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As far as I know, the idea to "humanize" Nicole in SatAM may have started in 2003, back when lead writer Ben Hurst was planning a revival/movie. There's a chance it wasn't part of the scrapped Season 3 plans a decade prior, despite following up on a few moments where Sonic loses his patience with her.
The way Nicole was written in SatAM, she is an AI whose formal personally gradually becomes more casual around Sonic. Archie was pretty consistent with that depiction.
Nicole's lynx form is first seen in Archie in 2005. It's assumed that it's repurposing the idea of Nicole having her own body...but the Hurst notes weren't posted publicly until 2010, after he died.
Question: when "humanizing" Nicole, was Archie referring to internal DiC notes like Nate Morgan, or was this a coincidence like the Hooligans?
(On that note, I don't think Hurst ever decided on a species. He referred to her as "human" in regards to her emotion and intellect, but he could have just meant "sapient.")