During Amy's first appearance, Sonic the Hedgehog and Johnny Lightfoot witnessed the young girl getting arrested by Robotnik's Troopers but were unable to prevent them taking her to the Special Zone's Egg Fortress. When the heroes eventually did make to the hideout, they learned (when captured) that all three of them would be placed in new "Super Badniks". Amy was the first to be converted, the irreversable process almost claiming her life. Before the Badnik programming could completely take over her mind, Sonic (reluctantly) launched a Spin Attack to free her. Completely trashed, the idea of Super Badniks was never brought up again, being replaced by the Cybernik model.