Sir Charles Hedgehog

Sir Charles Hedgehog is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog television series. He is a respected and brilliant scientist. Chuck is also the uncle of Sonic the Hedgehog. When Charles invented the Roboticizer, the project was stolen by Dr. Robotnik, who used it to enslave his people, with Charles among the first to be roboticized, an event that drove Sonic to become a Freedom Fighter.

Background

 * Sonic the Hedgehog (TV Series)

While living in Mobotropolis, Charles earned a knighthood from the King for serving the kingdom. At some point, Charles invented the Roboticizer, hoping to use it to help the elderly live longer. Little did Charles know that Warlord Julian discovered the invention and stole it, intending to use it to pave his way to enslave Charles' people and seize control of Mobotropolis, making Charles unwittingly responsible for the rise of Robotnik. Following Julian's coup, who had now renamed himself Robotnik, Charles was captured and was among the first of the population to be robotized, turning him into a mindless drone in the service of Robotnik.
 * Sonic Underground

At some point during Dr. Robotnik's tyranny, Chuck became a Freedom Fighter and served as a major member in the resistance against Robotnik. Following the arrest of Sonic's foster parents and the destruction of Sonic's home, Chuck found Sonic crying in front of his burning house and assured him everything would be fine.

Personality

 * Sonic the Hedgehog (TV Series)
 * Sonic Underground

Sonic the Hedgehog (TV Series)
Over the next ten years, Charles labored mindlessly for Robotnik. One day, Sonic and his friends spotted Sir Charles in Robotropolis and used a Power Ring to restore his free will. Upon regaining his senses, Charles revealed to the Freedom Fighters that Robotnik was using a machine called the Dinobot to dig out a large crystal from some crystal mine to power his machinery. After the plot was foiled, Charles reverted back to his robotic self, forcing the Freedom Fighters to leave him behind.

Some time later, Charles was captured by the Freedom Fighters, who took him back to Knothole, where they used a prototype De-Roboticizer to return him to normal. However, effects were only temporary, and Charles subsequently reverted back into his robotic self once again. When Chuck returned to Robotropolis, Sonic managed to restore Charles' free will permanently. Charles then decided to stay in Robotropolis where he would remain undercover as a spy for the Freedom Fighters, while pretending to still be a mindless slave, up until Robotnik's defeat.

Sonic Underground
Over the next years, Chuck raised Sonic and got him into the resistance, working with him on the destruction of many SWATbot factories. After having worked together with Sonic for a year, Chuck had his nephew go on a mission to destroy a prototype force field that Robotnik had developed for his factories, though he insisted Sonic was careful of not being seen or Robotnik would make him a constant target. Though Chuck assure Sonic that he did not have to do the mission, Sonic insisted to completed his task and destroyed both the force field and Robotnik's factory. After Sonic returned home, having overexerted himself, Chuck told his sleeping nephew how proud he was of him before heading out to find a doctor for him.

After Sonic had left to find his siblings, Manic and Sonia, Chuck was found and arrested by SWATbots due to his connection to Sonic. Chuck was then roboticized and turned into one of Robotnik's slaves.

Knownable Relatives

 * Sonic the Hedgehog (Nephew)

Voice Actors

 * Japanese : Toshiya Ueda (Sonic the Hedgehog TV Series), (Sonic Underground)
 * English : William Windom (Sonic the Hedgehog TV Series), (Sonic Underground)