There are nearly 100 Sonic characters that show up at some point or other in Sonic games. How many do you know of them? How many of them are female Sonic characters?
Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created and owned by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, a hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist.
Sega developed the first Sonic game and released it in 1991 for the Sega Genesis. The idea was to compete with the Super Mario Bros games developed by Nintendo. The success of Sonic helped Sega become one of the leading video game companies during the early 1990s.
Sonic has also made the leap to the big screen. There are a couple of Sonic movies, as well as other products.
By 2016, Sega sold more than 140 million units of the Sonic the Hedgehog games. The game grossed more than $6 billion by 2020.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the most popular female Sonic characters.
Amy Rose
Among Sonic official characters, Amy is the most popular alongside Sonic. She is also known as Rosy the Rascal. The fictional character appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Same as Sonic, she is an anthropomorphic hedgehog with a major crush on the main character. She met him on Little Planet, and has since then, become his self-proclaimed girlfriend.
During their adventures, she tries to win his heart in any way possible. The cheerful and erratic girl has a positive attitude and boundless energy.
Rouge the Bat
The fictional character is an anthropomorphic bat and jewel thief. She worked as a part-time government spy and has a close relationship and association with the Guardian Units of Nations.
Rouge is a world-famous treasure hunter. She has a weakness for jewels and obsesses about Master Emerald and Chaos Emerald.
Her motivations through the game are always in question.
Blaze the Cat
She says, “I am the guardian of the Sol Emeralds”. Blaze the Cat is an anthropomorphic cat from an alternate dimension. There, she is both the imperial princess of the Sol Empire and the appointed guardian of the Sol Emeralds.
This female character has a role similar to that of Sonic and Knuckles combined.
While normally calm and elegant, she often conceals her true feelings. Blaze is devoted to her position and sometimes appears as anti-social and shy.
Cream the Rabbit
This fictional anthropomorphic rabbit is the daughter of Vanilla the Rabbit. She is a close friend of Chao. She was living an idyllic life with her family when Sonic and Dr. Eggman entered her world.
Soon, she joined the fictional anthropomorphic Sonic character and his friends on their adventures.
Cream is polite and well-mannered. Yet, sometimes, she can be childish and naïve. Full of curiosity, she tries her best in everything she does.
Tikal
This fictional character is an anthropomorphic echidna spirit and a former member of the Knuckles Clan. She resided in the Mystic Ruins 3,000 years ago.
In her youth, she lived in a period of a war opposing her father’s Chief Pachacamac warmongering ways. During that period, she befriended the local Chao and their guardian Chaos.
Bunnie D’Coolette
Her birth name is Bunnie Rabbot, and she is a mobian rabbit. As a member of the Freedom Fighters, she was originally a regular person. But when Dr. Eggman made his first attack on Mobotropolis, the Freedom Fighter suffered severe injuries and her body parts had to be replaced with cybernetics.
Since then, she used her cybernetics to better serve the Freedom Fighters.
She is always kind and friendly. While she initially struggled with her cyborg nature, she has embraced the new form and its abilities.
Wave the Swallow
The fictional character is the technical and mechanical expert of the Babylon Rogues. She is the daughter of the tech expert of the previous generation.
Her knowledge of Extreme Gear makes her a bit of a trash talker. Wave has a huge self-confidence and hates thick-headed or stupid people. She tends to advise the Sonic team that only she can understand.
Maria Robotnik
Maria was a young human and the cousin of Dr. Eggman. Born and raised on the Space Colony ARK, she suffered from a terminal illness that made her unable to leave the place of her birth and go down to Earth.
To save Maria, her grandfather Gerald Robotnik worked on Project Shadow, hoping to find a cure for her.
Vanilla the Rabbit
Vanilla is the respected mother of Cream the Rabbit. She lives in a small cottage close to Night Carnival. Vanilla is a skilled homemaker and has taught her daughter polite manners.
As a beloved mother and respected elder, she is a calm and composed woman. Vanilla never raises her voice and like her daughter, she is always ready to help those in need.
She has a strong faith in Cream and her friends and doesn’t mind the fact that Cream goes out on dangerous adventures with Sonic.
Dulcy the Dragon
The mobian dragon from the Eastern Forest Clan is an ally of the Freedom Fighters. Dulcy can breathe fire and ice and possesses the power of flight. She also has some combat skills.
Her appearance is based on Eastern depictions of dragons, with notable features like pointed horns and a thin serpentine body. Yet, she has wings and abilities commonly associated with the Western dragons.
Mina Mongoose
Many call her Songoose for her singing talents. Mina is a fictional character looking like a yellow, mobian mongoose. She has purple hair held back by a black headband and green eyes.
Mina was captured by Dr. Robotnik and rescued by Sonic. She is one of three girls who compete for the affection of Sonic. The other two are Amy Rose and Sally Acorn.
Princess Sally Acorn
Sally is one of the main protagonists in the long-running Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. The teenage anthropomorphic chipmunk with red hair and blue eyes is always trying to get the affection of Sonic.
Lara-Su
With her exceptional determination and dedication, Lara has great fighting skills. She often finds herself utterly confused by different situations. Often, this girl looks vulnerable.
Her parents in both timelines deny her certain privileges.
She is the daughter of Knuckles and commands Chaos energy through her link to the Master Emerald.
Cosmo
The main character from the anime series Sonic X is a female child of a plant-like alien species. Her world was destroyed by the villainous Metarex and is the only surviving member of her species.
Cosmo is a kind and gentle character, but she often feels guilt because she couldn’t save anyone from her home planet.
She shares similar qualities with Maria Robotnik and Tikal. Both of them sacrificed themselves to save their friends and are pacifists.
Princess Elise the Third
The fictional human girl is the current sovereign of Soleanna. Elise is the last surviving member of the once-great royal family that rules the city. She is the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Soleanna.
Growing up with a tragic past, she lost her mother at an early age. Her father was made the vessel for Iblis.
Elise rose to leadership and ten years after the loss of her father, she became the target of Dr. Eggman and Mephiles the Dark.
