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"Why does Amy look like that??"

A theory

(And edited previous theory)

I reread the old one and, I'm not FULLY redoing it, but it was tacky, so here's an improved version.

1. The history of Amy Rose

1a. Classic Amy

Amy Rose made her video game debut in 1993’s Sonic the Hedgehog CD, as a non-playable character. In this game she is an 8 year old hedgehog girl kidnapped by the new antagonist, Metal Sonic. In the Japanese release, she was primarily known by her nickname Rosy the Rascal, although it is still stated that her real name is Amy Rose. She later appeared as a playable character in several ensemble spin-off games such as Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, Sonic the Fighters and Sonic R. She did not appear in any of the early TV series, although she was included in most comics, including the Archie Comics series, the British Sonic the Comic and the French Sonic Adventures. (Via Sonic Wiki)

TLDR; Amy first showed up in comics, although she was created for the video games. As shown above her first video game appearance was Sonic CD.

Amy Rose was created in response to a request from the character division of Sega’s licensing business, who wanted a character that could be the “Minnie” to Sonic’s “Mickey" However, it was felt that it would go against Sonic’s personality for him to locked into a standard cartoon relationship like Mickey and Minnie. Instead, it was decided that a one-way relationship, where Amy’s affection for Sonic is unrequited, would be more interesting ((via Sonic Wiki))

TLDR; Amy was created in response to a request to give Sonic a love interest, but feeling that would “Go against his character”, they made it a one-sided relationship.

Why am I letting you know this? Well to be acquainted and understand the significance of MODERN Amy, you need to know CLASSIC Amy.

Classic Amy had a very different design, although she was still pink, she wore different clothes, has different quills (very important) and is 8. She only showed up in Sonic CD and the comics, pretty much being reduced to a minor character. Today, Classic Amy makes very little appearances. Not showing up in Sonic Generations or Sonic Mania, and only appearing in the christmas episode of Sonic Mania Adventures, and most recently in the 50th anniversary comic.

1b. Modern Amy

When Sonic Team reunited and started work on their three-dimensional follow-up to the classic Sonic games, Sonic Adventure, it was decided they would revive the pink hedgehog and give her a starring role in the game. Like the rest of the returning cast, Amy was given an updated design by Yuji Uekawa. While Sonic, Tails and Knuckles all received minor design changes, Amy’s clothing and hairstyle were completely revamped. She also had her entire figure redesigned to make her appear older. In addition to her redesign, her official age was changed from 8 to 12. (via: Sonic Wiki)

TLDR; Amy was brought in as a main character in Sonic Adventure, getting a complete revamp in character design, unlike the other characters who only had minor changes.

Remember this. It will come back later.

Now we’re to the Amy we know and love! Short cute hair, a matching outfit, and older, but maybe not too much more mature, Amy Rose.

Another note, her design might have been revamped, but her personality wasn’t.

2. Why that Matters

“wait you're still going? This basically explains why she looks like that.”

Yes it does! But this is a theory, not a history, stay with me.

I wanted everyone to be extremely clear on her history, on the changes between CLASSIC and MODERN, which is very important to this theory. Not everyone us super aware of her history.

3. Her (modern) Design

-it was decided they would revive the pink hedgehog and give her a starring role in the game. Like the rest of the returning cast, Amy was given an updated design by Yuji Uekawa. While Sonic, Tails and Knuckles all received minor design changes, Amy’s clothing and hairstyle were completely revamped. (Via Sonic Wiki)

Now, Finally, let’s get to her design, and the weirdness of it.

3a. Her quills

Amy is a pink-furred anthropomorphic hedgehog with green eyes and peach skin on her muzzle and arms. Unlike other hedgehogs, her spines are not spiky in appearance - but are rather worn down like that of ordinary hair, somewhat resembling a bob cut. (Via: Sonic Wiki)

I’m going to assume you knew I was getting to this.

“Unlike other hedgehogs”, is a totally fair statement. Every other hedgehog we’ve seen, Have had their quills in a very specific manner.

Out, Long, and Back.

Very much in contrast with Amy’s, Down and Short.

Also note that Shadow and Sonic, on their heads, have six quills, silver having two long ones and 5 bang quills. Basically, their quills are layered, Amy’s however, is not. It’s one right next to each other.

I note the layered quills as very important. Makes sense for mobian hedgehogs right? I mean they have layered quills like that in real life, even if there’s a lot more.

This is very important why? Because there’s another species that has their quills/spines/hair/etc. right next to each other, instead of layered.

Interesting how close it is to Amy’s own hairstyle isn’t it?

Let's expand on this, shall we?

Knuckles, Tikal, and seemingly the entire Knuckles Clan have three spines on the sides, and one, shorter and thicker, one on the back:

Amy has five, two less than the echidnas and one less than Sonic and Shadow.

However, right now numbers don't matter. What matters is both Amy and the echidna's have multiple on the sides, next to each other, than one large (slightly shorter) one in the back.

3b. Her Back

Now listen, if you're a sonic artist, you've noticed this.

There’s one specific thing that other hedgehogs have, that Amy Rose is lacking.

Back Quills

None on her back. Absolutely zero.

Strange for a hedgehog.

3c. Coloring

This one may be inconsequential, seeming as pink was her original color, but stay with me.

Now, based on the lack of examples, we don't know the average hedgehog colors, or even if there is one. All we know is Shadow doesn't look normal, having the coloring of the Black Arms. Out of the four we have we can assume only that hedgehogs don't have any stripes or markings usually.

However, when it comes to at least two clans, we have a wide pool of echidna examples.

The Nocturnus clan are seen in three basic colors, deep red, orange, and white. Although weather the white comes from age is unknown.

The Knuckles clan is shown deep red, orange (although only on Tikal), and...

...pink

3d. What are you getting at

hehehoho

Now you may think that i'm implying that Amy is an echidna! Which is not so. I used to think this until a friend pointed out that despite lacking specific hedgehog qualities and having specific echidna qualities, Amy Rose still had hedgehog parts.

Her ears are clearly a hedgehog's, and her tail gently curves up, instead of zigzagging like the echidna's. As well as having a clear hedgehog eye shape, instead of sharing the separate round eyes with Knuckles and Tikal.

So what am I getting at?

4. Hybrids

This will be a quick one, hybrid’s HAVE existed in the sonic universe

Just recently reintroduced to modern fans, Fang the Sniper has always been a hybrid.

Touma would state on Twitter that he designed Fang with a jerboa (トビネズミ?) motif in his mind.[6] However, the sales departments of Sega decided upon him being half jerboa and half wolf in Japan, and a weasel in North America.[7][8] (Via: Sonic Wiki)

Hybrids aren't uncovered territory. they've existed, and they've shown to be a mash of the two species.

Amy Rose being a hybrid would explain the mixture of hedgehog and echidna qualities, mixed much like Fang having jerboa and wolf qualities mixed.

5. The whole picture

I’ve shown you the pieces, now lets put it together.

Each of these things with her new design seperetly would mean nothing, but together it means a lot.

But you HAVE to be thinking, “There’s no way that was purposeful.” and I get it. When I first thought of this theory, that was the roadblock that kept me from fully believing it, until I did some research.

I don’t believe it was the idea from the beginning. And by that, I mean CLASSIC Amy.

She looks like a hedgehog, she has back spines, she has normal, layered, quills. As well as Amy debuting before Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994)

MODERN Amy, however. Is a different story.

Remember when I told you to remember a certain paragraph?

Amy’s design was changed drastically for Sonic Adventure, even saying so in this paragraph. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles got minor things, like eye colors and more dexterity. Eggman got an outfit change. Amy’s whole body was changed. Quills, Back, Outfit, Everything.

Once again, you’re wondering, “Why does this matter?”

Amy was completely redesigned for Sonic Adventure. A game that include, features, hell, CENTERS around echidnas. Everything canonical about echidna appearances that I've shown, started in the same game Amy was completely redesigned.

Every flashback is about the Knuckles clan, and how Chaos ended up like that™️ because of them.

In a game where you have a bunch of echidnas, I, personally, feel like i’d be difficult to make the mistake of 50% of Amy Rose looking like one. Even giving her a dress the same color as Knuckles, that even has the same crescent moon on the chest.

Sonic Adventure strove to make Amy more apart of the story, more involved and importantly, interesting. Looking from the standpoint of designing her as part echidna, for the echidna game, everything strange about her design makes sense.

So either Amy Rose is an Echidna/Hedgehog hybrid and either doesn’t know or is too dumb to tell anyone or they did this on complete accident and wanted her to look like a girl theory completed

#sonic the hedgehog #amy rose #videogame conspiracy theory #but it’s an actually good one #not “x” being in a coma/purgatory/hallucinating #theory #theories

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kid-az · 7 hours

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Ok so looking at the results, I'm talk about it. To the people who voted no, ignore this.

This crossover game hypothetical is called...

So in every Ace Attorney crossover I know of, trilogy Phoenix and Maya are featured. So they will be main characters. So for this for some reason Ecolo just brings Phoenix and Maya over to Puyo Puyo's world. And then Sig is accused of murder. So the murderer is linked to a mastermind of all the cases. 5 cases. Also, many OCs because having only one per case makes it kinda obvious who did the murder. Dunno much about these cases besides first and last. In the first case Amite helps Phoenix and Maya. Also in this case Sig tries to have his bug friends testify because they can give him an alibi. Phoenix is like "parrots are one thing but BUGS!?" But Maya and the judge make him do it. It doesn't help much since they can't talk but still. After that case, Amite and Sig dissappear for the rest of this crossover game (more on that later)

From here, Phoenix and Maya must figure out who is masterminding the framings and murders, and also during investigations Arle and Ringo help. And witnesses will not help Phoenix and Maya with anything until after a Puyo battle. Ringo or Arle usually help them out a bit.

Last case of the game, Schezo is the defendant, and Arle asks Phoenix for help in this case. Well in EVERY case someone asks Phoenix to help the defendant. As it turns out, the murderer/mastermind tried frame Arle, but like, Schezo was deemed more suspicious by witnesses and both suspects apparently had equal chances of being the culprit (but it's neither. Look I really wanted a case where his inability to not speak in innuendo got him into big trouble and also it saving Arle is just funny to me. Also this way we can have a scene where once its discovered that the wrong person was framed, The Dark Prince can be all like "Why does HE get to play Hero and take the muder charge for Arly? I'd do it for her!" And Arle is just like... "um...thanks..." because none of that was intentional and Phoenix is like "thank God I don't have to defend another 'I'm totally guilty' but didn't actually commit the crime client").

In this game there would be references to every game in the series, including Maodou Montagari. Because why not?

Now, about Sig and Amite... DLC cases. 5 of them. They end up in the Ace Attorney world. Where Puyos are raining down. And in every crossover with Ace Attorney, be it a fighting game, a two game mix, or a strategy game, Edgeworth appears, though usually its a minor role. Not this time! Amite and Sig help Edgeworth find the source of the Puyos while also teaching him and many characters from the trilogy and AAI games how to play Puyo! And it's not just the trilogy and AAI characters! Great Ace Attorney characters gets mentioned, and we see younger versions of characters from the Apollo Justice Trilogy!

The DLC cases are all packaged together in Puyo Attorney: Investigations.

Puyo Attorney is a celebration of Puyo Puyo, with many references, but most of the gameplay is Ace Attorney. Puyo Attorney: Investigations is the exact opposite!

References to every game in both series' would happen. And every crossover a character from each series was in. Even minor background Easter Eggs count as references by the way.

And of course Puyo Attorney: Investigations wouldn't be localized because many Puyo games aren't localized and it has Investigations 2 characters and that game wasn't localized

Also! Full voice acting. Ace Attorney characters who were in the anime get their anime voices.

If anyone has more ideas for this lemme know

#ace attorney #puyo puyo #crossover

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kid-az · 7 hours

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Cursed Hypothetical #137: what if Pendleton Ward had written Homestuck and Andrew Hussie had written Adventure Time

#media #cartoons #homestuck #adventure time #cursed hypotheticals #oh no…#I have and will never read homestuck #but that sounds very #VERY #bad

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Been working on this for the past two months for the Sigami server Secret Santa! The person wanted Amitie showing Sig various sketches and I did my best to deliver!

It was very fun and I hope get the chance next year to do so again!

#puyo puyo #amitie puyo puyo #sig puyo puyo #i almost typed sigmar lol

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kid-az · 8 hours

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BGG6ETSGTSTWTVZTQTGZG6ZGWYYWGX6W7 CUUUUUUUTTTTTEEEEEEE!!!!!

someone said amitie is a golden retriever gf and this popped in my head sorry

#puyo puyo #amitie puyo puyo #sig puyo puyo #sigami #them

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kid-az · 8 hours

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Puyo Pop Fever OVA (1995)

#puyo puyo #amitie puyo puyo #classic anime #anime style #this is dope

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kid-az · 9 hours

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Cyrodiilic regional fashion headcanons?

Heartlands would be ostentatious and very Imperial; Blackwood would be somewhat climate appropriate (jungle Cyrodiil 4ever), while also taking direct influence from Argonians; Cheydinhal is a bit more substantial due to its higher altitude, and shows overt influence from the nobility of Morrowind

#the elder scrolls #tes #elder scrolls headcanon

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kid-az · 13 hours

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one day i’ll grow even taller than my brother, you’ll see !!

#omori #omori fanart #omori hero #omori kel

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kid-az · 17 hours

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i like Hagravens a lot but i wish they were just a little more monstery

#the elder scrolls #tes #hagraven #redesign #cool design #actually looks monstrous #in a cool way

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Am I the "asshole" for wanting to have a body again?

Context: I was once a powerful demon, but an attempt was made to seal that demon's soul inside a cursed object. The sealing didn't completely succeed, and the demon's soul was torn to pieces, with only the part currently known as "me" ending up inside. I don't remember much about this part of my life, but as far as I can recall, I almost certainly didn't do anything to deserve it.

I (immortal, pick one) have been trapped in this object as an incorporeal spirit for so long I've lost track of time. My prison has changed hands many times, but was most recently acquired by an extremely ambitious student at a nearby magic school (13M, we'll refer to him as "K"). K all but demanded I lend my power to him and teach him some of what I knew. As I quite literally have nothing better to do, I agreed, and the arrangement has been mostly tolerable.

Except a short time after we began working together, a new student "S" (also 13M) showed up at K's school. And what did he have with him but the other part of my soul?! I don't know how he came to have it, if he's some sort of reincarnation of my original self or a distant descendant, but all that mattered was that if I could get to him, I could have a body again. It was the best opportunity I'd ever had to get my life back. So I got K to perform a ritual that switched our places and put me in his body (and before I'm called the "asshole" for that, it was supposed to be a TEMPORARY arrangement, and besides, he's the one who wants to mess with dark magic. I taught him a very valuable lesson about dealing with demons! Not that he actually learned anything from it…)

S came straight to me, but someone must've realized what was going on and put a protection charm on him. Then he beat me in a duel, and after that he just…walked away. Like he didn't have a care in the world! He hadn't come to deal with me, or even to save his classmate, no, he just wanted to steal one of my ritual components because some stranger had asked him to, otherwise I don't know if he'd have bothered showing up. I don't think he even listened to a word I said.

Needless to say, that plan didn't work out. I'm still working with K, but now both his teacher and the most powerful warlock on this side of the planet are watching me like I'm some sort of criminal. And what's worse, no one involved took me seriously, and aren't willing to so much as mention the incident. It's like it didn't even matter! I'm pretty sure even S has forgotten the whole thing, he's got a memory like a sieve for anything that isn't the scientific name for a stag beetle.

It hasn't been all that long, but it feels as if it's been decades since I've gotten to do anything. Is it so wrong for me to try and escape this pitiful existence I've been unjustly forced into? Am I going to spend the rest of eternity in here being the butt of some kind of massive cosmic joke? I really don't think I deserve to be either treated like a reprobate or outright ignored.

EDIT: THIS IS FAKE NONE OF THIS HAPPENED my device must have been stolen moderators please delete!!

EDIT 2: To everyone saying K should get rid of the demon, if any of these events had hypothetically actually happened (WHICH THEY DIDN'T), I would definitely have the situation COMPLETELY under control by now!!

#puyo puyo #klug puyo puyo #strange klug

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