Cream the Rabbit
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 Cream the Rabbit and Cheese the chao as seen in Sonic Heroes.
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| Game series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| First game | Sonic Advance 2 (excluding her cameo in Sonic Mega Collection) |
| Creator(s) | Sonic Team |
| Voice actor(s) (English) | Video Games Sarah Wulfeck (2004) Rebecca Honig (2005-present) Cartoons Rebecca Honig (Sonic X) |
| Voice actor(s) (Japanese) | Sayaka Aoki (Video games and Sonic X) |
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| Species | Rabbit |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 70 cm (2 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 12 kg (26.4 lb) |
| Age | 6 |
| Likes | TV (especially "The NEXT Show")[1] |
| Dislikes | Others being sad, any form of physical or verbal violence |
| Skills | Flying with both of her ears |
Cream the Rabbit (クリーム・ザ・ラビット Kurīmu za Rabitto?) is a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. She was introduced in Sonic Advance 2 for the Game Boy Advance. The release date for this game was December 19.
Cream is a cream-colored, female, anthropomorphic rabbit, who can fly by flapping her ears. She is six years old, 70 cm (2' 3"), and weighs 12 kg (26.4 lbs).[1] Cream is the daughter of Vanilla the Rabbit, and she is rarely seen without her lifelong companion, Cheese the Chao (チーズ・ザ・チャオ Chīzu za Chao?), whom she uses as a method of attack. Their names are an obvious reference to "cream cheese". She and Charmy Bee are the youngest characters in the series, both being six years old.
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[edit] Personality
Cream is polite, follows manners, and does what she is told. She is very friendly and tries to be close to everyone she meets. She is brave as well, usually not afraid to go out on an adventure. However, she is a bit naive, since she is still very young.
Cream enjoys spending most of her time outdoors. There, she likes to play with her friends, usually any activity they want, or collect flowers which she finds pretty and joyful. She loves adventures and exploring. Indoors, she enjoys watching TV. Her favorite food is ice cream.
She does not like any form of violence. However, she will fight to protect the people she cares about. Like most of the heroes in the Sonic series, she does not like Eggman, but as a custom she is still somewhat polite to the doctor. In Sonic Heroes, she at one point calls him "Mr. Doctor Eggman."
[edit] Video game appearances
[edit] Debut appearances
Cream was first seen in Sonic Mega Collection (GCN, 2002), where there is promotional artwork of Cream and Cheese saying that they would appear in Sonic Advance 2 which was yet to be released at the time.
Cream's canonical debut was in Sonic Advance 2 (GBA, 2002), where she was the first unlockable playable character. Like Tails and Knuckles, she is kidnapped by Doctor Eggman and Sonic must rescue her before she can become playable. Just before the final level, her mother, Vanilla is kidnapped by Eggman, who is eventually rescued by Super Sonic after he destroys the final boss. She can use spin-attacks, order Cheese to destroy enemies, and can fly by flapping her ears (though she gets tired out after a short period of time).
Cream is seen as a cameo in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GCN/PC, 2003) after finishing certain levels in different characters' Story Modes. She is flying through the sky of Station Square, apparently dropping the ice key that appears at that point in the game. She also appears on a billboard in some missions in Mission Mode.
[edit] Major appearances
In Sonic Heroes (GCN/Xbox/PS2, 2003), Cream is part of Team Rose, the "Beginner" Team consisting of her, Amy Rose and Big the Cat, acting as their flight member. The trio are on a quest to find Cheese's sibling, Chocola, a brown Chao with a blue bow tie, as well as Big the Cat's friend Froggy, and Sonic. Sonic was seen in a newspaper photograph with Froggy and Chocola. In the game, she can only use Cheese as a means of self-defense when the other two team members are incapacitated or otherwise not present.
In Sonic Battle (GBA, 2003), Cream is a playable character and lives with Amy Rose in her apartment, where she helps Amy work out. She quickly befriends the game's main character Emerl, and teaches him about sadness after Emerl's violence has made Cream cry.
Much like in Sonic Advance 2, Cream is an unlockable character in its' sequel, Sonic Advance 3 (GBA, 2004). She is unlocked by clearing the Cyber Track Zone 6 with Sonic as the team leader.[original research?] When Cream is teamed up with the player, Cheese can transform into the shape of the player character and be controlled by him or her. Cream plays much like in Sonic Advance 2, except for various team-up bonuses that can give her a parasol to float with, a device that lets her float on water, or a hammer similar to Amy's. After the final ending, G-mel, thought to be an evil rebuilt Emerl, turns good and befriends Cream and Vanilla.
Cream had a supporting role in Sonic Rush (DS, 2005). She finds the new character Blaze the Cat hiding in some bushes, and takes her home for tea. Throughout the course of the game Cream cheers Blaze on during the battles and helps her to find Sonic. In Sonic Rush, Cream also displays an understanding of her friends and their habits and motives.[original research?] She tells Blaze that Amy is a good "Sonic detector," though she sometimes lets her feelings get the better of her. She also mentions to Blaze about Knuckles's gullibility and his short temper. Cream is held hostage by Eggman during the final boss of Blaze's game but is rescued by Blaze. She is sad to hear from Sonic that Blaze left at the end of the Extra story, but Sonic reassures her that she will see Blaze again.
[edit] Minor appearances
In Sonic Pinball Party (GBA, 2003), Cream and Cheese are the guides in mini game mode.
In Shadow the Hedgehog (GCN/Xbox/PS2, 2005), Cream and Cheese are trapped in the Cryptic Castle stage, where the player can choose to help Amy rescue them. Her voice can also be heard on several levels in Expert Mode, when she cheers for Shadow.
While having no role in the game's story, Cream makes an unlockable appearance in Sonic Riders (GCN/Xbox/PS2/PC, 2006) as a playable racer, and her type is Flight, as equivalent to Tails'. In this game she, like Amy, wears a different outfit, and can be unlocked by beating Hero Story mode. She is a flight-type character, and her default board is named "Smile." Cream shows off her crying face at the opponent for her Level 1 attack and can use Cheese for her Level 2 and 3 attacks.
Cream also appears on several collectible cards in Sonic Rivals (PSP, 2006).
Cream makes her latest appearance in Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii, 2007) as a playable character in the game's Party Mode. She is unlocked once the player collects 42 Fire Souls.[2]
[edit] Abilities and weaknesses
Cream can achieve flight by flapping with her two rather large ears. Although she cannot fly as high or for as long as Tails can, she can fly faster, allowing her to cover a greater horizontal distance. She is fast like many other Sonic characters, but she is not as fast as Knuckles, Tails, Amy, Sonic or Shadow.[original research?] Whilst able to mimic Sonic's basic spin-attack and spin dash, she largely attacks by having her Chao, Cheese, ram her adversaries. She also has good homemaking skills, most likely because of her mother.[citation needed] Although brave, she is sometimes the damsel in distress such as in Shadow the Hedgehog. In Sonic Heroes, she could also use Thunder Shoot, an attack where she charged Amy or Big with electricity and kicked them towards enemies.
[edit] Family and friends
[edit] Cheese the Chao
Cheese the Chao is a blue Chao, and the best friend of Cream the Rabbit. Cheese looks like a normal baby Chao, but it wears a red bow tie. A couple of times in Sonic X, the other characters referred to Cheese as "she," but in his game appearances, Cheese is identified as male. This is however a moot point, as Cheese is officially listed as "without gender".[1] Cheese generally seems to talk by saying "Chao" and making baby-like noises like other Chao, but in Sonic Heroes, he also managed to speak other words such as "Chocola" and "Amy".
Cheese's first appearance was in Sonic Advance 2 for the Game Boy Advance handheld console. In both this game and in Sonic Battle, Cheese is accompanied by Cream the Rabbit and is a method of attack: Cream points to an enemy, and Cheese charges forward and destroys or damages the enemy on contact.
Cheese makes another appearance in the game Sonic Heroes, in which Cheese follows Cream and helps her look for Cheese's sibling, Chocola. However, though Chocola is rescued before the events during the Metal Madness boss battle, the Chao does not appear. If Cream's teammates are incapacitated somehow, Cream can order Cheese to ram nearby enemies.
Cheese also appears in Sonic Advance 3, and follows Cream around. In this game, though, Cheese has the unique ability to temporarily shape-shift into a Chao version of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, or Amy upon being teamed with them. Cheese then follows the command of whomever it turned into. Cheese also appears in Shadow the Hedgehog where it can be rescued along with Cream. Cheese can be used to attack other opponents in Sonic Riders.
Cheese also appears with Cream in the cartoon series Sonic X, although it is considerably larger than its video game self. Cheese generally stays at home and watches television with Cream, though it later helps her defeat Emerl. Cheese also can speak, but usually says its species name, "Chao."
Cheese also has a sibling named Chocola, who Cream and Cheese set out to save in Sonic Heroes. Chocola looks just like Cheese, but is brown instead of cyan, and wears a light blue bow tie.
[edit] Vanilla the Rabbit
Vanilla the Rabbit is introduced as Cream the Rabbit's mother in Sonic Advance 2 and Sonic X. At the end of Sonic Advance 2, Dr. Eggman kidnaps Vanilla. Fortunately, she is rescued in the end by Super Sonic. She has since appeared in Sonic Advance 3 and Sonic Rush.
In Sonic X, Vanilla was separated from her daughter when Cream was kidnapped by Doctor Eggman and sent to Chris' world via Chaos Control. Eventually, she gets sent to Chris' world by Chaos Control herself. Vanilla asks the Chaotix to help find Cream (whom the Chaotix mistakenly think has been kidnapped by Sonic). While the Chaotix team investigates, Vanilla comes across Sonic, who then takes her to see Cream at the Thorndyke house. The staff at the mansion meets Vanilla for the first time, and Cream is happy to see her mom. Cream stays with her mom throughout the new episodes, helping her with meals as she did with Ella and Amy at the mansion. Later in the series, it is suggested that Vector the Crocodile has some kind of hidden love for Vanilla.
She is unnamed in the games, referred to only as "Ma'am" by other characters. At first, only Sonic X had identified her by the name "Vanilla," but in Cream's profile on the official "Sonic Channel" website she is also referred to as Vanilla, making the name canon to the games.
[edit] Amy Rose
Since Sonic Heroes, Cream and Amy are portrayed as best friends and they share a sister-like relationship, comparable to Sonic and Tails' brother-like friendship. This fact is strengthened by Sonic Advance 3, as when they're paired together, they are given the title Team Jubilee and serve as a counterpart to Sonic and Tails' Unbreakable Bond. The two also seem to hang out together almost completely throughout Sonic Battle, except when Emerl drags one of them away. Amy is also seen searching for Cream during one of the levels in Shadow the Hedgehog, which could suggest how much she cares for her. Also, in Sonic X, Cream and Amy share a similar relationship.
[edit] In other media
[edit] Sonic X
Cream also has a starring role on the Sonic anime, Sonic X. Though she isn't as active as many other characters, she presents her own talents in the anime. Her first appearance is in the premier episode , where Sonic tries to save her from Dr. Eggman's base, right before the Chaos Control that tossed Sonic and his friends to a parallel universe (our universe). She is actually the first character from Sonic's world he is reunited with, followed almost immediately by Tails. She supports Sonic on his adventures for the Chaos Emeralds throughout the first season. Her most known accomplishment is her victory over Emerl during the second season, as she was forced to fight (for the first time on Sonic X) and destroy the robot. In the third season she travels with her friends into space to help Cosmo stop the Metarex. In both versions of Sonic X, her mother has Cream's voice actress.
[edit] Voice actresses
- Video games, Sonic X - Sayaka Aoki (Japan)
- Sonic Heroes, Sonic Battle, Sonic Advance 3 - Sarah Wulfeck (US)
- Sonic X, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic Rush, Sonic Riders - Rebecca Honig (US)
[edit] Theme songs
- Sonic Heroes - "Follow Me" by Kay Hanley. Cream shares this theme song with Team Rose.
[edit] Trivia
- While a majority of the Sonic cast from the games have made their appearance in Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comics, Cream and Cheese along with Vanilla have not been introduced in the comic. As such, she does appear in Archie's Sonic X comic. However, a scrapped storyline featured Cream as a character to be introduced following issue #134.[3]
- Cream's ears are often mistaken for being placed backwards. In truth, rabbits can swivel their ears about to a degree, and in certain depictions (such as when Cream is falling from a great height) are shown swiveled forwards when straightened.
- As the parentage of the other main characters has never been touched upon/revealed, Cream is currently the only character out of two, in the series who has a known parent that is active in their daily life, the other one being Tikal the Echidna. However, she is the third character to have known relatives, as Dr. Eggman has three - Professor Gerald, Maria, and Eggman Nega. Tikal had her father, Pachacamac (this does not include the Sonic comic continuity, in which virtually all of the characters have known parents).
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c Sega.jp, Cream the Rabbit and Cheese the Chao's Official Character Profile, URL Accessed April 17, 2006.
- ^ Ryan Stanford (2007-01-31). Famitsu Releases New Sonic and the Secret Rings Trailer. Retrieved on February 15, 2007.
- ^ http://sonichq.mobiusforum.net/newsite/comics/kbsonicoverview.php Protagonists, Game Protagonists Who Have Yet To Debut
[edit] External links
- Absolute Anime - contains info about Cream's profile from Sonic X
- Sonic Heroines - contains information on Cream, Cheese, & Vanilla.
- Cream the Rabbit Concept: "Mobius" (REAL Character Profile)
- UK Resistance - home of the largest Cream the Rabbit fanbase on the internet.
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| Heroes | Sonic · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Cream · Silver · Blaze |
| Anti-Heroes | Shadow · Rouge · E-123 Omega · Chaos |
| Villains | Doctor Eggman (Doctor Ivo Robotnik) · Metal Sonic |
| Groups/Species | Echidnas · Badniks · Chaotix · E-Series · Chao · Flicky · G.U.N. · Babylon Rogues |
| Miscellaneous | Other characters · Other villains · List of all game characters |
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