Amy Rose

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Amy Rose
Information
Game series	Sonic series
First appearance	Sonic CD
Alias:	Rosy the Rascal
Japanese name:	Emī Rōzu
Species:	Hedgehog
Age:	12
Height:	90cm (2ft 11in)
Weight:	Secret; 23 to 27 kg (52.8 to 60 lbs)
Gender:	Female
Blood type:	O
Birth date:	September 24, 1997
Birthplace:	South Island
Likes:	Sonic the Hedgehog
Dislikes:	Dr. Robotnik
Hobbies:	Very skilled in predicting one's future with her tarot cards and foresight Excellent driving skills Good culinary skills
Weapon(s):	Piko Piko Hammer
Creator(s):	Kazuyuki Hoshino
Voice actor(s):	Lynn Harris (1993) Jennifer Douillard (1999-2004) Lisa Ortiz (2005-present) Taeko Kawata (1998-1999; 2001-present) Em Motoi (2000)

Despite her frequent use in Sega games (especially since the Dreamcast era), Amy was not actually created by Sonic Team. A prototype version of her appeared in the Sonic the Hedgehog manga published on September 23, 1992, and there she was literally "the girlfriend of Nikki (Sonic)", as the description translates. After that appearance, Sega took the character, and Kazuyuki Hoshino redesigned her for Sonic CD in 1993. It is said that she is always wearing a red dress and Converse-like running shoes.

In her first game appearance, Sonic CD (1993), Amy was introduced and kidnapped by Metal Sonic. Dr. Eggman then used the time stones to set time back on the Little Planet. She had the nickname "Rosy the Rascal" at this point, and was named "Princess Sally" in the Western manuals to tie in with the cartoon, though all later games called her Amy. Being a Genesis-era game (though technically a Sega CD game), Sonic CD's plot was minimal. Amy's only personality trait was that she was a big fan of Sonic, and no real reason was given for her kidnapping besides as bait for Sonic. Though Sonic CD was released after Sonic the Hedgehog 2, it was in production at the same time, meaning that Amy has more or less been around as long as Tails.

Amy's first use of the Piko Piko Hammer was in Sonic the Fighters. This game used her "Rosy the Rascal" nickname as well, though it has not been seen since.

In 1998, Sonic Adventure thrust Amy in the spotlight. She is a playable character in the game and uses her weapon of choice, the Piko Piko Hammer, to defend herself during her quest to find the family of a bird that escaped Eggman and crashed into her. Like the other major characters in the series, Amy was redesigned significantly for this game. Her quills were redesigned into short hair being slacked down, and she now wore a red dress and red boots with a white stripe from the top to the tip to take advantage of her more mature 12-year-old form. She was given green eyes, the same eye color as Sonic had only in a lighter value.

She was an important supporting character in Sonic Adventure 2 because she had some of the most prominent roles and was playable in 2-player mode. When Sonic was kept in an island prison, with Tails' help she managed to free him. This happened to be one of the surprisingly many times Amy has saved Sonic rather than the usual opposite.

Amy was playable in Sonic Advance, but unlike the other playable characters, she could not spin and all her attacks had to be triggered.

In Sonic Heroes, Amy leads Team Rose. She represents the team's speed formation. (Like Sonic or Shadow in teams Sonic and Dark) she's accompanied by Cream the Rabbit and Big the Cat on a mission to impress Sonic, while Big wants to find his friend Froggy (again), and Cream and Cheese want to find Cheese's sibling, Chocola, all the while inspiring the whole team, cheering her friends on.

Amy has appeared alongside Sonic and the rest of the cast in Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Sonic Riders, Sonic and the Secret Rings, and so on through the newer games. Her outfits have changed for certain games, such as the one she wears for Sonic Riders. She also appears in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, in which she has apparently given up her pursuit of Sonic and started a relationship with a new character named Dexter. Amy is also set to appear in Sonic Unleashed.

Sonic X

Amy was also one of the main characters in Sonic X, an anime series which is the most recent of the Sonic the Hedgehog TV shows; her first ever appearance in a Sonic TV series. In Sonic X, Amy is Sonic's fan, friend, and love interest, although Sonic does not often return her feelings (though in one episode he flirts with her and ends up getting beaten by Amy's hammer). As with her game appearances, her long-term goal is to get him to notice her. She gets mad at Sonic's impatience and aloof attitude, which occasionally are so bad that she is driven to violence. However, she really does care about him. Her personality in the anime is similar to her personality in Sonic Adventure. Ella also teaches Amy some cooking in the series.