Maria Robotnik

Maria Robotnik is a major character in the franchise.
She is the granddaughter of Professor Gerald Robotnik, the cousin of Dr. Eggman, and Shadow the Hedgehog's closest companion aboard the Space Colony ARK until her death. Maria was gunned down by a G.U.N. Soldier while she was helping Shadow escape capture. Her final wish was for Shadow to protect humanity. 
In Sonic Adventure 2 and the 2003 anime adaption Sonic X, she was voiced by Moriah Angeline and by Rebecca Honig in Shadow the Hedgehog, who also voiced the modern Cream the Rabbit, respectively. In Japanese she is voiced by Yuri Shiratori and will be played by Alyla Browne in the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 live-action film in the Sonic Cinematic Universe. 
==Personality==
While frail in appearance, Maria was strong in spirit. Eternally cheerful, optimistic, and positive despite her condition, Maria could see the good in almost anyone or anything. She was likewise a very kind, caring and thoughtful soul who always put others before herself, supported her friends, and held an unconditional love for the people of the world, even showing compassion towards her enemies when they were distressed. Because she never got down to earth, Maria was very interested in the planet and wished to see it. She was as well very encouraging as she could make others accept themselves and calm others down when in stressful situations, including Shadow.
Always gentle and thinking about others before herself, Maria was one who found it easier than most to forgive and forget, not to mention trust. Even after GUN violently raided the ARK and shot her down, Maria did not hold any ill will against the people on earth and only wished for them to live happy lives. She was also utterly selfless as she sacrificed her life for Shadow's sake, having faith he would carry on her dreams for her.
Despite her youth and frailness, Maria was brave, determined, and had a strong sense of righteousness. When the Artificial Chaos were on a rampage, Maria wanted to stop them to save the innocent, and during the GUN's raid on the ARK she refused to leave the injured researchers behind. Even on her deathbed, Maria remained undeterred and only wished for Shadow to fulfill his purpose.
==History ==
Maria was born and raised, a terminally-ill patient on the Space Colony ARK who had contracted the disease NIDS (Neuro-Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) which seems to be related to the disease AIDS, even before she could visit the Earth. She couldn't leave the hospital, since she's confined in outer space. 
For some reason, she never met and knew her cousin, Ivo, since they never cared for each other at first, but he looked up to their grandfather because of the things Professor Gerald Robotnik accomplished in his life. Ivo eventually wanted to be a great scientist like him, but after fifty years, he became a maniacal scientist now known as "Eggman" trying to dominate the Earth, building a legacy of his own; creating Robotnikland (Eggmanland in later games), expand his empire across the globe. He even wondered if she was like his own "daughter", Sage.
Her grandfather, then, cared for her, as long as she cared for him, while the worked and lived together. Maria would eventually have a lot of fun with a young boy, who would later, be a commander of the military. Later, Gerald created Shadow as a means to study immortality and to use the fruits of the project to attempt to cure Maria, and she is yet excited to meet Shadow, as well.
After Shadow's creation, he became close friends with Maria, where they would watch and admire the Earth together. But when the first president of the United Federation leading the government, out of the thirteen sent the military to shut down and destroy Gerald's research facility, since they were in a hurry, her grandfather explained to Shadow in a video recording on how to defeat the Black Arms, an evil alien race who helped create Shadow, and would dominate the world, instead of Eggman. Yet, she promised her grandfather that she and Shadow will save the Earth.
During their attempted escape, Gerald has been captured, and Maria's life was sacrificed by delusional soldiers after releasing Shadow from a cryogenic tube. When her grandfather was sent to jail on prison island, he saw her name among those who died. Maria meant everything to him, and Shadow, and they couldn't bare the thought that she died because of Gerald's research project he's been working on. She was dead for 50 years and she sometime reappears in Shadow's mind.
==Comics==
===Archie===
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Maria was a female Overlander, the daughter of Geraldo Robotnik and Meredith Sanders, and a member of the House of Ivo. Suffering from Neuro-Immuno Deficiency Syndrome, Maria was looked after by her grandfather Gerald Robotnik, who made Shadow to develop a cure for her. When the military attempted to seize Shadow, Maria was killed by them when trying to help Shadow escape. A year after his awakening, Shadow encountered a digital version of Maria who helped him uncover his purpose.
Following the events of Worlds Collide, Maria became virtually indistinguishable from her game counterpart. 
==Sonic X==
Maria makes an appearance in the anime Sonic X, partial in Shadow's memory. very much like in the games, she was a human from earth, and the granddaughter of Gerald Robotnik and cousin of Dr. Eggman. Maria was a terminally ill patient confined to the Space Colony ARK. During her stay on the ARK, Maria became very close to Shadow. When GUN came to shut Project Shadow down and seize Shadow himself, Maria sacrificed her life to save Shadow, though not before asking him to protect the world for her sake.
==Quotes==
==Vocals==
*Maria's shrieks and screams
==Trivia==
*Christopher Thorndyke and Molly both remind Shadow of Maria because of their similar selfless natures and the kind, loving look in their eyes.
**Amy Rose also reminds Shadow of Maria because of the way she implores him to help humanity and see the best in them.
*In Sonic Frontiers, Dr. Eggman reveals that he never really knew his cousin Maria very well and expressed irritation over the attention she got over him after her demise on the Space Colony ARK.
*Speculated date of her death is 02/07/1953. The reason for said speculation is the countdown timer in the Space Colony Ark on the Sonic X episode "Robotnik's Revenge", which takes place 50 years after Maria's death.
*She was the first and only weakness of Shadow the Hedgehog. Whenever someone mentioned her name, Shadow would have a flashback of her.
*According to Sonic X, Maria is twelve years old.
*She was Shadow's first friend before she died.
*In the upcoming live-action film, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, she is confirmed to be played by Alyla Browne.
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