Metal Sonic (Sonic Boom)

Metal Sonic is a character that appears in the Sonic Boom series. He is the robotic doppelgänger of Sonic the Hedgehog created by Dr. Eggman, and is an enemy of Team Sonic.

Appearance
Compared to his main series counterpart, Metal Sonic is almost unchanged, besides being slightly taller, broader shoulders, a thicker upper body, and eyes that glow purple instead of red.

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
Metal Sonic was deployed by Dr. Eggman at Lyric's Tomb in attempt to defeat Team Sonic who were pursuing the doctor. As the chase led towards outside of the tomb itself, Metal Sonic and a large army of Destruction Troops cornered the heroes who fled into the tomb and locked Metal out whose attempts to enter were futile.

At Slowpoke Isle, Metal Sonic was summoned by Eggman to attack Lyric the Last Ancient when the latter wanted to end their partnership. However, Lyric took control of Metal and had him drive off its former master. Lyric then upgraded Metal's code and sent him on rampage through the village to obtain the local Chaos Crystal. Metal successfully swiped the Crystal from Team Sonic, only to engage them in a fight in which Metal was defeated and lost the Crystal before shutting down. Later when Eggman found and activated Lyric's blue device, Metal Sonic was reactivated.

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal
Metal Sonic was sent to a robot factory under the Ancient Ruins, with orders from Eggman to destroy Team Sonic. However he was beaten by Sonic in a race, and fled to the Volcanic Crater.

TV series
Following Dr. Eggman's scheme, Metal Sonic framed Sonic for several thefts so Sonic would be arrested. When Sonic and Knuckles tracked him down though, Metal Sonic took out Knuckles and turned to Sonic, eventually using Eggman's Particle Accelerator to empower himself. However, Metal Sonic was defeated when Sonic used the Particle Accelerator against him. Earl then brought the deactivated Metal Sonic to the authorities in time to clear Sonic's name, and Eggman took his creation back.

Personality
Metal Sonic is best surmised as another mindless creation of Dr. Eggman's, displaying little to nothing in terms of personality. Single-minded, silent and unquestionably loyal to the master his programming dictates, Metal Sonic is unwaveringly dedicated to his orders and prosecutes them with cold and merciless efficiency, even destroying entire villages without a second thought. Despite this, he is capable of some degree of emotion, showing a cold outrage at losing Team Sonic when they escaped into Lyric's Tomb and striking a victorious pose when he thought he took down Sonic. He is also quite intelligent for an Eggman robot, such as following Team Sonic to the Verdant Crystal rather than looking for it himself and using the Particle Accelerator when he was losing to Sonic.

Powers and abilities
Metal Sonic possesses a built-in jet engine that allows him to fly through the air with a speed that rivaling Sonic's speed and can even boost as such speed that he creates delayed explosions in his wake. He also has formidable strength, being able to punch the ground hard enough to cause large cracks in the surface.

Metal Sonic is able to shoot red laser beams from the engine on his chest/torso. These beams are powerful enough to blow up entire roads and colossal village doors straight open.

Allies

 * Dr. Eggman

Enemies

 * Team Sonic
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Amy Rose
 * Sticks the Badger
 * Lyric the Last Ancient

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
The battle against Metal Sonic takes place entirely on a speed section. To defeat Metal Sonic, the player must kick big blue-silver ball on the road or the ones that Metal Sonic throws at the player. At the same time, the player must evade left or right to avoid being smashed by walls and jump to avoid being caught by Metal Sonic's lasers. After hitting Metal Sonic enough times, he will crash on the road Team Sonic is on, causing the battle to enter a new phase.

In this phase, Metal Sonic's attacks become harder to avoid and he gains new attacks: he will dig along the ground, causing a damaging rip the player can avoid by moving to the side or jumping, and cause the balls on the grounds to fly at the player which can be knocked back by hitting them in midair. After being hit enough times again, Metal Sonic will crash into the road again and a new phase starts.

In this phase, Metal Sonic gains more attacks, like boosting forward and backward at the player at high speed while additionally leaving explosions in his wake. This can be avoided by evading left or right. Additionally, the road will be more difficult than before. After attacking Metal Sonic enough times, he is defeated and the player will win the battle.

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal
The battle against Metal Sonic is simple: the player must reach the goal before Metal Sonic to end the battle.

Videos
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric= Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal=

Trivia

 * Metal Sonic's nickname "Metal" is the same name the main characters in Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie gave Hyper Metal Sonic for the majority of the film.
 * Metal Sonic's appearance in the Sonic Boom franchise was first officially hinted to the public as one of two "fan-favorite" characters, along with Shadow the Hedgehog, to appear in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.