Manic the Hedgehog
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| Manic the Hedgehog | |
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 Manic's appearance in the TV series Sonic Underground. |
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| Voice actor(s) | Jaleel White (TV) (1998-1999) |
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| Species | Hedgehog |
| Age | 15 |
Manic the Hedgehog was a character in the tv series Sonic Underground. Manic is Sonic the Hedgehog's sibling, on a quest with Sonic and his sister Sonia to find their mother, Queen Aleena Hedgehog.
Manic's hair is more spikey and shaggy than Sonic's and Sonia's hair, and he is green while Sonic is blue and Sonia is pink. He wears a reddish-brown vest and a fanny-pack, which he seems to fit anything and everything in, from his drumsticks to whatever he tries to steal. He has his left ear pierced with two small loop earrings. [1] Manic was voiced by Jaleel White.
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[edit] Role
Manic plays the drums in the band of the three siblings Sonia, Sonic, and himself. Like his siblings, he possesses an amulet resembling a musical instrument (in Manic's case, a drumkit) that doubles as a weapon when the three of them are in harmony.
Manic's character is a pickpocket, placing him in the lowest role of growing up for the siblings: Sonic lived in an average home, while Sonia lived like a princess. When their mother was forced to separate them, his basket was stolen and brought to the thief, Ferral, who raised Manic to be a thief. Though Sonia has a distaste for Manic's lifestyle (and his tolerance for sewers), his thieving skills and mastery with computers and machines is greatly needed. Manic seems to be the only one of the three that can pick locks, get away with stealing, and hack into computers. While he gets defensive when his old background is criticised, he grew up without ever feeling he had a real home until he met his siblings. Manic is the "laid back" sibling, and slangs sometimes in the show.
Manic possesses neither his brother's super speed nor his sister's strength. However, when used properly, his drumset can control the earth, creating seismic activity under Manic's direction. According to the Oracle, his drums are the most powerful weapon of the three. He rides on an airboard which also acts like a surfboard.
[edit] Manic the Performer
Manic, of course, plays the drums in Sonic Underground. He can twirl his sticks with his left hand (later eps. show right), twirl both sticks in his right hand (shown twice), and throw them in the air and catch them like what most drummers do. His sticks are small, and "bend".
Manic's singing voice was done by Phil Hayes. His voice is smoother (in the French shows it was scratchy like Sonic's in the American), and can go pretty high (Working Together In Harmony, Fun In The Sun).
However, for some reason, in the episode "Sleepers", Manic's speaking voice is lower than normal.
[edit] Archie comics
In the Archie comics continuity, there is a character called Manic (or "Manik" as he is called in the comic) that is the future child of Sonic the Hedgehog by Princess Sally and appeared in the miniseries "Mobius: 25 Years Later". He is, for the most part, unconnected to the Manic of Sonic Underground. Manik was also known to have a crush on Lara-Su, one that she didn't reciprocate. He was also best friends with the son-and was the subject of a crush from the daughter-of Miles "Tails" Prower and Mina Mongoose.
In the alternate Mobius: 25 Years Later, Manik and his sister ceased to exist, due to their mother being married to Shadow the Hedgehog instead of their father Sonic. However, following Shadow's defeat, Sonic and Sally got back together and discussed having children, thus making it possible that Manik will be born at a later time in the alternate timeline.
Mobius: 25 Years Later Manik did not look like his Underground namesake, instead appearing as a younger duplicate of his father Sonic. He also has a younger counterpart in the future from which Sally's computer NICOLE originated, and both possess the power of super speed.
Manic also makes a small appearance when he teams up with Sonic, Sonic Underground Sonic, and Sonia to battle Evil Sonic in Sonic Super Special #10.
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| Archie/SatAM | Sonic | Robotnik | Snively Kintobor | Scourge | Princess Sally | Bunnie Rabbot | Rotor | Antoine D'Coolette | Freedom Fighters (Minor) | Wolf Pack | King Acorn | Ixis Naugus | Knuckles | Julie-Su | Dimitri | Lien-Da | Dark Legion | The Brotherhood | Mammoth Mogul | Elias Acorn | House of Acorn | Secret Service | Mina | Fiona | Anti-Freedom Fighters | Destructix (Drago Wolf) | Minor Archie characters |
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| Sonic the Comic | Drakon Empire | Captain Plunder | STC characters |
| Sonic X | Chris Thorndyke | Cosmo | Metarex | Chuck Thorndyke | Bocoe | Decoe | Bokkun | Nazo |
| Underground | Sonia | Manic | Queen Aleena |
| AoStH | Scratch and Grounder | Coconuts |
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