Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4452849-20140209142518/@comment-24325327-20140218214012

Neon Girl Star wrote:

SuperShadow1029 wrote:

Neon Girl Star wrote: Er, ok but I'm saying that he got referred as Robotnik but recent issues now call him Eggman why is that? Eggman is Robotnik from another dimension but because of his new body, Sonic and his friends call him Eggman beccause the shape of his body looks like an egg. This isn't his real name, it's a nickname that all  of the characters adapted to. So basicaly that's why they call him Eggman

Sigh, that's not what I meant. I already know why Sonic and his friends call him Eggman (in the case of the games). But I mean in the comics.

Here I'll make this more simple to understand. Until the end of issue 50, Robotnik was the main antagonist, then after that, Eggman shows up and takes over as the main antagonist. I remember reading issue 200 (on YouTube) he was clearly referred to as Robotnik (appearing in the same design in the games). Then I read a panel from issue 247, the heroes use the name Eggman whenever he was mentioned.

So, I hope that explain it more better, so I ask this again: Why did the characters call him Robotnik at first? Well they called him Robotnik because that is his name...

Eggman and Robotnik are almost basically the same thing, their appearence is just different and because of his new appearence, is why they call him Eggman. They could still call him Robotnik now and probably have a few times but Eggman is just an alias.