Is this character based on Sonic Team's or Archie's portrayal of Sonic the Hedgehog?
Yes.

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Name: Static Taoro Rias

Nicknames: Static the Hedgehog. And Zaps. He hates that nickname, though.

Age: 23

Species: Hedgehog.

Gender: Male.

Height: 3ft 7in.

Weight: 42 lb

IQ: 136

Marital Status: Single.

DOB: estimated to be sometime in June.

Birth Place: Wasted Ruins Area.

Residence: He's held captive at Scientific Progression Labs island #18374. After that, he stays at an apartment in Central City.

Occupation: He eventually becomes a donor for electrical energy.

Social Class: loner.

Economic Class: middle/lower class.

Alignment: He doesn't really see reasons to help people unless they've done something for him. He also tries his best to hide his emotions as he only shows them around the few people he trusts.

Top Speed: 169 MPH

Basic Stats (added numbers cannot exceed 40)
Agility - 4
Speed - 6
Strength - 7
Defense - 3
Evasiveness - 4
Dexterity - 5
Intelligence - 5
Skill - 4

Special Attacks: He can do an Electric storm and cause stormy weather, though these leave him exhausted. He also can jump, and perform the electric boost, static launch, electric dash, and electrocute.

Abilities & Aptitude: Has electric controlling abilities he acquired through an experiment that involved rebuilding his entire circulatory and neural systems out of copper.

Hobbies & Talents: Mental discipline and control. Also fighting.

Weaknesses (These do no include weaknesses already mention in Basic Stats): Insulators such as rubber, and any emp weapons.

Personal facts
Friends: Cybre the Red Panda and Phantom the Porcupine.
Rivals: E-1549
Enemies: Eggman Nega.
Known relatives: His brother Rhet the Hedgehog, and his parents....
Likes/Favorite activities: Adventuring and looking for someway to find any family he may have (aside from Rhet).
Dislikes/Least favorite activities: Interacting with people, and wasting time.
Gourmet of choice: Sushi.
Beverages of choice: Anything will do.
Favorite color(s): Grey, and Orange.

Personality:

Physical Appearance
Color: Grey/orange
Skin Color (i.e. muzzle, arms): Tan.
Eye Color: Orange
Hair/Quill Style: Has three large quills poking up, and one on each side of his head poking down.
Nose: Thin oval-like? Black.
Ears: Pointed.
Tail: Spiky.
Other bodily features: Orange blurs on his head caused by a mutation experiment. His stomach has an oval shape with two downward pointing spikes

Attire: Shoes and Gloves. Has black painted copper bracelets and anklets, and he wears a Black and Orange jacket, and Black/Orange pants.

Items & Weapons: He will occasionally use a chain which he electrocutes.

Vehicles: What, is he Shadow? None.

Themesong: The Pretender by Foo Fighters

Back Story:
          Static was born in the middle of a war in a section now known as the Wasted Ruins Area. He has no idea what happened to his parents or brother, and remembers living in an orphanage until the age of 5 when he was captured and imprisoned at an island. There, tests and experiments were constantly run using him as a test subject. During one of the experiments, his DNA was slightly mutated, resulting in him having orange blurs on his head. At age 13, another experiment happened that involved replacing his nerves, and veins with copper wires, and altering his brain to use physical electricity. As a result, when he focuses, he can control electricity, however he is more vulnerable to EMP weapons.
          Eventually, Eggman Nega (who decided to try conquering the world without his counterpart) decided to try and take Static and convince him to help conquer the world. But, when Eggman Nega led the attack on the island, it resulted in the escape of Static. Upon escaping, Static learned that the war in which he was born was long over. He was able to rent an apartment in Central City to stay in until he can discover if his family is still alive.
          While in Central City, Static met Cybre the Red Panda, who was a robotisized Red Panda. He was able to help Static in his search for family. During their search, they met Phantom the Porcupine, who was a vampire trying to gather together different rubies to remove his vampire-dom. After helping each other, Phantom learned the location of some more rubies, and Static and Cybre learned that collecting the Chronos emeralds Might help their search.
          Eventually, upon finding all seven Chronos emeralds, Static was able to use Chronos Control to travel back in time and discover the location of his brother, who was currently living with some pirates. Upon raiding the Pirate Ship and having a strange re-union, Static and Rhet were able to talk things over and it turns out that Static's father and mother weren't dead, but were being held captive by Eggman Nega...