NICOLE
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NICOLE is a fictional, sentient, portable computer from the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series ("SatAM") and Sonic the Hedgehog comic books, owned by Princess Sally Acorn. Her voice is provided by Kath Soucie, the same voice actress who portrays Sally.
NICOLE bears a resemblance to the tricorders seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation and serves a similar function, though is far more capable. In the cartoon, Sally carries NICOLE attached to one of her boots, even after she gets her vest later on in the series. In the Archie comics, Sally has been shown carrying her via a retractable shoulder strap attached to NICOLE (ala the original Star Trek series' tricorders), and most recently in a special pouch in a belt around her waist.
In both the cartoon and the comic, NICOLE's size will occasionally vary dramatically from one appearance to the next, being the size of a book and then appearing to be the size of present-day cellular phones, though it appears to be an artistic goof as none of the characters have ever commented about this or given a canonical explanation for it.
NICOLE's hologram form is a female, brown, anthropomorphic lynx with black hair clad in a purple toga.
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[edit] TV series
NICOLE's origin was never explained in detail in the series, in the SatAM episode Drood Henge Uncle Chuck mentions the Sally's father programmed NICOLE. She is highly technical, and is continually frustrating Sonic with her constant technobabble, to the point where he nearly shakes her apart in the SatAM episode The Void (named for the dimension known in the comics as the Zone of Silence), to which she adapts, presumably in an act of self-preservation, by using slang terms and speaking in a manner similar to Sonic himself, and continues speaking in this manner towards Sonic for the rest of the series. Despite this, NICOLE is considered to be a valued member of the Freedom Fighters.
[edit] Archie Comics
[edit] Origins/Possible Future
According to the comics, NICOLE is from a possible future, designed and created by Rotor and sent back in time by Queen Sally and King Sonic (an ontological paradox). Because she was from the future, NICOLE was designed with a firewall to prevent the Freedom Fighters from learning about the future. Also noted is the fact that the future Rotor created NICOLE as a request from Queen Sally, who's version of NICOLE had been destroyed in the final battle with Robotnik.
[edit] Present Day
Having been sent from the future, NICOLE fulfilled much the same role as she did in SatAM. However, that role began to change after a chemical accident caused NICOLE and Sally to switch bodies for a temporary period, during which NICOLE felt what it was like to be a true living being. After the effects were reversed, she attempted to create a realistic body in the form of a lynx, but failed as it consumed too much power. She took the one opportunity to dicuss the possibility with Sally, who was quite supportive of the idea. NICOLE would afterwards use this Mobian form as an icon.
NICOLE, among other characters with robotic parts, was invaded with Eggman's Nanites. They appear to have an intelligence-gathering purpose as they can transmit all data they acquire directly to Eggman, and were used by A.D.A.M. to take control of her and all the other characters infected by them, though the effects on NICOLE didn't seem to be any worse than disabling her while she attempted to purge the nanites from her system. She later assisted Shadow the Hedgehog in reading the information on a disk that served as the diary of Professor Gerald Robotnik. Shadow, with Sonic by his side, was transmitted into the disk's database to meet NICOLE in her holographic form.
In addition to developing a personality, NICOLE has also become friendly to other members of the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix. This is shown during Espio the Chameleon's infiltration of the fallen Golden Hive Colony on behalf of his friend Charmy Bee. NICOLE, his only "companion", assists him in downloading information from Dr. Robotnik's computer database.
[edit] Personality
In the cartoon, NICOLE's personality was quite logical, and she seemed somewhat lacking in personality. However, after an incident in which she and Sonic went looking for Sally together, she began speaking in a manner similar to Sonic. Despite this, she still was rather emotionless.
Archie's NICOLE was similar to "SatAM"s at first, having not really been designed for sentience. As time went on, she became more lifelike, most notably developing a sense of humor. This is shown in her tendency to give Sonic little jolts of electricity when he tries to use her, and in her mocking smugness at Rotor's failure to breach the firewall set in place by his own future self. For all of that, she remains a loyal member of the Freedom Fighters, having helped save Sally and the others from fates such as roboticization.
Following the accident in which she switched bodies with Sally, NICOLE underwent a major change in outlook. Having experienced the wonders of having an actual body, she began to desire such pleasures for herself. Sadly, her dreams are not likely to be realized in the near future, given that she doesn't have the power to maintain the body she created for herself. NICOLE remains hopeful, especially given that one of the things she experienced while in Sally's body was the love that her owner feels for Sonic despite their breakup.
[edit] Trivia
- NICOLE was present in almost every episode of the SatAM cartoon, though in the pilot episode Heads or Tails, Sally used a large, bulky, yellow computer on wheels instead, though it had the same voice and analytical capabilities as NICOLE.
- Inner gamer circles question whether the animal form depicted by Archie was a bit of a joke since NICOLE is a handheld computer, and the "Lynx" was a handheld game system.
- Had cancelled story ideas for plots after issue #134 come to pass, NICOLE would have entered into a romantic relationship with A.D.A.M.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ http://sonichq.mobiusforum.net/newsite/comics/kbsonicoverview.php Protagonists 2nd Tier Characters
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| Comic/TV Show | Heroes: Sonic · Tails · Sally · Bunnie · Rotor · Antoine · NICOLE · Dulcy · Freedom Fighters (Minor) · King Acorn · House of Acorn · Wolf Pack · Knuckles · Amy Rose · Chaotix · Athair · Locke · Julie-Su · Secret Service · Brotherhood of Guardians · Elias · Mina · Shadow · Rouge · Lara-Su · Minor comic characters Villains: Robotnik · Snively · Ixis Naugus · Scourge · Anti-Freedom Fighters · Fiona · Destructix · Dimitri/Enerjak · Mammoth Mogul · Kragok · Dark Legion · Lien-Da · A.D.A.M. · Finitevus · Minor comic villains |
| Sonic the Comic | Freedom Fighters · Shortfuse the Cybernik · Captain Plunder · Commander Brutus · Drakon Empire · Sonic the Comic characters |
| Sonic X | Chris Thorndyke · Cosmo · Metarex · Sonic X characters |
| Underground | Sonic · Sonia · Manic · Queen Aleena · Knuckles · Underground characters |
| AoStH | Scratch and Grounder · Coconuts |
