Rouge The Bat

Rouge The Bat, also known as Bat Girl, Bat Lady, Bat Thief, Little Girl Bat and World's Greatest Thief, is a character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
== Charactah Account ==
A treasure-hunting bat in search of gemstones, Rouge also works as a freelance government agent — paid in jewels, of course. After Eggman had released Shadow, GUN had assigned her to infiltrate their inner circle and gather as much info on "Project Shadow" as possible. Sometime later, she came across the Master Emerald and tried to add it to her collection, but an intervention by Eggman and Knuckles thwarted her attempt. Afterward, she continued with her mission while trying to gather any Master Emerald shards before Knuckles could.
After her mission was completed, Rouge tried to make off with every set of emerald shards, but after a threat from Shadow and a final confrontation with Knuckles, she cut her losses and tried to escape before Professor Gerald's plan forced her to work with the rest of the cast to save the planet. Soon after, she gets wind of Eggman having a secret treasure and opts to loot it for herself, but only discovered an amnesic Shadow and the walking armory Omega, Rouge assumes leadership over the operation and an unlikely alliance is formed in order to get answers. Afterward, Rouge makes occasional appearances apart of Team Dark.
Rouge is vain, shady, manipulative and cunning. She loves getting her way and absolutely despises people who deny her that. Despite her questionable personality and motives, she does have a conscience. While it started off as professional, she does grow to genuinely care about her comrades' well-being, and shows gratitude towards gestures of kindness. She's also willing to put aside her selfish ways when there's a big enough threat.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Sonic X
=== Comics ===
* Mega Man
* Sonic Forces
* Sonic Select
* Sonic Super Digest
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2019
* Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2020
* Sonic the Hedgehog: Battle For Angel Island
* Sonic the Hedgehog: Crisis City
* Sonic the Hedgehog: Out of the Blue
* Sonic Universe
* Sonic X
* Team Sonic Racing Deluxe Turbo Championship Edition
* Team Sonic Racing One-Shot
=== Manga ===
* Sonic 4-Panel
=== Video Games ===
* Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
* Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
* Sega Heroes
* Sega Streaming Theater Sonic Edition
* Shadow the Hedgehog
* Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (cameo)
* Sonic Adventure 2
* Sonic Adventure 2 (2012)
* Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
* Sonic at the Olympic Games
* Sonic Battle
* Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
* Sonic Colors
* Sonic Dash
* Sonic Dash+
* Sonic Forces
* Sonic Forces: Speed Battle
* Sonic Free Riders
* Sonic Generations
* Sonic Heroes
* Sonic Jump (2012)
* Sonic Jump Fever
* Sonic Prime Dash
* Sonic Racing
* Sonic Riders
* Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
* Sonic Rivals
* Sonic Rivals 2
* Sonic Runners
* Sonic Runners Adventure
* Sonic Speed Simulator
* Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl
* Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
* Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
* Team Sonic Racing
* The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
== Trivia ==
* Prima's Game Guide for Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) states that there are rumors that Rouge has feelings for both Shadow and Knuckles, although it is unknown how much of this is valid due to the book possessing a large amount of errors and contradictions. It also erroneously says above that in Omega's back history that it was his rampage that unleashed Rouge from Eggman's base.
* In Sonic Adventure 2 and its re-releases, Rouge's character model features breast physics; that is to say, her chest bounces often when landing, changing direction, etc. This is most easily visible in the brief pause before her intro sequence for multiplayer in the Dreamcast version. The only other game to feature this trait with her has been Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
* In Sonic Riders, Rouge has blue eye shadow, but her icon on the race results screen appears to be using her Sonic Heroes model, erroneously making her eye shadow pink.
* Rouge may have been named after the jewel, the Rouge, relating to her jewel obsession. Her name could also come from a type of makeup applied to the cheeks, which is also called blush.
** Her name is also a pun on the capital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, due to her first name being Rouge and her being a bat. Her name also means "red" in French, possibly named after Knuckles' color or the fact that red is a color symbolizing love and Rouge is having a flirtatious and romantic attitude.
** Another possibility is that her name is a play on the word "rogue" (pronounced "rohg"), often used as a synonym for "thief", mirroring how she often steals other peoples’ jewels.
* Although Rouge told Knuckles at the end of Sonic Adventure 2 that she was done with jewelry, she is still hopelessly obsessed with jewels in later games (unless she meant that she's done with jewelry without reason).
* Not counting team members in the support class, Rouge has the least team POW moves in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, with only one.
** Also, Rouge is the only character with an Armor-Piercing move that hits all onscreen enemies instead of targeting one enemy. She is the second member of the Shifter class, and the only Shifter class member in Team Dark (Shadow and Omega are both in the Power class).
* In Sonic Heroes, while selecting Shadow or Omega to be Team Dark's leader, if you use the first-person camera to look at Rouge, she will occasionally turn her head in the player's direction and wink.
* Rouge and some other characters have a few locations named after them in Empire City, as seen on the street signs of the level's day time stages in Sonic Unleashed.
* At one point in Sonic Battle while Rouge was around, Sonic says, "I smell perfume. Maybe Rouge is around.". This might mean that Rouge wears perfume, or Sonic was only making a joke.
* In both Sonic Battle and Team Sonic Racing, Rouge is revealed to have a mother. She is the first character to mention a mother without appearing, the other being Zomom.
* After Shadow the Hedgehog, the wings on Rouge's in-game character models are one color instead of two.
* In Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge's unitard appears to be a purple/lavender color in game, but her main character artwork for the game has the outfit in its regular black color.
* To date, Rouge has never appeared in any Sonic game without Shadow appearing in the same game, cameo or not.
* In Rouge's alternate outfit model in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, her belly button is shown. However, it is not present when in her Sonic Riders series outfit.
* Between Sonic Adventure 2 and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Rouge's fangs appear to be absent.
* One of Rouge's unused lines ("Pleasure before business!") from Sonic Adventure 2 is used in one episode of Sonic X.
* After Sonic Adventure 2, Sega decided to change Rouge's outfit (explaining why she wore something different in Sonic Heroes) to make her look less provocative, but they ultimately decided to change it back as they found the new outfit to be even more provocative than the old one.
* Rouge can be seen in an early roster mock-up for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing as a placeholder alongside Vector, Espio, Blaze and Silver.
* Rouge may be able to speak French, as one of her lines in Sonic Free Riders is "magnifique!" French for "magnificent!" She says this whenever she lands a trick.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Rouge the Bat at Sonic News Network
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