While Blaze the Cat may not be one of the original Sonic characters introduced in the
franchise’s early days, she’s quickly become adored by fans of the games, a fiery
addition to an already diverse set of playable personalities in the Sonic universe.
That’s not to say that the pyrokinetic feline doesn’t have an interesting history though.
So today, we’re exploring a few tidbits about the Blaze that you may or may not already
know, in our top 10 blaze facts list.
10.
Origin Stories Let’s start off this list by taking a look
at Blaze’s origin story, or rather, the varying origin stories she’s been giving
in the first two Sonic games she appeared in – the first being Sonic Rush in 2005
for the Nintendo DS, and in Sonic 06.
In Sonic Rush, Blaze is stated as a princess from another dimension.
But in Sonic 06, she’s from a potential alternate future.
At the end of the game, the dimension she’s in is sealed, which led to some confusion
as to when Sonic 06 took place, what the state of the timeline was (considering the events
of the game were erased as part of it’s plot), and if the Blaze that appeared in both
the games was one in the same.
This was then cleared up in 2012 when it was stated that she was a native of the Sol Dimension
and not the future.
9.
Silver Ship Speaking of the confusion that Sonic 06 threw
at us, let’s take a look at a pairing that with Blaze that started being shipped because
of the events in that game.
Silvaze, aka Silver and Blaze.
While described by Sega as having a brother-sister relationship, that didn’t stop fans of the
characters from shipping the hell out of these two after the events of Sonic 06.
Which, since the events were erased, left them with no memory of each other.
So how can they be shipped then?
Fans argue that the two share a wistful amnesia, where their memories are wiped but they still
feel as if they’ve lost something, which fans claim is apparent during the Soleanna
Sun festival cut scene at the end of the game.
8 Dancing Blaze has been known to bust a serious move,
and has a liking for breakdancing, which she specializes in.
Fans have noted that she may be skilled in other forms of dance too, particularly ballet,
due to the fact that many of her victory poses feature her spinning on the tip of her toe,
and other moves she busts out during the Sonic Olympic game series.
7 Marijuana References If you’re familiar with the Sonic fandom
online, this one shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to you.
There’s a whole lot of Sonic memes kicking around on the interwebs, some with a particular
interest in marijuana, most notably Chronic the Hemp Hog, which you can now buy on a t-shirt.
And with a name like Blaze, well, that’s practically a set up for a joke.
This reality wasn’t lost on the people who run the official Sonic the Hedgehog facebook
page, with one user posting on 4/20 that they were disappointed that the page didn’t make
some sort of marijuana themed joke on the occasion.
So, this was the pages response.
“While we cannot help with your mathematical needs, as we are not so good at the maths,
please accept this picture of Blaze.”
Cheeky. 6 Critical Reception
Secondary characters in the Sonic games are sometimes notoriously unremarkable additions;
it’s one of the common critics of the series as a whole, that new characters are added
and don’t really have an impact amongst the fan favourites, like Knuckles, Tails,
Amy, Shadow and Sonic himself.
But, Blaze was not privy to this kind of reception.
She received the opposite actually, with the likes of IGN and GameSpot having positive
reactions to her inclusion, saying that she “easily earned her place in the team”
had a great fiery disposition, and, as IGN’s Nintendo Team put it in 2009, there was “nothing
notable about a Sonic game brining a new character into the fold, except Blaze doesn’t suck.”
5 Musical Themes Blaze has two main theme songs that pop up
throughout the games.
The initial track is Vela Nova, which was first introduced in the Dead Line zone, during
the battle between Sonic and Blaze in the Sonic Rush game.
It also appeared during Sonic and the Black Knight, with a touch of Spanish guitar added
to the track, and plays whenever Sonic has the Medal of Percival equipped.
The second theme, Raisin’ Me Up, also appears in Sonic Rush, after her and Sonic clear the
Extra Boss in the game.
4 Sir Percival Speaking of Sonic and the Black Knight, Blaze
does make an appearance in game, but for the most part not as the Blaze we all know and
love.
Instead, she’s Sir Percival, the Knight of the Grail, the only female member of the
Knights of the Round table.
Percival is the only character to speak Old English words in the game, and the only character
in the entire Sonic franchise to ever blush.
And, in more trivia, fans debated whether or not Percival, being female, should have
had the title of Dame rather than Sir.
But, as many of them would learn, Sir is a title given to all knights regardless of gender,
and dame is only given to female knights within the orders of chivalry.
3 Voice Actors One of the voice actors who has voiced Blaze
in Sonic Riders, Sonic 06, Sonic and the Black Knight and Sonic Rush Adventure, among many
others, is responsible for a few other voices that may surprise you.
The actor, Erica Schroeder, who sometimes goes by Bella Hudson also voices Wave the
Swallow in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
She’s also Emma Frost in the animated Astonishing X-Men, a bunch of Yu-Gi-Oh characters and,
most impressively, a ton of different voices in the Pokemon anime between 2003 and 2016,
including playing Nurse Joy during seasons 7 and 8.
After 2010 another actor took over the role of Blaze, Laura Bailey, who also voices Kid
Trunks in Dragonball Z. 2.
Sega Leak By the time Sonic 06 was released, Blaze had
already gained popularity amongst fans, quickly becoming a new favourite after her debut in
Sonic Rush.
An internal document from Sega was leaked prior to the release of Sonic 06, which contained
not only the entire script for the game, but extended profiles for the major characters
who appeared in it, one of which was Blaze.
In her Character Introduction portion of the profile, it stated that “She has a rather
unique costume on under her cape, and it also seems that she is bothered by underendowed
chest (comments on which will rouse her anger)."
This inevitably caused some comical fan art to pop up online, typically featuring an irritated
Blaze standing next to Rouge the Bat. 1 Her Creation
Blaze’s character during it’s concept stage was intended to be an equivalent of
Sonic, but in a female form.
And a cat.
The second to appear in the series, if you don’t count the discontinued character of
Honey the Cat from Sonic the Fighters.
Appearance wise, her original design didn’t vary much from the one we’re currently familiar
with.
She had a pony tail, her eyes were rounder, and her outfit was quite different, showing
off her mid drift.
Despite this, an earlier version of Blaze made the rounds on the internet when an ex-Sega
employee from Sonic Wrecks released concept art of Blaze that was claimed to have been
created in 2005.
This Blaze is known as ProtoBlaze, and has uncanny similarities to Shadow.
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