Bat rouge

Rouge - an 18-year-old anthropomorphic bat with white hair, dressed in a tight-fitting black suit with a heart-shaped pattern, wears long mittens and high boots with metal heels. In Sonic Heroes and the Sonic Riders series, the heroine wears different outfits, but in a similar color scheme and there are details in the form of a heart. She also has unlockable costumes in Sonic Adventure 2 .

Bat Rouge is a professional treasure hunter ^{[3] [5]} . She also calls herself “The Greatest Thief in the World,” and fearlessly does what is needed, neglecting danger and ignoring the feelings of others. She is also a spy for GUN ^{[3] [6] [7]} . Her “feminine charm” creates negligence in character, but in fact she is intriguing and knows how to manipulate others ^{[3] [7]} . Rouge is secretly in love with Knuckles's echidna , who is guarded by the Emerald Master ^[7] . However, the manual of the game Sonic the Hedgehog indicates that her feelings for Shadow the hedgehog are similar to feelings for Knuckles ^[8] . In the animated series " Sonic X, " the bat also sympathizes with a hedgehog. The heroine primarily fights with her feet, especially often uses the “screw kick” technique ( Eng. Screw Kick ), and can fly long distances using wings ^{[3] [4] [5]} .

Games

Rouge appeared in Sonic Adventure 2 as a game character. She is a treasure hunter, and helps Dr. Eggman search for the Chaos Emeralds to restore the Eclipse Cannon ( Eclipse Cannon ). Rouge is the only member of the Dark Team who can drive in single-player mode. Her personal boss in the game is Flying Dog, a GUN robot, and her rival, Knuckles. In the final level, called the “Cannonball”, Rouge is one of five characters that complete the level.

Rouge plays an important role in the plot of Sonic Heroes . She is a flying member of the Dark Team. She freed Shadow from the capsule and accidentally activated the E-123 Omega robot. Omega began to attack in order to destroy all Eggman’s robots, thinking that Shadow was one of his clones, but the heroine stopped the battle of the hedgehog and the robot, and suggested that they work together as a team in search of Eggman.

In Sonic Battle, she is the owner of Rouge Club in the area of ​​Night Babylon. She planned to use her position as a government agent to gather information on valuable treasures. She stole a Eggman robot named Emerl from Amy Rose , and tried to train him as a professional thief so he would steal more jewelry for her. She takes him to her house, Club Rouge, and teaches him to fight with the Guard Robot, evade capture and open locks, then with his help steals the Chaos Emerald, which he swallows. At the end of the game, when Amerl thanks Sonic and his friends for taking care of him, Rouge was not mentioned.

The heroine plays a significant role in Shadow the Hedgehog , where he helps Shadow the hedgehog on the hero's missions in the levels of "Digital Circuit", "Death Ruins", and "GUN Fortress".

She appeared in the Sonic Riders series of games as a hidden racer. It can be opened if you go through the story of Heroes.

Rouge plays an important role in Shadow's story in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). She again plays the role of an agent for GUN. She was tasked with stealing the Scepter of Darkness from Dr. Eggman's base. After she did not get in touch for a long time, GUN decided to send help in the form of a Shadow hedgehog.

As a playable character, the heroine appears in Sonic Rivals 2 , where she teamed up with the snide Knuckles to find the Emerald Master and the Chaos Emeralds. Rouge plays a minor role in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood .

In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, appears as a figure skating athlete. Rouge also appears in Sonic Free Riders as a playable character.

Rouge appears in Sonic Generations as one of the guests at Sonic's birthday party. But when the Time Eater sent Sonic's friends to various time openings, Rouge got into City Escape ( Sonic Adventure 2 ). Subsequently, Sonic saved her. In the finale, she appears along with other characters, cheering on both Sonic.

Cartoons

The Rouge Bat plays a special role in the anime Sonic X. In the anime storyline, she is also a government agent and treasure hunter. She was able to steal the “world's largest cubic zirconia”, but soon the news spread throughout the city. Later, she tried to rob another building with another gem, but she failed. Rouge is ambushed, and the government decides to admit her to a secret agency, forgiving all the thefts and leaving her jewelry. Along with Cream, this is the only appearance of Rouge in Sonic cartoons.

Printed products

The character also appeared in a series of comics of the same name , the plot of which is based on the anime of the same name.

The heroine also appeared in the Sonic the Hedgehog comics, appearing in the adaptation of the game Sonic Adventure 2 . For the most part, she plays the same role as in video games, but in some issues she appears as an aide to the president and even saves him from the assassination attempt planned by Eggman. Rouge is also familiar with Bunny Rabbot, who saved the heroine from Eggman. However, after the rescue, a fight broke out between the girls, which only ended after the arrival of Sonic. She and the Fiona fox are rivals in battles and robberies. She later joined Shadow Hedgehog and E-123 Omega to form the Dark Team.

Scoring

• In Sonic Adventure 2 , Sonic Heroes, and Sonic Battle, she was voiced by Lani Minella .
• In Sonic X , as well as in games ranging from Shadow the Hedgehog to Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games , Rouge was voiced by Karen Manuel.
• Starting with Sonic Free Riders, the character is voiced by Karen Strassman.
• In Japan, both in games and in Sonic X , she was voiced by Rumi Otiai .
• In Russia, in Sonic X, she was voiced by Elena Borzunova .

Rouge has been featured in many ad campaigns for the Sonic the Hedgehog series in North America and Japan. With the release of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle , a line of plush toys was introduced as an advertisement, among which was Rouge. In Japan, toys in the form of rouge were used as a prize in slot machines ^{[9] [10]} . To advertise the Sonic X anime, keychains in the form of protagonists were released in North America and Japan, one of which was Rouge ^[11] . In 2004, Sega and McDonald's released a series of thematic games distributed with Happy Meal. Rouge, together with Amy , was dedicated to the game Amy & Rouge Volleyball (in other regions known as Amy & Rouge Tennis ) ^{[12] [13]} .

After the appearance of Rouge in the game Sonic Adventure 2 , some observers criticized its design ^{[14] [15]} . IGN called Rouge "Knuckles, with bat wings, and chest" ^[15] ; many critics have also noted this similarity ^{[14] [16]} . The website Screw Attack called the heroine the worst woman in video games ^[17] . At the same time, Rouge was twice included in the lists of “Sexual animal-girls of computer games” compiled by the GamesRadar website ^{[18] [19]} , and was also placed in 10th place, in “Top Ten Disturbingly Sexual Game Characters” from Games.net ^[20] .

Comments

Sources

• Character Profile (Japanese) on the Sonic Channel.
• The Rouge Bat on the Internet Movie Database .
• Description of the character on the Giant Bomb website.
• Description of the character on the Sonic Retro website.
• Description of the character on the Sonic News Network wiki :
  • In the Sonic the Hedgehog comics ;
  • In the animated series Sonic X.