Sticks the Badger is one of the newer Sonic characters to join Sonic and his team on their
adventures.
First appearing as part of the Sonic Boom franchise, the character’s quirky nature
has gained her a decent fan base over time, and Hiroyuki Miyazaki himself has called her
“a significant addition to the Sonic Boom universe and the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.”
So to get you better acquainted with the character, we’ve compiled a list of our favourite Top
10 Sticks the Badger Shocking Facts.
10 Initial Design When the character was first conceived, Sticks
looked a little different than her current aesthetic.
The character was supposed to have white sports tape wrapped around the bottoms of her hair
rather than the brown ties we have now.
Perhaps this was for the best, considering how negative a reaction many Sonic fans had
to the sports tape/bandages appearing on both Sonic and Knuckles.
Sticks was also supposed to have a singular eye lash on each eye, which was changed to
two in her final design.
9 A Valuable Teammate There’s a whole lot of Sonic characters
out there.
So why was there a need to create a new one specifically for Sonic Boom?
Aside from making her a local of this new world, there was a specific character/story
reason why Sticks was added to Sonic’s crew of pals.
When Sticks was created, the goal was to add a character to the Sonic Boom team that rounded
off the cast.
Sticks is meant to add humour and ‘surprise’ to the group, and to be more of a wild card
in battles against Doctor Eggman.
8 Likes & Dislikes In classic Sonic character nature, here we
have a character profile of Sticks.
According to this profile, Sticks is a wild card with a good heart and a genuine desire
to get closer to her new friends.
Her likes include her BFF Amy Rose, hunting, and her burrow, whereas her dislikes include
life outside the burrow, her shadow, and formal occasions.
Gotta love that burrow life.
7 Fancy Sticks Despite disliking formal occasions, Sticks
cleans up pretty well.
During the episode My Fair Sticksy, Sticks is invited to a fancy gala called the Awardy
Awards after saving the town from a meteor shower, which leads to her admitting to the
gang that she doesn’t know how to behave in ‘polite’ society.
This launches into an episode that mimics the outline of the famous film My Fair Lady.
There are a few goof ups in this episode though that fans have noticed.
The first being that Sticks is missing her eyelashes when learning how to hold a tea
cup, and another when she rips off her dress at the end, revealing that she’s wearing
her furry boots despite having just been wearing high heels.
6 Nika Futterman Sticks is played by Nika Futterman in both
the animated show and the Sonic Boom video games.
Aside from this, Futterman has a massive list of other credits, including playing Gamora
in Avengers Assemble, Catwoman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Olga in Hey Arnold!
And a bunch of different characters from the Star Wars animated shows.
Futterman also voices Sticks in Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic games.
5 Paranoia Sticks has a bit of a tendency to get easily
paranoid.
She’s not the most trusting individual, and tends to have a lot of outrageous suspicions,
although often she’s got a knack for her gut feelings being accurate.
Sticks is also quite superstitious, tends to ‘sense’ danger or conspiracy theories
where ever she goes, and often, this leads to the character being rather stressed out.
She’s also very skeptical of the government, and thinks they’re behind a lot of shady
activities, including mind controlling the public.
4 Her Singing Voice While Sticks may be a badger of many talents
– specifically when it comes to her boomerang and her speed – there are some things she’s
not overly great at.
This includes the likes of singing.
Her singing voice has been likened to “bagpipes in a wood chipper” and even set off Tail’s
disasterometer.
3 Buster Buster the Slime Bot is Stick’s pet.
Or rather, was her pet.
Buster was created by Dr Eggman, but despite this, Sticks still adored him and showered
him with kindness; a trait she doesn’t often extend to most freely.
Sticks is typically disgusted by cuteness, which is why she found Buster’s grossness
adorable.
At one point she even turned against Sonic and the team to defend Buster, and refused
to hurt Buster after Eggman turned him against her.
Eventually, she realized her pet was too dangerous, so she released him at the end of episode
4 of season 1 of the animated show.
2 Her Beliefs Bill Freiberger, the exec producer, head writer,
and co-showrunner of the Sonic Boom animated series has said that Sticks was shaped by
his ‘message’.
I quote, “Sometimes whjen referring to a work of fiction, you’ll hear the phrase
Author’s Message regarding a speech or bit of dialog.
Well, Sticks is very often delivering my message.
She most represents my point of view and belief system.
That’s why she’ll say something seemingly absurd and, by the end of the episode, she’ll
be proven correct.”
1 The Anti-Hero In addition to that, Freiberger also dived
deeper into the kind of character Sticks’ is, and gave her an equivalent from another
famous comic.
He said, I quote, “In my opinion, what Sticks brings to the team is a healthy dose of cynicism.
While the others generally have traditional hero’s personalities, Sticks is more of
an anti-hero.
She’s kind of like a comedic Rorschach from Watchmen.”
Now that’s some big shoes to fill.
There we have it friends!
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Great addition to the Sonic canon, or unnecessary little badger?
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