Stone

*"Want something done right, you'll have to hire someone you can push around."*
―Doctor Eggman[src]
Agent **Stone** is Doctor Eggman's assistant. He was contracted by the United States Armed Forces alongside Robotnik to investigate the Green Hills Energy Surge. Stone and Robotnik learned of Sonic the Hedgehog's existence and helped their boss pursue the alien and Tom Wachowski to acquire Sonic's power so that Robotnik could conquer the world with his technology.

After the defeat of his boss on the Mushroom Planet, Stone began working in a store as a barista, although he would later hire a criminal gang, and recover Robotnik's technological glove to control the Badniks. Following Robotnik's manifesto, Stone made his boss Karen and some of her colleagues suffer and then took over the shop by calling it the Mean Bean Coffee Café.

Months later, Stone would meet Robotnik's return along with Knuckles the Echidna and help him search for the Master Emerald. Robotnik used the relic's power to form the Giant Eggman Robot and take over the world, with Stone controlling it for a short while, however, Robotnik was defeated by Sonic, Knuckles and Tails. Somehow, Stone managed to survive the robot's destruction, eavesdropping on the Secretary of Homeland Security's and Guardian Units of Nations officers' found information regarding Project Shadow.

## Biography

### Early Life

*"Good day, ma'am. I see have need of a barista, and I just so happen to have studied latte pouring at Milan's Istituto del Caffè."*
―Stone to Karen[src]
Stone had studied latte pouring at Milan's Istituto del Caffè. At some point, Stone joined the United States Army and became the agent of the evil genius Dr. Ivo Robotnik.

### Green Hills Energy Surge

*"Can you feel it, Stone?"
"I can feel it, doctor."
"It's evolution, Stone. It's evolution!"*
―Ivo Robotnik and Stone[src]
Following a Pacific Northwest blackout incident, the United States Armed Forces contracted Doctor Ivo Robotnik to investigate the occurrence. Robotnik and his agent Stone arrived at the Green Hills Baseball Field, where the army were already investigating. With Robotnik taking charge, Stone witnesses Badniks flying out through the forests of Green Hills searching for the cause of the anomaly.

Later, in the Mobile Lab, Stone is told by Robotnik that a footprint of a being absent in Earth's animal kingdom has caused the energy surge, claiming it to be a small step for man and a giant leap for him.

### Arriving at the Wachowski Residence

*"Doctor! Are you okay? I saw a guy race out of here and thought-"
"That you should stop them? Open your mouth and say you thought that you should stop them."
"No, I thought that maybe I should check to see if you were okay…!"
"You know what's hard about being the smartest person in the world?"
"Everyone else seems stupid."
"Stupid, yes! Way to go! You got that one."*
―Stone and Ivo Robotnik[src]
After Robotnik's confrontation with Sonic the Hedgehog and Tom Wachowski, who have fled the stormed Wachowski Residence, Stone rushes inside to see if the doctor is okay. Stone is however strictly reminded of their mission by Robotnik, and is told to call Optical Illusions for a new pair of glasses for Robotnik and to bring a quill belonging to Sonic along.

### Stopping by the Green Hills Police Office

As Tom calls from a payphone, Robotnik and his crew, along with agent Stone, listen in on Wade Whipple and Tom's conversation as they are based inside the Green Hills Police Office. Stone sees how Robotnik vows to grant Tom the same painful treatment he gave to a school bully and left with Robotnik as Tom hung up.

### Investigating the *Piston Pit*

*"Now that's what I call good cop, bad cop."*
―Ivo Robotnik to Stone[src]
The next day, after a bar fight centering in the *Piston Pit*, Robotnik's crew visited the bar, requesting the last seen whereabouts of Tom Wachowski to a bar patron. He however neglects to reveal information, leading to violence utilized by both Stone and Robotnik. As they left, Stone wanted to give the doctor a high-five, but Robotnik instead punches him in the abdomen, telling him he left himself open.

Robotnik locates the exact location of the runaways, deemed brilliant by Stone, despite Robotnik viewing his remark as a puny compliment.

### Highway Ambush

*"Did we get ‘em? No, no, there they are. They're real survivors, those two."*
―Stone[src]
After Robotnik sent Badniks after Tom and Sonic, only for them to be destroyed, Stone remarked how they are masters in survival. Stone was then pinned to the wall as an order of the frustrated Robotnik, who tell him he cares more about his machines rather than humans such as Stone. He also notices a blue quill in Stone's pocket from the Wachowski Residence and analyzes it while he dances to music. Stone then unexpectedly interrupts Robotnik's dance session to deliver him Austrian steamed goat milk. With the quill beholding limitless power, Stone had the prototype Egg-Pod deployed for Robotnik's confrontation with Sonic, which Robotnik lost by being sent to the Mushroom Planet. Robotnik however had a rock identical to Stone to accompany him.

### Robotnik's Contingency Plan

#### Robbery of the First Bank of Walla Walla

Stone has contracted Lindsey's crew to steal a Control Glove of Robotnik's from the First Bank of Walla Walla. However, the leaders Lindsey and Jason used said Control Glove for chaos, taking the vault of money with them via the Flying Eggs, but these Badniks do not follow their orders, and retrieves the glove to Stone, who stands by the sidewalk.

#### Conquering Karen's Coffee

*"I have no time for the prattle of the masses. As for Karen, give me a week, and I'll control everything in this place. Then she will surely bow to my power."*
―Stone to Brayden[src]
Having collected a drive from the glove, Stone uploaded it to his computer to follow Robotnik's manifesto. He tested Robotnik's steps out on a coffee shop, where he offered to shop owner named Karen Austrian goat milk, which she spit out. Since then, Stone was devoted to conquering the café and planned to do so within a week.

Knowing his coworker Tina had lied to him to cover for her while she takes off on a vacation, Stone had her car ruined with Crabmeats on Sunday, with her having no way of returning. Stone thus takes over her job. Being threatened by assistant manager George, Stone had him taken away by Flying Eggs on Tuesday, taking his job by Wednesday. On Thursday, Stone managed to have Karen arrested for money laundering and called her on Friday, stating that the shop is in good hands. Successfully having followed Robotnik's guide, Stone would design a new name for the shop with his former coworker and now assistant manager Brayden on Saturday.

### Robotnik's Return

*"He's back... He's back!"*
―Stone[src]
Shortly after the attack on the Wachowski Residence, Ivo Robotnik, who returned to Earth with aid of Knuckles the Echidna as Doctor Eggman, messages Stone of his arrival. A depressed Stone receives said text and evacuates all current customers out of the Mean Bean Coffee Café. He readies a pod of new equipment for Robotnik by scanning his eye and pressing a button.

Later, Stone dresses in his former suit, preparing a latte with steamed Austrian goat milk for Eggman, which he drinks. He however has applied to his taste of mushrooms as of his banishment. Knuckles enters the shop and is welcomed by Stone, shaking hands with him. However, due to Knuckles' strength, Stone receives a nearly broken hand.

#### Battle Against a New Order

*"Sir, we have a problem."
"Incorrectus, my trusty barnacle. After all these years, what I finally got... is a solution."*
―Stone and Doctor Eggman[src]
While Robotnik was away, Stone searched in the 'Robotnique Boutique' to find alternate outfits for Eggman to wear. He was then abruptly ambushed by temporary sheriff Wade Whipple and was handcuffed to a chair, seemingly being threatened by Wade with a butter knife, asking him what he wants on his bagel. Refusing to tell him anything beside informing him that that is a display bagel, Stone and Wade witness a sudden change of lighting in the Mean Bean Coffee Café, only for Eggman to appear. He is now supercharged via the Master Emerald, and frees Stone, who informs him of the Guardian Units of Nations arriving at the coffee shop.

Stone is taken with Eggman as his giant robot is being built, being its co-pilot. Surprisingly, Sonic, his friend Tails and Eggman's former ally Knuckles appear to stop him, with Eggman thus ordering Stone to shoot them. Stone struggles to find out how, leading to Eggman taking over the control panel. Stone later learns how to use the 'Stache Smasher to take down Tails' *Tornado* bi-plane, but is knocked out by Sonic's missile attack.

Sonic and his team later manage to defeat and possibly kill Eggman by crashing his mechanism, but Stone survives the fall and disguises himself as a G.U.N. soldier. He eavesdrops on an agent reporting a strange file hidden in their database relating to Project Shadow to Commander Sam Walters.

## Personality

*"A true shame that anonymous tip proved your crimes were an open-and-shut case, Karen. But don't worry about the coffee shop... ...It's in much better hands now."*
―Stone to Karen[src]
Agent Stone is a very calm and level-headed man, which contrasts greatly with his eccentric boss. He is likewise very formal and notably professional in behavior and speech. He is also a quite polite and advocate person, often showing admiration and giving praise to those that amaze him. Stone has also proven himself to be extraordinarily tolerant, namely by enduring Robotnik's physical and emotional abuse and verbal berating of him without showing any more than a rare and quiet exasperated sigh. He is also very obedient, always carrying out the orders of Robotnik no matter how he has been treated.

Despite his largely neutral demeanor, Stone is very much an ambitious and amoral man, much like Dr. Robotnik himself. Noted to be practically a genius in comparison to the rest of the human race that Robotnik frowns down upon, Stone shares much of Robotnik's worldview and thus sees everyone, except for Robotnik, as basic beings that he does not seek relationships with, and works towards building himself into an instrument of pure science while giving himself no time to please the prattle of the masses. Stone also looks down on those he sees as unintelligent, such as insulting Knuckles behind his back due to his lack of understanding of Earth's customs. However, Stone can also be friendly and polite to his allies, as shown when he offered Knuckles a handshake and welcomed him to his team when Robotnik told Stone he was their new ally. With the tools and philosophy of Robotnik's, Stone has as well proven himself highly intelligent, manipulative, careful, and patient, namely by steadily and subtly advancing himself into control of a small establishment within a week using underhanded and immoral methods. He is also quite vindictive, although not open about it, and plots revenge against anyone who he deems to have wronged him, whom he will taunt with calm superiority as a display of his intellectual power once he has defeated them. To him, all the relationships he makes, save solely for Robotnik, are only an alliance intended to bring him benefits.

## Abilities

*"I just thought you might like a latte with steamed Austrian goat milk."
"What do I look like? An imbecile? Of course I want a latte. I love the way you make them!"*
―Stone and Ivo Robotnik[src]
* **Expert Barista**: As stated by Ivo Robotnik, Stone has an exquisite way of creating lattes. With this ability, he was able to run a café during Ivo Robotnik's absence.
* **Expert Assistant**: Stone is an agent always standing by Ivo Robotnik's orders.

## Equipment

*"At last, it's back where it belongs and not in the hands of someone so... basic."*
―Stone[src]
* **Control Gloves**: Thanks to Lindsey's crew, Stone has access to one of Ivo Robotnik's secured Control Gloves.

## Facilities

*"Need anything else, boss?"
"Now that the shop is in working order, we'll need to be installing some new equipment. And it could use a new name, too."*
―Brayden and Stone[src]
* **Mean Bean Coffee Café**: Stone had ordered a criminal group to retrieve Ivo Robotnik's Control Glove. Upon receiving it by a Flying Egg at last, he finds out the glove embeds a flash drive, which inhabits a manifesto by Robotnik. He follows noted steps, eventually taking over a coffeeshop owned by one Karen, renaming it the "Mean Bean Coffee Café", as oppose of it's former title "Karen's Coffee".

## Relationships

* Lindsey's Crew - Contractees
	+ Jason
	+ Lindsey
* Brayden - Assistant Manager
	+ Sonic the Hedgehog
	+ Knuckles the Echidna - Former Ally
* United States Armed Forces - Former Situational Allies
	+ Bennington
* Green Hills Sheriff's Department
	+ Tom Wachowski
	+ Wade Whipple
* Karen - Former Boss
* Tina - Former Colleague
* George - Former Colleague
* Guardian Units of Nations

## Appearances

* *Sonic the Hedgehog*
* *Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill*
* *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*
* *Sonic the Hedgehog 3* (unreleased)

## Trivia

* Throughout the overall *Sonic the Hedgehog* series, Ivo Robotnik had many sidekicks or henchmen by his side.
	+ In the Archie comic series and the 1993 *Sonic the Hedgehog* TV series, **Snively Robotnik** is a human, like Stone, that is Robotnik's assistant.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sonic Movie Writers Talk Big the Cat, Shadow, & Agent Stone
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 *Sonic the Hedgehog*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*