Rabio

Rabio and Lepus are twin mechanical rabbits hailing from the world of Bunnyland. When their world is threatened by Yohmaoh and the royal family is kidnapped, the king of Bunnyland summons Rabio and Lepus to the rescue.

In Rabio Lepus and Sonic Wings, the pair appear to be sentient flying machines, while in later games, Rabio appears as the aircraft Aka Usagi. Both rabbits are white with colored ears, eyes, tails, and shoes. They both have buck teeth and wear yellow gloves. After receiving certain power-ups, they wear yellow ribbons on their right ears. Rabio's ears, eyes, tail, and shoes are red, while Lepus's are green.

Rabio Lepus[]

Rlsrabio — Rabio in Rabio Lepus Special.

Rabio is the red-eared 1P character in Rabio Lepus. After his appearance in Rabio Lepus, Rabio became one of the icons of Video System.

Metal Rabbit[]

Rabio appears on two advertisements for the unreleased game Metal Rabbit, which was to share the setting of Rabio Lepus.

Sonic Wings[]

Rabio and Lepus are secret playable characters in the SNES version, unlockable via the following method: at the character selection screen, hold down the R button on the second controller, and enter the following code on the first controller: Left, Down, Right, X, Y, A, B, Left, Down, Right, Down, X, Y, A, B.

Neither Rabio nor Lepus has dialogue in single or two-player mode; instead they reveal another code, this one for unlocking a timed dog fight with the bosses of the game: at the character selection screen, hold down the R button on the second controller, and enter the following code on the first controller: A, Left, Y, Right, X, Down, B, Up.

After defeating all levels of the game with Rabio, or with Rabio and Lepus together, a sequence plays that shows Mao Mao waking up in bed, her arm around her Rabio plush. Once again, she has dreamed the events of the game, this time with her toy as the star. Mao Mao also has this plush in her own single-player end sequence, and Lord River-n-White has a black and white portrait of either Rabio or Lepus in his house during his end sequence.

Sonic Wings 2[]

Rabio can be seen along with the game's bosses in the fair during the America stage.

Sonic Wings Special[]

Swsrabio — Rabio in Sonic Wings Special.

Rabio appears in the single-player mode end sequence for Mao Mao if the player fights the final boss battle against Lar. Similar to Mao Mao's ending in Sonic Wings, he is her plush toy. Also, Cincia is shown wearing a Rabio backpack in art for the game.

Sonic Wings Limited[]

Swlrabio — Rabio in Sonic Wings Limited.

Rabio appears on a monitor in the background of the Kyoto stage as well as over a shop. He is also pictured in promotional art along with Chaika and Pooshika (see gallery below).

Power Spikes II[]

Rabio appears as a cursor on some menus.

Gapporin[]

Popb0046 — Rabio with "Lady" in Gapporin.

Rabio appears in Gapporin as the final enemy, along with a blonde woman who is simply called "Lady." Lady has never appeared in any previous Video System game, so her identity and her connection to Rabio remain a mystery. According to their profile in Gapporin's credits, Rabio and Lady like carrots and, inexplicably, dislike satin.

The backdrop of Rabio's stage features an elaborate design centered around an eyeball similar to the eye motif of some enemies in Sonic Wings 3, such as the rival aircraft and Pseudo-Bagarius.

SukuSuku Inufuku[]

As a cameo, Rabio appears during a quiz question from Minakata, who asks the player which of three sets of items they recommend. The choices are as follows:

"Mysterious Robot Set" featuring Lar and Mecha-Keaton. Lar is shown with two humanoid arms, though it only ever appears with one in the Sonic Wings series.
"USAGI set" featuring Rabio, Lepus, and Tenukie Chaudo. The names Aka ("red"), Midori ("green"), and Chaudo appear with them in romanji.
"Inufuku Abuse Set" featuring two poor Inufuku being tortured.

"Mysterious Robot Set" is the correct answer. If chosen, Minakata quotes Keaton's line, "A drill is a man's weapon."