Amy Rose (Sonic Free Riders)

Amy Rose, also known as Rosy the Rascal, is a fictional character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, being regarded as one of the well-liked characters in the series (despite the mixed reception). Sadly, she underwent some terrible flanderization in Sonic Free Riders.

Note: This article will only talk about her behavior in Sonic Free Riders since Amy in the other Sonic games and other media is likable.

Why She's Exceptionally Dense

 * 1) To get the elephant out of the room, she went from a cheerful, energetic, excitable but independent, proactive and well-meaning hedgehog girl who has a crush on Sonic into an abusive little brat who became bossy and infuriated towards Sonic about going on a date with her. In fact, you could say that her behavior here is a lot like her Sonic X counterpart.
 * 2) * Plus, her behavior in that game, as well as her behavior in Sonic X, has been widely hated by fans and critics alike, possibly even worse that her Sonic X counterpart since she's one of the reasons, if not the sole reason why Sonic Free Riders is despised.
 * 3) Like her Sonic X counterpart, she's just another mean popular girl stereotype that is really annoying and troublesome that she makes Wave and Rouge look harmless.
 * 4) When her team lost to Sonic's team, she gets mad at Sonic and she expects him to make it up to her by taking her out tonight, thus proving that she cannot take her loss very well. Not to mention, that makes her a sore loser.
 * 5) She's extremely disrespectful towards Vector to the point where she yells at him, berates him and blames him for not completing Team Rose's team registration. She would also order Vector around too, which shows how rude and disrespectful she is in this game.
 * 6) She even goes as far as leaving Cream behind! You know, the one who's always her best friend and her little sister figure.
 * 7) Even though Amy saying "useless kid" was directed towards Vector, it looked like that she was using that insult towards Cream, which made a lot of fans and critics wonder why Amy called Cream a "useless kid" despite her using that insult towards Vector.
 * 8) No matter how much comeuppance she receives, she never learns anything throughout the game and she does not apologize to the rest of the cast in the end, which goes to show that Amy can't take criticism.
 * 9) Cindy Robinson's portrayal as Amy is downright horrible and irritating to listen to since her portrayal made Amy sound like a discount Minnie Mouse.
 * 10) All in all, she's the antithesis of her original self.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Amy was much more likable in the games prior to Sonic Free Riders.
 * 2) Depending on your view, while she barely has any relevance to the plot in the 2010s Sonic games, she did redeem herself in games such as Sonic Generations, Sonic Lost World, Sonic Forces, etc.
 * 3) At least her appearance stays faithful to her modern design.
 * 4) Despite being unfriendly to Vector, she still cares for Cream, so she hasn't lost that trait at least.
 * 5) As mentioned in WSED#7, she does get her comeuppance for the things she does, such as being called "exceptionally dense" by Knuckles and Vector begrudgingly telling her not to get distracted.
 * 6) Despite Cindy Robinson's portrayal of Amy not being that great, Taeko Kawata was still as great as ever voicing her.
 * 7) * On top of that, Cindy Robinson's portrayal as Amy would eventually improve in later games.