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'''Cream the Rabbit''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: クリーム・ザ・ラビット, ''Kurīmu za Rabitto'') is a recurring character in the ''[[Games featuring Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' games and related media. Introduced to the ''Sonic'' series in 2002 as hidden artwork in ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'', Cream debuted for real as a playable character in ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]''. A young rabbit with a polite manner and a perpetually sunny outlook, Cream is followed almost everywhere by her [[chao]], [[Cheese]].
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'''Cream the Rabbit''' (Japanese: クリーム・ザ・ラビット, ''Kurīmu za Rabitto'') is a recurring character in the ''[[Games featuring Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' games and related media. Introduced to the ''Sonic'' series in 2002 as hidden artwork in ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'', Cream debuted for real as a playable character in ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]''. A young rabbit with a polite manner and a perpetually sunny outlook, Cream is followed almost everywhere by her pet [[Chao]], [[Cheese]].
  
 
== Character Conception ==
 
== Character Conception ==
 
 
[[File:Creamprototype.PNG|thumb|right|320px|Prototype sketches for Cream showing some alternate designs.]]
 
[[File:Creamprototype.PNG|thumb|right|320px|Prototype sketches for Cream showing some alternate designs.]]
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[[File:Joypolis2016_ConceptArt_CreamSADV2.png|thumb|right|320px|More prototype sketches, with some of Cream's potential forms being a kitten, a jerboa, a tanuki/common raccoon, and a squirrel.]]
  
During the development of ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'', [[Sonic Team]] needed several new characters to fill out the 12-man playable roster. Along with a ressurected [[Team Chaotix]], [[E-123 Omega]] and Cream were designed specificly for a ''Heroes'' role, with the big-eared rabbit to serve as the [[Fly Type|flight]] member for [[Team Rose]].
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During the development of ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'', [[Sonic Team]] needed several new characters to fill out the 12-man playable roster. Along with a resurrected [[Team Chaotix]], [[E-123 Omega]] and Cream were designed specifically for a ''Heroes'' role, with the big-eared rabbit to serve as the [[Fly Type|flight]] member for [[Team Rose]].
  
However, with ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' being developed in parallel, an opportunity existed to introduce Cream to the franchise earlier, so players would already be familiar with her by the time that the main series ''Heroes'' title was launched - rather than being confronted with ''two'' entirely new characters at once. As such, Cream's first playable appearence came in December 2002: 14 months before the release of the game for which she was actually devised. This had the added advantage of establishing Cream in the games before television, as she was to appear in [[Enter the Supersonic Hedgehog!|the first episode]] of ''[[Sonic X]]'' in March 2003.
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However, with ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' being developed in parallel, an opportunity existed to introduce Cream to the franchise earlier, so players would already be familiar with her by the time that the main series ''Heroes'' title was launched - rather than being confronted with ''two'' entirely new characters at once. As such, Cream's first playable appearance came in December 2002: 14 months before the release of the game for which she was actually devised. This had the added advantage of establishing Cream in the games before television, as she was to appear in [[Enter the Supersonic Hero!|the first episode]] of ''[[Sonic X]]'' in March 2003.
  
 
== Personality and Traits ==
 
== Personality and Traits ==
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{{quote|''Thanks for saving me, Sonic. It was scary in the dark but I tried to be brave.''|Cream after her rescue in ''[[Sonic Generations (HD)]]''}}
 
{{quote|''Thanks for saving me, Sonic. It was scary in the dark but I tried to be brave.''|Cream after her rescue in ''[[Sonic Generations (HD)]]''}}
  
Cream is amongst the youngest of the ''Sonic'' characters, and still retains a childish naïveté which influences her interactions with other members of the cast. She's also the only one of the animal protaganists to have any relatives in the games: her mother, [[Vanilla the Rabbit]], who's raised Cream to be unfailingly polite and kind to others - even [[Dr. Eggman]], despite being [[Egg Hammer Tank II|kidnapped]] by him ([[Gimme Shelter|twice]]). At times, Cream is to [[Amy Rose]] what [[Tails]] is to [[Sonic]]: the younger and slightly awe-struck sidekick. While Cream's innocence and enthusiasm endears her to ''most'' of the other characters, it can occasionally get on the nerves of some of her more serious comrades - notably [[Blaze the Cat]] in ''[[Sonic Rush]]''.
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Cream is amongst the youngest of the ''Sonic'' characters, and still retains a childish naïveté which influences her interactions with other members of the cast. She's also one of the few animal protagonists to have any relatives in the games: her mother, [[Vanilla the Rabbit]], who's raised Cream to be unfailingly polite and kind to others - even [[Dr. Eggman]], despite being [[Egg Hammer Tank II|kidnapped]] by him ([[Gimme Shelter|twice]]). At times, Cream is to [[Amy Rose]] what [[Tails]] is to [[Sonic]]: the younger and slightly awe-struck sidekick. While Cream's innocence and enthusiasm endears her to ''most'' of the other characters, it can occasionally get on the nerves of some of her more serious comrades - notably [[Blaze the Cat]] in ''[[Sonic Rush]]''.
  
Although Cream can fight to help out her friends out on their mutual adventures, she dislikes violence in general and would prefer never to have to get antagonistic with anyone. Nevertheless, she has a variety of useful abilities, including the ability to fly by flapping her oversized ears. In ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'', Cream's greatest asset in a fight is Cheese; her [[Chao Attack]] alone is a complete game-changer, as Cheese can demolish [[badniks]] at range, on demand, and with no danger. This makes most bosses trivially easy as well, and was toned down quite a bit for ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]''.
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Although Cream can fight to help out her friends out on their mutual adventures, she dislikes violence in general and would prefer never to have to get antagonistic with anyone. Nevertheless, she has a variety of useful abilities, including the ability to fly by flapping her oversized ears. In ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' and ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]'', Cream's greatest asset in a fight is Cheese; her [[Chao Attack]] alone is a complete game-changer, as Cheese can demolish [[badniks]] at range, on demand, and with no danger. This makes most bosses trivially easy as well.
  
== Appearences ==
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== Appearances ==
  
 
Cream appears in the following Sonic games:
 
Cream appears in the following Sonic games:
  
:''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (as artwork); ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]''; ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]''; ''[[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut]]''; ''[[Sonic Battle]]''; ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''; ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]''; ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]''; ''[[Sonic Riders]]''; ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]''; ''[[Sonic Free Riders]]''; ''[[Sonic Rush]]''; ''[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]''; ''[[Sonic Colours (DS)]]'', ''[[Sonic Generations|Sonic Generations (HD)]]''.
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:''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (as artwork); ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]''; ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]''; ''[[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut]]''; ''[[Sonic Battle]]''; ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''; ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]''; ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]''; ''[[Sonic Riders]]''; ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]''; ''[[Sonic Free Riders]]''; ''[[Sonic Rush]]''; ''[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]''; ''[[Sonic Colours (Nintendo DS)]]''; ''[[Sonic Generations|Sonic Generations (HD)]]''; ''[[Sonic Runners]]''.
  
=== Sonic Advance 2 ===
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=== ''Sonic Advance 2'' ===
  
 
[[File:Lf boss.png|thumb|right|Cream being snatched in ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'']]
 
[[File:Lf boss.png|thumb|right|Cream being snatched in ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'']]
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In the cutscene before [[True Area 53]], [[Eggman]] captures Vanilla (along with a bunch of [[Flicky|flickies]]) and takes her to space in an [[Egg Capsule]] - a development with which Cream is understandably upset. After Sonic (somehow) saves her mother from going ''splat'' after orbital re-entry, she and Cream share a tearful reunion. Sonic runs off before listening to anything they might have to say '''again'''.
 
In the cutscene before [[True Area 53]], [[Eggman]] captures Vanilla (along with a bunch of [[Flicky|flickies]]) and takes her to space in an [[Egg Capsule]] - a development with which Cream is understandably upset. After Sonic (somehow) saves her mother from going ''splat'' after orbital re-entry, she and Cream share a tearful reunion. Sonic runs off before listening to anything they might have to say '''again'''.
  
=== Sonic Adventure DX ===
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=== ''Sonic Adventure DX'' ===
  
Cream was retroactively added into ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' for the [[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut|remake]]. She drops the Ice Key in [[Station Square]] after [[Casinopolis]], and appears on a billboard in [[Mystic Ruins]] after the game is completed.
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Cream was retroactively added into ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' for the [[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut|remake]] and its digital re-releases. She will make a single appearance at a certain point in each character's story where she will fly around [[Station Square]], and appears on a billboard in [[Mystic Ruins]] after the game is completed.
  
=== Sonic Heroes ===
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=== ''Sonic Heroes'' ===
  
A member of [[Team Rose]] along with [[Big]] and [[Amy]], Cream spends ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' searching for [[Cheese]]'s twin, a chao called [[Chocola]]. It transpires that [[Neo Metal Sonic]] has kidnapped the chao - along with [[Froggy]] - to extract the secret of [[Chaos Zero]]'s transformative abilities. Cream's repertoire of skills includes [[Thunder Shoot]] and [[Chao Attack]], as well as the [[Flower Festival]] [[Team Blast]].
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A member of [[Team Rose]] along with [[Big]] and [[Amy]], Cream spends ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' searching for [[Cheese]]'s twin, a Chao called [[Chocola]]. It transpires that [[Neo Metal Sonic]] has kidnapped the chao - along with [[Froggy]] - to extract the secret of [[Chaos Zero]]'s transformative abilities. Cream's repertoire of skills includes [[Thunder Shoot]] and [[Chao Attack]], as well as the [[Flower Festival]] [[Team Blast]].
  
 
Even though it's her first time teaming up with Amy, Cream is quick to learn that it's best not to challenge the pink hedgehog's delusions about Sonic - backing quite quickly out of a conversation to that effect in [[Casino Park]].
 
Even though it's her first time teaming up with Amy, Cream is quick to learn that it's best not to challenge the pink hedgehog's delusions about Sonic - backing quite quickly out of a conversation to that effect in [[Casino Park]].
  
=== Shadow the Hedgehog ===
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=== ''Shadow the Hedgehog'' ===
  
Cream is not a mission companion character in ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'', but does appear as the Hero mission ''objective'' for [[Shadow]] and [[Amy]] in [[Cryptic Castle]]. Amy reports that - rather unwisely - Cream just wandered off into Eggman's forboding fortress, and asks Shadow to help find her. Somehow the rabbit has gotten herself stuck behind a fake wall, ''and'' lost Cheese deeper in the castle. If Shadow chooses to keep on with the Hero route, the chao can be discovered hidden behind a giant moving wall, imprisoned with a load of other chao.
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Cream is not a mission companion character in ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'', but does appear as the Hero mission ''objective'' for [[Shadow]] and [[Amy]] in [[Cryptic Castle]]. Amy reports that - rather unwisely - Cream just wandered off into Eggman's foreboding fortress, and asks Shadow to help find her. Somehow the rabbit has gotten herself stuck behind a fake wall, ''and'' lost Cheese deeper in the castle. If Shadow chooses to keep on with the Hero route, the Chao can be discovered hidden behind a giant moving wall, imprisoned with a load of other Chao.
  
=== Sonic Battle ===
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=== ''Sonic Battle'' ===
  
 
In ''[[Sonic Battle]]'', Cream seems to be living at Amy's apartment in [[Central City (Sonic Battle)|Central City]]. The rabbit's aversion to boxercise leaves Amy speculating that "''She's been acting wierd lately. Maybe she's just going through some changes''", but eventually Cream and Cheese are roped in to helping train [[Emerl]]. After Amy leaves the robot with Cream so she can go buy dieting equipment she saw on an infomercial, Dr. Eggman bursts in with [[Chaos Gamma]] and the [[E-121 Phi]]s to kidnap them.
 
In ''[[Sonic Battle]]'', Cream seems to be living at Amy's apartment in [[Central City (Sonic Battle)|Central City]]. The rabbit's aversion to boxercise leaves Amy speculating that "''She's been acting wierd lately. Maybe she's just going through some changes''", but eventually Cream and Cheese are roped in to helping train [[Emerl]]. After Amy leaves the robot with Cream so she can go buy dieting equipment she saw on an infomercial, Dr. Eggman bursts in with [[Chaos Gamma]] and the [[E-121 Phi]]s to kidnap them.
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Cream's story is the sixth of eight, and is spent almost entirely inside [[Gimme Shelter]], Eggman's base under [[Night Babylon]]. Eggman plans to use Cream and Cheese as hostages in a trap for Sonic, but after Emerl teaches Cream that violence really ''is'' the answer to life's problems, they all attack Chaos Gamma and escape.
 
Cream's story is the sixth of eight, and is spent almost entirely inside [[Gimme Shelter]], Eggman's base under [[Night Babylon]]. Eggman plans to use Cream and Cheese as hostages in a trap for Sonic, but after Emerl teaches Cream that violence really ''is'' the answer to life's problems, they all attack Chaos Gamma and escape.
  
=== Sonic Advance 3 ===
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=== ''Sonic Advance 3'' ===
  
After completing the first Act of [[Cyber Track]] in ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]'', Cream descends from the sky with a voluminous parasol, much to the heroes' surprise. Cream confides that she was "''out for a walk with Cheese''" but just got lost, so the protaganists lead her out to a less deadly strolling route, after which she becomes a playable character.
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After completing the third Act of [[Cyber Track]] in ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]'', Cream descends from the sky with a voluminous parasol, much to the heroes' surprise. Cream confides that she was "''out for a walk with Cheese''" but just got lost, so the protagonists lead her out to a less deadly strolling route, after which she becomes a playable character.
  
When Cream [[Sonic Advance 3#Abilities with Cream as a Partner|is taken as a partner character]], she enables a variety of of flying team moves. Her combination with Amy is her only named partnership: the pair of them form ''Team Jubilee''. Cream's ''Tag Action'' is perhaps the most interesting in the game: [[Cheese]] shapeshifts to resemble Sonic, Tails, [[Knuckles]], or Amy, and grants that character the ability to use [[Chao Attack]] themselves.
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When Cream [[Sonic Advance 3#Abilities with Cream as a Partner|is taken as a partner character]], she enables a variety of of flying team moves. Her combination with Amy is her only named partnership: the pair of them form ''Team Jubilee''. Cream's ''Tag Action'' is perhaps the most interesting in the game: [[Cheese]] shape-shifts to resemble Sonic, Tails, [[Knuckles]], or Amy, and grants that character the ability to use [[Chao Attack]] themselves.
  
 
Although Cream - and everyone else - fails to recognise [[Gemerl]] as a rebuild of [[Emerl]], it is her and [[Vanilla]] who find the robot in the game's end sequence, and take him to [[Tails' Workshop]] for repair. In the final scene, Cream is shown playing with the ostensibly reformed [[Gizoid]].
 
Although Cream - and everyone else - fails to recognise [[Gemerl]] as a rebuild of [[Emerl]], it is her and [[Vanilla]] who find the robot in the game's end sequence, and take him to [[Tails' Workshop]] for repair. In the final scene, Cream is shown playing with the ostensibly reformed [[Gizoid]].
  
=== Sonic and the Secret Rings ===
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=== ''Sonic and the Secret Rings'' ===
  
 
Cream is included in Party Mode for ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'', but has no role in the game's story.
 
Cream is included in Party Mode for ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'', but has no role in the game's story.
  
=== Sonic Riders ===
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=== ''Sonic Riders'' ===
  
 
[[File:Riders cream.png|thumb|right|230px|Cream in her [[Extreme Gear]] racing outfit for ''Sonic Riders'']]
 
[[File:Riders cream.png|thumb|right|230px|Cream in her [[Extreme Gear]] racing outfit for ''Sonic Riders'']]
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*'''''Level 3: Cheese Attack'''''<br>Cream calls on her sidekick Cheese to come out and pester a nearby opponent, distracting them and knocking them off balance.
 
*'''''Level 3: Cheese Attack'''''<br>Cream calls on her sidekick Cheese to come out and pester a nearby opponent, distracting them and knocking them off balance.
  
=== Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity ===
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=== ''Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity'' ===
  
 
As in ''Sonic Riders'', Cream doesn't feature in the ''[[Zero Gravity]]'' plot, but can be used in free races after unlocking her by finishing the Hero story. She has good dash and curve stats, and is once again a Fly Type rider. Cream wears her [[Ark of the Cosmos]] around her neck like a medallion.
 
As in ''Sonic Riders'', Cream doesn't feature in the ''[[Zero Gravity]]'' plot, but can be used in free races after unlocking her by finishing the Hero story. She has good dash and curve stats, and is once again a Fly Type rider. Cream wears her [[Ark of the Cosmos]] around her neck like a medallion.
  
=== Sonic Free Riders ===  
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=== ''Sonic Free Riders'' ===  
  
 
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=== Sonic Rush ===
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=== ''Sonic Rush'' ===
  
 
[[File:PointW sonicrush.PNG|thumb|right|Cream cheers Blaze on at Point W]]
 
[[File:PointW sonicrush.PNG|thumb|right|Cream cheers Blaze on at Point W]]
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At the very end of the game, after the [[Egg Salamander (Nega)|Egg Salamander Nega]] is defeated and Blaze returns to the [[Sol dimension]], Cream is consoled by Sonic.
 
At the very end of the game, after the [[Egg Salamander (Nega)|Egg Salamander Nega]] is defeated and Blaze returns to the [[Sol dimension]], Cream is consoled by Sonic.
  
=== Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood ===
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=== ''Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' ===
  
 
{{quote|''Cream hates violence, but she has learned to fight so she can help out Sonic and his friends. With Cheese's help, she can stand in battle next to the other characters and cheer them on to fight even harder. Even though she's young, she can still help Sonic save the world!''|Cream after her rescue in ''[[Sonic Generations (HD)]]''}}
 
{{quote|''Cream hates violence, but she has learned to fight so she can help out Sonic and his friends. With Cheese's help, she can stand in battle next to the other characters and cheer them on to fight even harder. Even though she's young, she can still help Sonic save the world!''|Cream after her rescue in ''[[Sonic Generations (HD)]]''}}
  
Along with [[E-123 Omega]], Cream is one of two recruitable characters in ''[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]'' who is not actually necessary to complete the game. Cream can be found in [[Green Hill Zone (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)|Green Hill Zone]], where she's searching for a lost [[Cheese]]. Once the chao is recovered, Cream joins the party. At high level, she proves the game's most powerful support character by far, enabling PP replenishment for repeated [[POW moves]].
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Along with [[E-123 Omega]], Cream is one of two recruitable characters in ''[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]'' who is not actually necessary to complete the game. Cream can be found in [[Green Hill Zone (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)|Green Hill Zone]], where she's searching for a lost [[Cheese]]. Once the Chao is recovered, Cream joins the party. At high level, she proves the game's most powerful support character by far, enabling PP replenishment for repeated [[POW moves]].
  
=== Sonic Colours (DS) ===
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=== ''Sonic Colours'' (DS) ===
  
Sonic and Tails run into Cream in [[Tropical Resort (DS)|Tropical Resort]], while she's trying to fend off [[Orbot]] and [[Cubot]], who have mistaken [[Cheese]] for a [[Wisp]] and are trying to capture it. When [[Tails]] questions what she's even ''doing'' in the [[Amazing Interstellar Amusement Park]], Cream explains that she was out for a walk, and mistook the [[Terminal Velocity|space elevator]] for a ride. Sonic encourages her to be more careful around machines. As Sonic completes more missions, Orbot and Cubot ''continue'' to mistake [[chao]] for wisps. Cream ends up feeling sorry for the defeated robots, since [[Eggman]] apparently keeps sending them to bed without dinner.
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Sonic and Tails run into Cream in [[Tropical Resort (DS)|Tropical Resort]], while she's trying to fend off [[Orbot]] and [[Cubot]], who have mistaken [[Cheese]] for a [[Wisp]] and are trying to capture it. When [[Tails]] questions what she's even ''doing'' in the [[Amazing Interstellar Amusement Park]], Cream explains that she was out for a walk, and mistook the [[Terminal Velocity|space elevator]] for a ride. Sonic encourages her to be more careful around machines. As Sonic completes more missions, Orbot and Cubot ''continue'' to mistake [[Chao]] for wisps. Cream ends up feeling sorry for the defeated robots, since [[Eggman]] apparently keeps sending them to bed without dinner.
  
 
Cream does not appear in the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Sonic Colours (Wii)|Sonic Colours]]''.
 
Cream does not appear in the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Sonic Colours (Wii)|Sonic Colours]]''.
  
=== Sonic Generations (HD) ===
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=== ''Sonic Generations'' (HD) ===
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{{quote|''Cream is a sweet girl rabbit who is a friend of the Chao. She's inseparable from her Chao friend, Cheese. She gives her best at anything she tries, and she's always full of curiosity. Her mom raised her to be good, so Cream is well-behaved and polite.''|In-game character profile from ''Generations''}}
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Once [[Speed Highway (Sonic Generations)|Speed Highway]] is completed by classic and modern Sonic, Cream and Cheese are unfrozen outside the stage. When the challenge gates appear for the [[Dreamcast]]-era levels, Cream has two missions to complete: in [[City Escape (Sonic Generations)|City Escape]], she shepherds a cloud of Chao to assist Sonic by passing him [[rings]] during the level, while in Speed Highway there's a race between rabbit and hedgehog to see who can rescue the most of the blue creatures first.
  
{{quote|''Cream is a sweet girl rabbit who is a friend of the Chao. She's inseperable from her Chao friend, Cheese. She gives her best at anything she tries, and she's always full of curiosity. Her mom raised her to be good, so Cream is well-behaved and polite.''|In-game character profile from ''Generations''}}
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=== ''Sonic Runners'' ===
  
Once [[Speed Highway (Sonic Generations)|Speed Highway]] is completed by classic and modern Sonic, Cream and Cheese are unfrozen outside the stage. When the challenge gates appear for the [[Dreamcast]]-era levels, Cream has two missions to complete: in [[City Escape (Sonic Generations)|City Escape]], she shepherds a cloud of chao to assist Sonic by passing him [[rings]] during the level, while in Speed Highway there's a race between rabbit and hedgehog to see who can rescue the most of the blue creatures first.
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Cream was a playable Fly-type character in ''[[Sonic Runners]]'' who could be unlocked by spending [[Red Star Ring]]s. Playing as her would cut game speed by 10%, but at the cost of cutting the player's score in half.
  
 
== Cream in Other Media ==
 
== Cream in Other Media ==
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File:Srzg cream.png|''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity|Riders ZG]]'' render
 
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File:Cream battle.png|''[[Sonic Battle]]'' artwork
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File:Advance2 Cream.png|''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' artwork
 
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=== External Links ===
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===External links===
[http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/chara/cream/index.html Sonic Channel official profile]
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[http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/character/cream.html Sonic Channel official profile]
  
 
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Cream the Rabbit
First seen: [[Sonic Advance 2]] (2002)
Species: Rabbit
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Height: 70cm (2'3")
Weight: 12kg (26lbs)

Cream the Rabbit (Japanese: クリーム・ザ・ラビット, Kurīmu za Rabitto) is a recurring character in the Sonic the Hedgehog games and related media. Introduced to the Sonic series in 2002 as hidden artwork in Sonic Mega Collection, Cream debuted for real as a playable character in Sonic Advance 2. A young rabbit with a polite manner and a perpetually sunny outlook, Cream is followed almost everywhere by her pet Chao, Cheese.

Character Conception

Prototype sketches for Cream showing some alternate designs.
More prototype sketches, with some of Cream's potential forms being a kitten, a jerboa, a tanuki/common raccoon, and a squirrel.

During the development of Sonic Heroes, Sonic Team needed several new characters to fill out the 12-man playable roster. Along with a resurrected Team Chaotix, E-123 Omega and Cream were designed specifically for a Heroes role, with the big-eared rabbit to serve as the flight member for Team Rose.

However, with Sonic Advance 2 being developed in parallel, an opportunity existed to introduce Cream to the franchise earlier, so players would already be familiar with her by the time that the main series Heroes title was launched - rather than being confronted with two entirely new characters at once. As such, Cream's first playable appearance came in December 2002: 14 months before the release of the game for which she was actually devised. This had the added advantage of establishing Cream in the games before television, as she was to appear in the first episode of Sonic X in March 2003.

Personality and Traits

Thanks for saving me, Sonic. It was scary in the dark but I tried to be brave.

— Cream after her rescue in Sonic Generations (HD)

Cream is amongst the youngest of the Sonic characters, and still retains a childish naïveté which influences her interactions with other members of the cast. She's also one of the few animal protagonists to have any relatives in the games: her mother, Vanilla the Rabbit, who's raised Cream to be unfailingly polite and kind to others - even Dr. Eggman, despite being kidnapped by him (twice). At times, Cream is to Amy Rose what Tails is to Sonic: the younger and slightly awe-struck sidekick. While Cream's innocence and enthusiasm endears her to most of the other characters, it can occasionally get on the nerves of some of her more serious comrades - notably Blaze the Cat in Sonic Rush.

Although Cream can fight to help out her friends out on their mutual adventures, she dislikes violence in general and would prefer never to have to get antagonistic with anyone. Nevertheless, she has a variety of useful abilities, including the ability to fly by flapping her oversized ears. In Sonic Advance 2 and Sonic Advance 3, Cream's greatest asset in a fight is Cheese; her Chao Attack alone is a complete game-changer, as Cheese can demolish badniks at range, on demand, and with no danger. This makes most bosses trivially easy as well.

Appearances

Cream appears in the following Sonic games:

Sonic Mega Collection (as artwork); Sonic Advance 2; Sonic Advance 3; Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut; Sonic Battle; Sonic Heroes; Shadow the Hedgehog; Sonic and the Secret Rings; Sonic Riders; Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity; Sonic Free Riders; Sonic Rush; Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood; Sonic Colours (Nintendo DS); Sonic Generations (HD); Sonic Runners.

Sonic Advance 2

Cream being snatched in Sonic Advance 2

Cream's story debut is at the Egg Hammer Tank II boss of Leaf Forest. Sonic runs into his fat nemesis while Eggman's machine is gripping Cream and Cheese in its steely fist; and Cream grabs onto the hedgehog's spines after getting blown up at the boss' destruction. The rabbit is amazed to be rescued by "the famous Mr. Sonic", although the blue blur rather impatiently just runs off while Cream is trying to explain that Vanilla is still imperiled. As such, Cream decides to take on the fat man herself, using her ears to fly through stages and her friend Cheese as a method of attack

In the cutscene before True Area 53, Eggman captures Vanilla (along with a bunch of flickies) and takes her to space in an Egg Capsule - a development with which Cream is understandably upset. After Sonic (somehow) saves her mother from going splat after orbital re-entry, she and Cream share a tearful reunion. Sonic runs off before listening to anything they might have to say again.

Sonic Adventure DX

Cream was retroactively added into Sonic Adventure for the remake and its digital re-releases. She will make a single appearance at a certain point in each character's story where she will fly around Station Square, and appears on a billboard in Mystic Ruins after the game is completed.

Sonic Heroes

A member of Team Rose along with Big and Amy, Cream spends Sonic Heroes searching for Cheese's twin, a Chao called Chocola. It transpires that Neo Metal Sonic has kidnapped the chao - along with Froggy - to extract the secret of Chaos Zero's transformative abilities. Cream's repertoire of skills includes Thunder Shoot and Chao Attack, as well as the Flower Festival Team Blast.

Even though it's her first time teaming up with Amy, Cream is quick to learn that it's best not to challenge the pink hedgehog's delusions about Sonic - backing quite quickly out of a conversation to that effect in Casino Park.

Shadow the Hedgehog

Cream is not a mission companion character in Shadow the Hedgehog, but does appear as the Hero mission objective for Shadow and Amy in Cryptic Castle. Amy reports that - rather unwisely - Cream just wandered off into Eggman's foreboding fortress, and asks Shadow to help find her. Somehow the rabbit has gotten herself stuck behind a fake wall, and lost Cheese deeper in the castle. If Shadow chooses to keep on with the Hero route, the Chao can be discovered hidden behind a giant moving wall, imprisoned with a load of other Chao.

Sonic Battle

In Sonic Battle, Cream seems to be living at Amy's apartment in Central City. The rabbit's aversion to boxercise leaves Amy speculating that "She's been acting wierd lately. Maybe she's just going through some changes", but eventually Cream and Cheese are roped in to helping train Emerl. After Amy leaves the robot with Cream so she can go buy dieting equipment she saw on an infomercial, Dr. Eggman bursts in with Chaos Gamma and the E-121 Phis to kidnap them.

Cream's story is the sixth of eight, and is spent almost entirely inside Gimme Shelter, Eggman's base under Night Babylon. Eggman plans to use Cream and Cheese as hostages in a trap for Sonic, but after Emerl teaches Cream that violence really is the answer to life's problems, they all attack Chaos Gamma and escape.

Sonic Advance 3

After completing the third Act of Cyber Track in Sonic Advance 3, Cream descends from the sky with a voluminous parasol, much to the heroes' surprise. Cream confides that she was "out for a walk with Cheese" but just got lost, so the protagonists lead her out to a less deadly strolling route, after which she becomes a playable character.

When Cream is taken as a partner character, she enables a variety of of flying team moves. Her combination with Amy is her only named partnership: the pair of them form Team Jubilee. Cream's Tag Action is perhaps the most interesting in the game: Cheese shape-shifts to resemble Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, or Amy, and grants that character the ability to use Chao Attack themselves.

Although Cream - and everyone else - fails to recognise Gemerl as a rebuild of Emerl, it is her and Vanilla who find the robot in the game's end sequence, and take him to Tails' Workshop for repair. In the final scene, Cream is shown playing with the ostensibly reformed Gizoid.

Sonic and the Secret Rings

Cream is included in Party Mode for Sonic and the Secret Rings, but has no role in the game's story.

Sonic Riders

Cream in her Extreme Gear racing outfit for Sonic Riders
Not only is she cute, but this talented bunny can fly using her ears. She can also use Cheese, her constant sidekick Chao, to attack other racers.

— Cream's profile on the Sonic Riders offiical website

Cream plays no role in the storyline of Sonic Riders, but she is an unlockable character in free or multiplayer races (by beating the Hero story). She has a high Dash stat, but poor Power and Cornering. As in Heroes, Cream is Fly Type here, able to flap her ears and pass through flight rings above the racetrack. Her default board is the Smile Extreme Gear, manufactured by Robotnik Corp. Her attacks are:

  • Level 1: Sad Face
    Cream puts a sad look on her face to startle opponents, making them lose their balance.
  • Level 2: Cheese Tornado
    Cream calls on her sidekick Cheese to come out and attack a nearby opponent, knocking them off balance.
  • Level 3: Cheese Attack
    Cream calls on her sidekick Cheese to come out and pester a nearby opponent, distracting them and knocking them off balance.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

As in Sonic Riders, Cream doesn't feature in the Zero Gravity plot, but can be used in free races after unlocking her by finishing the Hero story. She has good dash and curve stats, and is once again a Fly Type rider. Cream wears her Ark of the Cosmos around her neck like a medallion.

Sonic Free Riders

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Sonic Rush

Cream cheers Blaze on at Point W

Blaze the Cat finds Cream and Cheese hiding in a bush in Leaf Storm Zone near the beginning of the game, and is rather unwillingly dragged back to Vanilla's house for tea. Although both rabbits advise Blaze to seek out Sonic to help with the cat's Sol Emerald difficulties, she's determined to solve her problems on her own. Nonetheless, Cream tails Blaze around for the remainder of the game, until she's kidnapped by Robotnik and Eggman Nega before Point W and saved by the cat. On the plus side, Cream's incompetence serves to teach the Sol guardian the true meaning of friendship.

At the very end of the game, after the Egg Salamander Nega is defeated and Blaze returns to the Sol dimension, Cream is consoled by Sonic.

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

Cream hates violence, but she has learned to fight so she can help out Sonic and his friends. With Cheese's help, she can stand in battle next to the other characters and cheer them on to fight even harder. Even though she's young, she can still help Sonic save the world!

— Cream after her rescue in Sonic Generations (HD)

Along with E-123 Omega, Cream is one of two recruitable characters in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood who is not actually necessary to complete the game. Cream can be found in Green Hill Zone, where she's searching for a lost Cheese. Once the Chao is recovered, Cream joins the party. At high level, she proves the game's most powerful support character by far, enabling PP replenishment for repeated POW moves.

Sonic Colours (DS)

Sonic and Tails run into Cream in Tropical Resort, while she's trying to fend off Orbot and Cubot, who have mistaken Cheese for a Wisp and are trying to capture it. When Tails questions what she's even doing in the Amazing Interstellar Amusement Park, Cream explains that she was out for a walk, and mistook the space elevator for a ride. Sonic encourages her to be more careful around machines. As Sonic completes more missions, Orbot and Cubot continue to mistake Chao for wisps. Cream ends up feeling sorry for the defeated robots, since Eggman apparently keeps sending them to bed without dinner.

Cream does not appear in the Wii version of Sonic Colours.

Sonic Generations (HD)

Cream is a sweet girl rabbit who is a friend of the Chao. She's inseparable from her Chao friend, Cheese. She gives her best at anything she tries, and she's always full of curiosity. Her mom raised her to be good, so Cream is well-behaved and polite.

— In-game character profile from Generations

Once Speed Highway is completed by classic and modern Sonic, Cream and Cheese are unfrozen outside the stage. When the challenge gates appear for the Dreamcast-era levels, Cream has two missions to complete: in City Escape, she shepherds a cloud of Chao to assist Sonic by passing him rings during the level, while in Speed Highway there's a race between rabbit and hedgehog to see who can rescue the most of the blue creatures first.

Sonic Runners

Cream was a playable Fly-type character in Sonic Runners who could be unlocked by spending Red Star Rings. Playing as her would cut game speed by 10%, but at the cost of cutting the player's score in half.

Cream in Other Media

Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie)

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Sonic X

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See Also

Audio

English voice actors:

(Cream was the only character to have her Sonic X voice actress cast before her games voice actress.)

Japanese voice actors:

Artwork

Main article: Category: Artwork of Cream the Rabbit

External links

Sonic Channel official profile


Characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog game series
Recurring characters
Heroes Sonic (Super, Starfall, Hyper, Darkspine, the Werehog, Excalibur) | Tails (Super) | Knuckles (Super, Hyper) | Amy (Super, Hyper) | Mighty (Super) | Ray (Super) | Espio | Charmy | Vector | Cream | Big | Blaze (Burning) | Silver (Super) | Sticks
Anti-heroes/Neutrals Shadow (Super) | Rouge | E-102 Gamma | E-123 Omega | Jet | Wave | Storm
Villains Dr. Eggman | Metal Sonic (Rocket, Neo, 3.0) | Mecha Sonic (8-bit, Mk. II, Mk. III, Super) | Fang | Tails Doll | Metal Knuckles | Chaos (Perfect) | E-Series | ZERO | Biolizard (Finalhazard) | Black Doom (Devil Doom) | Eggman Nega | Orbot | Cubot | Deadly Six (Zavok, Zazz, Zomom, Master Zik, Zeena, Zor)
Teams Sonic/Heroes | Rose | Dark | Chaotix | Babylon
Other Animals (Flicky) | Froggy | Chao (Hero, Dark) | Tikal | Pachacamac | Omochao | Chaclon | Gerald & Maria Robotnik | President | King Boom Boo | Cheese | Chocola | Vanilla | G.U.N. Commander | Wisps | Mother Wisp
One-off characters
Heroes Emerl | Marine | Lumina Flowlight | Chip | Shahra | Knights of the Round Table | Caliburn | Yacker | Avatar | Barry | Trip (Super)
Anti-heroes/Neutrals Bean | Bark | Shade | Merlina | Sage
Villains Witchcart | Hocke-Wulf | Bearenger | Carrotia | Battle Kukku Army (15th, 16th, Dr. Fukurokov) | E-101 Beta | Void | Chaos Gamma | Gemerl | Shugo-hei | Iblis | Mephiles | Solaris | Erazor Djinn | Captain Whisker | Johnny | Master Core: ABIS | Ix (Super) | Dark Gaia | King Arthur | Hard Boiled Heavies | Infinite | The End | Mirage Express
Teams Vector | Eggman
Other Birdie | Illumina | Secretary | Elise | Duke of Soleanna | Sonic Man | Coconut Crew | Vikings | Professor Pickle | Wentos | Don Fachio | Dodon Pa | Koco | Ancients | Conductor | Conductor's wife | Ariem | Heavy | Bomb | Tiara Boobowski | Honey