Amy Rose

**Amy Rose** (エミー・ローズ, *Emī Rōzu*?) is a character that appears in 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 declared herself his girlfriend and has attempted to win his heart by any means in many of their adventures. She wields the Piko Piko Hammer, which 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 very short temper and her infatuation with Sonic makes her short-sighted 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 light green eyes and peach skin covering her muzzle, inner ears, and arms. She has a small black nose, triangular ears on top of her head, 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 pointy tail.

For attire, Amy wears a red sleeveless and backless dress with two white trims and a white petticoat underneath, tall red boots with a white stripe down the center, white cuffs and gray soles, 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. For attire, Amy wears an orange-ruffled or pleated skirt, a green puffy-sleeved shirt with a white collar and cuff bands, white and lavender sneakers with orange shoelaces, white wrist-length gloves, and a red ribbon headband.

At one point in her young lifestyle, she wears the red dressing and red boots similar to what she would normally wearing.

On special occasions, Amy has worn different outfits:

* For Extreme Gear competitions, Amy wears a white and rose dress-like tank top; rose sweatpants with a white stripe on each side; white wrist-length gloves with visible seams, along with red wristbands with a single yellow stripe in the middle; and red sport shoes with white stripes, white shoelaces caught on yellow triangular-hooked eyelets, and gray soles. She also retains her standard hairband.
* During the *Olympic* Games, Amy has worn a number of different outfits depending on the event and the environments she faces:
	+ For regular sporting events in the summer, she wears a rose mini dress similar to her normal dress, but with white shoulder straps, with the addition of black shorts underneath it; and rose sports shoes with white stripes, white cuffs, white shoelaces caught on yellow triangular hooked eyelets, and gray soles. She also wears white wrist-length gloves along with rose wristbands with a single white stripe and retains her standard hairband.
	+ For winter and equestrian events, she wears a rose parka dress, also similar to her normal dress, but with a pink collar and two dark pink drawstrings hanging from it, with white pom-poms decorating them at the ends; black tights, white wrist-length gloves with pink cuffs at the wrists with a single rose stripe in the middle and rose and white-zipped boots with yellow detailing and pink and rose cuffs. She also wears her standard hairband.
	+ For swimming and gymnastic events, she wears a red sleeveless one-piece swimsuit with two white trims, a white-rimmed skirt with a red trim, and red flats. She also wears her standard hairband, gloves, and bracelets.
* During an incident involving Puyo Puyos, Amy wore a red Puyo Puyo cap; a pink, sleeveless hoodie with a cyan stripe down the middle, and a yellow, flower-shaped button at the top; emerald green wristbands; yellow shorts with pink hearts and a crimson belt; long, purple socks; tall, crimson boots with a stripe of the same color down the center, and white soles. Her outfit closely resembles the protagonist of *Puyo Puyo Fever*, Amitie.
* Once, Amy wore a Gothic-styled outfit that consisted of a black and white hat with two ribbons; black gloves with dark gray and white cuffs; a black and white-rimmed dress adorned with white buttons, black ribbons, and two dark gray buns; and black shoes.
* Once, Amy wore a baseball player-esque outfit that consisted of a red and white cap; a red and white baseball jersey with white short sleeves, and the text "Amy Rose" written in a black font along with the number "93", and red buttons; red and white baseball gloves; white pants with red stripes down the sides; red socks; and red shoes with white stripes, no shoelaces, and light-gray soles.
* Once, Amy wore a winter holiday-themed outfit that included a green bow on her head; a red, short-sleeved button-down shirt with yellow trimming and buttons; a green overall dress similar to her usual dress, with yellow buttons and embroidered patterns, an embroidered candy cane, and a white, woolly trim; white gloves with white, woolly wrist cuffs; white and red striped stockings; green boots with white, woolly cuffs, red ribbons that have red laces with white, woolly pom-poms at the ends, and black and yellow soles.
* Once, Amy wore a knight-themed outfit, with primarily silver and red armor plating, a gold and cyan necklace with a red jewel encased in gold attached, red and gold shoulder pads, white, yellow, and scarlet elbow-high gloves with silver and gold block-like cuffs, white boots, with gold accents and dark pink soles, a white and dark red skirt, a V-shaped gold and silver plate of armor on her brow that has a red jewel in the middle, white and gold armor on her ears, red, silver, and gold feather-shaped armor on either side of her head, and a small silver helmet running from the top to the back of her head. She also wields a gold, red, white, and silver hexagonal-shaped hammer.
* Once and in a Valentine's Day artwork, Amy wore a chef-themed outfit, which consisted of her wearing a red headscarf, a white shirt with frills at the sleeves under a scarlet apron with white frills at the end of the skirt and a white heart in the center, and scarlet boots with gray soles, white cuffs with a frilly design, and a small black stripe running down the middle of each. She also wore her standard gloves and bracelets.
* Once, Amy wore a swimsuit identical to the swimsuit she wears in *Sonic X*, which consisted of a matching red bikini top and skirt with yellow hearts patterned all over them, white wrist-length gloves with small, gold bracelets for cuffs, a red hairband with yellow hearts on either side of her head, and red slip-on shoes with green and purple stripes going across them and yellow hearts on the outside of either shoe.
* During the Paradox Prism saga, Amy wore a slightly different version of her normal red dress which covered her entire back, shoulders, and upper legs, in addition to sporting white-trimmed armholes.
* In *The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog*, Amy wore a red/dark pink dress with a yellow band around the waist, fluffy blue armbands, red/pink shoes, and she had a small cake bauble offset to the left side of her hairband.

## Trivia

* Amy Rose is the first female character within the video games and the most recurring female character across the *Sonic the Hedgehog* video games/franchise.
	+ Conceptually, Amy is the second female character after Madonna to be created by Naoto Ohshima for the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series.
* As of *Sonic Origins Plus*, Amy is the first female character in the series to get an actual Super form (as well as Hyper form) by the Chaos Emeralds.
	+ Overall, Amy is the second female character within the franchise's timeline to have a super transformation, following Blaze the Cat in *Sonic Rush*.
* Amy's surname, Rose, can be considered a play on words. A rose is a flower that is connected with love, which can be related to her crush on Sonic. It is also a play on her color, because in French, *rose* translates to pink, her fur color. "Amy", could also be derived from the Japanese word 笑み (emi, *笑み*?), meaning *smile*, related to her cute personality. It could also be derived from the French name "Aimée", which means *beloved*, which also fits with her connection to love.
* Amy has lived in different locations across the series; in *Sonic Adventure*, she lived alone in a rented apartment in downtown Station Square. In *Sonic Battle* though, her place was moved to Central City, possibly due to Perfect Chaos' attack on Station Square. In *Sonic Comic*, however, she was shown living in a remote house in what appeared to be a plain.
* In *The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog*, Amy became the second character to celebrate their birthday in-universe to start a plot. The first was Sonic the Hedgehog, whose birthday celebration kickstarted the plot of *Sonic Generations*, released almost twelve years earlier.
	+ While the exact date of Amy's birthday has not been specified, a picture of the website of Hot Honey, her favorite band, during the time of *The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog*, displayed the date "May 8", implying that she was born somewhere around May.
* In the Sega CD version of *Sonic the Hedgehog CD* in North America, Amy was referred to as "**Princess Sally**" in the game manual, possibly to connect her to the *Sonic the Hedgehog* television series released that same year. However, she was named "Amy" in the European manual for *Sonic the Hedgehog CD* and subsequent re-releases of the game removed references of Sally's name when referring to Amy.
* If *Sonic the Fighters* is to be believed, Amy did not wear undergarments in the time before the Chaos incident; harmless pink fur covered her body underneath her skirt. This was not changed in the 2012 remaster. In addition to this, Amy's muzzle and arms were colored the same white hue as her sclera instead of peach in the original arcade release of the game due to color palette limitations, although pre-rendered graphics featured her with the correct colors. This was not fixed in the *Sonic Gems Collection* release, but was in the 2012 remaster.

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* Strangely, Amy appears in the French guide for *Sonic & Knuckles*, even though she makes no appearance whatsoever in the game. In that guide, it was said that Amy had been kidnapped by Knuckles.
* All of the cars Amy has driven in racing games have been old-fashioned convertibles, similar to how Sonic has driven sports cars and how Knuckles drives off-roaders.
* Amy Rose was one of Lisa Ortiz's favorite roles to do voice work for.Template:Citation needed
* Amy being Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend is actually a mythology gag based on her counterpart Amy, the girlfriend of Nicky, from the 1992 manga. Her personality seems to be very similar to that of her counterpart as well.

## Gallery

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1. ↑ *Sonic Advance 3* (Game Boy Advance) United States instruction booklet, pg. 16.
2. ↑ "AMY" (in Japanese). *ソニックアドベンチャー オペレーションガイド*. SoftBank. January 1999. p. 102. ISBN 978-4757203006. "今はステーションスクエアのダウンタウンで、アパートを借りて一人暮らしをしている。 (She currently lives alone in a rented apartment in downtown Station Square.)"
3. ↑ Eitaro Toyoda (2018). "Amy Rose in... Exciting Fortune Telling". *Sonic the Hedgehog: Hero Edition*. Tomy.