Cream the Rabbit

Cream the Rabbit
'Sonic the Hedgehog' character
File:Creamtherabbit.jpg Cream and Cheese are rarely seen apart.
First game	Sonic Advance 2 (excluding her cameo in Sonic Mega Collection)(2002)
Created by	Sonic Team

Cream the Rabbit (クリーム・ザ・ラビット, Kurīmu za Rabitto) is a video game character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games. She first debuted in Sonic Advance 2 for the Game Boy Advance on December 19, 2002.

Cream is a young, cream-colored, female, anthropomorphic rabbit who can fly by flapping her ears. She is six years old, 70 cm (2ft 3in), and weighs 12kg (26.4lbs). Cream is the daughter of Vanilla the Rabbit, and is rarely seen without her companion, Cheese (チーズ, Chīzu), whom she uses as a method of attack. She and Charmy Bee are the youngest characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, both being six years old.

Video game appearances

Sonic Advance 2

Cream's first playable appearance is in Sonic Advance 2, where she was the first unlockable playable character. Like Sonic's friends, she is kidnapped by Doctor Eggman and Sonic must rescue her before she can become playable. Just before the final level, Dr. Eggman kidnaps her mother, Vanilla, who is eventually rescued by Super Sonic after he destroys the final boss.

Sonic Heroes

In Sonic Heroes, 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, Big the Cat's friend Froggy, and Sonic. Cream is portrayed as being extremely polite and mannered in the game. 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.

Sonic Battle

In Sonic Battle, Cream is a playable character and lives with Amy Rose in her apartment, where she helps Amy boxercise. She quickly befriends Emerl and teaches him about sadness and emotions after his violence makes her cry.

Sonic Advance 3

Much like in Sonic Advance 2, Cream is an unlockable character in its sequel, Sonic Advance 3. 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, Tails reprograms Gemerl so that he befriends Cream and Vanilla.

Sonic Rush

Cream has a supporting role in Sonic Rush. Throughout the course of the game, Cream cheers Blaze the Cat on during the battles and helps her to find Sonic. 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 had to go back to her dimension.

Other Appearances/Cameos

In Shadow the Hedgehog, Cream and Cheese are trapped in the Cryptic Castle stage, where Shadow can choose to help Amy rescue them. Her voice can also be heard on several levels in Expert Mode, when she cheers for Shadow.

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Cream's outfit in Sonic Riders.

Cream makes an appearance in Sonic Riders as an unlockable player, but has no role in the game's story. Her type is Flight, and her default board is named "Smile". She is unlocked by beating Hero Story mode. 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 appears on several collectible cards in Sonic Rivals.

Cream makes an appearance in Sonic and the Secret Rings as a playable character in the game's Party Mode. She is unlocked once the player collects 42 Fire Souls.

Cream appears in the crossover sports game, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. However, she isn't playable and acts as a referee, along with Big the Cat, Charmy Bee, Espio the Chameleon, Toad, Lakitu and Shy Guy.

Cream is a playable character in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. She rides her gear called the Smile which can turn into an Air Ride.

Cream and Cheese appear in Super Smash Bros Brawl as a collectible Sticker and Trophy.

In some parts of Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, Cream can be seen flying overhead. For instance, when you finish Casinopolis with Sonic, the camera switches, following her. This is not seen in the original Sonic Adventure.

Portrayal

The character of Cream is portrayed as being naive because of being brought up like a princess by her mother, Vanilla. She always politely minds her manners but sometimes acts childishly and can get caught up in other's problems. She loves ice cream, her favorite TV show is The NEXT Show, and is never without her Chao, Cheese. Together with Amy Rose, she is a part of "Team Jubilee."

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. While being able to mimic Sonic's basic spin-attack and spin dash, she attacks by having her Chao, Cheese, ram into her adversaries.

Cheese the Chao

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Cheese as seen in Sonic Advance 3.

Cheese (チーズ, Chīzu) is a blue neutral Chao and the best friend of Cream the Rabbit. He wears a red bow-tie that differences him from other Chao.

Cheese's first appearance was in Sonic Advance 2 for the Game Boy Advance. In Sonic Advance 2, Sonic Advance 3 and Sonic Battle, Cheese is accompanied by Cream and is a method of attack. Cream points to an enemy, and Cheese charges forward and destroys or damages the enemy on contact. In Sonic Advance 3, Cheese has the unique ability to temporarily shape-shift into a Chao version of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, or Amy upon being teamed with them.

In other media

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Cream in Sonic X.

Cream has a starring role in the Sonic anime, Sonic X. Though she is not 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 Earth. She supports Sonic on his adventures for the Chaos Emeralds throughout the first season. In the third season she travels with her friends into space to help Cosmo stop the Metarex. In both English and Japanese versions of Sonic X, her mother has Cream's voice actress. In the series, Cream enjoys watching a children's TV show called "NEXT Show", starring a purple furry creature, (possibly a parody of Barney).

While a majority of the Sonic cast from the games have made their appearance in Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comics, Cream, Cheese and Vanilla have not been introduced in the comic, as SEGA prefers them to remain Sonic X-exclusive for the time being. A storyline featuring Cream as a character was to have been introduced following issue #134; however it was scrapped due to this restriction. She does appear in Archie's Sonic X comic, reprising her role from the cartoon series.

Voice actresses

• Video games (2002-present), Sonic X - Sayaka Aoki (Japanese)
• Video games (2003-2004) - Sarah Wulfeck (English)
• Video games (2005-present), Sonic X - Rebecca Handler (English)

Theme songs

• Sonic Heroes - "Follow Me" by Kay Hanley. Cream shares this theme song with Amy and Big.

External links

• Sonic Channel - Official Sonic site
• Sonic City Cream the Rabbit