This Program Has Crashed

This picture of Nicole from Sonic The Hedgehog was requested by shadowsoldier247.

Now I am NOT a gamer, so I'm not familiar with about 95% of game characters. And what I know (or want to know) about the Sonic Universe would fit in a thimble. As I understand it, Nicole is a virtual manifestation of a computer program or something. All that was immaterial. She is a cute little, um, whatever she is and the picture seemed simple enough. And she has an expressive face. I mean, don't you just feel like smacking the dastardly villain who has trussed her up like that?

It's probably some virus. They're always tying up your computer programs so they can't function.