Cubot (Sonic Boom)

Cubot is an antagonist in the Sonic Boom series. He is a robot and one of Dr. Eggman's loyal, though not perfect, lackeys.

TV Series
In Eggman's lair, Cubot, Orbot and Dr. Eggman caught the news that Sonic was seeking a new sidekick. Despite Cubot voicing his opinions on Sonic's demands, Eggman silenced him.

Cubot and Orbot later followed Eggman to Tails' house where Eggman planned to exhaust Sonic and Tails by living with them and then sic Obliteratorbot on them. Having been allowed to stay by lying that their lair needed repairs, Cubot and Orbot helped Eggman tire out the heroes. However, Eggman's plan backfired when Obliteratorbot malfunctioned and destroyed their lair due to Cubot and Orbot failing to fix its kinks.

When Eggman planned to use Tails' robot UT to break Team Sonic apart, Cubot and Orbot secretly replaced the real UT with a duplicate made by Eggman. When Eggman discovered Tails' new robot UT, Cubot and Orbot traveled to Tails' house and secretly replaced the real UT with a duplicate made by Eggman to break Team Sonic apart. As a bystander, Cubot watched as Eggman's plan was executed and subsequently failed. When sent on a mission to get Eggman needed materials, Orbot and Cubot robbed a warehouse of mechanical parts. As Team Sonic arrived, they used their Buzz Bombers to distract them and they escaped thanks to Buster who halted Sonic.

While helping Eggman with his mail, Cubot and Orbot hard their lair was considered to be featured in Modern Lair Magazine, so they were assigned to clean the lair up. When that was not enough however, Eggman assigned Amy to redecorate the lair, with Orbot and Cubot served as her workers, and the results earned them the magazine messenger's approval. After Eggman imprisoned Amy, Cubot was dismantled by Eggman when he attempted to quit his job and could only watch as Team Sonic broke in and ravaged the lair, which cost the lair its spot in Modern Lair Magazine. When Eggman made Dave an intern in the lair, Cubot and Orbot feared Dave's enthusiasm would make them look bad. As Dave overhead them, Cubot was dismantled by the intern. Fortunately, Orbot brought Cubot's parts to Tails who repaired him. Fortunately, Eggman fired Dave and Cubot and Orbot got their assignments back.

During Eggman's work, Orbot and Cubot watched in horror as the doctor created his scheme to turn Sonic evil by feeding him with evil cookies. When the plan backfired by Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Sticks eating the cookies instead, Cubot and Orbot were forced to suffer under both them and Eggman when the latter taught his new allies about villainy. As such, they sought Sonic's help, who quickly restored his friends.

Upon Cubot and Orbot's urging to improve their moral with a surprise party, Eggman had them set the party up. When they were done, Eggman erased their memories so the party could still be a surprise. As the amnesiac Cubot and Orbot recovered, they could not find Eggman and went looking. After asking Sonic and in town, it appeared Eggman had been arrested. They tried earning bailout money, but they failed performing, getting donations from Amy and got the Egg Mobile stolen. Had enough, Cubot took charge and broke into the jail, but discovered the inmate was actually Willy Walrus, who told where Eggman was. At that scene however, they believed Eggman had been killed by his own weapon and went home mourning, where Eggman surprised them with the party and explained everything. As a demonstration, Cubot and Orbot got their memories erased again and could therefore not tell Eggman where the Egg Mobile was.

Archie Comics
On the day following Dr. Eggman's battle with Sonic and his allies, Cubot was serving the doctor his breakfast in his lair before it could get cold when Knuckles appeared on their doorstep and wanted to join the doctor. Teaming up with Knuckles, Cubot accompanied Eggman on his attack on Bygone Island where he helped Orbot stow away Sonic, Tails, Amy and Sticks in the Big Boy mech's cargo hold after Knuckles and Eggman had encaged them. On their way to attack the village however, Cubot, Eggman and Orbot were betrayed by Knuckles who threw the two robots away when protecting Eggman. Cubot and Orbot later asked Team Sonic for a lift home after Eggman was defeated, to which Knuckles complied to by throwing them out to Eggman as he retreated.

Following their return to the lair, Cubot and Orbot were assigned to repair the Big Boy for its re-launch. Inside the mech, Cubot found the piko hammer, stuck in there during their last battle, and he obsessively claimed it for himself. While fooling around with it though, Orbot found him and wanted to turn the hammer over to Eggman. Cubot refused to give it up though, and the two quickly began fighting for the ownership of the weapon. Unknown to them, their fight trashed the Big Boy as it took off and when they lost the grip on the piko hammer, it ricocheted away while making the Big Boy fall apart. Soon after, they found Eggman amongst the parts and tried explaining themselves. Having fixed and upgraded the Big Boy again, Cubot and Orbot accompanied Eggman as he went out for his appointed battle with Team Sonic. However, when Team Sonic did not show up, they tracked them down, only to hear that they forgot about the battle. While fighting, Eggman was further insulted by Sticks, who claimed she would beat the Big Boy with a rock and contemplated on going home, but Cubot helped restore Eggman's resolve. No sooner, Sticks threw her rock at the Big Boy and it ricocheted into the mech where it destroyed it from the inside. As such, Cubot retreated back to the lair with Eggman and Orbot, where Eggman revealed to him that he had another creation ready for Team Sonic.

Personality
Compared to Orbot, Cubot is described as the "funbot" and has a rough-edged personality. While not perfect of character, he is loyal by default. He is very dim-witted and slow on the uptake, having trouble solving a puzzle meant for babies, and is gruff and gritty like a beat cop. Beneath his bumbling exterior though, lies more violent and aggressive tendencies: after he and Orbot failed to earn money to bail Eggman out of jail, Cubot took charge and decided to get Eggman out "his way", which involved blowing the jail up with a disintegrator ray.

Cubot has at times shown a lot of self-consciousness and low self-esteem. He is somewhat depressed over being a soulless machine and ponders over whether he has the making of a good minion or is just a redundant comic relief.

Powers and Abilities
Cubot has the ability to retract his body into a travel-sized cube. He is also able to levitate and can move freely through midair. However, he is not able to levitate any higher than a few inches above the ground.

Cubot is equipped with a number of additional functions. His mouth works as a paper shredder for shredding letters, a vacuum breath which let him to work like a vacuum cleaner and he has a button on his back that can erase his memory files.

Dr. Eggman
Cubot is one of the closest things Dr. Eggman has to friends. While Cubot tries to earn the doctor's respect as much as possible, he gets noting but terrible treatment in return, which gives him a dislike of Eggman. In fact, when Eggman was nowhere to be found, he tried breaking his rules in rebellion. Regardless, Cubot does genuinely care about Eggman, as he cried out of sorrow when he thought Eggman was dead and embraced him when he found him alive and well. He also dislikes to see Eggman emotionally in the dumps and will offer him unwaveringly morally support to get him back to his old self.

While Cubot is loyal to Eggman, it is not absolutely; according to Orbot, they are only "mostly-loyal" to the doctor. As such, Cubot can go behind Eggman's back and seek out Sonic's help when Eggman becomes too much to bear or keep things which he should deliver to Eggman. He also has a tendency to say things Eggman does not want to hear, though less diplomatically than Orbot. Nevertheless, Cubot is very afraid of Eggman's wrath and would rather face Knuckles in a fight.

Orbot
Orbot is Cubot's companion in the service of Dr. Eggman. Despite their conflicting personalities, they are an inseparable pair.

Trivia

 * The official artwork used for Cubot is the same as the one for his main series counterpart in Sonic Colors.