- “A friend of a friend is always a friend!”
- ―Cream the Rabbit, Sonic Rush[1]
Cream the Rabbit (クリーム・ザ・ラビット Kurīmu za Rabitto) is a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She is an anthropomorphic rabbit and the daughter of Vanilla the Rabbit. She is a friend of the Chao,[2] especially to her dear Chao friend Cheese, who she takes with her everywhere. Originally living an idyllic life with her family, Cream had a chance encounter with Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends when the evil Dr. Eggman entered her world, and soon began joining them on their adventures. She is able to achieve flight by flapping her large ears.
Cream is very polite, well-mannered and pure, though she can be childish and naïve. She is full of curiosity and tries her best in everything she does. Though young, she is not afraid to stand up for herself and will always be there to help out her friends. Just as Tails is the sidekick of Sonic, Cream serves the same purpose for Amy Rose and Blaze the Cat.
Concept and creation[]
Various concepts for Cream.
Like Sonic and Silver, Cream had several early concepts as different kinds of animals. They appear to include a squirrel, cat and raccoon. It's likely that some aspects of these designs were reused for later characters like Marine the Raccoon and Sticks the Badger. Cream's name is a pun of the foods "vanilla cream," and "cream cheese" which underlines her relationships with Cheese and Vanilla the Rabbit.[3]
Cream was specifically created by Sonic Team for Sonic Heroes to fill out the role as the Fly Type character for Team Rose. However, the team decided to introduce Cream prior in Sonic Advance 2 to make her more familiar with players and make Sonic Advance 2 feel fresher in comparison to Sonic Advance.
According to Sega, Cream was designed as a playable character for beginner players.[4] As her offensive maneuver, Cream was given the Chao Attack since it would damage her image as a sweet girl if she would attack enemies herself.[3]
Appearance[]
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Cream, from Sonic Advance 3.
Cream is a small, anthropomorphic, lop-eared rabbit with cream fur and brown eyes. She has princeton orange markings around her eyes, on her head and at the ends of her ears. She wears a simple vermilion dress with a white collar and blue cravat, and orange and yellow shoes. Her ears are usually swiveled back and flop behind her head.
Personality[]
Cream's profile in Sonic Generations.
Because of her mother's teachings in the importance of manners, Cream is a princess-like figure; she is very polite and well-behaved,[5][6] speaks courteously (often referring to people as "Mr." and "Miss") and does what she is told. With her politeness being like second-nature to her, Cream acts out her teachings with a cheerful smile on her face and a soft voice. Regardless of the situation and being used to getting what she wants,[7] Cream never forgets her manners, even offering a polite curtsy before attacking Eggman, with extreme prejudice.[8]
Cream is sweet, honest, innocent and has a generally happy attitude.[9] She is similarly very considerate, charitable and friendly, always eager to lend her friends a hand whenever the situation calls for it and tries to be close to everyone she meets. Cream is likewise extraordinarily brave, courageous and noble for someone her age, not afraid to face danger for the sake of those she cares about. She is likewise full of curiosity and has a thirst for knowledge.[5][6] She is also not afraid to voice her anger and disgust, but never does so in a rude way. A spirited go-getter, Cream is very hardworking and always tries her best in everything she does.[10][11] Like Sonic, Cream loves adventures and is always eager to bravely charge off into the next one.[9] Because of her age and upbringing though, she is a little naïve and simple-minded at times.[8] As such, she does not always see things right away and can accidentally speak out others' flaws or get herself in over her head when wrapped up in other people's problems.[8] She can also be sensitive and childish,[11] being prone to start crying over smaller things, misfortune or sadness in general.
Cream is one who enjoys the simpler things in life and loves spending most of her time outdoors playing with her friends or collecting flowers which she finds pretty and joyful. Indoors, she enjoys watching TV and drawing pictures.
Cream loves being happy and seeing others the same way, and hates seeing others sad. As such, she is a pacifist and detests violence of all forms.[12] Even when beaten back by Chaos Gamma, Cream refused to fight back. However, she is willing to fight to protect her friends if their safety is threatened and there is no telling what she would do in such cases.[9]
Powers and abilities[]
Physical abilities[]
Cream's trademark skill is her ability to achieve flight by flapping her two large ears as wings, allowing her to move freely through midair. Although she cannot fly as high, fast or long as Rouge or Tails, she can fly a greater horizontal distance. Regardless, she can still fly fast enough to keep up with Sonic as seen in Sonic Generations. Cream can also carry weights much greater than that of her own while flying, without hindering her own flying speed, as seen in Sonic Heroes, hinting a great deal of strength behind her flying.
Like other characters in the series, Cream can run at super speeds and is said to be nearly as fast as Sonic.[13] When running, she uses a unique hopping running style that makes it difficult for her opponents to track her.[14] While not having highly professional skills in the field, Cream is also very acrobatic and agile, being able to perform simple, yet impressive movements and tricks while airborne, and grind on rails with ease.
Combat skills[]
Cream has very little combat experience. She severely lacks in battle prowess and often has to rely on her friends' help in combat. However, she still possesses some fighting skills, having been taught them to better help her friends.[9] If motivated or pushed though, Cream can fight exceptionally better, being able to defeat some of Eggman's stronger creations, such as the doctor's combat mechs and the weaponized Chaos Gamma.
Fighting Style[]
In battle, Cream fights by working in collaboration with Cheese, commanding the Chao to attack the opponent for her in various ways, such as ramming directly into the enemy, dealing direct and crippling blows, blocking attacks, or even stir up tornadoes to blow opponents away, while she keeps a safe distance from the opponent.
When not fighting opponents herself, Cream focuses on providing support to her allies, such as in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood where her POW moves are all cheers that can empower and encourage her allies.
Techniques and Moves[]
Cream's signature technique and primary offensive maneuver is the Chao Attack, where she commands Cheese to charge into her target. This allows her to attack from long distances almost instantly, a contrast to other characters who lacks long-range attacks. Over time, Cream has developed several variants of this technique such as the Chao Rolling Attack and Step Attack where Cream has Cheese spinning around her to shield her from damage, the Chao Ball Attack where Cream has Cheese spin into a target, and the Chao Spinning Attack where Cream has Cheese somersault into an enemy for wider attack range.
Cream is able to perform the Spin Attack where she curls tightly into a concussive ball while in locomotion to damage, mow down, or burrow through obstacles and foes, along with the various forms derived from it. Using the Spin Jump, Cream can leap into the air and curl into a spinning ball to deal damage to anything she lands on, the Spin Dash lets her shoot herself forward as an acceleration roll at high speeds to break barriers or mow down enemies, and the Homing Attack allows Cream to jump and home in on an enemy to attack.
Miscellaneous Skills[]
Cream has good homemaking skills, such as cooking and decorating, most likely because of her mother's teachings. As an offspring of her good-hearted nature, Cream is able to heal herself using only the pureness of her heart.[15]
In Sonic Free Riders, Cream has demonstrated very high Extreme Gear rider skills, being able to hold her own against some of the best Extreme Gear riders the world has to offer during the World Grand Prix. While riding on an Extreme Gear, Cream can pulls off highly advanced tricks and techniques with her Extreme Gear while in midair, moving at incredible speeds, She is also able to ride her Extreme Gear through mid-air with great precisions and control.
Color Powers[]
- Main article: Color Power
By harnessing different variants of Hyper-go-on from Wisps, Cream can use specific Color Powers to transform into a certain form, such as a drill, a laser or even a planet, each one possessing its own unique abilities. So far, Cream has been able to transform into the Cyan Laser, Yellow Drill and Indigo Asteroid. However, these transformations require a steady supply of Hyper-go-on to be maintained.
Relationships[]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Cream telling Blaze about friendship.
- ↑ Sonic Generations (Console/PC), Collection Room, Characters.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega.com: Where do you draw your inspiration for the many unique Sonic characters? Is there a story behind the creation of Cream and her little Chao sidekick called Cheese from Sonic Advance 2? / Yuji Naka: We think up characters from the game system. For example, Knuckles needed to break walls and Tails, to fly in the sky. Cream is a sweet girl who has a Chao as a partner. However, if she attacks the enemy by herself, it can damage her image, so we decided that she takes the offensive using her Chao. By the way, the name Cheese was taken from "Cream Cheese".
- ↑ ソニック アドバンス２ (Japanese). Sega of Japan. Archived from the original on 12 November 2005. Retrieved on 3 January 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ "Sonic Heroes official website". Sega. Retrieved on 24 June 2004. “Cream was brought up like a princess and is used to getting what she wants, but she never forgets her manners. She often curtsies before unleashing a vicious attack on Dr. Eggman, which often involves hurtling Cheese, her tiny Chao sidekick, straight into his contraptions, as seen in Sonic Advance 2. Cream keeps Team Rose out of trouble by using her ears to fly them out of harm's way.”
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2) United States instruction booklet, p. 9.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Cream the Rabbit, Codex, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.
- ↑ Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008). In-game description of the "Cream" trophy.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Sonic Advance 2 (Gameboy Advance) English instruction manual, p. 3
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedSCronicles Manual - ↑ Sega of America. Cream the Rabbit. Sega of America. Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved on 26 October 2017. “Cream, and her Chao sidekick Cheese, joined Sonic in his fight against evil in Sonic Advance 2 for Game Boy Advance. She flies with her ears and is nearly as fast as her new blue friend. When Dr. Eggman is being especially meddlesome, he gets a blast from Cheese who is hurtled at his doomsday machines by Cream.”
- ↑ Cream Run, Sonic Battle
- ↑ Cream Heal, Sonic Battle
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