Hope Kintobor


 * If you are looking for the Mobius: X Years Later version of Hope, see Hope Kintobor (MxYL).

Hope Kintobor is a young female Overlander and the step-daughter of Colin Kintobor, niece of Julian Kintobor (aka Dr. Robotnik) and step-sister of Snively. Hope journeyed alongside her father with a large group of Overlanders through space to find a new home following the end of the Great War. During their journey, Hope, while in stasis, learned of the history of conflict between their peoples, but unlike other Overlanders, did not feel the same hostility towards the Mobians. After returning to Mobius, Hope was amongst the group of Overlanders which was deceived by Dr. Eggman (a version of Colin's brother from another dimension) into moving to Robotropolis. Hope always felt as though her "uncle" was hiding something, and this proved true when it was revealed Eggman planned on roboticizing everyone. Hope then was taken in by the Kingdom of Knothole and for a time lived with them, until Snively convinced her to move to Station Square to avoid being caught up in the upcoming invasion. Hope returned after Knothole was destroyed in her custom made plane, attacking the Egg Fleet and telling Snively she planned on fighting him and Eggman and hoping to one day bring back honor to the Kintobor name. She later returned to the United Federation and joined its military force as a mechanic.

Travels Through Space
Following the Overlander defeat, Colin and most of the citizens of Megapolis left the planet to explore space in search of a new home; Hope was only two years old at this time. During their travels between worlds, Hope spent most of her time in stasis, learning about their people's history. (StH: #108)

Return to Mobius
Hope was among the first Overlanders to arrive back on Mobius following their narrow escape from an encounter with a Xorda vessel (an event that would lead to the planet-wide battle against a Xorda in which Sonic nearly died). Hope was frightened by a battle between Sonic the Hedgehog and Monkey Khan, and fled with her people into Robotropolis, where they lived in safety from the "furry menace". Eventually, the lifelessness of the city motivated Hope to break curfew and explore, only to turn back, terrified, upon finding a Robian. (StH: #92, #93, #94, #124)

Frightened by this, Hope slowly felt as though her uncle was hiding something, and had something to do with the roboticized Mobian she encountered. Eventually she convinced her grandmother to discuss the matter with her father, though this came too late. Dr. Eggman revealed his plans to roboticize all of the Overlanders, as they had been exposed to toxic radiation poisoning and would die without treatment. Lady Agnes had her granddaughter run, delaying Eggman long enough for Hope to hide in the city. When Lady Agnes was put on TV screens throughout the city and Eggman threatened to roboticize her unless Hope turned herself in, she came out of hiding so she could be captured, only to witness her grandmother be roboticized anyways. Before the Shadowbots could take her prisoner, Sonic and the Knothole Freedom Fighters arrived on the scene. After explaining that Eggman allowed everyone to be exposed to the toxic radiation, the remaining Overlanders left the city. (StH: #105)

Living with the Mobians
After spending time in Knothole amongst the Mobians, Hope realized how peaceful and friendly they were. While the other Overlanders were taken in by Station Square as refugees, Hope pleaded with Princess Sally to be allowed to stay. Sally, as well as her mother and father, agreed after reading a letter from Hope in which she detailed her life's history. (StH: #108)

Hope enjoyed a happy life in Knothole, making many friends, especially Shadow the Hedgehog (who became her behind-the-scenes guardian due to her resemblance to the late Maria whom he considered to be family). When Hope was accidentally transported by Locke to a secret location where he'd hoped to convince Shadow to work with him to locate the missing Brotherhood of Guardians, Hope pleaded with Locke to let Shadow go. When Shadow nearly killed Locke, she told him she felt more afraid of him than of the Echidna, and that just because Locke had hurt him didn't excuse Shadow to hurt Locke back. Shadow fled after this, finally accepting that she was not Maria. (StH: #145)

During the Metal Sonic Troopers attack on Knothole, Hope was wounded after one of the 'bots was sent flying back and struck her in the head. This enraged Shadow, who still saw Hope as a link to his past, and thus he threatened to kill Sonic should she die. After the two fought, Rosie convinced them to stop their bickering and get Hope medical attention. She was soon put under the care of Dr. Quack and made a full recovery. (StH: #158, #159)



Hope even reconciled with Snively during his several weeks in Knothole after joining the Brain Trust, forgiving him for helping Eggman roboticize their father and grandmother. Because he was family, Hope deeply considered his advice on finding a place in the new Overlander cities in the United Federation. Eventually, she left Knothole in her hand-built fighter plane to visit the new human cities to see if it was right for her. (StH: #162)

Return
After spending time amongst the humans, Hope realized she belonged in Knothole with the Mobians. When she returned, she was horrified to see Knothole in ruins, as the Eggman Empire had just destroyed the entire village. When the Egg Fleet began their attack on New Mobotropolis, where all of the Mobians had been transported to thanks to NICOLE, Hope used her fighter plane to attack the Egg Fleet. Hope contacted Snively, who was commanding the Egg Fleet, and explained how betrayed she felt by him, feeling that the Mobians would never accept her again because she left them on Snively's behest. She ended the conversation saying she wouldn't rest until she put an end to Snively and Eggman's tyrrany, hoping to restore some honor to the Kintobor name. This brought Snively to tears, and likely prevented him from ordering the Egg Fleet to destroy her air craft. (StH: #177)

Employed by G.U.N.
Hope survived the battle, returning to the United Federation and working as an agent for G.U.N. as a mechanic. She assisted in Shadow the Hedgehog's mission to travel to the Special Zone by building a Zone-Breaching Platform, though she wasn't sure where exactly it would send him, leading to Shadow arriving in the wrong zone. Eventually, Shadow managed to return to Mobius Prime with a Chaos Emerald, with Hope and Commander Abraham Tower both praising Shadow for successfully completing the mission. (StH: #195 SU: #1)

Hope later managed to fix the transporter so it would now to the Special Zone and announced this to Shadow and Rouge the Bat after Shadow had managed to recruit a robot of her "uncle's", the powerful E-123 Omega, who Hope found interesting because of its mass amount of weaponry. (SU: #3)



Hope then managed to transport Shadow and Rouge to the Special Zone, where they encountered Feist who said they must earn a Chaos Emerald by completing a challenge. Due to Feist taking away Shadow's Chaos Control abilities, the duo failed and were sent back to G.U.N. HQ. Shadow then walked out of the lab were Hope's transporter was, and she later met up with him on the outside of Guardian Mountain, saying the view of Capital City was great from up there, and that you could see Soleanna on a clear day. She tries to comfort Shadow, but he says that as the "ultimate lifeform," he was not meant to fail. Hope then says he has a good excuse because he went up against a "panda-god-thing," but she was merely coaxed into leaving Knothole by Snively and came back to find it destroyed, leaving her filled with shame and unable to face Sonic and the others again. Shadow puts a comforting hand on her shoulder and says no one could have seen Eggman's attack coming, and that Snively had actually saved her by doing what he did, and now she was doing more good than ever by helping the United Federation. Hope then tells Shadow that if she hasn't failed, then neither has he, because now he knows how Feist works and can plan ahead for his next confrontation. Hope then embraces Shadow saying that he'll take care of the bad guys while she makes things, and has him promise that they'll be OK in the end, which makes Shadow think of Maria. Hope then teleported the newly formed Team Dark to the Special Zone, but didn't understand the name they were given, and when she asked Commander Tower why he chose it, he merely said it would be evident in time. The trio managed to steal the emerald from Feist, and Hope ran up and hugged Shadow upon his return. (SU: #4)

Personality
Hope is a caring, wise, and thoughtful girl, whose kind and righteous nature makes it hard for her to have grudges. She has some slight naivete due to the fact that she was in stasis when she was two and was not released until they landed in Mobius some years later.

Inventions

 * Hope's Aircraft
 * Zone-Breaching Platform

Background Information

 * In Sonic the Hedgehog #93, Colin Kintobor stated that Hope was his step-daughter. However, in Sonic the Hedgehog #177, Hope claims that Snively is her half-brother. Ian Flynn corrected this by re-confirming Hope as Snively's step-sister in Sonic Universe #4.
 * Hope's age is extrapolated from a statement she made in Sonic the Hedgehog #108 that she was two years old when the Overlanders left Mobius, which happened 12 years prior to the current year of 3237.

Appearance
Hope is a young Overlander girl with blond hair and blue eyes. She initially wore a bulky grey or blue spacesuit and later took on more casual attire in the form of a light blue hoodie, dark blue pants and shoes. Because of the colour of her hair and eyes (and possibly her attire) she bears some resemblance to Maria Robotnik; however, it should be noted that while this resemblance has been brought up in-story, Hope made her debut months before the release of Sonic Adventure 2, in which Maria first appeared. Hope is later seen wearing black overalls with a red or orange turtleneck shirt and boots.