Editing Maria Robotnik (section)

==Trivia==
*In the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] and [[PlayStation 2]] versions of ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'', Maria can be played by player 2 in the stages [[The Doom]] and [[Lost Impact]], where she can run at high speed and smash tough objects and enemies by slapping down on them.  She also can damage enemies by jumping into them, though it has to be very close. This is the only game in which she is playable. This in turn makes her the first playable female human in the ''Sonic'' series.
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SonicAdventure2 Maria.png|Maria's eyelashes in the [[Dreamcast]] version.
SonicAdventure2Battle Maria.png|Maria's eyelashes in the [[GameCube]] port.
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*In the original [[Dreamcast]] version of ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'', Maria had lengthy eyelashes. In ''[[Sonic Adventure 2: Battle]]'' and all subsequent appearances, they were removed.
*Maria's name is the password for both activating Shadow the Hedgehog and accessing the ARK's files about Project Shadow. The password is formatted as "Ma-Ri-A" because of Japanese phonetics (matching the katakana for her name "マリア").
*In ''Sonic Adventure 2: Battle'', a narrator with Maria's voice can be unlocked by getting all 180 [[emblem]]s in the game. It can be bought in [[Chao World]]'s [[Black Market]] for 30,000 [[Ring]]s. In the original Dreamcast version of ''Sonic Adventure 2'', it was a VMU download that was available on the game's official website.
*The song that played during Maria's flashback scenes in ''Sonic Adventure 2'' and ''Sonic Adventure 2: Battle'' was an instrumental mix of "[[Throw It All Away]]", Shadow's theme in the game.
[[File:Lego Maria and Shadow.png|thumb|right|The Lego versions of Maria and Shadow.]]
*In the [[Lego]] set 76999 "Super Sonic vs. Egg Drillster", one of the parts included depicts Lego versions of Maria and Shadow. It is used for the screen of Dr. Eggman's computer.
*A character called Marie from another [[Sega]] game, called ''Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure'', has a similar design to Maria.
*In the original Japanese version of ''Sonic Adventure 2'', a gunshot can be heard before the flashback scene of Shadow being put in the capsule indicating that she was shot. In the English version, no gunshot is heard, but Shadow still screams "MARIA!" like she was hurt. When selecting Japanese voices in the North American and European releases, the gunshot can still be heard.
*In ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'', one of the [[Performance Part]]s for the [[Dark Reaper]] is named "Maria's Boon".
*During the third part of the Sonic [[Wikipedia:Twitter|X]] Takeover viral marketing campaign for ''[[Sonic Forces]]'', one of the questions directed to Shadow was asking how Maria was, with both Eggman and Sonic being wary of answering that question, and Shadow giving a veiled threat to the sender in response.<ref>[https://youtu.be/hatZevmrNT8?t=622 Sonic Twitter Takeover 3 - All Answers (Sonic, Shadow and Eggman)#@Mudkip Captain]</ref>
*[[Takashi Iizuka]] said if Maria was still alive today, she would have been older than [[Doctor Eggman|Dr. Eggman]].<ref name="Info">{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/JKT_sonic/status/1771490357559119899?t=o2Jq8p577yuTzqNqjaOfpA&s=19|title=율링(ユリン) {{C|@JKT_sonic}} on X|publisher=율링(ユリン) {{C|@JKT_sonic}}|work=X|date=23 March 2024|accessdate=23 March 2024}}</ref>
*Prior to ''Sonic x Shadow Generations'', it was assumed that Maria Robotnik was born on the ARK due to her asking Shadow what Earth life is like in a manner that indicated she never personally experienced the planet. In the Japanese version of the scene, she was actually asking Shadow's opinion of the planet specifically. This was given a bit of a nod in Gerald Robotnik's Journal where he explained she lived on the ARK long enough that some of the staff assumed she was born on the ARK.