Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog, 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.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) He is one of the most famous mascots in video game history.
 * 2) He is free-spirited and adventurous.
 * 3) He values freedom and believes in allowing the world the be free.
 * 4) He has a lot of self-esteem and does not care about what people say about him.
 * 5) Holds a strong passion for enjoying life.
 * 6) 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.
 * 7) He's also a fighter in the Super Smash Bros. games since Brawl in 2008.
 * 8) When there is a crisis, he intensely focuses on the task at hand.
 * 9) He is a thrill-seeker and sees his heroics as an opportunity to have fun.
 * 10) Always remains cool under pressure.
 * 11) Often jokes around to lighten the mood and has the tendency to hilariously taunt his opponents.
 * 12) Never forgets about his friends and believes in working as a team.
 * 13) 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.
 * 14) Always risks his life for his friends.
 * 15) His best-friend relationship with Tails.
 * 16) Has shown to have a habit for forgiving, like how he forgave Silver for trying to kill him. Twice.
 * 17) He is shown to be good at swordsmanship, like in Sonic and the Black Knight.
 * 18) He is getting his own live-action/computer-animated movie in 2019.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He can be too narcissistic and prideful to be likable.
 * 2) He can be very impatient. In Sonic CD, if you wait for 3 minutes without doing anything, he will jump off the screen and cause an instant Game Over.
 * 3) Sometimes says very cheesy quotes, such as "Nothing starts before you take action".
 * 4) Tends to overreact when someone misjudges his species.