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Rouge the Bat
First Appearance: Sonic Adventure 2

See, you know how we just talked about innocent young Cream before? The reason I find her so damn confusing is because we have a sexed up bat hanging out on the other side of the party. That's kind of why I like her so much though.

Appearance-wise Rouge is unique in that she has multiple looks and all of them are pretty good. I think the classic with the heart top is the best one though. But she looks so much more different than the rest of the cast and she stands out. She's just got a really excellent look.

Rouge has a gamestyle similar to Knuckles... but then goes to flight in Sonic Heroes. And then back to the Knuckles/Tails counterpart in Sonic 06. All in all, she's not that much more special in any of those roles, but I don't actively ever hate playing as her.

I like Rouge a lot though. She's probably up there in some of my favorite characters, and a lot of it has to do with her interactions with Shadow. Their relationship is legitimately great, and up there with the best relationships in the series. Every time they interact, it feels more real and legitimate than basically most surface-level interactions that the series usually has.

In Sonic Adventure 2, where she debuts, there's not as much there between Shadow and Rouge. But she tends to be the brighter parts of Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Sonic 2006. There's also some good stuff with them in the side games too. They have this really close bond where Rouge always gasses Shadow up and seems to legitimately care about him, and it's great. Because despite her seeming selfish in most cases, she actually cares about her Hedgehog friend and feels bad for him a lot of times. Their bond feels real, and I think outside of Sonic and anyone else, this is probably the most legitimate relationship in the series.

There's also what she has going on with Knuckles where they constantly tease a relationship and don't deliver. Which, you know, fine. Whatever. I get that they don't want to commit to any sort of romantic relationship in any of the Sonic games, but I think if you're going to do one then Knuckles and Rouge is the way to go. It gives Knuckles more to do than the whole lot of nothing he normally has going on. And this is always touched on more in the side games. They have fun interactions though.

Concerning everything else with Rouge... she's half-jewel thief, half-secret spy. So she always has a purpose to be involved somewhere. She's flirty, fun, and adds a dynamic to the Sonic series that really isn't matched with anyone else. I really like Rouge, and I think she's one of the better characters in the series. I hope they do a lot more with her, because she plays off every character so well.

Society won't survive if they put her in the third Sonic movie though.

Rank: A

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