Sonic's Amy Rose Never Had to Be The Series' Most Worthless Character
While many of Sonic the Hedgehog's characters are beloved, one of the most contentious is Amy Rose. Even though IDW Publishing's current series hasn't succeeded in making her a more compelling character, Archie Comics' much older and now-discontinued series actually found the perfect recipe to actually make Amy Rose appealing.
In Archie Comics, Amy was originally like Tails in that she was quite young and therefore not allowed to help the Freedom Fighters in their war against Dr. Robotnik — no matter how much she pleaded. The fact that Sonic let Tails fight alongside him was a major point of contention with Amy who tried using this bit of knowledge to help her case. But no matter how hard she tried, no one indulged her. So, she had no choice but to take drastic action. Aware that her people's rulers possessed a magical ring — different from the power rings — that could grant any wish to someone with a pure heart, she snuck to where it was being held and made a wish to become an adult, in Sonic the Hedgehog #79 from Justin Freddy Mendez-Gabrie, Karl Bollers, Ken Penders, Michael Gallagher, James Fry, Steven Butler, Chris Allan, and Dave Manak.
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Naturally, there were many implications that came as a result of Amy's stolen wish. First, this failed to convince Sonic to let her join the Freedom Fighters since she still didn't have enough experience, nor did he believe that aging equated to maturity. In other words, Amy wasted her youth for a worthless cause. Second, Amy's wish had larger ramifications on the overall storyline. As later revealed, the ring could only grant one wish — meaning that no one could use the ring's power to help the mother of
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