#Jackal Squad

[mementhis]

You traitor. You will doom us all.

How I wish he appeared more in the comics.

#sth #sonic #infinite the jackal #jackal squad #idw cover #fake cover #fanmade #sonic forces #my art

[autisminfinite]

was there an official confirmation of which jackal squad member was which? i've always thought of the one with the green bandana as uno but i think you're the second person i've seen call hin quatre

i thiiink the names came from a tweet a guy who worked on the renders for sonic forces did of the jackal squad?? let me check the wiki real quick

YEAH its on the web archive right here

the first image i saved when the tweet was still up

#asks #jackal squad #duex is my fave he looks fruity

[venoful]

my headcanons for some of the jackal squad members! yes they are all siblings in my head (SEGA WHY DIDNT YOU GIVE THEM ANY LORE OTL)

#infinite the jackal #sonic forces #jackal squad #sonic the hedgehog #sonic fanart #infinite fanart #sonic forces fanart #i cant draw swords mb

[engie-the-profit]

infinites 121-130. disrespecting infinite is one of my favourite pastimes. hes a loser and a fraud, jail for one thousand years

part 1 part 10 part 11 part 12

#engies daily dogs #my art #infinite the jackal #sth #sonic forces #jackal squad #the milk post is forever one of my favourite things ive ever drawn #infinite plushie deserves hell for being so silly

[theangrycomet-art]

Sonic Underground Reprise: Jackal Squad

Sonic Underground🤝 Sonic Forces; cool premise with potential, bad execution

Order from Left to Right: Quatre, Trois, Duex, Uno, and Vee/Zero/Infinite

Notes:

nomadic, with several bases across the region

their numbers are code names, though they all prefer these to their real names

the five grew up in Madame Fairweather's Sanctuary for Troubled Boys until they ran away together (roughly 10 years ago)

they would throw eachother off a cliff but if anyone else messses with them they are roadkill

100% success rate for their missions

Not Pro-Robotnik, not Anti-Robonik, but a secret 3rd thing (Pro-Getting-Paid)

Occasionally hired by the Azcan tribe for assistance

Uno

22, he/him

medic

weapon of choice: shuriken

Frontman, new clients believe Uno is the leader

Vee/Zero's right hand man, the one he goes to for advice

the most levelheaded of the group

mediator

charismatic, could talk you out of your shoes

the mom friend (to his sqaud only)

Duex

21, they/he

the explosives specialist

weapon of choice: explosive, hatchet

lost their right ear as a child as "punishment" for accidentally breaking a stain glass window

blew themself on their last mission, hence the bandages (their fine)

pyromaniac

he's like Vinny from Atlantis

Trois

18, she/her (trans)

tech expert, locksmith

weapon of choice: custom blaster

low tolerance for active stupidity/liars

tends to fiddle with what ever her latest project is when idle

gets very excited to show her skills/projects

easily frustrated when her devices/plan don't work, but unbearably smug when they do

break her stuff and she will break you

Quatre

14, he/him

the wild card

weapon of choice: twin energy(?) daggers

no filter/calls it like he sees it

a bit of a klepto, the others don't care as long as he's not stealing from them and doesn't screw up the mission

excitable and reckless, often has to be pulled out scrapes, usually Vee

Do NOT call him the baby, he will steal your kneecaps

daggers were a gift from Vee after his first successful solo mission

Vee/Zero

19, he/him

"the Boss", tank

weapon of choice: scarlet scimitar

Vee was Zero's original codename, but he changes it to Zero when his squad's killed

best cook of the group

selfish bastard, always has to be the one to finish off the fight

possessive, very protective of what's his (or what he views to be his)

this includes his squad

heterochromia, though his right eye was damaged as a child during an attempted kidnapping

red onyx necklace was a gift from his boyfriend (part of a matching set)

#Sonic #STH #Sonic the Hedgehog #Sonic Underground Reprise #Sonic Underground #Sonic Forces #Jackal Squad #Infinite the Jackal #Zero the Jackal #Quatre the Jackal #Trois the Jackal #Duex the Jackal #Uno the Jackal #Character Redesign #TheAngryComet ART #Headcannons #AU Lore

[totaleclipse573]

Random headcanons for today, just because!

Sonic, Tangle and Eclipse all have ADHD

Amy has hidden magical abilities (as shown through her tarot card reading and her ability to turn invisible in 06)

Metal Sonic is a roboticized Sonic from a bad future, which is why he claims to be “the real Sonic” (Not my own headcanon but I like it)

Marine has hydrokinesis

Eclipse and Infinite are both insomniacs

The jackal squad were all siblings

Knuckles could be a great father figure to Eclipse

Silver has a fear of uncontrolled fires. With Blaze its fine, but wildfires freak him out

Shadow actually has a hidden art talent

Blaze and Espio are south asian/have south asian heritage

Starline received little to no attention as a child

Rouge’s parents were gemologists

Due to Shadow and Eclipse’s mental connection, they can sometimes see each other's dreams, or nightmares. They usually keep a pact to not talk to anyone but each other about them, but Eclipse sometimes yells out Shadow’s particularly embarrassing dreams, just to mess with him

Silver is vegan

Eclipse, like the rest of the Black Arms, has no idea what lightning is, and he’s very much afraid of it, though he’ll never admit that openly.

The Dark Arms are able to somehow sense whether a person is good or bad, or whether or not they can be trusted.

And there you go! Feel free to give your opinions on these headcanons!

#sonic the hedgehog #sth #sonic fandom #eclipse the darkling #shadow the hedgehog #tangle the lemur #amy rose #amy sonic #metal sonic #marine the raccoon #infinite the jackal #zero the jackal #jackal squad #knuckles the echidna #knuckles sonic #silver the hedgehog #blaze the cat #blaze sonic #espio the chameleon #espio sonic #doctor starline #dr starline #starline the platypus #starline #rouge the bat #rouge sonic #headcanon #headcannons #sonic headcanons

[xdraonarts]

local dog gets offered copious amounts of power, what happens next will shock you!

look at me finally doing some episode shadow art i totally havent been stuck on this arc for like months nuh uhhhhh

#art #sonic #sth #fanart #sonic fanart #infinite the jackal #infinite #jackal squad #eggman #dr eggman #the phantom ruby #clinging shades au #episode shadow #sonic au #sonic forces

[deaddreaddraggo]

Here's some Jackal Squad ref sheets I made for them while Im still trying to think up some ideas for comics.

I know they apparently are named after numbers but i think those are just code names. Here are the names that I've come up with for them

Uno - Ace

Trois - Damira "Tempest"

Duex - Barron

Quatre - Quinn

Personal head cannons for their roles in the squad:

Ace is the wild card of the group, Damira is an ex- helicopter pilot (hence her other name "Tempest"), Barron Is a Boxer/wrestler and Quinn Is the Weapons engineer

There will be much more Jackal Squad brain rot because honestly they deserve so much more than off screen deaths :(

#infinite the jackal #jackal squad #sonic fanart #sonic the hedgehog #this is only the beginning of my brainrot #back at it drawing on the 3ds #cuz i draw faster on it

[nb-hedgewolf]

prequel/follow up of this

Infinite in Frontiers

#infinite the jackal #sonic the hedgehog #sonic fanart #digital art #digital drawing #sonic frontiers fanart #cw blood #cw gore #cw death #i am so happy for this hdkshkdjdbdkd #more or less my first finished comic #even if its small #@ceo-of-catboys helped with the dialogue on the bottom text bubble #jackal squad #|| the jackal's art ||

[sonicreferencephotos]

Jackal Squad; Sonic Forces: Rise of Infinite

#sonicreferencephotos #sonic reference #2d #sonic forces comics #sonic forces rise of infinite #jackal squad

[summermcguire]

I found this cute plush of Infinite from Sonic Forces (sans mask) in a Goodwill in Portland, OR for $10. Tags intact and everything. He seems to be a one-off, custom-made plush made by Budsies and I have no idea why he wound up in the Goodwill. Whoever had him made, I want you to know he's living his best life.

Photo shoot by my husband, Blue Squirrel Productions

#infinite #sonic forces #sonic plush #custom plush #budsies #infinite the jackal #zero the jackal #sonic the hedgehog #sonic merch #sonic merchandise #phantom ruby #jackal squad #mercenary #villain #namahage #eggman empire #plush photography #plushies #plush toy

[nintendoni-art]

"Are you three spiriting away people again?"

"…No?" "Define people." "What's a Jackal?"

#Sonic AU #Galaxy Spiral AU #Zeti #Zeti OC #Zori #Zori the Zeti #tikal the echidna #Chaos 0 #Feel the Rabbit #Jackal Squad #my art #sonic oc #sonic #sonic the hedgehog

[autisminfinite]

sonic forces: rise of infinite

og here

#my art #sth #fifi #infinite the jackal #jackal squad #what was this guys name again #quatre the jackal #<- im p sure that was it #sonic forces #sonic fanart #silly art #comic

[star-critter]

Firm believer that the Jackal Squad was originally just some Garage Band they formed as teens that somehow turned into a mercenary squad as they got older.

#sonic headcanons #infinite the jackal #uno the jackal #duex the jackal #trios the jackal #quarte the jackal #jackal squad

[engie-the-profit]

worst popular infinite headcanon?

oh my. this one got long so im going to spare peoples dashes by putting this under a cut haha

anyways my answer is: making him out to be a little crybaby who is driven purely by revenge and sadness to make the world pay for shadow killing his squad mates, whom he loved in a normal way and saw them as family or whatever. it makes his character so goddamn flat and boring bc thats such a standard villain motivation, and it entirely strips away a lot of his personality even when theres already so little to work with LMAO

i know ive spoken about it at length in the dog&hog server but to me, infinites most notable trait is that hes selfish

in the prequel comic rise of infinite (yay, prequel comic talk. everyones favourite, i know) he deliberately ignores any protests from his gang against accepting eggmans deal of working with him, because eggy singles him out and offers him a place at his side to bring his fantasy of ruin into reality. not infinite and his crew, just infinite

(image has two comic panels. in the first one, eggman is reaching a hand out to infinite as he says "now you are an interesting guy. i like you. how about i hire you to lead my forces? together we'll take over the world!" in the second panel, one of the jackal squad members says "boss! dont be tempted by him. we'll be fine!")

and infinite says yes after briefly talking about how he personally feels bored and tired of how the world is right now

(image has two panels. in the first, infinite is mumbling to himself, first laughing and then saying "interesting. all this time ive been going through the motions. ive actually grown quite tired of the world as it is." in the second panel he stands and says "lets do it doctor! i'll help you change this world!")

again, its a decision based off an entirely personal and individualistic opinion that only takes his own feelings into account. you would think that if he valued his squad to the extent that they were "like family" to him, he would have listened when they said he shouldnt make a deal with eggman. if he actually cared about them as much as he cared about himself, he would have trusted them enough to say no. instead he only thinks about what he wants and what he can get, not about what will happen to the others

ive always been of the opinion that infinite used his squad and position of authority as their leader to prop himself up and viewed them more like underlings or subjects that he could order around and be superior to, rather than equals whose opinions and input he valued. maybe he started out having more camaraderie with the other jackals, but it certainly doesnt show by the time we get to the events of the prequel comic, and even less so when we get to episode shadow/the main game

the idea that he saw his squad more like tools to make himself look better than people also makes more sense because when in episode shadow, eggman calls infinites squad "useless" directly to him and all infinite says is "yeah, yeah" in a very uncaring fashion. even when he then spots shadow and says "you.. you destroyed my squad!" its entirely unconvincing to me that he said it out of sorrow or sadness; to me it was more like simple anger that it happened. because now without his little group of followers that looked up to him and did whatever he told them to, he had nobody to feel superior to. he couldnt go on any more power trips by being The Boss bc there was nobody left to indulge him, no one to stoke his ego, nobody to be the boss of. so thats why he felt slighted by shadow in the first place; how dare this hedgehog take away what made him feel special and important. and then of course the ensuing humiliation that came afterward was just the icing on the shit cake haha

it also explains why infinite never brings up his squad in any of his monologues (besides the prequel comics and episode shadow being obvious afterthoughts to the main game loool); he just doesnt care. if anything, their loss was his gain bc it pushed him towards acquiring the phantom ruby and getting to go on the ultimate power trip of world domination and near total subjugation of the population. i think that also ties into his mindset that friends make you weak and you cant rely on anyone but yourself; in his case, thats literally true. if he hadnt lost his squad, if he had initially listened to them, the chain of events we know well would not have come to pass and he would not have gotten to become the powerhouse he did. he would have still been leading his monotonous life and following the same old script. from his perspective they really did hold him back, and only once they were gone was he able to become stronger. he reiterates this by thanking shadow in the dlc for doing what he did in mystic jungle (killing the jackal squad and kicking infinites ass) bc otherwise he wouldnt have gotten the incentive he needed to take on the mantle of becoming a super powered weapon

and if you want some more evidence thats admittedly a lot more of a stretch, you could also interpret infinite creating a posse of past sonic foes as him filling the void of using the jackal squad that was created after shadow had taken them down. he gets to control people again (even if theyre clones that had no choice but to obey him but nyeh i told you it was a stretch), he gets to be a leader again

idk, i just think that having a sob story as a main motivation is (funny joke here) weak. i have never once thought that infinite needs to have some kind of sympathetic or tragic backstory. and maybe thats just my own personal bias coming through bc i prefer villains that are evil for reasons like their moral philosophies or have some kind of goal that makes the audience go "maybe they do have a point tbh" and villains that are just evil for the sake of it over villains that say "my mom died" as if that is any kind of justifiable explanation. imo it almost always comes off as them making an excuse, and its lame. just own it, yknow?

so yeah if i could block one thing from the minds of infinite fans it would be the hc that infinite was tightly knit with the jackals and wanted what was best for them. bc with all the evidence ive seen, its not supported at all, and hes actually the exact opposite; he does what he wants and uses who he wants for his own purposes and gain

also yes i do think shadow straight up killed the other jackals and i do think thats in character for him but thats a conversation for another day

#he said ask #bitter-sweet-coffee #engie.txt #infinite the jackal #sonic forces #sth #jackal squad #as with every opinion i have #remember that this is just that. an opinion #idc what anyone else does #if you want infinite to sob over losing his besties then fine #but dont act like its the most reasonable and backed up interpretation of canon #bc the evidence simply isnt there #im more than happy to enjoy canon all by myself #sitting alone in my i-love-respecting-canon corner

[dlineates]

0 -> ∞

After playing Sonic dash for hours, Infinites theme got stuck in my head. Couldn't figure out what to do with the first panel tho.

Here's some hc I have about Infinite.

-His birth name was Zero.

-He and Gadget were childhood friends.

-After using the ruby, he has amnesia.

#infinite the jackal #zero the jackal #jackal squad #gadget the wolf #sonic forces #From Zero to Infinite #comic strip #digital art