Yes, he is exactly that. OR well he turned into that rather , Ian flynn had to pick up the pieces and the gradual change of his character is one of those gems in the rough
Every time dude is around, or was because...Mr. Penders, but everytime he was around there was actual showed growth or value in what the characters were and who they are.
Tails stood up to sonic and beat his ass
Sonic learned to value his friends and trust that they can do things for themselves
Amy all though there was other development really grows into her own characters , and lays sonic out multiple times, and gives him a speech and along with her own adventures proves that she should probably be the main character.
Shadow is a super bro, to the degree in which he enters another dimension, sees scourge , see's sonic, sonic asks him to jump dude, and he's just down .
He's superboy prime and yamcha rolled into one character, and he's shitty and its amazing.
