Alex is correct. Our "Earless leader" references Sonikku, or Johnny Wallbank, who made SRB1 and is a major part of SRB2 development. SRB1's Sonic sprites have no ears, so an earless Sonic became Sonikku's avatar, as a sort of running gag.Alexmonk0 said:To explain it simply, the earless leader is Sonikku/Captainawsome/Johny. Back in SRB1, all the Sonic sprites had no ears, and this has been a rather long running joke ever since (Go watch a pocket lapse or pokemon soccer, he's drawn without any ears, nice visual gag that you don't really notice at first ;) )