Jules Hedgehog

Jules Hedgehog

**Jules Hedgehog** is a recurring character in Sonic's Family Life, which is rather obvious, since he's Sonic's father.

## Appearance

Jules looks a lot like Sonic, but the main difference is that Jules wears brown boots, a brown vest, has brown eyes (Sonic's were originally brown too, but became green due to his transformations into Super Sonic) and a tuft of brown hair in his forehead.

## Biography

### Early life

Jules Hedgehog was born several years prior to the Great War along with his brother Charles. The two were students of Nate Morgan, the Overlander who created the Power Rings. During this time, Jules fell in love with another hedgehog called Bernie as the two would often spar in class debates.

### Veteran of the Great War

Jules served valiantly in the Great War alongside his brother Charles and his old classmate Bernadette. After going on several missions with her and asking her time and again for a date, she eventually relented, and the two would eventually be married during the war. At some point during their service, Jules and Charles encountered the young Regina Ferrum when she came too close to the kingdom's territory and chased her off.

During a reconnaissance mission in the Badlands, Jules and his brother discovered the injured Julian Kintobor, who was escaping captivity from his own people. Despite his brother's objections, Jules felt they should help the Overlander as he might be able to help turn the tide of the war. Thus the two brought him back to Mobotropolis.

During the Overlander's siege of Mobotropolis, Jules was part of a small group of troops that managed to take refuge in the city's underground catacombs, only to be led behind enemy lines by Bernadette and Cocoa. Due to the element of surprise, the task force was able to chase off the Overlanders, defeating or capturing all but the commanding officer of the unit, Colin Kintobor.

Some time later, after marrying Bernadette and having their son "Sonic" Maurice Hedgehog, Jules was part of a small task force employed to seek out and recover the infamous historian Kirby. Sometime beforehand, he wrote in Sonic's journal that he and Bernadette didn't like being in war, and that they were hoping to see Sonic soon. Sadly, while on the mission the group encountered a lone Overlander soldier. In his haste to capture the enemy, Jules was caught off guard and shot. The enemy troop was subsequently defeated by Bernadette, and Jules was brought back to Mobotropolis to undergo treatment.

### The First Robian

Despite arriving in time for medical treatment, Jules' wounds proved mortal, and he would have died. With no other alternative to save his brother's life, Charles decided there was only one hope to save Jules: the Roboticizer, a machine he had desperately worked to develop after the war had ended. Unbeknownst to Charles, Warlord Julian had already tampered with the machine, and upon Jules' roboticization, he became little more than an obedient drone. Robbed of his free will, Jules was rendered seemingly lifeless, which Charles blamed himself for. The roboticized Jules' abilities were later studied secretly by Julian, and when Bernadette discovered them, Robotnik manipulated Jules into roboticizing his own wife. Worse, Jules remained fully aware of what was taking place around him, but was powerless to act against it.

### Saved by the Freedom Fighters

Years later, Jules managed to regain his free will after his brother, who had regained his free will when Robotnik opened up The Void, provided him with a Power Ring. Jules was surprised and overjoyed to learn that Bernadette had also regained her free will. Together the free-willed robians began an underground network in Robotropolis to help the Freedom Fighters in their war against Robotnik. Sometime after regaining his free will, Jules was deroboticized, alongside every single Robian, and moved with Bernadette and Charles into Knothole, to be there when Sonic returns home from a mission (I.e. the events of Sonic Unleashed, when Sonic met Chip). Sometime after moving to Knothole, Jules and Bernie had their second child, Jacy.

### *Super Sonic saving Mecha Sally*

Jules and Bernie are first seen in Sonic's Family Life while Sonic was transforming into Super Sonic. Later on, they're seen alongside the main Freedom Fighters while Super Sonic was deroboticizing Mecha Sally.

### *Holy Hedgehogmony*

For some weird reason, Jules was one of the groomsmen at his own son's wedding. When he heard that King Acorn was sick, he (at Sonic's proposal) walked Sally down the aisle on the wedding day.

### *Spagonia Adventure*

While Sonic and Sally were enjoying their honeymoon, Jules, alongside Charles and the D'Coolettes, were building Sonic and Sally's home.

### *The First Born*

Jules, alongside Bernie and, to be blunt, all relatives and friends of Sonic and Sally, were given on Christmas the surprise that Sally was pregnant with Christina. He also was present when Christina was born. While Sally was in labor, Jules comforted Sonic, reminding him how Sonic and Sally singlehandedly raised Tails. When Jules picked up Christina, Sonic told Jules to be careful while holding her.

## Personality

In his youth, Jules Hedgehog was very different from his mild-mannered brother: he possessed all the stubbornness and daring that his son Sonic would later develop. Despite this, he-like Sonic after him-was also a being of bravery and compassion. These qualities eventually won the heart of his wife, Bernadette. Following his Roboticization, however, Jules matured a great deal, and his status as a Robian-particularly after being forced to Roboticize his own wife and serve Robotnik's agenda-weighed heavily on him for some time.

Calm and caring is the best way to describe the adult Jules: his family means the world to him. Even as a Robian, he remains in good spirit, choosing to get on with his life rather than brood over the downsides (a trait his son has inherited). He is less strict than his wife in parenting, having realized their son is an adult now, not a little boy and allows accordingly more freedom.

Jules is also fiercely protective of his family, and has courage well-honed from his experiences in the Great War. Furthermore, he was clearly willing to fight and die if it meant protecting his family.

## Relationships

### Bernadette

Jules is married to Bernadette Hedgehog, and their early relationship was not unlike that which Sonic later cultivated with Sally-he being the headstrong would-be hero, and she the more methodical strategist. Their years together have helped them both to mature, and while they have been through horrible experiences, these too have only strengthened their bond. Jules remains firmly devoted to his wife, and together the two of them are a formidable team.

## Trivia

* Due to his wounds, Jules' robotization would have been irreversible. How was his deroboticizing successful is unknown.
	+ JayFoxFire stated she wanted everyone to have a happy ending to the Archie Comics, and that probably "[Charles] made a deroboticizer or something"
* Sonic takes after Jules in many regards. Like father, like son, I suppose.