Blaze the Cat (Archie)

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Template:Character Blaze the Cat is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. She is a Anthropomorphic cat, princess, and Guardian of the Sol Emeralds. She hails from the Sol Zone, where she battles robotic pirates and their fiendish master Dr. Nega, whose machinations have occasionally brought her into contact with the villainous Dr. Eggman and Sonic the Hedgehog.

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. She wears a long purple flared mantle-like coat of sorts with a gold collar and white tights; the cuffs are fuzzy and white. 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.

History

Early life

Not much is known about Blaze's early life. She was born with the power of flames (aka pyrokinesis) and at some point was appointed as the guardian of the Sol Emeralds.

Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure

At one point, Blaze's dimension and Sonic the Hedgehog's dimension were in flux with one another, allowing the characters to travel from one to the other through a tear in the space-time continuum. When Dr. Eggman came to her world and stole the Sol Emeralds, the Sol Emeralds summoned her through the space-time tear that led to Sonic's world, where she set about recovering the Emeralds. Throughout her adventure, she many friends including Cream the Rabbit, who immediately took on the role of Blaze's guide and close friend, and Sonic the Hedgehog. She eventually defeated Dr. Eggman, but she had to team up with Sonic to defeat the duo of Dr. Eggman and Dr. Eggman, who were attempting to take over the universe. For the first time, she tapped into the power of the Sol Emeralds to transform into Burning Blaze, and she battled alongside Sonic, who tapped into the power of the Chaos Emeralds to transform into Super Sonic. After their victory and the tear in the space-time continuum was repaired, the heroes said their goodbyes, and Blaze returned to her world.

Blaze once again found herself up against a threat to her world, this time in the form of Captain Whisker, a robotic pirate, along with his crew (which included Mini, Mum, and Johnny) who planned to steal the mystical Jeweled Scepter, which was acclaimed to have the power to control Blaze's world's geological activities. While trying to protect the scepter, Blaze came across Sonic, Tails, and Marine the Raccoon, who Sonic and Tails initially met up with after the Tornado sent them to Blaze's world. Blaze once again collected the Sol Emeralds and defeated Captain Whisker and Johnny. After getting back the Jeweled Scepter, it was once again stolen, but this time by Dr. Eggman and Eggman Nega, who were working together to unleash the power of the Jeweled Scepter. Sonic and Blaze used the Chaos Emeralds and Sol Emeralds respectively to once again transform into Super Sonic and Burning Blaze and defeat Eggman and Eggman Nega. Afterwards, Tails made a ship to bring Sonic and Tails home, and Sonic and Blaze once again promised to meet again one day.

Time troubles and Colors

A some point, Blaze appeared in the time of Silver the Hedgehog, both of them hoping to prevent the cataclysm that had devastated that time. Having been tricked by Mephiles, they went after Sonic the Hedgehog under the belief that Sonic was responsible for the devastation, but was later set right. She wound up using a Chaos Emerald to seal herself and the monster that devastated their era, Iblis, into another dimension. Later, a result of actions taken by Sonic and Princess Elise caused these events to be erased from history.

Blaze once again appeared in Sonic's world onboard Dr. Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park. After running into Sonic and Tails, she explained to them that a Sol Emerald started to glow and she was transported there. After noticing what seemed to be Eggman's robots, she asked if something was going on and that she looked forward to seeing whether Sonic had what it took to resolve matters. After Sonic destroyed twenty of the robots, Blaze praised him and claimed that she saw he needed little of her help after all. They then split up, but after some time had passed, Blaze met Silver the Hedgehog for the first time (since the time reboot) as well as Cubot and Orbot. After being challenged by Eggman's two lackeys, Blaze and Silver easily overwhelmed them, and the two robots ran away. They then ran into Sonic and Tails once more and explained that the two robots appeared when they came close to a ride at the park. Blaze wondered if it warranted a look, and Sonic investigated. Upon returning, he explained it was nothing special.

Blaze later attended and helped prepare for Sonic's surprise birthday party. As the party began, the Time Eater suddenly appeared. Blaze, along with some of Sonic's other friends, was sucked into one of the Time Eater's Time Holes and ended up in the White Space where she was turned into a statue due to the Time Eater's effects. Sonic and his younger self ran throughout the frozen white areas and eventually restored Blaze and the others. When the two Sonics confronted the Time Eater, which was revealed to be controlled by Dr. Eggman and his younger self, Blaze arrived at the battle with the others and cheered on both Sonics. The two blue heroes each turned into Super Sonic and defeated the Time Eater, resulting in Blaze and the others being sent back to the present. Continuing with the celebration, Blaze later waved goodbye to young Sonic and young Tails as they returned to their own time.

Pirate Plunder Panic

Note: From the readers point of view, this picks up from where Blaze's original timeline ended.

Team Rose fighting pirates.

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 the Blackguard Pirates. 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.

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.

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 Sonic's World.

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 is 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, though often has her patience tried by her.

Much of Blaze's coldness comes from the distance that is enforced between others and herself due to her powers. She views her abilities as both a gift and a curse, and her disciplined nature may be due to her efforts to control them. 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.

Powers and 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 barrages of fireballs at enemies. By jumping into the air and twirling, she can become a fiery tornado and attacks using her feet and can also conjure up fields of fire around her hands to protect her from damage, which comes in useful during hand-to-hand combat. She has also been shown to teleport with her flames and has a deep, personal connection to the power of the Sol Emeralds. She has been shown to be able to summon a Sol Emerald in the palm of her hand and read its energies. Additionally, she is fully able to keep up with Sonic's speed. By using this in combination with her fire, she turns into a veritable living comet, and is even capable of brief flight.

Burning Blaze

With the power of the Sol Emeralds, Blaze can achieve a super form and become Burning Blaze.

Relationships

Allies

• Sonic
• Tails
• Shadow
• Rouge
• Team Rose
  • Amy
  • Cream
  • Cheese
• Marin
• Coconut Crew
• Knuckles
• Silver

Enemies

• Dr. Eggman Nega
• Sol Zone Pirates
  • Blackguard Pirates
    • Captain Metal
  • Captain Whisker
  • Johnny
• Mephiles
• Dr. Eggman

Confusion of origins

In the game universe, Blaze seems to have two different backstories as to where she came from, until it was clarified by Takashi Iizuka. In Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure (and most other games afterward) Blaze is depicted as being a Princess and the protector of the Sol Emeralds in a parallel dimension. However, in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Blaze comes from the future where she battles against Iblis. At the end of Silver's story-line, Blaze sacrifices herself by sealing Iblis inside her body and seemingly disappears due to Chaos Control. 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 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. 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.

Trivia

• Blaze is the first female character in the Sonic comics to have a super form.
• While her game counterpart has some confusion as to Blaze's title of being either a princess or a queen, the comic consistently refers to her as a princess.

See also

• Blaze the Cat

External links

• Blaze the Cat at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.