Commander Walters

Commander Walters is a major character in the Sonic the Hedgehog Paramount film series. He is the Commander of the Guardian Units of Nations and the live-action adaptation of the Commander from the video game franchise. Originally acting as an antagonist, he saw Sonic the Hedgehog as a potential threat to Earth but soon teams up with him to stop the rogue government scientist Dr. Robotnik from enslaving humanity. He is first seen serving as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest ranking members of the United States Armed Forces serving as part of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) at their headquarters, the Pentagon.
He is portrayed by who also portrayed Dr. Campbell in Freddy vs Jason.
==History==
===Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)===
Commander Walters first appears in a meeting with the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon in Arlington after Sonic the Hedgehog accidentally knocks out power in the Pacific Northwest. He initially thought it was a E.M.P. according to the Navy Chief of Staff, and when the Air Force Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland Security also reveal that NASA and the Department of Energy have ruled out other potential conclusions, such as a power plant malfunction, he soon concludes it is something beyond their understanding. Much to the chagrin of his colleagues, he decides to employ their top government scientist Dr. Robotnik to investigate the anomaly despite everyone protesting as Dr. Robotnik is infamous for his egomania and questionable sanity. However, Commander Walters has confidence his genius will help protect the country. However, Dr. Robotnik would ultimately go rouge and betray the government in an attempt to use Sonic's power to take over the world.
Later, after Sonic and the Wachowskis defeated Dr. Robotnik and saved the world, he stopped by their house to personally thank them for their efforts and claims that they erased Dr. Robotnik's name off their database. Commander Walters then gave them a $50 gift card to Olive Garden and suggests they try their endless breadsticks. Commander Walters also asks if they had seen Sonic as he and the President would like to talk with him over brunch to thank him for his heroics, however, the Wachowskis falsely claim they have not seen him, fearing they might try to capture him. They then shut the door on Commander Walters and the latter leaves.
===Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)===
8 months after Dr. Robotnik's defeat, Commander Walters and the government forms the Guardian Units of Nations, codename G.U.N., to combat alien threats. He also realizes that the Wachowskis have been harboring Sonic in their home and because Sonic has no intention of joining the Army, they label him as a uncontrolled extraterrestrial that needed to be detained to avoid a potential threat to humanity. He then conducts Operation Catfish, ordering one of his Agents, Randel Handel, to seduce Sonic's adoptive aunt Rachel into marrying him so they can lure Sonic out to capture him. They succeed in their plan and also capture Sonic's new friend Tails and Tom Wachowski for attacking them, but Rachel's sister Maddie informs Commander Walters that Dr. Robotnik is back on Earth and by capturing Sonic and Tails, he has taken away the only people who can stop him. Commander Walters then informs his agents to start looking for Dr. Robotnik in case Maddie is telling the truth. And he tells his secretary to cancel his dinner plans at Olive Garden.
Eventually both Maddie and Rachel manage to detain Commander Walters and free Sonic and tie up Commander Walters. Suddenly a beam of light emerges from the coast indicating Dr. Robotnik has found the ultimate source of power, the Master Emerald. Commander Walters then fully believes the Wachowskis. While Sonic takes off to stop Dr. Robotnik on his own. Commander Walters, Tom, and Maddie fly to Green Hills on a helicopter to arrest Dr. Robotnik. Commander Walters then faces Dr. Robotnik and tells him that they took all his resources: his lab, his robots, and his funding from the U.S. government, and without his robots he is nothing. However, Dr. Robotnik surprises Commander Walters by using the power of the Master Emerald to summon a giant mech called the Death Egg Robot and attacks the G.U.N forces. Commander Walters then falls back and leaves defeating Dr. Robotnik to Sonic and his team. Sonic is able to defeat Dr. Robotnik and save the world a second time, thus, Commander Walters stops hunting Sonic and recognizes him as a hero. G.U.N. then searches the wreckage of Dr. Robotnik's mech to find him, but he is nowhere to be seen, but Commander Walters presumes him dead stating that no one could have survived that crash. However one of his agents informs him that when they were wiping Dr. Robotnik off their database they found something, a file linked to the Dr. Robotnik name that dates back over 50 years. On said file are coordinates to a secret black ops research facility. Commander Walters then soon realizes to his fear and dread that the facility houses none other than Project Shadow.
==Personality==
Commander Walters is a serious and no nonsense military leader who takes any and all threats to the United States seriously. He can also be very paranoid, having tried to arrest Sonic, fearing that his power and unpredictably could be a potential danger. Commander Walters also is very cunning and intelligent, having operated a complex sting operation to capture Sonic. He is also very honorable and respectful, having rewarded Tom and Maddie for their efforts, albeit by giving theme a meager gift card, and thanks Sonic for saving the world and eventually stops hunting him, having began to trust him. He also cares about his agents, comforting Randel Handel when he feels guilty for betraying Rachel. He is shown to be daring and noble, confronting Dr. Robotnik and standing up to him, determined to stop his plans, but when he realizes he is outclassed he runs away in fear. Commander Walters also has a love for Italian food, a running gag being his love for Olive Garden.
==Trivia==
*Commander Walters is the second version of the Commander to have been given a full name, the other being the Archie comics Commander who was given the name Abraham Tower.
*Like in the games, Commander Walters seems all too familiar with Shadow the Hedgehog, which could imply they share common history.
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