Fiona Fox
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Fiona Fox is a main character in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series by Archie comics. She "debuted" in issue #28 of the comic, although that "Fiona" was revealed to be a robot duplicate. The true Fiona made her first appearance in Knuckles the Echidna #28. She is currently a member of the Freedom Fighters.
Fiona is a red, female, anthropomorphic fox.
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[edit] Detailed History
[edit] From Prisoner to Mercenary
Roughly ten years ago, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ray the Flying Squirrel, Mighty the Armadillo and Fiona Fox were all taken prisoner by Dr. Robotnik and taken to a special slave labor prison where Robotnik kept prisoners organic (unlike most of his defeated enemies, who he roboticized) in order to perform experiments on them. Robotnik developed a device which could make high quality robot copies of living beings, indistinguishable from the real thing (whereas his normal minions, including roboticized enemies, were clearly robotic and thus useless for subterfuge). Fiona was selected to be the first test subject for this device, and was actually strapped to a table while the machine made a copy of her when Ray, Sonic, and Mighty attempted a prison break. Ray interfered with the crystal powering the machine in an attempt to rescue Fiona, only to become frozen out of time, stuck to the crystal. Sonic and Mighty barely managed to escape, but Ray and Fiona were left behind.
Still trapped in Robotnik's prison, Fiona grew to loathe Sonic, feeling that he had selfishly abandoned her and Ray in order to escape himself. Two years later she was finally rescued from the prison by the mercenary Nic the Weasel, sister of Nack the Weasel. Nic and Fiona formed a successful partnership, working as mercenaries for hire. They apparently interacted with fellow mercenaries Bean the Dynamite and Bark the Polarbear during this time. Fiona also developed a rivalry with Rouge the Bat, who defeated her team in an underground tournament.
Years after Fiona and Nic had formed their partnership, they enlisted Mighty to try and save Ray from his frozen state at the prison. Although Fiona showed some mild dislike to Mighty, most of her anger at being left behind was directed at Sonic, and she required Mighty's incredible strength to open the vault-like door Ray was behind. Using a ray gun that Nic had brought, Ray was restored back to normal, and joined Mighty as a member of the Chaotix. Fiona left her two old friends, prefering to continue life as a mercenary with Nic.
[edit] The Copy
Unknown to Fiona, her robot duplicate had survived. Since the robot did not age, it still had the appearance of a younger Fiona. Robotnik tested the robot Fiona's effectiveness by pretending to capture her while Miles "Tails" Prower watched. Tails "saved" Fiona and quickly fell in love with her, only to be betrayed when Robotnik ordered the robot to attack Tails. The materials that made the robot appear so lifelike were also unusually susceptible to rust, and as Tails struggled with "Fiona" the robot was drenched with water and quickly rusted solid. Tails mourned the robot Fiona as his first love, not knowing that it had been based on a real person now several years older than him.
[edit] From Mercenary to Freedom Fighter
Some time later, the vicious alien speicies the Xorda returned to Mobius. The Xorda, it was explained, had come to Mobius once before, when the planet was still called Earth. After the inhabitants of the planet had caught and dissected one of the Xorda, the Xorda retaliated by dropping a "gene bomb" intended to destroy all life on the planet. The weapon failed, instead mutating the humans of the planet - human DNA was incorporated into animals, changing their genetic codes and thus producing the first Mobians. The Xorda attempted to destroy the planet again, this time with a doomsday weapon called the Quantum Dial. Forces from all over the planet united in combat against the Xorda, and Fiona and Nic were among them. Fiona was present when Sonic apparently perished disabling the weapon, forcing her to finally realize Sonic's true valiant nature.
Sonic, however, did not die, but was instead flung to a galaxy far far away from Mobius. Although his journey home felt like a short time for him, an entire year passed back on Mobius. During this time, Fiona and Nic parted ways, with Fiona joining the Freedom Fighters. This has left Tails emotionally troubled, since he still has feelings for the Fiona robot he had met, and he developed a crush on Fiona. This problem came to a head when Tails saw Fiona and Sonic apparently embracing, leaving Tails feeling betrayed and even more confused. Fiona tried to explain to Tails that the robot he had fallen in love with had been based on her when she was much younger. Although she did like Tails as a friend, she was sixteen whereas he was only eleven, and she did not share his romantic attachment. Tails reacted with anger towards Sonic and ran away. Although Sonic and Tails' relationships has improved since then, the problem has not been resolved. Although Sonic and Fiona have not been stated as being in an official romantic relationship, the two have made many romantic gestures: they have been shown holding hands, and Fiona has been shown embracing Sonic on several occasions, has called him by the nickname "handsome", and has called him her boyfriend more than once. Sonic has been shown affectionately ruffling her hair, along with similar gestures. Fiona has meanwhile been shown trying to be nice to Tails, who would appear to still have feelings for her.
When Robotnik hired Bean and Bark to attack Sonic on his birthday, Fiona used her knowledge of the two mercenaries' weaknesses to defeat them. However she shortly therafter allowed them to escape when an attack by Robotnik distracted the other Freedom Fighters - when the two asked if she wished to join them she declined, visibly shaken but stating that she was "a Freedom Fighter now".
In another recent adventure, Fiona and Tails were held captive by Sleuth Dogg and Scourge the Hedgehog as 'collateral' to force Sonic to return a Warp Ring taken from the duo's master, the echidna scientist Dr. Finitevus. While Scourge engaged Sonic in battle, Fiona called Sleuth a traitor to the kingdom, to which he responded, "How ironic for you to call me a traitor". When Sonic returned, Tails appeared to be visibly shaken, but said nothing. What this could mean remains to be seen.
[edit] Appearance
Fiona has fiery orange-red fur with a creamy yellow muzzle and tailtip; her brown hair used to be parted with a yellow bow, but in recent appearances, she has taken on a variety of outfits, most neglecting the bow.
| Archie/SatAM | Sonic | Robotnik | Snively Kintobor | Scourge | Princess Sally | Bunnie Rabbot | Rotor | Antoine D'Coolette | Freedom Fighters (Minor) | Wolf Pack | King Acorn | Ixis Naugus | Julie-Su | Dimitri | Lien-Da | Dark Legion | The Brotherhood | Mammoth Mogul | Elias Acorn | House of Acorn | Secret Service | Mina | Fiona | Anti-Freedom Fighters | Destructix (Drago Wolf) | Minor Archie characters |
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| Sonic the Comic | Drakon Empire | Captain Plunder | STC characters |
| Sonic X | Chris Thorndyke | Cosmo | Metarex | Chuck Thorndyke | Bocoe | Decoe | Bokkun | Nazo |
| Underground | Sonia | Manic | Queen Aleena |
| AoStH | Scratch and Grounder | Coconuts |
