Splats (Sonic the Comic)

The Splats is a character that appears in the Sonic the Comic series published by Fleetway Editions. It is a motorized beetle-shaped Badnik variant created by Dr. Ivo Robotnik. They were among the first generation of Badniks Robotnik produced, but have since faded out of use.

History
The Splats, along with two Moto Bug, were the first Badniks ever encountered by Sonic. Capable of flight, the Splats ambushed him and attempted to grab him with its hidden claws and make him it organic battery, but it failed and Sonic crushed it with his Spin Attack.

The Splats and other Badniks were called out a couple of times on different assignments after that. On one assignment they had to defend one of Robotnik's creations, on another they tried threatening Tails into becoming a Badnik, and on a third they tried invading the Hidden Zone. Each time though, they were foiled by Sonic. In the end, Robotnik considered the Splats useless and had them melted down to be repurposed.

At some point, D.R.A.T. acquired the schematics to build their own Badnik models along with Splats without organic batteries, but Sonic and Tails handled them easily after they were unleashed.