Ricky (IDW)

Imprisonment and freedom
Following the emergence of Dr. Eggman, the Rickies have perpetually been kidnapped by the Eggman Empire to be used as power sources for the Badniks employed by the Eggman Empire's associates.

After the Eggman War, a group of Ricky-powered Antons and Hoverbys attacked the village where an amnesiac Dr. Eggman had settled down in. The Pockies inside these Badniks were soon after freed though after Sonic the Hedgehog and the Chaotix defeated the Badniks containing them. Sonic in particular would pet a Ricky after finishing the fight.

An unfortunate Ricky was later used by Dr. Eggman and Dr. Starline as a test subject for the Metal Virus in the Final Egg. As a part of this test, the terrified Ricky was threatened by Dr. Eggman into picking up a flower infected with the Metal Virus and make it touch different samples. While the flower did not pass the Metal Virus onto the samples, it did pass it onto the Ricky, leaving the scared critter to slowly succumb to the virus. After a while though, the Ricky had only been partially consumed by the Metal Virus. Attempting to accelerate the process, Eggman had a Zombot Pocky touch the Ricky repeatedly. This accelerated the virus's infection of the Ricky. Once the Ricky had been fully transmuted, it was left in its containment cell with the Zombot Pocky.