Big the Cat/Miscellaneous

Sonic X
Big has a minor role in the Sonic X series. His most notable appearance was during the Chaos Saga adaption, where he played the same role as he did in the game. At the start of the series, he was apparently caught in the Chaos Control explosion that transported the main characters from their world to Earth. However, he did not make another appearance until a second Chaos Control event brought several locations from their world to Earth. It is unknown if Big somehow remained on his homeworld until the second event, or if he had been on Earth the entire time.

In the Sonic X comic series, Big appeared in Paris, when Sonic and the rest of the gang are on the World Fair. He punched Doctor Eggman in the face when he recognized him, and later helped Sonic and the others defeat Eggman's robots who were on the loose. Later, he appeared at a party in Chris's mansion, and when Chuck discovers the existence of a Chaos Emerald inside a meteor that crashes in the South Pole, and makes a team with Sonic and Knuckles, in a race.

Sonic the Comic
In Sonic the Comic, Big makes a single-panel appearance when Chaos, drained of power and restored to its original fish form, landed next to Big, who was fishing in those waters, prompting him to notice the creature's arrival.

Archie Comics
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Big was originally a member of the Felidae warriors from the Mysterious Cat Country. Finding his people's customs too complicated and violent, Big chose a quiet life in the jungle with his Mobini friend Froggy. At one point, he got involved in the Chaos incident, and a year later he was exiled from his home due to his friendliness towards outsiders. However, he found a new home in New Mobotropolis where he became a member of Team Freedom city defenders.

Following the comics' reboot following Worlds Collide, Big's history became nearly identical to his game counterpart's. He currently serves as the muscle of the Freedom Fighters.

Theme songs

 * Sonic Adventure: Lazy Days (Livin' in Paradise) - Ted Poley
 * Sonic Heroes: Follow Me (This theme song is shared with Amy and Cream) - Kay Hanley

Trivia

 * In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Big is the only non-optional character (besides Sonic) to not be affected by the Voxai Overmind's brainwashing. He is also the only Support-Class character who has a damaging POW move.
 * Due to his gameplay style, Big is one of the most unpopular and is considered one of the most infamous characters in the Sonic universe.
 * In Sonic and the Secret Rings, he is also the only character aside from Sonic himself that does not take the name of an Arabian Nights character. It was revealed in Big's journal that apparently Shahra transported him to the world of the Arabian Nights as well, most likely by accident.
 * Big the Cat was the only playable character in Sonic Heroes who does not appear in Shadow the Hedgehog.
 * In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Big the Cat is the only Sonic character to have his name written out in full in the racing stands. It is written "Big the Cat" unlike the names of other characters such as "Tails" and "Shadow".
 * Without counting Shadow, Big is the second oldest hero (behind Vector) from new-generation games.
 * In Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, there is a big purple cat-like enemy that wears a brown belt, looking very similar to Big.
 * Big appears in almost every level as a cameo appearance in Sonic Adventure 2 for Dreamcast, but those cameos were removed in the GameCube version. He can still be viewed in some story sequences by rapidly pressing the A or B buttons throughout the scenes. Big's cameos in the levels of Sonic Adventure 2 were put back in for the Xbox 360/PS3/PC re-release of the game.
 * The original Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure contains a glitch with Big. For the very first time playing as Super Sonic (the first time relevant to the save file being used), when Big appears, his colors glitch out, causing him to appear as a patchwork of pinks, reds and oranges. He maintains this glitched color scheme throughout the playthrough. This glitch does not re-occur in repeat playthroughs of Super Sonic's story thereafter, and was fixed in subsequent re-releases of the game.
 * Big is one of two Sonic Heroes characters to not appear in Sonic Generations, the other being E-123 Omega.
 * Both, however, appear as secret collectable statues.
 * Big's gameplay in Sonic Adventure is similar to SEGA Bass Fishing.
 * Big's voice actor in Sonic Colors, Kyle Hebert, is credited in Sonic Generations. This suggests that Big was at one point going to be included in the game.
 * Big the Cat was claimed to be officially retired, "for the time being at least", by Ken Balough. Despite this announcement, Big had made cameo appearances in several Sonic games such as Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
 * Aaron Webber, the PR of Sega America, claims Big to be his favorite Sonic character, often involving him in his shenanigans on the official Sonic social media pages such as Facebook and Twitter.
 * Big's voice actor from Sonic X and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Oliver Wyman, reprised the role for Big's appearance in Lego Dimensions. This is the only known instance of a Sonic character reverting back to their prior voice actor after the role was re-cast.
 * Whilst answering questions about Sonic Forces, Aaron Webber stated that Big the Cat was not in the game because he was on a fishing vacation with Froggy, and also said (seemingly as a joke) that had Big not been on vacation Eggman would have been unable to take over the world.