This information is based on Connor Banjoper's personal headcanon, and may not necessarily line up with what SEGA says.
Blaze Arinna Kojo Plesko the Burmese Cat - or simply Blaze the Cat - is the main protagonist of the Blaze the Cat franchise
Blaze the Cat's History[]
Blaze was born in Gurnee, Illinois, United States, on September 22, 1998. She was the third of the five children of Gerald and Sally Kojo. She got along with her family very well.
One day, in 2005, Blaze was recruited to be in a Sonic the Hedgehog game known as "Sonic Rush". Blaze was confused. When she arrived at the location she was told to go to, the manager (at that time) greeted Blaze, and showed her to her workplace. There, she met Sonic the Hedgehog himself, and they began a healthy friendship. She also met some of Sonic's friends and befriended some of them.
Seven years later, in the Summer of 2012, an 11-year old Connor Banjoper found out about Blaze, and he started getting interested into her. On Christmas Day, 2012, Connor Banjoper quickly became Blaze's first real boyfriend. Blaze also met Colette the Mouse, who became her best friend that same day.
Blaze spent a lot of time with both Connor Banjoper and Colette the Mouse in the Summer of 2013.
In the Summer of 2014, Connor Banjoper decided to remove Blaze from the Sonic franchise, and she agreed to leave the Sonic franchise. Blaze's relation with most of her Sonic franchise friends started to slowly fade away after that. On December 20, 2014, Connor Banjoper synthesized Blaze's firstborn daughter, Annika.
Connor Banjoper created four more children in 2015 (in order of age: Marzo & Vasco, Florentina, and Fresa).
In June 2016, Connor Banjoper conceived the idea to make Blaze's own independent franchise. So, he designed a bunch of characters to be her new friends in this franchise. The characters in question are: Lapis the Vulture, Lunar the Chipmunk, Gloomy the Cat, Bronze the Cat, Orris the Fox, Rust the Alligator, Grigio the Lizard, Calla the Butterfly, Strawberry the Fox, and Chocolate the Rabbit. After Connor Banjoper introduced Blaze to these characters, they all became friends and agreed to begin the Blaze the Cat franchise and promote Blaze's independence from SEGA.
Blaze's relationship with Connor Banjoper lasted well into 2017. During that year, Connor Banjoper synthesized the last three of Blaze's children (Glanville, Nic, and Aynabat). Then, in October 2017, Connor Banjoper's parents decided that it was time for him and Blaze to break up. So, on October 24, 2017, they forced Connor Banjoper to break up with Blaze. It was difficult for both of them.
However, despite no longer having a relationship, their plans for the Blaze the Cat franchise remained intact.
In 2019, SEGA announced that they were going to put Blaze in a Sonic game called "Team Sonic Racing". Blaze did not approve of this because she wanted to start her own franchise with the characters Connor Banjoper introduced to her. Blaze decided to stop SEGA from putting her in "Team Sonic Racing". However, SEGA felt differently, and ignored Blaze's objections. Blaze was angry with SEGA and threatened to file a lawsuit if they didn't remove her from "Team Sonic Racing".
On Thanksgiving Day, 2020, Blaze married Lester Plesko, who she met in the Summer of 2019.
In early 2021, Connor Banjoper was scammed out of $200 by a cyberbully named Buddy Latex, who was pretending to be Blaze the Cat at the time. Because of this, Connor Banjoper questioned whether to continue working on the Blaze the Cat franchise or just abandon it.
Blaze and her friends (Colette the Mouse and the 2016-introduced Blaze Characters) went to compete in the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games - which would've been held in 2020, had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic that year. Blaze and her friends performed very well throughout the entire Olympiad..
After the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, Connor Banjoper eventually decided that Blaze the Cat would be given back to SEGA, and that they would be the ones to make the Blaze the Cat franchise, complete with every character he made to be in it, to which Blaze and her friends all agreed. In addition, Blaze also agreed to stay in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, so long as SEGA was willing to respect her marriage to Lester Plesko.
In January 2022 AD, Blaze and all of her friends (including her husband and children) started to work in Irvine, California, United States (while at the same time, maintaining their citizenship of Barhamsville, Virginia), where SEGA's headquarters were based at the time. Afterwards, SEGA started working on the Blaze the Cat franchise as soon as they could (though it is uncertain whether they will respect Blaze's marriage to Lester Plesko or force them to break up in favor of another character).
On September 12, 2022, Blaze the Cat acquired her "were" form, and now has one just like all the other Sonic Characters. (Her friends in her own franchise may or may not follow suit.)
Blaze and her friends also competed in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Summer 2024.
In November 2024, it was decided that the events that happened in Blaze's life in the Banjoper Universe would become a separate timeline from SEGA's canon timeline, as well as all other artists' personal headcanon timelines, and that the Banjoper Universe events do not necessarily line up with the canon events, so the Banjoper Universe Canon Timeline is the only timeline where the events mentioned on this page actually happened. (Yes, this includes the parts where Blaze tried to break away from SEGA, but that's water under the bridge now.)
Trivia[]
- Blaze has multiple careers, including an actress, a videogame protagonist, a singer/rapper, an executive at Silent Raccoon Entertainment, and a YouTuber.
- Blaze likes to use the word "belly", but she cannot stand the word "stomach". (She was traumatized as a child when she saw a picture of the stomach (inside the body).)
- Blaze has been best friends with Colette the Mouse since they met each other on Christmas Day, 2012. They are inseparable, and love each other to the maximum point (and beyond).
- Surprisingly, Blaze was not a victim of Galeem's attack in the beginning of "Super Smash Brothers Ultimate".
~ - She was in the Banjoper Universe when it happened.
~ - Despite this, she is still a spirit in that game.
- Aside from the Royal Chariot in "Team Sonic Racing", Blaze the Cat drives a 2017 Ford GT.
- Despite being a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, Blaze has never seen either of the Sonic the Hedgehog movies that came out in the 2020s. This is because she stopped caring about the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise after the Rio De Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games.
- Blaze is very much in love with Lester Plesko, and does not like it when people ship her with characters outside the Blaze the Cat franchise. (This includes Sonic the Hedgehog characters.)
- Blaze will get extremely furious if someone causes harm to her external abdomen, and she will pulverize anyone who dares to do so.
- Blaze's favorite song is most likely "Party In The USA!" by Miley Cyrus.
~ - She also seems to like "Burning Up" by Madonna, since it fits her theme so well.
- Blaze is cousins with Jessica from the Bremen Avenue Experience.
Quotes[]
"Let's Blaze!"
"Excuse me. [MALE CHARACTER OUTSIDE THE BLAZE THE CAT FRANCHISE] and I are not a couple, and I would appreciate it if you'd stop shipping me with him. Thank you." - Blaze, whenever someone ships her with someone she does not love.
"Silver was never my lover, and he never will be my lover, and he has no chance of dating, marrying, or having kids with me! Got it?" - Blaze, whenever someone ships her with someone she does not love.
--- QUOTES FROM THE SEMI-CANON STORY ABOUT HER AND HER FRIENDS IN THE TOKYO 2021 OLYMPICS ---
"I told you all I was quitting the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise after the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics. I thought being absent in 'Sonic Forces' made it pretty obvious." - Blaze's response to Sonic calling her out for lying to Team Sonic about being unable to participate in the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games.
"I am honored to receive such a magnificent prize on behalf of my team and the nation I represent. You have no idea how exciting this is for me." - Blaze after winning her very first Olympic gold medal in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.
"Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who loves me and supports me in this whole Olympic thing. Secondly, I would like to say.... In your face, Sonic! I kicked your sorry butt at this event!" - What Blaze says to her viewers during the aforementioned event.
"Well, I do have a good explanation. In 2016, after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, I decided that I was going to quit the Sonic franchise and start my own, with these guys." - Blaze explaining to the manager of SEGA why she left Team Sonic.
"Well, you know what? I don't care what the rules and regulations of SEGA say. I'm going to go on a permanent strike against you all, and I'm going to get that franchise!" - Blaze's response to the manager of SEGA telling her that she cannot break away from the Sonic franchise.
"By the power of best friendship, we summon the extraordinary might of the Great Blazette!" - Blaze and Colette transforming into the Great Blazette.
"I think someone was trying to sabotage Grigio in the surfing event, and I think I know just who." - Blaze figuring out that Team Sonic sabotaged Grigio's surfboard during the Tokyo 2021 Olympic surfing event.
"I guess this means that Sonic and his crappy friends aren't going to be able to win any of this year's Olympic events at all." - Blaze conversating with Colette in the hotel showers after the aforementioned surfing event.
"Don't worry, Bronze. It's gonna be okay." - Blaze comforting Bronze after Espio the Chameleon accidentally kicks him in the crotch with the soccer ball in the Tokyo 2021 Olympic soccer championship.
"What were you thinking, man?!? You could have killed Bronze by crushing his nuts with a soccer ball!" - Blaze scolding Espio for the incident mentioned above.
"You Sonic Characters can defriend me all you want, but I'm not gonna be hurt by it because I'm starting my own franchise, and it will be perfect just the way it is." - Blaze officially quitting from SEGA and the Sonic franchise.