Arthur Sid Pride (アーサー), also known as Bobby, is a child prodigy and would-be detective. He is the son of William and Alicia Sid Pride.
Description[]
Arthur is highly intelligent and is dressed like Sherlock Holmes because he too wants to be a great detective. He joins Project Blue because he wants to solve the mystery of the strange incidents Fata Morgana is causing around the world.
Unlike either of his parents, Arthur has brown eyes, and he wears a brown cap and cape in addition to his diaper and booties. Arthur carries a baby bottle with him.
Arthur is one of three Sid Pride children, presumably the eldest.[1]
Sonic Wings 2[]
The Little Detective
A one-year-old genius baby (?) who calls himself a great detective. He appears strangely calm and has an appearance reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes. His reason for going to war is to solve the mysteries of strange incidents occurring all over the world... I wonder if he's really all right.
—Sonic Wings 3 Strategy Special guidebook
Baby Detective
1-year-old genius baby. He wishes to clear up all the mysteries in the world and makes a sortie to uncover the secret organization.
—Aerofighters 2 English game manual
Arthur is a pretty competent pilot for a baby, although he does sometimes lapse into baby talk, napping, and missing his mother. In single player mode, after defeating the final boss, Arthur is shown to have dreamed the entire game in Alicia's arms while William looks on.
In two-player mode, Arthur can be paired with any of the other pilots:
- Angela: Most of Angela and Arthur's dialogue consists of discussing the battle and enemies. After the final boss battle, Lord River-n-White appears in a cameo, telling the two that they have saved the world due to their bravery.
- Cincia and Ellen: Cincia and Ellen don't especially like Arthur; they call him a brat and long for him to go to sleep so they won't have to deal with him. (And somehow, when he does go to sleep, he still manages to fly his plane.) After they defeat the final boss, Arthur declares that he had to do all the work, which causes Cincia to spank him for being a "rude baby." (Then again, she may be spanking him because he groped Ellen's chest. . . .)
- Hien: Arthur is surprised to see a flying ninja, but Hien is even more surprised to see a baby fighter pilot. Arthur tries to make friends, but Hien is not especially interested, declaring that "ninjas have no friends." However, by the end of the final boss battle, Hien decides that Arthur did well enough to become a ninja himself. Arthur isn't so sure.
- Mecha-Keaton: Arthur thinks that Keaton is a toy, while Keaton is impressed with the baby's fighting skills. After they defeat the final boss, Keaton demands that Arthur "score him a meal." At Arthur's house, they are greeted by his father William, and Keaton amazes them both by dumping an omelet into the chest of his mechanical body.
- Mao Mao: Mao Mao thinks Arthur is cute, but when she fawns over him, he'll have none of it. She ends up changing her opinion a bit and declaring him rude, though she does admire his flying skills. After they defeat the final boss, Mao Mao and Arthur revel in their victory until the boss falls out of the sky and crashes into a city, destroying it.
- Captain Silver: Each is amazed at the other's age, and they argue a bit: Silver mocks Arthur's age, and Arthur mocks Silver's baldness. After the final boss battle, Silver's plane catches on fire; surrounded by flames, he declares that he will die a hero, while his parrot Flint looks around frantically. Arthur survives, but Silver and Flint seem to perish.
- Whity: Whity and Arthur get along fairly well, despite Whity's initial shock at Arthur being a baby. They fight well together, and Arthur "loves dolphins." After the final boss battle, Arthur's plane starts to crash into the sea; however, Whity calls upon Great Shin-chan the whale to catch the plane with his spout. As Whity says, "We can always count on whales."
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Sonic Wings 3[]
William and Arthur are also shown as Ellen's wedding guests in her and Cincia's two-player ending with Alex and Pictus.
Sonic Wings Special/Sonic Wings Limited[]
Arthur appears in Mecha-Keaton and Captain Silver's ending if the final stage is Fight in Orbit. Keaton and Silver go to William's house for a meal, where Silver, William, and Arthur watch in amazement as Keaton shovels an omelet into his chest.
