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Character Information
Character Name: Miles "Tails" Prower
Fandom: Sonic the Hedgehog
Source: uh. http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_games Should work, I think. Also http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Miles_%22Tails%22_Prower should work, but it should be noted that this page will incorporate ALL canons for Tails' history. That includes game, comic, movie, what have you, so trying to take it all of it as law may lead to confusion.
Character History:
Miles Prower, known as Tails by his friends, first began his career as a hero by taking out the imperial Kukku army on Cocoa Island. It was his own personal little island not far from Westside Island, where he was born (though it's never said what happened to his parents and in fact that subject is never addressed canonically). The Kukku army had been seeking the legendary Chaos Emeralds, gems that had unlimited powers, and they were literally tearing apart the island to find them.
Tails, being the inventive and resourceful little guy he is, managed to beat them to the emeralds and thwart their efforts with his wits and his mechanical gadgets. Said mechanical gadgets run quite the gamut from a remote controlled robot, remote controlled bombs, and his pride and joy, a miniature submarine he calls the Sea Fox. The fact he built all these things himself points to Tails being quite the child prodigy where it concerns mechanical work and engineering.
After taking out the Kukku Army, Tails headed back to Westside Island where he finally met none other than Sonic the Hedgehog, the hero who thwarted the notorious mad scientist, Doctor Robotnik. Ever since he was a baby, Tails had idolized Sonic for his brave heroism. He began to follow the hedgehog, copying his moves, trying his best to be just like him. Sonic at first was reluctant to have the fox's company. But after being impressed by Tails' tenacity as well as his ability to keep up with him, the two became fast friends and forged a close bond.
Officially joined together now, the duo set off to thwart Robotnik in another one of his efforts at global domination (Genesis Sonic 2 is set into motion here). Robotnik had begun construction on a lethal space ship/space weapon, fitfully titled 'The Death Egg', that he planned to use to blast the planet into submission. Sonic and Tails collected the Chaos Emeralds that were scattered yet again throughout Westside Island, figuring that they would need all the power they could gather before taking on a robotic army. They journeyed through a chemical plant, aquatic ruins, an erupting volcano, a network of mines, a polluted ocean of oil, right into the heart of Robotnik's factory where the mad scientist was making his preparations for launch. After a confrontation in said factory, Robotnik fled to take off in the Death Egg.
Flying Sonic's plane, the Tornado, Tails saw Sonic safely onto a winged fortress Robotnik had built to carry and launch his Death Egg into the atmosphere. The plane being shot by Robotnik's defenses prevented the fox from entering the final battle alongside his hero. But after landing and repairing the plane, Tails took back to the air right after Sonic's battle with Robotnik left the space ship violently exploding. It was Tails who caught Sonic as he fell back through the atmosphere, and saw him safely back on land as the Death Egg crashed in the distance.
But their ordeal was far from over. Whispers of Robotnik surviving the crash led the two of them to a mysterious floating island in a desperate bid for answers. On said floating island, Sonic and Tails were robbed of all their emeralds by a native guardian named Knuckles the Echidna. Robotnik had plans to use the emeralds to power his ship back to its full potential and beyond, all part of yet another plan for world conquest. But he forgot one factor: Knuckles the Echidna was the guardian of the emeralds, who wouldn't let that happen without a fight. So, Robotnik lied to Knuckles and had him convinced that Sonic and Tails were out to steal all the emeralds for their own evil gains.
As a result, the duo found themselves warring on two fronts. Not only were Robotnik's machines more deadly this time around, Knuckles setting a lethal array of traps for them didn't make their task of stopping Robotnik any easier. Not to mention that Robotnik was literally destroying the island, setting fire to the tropical forests and roboticizing the animal inhabitants to seek the emeralds. The two ventured into all sorts of places, from an underwater city to a set of ancient marble ruins, from a festive carnival zone to even the freezing cold of the island's ice caps. Thankfully, the two managed to recover their lost emeralds through visits to the special zones scattered all around the island, and they managed to get Knuckles off their case temporarily while infiltrating Robotnik's launch base. Apparently, Robotnik had turned that part of the island into his own personal factory with which to guard the still grounded space ship.
Sonic and Tails pretty much ruined the launch base and took out the remaining robot guarding the Death Egg. Robotnik attempted to escape in said Death Egg, only to send it crashing down into a volcano on the other side of the island. Score another victory for the dynamic duo, if even it proved to be short lived. As they went to investigate the crash site to see for sure whether or not Robotnik survived this time, they ended up running in on the mad doctor's hatching of a new scheme.
If even Robotnik's initial plans to use the Chaos Emeralds to power his Death Egg didn't quite work out, the mad scientist had his eye on a bigger prize. The Master Emerald, an enormous gem capable of tapping into and controlling the power of all the Chaos Emeralds. Robotnik planned on stealing the Master Emerald and using it as an unlimited power supply for both his ship and for super weapons. Sonic and Tails set out to stop this plan as well, although Robotnik had again lied to Knuckles and told him that they were out to steal the Master Emerald for nefarious purposes. Seeing as how this threatened to destroy the floating island and his own very way of life, Knuckles continued to pursue a vendetta against the two heroes.
Once again facing Robotnik's bots and the guardian's tricks, Sonic and Tails made it through a windy forest, sought Robotnik out on one of his launch ships, journeyed through the sands of a scorching hot desert, and journeyed into lava ridden mines. The journey was a treacherous one, and this was paired alongside clearing the special zones to collect the island's Super Emeralds.
But working together as a team, Sonic and Tails made it to the shrine of the Master Emerald deep in the Hidden Palace Zone. Knuckles, however, was waiting at the shrine to ambush them, and it resulted in a clash with Sonic and Tails emerging as the winners. Unfortunately, Robotnik used this showdown to make his move while the three were distracted. Knuckles finally discovered the truth when they caught Robotnik making off with the Master Emerald (while electrocuting Knuckles and badly injuring him in the process). Now in possession of the emerald's power, Robotnik managed to launch his Death Egg into space once again.
But Sonic and Tails managed to take off after him, thanks to Knuckles showing them a secret passage that would take them into the Sky Sanctuary Zone. They ran into a little trouble along this way (namely Mecha Sonic being sent by Robotnik to dispose of them), but the duo managed to board the Death Egg.
Finding the two had infiltrated his ship, an unhappy Robotnik pulled all the stops here to eliminate them. Thankfully that was to no avail, as Sonic and Tails even destroyed a massive robot he'd powered up with the Master Emerald. Unfortunately, he still managed to escape the Death Egg with the powerful gem in tow in a lethal airship. Taking down said airship while it was zooming through the atmosphere was hardly easy, but Sonic took on the challenge by using the power of the Super Emeralds to turn into Super Sonic. This left Tails with the duty of escaping back down to Earth, where he piloted the Tornado after Sonic and Robotnik in order to retrieve the Master Emerald and bring it back to the floating island.
Knuckles was grateful to the pair for returning things back to normal. With Knuckles having discovered who his true allies were in that venture, the pair made a pretty loyal friend for life from that point on.
Character Personality:
For the most part, Tails is loyal through and through once friendships are established (if even he can be just a little shy at first). And it's actually quite easy to befriend Tails, seeing as how he's easy to get along with and pretty accommodating! But once you're friends, you'll find that he tends to talk too much in what most would call technical jargon, which has been shown to irritate from time to time. But barring the technobabble, he's reliable, supportive and kindhearted. He's always willing to lend a hand, and he tries his best to help and rescue those in need.
And perhaps the fact that he's a kid comes into play on this, but there are times when he can be just a bit naive. Granted, naive doesn't necessarily mean overly gullible, but Tails does try hard to see the best in other people and give them the benefit of the doubt. He believes that everyone deserves a chance to become a good guy, if they're really sorry about what they did and genuinely want to turn over a new leaf. He's pretty forgiving and open minded, which has all the potential in the world to land him in trouble. But if even he's forgiving and kind enough to open his heart to others, keep in mind that he will pick up patterns down the line. Fool him once, shame on you, and all that. Also, if even he's forgiving on less personal matters such as being a bad guy, personal slights that include trying to mess with Sonic or any of his friends will have him angry and ready to fight.
Having built his own submarine, his own remote robot, his own bombs, as well as being able to repair Sonic's plane at a very young age, it can safely be said that Tails is a child prodigy. In fact, it's said that his genius rivals that of Robotnik himself (who is supposed to have a 300 IQ). But even despite all of this, Tails is actually very humble about his abilities and never brags about them. His humility, paired with his idolization of Sonic almost his entire life often leaves the fox second guessing his own potential. He's just not that confident in himself. You won't catch him readily admitting that he's a genius and you won't catch him acting quite as cocky as his hero would in moments of praise. I wouldn't say that he suffers from any inferiority complex, but he's just not really used to being noticed for his abilities and he's never been able to emulate Sonic's general cockiness. He simply believes in doing what he's good at to be useful to the team effort that has BEEN his brotherly partnership with Sonic.
His idolization of Sonic, it should be mentioned, more than likely has him seeking approval and praise from others for his abilities. This shouldn't be confused with a need for showboating or a desire to exalt himself, because it's not. While his being alone at a young age led him to be self sufficient, he's emotionally dependent on those around him for their love and support. It's also mentioned plenty of times that he just wants to be like his hero, who emanates the confidence and self-certainty that Tails wants to have himself when he finally steps out of Sonic's shadow. While Tails is very astute for a kid, it bears remembering that he's still a kid and strains himself often to impress and keep up with his friends who are literally twice his age.
While on the subject of age here, it should also be noted that Tails is very mature for HIS age. His abilities in a fight as well as his loyalty to his friends have led Sonic himself to trusting the fox with his very life. Tails knows how to handle himself in a fight and in a crisis, and tries his best to keep a level head as he sets things right. His heightened intellect has shown to be a pretty big help with figuring things out, as well as clever strategics against his enemies.
Of course, there ARE moments when his ripe age of eight shines through. He's terrified of lightning to a point that he hugs the next person close during a storm. He doesn't always use tact or discretion (he can be that kid who awkwardly parrots something nasty he overheard you saying about Aunt Becky the other day at that family reunion). He can be prone to daydreaming about being a big hero everyone adores. He gets spooked pretty easily by scary stories despite insisting that he's not afraid. He can also have a bit of a fiery temper when he's pushed enough, and this can lead to him yelling at a person before storming off to sulk or pout. Sometimes these things can grate on the nerves of his friends, but well, that's when it needs to be remembered that Tails is a kid. It's hard to remember sometimes that while Tails has come a really long way for someone so young, he still has a lot of growing up to do.
Powers and Abilities: No supernatural abilities here. But Tails' two tails mutation does give him the ability to fly! And he's pretty skilled at it to a point that he's carried Sonic through the air for bits of aerial combat. And again, he's a child prodigy able to build, repair, and pilot all sorts of vehicles, robots, mines, and other assorted gizmos and gadgets.
Samples
Network:
Huh? Oh, wow! It actually works! I can't wait to tell Sonic!! I told him, I told him, I told him! I knew it would work!
Hi everyone!!!
If my guess is right, there's gonna be lots of people out there that see this! That would be kinda neat to talk to others who can connect to these things. My name's Tails! I like to invent and build all kindsa stuff, and I have all kindsa things in my workshop that I can show you all sometime, if you want...
Oh, and wait until you meet Sonic! He didn't think I could get this old console of Robotnik's working again, but I told him it'd be easy! If you don't know who Sonic is already, all you gotta know is he's really really really cool and the fastest guy in the whole world! I dunno where he is now, though. Probably off getting another emerald...
Oh yeah! We're in the middle of stopping Robotnik again. Robotnik's a bad guy who's trying to use his machines to take over the world, but don't worry, Sonic and I stop him all the time! That's why we're taking a break in this zone to ask if anyone out there's seen any sign of him! If you guys got some weird robots running around that weren't there before, and if those robots have little animals inside them, then that's probably Robotnik moving in on you. If you guys can let us know if Robotnik's close by, then we'll come right down there and beat him down for ya!
Just let us know if you need any help, okay? Leave it all to us!
Third Person:
Pushing himself out from beneath the closed up underbelly of the Tornado, Tails reached up to swipe at a smear of oil that had dripped onto his forehead. Sighing his exhaustion, he nearly threw aside the tubing cutter.
Sonic's solo missions were always disappointing for him. Or at least, they were when they availed him plenty of reasons to worry about Sonic as he went racing off to take the brunt of Robotnik's twisted ambitions. But then it wasn't like this had been intentional. Quite frankly, Tails getting shot down by the defenses of the winged fortress hadn't been on the itinerary for either of them. And those lasers had apparently done more than graze a wing.
There was no hiding it for the way his hands trembled around the wrench. Tails was terrified of flying back up there. But then, he had been terrified the entire time, if even he was careful not to show it in front of Sonic. His near brush with death just now had still left him shaken. If even he had managed to bring the plane to a halt near the grassy outskirts of the Metropolis Zone, he knew he'd cut it close. As the Tornado had gone down, spiraled toward earth in a descent that left the wind and the engine bellowing in his ears, Tails had been left convinced that his heart stopped.
But that wouldn't stop Sonic.
How had he done it?
Tails had taken on the imperial Kukku army before, but even they were nothing compared to this. His past experience alongside the media's glamorizing the events of South Island had left Tails with some fanciful idea of what it was like to be a hero. Sonic had always acted so bitter about that, and Tails had never understood why. Or at least, he hadn't until that first real battle in the Emerald Hill Zone.
How had Sonic done it? How could he just... keep going like this? How could he keep fighting? Keep struggling for his life against a mad man who had no trouble concocting machine after machine, each design more terrible than the last?
Because he's a hero! His admiration for the hedgehog chided, as if the answer were obvious. And nothin' stops a hero!
"But I'm not a hero," Tails muttered, letting the cutter and the wrench hang by his sides. "I'm just a stupid little kid."
A sudden gleam in the sky caught the fox's line of vision, and had him looking up in a hurry. It flickered like a brightened star in the cloudless blue sky.
He knew this was it. Whatever had become of Sonic after Tails had gone down in the Tornado, the battle was coming right down to the wire. Somehow he could feel it in a shiver that racked his body. Sonic was up there in the Death Egg, doing his best to protect the unsuspecting planet below. Without him, the world was as good as doomed on all fronts.
"What's going on?" a nearby raccoon asked, having seen the strange light himself.
Looking about, Tails could see a small ring of other animals closing in on him and the Tornado. Immediately his first instinct was to duck behind the plane, but a fierce shake of his head turned his attention back onto more important matters than hiding from them. The light was growing brighter, and cupping his hand over his eyes, Tails could see the smoke trailing it as it began blazing across the horizon in a streak.
The Death Egg was going down.
And Sonic would need help, or else he would be going down with it.
Sonic, dead, gone...! All 'cause I'm too scared...!
"What's gonna happen?" A deer asked nervously. "Is Sonic gonna be okay?"
"Yeah!" Tails replied, surprising both himself and the other residents. "Sonic's gonna be okay! 'Cause I'm goin' up there!"
"Hey, it's that kid!" A frog murmured to the raccoon. "That's the kid who's been helping Sonic...!"
"Hey, yeah! That IS him! Hey, kid!!"
"Sorry, no time to talk!" Tails heli-tailed to the cockpit, landing soundlessly and strapping himself in as he prepared to take off. "I gotta get up there, I gotta help Sonic!"
The others cleared his path, seemingly satisfied with this as Tails checked his gauges. "Hey, good luck up there, champ!" a porcupine said, offering a thumbs up. "Bring 'im down safely, all right?"
Tails only nodded, all his fears forgotten in that one instance of imagining Sonic dead because of him. Of imagining his big brother dead, of imagining Earth doomed because of him. If the Death Egg crashed with Sonic in it, that would be the end. Super speed could only save you from so many disasters, and there would always be evil seeking the emeralds even if Robotnik didn't survive. The fox's inaction would cost them everything. Even if there was next to no spotlight for the pillars that stood beneath their heroes, it certainly didn't ebb away their significance. Nor did his fear change the fact that Sonic was his brother, and if even he was still terrified of flying back up there, his brother needed his help.
If it was him up there, Sonic would let nothing stand in his way.
Because it's what's right, he corrected his own thoughts as the Tornado's rotors began tha-thunking upon ignition. It's not just 'cause he's a hero.
He hunkered down behind the throttle, and set the Tornado into an impromptu take off further up the outskirts. All that mattered was finding the Death Egg before it was too late. For an almost blissful moment, his past and fears no longer mattered as he tore off into the sky while the Death Egg became a fiery cataclysm over the distant sea.
The citizens he left behind watched him go, marveling at the fox's courage and wondering how he could keep fighting.
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Character Information
Character Name: Miles "Tails" Prower
Fandom: Sonic the Hedgehog
Source: uh. http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_games Should work, I think. Also http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Miles_%22Tails%22_Prower should work, but it should be noted that this page will incorporate ALL canons for Tails' history. That includes game, comic, movie, what have you, so trying to take it all of it as law may lead to confusion.
Character History:
Miles Prower, known as Tails by his friends, first began his career as a hero by taking out the imperial Kukku army on Cocoa Island. It was his own personal little island not far from Westside Island, where he was born (though it's never said what happened to his parents and in fact that subject is never addressed canonically). The Kukku army had been seeking the legendary Chaos Emeralds, gems that had unlimited powers, and they were literally tearing apart the island to find them.
Tails, being the inventive and resourceful little guy he is, managed to beat them to the emeralds and thwart their efforts with his wits and his mechanical gadgets. Said mechanical gadgets run quite the gamut from a remote controlled robot, remote controlled bombs, and his pride and joy, a miniature submarine he calls the Sea Fox. The fact he built all these things himself points to Tails being quite the child prodigy where it concerns mechanical work and engineering.
After taking out the Kukku Army, Tails headed back to Westside Island where he finally met none other than Sonic the Hedgehog, the hero who thwarted the notorious mad scientist, Doctor Robotnik. Ever since he was a baby, Tails had idolized Sonic for his brave heroism. He began to follow the hedgehog, copying his moves, trying his best to be just like him. Sonic at first was reluctant to have the fox's company. But after being impressed by Tails' tenacity as well as his ability to keep up with him, the two became fast friends and forged a close bond.
Officially joined together now, the duo set off to thwart Robotnik in another one of his efforts at global domination (Genesis Sonic 2 is set into motion here). Robotnik had begun construction on a lethal space ship/space weapon, fitfully titled 'The Death Egg', that he planned to use to blast the planet into submission. Sonic and Tails collected the Chaos Emeralds that were scattered yet again throughout Westside Island, figuring that they would need all the power they could gather before taking on a robotic army. They journeyed through a chemical plant, aquatic ruins, an erupting volcano, a network of mines, a polluted ocean of oil, right into the heart of Robotnik's factory where the mad scientist was making his preparations for launch. After a confrontation in said factory, Robotnik fled to take off in the Death Egg.
Flying Sonic's plane, the Tornado, Tails saw Sonic safely onto a winged fortress Robotnik had built to carry and launch his Death Egg into the atmosphere. The plane being shot by Robotnik's defenses prevented the fox from entering the final battle alongside his hero. But after landing and repairing the plane, Tails took back to the air right after Sonic's battle with Robotnik left the space ship violently exploding. It was Tails who caught Sonic as he fell back through the atmosphere, and saw him safely back on land as the Death Egg crashed in the distance.
But their ordeal was far from over. Whispers of Robotnik surviving the crash led the two of them to a mysterious floating island in a desperate bid for answers. On said floating island, Sonic and Tails were robbed of all their emeralds by a native guardian named Knuckles the Echidna. Robotnik had plans to use the emeralds to power his ship back to its full potential and beyond, all part of yet another plan for world conquest. But he forgot one factor: Knuckles the Echidna was the guardian of the emeralds, who wouldn't let that happen without a fight. So, Robotnik lied to Knuckles and had him convinced that Sonic and Tails were out to steal all the emeralds for their own evil gains.
As a result, the duo found themselves warring on two fronts. Not only were Robotnik's machines more deadly this time around, Knuckles setting a lethal array of traps for them didn't make their task of stopping Robotnik any easier. Not to mention that Robotnik was literally destroying the island, setting fire to the tropical forests and roboticizing the animal inhabitants to seek the emeralds. The two ventured into all sorts of places, from an underwater city to a set of ancient marble ruins, from a festive carnival zone to even the freezing cold of the island's ice caps. Thankfully, the two managed to recover their lost emeralds through visits to the special zones scattered all around the island, and they managed to get Knuckles off their case temporarily while infiltrating Robotnik's launch base. Apparently, Robotnik had turned that part of the island into his own personal factory with which to guard the still grounded space ship.
Sonic and Tails pretty much ruined the launch base and took out the remaining robot guarding the Death Egg. Robotnik attempted to escape in said Death Egg, only to send it crashing down into a volcano on the other side of the island. Score another victory for the dynamic duo, if even it proved to be short lived. As they went to investigate the crash site to see for sure whether or not Robotnik survived this time, they ended up running in on the mad doctor's hatching of a new scheme.
If even Robotnik's initial plans to use the Chaos Emeralds to power his Death Egg didn't quite work out, the mad scientist had his eye on a bigger prize. The Master Emerald, an enormous gem capable of tapping into and controlling the power of all the Chaos Emeralds. Robotnik planned on stealing the Master Emerald and using it as an unlimited power supply for both his ship and for super weapons. Sonic and Tails set out to stop this plan as well, although Robotnik had again lied to Knuckles and told him that they were out to steal the Master Emerald for nefarious purposes. Seeing as how this threatened to destroy the floating island and his own very way of life, Knuckles continued to pursue a vendetta against the two heroes.
Once again facing Robotnik's bots and the guardian's tricks, Sonic and Tails made it through a windy forest, sought Robotnik out on one of his launch ships, journeyed through the sands of a scorching hot desert, and journeyed into lava ridden mines. The journey was a treacherous one, and this was paired alongside clearing the special zones to collect the island's Super Emeralds.
But working together as a team, Sonic and Tails made it to the shrine of the Master Emerald deep in the Hidden Palace Zone. Knuckles, however, was waiting at the shrine to ambush them, and it resulted in a clash with Sonic and Tails emerging as the winners. Unfortunately, Robotnik used this showdown to make his move while the three were distracted. Knuckles finally discovered the truth when they caught Robotnik making off with the Master Emerald (while electrocuting Knuckles and badly injuring him in the process). Now in possession of the emerald's power, Robotnik managed to launch his Death Egg into space once again.
But Sonic and Tails managed to take off after him, thanks to Knuckles showing them a secret passage that would take them into the Sky Sanctuary Zone. They ran into a little trouble along this way (namely Mecha Sonic being sent by Robotnik to dispose of them), but the duo managed to board the Death Egg.
Finding the two had infiltrated his ship, an unhappy Robotnik pulled all the stops here to eliminate them. Thankfully that was to no avail, as Sonic and Tails even destroyed a massive robot he'd powered up with the Master Emerald. Unfortunately, he still managed to escape the Death Egg with the powerful gem in tow in a lethal airship. Taking down said airship while it was zooming through the atmosphere was hardly easy, but Sonic took on the challenge by using the power of the Super Emeralds to turn into Super Sonic. This left Tails with the duty of escaping back down to Earth, where he piloted the Tornado after Sonic and Robotnik in order to retrieve the Master Emerald and bring it back to the floating island.
Knuckles was grateful to the pair for returning things back to normal. With Knuckles having discovered who his true allies were in that venture, the pair made a pretty loyal friend for life from that point on.
Character Personality:
For the most part, Tails is loyal through and through once friendships are established (if even he can be just a little shy at first). And it's actually quite easy to befriend Tails, seeing as how he's easy to get along with and pretty accommodating! But once you're friends, you'll find that he tends to talk too much in what most would call technical jargon, which has been shown to irritate from time to time. But barring the technobabble, he's reliable, supportive and kindhearted. He's always willing to lend a hand, and he tries his best to help and rescue those in need.
And perhaps the fact that he's a kid comes into play on this, but there are times when he can be just a bit naive. Granted, naive doesn't necessarily mean overly gullible, but Tails does try hard to see the best in other people and give them the benefit of the doubt. He believes that everyone deserves a chance to become a good guy, if they're really sorry about what they did and genuinely want to turn over a new leaf. He's pretty forgiving and open minded, which has all the potential in the world to land him in trouble. But if even he's forgiving and kind enough to open his heart to others, keep in mind that he will pick up patterns down the line. Fool him once, shame on you, and all that. Also, if even he's forgiving on less personal matters such as being a bad guy, personal slights that include trying to mess with Sonic or any of his friends will have him angry and ready to fight.
Having built his own submarine, his own remote robot, his own bombs, as well as being able to repair Sonic's plane at a very young age, it can safely be said that Tails is a child prodigy. In fact, it's said that his genius rivals that of Robotnik himself (who is supposed to have a 300 IQ). But even despite all of this, Tails is actually very humble about his abilities and never brags about them. His humility, paired with his idolization of Sonic almost his entire life often leaves the fox second guessing his own potential. He's just not that confident in himself. You won't catch him readily admitting that he's a genius and you won't catch him acting quite as cocky as his hero would in moments of praise. I wouldn't say that he suffers from any inferiority complex, but he's just not really used to being noticed for his abilities and he's never been able to emulate Sonic's general cockiness. He simply believes in doing what he's good at to be useful to the team effort that has BEEN his brotherly partnership with Sonic.
His idolization of Sonic, it should be mentioned, more than likely has him seeking approval and praise from others for his abilities. This shouldn't be confused with a need for showboating or a desire to exalt himself, because it's not. While his being alone at a young age led him to be self sufficient, he's emotionally dependent on those around him for their love and support. It's also mentioned plenty of times that he just wants to be like his hero, who emanates the confidence and self-certainty that Tails wants to have himself when he finally steps out of Sonic's shadow. While Tails is very astute for a kid, it bears remembering that he's still a kid and strains himself often to impress and keep up with his friends who are literally twice his age.
While on the subject of age here, it should also be noted that Tails is very mature for HIS age. His abilities in a fight as well as his loyalty to his friends have led Sonic himself to trusting the fox with his very life. Tails knows how to handle himself in a fight and in a crisis, and tries his best to keep a level head as he sets things right. His heightened intellect has shown to be a pretty big help with figuring things out, as well as clever strategics against his enemies.
Of course, there ARE moments when his ripe age of eight shines through. He's terrified of lightning to a point that he hugs the next person close during a storm. He doesn't always use tact or discretion (he can be that kid who awkwardly parrots something nasty he overheard you saying about Aunt Becky the other day at that family reunion). He can be prone to daydreaming about being a big hero everyone adores. He gets spooked pretty easily by scary stories despite insisting that he's not afraid. He can also have a bit of a fiery temper when he's pushed enough, and this can lead to him yelling at a person before storming off to sulk or pout. Sometimes these things can grate on the nerves of his friends, but well, that's when it needs to be remembered that Tails is a kid. It's hard to remember sometimes that while Tails has come a really long way for someone so young, he still has a lot of growing up to do.
Powers and Abilities: No supernatural abilities here. But Tails' two tails mutation does give him the ability to fly! And he's pretty skilled at it to a point that he's carried Sonic through the air for bits of aerial combat. And again, he's a child prodigy able to build, repair, and pilot all sorts of vehicles, robots, mines, and other assorted gizmos and gadgets.
Samples
Network:
Huh? Oh, wow! It actually works! I can't wait to tell Sonic!! I told him, I told him, I told him! I knew it would work!
Hi everyone!!!
If my guess is right, there's gonna be lots of people out there that see this! That would be kinda neat to talk to others who can connect to these things. My name's Tails! I like to invent and build all kindsa stuff, and I have all kindsa things in my workshop that I can show you all sometime, if you want...
Oh, and wait until you meet Sonic! He didn't think I could get this old console of Robotnik's working again, but I told him it'd be easy! If you don't know who Sonic is already, all you gotta know is he's really really really cool and the fastest guy in the whole world! I dunno where he is now, though. Probably off getting another emerald...
Oh yeah! We're in the middle of stopping Robotnik again. Robotnik's a bad guy who's trying to use his machines to take over the world, but don't worry, Sonic and I stop him all the time! That's why we're taking a break in this zone to ask if anyone out there's seen any sign of him! If you guys got some weird robots running around that weren't there before, and if those robots have little animals inside them, then that's probably Robotnik moving in on you. If you guys can let us know if Robotnik's close by, then we'll come right down there and beat him down for ya!
Just let us know if you need any help, okay? Leave it all to us!
Third Person:
Pushing himself out from beneath the closed up underbelly of the Tornado, Tails reached up to swipe at a smear of oil that had dripped onto his forehead. Sighing his exhaustion, he nearly threw aside the tubing cutter.
Sonic's solo missions were always disappointing for him. Or at least, they were when they availed him plenty of reasons to worry about Sonic as he went racing off to take the brunt of Robotnik's twisted ambitions. But then it wasn't like this had been intentional. Quite frankly, Tails getting shot down by the defenses of the winged fortress hadn't been on the itinerary for either of them. And those lasers had apparently done more than graze a wing.
There was no hiding it for the way his hands trembled around the wrench. Tails was terrified of flying back up there. But then, he had been terrified the entire time, if even he was careful not to show it in front of Sonic. His near brush with death just now had still left him shaken. If even he had managed to bring the plane to a halt near the grassy outskirts of the Metropolis Zone, he knew he'd cut it close. As the Tornado had gone down, spiraled toward earth in a descent that left the wind and the engine bellowing in his ears, Tails had been left convinced that his heart stopped.
But that wouldn't stop Sonic.
How had he done it?
Tails had taken on the imperial Kukku army before, but even they were nothing compared to this. His past experience alongside the media's glamorizing the events of South Island had left Tails with some fanciful idea of what it was like to be a hero. Sonic had always acted so bitter about that, and Tails had never understood why. Or at least, he hadn't until that first real battle in the Emerald Hill Zone.
How had Sonic done it? How could he just... keep going like this? How could he keep fighting? Keep struggling for his life against a mad man who had no trouble concocting machine after machine, each design more terrible than the last?
Because he's a hero! His admiration for the hedgehog chided, as if the answer were obvious. And nothin' stops a hero!
"But I'm not a hero," Tails muttered, letting the cutter and the wrench hang by his sides. "I'm just a stupid little kid."
A sudden gleam in the sky caught the fox's line of vision, and had him looking up in a hurry. It flickered like a brightened star in the cloudless blue sky.
He knew this was it. Whatever had become of Sonic after Tails had gone down in the Tornado, the battle was coming right down to the wire. Somehow he could feel it in a shiver that racked his body. Sonic was up there in the Death Egg, doing his best to protect the unsuspecting planet below. Without him, the world was as good as doomed on all fronts.
"What's going on?" a nearby raccoon asked, having seen the strange light himself.
Looking about, Tails could see a small ring of other animals closing in on him and the Tornado. Immediately his first instinct was to duck behind the plane, but a fierce shake of his head turned his attention back onto more important matters than hiding from them. The light was growing brighter, and cupping his hand over his eyes, Tails could see the smoke trailing it as it began blazing across the horizon in a streak.
The Death Egg was going down.
And Sonic would need help, or else he would be going down with it.
Sonic, dead, gone...! All 'cause I'm too scared...!
"What's gonna happen?" A deer asked nervously. "Is Sonic gonna be okay?"
"Yeah!" Tails replied, surprising both himself and the other residents. "Sonic's gonna be okay! 'Cause I'm goin' up there!"
"Hey, it's that kid!" A frog murmured to the raccoon. "That's the kid who's been helping Sonic...!"
"Hey, yeah! That IS him! Hey, kid!!"
"Sorry, no time to talk!" Tails heli-tailed to the cockpit, landing soundlessly and strapping himself in as he prepared to take off. "I gotta get up there, I gotta help Sonic!"
The others cleared his path, seemingly satisfied with this as Tails checked his gauges. "Hey, good luck up there, champ!" a porcupine said, offering a thumbs up. "Bring 'im down safely, all right?"
Tails only nodded, all his fears forgotten in that one instance of imagining Sonic dead because of him. Of imagining his big brother dead, of imagining Earth doomed because of him. If the Death Egg crashed with Sonic in it, that would be the end. Super speed could only save you from so many disasters, and there would always be evil seeking the emeralds even if Robotnik didn't survive. The fox's inaction would cost them everything. Even if there was next to no spotlight for the pillars that stood beneath their heroes, it certainly didn't ebb away their significance. Nor did his fear change the fact that Sonic was his brother, and if even he was still terrified of flying back up there, his brother needed his help.
If it was him up there, Sonic would let nothing stand in his way.
Because it's what's right, he corrected his own thoughts as the Tornado's rotors began tha-thunking upon ignition. It's not just 'cause he's a hero.
He hunkered down behind the throttle, and set the Tornado into an impromptu take off further up the outskirts. All that mattered was finding the Death Egg before it was too late. For an almost blissful moment, his past and fears no longer mattered as he tore off into the sky while the Death Egg became a fiery cataclysm over the distant sea.
The citizens he left behind watched him go, marveling at the fox's courage and wondering how he could keep fighting.