The SHADY Origins of Rouge the Bat | Origin Oracle

Rouge the Bat first appeared alongside Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic Adventure 2 and left quite the...impression on Sonic fans. Now as a permanent member of the Sonic cast, what exactly do we know about her origins? Let's take a look during this Origin Oracle.

0:00 - Intro to Rouge the Bat
0:48 - Rouge's Debut - Sonic Adventure 2
3:11 - Rouge's Design and Conception
4:33 - Post-Sonic Adventure 2
5:04 - Rouge in Sonic Battle
6:29 - Rouge's Origins in the Archie Comics
8:06 - IDW Comics
8:38 - Sonic X - Excessively Flirty Rouge
10:47 - Please give a like to help a small channel :)

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[TheMentok]

Next Origin Oracle will go back to the Super Mario franchise! I know it's not Sonic but please show those videos some love if you enjoy my content. :)

[SaiyanGamer]

I feel like Rouge would be the kind of person (bat?) who, if you ask about her past, she'll either give a very vague response, dodge the question, or give completely different details each time she's asked. Not because she has something to hide, but a mix of just not wanting to tell people and she likes messing with others.

[retrobrian]

All of Rouge’s SA2 themes where certified bangers

[mini_mew]

I do love Shadow and Rouge as a team, they mesh well and in heroes their bond grows even stronger

[Granditamias]

It’s kind of a shame that we haven’t gotten as deep of a backstory for Rouge as we have for the other characters, even in Archie. I think in Sonic Chronicles she mentions having a mother but other than that, nothing.

I think Rouge a pretty cool character for her fighting abilities and the way her friendship with the dark team is depicted in games like SA2 and the 2006 game. And I hope she appears in the 3rd movie, now that GUN exists in that continuity and she could become an agent. Not to mention now that Knuckles is in the movies it would be cool to see his romance/rivalry with Rouge. Plus I would love to see the internet’s collective freakout upon the reveal of a photorealistic CGI movie design for her.

I’m quite surprised how far the games and Sonic X have played up Rouge’s sex appeal. Like I’m sure SEGA is well aware of the kind of FREAKS UP THERE who would drool all over her. Lol

[Electrosa]

Sonic Battle also went for the "working for the government to pay off her crimes" angle, except it's even funnier than the comics' execution because the government explicitly gave Rouge diplomatic immunity in exchange for her services. So she's a double agent working for the government, saving the world on the down-low, but she STILL goes around stealing jewels and valuable artefacts. Except this time it's on the government's dollar. Rouge is truly living the life.

[cirnosnumberfan]

One detail about Rouge that not a lot of people seem to notice is that her primary method of attack is kicking, as opposed to Knuckles' punching.

[vdegamr]

Oh, not everybody can pull of an origin of rouge the bat without a lot of game cameos, great work!

[yoshimasterleader]

Cmon now blowing up half the moon was all Eggman. If I recall correctly it was Shadow that set up the dynamite packs not Rouge. She just had to steal the emeralds. Having Rouge (and later shadow) be a government agent strengthens the lore in which it shows the relationship between humans and mobians which I like to see more of. I would like to see a game where human NPCs and anthro NPCs interacting with each other.

[Rammy_Latin]

I actually think (even if it's pretty comical) her being super forward in Sonic X adds to her personality in a good way in my eyes lol

She reminds me of Bayonetta in that regard. And I love Bayo!

[MrNetWraith]

Rouge and Knuckles' relationship largely going nowhere is sad, but also sadly not unexpected, given that Sonic Team largely began shelving Knuckles, the original Sonic Rival Character, in favor of Shadow, and of course there has been the recent push to downplay the secondary characters entirely. As someone who always preferred Knuckles to Shadow, it's a pity.

[ShinGojiOfficial]

Lol the intro! I too also love seeing character concept art, it's always interesting seeing the designing process. Her final design kinda reminds me of a "kid friendly" Jun Fudo from the Devil Lady anime/manga haha. Keep up the great work

[megalosaurusstudios]

I wonder what rouge’s childhood would have been like

[Samgreen]

(At 10:25) Kinda makes me wonder: is Rouge actually just sexually manipulating everyone's emotions or she actually is a hard to get bisexual?

[HieiDaHellSpawn]

Rouge and Catwoman would be really good friends

[anomaly]

10:17 Yo wtf, I never knew about this lmao. Damn, the sub for Sonic X was wild. First Sonic saying “Shit”, that one frame of blood, the S&M thing, and now this. Never would of thought s*x would be referenced in the Sonic franchise. How was this show not TV-14? XD

[HIPHOPHER]

I love this and the intro! Hahaha
Also, maybe nails is too close to tails and they didn’t wanna confuse folks? Who knows. But Nails would’ve been cool.

[Lonely_Soldier]

Rouge is literally the Ada Wong of the Sonic universe, secret agent femme fatale. In it for herself but with a heart of gold.

[SmokeTheHorsehog]

I'm pretty surprised that there is little development history behind Rouge, unlike almost every other character before her. I would have been interested in what the idea was behind her inclusion, beyond the stuff we know already from SA2. And not to mention, why she got the somewhat sexualized design that she became infamous for. I mean, we got characters with similar proportions to her prior to her inception, such as Sally Acorn in SatAM and the Archie comics and Tiara Boobowski in the forever scrapped Sonic X-Treme. But it was Rouge that finally got into the games, so I'm curious.

[MagillanicaLouM]

Cool, sexy, fun and a good heart. Also her personal theme songs consistently some of, if not the best songs in any games she appears in