Amy Rose

**Amy Rose** (エミー・ローズ Emī Rōzu?), formerly known as Rosy the Rascal (ロージー・ザ・ラスカル Rōjī za Rasukaru?), is a fictional character from the *Sonic the Hedgehog series*. She is an anthropomorphic hedgehog with a major crush on Sonic the Hedgehog. Since meeting Sonic on Little Planet, Amy has become his self-proclaimed girlfriend and has attempted to win his heart by any means during their adventures. She wields the Piko Piko Hammer, a powerful melee weapon that she uses with skills second to none and never leaves home without.

Amy is a cheerful, though slightly erratic girl, with a positive attitude and boundless energy. However, she has a scary temper and her infatuation with Sonic makes her shortsighted and a bit obsessive about him, having followed him everywhere since meeting him. Nevertheless, she has a pure heart and will not let anything stop her.

## Appearance

Amy is a pink-furred anthropomorphic hedgehog with green eyes and peach skin on her muzzle and arms. She has a small black nose and no back spines. She also has two medium-length eyelashes on each side of her eyes. Additionally, her five short head quills point downwards, somewhat resembling a bob cut. She also has three spikes for bangs on her head and a short tail.

For attire, Amy wears a red, sleeveless, backless dress with white trim, tall red boots with a white stripe down the center and white cuffs, a red hairband, and white wrist-length gloves with gold bracelets for cuffs.

When she was younger, Amy's five head quills were longer and pointed backward, and she had a single back spine. Her eyes were black and she wore an orange ruffled or pleated skirt, a green shirt with puffed sleeves and a white collar, white and blue sneakers with orange shoelaces, white wrist-length gloves, and a red tie hairband.

During the Olympic Games, Amy sports several different outfits depending on the event and the environments she faces:

* For regular sporting events in the summer, she wears a dress similar to her normal one, but different around the shoulders, with the addition of black shorts underneath it and a different pair of shoes. She also wears white gloves with pink and white cuffs.

* For winter and equestrian events, she wears a pink parka with white trimming, black leggings, and pink boots.

* For swimming and gymnastic events, she wears a red, sleeveless one-piece swimsuit with a white, red-rimmed skirt. She also wears her normal gloves and red slippers.

* In *Sonic Riders*, she wears a white and pink dress-like sleeveless tank top with pink sweatpants with a white stripe on each side, red wristbands with a single yellow stripe, and red and white shoes with yellow detail along with gray laces and gray soles.

## Personality

Somewhat kind and girly, Amy is presented as an over-enthusiastic, but good-natured hedgehog girl with a preference for cute things, sweets, and shopping. In *Sonic the Hedgehog CD*, she was referred to as an "optimistic tomboy" who loves fortunes and uses tarot cards. Because of her tomboyish nature, she became a playable character as a fighter in *Sonic the Fighters*. However, after *Sonic Adventure*, Amy had grown a more feminine personality, such as an interest in shopping and fashion, but that did not remove her tomboyish nature. However, in the later games, she has the personality of a girly girl more so than a tomboy, unlike the earlier games. In the more recent games, Amy has become a bit more obsessive and far more aggressive, much to Sonic's dismay. She often shows her anger by pulling her Piko Piko Hammer out of Hammerspace, sometimes threatening Sonic with it. That being said Amy is rather temperamental, bossy, overbearing, and stubborn, much to the annoyance of a few characters.

In *Sonic Battle*, her attraction towards "Boxercise" plays to both elements of her ever-changing personality: the exercise helps her lose weight to maintain her girlish figure, and boxing helps her train when she's forced to fight. In Sonic Battle, she had shown a very powerful and aggressive attitude, willing to fight whenever necessary.

Despite her aggressive tendencies, Amy has a kind heart, never gives up, and is one of the most optimistic and cheerful characters. Amy is always full of hope and is always cheering on the good side of things. She rarely seems to find anything hopeless, as shown in Sonic Adventure, where she was determined to help the bird who had lost its family.

In *Sonic Adventure 2*, Amy felt strongly that there was a chance for the world to be saved and that people were good (as she told Shadow). Amy is often a likable person she has rarely met anyone who she did not befriend (including Shadow and Blaze). Amy is a cheerful and caring individual, with a positive outlook on life, and an oversweeping infatuation for Sonic.

Since *Sonic Free Riders*, Amy seems to be more bossy and infatuated with Sonic than before. This is most likely due to the more light and humorous nature of recent Sonic games. Amy's personality has added more of a humorous factor in games like *Sonic Colors*, *Sonic Free Riders*, and *Sonic Generations* with her obsession for Sonic, which causes her to say silly and embarrassing things.

Starting from *Sonic Lost World*, Amy appears to have matured. Although Amy maintains her crush on Sonic, she has learned more self-control over her demeanor towards him and is now more caring and level-headed.