Sonic the Hedgehog

### Likes

Fast moving things, cool music, running, chilli dogs, making new friends, freedom, truth, adventures, stopping Eggman, breakdancing, relaxing, challenges, racing, saving the world, showing off, proving that he is the fastest, speed, having time for himself, joking around with his enemies, peace and serenity, Green Hill, Seaside Hill, Planet Wisp, "old World"-like locations, Grand Metropolis and similar places, interacting with different cultures, his Werehog abilities, reading (specially on rainy days)

### Dislikes

Dr. Eggman, the word "slow", tears, lies, evil, deep water, being underwater, injustice, being constrained, his friends threatened, crookedness, bullies, secrecy, losing, slowness, boredom, Amy flirting with him, when Amy gets angry, when Amy brings out her hammer, insults directed at his speed, waiting, being impersonated and thought to have turned evil, having to quit a battle, when someone claims to be faster than him, being unable to run, Twinkle Park and similar places

## Relationships

### Siblings

Manic the Hedgehog (Younger Brother)
Sonia the Hedgehog (Younger Sister)

### Other relatives

Chuck the Hedgehog (Uncle)
Aman-Rapi (Ancestor)

## Voice Actors

### Other VA's

Aiman Afandi Mohd Nadzari (Malay)
Alexandre Gillet (French)
Ángel de Gracia (Spanish)
Christian Hedlund (Swedish)
Daniel Magon (Hebrew)
Even Bergan (Norwegian)
Gonçalo Carvalho (Portuguese)
Ignacio Castaño (Galician)
Jan Makino (German)
Joey Schalker (Dutch)
Joonathan Kettunen (Finnish)
Josu Díaz (Basque)
Luka Starman (Croatian)
Manolo Rey (Brazilian Portuguese)
Marcin Hycnar (Polish)
Máté Szabó (Hungarian)
Michal Michálek (Czech)
Mihai Dăscălescu (Romanian)
Muhammad Aytoni (Arabic)
Ngọc San (Vietnamese)
Nugraha Sukma Ramadhan (Indonesian)
Ohm Plengkham (Thai)
Panagiotis Apostolopoulos (Greek)
Pelle Emil Hebsgaard (Danish)
Renato Novara (Italian)
Revant Bhatia (Hindi)
Roger Isasi (Catalan)
Sang-hyun Um (Korean)
Sercan Gidişoğlu (Turkish)
Weebz Herrera (Filipino)

**Sonic the Hedgehog** (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ, *Sonikku za Hejjihoggu*) is an anthropomorphic hedgehog born with the ability to run faster than the speed of sound, hence his name. As his species implies, Sonic can also roll up into a concussive ball, primarily to attack enemies.

Born on Christmas Island, Sonic abandoned his home at an early age to pursue danger and adventures. Becoming a carefree adventurer, he has spent most of his life traveling around the world and far beyond, usually in his beloved Tornado with his best friend, Tails, as his sidekick. A free-spirited and fun-loving adventurer, he has used his abilities to defend his world and those far beyond from the forces of evil, especially his arch-nemesis, Dr. Eggman, and his empire.

During his many adventures, Sonic has traveled from the ends of the world to the far reaches of space and time, facing countless trials that have tested him to the fullest, earning him many titles, allies, and the scorns of several foes. Well-known for his legendary attitude and somewhat short temper, yet strong sense of justice, compassion, and love for freedom and adventure, Sonic's countless victories over the villains he has faced and his extraordinary set of abilities both have given him somewhat of a celebrity status, having many fans who yearn for his cool lifestyle. However, he does not care about that at all and continues to run freely to this day.

## Description

### Appearance

Sonic is a slim anthropomorphic hedgehog with blue fur that covers most of his body, and peach skin that covers his arms, muzzle, insides of his ears and front torso. He has small, triangular ears on top of his head, six long quills on the back of his head, two spines protruding from his back behind his shoulders, and a short tail.

For attire, Sonic wears red boots with a white strap, cuff and gold buckle each; and a pair of white gloves with sock-like cuffs on the hands.

### Personality

Sonic is said to be "like the wind", a drifter that is always on the move and is noted for being free-spirited and with an endless appetite for adventure, whose motto is, "*Run daily whenever in the mood*". Going wherever the flow takes him, Sonic values freedom above all else and strives to live his life according to his own rules and whims rather than the standards of those around him or for the sake of heroism and duty, never thinking twice about what other people say or think. Because of this, he does not see himself as a "hero". Owning to his love of freedom, he is also a very independent guy who is willing to live and die by his own rules.

Born to run and loving to cover as much ground as possible, Sonic enjoys nothing more than adventure and traveling around the world. This is because he believes life should be exciting. In fact, the ways of his heart are much like the Sun; the hedgehog runs and rests, while the Sun rises and sets. The hedgehog also loves interacting with the many cultures present on the planet, and enjoys tasting the regional dishes, specially chili dogs; because of this, he likes to call himself a connoisseur. Endowed with a strong passion for enjoying life, he is never in one place for long and always moves forward to look for his next challenge, viewing his life as a never-ending series of adventures. Because of his need for freedom, the hedgehog loathes the idea of being constrained; being cooped up or being forced to stay in one place tends to make him very uneasy and restless. By the time of the War to Take Back the Planet, however, Sonic appears to have somewhat overcome his stir-craziness, remaining calm and snarky even after being imprisoned aboard the Death Egg for six months. Nevertheless, he does enjoy a few indoor activities, such as reading, specially on rainy days. Some books he reads include the *Arabian Nights* and *King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table*. Needless to say though, his primary passion is speed, and as such, he likes anything fast;*Sonic Jam* (Sega Saturn) Character House, if there is anything he prefers to take slow, it is a vacation.

Sonic's demeanor is normally easygoing, calm, and carefree, no matter the crisis. However, he is generally impatient as he hates boredom, cannot hold still, and can be impulsive and short-tempered.Because of this, Sonic can be reckless and quick to act before thinking, throwing himself into trouble without a second thought and regards for others' warnings, to the point that he has awknowledged that his speed has gotten him in all kinds of conflicts. Nevertheless, he is honest, fearless, and always keeps his promises.

Sonic's personality is a juxtaposition of kindness and ferocity. He is extremely benevolent, driven by his own strong sense of justice and fair play, being driven to fight injustice for the ideal of freedom rather than in the name of the law. He is similarly always looking for the truth. Due to this, Sonic is never the one to rest in the face of injustice or oppression, and he always protects and fights for the underdog. He similarly hates lies, unfairness, and evil in all its forms, exploding with anger when witnessing anything unjust and doing all he can to snuff it out, throwing his life on the line without hesitation. and never asks for anything in return for his heroic deeds; to him, the smiles he brings to others is all the reward he needs. However, he usually sees his heroics as an opportunity to have fun, making him a thrill-seeker; to him, saving the world is no big feat and just another thrilling episode in his life. When he finds himself in a pinch, he acts as though nothing can stop him. However, this keen and intense personality can make him seem reckless. In times of crisis, though, he is aggressive and focuses intensely on the task at hand as if his personality has undergone an astonishing change. At the same time, Sonic has a big and kind heart and is fully committed to helping out anyone in need at any time when they are in trouble, even if it means getting himself into trouble or being despised by others.

Sonic has a lot of self-confidence and courage, making him believe that he can do anything as long as he is brave enough. Whenever he finds himself in a tough chalenge, he never tries to "cheer himself up"; rather, he thinks that people should refresh and believe in themselves rather than the previous option, and is always like "whatever will be, will be". His signature positive attitude is where his massive internal ego comes from; he thinks that he and his friends will always find a way out of any situation and that he can be unstoppable, and takes great pride in his absolutely unbeatable speed and strength. However, this attitude sometimes leads to him underestimating his enemies and the task at hand. Nevertheless, this ego is not to be confused with narcissism, as Sonic does not see himself as more important than others. No matter the threat or how dangerous it is, he always remains cool under pressure.

## Powers and Abilities

Sonic the Hedgehog's years of battle have made him a master, self-taught, skilled, and powerful fighter ever since his never-ending battles with his archenemy, Dr. Eggman, despite not having undergone any known training. Sonic has defeated Dr. Eggman, giant robots, demons, god-like beings, and his rivals on his own; gone up against those with far more combat experience; and even beaten individuals who equally match his speed. It has also been stated and most evident showing Sonic is steadily growing stronger; during the Time Eater incident (Sonic Generations), Sonic beats the Egg Emperor and Perfect Chaos on his own where he had previously required the power of the super form to beat them. He even told Infinite upon holding his own against him, compared to the previous time they fought, Sonic becomes more powerful every second. This confirms that Sonic is far more powerful than he lets on. His victories over Emerl at the Gizoid’s maximum potential and Perfect Chaos in his base form are prime examples of his true power.

### Powers

* **Superhuman Speed:** Sonic's main trademark and greatest strength, is his super speed. He has proven himself the most powerful and highly skilled to be in class of his trademark super speed, the most innate talent that the blue hedgehog has ever possesses, Sonic has been nicknamed and credited as the best and well-known as "the fastest thing alive", “the world fastest supersonic hedgehog”, or just simply as “the world’s fastest hedgehog”, and he has proven even as the fastest being in the universe. Sonic had the power and ability to instantly run at super speed, and can accelerate more faster than the speed of sound by moving at supersonic speeds that exceeded in Mach 1, which is at the blistering speed of about 768 mph, and can run backward just as well as he can forwards. Due to such speed, Sonic can scale vertical surfaces and ceilings, run over water, outspeed lasers, run through Dr. Eggman’s robots by knocking them out, and even cause the ground to explode and lift off in his wake. Even then, Sonic can take his speed even further; by revving up in one place, he can take off at turbo speeds in an instant, speeding up, and can run at supersonic speeds called Mach Speed. He can also envelop himself in a blue energy field called the Sonic Boost, a powerful supersonic speed projectile that allows him to run and accelerate at full supersonic speeds, allowing him to smash straight through his enemies, destroying them and can also smash against the other obstacles that are in his way, in a beyond the sound barrier on both the ground and in midair for a short time; he can use the other similar variant version of his Sonic Boost which is called the Sonic Boom, that allows him to dash at his enemies at supersonic speed by drawing up wind around him, before using it to launch himself forward with a burst of speed so great that it breaks the sound barrier, and can also use another variant of his Boost, by using his Soul Gauge that allows him to boost with the most destructible speed called the Speed Break which allows him accelerate to such speeds that he creates a sonic boom, while streaks of fire are released in his slipstream. Sonic can also create afterimages of himself as he enters in super-speed/hyper-speed mode that surpasses his regular running super speed as he can run and move faster than the speed of sound. Sonic had the power of his super speed, not only by smashing straight through his enemies or the obstacles like a living projectile, but is able to fly at immense distances through midair at high speed. Using his certain techniques, Sonic can achieve light-speed momentarily at the speed of light. Sonic can use his signature speed to run at powerful speeds than 1,231 km/h. It is also stated that Sonic is "the world’s fastest hedgehog", where he can run at speeds from 6,180 km/h to 12,360 km/h. He is sometimes referred to as "the fastest thing alive" and can also run backwards as fast as he does forwards, being the speed type leader and member of Team Sonic. Thanks to his powerful super speed, Sonic can run through walls and buildings, run on water and do turns. There have been several occasions and evidence where Sonic has the power to exceed the Speed of Light. Sonic’s signature spinning maneuvers allows him while running faster, to use his power and ability to curl into a concussive spinball form which is his main primary attack against his enemies ever since Sonic first appeared in the first and original Sonic the Hedgehog (1991); Sonic can easily move at super speed while using his powerful trademark and signature Spin Attack, to curl into powerful spinning ball attack form whenever he runs or jumps, Sonic spins into a spiky ball with which he can move at high speeds against his enemies or obstacles. Sonic can reach at the Speed of Light, he can use the Light Speed Attack and the Light Speed Dash to achieve light speed moves. His speed seems to have no weakness, showing that Sonic never exhausts from running, Sonic can use his blue aura energy to power up his normal state and his super speed, he uses invulnerability to defeat powerful enemies by using his speed, Sonic had full complete control and professionalism with his supersonic speed. Sonic additionally proves to be adept at running in full tight circles as he is not exposed to the impotence of just running in a straight line. Although he seems to run uncontrollable speeds, Sonic can control his trademark super speed as shown; he can easily attack and dodge robots with his incredible speed and his enhanced agility. Sonic can use his sonic speed for his other powers; He has the ability to launch shockwaves by spinning in his ball form at high speeds, create shields with his speed, heal himself by vibrating his body at super speeds, and the ability to send out strong gusts of wind with super-fast movements, which can use to attack his opponents, similar to aerokinesis. Sonic has been seen using his signature speed to travel through time, and is capable of restoring spacetime. Sonic is capable of using his speed to progressively increase over time. Sonic is able to run up walls and ceilings, also Sonic uses his speed to quickly attack and defeat his arch-enemy Dr. Eggman, in his pilot transport vehicle Egg Mobile, and his powerful giant robots with his powerful speed and his numerous abilities. Sonic can use his power and ability to increase his own powerful speed; his signature Sonic Boost. Sonic uses his speed with his hand-to-hand combat skills, where he fights in hand-to-hand combat. He had the ability to use his speed to possess an awesome acrobatic skills, agility and good reflexes, being able to dodge bullets, lasers, robots and attacks from beings with great speed, which makes him skilled at avoiding tiny obstacles with precise jumps and delicate movements, this also includes being able to perform double jumps and wall jumps. Whenever Sonic dashes into the air, he can perform all kinds of tricks before landing to the ground. He possesses his speed to perform incredible jumping skills and abilities, being able to jump up to hundreds of meters at high speeds, and dashing as the figure eight-like blue blur appears around his feet as they can move way faster. Sonic can also perform flash sword attacks from him while using his speed. It is unknown what Sonic's unaided top speed is. During the Emerl incident, it was stated Sonic can run and move several times the speed of sound and when facing Emerl, Sonic went at least ten rounds with him in less than thirty seconds. He is also able to run in circles around an enemy at such an incredible speeds allowing him to stun it. However, some sources claimed that Sonic's maximum speed ranged between Mach 1-2. It has often been stated that Sonic can move at supersonic speeds (which ranges from 915-3,840 mph). There are many records that have stated that Sonic can instantaneously reach the speed of light (about 671,000,000 mph); E-123 Omega himself calculated that Sonic's speed could potentially exceed light speed and the hedgehog has boasted that light speed is "small time" to him. Additionally, during the Little Planet incident, Sonic was able to enter the Time Warp, which required him an energy to run at speeds exceeding the speed of light. Sonic’s trademark super speed allows him to achieve speed movements even further and can travel back in time. His trademark super speed also allows him to perform several fast attacks and movements, Sonic’s trademark red and white shoes is said to have given him a power to possess his super speed allegedly. Sonic had the power of his super speed to perform several different fast movements and as such, Sonic gains his speed to attack his powerful enemies so fast, using his speeding skills, and can run across the streets and roads. Sonic’s speed is so great that he can easily outrun the Orca and GUN’s military Truck at high speeds, Sonic had the ability of his super speed to run daily with his molecule acceleration. His speed also allows him to perform several impressive energy feats; he can launch shockwaves by spinning rapidly, heal at rapid speeds, leap in midair, launch stunning waves with fast kicks, increase more powerful force of his blows by striking with an increased momentum, and can create the barriers of super speed. He can also spin in circles or rotate his extremities at super speed to create winds strong enough to attack or blow away the powerful opponents, similar to aerokinesis, in the Time Eater incident (Sonic Generations) the space-time of the universe is erased by Time Eater, but Sonic using only his speed managed to restore it, in Sonic Forces in his battle against Infinite, who has the power of the phantom ruby to create Null Space, which is a place where nothing exists, meaning that even nothingness itself, it doesn't stop the hedgehog from surpassing his own speed and escaping the impossible to escape place where nothing exist, this is probably the maximum speed feat made by the Sonic the Hedgehog in the games franchise.
	+ **Superhuman Agility and Reflexes:** Sonic possesses astounding kineticism and precision, and has the reaction time to match his speed. He has profoundly enhanced acrobatic skills and enhanced agility, along with incredible lightning-fast reflexes that lets him avoid any incoming obstacles with precise and delicate movements, and dodges. As seen in his first meeting and first fight with Silver the Hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Sonic can even detect attacks beyond his field of vision due to his sharp reflexes. When launched into the air, he can also pull off several tricks before landing. Sonic also has incredible enhanced jumping skills, capable of jumping up to several hundred meters, even with extra weight.
* **Superhuman Stamina:** Sonic has demonstrated complete mastery of his speed in any other environment and can use it for both high-speed offense and defense. Not only can he run at maximum tilt in straight lines, he can also run in full tight circles and can go through sharp turns with full control over his momentum. Sonic’s speed allows him to run more at greater speeds, as far as his enhanced stamina goes, Sonic's powers and abilities of his trademark super speed, is seemingly limitless and more immense, as he is never winded from running.
* **Superhuman Strength:** Sonic possesses his enhanced strength. He can push and lift things bigger and heavier than himself, run without extra weight slowing him down, smash through Eggman’s robots, metal and rock, and damage his powerful foes. His strength is shown as Sonic overwhelms Eggman’s pilot transport vehicle called Egg Mobile, and his giant robots; Death Egg Robot, Big Arms, Giant Eggman Robo, Egg Viper, Egg-Cerberus, Egg-Genesis, Egg-Wyvern, Egg Dragoon, and god-like monsters; Chaos, Biolizard, Iblis, Solaris, Ifrit, Dark Gaia, and Mist Dragon countless times his size. It is unknown how to determine whether Sonic’s power comes from his speed, strength, agility, or combination of both. Sonic's strength particularly lies in his legs; with a single kick, he can knock out entire Egg Gunners, and can topple the Egg Golem and send Badniks flying. This does not mean that Sonic's arms are not strong either; he has enough strength to tear those robots apart with his bare hands, Sonic can punch through Egg Fighters as he dashes through them with his speed, he can even punch through collapsed wall. Sonic is strong and powerful enough to routinely trades blows with the tremendously strong Knuckles the Echidna, and is considered as equals with the similarly powerful Shadow the Hedgehog. Sonic's signature spinning maneuvers can easily smash through obstacles, and he has demolished a mountain top with chains durable enough to hold the little planet in place. Sonic's arms are very powerful too; He can smash and defeat the hordes of large robots and other powerful enemies with his fist, and can throw a small rock with his supersonic speeds.
* **Superhuman Sense:** Sonic's quills can sense nearby dangers, which they warn him about by creating a tingling sensation. A similar precognitive ability of his that allows him to sense nearby danger comes in the form of sneezing. Sonic has also demonstrated the ability to transfer his speed throughout various parts of his body, allowing him to immediately set off from stationary positions and even channel it into objects to speed up their movements and make them pierce through solid objects as he does while running.
* **Superhuman Durability** Sonic has frequently demonstrated extreme resilience to damage thanks to his enhanced durability. He can survive getting caught in the crossfire from all angles by Eggman's robots (which only knocked him out cold briefly), withstand the force of a massive explosion and a Hyper-go-on-based void unscathed, being pummeled with swords, in the Angel Island incident, Sonic is able to resist a powerful punch from Knuckles the Echidna from his foot, smash through several robots with his fist without discomfort, and take a ruthless pummeling from the Time Eater. Additionally, Sonic has more than once survived impacts from falls at extreme heights, bordering at the edge of space, only to shake it off when landing, and has even withstood atmospheric entry.
* **Moves and Techniques:**
	+ **Spin Attack:** Sonic's main trademark and core offensive maneuver is his Spin Attack, a powerful technique where he curls into a concussive ball or cutting disk and directs himself at his targets. With it, Sonic can shred or burrow through just about any substance given enough speed and hit with enough force against his enemies and to pierce colossal boulders. Highly adept in its usage, Sonic can utilize his several trademark variants of the Spin Attack for both grounded and aerial maneuvers, including Spin Jump, Spin Dash, Homing Attack, the Light Speed Attack, which attacks at the speed of light, the super-charged Focused Homing Attack, and Drop Dash.
* **Chaos Control:** Sonic has also demonstrated the ability to harness Chaos Emerald energy for his own use; with a Chaos Emerald, Sonic can perform the chaos power; Chaos Control, and occasionally gain a boost in power.
* **Time Travel:** Sonic has the interesting ability to travel through time in Sonic CD by using Time Warp Posts. He does this by gaining speed and maintaining it when passing one, which causes flashes of light to come out of his body before warping to the past or the future.

### Abilities

* **Hand-To-Hand Combat Skills/Martial Arts:** Even without using his Spin Attack, Sonic is a master and skilled hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist. He mostly relies on his fast footwork since the majority of his power lies in his legs, although he has been known to use his fists and arms too, albeit in a rather straightforward manner. Sonic is able to engage his opponents on his own with his incredible full hand-to-hand combat skills and martial art skills with his speed and intensity against his rivals and other several opponents; Sonic is able to match his speed against his friendly rival, Knuckles the Echidna, who is the stronger combatant as Sonic's speed is able to match against Knuckles' strength very equally in combat, Sonic engages his fight against his robotic doppelgänger and his first rival, Metal Sonic, who can copy Sonic's speed and other techniques, Sonic is also able to match his speed against his look-alike, Shadow the Hedgehog, who is the only one who is shown equal to Sonic's powers and abilities but neither of them are outmatched as they withstand in equal combat, Sonic is capable of fighting against Silver the Hedgehog, who only relies on his psychokinesis in combat in which Sonic easily defeats him by foot sweeping him in the leg. When fighting Emerl, who copies Sonic's abilities, Sonic quickly overpowers him in hand-to-hand combat in seconds, Sonic even beats Zavok in close combat in a final showdown.
	+ **Fighting Style:** Sonic’s fighting style is mostly derived from break-dancing attack moves which utilize Sonic's legs to their fullest, allowing him to deliver swift and wide-ranged kicks such as using his similar martial art move called Capoeira. Sonic uses his hand-to-hand combat skills and martial art skills to perform his punching and kicking before unleashing his powerful delivery blows, more several blows, fast-spinning kicks, and final blows at his opponents. He may not be the material of strength, but Sonic makes up for it in speed in combat, which Sonic use to deliver lighting-fast strike attacks in a short time. Sonic has also been known to use flying forward kicks, split kicks, and scissor kicks. Sonic was also shown during the scabbard of Excalibur incident to excel in swordsmanship. Even as a rookie swordsman, Sonic could beat a dragon and after receiving formal training, he could best master swordsmen like the Knights of the Round Table. In addition to using advanced techniques, Sonic can apply his speed to his swordplay for quick and swift slashes, and become a buzzsaw by spinning with his sword, enabling him to slice clean through several enemies. Sonic has also learned the martial art of Lin Shao Kung Fu, though he is yet to be seen using it. Sonic is also shown in *Sonic Frontiers* to be able to defeat his enemies, using his full quick hand-to-hand combat and martial art attacks, powerful barrages, and homing attacks. For his more powerful attacks, Sonic uses his Spin Attacks, Spin Dashes, and Homing Attacks. Sonic applies his various martial arts and techniques to attack his opponents. Many of his techniques are based on his Capoeira movements and break-dancing attack movements, in this way Sonic can launch strong and powerful punches and kicks. Many of Sonic's fighting moves are based on hedgehogs' tendency to roll up into a ball for protection; he can use it to attack his many enemies. Since Sonic’s first appearance in the first and original Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) up until then, Sonic's main offensive maneuver is the Spin Attack which he attacks mostly whenever he runs or jumps. Sonic coils and spins into a spiky ball with which he can break, move or crush enemies or obstacles. In the following games he would use other attacks based on his main attack. Two of his new attack versions of Spin Attack would soon become his main attacks: the Spin Dash introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and the Homing Attack, which was officially introduced in Sonic Adventure. Sonic’s combat skills made him a more experienced and powerful fighter that he can defeat more enemies with his mix of his trademark speed, spin attacks, and combat skills.
* **Indomitable Will:** Sonic possesses an indomitable force of his indomitable will, which he has been possessing his unbreakable and incorruptible spirit; in situations where most others would give up and where he is severely outnumbered and outgunned, Sonic never loses faith in himself and never surrenders. This trait enables him to keep on fighting when utterly exhausted or after taking an abnormal amount of damage. His indomitable strong will even lets him withstand mind-controlling powers, like the corruptive influence of Dark Gaia. Even when possessed by the Ifrit, Sonic was arguably able to occasionally regain control.
* **Driving expert:** Sonic has extraordinary skill in operating vehicles. He has excellent skills at piloting a plane called Tornado which he originally owns, although he leaves it to Miles “Tails” Prower who is a skilled pilot, and Sonic is shown capable of water bike surfing on vessels like the Wave Cyclone. He is also experienced in a variation of sports such as boarding and surfing, and other recreational activities like grinding. As shown during Dodon Pa’s Grand Prix, Sonic is also an expert at driving sport cars such as his original vehicle called Cyclone, and his frequent main vehicle which is none other than Speed Star. He has even demonstrated that he is capable of driving his car sideways and backwards just as well as he can forwards at full speed, and can be able to keep up with other expert drivers like Shadow the Hedgehog while driving from these directions.
* **Extreme Gear Rider:** Sonic has proven himself as a world-class Extreme Gear rider capable of riding on his Blue Star. He is said to move faster than he can run on an Extreme Gear and can go head-to-head with the legendary Wind Masters like Jet the Hawk. Sonic seemingly has a knack for Extreme Gear riding, quickly grasping the controls on his first try and later developing advanced techniques despite being self-taught. After the second World Grand Prix, Sonic can be considered the best Extreme Gear rider in the world, having beaten Metal Sonic in a race, who at that point was an "unbeatable" rider with the skills of the world's finest Extreme Gear riders at his disposal.

### Transformation

* **Super Sonic:** By using the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds, Sonic can enter a Super State that gives him the ability to transform him into a most powerful god-like golden-yellow super form called **Super Sonic**. Easily one of his most powerful forms and his frequently used transformations, Super Sonic is one of Sonic's main strongest and current forms. In this transformation, all of Sonic's powers and abilities far surpass his normal ones; his trademark super speed increases more powerful and more faster that he can freely run at such speeds and fly at speeds, his incredible strength increases so powerful that he can defeat powerful enemies, he has more enhanced agility, and Sonic’s hand-to-hand combat skills increase more greatly in punching and kicking in this form and can outmatch his enemies at few seconds in close combat. This transformation has also grant him godly-powers; He had the ability to fly at high speeds as he combines his powers and abilities with his similar techniques to increase their size and power; which is that he can use his Super Sonic Boost, the enhanced version of his Sonic Boost, to fly at greater speeds, and is nearly invulnerable. However, there is a drawback, as his transformation consumes a lot of Ring Energy, meaning it cannot be maintained for long.
* **Super Sonic Powered Up:** In Sonic Frontiers, after Sonic clears all the trails set of him by the Master King and achieves mastery over his Cyber Corruption, Sonic can power up his Super transformation even further to become **Super Sonic Powered Up**. In this state, Super Sonic's abilities are further enhanced.
* **Super Sonic Cyber:** A extremely powerful form that Sonic achieves when he lets loose the full power of his Cyber Corruption while in his "Super Sonic Powered Up" state. Sonic briefly uses this form to destroy The End which seemingly depletes the energy of his Cyber Corruption and presumably prevents him from becoming Super Sonic Powered Up or **Super Sonic Cyber** again.
* **Hyper Sonic:** By using the power of the seven Super Emeralds, Sonic can achieve an extended and more powerful multi-colored form of Super Sonic called **Hyper Sonic**. This form basically shares the same traits as Super Sonic, except Hyper Sonic commands greater power and all of his Super State abilities are greatly enhanced, with it, he can achieve light speed and agility movements and commands his incredible strength to smash through walls. He can even perform a flash and devastating attack that destroys almost anything in his way and, depending on its usage, allows him to gain more speed or height which allows him to achieve at greater lightspeeds, and just like his Super Sonic form, he also has the ability to fly at great speeds.
* **Hyper Mode:** A enhanced variant of the super transformation. Sonic is capable of using this mode for a brief time on his own by drawing power from the Chaos Emeralds. In Hyper Mode, Sonic's speed, strength, agility, and power are greatly increased.
* **Darkspine Sonic:** By using the power of the World Rings of rage, hatred, and sadness, Sonic can undergo a transformation into the darker and indigo demonic form version of himself called **Darkspine Sonic**. He had the ability to fly in this state, and has greater speed, strength, agility, and unlimited usage of his Soul Gauge powers and as well elemental abilities over flames, wind and darkness and also a demonstrated profound and brutal form of hand-to-hand combat, being capable of delivering powerful punches and kicks in rapid succession. In this form, Sonic can create concentrated flames on his hands and feet to create destructive force behind his attacks and form miniature, yet powerful explosions of flames, and can perform Speed Break and Time Break. However, because of the intense emotions sealed inside the World Rings that Sonic uses to transform, he becomes slightly darker and more violent.
* **Excalibur Sonic:** By using the power of the four sacred swords, Sonic is able to transform into a golden-yellow knight form called **Excalibur Sonic**. This form grants Sonic a strong golden armor with a red cape, the ability to fly, and has greater speed, strength and the power to wield the legendary sacred sword Excalibur. He had increased strength, allowing him to deflect massive sword strikes from powerful enemies with an ease, and the ability to fly at great speed. In addition, Sonic retains his skills in swordsmanship, allowing him to parry the crushing sword strikes and deflect projectiles with just Excalibur and use his ultimate advance attack. He also gains increased acrobatic skills and reflexes that enables him to make spinning rolls in midair to avoid attacks.
* **Sonic the Werehog:** After unwillingly absorbing the corruptive energies of Dark Gaia, Sonic gained the power to turn into a werewolf-like form named **Sonic the Werehog** at nighttime. In this state, Sonic gains his speed (but just physical speed), and still gains his lightning reflexes and agility, but his super speed was exchanged for his enhanced speed instead, meaning that he can run in all four at physical speed. He also gains super strength, sharp claws, extendable arms, and limited energy control, and has a feral moves of combat techniques and abilities of his ferocious, devastating, and powerful attacks. While his strong will prevents him from becoming fully corrupt like most others would, Sonic does gain some minor feral behavior. He permanently lost this form when the energy that granted him his Werehog form was re-absorbed by Dark Gaia.
* **Color Powers:** By harnessing different variants of Hyper-go-on from Wisps, Sonic is able to use the most specific **Color Powers** to transform into a certain form, such as a drill, a laser or even a fireball, each one possessing its own unique abilities. So far, Sonic has been able to transform into the Cyan Laser, Yellow Drill, Blue Cube, Green Hover, Pink Spikes, Purple Frenzy, Violet Void, Orange Rocket, Red Burst, Indigo Asteroid, Magenta Rhythm, Crimson Eagle, Ivory Lightning, Gray Quake, Black Bomb, and Jade Ghost. However, these transformations require a steady supply of Hyper-go-on to be maintained.

### Weaknesses

While not aquaphobic, Sonic is a very poor swimmer, and he is incapable of swimming properly. Furthermore, whilst underwater, Sonic's speed will be greatly decreased.

It has been stated that if Sonic does not sleep for eight hours during the night, it will spoil his running. In addition, he has trouble keeping his balance when coming to a sudden halt when running at high speed.

Because of Sonic's giant internal ego, he often banters and plays around with his enemies. This usually makes him underestimate his opponents and leave his guard down, as seen during his encounter with Infinite in Mystic Jungle during the War to Take Back the Planet and when he got trapped by Eggman onboard the Chaos Energy Cannon at the start of the Dark Gaia incident. Also, his impulsiveness and recklessness can often cause trouble, such as during the Lost Hex incident where he got rid of Eggman's Cacophonic Conch, which Eggman used to keep the Deadly Six in line, before listening to Tails' warnings about the conch.

## Trivia

* Sonic has hay fever.
* Sonic's favorite sport and thing to do in his free time is running.
* While a very rare and inconsistent detail, Sonic's quills will raise if he shows surprise, much like an actual hedgehog.
* Sonic accordingly knows about the existence of Carbuncle and Kirby.
* Out of all of Dr. Eggman's creations that Sonic has destroyed, the only one that has left an impression on him so far is the Egg Dragoon, due to how "overboard" the doctor went with it. However, the one reason why the hedgehog remembers it is because he sent Eggman in his cockpit flying into the horizon as the Werehog after defeating the mech, which he feels he might have "overdone it" in retrospect.
* If Sonic himself were to make a *Sonic* game, he would make it about what he does every day: running through courses that look impossible in real life at super high speeds. However, he would do all of the development in a single week at most, mainly because he cannot stand doing the same thing for years.
* While chili dogs are his favorite by far, Sonic also enjoys curry dogs.
* Out of all of the character proverbs in Japanese, Sonic goes with ***Onsoku Harinezumi*** (音速ハリネズミ, ******Onsoku Harinezumi****** lit. "Supersonic Hedgehog"). He also likes ***Sokusen Sokketsu*** (速戦即決, ******Sokusen Sokketsu****** lit. "Quick Decision").
* Sonic never thinks about the distance between two locations, since to him, everything is just a quick runway; in other words, from his view, everything is at "jogging distance".
* According to Naoto Ohshima, Sonic can speak all languages, because he communicates with his heart.
* Takashi Iizuka says that, while he has never seen it, he knows that Sonic likes bikes.
* Naoto Ohshima once stated that Sonic is a romanticist, and not a daydreamer.
* According to an interview with Yuji Naka, Sonic is likely to have a hamburger Happy Meal from McDonald's after an adventure.
* According to Takashi Iizuka, Sonic does indeed have two separate eyeballs.
* Sonic likes running on water, since he feels incredibly good when doing so and likes the thrill of risking falling underwater at the smallest mistake.
* Sonic is known to support all human rights, in all walks of life.
* According to one of his taunts in *Team Sonic Racing*, Sonic does indeed have blue fur hidden under his gloves.
* Sonic appears to be able to juggle, as it was shown in *Sonic Unleashed* when he was juggling the drained Chaos Emeralds with one hand.
* Takashi Iizuka thinks that Sonic does not watch a lot of *Dragon Ball Z*.
* Sonic not only has at least one spacecraft of his own, but also appears to be the owner of a spaceship company called "Sonic Space".