Tails Doll

## Facts

### Info

Tails doll is a character that appears in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series. It is a stuffed animal created by Dr. Robotnik in the image of Miles "Tails" Prower. It was used during the World Grand Prix incident in an attempt to catch Sonic the Hedgehog unguarded. Tails Doll was not created by a member of the *Sonic R* design team, but rather a background artist who later went on to be the lead background artist of *Sonic Lost World*. The creator of Tails Doll appears to be Yoshitaka Miura, who joined Sega in 1997 as a background artist for *Sonic Adventure*. According to Kazuyuki Hoshino, Tails Doll originated as a shootable gimmick in Eggman's base in *Sonic Adventure*, which was in development during the same time as *Sonic R*.

### Appearance

Tails Doll is a mere stuffed animal in design. It greatly resembles Tails, sharing the same head bangs, twin-tails, and it even features orange and white stitching similar to the fox's fur. It has red feet with a white stripe over each foot, similar to Sonic's shoes. It also has a gray zipper leading from the back of its head to its lower back. Additionally, Tails Doll has a metal antenna protruding from the top of its head with a red orb at the end, which serves as its power source.

### History

#### *Sonic R*

In *Sonic R*, Tails Doll was manufactured by Dr. Robotnik to catch Sonic unguarded during the World Grand Prix, in which Robotnik had tricked Sonic into participating in to help him find the Chaos Emeralds. The plan was then for Tails Doll, along with Robotnik and his other minions, to join the World Grand Prix as participants and be ready to attack Sonic and claim the Chaos Emeralds from him when the time was right. In the end however, Sonic and his allies secured the Chaos Emeralds without Tails Doll and the others getting their hands on them.

### Personality

Tails Doll has displayed little to no personality of its own. However, despite being a mere stuffed animal, it does possess some autonomy, such as being able to pose victoriously after a winning a race.

### Powers and abilities

Tails Doll is able to move at super speeds, enough to compete in the World Grand Prix. Despite its meager form, it exhibits considerable ability in races due to its lightweight design. It is also capable of levitation and is able to float in the air for an extensive amount of time, even longer than Tails himself.

### Trivia

* While it is classified as a "robot", its description makes no mention of mechanical parts other than its power plant. Its actual body is just a stuffed plush toy, with no mention of an endoskeleton. However, it is still able to move and its winning animation depicts it raising its arms with no explainable reason.
* Although not the same character, in *Sonic Adventure* there are doll versions of Tails, Sonic, and Knuckles that are used as target practice dummies for Eggman's robots (such as E-102 Gamma in Final Egg). They appear incapable of moving on their own as Tails Doll can.
* Tails Doll is popular on the Internet, where people make up horror stories called creepypastas about it. Its scary nature is reflected by Archie Comics, as evidenced in a "Sonic-Grams" where the person answering the letters said he could not mention how Tails Doll would impact the story because he was too scared. They further referenced the creepypastas when Tails Doll revealed its ability to transform into a horrid monster. Sonic even refers to it as creepy.
* In *LEGO Dimensions*, if Sonic interacts with Peter Venkman, he will tell the Ghostbuster that he saw Tails Doll and wants him to take a look at it. Tails Doll also makes a cameo appearance in Marble Zone in *Lego Dimensions* as a LEGO teddy bear.