Guardian Units of Nations

The Guardian Units of Nations, often abbreviated as G.U.N., are major characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. 
It is a worldwide military and law enforcement organization. Run by a man only known as the Commander, G.U.N. seeks to protect the Earth from all sorts of threats, including Dr. Eggman and the Black Arms.
G.U.N. has vast resources, including an army of soldiers and peacekeepers, fighter planes and other instruments of warfare. While G.U.N. receives orders from the President of the United Federation, it operates under the sole discretion of the Commander, who has been known to use G.U.N.'s resources to bring down enemies.
When first introduced in Sonic Adventure 2 as an antagonistic faction, G.U.N. is portrayed as being completely ruthless with absolutely no sympathetic qualities. Their raid on the ARK and murder of Maria Robotnik triggered the events of the game, they relentlessly hunt down Sonic without even attempting to hear his side of the story and show zero concern over any of the potential collateral damage they're causing during their pursuit of him. Come Shadow the Hedgehog, they're shown in a much better light, as while they still antagonize Shadow, they're shown to have the planet's best interest at heart and bravely fight off the Black Arms invasion. By Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), they're portrayed as being completely heroic and are nothing but helpful to Shadow and his allies.
==History==
===Sonic Adventure 2===
The army believed that Gerald Robotnik's research would be a threat to the planet, and so organized a plan to shut down ARK and destroy Project Shadow. They would invade the ARK under the ploy that there was an accident and do away with anybody that worked on Project Shadow. They then captured the Biolizard and encapsulated it. However the then-finished project, Shadow the Hedgehog, fled in an escape capsule. During the video game Sonic Adventure 2 the G.U.N. army's robots are constant enemies, and pursue both villains and Sonic's group due to the latter having been inadvertently framed for theft by Shadow.
===Shadow the Hedgehog===
The role of GUN in Shadow the Hedgehog's plot is to repel the invasion of Earth by the forces of the Black Arms by any means necessary - including the assistance from Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends. During the opening FMV sequence, it is shown that Earth is being overrun, with GUN's forces almost helpless - hence the temporary alliance. It is also strongly hinted during the game and FMV sequences that GUN's mission is the investigation (and possible destruction) of Shadow himself, depending on the player's moral choices within the game. Their attempts at doing this are mainly caused by the commander of GUN due to his personal hatred of Shadow, although in one ending he realized he was wrong to blame the hedgehog.
GUN's role in Sonic Adventure 2 was also expanded in Shadow the Hedgehog, where one of the levels takes Shadow and Maria through the colony during the GUN incursion and it also shows Shadow fighting one of the weapons after they harm Maria. This is the first and only game so far where GUN is shown directly allied with Sonic and his friends.
===Sonic Battle===
===Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)===
When Shadow and the military made alliances, their HQ sent him to rescue Rouge from Dr. Eggman's base.
===Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity===
The military was mentioned on the news, when they investigated what's going on the MeteorTech's robots no longer responding to commands, running amok all over the entire world.
===Sonic Rivals===
===Sonic Chronicles: the Dark Brotherhood===
===Sonic Generations===
GUN made an appearance in City Escape, and Radical Highway, where they antagonize, not only Sonic again, but Classic Sonic, as well.
=== Sonic Forces ===
While GUN doesn't make a physical appearance in the game nor it gets mentioned, in the second episode of TailsTube web series Dr. Eggman claims to have "put them in their place" during the events of the game. It was later revealed in the 7th Twitter Takeover that Eggman dissolved G.U.N. when he took over the world.
=== Sonic Frontiers ===
Several digital copies of GUN tanks and helicopters appear in Cyber Space, some of them attacking both Sonic and Eggman when encountering them.
==Other Media==
===Paramount===
====Sonic the Hedgehog 2====
====Knuckles====
It is revealed that G.U.N. was formed from a special ops program once under the command of Dr. Ivo Robotnik. When Robotnik was defeated by Sonic the Hedgehog, all traces of his existence were destroyed, including those associated with him. Government agents were sent out to try and eliminate Robotnik's old colleagues, including an engineer later known as "The Buyer".
===Sonic X===
===Archie Comics===
====Pre-Super Genesis Wave====
====Post-Super Genesis Wave====
== Trivia ==
* Official sources initially seemed to go back and forward on whether G.U.N. was an international organization or solely under the United Federation's jurisdiction, although later sources seem to indicate the former. In the Archie Comics, where the United Federation is a world government, both descriptions fit the organization.
==Navigation==
Category:Teams
Category:Sonic the Hedgehog Heroes
Category:Video Game Heroes
Category:Science Fantasy Heroes
Category:Comedy Heroes
Category:Action Heroes
Category:Anti-Heroes
Category:Military
Category:Secret Agents
Category:Honorable
Category:Protectors
Category:Protectors of Innocence
Category:Lawful Good
Category:Good Corporations
Category:Organizations
Category:Good Vs. Good
Category:True Neutral
Category:Virtually Resourceful
Category:Warriors
Category:Jerks
Category:Fighters
Category:Inventors
Category:Doctors and Scientists
Category:Extremists
Category:Lethal
Category:Genius
Category:Charismatic
Category:Live Action Heroes
Category:Bond Protectors
Category:Officials
Category:Antagonists
Category:Wealthy
Category:Disciplinarians
Category:Patriots
Category:Strategists
Category:Anime Heroes
Category:Mysterious
Category:Determinators
Category:Karma Houdini
Category:Redeemed Villains
Category:Localized Protection
Category:Global Protection
Category:Counter-Terrorists
Category:Freedom Fighters
Category:Rebellion Heroes
Category:Archie Heroes
Category:TV Show Heroes
Category:Movie Heroes
Category:Theatrical Heroes
Category:Type Dependent on Version
Category:Successful
Category:Inconclusive