Espio the Chameleon

Template:CharacterSheet Espio the Chameleon is a 16-year-old chameleon. He's 3'7" tall, and weighs 79.2 lbs. He is a calm, disciplined ninja. Prior to Sonic Heroes, he was the only detective of the bunch, and nowadays he is the Chaotix Detective Agency's speed member. He owns what are possibly the biggest shuriken known to man and can render his skin to match the environment around him, making him completely invisible. He prefers to use his cloaking abilities for combat or espionage, but sometimes Vector and Charmy may require Espio to use it for thievery, which he dislikes. He also seems to be quite good with computers, although he states that hacking isn't exactly his specialty. Espio's main interests include camping and battle training. One thing he strongly dislikes, though, is Eggman (One can presume that most Sonic characters dislike the evil doc, but Espio's particularly strong loathing of Eggman is stated in the Japanese Chaotix manual).

Espio first appeared in Knuckles' Chaotix. It has been speculated that he was originally meant to be the games main star. He later appeared in the arcade game Sonic the Fighters (Sonic Championship). He also appeared in Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog.

In the Archie comic, Espio is a bona fide hothead, which causes friend Charmy to remind him of his manners. In Sonic the Comic, he is a friendly (or sometimes not so friendly) rival to Mighty.

In Shadow the Hedgehog, he helps out in the Mad Matrix level and the Mad Matrix Egg Breaker boss battle.

Voice Actors

• Yuuki Masuda (SH+)

• Bill Corkery (SH)

• David Wills (SonX, ShTH)

Trivia

• Strangely enough, Espio states in Sonic Heroes (during the Egg Emperor battle) that it was "nothing personal", and that he was fighting against Robotnik because it was "strictly business". This is one of many instances in Sonic Heroes that contradict things that were stated in the Knuckles' Chaotix manual(s), or the game itself.