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Mimic the Octopus[2] is an shapeshifting mimic octopus that was formerly a member of the Diamond Cutters mercenary group, along with Whisper. However, he defected to the Eggman Empire and killed off the members of his team, with the exception of Whisper the Wolf.
History[]
Past[]
Mimic was once an actor who wanted to be recognised by his peers.
At some point before the Eggman war, Mimic was part of the Diamond Cutters, acting as the infiltrator of the group. He was also partnered with Blue Block, who enabled Mimic to use his Hammer Wispon.
On one mission, he shape-shifted into an egg pawn in order to infiltrate one of Eggman's bases while pretending to escort the other Diamond Cutters as prisoners.
Tangle and Whisper[]
After Dr. Eggman regained his memories and discovered that Whisper was still alive, he renewed his order for Mimic to finish what he had started. Fearing Eggman's wrath if he failed again, Mimic decided to try and lure Whisper out by wreaking havoc with his shapeshifting powers in the form of Sonic the Hedgehog. This included graffiti, stealing candy from babies and disturbing Chao.
When the two came face-to-face, Whisper discovered that not only was Mimic targeting her but he was potentially targeting Tangle the Lemur as well. After Whisper overpowered him, she gave chase to Mimic in Spiral Hill Village while he still continued his Sonic facade. While Mimic ran away, Whisper attempted to shoot Mimic from the rooftops but Mimic took advantage of his Sonic form to talk to a star-struck villager so she would stand in the way of Whisper's shot. Mimic soon tried to creep off but was suddenly greeted by Tangle, who wanted to know why Whisper was shooting at him. Seeing an opportunity, Mimic told Tangle that Eggman had placed a mind control chip inside Whisper's mask scope, forcing her on a rampage, and he could not bring himself to hurt her. Tangle thus took it upon herself to stop Whisper, leaving Mimic pleased. Whisper soon took aim at Mimic again, only for him to shoot her a sinister grin. As Tangle tackled Whisper, Mimic left the scene. After the commotion between the two, Tangle and Whisper headed to the Mineral Museum and Mimic watched them leave in the form of the villager he talked to earlier. Mimic soon after went to the Mineral Museum and watched Whisper talk about him to Tangle and Jewel the Beetle. He then left a note for Whisper on the door to the museum that told her to meet him so that they could end things once and for all.
Later, at an Eggman Empire bunker, Mimic set bombs all around the facility and watched as Tangle and Whisper approached the facility. Mimic wanted to face Whisper alone but decided to have the duo handicap themselves and thus shapeshifted into Jewel. He soon called out for help in Jewel's voice and then shapeshifted into Whisper. Tangle met up with him, thinking he was Whisper and wondered how Jewel was in the facility if she was left back in Spiral Hill. Mimic suggested that Jewel was kidnapped after "they" left the museum. Mimic led Tangle to a safe where he claimed that Jewel was being used as bait. Once Tangle faced the safe, Mimic kicked her into it and locked it. He then shapeshifted into Tangle and went off to meet Whisper. He pretended to be intimidated by Whisper's Variable Wispon and was asked by her to prove that he was the true Tangle. "Tangle" showed Whisper a cut on his shirt, claiming that Mimic had lured the lemur by shapeshifting into Jewel and he tried to attack her afterwards. After Whisper seemingly accepted this story, "Tangle" led her to where Mimic had supposedly run off to. Mimic instead activated an Egg Hammer that wielded a wrecking ball and used it to attack Whisper. Whisper managed to defend herself and managed to destroy the Egg Hammer with her Variable Wispon's Rocket Mode. As the Super Badnik went down, Mimic jumped off and threw a bomb Whisper's way. The wolf managed to dodge this which prompted Mimic to use his laser gun to shoot at her. Whisper instead sniped the gun out of his hand and stood over him while he complimented her shooting style. When Whisper demanded to know where Tangle was, Mimic instead taunted Whisper by shifting into the other members of the Diamond Cutters and told her that she was not there to protect them. Whisper initially hesitated but persisted and hit Mimic, reminding him that he was the one who sold them out. Mimic thus revealed that Tangle was being held in a safe but he had also set some bombs in the bunker. Knowing she could not leave her friend behind, Whisper ran to get Tangle while Mimic exited the bunker. He locked its entrance, returned to his original form, said his goodbye to Whisper and walked away.
Later, Mimic returned to the site of the explosion on his Omnipotence to provide concrete evidence to Eggman that Tangle and Whisper were killed. After finding an empty safe, Mimic followed a trail of fresh footprints to a small ditch that had the words "WE END THIS WHERE WE STARTED" engraved into it. Realizing what this meant, Mimic asked Eggman for backup, being provided with a horde of Badniks as he tracked the girls to the Diamond Cutters' former base in the Clove Sea. While Whisper dealt with the Badniks, Mimic slipped into the base and disguised himself as Sonic once again, intending to ambush his enemies under pretense of helping them fight his impersonator.
However, Tangle and Whisper had anticipated Mimic's scheme and set a trap of their own. Pretending to fall for the disguise, Tangle offered to show "Sonic" the trap they had set for Mimic, leading him to the rec room with the deceased Diamond Cutters' masks hanging on the wall. Mimic's confusion about the "trap" prompted Tangle to activate the masks, playing back footage of Smithy, Slinger, Claire, and even Whisper praising their comrade for his past work. When she asked him if betraying them was worthwhile, Mimic realized that Tangle was onto him.
Reverting to his normal form, Mimic showed no remorse for his misdeeds, dismissing the Diamond Cutters as means to an end; his "loyalty" to them only lasted as long as the profit exceeded the risk to his life. After he declared friendship to be a show of weakness, he assumed Jewel's form and dared Tangle to attack. After some initial hesitation, she did so, but Mimic overpowered her, intending to use her form to get closer to Whisper. As he was about to kill Tangle with his dagger, Whisper arrived and disarmed him with the Variable Wispon's Cube Mode. Mimic reminded his former Blue Wisp partner of its kind's hatred of violence, causing it to exit the Variable Wispon in shame. However, Whisper persisted, engaging Mimic in a short but fierce battle. The octopus briefly gained the upper hand and turned Whisper's own Wispon on her, but this gave Tangle the opening she needed to wrap him up with her tail and smash him into a table. Mimic tried to break free by shapeshifting into Smithy, Eggman, and even Vector the Crocodile, but Tangle's coils were too strong, leaving his Blue Wisp watching in disappointment as Whisper held him at Wispon-point.
Pictures of Mimic causing trouble, from Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle & Whisper #1.
Before the wolf could execute her treacherous former comrade, Tangle convinced her to let Mimic live, asking her not to bring herself down to his level and pointing out that letting him live imprisoned would be a far less merciful fate. To that end, Tangle and Whisper brought Mimic to Tails, who sealed him in a Test Chamber able to simulate various conditions so he could not escape. While Mimic expressed his displeasure with his fate, admitting that he rathered Whisper finished him off, he declared that he was no stranger to being imprisoned. When Whisper threatened to "bury [him] deeper" each time he tried to escape, Mimic taunted his onetime comrade, wondering what Smithy, Slinger, and Claire would have thought of her now. However, his mockery was deflated when Tangle interjected to remind him that Eggman would likely punish him for yet another failure, especially since he wasted a squadron of Badniks, if he found the mercenary roaming free. Unable to deny the lemur's logic, Mimic grimly expressed his immense dislike of Tangle, another insult she turned back at him. Tails intended to send the Test Chamber to the nearest prison as soon as he could, with Whisper and Tangle reminding him not to open it, "no matter who was inside".
Imprisonment and liberation[]
Mimic, still trapped inside the Test Chamber was sent to the maximum security ward in Everhold Prison.(Sonic the Hedgehog: Bad Guys: #1)
It was there that he encountered Rough the Skunk, Tumble, and more recently, Zavok. Meanwhile, Dr. Starline, requiring hired muscle for his own ends, went to Everhold Prison, enslaving the Prison ward and offered Mimic and the rest of the group their freedom and something for their own. In Mimic's case, he wanted Starline to erase him from Eggman's database in order to avoid Eggman's wrath at his previous failure.
New Alliances[]
Mimic had opted to lie low, until he was sought out by Clutch the Opossum, who offered him a job to infiltrate the Restoration, which was acting as competition to Cluctch’s Clean Sweep Inc. Mimic initially refused until Clutch told him he that he knew his animosity with Whisper, and that Whisper had created a new Team of Diamond Cuters. Realizing he had a chance at revenge, Mimic agreed.
Mimic decided to become a recruit for the New Diamond Cutters, posing as Duo the Cat.
Appearance[]
Mimic as a member of the Diamond Cutters, from Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle and Whisper #3.
Mimic is a blueish violet anthropomorphic mimic octopus. He has a large, sagging head with six small protrusions at the top and four long tentacles with dark blueish violet tips that extend from his head down to nearly his ankles. Suction cups can be seen on both his hands and feet. Mimic has white eyes with black sclera and possesses a white chocolate muzzle with wrinkles at his beak and a black marking just above it, making his face look like a skull (this was done on purpose by using his shapeshifting abilities as an attempt to look scarier). For attire, he wears a small, tattered gray cloak with sleeves and tattered gray leg warmers of the same slim fabric, all of which are tattered
As a member of the Diamond Cutters, Mimic's skin was white and lacked the markings on his muzzle. His attire matched that of his fellow teammates. He wore a dark gray long sleeved top underneath an undamaged cloak, dark gray gloves with light gray suction cups on the palms and fingers and gray military-style boots with dark gray toecaps. For missions, Mimic would wear a circular cream mask with a gray line on the left-hand side. A blue "eye" surrounded by a black marking also exists on the left-hand side, whilst the right has three holes in a triangular pattern.
Abilities[]
Being a mimic octopus, Mimic had the ability to shapeshift into anyone, from Sonic to the members of the Diamond Cutters - his former crew. He is able to mimic any living creature (with size ranging from as small as Charmy/Cream to as large as Vector/Big/Eggman),[3] even down to their voice. Shapeshifting is like tensing a muscle and so takes up energy.[4]
During his time as a Diamond Cutter, he made use of his Hammer wispon.
In addition, he has made use of his own extreme gear, Omnipotence.
He has boasted that he has escaped from a prison egg.
Equipment[]
- Omnipotence
- Flight Power Core
- Concealer (formerly)
- Cube Wispon (formerly)
Background information[]
- Mimic is named after the Mimic Octopus, who are well known to impersonate many marine animals, as well as change the colour and texture of its skin.
- Mimic's threat level is 8 out of ten. [5]
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Diamond Cutters (formerly)
- Clutch the Opossum
Neutral[]
Enemies[]
- Diamond Cutters
- Dr. Starline
- Tangle the Lemur
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Lanolin the Sheep
- Gala the Hound
- Jewel the Beetle
Gallery[]
Concept Art[]
Modeling sheets[]
Trading Cards[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mimic's Trading Card
- ↑ 22:55
- ↑ July 22nd (16:39)
- ↑ July 25th (16:39)
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog: Bad Guys #2, Roll Call