Tumble the Skunk

## Bio

**Tumble the Skunk** is a character that appears in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* comic series. He is an anthropomorphic skunk and the brother of his partner, Rough. An evil mercenary, he and Rough took over Barricade Town, but were stopped by Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles the Echidna. After escaping prison later on, they now seek revenge on Sonic and Knuckles.

## Appearance

Tumble is a muscular and tall anthropomorphic skunk with cream and beige fur. His mohawk runs down his back with his cream stripes reaching the ends of the stub where his tail once was. He has quite scruffy fur, with his chest and muzzle looking connected. He has a pink nose with a triangular shape and short ears. He bears a "W"-shaped patch in the center of his chest and bears fangs. Around his black eyes with red sclera, Tumble has extremely defined purple bags under his eyes.

For attire, Tumble wears two black, spiked bracelets with gold buckles on them and wears black and gray boots also with golden buckles.

## History

### The Eggman War

Having an enjoyment for playing in ball pits, Tumble and Rough would be banned from any ball pit they went to for kicking out the kids.

At some point, Tumble lost his tail under unspecified circumstances. This event greatly traumatized Tumble.

During the war between the Eggman Empire and the Resistance, Tumble and Rough helped save Barricade Town by ferociously driving back the invading Badniks. Afterwards, they set themselves up in Barricade Town and promised to help them improve their defenses. However, the brothers ultimately ended up taking over Barricade Town, its Wisps, and its Wispon distribution center, setting themselves up as tyrannical rulers.

Trapping the townsfolk between themselves and marauding Badniks outside the walls, Tumble and Rough controlled Barricade Town throughout the end of the war and into the ensuing reconstruction period.

## Personality

Tumble is a course and aggressive skunk. Ruthless, cruel, and violent, he takes great pleasure in terrorizing and taking advantage of those weaker than himself, as demonstrated by how he and his brother oppressed the townsfolk in Barricade Town. Meanspirited, Tumble showed no concern for the happiness or well-being of the townsfolk he and his brother oppressed, displaying a lack of empathy for others, and he was significantly offended by Sonic and Knuckles ruining their "fun".

Tumble is a brawler who loves to fight. Also, in order to intimidate their opponents, he and Rough have created choreography and rhyming introductions for themselves. This also shows a measure of arrogance in their abilities. Their announcements, however, do not always rhyme, and they usually end up embarrassing them or makes everyone laugh at them. Despite this, Tumble is genuinely proud and sensitive about their introductions, believing that they creating art that others do not appreciate. Tumble is also rather picky about their rhymes, complaining when Rough uses “slant rhymes”.

Tumble is arrogant and very confident. He never admits failures or weaknesses, like denying needing help or extra firepower. He is also an ungrateful opportunist who never intends to change, even after his enemies have saved his life. In comparison to his brother, Tumble is more wild and prone to frequent bursts of aggression, like when he told Rough when they fought Sonic to not banter with him and instead press on the attack. He is also shown to be rather superstitious, like when he got genuinely scared of the legends about a curse in the Lost Pyramid of Dr. Eggman. However, when he sees how unstoppable he is with Rough, his fears quickly fade away. As such, he could not understand Rough's fear when he saw a monster like a "mummy" with his own eyes.

While powerful enough to seize an entire town alongside his brother, Tumble is not very intelligent, having been described as more of a bully than a mastermind. Also, while he and his brother were able to take control of a key location and a stockpile of Wispons, they showed no foresight or ambition in doing anything beyond forcing the townsfolk into serving and entertaining them. Tumble is also very naïve and easy to convince when promised with a supply of new weapons, although he will not admit about having been deceived later on upon realizing it. As such, many consider him a brutal, but mindless tool that is incapable of devising complex plans and strategies. Tumble has also displayed immature behavior, such as getting into a childish argument with Rough over who destroyed more Badniks in a fight, or playing in ball pits. Regardless, Tumble is aware that he is not the most intelligent of individuals, but is not bothered by it in the slightest; in fact, he finds hypocritical amusement in mocking other people for being unintelligent. However, Tumble is not completely unintelligent, having once come up with a plan to steal a Chaos Emerald which Rouge found surprisingly competent. Tumble is also very vindictive, as seen when he assured Sonic and Knuckles that they had made "lifelong enemies" of out of him and Rough after they defeated them, and has constantly attempted to get revenge on Sonic ever since.

The loss of his tail has greatly traumatized Tumble. As such, he gets extremely sensitive and emotional when it comes to his missing tail; he went into a jealous rage when complaining about how unfair it is that Tails had two tails while he has none, and at Tangle for her extra long tail. As such, Tumble refers to have tail-based weapons. Also, after his prosthetic tail got destroyed, Tumble lost his fighting spirit and was reduced to a sad, sobbing wreck, clutching and mourning his broken tail.

## Powers & Abilities

Tumble is a ferocious combatant. As a testament to his power, he and Rough were able to single-handedly save a town from Eggman's forces during the Eggman War. While not the most agile fighter, Tumble makes up for it with pure brute force.

Tumble is an experienced mercenary and is able to efficiently coordinate with his brother, Rough, to form a formidable tag team in battle. One notable collaboration technique of theirs is the Grand Stink Bomber Slam, which allows them to easily destroy one of the more powerful Badnik models. Tumble also has great strength that outclasses his brother's, being strong enough to stop Sonic's Spin Attack in its tracks with his bare hands, shatter an Egg-Golem's armor with a single punch, and make a dent in a solid metal gate with one punch (albeit with Zavok's aid). It has even been said that his strength is on par with that of Knuckles' *Sonic Boom* counterpart. Tumble also possesses great durability; he can recover immediately from taking a Spin Attack to the chest.

Tumble is also an adept user of Wispons. While his exact proficiency with a Wispon is unknown, he mainly uses one when fighting seriously. Tumble has also been shown to be competent in making his own plans, even impressing Rouge the Bat with his ability.

### Weapons and equipment

During his early career, Tumble made use of Wispons. He was later stripped of his Wispons when he got thrown in jail.

After helping Dr. Starline, Tumble received a prosthetic club tail from Dr. Eggman. With it, Tumble could perform tail swipes at deadly speeds and with enough power to crack the earth, break stone walls and deflect Sonic's Spin Attack. However, he lost this device when Sonic destroyed it.

While allied with Starline, Tumble received a Core Gear that allows him to harness Power Cores' energy automatically.

## Relationships

### Rough the Skunk

Rough the Skunk is Tumble's brother and his partner in crime. They are very close and highly coordinated with each other, capable of destroying entire armies of Badniks, occupying towns, and terrorizing its inhabitants together. Their joint attack is the Grand Stink Bomber Slam, with which they are able to destroy powerful robots. While they like each other and easily forgive each other for their mistakes, they are often childish, prompting them to argue over trivialities such as which one of them managed to destroy the most robots. This attitude caused them to split up for a day, only for them to reunite when they discovered they were doing the same plan.

Tumble and Rough have a habit of introducing themselves with rhyming introductions where they brag about their skills, though Tumble has brought up that they often slant rhyme. They also feel that they do not need any team, as they will always have each other.

### Sonic the Hedgehog

Tumble regards Sonic the Hedgehog as his lifelong enemy after he ended their occupation of Barricade Town. Since then, Tumble and Rough have tried to get revenge on Sonic by finding suitable weapons for themselves, forging alliances with dangerous people such as Dr. Starline and Dr. Eggman along the way. However, they always fail, which only makes them even more angry than before.

### Neutral

* Dr. Eggman
* Orbot
* Cubot
* Metal Sonic
* Dr. Starline (Formerly)

### Enemies

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Miles"Tails"Prower
* Tangle the Lemur
* Whisper the Wolf
* Amy Rose
* Knuckles the Echidna
* Rouge the Bat
* E-123 Omega