Why does Sonic wear gloves? - Sonic Generations Message Board for PlayStation 3 - GameFAQs The message you selected is no longer available for viewing. Why does Sonic wear gloves? Topic Archived Solid Sonic 5 years ago#1 Heck, lots of characters do. Creatures in this world seem to be born with gloves. Even Tikal wears gloves and she was born centuries before Sonic Adventure took place! The curse of bad taste is everywhere...what can you do to avoid it? User Info: AwesomeMario AwesomeMario 5 years ago#2 Personal preferences? No but in all seriousness I couldn't see any Sonic character without gloves they would look horrible which is also why I hate Werehog a lot in design and in Gameplay. waiting for Wii U. Solid Sonic (Topic Creator)5 years ago#3 Also everyone has fingers but no toes. User Info: neslink neslink 5 years ago#4 hes was in the original Mickey Mouse Club. He is showing his support to this day. ChaosInvoker 5 years ago#5 Many iconic cartoon/video game characters wear white gloves: Sonic These are the top 4 that come to mind!

[ ;; [__] ;; ] * (BANG) * (+o' [___] ' ::) User Info: Phewfus Phewfus 5 years ago#6 Because Sonic Team based Sonic's design on old American rubber hose cartoons, where the animators gave their characters white gloves so that the character's hands could be more easily discerned by the audience. Miyamoto used the same concept for Mario back on the NES and I assume that was the intent with Sonic back in 1991. User Info: Solid Sonic Solid Sonic (Topic Creator)5 years ago#7 The CGI rendering team actually goes through a lot of trouble to make the gloves look substantial. Look how intricate the fabric is. The curse of bad taste is everywhere...what can you do to avoid it? handromega 5 years ago#8 The gloves are a signature from old-school cartoon characters. Some old characters in the black&white era had problem with their hands, for example, putting the hands over the chest. because everything was black, you couldn't see the hands, or dark backgrounds etc... That why they started wearing white gloves. The character design for the 1ï¿½ Sonic game, is based on cartoon characters (Dr.

Eggman wears Mickey Mouse's pants in black) so Sonic and others share this signature that represents a cartoon character. HollowNinja 5 years ago#9 From: Solid Sonic | #007 The CGI rendering team actually goes through a lot of trouble to make the gloves look substantial. Look how intricate the fabric is. Sonic Team's CGI is comparable with Square Enix's in quality. It always has been this way, actually. Steam: DJ illi ill PSN: DJ_iLLi_iLL XBL: DJ iLLi iLL craelon 5 years ago#10 To keep his hands clean. I declare this post a VICTORY ( ^-^ )v Sonic the Werehog | Sonic News Network | Fandom powered by Wikia So when the sun goes down, I turn into...this?! — Sonic the Werehog, Sonic Unleashed Sonic the Werehog (ソニック・ザ・ウェアホッグ, Sonikku za Ueahoggu ? ) is a transformation that appears in Sonic Unleashed .

A bestial, werewolf-like form of Sonic the Hedgehog , this transformation was created when Sonic accidentally absorbed a large dose of Dark Gaia 's energy onboard the Chaos Energy Cannon , although the transformation itself would only be triggered by nighttime and remain active until daytime. Sonic eventually lost this form permanently when Dark Gaia reclaimed the energy that caused the transformation. Contents [ show ] Concept and Design Early art of the Werehog was made by a Sega member named Tanahashi. He changed Sonic's general form into something more strong looking. The shoulder and the head are connected by a single line, and his chest is much more broad, giving his body the appearance of an inverse triangle. The final design, he said, was a "silly design"; it was made when he was getting started with the Werehog. He based the design to that of a Yeti. [2] Appearance In this form, Sonic resembles a werewolf and he gains more muscle mass and weight. He grows slightly larger, his torso becomes broader, his muzzle becomes longer, his hands get larger, and his arms grow thick, longer and muscular.

Additionally, he grows nail-like claws on his fingers, he gains a lush and heavy dark blue fur, his skin becomes pale blue, and his teeth become fangs. He also gains fur in places in new places, such as on his arms and chest. Traits of white fur also appear on his wrists, the end of his quills and on his chest. Likewise, his ears become more curved, and his lips become black. For attire, Sonic loses his white gloves, exposing his hands, and his socks becomes slightly frilled in the back. The white stripe on his shoes is replaced with grey metal that has three spikes on the surface, his soles are now covered with small metal spikes. Overview Sonic was gained this form for the first time when Dr. Eggman used a machine to painfully extract the power of the Chaos Emeralds from Super Sonic , with which Eggman would fire a specialized laser weapon at the planet , releasing and awakening the creature known as Dark Gaia from the core of the planet. In the process, due to his close proximity to the Chaos Emeralds, some of Dark Gaia's energy infested Sonic's body, causing his transformation.

Sonic only transforms at night because that is the only time of day when Dark Gaia can move about and affect people. When transforming into the Werehog (or transforming back to normal), a light and a cloud of purple smoke envelops him. Sonic the Werehog features a much different gameplay than Sonic's normal form. He attacks with his arms and fist instead, which can stretch out and hit his foes. In nighttime stages, Sonic loses his speed and must fight through swarms of enemies with his increased strength. Rather than using a counted number of rings, Sonic uses a health bar, where collecting rings refills the bar. Aside from the usual ability of Sonic being able to race down ramps throughout the levels, in Werehog form you must get across gaps in a tightrope walking fashion. Sonic retains most of his normal abilities and personality in this form as well as the ability to speak, though with more of a growl than normal. It appears, however, that Sonic gains some minor bestial behavior while in this form, as he howls like a real wolf at the beginning of a night stage, during the Dark Gaia Phoenix boss fight, or upon getting an A-rank or S-rank.

He can also run on all fours like a real wolf and fight in a more vicious way than his normal self. Therefore, it can basically just be considered a darker, more feral form of Sonic rather than as a split-personality monster like other interpretations of werewolves. Despite this, however, Sonic the Werehog still has Sonic the Hedgehog's good heart. This is primarily due to his will, which is too strong for Dark Gaia to control in any way. Before the final showdown with Dark Gaia, Dark Gaia re-absorbed its remaining power that Sonic had incidentally taken at the start of the game, stripping Sonic of his Werehog form for good. Other game appearances Sonic Runners In Sonic Runners , Sonic the Werehog is a playable Power Type character. In gameplay, he can perform a midair dash attack and boost the Distance- and Animal Bonus score by 37%.

Powers and abilities Due to his transformation giving him increased muscular density, [3] Sonic gains a noticeable increase in physical strength, allowing him to open sealed doors and entrances, effortlessly pick up, throw, and swing large enemies and objects, destroy metal vaults with one hit and even topple creatures several times his size, such as the Titan and the Dark Gaia Phoenix . While he loses his trademark super speed, Sonic can still run faster than the average human by dashing on all fours. He also retains his normal lightning fast reflexes and agility, and a small degree of his jumping skills. In this form, Sonic is able to stretch his arms over long distances in an instant. It is unknown how far he can stretch his arms, however. Sonic mainly uses this ability in combat, allowing him to increase his attack range, grab enemies from long distances, build momentum for his attacks and create various forms of combat moves with the energy of Dark Gaia. He can even enlarge his arms and hands to increase the power and range of his attacks even further. Besides combat, Sonic can also use this ability to travel around, such as grabbing onto ridges and swinging from pole to pole.

Sonic the Werehog is capable of harnessing the energies of Dark Gaia, possibly due to the creature being the source of this form, for different applications. He can apply it in hand-to-hand combat to empower his attacks, put up a powerful energy shield when guarding , and harness excess Dark Gaia Force . Gathering up enough of this energy lets Sonic enter his Unleashed Mode , a temporary state that increases his strength, speed and durability. Techniques and Moves Main article: Skills (Sonic Unleashed) Sonic the Werehog uses a type of feral hand-to-hand combat to fight his enemies. Basically, when using his fists, Sonic can deal greater damage, but only in a focused area and when using his claws, he can attack several opponents at once, but the damage will be much less. Weaknesses In this form, Sonic is slower compared to his normal form, which makes him less able to outrun his foes and forces him to adapt a new fighting style. Sonic is also unable to control this transformation, since it automatically activates and ends according to the sun. He cannot also grind, due to his lack of balance in this state.

The Werehog also often fails when trying to communicate with humans , since people usually are afraid of him because of his appearance, and therefore he cannot be very social. This takes a toll on Sonic, making him feel depressed and somewhat unable to face those he knows, as seen when Amy does not recognize him while he was a Werehog. Sonic also gets a more of a temper in this form, as seen in Night of the Werehog. In other media Sonic the Werehog, from Sonic the Hedgehog #279 . Sonic the Werehog has also appeared in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics . His first, albeit non-canon, appearance was in Sonic the Hedgehog #193 , during the brief Sonic Unleashed adaptation which took place in the " In Another Time, In Another Place " reality. Sonic the Werehog's first "true" appearance was in Sonic the Hedgehog #264 , shortly after Sonic the Hedgehog came into contact with some concentrated Dark Gaia Energy . Each time under extreme stress following that, Sonic would start transform into the Werehog, only for it to subdue.

When caught by the Soumerca Egg Army however, Sonic finally turned into Werehog and briefly lost control. After receiving training from Moss the Sloth though, Sonic gained control over his Werehog form. Quotes "Oh yeah! That's right baby!" - Sonic after getting an S-rank in the 360/PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed. "How do you like that, huh?" - Sonic after getting an S-rank in the Wii/PS2 version of Sonic Unleashed. "You've really... Gone and done it this time, Eggman!" - Sonic after being transformed into a Werehog. "I know little girls who are better with a hammer than you! Well, one , anyway." - Sonic after defeating the Dark Guardian in Shamar in the 360/PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed. "G-Geez, Eggman! Simmer down!" - Sonic falling midway through fighting the Egg Dragoon . "Wow! I rule!" - Sonic after getting a B-rank in the 360/PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed and after getting an A-rank in the Wii/PS2 version of Sonic Unleashed.

"Do I need a reason to want to help out a friend?" - Sonic after Chip recovers his memory and tries to leave to fight Dark Gaia on his own. "Strike three monster, that's enough out of you!" - Sonic after defeating the Dark Gaia Phoenix in the 360/PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed. "I'm fine. I just need to be careful who sees me like this!" - The second time Sonic turns into a Werehog. "Uh oh! Did I fall on him ?" - Sonic believing that he fell on Chip, causing him to lose his memory. "Mister Monster Guy?! Looks like things have gotten pretty ugly." - After Chip called him "Mister Monster Guy". "Aww, can I start over?" - After getting a D-rank on the 360/PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed and after getting a B rank on the Wii/PS2 version of said game. "Hmm, not so bad!" - After getting a C-rank on the 360/PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed. "Hmm, not so hot." - After getting a C-rank in the Wii/PS2 version of Sonic Unleashed.

"Darn!" - After getting an E-rank on the 360/PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed. Theme Song 3:27 Trivia Sonic's gloves were torn apart during the first transformation. Because of this, Sonic the Werehog is one of the few non-robotic characters to not wear gloves. Oddly, when he turns back into normal Sonic, his gloves magically repair themselves. In the 360/PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed, Chip will even acknowledge this if the player feeds him enough food by asking, "Where do you put your gloves at night?" Sonic the Werehog is based on the famous mythical creature the Werewolf . The term "Werehog" is derived from the words "werewolf" and "hedgehog." However, this is a misnomer. The word "Were", as used in the term "Werewolf", derives from the Old English "wer" which is a Latin word meaning "man", making the term literally "Man-wolf", a man who became a wolf. Literally, this means the term "Werehog" means "Man-hog" which is an incorrect, making Sonic a man that becomes a hog.

Due to this form's unique traits, Sonic the Werehog could be considered a hedgehog / Gaia Gaia's Minion hybrid. Sonic the Werehog's ability to stretch and extend his arms is a trait that several of Dark Gaia's Minions possess, especially the Nightmare variant. This might be due to Dark Gaia's energy being the source of both Sonic the Werehog's and Dark Gaia's Minions' powers. Additionally, the Nightmares are shown to guard like the Werehog, as well as execute the Wild Whirl . Sonic the Werehog is the second of Sonic's transformations to have a profile on Sonic Channel , the first one being Super Sonic . In the 360/PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed, if a player would press the jump button just as he grabs a ledge, the Werehog would perform a spin jump similar to Sonic's. This also happens when releasing a horizontal pole, grabbing an enemy while in midair, and jumping while sliding down a slippery path.

Sonic the Werehog is not the first character created by Sega to have elastic/stretchy arms: Ristar , another character conceived around the time of Sonic the Hedgehog, was the first in his 1996 debut Ristar the Shooting Star. In 2009 a Sonic costume pack for Little Big Planet was released with a Werehog costume along with the Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Eggman costumes. Sonic fought the Egg Dragoon as the Werehog at night. But moments later, when Dark Gaia becomes Perfect Dark Gaia , Amy states, "It was broad daylight a minute ago!", implying that it had been day for several hours. Amy was in Shamar, which is east of Eggmanland on the map screen, so it was at least sunrise in Eggmanland. If this is so, Sonic probably should not have fought the Egg Dragoon at night. Granted, he was far underground, away from the sun, and near a large amount of Dark Gaia energy. In the opening of Sonic Unleashed, Sonic the Werehog's fangs are noticeably sharp, defined, and smooth.

However, for the rest of the game, his fangs appear shorter and more in line with the rest of his teeth. In 2008, Jazwares released a Sonic the Werehog action figure. This figure was the only one that was discontinued, due to the yellow card.[ citation needed ] References Darkspine Sonic | Sonic News Network | Fandom powered by Wikia If this is your world, then it's a world that I don't want any part of! — Darkspine Sonic, Sonic and the Secret Rings Darkspine Sonic (ダークスパインソニック, Dākusupain Sonikku ? ) is one of Sonic the Hedgehog 's transformations, appearing in Sonic and the Secret Rings . Rather than using the Chaos Emeralds , he uses the World Rings of rage, hatred and sadness to transform. In this form, Sonic is slightly more sinister and violent due to the influence of the World Rings' sealed feelings. He is playable in the final battle against Alf Layla wa-Layla , an enhanced form of Erazor Djinn . Contents [ show ] Appearance In this form, Sonic's fur and arms become a deep indigo color, and his skin turns pale white.

He gains as well a white stripe around his feet and wrists, and two thick, white parallel stripes that go up his forehead and down his middle quills. In addition, Sonic's pupils and irises disappear entirely and his quills hang lower than usual. In terms of attire, Sonic loses his trademark gloves and shoes and instead gains four golden glowing rings around his wrists and ankles. His voice undergoes a slight change, becoming more demonic, but maintains Sonic's pitch. He is also constantly enveloped by a flaming orange aura. Powers and abilities Darkspine Sonic deflecting Alf Layla wa-Layla 's Spirit Blast . In this form, Sonic has increased physical strength, enough to send Alf Layla wa-Layla's strongest attack back at him with brute force alone. He also obtains the power of high-speed flight. As Darkspine Sonic, Sonic is granted pyrokinetic abilities, allowing him to create and control fire, though it is not shown to what extent. In combat, Darkspine Sonic can create concentrated flames on his hands and feet to amplify the destructive force behind his attacks, and form highly powerful bursts of flames.

His attacks focus more on hand-to-hand combat, as opposed to the boosting and energy moves that Super Sonic uses. Darkspine Sonic is also able to perform Time Break and Speed Break without relying on the magic of Shahra's Ring and can generate the Soul he needs for these moves himself. As the World Rings are what keep the world of the Arabian Nights together, it appears that Darkspine Sonic is capable of warping the reality of the Arabian Nights' universe; with but a flick of his wrist, Sonic was able to revert Erazor Djinn's realm back to normal while expelling the World Rings from his body. Weakness Unlike the traditional Super State , Darkspine Sonic is not invulnerable, meaning he can still get hurt by standard attacks. In return though, he does not burn through Rings to maintain this form. Quotes White Gloves - TV Tropes White Gloves You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share — Bobby Zimmeruski, An Extremely Goofy Movie Common accessory for 'cartoony' characters, especially those from decades ago. Simply, the character wears puffy white gloves, even if he doesn't wear much else .

The gloves can be any length, and at least cover the whole hand ( and all four of its fingers ). Those that cover only the hand may occasionally have a wrist band and knuckle indentations as well. The original reason likely has roots in the black and white era of cartoons, where a mostly dark colored character could hold his hands against his chest and still have the hands be visible; Felix the Cat is notable for not wearing White Gloves and demonstrates why this is a problem. Aside from being an animation tradition, this helps emphasize that a Talking Animal actually has hands and makes it much easier to display hand gestures and movement. Note this entry is for inexplicable white gloves on cartoon characters, not realistic humans that wear gloves as part of a normal outfit. Examples open/close all folders Anime and Manga It's hard to say with Black Cat Detective . Nearly every mammal on the show wears them, but most of them are Chinese police officers, who actually wear white gloves from time to time. Ragnarok from Soul Eater wears full white gloves in his big form and has little circle-hands after losing most of his souls. Don Patch from Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo . The Spacy Brothers and Himespetchi from Tamagotchi !.

Comic Books Big Eggo, the original cover star from The Beano and anthropomorphised ostrich, usually wears white gloves so it looks more like he has hands. It's a slight subversion in that the rest of his "arms" still look wing-like, and he's sometimes shown without the gloves (in which case, he has normal ostrich wings). An old Italian Disney comic book story featured one of the Beagle Boys removing one of his yellow gloves and glove-slapping Scrooge McDuck to a fight. Films The title character in Disney's Pinocchio has both white gloves and Four-Fingered Hands as a puppet. He loses the gloves when he becomes a real boy, as well as having a proper set of five fingers on each hand. All of the Funny Animals in the movie (Jiminy Cricket, Honest John, Gideon) also sport gloves. Who Framed Roger Rabbit : Since Roger Rabbit is already white, he wears yellow gloves. Dr. Caligari wears them in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Literature In the Polish series Koziolek Matolek , the protagonist (a white, anthropomorphic goat) always wears a pair of yellow gloves.

Magazines Lampshaded heavily in a classic 1950s Mickey Mouse parody in MAD . On the first page, a gloveless cartoon character is being dragged off by the police for dressing indecently in public. Later, Mickey explains that his gloves are actually tattooed on, so he can't take them off, not even for swimming . Pinball Worn by everyone in Bally/Midway 's Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man Pinball — the Pac-People, the Ghosts, even a fire hydrant. Toys Mr. Potato Head's arms are white, but he still wears white gloves (assuming he doesn't just have severely malformed wrists). From Mixels , Magnifo has white pincer hands instead of the standard grey or colored ones, to make him look like he's wearing white gloves. A few of the Trashies from The Trash Pack are given pairs, some that lack arms in the first place. Video Games The Pokï¿½mon Poliwhirl and Poliwrath wear white gloves for no apparent reason (the Game Boy was capable of displaying various shades of gray, so visibility isn't really an excuse).

Oddly enough, if Poliwhirl evolves into Politoed instead of Poliwrath, it loses its gloves. Since Poliwrath is a Fighting-type Pokémon and will often engage in punching or physical attacks, perhaps the gloves act as a type of boxing gloves of sorts? The Pokémon Mr. Mime wears white gloves as well, being a mime and all. Nearly all the characters, animal and human, in Sonic the Hedgehog games wear white gloves. For the majority of the male characters, their wardrobe is limited to shoes, socks and gloves. Even echidnas born thousands of years before any of the events of any game wear gloves! Coincidentally, Sonic's original design took inspiration from American cartoon characters to appeal to Americans, including Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny. Sonic Chronicles : The Dark Brotherhood makes gloves one of the pieces of character equipment. Even some of Eggman's robots, notably Eggrobos and other bots like Hei Hou (the Mushroom Hill Act 1 boss) have white gloves. Mario and Luigi . This wasn't apparent in their early game sprites, however, as limits in technology did not allow enough colors per sprite for their hands to appear white.

Wario usually does, too, but in his WarioWare outfit, he wears fingerless yellow gloves with "W"s on them. Anyone wearing a Tanooki Suit or Cat Suit in Super Mario 3D World will have cartoonish white gloves even if they weren't wearing any beforehand. For the Cat Suit this may be justified since they have cat paw prints on the palms which match the feet. Master Hand and Crazy Hand of Super Smash Bros. are white gloves. It certainly helps them stand out against their backdrop: deep space. And X and Zero in Mega Man X . Actually, most reploids, if not all, have white gloves. Also Bass in the original series. These are likely for preventing dust & dirt from fouling the delicate motors in their hands. Ristar knows how to kick it ol' skoo. Cool Spot features White Gloves on the titular Spots, as pointers directing the player toward the caged Spot, and holding a timer as the item that grants more time when collected. Rayman wears big white gloves. Irving Onegin in Time Hollow wears them, mostly so that the developers could pull off a reveal crossed with a Chekhov's Gun at the end of chapter five.

Several games have used a pointing hand wearing a white glove as the cursor: Final Fantasy series, Mario Paint , Animal Crossing series, the Wii Menu, etc. Sora's, of Kingdom Hearts , original costume was meant as a nod to Mickey Mouse, who was planned to be the main character, so his costume has red shorts, big yellow shoes and, of course, puffy, white fingerless gloves. His later costumes evolved away from the Mickey shout out and his gloves became black. White Gloves must be all the rage in Toontown Online since everybody is wearing them. Glover is a white glove. He and his 'brother', Cross-stitch, were worn by a wizard. The final boss of The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate is a white glove. It too was revealed to have belonged to a wizard near the midpoint of the game. Peacock from Skullgirls wears these to cover up what are thin metal fingers. Mettaton from Undertale wears a four fingered pair. According to Word of God , he's confused about how many fingers humans have, so he has several pairs with different amounts of fingers. Webcomics The One Electronic from Rice Boy wears a pair of these.

He appears to be one of the only people in his entire universe who wear gloves at all. Thomas K. Dye justifies this with the hands-vs.-paws argument in Newshounds ; a short spinoff featuring the puppies of some of the cast was called Kid Gloves, too, and one storyline with Lorna (the only human of the main cast for a long time) had her think she was one of the dogs; one of the first things she does is get a pair of gloves. Although Sam from [1] wears relatively realistic clothes, his gloves are a clear takeoff on the classic Mickey style. They allow him to slip his ropes when kidnapped by werewolves, because they didn't think about relative bulkiness of hands in gloves vs. ungloved. In his world, they're a religious symbol , with the lines representing the wounds of Saint Jiminy . The characters of Newton The Newt wear gloves. At least, the frog and the newt do. Kali of Enjuhneer acquires a pair of these when the rest of the cast has a Plot-Relevant Age-Up . She says they simply fell onto her desk. My Roommate Is an Elf .

All characters wear these, and they have Four-Fingered Hands . Lampshaded in Almost Night . Apparently everybody on the colony of Gamma wears them and they are seen as an oddity by the people of Tau. They're enchanted so to allow texture. Ultra-Car from the various WalkyVerse comics like Shortpacked! has these. Web Original In The Cartoon Man , Roy's transformation begins when oversize white gloves spontaneously appear on his hands. Websites The Cracked article "Hey, Sorry, But 5 Of Your Favorite Things Are Racist" discusses how the white gloves worn by cartoon and video game characters are modeled after minstrel shows. Western Animation DuckTales : Duckworth wears white gloves. May be justified, as he's a butler. Mickey Mouse and other Walt Disney characters are among the oldest examples. Mickey first appeared in his signature white gloves on March 28, 1929, in The Opry House, a musical short in which he performs vaudeville acts such as snake charming and belly dancing. Interestingly, at the start of the shortï¿½when Mickey is sweeping the theatre steps before going inside to performï¿½Mickey is gloveless.

Mickey actually appeared with white gloves on the title of his debut Plane Crazy , and the "The End" image, though not in the animation. Both Mickey (Mickey and the Seal) and Clarabelle Cow (Mickey's Fire Brigade) have been shown to keep their white gloves on even when bathing. Not all the time. In various comics and the cartoon Mickey's Delayed Date, Mickey bathes without his gloves. In one House of Mouse short, Mickey happens upon a pair of magical gloves that look identical to his own. Hilarity Ensues . Blaze the Cat | Mobius Encyclopaedia | Fandom powered by Wikia See: Blaze Woman . Not long after these events, Blaze, for the first time in a while, got to enjoy a quiet day while Marine out at sea. Suddenly, however, she was overcome by strange flashes of light . She was then captured on the orders of Dr. Eggman and his new ally Dr. Wily and subjected to a modified form of Roboticization to become one of their Roboticized Masters . Under the name Blaze Woman , she was sent with Silver Man to retrieve the green Chaos Emerald, in which they were successful.

The duo, along with the doctors and their fellow Masters, then attacked Sonic, Tails, and their new allies Mega Man , Proto Man , and Rush in the Skull Egg Zone . Proto Man, however, refused to participate in the doctors' proposed "tournament" and proceeded onwards alone, prompting the doctors to send five Roboticized Masters, Blaze Woman among them, after him before leaving themselves, granting the remaining heroes some breathing room and allowing them to devise a way to use Mega Man's Mega Buster arm cannon to restore their friends to normal. Blaze Woman and Silver Man wee subsequently called away from the pursuit for Proto Man as a precaution. ( SU : #52 , StH : #249 ) Later, Blaze Woman and Silver Man ambushed Sonic, Tails, Mega Man, and Rush at a waterfall. In the ensuing fight, Mega Man managed to change Silver Man back into normal Silver , who promptly immobilized Blaze Woman with his psychokinesis powers while she was fighting Sonic and Tails. Mega Man then changed Blaze back as well, though the whole process gave her somewhat of a headache. As it turned out, the strange lights Blaze had seen had also affected Mobius Prime and the world of Earth 20XX .

While the six heroes rested following the skirmish, Blaze lamented that she and Silver, both exhausted from their ordeals, could not immediately aid their friends. In the interim, she and Silver optimistically agreed to look after each other, wishing Sonic, Mega Man and company luck as they continued on their way. Eventually, Blaze and Silver regained their strength and, on Sonic's instructions, were picked up by Mega Man and Rush for the upcoming battle with the evil doctors and their forces. ( MM: #26 , SU: #53 ) Blaze against several Fire-based Robot Masters. The battle unfolded in a major way: the group of heroes against a massive force of Robot Masters . Blaze was set upon by a group of fire-wielding Masters: Heat Man , Pharaoh Man , Flame Man , Solar Man , Burner Man , and Magma Man . However, calling upon her own fiery abilities, she took control of their attacks and creating a raging inferno that consumed her assailants. She would then battle with Toad Man before posing a threat to Wood Man and engaging Pirate Man . As the battle continued, Blaze would engage Pump Man , who hit her with water-based attacks.

Eventually, she and her allies were surrounded by the enemy army, but continued to fight their hardest. Help arrived in the form of the Light Labs Robot Masters, and the battle continued until all the combatants were caught up in the reality altering effects of first the Super Genesis Wave and then Super Sonic 's use of Chaos Control . ( StH : #250 , #251 , MM : #27 , SU : #54 ) Pirate Plunder Panic From a readers point of view, everything from here on picks up from where the original timeline ended. Team Rose reunited. With her memories of her recent ordeals intact, Blaze found herself back in her home dimension with some unexpected companions: her old teammates Amy, Cream, and Cheese. With their memories of home left somewhat hazy, the trio joined Blaze-who sensed that they might have been brought to her world purposefully-on the next leg of her quest: recovering the final Sol Emerald. After a lengthy search, the group learned that it was aboard a ship belonging to several of the Sol Zone Pirates , though a different group than previously encountered.

The Ocean Tornado and this vessel engaged in battle, during which Blaze and her friends-along with the Coconut Crew -were bombarded with fused bombs. Blaze quickly made the decision to board the enemy vessel, leaving her friends to continue the fight, and ended up discovering the source of the projectiles: her old foe Bean the Dynamite, who along with his teammate Bark had also been inexplicably transported to the Sol Zone. Believing him to be a captive, Blaze modified her plan, intending to rescue the pair before sinking the ship, only to learn that Bean was in fact in league with the pirates. She then confronted the ship's master, Captain Metal , and demanded that he surrender his vessel and the Sol Emerald. He responded by destroying the crippled Ocean Tornado, and with it-so far as Blaze was aware-her friends. Heartbreak turning quickly to rage, Blaze ignited her powers and once again demanded the Emerald, though she vowed to destroy Metal regardless of whether he handed it over or not. Unfortunately, her lack of control cost her, and she was knocked unconscious by Buckle .

( SU : #55 ) The Metal Marauder soon delivered the captive Blaze to Pirate Island , where Captain Metal informed her of his intent to use both her and the Sol Emeralds in his grand schemes. Taking her to his lair, the captain unveiled the instrument of his plans for conquest: the Egg O' War . As Blaze continued to refuse him aid, the captain unleashed his Kraken robot, ordering it to devour her. However, Blaze was then surprised and relieved by the arrival of her friends, who had survived the Ocean Tornado's destruction and found her with help from the Sprockets . Adding to the confusion, Bark and Bean stole Captain Metal's Sol Emerald, only for it to be stolen in turn by Captain Whisker's underling Johnny. Blaze and her fellow heroes escaped and pursued the pirate, taking over the Metal Marauder in the process. When the Kraken attacked both their ship and Whisker's, the heroines were forced into an unlikely alliance with Bark and Bean, the latter providing a bomb that destroyed the Kraken. However, the Sol Emerald was sent flying by the explosion, and wound up once again in the clutches of Captain Metal.

( SU : #56 , #57 ) Blaze flew to confront the robotic pirate yet again, only to once again be knocked unconscious. Upon awakening, she found herself inside the Genesis Reactor aboard the Egg O' War, where Captain Metal revealed his intentions to power it with all the Sol Emeralds. Blaze attempted to dissuade him, informing him that his actions would destroy their world; however, Metal ignored her due to the potential of his chosen weapon to travel to other worlds. The other six Sol Emeralds were forcibly summoned to join Metal's, and the Egg O' War powered up. However, Blaze's friends came to her aid yet again, freeing her and allowing her to obtain the Emeralds, which she used to transform into Burning Blaze. She reduced Metal to molten slag, only for the Egg O' War's internal security systems to start attacking, Metal having uploaded himself into his battle fortress. Blasting an escape route for her friends, Burning Blaze confronted the Egg O' War, and swiftly dealt it enough damage that it sank to the bottom of the ocean. With all seven Sol Emeralds recovered, her world safe, and her enemies fled or defeated, Blaze thank her allies-both friends and former foes.

Using the power of the Emeralds, she then sent Amy, Bark, Bean, Cheese, and Cream back to their world. ( SU : #58 ) Personality Normally cool and collected, Blaze gives the impression that she keeps a tight lid on her emotions, but this may not be her true nature. Despite her calm appearance she can lose her temper easily and when she does, she's quite scary to be around. Her temper also makes it more difficult for her to think clearly, leaving her prone to sneak attacks. While she may at times be tense, she usually remains at least polite; however, she tends to be distrustful of others, especially when the safety of the Sol Emeralds is involved. She dislikes being referred to by her title of "princess" and prefers just being called by her name. She often speaks her mind bluntly but feels grateful to those who have helped her and will do what she can in whatever way to fulfill the debt. She is also very dedicated to her duty as princess, much like Sally Acorn , and does whatever she can to protect her people from outside threats. She also has a fondness of Marine the Raccoon, though often has her patience tried by her.

Much of Blaze's coldness comes from the distance that is enforced between others and herself. However making friends like Sonic has helped her to become more relaxed and friendly, though any breach to her slowly developing trust is usually received harshly. Perhaps because threats to the Sol Emeralds are threats to the very survival of her world, Blaze holds little back in dealing with thieves, quickly expressing the possibility of employing lethal force. Under this hard exterior, however, Blaze conceals a fear of heights. Appearance Blaze is a lilac cat with gold eyes. Her muzzle is white, her inner ears are peach colored and the tip of her tail dark purple (though it has often been miscolored white). She wears a long purple flared mantle-like coat of sorts with a gold collar and white tights; the cuffs are fuzzy and white (sometimes miscoloured lilac). She has plumes of "hair" done up in a high ponytail with dark purple tips. Her outfit is generally accented in pinks and reds, including her high heeled shoes, hairband, coat trim and a small gem on her forehead. She was once briefly shown with her mantle removed. Abilities Blaze is a skilled fighter, gifted with the ability to create and control fire.

Using her pyrokinesis, she can conjure fire at any place on or all over her body and even launch streams of fire at enemies, with temperatures that can heat up or melt metal. Blaze can also conjure up flames to use like solid weapons, as seen when she first battled Captain Metal on his submarine. She is able to move at high speeds that allow her to keep up with-or perhaps match those of-Sonic and his friends. By using this in combination with her fire, she turns into a veritable living comet, and is even capable of brief flight with an ability called Burst Hover. With the power of all seven Sol Emeralds, she is also able to teleport others to different dimensions and undergo a Super transformation to become Burning Blaze . Background information Blaze is the first female character in the Sonic series-games, comics, or otherwise-to have a Super transformation , with the second being Nicole the Holo-Lynx . Confusion of Title There has been a slight confusion as to her title of being either a princess or a queen. She is called "Queen Blaze the Cat" on the official Sega of America Sonic mini site, Sonic Central as well as the Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) game website.

However, in Japanese, her title is 皇女 kōjo, which translates to "imperial princess," and is also called princess in Sonic Rush Adventure. The comic consistently refers to her as a princess. Confusion of Origins In the game universe, Blaze seems to have two different backstories as to where she came from. In her debut game Sonic Rush (and most other games afterward) Blaze is depicted as being a Princess and the protector of the Sol Emeralds in a parallel dimension to that of Sonic's world. The same backstory is applied in it's sequel Sonic Rush Adventure which takes place in her universe entirely ( Marine the Raccoon also hails from Blaze's world). However, in her second appearance in the series, Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) , Blaze comes from the future where she battles against the fearsome monster, Iblis (whom Silver the Hedgehog also combats at different times). At the end of Silver's story-line, Blaze sacrifices herself by sealing Iblis inside her body with two of the Chaos Emeralds and seemingly disappearing. At the end of the game, it was made so Iblis never existed, causing the events of the game to never happen, meaning that Blaze should still alive.

A common theory that writer Ian Flynn also agrees with is that Blaze had removed herself from the universe/dimension and was rewritten after the events of the game were erased into always having lived in the parallel world seen in the other games. The possibility that she and Silver never even met each other is never clarified in the games universe, as in all future appearances they never appear together in their mutual stories and neither of them ever mention each other. Current comic writer Ian Flynn brought an end to the confusion-at least with regards to the comic continuity-when he thoroughly detailed how Blaze and Silver never met. (1) It is unknown if this theory is still viable given the events of the games becoming canon to the comic series. At the Sonic Boom 2012, Takashi Iizuka confirmed that Blaze comes from the alternate dimension. Featured Article

Question: What colour gloves does Sonic the hedgehog wear?
Answer: WHITE