Sonic's animal friends are the small creatures that are used to power Badniks. The concept of using animals to power robots is less frequent.

Although only a small number of animal friends are named (that is, one character per depicted species), numerous animals appeared as captives either in badnik shells or in Egg Capsules. Sonic's animal friends all have large families, and that it is the family members who must be rescued. This was never depicted in any Sonic publication, however.

List of animal friends Edit

Introduced Edit

Sprites	Species	Name
	Bluebird	Flicky
	Rabbit	Johnny Lightfoot
	Penguin	Tux
	Chicken	Chirps
	Squirrel	Sally Acorn
	Pig	Porker Lewis
	Walrus	Joe Sushi
	Bear	Becky
	Eagle	Locky
	Monkey	Wocky
	Turtle	Tocky
	Mouse	?