Vanilla the Rabbit/History and appearances (IDW)

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Please be careful, dear. You know how dangerous these adventures can be!

— Vanilla the Rabbit, Sonic the Hedgehog #33

History[]

Past[]

Living in Floral Forest Village with Cream, Cheese and Chocola, Vanilla occasionally allowed her daughter to go on adventures with Sonic.^[3]

Sometime in the past, Miles "Tails" Prower reprogrammed the robot Gemerl after he was turned into a violent robot by Dr. Eggman. Following this, Gemerl went on to live with Vanilla and her family in Floral Forest Village.^[4]^[3]

Crisis City[]

InfectedCheese — Vanilla watching Cheese get infected before trying to escape with Cream, from *Sonic the Hedgehog* #18.

Vanilla and her family later got involved in a new threat when Floral Forest Village was invaded by Dr. Eggman in his new flying fortress, the Faceship. With it, Dr. Eggman poured a large batch of the Metal Virus into the village, creating several Zombots. Barricading her family inside their house with the aid of Chocola, Vanilla told Cream to stay inside during this attack but the young rabbit wished to aid the villagers as she had Cheese by her side, just as Vanilla had Chocola. Regardless, Vanilla still did not grant Cream permission to leave, so Gemerl was tasked with aiding the village instead. Eventually, Cream ran outside, with Vanilla unable to stop her. By the time Cream returned though, Vanilla, Cheese, and Chocola were surrounded by Zombots inside their house. Cheese and Chocola soon after became Zombots themselves after they attacked the leading Zombot. Vanilla then took Cream and tried to escape with her, only for another Zombot to cut them off. Fortunately, Sonic arrived and helped the duo evacuate their house. Cream then flew Vanilla to the north glade of the village where a Rescue Shuttle awaited them.^[3]

At Restoration HQ, Vanilla let Cream stay up later than usual one day to help around.^[5]

The Last Minute[]

AmySavingCreamIDW22 — Vanilla getting infected by a horde of Zombots, from *Sonic the Hedgehog* #22.

Following Vector and Espio's mission for survivors in Pine Grove Village, one of the refugees from the village was revealed to be infected by the Metal Virus and subsequently turned into a Zombot. This caused mass panic among the rest of the refugees, which led to them getting infected by both the infected refugee and Charmy Bee. Vanilla herself was cornered by several Zombots. When Amy came by, Vanilla requested that she take Cream away from the HQ and keep her safe. Amy quickly complied, much to the protest of Cream, and left Vanilla at the mercy of the other Zombots.^[1]

All or Nothing[]

After the Deadly Six had taken over Eggman's plans, Zavok used his powers to lead a large horde of Zombots to Angel Island, which included Vanilla. After Super Sonic and Super Silver had reversed the effects of the Metal Virus all around the world, the Zombots were no more and were cured. As Vanilla was back to normal, she was supported up by Elder Scruffy. From behind, Vanilla heard Cream call out to her, who had just arrived with Gemerl. She happily hugged her daughter with tears of joy.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Out of the Blue[]

VanillaGemerl31 — Vanilla asks Gemerl to help Team Chaotix, from *Sonic the Hedgehog* #31.

While Vanilla hugged her daughter, Cream pointed out that Sonic had not returned to Angel Island. Vanilla believed that since there was a very bright flash, they might have missed him. Regardless, Vanilla tried asking Gemerl to go search for Sonic despite his busy day. The robot instead had his guard up, which confused the rabbit. Cream soon saw that Zavok was charging at them and jumped in front of her mother to protect her. Zavok refused to leave defeated and stated that he will tear the world asunder with his own bare hands. Vanilla held her daughter close as Cream called on Cheese to help fight Zavok. Soon, the Zeti was restrained by Silver. Sometime later, Vanilla visited the Chaotix Detective Agency with Cream, Vanilla, Chocola and Gemerl to gift Team Chaotix with treats for their hard work. She complimented the trio on their selflessness at the height of the plague and requested that Vector call her "Vanilla" instead of "ma'am". So as to relieve the Chaotix of their more strenuous tasks, Vanilla tasked Gemerl with scanning the data of their paperwork and creating a database of all missing people, Cheese and Chocola with putting files away and Cream to help her handle incoming calls. She told them that she will update them as Gemerl processes information, allowing the Chaotix to do their thing and go out to find the missing people. As they left, Vanilla waved them goodbye.^[9]^[10]

Chao Races and Badnik Bases[]

Back home, Vanilla received a call from Amy who asked her if she could take Cream with her to White Park Zone. Vanilla was not sure at first, but she was convinced when Amy informed her that they needed her help to rebuild Omega. She also mentioned that Gemerl could use some repairs after his last fight. Vanilla thus agreed to let Cream go, on the condition that Amy and Gemerl would watch over her. She also instructed Cream to put on her winter clothes for the trip.^[11] Vanilla later came by Tails' Workshop to pick up Cream and Gemerl. It was there that she found out about her daughter's dangerous adventure. Amy tried to explain herself by blaming Rouge, but she had managed to slip away in time.^[12]

Guardians[]

Vanilla welcomed Sonic and Amy for a tea party at her house with Cream. She provided more refreshments when Blaze arrived.^[13]

Hero Camp[]

Vanilla brought Cream over to a campsite for a program called "Hero Camp". When she asked what she was most excited to learn about, Cream said learning how to become a real hero. Vanilla noticed the brochure for the camp looked a lot nicer than the camp itself. Nevertheless, she left Cream at the camp. The next day, Vanilla returned to pick Cream up and asked if they had a good time. Cream said yes but says the main thing they learned was they might already be heroes.^[14]

Dinner at Cream's[]

Vanillahandlessituation — Vanilla handles the situation, from *Sonic the Hedgehog* #66.

Vanilla decided to have a dinner party at her house and invited the Chaotix to it. She and Cream prepared the food together. During it, Vanilla found out they were out of butter. Gemerl offered to get more, but Vanilla insisted she could get it herself and left, leaving Cream in charge of cooking.^[15] When she returned with the butter, she found her daughter crying on the floor, the kitchen a mess, and two intruders, Rough and Tumble. Cream told her about what happened, which infuriated Vanilla. Intimidated, Rough and Tumble got on their knees as Vanilla rhetorically asked them if what they did was okay. The Chaotix then arrived and were confused about what is going on. Vanilla told them the intruders won't be trouble as they learned their lesson. Cream apologized to her mom, but Vanilla said she was brave and did her best, and that's always worth being proud of. Vanilla ordered takeout and during the dinner Vector said the food was great. Vanilla said it's not perfect, "but sometimes that's better".^[16]

Spring Broken![]

Vanilla would take Cream to the Spring Flower Festival to spend time with her.^[17]

Powers and abilities[]

Being a regular citizen and a mother, Vanilla hasn't directly demonstrated anything extraordinary physically beyond being a good cooker and housemaker, however, a unique trait of hers (seen usually for gags) is her ability to induce fear into others, including villains like Rough and Tumble^[16], as well as a trained jewel thief like Rouge^[12].

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