Amy Rose the Rascal

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Amy Rose is one of the protagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog saga. She's Sonic's closest friend and haves a love interess on him

## Appearance

Amy is a pink-furred anthropomorphic hedgehog with a peach skin covering her muzzle, inner ears, and arms. She has a small black nose, triangular ears on top of her head, and no back spines. She also has two medium-length eyelashes on each side of her eyes. She also has three spikes for bangs on her head and a short pointy tail. Amy's haves five head quills that are longer that points backward, and she haves a single back spine. Her eyes are black and she wears an orange-ruffled or pleated skirt, a green puffy-sleeved shirt with a white collar and cuff bands, white and lavender sneakers with orange shoelaces, white wrist-length gloves, and a red ribbon headband.

## Biography

Amy is one of the few characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series to have her start outside the games, originally appearing in a Sonic the Hedgehog manga published in *Shogaku Yonensei* in 1992. Written by Kenji Terada and illustrated by Sango Norimoto, Amy was written as a girlfriend to series regular Nicky, who can transform into Sonic the Hedgehog (and does so to save Amy from trouble). Starting life as a brown hedgehog with a yellow t-shirt (with the red letter "E"), she became pink and gained a headband, wearing a different set of clothes but fulfilling much the same role.

Amy was adopted into the official *Sonic the Hedgehog* canon with the release of *Sonic the Hedgehog CD* for the Sega Mega-CD. Redesigned again by Kazuyuki Hoshino, she was given a similar look to Sonic and would play a damsel in distress role, in which Sonic would (reluctantly) save her from Dr. Eggman and Metal Sonic. Amy, a fan of fortune telling and idol of Sonic believes they are destined to be together, but Sonic is less convinced and takes little interest her - a theme that would continue throughout her appearances.

*Sonic CD* likely also introduced Amy's surname, "Rose", however her real name is downplayed in the original Japanese release, with "Rosy the Rascal", a short-lived nickname (last seen in *Sonic the Fighters* (1996)), taking precedence. "Amy Rose" became the preferred name in Europe from day one, and while Sega of America initially tried to pass her off as the already established Princess Sally Acorn (despite making no attempt to change in-game graphics), this was rectified in later releases.

Following her appearance in *Sonic CD*, Amy was reduced to only appearing in Sonic spin-offs such as *Sonic Drift*, *Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld*, *Sonic Drift 2* and *Sonic R* with little character development. It was perhaps the aforementioned *Sonic the Fighters* that brought the next step of her evolution, pairing her with a "Magical Hammer" to make up for the fact she lacks the speed and skills of other established characters.

## Abilities

Amy's trademark weapon is the Piko Piko Hammer, a size-shifting hammer capable of dealing massive damage with no excessive effort, which she can call out from an unknown hiding spot. In Amy's hands, the Piko Piko Hammer is a powerful weapon that she uses to maintain her authority with. This allows her to strike fear into the hearts of even the fearless, such as Sonic. Though simple in function, Amy is highly adept at wielding it and uses it with proficiency second to none. She mainly uses it as a melee weapon in combat, but can also use it for improving her movements and performing long-ranged attacks. She can also use it to support her allies, for example by giving them an upward boost with a standard whack.