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#REDIRECT [[List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters#Amy Rose]]
{{Infobox video game character
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|name=Amy Rose
|image=Amy_Rose.png
|caption=Amy Rose as she appears in ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'' (2019)
|firstgame=''[[Sonic CD]]'' <small>(1993)</small>
|series=[[Sonic the Hedgehog (series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]
|creator=[[Kenji Terada]] <small>([[Sonic the Hedgehog (manga)|manga]])</small><br />[[Kazuyuki Hoshino]] <small>(''Sonic CD'')</small><br />[[Yuji Uekawa]] <small>(''[[Sonic Adventure]]'')</small>
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|Jennifer Douillard <small>(1998–2004)</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Sonic-Adventure/Amy-Rose/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=1993-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411054531/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Sonic-Adventure/Amy-Rose/ |archive-date=2017-04-11 |dead-url=no |df= }}</ref>
|[[Lisa Ortiz]] <small>(2003–2010)</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aroundthegeek.com/ATG/lisa-ortiz-interview-otakon-2016/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915083834/http://www.aroundthegeek.com/ATG/lisa-ortiz-interview-otakon-2016/ |archive-date=2016-09-15 |dead-url=no |df= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.animectx.com/guest/lisaortiz/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619123914/http://www.animectx.com/guest/lisaortiz/ |archive-date=2017-06-19 |dead-url=no |df= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=2351 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104032/http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=2351 |archive-date=2017-04-15 |dead-url=no |df= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.animeherald.com/interview/lina-deedlit-walk-room-interview-lisa-ortiz/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410214002/http://www.animeherald.com/interview/lina-deedlit-walk-room-interview-lisa-ortiz/ |archive-date=2017-04-10 |dead-url=no |df= }}</ref>
|[[Cindy Robinson]] <small>(2010–present)</small><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://agamersescape.com/post/120397405686/fanimecon-2015-chat-with-cindy-robinson-amy |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223194734/http://agamersescape.com/post/120397405686/fanimecon-2015-chat-with-cindy-robinson-amy |archive-date=2016-12-23 |dead-url=no |df= }}</ref>}}
{{Collapsible list|title='''Japanese'''
|[[Taeko Kawata]] <small>(1998–1999; 2001–present)</small>
|[[Emi Motoi]] <small>(2000)</small>}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''Amy Rose'''|エミー・ローズ|Emī Rōzu}}, is a [[fictional character]] in [[Sega]]'s ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series. She is a pink [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] hedgehog with a driven, competitive personality, who is infatuated with the series' main character, [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic]]. She serves as the first playable female character in the series, and is Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amy Rose profile |url=http://info.sonicretro.org/Amy_Rose |website=Sonic Retro |accessdate=30 January 2019}}</ref>


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Amy debuted in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (manga)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' manga created by [[Kenji Terada]] in 1992. Her first video game appearance was in 1993's ''[[Sonic CD]]'' and she was first playable in 1994's ''[[Sonic Drift]]''. Amy has appeared in most ''Sonic'' games since her debut, as well as [[comic books]], and [[television shows]]. Amy has garnered a mixed response from critics, although some have found her cute and powerful, others have criticized her voice acting and personality. She has frequently appeared in ''Sonic'' merchandise.
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==Design and characteristics==
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===Conception and visual design===
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Amy is a pink [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] [[hedgehog]]<ref name="heroes 10"/> created by [[Kenji Terada]] for the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (manga)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' [[manga]], which had debuted in 1992.<ref name="manga">{{cite comic|title=[[Sonic the Hedgehog (manga)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]|writer=[[Kenji Terada]]|date=1992|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|story=エイミー姫をすくえ!}}</ref> The character was redesigned the next year for the [[Sega CD]] game ''[[Sonic CD]],'' which marks her first debut in a video game. Her in-game graphics were created by artist [[Kazuyuki Hoshino]], and many staff members contributed ideas to her design. Her headband and trainer shoes reflected ''Sonic CD'' director [[Naoto Ohshima]]'s tastes, and her mannerisms reflected the traits Hoshino looked for in women at the time.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works|last=Stuart|first=Keith|publisher=Read-Only Memory|year=2014|isbn=9780957576810|location=|pages=289–290|chapter=Interview with Kazuyuki Hoshino, Art Director}}</ref> An early grayscale concept sketch of Amy for ''Sonic CD'' shows her very similar to her eventual appearance in the game except for her shoes, which were made larger.<ref name="xbox">{{cite web|url=http://www.wpcentral.com/xbox-live-developer-interview-sega-makers-sonic-cd|last=Acevedo|first=Paul|date=December 3, 2011|title=Xbox Live Developer Interview: SEGA, makers of Sonic CD|publisher=WPCentral|accessdate=February 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302053750/http://www.wpcentral.com/xbox-live-developer-interview-sega-makers-sonic-cd|archive-date=March 2, 2014|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Her fur color was red at first, and her skirt orange.<ref name="comic">{{cite comic|story=NewsZone: Sonic Booms!|date=July 1993|title=[[Sonic the Comic]]|page=p. 18|issue=5}}</ref> The character had two other names in game previews: Rosy the Rascal<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[MegaTech]]|publisher=[[Emap International Limited|EMAP]]|date=September 1993|title=Sonic CD: Next Month!}}</ref> and [[Sally Acorn|Princess Sally]] (a character in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' TV series and comics).<ref name="comic"/><ref name="visions">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Sega Visions]]|date=December 1993 – January 1994|title=Sega Game Feature: Sonic CD|pages=30–31}}</ref> Amy received her present design, with a red dress and boots, in the game ''[[Sonic Adventure]]''.<ref name="been"/>

Matching ''[[Sonic Boom (TV series)|Sonic Boom]]'''s shift in tone, ''Sonic'' series newcomer Big Red Button Entertainment wanted her to be a more capable character and stand out from Sonic, to offset her frequent placement on game sidelines. She became more "agile and graceful", able to perform some difficult physical tasks with ease.<ref name="scarf">{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/6/5387184/why-sega-handed-sonic-over-to-western-studios-and-gave-him-a-scarf|publisher=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|title=Why Sega handed Sonic over to Western studios and gave him a scarf|last=Corriea|first=Alexa Ray|date=February 6, 2014|accessdate=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6SFDx3LWB?url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/6/5387184/why-sega-handed-sonic-over-to-western-studios-and-gave-him-a-scarf|archive-date=August 31, 2014|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===Personality and abilities===
Amy has a driven,<ref name="heroes 10">''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' (GameCube) instruction manual, p. 10.</ref> petulant, intuitive, and upbeat<ref name="adventure 26"/> personality.<ref name="adventure2 12">''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'' (Dreamcast) instruction manual, p. 12.</ref> She has a nearly [[erotomania|obsessive crush]] with [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] and spends much of her time chasing after him,<ref name="adventure 26">''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' (Dreamcast) instruction manual, p. 26.</ref> trying to get his attention, or making sure he is safe while demonstrating her affection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_Battle_manuals |title=Sonic Battle manuals - Sonic Retro |publisher=Info.sonicretro.org |date= |accessdate=2019-01-30}}</ref><ref name="heroes 10"/><ref name="adventure 26"/> While often times annoyed by her antics, Sonic does not dislike her.<ref name="heroes 10"/> Former [[Sonic Team]] head [[Yuji Naka]] said that Amy was designed "to always chase Sonic", and has made it her life goal to one day marry him.<ref name="naka">{{cite web|url=http://www.sega.com/sonic/globalsonic/post_sonicteam.jhtml?article=nakainterview|publisher=[[Sega]]|date=June 14, 2003|archivedate=August 31, 2011|archiveurl=http://sonicworld.sonicretro.org/angel_island_interviews/interviews/2003/sonic_2003_jun_14.htm|title=Sega.com/Sonic Central Interview with Yuji Naka|accessdate=February 25, 2014}}</ref>

Like most [[List of Sonic the Hedgehog video game characters|characters in the ''Sonic'' series]], Amy can run at superhuman speeds, but cannot keep up with Sonic.<ref name="fast">{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' I can't run as fast as you!}}</ref> She attacks foes with her [[signature weapon]], the Piko-Piko Hammer,<ref name="fighters"/> with which she can be proficient.<ref name="advance 1"/><ref name="advance 3"/> She also has minor skills such as [[tarot card]] reading and [[dowsing]].<ref name="cd jp">''Sonic CD'' (Sega CD, Japanese) instruction manual, p. 6.</ref>

==Appearances==

==={{anchor|In video games}}Video games===
{{Timeline of release years
|range1 = 1993 -
|range1_color = #FFCCCC
| 1993 = ''[[Sonic CD]]''
| 1994 = ''[[Sonic Drift]]''
| 1995 = ''[[Sonic Drift 2]]''
| 1996 = ''[[Sonic the Fighters]]''
| 1997 = ''[[Sonic R]]''
| 1998 = ''[[Sonic Adventure]]''
| 2000 = ''[[Sonic Shuffle]]''
| 2001a = ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]''
| 2001b = ''[[Sonic Advance]]''
| 2002 = ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]''
| 2003a = ''[[Sonic Pinball Party]]''
| 2003b = ''[[Sonic Battle]]''
| 2003c = ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''
| 2004 = ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]''
| 2005a = ''[[Sonic Rush]]''
| 2005b = ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]''
| 2006a = ''[[Sonic Riders]]''
| 2006b = ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)|Sonic 2006]]''
| 2006c = ''[[Sonic Rivals]]''
| 2007a = ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]''
| 2007b = ''[[Sonic Rivals 2]]''
| 2008a = ''[[Sonic Riders Zero Gravity]]''
| 2008b = ''[[Sonic Chronicles The Dark Brotherhood]]''
| 2008c = ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''
| 2008d = ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]''
| 2009a = ''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]''
| 2009b = ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''
| 2010a = ''[[Sonic Free Riders]]''
| 2010b = ''[[Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]''
| 2010c = ''[[Sonic Colors]]'' (DS version only)
| 2010d = ''[[Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''
| 2011 = ''[[Sonic Generations]]'' (Console/PC version only)
| 2012a = ''[[Sonic Jump]]''
| 2012b = ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' (Nintendo 3DS)
| 2012c = ''[[Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed]]''
| 2012d = ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' (Wii)
| 2013a = ''[[Sonic Dash]]''
| 2013b = ''[[Sonic Lost World]]''
| 2013c = ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''
| 2014a = ''[[Sonic Boom (TV series)#Video games|Sonic Boom]]''
| 2014b = ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' (Nintendo 3DS and Wii U only) (cameo)
| 2014c = ''[[Sonic Jump Fever]]''
| 2015a = ''[[Sonic Runners]]''
| 2015b = ''[[Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom]]''
| 2016a = ''[[Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice]]''
| 2016b = ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]''
| 2017a = ''[[Sonic Mania|Sonic Mania (Plus)]]'' (cameo)
| 2017b = ''Sonic Forces: Speed Battle''
| 2017c = ''[[Sonic Forces]]''
| 2018a = ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
| 2019a = ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]''
| 2019b = ''[[Sonic Racing]]''
| 2020a = ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]''
| 2020b = ''[[Sonic at the Olympic Games]]''
| 2022 = ''[[Sonic Frontiers]]''
}}
}}


[[Category:Anthropomorphic hedgehogs]]
[[File:Amy Rose in Sonic CD in 1993.png|left|128px|thumb|alt=Smiling, female cartoon character with an oversized glove and shoes|Amy Rose as she appears in ''Sonic CD'' in her classic design]]

Amy falls in love with Sonic in ''[[Sonic CD]]''. She follows him to Never Lake, where [[Metal Sonic]] kidnaps her and Sonic must rescue her. When he does, Amy kisses him.<ref name="visions"/> Sonic defeats Metal Sonic and [[Doctor Eggman]], and then leaves.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic CD|date=November 19, 1993|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|level=Closing cutscenes}}</ref>

After Amy complains about being bored, a bird wearing a [[Chaos Emerald]] necklace crashes into her in ''[[Sonic Adventure]]''.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Adventure]]|developer=[[Sonic Team]]|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' Every day's the same old thing...}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' Hey. Are you alright? You look kinda hurt.}}</ref> She keeps the bird safe from [[E-100 Alpha]], one of Eggman's robots.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' That was one of Eggman's robots, huh?}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' I'll do my best to keep us both from harm. I'll stand by you all the way!}}</ref> Amy later meets Sonic, and invites him to an [[amusement park]].<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' Long time no see!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' Look! It says cute couples can get in free!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Sonic:''' I give up. She's so weird!}}</ref> Alpha reappears, imprisoning Amy and the bird on Eggman's airship, the ''Egg Carrier''.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' Hey, watch it bolt brain, let us down! Let us go!}}</ref> Another Eggman robot, [[E-102 Gamma]], orders Amy to give the bird to him;<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Gamma:''' Hand me the bird.}}</ref> she refuses, asking him why he wants it.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' You tell ME why you want it, now!}}</ref> He does not know,<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Gamma:''' Does not compute.}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Gamma:''' You have feelings for something you know nothing about.}}</ref> and changes his mind when she tells him he is missing out on love.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' Love is not part of your programming, you are missing something good.}}</ref> E-102 Gamma lets them leave and Amy becomes his friend before she escapes into the ship's interior.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Gamma:''' Go, escape!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' If you want, we can be friends, okay?}}</ref> On the deck, Eggman confronts her and grabs the bird's Chaos Emerald.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Eggman''': You can't get away this easily!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Eggman:''' I don't need YOU when I've got this!}}</ref> Sonic and Gamma appear, and when Sonic tries to destroy Gamma Amy defends him.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Sonic:''' That's one of Eggman's clunkers. Outta my way!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' This robot is different!}}</ref> Sonic agrees to spare Gamma,<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Sonic:''' Okay, I guess I'll let him go, then.}}</ref> and Amy leaves with [[Tails (character)|Tails]].<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Tails:''' Amy, come on! Let's get going!}}</ref> She later sees a photo of the bird and its parents (whom Eggman has also stolen)<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' Does Eggman have them captive now?}}</ref> in its necklace.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' So, I'll help you find your family.}}</ref> When Amy looks for them in the jungle, she again finds the ''Egg Carrier''. The bird's parents emerge on the deck;<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' Yeah, it's them!}}</ref> Alpha appears, and injures Amy's bird.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' You idiot! How could you do this!}}</ref> Amy destroys Alpha, and waves goodbye to the three departing birds.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=September 9, 1999|quote='''Amy:''' You did it! Now you three can live in peace again!}}</ref>

Amy rescues Sonic from imprisonment and asks him to marry her but yet again Sonic refuses to in ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]''.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Adventure 2]]|developer=[[Sega Studio USA]]|date=June 19, 2001|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' If I tell you, will you marry me?}}</ref> When she looks for Sonic,<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure 2|developer=Sega Studio USA|date=June 19, 2001|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' I know, but I'm here to save my hero, Sonic!}}</ref> she finds [[Shadow the Hedgehog]] after mistaking him for Sonic.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure 2|developer=Sega Studio USA|date=June 19, 2001|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' You're not Sonic! Who are you?!}}</ref> Eggman attacks her with his mecha and Tails defends her;<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure 2|developer=Sega Studio USA|date=June 19, 2001|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' Boy am I glad to see you!}}</ref> she then spends much of the remaining game searching for Chaos Emeralds with Tails and Knuckles.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure 2|developer=Sega Studio USA|date=June 19, 2001|publisher=Sega|quote='''Tails:''' Maybe Eggman took the Emeralds into outer space.}}</ref> At the game's climax, Amy pleads with Shadow to help her and the other characters neutralize a catastrophic energy buildup at the space colony ARK.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure 2|developer=Sega Studio USA|date=June 19, 2001|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' Shadow, we need you! Please help us!}}</ref> She reminds him of [[Maria Robotnik]], his friend on the ARK before her death,<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure 2|developer=Sega Studio USA|date=June 19, 2001|publisher=Sega|quote='''Maria (flashback):''' Shadow, I beg of you, please do it for me... for a better future!}}</ref> and he agrees to help.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Adventure 2|developer=Sega Studio USA|date=June 19, 2001|publisher=Sega|quote='''Shadow:''' I've got to go now! I have to keep my promise to Maria and you.}}</ref>

Amy is a playable character in ''[[Sonic Advance|Sonic Advance 1]]'', ''[[Sonic Advance 2|2]]'' and ''[[Sonic Advance 3|3]]'', [[platform game|platformers]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. With Sonic, Tails, [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]] and Cream, she frees animals from inside Eggman's robots to keep him from building an empire.<ref>''Sonic Advance'' (Game Boy Advance) instruction manual, p. 2.</ref><ref>''Sonic Advance 2'' instruction manual, p. 2.</ref><ref>''Sonic Advance 3'' instruction manual, p. 4.</ref> Although in ''Sonic Advance'' Amy's attacking power was restricted by her inability to spin while jumping,<ref name="advance 1">''Sonic Advance'' (Game Boy Advance) instruction manual, p. 11.</ref> this was changed in the latter two games.<ref name="advance 3">''Sonic Advance 3'' instruction manual, p. 16.</ref>

She is a playable Team Rose "speed" character in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' with [[Cream the Rabbit]] and [[Big the Cat]].<ref name="heroes 17 18">''Sonic Heroes'' (GameCube) instruction manual, pp. 17–18.</ref> Worried about Sonic, Amy finds his picture in a newspaper and joins Cream and Big to look for their own friends: Cream for a [[Chao (Sonic)|Chao]] named Chocola and Big for his [[frog]] friend Froggy.<ref name="heroes 10"/> They travel through several stages before reaching the Egg Fleet, another Eggman aircraft, where they find a [[mecha]] piloted by one of his clones.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Heroes|developer=Sonic Team USA|publisher=Sega|date=January 5, 2004|quote='''Amy:''' Mustache monkey! You took Chocola and Froggy.}}</ref> When they defeat it, the clone dissolves into a puddle of liquid out of which rise Chocola, Froggy <ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Heroes|developer=Sonic Team USA|publisher=Sega|date=January 5, 2004|quote='''Big:''' Froggy!}}</ref> and Sonic.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Heroes|developer=Sonic Team USA|publisher=Sega|date=January 5, 2004|quote='''Amy:''' Aha... I gotcha Sonic! SONIC!}}</ref> Amy, Big and Cream help their friends defeat the game's true antagonist, [[Metal Sonic]], who locked Eggman away on his own ship.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Heroes|developer=Sonic Team USA|publisher=Sega|date=January 5, 2004|quote='''Eggman:''' Aaaa... If only we had the 7 Chaos Emeralds!}}</ref>

Amy is a selectable racer in the [[racing game|racing]] spinoffs ''[[Sonic Riders]]'', ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity|Zero Gravity]]'' and ''[[Sonic Free Riders|Free Riders]]''. In ''Sonic Riders'', she participates in a racing tournament to keep an eye on Sonic.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Riders]]|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=February 21, 2006|quote='''Amy:''' This way, I'll be able to keep my eyes on you.}}</ref> When Eggman shows up to steal the Treasure of Babylon.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Riders|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=February 21, 2006|quote='''Eggman:''' Hohohohoho! Now I'll get the Treasure of Babylon!}}</ref> Amy hops aboard his hovercraft, which flies off into the distance.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Riders|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=February 21, 2006|quote='''Amy:''' Oh, no!}}</ref> Sonic arrives at the base where Eggman is holding Amy hostage,<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Riders|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=February 21, 2006|quote='''Eggman:''' Now then... Just be a good little hedgehog and stay still...}}</ref> using his hoverboard to stir up a [[dust bowl]] and recapture her and the treasure.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Riders|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=February 21, 2006|quote='''Sonic:''' Hey, catch!}}</ref> She is uncharacteristically furious at his recklessness for charging at Eggman.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Riders|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=February 21, 2006|quote='''Amy:''' How could you dive into Eggman knowing I was there?!}}</ref> In ''Zero Gravity'' Amy shows Sonic a strange item she has found, the Ark of the Cosmos,<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=January 8, 2008|quote='''Amy:''' I picked it up, and those stupid robots came after me!}}</ref> which the Babylon Rogues rival gang believes she stole.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=January 8, 2008|quote='''Jet:''' Not after swiping the Ark of the Cosmos right out of our hands!}}</ref> She disappears from the gang and is later found,<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=January 8, 2008|quote='''Tails:''' Amy's gone!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=January 8, 2008|quote='''Amy:''' It took you long enough!}}</ref> helping them find the Ark of the Cosmos with information she overheard from the Rogues.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=January 8, 2008|quote='''Amy:''' Wait, I remember Storm saying something weird about the thing he took from that robot matching something they found someplace else.}}</ref> Team Rose returns in ''Sonic Free Riders''. Although the team arrives late at a tournament they can still register,<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Free Riders]]|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 4, 2010|quote='''Omochao:''' You guys haven't completed your team registration.}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Free Riders|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 4, 2010|quote='''Omochao:''' Well, consider yourselves lucky, guys! You've been cleared to race since you made it here before the ceremony ended!}}</ref> and Amy is delighted to face Sonic and his team.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Free Riders|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 4, 2010|quote='''Tails:''' Um, no, Amy. You're up against Team Heroes in the first race. We're your opponents.}}</ref> They later battle other teams, with Amy insulting Vector for his incompetence and obsession with money.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Free Riders|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 4, 2010|quote='''Amy:''' Okay, that's enough! I'll have you know our team only has ONE useless kid on it!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Free Riders|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=February 21, 2006|quote='''Amy:''' Excuse me! It's still a little early to be thinking about that!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Free Riders|publisher=Sega|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 4, 2010|quote='''Amy:''' We already WON, you idiot! Why are you making waves now?}}</ref>

Amy has non-playable roles in a number of other game plots. Her attraction to Sonic is useful to Cream and [[Blaze the Cat]] in ''[[Sonic Rush]]'', since they are also looking for him.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Rush]]|developer=Sonic Team|publisher=Sega|date=November 15, 2005|quote='''Cream:''' So wherever Amy goes, we'll find Sonic!}}</ref> In ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'', Amy appears at Cryptic Castle to ask him to help her find Cream, who has not returned.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]|developer=Sega Studio USA|date=November 15, 2005|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' Cream went into this weird-looking castle, and she hasn't come back out!}}</ref> In the game's final story, unlocked after the player reaches the rest of the endings, Amy admiringly cheers Shadow on.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Shadow the Hedgehog|developer=Sega Studio USA|date=November 15, 2005|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' I'm sure he's fine, Rouge. After all, he is Shadow!}}</ref> In the 2006 ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' game, she mistakes [[Silver the Hedgehog]] for Sonic;<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 14, 2006|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' Um... I'm sorry.}}</ref> when he tells her he is looking for someone,<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic the Hedgehog|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 14, 2006|publisher=Sega|quote='''Silver:''' Ah... It's okay. I'm sure the guy I'm looking for is still on the island.}}</ref> she insists on helping him.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic the Hedgehog|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 14, 2006|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' Two heads are better than one when looking for someone!}}</ref> When Silver attacks Sonic, Amy finds them and blocks Silver's way;<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic the Hedgehog|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 14, 2006|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' Absolutely not!}}</ref> he escapes, and Amy yells at Silver.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic the Hedgehog|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 14, 2006|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' If I had to choose between the world and Sonic, I would choose Sonic!}}</ref> She rescues Elise.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic the Hedgehog|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 14, 2006|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' I also have someone that I'm pursuing, too. I wish us both luck!}}</ref> from confinement.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic the Hedgehog|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 14, 2006|publisher=Sega|quote='''Intercom voice:''' Prisoner has escaped from Cell Block C-17.}}</ref> In ''[[Sonic Lost World]]'', Amy and Knuckles care for forest animals while Sonic and Tails rescue the animals' friends.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Lost World]]|developer=Sonic Team|date=October 29, 2013|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' Sonic and Tails'll get your buddies back.}}</ref> The Deadly Six control one of Eggman's machines to drain life from the world;<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Lost World|developer=Sonic Team|date=October 29, 2013|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' It's like something in the sky is draining the life out of the world.}}</ref> Amy and Knuckles die, but are brought back to life when Sonic and Tails replenish it.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic Lost World|developer=Sonic Team|date=October 29, 2013|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' Thanks to you and Tails.}}</ref>

Amy appears in [[cutscene]]s to flirt with Sonic in other games, including ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'', ''[[Sonic Generations]]'' and the [[Nintendo DS]] version of ''[[Sonic Colors]]''.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Unleashed]]|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 18, 2008|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' And when you're done, the world will be at peace and we can finally go out!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Generations]]|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 1, 2011|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' You saved me, Sonic. I was afraid I'd never be able to flirt with you again!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Colors]]|developer=Sonic Team|date=November 11, 2010|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' You're the best, Sonic! Marry me!}}</ref> In ''[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]'', her playable character<ref>''[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]'' (Nintendo DS) instruction manual, p. 6.</ref> pretends to have a boyfriend to make Sonic jealous; her success depends on player input.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]|developer=[[BioWare]]|publisher=Sega|date=September 30, 2008|quote='''Amy:''' I'm so glad to see you, Sonic. But not THAT glad. I do have a BOYFRIEND now, you know. His name is Dexter!}}</ref> In ''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' Sonic agrees to a date with Amy before he is whisked into the world of [[King Arthur]],<ref>{{cite video game|title=Sonic and the Black Knight|developer=Sonic Team|date=March 9, 2009|publisher=Sega|quote='''Amy:''' That's the lamest excuse ever! You just forgot about our date!}}</ref> with an alternate version of Amy as the [[Lady of the Lake]].<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]|developer=Sonic Team|date=March 9, 2009|publisher=Sega|quote='''Sonic:''' But that's...!!!}}</ref>

She is a playable character in a number of ''Sonic'' spinoffs in several genres, including the [[fighting game|fighting]] games ''[[Sonic the Fighters]]'' and ''[[Sonic Battle]]'';<ref name="fighters">''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]'' instruction manual, p. 5.</ref><ref>''[[Sonic Battle]]'' instruction manual, p. 4.</ref> the [[racing game|racers]] ''[[Sonic R]]'' and ''[[Sonic Drift]]'',<ref>''Sonic Gems Collection'' instruction manual, p. 11.</ref><ref>''[[Sonic Drift]]'' (Japanese) instruction manual, p. 30.</ref> and the [[party video game|party]] title ''[[Sonic Shuffle]]''.<ref>''[[Sonic Shuffle]]'' instruction manual, p. 22.</ref> She is also planned as a playable character in ''Sonic Boom'', a platformer.<ref name="scarf"/> Amy has also appeared in games outside the series: ''[[Sega Superstars (series)|Sega Superstars]]'' titles, including ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]'' and ''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'';<ref>{{cite web|title=Sega Superstars Tennis gets Xbox Live demo|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/08/sega-superstars-tennis-gets-xbox-live-demo/|publisher=[[Joystiq]]|date=April 8, 2008|last=McElroy|first=Justin|accessdate=March 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304080642/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/08/sega-superstars-tennis-gets-xbox-live-demo/|archive-date=March 4, 2014|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' (Nintendo DS) instruction manual, p. 4.</ref> ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' [[fictional crossover|crossovers]] (including ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'')<ref>''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' (Wii) instruction manual, p. 9.</ref> and as a collectible trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|date=March 9, 2008|developer=Sora, Ltd.|quote='''Description:''' A Sonic-obsessed pink hedgehog whose full name is Amy Rose. Amy is Sonic's self-appointed girlfriend. She is almost always optimistic and cheerful, and while she motivates her friends, she also shows aggressive tendencies, like when she uses her massive Piko Piko Hammer. Speaking of which, her hammer's hidingspot {{sic}} remains unknown to this day.}}</ref> In ''[[Lego Dimensions]]'', Amy appears as a non-playable character. In the story mode, "Sonic Dimensions", Amy assists Sonic in defeating Chaos by stealing the last Chaos Emerald from Eggman. In her side quest in the hub world, she's sick of being treated like a damsel by Sonic and his friends and requests the player's help to free some animals from robots to prove herself to the boys. In ''[[Sonic Forces]]'' she joins the resistance and helps Sonic by communicating to him through a walkie-talkie during the game's levels.

Amy was originally planned to be included as a playable character in [[Sonic Mania]], but was cut due to time constraints;<ref name=holiday>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2018/12/22/tyson-hesse-and-jasmin-hernandez-on-making-sonic-mania-adventures-and-the-latest-holiday-special/|title=Tyson Hesse And Jasmin Hernandez On Making 'Sonic Mania Adventures' And The Latest Holiday Special|last=Barder|first=Ollie|date=2019-12-22|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> she was later added as a non-playable character in the expanded Sonic Mania (Plus) content. Amy appears as a non-playable "spirit "in the [[Crossover (video games)|crossover]] [[fighting game|fighting]] video game ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.

==={{anchor|In comics}}Comics===
Amy is a major character in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' manga. She is the girlfriend of protagonist Nicky, whose [[alter ego]] is Sonic, and is unaware that they are identical. Antagonist Anton Brooke is also attracted to her; he kidnaps her a number of times, forcing Nicky to become Sonic and rescue her.<ref name="manga"/> In ''Sonic Adventures'', a 1994 two-issue French comic book published by Sirène, Doctor Robotnik (Eggman) uses Amy as bait to lure Sonic. When Sonic, Amy and Tails fall into a pit of lava, they are saved by a giant ring which transports them to a different location.<ref>{{cite comic|story = Sonic Adventures|title = Sonic Adventures|issue = 2|date = November 1994 |publisher = Sirène}}</ref>

In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series from [[Archie Comics]], Amy learns about Sonic from folktales in her home kingdom of Mercia. She admires him, and tries several times to join the [[List of Sonic the Hedgehog comic book characters#Freedom Fighters|Freedom Fighters]] (a resistance group to which he belongs); however, she is rejected because of her age. She sends Sonic fan mail, but Eggman intercepts it and kidnaps her. Sonic rescues her and Tails (another Freedom Fighter captured by Eggman), and they leave for the city of Mobotropolis. Although Amy continues trying to join the Freedom Fighters, she is still rejected; when she wishes on an ancient artifact to become older, her immature mind gives her away. She helps the group defeating a number of powerful enemies, however, and is admitted after defending a fort from Eggman and his robots.<ref>{{cite comic|story = Home, Part 3 - A.D.A.M. & Evil|title = [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]|issue = 132|date = January 2004 |publisher = [[Archie Comics]]}}</ref>

Amy continues to pursue Sonic, seeking out combat training so she can rival his abilities, and continues rescuing friends with the Freedom Fighters from Eggman and other antagonists. She joins Freedom Fighter subsidiaries—notably the Team Fighters, which includes supporting characters Antoine D'Coolette and [[Bunnie Rabbot]] and with whom she rescues Sally and a number of [[echidna]]s from Eggman and his army of robots.<ref>{{cite comic|story = Endangered Species - Part Two: Extinction Event|title = Sonic the Hedgehog|issue = 244|date = December 2012 |publisher = Archie Comics}}</ref> In the [[crossover (fiction)|crossover]] spinoff series ''Trouble on Two Worlds'', Amy battles [[Dr. Wily]] and other ''[[Mega Man]]'' antagonists with Sonic and [[Mega Man (character)|Mega Man]].<ref>{{cite comic|story = When Worlds Collide - Part 8: Liberation|title = Sonic Universe|issue = 53|date = June 19, 2013 |publisher = Archie Comics}}</ref>

She was a major character in ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' during its run from 1993 to 2002. Amy is arrested early by two of Eggman's robots for associating with Sonic when she claims to be his girlfriend. Annoyed, Sonic rescues her and realizes she is a fugitive and must remain with the Freedom Fighters.<ref>{{cite comic|story = Girl Trouble |title = [[Sonic the Comic]]|issue = 21|date = March 18, 1994 |publisher = [[Egmont Publishing]]}}</ref> Amy becomes a valued member, frequently fighting with a bow and arrow.<ref>{{cite comic|story = Badniks Bridge, Part 2 |title = Sonic the Comic|issue = 44|date = February 3, 1995 |publisher = Egmont Publishing}}</ref> She occasionally saves the day without Sonic, once leading the Freedom Fighters in his absence.<ref>{{cite comic|story = Sonic's World |title = Sonic the Comic|issue = 89|date = October 29, 1996 |publisher = Egmont Publishing}}</ref> Unlike most other ''Sonic'' media, Amy's love for Sonic in ''Sonic the Comic'' is shallow (although others assume they are dating, and she plays along).<ref>{{cite comic|story = The Brotherhood of Metallix, Part 3 |title = Sonic the Comic|issue = 61|date = September 29, 1995 |publisher = Egmont Publishing}}</ref>

==={{anchor|In animation}}Animation===
Amy is also a major character in the 2003–2006 [[anime]] series ''[[Sonic X]]''. Attacking one of Eggman's machines, Sonic triggers Chaos Control and sends him, Amy, Tails and other characters from their world to Earth.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Chaos Control Freaks|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 1-26|series=[[Sonic X]]|airdate=April 6, 2003|season=1|number=1}}</ref> On Earth, they befriend a human boy, Chris Thorndyke and his family and friends; Amy particularly likes his maid, Ella, who teaches her to cook.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Satellite Swindle|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 1-26|series=Sonic X|airdate=May 25, 2003|season=1|number=8}}</ref> She frequently tries to woo Sonic and his discomfort angers her.<ref>{{cite episode|title=How to Catch a Hedgehog|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 1-26|series=Sonic X|airdate=September 14, 2003|season=1|number=24}}</ref> In one episode Amy makes a seashell bracelet, which Sonic graciously accepts; shortly afterward he saves her from drowning, and she returns the favor when one of Eggman's robots holds him underwater.<ref>{{cite episode|title=The Last Resort|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 1-26|series=Sonic X|airdate=June 1, 2003|season=1|number=9}}</ref><ref name="Skirmish in the Sky">{{cite episode|title=Skirmish in the Sky|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 1-26|series=Sonic X|airdate=July 13, 2003|season=1|number=15}}</ref> Sonic also rescues Amy from Eggman's creations on other occasions.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Prize Fights|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=February 8, 2004|season=2|number=45}}</ref> She sometimes flares up at Sonic, attacking him when she realizes that he has tricked her into acting insane.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Cruise Blues|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 1-26|series=Sonic X|airdate=August 17, 2003|season=1|number=20}}</ref> The second season opens with arcs based on ''Adventure'' and ''Adventure 2'', where Amy reprises her role in the games.<ref>{{cite episode|title=A Chaotic Day|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=October 12, 2003|season=2|number=28}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=Project Shadow|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=November 16, 2003|season=2|number=33}}</ref> During the first and second seasons Amy and her friends—often without Sonic—are frequently together, capturing (and recapturing) Chaos Emeralds from Doctor Eggman and adjusting to their celebrity status on Earth.<ref name="Skirmish in the Sky"/><ref>{{cite episode|title=Beating Eggman Part 1|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 1-26|series=Sonic X|airdate=June 22, 2003|season=1|number=12}}</ref>

The series moves to outer space for season three, when the animal characters return to their world.<ref>{{cite episode|title=A New Start|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=March 28, 2004|season=2|number=52}}</ref> Early in the series she and Cream befriend a plant-like creature, Cosmo the Seedrian, and they are frequently together.<ref>{{cite episode|title=A Cosmic Call|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=March 12, 2005|season=3|number=54}}</ref> Sonic is kidnapped by the Metarex, plant-based robots, and Amy destroys one to rescue Sonic from drowning again.<ref>{{cite episode|title=H2Whoa|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=March 13, 2005|season=3|number=55}}</ref> She continues her adventures with the gang, looking for scattered Chaos Emeralds and defeating Metarex.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Desperately Seeking Sonic|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=March 16, 2005|season=3|number=58}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=An Underground Odyssey|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=March 20, 2005|season=3|number=62}}</ref> In one episode Amy nearly wins Sonic's heart with an alien race's love magic, but Tails and Cosmo trigger the magic before Sonic arrives; while their existing affection for each other increases, Amy yells at them.<ref>{{cite episode|title=The Planet of Misfortune|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=April 9, 2005|season=3|number=69}}</ref> During the show's climax, Amy jumps to save Sonic from the Metarex's watery planet. She is knocked unconscious by the impact, but Chris saves them both.<ref>{{cite episode|title=The Light in the Darkness|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=April 16, 2005|season=3|number=76}}</ref> Cosmo fuses with the planet, forcing Tails to destroy her to save the galaxy, and Amy, Cream and Tails sob in despair as the other characters solemnly watch. Amy and Cream later bring Tails some snacks to cheer him up.<ref>{{cite episode|title=So Long Sonic|episodelink=List of Sonic X episodes#Episodes 27-52|series=Sonic X|airdate=April 18, 2005|season=3|number=78}}</ref>

Amy is also one of the five main characters in the computer-generated image series ''[[Sonic Boom (TV series)|Sonic Boom]]'', along with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and the new character Sticks, the latter of whom she is best friends with.<ref>{{cite web|title=Introducing Sticks to the Sonic Boom Franchise|url=http://blogs.sega.com/2014/05/29/introducing-sticks-to-the-sonic-boom-franchise/|work=SEGA Blog|publisher=Sega Corporation|accessdate=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324004809/http://blogs.sega.com/2014/05/29/introducing-sticks-to-the-sonic-boom-franchise/|archive-date=24 March 2016|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Her personality has been changed into a stronger, more independent role, being a natural-born leader and the backbone of the team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sonic Boom Characters - Amy Rose|url=http://www.sonicthehedgehog.com/boom/en/characters/amy-rose/|website=Sonic Boom|publisher=Sega Corporation|accessdate=16 November 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020446/http://www.sonicthehedgehog.com/boom/en/characters/amy-rose/|archivedate=29 November 2014|df=}}</ref> Her romantic feelings towards Sonic are kept intact, with a notable change being that she actively keeps her crush on him a secret, even from Sonic himself, unaware that Sonic also feels the same.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Translate This|episodelink=Sonic Boom (TV series)#Season_1_.282014.29|series=Sonic Boom|airdate=November 15, 2014|season=1|number=3}}</ref>

Amy starred in Sega's Sonic Mania Adventures animated holiday special, in which she took pity on the recently-defeated Metal Sonic and returned him to Doctor Eggman. Her starring role prompted press speculation that Sega may add her as a playable character to Sonic Mania.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/12/20/-sonic-mania-adventures-new-episode-amy-rose-sega-shop/|title='Sonic Mania Adventures' Gets a New Amy Rose-centric Episode For the Holidays|last=Workman|first=Robert|date=2018-12-20|website=ComicBook.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/gamer-culture/2018/12/20/sonic-mania-adventures-gets-a-new-holiday-episode|title=Sonic Mania Adventures Gets A New Holiday Episode|last=Khan|first=Imran|website=Game Informer|language=en|access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref>

==Reception and impact==
Amy has received a mixed response from critics. Jeff Tozai of the ''[[Huffington Post]]'' expressed an interest in "more Amy Rose" from the ''Sonic'' series (such as a game featuring her and [[Tails (character)|Tails]]) in an article critical of the series' overall direction.<ref name="huff">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jeff-tozai/sonic-the-hedgehog-20-yea_b_923874.html|publisher=''[[Huffington Post]]''|date=October 8, 2011|last=Tozai|first=Jeff|title=Sonic The Hedgehog: 20 years Of (Near) Failure|accessdate=February 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303161749/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jeff-tozai/sonic-the-hedgehog-20-yea_b_923874.html|archive-date=March 3, 2014|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[IGN]]'s Lucas M. Thomas wrote, "One of the coolest things about Amy is her enormous, walloping hammer" (often used for comedic effect), and hoped she would be a playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.<ref name="IGN smash">{{cite web |url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/827/827234p1.html |last=Thomas |first=Lucas M. |title=Smash It Up! - Sonic Team |date=October 12, 2007 |accessdate=March 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/61FfpqYKu?url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/827/827234p1.html |archive-date=August 27, 2011 |dead-url=no |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Although Amy was described as cute by Alex Huhtala of ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' and the staff of ''[[Sega Saturn Magazine]]'',<ref name="been">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Sega Saturn Magazine]]|title=Sonic's Back! It's the Dreamcast game we've all been waiting for!|page=18|date=October 1998|issue=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Computer and Video Games]]|last=Huhtala|first=Alex|title=SONIC: It's been a long time coming, but we've been very|page=60|issue=215|date=October 1999}}</ref> Jem Roberts of the British ''[[Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)|Official Dreamcast Magazine]]'' called her a "little-pink-dog-type-thing."<ref name="egm"/> The character's personality has been described as annoying. Thomas East of ''[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]'' called her his third-least-favorite ''Sonic'' character, saying she "really isn't an interesting character" and is "annoying".<ref name="nintendo">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/50022/features/the-best-and-worst-sonic-characters/?page=8|publisher=''[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]''|title=The best and worst Sonic characters|last=East|first=Thomas|date=May 29, 2013|accessdate=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030012501/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/50022/features/the-best-and-worst-sonic-characters/?page=8|archive-date=2013-10-30|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> Ranking Amy third-lowest on a similar list, Jim Sterling of [[GamesRadar]] simply wrote: "Total bitch" (in contrast to several paragraphs each for other characters on his list).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/the-10-worst-sonic-friends/?page=2|publisher=[[GamesRadar]]|title=The 10 worst Sonic friends|last=Sterling|first=Jim|date=June 23, 2012|accessdate=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200200/http://www.gamesradar.com/the-10-worst-sonic-friends/?page=2|archive-date=October 29, 2013|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On the same website, Justin Towell called her a "whiny, annoying brat" in ''Sonic Adventure''.<ref name="Radar rereview">{{cite web|last=Towell|first=Justin|publisher=[[GamesRadar]]|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/sonics-2d-classics-re-reviewed/?page=6|title=Sonic's 2D classics re-reviewed|accessdate=April 3, 2009|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/66tibPhT8?url=http://www.gamesradar.com/sonics-2d-classics-re-reviewed/?page=6|archive-date=April 13, 2012|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Patrick Farren of What Culture called her "one of gaming's most irritating females", criticizing the way she "contacts Sonic seemingly just to bag him."<ref name="what">{{cite web|url=http://whatculture.com/gaming/15-worst-video-game-characters-2013.php/4|publisher=What Culture|last=Farren|first=Patrick|title=15 Worst Video Game Characters Of 2013|accessdate=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224060340/http://whatculture.com/gaming/15-worst-video-game-characters-2013.php/4|archive-date=February 24, 2014|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Jem Roberts called Amy "kind-hearted" but "intolerably whiny".<ref name="egm">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)|Official Dreamcast Magazine]]|last=Roberts|first=Jem|date=September 1999|issue=1|page=54|title=Sonic Adventure}}</ref> The character's voice has been criticized since [[Cindy Robinson]] took over the role, with Rogers and Farren comparing it to [[Minnie Mouse]]'s.<ref name="nintendo"/><ref name="what"/> Towell and ''[[Mean Machines]]'' expressed general displeasure at her introduction in ''Sonic CD''.<ref name="Radar rereview"/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Mean Machines]]|publisher=EMAP|title=SONIC 3|date=March 1994|page=44}}</ref>

Lootcrate.com described Amy as a character deserving of her own game, adding "The most amiable thing about Amy is her ability to break the mold when it comes to 'damsel in destress' [''[[sic]]''] stereotype. In fact, it’s usually Sonic who needs saving (from her). She’s proven that she can hold her own in multiple Sonic the Hedgehog games, where she wields her Piko Piko Hammer as a weapon."<ref>{{cite web|author=Tyler Sanchez |url=https://www.lootcrate.com/community/daily-crate/sonic-characters-deserve-spin-offs/ |title=Feature: Sonic the Hedgehog Characters That Deserve Their Own Series &#124; The Daily Crate |publisher=Lootcrate.com |date= |accessdate=2019-01-30}}</ref> Tyson Hesse, director of the Sonic Maniac Adventure animated miniseries, described Amy as "unique in the 'Classic' ''Sonic'' world not just because she’s the only girl character, but she’s the only one without a kind of gameplay-oriented 'power'. Because of this, she’s rarely seen in the actual games, but for a cartoon, we don’t need 'gameplay' we just need an endearing character, so we had the perfect opportunity to bring her back."<ref name=holiday /> Comicbook.com listed her as a character they wish to see in the upcoming 2019 [[Sonic the Hedgehog (film)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' film]], stating "C’mon, every movie needs a love interest, right? Even one that Sonic the Hedgehog may not entirely be invested in .... And who knows, her mallet may play an integral part in the story – there might be a Chaos Emerald inside or something."<ref>{{cite web|last=Workman |first=Robert |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/02/21/sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-characters-we-need-sega/#3 |title=Sonic the Hedgehog Movie: Five Characters We Have to See |publisher=Comicbook.com |date=2018-02-20 |accessdate=2019-01-30}}</ref>

The developers' treatment of Amy as a female character and its implications for [[gender representation in video games]] have also been questioned; the ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' staff found her pink coloring and tendency to run from danger to be stereotypical and common in Japanese-created female characters.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|date=November 1998|title=The Great Blue Hope|page=194|issue=112}}</ref> [[Anita Sarkeesian]] in ''Feminist Frequency'' cited Amy as an example of a "Ms. Male" character, where "Instead of creating an original female character with her own features, game designers transform a male character into a female character by adding [stereotypical] feminine attributes to the original body" such as red lipstick and long eyelashes. Although this allows players to quickly identify the character as female, it reduces the character's personality to its "girly-ness".<ref name="kinephanos">{{cite journal |last1=Trépanier-Jobin |first1=Gabrielle |last2=Bonenfant |first2=Maude |date=June 2017 |title=Bridging Game Studies and Feminist Theories |journal=Kinephanos - Journal of media studies and popular culture |issue=Special issue: Gender Issues in Video Games |pages=24-53}}</ref> Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin and Maude Bonenfant of the [[Université du Québec à Montréal]] further added that "when a female character is the only woman among a group of male characters", she becomes a [[tokenism|token]] "[[Smurfette]]" type character which enforces the message that men are the norm and women the "variation".<ref name="kinephanos"/>

The character has been used in ''Sonic'' merchandise, with a 2010 toy line reflecting her ''Sonic CD'' design instead of her modern one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5606272/first-4-figures-gives-you-a-little-sonic-and-friends|publisher=Kotaku|title=First 4 Figures Gives You A Little Sonic And Friends|last=Fahey|first=Mike|date=August 6, 2010|accessdate=February 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304123711/http://kotaku.com/5606272/first-4-figures-gives-you-a-little-sonic-and-friends|archive-date=March 4, 2014|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Exemplifying the culture of the decade, Amy and Sonic appeared in the ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' episode "[[That '90s Show]]" on a billboard promoting [[abstinence]]: Sonic proposes to Amy with the caption, "Sonic the Hedgehog says wait until marriage."<ref>{{cite episode|series=[[The Simpsons]]|title=[[That '90s Show]]|date=January 27, 2008|season=19|number=11}}</ref>

In 2020 at [[Cinema Blend]], Rich Knight named Amy as one of the five Sonic characters they wished would appear in the 2022 film ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''. Knight wished to see Amy in a larger role than the one she had in ''[[Sonic CD]]"' by stating "The Amy that people know and love today carries around a huge mallet and has a mind of her own. That’s the Amy Rose I would like to see, and it would be great if she wasn’t just a love interest for Sonic."<ref>https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2494110/classic-sonic-characters-sonic-the-hedgehog-2-needs-to-introduce</ref>

==See also==
{{Wikipedia books|Sonic the Hedgehog}}
{{Portal|Sonic|Fictional characters}}
* [[Gender representation in video games]]
*[[List of female action heroes]]
*[[Women warriors in literature and culture]]
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