Vanilla the Rabbit (ヴァニラ・ザ・ラビット, Vanira za Rabitto?) is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She is an anthropomorphic rabbit and is the respected mother of Cream the Rabbit. Vanilla lives in Floral Forest Village - close to Night Carnival - with her daughter, Cheese, Chocola her companion, and Gemerl, and runs a successful Chao Garden together with them. Vanilla is a skilled homemaker who has taught her daughter polite manners under her kind, but strict, discipline.