Tangle the Lemur

Tangle considers Lanolin the Sheep the leader of the Diamond Cutters and follows her orders, though she does object to some of them. She has work to do with working with Lanolin and Whisper as a team, but she respects Lanolin and helped cheer her up after they got stuck in a parallel world.

However, Tangle and Lanolin's relationship became strained for a while. During the Clean Sweepstakes' first event, when Sonic, Tails and Amy's Extreme Gear got out out control, Tangle was mad when Lanolin treated the trio coldly instead of caring for the safety. When Whisper and Tangle eventually learn the Phantom Rider is Sonic the Hedgehog, they decide to keep it from Lanolin, fearing what she'd do in response. When Duo told her about Tangle and Whisper's secret, she angrily lashed out at them for lying to her, but eventually cooled off to save the people on the shuttle. After Mimic got his cover blown unintentionally by Clutch the Opossum, Lanolin apologized to both Tangle and Whisper for her behavior. Tangle was able to put aside her hard feelings to save everyone, but made it clear to her team leader she was still mad, but claimed they can deal with it later on.

Belle the Tinkerer is a rookie at the Restoration that met Tangle during her membership of the organization. Tangle came to her rescue during an accident on her first day of work at the Restoration and helped integrate her into the crew. Tangle herself quickly became friends with Belle after relating to how Belle's tail also had a strange ability, which Tangle qualified as "weird." After that, she named them "weird tail buddies." She subsequently provided Belle with companionship by sharing her thoughts with her and encouraging her not to give up despite her rough start. Tangle briefly became suspicious of Belle when she was outed as a Badnik, but ultimately chose to trust her, convinced that she was good no matter what she was or where she came from. When Belle later had an emotional breakdown after losing hope at reforming Dr. Eggman, Tangle consoled her.

Tangle and Belle have since their introduction come care for each other, especially in difficult emotional situations. Belle is comforted by Tangle's optimism and over-confidence in spite of all her own awkwardness, although she did once threaten to dismantle the lemur's bicycle if she told anyone about Belle's squeaky nose. The two girls also show concern for each other's safety: Belle feared for Tangle's when the latter prepared to rescue Sonic and co. from Eggman's test chambers, and Tangle was likewise distraught when Belle was kidnapped by Dr. Starline. When Tangle found Belle amid a wildfire with a Motobug and a burnt hand, her first instincts were to protect her friend and bandage the injury.

Tangle found an enemy in Mimic the Octopus due to how he hurt Whisper, whom she considered a friend. Despite of all the evil he had committed however, Tangle tried to convince Mimic of the error of his ways by showing him videos of his old comrades from the Diamond Cutters praising him for his aid. However, when she heard that only Mimic cared about rewards and considered the Diamond Cutters as a means to an end, Tangle got mad at him and called him out for being "the worst." However, she did not believe in killing Mimic, reasoning that it would be a far worse fate for him to be imprisoned and knowing that he had lost to Whisper. Tangle is also cheeky towards Mimic despite knowing how dangerous he can be.

After Mimic escaped from Everhold Prison and helped Clutch briefly take over the Restoration, making fools out of the new Diamond Cutters and Silver in the process, Tangle became much more serious about dealing with him, mercilessly pummeling the octopus during their final encounter without even giving him a chance to speak. While she preferred to take him in alive, she felt no pity regarding his death, expressing only consternation at his choice to commit suicide over surrendering with dignity.

Whisper enjoys Tangle's kind heart and her eagerness to make new friends. Tangle simply enjoys new friends regardless of their personalities and Whisper is no different. She appreciates Whisper's bravery and her initiative to look out for others. Due to her shy nature, Whisper does not like being put on the spot by Tangle, finding it a bit insensitive on her side. Whisper initially preferred it when Tangle did not invade her personal space with hugging, but after growing closer together, she has opened up more to the idea and has even been the one to hug her first. When Tangle was infected with the Metal Virus, she knew Whisper would be hurt and sent Sonic to apologize for her. Since Tangle was the closest to Whisper, she took it the hardest after Whisper left the Restoration to pursue Mimic after he had broken out of prison. This led to Tangle becoming unusually depressed, remaining in a funk for days afterward.

Eventually, Tangle made the decision to join Whisper, prompting her to leave Jewel and the Restoration. She returned to the Restoration to be a part of a team Lanolin was making with Whisper. To try to improve their bond, she called the team the Diamond Cutters. Whisper took offense to this and distanced herself from Tangle for a while. After Whisper confronted her about it, she apologized and broke into tears saying she didn't want them to drift apart again. Whisper realized what Tangle was trying to do and accepted her apology. She also decided to let them use the name of the team to continue her fallen comrades' mission, which delighted Tangle.

As the one Whisper is closest to, Tangle acts as a confidante of sorts to her and is usually the one to calm her if she is angered. She convinced Whisper not to kill Mimic in cold blood and to give the Babylon Rogues a chance since they helped save the world from the Metal Virus.

Tangle and Whisper the Wolf are quite the polar opposites; where Tangle is loud and perpetually excited, Whisper is quiet and reserved. Nevertheless, they enjoy each other's company and ultimately became best friends. They first met on the battlefield during the battle for Angel Island where Tangle was amazed at Whisper's skill. The latter would even speak to her afterward and allegedly told her a joke. Tangle liked Whisper so much in fact that Tangle invited her to her village and gave her an enthusiastic tour. At first, Whisper preferred to keep her distance from Tangle, keeping her from getting hugged or placed in the spotlight with her. This was because Whisper didn't want to lose another friend. Despite this, Tangle was very open towards her problems and wanted to help Whisper out at all costs. Even when Whisper ordered her to leave, Tangle persuaded her to share her past with her. After coming understand Whisper's pain, Tangle decided to help bring Whisper peace and avenge her friends among the Diamond Cutters that Mimic betrayed, at all cost. Since then, the two have have become extremely close, to the point Whisper explodes with anger and despair upon learning that Tangle became a Zombot. After Tangle was returned to normal, Whisper lunged at her, touched.

Tangle first met Miles "Tails" Prower during their fight against Neo Metal Sonic. They started out as good allies and slowly developed into having a brother-sister relationship. Tangle has been continuously impressed by Tails' intellect and has thus been trusting of his various endeavors and inventions. As such, she feels that he has a solution for every problem and can be relied on in every situation. She has also been supportive of Tails emotionally, such as when she checked up on him after Sonic disappeared not sure if he was pretending to be lonely in front of her. When Tails told her of his belief that Sonic would definitely return like he always does however, Tangle understood why Sonic chose friends Tails for himself and openly praised Tails for his faith. Tails has likewise been appreciative of Tangle and has shown similar care towards her, evident when he said he would hate to see more of Eggman's robots target her hometown.

Tangle seems to look up to and admire Blaze the Cat, as she finds her abilities and status as a princess amazing. Just like with Sonic, Tangle was able to fight together with Blaze, despite their personalities being a bit different. Tangle showed gratitude to Blaze for helping save her town, and when Blaze offered to help calm the many flames in Tangle's hometown, Tangle was very appreciative.

Tangle has been described as a "kindred spirit" to Sonic the Hedgehog, namely due to their skill and enjoyment in battling Badniks, their common desire for adventure and excitement, and their shared confidence, optimism, and occassional recklessness. Even after meeting for the first time, the two were able to synchronize with each other in their battle against multiple enemies, including battling together alongside Blaze, who Tangle had only just met during said battle. Although their personalities seem to differ slightly, their passion for adventure is something that they share.

Tangle enjoys going on various adventures with Sonic and tries to join him whenever she has the opportunity, becoming upset when something prevents her from doing so. At the same time, she shows immense faith in his capabilities, believing that he will always be able to save the world. Tangle also learned to never give up from him.

Tangle and Jewel the Beetle have been best friends since their childhood. Jewel would always be there to look out for Tangle and make sure she did not fall into perilous danger. Tangle has become very grateful for Jewel's friendship as she feels lonely without her. Tangle also gets very worried when Jewel is in trouble, especially when she is not in the village, becoming frantic when the beetle was kidnapped by the Babylon Rogues and later when she was infected with the Metal Virus.[14][15]

Tangle would also join the Restoration just because of Jewel in order to show that she wanted to support her. As time passed, however, she realized that she was rarely able to see Jewel, and that she did not like working in the organization.[27] Ultimately, Tangle decided to leave it. Though she initially regretted speaking too quickly and enthusiastically about her departure, Jewel respected Tangle's choice and understood that she did not thrive in the organization.[21][28]

When the Restoration HQ was destroyed after the shuttle self-destructed, Tangle immediately ran up to check on Jewel, who broke down tears. Distraught by the loss of the HQ, Jewel believed the Restoration was done and she failed, but Tangle comforted her and showed the Restoration members alive and well, helping her friend realize that the Restoration isn't the building, it's the people. This lift Jewel's spirits up and everyone gathered together to clean up the mess and rebuild.[29]

When Jewel decided to quit the Restoration, expressing her frustration and blaming herself for the HQ's destruction, Tangle put Jewel on her lap with her tail and comforted her. Tangle reminded Jewel how she always wanted to help people and how she stuck it out instead of give up, she reminded Jewel how she always told the former to learn from your mistakes, and assures her bestie she was not to blame for what happened. Jewel thanked Tangle and the besties hugged.

Tangle appears to suffer from claustrophobia, causing her to panic when enclosed within small spaces. Her phobia is so severe that the resulting panic has caused her to pass out in the past.

Tangle's main means of combat, her tail, can be exploited against her in many different ways, the most common of which is her opponents grabbing it to make her hit herself or use it to their advantage to slam her into the environment.

Tangle's main draw is a highly prehensile tail that she can use and manipulate in various ways as if it was a third arm for a variety of situations. In practice, her tail can whip, snap, grip, curl, and even make a hand to form a fist with. In addition, her tail can extend and contract at will like a rubber band, thus allowing her to wield it as a rope, a bungee cord, a slingshot, or even a pully for herself. By curling it up like a coil, Tangle can also use her tail like a spring to bounce around and can even use this same method of wrapping her tail around someone or something to subdue them. It also has enough strength to dent Badnik armor with a single strike.

Not only that but she is also very good when it comes to hand-to-hand combat even known as a brawler, she would throw hard punches at fast speeds as shown when she did so to Mimic when having him cornered as a distraction.

Physically, Tangle is very fit and agile, possessing the same level of athleticism as Sonic. According to Mimic, she has some combat skills as well, and with proper training, she could be a formidable opponent.

Tangle has steadily proven herself to be talented Extreme Gear rider on her personal Grinder.

Despite her newfound boredom, she remains loyal to her hometown and has gone through with staying when necessary and ensuring its safety despite how she felt and eagerly returning to it after long adventures.

Possessing a strong sense of justice, Tangle is more than willing to aid her friends in any way that she can, even when she is denied. This was shown when she persisted on helping Whisper out in bringing down Mimic, even though the lone wolf rejected her pleas to aid her, a trait of which caused Whisper to note that Tangle could not be discouraged. Notably, Tangle will persistently try to convince her friends to allow her to help them and prove her skills. Her lack of discouragement is similarly accompanied by a strong sense of hope. It was particularly shown when Tangle got infected with the Metal Virus, where she kept fighting Zombots with an optimistic attitude and even bolstered a despondent Sonic's spirits, as Sonic inspired her to never give up and never lose hope, despite knowing she did not have long before becoming a Zombot herself.

Tangle has a bit of a mischievous side to her. When she played cards with Silver, she would deliberately try to mess with him while using her tail to peek at his cards. She also has a bit of an ego; after finding out that some local children started a Sonic Fan Club, she told them they should make a Tangle Fan Club instead. According to Ian Flynn, she likes to try to dance, stating that she has the energy and gumption for it, but is not very good at it, as she apparently lacks rhythm.

Heroic, optimistic, and just as fearless as Sonic the Hedgehog, Tangle is scrappy and loves to tangle with bad guys. Not intimidated by danger in the slightest, she has a thirst for adventure and excitement and craves new challenges for herself. As such, she is capable of heading into mortal peril and face deadly odds, all while wearing a smile on her face and having the time of her life. However, her desire for adventure makes her reckless and prone to charging headlong into danger without a care in the world. She can also be somewhat careless in battle, like using her tail in a way that gets it injured and getting so caught up in her own excitement that she forgets to watch out for enemies.

Tangle is loud, extroverted, and easily excitable, but also friendly, polite, helpful, and open. While having seen and overcome her own fair share of challenges in the form of Badniks, she is a novice heroine and the world still continues to amaze her. As such, she has seen little of the more outlandish subjects that exist out in the world, like a pyrokinetic princess from another dimension who guards fiery Emeralds. While such concepts tend to leave her speechless, she is nonetheless quick to be amazed by them. Whenever she sees or reflects on something exciting, she tends to get starry-eyed. When reacting to a sudden sound or event, the hairs on her tail stand up. Because of her outings with Sonic and other heroes, Tangle grew bored of her life at home in Spiral Hill Village, and would grow hyperactive staying there since she could not stand the peace and quiet, much preferring to see the world and experience thrilling adventures. At the same time, however, she admitted to Jewel that she was both paranoid and nervous about leaving her home behind, as the village would be left vulnerable without her and that she would not have anyone to watch her back.

Described as pretty, Tangle is a slim, anthropomorphic ring-tailed lemur with orchid-purple eyes with dark gray eyelids and one thin eyelash each, a small black nose, and who's fur has a color scheme that leans more to a Coquerel's sifaka. Her fur is light gray, with her muzzle, between her eyes and on her round ears are colored in a darker, silver-like shade of gray, and with her large bushy tail being striped in two shades of gray. Her fur also formed tufts on top of her head, both of her cheeks, and on her chest. For attire, Tangle wears a small, cropped, amber-yellow sleeveless top over a short-sleeved black bodysuit with dark orange stripes on the sides, and detailed amber-colored hi-tops with white shoelaces and soles, black details and dark orange cuffs. She accessorizes with amber sports tape around her forearms and fingerless gloves made from black sports tape with dark orange backings. Tangle's butt is highlighted as a prominent part of her body, with a rounded and well-defined shape, covered by her black bodysuit with dark orange stripes on the sides. The fitted outfit accentuates her curves, giving a firm and voluminous appearance, complemented by the striped tail that adds an interesting visual contrast. In addition to her normal attire, she also wears bonus attire: For the beach, she wears a blue swim top with yellow trim and matching knee-length swim pants, white sunglasses with light blue trim, blue fingerless gloves with yellow cuffs and gray palms, and yellow water shoes with blue soles. During the Clean Sweepstakes competition, she wore black glasses with orange lenses, a black bodysuit with dark orange stripes on the sides similar to her normal bodysuit, an amber-yellow short-sleeved vest with a high collar, black fingerless gloves with orange trim as well as the Grinder Extreme Gear as her footwear. To show she is a part of the Restoration, she wears a yellow band with the Restoration's symbol on her upper right arm.

Tangle came about when the staff at IDW Publishing wanted a kick-butt female Sonic character who could accompany Sonic on his adventures. Since none of the main female Sonic characters were able to fit that occupation, Tangle, who would be able to easily go on Sonic's adventures and look cool while doing it, was conceptualized. She was conceptualized by writer Ian Flynn, while artist Tyson Hesse handled the character design.

Before even being given a name, IDW wanted Tangle "to be like a lot of other great Sonic characters and have a special ability tied to one of her features." She was ultimately inspired by the prototype Sonic design. One of the concepts for Sonic was a rabbit that could use her ears to pick up and throw objects, and as such, she was originally pitched as "Tangle the Hare". After brainstorming for animals who could do cool stuff with their features such as bendy rabbit ears and anteater type noses, the staff decided on a ring-tailed lemur, whose tail could prove a very versatile weapon. Finally, she was given the name "Tangle" as a reference to how she likes to "tangle" with bad guys.

Stretching tail Athleticism Trained fighter

Strawberries

Dr. Eggman and his Badniks Boredom Small spaces Hurting or endangering her friends Illegal activity Mimic the Octopus

Sonic Adventures Defending her hometown Doing new things Excitement Fighting bad guys Helping people Whisper Making new friends Hugs Dancing

Restoration (formerly) Diamond Cutters (second generation)

Black fingerless gloves with dark orange backings Amber sports tape Amber sleeveless top Black bodysuit with dark orange stripes White, black and amber hi-tops

25 kg

100 cm

Ring-tailed lemur

Pretty face (by Mimic) Bestie (by Jewel)