Antoine Depardieu

Antoine Depardieu is a character that appears in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* television series.

He is a member of the Royal Guard serving the royal family of Mobotropolis.

Antoine is Sonic the Hedgehog's rival, especially when it comes to love of Princess Sally, whom he considers the love of his life.

He is, however, cowardly and clumsy, and his characteristic French accent is the object of much heckling from Sonic.

## Appearance

Antoine is an unspecified species of anthropomorphic animal.

He has mainly brown fur with beige fur on his face, around his eyes, and around his belly.

He also possesses blue eyes and combed blond hair. For attire, he wears a blue Royal Guard uniform with red trims and large, golden epaulets, as well as high, red military boots.

## Personality

Antoine is clumsy, cowardly, self-centered, vain, pompous, and has an excessively high opinion about himself.

However, his clumsiness can sometimes prove to be useful, allowing him to discover secret passages and other hidden subjects purely by chance.

Very French-oriented, Antoine's most characteristic feature is his French accent and tenuous grasp of the English language, which makes it difficult for others to understand him, or vice-versa.

This often causes him to get ridiculed by Sonic and his friends, though he typically does not catch onto it.

In order to win the affection of Sally (whom he calls "the love of his life"), Antoine tries to pretend to be someone brave and ready to defend himself.

However, when it comes to facing real dangers, Antoine often hesitates and is unable to face the challenge ahead of him.

Once his cowardly nature surfaces, Antoine often screams out of fear and descends into a babbling, trembling mess.

Out of all the Freedom Fighters, Antoine can best be described as fighting for his own safety rather than the freedom of Mobius.

Despite often being included in dangerous missions, he is usually the first to suggest abandoning their objectives in favor of returning to Knothole, fearing for his life even before encountering any danger.

Despite this, Antoine will adamantly refuse to acknowledge his cowardice, often providing a weak excuse to defend himself.

That being said, he will lay down his life when Sally is in danger.

In addition, Antoine is jealous of Sonic and his heroic deeds, which prompts him to try proving himself in often foolish or painful ways.

This more often than not backfires horribly, resulting in Antoine frequently putting either himself, his friends, or the mission in jeopardy.

Despite his bungling nature and frequent missteps, Antoine also likes to tell grossly-embellished stories about his "heroic deeds", which are usually accompanied by very vivid facial expressions and body language.

Antoine is also extremely fastidious about his hygiene, clothes, and well-maintained home.

He finds great joy in cleaning his home and clothes, and even the smallest piece of dirt frightens him and makes him panic.

Too much clutter can even make him lose his mind.

Antoine is a gourmand and connoisseur of fine foods, and is well-versed in the ingredients and spices needed to prepare specific dishes.

To him, witnessing fine dishes being prepared incorrectly is as bad as physical torture, prompting him to scream, cry, panic or even get angry and complain obsessively about how individual dishes should be prepared.

He is also superstitious, being frightened by ghost storiesand panicking when he heard that the Wolf Pack had a curse.

## Skills & Abilities

Although trained as a squire from childhood, Antoine has little-to-no physical skills or talent, and is quite clumsy.

While he more than once attempted to improve himself, he has achieved very little in the way of progress, even to the point Bunnie once declared teaching him self-defence would be a lost cause.

Despite this, his bad luck will now and then work to his benefit, though purely by accident.

Antoine is well known in Knothole for being a master cook.

He is also the recordkeeper of Knothole.