Infinite (SP)

## Infinite

Kill the rebels, destroy the world, and then rebuild it in his and Dr. Eggman's image (failed)

### Crime(s)

Mass murder
Attempted genocide
War crimes
Torture
Assault and battery
Terrorism
Destruction of property
Abuse of power
Pollution
Kidnapping
Theft
Malefic
Sabotage
World domination
Brainwashing
Unlawful imprisonment

## Alignment and Character Traits

### Affiliation(s)

* Eggman Empire
	+ Eggman Army

### Occupation

Commander of the Mobian side of Eggman's Army

### Previous Occupation

* Mercenary (abandoned)
* Captain of the Jackal Squad (resigned)

## Personal Statistics

### Fate

Disappeared as his Phantom Ruby copy was pulled towards the reactor, and ultimately consumed by the original Phantom Ruby

### Friend(s)

* Jackal Squad
* Eggman Empire
	+ Dr. Eggman
	+ Dr. Spicer
		- Cubot
		- Orbot
	+ Eggman Army
		- Phantom Copies
	+ Metal Sonic

### Enemies

* Restoration Resistance
	+ Avatar
	+ Amy Rose
	+ Silver
	+ Team Dark
		- E-123 Omega
		- Rouge
		- Shadow
	+ Team Sonic
		- Knuckles
		- "Tails"
		- Sonic
	+ Team Chaotix
		- Vector
		- Espio
		- Charmy

## Items & Equipment

### Attire(s)

* Sharp black and silver gloves
* Pointed black, white, and silver metal hi-tops
* Silver metal mask

## Powers and Abilities

### Power(s)

* Super speed
* Super strength
* Phantom Ruby prototype
	+ Virtual reality manipulation
	+ Flight
	+ Energy projection
	+ Duplication
	+ Size alteration
	+ Gravity manipulation
	+ Teleportation
	+ Spatial manipulation

### Skill(s)

* Enhanced agility
* Enhanced durability
* Grinding
* Swordsmanship

### Moves and Techniques

* Grind Step
* Slide
* Spin Jump
* V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
* Reality Warp
* Phantom Dash
* Phantom Ruby
* Deadly Replica

## Portrayals

### Foreign Voice Actor(s)

* Patrick Borg (French)
* Mario Hassert (German)
* Andrea Bolognini (Italian)
* Jordi Salas (Spanish)

**Infinite**, also known as the "**Ultimate Mercenary**", is both a fictional character and antagonist of the *SKB's* *Sonic Pokémon* series created by Yuji Naka and Ken Sugimori. He is an enhanced anthropomorphic black jackal.

He was also the former captain of a mercenary group, only for him and his squad to fall at the hands of Shadow while during a raid. Ashamed of his loss, Infinite was obsessed of becoming stronger until he is never defeated again.

During which, Infinite was hired by Dr. Eggman to become the leader of his army and was allowed to obtain the Phantom Ruby's power not just only as a means to becoming the strongest, but also to abandon his "weak" past self.

With his newfound power by defeating Sonic, Infinite aided Eggman in his war with his enemies. At a decisive battle's near end though, Infinite engaged Sonic on multiple occasions until he was defeated and taken by the Phantom Ruby.

"*You may call me... **Infinite**... in the brief moments that remain to you.*"

—Infinite, to Sonic.

## Appearance

*Voice Actor*: Liam O'Brien (English), Takashi Kondō (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Bulgarian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Czech), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Patrick Borg (French), Not Known (Galician), Mario Hassert (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hindi), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Andrea Bolognini (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Malay), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Persian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Jordi Salas (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Turkish), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Vietnamese), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (French Creole), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish), Not Known (Taiwanese Mandarin)

### Physical Appearance

Infinite is a mobian jackal with black fur. He has a white fur pattern on his back that resembles a ribcage, a bushy tail with five white tips, and long, white, stiff dreadlocks. His muzzle is white and protruding with cheek tufts, and he has a black nose and noticeable fangs. He has complete heterochromia, with his right eye being blue and his left eye being yellow. There is a large white scar across the right eye.

He wears a white collar around his neck and black gloves with silver designs on the backs, covering his sharp claws. He also wears pointed, metal and black hi-tops, with his personal infinity symbol engraved on the red soles. After abandoning his old identity, Infinite began wearing a silver-colored mask with white and black circular patterns on the inside of the ears, with the right ear being black with white circular patterns and the left being white with black circular patterns.

While his left eye is visible through a red visor, his right eye is covered by a black lightning bolt-shaped piece, similar to an eye-patch, that is connected to his mask's right ear, which glows red when he uses his power. His figure is usually accompanied with a red aura around him.

Infinite possesses the finalized version of the Phantom Ruby copies that is fused to his chest. When Infinite channels the power of the gemstone, he can surround himself in a red aura, with red, glitch-like pixel particles scattered throughout his body.

* Hair Color: Black, white
* Skin Color: N/A
* Eye Color: Blue (right), yellow (left)
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 3'5
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

Before fusing with the Phantom Ruby, Infinite was a violent, heartless, and vicious gun-for-hire whose main interest as a mercenary was to earn bounties. Openly encouraging his subordinates to go for the kill, he had no qualms about taking a life. Beneath the surface, however, he harbored darker, almost unhinged desires for anarchy: when he came contact with the Phantom Ruby, it caused it to reveal his deepest desires in the form of a desolate, war-torn world.

Implied to greatly dislike stagnation and the current world, he admittedly joined the Eggman Empire because he had grown tired and bored of the world, and desired to change it, evidently for the worse, just to provide some amusement. Even before joining the Eggman Empire and acquiring the Phantom Ruby, Infinite was an arrogant individual.

He took pride in his title as the "ultimate mercenary" and believed himself to be a powerful foe, seeing as he denied being weak after having been beaten up by Shadow. He was evidently also nearly fearless; before his encounter with Shadow, he had apparently never experienced fear himself. Even when being on the receiving end of Dr. Eggman's fury, he found the doctor to be little more than an annoyance.

It was first after standing face-to-face with Shadow, a being who was able to trump his speed and strength, that Infinite found himself so shocked that he was trembling in fear. Prior to becoming Infinite, he also had at least some degree of care for his subordinates in the Jackal Squad, as he angrily confronted Shadow over the destruction of the Jackal Squad before fighting him. Prior to gaining the Phantom Ruby, Infinite was also very loud, boisterous and rough, and used very gruff and informal speech owing to his mercenary background.

"*That day, I gave up my own unsightly face. And I let go of the old me, the one that was so weak, so that I could become stronger. And then, at last... I obtained the power. The power to make all yield to my will. I. Was. **Reborn**!!!*"

—Infinite, explaining his origin.
After casting his old self aside, Infinite picked up a persona that greatly amplified his dark traits, becoming a much darker and more lethal figure as a result. He also gained a far colder, subdued, menacing, and outwardly composed demeanor, with his speech being more eloquent, formal, and theatrical, although he still appears to show pleasure in causing others misery. Indeed, when fighting Silver he said that he is 'always happy to crush a hero'.

After obtaining unrivaled power in the form of the Phantom Ruby, Infinite believed himself to be unbeatable, causing his confidence and arrogance to grow to astronomical heights. Though his confidence was not without validity, his hubris proved to be so great that he would at times leave his enemies behind rather than kill them, believing fully that they were no threat to him.

He would also often express a strong sense of superiority when speaking, all while showing no respect for others except himself, although people like Shadow would note that he had a "big mouth". Even in battle, Infinite would remain extremely collected, aloof, calm, stoic, and confident with a cynical, nonchalant, and sarcastic demeanor; when he faced Sonic for the first time, he barely spared his enemy a thought even as they engaged in direct combat.

Fittingly, Infinite would also mock those who found strength in others. He is, however, able to acknowledge attributes to his opponents he deemed commendable, as he acknowledged before attacking Omega that the latter was "spirited" and during his rematch with Sonic, he begrudgingly acknowledged that Sonic had improved since their last time. Following his change of identity, Infinite became endlessly cruel, extremely sadistic, and horrifyingly ruthless.

He took great pleasure in causing pain and torment for others. He also relished in how the world's population was afraid of him and had a twisted need to see others fear him, expressing that feelings like fear, anxiety, and doubt were "delicious" to him. He even willingly let the Avatar run unharmed from their battle, just so he could relish in their terrified screams. He also proved to have a dry, yet dark sense of humor.

Unlike Dr. Eggman, who would reveal his plans and motives while gloating to his enemies, Infinite chose never to reveal anything vital about himself when confronting his enemies, making him mysterious and enigmatic; when Sonic tried getting information about his power from him in Mystic Jungle, Infinite ignored all of Sonic's attempts to provoke a response from him and instead tried to eliminate him.

After gaining the Phantom Ruby's power, Infinite grew very unconcerned with the opposition, seeing military organizations like the Restoration Resistance as little more than "rabble" or insects to be crushed by him. As such, he implies during his encounter with Silver that he was perfectly happy to allow rebellions against him solely for the sake of crushing them regardless of whether said rebellions initially served his immediate agenda.

Similarly, he also expressed that, due to his defeating their savior Sonic earlier, the Resistance should not have bothered fighting against him at all. On some level, however, Infinite desired a challenge, as he would wonder if the world had any real challenges left for him after crushing Operation Big Wave. Regardless, Infinite desired above all else to make sure everyone yielded to him, as he noted that "*all will submit*" when plotting to help Eggman dominate the world.

To this end, he was willing to burn the whole world to the ground with his power. Infinite's most notable character trait was his inferiority complex, especially regarding any perceived weakness he might have. This was most especially apparent when he fought Shadow and was easily beaten by him.

After Shadow bluntly told him he was worthless and told him to not show his "pathetic face" to him ever again, Infinite proceeded to rage about how he was not weak before ultimately subjecting himself to being fused with the Phantom Ruby, and completely discarding any trace of his old identity, to the point where he refused to show his own face. Indeed, when reencountering Shadow after the procedure, he acknowledged from Shadow's lack of memory of him that this meant his old self had been "too pathetic to remember."

Other indications of this trait were shown where he expressed disgust at Eggman calling a retreat, viewing it as a tacit admission to weakness. Even after his defeat, Infinite tries to insist that he can fight on, even as he is pulled from the battlefield. This inferiority complex is implied to have developed into a mad obsession with strength, and to a lesser extent his sadism.

When Shadow runs through a Phantom Ruby-made Green Hill, Infinite's thoughts are echoed through a false Omega, constantly repeating that he was not weak, almost like a paranoid reassurance, showing Infinite as a perhaps insecure individual.

Owing to his obsession with strength, Infinite also demonstrated a Darwinian view of life, which is especially evident with his fight against the Avatar at Metropolis, where he declared that the weak ultimately exist solely to be vanquished by the strong, and later his admission that he underestimated how desperately the feeble will cling to life when the Avatar managed to hold their own against him.

Oddly, despite valuing the Jackal Squad enough to attempt to attack Shadow as revenge for the latter wiping the unit out, he indicated during his final battle with both Sonic and the Avatar that friendships are a "fleeting illusion", and that one can only rely with certainty on themselves. Whether this implied that he blamed his valuing the Jackal Squad for losing to Shadow is unclear. In addition, both Sonic and Amy noted that Infinite's existence was ultimately sad and lonely.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Jackal Squad
* Eggman Empire
	+ Dr. Eggman
	+ Dr. Spicer
		- Cubot
		- Orbot
	+ Eggman Army
		- Phantom Copies
	+ Metal Sonic

### Enemies

* Restoration Resistance
	+ Avatar
	+ Amy Rose
	+ Silver
	+ Team Dark
		- E-123 Omega
		- Rouge
		- Shadow
	+ Team Sonic
		- Knuckles
		- "Tails"
		- Sonic
	+ Team Chaotix
		- Vector
		- Espio
		- Charmy

## Abilities and Powers

Before obtaining the finalized Phantom Ruby, Infinite was apparently a strong fighter in his own right, his skills having earned him the title as the "ultimate mercenary". However, he was nowhere near as powerful as the likes of Shadow. After being fused with the Phantom Ruby, however, Infinite gained powers superior to those of the Master Emerald's. In his own words, Infinite had acquired "unrivaled" power and the "ultimate strength" through his gemstone.

Infinite's newfound strength proved so great that he was able to effortlessly defeat figures like E-123 Omega and Silver, and ultimately best even Sonic with great ease. He was even able to single-handedly overwhelm the entire Restoration Resistance army during Operation Big Wave. His power was such that not even the Miles Electric was able to give an accurate reading of his capabilities.

On his own, Infinite was shown to be fairly fast and agile in his movements, being capable of high-speed leaps and lunges across several meters, although his speed was easily outclassed by Shadow's Chaos Control abilities. He has also demonstrated above-average durability by taking a sound thrashing from Shadow and then getting back up. He was also skilled at swordplay.

After Infinite's fusion with the finalized Phantom Ruby copy, he acquired the ability to generate, destroy, and manipulate virtual realities, which he could turn into virtual reality projections to interact with reality. Said virtual realities are illusions, which Infinite creates by exercising control of one's visual and depth perception by feeding the brain false information. He was able to use his projections to enable his virtual realities to interact with the real world in order to bestow powers on himself.

Having no limitations to the illusions he could create, Infinite had, within the influence of his Phantom Ruby, unlimited abilities. Within his Ruby's virtual realities, Infinite was able to make himself faster and stronger than even Sonic. His speed was so great that he was able to outpace Sonic while he was boosting. Similarly, his strength became potent enough to knock away someone of Sonic's size with enough force to crack a concrete arch upon impact.

He also used his Ruby to give himself the power of flight and levitation, deadly energy beam emission, energy ball projection, self-replication, size enhancement, shockwave manipulation, gravity distortion, object materialization, and teleportation. He was even able to manifest giant monsters in his likeness, trap beings in virtual realities, create a whole sun that moved according to his will, and mimic the special techniques of others, such as Metal Sonic's exclusive V. Maximum Overdrive Attack.

In battle though, Infinite primarily used his finalized Phantom Ruby copy to generate crimson cubes that he could skillfully and willingly move around. If an opponent got struck by these cubes, they would be sent into a virtual reality where they were assailed by objects manifested by his Ruby's power. He could generate a large number of these cubes and arrange them into a variety of different shapes and forms.

Infinite could also use his Ruby's power to create Phantom Copies that cause his victims to falsely perceive the presence of other characters. These copies are described by Shadow as having "mass and form, but no heart or soul". These copies, so long as Infinite desired, could also carry the memories, powers, and personalities of the originals. Accordingly, Infinite could create an unlimited number of them.

He could also alter them to make them stronger than the originals, such as making a Metal Sonic Phantom Copy bigger and granting him the ability to use electrified versions of his energy cubes as well as to materialize objects to use as a shield. Using his finalized Phantom Ruby copy's power, Infinite was also capable of manipulating nothingness itself, allowing him to create Null Space, which is a seemingly inescapable void in space-time where absolutely nothing exists.

When opening portal into Null Space, Infinite could reinforce such portals to expand and suck everything nearby into them.

### Weaknesses

While Infinite's illusions are formidable, they can be neutralized by someone who has a prototype. Likewise, his finalized Phantom Ruby copy's illusions only work if the target is within the Ruby's field of effect. Also, his finalized Phantom Ruby copy requires a tremendous amount of energy to function. Should its energy supply be cut off, his finalized Phantom Ruby copy would be rendered inert.

In addition, he also was able to be consumed via the Phantom Ruby itself if it tried to reintegrate any prototypes, which was ultimately how he was beaten. Another weakness of Infinite's is his extreme sense of confidence and constant need to satisfy his sadism. When Infinite destroyed the Avatar's squad, he willingly let them run away unharmed as he enjoyed the sounds of their screams.

Later, when he had Sonic at his mercy, rather than finishing him there and then, he just left, seeing Sonic as something he need not bother himself with. Both these actions proved to be Infinite's downfall when Sonic and the Avatar later ended up beating him together.

To a lesser extent, his insecurities over perceived weaknesses he might have also interfered with his ability to channel Phantom Copies, which is demonstrated by how his facsimile of E-123 Omega ultimately started to break down when declaring he never knew defeat by going on a repetitive rant of "I am *not* weak!" (Heavily implied to be Infinite's feelings over being beaten by Shadow bleeding into the facsimile).

### Weapons

During his time as the leader of the Jackal Squad, Infinite possessed a red sword. This sword was evidently very sharp, being able to cut through robots with ease.

## History

### Past

Infinite was once the captain of the Jackal Squad, a band of mercenary thieves raiding others for a profit. In time, he gained a public reputation as the "ultimate mercenary".

## Theme songs

* "Infinite" - by Tyler Smyth and Andy Bane

## External links

* Infinite *Pure Evil*
* Infinite *Nintendo Wiki*
* Infinite *‎‎‎The Sonic Wiki*
* Infinite *‎‎‎Villains Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

* According to Ian Flynn, who asked what Infinite's real name was when writing the script for the *Forces* digital comic, "Infinite" is in fact the jackal’s real name.
* Infinite’s mask design may be based off of the Japanese Yokai Namahage, a punisher soul who scared naughty children into behaving.
* Infinite is the second *Sonic Pokémon* video game character to be depicted with heterochromia, with the first being Commander Tower.
* Infinite has a brief cameo in the "Come Join the Eggman Empire" propaganda video nearing the end, where he emerges from behind the Egg Pawns when the narrator claims that the possibilities for those under his Empire are "infinite", acting as a subtle pun as well as a foreshadowing.
* Infinite is the most frequently fought boss in the *Forces* video game, fought a total of three times over the course of the game.
* Infinite is the second villain which disparagingly refers to Sonic as a rat with Sonic correcting him regarding his actual species. The first is the Erazor Djinn.
* Concept artwork for the stage Null Space implied that Infinite would have been encountered in the level to some capacity.
* Infinite's Phantom Ruby-induced aura varies in design depending on the console. In the E3 2017 trailer and the comic prequels, his aura is depicted as being flame-like. In the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the *Forces* video game, his aura glows red and forms a purple haze with various glitch effects. In the Nintendo Switch version of the game however, he instead merely has a red outline.
* Jokingly, according to Sonic Twitter Takeover 3, Infinite collects or at least has some form of media involving Sonadow, the popular romantic ship between Sonic and Shadow.
* In two pieces of concept artwork, it is shown that Infinite could have used his tail as a "third arm". The reason why this idea was scrapped is unknown.
* According to Morio Kishimoto, there is a possibility that Infinite might return in future games due to him being a character from the mainline games.