Vanilla the Rabbit

Vanilla the Rabbit (ヴァニラ・ザ・ラビット) is a fictional minor character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She is an anthropomorphic rabbit and respected mother of Cream the Rabbit. Vanilla lives in a small cottage located close to Night Carnival Zone with her daughter, Cream, and Gemerl. Vanilla is a skilled housewife, who has taught her daughter polite manners under the strict discipline.

Sonic Advance 2
Six years after Cream's birth, Vanilla, Cream and Cheese are kidnapped by Dr. Eggman. Cream, who was saved by Sonic the Hedgehog, goes then to find her mother along with Cheese, knowing that she is still in trouble. Eventually after her adventure through many Zones, Cream manages to reunite with Vanilla in the Leaf Forest.

Later unfortunately, Vanilla gets kidnapped again by Eggman along with several Flickies. However, Super Sonic managed to defeat Eggman, while Sonic manages to save Vanilla from falling in the middle of the Earth's stratosphere. As they are greeted by Tails, Knuckles and Cream, Sonic has run away to the new destination, while Vanilla has been grateful for him ever since.

Sonic Advance 3
Towards the ending of Sonic Advance 3, Vanilla took Cream and Cheese to walk on the beach and found the damaged Gemerl laying helplessly on sand. Seeing this, Vanilla took the robot to Miles Prower, who repaired him in his workshop and reprogrammed him to be friend of Cream. She then took Gemerl with her to live in their cottage with Cream, Cheese and Chocola so he could live a happy life.

Sonic Rush
Vanilla, still living peacefully, allowed Cream and Cheese to go out and play near Night Carnival Zone one day. When Cream returns, she came with Blaze the Cat, who she had found on the ground earlier. Vanilla insisted that the reluctant Blaze stay for tea, which she eventually did and explained her story over the table. Vanilla advised her to see Sonic the Hedgehog for help and she allowed Cream to go with Blaze on her journey.

Later on, Sonic and Tails arrived at the cottage looking for Blaze. Vanilla informed them that Cream had gone out with her to find him, and pointed them in the right direction before they left.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Vanilla is mentioned in Cream the Rabbit trophy description as well mentioning her teaching polite and courteous manners for Cream.

Sonic Generations
In console/PC versions of Sonic Generations, Vanilla is mentioned by Cream, as she is told by Vanilla to return once she has left to celebrate Sonic's birthday. In Nintendo 3DS version, she is seen in one of concept arts from the ending scene of Sonic Advance 3.

Sonic X
Vanilla also appeared in the anime series Sonic X. Originally from Sonic's unnamed homeworld, she was separated from her daughter when Cream was kidnapped by Doctor Eggman and transported to Earth by Chaos Control. Vanilla was eventually transported to Earth herself by a second Chaos Control event, and immediately hired the Chaotix Detective Agency to find Cream. Their leader, Vector the Crocodile, initially mistakenly believed that Sonic the Hedgehog had kidnapped Cream. While the Chaotix investigated, Vanilla came across Sonic, who then took her to her daughter at the Thorndyke Mansion. Cream was overjoyed to reunite with her mother and they embraced in a nice warm hug. After that, Vanilla moved into the mansion and cooked with Cream and Ella, as well as constantly looking out for Sonic and the others. Weeks after, a portal was created which could return them to their own world. Vanilla and Cream happily departed and returned to their cottage.

Returned back to their peaceful lifestyle in their cottage, Vanilla and Cream were happy once again. Vector the Crocodile and Vanilla had also appeared to develop a crush on each other, but neither of them had made any moves. After a few months, the Metarex declared war on the planet and Cream and Vanilla participated in helping the inhabitants of Mobius. She asked Vector to deliver Chris' things (that Chris' family sent from Station Square) to the Blue Typhoon in space and was not present at the downfall of the Metarex and the death of Cosmo, a new friend of Cream.

Archie Comics
In the Archie Comics continuity, Vanilla originally lived with her daughter Cream the Rabbit lived in a mansion near a Chao Garden in the Southern Baronies. One day, however, she and Cream came under attack by Snively Robotnik in a large drilling mech, believing he had found a mystical energy source under their home. The moment she saw Snively, however, Vanilla radioed for help, and Amy Rose soon came to their rescue. With help from Cream, Amy managed to stop Snively and save Vanilla and the Chao residing there, though she ended up wrecking Vanilla and Cream's home in the process.

With their home destroyed, Vanilla and Cream were offered to live in New Mobotropolis by Amy, to which Vanilla and Cream accepted. After taking up residence in New Mobotropolis, however, Vanilla had some trouble adjusting to hers and Cream's new surroundings as she was used to a quiet lifestyle and that she found Cream attracted and involved in the dangerous adventures the Knothole Freedom Fighters had. However, after some encouragement from Amy and having witnessed the Freedom Fighters' heroism, Vanilla came to accept her new home and even allowed Cream to join Team Freedom.

Family

 * Cream the Rabbit (daughter)
 * Cheese (pet/Chao friend)
 * Chocola (pet/Chao friend)

Friends

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Amy Rose
 * Emerl
 * Gemerl
 * Blaze the Cat

Enemies

 * Dr. Eggman

Trivia

 * Although not having her own official character profile on the official Sonic Channel website, Vanilla is mentioned by name in Cream's character profile.
 * In the games, Vanilla's ascot was orange, but in Sonic X, it was blue.
 * Vanilla, along with Cream and Cheese, were the first new characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series to be introduced on a Nintendo console.