Jules Hedgehog

Jules Hedgehog is the husband of Bernadette Hedgehog, brother of reknowned scientist Sir Charles Hedgehog and father of world-famous Freedom Fighter and hero Sonic the Hedgehog. During his time of service to the Acorn Kingdom Army's Special Forces Team during the Great War, Jules was fatally injured, forcing him to become the first ever Mobian in history to go through Charles' latest and greatest creation; the Roboticizer, to save his life, though could never hope to return to normal due to his lingering injuries. In recent years Jules had been reunited with his son and family and, despite being the last Robian, continues to be the father Sonic lacked for many years.

The First Robian
Jules had been fatally wounded in the Great War on a skermish mission, and with no alternative to save his brother's life, Charles put him in to his Roboticizer to save him, unaware that Julian Kintobor had tampered with the machine. Robbed of his free will, Jules was rendered a mindless tool that Robotnik had the audacity to manipulate into roboticizing Bernadette. (StH: #77, #78, #79)

Reunited with Sonic
Years later, Charles regained his free will through the help of Sonic and his friend. Following this he sought out his brother and helped to restore his free will, along with that of Bernadette and others. Those who had their free will restored joined an underground network in Robotropolis to help the Freedom Fighters against Robotnik. (SSS #2)

After Robotnik's demise, Jules and the rest of the "Robians" (roboticized Mobians) hid in the slums of Robotropolis. Soon afterward, he met his son for the first time in roughly ten years. Unfortunately, Jules had a rough time being a father, as his brother Charles is Sonic's established father figure. Shortly after being reunited with his parents, Sonic was quite embarrassed with Jules for calling Sonic by his middle name "Maurice," right in front of Knuckles and Antoine. While Sonic followed Antione to try and shut him up, Knuckles explained to Jules that he sympathizes with this ordeal as he has his own share of family problems. (StH: #53, SSS #2)

The relationship continued to be rocky at times, as being kept in the dark about their fates not only made Sonic mistrust his parents, but his Uncle Chuck as well. It got so bad that Ixis Naugus used that to fan the flames of mistrust with Maximillian Acorn, and nearly started a civil war. (StH #54, SSS #4).

Despite all these problems, Sonic would rely on help from his parents at one point. When Robo-Robotnik returned and re-enslaved all of the Robians, Jules and Bernie were unaffected due to a ring-based gift Sonic had given them, with help from Chuck and Nate Morgan. When Robo-Robotnik had Sonic cornered aboard his space station and gloated about his triumph, Jules and Bernie revealed that they still had their free will, distracting Robo-Robotnik long enough for Sonic, Jules and Bernie to retreat. Still this incident - combined with the temporary loss of Uncle Chuck and Muttski - would cause Sonic to fear for their safety. (StH #73, #75, #80)

Adding to to his problems, Jules is the last remaining Robian who has not been de-roboticized; when the aliens known as the Bem used their technology to de-roboticize everyone on the planet, Jules remained the only Robian trapped in his robotic state — excluding Bunnie Rabbot, who had previously replaced her roboticized parts for regular cybernetics for health reasons. Sonic found out that due to his war injuries sustained before being roboticized, de-roboticizing Jules would prove fatal. (StH #123, #129, #134)

Being roboticized did not make him invunerable though. When Dr. Eggman sent an Auto-Automation disguised as Tommy Turtle to Knothole, Jules's audio sensors picked up a possible assassination attempt, and he confronted the infiltrator, only for the robot to drill a gaping hole through his key circuits. After destroying the fake turtle, Sonic took Jules's body to Chuck, only for Chuck to conclude that Jules's life force was gone. Just as Chuck pronounced Jules dead, Sonic remembered the Lake of Rings. Noting the time, Sonic raced to the lake, swiped a Power Ring, and used it to bring Jules back from the dead. (StH #136).

Recent Activities
Jules, NICOLE, and Bunnie were unknowingly infiltrated by nanites under the control of A.D.A.M. at the behest of Eggman, presumably for intelligence-gathering. A.D.A.M. later uses Jules in his own plan, which is set in motion when Jules kidnaps Tails and brings him to a huge 'city' built by the Nanites. Jules is then instructed to self-destruct once his task is complete, but Jules takes advantage of a loophole in the order in that A.D.A.M. didn't tell him when to self-destruct. He is able to hold off the process until A.D.A.M. is destroyed and his influence over Jules and the others is over. (StH #159, #168-169)