Cream the Rabbit

Cream the Rabbit (クリーム・ザ・ラビット Kuriimu za Rabitto) (also known as Cream Yamato in Japan) is a rabbit in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe.

She has a bond with a chao named Cheese, who follows her everywhere.

Saving Mommy
The first game Cream appeared in was Sonic Advance 2, where she was an unlockable character. Like Tails and Knuckles, she was kidnapped by Eggman and Sonic the Hedgehog must rescue her before she can become playable. Just before the final level, her mother is kidnapped by Eggman, who is eventually rescued in the end by Super Sonic after he destroys the final boss.

Special Delivery
Cream is seen as a cameo in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut for the Gamecube and PC after playing the Casinopolis level when first going to Station Square as E-102 Gamma and after completing Twinkle Park as Big the Cat. She is flying through the sky, apparently dropping the ice key that appears at that point in the game. This isn't her only cameo in the game, but it's her best-known one.

Finding Chocola
She is a part of Team Rose, the "Beginner" Team, acting as their flight member in Sonic Heroes. The trio are on a quest to find Cheese's sibling, Chocola the Chao, a brown Chao with a blue bow tie, (as well as Big the Cat's friend, Froggy) and Sonic. In the game, she can only use Cheese to attack when the other two team members are incapacitated or otherwise not present. Her Chao attack is a means of self-defense, although the attack isn't very effective if she doesn't have 2 to 3 Power Cores.

Of Sibling Bonds and Team Players
Cream has also appeared in Sonic Battle where she teaches Emerl about sadness and emotions. She is the second character to be found in Sonic Advance 3, where she was walking and got lost. Cream makes an appearance in Sonic Riders and its sequel as an unlockable Flight-type character. In this game she, like Amy and Rouge, wears a different outfit.

Friend in Unexpected Places
Cream's role in Sonic Rush was as a supporting character for Blaze the Cat, but ended up playing a very large role as a non-playable character. She and Blaze meet after Blaze finds her hiding in bushes nearby. She is surprised at how naive and trusting Cream is with a stranger such as herself and is dragged along to Cream's home. Throughout the game, Cream cheers Blaze on during the battles and helps her to find Sonic. However, in this game, Cream also displays an understanding of her friends and their habits and motives. She tells Blaze that Amy is a good "Sonic detector" though sometimes lets her feelings get the better of her. She also mentions to Blaze Knuckles' gullibility and his short temper. Cream is held hostage by Eggman Nega in the final boss of Blaze's game but is rescued by Blaze. She is sad to see Blaze go at the end of the Extra story, but she becomes much happier upon learning from Sonic that Blaze promised to see them again.

She and Cheese both, who can be found trapped behind walls, need to be rescued by Shadow the Hedgehog and Amy Rose in the game Shadow the Hedgehog during the level Cryptic Castle, which is her only appearance in the entire game (besides her voice being heard in the levels The ARK and Cosmic Fall in Expert Mode). Whether or not she is rescued is up to the player.

First Time Healer
She also appears in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood and is one of the two optional recruits along with E-123 Omega. She is seen in Green Hill Zone and is looking for Cheese who got lost. Her role is, in Final Fantasy terms, a Healer/White Mage. She can heal and revive her teammates and use her charm to lower enemy stats. She is also rather slow in this game compared to the others, with only one attack per round. She also suffers from weak attack power and armor.

Personality
Cream is a princess-like figure; she is polite, follows manners (and never forgets them) and does what she is told. She's 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. She’s a bit naïve however, and doesn’t always see things right away, since she’s 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 and probably any games she can find. Her favorite food is ice cream.

She doesn't like any form of violence, abuse or fighting and only fights to protect the people she cares about. Like most of the characters in the Sonic series, she doesn't like Doctor Eggman much either, but as custom, she is still somewhat polite to the doctor (at least before using Cheese to smack him senseless).

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 episode 1, where Sonic tries to save her from Dr. Eggman's base, right before the Chaos Control that tossed Sonic and his friends to another world. She supports Sonic on his adventures for the Chaos Emeralds throughout the first season. Her most known accomplishment is her victory over Emerl the Gizoid during the second season, as she was forced to fight him for the first time on Sonic X.

In the third season she travels with her friends into space to help Cosmo stop the Metarex.

Family

 * Vanilla the Rabbit

Friends

 * Cheese the Chao
 * Amy Rose (Best Friends, close as sisters)
 * Cosmo the Seedrian (Sonic X)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Christopher Thorndyke (Sonic X)
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Shadow the Hedgehog (possible ally)
 * Chocola the Chao
 * Blaze the Cat (Good friend)
 * Emerl the Gizoid
 * Big the Cat
 * Vector the Crocodile
 * Espio the Chameleon
 * Charmy Bee
 * Shade the Echidna
 * Chao
 * Rouge the Bat

Enemies/Rivals

 * Dr. Eggman
 * Metal Sonic
 * Eggman Nega
 * Ix the Echidna

Abilities
Cream can achieve flight by flapping her two rather large ears. Although she can't fly as high, as fast or for as long as her friend Tails can, she can fly a greater horizontal distance. She is super fast like many other Sonic characters, but she is not as fast as Sonic or Shadow. 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.

Cream normally uses Cheese to attack but in Sonic Battle and Sonic X she did attack by herself. In Sonic Battle she used Omochao bombs and in Sonic X she attacked a crazed Emerl by stomping on him. There has also been a sighting of Cream using a sonic scream in the Sonic X comic. Further information on this particular ability is unavailable for the moment. One other power he may or may not have is the Dummy Ring power.

In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood Cream's cheers are very uplifting to her friends and have extra effects. These are:


 * Refresh: Cream performs a cheer that restores Power Points to herself and her team.
 * Demoralize: Cream performs a put-down that distracts enemies.
 * Cure: Cream performs a cheer that removes negative status effects and grants Antidote.
 * Revive: Cream performs a pick-me-up that brings a fallen ally back on their feet.
 * Heal: Cream performs a cheer that restores Hit Points to herself and her team.
 * Tough: Cream gets an ally fired up, making them fortified.

Voice Actresses

 * In the Sonic X dub and post-Shadow the Hedgehog games, Cream is voiced by Rebecca Honig.
 * In Japan, Cream's voice is done by Sayaka Aoki.
 * In Sonic Heroes, Sonic Battle and Sonic Advance 3, Cream was voiced by Sarah Wulfeck.

Theme songs

 * In Sonic Heroes, Cream's theme song (as part of Team Rose) was called "Follow Me", sung by Kay Hanley.

Trivia

 * Cream, Vanilla, and Cheese's name is a reference to "vanilla cream" and "cream cheese."
 * Cream has cameos in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut; she flies by after Sonic and Tails clear Casinopolis, she drops the Ice Key for Big to collect, and Amy spots her flying by the train station in Station Square.
 * In both versions of Sonic X, Vanilla has Cream's voice artist. In the English version, she has Cream's voice from "Enter! Supersonic Hedgehog Appears!".
 * The majority of the Sonic cast from the games have made appearances in Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comics, with the exception of Cream, Cheese and Vanilla. One reason may be that the comics already have a female rabbit: Bunnie Rabbot. Also, it may be because, although they are in the Sonic X Archie comic, they are considered as "Sonic X exclusive" characters.
 * The new spinoff series, Sonic Universe is said to introduce more characters from the games and other continuities, meaning the appearance of Cream, Cheese and Vanilla in the Archie-verse is still a possibility.
 * To back this up further, in the Sonic Grams page of StH#203, a fan asked if Cream had ever appeared in the comics at some point (Being a reletively new reader), and the reply was "Cream hasn't shown up in the comic yet, but that may change soon!"
 * Interestingly, a homeless rabbit and her young daughter, who bare a strong resemblence to Cream and her mother, made a small appearance in the 5th issue of Sonic Universe.
 * Similar to Amy, the length and size of Cream's dress seems to vary between appearances.
 * In episode 22 of Sonic X, Cream is wearing sandals. Cream appears to have no toes. This is true to most other Sonic characters.
 * Cream was one of the two characters featured in the Sonic McDonalds commercial, the other obviously being Sonic.
 * In Sonic Chronicles, if Sonic continues to doubt about Cream helping the team, Cream will not continue to the story and she will not be playable.
 * Cream is the second fastest character in Sonic Advance 2 and Sonic Advance 3. She is also one of the youngest.
 * If Cream was to raise her ears up, they would be backwards. However, as rabbits can naturally swivel their ears around, this is unlikely as she would merely turn them around as a natural reflex. Also, her ears are styled as ponytails.
 * Cream is the first Sonic character to have a known parent. The second being Shadow and the third Rouge (She mentions her "mama" in Sonic Chronicles).
 * Presumably because she is quite young, and thereby not afraid to reveal it, Cream is the first female Sonic character to have a confirmed weight.
 * Cream's shoes almost have the same design as Chris Thorndyke's, only with a few differences.
 * Curiously, Cream is unaffected by the Voxai Overmind's minds control in Sonic Chronicles. It may be because of her young age.
 * Cream is the only member of Team Rose (in Sonic Chronicles) to lack a damaging move (It is due to her being a Support-Class Character)
 * Cream is also the only member of Team Rose who lacks her own individual theme (Amy has My Sweet Passion and Big has Lazy Days.)
 * It is unknown if Cream has a father, or even other relatives such as cousins or possible siblings, as it was never mentioned. A future Sonic game may touch up on this.
 * Cream is also the only member of Team Rose to not appear in the main storyline of the Storybook series (Big appears in some levels as a cameo in Secret Rings, and Amy appears as Nimue in the main story, and as herself after the second credits roll). She is, however, playable in Secret Rings' Party Mode.
 * In Sonic Riders Zero Gravity when Cream made a extreme stunt/trick Cheese the chao appear.