Miles "Tails" Prower

Tails in TSR

**Miles Prower** (マイルス・パウアー *Mairusu Pauā*?), better known as **Tails** (テイルス *Teirusu*?), is a fictional character that appears in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series. He is an anthropomorphic fox born with two distinct twin-tails, hence his nickname. Due to his abnormality, Tails was a victim to bullying during his youth. One day, however, he met Sonic the Hedgehog and was inspired to become as cool as him after seeing him run like the wind. Tails soon after began following Sonic on his adventures and has since become his best friend and sidekick. He is able to use his twin-tails to fly by rotating them like helicopter rotors and is a mechanic genius and aerial pilot.

A gentle and sweet-natured soul, Tails was initially timid and lacked courage. After meeting Sonic, however, Tails has become more confident, eventually growing into a more outgoing, brave, independent individual and a hero in his own right. Since encountering Sonic, Tails has looked up to him and stood by his side, helping him whenever he can during their adventures.

## Appearance

Tails is a young, anthropomorphic fox cub with a unique genetic mutation giving him two tails instead of one. He has mostly amber-orangish and white fur. He also possesses large triangular ears with white canals on top of his head, a small black nose, white fur on the front of his torso and fluffy white fur top of his chest, a white-furred muzzle with cheek tuffs, and three locks of hair on his forehead.

During his early years, up until before the Chaos incident, Tails had a roughly round torso and short, thin legs. He also had black eyes and yellow fur, though the latter has been portrayed inconsistently, often giving him orangish fur. Since the Chaos incident, Tails has become slightly taller, with a rectangular torso, longer legs, a larger head, and bushier twin-tails. His eyes have also turned light blue, and his ears have become slightly bigger than before. Also, his fur has been turned amber.

For attire, Tails wears white gloves with a gray band around each wrist; and shoes that are red from the heel to the middle and white from the middle to the toe with gray soles, each with a gray band around the ankle.

On special occasions, Tails has worn different outfits:

* For the purpose of Extreme Gear racing, Tails replaces the bands on his wrists and ankles with silver metal bands. He also wears goggles with sky blue lenses, gray frames and black straps on his head, and a pair of red shoes with white toes and cuffs, two white straps each with yellow fasteners, gray soles, and white tongues with a red square on them.
* On holidays, Tails keeps his gloves and shoes, but he also wears a green and red Santa hat, and a green jacket with two yellow buttons on the torso and a black line on its bottom.
* During the Tokyo Olympics, Tails maintained his gloves and shoes, but he also wore a Princeton orange and black, sleeveless shirt.

## Personality

Tails is a gentle-hearted, sweet-natured and loyal fox with a positive attitude. While he started out as timid and quiet, he has since opened up and become more outgoing over time. Tails is not one to grab the spotlight for himself and instead, is always ready and willing to help others without asking for anything in return.

Tails has a distinct love for mechanics, and he finds himself most at home in his workshop working on his next creation. Despite his great skills, Tails is very humble about his abilities and has not realized his high scientific skills. Because of this, he sometimes understimates how much his inventions have helped his friends, and as such, he has yet to discover his true potential of what he can accomplish. By the time of the Lost Hex incident, Tails has become more confident and outspoken about his intelligence, though he still does not openly brag. Regardless, he has been known to mock Eggman's own creations, and sometimes Eggman himself.

When young, Tails often lacked self-confidence and courage. After meeting Sonic and gaining his support, Tails gained more confidence and belief in himself. However, this status quo, created from Sonic's authority over him, initially placed a mental stranglehold on Tails that made him dependent on Sonic. As such, he often lacked initiative and confidence when alone. However, a turning point for Tails came during the Chaos incident; when Station Square was in danger of being destroyed, Tails was the only one who could stop this. With Sonic nowhere to be found, Tails realized that he could not depend on Sonic forever and had to try on his own. After saving Station Square, Tails realized he could be independent and support himself without Sonic, and all he needed was determination and faith. Since then, Tails has become more independent, self-confident, motivated and brave, rising up to be a real hero when needed.

During their earlier adventures together, Tails strove to become just like Sonic by replicating the mannerisms he found admirable. In this period, Tails was content with being Sonic's sidekick as he was just happy to hang out with Sonic. As Tails grew as a person, he would still remain as close to Sonic as ever and look up to him as he has always done, but his esteem about Sonic's heroics have dwindled, as these days he cares more about inventing than Sonic's heroic deeds.

Despite his development, Tails is still a bit timid at times and can sometimes sink into self-doubt during moments of distress. He also tends to call for Sonic and rely on him in times of weakness. However, he is always willing to support his friends with a clear mind. Additionally, he hopes to one day be self-sufficient and independent like Sonic to prove he can be relied upon. Also, even though Tails still enjoys being Sonic's sidekick, he believes that he can do almost anything if he puts his mind to it.

Despite his intelligence and general fearlessness, Tails is afraid of lightning and can be naïve and big mouthed, such as during the Space Colony ARK incident, when he accidentally confirmed Eggman's suspicions that the Chaos Emerald that Sonic had was a fake, thus ruining the heroes' plans. Tails also hates feeling useless or being ignored, as seen in the cases when he is talking to Sonic. He also gets very angry when someone insults or seemingly ignores his mechanical skills and takes it very personally, as seen when Wave the Swallow mocked his self-customized Blue Star; or when he became offended after Sonic decided that Eggman should shut down his Extractor even though Tails was more than capable of doing it himself.

Tails has a tendency to talk technobabble, much to the irritation of his friends, such as when he tried to explain how an Extreme Gear worked, meaning that Tails does not always use tact in a situational matter. Nevertheless, Tails is supportive of his friends, willing to be by their side no matter how dangerous the situation might be, and will do whatever it takes to help them, even if it means sacrificing himself for them.