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- What is the true origin story for Miles "Tails" Prower? Sonic the Hedgehog games have a vast cast of characters used for high-speed platforming, but what exactly are their origins. After covering Sonic the Hedgehog's many origin stories in Sonic games, comics, and TV shows, I've decided to cover Sonic's best friend: Miles "Tails" Prower. Tails is known for being smart and Sonic's sidekick but where did Tails really come from and how did he meet Sonic!? Let's deep dive into Tails' origin story before Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie comes out next year. Of course, the origin story may change by the time that movie's out so I'll probably have to revisit this video.
Hope you enjoy this informative, character origin analysis on the third character to grace the Sonic the Hedgehog series! Maybe Dr. Eggman should be next....
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Any ideas for the next origin video? *cough* Knuckles or Eggman
Have we ever really heard about eggman’s origins from the official games? I think that would be a cool video
Knuckles!
Eggman
Eggman
Knuckles
Tails is canonically 8 years old. But the question is how long does it take for their planet to revolve around their sun? How long is a year on Mobius?
i will never look at tails or cream the same way again after reading this comment
Longer than you think.
@@strawberrteas9104 cream is a sonic character. Cream the rabit
@@strawberrteas9104 i meant that they could be even younger (and some people ship *COUGH* *COUGH* tails x cream *COUGH* *COUGH*
@@mon0lin ohh
“Miles Prower” Miles per hour - my perception of that name is forever tainted now. Thank you.
It’s what I’m here for ;)
@pie crane Hey by chance do you have any sun block, I kind of feel like I'm beggining to HELP THE MOSQUITOS HURT THERYE EATING MY SKEEN *AAAAAAAAAAH*
@pie crane actually, Tails is just a nickname, his full name is just "Miles Prower".
the more you know🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨
Lol I guess you will never feel the same again
Tails is easily the best character in the series. Love that little guy
Ngl, the end of Sonic X was probably the first time any kind of fictional story made me cry.
Yea, there was no need to do that to Tails...
🤔🤔🤔🤔goodbye windows xp
yea tails is the best sonic x character
@@spritesensation The most emotional, especially in the last episode...
Thank you
Everyone talks about how Tails was independent in SA/2 and how he is mistreated in Forces, but let's not forget how he tried to save the president and had the balls to try and team up with Shadow in STH.
Yes, I'm bringing that up.
tails before: i can save galaxy
tails now: i cant do anything without sonic
lol
True that
Oh my gosh they killed kenny! Butter
Yea that pretty much sums up the other me's
@@thememeprovider your right modern me
Can we appreciate how Tails’ voice is so adorable
I just wanna hug him
He's one of my favorites
Heh...
No.
W0w thx hehe-
@@-sonics_only_freind this was 2 years ago, you’re late
In my opinion I think Tails used to be Sonic's Partner not Sonic's Sidekick but it seems like Sega now a days Sega is trying to force Tails into being Sonic's sidekick.
Hoping the movie takes a different stance on this. Tails is the brains behind the operation and the games up to this point have done a great job highlighting that until Sonic Forces. So hopefully the fans feedback on that make Tails a better character in the future! He is indeed a partner
@@TheMentok If, hypothetically, we get adventure 3, I hope it follows the adventure series where Tails is actually powerful.
Adventure 1 is about him learning he can face threats alone, adventure 2, he takes a much more commanding position and is kinda cool, so I hope adventure 3, which will probably not happen, will expand on that.
But I'm pretty sure we won't be getting a continuation to what's pretty much the best 3d sonic games.
@Aristide BAUCHART From the trailers, it seems highly unlikely, but who knows.
@@TheMentok is the background in the beginning a show or not if so could you tell me the name it looks really cool! If not just tell me what it is thanks! And bye
@@K1ng2057 It's called Sonic mania adventures. It's a short series for Sonic Mania plus and all episodes are here on TH-cam.
Shouldn't take you more than 30 mins to watch
Tail's character development in Sonic X is great. I like how Eggman comes to acknowledge Tail's as a worthy adversary on his own.
This was also in SA2
@@Milkmanrules1032 Season 2 of Sonix X adapted the stories of SA1 & SA2 to include the Thorndyke family and friends.
@@VegarotFusion Yea I know that, I was just saying he was a equal to Eggman in SA2 and games after that also.
Lets say it sorta downgrades near lets say Unleashed. Though he wasn't "ruined" in my eyes just more of a side hero instead of a primary hero/partner.
That's how he has been ever sense.
Tails: Is a brave and independent hero
Also Tails in the latest game: Sonic, help me!
Coward rate has raised to 100%
Bravery rate has dropped to 0%
Ouch. Gonna need a senzu bean for that one.
@@JStryker47 Yeah
Oh my goodness looks like you need someone to do the 3D Sonic games now
What's worse is that if Classic Sonic didn't arrive, nothing would change in the story. Tails could've done all that alone and nothing would be different.
*SONIC, HELP ME* 😓😓😓
Literally 15 seconds into the video this guy deserve's all the support he can get, You earned it man
These comments keep me going
@@TheMentok Could you please do origin stories on Cream and Omega?
Let me know when you finish the video
Tails is actually my favorite character I think you should do Knuckles origin next
Check today’s upload :)
Tail's arc in Sonic X left a huge impact on me. It was the first time I cried during a cartoon as a kid.
Technically, Tails didn't independently LEARN how to use his tails to fly. Tail's taught Sonic the spindash (Which could be proven because Sonic didn't spindash in CD [Which, in cannon, happened before Sonic 2] like he does in later games) and in return, Sonic gave him the idea of using his twin-tails to fly
But Sonic _can_ spindash in CD. Hell, I forgot the peel-out existed until your comment made me look up his CD moveset.
Then how did he fly in Tails Adventure?
Tails can fly in Sonic 2
@@crosscharayt986 Tails adventure is before Sonic 2 though
Hey TC, you got proof of your statement? Seems pretty reworded.
One of the most underrated things about Sonic Adventure 1 is the alternate dialogue that plays out in shared scenes between stories.
Sonic and Tails share a lot of scenes in their stories with Eggman, and it's really great how in Sonic's story, Eggman's lines make him seem like a joke. But in Tails' story, the dialogue and tone used is much more threatening. It highlights each character's perspective of the same situation. To Sonic, Eggman is not a threat. But to Tails? Eggman is a scary villain. Which was perfect for Tails' story about overcoming his dependence on Sonic and facing Eggman by himself.
My man finally digging into the Archie comic. Honestly I could do a video in the future just saying 50% true things that happened and 50% making shit up on the fly and it wouldn’t matter because everyone except die hard Archie Sonic fans wouldn’t be able to tell if any of it was real or not. Actually, feel free to steal that idea lmao
I honestly don’t know who would fact check at this point 😂 Not sure how many Archie specialists are roaming around TH-cam. Maybe I can collab with that person so I don’t have to do the hard work
@@TheMentok I’m sure someone in the TH-cam comic book community would be quite knowledgeable on the subject. I’d point you to Comic Drake if already knew he didn’t know a lot about the comics
Tails is my favorite Sonic character. Thanks for talking about the little guy.
Definitely can't wait to see what he brings to the next Sonic movie :D
He is my favorite to
Awesome video man! Tails is my most favorite character from the franchise too! And wow as a casual fan, I never knew their were so many comics, timelines etc. Will the little guy ever catch a break and get the girl too? lol Keep up the great work man!
I love these character origin deep dives. Because I get to look at all the old Japanese flavor text in the manual that Sega never thought would amount to much 😂 And the comics are just wild so that’s a plus too. Good to see you still around man!
@@TheMentok Right! There's just so much rich and interesting history. No problem man, keep up the great work
I think I figured out why Tails breaks down in fear when attacked by Chaos, unprepared in the one cutscene in Sonic Forces.
Ever since Sonic 2, Tails and Sonic have been friends for decades, with Tails’ courage and bravery coming from Sonic’s emotional support. When Sonic gets knocked out cold by Infinite and co., Tails of course assumes Sonic died from all the blows he took. This of course caused Tails’ bravery to completely shatter, as his best friend and partner in heroism is no longer there to give Tails the emotional support he needs to put on a brave face, this being the the reason why Tails ducks down like a coward when attacked by Chaos, unprepared. Of course, when Classic Sonic saves Modern Tails from the water-and-chaos-energy-composed being the Classic Sonic hasn’t even met before, Tails regains most of that bravery. And when Tails found out that [Modern] Sonic was alive and well, he finally regains the rest of his bravery.
Except this ignores adventure 2s story where tails takes command once he thinks sonic dies. Tails can take care of himself without sonic.
@@Lord_Drogothag ngl, I’m not really a Sonic fan, and it was on Christmas 2021 when I started playing Sonic games. And I don’t have the vast majority of consoles needed to be able to play ALL of the games, so I didn’t play SA2.
Btw do you think Sega intended character development for Tails in Forces? I found it odd how it seemed like Classic Sonic felt like a little brother figure to Tails. Even if Tails isn't on the front lines he still gave him most of the orders and even seem to say he had trust in him here and there, through out the game. My theory gets even more possible when Tails cries when he leaves and when modern Sonic says "Cheer Up Tails, I'm sure we'll see him again!" I feel like Classic Sonic was supposed to develop his character and he honestly felt like a sidekick to modern Tails to a degree in my opinion at least, though I could be wrong this being a theory and all. What do you think about this?
Am I the only one who is noticing this? The bad writing makes it hard to spot and most people think Tails is just being the voice to Classic but I think it's deeper then just that.
This makes sense because Tails is supposed to be coping with depression through out the game and he even starts doing things more without Sonic later in the game.
I never grew on the sonic series, but I immediately saw Tails as my favourite.
In Aosth, Tails calls Sonic his “big brother.”
I’m glad you mentioned Tails adventure, bc I think it’s a pretty good game and nobody really knows about it.
The Sonic X ending is just perfect, even though it would be nice to have a 4th season maybe telling the events of Sonic 06 or Unleashed, it was good that it ended like that, making all characters evolve until the best versions of themselves
Really like that show would have been 10/10 if Chris wasnt there though
I wish you could have shown Tails finally going super when he gets the Super Chaos Emeralds in Sonic 3 Combined with Sonic & Knuckles
I’m surprised tails didn’t just straight up barrage the bullies with his tails, can you imagine what that would look like?
“Give me your lunch money-“
“Haha! Double tails go BRRRRR!!”
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”
funilly enough in sonic x he did in fact use his tails to beat the heck out of hawk
"Favorite two tailed fox". You missed the chance to quote, "Sonic's two tailed little friend"
I personally thought that in Forces Tails kinda regressed when sonic was thought to be dead. Not only that but he was caught by a copy of chaos and was totally unprepared for such an encounter to occur
And he never faced Chaos alone, remember.
Yes, you fought him alone if you played as Tails in Sonic Adventure --- but that was only because they didn't want to program Sonic to follow Tails for a single boss fight. Going by the full story we see, it seems Sonic, Tails and Knuckles together took on Chaos-4.
What's more, that was Tails's only fight with him! His other two boss fights were against Dr. Eggman.
According to the new first episode of "Tails Tube" (found on the official Sonic The Hedgehog TH-cam channel), Tails is confirmed to be from west side island (stated by Tails themselves).
Maybe he means that’s where he is now
@@Milkmanrules1032 You make a good point
I'm loving the One Piece in this vid.
A One Piece vid will pop up on this channel. I just need to figure out how I’m going to do it
It's long, but excellent. Easily the best adventure story ever created.
"Sonic is an absolute jerk in this comic"
"Jerk" doesn't explain THAT attitude. I was more so thinking... "Jackass."
He doesn;t know how to properly display affection, so it comes out as aggressiveness
He actually cares deeply for his friends, he just can't express it
@@BlueMageDaisen So, a nice guy who just comes off as a jackass? That makes sense.
@@Jrock24cantbebeat Yup, whenever he thinks he's lost someone he just collapses
Like when he though Amy and Tails were killed by Super Sonic and he became an alcoholic vagrant
Or when Tails (in a parallel reality where Sonic was never born) and Johnny actually did die and the guilt broke him for a while
Aww man, this was great! I was really looking for a nice foundation to get a good idea of the little floof’s origins and this was definitely it. Imo, he’s always going to be my favourite because something about his character seems to align more with emotional and mental maturing, than physical. It makes the series more complex to have this little oddball so close to the main. Especially with his brains and intellect- being the right hand man so young is an amazing feat.
Thanks for the vid! Here’s your sub~ ✨
When talking about tails and sonic origin, you could have talked about the Ok KO crossover which shows some depth about their relationship
No
I never noticed Miles Prower was a play on miles per hour. I feel dumb. 😩😫
Almost made a joke in the vid about how everyone should know this by now but took it out 😂
How have I been on this earth for 33 years and never once thought of that the whole time before?
@@Harkz0r presumably because Prower doesn’t look like it’s pronounced ‘per hour’, it looks like it’s pronounced ‘prow-er’; you wouldn’t say the front of a ship is called the ‘per ow’, so it’s not unreasonable to think the same with Prower. If you’re not expecting his name to be a pun in the first place you wouldn’t make the leap of logic to work it out. 🤷🏻♂️
I grew up in the UK watching "The adventures of sonic the hedgehog" VHS tapes, so for me I like the origin story you talk about at 4:59 haha :)
In the Archie comic, Jet the Hawk is indeed a Battlekukku renegade. (As is Beans the Dynamite. Because all birds... are related? I dunno.)
Great video! You're so underrated!!
If you read the book Console Wars by J Blake Harris they actually talk about Tails` back story. Although not cannon, the back story is actually the reason he goes by Miles "Tails" Prower. SEGA of Japan and SEGA of America clashed A LOT in the 90s, and SEGA of Japan insisted that the new character be named Miles Prower. SEGA of America hated it, thinking it was a terrible pun and wanted to call him tails. They settled this dispute by writing an origin story. The story was read to the heads of SEGA, and they reached a compromise. The characters real name was to be Miles Prower and would go by the nickname Tails. It made both parties happy and made the pun less noticeable. This is all confirmable!
I've always wondered if the whole tails hating his real name in the 90s cartoon was a nod to this.
"Sonic, help me!" That's a big booty. :)
I have literally never even played a single game with Sonic in it, but I loved this video. I just love game lore and it's a great video. I wondering if they make novelizations of video games. There are so many games I have no interest in playing but they have amazing stories.
1:46 Nobody touches the fox cub
wow this is my first time watching your channel and im already hooked
Love this comment. Welcome to the channel! There's a ton of content so I hope you enjoy :D
As one of the only fans of sonic forces I know there are quite a few flaws with the game but you also have to keep in mind that tails has done almost everything with sonic and only had like one adventure on his own and he basically went insane during that time where sonic was being tortured
This video made me want to go read all of the Archie comics and damn..... It's kinda bussin', ngl.
(Also, this Sonic universe was WAY more expansive than I thought.)
Every time I do one of these videos, I end up learning way more about Sonic than I intend 😂
I know it's not about the video but my favorite version of Tails is boom Tails because it shows every side of his character
At least he doesn't seem to be an absolute coward with no spine in Sonic 2 (the film)
Pretty wild that Sonic the Hedgehog movies being made in Hollywood in the modern day are currently the best rated video game movies, despite the games' rocky history.
0:07 FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AT LEAST HINTED AT WHAT THE PUN MEANT
I never understood it for years even when searching it everywhere online
I did not know this. Thanks for explaining it.
Except you forgot one MAJOR FACTOID: Miles was originally designed and drawn to be "female" and sonics eventual love interest, this idea however was redacted LITERALLY DAYS before the first issue of archie comics which meant the artists had to go back and de-feminise the fox PLUS rewrite all his lines in a VERY SHORT period of time.
*Buzzer noise* Looks like you fell for an Urban Legend of Zelda.
Okay, here's the scoop. Tails was originally designed as the very male Miles Prower the Tanuki by Yasushi "Judy" Yamaguchi in a company-wide "create Sonic's sidekick" contest (at the moment, the only other known entry was a turtle named Boomer, but that's neither here nor there). The character won the contest, but Sega realized a flying one-tailed tanuki would be considered ripping off Super Mario Bros. 3, so they asked Yamaguchi-san to change his species.
Miss Yamaguchi decided to go for the rival species of tanuki, Kitsune, and designed an orange fox with two tails, but kept his facial features the same, thus Miles Prower as we saw him in Sonic 2 was born.
However, this isn't the end! Sega had wanted to name the fox with the more marketable name "Tails the Fox", but Yamaguchi-san was insistant - so Sega came up with a comprimise. His legal name would be Miles Prower, but his nickname would be Tails, thus creating the character we know today.
TL;DR Tails was never meant to be female, this was a rumor created either based on the Love Song for an ending theme (ALl of Dreams Come True's songs were love songs, however) and/or from the Spanish Translation of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog referring to Tails as a female several times.
Tail's adventure explains the angel islands in sonic.exe. It is reawakened trama.
nice use of sound effects and memes for this vid👍
i like how you made this video after my birthday
Me when I get the sonic 2 8 bit bad ending: you see. There's a thing called... extra lives.
I feel like “Sonic! Help Me!” Is becoming a meme
I’ve only watched Somic X in Netflix, where there’s only two seasons. So videos like these help me catch up with the show in a way.
Old tails:I can fight my own I can do this
New tails:sonic help me
This is super underrated and needs more likes :(
I appreciate that 🥲 the likes help tremendously
This made me laugh so hard but when i was first in the sonic fandom i thought that tails was supposed to have a twin but the twin collided with tails, and that was how he got his tails. I dont know why I thought that but i was only in the fandom for 3 days soooooo.
Thank you Tails has been my favorite sonic character since the adventures of sonic the hedgehog I was so happy when they did him justice in Sonic x
4:58 you cant forget the classic 'thats no good'!
Imagine if a song from one of your other AMV’s gets used for the Sonic 2 trailer
Waiting for Paramount to take inspiration from me again 😂
@@TheMentok Well you do have the time stone, so you can go into the future and watch Sonic 2 for yourself
Bring old tails he is brave and never afraid can stand by their own and not a annoying brat
5:35 Also in Satam Tails says "I miss my mom." So unlike in other continuities, he at least knew his mom and wasn't an orphan.
Who knew a 8 year old fox would have 300 IQ ✨ Awsome ✨
I think tails lost all hope in himself when sonic “died”
4:32 tails just rick rolled me...
“Sonic, help me!” These were the words that shattered a universe…
Well done
Plz do a vid about Eggman next, thank you so much.
I’m totally for an Eggman video. While doing this video and Sonic’s, there are so many Eggman stories out there
@@TheMentok Don't forget dear Shadow.
See this is what upsets me about his character, he is my favorite character, but his character keeps being ruined, over, and over, … just… watch the video and you’ll understand, sometimes I wish I didn’t like him… sometimes
A similar thing happened to Luigi from Super Mario. Back then, Luigi had a greater reputation and wasn’t just known as Mario’s younger brother, but now he’s deemed as a coward and is constantly stuck in Mario’s shadow.
Not gonna lie the sidekick characters deserve better on a whole different level
I mean you covered Tails’ parental origins, but what about the other stuff concerning his origins? You know with The Ancient Walkers, Merlin, Mogul, the Chaos Emeralds, Titan Tails, and The Great Harmony?
The reason hes so smart is that In sonic X they explained human 1 year is their 1 month span.
This is depressing, I kinda expected for tails to be in the front lines of the battle in the game, a just overall the character's to be better, and more battle harden
Man, sonic really stole his girl like that
It was savage
Tails: I'm not scared... I'm not scared! I can do this
Mentok: *PUTS MLG HORN SOUND EFFECT*
Ngl, I just HAD to look up Tails’ full name to see if his name was for real what you just said. I still can’t even right now man. Imma go cry now thanks.
Tails is the cutest little fox :D
I think it would be interesting if they killed off an important sonic character
I don't blame you for New Leaf time travel. Still my favorite game in the series!
Fabulous video 😊😁👍👏🌟💖
im new and i already love your content
Welcome!
Tails' dad looks a bit like Antoine D'Coolette. 🤔
4:58 PINGAS
A man of culture over here
Sonic and Tails are one of the cutest duos ever
I feel like every version of the group is happening in alternate Zones and the most recent games is the Zone we are focusing on, and its definitely not the Prime Zone.
I wonder how sonic and tails will meet in the second sonic movie?
2 words. Ring. Portal
2:38 welcome to Australia
"What a twist" Still rent free in the head
10:13 “iS tHaT tHe hUmAn sOuLs fRoM uNdErTaLe?!?!?!”
Something i cant help but notice about classic sonic designs is that their gloves
Are bigger than there hands and moders designs fit perfectly with no gap
Could this mean they've been wearing the same size of gloves?
Tails is my favorite sonic character
“Sonic, help me!”
let's just say that Tails is the most loved character
Hope you reply, but what is the origin of the sprite animation at 0:54 ?
That’s the intro for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Game Gear. 🙌🏽
@@TheMentok Thanks. Did the master System version had it? I didn't remember seeing it before.
Sorry, it is from the Master System version, I got my games mixed up
@@TheMentok No prob.
Fleetway's depiction of Tails armored and defending his home dimension resembles the Sonic in Midieval times / King Arthur game, doesn't it?
8:14 kind of like Sonic for hire lol
Well at least it's quite the style for all things related,
Now I know why I never heard of Cosmo before until two years agoi.
5:32 what's this show?
puase quickly at 6:31, then compare. it looks funny lol
I’m only a few episodes into Sonic X Season 2, but watching something containing spoilers doesn’t ruin it for me. And this was 👌
He’s always gonna be my favorite character.
Is Tails a fan submitted character? I remember from somewhere that there was a contest and tails won. Idk. Mandela Effect maybe idk.
You’re close! So Sega used to do internal contests among their designers, not fan contests, to determine the best design for the next character. Yasushi Yamaguchi won out with Tails. He’d have input in a lot of games for Sega at the time back in the 90s.
@@TheMentok ah, thank you. I needed that.