Mighty the Armadillo

* Modern
* Classic

## History

**Mighty the Armadillo** is a character that appears in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series. He is a peaceful anthropomorphic armadillo with a passion for traveling. Though he dislikes violence and roughness, Mighty is more than capable of such when trouble arises.

## Past

### Sega Sonic the Hedgehog Comic

In *SegaSonic the Hedgehog*, Mighty was captured by Dr. Robotnik and imprisoned on Eggman Island where he was to be executed along with Ray the Flying Squirrel and Sonic the Hedgehog himself. The trio joined forces though and managed to break out of their cell, only to get blown to the other side of the island by a geyser triggered by Robotnik. Regardless, Mighty and his friends managed to get through the island's defenses and confront Robotnik in his control room. However, Robotnik proceeded to activate the island's self-destruct sequence. Despite that, Mighty, Sonic, and Ray managed to get off Eggman Island in time, which got destroyed in the process. then Sonic used a shuttle to get to South Island to stop eggman.

### Knuckles Chaotix Comic

In *Knuckles' Chaotix*, mighty happened to stumble upon Newtrogic High Zone's island during his explorations. As it turned out, however, Dr. Robotnik had occupied the island at the time while he carried out a plan to steal the Master Emerald. Mighty himself ended up getting captured by Robotnik and turned into a statue by Robotnik's Combi Catcher. He was soon freed by Knuckles the Echidna and Espio the Chameleon, however, and joined their growing group in order to stop Robotnik's operations.

While securing the prestigious Chaos Rings, Mighty and his crew stopped Robotnik's usage of his Dark Rings on several occasions. When the time came for final showdown, the team was attacked by Metal Sonic. During the resulting battle, Mighty and the Chaotix fell into another room where they were attacked by the transformed Metal Sonic Kai, Robotnik's final trump card. Regardless, Mighty and his crew still defeated him, thus restoring peace to the island.

### Sonic Mania Comics

In *Sonic Mania Plus*, Mighty got captured by Dr. Robotnik, now known as "Eggman", and imprisoned together with who appeared to be Ray in a trap box on Angel Island. Eventually, the Phantom Ruby showed up at their location, with Mighty's old friend, Sonic arriving soon after. After Sonic freed Mighty and Ray from their capsule however, Ray was revealed to be the Heavy Magician in disguise. The robot proceeded to take the Phantom Ruby and flee with it. Though Sonic and Mighty gave chase, they were too late to stop the Heavy Magician from using the Phantom Ruby to revive the Hard Boiled Heavies who had been destroyed. The robots' resurrection also warped them all to Green Hill. There, the revived Hard Boiled Heaves ran off with the Phantom Ruby. Mighty subsequently teamed up with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and the real Ray to search for the Phantom Ruby.

The group was eventually attacked by Dr. Eggman and his Death Egg Robot. Even so, they managed to defeat Eggman, causing him to fall into a hole. Following Eggman, Mighty and co. saw Eggman take the Phantom Ruby from the Hard Boiled Heaves, who refused to obey him. Once Eggman obtained the ruby, Mighty and his group got sent to Chemical Plant Zone by the gem's power. Not set back by their displacement, Mighty and co. continued their pursuit of Eggman, occasionally clashing with the Hard Boiled Heavies and other foes along the way. Whenever they caught up to Eggman however, the doctor either gave them the slip or sent them away with the Phantom Ruby.

Eventually, Mighty and his friends found out that Dr. Eggman had kidnapped Little Planet, where he and the Hard Boiled Heavies had rebuilt their base of operations: the Titanic Monarch. Eventually, the heroic group made their way to the heart of the rebuilt Titanic Monarch where they faced Eggman in his Phantom Egg mech and four of the recently re-upgraded Phantom Heavies. Despite the odds, Mighty and his comrades managed to defeat Eggman, resulting in the Phantom Ruby creating a rift that began devouring the Titanic Monarch. Assuming their Super States with the aid of the Chaos Emeralds however, Mighty and his group escaped the rift, whereas Eggman got swallowed by it. Afterward, the crew closed off their adventure with a trip to an ice cream parlor, only for the Heavy King to make an appearance and surprise them with a sundae.

### Modern Era (Sonic Adventures Comics)

#### Fighting Championship

In Sonic Adventures Comics, Mighty & Ray signed up for the Fighting Tournament with chaos emerald as a prize.

#### The Big meeting

The president held a meeting where everyone on earth was invited. in the background Mighty & Ray are seen confirming their presence at the event.

## Powers & Abilities

Despite being a pacifist, Mighty is said to have great fighting abilities and is stated to be strong as the mountains and fast as the wind. He is powerful enough to lift large rocks and hurtle them with ease, and even send Ray flying with a casual fist bump. He is also capable of running at speeds greater than Mach 1, which is at the blistering speed of about 768 mph (1236 km/h), and keep up with even Sonic, who can run at supersonic speeds (which ranges from 915-3,840 mph). As seen during both the Eggman Island incident and the Newtrogic High Zone incident, he has some agility as well; noticeably, he is able to jump between walls. It is also stated that Mighty possesses great strength. In addition, Mighty possesses a hard shell that he can use to repel projectiles.
Said to possess remarkable defensive power, Mighty's shell is shown to be quite durable; not only can it protect him from attacks and projectiles, but it is also tough enough to take an attack from Metal Sonic's claws without receiving damage. Also, by curling into a ball, he can use his hard shell to smash through enemies.

Mighty can perform the basic Spin Attack, a technique where he curls into a concussive ball or cutting disk and directs himself at his targets. With it, Mighty can shred or burrow through just about any substance given enough speed. He can also perform variants of the Spin Attack, like the Spin Jump and the Spin Dash.

## Relationships

### Ray the Flying Squirrel

Mighty is Ray the Flying Squirrel's best friend. Wherever Mighty goes, Ray is never too far away and supports him in any of his choices. Mighty is even willing to sacrifice a lot to save Ray, like when he handed over a Chaos Emerald, he had to Metal Sonic to save him from the robot.

### Friends

* Ray the Flying Squirrel (best friend)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (good friend)
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Knuckles the Echidna
* Amy Rose
* Lanolin the Sheep

Team Chaotix

* Espio the Chameleon
* Charmy Bee
* Vector the Crocodile

* Honey the Cat
* Big the Cat
* Pete the Cat

### Enemies

* Dr. Robotnik
* Metal Sonic
* Lamera
* Metal Knuckles
* Tails Doll
* Fang the Sniper
* Bean the Dynamite
* Bark the Polar Bear

## Trivia

According to the Comic writer Ben David on his podcasts, he states that Characters who aren't shown in games as often. those characters being Mighty, Ray, Honey the Cat, The Hooligans. will not be shown in Modern Media, the only exceptions being Bark, Fang, & Bean due to them appearing in more than 30 issues. but Mighty, Ray, and Honey will mainly be background characters unless said otherwise.