Minor Freedom Fighters
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In the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon and comic series, there are several characters who serve in divisions of the Freedom Fighters. Most of these characters play minor roles in the overall plot.
[edit] Arctic Freedom Fighters
[edit] Guntiver
The wolf "leader" of the Arctic Freedom Fighters.
[edit] Erma
A member of the Arctic Freedom Fighters.
[edit] Sealia
One of the Arctic Freedom Fighers, Sealia is a seal with a French accent. She informed the Freedom Fighters of how their group scattered following a battle with Robotnik, and is the only one who can communicate with Augustus when he is mad.
[edit] Augustus
Polar bear muscle of the team, Augustus is a volatile Arctic Freedom Fighter so powerful that he can split glaciers in half.
[edit] Flip
A penguin who has the ability to slide on ice with his feet.
[edit] DeerWood Forest Freedom Fighters
[edit] Rob O' the Hedge
Rob O' the Hedge is a minor character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series universe, appearing as the cousin of heroine Amy Rose. Similar to (or rather, a parody of) Robin Hood, Rob O' the Hedge hides in a forest and poses resistance to Antoine D'Coolette's roboticized father, a despot who lives in a castle and oppresses the citizens of the area. Rob appears to be similar in appearance to Sonic, despite the fact that they are not related. Unbeknownst to him, he also stood as the destined sentry of the city of Albion, ancient homeland of the Echidnas.
Rob first appeared when he accompanied Knuckles the Echidna and the Lost Echidna Tribe-whose prophecy referred to him as "the Other", the one person who could bring them home-to Albion. Along the way, he met Mari-An, a female Echidna who was very similar to him in personality. The two bickered, ending in a fight on a nearby log over a creek. Rob was knocked into the creek, and when the two again met eyes, it was love at first sight. The two became married, Rob's only warning from Mari-An's parents being to take care of her, and live in Mercia guarding the entrance to Albion; some time later, Mari-An gave birth to a child.
General D'Coolette was Rob's greatest foe and the one responsible for the Roboticization of Rob's Crazy Kritter Freedom Fighters. Even after the general regained his free will, Rob remained suspicious of him until they finally made amends. He was seen at Amy's Freedom Fighter induction ceremony, commenting on his cousin's "good form", and he participated in the battle against the Xorda.
Like the Fleetway comic version of Amy, Rob is a skilled archer, wielding the Robin Hood-style bow and arrows.
[edit] Friar Buck
[edit] Downunda Freedom Fighters
[edit] Walt Wallabee
Leader of the Downunda Freedom Fighters, Walt is a male kangaroo, but he has a pouch. This rare feature for males of his species is used by Walt as a carrier for various items, usually his weapon, the Bomberang. Walt is secretly attracted to fellow DFF member Barby Koala, but has probably never told her.
[edit] Barby Koala
Second-in-command to Walt Wallabee, Barby is not only the object of her leader's affections, but also that of a minor crush from Miles "Tails" Prower. Though she is much older and is not interested in Tails, she does think that he is somewhat cute and flirts with him often. As a koala, Barby possesses sharp claws that can cut through nearly anything. She often takes charge more than Walt, but is always ready and willing to follow orders.
[edit] Wombat Stu
Wombat Stu is the smallest and youngest of the Downunda Freedom Fighters. Possessed of super hearing, Stu is also agile due to his small size. Though he originally served with the Downunda Freedom Fighters, he was later recruited into King Acorn's Secret Service.
- Stu's name is a play on the title of the poem Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughn.
- Current writer Ian Flynn has stated that Stu rejoined the Downunda Freedom Fighters while Sonic was in space, but does not plan on revisiting the subject in the series. [1]
[edit] Guru Emu
An emu who acts like a hippie, Guru is the relaxed member of the group. Due to his philosophies, he is against fighting, but understands that it is often necessary. Guru Emu is flightless, but possesses a vast quantity of wisdom.
[edit] Duck "Bill" Platypus
DFF's fiestiest member, Duck "Bill" Platypus is a born fighter. Following their second victory over Crocbot, Bill was brainwashed by the robot's remains. He began expressing random fits of anger, and eventually went renegade. Unbeknownst to his fellow freedom fighters, Bill had become Crocbot's slave. He helped recruit a horde of other platypuses to do his master's bidding; The severed torso of Crocbot remained hidden and waiting to be rebuilt.
Bill led repeated ambushes against his old team. After luring them into an ambush under the pretense of a truce, Bill captured Guru Emu and Wombat Stu, prompting the DFF to send for help. Sonic and his own Freedom Fighter squad traveled to the crater where Crocbot had been destroyed prior, and found a slave labor camp where the duckbill army using as a site for Crocbot's new base. The Freedom Fighters managed to unearth Crocbot's remains and pull him offline, removing any hypnosis from Bill and the others.
[edit] Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters
A band of aquatic Freedom Fighters, the Forty Fathom group were discovered by Tails during his first mission to Downunda. Having been captured by his old nemesis Octobot, he was nearly killed before the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters arrived and saved him, defeating Octobot and delivering the Fox to Downunda. Afterwards, they appeared fighting first an undersea gangster named Eel Capone, and then an army of Badniks that had hidden out on the bottom of the sea; both parties were quickly defeated.
[edit] Ray
Manta member of the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters. He is not the same person as Ray the Squirrel of the Chaotix, although they share the same name.
[edit] Big Fluke
One of the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters, Big Fluke is a blue whale. He assisted in the battle against Octobot, and flattened the mechanical octopus under his enormous bulk.
[edit] Bottlenose
Bottlenose is, as his name suggests, a bottlenose dolphin. He helps Tails defeat Octobot.
[edit] Bivalve
[edit] P.B. Jellyfish
A Jellyfish who looks like Meatwad.
[edit] Original Freedom Fighters
[edit] Colonel Tig Stripe
A Mobian Tiger who founded and led the original Freedom Fighters. His campaign against Robotnik came to an end when he was betrayed and Roboticized with the rest of his command, all of whom were banished to the Zone of Silence.
[edit] Spot Long
One of the original Freedom Fighters from Knothole, he helped evacuate the city of Robotropolis. Like the others, he was Roboticized.
[edit] Sir Peckers
Clad in an aviator hat and scarf, Sir Peckers was one of the group who founded Knothole as the secret base for the Freedom Fighters.
[edit] Private Trey Scales
Preceding Drago Wolf as traitor to the Freedom Fighters, Trey Scales doublecrossed the original Freedom Fighter group. In response to inquiry, he responded "I'm a snake; it's totally in my nature." Trey proved that cheaters never prosper, as he was Roboticized and sent into the Zone of Silence along with the others.
[edit] MP Bull Bones
Bulldog role model to Sally Acorn and Sonic the Hedgehog, Bones was a member of the group, and like the others ended up in the Zone of Silence.
[edit] Robotropolis Spy Network
[edit] Uncle Chuck
[edit] Sleuth Doggy Dogg
[edit] Kicks a Lot
Kicks a Lot and his partner Sleuth Doggy Dogg were disguised as SWATbots and sent secret messages to the freedom fighters using spray paint and making it look like graffiti while they worked in the Spy Network. Kicks was one of the agents to help Sonic and Princess Sally's former trainees (Hamilin, Dylon, Penelope, Arlo) save the FF's from Robotnik. His current sitation is still unknown.
[edit] Fly Fly Freddy
A member of Sir Charles' (Uncle Chuck's) spy network in Robotropolis, Freddy worked behind the scenes of the networks plans. It's not known for sure if Freddy knew about Slueth Doggy Dawg's defection to the original robotnik, but it's a safe bet that it was Slueth who handed The members of the spy network including Freddy to Robotnik and fed into the roboticizer. Freddy was last seen after King Acorn was plucked from the Zone of Silence when Slueth revealed himself to be a traitor. He attacked Sonic at the original Lake of rings, but was scrapped by Knuckles at the last minute.
[edit] Substitute Freedom Fighters
[edit] Larry Lynx
Leader of the Substitute Freedom Fighters, Larry is in charge should all the members of the 'Brain Trust' Freedom Fighter group be unable to perform their duties. He is known for causing bad luck to anyone nearby, friend and foe alike. Sonic and the Freedom Fighters made his acquaintance during what should have been a routine mission, but turned into a disaster when Larry's bad luck caused them all to be captured except Sonic. Sonic was then able to turn the situation around by using Larry as a "good" luck charm against the SWATbots, destroying them.
Larry returned when the Freedom Fighters were captured during a mission that involved a video game system from the real world that somehow interfaced with Mobius Prime. While Sonic was off in another universe fighting Robotnik, Larry desperately gathered the Substitute Freedom Fighters and launched a daring raid on Robotropolis that allowed them to rescue a captive Sally and the other original Freedom Fighters. After the mission, the Substitute Freedom Fighters were declared an official group and Larry was made their leader. He would later lead them in several other missions, including helping Sonic once when the Hedgehog temporarily lost his speed.
[edit] Penelope Platypus
A member of the Substitute Freedom Fighters from Downunda, Penelope was one of several Freedom Fighter recruits chosen by Sally for a special mission meant to determine their potential. The mission resulted in the uncovering of Robotnik Prime's Auto-Automatons, a scheme that the Substitute Freedom Fighters-aided by Geoffrey St. John-were able to thwart. Penelope and the others would later come to the aid of Sally and her more experienced squad on several occasions, including a bizarre conflict involving a video-game link between Mobius and Earth and a period of time in which Sonic was bereft of his speed.
Penelope would later be elected to serve on the Council of Acorn.
Penelope is known to have a counterpart from Anti-Mobius who was briefly involved with Evil Sonic, but unlike the counterpart of Bunnie Rabbot she did not join the Anti-Freedom Fighters in search of vengeance.
[edit] Cyril
A bald eagle and the eldest member of the Substitute Freedom Fighters. Sonic encountered him during one of his many missions, and the elderly eagle thought himself the last eagle on Mobius to survive Robotnik's predations. Too weary to even fly, Cyril had all but given up, but Sonic motivated him to try flapping his wings again. Amazingly, Cyril got the hang of it again, and even found surviving members of his rookery. Together, they helped Sonic survive one of Robotnik's many attacks.
Cyril later appeared in Knothole and was training the other Substitute Freedom Fighters when Larry Lynx arrived with dire news about Sally's group of Freedom Fighters. Despite his advanced age, the eagle willingly submitted to Larry's command and followed the others in liberating their trapped friends.
[edit] Dylan
A porcupine who was also trained by Sally as one of the Substitute Freedom Fighters. He was also the only one of the group able to defeat Sonic when he attacked Knothole while acting under Robotnik's orders while suffering amnesia, accomplishing this by staying quiet and effectively ambushing Sonic instead of making loud, cumbersome attacks like his comrades.
Dylan was later one of three Substitute Freedom Fighters elected to the Council of Acorn. One of the most vocal of the council, he informed Sally and Dimitri the Echidna of the council's decisions regarding sending anyone to Angel Island without getting all the facts about the rebirth of Knuckles the Echidna's arch-nemesis Enerjak.
- Being a poet (as told in the Archie comic series), his name could be an homage to Bob Dylan.
[edit] Hamlin
One of the more vocal Substitute Freedom Fighters. He is a pig who received training from Princess Sally. He once suspected Geoffrey St. John of being a traitor, but his theories proved groundless. A character very similar in appearance to Hamlin also made brief cameos in the SatAM cartoon, but with no speaking roles other than cheering his comrades' victories.
Together with Dylan and Penelope, Hamlin was chosen by the citizens of New Mobotropolis to sit on the Council of Acorn with Sir Charles Hedgehog, Elias Acorn, Rotor Walrus, and Rosemary Prower.
[edit] Arlo
An armadillo and a shy member of the Substitute Freedom Fighters.
- Arlo's name could be an homage to poet and singer Arlo Guthrie, much like fellow Freedom Fighter Dylan's (above).
[edit] Wolf Pack
Similar in culture to Native Americans, the Wolf Pack was created to combat the invading forces of the evil Dr. Robotnik. Drawing lots, the community split up, part becoming the Wolf Pack to fight invaders, the other fleeing to find shelter for their pups. In SatAM, it is also learned that the Wolf Pack have marks on their bodies as a result of their battles.
[edit] Lupe
Lupe is the anthropomorphic wolf and the leader of the Wolf Pack Freedom Fighters. Lupe is a kind and sage-minded individual, but her peaceful exterior hides a real warrior. Her people once inhabited a city in the mountains that lived in harmony with nature, but that came to an end when Dr. Robotnik's machines destroyed their home. Lupe bears a scar on her cheek as a reminder of that day. She became the leader of her own rebel force of wolves, and helped Sonic's team destroy of the first of Robotnik's prototype Doomsday drones. Later, she was one of the many Freedom Fighters who banded together to thwart the Doomsday Project. Her voice in the SatAm series was done by Shari Belafonte.
In the Archie Comic, Lupe's personality and history are mostly the same. Lupe also adopts two human girls into the Pack. However, upon their return home, they are captured. As a result, Lupe was Roboticized, but managed to resist the mind control long enough to help the others escape. In honor of her bravery, the rest of the Pack erected a tombstone. Since the Bem De-Robotization took place, Lupe is back to normal.
SatAM depicted Lupe as having a father who was captured by Robotnik. In the comics, she has three known relatives: her husband Lobo, son Marcus, and daughter Maria. All three of them were Roboticized, but were returned to normal by the Bem.
- Lupe's name is derived from Lupine, the scientific term for wolf. Lobo, Lupe's mate, takes his name from the Spanish word for wolf.
[edit] Reynard
Reynard questions everything and everyone around him, though he is never one to be spiteful. Reynard was the first member of the Pack to encounter the Knothole Freedom Fighters. His inquistive nature often leads him to fights with Diablo.
- Reynard's name is derived from Reynard the fox, a character from many 18th century children's books.
[edit] Canus
The second member of the Pack after Lupe, Canus is the blue-furred brute force of the Wolf Pack. Though large and imposing, he is really quite gentle, and serves not only as muscle, but also as cook of the group. Due to his peace keeping nature, he is the only member of the Pack who can keep Reynard and Diablo from killing each other.
- Canus' name is derived from "Canis Lupus", which is the scientific name for the Timber, or Grey wolf.
[edit] Diablo
Diablo is the group grouch, always picking fights. He is the most stubborn of the wolves and constantly gets into fights with Reynard.
- Diablo's name is the Spanish word for "Devil".
[edit] Leeta and Lyco
A pair of twin pink wolves, they are always willing to help out. Leeta and Lyco work best as a team, and are masters of acrobatics, which explains the same swimsuits they have on like Lupe.
- Lyco's name is derived from "Lycanthrope", the word for "Werewolf".
[edit] Aerial and Athena
The most controversial members of the Pack, Aerial and Athena are not wolves at all, but a pair of Overlander girls. Twin sisters, Aerial is a blond hair girl who is extremely calm and quiet, as opposed to Athena who has red hair and is deaf . They are the lone survivors of an Overlander city, and it caused quite an uproar when Lupe brought them into the pack.
[edit] Drago
- See main article.
Drago was once a member of the Wolf Pack, but he betrayed them when he was bought off by Dr. Robotnik and became a double-agent. He was instrumental in arranging Sally Acorn's assassination and the framing of Sonic for her (apparent) murder. As such, he was exiled from the Wolf Pack, eventually joining up with the Destructix under Mammoth Mogul and Ixis Naugus.
[edit] Group Name Unknown/Only Known Member
[edit] Carl Condor/Condorbot
Originally an ally to Sonic and the Freedom fighters, Carl Condor knew things about Mobius that a lot of others didn't. Before Sonic could find him for information about Robotnik's Death Egg, Carl was roboticized and ordered to capture him.
[edit] Erik
[edit] Hawkhawk
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