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King Acorn's Secret Service
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King Acorn's Secret Service is an organization from the Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog storyline. They serve as professional counterparts to the Freedom Fighters, and the two are often at odds due to the competition between them.
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This middle-aged beaver was once head of the Secret Service. Upon retiring, he is succeeded by Geoffrey St. John. His name is a reference to Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series.
Geoffery St. John is an anthropomorphic, humanoid skunk claiming to be a former member of the royal guard of King Acorn, first appearing in Sonic #20 (which leads into the Princess Sally mini-series, where he played a major role). Geoffrey has green eyes and a tuft of white hair, and usually comes equipped with a crossbow mounted on one wrist. He speaks with a Cockney accent, i.e calling Sally and Hershey "love" and male characters "bloke" or "mate".
As a child, St. John gained his sense of duty from his father, Ian St. John, who was killed by the overlanders, leading to Geoffrey's strong dislike of humans. St. John is very loyal to the kingdom of King Acorn and Princess Sally as well, whom he and Sonic often fought over. However, many in the Knothole Village Freedom Fighters consider him arrogant and rude. This stems from a number of unpleasant actions on his part, including accusing Sonic of murder, declaring Armand D'Coolette a traitor, and even attempting to give orders to Knuckles the Echidna. St. John initially considered the Freedom Fighters to be foolish children, calling them "Sally's Trainees" or "Rank Amateurs".
St. John has been put in charge of capturing Sonic on more than one occasion. The first was after Sonic was charged with Sally's apparent murder; St. John chased Sonic through a catacomb and endured a violent brawl with him, which ended when Sonic lept Fugitive-style from a waterfall. St. John hunted down Sonic again after the Hedgehog stole the Sword of Acorns. Luckily, both incidents were later cleared up, and Geoffrey and Sonic made amends.
After reappearing shortly before Robotnik's death, St. John aided in the return of King Acorn and eventually re-established the King's Secret Service. It was with this team that he recovered Queen Alicia and Prince Elias, Sally's mother and brother respectively. The Secret Service was briefly taken off active duty after being infected with nanoprobes by Robotnik, but these were later destroyed by Rotor the Walrus, and Geoffrey and Hershey at least returned. Working together, they found the long absent Elias and participated in the battle against the Xorda.
Upon Sonic's return from his year spent in space, he saved Geoffrey from being put to death by an army of SWATbots under A.D.A.M.'s control. Afterwards, St. John put an end to his rivalry with Sonic for Sally's hand forever when he married Hershey. He apparently took up residence in New Mobotropolis after Knothole's destruction, and runs the Secret Service from the top floor of the army headquarters.
A skunk baring Geoffrey's design and clothing was seen in several episodes of SatAM, but was never named or given a speaking role. The relationship of Hershey and Geoffrey, being a romance between a black cat and a skunk, is likely a tribute to Penelope Pussycat and Pepé Le Pew.
Father of modern day Secret Service leader Geoffrey St. John, Ian was the leader of the Secret Service back in the days preceding Robotnik's coup. Like Geoffrey, he was a Mobian skunk, appearing virtually identical to his son except for having a military crew cut of white hair rather than Geoffrey's tuft.
Assigned to be the personal bodyguard of Queen Alicia and Prince Elias Acorn at the time of the coup, Ian and his team were carrying them to an unknown destination (presumably a safehouse of some sort) when their ship was damaged by an Overlander attack and crash landed on Angel Island. Ian and his team, with a single exception, were all killed. Inspired by his father's sacrifice, Geoffrey later followed in his footsteps to become leader of the Secret Service.
Hershey St. John, formerly known more simply as Hershey the Cat, is partner and wife to Geoffrey St. John. She is a female, anthropomorphic cat with black fur covering her entire body except her face and chest, which are white. Hershey also has green eyes and short black hair, and her wardrobe commonly includes boots and a vest of some sort. As a Cat, her main weakness is that she can't swim; other than that, she's skilled in numerous forms of combat and other areas.
Hershey was thought to be nothing more than an amateur, but that theory is crushed in a story of her own, Hershey Solo, in Sonic Super Special #5. Hershey was originally a pawn in a scheme to kill Sally Acorn when her then boyfriend, Drago Wolf, tricked her into wearing a Sonic the Hedgehog disguise. However, the mask contained eyepieces that caused the wearer to see Snively in place of anyone else. This led to Hershey cutting the rope Sally was hanging from, thinking that Snively was dangling from it. She later learned the truth, and vengefully helped put Drago behind bars; thankfully, Sally was not permanently harmed by the incident. She was forgiven, and joined King Acorn's Secret Service at the behest of Geoffrey.
Hershey made several appearances over time, working together with Geoffrey in multiple instances. Unfortunately, Hershey was taken off active duty along with the rest of Geofferey's squad after being infected with nanobots injected into their bloodstreams. Luckily, it wasn't too long before these probes were eliminated and Hershey was able to rejoin Geoffrey on active duty. Among her more prominent assignments were locating Prince Elias Acorn and joining in the battle against the Xorda. She and Geoffrey were also the first Mobians to encounter Sonic after his return from his year-long disappearance, or at least year long to the Mobians, where he saved them from being killed by a SWATbot taskforce. Hershey and Geoffrey's respect for each other eventually blossomed into love, and the two got married, putting an end to Geoffrey's rivalry with Sonic for Sally's hand. Together, she Geoffrey now head up the Secret Service from the top floor of the Kingdom of Acorn army headquarters in New Mobotropolis.
- Hershey's name is likely a play on the Hershey chocolate industry, especially considering that her mother is named Cocoa.
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Created by Dr. Robotnik, Heavy and Bomb defected and worked briefly with the Chaotix before joining the Secret Service. However, they were eventually reprogrammed into being evil, thus removing them from the organization.
A palace guard, known for his toothy grin. He does not have many speaking roles in the comic.
A blue Chameleon and friend of Espio, Valdez was a member of the Secret Service who left for unknown reasons but was later rerecruited by Geoffrey St. John during his reorganization of the group.
Valdez's time with the Secret Service didn't last long: when the Mobians of the Kingdom of Acorn were driven once again from Robotropolis, he stayed behind to hold off the Shadowbots and was subsequently captured and Roboticized. Dr. Eggman then reprogrammed him, making him believe that his friends had betrayed him to his current fate, and was dispatched to his home community to enslave the native Chameleons. He later ended up battling his old friend Espio when the Chaotix member arrived to help his people. He has either been destroyed or restored to normal thanks to the Bem.
- Current writer Ian Flynn has stated that he assumes the character to have been destroyed by Espio, but does not plan on revisiting the subject in the series. [1]
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Formerly a member of the Downunda Freedom Fighters, Stu was recruited into the Secret Service, but returned to his old group during Sonic's time in space.