Inner Tails

* Canon
* ToM

### Affiliations

Tails (fractured personality / canon story)Diana (Ally / ToM)Andyno (Ally / Real)

## Biographical information

### Occupation

Tails’ “inner demon” (canon)
Diana's Ally (ToM)

## Physical description

### Eye color

None (Canon)
Blue (ToM)
Red with one eye (Real)

### Fur color

Gray / Black (canon) Orange (ToM) / Gray and red (Real)

### Powers

<canon>Summon Tornado.Hypnosis.Illusions.

<ToM>Tail Sword

**Inner Tails** is a demonic essence that appeared in Tails' mind during demonization. His debut and only canonical appearance so far is in *Nightmare Shorts: Recall*. He also appears as a boss in *Sonic.exe: Tower of Millenium*, somehow as a being separate from Tails, and very different from canon.

## History

### Nightmare Beginning Remake

Inner’s creation happens during the canon ending of Tails’ route. After being trapped by Exetior and desperate to escape, Tails began reluctantly killing all the animals there. However, the smell of blood and raw meat awakened his primal carnivore instincts and he began to enjoy killing. Eventually, Exetior returns and gives the murderous fox a black ring. However, due to it mapping Tails’ broken state of mind and not his actual personality, a fault in the demonization happened, startling even Exetior. This fault resulted in Inner.

### Nightmare Shorts: Recall

After Tails avoids a spike pit and sees Sonic impaled on them, Inner Tails eventually appears behind Tails and mocks him over Sonic's death. Tails yells at him to leave him alone and spindashes away. When Tails stops, Sonic appears behind him, but then Inner appears and kills Sonic with his plane, and then he starts to chase after Tails.

While he chases Tails, he tries to convince him that Sonic deserved it for not accepting Tails, but Tails refuses to listen to him. Inner eventually loses sight of Tails. He is then about to enter a giant ring, but Sanity appears behind Tails, and is seemingly killed by Inner's plane, and Inner tells him that he will never get rid of him because he is a part of Tails. Tails then jumps into the ring, and Inner is not seen again after that.

### Sonic.exe: Tower of Millenium

Inner Tails is the fight after Tails and Knuckles. He takes 15 hits to finish off, and has two phases (three if you're playing as Sark). Sark tries to kill him upon defeat, but he escapes.

However, Inner later reappears as Diana's partner during Part 3 of the game, and is needed in order to advance on through one of the fights.

## Personality

### Canon

As a manifestation of Tails’ brutal animalistic instincts, Inner himself is brutal, belligerent and bloodthirsty. He’s incredibly possessive of tails and will chase and torment him, seizing control of him, even at the detriment of the fox’s well-being, all while claiming to be protecting him, which, due to fending off Sanity, can be seen as somewhat true

***Sonic.exe Tower of Milennium***

Inner Tails is insane and cannibalistic, wanting to eat Sark and Diana and referring to them more as food and less as people when they encounter him. He describes his fights as "fun".

Later on in Part 3, Inner becomes more friendlier, remembering when Diana bandaged his wounds. He seems to have more knowledge about the Tower than Diana does, even pointing out its strange features when a path is blocked for Amy and Cream.

As a side-character in the game, Inner begins to develop a close bond with Diana, and becomes worried after she is knocked out by Crally. This prompts him to almost finish Sally off, but he is unable to bring himself to do it.

## Appearance

### Canon

Inner Tails looks identical to demonized Tails, but his eyes are completely black, his mouth is permanently open and also black, and he has black coming out of his eyes.

### Tower of Millennium

Inner Tails looks identical to Tails, but his eyes are constantly shrunken and he is covered in blood.

From Part 3 onwards, Inner's eyes are no longer shrunken and resemble Tails's normal eyes. Despite this, he's still covered in blood.

## Abilities

Inner Tails is able to take control of Tails' personality, as well as summon his plane, the Tornado, whenever he wants.

Tower of Millennium Inner Tails also has a very high pain tolerance, seeing as how he rips out one of his tails and doesn't ever mention it hurting. Inner tails is tails but over powering, of tails.

## Gallery

One of Inner's PortraitsAnother Portrait of Inner TailsInner's Sprite in Sonic.exe : NB RemakeInner's sprite in Nightmare Shorts: Recall.
## References

1. ↑ Revealed in Episode 1 of *Nightmare Wiki*.