Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ Sonikku za Hejjihoggu) mostly known simply as Sonic, is the video game company Sega's mascot and the main protagonist of the video game series he is named after.

A blue anthropomorphic hedgehog with plenty of attitude and personality, he lives up to his name by being able to run at supersonic speeds.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) He is one of the most famous mascots in video game history.
 * 2) Unlike most other video game mascots, Sonic actually has a personality that can actually be integrated into interesting stories. Thanks to this, Sonic has not only interesting stories in his video games, but he has a bunch of good stories in comic books, cartoons and more!
 * 3) His famous rivalry/friendship with Super Mario. Which was famous enough that Mario and Sonic started to appear in a crossover game together since 2007's Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.
 * 4) He's also a fighter in the Super Smash Bros. games since Brawl in 2008.
 * 5) He can do alot of cool attacks such as spin-dashing ,boosting and homing attack's.
 * 6) He is highly free-spirited and adventurous.
 * 7) Awesome quotes such as: "YOUR TOO SLOW" "GOTTA GO FAST" and More.
 * 8) Holds a strong passion for enjoying life to the fullest.
 * 9) He values freedom and believes in allowing the world to be free.
 * 10) He has a lot of self-esteem and does not care about what people say about him.
 * 11) When there is a crisis, he intensely focuses on the task at hand.
 * 12) He is an unpredictable thrill-seeker and sees his heroics as an opportunity to have fun.
 * 13) He always manages remains cool under pressure.
 * 14) Often jokes around to lighten the mood and has the tendency to hilariously taunt his opponents.
 * 15) He never forgets about his friends and believes in working as a team or, as he put it, the power of teamwork.
 * 16) Following his free-spirited nature, he does not dwell on the past or allow painful experiences to weigh him down. Instead, he lives in the present and always looks forward to new adventures, which is a good moral for anyone.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He can be too narcissistic and prideful to be likable.
 * 2) While having cool quotes, sometimes he says very cheesy one's, such as "Nothing starts before you take action".
 * 3) Tends to overreact when someone misjudges his species.
 * 4) Sometimes makes absolutely terrible puns that no one can enjoy. Not even Unironically.

Trivia

 * For his cameos, Sonic has proven to be an extremely popular character.
 * After having been around only three years, he had already surpassed Nintendo's Mario in popularity according to a June 1993 Q-Survey in Gameplayers magazine.
 * Even after Sega settled on the hedgehog, an idea proposed by designer Naoto Ohshima, the company tried out a taxonomically confusing name for the character: Mr. Needlemouse.
 * In keeping with the spirit of the above, Sonic was scored entirely by the Japanese pop group Dreams Come True, formed as a trio in 1988.