Sea Otter

The Sea Otter, also referred to as the Otter,^[1] is a recurring creature in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a breed of sea otter animals used for raising Chao.

Game appearances

Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

A Sea Otter in *Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut*.

The Sea Otter made its debut in Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut. In gameplay, Sea Otters can alter the stats, appearance and personality of a Chao. These animals are found inside Badniks. Simply destroy the Badnik to release the Sea Otter inside, and then touch it to pick it up. When released, the Sea Otters have a green sphere around them, which disappears shortly afterwards. They are found in the following Action Stages:

Upon entering a Chao Garden with a Sea Otter, it will leave the playable character and run around the garden. The Sea Otter will sparkle if it has not given them to a Chao in the garden. Should the player give a Sea Otter to a Chao, the Chao will embrace it, attaining its appearance and behavior and raising its stats according to the Sea Otter's. The Sea Otter will then lose its sparkle and disappear shortly after.

Sonic Adventure 2/Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

In Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, the Sea Otters appear again as Animals used for raising Chao. The way the player acquires the Sea Otters, releases them into the Chao Garden, and uses them to alter Chao, is the same as in Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut. The Sea Otters similarly disappear after being used and possess a temporary green sphere around them when released from robots. However, they do not sparkle in Chao Gardens like in the previous title.

In gameplay, the Sea Otters are either found inside Badnik enemies or the second Chao Container opened in an Action Stage, or hiding somewhere in the Action Stages, usually inside Cages or Pipes. They are found in the following Action Stages:

	Hero Story	Dark Story	Misc.
Action Stage	Prison Lane Hidden Base	Dry Lagoon Weapons Bed Cosmic Wall Final Chase	Cannon's Core (Knuckles, Eggman)

Sonic Pinball Party

In Sonic Pinball Party, the Sea Otters played a role in the game's Story mode. In this game, the Sea Otters were among the Animals that came to Casinopolis, only to get kidnapped by Dr. Eggman and turned into robotic slaves. To save the Sea Otters and his other Animal friends, Sonic entered the Egg Cup Tournament. Once Sonic completes the game's Story mode, a shot of a gray-furred Sea Otter leaving Casinopolis together with Sonic's friends and the other Animals is shown.

Stats

Sonic Adventure

Icon	Group	Color	Parts Acquired	Learned Behavior	Stat Boosts
	Swim	Yellow	Arms, ears, feet, tail	Backstrokes when swimming	+2 Swim for every four Sea Otters given^[2]

Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

Icon	Group	Color	Parts Acquired	Learned Behavior	Stat Boosts
Icon	Group	Color	Parts Acquired	Learned Behavior	Swim	Fly	Run	Power	Intelligence	Luck
	Swim	Yellow	Arms, ears, feet, tail	Backstrokes when swimming	+44%^[3]	-4%^[3]	+8%^[3]	-16%^[3]	+20%^[3]	+20%^[3]

Sonic Adventure 2

Icon	Group	Color	Parts Acquired	Learned Behavior	Stat Boosts
Icon	Group	Color	Parts Acquired	Learned Behavior	Swim	Fly	Run	Power	Intelligence	Luck
	Swim	Yellow	Arms, ears, feet, tail, whiskers	Backstrokes when swimming	+22^[4]	-2^[4]	+4^[4]	-8^[4]	0^[5]	0^[5]

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

Icon	Group	Color	Parts Acquired	Learned Behavior	Stat Boosts
Icon	Group	Color	Parts Acquired	Learned Behavior	Swim	Fly	Run	Power	Intelligence	Luck
	Swim	Yellow	Arms, ears, feet, tail, whiskers	Backstrokes when swimming	+44^[1]	-4^[1]	+8^[1]	-16^[1]	+20^[6]	+20^[6]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 (in English) Sonic Adventure 2: Battle: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 109. ISBN 978-0761539292.
↑ Sonic Adventure - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Sonic Adventure DX - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Prima Development (20 June 2001). "The Chao Primer" (in English). Sonic Adventure 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 171. ISBN 978-0761536147.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Sonic Adventure 2 - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.

Sonic Adventure

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| E-102 Gamma \| Big \| Metal Sonic*
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Beta (Mark II) \| Chao \| Chaos (Chaos 1, Chaos 2, Chaos 4, Chaos 6, Perfect Chaos) \| Cream* \| Delta \| Epsilon \| Froggy \| Grandma \| Mr. Know-It-All \| Pachacamac \| Tikal \| Unnamed Sonic robot* \| ZERO \| Zeta \| Animals (Deer, Elephant, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Koala, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Seal, Sea Otter, Skunk, Swallow)
Adventure Fields		Egg Carrier \| Mystic Ruins \| Station Square
Action Stages		Emerald Coast \| Windy Valley \| Casinopolis \| IceCap \| Twinkle Park \| Speed Highway \| Red Mountain \| Sky Deck \| Lost World \| Hot Shelter \| Final Egg
Sub Games		Sky Chase \| Sand Hill \| Hedgehog Hammer \| Twinkle Circuit \| Boss
Enemies		Beat \| Bladed Spinner \| Boa-Boa \| Buyoon \| Cart Kiki \| Cop Speeder \| Egg Keeper \| Electro Spinner \| Fighter Aircraft A \| Fighter Aircraft B \| Gola \| Ice Ball \| Icecap's unnamed aircraft \| Kiki \| Leon \| mechanical fish \| Pirate \| Rhinotank \| Sky Deck's unnamed jet fighter \| Spiky Spinner \| Sweeper
Bosses		Chaos 0 \| Chaos 2 \| Chaos 4 \| Chaos 6 \| E-101 Beta \| E-101 Mark II \| E-102 Gamma \| E-103 Delta \| E-104 Epsilon \| E-105 Zeta \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Hornet \| Egg Viper \| Egg Walker \| Knuckles the Echidna \| Perfect Chaos \| Sonic the Hedgehog \| ZERO
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Bolt of lightning \| Climb \| Dig \| Flight Mode \| Glide \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hover \| Homing Attack \| Homing Missile Launch \| Jump Attack \| Laser Gun \| Light Speed Attack \| Light Speed Dash \| Lure Attack \| Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack \| Pick \| Propeller Flight \| Punch Attack \| Rapid Tails Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Hammer Attack \| Spin Jump \| Tails Attack
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Arm Punch \| Bomb Attack \| Bomb Gun Attack \| Charge \| Double Punch \| Earthquake Attack \| Electric Arm \| Energy Ball Attack \| Flame Thrower Attack \| Guiding Missiles \| Instantaneous Liquefaction \| Laser Beam Attack \| Homing Tail Slice \| Inhale Attack \| Marble Attack \| Phantom Shadow Move \| Punch \| Quarter Attack \| Scorpion Attack \| Shockwave Attack (Chaos 6) \| Sonic Boom \| Spin Attack \| Spinning Spike Attack \| Spouting Attack \| Squash Roll Attack \| Swing Punch
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper \| Bumper Car \| Cannon \| Conveyor Belt \| Crank \| Dash Panel \| Dash Ring \| Drum Can \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flipper \| Fountain \| Goal Balloon \| Hanging Bell \| Helicopter \| Hint Box \| Hint Orb \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Laser field \| Lit Panel \| Mirror \| Monkey Detonation Switch \| Orca \| Power cube \| Rocket \| Satellite \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Switch \| Teleporter \| Trick Jump Panel \| Wide spring \| Wind Path \| Zip Line
Objects	General	Air Bubble \| Capsule \| Cart pass \| Chao Egg \| Chaos Emerald \| Doll \| Emblem \| Emerald Shard \| Employee ID Card \| Item Box (5 Rings, 10 Rings, Extra Life, High-Speed Shoes, Invincibility, Lightning Shield, Random Rings, Shield, Smart Bomb) \| Key Stone (Gold Statue, Ice Stone, Silver Statue, Wind Stone) \| Point Marker \| Ring \| Sandboard \| Snowboard \| Sonic Token
Objects	Level Up Items	Ancient Light \| Crystal Ring \| Fighting Gloves \| Jet Anklet \| Jet Booster \| Laser Blaster \| Life Belt \| Light Speed Shoes \| Long Hammer \| Lure \| Power Rod \| Rhythm Badge \| Shovel Claw \| Warrior Feather
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Corey Bringas (Tails) \| Michael McGaharn (Knuckles) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Jon St. John (Big) \| Elara Distler (Tikal, Station Square Train Voice, Default Menu Voice) \| Steve Broadie (Gamma, Pachacamac, Mystic Ruins Train Voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kazuki Hayashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Shun Yashiro (Big) \| Kaori Asoh (Tikal) \| Jōji Nakata (Gamma) \| Tōru Ōkawa (Pachacamac) \| Kaho Kōda (Station Square Train Voice) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Mystic Ruins Train Voice) \| Elara Distler (Default Menu Voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Music	Songs	Believe In Myself \| It Doesn't Matter \| Lazy Days \| My Sweet Passion \| Open Your Heart \| Unknown from M.E.
Music	Albums	Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation) \| Sonic Adventure Remix \| Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album \| Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition \| Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era
Other		777 Slots Pinball \| Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Black Market \| Card & Pinball \| Chao Garden (Station Square Garden, Mystic Ruins Garden, Egg Carrier Island) \| Chao Race \| Chao Stadium \| Chao in Space \| Chao Machine \| Chao Search* \| Corkscrew loop \| Debug Mode \| E-100 Series \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Carrier 2 \| Emerald Radar \| Freeze \| Life gauge \| Mission Mode \| Mystic Ruins \| Shrine of Knuckles's race \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Adventure (LCD) \| Station Square \| Station Square Police Department \| Tails' Lab \| Tornado \| Tornado 2 \| Transporter Machine Exclusive to Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut*.

Sonic Adventure 2

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy* \| Shadow (Super Shadow) \| Rouge \| Eggman \| Big^ \| Tikal \| Chaos* \| Dark Chao Walker* \| Chao Walker* \| Metal Sonic*
Non-playable characters		Chao (Dark Chao, Hero Chao, Chaos Chao) \| Gerald \| Maria \| President \| Secretary \| Sigma-Alpha 2 \| Researcher \| Animals (Bat, Bear, Boar, Cheetah, Condor, Dragon, Gorilla, Half Fish, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Phoenix, Rabbit, Raccoon, Seal, Sea Otter, Sheep, Skeleton Dog, Skunk, Tiger, Unicorn)
Stages	Hero	City Escape \| Wild Canyon \| Prison Lane \| Metal Harbor \| Green Forest \| Pumpkin Hill \| Mission Street \| Aquatic Mine \| Route 101 \| Hidden Base \| Pyramid Cave \| Death Chamber \| Eternal Engine \| Meteor Herd \| Crazy Gadget \| Final Rush
	Dark	Iron Gate \| Dry Lagoon \| Sand Ocean \| Radical Highway \| Egg Quarters \| Lost Colony \| Weapons Bed \| Security Hall \| White Jungle \| Route 280 \| Sky Rail \| Mad Space \| Cosmic Wall \| Final Chase
	Misc.	Cannon's Core \| Green Hill
	2P Stages	Downtown Race \| Grind Race \| Planet Quest \| Pool Quest \| Deck Race \| Pyramid Race
Enemies	G.U.N.	Blue Eagle \| Bomb Beetle \| Bomb Wing \| Gold Beetle \| Gun Hawk \| Gun Beetle \| Gun Hawk \| Gun Hunter \| Gun Wing \| Hornet-3 \| Hornet-6 \| Hornet-9 \| Laser Hawk \| Laser Hornet \| Laser Hunter \| Mono Beetle \| Phoenix \| Rhino Cannon \| Rhino Jet \| Rhino Metal \| Rhino Spike \| Shield Hunter \| Sky Hawk \| Spark Beetle \| Spring Beetle
	Badniks	Buzz Bomber \| Chopper \| E-1000 \| Gola \| Unidus \| Kiki
	Misc	Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-1, Artificial Chaos P-100, Cell, Float Type, Guard Type) \| Boo \| Boom Boo
Bosses		B-3x Hot Shot \| Biolizard \| Dr. Eggman \| Egg Golem \| F-6t Big Foot \| Finalhazard \| King Boom Boo \| Knuckles \| R-1/A Flying Dog \| Rouge \| Shadow \| Sonic \| Tails
Moves/Techniques		Amy Flash* \| Black Shield* \| Black Wave* \| Booming Missile* \| Bounce Attack \| Captive Light* \| Chaos Bind* \| Chaos Control \| Chaos Impact* \| Chaos Screw* \| Chaos Spear \| Chaos Strike* \| Charm Ray* \| Crazy Rush* \| Crouch \| Dark Finish* \| Dark Omochao* \| Dig \| Drill Claw \| Drill Drive \| Fire Somersault \| Glide \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Hammer Punch* \| Heaven's Justice* \| Hell Bomber* \| Hip Drop* \| Hover \| Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Kick/Kick Attack \| Knuckle Spin* \| Laser Missile* \| Light Attack \| Light Speed Dash \| Lock-on \| Lock-On Missile \| Magic Hands \| Omochao \| Pick \| Power Flash* \| Power Laser* \| Propeller Punch \| Punch (Eggwalker) \| Punch/Punch Attack \| Rocket Launcher \| Rumble Launcher* \| Screw Kick \| Somersault \| Sonic Wind* \| Speed Up* \| Spin Jump \| Spin Dash \| Spiral Upper \| Storming Heart* \| Super Sonic Boost \| Swim \| Thunder Arrow* \| Time Stop* \| Volkan Cannon \| Wrath of Gaia* \| Zap Laser*
Gimmicks and obstacles		Ancient Ruin \| Ball Switch \| Bungie Vine \| Dash Panel \| Dynamite \| Egg Beetle \| Gravity Control Switch \| Green energy fluid \| Grind Rail \| GUN Military Truck \| High-speed warp tube \| Hint Box \| Hourglass \| Iron ball \| Jump Plate \| Laser field \| Missile \| Pipe \| Propeller Spring \| Pulley \| Rocket \| Safe \| Spikes \| Spinning drum \| Swing Bar \| Time Stop Switch \| Turtle \| Warp Hole \| Warp Wall \| Weight \| Wide spring
Objects	General	Balloon \| Chao Egg \| Chao Key \| Chaos Emerald \| Chaos Drive \| Container (Cage, Chao Container, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Emblem \| Emerald Shard \| Goal Ring \| Item Box (5 Rings, 10 Rings, 20 Rings, Bomb, Extra Life, Health, High-Speed Shoes, Invincibility, Magnetic Barrier, Shield) \| Key Stone (Gate Key) \| Meteorite \| Outfit \| Point Marker \| Ring \| Snowboard
Objects	Level Up Items	Air Necklace \| Air Shoes \| Ancient Light \| Bazooka \| Booster \| Bounce Bracelet \| Flame Ring \| Hammer Gloves \| Iron Boots \| Jet Engine \| Large Cannon \| Laser Blaster \| Light Speed Shoes \| Magic Gloves \| Mystic Melody \| Pick Nails \| Protective Armor \| Shovel Claw \| Sunglasses \| Treasure Scope
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Connor Bringas (Tails) \| Scott Dreier (Knuckles/GUN Soldiers) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy Rose) \| David Humphrey (Shadow the Hedgehog) \| Lani Minella (Rouge/Omochao) \| Deem Bristow (Doctor Eggman) \| Moriah Angeline (Maria Robotnik) \| Marc Biagi (Gerald/GUN Soldiers) \| Steve Broadie (President) \| Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) \| Jon St. John (Big) \| Elara Distler (Tikal) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kazuki Hayashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) \| Yuri Shiratori (Maria) \| Kinryū Arimoto (President) \| Shun Yashiro (Big) \| Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Music	Songs	A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup \| Believe In Myself \| Deeper \| Dive into the Mellow \| E.G.G.M.A.N. \| Escape from the City \| Fly in the Freedom \| For True Story \| It Doesn't Matter \| Kick the Rock! \| Live and Learn \| My Sweet Passion \| Rhythm And Balance \| Space Trip Steps \| Supporting Me \| The Supernatural \| Throw It All Away \| Unknown from M.E. \| Vengeance is Mine
Music	Albums	Multi-Dimensional Sonic Adventure 2 Original Sound Track \| Sonic Adventure 2 Vocal Collection: Cuts Unleashed \| Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack \| Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sampler \| Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition \| Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era
Other		Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Black Market \| Central City \| Chao Adventure^ \| Chao Adventure 2^ \| Chao Garden (Dark, Hero, Neutral) \| Chao in Space \| Chao Kindergarten \| Chao Machine \| Chao Race \| Chao Stadium \| Chao Transporter^ \| Chao World \| Corkscrew loop \| Cyclone \| Eclipse Cannon \| Eggman Bombom \| Eggwalker \| Emerald Radar \| Fake Emerald \| Gerald Robotnik's diary \| Health Gauge \| Hi-Speed Shoes \| Kart Race \| Prison Island \| Project Shadow \| Rank \| Shuttle loop \| Space Colony ARK \| Station Square \| Teleporter \| Totem Pole \| Winding Tunnel Appears or is playable only in the 2P mode ^ Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure 2* only

[SA2B-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 (in English) Sonic Adventure 2: Battle: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 109. ISBN 978-0761539292.

[2] Sonic Adventure - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.

[ChaoSADX-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Sonic Adventure DX - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.

[SA2_Guide-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Prima Development (20 June 2001). "The Chao Primer" (in English). Sonic Adventure 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 171. ISBN 978-0761536147.

[ChaoSA2-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Sonic Adventure 2 - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.

[ChaoSA2B-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.

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