Vanilla & Cream

Vanilla the Rabbit is a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She is an adult female anthropomorphic rabbit and the mother of Cream the Rabbit. She is known for being a caring and motherly figure to her daughter and others.

Vanilla the Rabbit is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. She is a mobian rabbit and Cream the Rabbit's mother. She and her daughter came under attack by Snively Robotnik when he thought he had found a mystical energy source under their home. Vanilla sent out a distress signal and she and her daughter were saved by Amy Rose, but their home was destroyed in the process and they then went to live in New Mobotropolis

Vanilla and Cream lived peacefully in Mobotropolis on Westside Island.[2] But six years after her daughter's birth, Dr. Eggman kidnapped Vanilla and her daughter and held them hostage to Sonic the Hedgehog. Soon, Vanilla was freed and reunited with her daughter thanks to Sonic, but Eggman had another trick up his sleeve and snatched Vanilla away. However, Super Sonic managed to save her again and defeat the doctor. Cream and her mother went back to living peacefully and Vanilla was grateful to Sonic ever since.[3]

Later on, Vanilla took Cream and Cheese to the beach for some fun. Instead, they found the largely damaged Gemerl laying helplessly in the sand. Seeing this, Vanilla took the robot to Miles "Tails" Prower, who repaired the robot and gave him a good personality. She then took Gemerl with her to live in their cottage with Cream, Cheese and Chocola so that he could live a peaceful, happy life.[4] While still living comfortably with her family, Cream returned one day with a new friend, Blaze the Cat, whom she had found on the ground earlier. Vanilla insisted that the reluctant princess stay for tea, which she eventually did and explained her story over the table. Vanilla advised her to see Sonic for help and she allowed Cream to accompany her on her journey.[5]

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Contents 1 Appearance 2 History 2.1 Better Homes & Chao Gardens 2.2 Resettled and Unsettled 2.3 Naugus and the Death Egg 3 Personality 4 Trivia 5 See also 6 External links Appearance Vanilla is a tall, cream-furred mobian rabbit with a white muzzle that possess a small brown nose, brown eyes and a tuft of princeton orange hair on her forehead. She has brown eyelids, princeton orange markings around her eyes and on the ends of her lopped ears, and a short, fluffy white tail that sticks out of her dress. For attire, she wears a long lavender dress with a white trim at the bottom of the puffy sleeves and the skirt, a burgundy-fitted vest with golden buttons, an orange ascot, white gloves with gold cufflinks, burgundy low-heeled shoes with a yellow detail and gray soles, and pink lipstick.

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Better Homes & Chao Gardens Vanilla and her daughter lived in a mansion overlooking a Chao Garden in the Southern Baronies where Cream soon became friends with the resident Chao. When Vanilla saw Snively Robotnik on his way in a drilling mech, she radioed for help while Cream tried to get the Chao into the cellar of the mansion. Snively came on the attack, but the rabbit family were saved by Amy Rose. Amy said she needed to get on top of the mech and Cream volunteered to fly her up. Vanilla was initially reluctant to let Cream help Amy, but let her do so once Amy vowed to protect her daughter. The final blow, however, left their manor destroyed. Amy allowed them to move in to her place until Nicole could create a new home for them. Vanilla thanked her for her hospitality, but noted that Cream refused to go as the Chao had no home now, either. Amy soon twisted her arm with the promise that Nicole could make a new Chao Garden in New Mobotropolis and they all temporarily moved into Amy's house.

Resettled and Unsettled After moving to New Mobotropolis, Amy gave Vanilla and Cream a tour of Freedom HQ. While Cream was extremely enthusiastic, Vanilla's reaction was a little more reserved as she took in the hideout's "rustic" appearance. She also seemed a little taken aback when Nicole spoke with Amy in the HQ's lab, not wanting to impose. When Nicole reported a strange energy signal she'd located and Amy volunteered to investigate, Cream begged her mother to be allowed to go, too. Vanilla was a bit hesitant at first but Amy assured her it would just be a quick trip out to the Great Forest, and so Vanilla relented. She bade them goodbye outside the HQ, telling Cream to try not to "get mussed up." When the two returned at the end of the day, having gone through an unexpected rowdy adventure, Vanilla listened their tale over tea, trying to maintain her composure despite her shock.

Naugus and the Death Egg VanillaBigBunnieArchie Vanilla checks Bunnie's pulse.

Vanilla and Cream continued to adjust to their new lives, but trouble found them once again when Dr. Eggman launched the Death Egg Mark 2, whose shadow soon loomed over New Mobotropolis. Additionally, the wizard Ixis Naugus was causing unrest within the city itself, attempting to sway the populace into accepting him as a new king. When the Death Egg sent a massive robot known as Titan Metal Sonic towards the city, Vanilla and her daughter huddled in fear with Big the Cat. Both Bunnie D'Coolette and Ixis Naugus attempted to fight off the robot, only for Naugus to go overboard; he launched a powerful blast of magic, transforming the robot into his special magical crystal. However, Bunnie was also caught in the blast. Cream and Vanilla found Bunnie where she had fallen, unconscious, and Vanilla examined her quickly before telling Big to bring her to Dr. Quack. Vanilla removed Bunnie's crystallized jacket and later stood by as Dr. Quack examined her; soon, Amy Rose arrived, wondering what had happened, and Vanilla, upset, attempted to fill her in. She showed further dismay when she realized that people were praising "that awful wizard" (Naugus) for having put a stop to the Titan Metal Sonic.

Despite being concerned for her daughter's safety, Vanilla allowed her to try out for Rotor Walrus' Team Freedom, admitting to her newfound friend Roise that she trusted her daughter and her friends. Vanilla's trust was rewarded after Team Freedom saved her and other citizens from the collapse of a nearby building caused anonymously by Tails Doll, whom Vanilla was holding at the time. Vanilla was afterwards present when the Council of Acorn met to ratify the Republic of Acorn's new constitution, and learned from Dylan that the council were prevented from entering Military HQ by a broken lock. Afterwards, she attended a concert thrown by Mina Mongoose and the Forget Me Knots with her daughter. After being asked by Cream if she had seen the Tails Doll, Vanilla remarked that Cream had been taking great care of it and had probably left it at home. Cream insisted that she had brought it; in truth, the robot had crawled underneath the stage, which it destroyed, forcing Team Freedom to save the day.

Later, after Cream had come to realization that the Tails Doll was not as innocent as it appeared to be, Team Freedom formulated a plan to have Cream and Vanilla trick the doll into thinking it had been left alone to cause trouble, allowing the team to ambush it at the New Mobotropolis power plant just before the second Genesis Wave was unleashed.

Note: From this point, Vanilla's history continues from her new life in the altered timeline. Personality Vanilla is very demure and polite, and very well-versed in manners and proper etiquette. She hates to impose requests on people, never wanting to cause any trouble for anyone. However, she seems slightly uncomfortable when taken out of her element. She is very loving and kind, and is shown to be a very concerned parent, but will allow her daughter to go into dangerous situations if someone is there to hold her hand. She also seems fond of Chao, or merely appreciates how much her daughter cares for them.

Trivia Vanilla is named after the flavor extracted from the vanilla bean, commonly used in desserts. In Sonic Free Comic Book Day 2012 which linked to the events of the "Genesis" story arc, Bunnie was identified as being Cream's cousin, meaning that Vanilla would presumably have been Bunnie's aunt in that reality. However, head writer Ian Flynn revealed that this arrangement applies only to the "Genesis" reality, not to Mobius Prime. Vanilla is the only parent to a Sega character in the Archie Comics series who actually originates from the video games (and by extension from Sega themselves) instead of being created for the comic.

Cream the Rabbit is an anthropomorphic rabbit from the Sonic the Hedgehog series and the daughter of Vanilla the Rabbit. She is often seen with her Chao friend named Cheese. Cream is little naive innocent girl. Due to her young age, she can be somewhat naive sometimes, but she has proven herself to be brave and resourceful in times of danger. Cream is , short, has, wears short orange dress, white panties, shoes and gloves.

Cream and her mother lived in a mansion on their plantation in the Southern Baronies, which was also home to a Chao Garden where she became good friends with the Chao, and named one Cheese. Cheese became Cream's constant companion, and Cream gifted him with a red bowtie. The Rabbit family took it upon themselves to watch over the gentle creatures and help them grow up in peace and safety.[6] Eventually, however, Snively Robotnik tracked an energy source from the Chao Garden at their home and came to claim it for the Eggman Empire. As Cream tried to herd the Chao into the house's cellar, Amy Rose arrived and started knocking Snively's mech around. Wanting to help save the Chao, Cream then flew her over top the mech's cockpit despite Vanilla's concerns for her safety, whereupon Amy caused it to crash onto Cream's house. Cream became upset afterwards because the Chao had no place to live while she and Vanilla had to move to New Mobotropolis, and wanted to stay until Amy realized some of the Chao had lived in Knothole before its destruction. To the delight of Cream, Amy had Nicole set up the Lake of Rings in New Mobotropolis as a new Chao Garden, and Cream was happy to relocate to the city with her old friends and her newest one.[7]

Treasure Team Tango Blazecreamhandshake Blaze thanks Cream for helping her, from Sonic Universe #21.

While Cream and her mother were being given a tour of the Freedom HQ by Amy, Nicole reported a strange energy reading and Vanilla allowed Cream to go with Amy to investigate. Cream was delighted to be on an adventure, but found it unfortunate that Freedom HQ was located in an "ugly" area as Amy explained what happened during the destruction of Knothole. They were soon attacked by Blaze the Cat, and Amy fought with her until Cream showed they had been after a broken glass bottle. Cream then chased after the mortified Blaze, seeing she was troubled, and got her to explain she was seeking a Sol Emerald. Cream and Amy then offered to help and Blaze followed them as Nicole tracked the signal into the Great Forest, where they were joined by Rouge the Bat, who overheard them talking. Coming to a deep ravine, Cream flew Amy to the bottom and prepared to deal with dead tree branch that broke off towards them in mid-flight until Blaze and Rouge destroyed it first. The group finally found the Sol Emerald inside a root cavern, at which point Rouge attempted to steal the emerald, shocking Cream at her utter dishonesty as she attempted to confront Rouge with the others, only for her to nearly be knocked aside by the bat.[3]

Cream found herself facing more trouble when Rouge called in Shadow the Hedgehog and E-123 Omega for backup and everyone soon scrambled for the Sol Emerald. Cream recovered it at one point, eventually getting the emerald into Cheese's grasp, and ordered him to flee. When Team Dark tried to force another Sol Emerald from Blaze, it led to a fiery explosion that gave Team Rose the opportunity to escape. Cream flew ahead to find Cheese, horrified to see him captured by Team Hooligan and became a prisoner herself until Blaze gave chase to Nack's fleeing bike and rescued her. By then, Team Dark arrived and incapacitated Amy and Blaze, leaving Cream to try rescuing them alone until she was grabbed by Omega and broke down that they no longer had the Emerald.[4] Eventually, the two groups teamed up to track down Nack, Bean, and Bark before they got away, and Cream and Cheese sat in the sidecar of Shadows' bike with Omega, trying to make friends with the killer robot who deemed Cream "too cute to eviscerate" - a word she did not understand. After a while, the group found not only Team Hooligan but the Babylon Rogues as well. While Cream was all for their combined group working together to take out the thieves, she was saddened when Amy confided with her and Blaze that Rouge would likely betray them again, and entered a four-way scramble for the Sol Emerald.[8]

Todayimetakillerrobot Cream tells her mother about her day, from Sonic Universe #24.

As the battle began, Cream hung back and watched in worry of knowing her mother would not want her involved. Seeing how bravely her friends fought and remembering their promise to help Blaze, she resolved it was the right thing to do and dropped onto Nack's head before he could shoot Amy. Cream avoided the more intense fighting, but did what she could to help, apologizing while she jumped onto Storm's shoulders and made him to crash into Wave and Shadow. Eventually, Teams Rose and Dark decided to corral the other two teams together, and Cream gently led a distraught Bean by the hand to go see his friends. Once the thieves were all assembled, Blaze caused Bean's bomb to explode on them, making them give up the chase and leave. Once the Sol Emerald was finally returned to Blaze, Cream bade a tearful farewell to her and Team Dark as they departed. Back at Freedom HQ later, Cream told Vanilla about their day, oblivious that her mother was shaken at how their investigation had turned out. Amy believed Cream handled herself well regardless and had the potential be a great Freedom Fighter one day.[5]

Genesis and aftermath Cream and her mother settled into a fairly peaceful life in New Mobotropolis, though it was soon disrupted when Ixis Naugus attempted to sway the people into accepting him as their new king, followed by Dr. Eggman's attack with the Death Egg Mark 2.[9] Cream was then caught up-along with the rest of Mobius-in the effects of the Genesis Wave.[10] This created an altered reality, one in which Cream was the cousin of Bunnie D'Coolette.[1] However, this relationship ceased when Super Sonic reversed the effects of Operation: Clean Sweep.[11]

LostDoll Cream finds a strange doll among the wreckage, from Sonic the Hedgehog #231.

When the Death Egg sent Titan Metal Sonic to destroy the city, Cream hid behind Big, trying to reassure her mother that the Freedom Fighters would protect them. Cream soon saw Bunnie fall from battle due to crossfire of an over-zealous attack by Naugus, and rushed to where she lay unconscious, pulling her to safety as debris rained down. While Vanilla and Big the Cat took Bunnie to Dr. Quack, Cream went to recover Bunnie's crystallized hat, and found a strange doll among the rubble. Thinking someone dropped it, Cream took the doll with her as she found Sonic the Hedgehog, Amy, Tails, Antoine D'Coolette and Geoffrey St. John returning to the city, urging them to check on Bunnie and then waited for more details at the hospital.[12][13]

Team Freedom After the Knothole Freedom Fighters dissolved, Cream volunteered herself and Cheese for Rotor's Team Freedom to help protect New Mobotropolis from incoming threats, Vanilla giving her permission to join as she believed Cream would still be safe. During the team's debut at the community center, part of the building strangely gave away, and Cream lifted out people trapped on the upper floors while the others stopped its fall, preventing a disaster while winning public support.[14] Later she joined the team in defending New Mobotropolis from a force of Egg SWATs accompanied by Team Metal, and found herself frightened but protected by new friend and teammate Big the Cat. Insisting on helping despite her fear, she was sent by Rotor to gather up civilians and lead them to safety. She and her teammates soon celebrated their victory, unaware that they had been assisted from the shadows by the Secret Freedom Fighters.[15] Ever helpful, Cream next provided assistance to the Council of Acorn by locating the missing copy of the constitution that they were meeting to ratify, finding it by Penelope Platypus' desk.[16]

Cream Realizes Cream realizes the truth about Tails Doll, from Sonic the Hedgehog #247.

Cream subsequently attended a concert by Mina Mongoose with her mother and the rest of Team Freedom, and once again misplaced the Tails Doll. As she questioned her mother about it, the robot crawled underneath Mina's stage and let off an energy burst that caused it to collapse. Cream and Cheese quickly flew into action alongside their teammates, saving the Forget Me Knots and some of their equipment. The group was then praised by Mina, who also called for Nicole's return to the city, and cheered by the citizens.[17] Later, the group also attended the unveiling of the rebuilt Castle Acorn, only for it to start falling apart as had the stage. Cheese then brought Tails Doll to Cream, who got angry because of the doll's tendency to disappear-and then realized that the doll's presence or absence had been a factor in the recent collapses. Having Cheese take the doll home, she approached Rotor with her theory, which led to Team Freedom laying a trap for their suspect. After leaving the doll at home and informing her mother that she would be out all day, she secretly followed it as it left the house and went to the power station, where the rest of Team Freedom and NICOLE were lying in wait. Unfortunately, Tails Doll proceeded to transform into a monstrous creature intent on destroying the city and its protectors. However, Mobius was then hit by the effects of the second Genesis Wave, reshaping all of reality.[18]

Note: From this point, Cream's history continues from her new life in the altered timeline. Personality Creamrescue Cream rushes into danger for others, from Sonic the Hedgehog #231.

Cream was taught at a young age the importance of manners. She is a polite, considerate, and brave little girl, yet also very fun-loving and child-like. Unlike her mother, she is very enthusiastic about meeting new people and seeing new places. Even with her mother's lessons in manners, she can still be a bit forward, but is quick to apologize. Because of her emphasis on the importance of politeness and manners, she has a low tolerance for rudeness; even the thought of others being dishonest can cause her dismay, but she becomes especially upset - even angry - when Chao are being mistreated. While she looks to Amy to teach her how to help others and stand for what's right, she also hopes to pass along some of her more ladylike qualities to the hedgehog.

While young, Cream is also quite astute, able to recognize the correlation between events that would seem to be unrelated.

Powers and abilities Using her lop rabbit ears, Cream is able to fly high off the ground, and the amount of strength she uses enables her to carry loads larger than herself (such as Amy and her Piko Piko Hammer).