Tikal the Echidna

Tikal (ティカル Tikaru) is a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She is an anthropomorphic echidna spirit, and a former member of the Knuckles Clan who resided in the Mystic Ruins 3,000 years ago. She is also the daughter of Chief Pachacamac.

In her youth, Tikal lived in a period of war where she opposed her father's warmongering ways. During this time, she befriended the local Chao and their guardian Chaos. When Chaos went on a destructive rampage after her father attempted to steal the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald, Tikal stopped Chaos by sealing it inside the Master Emerald with her own spirit. In the present era, Tikal was released when Dr. Eggman planned to use Chaos to take over the world, where she aided Sonic the Hedgehog and his allies. After Chaos was calmed, Tikal left with it to live in peace.

Official media

 * Elara Distler
 * Rebecca Honig (Sonic X)

Fanon (Exclusively in Idea Wiki)

 * Auli'i Cravalho (James Cameron's Sonic Cinematic Universe; voice and motion capture)
 * Laura Bailey (Sonic and the Tomb Raider)
 * Michelle Ruff (Sonic Presents... Chao in Space)
 * Alanna Ubach (Sonic: Rebirth (Sonic: Across Mobius and Sonic and His Freedom Fighters) and Stuffed Sonic)

Iago PUC

 * Tikal appears as a supporting character in Sally and the Freedom Fighters, voiced and motion-captured by Auli'i Cravalho.
 * Tikal appears in Netflix's Sonic and the Tomb Raider, voiced by Laura Bailey. While most of her origins remain the same as in Sonic Adventure, Tikal and her tribe have history with the rulers of Atlantis, as she witnessed in horror as Natla unleashed Chaos to wipe out the Echidna Tribe and usurp Tihocan and Qualopec, who then sealed Chaos away and banished Natla from Atlantis. As a means of condolence over the issuing chaos, Tihocan and Qualopec offered Tikal a place in Natla's throne as Queen of Atlantis, with Tikal soon declaring peace between Atlantis and the Echidna Tribe. In Present day, Tikal reappears as a spirit, occasionally mentoring Sonic the Hedgehog and Lara Croft in their adventures, and showing them visions of the past, including the ones about Natla's true nature and origins.
 * Tikal appears in Sonic Presents... Chao in Space, voiced by Michelle Ruff. She appears as a spirit and major supporting character in the story of the game's fictional titular movie. Behind the scenes, Tikal is portrayed by Lyla the Echidna (also voiced by Ruff), a young female Echidna and aspiring actress who was noted by Sonic and his friends to look and sound very much like the Tikal they met in their visions.
 * Both Tikal and Lyla also appear in the game's comic book prequel series Behind the Scenes. Tikal initially appears in the flashbacks of her video game appearances, on which Sonic and his friends remember their encounters with her in visions of the past during their battles with Tikal. Considering adding her to their fictional movie Chao in Space, Amy Rose was about to call some young Echidna actresses for the role, until she eventually accepted Lyla the Echidna, whose looks, voice and personality matched Tikal perfectly, and enough to fit her to the role. In the final issue, after performing flawlessly in the movie, Lyla is well-praised for her performance by the crew, as well as the spirit of Tikal herself.

Joint Ideas

 * Tikal appears in the Sonic: Rebirth franchise, voiced by Alanna Ubach in Sonic and His Freedom Fighters.
 * Tikal appears in Stuffed Sonic, voiced by Alanna Ubach.
 * A version of Tikal appears in Sonic: Guardian of Mobius.
 * A version of Tikal appears in Sonic S.