Post by Miles Tails Prower on Oct 13, 2008 0:25:06 GMT -5
Miles "Tails" Prower.
In Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, he is supposedly significantly younger than in the games; he is "only 4 and a half". In the games, he is eight, and the youngest besides Charmy Bee and Cream the Rabbit. As with the game canon, his real name is Miles Prower. However, his fur is brown in the cartoon as opposed to orange in the games.
Yasushi Yamaguchi, originally the main artist and zone designer for Sega's Sonic Team, designed Tails for an internal competition for a sidekick to the speedy hedgehog. The character was meant to hold a "deep admiration for Sonic."[4] Tails was originally intended to be a tanuki, a strikingly raccoon-like canid native to east Asia, and extremely popular in Japanese folklore. The designers decided to change him to a fox, however, to avoid possible comparisons with another popular game character.[5] His entry won, but Sonic Team decided to change his character's name from "Miles" to "Tails".
Yamaguchi ended up with a compromise. He sneaked the name "Miles" in as his legal name; "Tails" would be his nickname, ending up with the full name of Miles "Tails" Prower.
Tails was redesigned (along with all of the other Sonic characters) by Yuji Uekawa for Sonic Adventure. His fur changed color to a slightly orange shade of yellow, and he gained visible blue irises.
In the American Sonic comic book, along with the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons, he was originally a brownish color, but the comic artists eventually decided to change this to match his in-game appearance
The character of Miles "Tails" Prower is portrayed as a very sweet-natured[1] and humble fox;[14] who, before he met Sonic, used to be picked on because of his twin tails.[2] As a long time friend,[1] he admires Sonic[15] and dreams of being just like him.[16] Though he lacks courage,[2] he wants to prove he can be counted on[17]. He loves mint candy,[18] tinkering with machines, and flying mechas.[2] Tails has a fear of thunder[18] and a tendency to ramble[citation needed].
Tails has been described as a mechanical prodigy who rivals Dr. Eggman, however he has yet to realize his full potential.[15] Additionally, by spinning his two tails like a helicopter rotor, he has the unique ability to push himself through the air[1] to catch up with Sonic. However, when he takes to flight, he tires quickly.[1] Tails is also able to swim by dog paddling.[19]
Like many Sonic characters, Tails can transform into a Super Form, but needs the Super Emeralds instead of the Chaos Emeralds[20]. He also has other transformations in media beside the games (such as Turbo Tails). However, he hasn't appeared in a super form since his transformation in Sonic Heroes. His only official transformation is seen in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, in which he gains a white aura and several Flickies protect him.
