Erika Dawson

Erika Dawson is a ficitional character in the Zara and Erika franchise. She was created by Robert Coates in 2012.

Biography
Erika Dawson was born on July 5th, 2000. At age 9, she had been given a pair of glasses for her to wear due to the bad condition of her eyesight. By the time she got older, she had been dating Eric Oates for awhile until they broke up in 2014.

Her hidden talent is basketball, as mentioned in her "Ask Erika" series' second season debut. Since Mitchy's Snow Day, Erika's new boyfriend is Eric Staang.

Design
Erika started out as a human when she got her own grounded series. This version is used since 2012. She ended up as a fox starting with the Rangeltoon "St. Patty's" due to Kyle Rangel making her look 1940s and cuter. She was also originally going to be a human in the same short.

On July 18th, 2017, Erika got her design makeover as a cat, and it remained since with minor updates to her design and glasses.

Voice
Erika Dawson was voiced by Julie Kvidera throughout the entire franchise (with at least five exceptions).
 * Most of the time, Erika was voiced by Rangel in most 2016 shorts. Rangel was talking to himself while making "Garbage Day".
 * In Kyleman88789 The Movie 2, some of her lines were recorded by Jordenelle Robinson.
 * From Zara and Erika: The Hawaiian Adventure until the Kyle & the Gang episode "Kenzie and the Mermaid", Kenzie Backlin provided Erika's voice.
 * In places where Spanish is the primary language, she was voiced by Ilene Rodriga.
 * Mitchy Beausejour voices Erika currently.