Amy Rose (Sonic X/Free Riders)

Amy Rose is one of the main characters of the anime series Sonic X and its comic series published by Archie Comics. While friendly and caring sometimes, if she feels threatened, she can instantly turn into a heavyweight hothead. She is shown to be really stubborn and bossy throughout the series much to the annoyance of a few characters. She is Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend and her long-term goal is to get Sonic to ask her out on a date.

Why She Sucks

 * 1) She is massively flanderized as she got a huge bratty, sulky, and immature personality that has often upstaged her kind side.
 * 2) Her love for Sonic is heavily exaggerated up to psychotic levels that she'll lose her sanity if Sonic doesn't want to be with her, and she's always clingy to him.
 * 3) Not only is she bratty, but she has a few times even been abusive. Like in one episode where she threatened to hurt Chris if Sonic wouldn't go out with her on a date.
 * 4) She has also even threatened her own friends a few times.
 * 5) She's had many moments of whining and complaining about things that just comes off as grating.
 * 6) Outside of her plans of winning Sonic's heart always fizzling, she tends to come off as a Karma Houdini as she's never called out for her brattiness.
 * 7) She's also a hypocrite. She has called out Knuckles a few times for being so short-tempered, but yet she's more short-tempered than he is.
 * 8) In the third season, her bratty moments became more frequent as it was used as some of the season's comedy.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) She still gets some episodes where she's kind and caring.
 * 2) Despite being aggressive (in a bad way) and violent (in a bad way), she's very useful in combat, and has manages to get out of being a damsel.
 * 3) She cares very deeply for for her friends.
 * 4) Her short-tempered moments can come off as funny on some occasions.
 * 5) Her US voice actress, Lisa Ortiz, puts in a great performance, and was a great casting choice.
 * 6) Her new design (introduced in Sonic Adventure) is bright and colorful and still cute.
 * 7) To be fair, Amy herself is a pretty good and likable character in the Sonic games, when they aren't aligned with this portrayal.