Tails Doll

The Tails Doll (also known as Project "Deadly Cuddles" and "Operation Deadly Cuddles") is a doll version of Tails built by Dr. Eggman.

"Operation Deadly Cuddles"
Tails Doll was sent into New Mobotropolis by Dr. Eggman, armed with a nanite disruptor that appeared to be a red gemstone. It was picked up by Cream the Rabbit during Titan Metal Sonic's assault on the city. Thinking it was just a doll that somebody had dropped in the panic, Cream decided to hold onto it until she could return the doll to its owner. (StH: #231, CSE).

Later, when Cream became a member of Team Freedom, her mother, Vanilla, held onto the doll for her during the team's inauguration. The doll then emitted a strange sphere of energy around itself in a large area, unbeknownst to anyone else, which seemed to make the Nanites inside of the area disappear. This caused a nearby building to begin falling over, but Rotor Walrus, the leader of Team Freedom, quickly, tactically, and successfully ordered the team to stop the impending danger before anyone in the crowd could get hurt. (StH: #236).

During Dr. Eggman's invasion of New Mobotropolis, when the Death Egg hit the city's shield, Eggman revealed that Tails Doll was supposed to infiltrate and taken care of the city's defenses. It was also intended as something of an insult to Tails, as opposed to the more formidable looking Metal Tails. At that moment, Tails Doll reported in that it was moving into position and it lead to New Mobotropolis' shield generator in the power plant on its own. It used the nanite disruptor on its head to melt the shield generator, causing the shield to disappear and allowing Dr. Eggman to infiltrate New Mobotropolis successfully. (STH: #240, CSE).

Later when Mina and the Forget Me Knots attempted to hold a concert to inspire people to want NICOLE back, the Tails Doll sneaked away from Cream and secretly used the gem on its head to destabilize the stage, causing it to collapse, Mina and her band were saved by Team Freedom, Mina then used this event to convince the people that they need NICOLE to keep the city stable. (StH: #241)

Background Information

 * Tails Doll is based off the character from Sonic R.
 * The Tails Doll made a cameo in the first story of STH #134, at a concert of Mina's.
 * Writer Karl Bollers intended to use Tails Doll as an antagonist in the series following Sonic's year long absence in space. Tails Doll would have been built by an amnesiac Nate Morgan to serve Metal Sonic. The plans were dropped after Bollers left the comic following STH #134.
 * Many people make up violent stories about Tails Doll on the Internet. His scary nature appears to be reflected by some off-panels where it scares Tails or Cheese while Cream isn't looking, it was evidenced even further in a recent "Sonic-Grams", in which the person answering the letters said he couldn't mention how Tails Doll would impact the story because he was "too scared".

Trivia

 * The The Complete Sonic Comic Encyclopedia lists the Tails Doll as part of the Metal Series, but this is unlikely as the Tails Doll was created before the Metal Series made their debut appearance.