Fake Metal Tails

Fake Metal Tails is a skin and variant of Miles "Tails" Prower in Sonic Speed Simulator. He is implied to come from a mysterious meteor the same as Fake Metal Sonic and Fake Metal Knuckles during the Meteor Mystery Event. Not much is known about this bio-metallic doppelganger.
== Origins ==
Fake Metal Tails comes from the 2003 3D platforming game Sonic Heroes. Fake Metal Tails is an alternate skin for Tails, available in Sonic Heroes' 2-Player Versus mode through the use of an input code after selecting a level.
While the name "Fake Metal" is not mentioned anywhere in Sonic Heroes, some in-game files indicate that the skins are named as such.
== Appearance ==
Fake Metal Tails shares the same body as Tails. He now has an angry expression with black sclera and glowing red eyes. His entire body is now colored in a shiny, yellow, metallic color.
== Obtaining Method ==
=== Legacy ===
Fake Metal Tails was originally obtainable in Wave 3 of the Daily Challenges. He was unlockable on the 7th challenge, that being "Play as Mechanic Tails for 20 Minutes". Prior to getting to this challenge, players had to complete the previous 6 challenges with a 20 Hour cooldown in-between.
=== Reborn ===
* He was available in the first wave of the Halloween Shop 2023.
* Fake Metal Tails can be obtained during Waves 2-4 of the Legendary Spinner with an 8.33% chance.
== Trivia ==
* He is the fifth skin and the second variant of Tails.
** He is the only character to be both a variant and a skin of Tails.
* His render, menu pose and idle reference a render by Nibroc.Rock from May of 2016.
* Received his menu pose as his idle during Android Anomaly.
**Prior to this, he used Tails' old idle.
==Gallery==
File:Fm Tails new idle stance.png|Fake Metal Tails' new idle stance
File:Fake metal tails render new.png|Fake Metal Tails' render
File:Fake Metal Tails Portrait v2.42.png|Fake Metal Tails' Skin Portrait
File:FakeMetalTailsMenuPose.png|Fake Metal Tails' Menu Pose
Category:Tails the Fox Skins
Category:Variations
Category:Legendary
Category:Characters