Sticks the Badger (スティックス・ザ・バジャー, Sutikkusu za Bajā?) is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She is an anthropomorphic badger who lives on the edge of the forest, and has lived in that forest since she was a child, she also does not have common sense and lives a free-spirited life.[1]
Sometime before the events of Eggman's ambush, Sonic met Sticks and befriended her to help him stop Eggman; since then, she has become an ally of Sonic and friends, even growing a close friendship with Amy Rose.
Sticks the Badger originated from the Sonic Boom series, where she is one of the main characters. She is a wacky anthropomorphic jungle badger, the only descendant of Jebediah Badger, and a force of nature in every way. Since her childhood, she has lived and flourished alone in the wilderness and is therefore new to friends in general. She eventually formed a strong bond with Team Sonic and joined them as their wild card in their ongoing battles against Dr. Eggman.
Sticks is energetic, free-spirited,[18] and primal. She has sharp animal instincts, is a fearsome combatant, a tenacious hunter, and will enter a feral frenzy when she is angry.[13][19] Because of her isolated life, Sticks has become off-kilted, obtuse, mental and just plain nutty,[13][20] and she thinks others are living in an alternate world different from the normal one,[13] something that unnerves friends and enemies alike. While Sticks recognizes that she is a kook,[21] she does not like having herself and her ideas written off as crazy by default, as she often turns out to be right.[22][23]
In spite of her background, Sticks is intelligent, especially when in her right element, though her manner of speaking comes off as strange to other people as she speaks in a primitive dialect she taught herself.[13][19] Also, there is a definite method in much of her madness, and her hair-brained ideas can sometimes be strokes of brilliance that lead to solutions that no one else could have thought of. Due to living in the jungle, Sticks has no concept of formal behavior, a fact she is aware of and worries will embarrass her in fancy situations.[4] She is also disgusted by anything cute, adorable and fuzzy.[11] Despite this she has no problems with Miss Tomatopotamus and found the idea of Tails being in love adorable.
While not quite a tomboy, Sticks is far from feminine and has no understanding of this concept.[3] However, she does have her rare moments of girly-ness.[24][25] She loves spending time in her burrow and returns to it for safety when a situation becomes too bizarre for her.[13] Like Tails, she is passionate about arts and crafts and makes things from what she finds in nature.[7] Unlike Tails though, Sticks usually considers technology her enemy because it "can't be trusted."[9][26] Regardless of her standpoints however, she is willing to compromise her principles for the right reasons.[26] She has also curiously enough displayed an unlikely amount of affection for otherwise dangerous or disgusting robots, such as D-Fekt and Buster.
