Pudding

**Pudding** is a main character and the overall deuteragonist of the *Space Channel 5* video game series, as well as the secondary antagonist of its first two installments. She is a self-determined reporter for Channel 42 and is the ever-persistent rival of Ulala and her news network, Space Channel 5. She is skilled with a guitar and is very arrogant, and hates losing to anything. Pudding can usually be seen with her two bodyguards on several occasions. In her youth, Pudding was a teen idol for many years, often went out preforming for her fans. She eventually stepped down and landed a career at Channel 42 and has antagonized other reporters since. She also helped to stop two main threats to the Galaxy, Chief Blank and Purge, alongside Ulala and various other icons.

Pudding appears in two of the *SEGA Superstars* video games, both *SEGA Superstars Tennis* and *Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed*. She is one of the two *Space Channel 5* characters to be introduced into the *SEGA Superstars* timeline, the other being Ulala.

## Background

Pudding is a short-tempered egomaniac whose only goal is to become a famous individual. She was born on September 5 in the far future, in the year 2480, and her blood type is AB. She stands less than six feet, has blue eyes, and has green hair. Pudding also wears a pink tattoo on the left side of her chest that reads *42*, which happens to be the channel she works for. She also loves blue and green colors, whether they’re dark or lightened, making her favorite color turquoise. Pudding is skilled with a guitar and loves to dance and be the best at everything. As of the events of *Kinda Funky News Flash!*, Pudding is twenty-two years old.

Pudding was a teen idol in her youth years, helping to inspire the younger audience, especially teenagers, She was considered an inspiration across the entire galaxy, and many admired her talent for dancing and playing the guitar. Eventually, she stepped down from here teen idol years and landed a job as a Channel 42 news reporter. Since landing a job as a news reporter, Pudding is constantly antagonizing Ulala and tries to beat her to ongoing scoops. In addition, Pudding is mainly recognized on TV for her skills a a guitarist, which helps her build up fame.

Because of her inspiration and popularity, Pudding has attracted many fans and much older audiences as well, one of them being the impersonator, Padding, who got several surgeries and procedures done to look just like the young teen idol. Padding pretends to be Pudding, and even goes as far as duplicating all of her belongings, including Pudding’s own clothings, awards, and even her own vehicle.

## Personality

Pudding is an arrogant and self centered egomaniac whose only interest is becoming the most popular and influential teen idol of her generation. Pudding, depending on her loyalty, can be an influential ally. She is very helpful in assisting her acquaintances when there is trouble. However, she will never tolerate betrayal, as she finds it hard to trust anyone. Pudding also has a high ego, which influences her choices, and often gets her caught in unwanted situations. Although she is saved on several occasions by Ulala, she cannot come to trust her, and views her as an enemy, even when they are fighting the same villain.

One of Pudding’s more corrupting factors is the fact that she’s very arrogant with a very high ego. This often comes to show when she faces off against Ulala in battles, and fails. Pudding never takes failure as an option - which is why she is always trying to beat Ulala at anything, especially reports.

At one point, Pudding was brainwashed and controlled by Morolians in an attempt to beat other reporters to a scoop. Despite this, Ulala tried her best to save her, and, because of this, Pudding noticed Ulala’s helpful side, and returned to help her take down the mastermind behind the Morolian invasion, Chief Blank. Despite her aggressive and arrogant side, Pudding is very helpful and will help anyone who appreciates or tries to help her in any way.

Pudding is also somewhat sensitive, as shown at the end of *Space Channel 5*. In the end, Pudding felt like she was being used by Ulala to get her fame, although she eventually forgot about this and ignored it. Although she might be sensitive, Pudding is very determined to get anything she wants done by any means necessary.

## Appearance

Pudding is a peach-paled skinned woman with light blue eyes and long, teal-green dreadlocks formed together in a large, blue hairband on the center top of her head that hangs down her pack. She has a small, pointed nose and small, pink lips.

For attire, Pudding wears a small, blue dress that cuts before her knees. She also wears long, white gloves that extend nearly to her armpits, as well as a pair of long, white boots with blue heels, and a blue jetpack that is held behind her back. Pudding also wears a pair of blue headphones, and a large, blue hairband that holds her dreadlocks. On the right side of her chest, Pudding has a pink tattoo that reads "42", signifying her relations with Channel 42.

In *Sega Superstars Tennis*, when Pudding’s Superstar State is activated, her attire is changed completely, now wearing a two-piece dress that reveals her lower belly, almost similar to her default blue one, as well as having shorter boots identical to her original but with fishnet socks, and her gloves shortened to her lower elbows.

## *SEGA Superstars Tennis*

### Acquisition

Pudding can be unlocked after successfully completing the singles tournament in the Space Channel 5 planet. The player can also earn the achievement “Get your Coverage from Channel 42!”.

### Superstar State

> *Main article: Pudding’s Superstar State*
>
>

Pudding’s Superstar State is called **Guitar Showdown**. When activated, Pudding enters her cutscene and unknown instrumentals start to play in the background. Pudding changes from her outfit from *Space Channel 5 Part 1* to her outfit from *Space Channel 5 Part 2*. When she hits the ball, it makes a square-like zig-zag pattern towards her opponent to confuse them. Pudding only says “c’mon” during her Superstar State.

### Other information

* Pudding is one of the two playable *Space Channel 5* characters.
* Pudding’s lines are taken from archive voice clips from both Sumalee Montano and Larissa Murray, mainly because Pudding would have had little to no voice lines in the game, as shown in *Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed*, using only lines from Sumalee.

## *Sonic Transformed*

### Acquisition

Pudding can be found in Twilight Engine in World Tour. After successfully completing a Chilly Castle sprint, Pudding will be available to be purchased for 50 stars in on Console versions, and 64 stars on the 3DS.

### All-Star

> *Main article: Pudding’s All-Star Move*
>
>

When she receives the All-Star, Pudding can activate it. Pudding has music notes the circulate around her vehicle and a guitar appears above her which can blast her opponents away, which acts similar to a Hot Rod. Her All-Star is a 1 of 5. When activated, Pudding can blast her opponent a total of three times, depending on how many times the All-Star itself is activated and hitting opponents. When activated, her guitar can make loud electric guitar strums. The music that plays during her All-Star is “Guitar Showdown”, a song that originates from *Space Channel 5 Part 2*.

### Vehicle & Stats

> *Main article: Spacebird 42*
>
>

Pudding drives her futuristic vehicle that looks similar to the **Spacebird 42**, her hovercraft that she uses to get from one report to another. The vehicle itself looks similar to a bird, with yellow “eyes” and a blue “beak.” Her vehicle’s main stat happens to be Balanced, making her stats mostly equal for the majority of her mods, and giving her the Super Balanced mod.

### Other information

* Pudding only uses archive voice clips by Sumalee Monatno.
* Pudding was ranked an average of 9 of 30 from best to worst *Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed* characters.
* Pudding is known to be the glitchiest character in the game, as her character model is constantly freezing, her face sometimes disappears, and is constantly falling though the Monkey Ball Park track.

## Weapons

### Pudding’s Guitar

Although it’s not necessarily a weapon, Pudding’s Guitar is a recurring item in the *Sega Superstars* series, appearing in every game that includes Pudding. It is her main accessory and doesn’t go anywhere without it, and acts as a weapon (similar to a Hot Rod) in *Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed*, blowing characters off-track when hit with its blast during Pudding’s All-Star Move.

In *Sega Superstars Tennis*, it appears in Pudding’s cutscene after her Superstar State is activated.

## Gallery

Pudding during her Superstar State.Pudding during a match.Pudding and Pine in *Space Channel 5 Part 2*.Pudding in Roulette Road.Pudding during her Superstar State.Pudding before a match.Pudding in *Kinda Funky News Flash!*.Pudding in Galactic Parade.Pudding verses Ulala.Pudding before a race, the character select.Pudding after finishing a race in Samba Studios.Pudding’s re-rendered model.Pudding’s basic stats (Sonic Transformed).Pudding’s Guitar.Pudding wining a point.Pudding before a match.Pudding on the Galactic Parade race track.Pudding and the Spacebird 42 (after race in World Tour).
## Trivia

* Pudding is the second *Space Channel 5* character to appear in a *Sonic* spin-off game.
* In *Sega Superstars Tennis*, Pudding uses archived voice clips from both Sumalee Montano and Larissa Murray.
* In *Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed*, two of Pudding's quotes are taken from Ulala.
* Pudding was born on September 5, making her zodiac sign Virgo.