Eh, not to degree in which he is in colored. And especially in the comics. The latter putting sonic in complete ass hole territory from time to time.
Tails is what interested me a lot though. It started before Ian but Ian took it to another level, he got cynical sarcastic genius fast.. like cynical cranked to Yahtzee on some occasions.
Man, what are you on about. Tails is a bit snarky in the comics, but so is everyone else. Mostly he's ten, and occasionally the designated technobabble exposition machine. Cynical is not the word you're looking for.