Rouge the Bat

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**Rouge the Bat** is a Mobian bat, recurring character, and former anti-hero in Sonic X: Heroes Forever. She is currently working for G.U.N.

She is also the Leader of Team Dark.

## History

Rouge was born to Ruby, a bat who owned a jewelry shop and had gambled a bit too much in her life. The two lived a relatively peaceful existence together for a good few years until Ruby was kidnapped by the Yagyu Lord for ransom. Rouge was forced to steal jewels for the Yagyu Lord to try and save her mother. These escapades got her into trouble as she teamed up with Fiona and Team Hooligan on separate occasions. She even attempted to lie and steal the Master Emerald from Knuckles, which didn't do her any favors in gaining his trust. She and Knuckles may have had a crush, but, circumstances only made that aspect worse off for both of them. This also didn't get her many friends and the Freedom Fighters often felt distrust around her.

## Personality

Rouge used to be obsessed with jewels and treasure. She would even resort to stealing in order to get them. She also hardly takes anything seriously, even when she was captured by G.U.N.. That being said, if someone's life is at risk, she will drop her laid-back attitude and take things seriously.

She appears to have a childish side, calling her mother "Mama."

Rouge is also quite flirtatious and a romantic. It's mentioned she wants to find love and eventually get married. After her mother was saved, she began to act more sweet and caring.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Flight**: As a Fly-Type, Rouge can fly.
* **Lower Body Strength**: Rouge mainly uses kicks to fight her opponents. For someone who's not a Power-Type, her kicks are quite strong.
* **Acute Hearing:** As a bat, Rouge has exceptionally good hearing.
* **Stealth**: As a thief, Rouge is skilled at sneaking around. However, she is not skilled enough to be a Stealth-Type.

## Techniques

* **Screw Kick**: Rouge's signature move. She spins like a drill in the air, and kicks her opponent.
* **Agent Eagle**: A powerful midair axe kick.

## Weaknesses

* **Sound**: As a Bat, Rouge is vulnerable to high-pitched sounds.

## Equipment

* **Pick Nails**: Attachments for her boots. She can use them to cut the glass.
* **Iron Boots**: Heel attachments for her boots to increase kicking power.
* **Treasure Scope**: She wears this over her eye when on missions to help her detect lasers and hidden items.
* **"Thank You" Cards**: Uses them to replace things she has stolen.
* **Inhibitor Ring:** When Shadow went back in time, Blaze gives Rouge Shadow's Inhibitor Ring, though Rouge isn't sure why she was given it.

## Relationships

* **Topaz**: Rouge and Topaz are partners, but, Rouge easily gets on Topaz's nerves.
* **Fiona**: Fiona sees Rouge as a rival, but, Rouge does not take her seriously... unless she attempts murder on someone, as we see in Episode 33.
* **Ruby**: Rouge's Mother. She cares for her very much, and was looking for the Chaos Emeralds for her sake. Rouge gets very angry when she is insulted. Ruby also calls Rouge "her little gemstone" as an affectionate nickname. Now Ruby is safe and Rouge is very happy.
* **Knuckles**: Rouge has lied to Knuckles and attempted to steal the Master Emerald before. Unfortunately, this comes back to bite her when she tells the truth to Knuckles about attempting to save her mother and he doesn't believe her. Now that Rouge has stopped stealing gems due to her mother being safe and Knuckles has apologized to her, the two seem to have a healthier relationship moving forward.
* **Julie-Su**: Rouge was horrified when Julie-Su was almost shot dead by Fiona and Julie-Su offers her an artificial Master Emerald to help her in her quest. Since Ruby had been saved, Julie-Su and Rouge have been known to have causal conversations with one another.
* **Chris**: Rouge had a heart to heat talk with Chris and built up his confidence.
* **Shadow**: Rouge and Shadow didn't see eye to eye at first and Rouge felt foolish for thinking Shadow would come back for her. She does start showing concern for Shadow, however, when he admits his memories may be artificial. She also gets given Shadow's Inhibitor Ring at the end of Episode 38 and she is grateful that Shadow helped rescue her mother in the third special. Since then, Shadow's joined G.U.N. to help Rouge and they've been hanging out in their downtime. Rouge was grateful for Shadow being there for her when she was upset about her dad not coming to see her for her birthday and about him risking his life for the Time Wish to help make her birthday worthwhile. It was thanks to these factors which made Rouge develop feelings for Shadow and after an awkward confession, they started going out.
* **Maria**: Rouge enjoys Maria’s company and was surprised yet happy to see her at her apartment one day. She also suggests that Maria is restricted to what she sees on Google, likely taking on a protective big sister role for her.
* **Silver**: Rouge doesn’t know Silver particularly well, but, she knows she’s his ancestor and is grateful he was the one who suggested the Time Wish idea in the first place.

## Differences between her Sonic X counterpart

* Rouge has more of a moral high-ground than her Sonic X counterpart. While her Sonic X self was looking for the Chaos Emeralds simply because they were beautiful, here, she's looking for them to save her mother.
* In the original and in the games, Rouge has a secret crush on Knuckles. Here, if that's true or not before Julie-Su came into the series is unclear, but, afterwards, she definitely does not anymore.
* In Sonic X, Rouge is extremely confident in her flirtatious behavior around Knuckles, similar story for the games and Archie Comics, except she has some hints toward liking Shadow as well. In this series, Rouge admits she’s shy around Mobians she has affection towards, in this case, Shadow, and will be completely honest if she has romantic feelings for anyone.
* In Sonic X, Rouge enters the Chaos Emerald Martial Arts Mash-Up, where she defeats Tails in the round of eight-finals and Amy in the quarter-finals before being defeated by Knuckles in the semi-finals. Here, she's just a spectator in the tournament.

## Differences between her and other counterparts corresponding to Heroes Forever

* In the Archie Comics, Rouge and Julie-Su highly dislike each other, mostly due to Rouge's one-sided affection for Knuckles and the fact Julie-Su is in a relationship with him. Here, they have a lot more trust between each other, probably due to Rouge standing up to Fiona when Julie-Su was shot by her.
* It was never confirmed that Silver is related to Rouge in the games. Here, Rouge overhears Silver say she's his ancestor.

## Appearances

* **Season 1:** Episode 1 (cameo), Episode 11, Episode 12, Episode 13, Episode 17, Episode 23, Episode 25, Episode 26.
* **Season 2:** Episode 27, Episode 32 (Does not speak), Episode 33, Episode 34, Episode 35, Episode 36, Episode 37, Episode 38, Episode 39, Episode 40, Episode 41, Episode 44, Episode 45, Episode 46, Episode 47, Episode 48
* **The Gamma Files:** Episode 17
* **Specials:** Special 2 (Part 2 only, mentioned), Special 3 (Speaks in Part 2 only)
* **One-Shots:** One-shot 3, One-Shot 5, One-Shot 8 (Mentioned)

## Trivia

* Unlike the other heroes who had their Upgrade Items made and/or modified by Hope or Venice (with the exception of Knuckles' Shovel Claws which are a family heirloom, Sonic getting his Hi-Speed Shoes from Abraham Tower and Shadow getting his Upgrade Items from Gerald) it doesn't say where Rouge got her Upgrade Items from.
* After getting a job with G.U.N., Rouge has an apartment. Though it's not that grand, it gets the job done.
* Rouge has hated her birthday since she turned 8 years old because she realized she never got to know her father. This changed on her 19th birthday when her friends risked their lives to get a Time Wish for her, showing her that her friends are her real family and her dad never cared for her.