Honey the Cat

Honey the Cat is a cat character that was scrapped from Sonic Championship (also known as Sonic the Fighters). She is a yellow cat with black hair and a red dress. Although she was scrapped, her data still exists in the arcade version. When you do 2-player mode on Sonic the Fighters, the 2 people that are playing it have a choice of which character they want to chose, and, if they both choose the same character the person that chose that character second will get a gray scale version of that character, but with Honey she has two different versions so if you chose her second she will have blonde hair, a blue dress and pink fur. (The pink, blonde haired, and blue-dressed one is her mirrior version.) Honey normally has pigtails, and a tail, but they don't come due to a glitch.

Abilities
Honey the cat has borrowed abilities from the other fighters:
 * She glides with her wings (similar to Knuckles the Echidna).
 * Honey shares the same fighting pose as Sonic.
 * Honey even shares the same kicks as Sonic.
 * Some of Honey's puching type moves are from Tails

Emulator Honey
When playing with an emulator, you get a different Honey, one without pig tails, and a tail. This is not another Honey, this Honey is made from a bug in the emulator that doesn't show them, but the parts will flash sometimes for a few seconds, then disappear again.

Mirror Honey
thumb|276px|left|Sega saturn intro (Note the mirror honey is in the intro)

The mirror Honey is a pink skinned, blonde haired, and blue dressed version of Honey, Mirror Honey has no moves at all, and is completely useless due to that fact. It is a 100% chance that the player would be able to defeat Mirror Honey without getting any health loss. She is the only Mirror Version in the game to actually be colored. The Mirror Honey also appeared in the Sega Saturn version of Fighting Vipers (see picture). The Mirror Honey also has blue colored hairband, normal Honey has a red hairband. Mirror Honey is the only version of Honey the Cat to actually appear in a game.

Eye Glitch
In gameplay, Honey has an eye glitch that one eye looks at the opponet, while the other looks in the opposite direction. This certainly makes her look strange in the game. Her eye glitch will be there anytime someone chooses to play as Honey in the game.

The eye glitch is strange and can't go away or be fixed. It is caused due to eye data being unfinished, and never completely functional. This may be another reson she was scrapped from the game.

Fighting Vipers Honey
Honey the Cat is probably based off a character of the same name in the game Fighting Vipers. This Honey is a human character, not a cat, and has the same poses as Honey the Cat.

The Fighting Vipers Honey is easily comparable to Honey the Cat of Sonic the Fighters. Fighting Vipers Honey looks exactly like a human version of Honey the Cat. This version is called Candy in the US.

Please keep in mind that it is unknown whether are not this is a coincidence, or was intended, but this may be a reason Honey the Cat was scrapped. Both version look almost exactly like each other. The Fighting Vipers Honey does not have the eye glitch because Honey the Cat was scrapped before she was finished, the Fighting Vipers Honey wasn't scrapped, and was finished.

Videos
Z81f0tLxo90 A YouTube video showing Honey versing Knuckles, Amy and Bark.

Trivia

 * Honey has only appeared in the prototype Sonic the Fighters.


 * Honey has wings on her back, which is how she flies


 * She shares attacks from other fighters.


 * She is only playable via hacking.


 * In Sonic Championship ' s soundtest, a music track called "Sunset Hill" can be played. However, it is not in the actual game. The stage could have been Honey's intended stage, but when Honey was scrapped, the stage was scrapped as well.


 * Honey also has the same victory pose as Tails.


 * Mirror Honey is in the Sega Saturn version of the Fighting Vipers intro (As seen above).


 * Honey is quite popular on the famous art site, Deviant Art, to Sonic fans. She even has her own fanclub, even though she is a hack character.