardrop-shaped), a furry skin membrane connecting his waist to his lower arms, small, perky triangular ears, a shiny, bulbous black nose and a long club-shaped tail.
Ray wears white gloves with large cuffs. He also wears blue sneakers with white soles. Each shoe has two white straps that do not reach the soles.
History
Sonic Mania Adventures
Ray meets Knuckles.
Arriving on Angel Island during his search for Mighty, Ray eventually came across Knuckles the Echidna and his Master Emerald. After having his friendly greeting rejected, Ray showed Knuckles Mighty's missing person poster. Before he could see Knuckles give his response however, Ray's interest fell upon the Master Emerald. When he tried to touch it though, a paranoid Knuckles grabbed Ray and threw him away.[2]
Undeterred, Ray continued his search for Mighty. During so, he was attacked by Metal Sonic. Cornered by the robot, Ray was luckily saved by Mighty. Mighty briefly incapacitated the robot and the duo happily reunited. This was cut short as Metal Sonic took Ray hostage. He then demanded for Mighty to hand over his Chaos Emerald in exchange for letting Ray go. Having no choice, Mighty gave the Metal Sonic his Emerald. The duo then watched Metal Sonic fly away despite Mighty's attempts to stop him. With Mighty's help, Ray did some reconnaissance on Metal Sonic, whom he saw fly towards a fortress while also seeing a blue hedgehog and a two-tailed fox head in that direction. He also saw an angry Knuckles giving chase to them. Ray informed Mighty of the direction they needed to head in and the duo went after Metal Sonic.[3]
Having arrived at Dr. Eggman's base, Ray and Mighty found a super-powered Metal Sonic fighting Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower. He and Mighty joined the duo in their fight against the robot but to no avail. Tails, however, managed to trap Metal Sonic and stripped him of all the Chaos Emeralds. Metal Sonic then attempted to use the Master Emerald to finish the four heroes off but he is stopped by Knuckles. With nothing else to do, Ray joined Sonic, Tails, and Mighty in a small picnic with chili dogs.[4]
Game appearances
Sonic Mania Plus
Ray is set to appear as a playable character in Sonic Mania Plus, the updated edition of Sonic Mania.[5] In this game, Ray has a move known as the Air Glide, which lets him glide through midair.
Personality
Ray is friendly, eager and very energetic.[2][6] He is also shown to be highly curious (if not scatterbrained), as seen when he forgot that he was engaging with Knuckles after the Master Emerald caught his interest.[2]
Powers and abilities
Ray is capable of running at high speeds, like Sonic, and is also rather agile. Being a flying squirrel, he also has prehensile tail that he is seen capitalizing as a third hand.
Ray can also perform the basic Spin Attack, a technique where he curls into a concussive ball or cutting disk and directs himself at his targets. With it, Ray can shred or burrow through just about any substance given enough speed. Being a flying squirrel, he is able to glide on the wind using his skin flaps.
Super Ray
With the seven Chaos Emeralds, Ray is able to attain a Super State known as Super Ray. In this state, all of Ray's abilities far surpass his normal ones. In addition, he is virtually invulnerable. However, this transformation consumes a lot of energy and requires Rings to be maintained.
Relationships
Friends
- Mighty the Armadillo (best friend)
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Sonic the Hedgehog
Enemies
- Metal Sonic
Trivia
- The design for Ray's shoes were based on his Archie counterpart's shoes, which were designed by Archie Comics artist/writer Aleah Baker.[7][8] However, his full design is heavily inspired from his classic appearance on the regular cover of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog #294.
See also
References
- ↑ John Szczepaniak (21 February 2018) (in English). The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 3. SMG Szczepaniak. p. 309. ISBN 978-0992926083. "Manabu Kusunoki: Yes, I designed the armadillo [Mighty] and flying squirrel [Ray] characters. I did come up with backstories for them, but I can't recall them anymore. I do recall why I chose those two animals, though. In order for them to control just like Sonic did, they needed to be animals that could have the same proportions, with heads that were roughly half the size of the body. And since the game starred a hedgehog, which is a relatively obscure animal, I wanted his companions to be equally unusual."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hesse, Tyson (31 May 2018). "& Knuckles". Sonic Mania Adventures. Season 1. Episode 3. YouTube.
- ↑ Hesse, Tyson (22 June 2018). "Mighty and Ray". Sonic Mania Adventures. Season 1. Episode 4. YouTube.
- ↑ Hesse, Tyson (17 July 2018). "Metal Mayhem". Sonic Mania Adventures. Season 1. Episode 5. YouTube.
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog on Twitter. Twitter (16 March 2018). Retrieved on 17 March 2018. "Sonic Mania goes packaged with Sonic Mania Plus! Mighty and Ray join as playable characters, new Encore mode, 4P Competition mode, Holographic packaging, 32-page art book, and more. Summer 2018."
- ↑ Sonic Mania Plus - Official Trailer. YouTube. Sega (25 April 2018). Retrieved on 25 April 2018.
- ↑ Flynn, Ian (November 23, 2016). "Afterward by Ian Flynn". Sonic the Hedgehog Volume 4: Control. Archie Comic Publications, Inc.. pp. 90. ISBN 978-1-62738-955-6.
- ↑ Baker, Leah (January 24, 2013). Ray the Flying Squirrel - Jitters concept. DeviantArt. ""Concept doodle for Ray, debuting in the Sonic Universe "All For One" arc.""