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The original issues of the series and those soon to follow consisted mostly of isolated stories. That is, there was rarely any continuity between issues. However, there were the additions of new characters (such as Bunnie Rabbot, Knuckles, and Super Sonic) that would become familiar and lasting faces as the series continued. The early issues featured much of Sonic versus Robotnik, in which Sonic would constantly foil Robotnik's plans whether it be to tear down a forest or find the hidden location of Knothole Village. Eventually though, the issues started to gain a sense of an ongoing story, most notably with the addition of the Mecha Sonic story line in issue 39, in which Sonic is transformed into a robotic form and does as Robotnik commands. This would later be concluded in a Sonic Special issue where Knuckles gives himself up to be transformed into a robot in order to defeat Mecha Sonic. From here, the story line would be further developed into what is now a fully continuous one. Following the defeat of Mecha Sonic, the Freedom Fighters come together in issue 46 to discuss ways to attack and defeat Robotnik once and for all. The loyalty of many of the Freedom Fighters comes into question, particularly notable in a feud between Sonic and Geoffrey Saint John, a member of the Acorn secret service. This continues into the renowned End Game saga which takes place over a four issue span, #47 through #50.

The saga begins with a mission by the Freedom Fighter and the Wolf Pack, led by Lupe, to attack Robotnik’s base. Princess Sally reveals thoughts of her father, King Acorn, telling her that it would soon become apparent that Sonic is a traitor. The mission proceeds and Sally is in need of help or she may fall to her death. The Freedom Fighters look on in despair when they think they see Sonic and assume that he will rescue the princess. Much to their surprise, Sonic aids Sally in falling to her death. The mission is called to retreat, and the Freedom Fighters move back to Knothole village. Meanwhile, Sonic is seen battling Robotnik inside the base (when he apparently left Sally for dead). Robotnik escapes and Sonic leaves the base wondering where the rest of his companions have gone. Sonic returns to Knothole only to be arrested and spared the death penalty in light of all his services, so instead is sentenced to life in prison on the Devil’s Gulag, where other notorious traitors such as Sleuth Doggy Dog (#42) will be imprisoned with him. While Sonic is being transported to the Gulag, Swatbots attack the vessel and it crash lands. Sonic remains conscience and takes the opportunity to escape. News bears word and King Acorn demands the recapture of Sonic by Saint John. Sonic on the run, takes refuge in a cavern. Meanwhile, Bunnie and Antoine discover that Drago (a member of the Wolf Pack) has been working with Robotnik in order to frame Sonic. This is followed by King Acorn issuing Robotnik as his new Warlord. Sonic, in the meantime, continues his run from Saint John and the secret service with aid from Dulcy the Dragon. Robotnik reveals his duplicate of the King by making it self-destruct and the true plan has become evident to all. All this would lead up to Sonics return to Knothole in issue 50, where Sonic clears his name and heads to a final showdown with Robotnik. As the issue notes, Sonic is uncharacteristically devoid of humor as he approaches Robotnik. In the battle, Robotnik’s ultimate annihilator crashes and the room is destined for destruction, but Robotnik and Sonic remain to fight. In the end, Sonic emerges victorious and Robotnik dies. Sonic later revives Sally with a kiss.

Story lines continue to follow after the End Game saga. Ixis Nagaus makes his first appearance in issue 53. Although temporarily defeated, he would later return in issues 64 through 66, along with the appearance of Nate Morgan, former adviser of King Acorn, and Ixis would be defeated this time by Ultra Sonic, one of Sonics transformations.

Issue 75 reveals that an alternate version of Robotnik that Sonic faced in issue 19, known as Robo-Robotnik, survived the last encounter and killed his dimension's Sonic, and after learning about the original Robotnik's death in issue 50, decided to fill out the void in both his and Sonic Prime's life by traveling to Sonic's world sometime in between issues 51 and 62, and taking over Robotnik Prime's place. His presence is revealed by flashbacks to certain issues between issues 50 and 75. Sonic and the Freedom Fighters head to space to battle this Robo Robotnik, and although they defeat him, there are many other bodies standing in line. Robo-Robotnik went into one shaped funny and became who is now Sonic's familiar enemy, Dr. Eggman.

Sonic Adventure was readily adapted into the series with the appearance of Chaos, beginning in issue 79. The saga ends with Sonic successfully defeating Perfect Chaos, the final form of Chaos after absorbing all of the emeralds, by transforming into Super Sonic in issue 84. Sonic does not actually destroy Chaos, as Chaos returns to his ancient beginnings to live in peace.

Issue 85 features Silver Sonic II, a scaled down version of the super robot seen in the Death Egg Saga. The next two issues (#86 and #87) feature the return of Metal Sonic (first seen in issue 25 and once again in the Knuckles' Chaotix special). Despite being able to defeat Sonic and Tails with ease, Metal Sonic realizes he can be more than his programming and sacrifices himself to save Sonic and Tails from a lava flow.

Sonic Adventure 2 comes into adaptation for one issue (#98) featuring Shadow the Hedgehog. The majority of the issue leads up to the events of the game and brings back Silver Sonic II, only to have him destroyed by Shadow.

In issue 125, Sonic's latest battle with the Xorda leaves him stranded in space after saving Knothole from the Quantum Dial, while everyone on Mobius assumed him to be dead. Sonic's journey through space leads up to many interesting story lines, such as the return of Super Sonic in issue 126, and his discovery that Tails' parents are still alive on a far off planet. Sonic returns in issue 130 where he reveals to everyone that he is indeed alive and well. He learns that Eggman has engaged in all-out war with the Kingdom of Acorn and the United Federation (Station Square's population).

Issues 131 through 144 introduce a side story line taking place 25 years in the future. In this future, Sonic is king of Knothole and married to Sally. Knuckles has attained the rank of Guardian and is (unofficially) married to Julie Su. However, all is not well as the timeline is in danger of collapsing into destruction. Sonic and Knuckles try with the help of Rotor to prevent this catastrophe. Sonic ends up saving the universe, but it is, unfortunately, reset with alterations, which are seen in issues 166 and 167.

Issue 145 features the return of Shadow, who continues to be a player, fighting both Sonic and a newly created Metal Sonic, in issues 146 through 149. This arc heavily touched on the history of Mobius (from the original conflict with the Xorda on Earth to prehistoric Mobius). Shadow reappears again in issues 157 through 161, as well as later issues. In issues 180 to 184 Knuckles was tricked by Dr. Finetevus into becoming Enerjak with the help of Scourge and the Destructix. In issues 189 to 196, Scourge and his newly reformed Suppression Squad took over Freedom HQ after Scourge became King Scourge. Robotnik created a Metal Scourge to aid Metal Sonic in fighting the two hedgehog twins. Sonic and Amy invaded Scourge's Moebius and in the hopes that Amy's evil double will help oust Scourge. Miles (Tails' duplicate) made a deal with the Freedom Fighters to have Scourge overthrown. Then things got crazy with Silver entering the series for the first time, Shadow appearing in Scourge's universe trying to find Chaos Emeralds and Eggman sending a Metal Sonic. In the all-out hedgehog brawl that ensued, Scourge used the power of the Anarchy Beryl (the Anti-Chaos Emerald) to make himself invulnerable, but Sonic deceived and defeated him.

In issue 200, Eggman goes insane after his defeat by Sonic, but returns to normal around 10 issues later. During Eggman's period of insanity, Snively allied himself with the Iron Queen and conquered New Mobotropolis. But the conquest was short-lived, and when the Iron Queen was defeated, Snively freed Eggman from prison in order to save his skin.

Issues 225 through 229 featured an arc titled "GENESIS," to celebrate 20 years of Sonic the Hedgehog. In this saga, Sonic finds himself in Green Hill Zone where he finds animals are being captured and imprisoned by an evil genius named Dr. Robotnik and his co-worker, Snively. Upon freeing animals from a capsule, Sonic discovers three Mobians named Sally Acorn, Boomer the Walrus, and Antoine D'Coolette, who were Freedom Fighters against Robotnik's dictation. Sally convinced Sonic to join them on the same mission to defeat Robotnik, to which Sonic accepted. Upon arriving at Scrap Brain Zone, they discovered Robotnik and made a quick victory, but later discovered that the mad scientist was still alive. Sonic then met a young fox named Miles Prower, but Miles preferred the name "Tails." He joined the Freedom Fighters in the second quest to locate Robotnik, where it was discovered that the Oil Ocean Refinery needed to be shut down, as it was used to power Robotnik's Death Egg Mark 2. Sonic journeyed off to the Metropolis Zone (despite Sally's pleas) along with Tails. While the other Freedom Fighters shut down the Refinery, Sonic stormed the Death Egg and battled Dr. Robotnik as Super Sonic using Chaos Energy that powered the battle-station. Enabling Chaos Control, the world began to reset back to the present time of issue 225.

During the course of events in GENESIS, some of the characters (primarily Sonic and Sally) began regaining their memories from the time before Dr. Eggman reset time with his Death Egg Mark 2, and eventually at the end, all memory was restored. When everything was reset at the end of the "GENESIS" saga, Dr. Eggman almost lost his sanity again, thus revealing that Eggman's mind is on a very short string. Instead of giving in to madness, though, Eggman tried to fire the Death Egg, which would have destroyed all machines on the planet. Sally foiled his scheme, but was roboticized in the process.

Around the same time Eggman unveiled his new Death Egg, Ixis Naugus returned and demanded that he be made king due to the fact that King Maximillian had technically handed his crown over to him while in the Zone of Silence. With help from Geoffrey St. John and by fighting against the Death Egg, Naugus gained the favor of most of the Mobians and was declared king. Naugus then secretly helped Dr. Eggman by telling him that the Freedom Fighters were providing former King Elias an escort out of New Mobotropolis. The attack left Antoine D'Coolette in a coma and Bunnie left to fight on her own, putting an end to the original Freedom Fighters. In response, Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Rotor formed two new teams. One, Team Fighters, would go take the battle to Eggman while the other, Team Freedom, would be charged with protecting New Mobotropolis. Former King Elias also formed a team of Secret Freedom Fighters that would work outside the law to take down Ixis Naugus and aid Team Freedom in protecting New Mobotropolis from attacks.

After many issues consisting of Team Fighters chasing Eggman and Elias waging a secret war against Ixis Naugus, the comic series entered a crossover with the Mega Man series where evil doctors Eggman and Wily worked together to create a zone between their worlds and then use a second Genesis Wave on each. The evil geniuses then roboticized some of Sonic's friends and tricked Sonic and Mega Man into fighting each other. In the end though, Sonic and Mega Man worked together to stop Eggman and Wily. This time however, when Sonic tried to reset his world, Eggman messed up his concentration and the result was that Sonic's universe has been reset to an alternate timeline, one where Sally is not roboticized, Bunnie is still half-robot and Antoine is not in a coma. To Sonic, this version of reality seems a lot happier than the previous one and he's no longer sure he wants to reset his world back to normal.

The comic detailed not only Sonic's present, but also his past and possible futures. Great attention has been given to his back story, including the lives of his relatives and friends during Robotnik's regime and the Great War that preceded it. As noted above, the comic ran a series of stories called "Mobius: 25 Years Later," Sonic's possible future as King of Mobius. In these stories, we learn that King Sonic has become a recluse and has severed ties with most of his former friends, except for his continuing, strained relationship with Knuckles. The story will soon be continued with a story detailing the events after King Sonic's time travel causes another possible future in which Shadow is king.

The comic's mythology surrounding the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald was quite different from what is seen in the games. According to the comic, the Chaos Emeralds were the result of alien radiation reacting with beryl deposits thousands of years ago. While in the games there are only seven of these emeralds, there were hundreds in the comic continuity, with seven "Super Emeralds." In addition, the Master Emerald was created by Tails, who used the Chaos Siphon on several emeralds to unify them. In the games, however, the Master Emerald is thousands of years older than Tails, or anyone else, for that matter. This has recently been retconned by the authors though through "The Gathering" in which Turbo Tails and Super Shadow send all the multicolored Emeralds in the universe to the Zone of Silence. Once the Emeralds are sent there, Feist takes them and combines them into a single gem for each color. He also claims that to receive a Chaos Emerald that he would judge the seeker of the gem. Given the surroundings of the newly reformed Zone of Silence, this judgment will likely come in the form of tasks similar to the special stages of the video games.

Story Arcs The bolded titles are major and significant story arcs In chronological order.

Classic Era Sonic Kids (Stories about the childhood of Sonic and his friends) Sonic Kids 2 (Stories about the childhood of Sonic and his friends) The Beginning (#0-3 Miniseries) First Adventures (#1-8) Zone Hopping & New Faces (#9-25)[note 1] (+ Sonic: In Your Face![note 2] + Princess Sally miniseries[note 3]) Other Problems (#26-35 + Sonic & Knuckles [note 4] + Triple Trouble [note 5] + Tails miniseries [note 6] + Knuckles' Chaotix [note 7] + Super Sonic vs Hyper Knuckles[note 8]) Turning Point (#36-38 + Knuckles Miniseries[note 9]) Mecha Madness (#39-40 + Mecha Madness Special[note 10]) Preperations For War (#41-46 + Sonic Quest Miniseries[note 11] + Sonic Live! [note 12] + Sonic Blast[note 13] + Knucles the Echidna #1-3[note 14]) Cry of the Wolf (#113) End Game (#47-50 + Battle Royal[note 15]) Effects Of Victory (#51-#55 + Knucles the Echidna #4-6[note 16] + Brave New World[note 17] + Knucles the Echidna #7-9[note 18]) World Tour (#56-#63 + Return of the King[note 19] + Sonic/Image Crossover[note 20] + Knuckles the Echidna #10-#11[note 21] + Knuckles the Echidna #12[note 22] + Knuckles the Echidna #13-15[note 23] + Knuckles the Echidna #16-18[note 24]) The Naugus Trilogy (#64-#66) Trouble at Home (#67-#70 + Knuckles the Echidna #19-21[note 25] + Sally Moon [note 26] + Knuckles the Echidna #22-24[note 27]) Modern Sonic Rise of the Eggman (#71-#76 + Knuckles the Echidna #25 [note 28] + Sabrina the Teenage Witch #28 and Crossover Chaos[note 29][note 30] + Knuckles the Echidna #26-28[note 31]) A New Beginning (#77-78 + Knuckles the Echidna #29 and Girls Rule ![note 32] + Knuckles the Echidna #30-32 and Turnabout Heroes [note 33] ) Sonic Adventure (#79-84 + Sonic Adventure (Super Special)[note 34]) Heading Home Again (#85-#87) The Big Payback (#85) Heart of the Hedgehog (#86-#87) Negative Relations (#88-97 + Sonic Stew[note 35] + Naugus Games[note 36]) Sonic Adventure 2 (#98 + SU #2) No Rest For Heroes (#99-102) Freedom Fighters of the Galaxy (#103-104) Myth Taken Identity (#103-105) Crouching Hedgehog, Hidden Dragon (#106-107) Cleaning Time (#108-112) When A Mammoth Returns (#114-118) Prelude To Crisis (#119-121) Heart Held Hostage (#122-123) Sonic Adventure 2.5 Omega (#124-125) Tossed in Space (#126-129) Home (#130-134) Mobius: 25 Years Later (#131-144, #166-167) The Tommy Trilogy (#135-137) Return to Angel Island (#138-141) The Original Freedom Fighters (#142-143) Shadows Of Hope (#145) The Good, the Bad and the Unknown (#146-149) The Chosen One (#149-150) Evil Sonic Havoc (#151-152) Songoose (#153-154) Line of Succession (#155-156) System Shutdown, Reconfiguration, and Reboot (#157-159) Birthday Bash (#160-161) The Darkest Storm (#162-164) Leak (#165) Order From Chaos (#168-169) Family Meetings (#170-171) Joy Before Cry (#172-174) Eggman Empire (#175-177) House of Cards (#178-179) Enerjak Reborn (#180-184) Mogul Rising (#185-188) The Bold New Moebius Saga (#189-197) (Made into 4 two-part arcs + 1 Issue) A Bold New Moebius (#189-190) Metal and Mettle (#191-192) Otherside (#193-194) Hedgehog Havoc (#195-196) Consequences (#197) The Battle to Bring Down the Eggman (#198-200) Egg Phoenix Down (#198) Knocking on Eggman's Door (#199) Turnabout is Fair Play (#200) The Iron Dominion (#201-212 + Sonic Universe #13-16) Change in Management (#201) Dangerous Territory (#202) Heavy is the Head (#203-204) On The Run (#205-206) Blackout (#207) Iron Dominion (#208-209) Journey To The East (Sonic Universe #13-16) Home Invasion (#210-211) The Roads We Take (#212) Problems Abroad (#213-#218) Reining Cats and Dogs (#213-#214) Family Matters (#215-#216) Thicker Than Water (#217-#218) Rise of King Naugus (#219-#224) In Service to the King (#219-#220) Changing Tempo (#221) The World Can Wait (#222) Chaos and the Crown (#223-#224) One Step Forward... (#225) Genesis (#226-#229) ...Two Steps Back (#230) Fall of The Freedom Fighters (#231-#235) Lost In The Moment (#231) Dark Tidings (#232) The Trial Of Geoffrey St.John (#233) Unthinkable (#234) Remember The Fallen (#235) New Teams To Cry Freedom (#236-#241 + Sonic Universe #41-#44) Cry Freedom ! (#236) Loyalty (#237-#238) Heroes (#239-#240) Secret Freedom (Sonic Universe #41-#44) Unraveling (#241) Endangered Species (#242-#246) Unfriendly Skies (#242) Endangered Species (#243-#246) At All Costs: Part 1 (#247) Pre-Super Genesis Wave Timeline ends here When Worlds Collide (#248-#251 + Sonic Universe #51-#54 + Mega Man #24-#27) Kindred Spirits (MM #24, SU #51, StH #248, MM #25) Into the Warzone (SU #52, StH #249, MM #26, SU #53) Chaos Clash (StH #250, MM #27, SU #54, StH #251) Post-Super Genesis Wave Timeline starts here A New Sonic Comic Universe (#252-#256) At All Costs: Part 2 (#252) Countdown to Chaos (#253-#256) Sonic Unleashed (Part 1) (#257-#272 + Sonic Universe #63-#66 + Sonic Universe #71-#74) Damage Control (#257) The Chase (#258-#259) The Great Chaos Caper (SU #63-#66) Waves of Change (#260-#263) Control (#264-#265) Ambushed (#266-#267) Champions [Sonic the Fighters] (#268-#271) Spark of Life (SU #71-#74) Sonic Comic Origins: Into the Unknown (FCBD: #9) Ray of Hope (#272) Fury (SU #75) Worlds Unite (#273-#275 + Sonic Universe #76-#78 + Sonic Boom #8-#10 + Mega Man #50-#52) Deadly Fusion (SU #76, SB #8, StH #273, MM #50) Broken Bonds (SU #77, SB #9, StH #274, MM #51) Allied Forces (SU #78, SB #10, StH #275, MM #52) Sonic Unleashed (Part 2) (#276-287 + Sonic Universe #83-#90 Cold Hearted (#276) Thunder, Rain and Lightning (#277) Face of the Enemy (#278-279) Eggman's Dozen (SU#83-86) Keys to Victory (#280) Wings of Fire (#281-282) The Mission (#283) Panic in the Sky (#284-287) Shattered (SU#87-90) Genesis of a Hero (#288-291) (fourth chapter unreleased) The canceled issue 291 was planned to conclude the "Genesis of a Hero" arc with an adaptation of Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

Adaptations The Sonic the Hedgehog comic typically ran original storylines based on characters from various Sonic media, but it had also made a number of adaptations. For instance, it had adapted a couple episodes of Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as complete or partial adaptations of the video games. Ever since Ian Flynn's time period of writing began, the adaptions were turned into short, non-canonical stories, simply called "In Another Time, In Another Place."

At Freedom HQ, Sonic is trying to find Tommy, with Tails and Rotor, telling him hopefully Tommy was far away from the HQ, with Tails stating he has first dibs on Tommy because of his "help" with his latest project, while holding up a mangled device. Rotor said that Tommy washed the dirty petri dishes, which destroyed every bit of the Nanite research he was working on. This worries Sonic, telling them Tommy's been acting strangely ever since nanites fused with his shell, but then says that Tommy saved his life, stating he can't be all bad, to which Tails bitterly replies "No, not ALL bad".

Meanwhile, at New Megaopolis, Dr. Eggman is telling his "son", A.D.A.M., that his mysterious foe, "Anonymous" is finally going down. A.D.A.M. then asks his father why he is deleting him, only for Eggman to tell him he finally figured it all out in the beginning, detailing each event of "Anonymous'" doing, (including the Metal Destructix and Metal Sonic Troopers), and angrily replies that he watched A.D.A.M. steal Mogul's Chaos Emerald and releasing both him and Ixis Naugus, finally leading him to know A.D.A.M. was "Anonymous" the whole time. However, while Eggman was mourning the demise of his "children," he is shocked to hear A.D.A.M.'s voice emanating from a shadowy figure standing in a nearby corner. Before he can react, a metal tentacle grabs him and the figure steps out of the darkness to reveal a nanite-covered Tommy Turtle under A.D.A.M.'s control.

Back at Freedom HQ, Nicole starts to go haywire. She states her systems are infected by nanites as she attempts to purge them. Just then, Bunnie staggers into the room and immediately punches Nicole's screen using her robotic arm, which was out of her control. She then throws Tails outside and scattered the others while yelling for someone to stop her. Knuckles, Mighty and Vector all come to her aid and tackle her down. Rotor disables her infected robotic limbs as she wonders how they got infected. As Sonic goes outside to see if Tails was okay, he is shocked to see an unconscious Tails being carried by his father, who was also infected by the nanites. Sonic immediately races after them while attempting to ask his father where he was taking them, only for his father to cryptically tell him he had been there before...

Meanwhile, at the Nanite City, Shadow confronts Dr. Eggman about the mission he was sent on, only for him to be attacked immediately by A.D.A.M. After a brief conflict, Shadow is knocked out and placed in a capsule next to a mysterious spire. Jules and an unconscious Tails soon arrive after and A.D.A.M. places Tails in a second capsule. A.D.A.M. then reveals that by using the nanite city and the combined powers of Super Shadow's enhanced Chaos Control and The Chosen One/Tails, prophesy of the great harmony, he is going to acquire all the Chaos Emeralds in the universe. As Eggman and Jules doubt his plan, A.D.A.M. states he knows that Sonic has just arrived in the city and Eggman has summoned his Egg Fleet to their location, but he gloats that they will be too late to stop him. The capsules and spire begin to glow from the Chaos Emeralds placed around it, as Shadow and Tails are forced to take on their Super and Turbo forms.

Continued from last issue; A.D.A.M.'s master plan is almost complete with Tails and Shadow captured and Tommy Turtle as his slave. Sonic arrives on the scene in the nanite city, and sees his dad collapsed on the ground. Jules tells Sonic not to worry; that A.D.A.M. is done with him after he gave him Tails, and that he ordered him to self-destruct. Sonic doesn't think it's "no worries", but Jules adds on that he didn't get a deadline and would fall apart for another 40 years. Sonic answers back he'll have the day saved by then. Sonic is about to run into action, when Jules tells him that A.D.A.M. is using the Nanites in Tommy's shell to control him; the same way he used on Jules.

The Summoning Spire. The Summoning Spire.

Meanwhile, A.D.A.M. is using his device to force the captive Shadow and Tails to take on their Super and Turbo forms. He gloats that with Turbo Tails - the Chosen One - acting as a beacon and Super Shadow's enhanced Chaos Control powers speeding up the gathering, he is gathering every Chaos Emerald in the Universe - every green Chaos Emerald around Mobius, the cyan Chaos Emeralds from Planet Weeet, and the blue Chaos Emeralds from Xorda, A.D.A.M. is being bound to the summoning spire where the emeralds are being teleported. A.D.A.M. is being told that the red Chaos Emeralds hail from Thoraxia and the purple ones from the remains of Teragosa 6. Also, the star that consumed E.V.E. goes dark when the yellow Chaos Emeralds are pulled away and the grey Chaos Emeralds from Argentium. As Dr. Eggman stares with disbelief, A.D.A.M. sees that he is missing the largest of the green Chaos Emeralds - the Master Emerald.

Meanwhile on Angel Island, Locke and Dr. Finitevus are using their Chaos powers to stop the Master Emerald from being taken. Locke yells at Finitevus that they cannot let the Master Emerald go. Dr. Finitevus thinks to himself he can't let the gemstone go, as he needs it for his own reasons.

Back at the city, Sonic charges into A.D.A.M., when they were wondering when Sonic would show up. Sonic answers back wondering about "we?". A.D.A.M. tells Sonic during the fight Tommy is still alive inside him and completely under his control, just like Bunnie, Nicole and Jules. Sonic figures that Dr. Eggman's "son" would go all world-conquest-crazy with the nanites. A.D.A.M., while launching at Sonic, tells him once he fulfills his function his father will be proud of him. Dr. Eggman renounces A.D.A.M. as his son and shouts he'll be happier when Sonic tears him apart. A.D.A.M. says he knew this would happen and that is why A.D.A.M. tricked Eggman into destroying M. Sonic uses his legs to stun A.D.A.M. and is ready to finish him off, but Tommy appears in A.D.A.M.'s body. Sonic, not being able to attack his friend, stops. A.D.A.M punches Sonic, saying he knows Sonic could never hurt Tommy, and that is why he cannot be stopped. Dr. Eggman helps Sonic up and tells him if he is kept busy for a few minutes more, his Egg Fleet will destroy him. Sonic doesn't want to lose Tommy and decides to take it up a notch. A.D.A.M. also realizes that he needs to take drastic measures.

A.D.A.M. reveals his super form.

Sonic runs up the summoning spire as A.D.A.M. follows with his jets, Sonic trying to think of a good line to say. They both enter the Chaos powers, and Sonic transforms into Super Sonic to take down A.D.A.M, but is shocked that A.D.A.M. has gone super too.

As Super Sonic and A.D.A.M. are fighting, Dr. Eggman releases Super Shadow and Turbo Tails, and tells them A.D.A.M. has gained super-level power and Super Sonic can't take him alone, or his Egg Fleet. Turbo Tails realizes what must be done and asks Super Shadow to help him. They both fly up as Turbo Tails is explaining that this much power can't exist here and they must send it to a safe place. Super Shadow uses Chaos Control to open a portal to the Zone of Silence. Turbo Tails believes that this is the beginning of the Great Harmony and he can finally fulfill his prophecy, after he thought it ended when he faced Mammoth Mogul as Titan Tails. He uses his powers to send the Chaos Emeralds into the zone. Super Shadow wonders what could happen with all that energy, Turbo Tails answers that he hopes it's something 'special'.

Super Shadow and Turbo Tails fulfill the Great Harmony.

A.D.A.M. notices the Chaos Emeralds have disappeared and Super Sonic tells him it's over with the emeralds gone and the Egg Fleet arriving. A.D.A.M. begins to say he is invincible in his super form, but Tommy manages to regain control of his body. He apologizes for everything, for being a pain, for all the trouble and for letting A.D.A.M. do this. Super Sonic doesn't worry about it and is glad that he's won back control. Tommy answers back that A.D.A.M. will win back control any minute, and he simply can't let that happen. Tommy wants A.D.A.M destroyed, so that everyone will be cured of their nanite infections. Tommy flies up to the Egg Fleet and tells Super Sonic since he gave him a second chance in life, he needs to repay that debt. Before anybody can stop him, Dr. Eggman commands the cannons to fire. Tommy is completely obliterated by the blast as Super Sonic transforms back into Sonic, with the dusted remains of Tommy.

Dr. Eggman complains that this was a waste of time, and he missed out on Chaos Emeralds, and orders Shadow to head back with him. Shadow is disgusted at his heartless comments, glancing back towards the crying Tails. Sonic floats back down to the ground with Tommy's remains. Dr. Eggman tells him he's letting Sonic go for now, and leaves with Shadow. Sonic comforts Tails that Tommy was maybe the bravest Freedom Fighter of all, and took A.D.A.M. with him. He lets go of Tommy's remains in the wind, trying hard not to cry, while Tails is in tears. Sonic and Tails decide to go and help get Jules and themselves home.

Miles Prower (born day 297, 3225),[3] better known by his nickname Tails, is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He is a mobian two-tailed fox, born on the day of Dr. Ivo Robotnik's takeover of Mobotropolis. Since he was young, Tails has been at Sonic's side, helping him and the Knothole Freedom Fighters defeat Dr. Robotnik and other evil forces. Unbeknownst to Tails for many years, he was also destined to become the "Chosen One" by the Ancient Walkers to fulfill a prophecy. With guidance from Athair, Tails eventually fulfilled the prophecy and stopped Mammoth Mogul from destroying the multiverse, and also helped bring about the Great Harmony of the Chaos Emeralds. He continues to be at Sonic's side in stopping the forces of evil, though he is also a heroic Freedom Fighter in his own right.

Miles, son of Amadeus and Rosemary Prower, was born on the same day as Dr. Robotnik's takeover of Mobotropolis. Just prior to the coup, Amadeus had discovered the mad scientist's nefarious scheme, but was thrown into the roboticizer before he was able to warn the kingdom.[4] After giving birth, Rosemary was subsequently brought in by SWATbots to also be roboticized, but just before the process occurred, the alien race known as the Bem transported the two foxes off world. Their fate was unknown to everyone on Mobius until Sonic uncovered the truth during his time in space, so for years, Miles assumed his parents died during Robotnik's takeover.[5]

Miles was sent to the sanctuary of Knothole along with the majority of Mobotropolis' orphaned children, and was raised by Rosie Woodchuck. This responsibility was later passed onto Sally Acorn as she got older, leading the young fox to call her "Aunt Sally" on occasion. By the age of four, Miles had received his nickname "Tails" due to his mysterious double tails. He also discovered his ability to fly with them from an idea Sonic had gotten to make them spin around like helicopter blades. This in turn also lead to him and the others finding a limestone cavern in the Great Forest that would eventually be used by the group they found that day- the Knothole Freedom Fighters.[6] On a winter day sometime after this, Tails and the other children got caught up in a strange event that sent them into a pocket zone caused by a Power Ring they found. While Sonic and Sally each had their own adventure, Tails had a shared experience with Rotor and Antoine. As he pointed out it seemed like they were meant to stick together like a team, this indicated to the Ancient Walkers who watched them from a higher plane that Tails was a potential individual of great destiny.[4]

Freedom Fighter and Solo Adventures Once he became old enough, Tails joined the other Freedom Fighters in their efforts against Robotnik. For all his technical knowledge and training, he was thought to be too inexperienced to participate in the more dangerous missions for some time. One time, he eagerly welcomed Sonic back from an outing so he would hear about his battles with Robotnik's robots. He even attempted to the others how he had been practicing to run like Sonic, only to stumble and fall. When it was then revealed that a water leak threatened to flush the Knothole Freedom Fighters out of hiding, Tails came with them on their subsequent investigation, eventually discovering that Weeping Willow Trees were behind their water problem. Immediately after, Tails and the others were attacked by Robotnik and Buzzbomber, but Sonic drove them off, allowing Tails and the Freedom Fighters to fix the issue with the Weeping Willow Trees.[7]

Later, while out with Sonic, Tails found Sally on the edge of the Great Forest, demanding to be left alone. Suspicious, Tails went with Sonic to Antoine for answers, who revealed that Sally was heading out to negotiate her father's release with Robotnik. Tails, Sonic, and Antoine tried to stop Sally, but she insisted on going through with it. Undeterred, the trio decided to rescue Sally anyway, only to get caught in a cage. After Sonic broke them free, the trio went to Robotnik, Inc. There, Tails helped Antoine steal Robotnik's handgun while Sonic rescued Sally from a roboticizer. After the quartet had escaped back to Freedom HQ though, Sally revealed that she planned to get thrown into the roboticizer with a device made by Rotor that would have let them analyze the machine so they could reverse the roboticization procedure. Tails was thus left to apologize for his foolish mistake.[8] Later, Tails and Rotor went out to meet up with Sonic at the Ol' Fishin' Hole, only to find Sonic missing and everything at the fishing site chewed up. With Rotor retrieving his Bathysphere, he and Tails went underwater, where they found Sonic about to drown while Jaws watched. Firing air-producing torpedos at Jaws, the pair rescued Sonic, who proceeded to ruin Jaws' roboticization operation. After that, Tails and his friends went back on land for lunch.[9]

While at the Ol' Fishin' Hole, Tails met Sonic, who leapt into the lake in search of a Freedom Emerald. With Tails accidentally getting dragged into the lake with Sonic, the pair got attacked by Jaws. During their escape, they found the emerald. Tails then set up a trap for Jaws that the Badnik fell for, allowing him and Sonic to escape. Tails was then left to bring the Freedom Emerald back to Freedom HQ while Sonic searched for others. Back in HQ, with Antoine having brought another emerald to them, Tails saw Sonic arrive with the remaining ones, and Tails watched as the crown was restored and handed over to Sally.[10] Soon after, Tails was in the Great Forest when Sally came to him for protection when a seemingly robotic Sonic came after her. When Sonic ran away though, Tails was praised by Sally for his bravery. Starstruck, Tails began spreading news of what just happened, which were picked up from him by Buzzbomber.[11]

Later, in Freedom HQ, while the other Knothole Freedom Fighters dealt with the newly-appeared Krudzu, Tails watered the plant's discarded vines when he mistook them for cuttings. However, Tails' action revealed the Krudzu as a machine made by Robotnik when the water made the vines short-circuit. The group's problem with the Krudzu spreading through the forest was soon after solved when a rainfall destroyed the mechanical weed. Soon after, Tails and his team called in Sonic to fold a map for them. Tails later saw Sonic return from Renobotnik in time to help Antoine open a child-proof cap.[12]

Tails would later accompany Sonic on a run when they were attacked by Coconuts. However, by working together, he and Sonic defeated Coconuts. When the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad then came after Sonic, the hedgehog had Tails go back to Knothole Village while he dealt with the squad. Not long after, Tails observed Sonic's confrontation with Universalamander on the Great Forest Monitor, which ended in Sonic's victory. During their subsequent victory feast, Tails saw Sonic play a prank on Antoine. When Sonic later took a nap, Tails seized the opportunity to play the big hero in Sonic's place. Along the way, he got captured by Badniks, but he managed to escape and destroy his captors. Getting overconfident, Tails attempted to take on Robotnik himself in Robotnik, Inc., only to get himself knocked out and nearly roboticized by SWATbots. Fortunately, Sonic arrived in time to rescue Tails and get him to safety before the SWATbots could self-detonate. When the Knothole Freedom Fighters were later convinced to compete in the Robotropolis Olympic Games, Tails wanted to join the team in the competition, only for his hopes to get shot down. Instead, he turned to making a statue of Sonic when he won the games. While rummaging through the Robotropolis Junkyard however, Tails found Sonic's Sneakers. Knowing Sonic needed them to win the games, Tails quickly brought the sneakers back to Sonic, allowing him to ensure his team's victory in the games. Soon after, Tails witnessed the arrival of a robotic Termite-Nator made by Robotnik in Freedom HQ, which threatened to devour the Great Forest. Fortunately, Sonic stopped it, and Rotor rewired it into eating metal before sending it back to Robotnik.[13]

When later launching an attack on Robotnik, Inc., Tails and his team discovered that Robotnik had moved his operations to the Veg-O-Fortress, which prompted Sonic to head there. Put on hover patrol by Sally, Tails pursued Sonic and rescued him when he was rejected from the fortress.[14] Later, Tails had an accident in Freedom HQ that led to the discovery of a treasure map leading to Chuck's most important treasure. Hoping it was an invention that could defeat Robotnik, Tails and his friends went in search of it in Mobius Natural Park, only to get attacked by Robotnik, who wanted the treasure for himself, and his Badniks. Tails himself was nearly attacked by Burrobot, but was saved by Sonic. Though Robotnik got away with the treasure in the end after Tails and his friends found it, Sonic had realized that the treasure was just his bronzed baby shoes moments before.[15] Not long after, Tails got ready to attend the annual Fright Night Party.[16]

A while later, Tails watched Sonic's battles with the Super-powered 'Bots on the R.B.V. After Sonic's victory over the bots, Tails would celebrate it with his friends.[17] Tails and his team later went to the Mobius Concert Hall to get some music instruments after getting a music performance from Sonic. There, the group was shrunk by Robotnik, who attempted to suck them into a Port-O-Bot. When Sonic got trapped inside Robotnik's Pest Buster while keeping Tails and the others from getting sucked up, the group worked together to keep Robotnik from roboticizing Sonic. As the shrinking effect then wore off, Tails and his team chased off Robotnik before using his shrinking device on the Badniks that the doctor summoned to the concert hall, rendering them harmless.[18] Back in Freedom HQ, Tails later witnessed the arrival of Pseudo-Sonic. Before the robot could give Robotnik the coordinates for Knothole Village though, Tails used a trick Sonic taught him to short-circuit Pseudo-Sonic with static electricity. Tails would then watch Rotor analyze Pseudo-Sonic's remains while awaiting the real Sonic's return.[19] When later celebrating Sally's birthday, Tails observed Sally's less-than-stellar reception to Thorny.[20]

When a mission to steal power from Robotropolis later went wrong, Tails and his team encountered a Nerb, allowing them to flee to the underground town of Nerberhood to avoid Robotnik's forces. However, when the Nerbs refused to help them despite suffering from Robotnik's actions, Tails and his team tried going home. Along the way though, Tails and his team found a way to an underground operation being carried out by Robotnik. After Sonic foiled Robotnik's operation, Tails and the others were made honorary Nerbs by the Nerb King.[21] Later, while Tails and his team looked for a spot for their annual picnic in Antoine's hot air balloon, the team got popped out of the sky by Buzzbombers. During their picnic, Tails had a chat with Antoine that compelled the latter to not give up on his balloon just yet. Tails and his team were soon after attacked by Robotnik and his forces, but Antoine would foil the assault with the aid of his balloon.[22]

Tails and his team later found Robotnik trying to spread pollution with his Slopmaker factory. Calling Sonic for help, Tails awaited his arrival. When the hedgehog finally came, Tails saw Sonic clean up the pollution and destroy Robotnik's machine with a Super Scooper.[23]

For all his technical knowledge and training, Tails was thought to be too inexperienced to participate in the more dangerous missions for some time. At one point, he ate the fruit growing on Rotor's Tree of Wisdom and became a genius, creating a few robotic inventions of his own while also displaying tactical skills that may have led to Robotnik's downfall had the major effects of the fruit not been temporary.[24] Despite not retaining the high intelligence initially granted by the fruit, Tails' natural intellect was somewhat enhanced by the experience.[25] Even after going out on various missions with Sonic and the other Freedom Fighters to the Great Forest[26], Robotropolis[27][28], the Floating Island,[29][30] and other locations[31][32], he was still treated like a child, or at best a scout that was unfit to fight.[33][34] Despite all this, he truly idolized Sonic, even during his purported "death" by believing Sonic was still alive (which he in fact was).[35]

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When Princess Sally finally granted his request for his own submarine to be built, she still had the final say by forbidding Rotor from giving the Sea Fox any oil so that it would not run. It was only after draining oil off of a drenched seagull that Tails finally got the submarine to work and embarked on his first solo mission to destroy a new underwater roboticization facility being guarded by Robotnik's sub-boss Octobot.[36]

This eventually led him to embark on another solo adventure to the land of Downunda, where he worked together with the Downunda Freedom Fighters to defeat their arch-nemesis Crocbot.[37] During his journey to this continent, he also confronted Octobot and met the Ancient Walkers and Athair, the great-grandfather of Knuckles the Echidna, who revealed to Tails his destiny as the "Chosen One", a being fated to reach divine status and become an even greater hero than Sonic and Knuckles.[38] Explaining that greed and evil often spouted from desire of the Chaos Emeralds, Athair added that the Chosen One was destined to bring about something known as The Great Harmony.[39]

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Tails finally began to realize there was something very special about him during a crisis on Angel Island. When Mammoth Mogul had stolen the powers of Enerjak during the Dark Legion's all-out attack on Echidnaopolis, he banished Tails along with Sonic and Knuckles to another zone after the Freedom Fighters were summoned to assist with the situation because of the threat the young fox posed to him.[40] After escaping from the Zone, Tails became Turbo Tails and worked together with Super Sonic, Hyper Knuckles, the other Freedom Fighters, the Chaotix, the Brotherhood of Guardians, Athair, and the Ancient Walkers, to defeat Master Mogul by draining away his powers with the Chaos Syphon, creating the Master Emerald and trapping Mogul within it[41]-at least until Dr. Eggman shattered it to feed the then weakened Chaos.[42]

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Soon after, Tails found himself on a long-term mission to locate the crazed wizard Ixis Naugus and help Sonic return him to the Zone of Silence while also investigating areas that had been controlled by Eggman's Sub-Bosses.[43] Taking off from Mobotropolis in their new plane, the Winged Victory, they were soon grounded in the Kingdom of Mercia by a storm caused by the most recent of the Days of Fury[44], and then imprisoned by Robian troops of the High Sheriff, who was actually Antoine's missing father, Armand D'Coolette.[45][46] After escaping, they ran into Knuckles, Rob o' the Hedge, and Mari-An, and engaged in a rescue operation to free the Lost Tribe of Echidnas while saving Yanar from execution with Tails and Knuckles taking on the High Sheriff and his men.[47] Once the battle was over, Tails and Sonic departed on their mission, though they later stopped to investigate a strange nexus and were pulled inside the zone of Horizont-Al and Verti-Cal who were warring with each other. The two demi-gods then brainwashed Sonic and Tails and pitted them against each other, but they both remembered they were friends and broke the hold over themselves and fled when they were unable to convince Al and Cal to reconcile.[48]

They then found themselves going up against the combined might of the Iron King, Iron Queen, and a possessed Monkey Khan. While Khan fought Sonic, Tails took advantage of the Queen's distraction and broke her staff which restored Khan's free will and allowed them to eventually break the tyrants' hold on the region.[49] Downunda would be the next area they landed in to assist the Downunda Freedom Fighters in putting down an uprising of platypuses. Tails found himself happily reunited with Barby Koala who had missed him since their last mission together and had him stay close by her this time. Discovering that Crocbot was behind the insurgency, they deactivated the Badnik's remains and loaded him onto the Winged Victory. Barby bid Tails a fond farewell, who remained unaware of her feelings to him until Sonic pointed it out, causing him to confess a hope of seeing her again.[50]

Sometime later, Tails and Sonic crashed in the Great Desert, but were soon picked up by Jack Rabbit and the resident Freedom Fighters, the Sand-Blasters. While traveling, they were attacked by a horde of mindless Robians which bothered Tails as all the Robians in Mobotropolis had their free will restored. After arriving in Sand Blast City, Tails had some misgivings about him and Sonic staying to defend the city for a while until the plane was repaired, and his concerns became more justified when he found Jack and his men covering up their plane despite saying it was fixed.[51] Tails made his escape with Sonic that night, who had been aware of the situation the whole time. Reaching the Winged Victory, Tails dropped the tarp on it over the Sand-Blasters, allowing him to take off while Sonic destroyed the controls to the city's energy shield. After picking up Sonic, Tails suggested they could still help the citizens fight off an invasion of Robians, but the disheartened hero told him to just keep flying.[52]

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Eventually, Tails and Sonic confronted Naugus in the Southern Tundra, but found themselves at a disadvantage and were nearly beaten until the battle was interrupted by an avalanche. They were both then rescued by Eddy the Yeti who brought them to the home of Dr. Nate Morgan whom Naugus was after.[53] Following Morgan's story of his past with Naugus, they were attacked by the wizard again and Tails underwent a super transformation into Hyper Tails to combat Ugly Naugus using Nate's artificially produced Power Rings.[54] Unfortunately, Hyper Tails burned up his energy too fast in the battle like Ultra Sonic and he came out of his transformed state with no recollection of it, only to be saved by Nate who managed to send Naugus back to the Zone of Silence, but at the cost of Eddy's life.[55] Following this, Tails, Sonic and Nate headed back to Mobotropolis, but made a stop in the Great Rainforest to retrieve the Ring of Acorns in order to get home. While Sonic searched for the ring in the Temple of Shazamazon, Tails stayed with Nate and listened as he explained how he had found a Super Emerald in the temple when he came there while in exile.[56]

Advertisement Return of Robotnik and Metal Sonic After returning to Mobotropolis, Tails had hoped to enjoy a more peaceful life, but that was not to be at the start with a sudden bombardment against the city from meteors[57], Nate being abducted briefly by the Destructix[58], and the shocking return of the Acorn Family's long-lost first born, Prince Elias. Even so, Tails attempted to make the best of the situation and roomed with Bunnie and Antoine for a while. With some added free time to himself while the kingdom was busy rebuilding, he accompanied Amy to the city's library where he met Jeremiah, the grandson of the great historian Kirby.[59] Using Kirby's books, Tails learned much about their society's history, including its early formation and the events that led up to the Great War.[60] However, following one evening when the kingdom's first communications broadcast was pirated and replaced with a biography of Dr. Robotnik[61], Tails became focused on more pressing matters and joined with the other Freedom Fighters to discuss the nature of a series of mysterious satellites that had been coming online while orbiting around Mobius.[62]

Venturing into space, they found the satellites had merged into one massive space station and were soon captured by a villain who turned out to be Dr. Eggman who had lured them away in order to restart the war and recapture Mobotropolis.[62] After being freed by Snively, they destroyed the station and returned to the city in order to help as many survivors as possible escape.[63] Tails led Bunnie, Antoine, Jules and Bernadette back to the library to find Jeremiah and grabbed as many books as they could carry with them back to Knothole in order to preserve their history, planning to return when they could and retrieve the rest.[64] Once safely in Knothole, Tails was able to learn more about the Great War with added input from Jules and Bernie, wondering how much detail of their history had been lost due to the years of war they endured.[65][66][67]

While in Knothole, Tails built a new biplane with Nate's help to replace the Winged Victory which he dubbed the Tornado, and amplified its engine output with the use of Nate's Super Emerald. With the discovery that Dr. Eggman had found the Hidden City of the Ancients, Tails took the Tornado to fly alongside the Freedom Fighter Special and navigate the narrow tunnels in the mountainside that lead to the city's entrance.[68] After being welcomed in the city and given a brief guided tour, Tails received clearance from Mayor Bullyani to explore on his own, to which he happily accepted and took to testing out his new plane's capabilities with some aerobatics inside the cavernous airspace, catching the attention of many human residents below.[69]

After Sonic described an encounter he had with a creature made of living water, Tails was sent out with him to locate it. Flying outside the city, they encountered Knuckles near the Mystic Ruins, and had another run-in with Robotnik, discovering that he was attempting to revive the ancient deity Chaos to take over Mobius. Tails and Sonic gave chase to the madman back to his Egg Carrier airship after beating back Chaos, but met with heavy anti-aircraft fire which prompted Tails to attempt a transformation mode to the Tornado in order to evade. Unfortunately, this left them with no landing gear, and they crashed onto the ship. Once there, they located the missing Amy after battling E-102 Gamma, and Tails was tasked with flying her back to the city himself while Sonic and Knuckles dealt with Chaos again, where they were welcomed by the other Freedom Fighters with great relief.[70] Unfortunately, Tails' Tornado had disappeared during the battle, so he and Sonic set out afterwards to locate it with a tracking device from Nate. Once they arrived, Tails found his plane completely destroyed in the Mystic Ruins along with Knuckles and Big the Cat, and also made the horrific discovery that Chaos was alive and had revived itself using the Tornado's Super Emerald.[71] Returning to Station Square, they found the water deity at full strength using the city's Super Emeralds and Tails could do nothing but stay back and watch as Knuckles and Super Sonic resolved the situation and returned Chaos to normal with the help of Tikal.[72] Before the Freedom Fighters could leave Station Square, they were attacked by Silver Sonic v2.0 in an act of vengeance by Robotnik. Tails attempted to catch Sonic as he fell in the middle of the fight, but got injured by debris from part of the robot's body, knocking him out briefly while Sonic defeated the doppelganger, saving the city yet again.[73]

With his plane gone, Tails rode with the others aboard the Freedom Fighter Special back to Knothole, but an emergency landing from flight failure led to him and Sonic scouting the region they landed in for life at Sally's request (unaware that it was sabotage).[73] After investigating the area for a while, they stopped to take a lunch break, and Tails went to gather firewood for their meal. Soon after he was captured by a reconstructed Metal Sonic with a Power Gem core and took Tails to Mount Mobius and held him hostage for Sonic's eventual rescue attempt.[74] When Sonic finally did arrive, Tails was freed, but they were soon both attacked by Metal Sonic again. Sonic attempted to stall Metal Sonic so Tails could get to safety, but Tails decided to stay in order to help Sonic defeat his robot rival together. At that point, Mount Mobius began to erupt, and they were both trapped with Tails' tails hurt, only to be freed by Metal Sonic who then sacrificed himself to save them. While on the way back to the other Freedom fighters, Sonic told Tails he believed the young fox had actually saved the day by staying at Sonic’s side and helping Metal gain some sort of robotic soul that surpassed his programming.[75]

Advertisement Replaced, the Eggman Empire, and Fulfilling the Prophecy Once they returned to Knothole, Tails set off almost immediately as part of a massive rescue party to save Prince Elias, who had been captured while they were away and took to aerial bombing of Shadowbot forces with Bomb as they stormed Robotropolis.[76] Following this, the Freedom Fighters were confined to Knothole and Tails began attending the recently built high school, only to be summoned away by Athair on his very first day to help Chaos Knuckles.[77] It was at this point that Mammoth Mogul abducted Tails in transit during his super transformation into Turbo Tails and created a doppelganger to replace him so that no one would notice.[78] For the next several months, Tails was held prisoner by Mogul who kept him in his super state with a steady energy supply, all the while leeching off Turbo Tails in order to restore his strength.[79][80] Mogul's schemes were discovered by the doppelganger Tails and Sonic, and after a brief battle which weakened Mogul, the fake Tails vanished while the real one was set free.[81] However, prior to this, Mammoth Mogul secretly placed a post-hypnotic trigger in Tails' mind while he was held captive by Mogul.[82]

As a result of Chaos Knuckles' reality warping, Mobius was temporarily changed into Planet Freedom. During this event, Tails and Sonic had clashed with Dr. Robotnik and his Metal Robotnik robot. The restoration of reality ended this incident and possibly erased it from the minds of those on Mobius.[83]

Later on, Tails assisted Sonic when Eggman was preparing to destroy both Knothole and Station Square nuclear missiles by delaying the countdown by distracting A.D.A.M. with jokes.[84] The distraction lasted long enough for the others to destroy the battleship which they would be fired from.[85] He would subsequently witness Sonic and Sally's breakup[86], join the Freedom Fighters in defeating an Auto Automaton plot[87], cheer Amy as she joined the Freedom Fighters[88], and explore a base guarded by the robot Issac.[89][90] After learning surprising details about Mobius' history and witnessing a battle between Isaac, Sonic, Shadow, and the latest Metal Sonic, Tails went on to enjoy time with Sonic's dog Muttski.[91] He then had yet another encounter with Athair, who not only revealed to him the existence of his uncle Merlin Prower, but also that the time was drawing near for him to fulfill the prophecy of the Chosen One.[92]

Soon afterwards, Tails learned that Mammoth Mogul, having obtained enough power to challenge Chaos Knuckles during the time he stole energy from Turbo Tails, had gone on to seize control of the Chaos Force after Knuckles' death and subsequent revival left it off balance.[93][94] Using his near omnipotent abilities, Master Mogul proceeded to devastate the multiverse.[95] Alerted to this threat by Zonic the Zone Cop, Tails joined with innumerable alternate versions of himself to become Titan Tails, who defeated Mogul and sealed him in his Chaos Emerald.[96] He also took control of the Chaos Force briefly before using it and his own immense energies to restore the multiverse to its proper state, including himself. After several of his friends and teammates worked to stop a spreading tide of Nanites, Tails suspiciously welcomed Snively to Knothole, not trusting the group's old adversary.[97] He and the other Freedom Fighters were then assigned to protect Mina Mongoose from assassins sent by the Eggman Empire, leading to a battle with Heavy and Bomb.[98][99] Tails also witnessed Sally's marriage to Patch, Antoine's evil counterpart from another dimension, though fortunately it was quickly broken up by Sonic.[100][101] He then joined in defending Knothole from first an apparent invasion by Dr. Eggman and then an attack by the Metal Sonic Troopers.[102][103]

Following these incidents, Tails and the other Freedom Fighters gathered at the restored Freedom HQ to celebrate Sonic's birthday, only for it to be interrupted by Bark the Polar Bear and Bean the Dynamite.[104] After defeating that duo, the group were attacked first by Croctobot- a fusion of Tails' old nemeses Crocbot and Octobot- and then by Scourge the Hedgehog.[105] After those threats were dealt with, Tails received a surprise visitor: his uncle Merlin, who had arrived to ask for King Elias' help in saving the ailing Ancient Walkers and maintaining the imprisonment of Mammoth Mogul, whose Emerald the wizard had been entrusted with.[106] Though the two Prowers and Merlin's companion Sir Connery were menaced by the Destructix, the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix managed to overcome them.[107] Unfortunately, the use of the magical Sword of Acorns by the Arachne Clan killed the Walkers and released not only Mogul, but Tails' old foe Ixis Naugus as well. The two supervillains then battled each other for the Sword and Crown of Acorns, with the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix leaping in to try and subdue them both. Fortunately, Sir Connery's sacrifice to destroy the artifacts and the arrival of Eggman's Egg Fleet halted the battle after Naugus and Mogul joined forces.[108]

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An attack by the Babylon Rogues forced Tails to put his newly developed Extreme Gear to the test as he, Sonic, and Knuckles defended Knothole from the attackers.[109] He and Fiona were then later held hostage by Sleuth Dawg and Scourge, who had both entered the employ of echidna scientist Dr. Finitevus. During this time, Tails learned that Fiona was dating Scourge behind Sonic's back, having fallen for the evil Hedgehog while believing he was Sonic.[110] Tails was abducted by A.D.A.M., who intended to use Tails and Shadow the Hedgehog to collect every Chaos Emerald in the universe to give himself unimaginable power. However, A.D.A.M.'s plan was brought to a halt as Eggman woke him and Shadow up. Turbo Tails, working through intuition, had Super Shadow use his time-space warping abilities to access the Zone of Silence; they then sent the collected Chaos Emeralds there, with Tails saying he hoped it would cause "something special."[111] The young hero then watched in horror as Tommy Turtle, whom A.D.A.M. had been using as his host, willingly opened himself to fire from the Egg Fleet in order to destroy A.D.A.M.[112] Later, when Tails and Sonic went into the Zone later to retrieve an emerald, they were met by Feist, who gave them the grey Chaos Emerald composed of thousands of others-one of seven he had created-as thanks for them sending him the jewels in the first place. Thus, the Chaos Emeralds had been limited and hidden in the newly-created Special Zone, in part fulfilling the "Great Harmony" prophecy.[113]

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Later, Tails was reunited with his parents with the help of Sonic, Knuckles, and his uncle Merlin. The happy reunion also led to the discovery that the Xorda were at war with the Black Arms.[113] More about the mysterious creatures became known when Tails assisted Shadow in accessing the diary of his creator, Gerald Robotnik, while Knuckles fended off an attack by Snively.[114] When Fiona's relationship with Scourge came to light, Tails attempted to prevent her from leaving, only to be cruelly dismissed by the object of his long-time crush.[115] Despite this, he continued to express regrets about the failure to achieve anything in a relationship with her, though he put it aside in the face of Antoine and Bunnie's wedding. During the proceedings, Tails became aware of his father's objections to the current arrangement of the government, but his concerns were allayed by his parents.[116] He was then one of the few members of the Freedom Fighters to have escaped being captured by Eggman's forces during the assault on Knothole that resulted in the city's destruction, and assisted Sonic, Knuckles, Amy and Nicole in the ensuing rescue mission.[117][118] He and the other citizens were then transported to the safety of New Mobotropolis where Tails continued to be supportive of his parents despite Merlin's concerns about their opposition to the royal family. He and the other Freedom Fighters and Chaotix then worked together to defeat the Egg Beater, a battle suit that had overcome Sonic, but was no match for the combined might of the two groups.[119]

Unfortunately, Tails' tense relationship with Sonic deepened to an argument as to how they should proceed with the rescue. This stressed to the point of breaking as the pair found themselves on opposite sides of a schism in the Kingdom of Acorn, Tails supporting the side led by his father and Sonic remaining loyal to the House of Acorn. When Tails helped his mother break Amadeus out of jail, long suppressed hostility was released as he and Sonic fought with each other.[120] Tails was quick to bring up his fury at Sonic's lack of sensitivity, and refused to explain it to the baffled hedgehog since he felt that Sonic would probably just ignore what he was saying again. Finally, the young fox revealed that his main dispute with Sonic was over Fiona and Sonic's seeming dismissal of his feelings for her, and Sonic admitted that he had known about Tails' feelings and apologized, explaining that he had hoped that it would help Tails get over his crush. Reconciled, the two headed off to stop a duel between Amadeus and Elias, only to find out that Sally had beaten them to it. With his father returned to duty, his mother running for a seat on the new ruling council, and his friendship with Sonic restored, Tails' life seemed destined to make an upturn.[121]

Tails in the with , from . Tails in the Tornado with Sonic, from Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Sonic Comic Encyclopedia.

Sadly, this was not to be the case, as Dimitri arrived with an urgent message for Knuckles: Enerjak, the Guardian's most powerful foe ever, had returned-and just after Knuckles had left for Angel Island by himself, only to disappear mysteriously.[122] In an effort to appease the Chaotix, who were determined to go after their missing leader, Sally sent Tails along with Sonic to look for Knuckles.[123] After narrowly missing Enerjak on Angel Island, Tails accompanied Sonic as they raced back towards New Mobotropolis. What awaited them was the ultimate nightmare: Knuckles, their strongest ally, had become the new Enerjak and thus their worst enemy.[124]

After bringing Sonic back to New Mobotropolis, however, Tails had virtually no role in battling the brainwashed Knuckles, and in fact remained in the city for the duration of the battle in which Super Sonic- aided by the sacrifice of Knuckles' father, Locke- freed Knuckles' from Finitevus' spell.[125]

Tails then returned to Knothole to help with repairs on Freedom HQ, and was there when Mina arrived home from her concert tour. Both of them, along with Mighty the Armadillo, were then revealed to have all had a hypnotic suggestion implanted in them by Mogul years before, who used his telepathic abilities to bring them into his service.[82] When a similar attempt on Sonic proved less than successful, the trio were sent to aid their master's attempts to recruit the Hedgehog into a new Fearsome Foursome-by force. Sonic proved too much for the trio, however, so Mogul commanded Tails to fly into the stratosphere, effectively forcing Sonic to deliver the grey Chaos Emerald to him or else see Tails faint from the lack of oxygen and die from the eventual fall. His demand met, Mogul freed Tails and the other before departing, having decided that he would use his regained immortality to wait until his foes were either dead or too old to fight him before continuing his open campaign of world domination.[126]

Advertisement Moebian Invasion and Eggman's Defeat Later, he and Rotor were attacked by the Suppression Squad in Freedom HQ. Sally, Amy and Bunnie arrived on the scene to fight them off. Rotor sent a message to Sonic, telling him to get back there so he can help them. As the Suppression Squad pressed their attack, Tails found himself facing Anti-Tails, who now went by the name of "Miles".[127] His evil counterpart explained his disgust at Tails, who had seemingly abandoned his gift of Chaos powers in order to pursue a study in mechanics and technology.[128]

After the Freedom Fighters were kicked out of Freedom HQ, Sonic and Amy prepared for their departure to Moebius. After they left, Nicole reported that Miles was standing outside of their city, armed with bombs. He was sent by Scourge to bomb them, but he didn't complete his mission. Instead, he offered an alliance to the freedom fighters, planning to overthrow Scourge.[129] When Tails wanted to put in his opinion, it was dismissed by his evil self, claiming that he wanted an "intelligent conversation". Tails furiously tried to attack Miles, however, he was held back by Bunnie. However, the Freedom Fighters and Suppression Squad were no match Scourge. After Sonic returned to take on Scourge, they were both blasted by Boomer and thrown back into Moebius by Miles. Afterward, Boomer shut down the star posts; therefore, Sonic, Amy, and Scourge couldn't come back to Mobius.[130]

After the departure of Rob o' the Hedge and Silver the Hedgehog, who arrived to find Sonic and subsequently transported to Moebius, Sally told Tails to start fixing up the Star Posts.[131] He later assisted in taking down Super Scourge after he fixed the posts.[132]

Tails with the and after 's defeat, from . Tails with the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix after Eggman's defeat, from Sonic the Hedgehog #200.

Following this, Tails constructed a series of Neutralizing Mines, which would be used for the coming battle to bring down Eggman. Tails first used these to neutralize the Dark Egg Legion's weapons, leaving them unable to attack. When the Egg Phoenix arrived on the scene, Tails explained they could use the mines on it as well, but would need to plant them directly on the vessel. While Sonic distracted Eggman, Charmy, Ray and Saffron managed to plant the mines. When the Egg Phoenix began attacking once again, Tails held off activating the mines until it was right over his and Sally's head, despite the latter's orders to activate them sooner. The Egg Phoenix then crashed, but Eggman escaped. While the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix set up camp for the night, Tails conveyed his uneasy about the upcoming battle. Sonic consoled him, explaining they had "saved the day hundreds of times", and that they would do it again.[133] The next day, Tails joined in on the invasion of the Eggdome, taking down fighting the Dark Egg Legion. Unfortunately, they were unable go any further because of a barricade Espio said was for Sonic to quickly spin dash through. Sonic decided he would go through with it, telling Tails to find a breaking point in the wall before he left.[134] After Bunnie and Mighty finished taking down the barricade, Tails and the Freedom Fighters entered to see a defeated Eggman. Tails and Amy proceeded praise Sonic as they all headed back to New Mobotropolis to celebrate.

Synopsis Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Vector are in an interrogation room at Freedom HQ starting to question Rouge the Bat. Vector reviews why she's here, saying Sonic and Tails saw her pop out of a Warp Ring over Freedom HQ. Julie-Su asks where she got a Warp Ring. After refusing to tell how she found it, Knuckles says they came to them seeking protection and they can't protect her until they know what they are up against. Rouge then jokes the light bulb isn't the only bright one in the room. Vector then threatens to put her in a holding cell. Rouge claims she didn't do anything illegal, to which Vector reveals a file of "dirt" on her. Rouge asks who tipped them.

The story flashes an hour earlier where Sonic is convincing Fiona to reveal some of Rouge's past with Mighty and Ray taking notes. Fiona says Rouge is the best of the best at everything and anything she does. Back in the present, Vector states Fiona told them Rouge fought in an illegal fighting tournament and took treasure, ancient and illegal with flashbacks of each. Rouge agrees to tell them where she was since the last time she was in Knothole. In a flashback, Rouge explains she and Scourge escaped Shadow's trail via a Warp Ring from Dr. Finitevus. He helped them escape so they could get him into the Egg Grape Chamber. Once they were in, they helped the Destructix escape. Finitevus brought them back to a base guarded by the robot Isaac. He wanted to steal the robot's data, but most of the data was corrupted or erroneous. Rouge found out Finitevus wanted to take control of dozens of nuclear missiles. After she disabled all of them, he stole one of his Warp Rings and came to Freedom HQ. Knuckles then asks if she followed, to which she replies "Probably".

Outside of Freedom HQ, Sonic is comforting Fiona about revealing her past. He says it doesn't matter what happened to her in the past and everything has worked out. Before Fiona can mention something else, Sonic notices Tails standing very nervously against a tree. Sleuth "Doggy" Dawg then reveals he is holding Tails' tails and aiming his gun at Tails' head. As Sonic tells Sleuth to let Tails go, Scourge grabs Sonic and the two get into another duel, much to Sleuth's dismay. Fiona asks Sleuth what he wants. Sleuth replies "I'm here for a traitor...and something she stole.". Fiona reminds him he sold the Freedom Fighters to Robotnik. He snarkily replies it's ironic for her to call him a traitor. Meanwhile, Scourge and Sonic are fighting in an evergreen forest. Sonic questions why Scourge is fighting him now. Scourge replies by punching him in the face and he is doing it for revenge and to see his girlfriend, Fiona, and teases that her romance for him isn't real. Sonic then homing attacks him into a tree and calls him a liar. Before Sonic can lay another punch on Scourge, Fiona interrupts and says she and Sleuth made a deal. If they give back the Warp Ring Rouge stole, they will leave. Sonic speeds back to Freedom HQ and returns with the Warp Ring. As Scourge and Sleuth leave, Sonic asks Tails if he is okay. Tails says he is and apologizes for getting held hostage. Fiona then tells Sonic whatever Scourge told him was a lie. Sonic says "It's cool" while he and Tails look at her with suspicion. Fiona and Sonic hold hands as they walk back to Knothole.

At Freedom HQ, Knuckles leaves the interrogation room angry, saying the whole thing was a waste of time. Vector tells Knuckles to calm down and they got information of Finitevus. After they leave the room, Julie-Su knocks the chair out under Rouge. She grabs her and warns her to stay away from Knuckles as he is her soulmate and is someone that is precious to her. Rouge grabs hold of Julie-Su and tells her stealing precious things is her specialty. Rouge says she can try to stop her, but she has nothing to worry about if Knuckles is true to her. Before Julie-Su can curse at her, Rouge kicks her to the ground. As Rouge leaves the room, she says she looks forward to their next visit.

Synopsis Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Vector are in an interrogation room at Freedom HQ starting to question Rouge the Bat. Vector reviews why she's here, saying Sonic and Tails saw her pop out of a Warp Ring over Freedom HQ. Julie-Su asks where she got a Warp Ring. After refusing to tell how she found it, Knuckles says they came to them seeking protection and they can't protect her until they know what they are up against. Rouge then jokes the light bulb isn't the only bright one in the room. Vector then threatens to put her in a holding cell. Rouge claims she didn't do anything illegal, to which Vector reveals a file of "dirt" on her. Rouge asks who tipped them.

The story flashes an hour earlier where Sonic is convincing Fiona to reveal some of Rouge's past with Mighty and Ray taking notes. Fiona says Rouge is the best of the best at everything and anything she does. Back in the present, Vector states Fiona told them Rouge fought in an illegal fighting tournament and took treasure, ancient and illegal with flashbacks of each. Rouge agrees to tell them where she was since the last time she was in Knothole. In a flashback, Rouge explains she and Scourge escaped Shadow's trail via a Warp Ring from Dr. Finitevus. He helped them escape so they could get him into the Egg Grape Chamber. Once they were in, they helped the Destructix escape. Finitevus brought them back to a base guarded by the robot Isaac. He wanted to steal the robot's data, but most of the data was corrupted or erroneous. Rouge found out Finitevus wanted to take control of dozens of nuclear missiles. After she disabled all of them, he stole one of his Warp Rings and came to Freedom HQ. Knuckles then asks if she followed, to which she replies "Probably".

Outside of Freedom HQ, Sonic is comforting Fiona about revealing her past. He says it doesn't matter what happened to her in the past and everything has worked out. Before Fiona can mention something else, Sonic notices Tails standing very nervously against a tree. Sleuth "Doggy" Dawg then reveals he is holding Tails' tails and aiming his gun at Tails' head. As Sonic tells Sleuth to let Tails go, Scourge grabs Sonic and the two get into another duel, much to Sleuth's dismay. Fiona asks Sleuth what he wants. Sleuth replies "I'm here for a traitor...and something she stole.". Fiona reminds him he sold the Freedom Fighters to Robotnik. He snarkily replies it's ironic for her to call him a traitor. Meanwhile, Scourge and Sonic are fighting in an evergreen forest. Sonic questions why Scourge is fighting him now. Scourge replies by punching him in the face and he is doing it for revenge and to see his girlfriend, Fiona, and teases that her romance for him isn't real. Sonic then homing attacks him into a tree and calls him a liar. Before Sonic can lay another punch on Scourge, Fiona interrupts and says she and Sleuth made a deal. If they give back the Warp Ring Rouge stole, they will leave. Sonic speeds back to Freedom HQ and returns with the Warp Ring. As Scourge and Sleuth leave, Sonic asks Tails if he is okay. Tails says he is and apologizes for getting held hostage. Fiona then tells Sonic whatever Scourge told him was a lie. Sonic says "It's cool" while he and Tails look at her with suspicion. Fiona and Sonic hold hands as they walk back to Knothole.

At Freedom HQ, Knuckles leaves the interrogation room angry, saying the whole thing was a waste of time. Vector tells Knuckles to calm down and they got information of Finitevus. After they leave the room, Julie-Su knocks the chair out under Rouge. She grabs her and warns her to stay away from Knuckles as he is her soulmate and is someone that is precious to her. Rouge grabs hold of Julie-Su and tells her stealing precious things is her specialty. Rouge says she can try to stop her, but she has nothing to worry about if Knuckles is true to her. Before Julie-Su can curse at her, Rouge kicks her to the ground. As Rouge leaves the room, she says she looks forward to their next visit.

Synopsis Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Vector are in an interrogation room at Freedom HQ starting to question Rouge the Bat. Vector reviews why she's here, saying Sonic and Tails saw her pop out of a Warp Ring over Freedom HQ. Julie-Su asks where she got a Warp Ring. After refusing to tell how she found it, Knuckles says they came to them seeking protection and they can't protect her until they know what they are up against. Rouge then jokes the light bulb isn't the only bright one in the room. Vector then threatens to put her in a holding cell. Rouge claims she didn't do anything illegal, to which Vector reveals a file of "dirt" on her. Rouge asks who tipped them.

The story flashes an hour earlier where Sonic is convincing Fiona to reveal some of Rouge's past with Mighty and Ray taking notes. Fiona says Rouge is the best of the best at everything and anything she does. Back in the present, Vector states Fiona told them Rouge fought in an illegal fighting tournament and took treasure, ancient and illegal with flashbacks of each. Rouge agrees to tell them where she was since the last time she was in Knothole. In a flashback, Rouge explains she and Scourge escaped Shadow's trail via a Warp Ring from Dr. Finitevus. He helped them escape so they could get him into the Egg Grape Chamber. Once they were in, they helped the Destructix escape. Finitevus brought them back to a base guarded by the robot Isaac. He wanted to steal the robot's data, but most of the data was corrupted or erroneous. Rouge found out Finitevus wanted to take control of dozens of nuclear missiles. After she disabled all of them, he stole one of his Warp Rings and came to Freedom HQ. Knuckles then asks if she followed, to which she replies "Probably".

Outside of Freedom HQ, Sonic is comforting Fiona about revealing her past. He says it doesn't matter what happened to her in the past and everything has worked out. Before Fiona can mention something else, Sonic notices Tails standing very nervously against a tree. Sleuth "Doggy" Dawg then reveals he is holding Tails' tails and aiming his gun at Tails' head. As Sonic tells Sleuth to let Tails go, Scourge grabs Sonic and the two get into another duel, much to Sleuth's dismay. Fiona asks Sleuth what he wants. Sleuth replies "I'm here for a traitor...and something she stole.". Fiona reminds him he sold the Freedom Fighters to Robotnik. He snarkily replies it's ironic for her to call him a traitor. Meanwhile, Scourge and Sonic are fighting in an evergreen forest. Sonic questions why Scourge is fighting him now. Scourge replies by punching him in the face and he is doing it for revenge and to see his girlfriend, Fiona, and teases that her romance for him isn't real. Sonic then homing attacks him into a tree and calls him a liar. Before Sonic can lay another punch on Scourge, Fiona interrupts and says she and Sleuth made a deal. If they give back the Warp Ring Rouge stole, they will leave. Sonic speeds back to Freedom HQ and returns with the Warp Ring. As Scourge and Sleuth leave, Sonic asks Tails if he is okay. Tails says he is and apologizes for getting held hostage. Fiona then tells Sonic whatever Scourge told him was a lie. Sonic says "It's cool" while he and Tails look at her with suspicion. Fiona and Sonic hold hands as they walk back to Knothole.

At Freedom HQ, Knuckles leaves the interrogation room angry, saying the whole thing was a waste of time. Vector tells Knuckles to calm down and they got information of Finitevus. After they leave the room, Julie-Su knocks the chair out under Rouge. She grabs her and warns her to stay away from Knuckles as he is her soulmate and is someone that is precious to her. Rouge grabs hold of Julie-Su and tells her stealing precious things is her specialty. Rouge says she can try to stop her, but she has nothing to worry about if Knuckles is true to her. Before Julie-Su can curse at her, Rouge kicks her to the ground. As Rouge leaves the room, she says she looks forward to their next visit.

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