Princess Sally Acorn

"This article is about the character Sally Acorn. If you are looking for the Animal Friend from Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), see Animal Friends."

Princess Sally Acorn is a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. She notably appears in the Archie Comics and Sonic SatAM, but has also made minor cameos in Sonic Spinball and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. In the series, Sally lives in a in a post-Robotnik Mobius and is a Freedom Fighter despite her royalty. She is often accompanied by her AI companion, Nicole, and a band of Freedom Fighters.

Years ago, Robotnik served as the advisor of Sally's father, King Acorn. He was secretly planning to overthrow him, and when the time was right, banished her father into a dimension called the Special Zone (Known as the Void in SatAM). Before this, she had a normal childhood and grew up with her friend Sonic the Hedgehog, who she later falls in love with. Presently, her goals are to overthrow Robotnik and find her father.

Appearances
Sally is a mobian chipmunk with dark auburn hair that connects to the stripe going down her back and ending on her tail. Her face has a lighter brown patch in which her large blue eyes are settled. Her clothes consist of black shorts with white rimming, dark blue boots with white outlines on the buckles, and white gloves with her Ring-Blades. She wears a closed blue vest with a black crop-top hidden underneath. Her tan-colored underbelly can be seen in the her midriff.

A younger Sally wore an outfit inspired by her younger self from the SatAM episode "Blast to the Past, Part 1" though with the addition of white gloves. She has also been seen in white pajamas decorated with acorn designs. When she was slightly older, she started wearing her hair (now shorter) in a ponytail, and sported an open blue vest with a collar, with a black tube-top underneath, black sports pants held up by a white belt with a square, golden buckle, and wore a pair of blue and white sneakers.

Personality
Sally is strong-minded and is very opinionated mobian. She is often logical and focused with a playful side and prefers to plan ahead in almost all situations. She often takes the role of a leader, not only in directing and organizing people en masse but also through mediation and offering suggestions or compromises to difficult situations.

Despite being a princess, Sally is a bit of a "tomboy", not hesitating to get into rough or messy situations if needed and does not typically dress regally or act as a damsel, but rather acts as a fighter.

Sally is known to be kind but headstrong and has a tendency to put too much pressure on herself to react in the most wise way. She can be somewhat insecure at times and should she think herself to have failed or misjudged a situation in the past, she will often have tremendous self-doubts in herself at the frustration of her perceived inability.

Sally's attitude towards her title of the princess of the Acorn Kingdom is one of duty; she is a firm leader with a strong sense of justice and a warm heart, and loves her people and strives to do the best she can for them. She is very caring as well and shows passion, bravery and determination, often remaining undeterred by setbacks, and goes out of her way to make sure her friends are safe and happy. While inwardly compassionate, she can often come off as confrontational, overbearing, hard, sardonic and condescending when stifled enough. When her emotions are open however, she is often only protective of her friends, constantly worried about their well being in the field.