Summary

Warning : Spoilers for Sonic the Hedgehog # 66Although a pathetic nefarious duo , it ’s still lurid that the ridiculously lame Rough and Tumble lose against Cream ’s mother Vanilla the Rabbit in the belated issue of IDW’sSonic the Hedgehog . This is specially unexpected when looking back at Vanilla ’s previous contributions to the series , or deficiency thereof , and since it was implied that the day would be saved bythe Chaotix after recently reunite with Knuckles .

After Rough and Tumble come to disrupt Cream ’s dinner preparations , her female parent , Vanilla , arrives home at the last minute . vanilla extract proceed to entirely intimidate the nefarious duo into submission inSonic#66 ’s short story " Dinner at Cream ’s Part 2 " by author Evan Stanley , artist Adam Bryce Thomas , colorist Valentina Pinto and letterer Shawn Lee .

During Vanilla ’s act of intimidation , the Chaotix arrive and undertake to warn Vanilla about Rough and Tumble . But Vanilla intelligibly has the situation under control and does n’t want their services .

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Vanilla’s Unexpected Victory Redeems Her Most Embarrassing Failure

Before now , Vanilla has scarcely received much face sentence in the serial , and the consequence in which she has appear have n’t been much to blab out about . Her spoiled title to celebrity occurs during the Metal Virus Saga in issue # 18 , and she fare across as a frightful mother at one moment in particular . Vanilla first understandably convince Cream to not fight outside their home with her guardian and reformed Badnik Gemerl against the invading Zombots . However , she fails to follow ointment onto the battleground when Cream rushes out to confrontGemerl who is fighting Sonic . Any good female parent would accuse after their children if they ever ran into danger and Vanilla does n’t . On top of it all , Vanilla has to be hold away by her daughter when Sonic comes and saves them after the Zombots eventually overtake their nursing home . Vanilla ’s heroic actions inSonic#66 are definitely more than a few step up from her earlier embarrassing blunder during the Metal Virus Saga .

The Winner ofSonic’s New Battle Subverts Expectations

Moreover , Rough and Tumble ’s attack in the present day even end up being too much for Gemerl , who has prove himself in many ofSonic ’s dependable boss battles . This underscores Vanilla ’s unexpected achievement even more . Similarly , office 1 and 2 of both " Dinner At Cream ’s " and the comparable " Relic Robbing Rumble " curt stories had been hint for the past two issue that the Chaotix would come to redeem the solar day at the oddment . The fact that they do n’t because of Vanilla clearly overthrow expectations even further while accentuating Vanilla ’s victory once again on a whole other level .

While sports fan would undoubtedly have wanted to see Vanilla ’s daughter Cream shine more than she does during this inadequate story as well , at least her female parent ’s past actions have been replace here by her latest exploits in IDW’sSonic the Hedgehog .

Sonic the Hedgehog#66 is available from IDW Publishing .

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