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As long as they're nice, I don't care what anyone is.


— Big the Cat, Sonic Universe #72

Big the Cat is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He is a large mobian cat, a fisherman, and a member of the Freedom Fighters. During Dr. Eggman's attempt at using Chaos to destroy Station Square, Big found himself caught in the middle when his friend Froggy became part of Eggman's schemes, where he assisted Sonic the Hedgehog in stopping Perfect Chaos. When the Shattered World Crisis broke out, Big joined the Freedom Fighters in their efforts to restore the planet.

Appearance[]

Big is a very large and burly mobian cat. The majority of his body fur consists of two shades of purple: light and dark. A striped pattern runs up his arms and tail. His feet are covered in dark purple fur up to his ankles as well as the outer tips of his ears, while his upper legs, back, and sides are covered in light purple fur. White fur covers his chest, torso, inner ears and his muzzle with the addition of cheek tuffs. His eyes have yellow scleras with black irises. His preferred attire consists of tan gloves, sandals, and a matching belt with a gold buckle. He carries a fishing rod with him at nearly all times.

History[]

Past[]

Nothing about Big's early life is known, other than the fact he has lived for most of his life at his shack in the Mystic Ruins jungle with his best pal Froggy, completely undisturbed by the world at large. This all changed when a series of events pulled Big into Dr. Eggman's latest scheme involving the ancient water monster Chaos. When Froggy inadvertently swallowed the creatures tail, he immediately caught the attention of Eggman's robots. Big took it upon himself to rescue Froggy when he was captured by E-102 Gamma, chasing the robot back to the Egg Carrier before the ship took off, where the large cat found himself up against the fearsome Chaos alongside Sonic the Hedgehog. After saving Froggy from the monster's clutches, the cat went back home in the Mystic Ruins to continue living in peace. Soon after, he found himself in a destroyed Station Square after Perfect Chaos had flooded the city. Here, Big witnessed Super Sonic neutralize the titanic beast in a mighty showdown.[3]

Later, Froggy had gone missing once again. This time, it seemed he had been kidnapped by none other than Sonic, along with Cheese's brother Chocola. Joining Amy Rose and Cream the Rabbit as part of Team Rose, Big set off on an adventure to find his friend. The group would later discover that the one behind this elaborate ruse was Neo Metal Sonic, who attempted to do away with Big and the other heroes in his Metal Overlord form. With the power of teamwork, the heroes were able to defeat Metal Overlord, and the cat was reunited with his best buddy once again.[4]

A later incident would see Big find himself in an alternate Zone, where he would take various pictures of his journey.[5] After returning to Sonic's World, the cat lost Froggy once again, leading him to an adventure through Dr. Eggman's "Egg Planet Park" to rescue his buddy, crossing paths with Amy and Sonic along the way.[6]

Worlds Collide[]

Note: Due to the Genesis Wave, Big's history from this point was changed to be nearly identical to that of his game counterpart.

In the altered reality created by the second Genesis Wave, Big somehow made his way onto the Wily Egg in the Skull Egg Zone, where he was seen playing a game of cards with Quint, before reality was returned to normal.[7]

Shattered World Crisis[]

Act One[]

Note: From the readers point of view, this picks up from where Big's original timeline ended.
Big Fights Silver Sonic

Big battles Silver Sonic, from Sonic the Hedgehog #253.

During a typical day of fishing in the Mystic Ruins, Big met Sonic and Tails who arrived at his home looking for Rotor and the Sky Patrol. The duo (who had recently returned from the Super Genesis Wave with memories of a different timeline) were puzzled as to why Big was back at his old home and not in Mobotropolis, to which the cat was clueless. Nonetheless, Big was more than happy to help his friends locate Rotor, and ended up running into Rotor's attempt to stop a horde of Badniks. Ultimately, Big showed he still had a heroic bone in his body by fighting off Silver Sonic and protecting Sky Patrol, the cat opting to stick around afterwards.[2] He was later present on Sky Patrol when Sonic retrieved Amy Rose and Sally and had a front row seat to the destruction of the planet.[8]

With the Shattered World Crisis in full swing, Big aided the Freedom Fighters in rescuing people in the nearest location ravaged by the split: Station Square, where he fished people out of the flooded streets and effortlessly tossed a car to one side to rescue people trapped in Twinkle Park. He subsequently took up residence aboard the Sky Patrol with his teammates where they set out to restore their damaged world to normal.[9] Big remained on the Sky Patrol with Bunnie D'Coolette, Cream, Cheese, and Froggy while the other Freedom Fighters went on missions in Meropis and the Crystal Cave.[10] Upon the return of the latter group with a Chaos Emerald, Big cautioned Froggy to stay away from it, remembering their last encounter with such a gem.[11] During a later mission to recover a Chaos Emerald, Big was left behind on the Sky Patrol while most of the other Freedom Fighters were split into teams for the mission. However, when both Team Freedom and their backup squad of Team Fighters were caught in a trap set by Eggman, Big joined Cream, Cheese, Omochao, and T-Pup in flying in to rescue them.[12][13]

Some time later, Big helped Rotor, Sally, and Tails defend the Sky Patrol from an attack by several of Dark Gaia Monsters, holding them off until the sun caused them to disappear. Shortly thereafter, the group was surprised by Nicole receiving a distress call from the Digital World, apparently sent by her creator Dr. Ellidy. As Nicole disappeared to investigate, Sally recruited Big and Tails to head to Dr. Ellidy's house on Isolated Island and find out exactly what was going on. During the flight, Big questioned whether Ellidy was Nicole's "daddy," which Sally admitted was as good a term as any for the scientist's relationship to their computer friend. The trio arrived on Isolated Island and were surprised to be greeted by several Badniks who made no moves to attack them, instead leading them to Ellidy's house where they arrived just in time to meet the returning Ellidy and Nicole.[14] The following day were shown Ellidy's latest discovery: the Red Star Ring. Big then joined Sally in going to investigate the island's Lake of Rings and its strangely unresponsive Badnik sentry, and along the way was questioned by the princess as to how he felt about Nicole. Big responded that he liked her, and did not care about the fact that she was not a real living being. The pair soon arrived at the lake and retrieved a second Red Star Ring, but were then unexpectedly attacked by the Badnik sentry, whom Big handily dispatched. Returning to Ellidy's home, they gave him the ring and reported the incident before preparing to settle in for the night.[15]

Tails and Big fighting Badniks

Big and Tails surrounded by Dark Gaia Creatures and Phage's Badniks, from Sonic Universe #74.

Big was later awakened by an unpleasant development-Dark Gaia Creatures and Ellidy's Badniks were attacking, the later under the control of the evil computer virus known as Phage. After trying to keep the attackers out of the house, Tails and Big were ordered by Sally to go recover a Chaos Emerald that Phage had discovered on the island to keep it out of her hands.[16] Arriving at the Lake of Rings, the pair discovered that the lake was infested with Badniks, preventing them from swimming for it. Undaunted, Big employed his signature fishing abilities to pull the yellow gem out of the water with ease, much to Tails' surprise. Unfortunately, the pair were then forced to deal with an arriving force of Dark Gaia's Minions. Luckily, however, Nicole was successful in shutting Phage out of the digital world, allowing Eggman's robots to rise back to life and fight the monsters off for the heroes. The next day, Big and his comrades left the island to meet up with the rest of the Freedom Fighters in Apotos.[17] They would later travel to Crystal Desert Zone in search of another Chaos Emerald, and succeeded in recovering the jewel and helping a G.U.N. unit that had been attacked by Metal Sonic.[18]

Worlds Unite[]

Big fights M'egga Man

Big fights M'egga Man, from Sonic the Hedgehog #273.

Big and his friends were later called to Mobotropolis to answer the threat of an attacking M'egga Man. Big attempted to crush the invader under his massive bulk, but proved unable to stop the latest of the Roboticized Masters. Even the aid of gemerl and Knuckles the Echidna failed to stop him, and he succeeded in activating one of the Unity Engines created on the orders of Sigma.[19] This resulted in a fusion of Mobius and Earth in the year 20XX, and the Freedom Fighters found themselves in an unlikely alliance with several Robot Masters, Team Sticks, and the Maverick Hunters. The force of heroes then boarded the Sky Patrol in order to challenge Sigma and halt his plans.[20] They later faced his Mechaniloid army under the command of the Deadly Six, and Big fought against the robots and Zeti, teaming up with Gemerl to tackle Zomom. Unfortunately, the aliens then used their powers to force the robots and Bunnie to attack their friends, and Big found himself having to restrain his cyborg friend to help her resist their control. Fortunately, the villains were defeated and their puppets freed by Eggman and Dr. Wily.[21][22][23]

HardManandBig

Big fights Sigma's army with Hard Man, from Sonic the Hedgehog #275.

Regrettably, Big and his friends were then set upon by Sigma's Maverick army, who descended on the weary heroes in droves.[23] After a brief struggle, in which Big fought against Tunnel Rhino, most of them departed for other worlds through Genesis Portals. A handful remained behind to finish them off, but were then engaged by a quartet of heroes who arrived from the world of Street Fighter. They succeeded in dispatching the Mavericks, and then joined Big and the others in pursuing the rest of Sigma's army to other worlds.[24] Big and Hard Man went to the world of Breath of Fire III, recruiting the heroes there.[25] After that, Big joined the Unified Army in the final fight against Sigma. He could not do too much as Sigma powered up to Sigma-3, becoming almost unstoppable.[26] It was up to Super Sonic and Super Armor Mega Man to then defeat Sigma-3 but even after doing so, reality was collapsing upon itself. Thanks to the efforts of Xander Payne, Big was returned to his world with no memories of the events.[27]

Act Two[]

BigVCarters

Big fights Falke Wulf and Carrotia the Rabbit, from Sonic the Hedgehog #285.

Following Sigma's defeat, Big and his friends went back to trying to repair the shattered world. This involved searching for the Gaia Keys, whose Guardians were also being hunted by the Egg Army. Big soon joined Sonic and Antoine in traveling to Shamar, where they would team up with the Desert Raiders to rescue Key Guardian Ehsan.[28][29] Big later went to Chun-Nan to recover another Gaia Key with the help of the Shijin Warriors.[30][31]

Big later went with Cream, Cheese, and Tails to Castle Acorn. After stopping by at Cream's house, the three were accompanied by Gemerl, and Big stored a chest containing the Chaos Emeralds and Gaia Keys in a vault in the castle.[32] Unfortunately, the Hooligans and Witchcarters attacked the city with the aid of multiple Badniks, and the chest containing the Chaos Emeralds and Gaia Keys was stolen by Metal Sonic.[33] Though they were too late to stop Metal Sonic, Big, Cream, and Cheese arrived to rescue Gemerl as well as fend off the Witchcarters, Hooligans, and Badniks.[34] While in Cream's house, just after the world had been restored, Big and his friends were telepathically contacted by Chip, who bid them farewell.[35]

Personality[]

Big is a kind, relaxed individual who is incredibly loyal to his friends and quick to take action against any enemies. However, he is not highly aggressive, merely acting to defend others or prevent evil beings from causing harm. Big loves fishing, and is happier enjoying the serenity around a pond than he is going on adventures.

Powers and abilities[]

Big Throws Car

Big effortlessly moving a car, from Sonic the Hedgehog #257.

Big is a massively strong being, capable of throwing heavy objects like cars with ease or stopping such massive and powerful enemies as Silver Sonic completely in its tracks.

Like many others, Big can use the Spin Attack/Spin Dash technique, curling into a wheel and rolling across terrain. His particular version of it is quite devastating, capable of tearing through the Mystic Ruins jungle while helping protect the Sky Patrol. Big is an expert fisherman with his trusty fishing rod, capable of casting his line with pin-point precision, and has utilized this skill with some practicality in battle.

Relationships[]

Froggy[]

Big cares very much for his best friend, Froggy, and will do whatever it takes to ensure he is safe.

Cream the Rabbit[]

Friends/allies[]

Neutral[]

Enemies[]

Trivia[]

  • Ian Flynn indicated in Q&A that Big, as evidenced by his hobby, likes to eat fish.[1]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Head writer Ian Flynn has revealed on Twitter that Big's measurements are the same as those of his game counterpart.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ian Flynn (22 March 2015). Ask Ian - Year End Bonanza Thingie. BumbleKing Comics. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sonic the Hedgehog #253, "Countdown to Chaos Part One: The Builder"
  3. Sonic Adventure
  4. Sonic Heroes
  5. Sonic and the Secret Rings
  6. Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS)
  7. Mega Man #27, "When Worlds Collide Part Ten: No Holds Barred"
  8. Sonic the Hedgehog #256, "Countdown to Chaos Finale: The Princess and the Hammer"
  9. Sonic the Hedgehog #257, "Damage Control"
  10. Sonic the Hedgehog #260, "The Light in the Dark: Part One"
  11. Sonic the Hedgehog #262, "The Light in the Dark: Part Three"
  12. Sonic the Hedgehog #266, "Ambushed! Part One"
  13. Sonic the Hedgehog #267, "Ambushed! Part Two"
  14. Sonic Universe #71, "Spark of Life Part One"
  15. Sonic Universe #72, "Spark of Life Part Two"
  16. Sonic Universe #73, "Spark of Life Part Three"
  17. Sonic Universe #74, "Spark of Life Part Four"
  18. Sonic Universe #75, "Fury"
  19. Sonic the Hedgehog #273, "Worlds Unite Part Three: Clash of the Corrupted"
  20. Mega Man #50, "Worlds Unite Part Four: Death and Destruction"
  21. Sonic Universe #77, "Worlds Unite! Part Five: Everybody in the Same Boat"
  22. Sonic Boom #9, "Worlds Unite! Part Six: Fire in the Sky"
  23. 23.0 23.1 Sonic the Hedgehog #274, "Worlds Unite! Part Seven: Gears and Wills"
  24. Mega Man #51, "Worlds Unite! Part Eight: Holes in Reality"
  25. Sonic Boom #10, "Worlds Unite Part Ten: Justice Across Worlds"
  26. Sonic the Hedgehog #275, "Worlds Unite Part Eleven: Killing the Giant"
  27. Mega Man #52, "Worlds Unite Part Twelve: Last Rights"
  28. Sonic the Hedgehog #278, "Face of the Enemy Part One: Friends in Need"
  29. Sonic the Hedgehog #279, "Face of the Enemy Part Two: Friends in Deed"
  30. Sonic the Hedgehog #281, "Wings of Fire Part One: Slow Burn"
  31. Sonic the Hedgehog #282, "Wings of Fire Part Two: Fighting Fire With Fire"
  32. Sonic the Hedgehog #283, "The Mission"
  33. Sonic the Hedgehog #284, "Panic in the Sky Part One: The Best Laid Plans"
  34. Sonic the Hedgehog #285, "Panic in the Sky Part Two: Falling Into Place"
  35. Sonic the Hedgehog #287, "Panic in the Sky Part Four: Finale - As Was Foretold"

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