Is Amy Rose a Psycho-Fangirl? | Characters In-Depth 

A psycho fangirl? Definitely not. Sonic is a childhood crush. When a friend saves you, it can change your life. The two have a genuine friendship and bond from years of going on adventures with each other.

To be fair, Amy had a right to be pissed at Sonic at the end of Black Knight. She finally landed a date, and was ditched.

I miss the way Amy used to be. Bring back Adventure era Amy.

Amy DOES have an obsessive side but it's not the only part of her character, I actually think the Dark Age era used her nicely, there should be Nothing wrong with showing her different sides, sometimes, she's all fangirly and sometimes she's a heroine that has someone like Cream looking up to her and even calls her strong and brave. I don't think any part of Amy's character should be forgotten, the way I see it, part of her was INTENTIONALLY made to be annoying and/or funny while at the same time her being a great hero.

FUN FACT: In Sonic Unleashed Amy asks Sonic if they can go out on a date after everything was over you can say yes or no in game but canonically you say yes and that’s why Amy’s mad at the end of Sonic and the Black Knight Edit: It seems I’ve started a war

The fact that Sega has managed to severely misinterprete just about every character now is tear-inducing

To be honest I prefer how IDW comics currently have her written. She likes sonic but has her own goals and wants with a side of spunk and energy

No mention of Amy’s psychic powers? She can tell the future with tarot cards, seen in Sonic CD and Chronicles, and in Sonic Battle it’s implied she literally creates a psychic projection of Sonic to fight with her due to sheer willpower!

The Sonic Mania animated shorts got Amy right. They still had her be a little obsessive over Sonic, but she went out of her way to help that robot that Sonic had just taken out.

Ya know, I always saw Amy more than just a fan girl.

i like the way the IDW comics improved her personality, it feels like she grow up a lot after numerous adventures, not only she's still in love with sonic, but she learned from him, and inspired her to help others and protect her friends, also it may seems that sonic actually feels something for this new version of amy, they have a great chemistry now

Personally, I have always like Amy, enough to actually consider her my favorite character in the Sonic franchise... and best girl too. XD The thing with Amy is that her character concept is pretty good and relatable to both boys and girls because despite some of her flaws, she represents the good in all of us, and that to be a hero, you do not need any fancy superpowers... Only the desire to do what is right and a strong heart to resist the temptation of revenge and instead forgive those who did awful things in the past. (Like she did when saving Metal Sonic in Mania Adventures) What Amy needs is not to have her character changed or modified but rather, to use what is already there and focus on her positive aspects. Sonic Adventure already showed that this is possible as it made Amy a very multi-dimentional character with multiple facets within just one game: she is in love with Sonic, but that affection does not cloud her judgement (she stands up to him to protect Gamma), she might be immature and childish, but has enough sense to know when to behave and display both maturity and common sense and often puts the needs of others before her own. Like Sonic, she too feels compassion for the innocent in distress and will always help them... However, Amy's compassion and empathy goes beyond what Sonic and other characters in the franchise do as she is the only one who extends this to the bad guys, whom she helps to find a way to redeem themselves and earn a second chance to be happy. The other thing that Sonic Team really, and I mean REALLY need to do is to stop excluding/leaving Amy behind in favor of the "Classic Trio" (Sonic/Tails/Knuckles), an aspect that IMO only exists for the sake of nostalgia pandering. Only by taking in Amy as the main character she was always meant to be, can she display the things that as a character she can do. Otherwise, they will continue to deny Amy such chances, such as when she was sidelined from Sonic Adventure 2's story or in Sonic Forces, where the leadership traits she developed in Sonic Heroes (really underrated role of Amy that people always undermine over one single line of dialogue) were ignored to instead favor Knuckles, despite him never having proved, shown or display any hint of posessing such character traits. Give her roles that mean something within the story. Make her playable again (Sonic Mania was the perfect chance for this, and she already had a unique gameplay in Advance 1 that would fit perfectly with some improvements) and most importantly, never try to replace her role with someone else. While in the 2000's and after Amy suffered because of how writers focused only on her crush for Sonic to the point of eclipsing her other noble traits, it's also necessary to remind how said endearing traits were for some of the titles passed onto Cream the Rabbit. Just like how the idea of Eggman's role being stolen by others (*cough*Zavok*cough*) is something that annoys me, the same thing I feel when Amy's role as the heart/moral compass is usurped by another character who has no personality beyond being just impossibly nice.

To be fair, "Sonic Free Riders" couldn't get MOST of the characters. The only ones who weren't assholes were Tails, Cream, Storm, and Omochao. I don't find Omochao annoying, but when who's seen as one of the most annoying additions to the character roster is also one of the only personable ones in the game, that's not good.

Archie comics Amy and IDW Amy are the best versions of Amy fully realized. I've never forgotten one panel where she tells everyone to stop bothering Sonic and Sally on their date. But some people ask why the heck would she support Sonic dating anyone other then her. She admits to still really liking Sonic but overall she wants him to be happy. And Sally makes him happy so she supports it all the way. I think that was such a mature and compassionate thing for her to do. In IDW they took the characteristics of Amy in Forces and ran with it. She organizes the resistance and is a great tactician and leader. She's an awesome character when the right people get their hands on her.

Amy is a character that I've always had trouble understanding. One minute she'd be compassionate and caring, the next she'd be trying to smash people with her hammer. My younger self had little concept of different writers writing the characters differently. So I just decided that she was crazy. Which is a shame.

In the IDW Sonic comics, Amy's introduction into the series was by her trying to convince Sonic to help the Resistance deal with badnik hordes, which lead to the two of them teaming up against super badniks and Amy coming to respect Sonic's decision to handle the badniks his own way. Later in the series, after the Resistance became the Restoration, Amy became very key in keeping the many different Restoration teams organized. When not busy maintaining the Restoration, Amy has been good in helping to deal with the Metal Virus outbreak more directly.

I love this so much, Amy's been my favourite since I was like, a toddler and it makes me so happy to see people defending Amy, she deserves so much better.

Amy is a really good character and she can be so much more than just a weird fangirl that the mid 2000s and ESPECIALLY the 2010s emphasize. What i love about the adventure games is that she actually helps sonic and others, convinced gamma of what eggman really is, and told shadow that there are good people out there and deserves another chance. Hell even heroes, she help big and cream find froggy and the chao. Yeah that was the start of her being a bit obsessed with Sonic but at least she still helped people. I really hate the 2010s for what it did to all the characters

Amy can be a bit kooky and obsessive, but she is nowhere near the crazy stalker some people make her out to be. At her best she’s also compassionate, willing to lend a helping hand, and occasionally a bit sassy. Can her love for Sonic be annoying at times? Yes, but in my opinion that’s kind of the point.

Amy Rose is my favorite Sonic character and to me she's massively underrated and even overlooked (especially when it comes to fan conceptions) I will say I think her immaturity was both her best and worst trait. I think games like Adventure, Adventure 2, Unleashed, Heroes and Zero Gravity used this to its advantage. What I liked about Amy's immaturity was that she saw things differently than other characters, but wasn't completely blind to everything around her. Sonic Adventure being the best example. Sure she's fawning over Sonic, but her first cutscene is her just falling over him in a way a fan would idolize someone they consider an idol, after all she refers to him as her "hero" throughout the game. And showcasing the events of Sonic CD, also shows she not only just misses Sonic, but the sense of adventure he brought to her life. To me that is the perfect example of balancing Amy as a fangirl, but also showcasing a more childlike persona. A person can be a fanboy/fangirl without being insane. Even the moment she meets Sonic face to face her first response is to say "long time no see" and to watch over a Flickie. And while Eggman is launching a missile toward station square her main focus is currently getting a bird to its family, while also focusing on her inner importance as a person. Saving herself and learning to be independent. Even in Sonic Adventure 2 while Amy is thinking about Sonic again (as evident to her fawning about him after Tails saves her from Eggman) her instant response to Tails is "quick I know Eggman is up to no good again" to me, this shows while Sonic is a priority she isn't blind to the horrible stuff Eggman does she just expresses it in a more childlike way. She even showcases this by putting on a brave facade throughout the game, but proves to be ineffective. I also think her "mistake" of Shadow/Silver as Sonic is too overblown, especially since characters like Eggman and GUN also did this! But in terms of Amy upon realizing her mistake she instantly corrects herself, especially in Silver's case where she's visibly seen covering her eyes in embarrassment showcasing she knows she did something wrong. It's one thing if Amy played into them being Sonic until the actual Sonic showed up, but she only makes a mistake for a brief second and is instantly able to correct it. (Unlike GUN who presisted Shadow was Sonic until halfway through the game) In Sonic Heroes, people only ever focus on that scene between her and Team Sonic (yet strangely don't point to the fact Cream the Rabbit nor Big the Cat object to Amy doing it, despite Cream being the voice of reason for Amy) or the fact other teams have other similar reactions (like Rouge just outright accusing Chaotix of going after Eggman treasure and starting a fight with them) however I think the scene was suppose to showcase Amy wanting Sonic to see how much more competent she is, but as with every other team fight doesn't display that well. Also their first glimpse of Sonic was through a newspaper that showed him running away with Chacola Chao and Froggy, that;'s why the decided to fight as a team. (It also baffles me when fans call her only purpose "to be rescued by Sonic" while forgetting any roles where she's not a damsel at all (or even the fact other characters have been damseled just as much such as Tails, Rouge and Cream) especially since we get no input from Big or Cream during cutscene.. However people focus on that too much at the expense of disregarding her notable traits in the game. The fact she's a legit leader to Cream & Big (like motivating them to keep punishing forward during the Hang Castle cutscene) or forming their team to find their missing allies. She even throws in some snarky jabs toward Eggman (such as calling him a bloated baffoon or mustache monkey) I like that while Sonic is her main focus it doesn't take away from acknowledging her friends either, as she treats them with equal priority. Even her combat abilities reflect her new teaming leading position, being able to run at fast speeds and use her own unique abilities. Even in her final cutscene while she's seen chasing Sonic she's seen waving goodbye to Cream and Big because she had already accomplished her goal in helping them.. As a contrast I see Amy's underwhelming gameplay as part of her development, going from slow and inexperienced, but wanting to work on being independent (Sonic Adventure) to now actually achieving speeds to catch up to Sonic and can roll into a ball, dash and have her own abilities (Advance 2 and Heroes) However when her childish personality didn't work, it really didn't work. Sonic Battle, Sonic Rush and Especially Sonic Free Riders. In Sonic Battle I hated how she barely noticed Cream, which is completely against her teamwork with her in Advance 3/Heroes and is so involved with Sonic to the point of excersizing herself to exahustion. Then in Sonic Rush threatening her friends and only being focused on her jealousy, it seemed when the games transitioned to the Dark Age they focused more on making her childlike nature more negatively immature and expressing more tempramental traits. She would occasionally revert back to her old personality, but I feel this is more flanderization than character identity. I think Unleashed was her best as far as Dark Age goes because she's more innocent with her approach to Sonic than aggressive. She even uses her optimism during the end. With Free Riders none of her positive traits persist at all, it completely went back on her Heroes persona and turned her into the oversimplified version people accuse her of. I think from Lost World-IDW Comics showcases a real development with her character. She's now grown more mature with her interactions toward Sonic and with IDW especially takes on a more headstrong and leadership persona. I think using Forces as the outlet to mature her was some nice development. It's also worth noting Amy in Archie Comics was good too, when she had other characters to work with she could prove to be a good character. Especially during Treasure Team Tango with Cream and Blaze the Cat, the latter of which she works surprisingly well with.

Whoever sees Amy as a psycho fan girl, has either never played any of the games or has taken a meme too seriously. As for Amy and the crew being "useless" in Sonic Forces, I will have to disagree. They're fighting an army of Shadow, Chaos and Metal Sonics. Just surviving that is pretty impressive. Remember that Shadow mentioned how those virtual reality clones have all the powers of the originals. That's basically an army of ultimate life forms, gods and the equivalent of skynet.

I really wished they'd tone down the boy-craze, because tgen your left WITH A GOOD CHARACTER, not a girl trying to *force Sonic into marriage-*

I agree, Amy really deserves better! She could be in a new game as her character, not the obsessive fan-girl ( like she used to be ), nor the has-been becoming a non-playable character ( like Tails ). In SA1 for example; she’s a developing her independence and showing her pure and brave heart and caring side, in Sonic Heroes, she’s developing her leader instinct and adventurous side, and in the IDW comics, she’s actually developing her intelligence. That’s what Amy should be! But the problem, is the fact that some people « still » take Amy as a Yandere or as a Sakura wannabe.

I didn't mind Amy too much in the "dark" era. I mean, sometimes I couldn't stand her but I liked her in the first two Sonic Riders. And while I found her attacking Sonic in Heroes to be forced, it was so contrived, I hardly register it as actual canon. I liked her for the most part in Heroes because I liked seeing her lead her own crew. I like her short temper. I like her "attitude". I like that sometimes she's a bit selfish. But I also like her kind heart. All that together just kinda make her come off as the perfect foil to Sonic. I also like how she was unofficial fourth member of the Sonic Heroes. Honestly, I just miss the days when she had agency in the plot. When she was treated as the hero of her own story. I miss the days when the Sonic cast was more of an ensemble rather than the current situation of the only member of Sonic's friend group that gets screentime being Tails (not that they particularly do him right). It's kinda why I liked the Sonic Boom TV show. It wasn't perfect. And cold be pretty boring sometimes. But it was just nice seeing our four main characters interacting again, y'know.

Amy is a victim of flanderization and crap writing.. Despite her crush on Sonic. Her strength was her compassion to other characters.. even to robots made by Doctor Eggman... she even stood up to Sonic and stop them from killing gamma. So he is definitely not a fangirl. I mean she the played a role in getting Shadow to intervene in Sonic Adventure 2. Lol. The company and writers are slowly and slowly forgetting what makes their characters special.. the fans new to stomach do not get the chance to see this Amy.. all they see is a fangirl or someone hyper aggressive

Legend has it...that at the end of sonic and the black knight, amy wacked him so hard that his voice changed

CID: “Amy talks some sense into Silver” Amy in 06: “If I had to choose the world or Sonic, I WOULD CHOOSE SONIC!!!”

Amy is very cute, i like her

Better title: Is Amy a Yandere?

I miss Jason Griffith and the Adventure era Gameplay 😭 Why is it so darn frustrating being a Sonic fan?

I agree that Amy in more than just some overly obsessed fan girl. She's a kind, compassionate character who will put others before herself. Even though she can be a little obsessed with Sonic at times. I personally thought the ending of Black Knight was funny, but you know, humor's subjective. Boom Amy is my least favorite adaptation of Amy. Like Shadow, and Knuckles, Amy feels like a completely different character. They made her more girly by having her put her hands on her hips, saying "Ew" to gross things, and being a sassy b***h about everything

She deserve her own spin off game, DO IT SEGA!

Ok, I want to combine IDW Amy and early Adventure Era Amy's personalities. I think it would make of an interesting dynamic between Sonic and the team. A strong leader + a caring person + mild fangirl? Count me in.

This video gonna make me cry 😭😭😭 Amy doesn't get enough respect She's my all time favorite character just because of how much character development she's gotten over the years and anyone who's a true Sonic Fan would know I love how IDW Comics portrays her the most!! She's super brave and heroic but still cares alot emotionally ( she could outshine Sonic and the rest if they write her just right! ) She's the perfect Heroine that I always look forward to seeing!

I think that people who like to romantically pair Sonic and Amy are the ones who remember what she used to be like and realize that if they got her characterization right again, she honestly could be written as someone that Sonic might fall in love with. The obsessive stalker personality can be the starting point of a little girl, but then she matures as she did in the Adventure series. Because at her best, Amy is a very good and loving person, capable of standing as a hero in her own right. A person who sees the good in everyone and is able to bring that good out most of the time.

Good thing Sonic Mania Adventures made Amy back to her regular self. Kind-hearted, protective, and caring.

I can't stop quoting premydaremy(i think) when he said this series needs "balance" From story to character, there needs to be a natural balance to where they feel natural and not forced. *cough*meta era

I honestly liked that Amy and Sonic were low-key dating in the Sonic Boom cartoon.

I really liked A

I always see some progression when it comes to Amy

I love Amy Rose, she is a great character, I don't know where people got the creepy stalker vibe from her. in that scene where you showed Amy chasing Sonic it was because he attacked Eggman with her right there and could have hurt her, who wouldn't be upset about that?

I should mention Amy can keep up with sonic and shadow then also brawl it out with knuckles in terms of strength making her potentially one of the strongest sonic characters

Sadly, if they can't even let Tails retain his character growth, and he's the main non-Sonic animal character, I highly doubt they'll do Amy justice.

Sonic Battle kinda confirms this: In Rouge's story, Amy hallucinates Sonic fighting with her, and as Rouge, you must fight Amy AND the Hallucination of Sonic. It was that moment where I question her sanity.

To be fair to Heroes, Amy only really mentions marriage that once, and Team Rose's goal, at least at first, is to find Sonic, because they believe he's the one who kidnapped Chocola and Froggy, (although it was most likely Metal Sonic or a Shadow Android made to look like Sonic) and who's better at finding Sonic then Amy? But I Agree, that one cutscene, taken out of context, does paint Amy in a bad light

It seems like after the Adventure games, all the characters’ personalities went out the window

I always loved Amy, her story in Adventure made me see her as awesome.

Amy rose needs to have her own game with Amy rose as a kindhearted and optimistic person who helps and sees the good in others, Amy rose is one of my favorite sonic characters, and Saga should get her her own spin-off game💟💞💝💘💗💖💓💜💛💚💙🌈💮💮💮💮💮💮

i love that you bring the characters’ depth into the surface. the characters have such deep personalities and you point that out really well

Oh, and in defence of the ending of Black Knight, she DID think that Sonic had stood her up so... her anger's a little justified there.

Amy annoys me sometimes when she is perfectionist in sonic boom when Amy removes Sticks' clutter in her borrow and sticks hates it.

Great vid! Loving this series and all the videos!

Amy has always been one of my favorite characters and I've always felt that she got too much hate. I feel like every game after heroes she just constantly got shafted and not being that relevant. If only she had more than one stage in Shadow's game. Would have been cool to see. I feel she was always just treated as comic relief. But there's so much more to her. I liked her because I see her as an underdog, who isn't the strongest but keeps up with hard work and determination. Playing as her in the Advance games were my favorite parts. And she's always been one of, if not the most broken character in some Sonic games. Adventure 2 Multiplayer, Sonic heroes, the Advance games. No matter what opponents she's faced, she's never backed down. And honestly, some times I feel that she has more of a heart than even Sonic himself. The moment where she convinces Shadow to save the earth is a moment I feel that doesn't get talked about often. I'm still mad that Chris stole that moment from her in Sonic X lol. I always wondered how Lisa Ortiz would have handled that scene. I just think that she deserves a chance to really shine one day. She has so much potential. Her magic power, her tarot cards, it was only in Sonic X, but she was shown in the Japanese version to be able to use telepathy. I know many people have had an issue with her character, but I don't think she's all bad. One game that isn't talked about much where I feel she's decent is in Sonic Chronicles. She still liked Sonic, but wasn't afraid to speak her mind if she disagreed with him. I always wondered how itd be if she were like a friendly rival to him. Her dynamic with other characters would be so interesting to see too. After reading Sonic Universe, seeing her interact with Knuckles was great! And I thought it was sweet in a way how she encouraged him to keep going and Knuckles being like an older brother figure. And she doesn't interact much with Shadow after SA2. I feel that their dynamic would be so interesting, not because of love or anything, but I always felt that aside from Rouge, she is one of the few characters who appears to wholeheartedly believe in him regardless of the circumstances, and I think that's awesome. But like many other things, it's not expanded on. So far in IDW, it seems like her and Rouge would be great friends if they got along more. Regarding her relationship with Sonic, I think it could go either way. I wouldn't lose sleep if it never happened, but I think I'd be interested to see it. But, I think instead of having them not date and keep the dynamic, I think itd be better to allow Amy to fall in love with others, but it seems Sega won't allow it. I think it would add more to her character as a potential story if she tried to get over Sonic. But it seems like Sega would never allow that. Lastly, I've always wanted to see her get a super form. She would probably lose her uniqueness and it'd probably never happen since it's established that only male hedgehogs can go super. But, I've always had this joke in my head that if she achieved it she'd finally be fast enough to keep up with sonic, and just imagining that in my head is hilarious lol. But Sega has said that only male hedgehogs can go super, so I guess I'll never see it happen. She'd basically be like Thor but without the lightning since she's the only character that actually fights with a weapon. It's not a huge deal breaker for me though. Anyway, this is kind of a ramble, but seeing one of my favorite sonic characters being flanderized just hurts. Hopefully at least one of you enjoyed this long read. But I really hope she can get more development or something one day. She absolutely deserves it. I'd love to hear anyone else's thoughts on her though!

Amy has always been my favorite character growing up, since not only she’s the most relatable, but our initials are the same, and even our last names are very similar.

Wow... Ngl, as someone who's introduction to the series was Sonic X as a kid (yikes, I know), this really gave me a new perspective on who she was supposed to be. Thanks for reintroducing me to someone who should have been one of my favorite characters, mate.

4:12 I just love rewatching this clip lmao the way Sonic saying "No Way" 🤣

Amy actually is my fav female character from sonic because of adventure era. She's the girl that even though not being powerful like the male counter parts, still went out of her way to fight against eggman to protect someone, and did not try to be manly and fisically strong, using more her power of being kind, and understanding of others to do good for others, even if this other is an eggman's robot and even if she had to go agaisnt sonic! That moment in adventure really made me fall in love with the character, because she was not just a fangirl running after sonic. She was a strong, kind and uplifting girl who happened to love sonic. She's the kind of person who would be of great help for someone with depresion. Oh and let's not forget that she managed to get in alcatraz, and free sonic.

Thank you for this Video it literately made my day, Amy has always been my favorite character, and it's totally not fair for people to hate her when it's not Amy's fault that she's written in certain ways in some games. Amy is awesome, we just need more of that awesomeness!

Honestly...I've never had any respect for Amy's character until now. I was one kf the people that only saw her as a psycho fan girl. But you bring up some really good points. I think all of the new portrayals of Sonic characters are parodies of their former selves. But I don't think it's malicious. I think the Sonic Team is trying to go for a more lighthearted humorous style of storytelling because of all the flack they get for making deep stories. I really hope they watch your videos on their characters before they make a new game.

Am I the only one who has always liked Amy Rose?

I think her stubbornness and obsessiveness actually aids in how she helps others, examples being when she finds Birdie. She could've easily thought "This situation is too much, it's just a bird", but she is *determined* to help it. Same with Silver and Gamma. Once she finds something that she can put her effort into helping, there's no stopping her unless she realizes their motives are morally wrong.

I agree, and I’d like to add that Amy also had a really fun gameplay. I really enjoyed playing as her in SA1 (my one critique would be that I wish her run speed was faster). She had a really unique gameplay that really marked her as her own character. Even in Heroes she had a few tricks that other speed characters didn’t, and I really liked that. Her gameplay always portrayed her as the girl who can do more than you’d expect her too, and I miss that.

Thank you so much for making this. You explained it better than I ever could. Her adventure era self is too often forgotten.

Ive just been binging your character analysis of sonic characters and honestly every video I've watched has perfectly encapsulated thoughts which I myself couldn't express. Also, that totallynotmark reference threw me off, it was like two worlds colliding and I loved it. You've earned a sub.

Fun fact: one thing sonic forces did correctly was bringing adventure Amy back

This is why I like the "Hanging Out" comic on Deviant Art so much, it's written by a fan who understands the character (though a few are a bit crazy) and it's why I really enjoyed the Christmas special animation for sonic mania

See I told you Sally and Sonic will never get together that’s not his style

Amy is very cute pretty likable to me, i never saw her as a crazy fangirl. SA and SA2 i had a small crush on her back then and kinda still do now. it just hurts when they made her terrible. Even now i still ship her and Sonic.....i know it won't happen but a guy can dream can't he? i just want to see her happy.

I kinda wish sega would expand upon the fortun telling side of her character from cd just to make her more interesting the japanese manuals for sonic 1 2 3 and knuckles and cd have so much that they should expand upon the whole idea of amy loving mystical thing tarrot cards would be interesting plus give her the character development she had in the adventure and ya all set and mabey even add some of the stuff from the ian flynn archie comics where she learns mystic melody and uses it to help knuckles locate shards of the master emerald faster to expand upon her character mabey even a bit of idw

I actually think that, one way that Sonic 2006 might've been able to be fixed (or at least, made less bad) would've been to swap Elise for Amy. She doesn't have to be a Princess, but the main beats of Elise's story and backstory could be intact in her. If they were going to write a romance, they could've used the character already slotted for that role. Sonic's story would've been about Sonic and Amy spending a large chunk of time together and both finally taking a step forward in their relationship. It probably would've added a lot to Sonic's characterization to realize that he was actually falling for Amy. Amy meanwhile would finally be able to spend some time with Sonic and even get to know him better. They could've had their cake and eat it too. I mean, the game's story retcons itself in the end. I think that that would've been a much more poignant and impactful ending than what they had (which, don't get me wrong, I do actually like Sonic 2006's story a good bit). And if they didn't want to tie themselves to two characters who are actually in love, well, like I said, the story get's retconned by the end.

I'm glad Origins Plus AND Superstars will make her playable in a Genesis style sonic game.. Hopefully she's fun.

Amy’s so one dimensional now I wish she was more like her adventure counterpart

As soon as I saw the thumbnail I was like "Nahhhh obviously not, she's obsessed but she's too friendly to be a psycho"

You made me cry with all that beautiful words.🥺🥺

Never was that into this series as a kid but, ever since I started playing Sonic Mania last week, I’ve been falling down the Sonic rabbit hole. Then I found your videos going in depth about the characters and it’s making me want to delve even deeper.

aside from the adventures, Amy's greatest depiction and relationship with sonic was in Dark Chronicles. p.s. they officially enter a relationship.

Ahhh so that’s why I loved Amy as a kid

Wonderful video! I wish Amy was like the way she was in Adventure 1 & 2, and parts of her in Heroes.

I swear every video you make is a Masterpiece.

Of all the Sonic characters, Amy and Tails are the characters I relate to the most. Mainly because of their ways of admiring Sonic Boom!Amy returns that essence of the character that goes beyond being in love with Sonic and knowing that they have changed the dynamic between the two of them gives me hope to return all the potential that she has

Very well said! I agree completely! I just hope SEGA see it like this as well.

Sonic characters are always exaggerated when people try to describe their character. Shadow the edge lord, Amy the psychopath, Silver the pathetic little bi- point is, you know what I mean.

I will always love 💗 Amy rose cause she my favorite 😍 and she got my favorite color plus I like her when she with sonic they r so cute 🥰 together

Man I love this series and would love to see a video on eggman since I feel he’s probably the one character who’s been the best through the entire sonic series well besides dr robotnik from the classic era of games and 06 eggman but all and all I’d be interested in what you think of the OG villain just so you know keep doing the good work 👍

ive always loved amy , she is my favorite female characer in the sonic franchise but yeah she deserves more ! and i like her psycho side sometimes its funnny but she is more appreciable as a nice and sweet girlx3

Amy's had a rocky ride in 3rd Party. Edit: Now that I think about it, it would've made more sense for Amy to be the resistance leader compared to Knuckles. Since Knuckles is more physical, and a loner. While Amy is clearly more social, and knows how to bring people together.

Amazing video💕

6:23 that roger animation's EXACTLY what i was thinking about while u were talking about the dark era

To anyone wanting to get a good opinion on the Sonic characters, ESPECIALLY Amy, listen to the fans, not the critics. Because unlike the critics the fans actually play the games and listen to the characters. I'm betting my life that's what critics do. Good job CI-D. Another character that deserves the spotlight.

the adventures amy is still the amy i know and love.. also in the tv series she is also even though more of a background character portrayed as a sweet and caring character sure she has a temper but only if something bad happens

Adventure era and Classic era are my favorite portrayals of Amy. I thought it was really sweet that Amy went out of her way to protect the bird, and to be honest, I was surprised at how likable of a character she was. I’ve always loved Classic Amy since I first played Sonic CD, but mainly it’s because her design is super cute.

I kinda wanna see Eggman capture Sonic, Shadow, Silver, Sonic... the "classic" one. And then laugh about how he's safe from any hedgehogs taknig advantage of his collected 7 emeralds this time! And then his base is blown up in a golden burst of light. Super Amy. And she's Super Pissed. And she'd have reason too, she's always been on good terms with Shadow and Silver and of course Sonic and Sonic. This would be something to fight for, with no need to prove herself. Showing that she shouldn't be ignored is just the icing on the cake. Also Toriyama did female saiyans a while ago so, Sonic has to copy that. It's the rules.

Amy Rose is My Favorite Sonic Character! She's cute, sweet, pure, and awesome! She is very underated, a character that deserves more Love than hate! She has done many great things in the Sonic Series. And she has also grown as a character, she was in the damsel like role once upon a time. But she really has come far since then. Amy has become very independent, despite the fact that she's only 12. She helps Sonic in his adventures, Amy is an insperation to me. I'm glad that I'm a fan of hers, it's a blessing to be honest. And I will be a Fan of Amy Rose for the rest of my Life!!

Kinda but she has a heart and it comes from a loving place and she's very useful in the series

8:56 Yes ofc shes one of the most important characters! Yes maybe shes sometimes going crazy about Sonic, but pls Guys, she is in love with him, love makes sometimes people blind. But when we're not looking at that, SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HEROES OUT THERE! And good santence here - 9:00 👌💕 Thx for making this video! ^^♡

I've always loved Amy Rose as a character. It's frustrating when they force 90% of her interactions to be with Sonic because that's never when her character fares best. Her compassionate, optimistic nature is best set against characters like Shadow and Silver who are struggling to do the right thing. I've always felt that she'd reach her full potential if she got over her crush on Sonic and focused on being her best self. I know the Sonic Crush is her gimmick and all, but a girl can dream, right?

I loved this analysis. Give the girl the spin dash and a super form that’s rose gold and she’ll be dope. Subscribed!

If I've learned anything from this channel, it's that these characters have been flanderized.

My Sweet Passion is probably one of my favorite songs from the sonic franchise.

06 amy was GOING to be her best interpretation. Her cut story leaked on to youtube a few years back and she was robbed the worst out of all the other playable characters. She was supposed to go through tropical jungle, white acropolis, crisis city, and flame core with blaze and silver after she saved elise and reunited with them post silver's fight with sonic (also silver was supposed to fight sonic AND amy, silver's unused voice clips prove it). She had a lot of plot incorporation, but because blaze's never got finished, amy meeting her would have been a huge plot hole (cuz of rush) so they had to cut amy out completely. Such a shame., especially since they had other attacks and stuff planned for her as well. Also, I'm shocked you didn't talk about sonic battle or sonic chronicles. Sonic battle was ABSOLUTELY the worst amy we've ever gotten next to free riders. Also! AMy is TWELVE. Of course she's going to be boy crazy at this age! Cut her some slack. After adventure 1, 2, 06 and unleashed she's become really freaking mature for her age! If we could get 06 amy and unleashed amy back, i'd be forever grateful.