Charmy Bee

**Charmy Bee** is a character from the *Sonic* franchise.

Charmy is Chaotix' youngest member and by far its most childish. He spends most of his time being a typical kid; hyperactive and constantly getting on Vector's nerves, but he does look up to his peers and does occasionally prove useful in the team's efforts.

In the XP4 fics, Charmy debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048.

## **Appearance**

Charmy Bee is an anthropomorphic black-and-yellow striped bee with yellow-and-black striped antennae, translucent sky blue wings on his back, and honey brown eyes. He also has exposed peach skin on his muzzle and arms, and a tiny black nose.

For attire, Charmy wears an orange vest with a bee emblem on the left, a yellow zipper, and a white collar resembling that of a polo shirt. He also wears white and orange shoes cuffed with black rings and topped with yellow zippers, white gloves with similar cuffs, and a black pilot's helmet with a dark pink rim, alongside orange flight goggles.

During the Chaos Rings Incident, Charmy was depicted with black eyes, a slightly longer nose, a yellow stinger, and a more pinkish tint to his skin. His striped torso was completely exposed, and he wore red sneakers with white roes and laces, alongside puffy red armbands up near his shoulders.

## **Personality**

Good-shaped yet sloppy, Charmy is hyperactive, scatterbrained and not too bright. As a child, he loves to play above all else, and he can always be seen flying around energetically. When the team is receiving their first mission at the beachy Seaside Hill, Charmy is hovering around singing "Sea, sea, sea". However, he is also very friendly, lighthearted and cheerful.

Due to his age, Charmy is not as skilled a detective as Vector or Espio, but he is nonetheless valuable to the team. It is possible he is also greedy like Vector, as they had dollar signs in their eyes when their client promised a large payment (Sonic Heroes), although, as children are prone to do, he may just be emulating Vector's behavior.

## **XP4 Fanfics**

Charmy is a member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the Dream Team as an honorary member. He also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048**

In Chapter 22, Charmy took part in a battle against the DES within inside the Vegastar.

In Chapter 24, Charmy, alongside his team and Mace Wyndu's crew, finished their mission at Vegastar where they watched the asteroid getting blasted to bits. He is later present during the aftermath of the mission at Baltistar and later witnessed Kazeyoshi Imai's announcement all across the universe.

In Chapter 28, Charmy, alongside everyone, are seen approaching Kasumigastar and upon arriving at one city, they were confronted by Noboru Takizawa and his cohorts, demanding them to leave but they refuse. They then later witnessed the arrival of thousand of AKB-fans, much to their shock and awe.

In Chapter 29, Charmy, alongside everyone, are seen backstage of the concert hall in a city somewhere Kasumigastar with a look of awe at the large number of crowd gathered for the concert and later witnessed the return of Atsuko Katagiri and the rest of the missing idols, and had a great time watching the performances afterwards. They then learned that Noboru Takizawa escaped which prompted Kazeyoshi Imai and Mace Wyndu to go after him.

In Chapter 32, Charmy took part of paying respects for Mace Wyndu's death by attending his funeral via burial at sea in Atamistar before witnessing the arrival of a fleet of Dimensional Defense Union ships whom paid their respects for Mace by gifting him with a Heroes' Tribute.

In the Epilogue, Charmy, alongside the heroes and the idols, is present in the AKB-exclusive space terminal in Akibastar where they said their goodbyes to the members of Unit W and Alpha Squadron. Afterwards, everyone decided to take a break for the rest of the day.

## **Abilities**

### **Physical abilities**

Thanks to his wings, Charmy is capable of nearly perpetual flight as he is always flying around. His flying appendages do not seem to fatigue easily whatsoever, unlike other fliers. Like other characters in the series, Charmy can move at super speeds, albeit so far only in flight. He can move so fast in midair that he can create miniature vortexes of such density that they can be stood on. Charmy is also very acrobatic and agile, being able to perform impressive movements and tricks while airborne, and grind on rails with ease and at speeds matching his teammates'.

Charmy possesses a powerful stinger that is capable of landing fatal blows.[3][7] With it, Charmy can land strikes powerful enough to pierce metal and he knows how to use it with speed and agility. He is also surprisingly strong for his small size, capable of lifting both his larger teammates and flying with them over large distances.

### **Moves and Techniques**

One of Charmy's signature techniques is the Dash, a move for letting him fly through midair. This move is vastly superior to moves like Propeller Flying and Flying, as Charmy can not only use it indefinitely, but also use it to make sudden midair boosts or dart movements. His other signature move is his Sting Attack where he attacks foes with his stinger. Also, Charmy's newest exclusively move, the Whirlwind, lets him form vortexes of winds so strong that they turn solid.

Though not a hedgehog, Charmy is able to use the Spin Attack and the various techniques derived from it as seen in Sonic Heroes, where the users curl into tight balls for protection. The Homing Attack allows Charmy to dash in midair toward a target and the Spin Jump lets him curl into a ball and attack opponent by landing on them. Together with his team, he can also use the Thunder Shoot where he fires his teammates as electrically-charged balls.

### **Miscellaneous skills**

Charmy excels in following hunches and uncovering hidden objects―once he is onto something, he is able to track down almost anything.[8] Out of the Chaotix, Charmy is the tracker, his innocent nature giving him an excellent sense of detecting what others would miss.[3] He also has some mysterious talent which enables him to warp between flowers[8] and activate bee-themed devices at will.

### **Color Powers**

By harnessing different variants of Hyper-go-on from Wisps, Charmy can use specific Color Powers to transform into a certain form, such as a drill, a laser or even a planet, each one possessing its own unique abilities. So far, Charmy has been able to transform into the Cyan Laser, Yellow Drill and Indigo Asteroid. However, these transformations require a steady supply of Hyper-go-on to be maintained.

## **Trivia**

* Charmy is the youngest male character of the *Sonic the Hedgehog series*.
* In the English manual of *Knuckles' Chaotix*, Charmy was labeled as being sixteen years of age; however, with the release of *Sonic Heroes*, his age has been retconned to six. It should be noted that the Japanese manual for *Chaotix* didn't list an age for Charmy as it did for the other characters, although the other characters' ages were also inconsistent with their later portrayals.
* His size changed greatly from *Chaotix* (in which he was very small) to *Sonic Heroes* (in which he was approximately the size of Cream, who is smaller than other *Sonic* characters, but far larger than previously proportioned).
* Charmy is the first (and currently only) anthropomorphic insect in the entire cast of the series in the video games.
* During the cutscene that took place before the Egg Hawk battle in *Sonic Heroes*, Charmy acts as if he's never met Robotnik before, which contradicts the events that took place in *Knuckles' Chaotix*. This may be because Espio referred to him as Doctor Eggman, but Charmy may have remembered him as Doctor Robotnik. This also ignores the fact that the Chaotix keep pictures of the Badniks from the original *Sonic the Hedgehog* in their office.
	+ However, according to Takashi Iizuka, Charmy and the Team Chaotix in *Sonic Heroes* were recreated as new characters from the same characters in *Knuckles' Chaotix* when *Sonic Heroes* was designed, ignoring certain traits that had been established in *Knuckles' Chaotix* that would have contradicted their intent in the game.
* So far, Charmy is the only member of the Chaotix not to appear playable without the rest of his team (Espio appeared in *Sonic the Fighters* and *Sonic Rivals 2*; Vector appeared in *Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games*, its sequels, *Sonic Free Riders,* and *Team Sonic Racing*).
* Charmy has proven, despite his small size, he is actually very strong because he can lift both Vector and Espio and remain in flight.
* Both being designed by Naoto Ohshima, Charmy's antennae share their design with Moto Bug's.
* In the video game series *Pinobee* directed by Ohshima, the design of the main character is very similar to Charmy.
* In *Sonic 3D Blast*, the Bee bears a resemblance to a giant-headed Charmy.
* Charmy is one of the few male characters to wear clothes other than the usual gloves and shoes.
* Charmy is seen to have a small bee badge on his jacket.
* Charmy seems to be so scatterbrained that he sometimes can't remember what to do. In the DS version of *Sonic Colors*, Charmy seems to have forgotten that he was sent on a job and was too focused on the rides.
* Charmy is the least seen character of the current Team Chaotix in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* video game series.
* In *Shadow the Hedgehog*, he can't be controlled by the second player, unlike Vector and Espio. This is most likely because he floats like the Eggman monitor and Doom's Eye. Note that the Xbox version lacks multiplayer in story mode.
* Charmy, despite being male, possesses a stinger. In real life, the stinger is an attribute only female bees possess.