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Her Royal Highness, Princess Sally of Mobius (Sally Acorn or Princess Sally Alicia Acorn) is a fictional character appearing in the North American Sonic the Hedgehog
cartoons (commonly referred to by fans as SatAM) in 1994 and Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comics.

In Archie's comic Sally is considered to be part chipmunk (on her mother's side) and part squirrel (her father's side). In DiC's Sonic the Hedgehog
she's considered to be a ground squirrel. Incidentally, squirrels and chipmunks are a part of the same family in the animal kingdom - in fact, the sub-category of ground squirrels includes chipmunks.

Beyond DiC's cartoon series and Archie's comic, Sally has appeared in STI's Sonic Spinball for Sega Genesis as a non-playable character in a bonus stage, and has made cameo appearances in Sonic Christmas Blast and Fleetway's Sonic the Comic as well as a pre-design Sally in the "Before SatAM" cartoon of which was never aired.

SatAM Sally

In SatAM, Sally is the leader of the Freedom Fighters. She holds feelings of love/possessiveness (its debatable amongst the fanbases) for Sonic the Hedgehog, the hero who fought with Antoine Depardieu (D'Coolete was Antoine's surname in the Archie series) for the prize (Sally) to be won so to speak. Sally is also something of a mother to Tails (Sally acts like a mother or an older sister to Tails, because her and Sonic seem to share parent roles over Tails, and usually she puts Tails to bed) and a "girlfriend" for Bunnie Rabbot. Sally is trying to defeat Doctor Robotnik and to free her father, the King.

It has been speculated that initially, Princess Sally would be the adapted version of SEGA's Ricky Squirrel, one of Sonic's small furry friends. One of the biggest supports of the claim would include the fact a lot of the Freedom Fighters are animals that are the same types as the small furry animals, and are quite similar in design in the pre SatAM cartoon. The Fleetway STC version of the Princess also resembles Ricky tremendously save a difference in color, and has a similar role to his in the games. Of course, in SatAM and beyond (Save Fleetway, and SoJ related games), Ricky would be given a gender change and be given the title "Princess Sally of the House of Acorn". In SatAM, Sally is voiced by Kath Soucie. SatAM's version of Sally tends to be the most popular of her incarnations, although some who dislike her claim that SatAM Sally is a typical Mary Sue archetype. Generally, Sally's character is portrayed in SatAM as far more jovial character than the more politically and formally motivated Sally featured in the Archie comic.

In Season Two, Sally is given black pupils in the middle of her blue eyes (as in the above picture) which she did not have in Season One. She also gets a vest, though evidently it doesn't have any pockets because she still carries around her portable computer, NICOLE, attached to one of her boots (previously her only attire.)

Archie Sally

In the Archie comics, Sally originally held a lot of characteristics her cartoon counterpart did (though she was colored pink in early issues, a design used only in the unaired pilot for SatAM - as of issue 16, she adopted the proper SatAM look). However, the Archie comic has lasted longer than the television series and has added background and relations to Sally that some consider the two to be separate versions.

Sally is currently about 17 years old (according to Ken Penders) and is the Daughter of King Acorn and Queen Alicia Acorn. She is also the younger sister of Elias Acorn, sister in law to Elias' wife Meg and aunt of Alexis Acorn. She is the heiress to the throne of the royal family, next in line after Elias Acorn (according to Ken Penders). Alexis, being his stepchild was barred from a chance at the throne, and Elias has made clear in issue #121 that he didn't want his children involved in a life of politics.

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