Manic the Hedgehog (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

Manic Argenti Hedgehog-Celeritas (full title: Manic, Prince Royal of the House of Hedgehog-Celeritas) is a green anthropomorphic hedgehog from the AngieYaz/RoseOfSharon reboot of the Sonic Underground animated series. He is the brother of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonia the Hedgehog, as well the son of Queen Aleena and King Jules. Manic plays the drums in the siblings' band. He is also a member of the Sonic Underground and one of the current leaders of the Freedom Fighters with his siblings, Sonic and Sonia. He is also known as Manic of Mobodoon, with Mobodoon being the place of his birth. He has a distinctive, bleating laugh similar to Bert's from Sesame Street.
Manic's speaking voice is provided by Jaleel White, while his singing voice is provided by Greg Cipes rather than Tyley Ross. In the French dub of the Sonic Underground reboot, Manic's speaking and singing voices are provided by Roger Carel.
==Appearance==
Manic is a green-furred, anthropomorphic hedgehog, whose quills are shaggier than Sonic's and Sonia's—this is in fact the same physical appearance of the triplets' great-great-great-great paternal grandfather, King Meritus Celeritas. For his street clothes, he wears a orange vest, black spiked wristbands, white gloves and an orange fanny-pack, which he seems to fit anything and everything in, from his drumsticks to his lock picks and to even Mobiums and small gifts for Apheelia. He has black eyes, and his double ears pierced in a 'punk' fashion on his left side. While at court however, Manic wears a fancier outfit consisting of a doublet made of cloth of silver, "jeans" made of brocade and damask, and bear-claw shoes.
==History==
===TV series===
Manic and his siblings are born in the Royal Mobius Hospital in Mobodoon, which ends centuries of warfare and bloodshed between the planets of Mobius and Kinoko and ushering in a prolonged period of peace and friendship between the two worlds. Manic is one of the spares to the throne of Mobius, who are prophesied to overthrow Robotnik as the Council of Five. In order to fulfill this prophecy, Manic was separated from his family a year after birth, but as a condition for his separation his caretaker was given orders to raise him in the ways of the Royal Family so he won't grow up ignorant of his heritage and regal rights. Rather than being stolen by thieves on a doorstep in Mobotropolis' slums and being raised by the thief Farrell, Manic was taken in by his Uncle Chuck on King Jules' request, as he and his queen did not want their children to be taught thievery and usury—qualities that the King felt were very unbecoming in royal children. However, the King's good friend Farrell instead offered to give Charleston (as well as Amy Rose's family and the Windermeres) money with his skills in thievery. He lived with his uncle and two siblings with his uncle's employed small retinue of servants, though he remembers Lady Windermere and her husband. After his uncle was roboticized, he accompanied his siblings on their quest to find their parents.
After his parents were found, the family was reunited and Robotnik was defeated, Manic abdicated the title of Prince so his brother Sonic could be crowned King of Mobius. He would then be known as Lord Manic Argenti Hedgehog-Celeritas. He then married his childhood sweetheart, Apheelia, a salt-and-pepper hedgehog with a semi-noble pedigree.
==Personality==
Manic is thought of as the "laid back" sibling, and often uses slang. He has a sort of "valley boy" accent (inherited from his great-great-great-great grandfather on his father's side). Due to being raised by his Uncle Chuck rather than Farrell, he's not much of a kleptomaniac (though by his confession, the only things he steals are his uncle's chocolate chip cookies). While Manic gets defensive when his old background is criticized, he grew up under the care of his Uncle Chuck along with his siblings. At one point he attempts to stay in their birthplace of Mobodoon after seeing how great it is, and it feeling like the home he should have had in their family's many palaces. However, he instead decides to stay with his siblings and continue being a Freedom Fighter, realizing he has a home with them.
Like his siblings, he suffers from separation anxiety disorder. He also hates extreme heat, as he suffers from heat exhaustion.
Though taught by one of his former classmates to be a thief, he is good-natured and has a distinct sense of moral standards, living by "Thieves' Honor"; the belief that you should never steal what cannot be held by the wealthy (with the exception of the Windermeres), and he refuses to steal from the poor or middle-class. He usually uses the excuse that any money made off what he steals would be good for the Resistance. Both Sonic and Sonia frown heavily on his attitude and often accuse the classmate of "brainwashing" their brother. Manic can also be very blunt, once claiming that he always means everything he says.
==Powers and abilities==
Manic possesses neither his brother's speed (his connection to the Speed Grid, a limitless interdimensional energy created by Manic's very distant ancestor Queen Juliana, being the weakest of the triplets) nor his sister's strength, thus making him the only member of the Sonic Underground (and thus a current member of the royal Hedgehog-Celeritas Family) with no superpowers on his own. What he lacks in physical strength and super speed though, he makes up for in mastery with computers and machines. He can also hack computers, making him a vital member of the team. He can also repair auto-machinery. He is ab expert lockpicker and pickpocket as well, having learned from a classmate in Master Conkdor's lessons. He usually takes money from those aristocrats and barons that are unquestioning Robotnik loyalists and not those that are threatened by Robotnik's terror. He doesn't consider it thievery as usually these aristocrats are absent-minded and forget to return to pick up their dropped coin purses and handbags.
Like his siblings, Manic is an accomplished musician, as he is a drummer in the Sonic Underground. He can twirl his sticks with his left hand (and in later episodes, with his right hand), twirl both sticks in his right hand (shown twice), and throw them in the air and catch them as some drummers do. His sticks are small and quite flexible, and also have the ability to fire lasers.
Like his siblings, Manic is an accomplished martial artist, having been training in various Mobian martial arts since childhood.
===Weapons===
Like his siblings, Manic possesses a medallion resembling a drum kit that doubles as a weapon. However, when used properly, his drum set can control the earth, creating seismic activity under Manic's direction, and fire lasers like those of his siblings. His cymbals can even reflect laser fire. According to the Oracle, his drums are the most powerful weapon of the three. He rides on a hoverboard, which also acts like a surfboard.
Manic was also given a set of weapons by his mother and father in the episode "Mobodoon". A pair of bola whips, used by Manic to physically attack the SWATBots. In one instance, when Simone Robotnik turned him evil, he used one whip in an attempt to strangle Sonic; either of them could have been used. The Bolo whip, which is a cross between a whip and bolas, consists of a dark green handle and a length of brown leather cord, ending in three red balls. The cord of the whip normally remains retracted when not in use. However, it is able to extend to great lengths when Manic uses it in battle. The whip is also able to fire energy blasts and, when hit against the ground or walls, it can produce fireballs. Manic can also use the whip's cord to wrap around his victims and electrocute them.
==Trivia==
*Manic almost always addresses his mother as "Ma" and his father as "Pa", though he (along with his brother Sonic the Hedgehog) referred to them as "Mother" and "Father" twice in the episode "A Hedgehog's Home is Her Castle". This is due to being raised by his uncle with some luxury and wealth himself, rather than by neither the poor woman living in the slums or by Farrell the thief.
*His voice is the same as Bo Sheep from Garfield and Friends and Valhallen from Dexter's Laboratory, as well as Crush from Finding Nemo—a stereotypical Southern Californian accent.
**His voice is the same as that of the triplets' great-great-great-great paternal grandfather, King Meritus Celeritas.
*Instead of learning his thievery, lockpicking and computer hacking skills from Farrell, he learned them from a classmate who was attending Master Conkdor's classes with him. As mentioned, he only takes money from those aristocrats that are loyal to Robotnik.
*Manic's change in thievery from wealth to cookies was inspired by the song "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?", along with Angelica Pickles from Rugrats. Like Angelica when she is scolded by her family ("Didn't Aunt Didi tell you they were supposed to be for after dinner?") Manic received similar reprovals from Uncle Chuck when he wanted a cookie before meals.
*It's never been made clear why Aleena and Jules gave Manic got his name, but it likely stems from his manic quillstyle.
*At birth, Manic weighed 2 pounds 1 ounce, the lightest of the three siblings.
*As a child, Manic was almost always late for Mistress Owlette and Master Conkdor's lessons; to solve this problem, Uncle Chuck created Manic's hoverboard so he could catch up with the other students and head to their lessons.
*Manic learned how to juggle in When in Rome...
*It is possible that Manic was named after the Radiohead demo tape Manic Hedgehog.
*Manic's favorite food is bratwurst and sauerkraut, but he prefers his chili dogs with spicy mustard.
*Manic does not normally have any physical ability (due to the line of succession in his father's royal house, the House of Celeritas), but in the episode "The Big Melt", he is shown doing a huge "Sonia Spin" with Sonic, having being trained by him in that move.
*Manic's astrological sign is Cancer.
*Just as Sonic has an aversion to swamps, Manic has an aversion to deserts. This is due to nearly getting killed by the intense heat of the Sun Snare Drum, the hottest section of the Karuun Desert of Mobius.
*Manic has poor personal money management skills despite him being appointed as the royal comptroller—how much money he needs for, say, Wintermas shopping depends on the quality of the gifts.
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