Roboticization (Sonic Underground)

Roboticization is a subject that appears in Sonic Underground. It is the process by which an organic creature is converted into a robotic being. This is accomplished by a Roboticizer; the reversal of the process is simply called deroboticization.

Description
Physically speaking, the process of Roboticization converts living tissue into machinery: all body parts are transformed into mechanical equivalents, although minor alterations may occur. Due to the transformation, roboticized subjects typically possess increased strength and other abilities. In most cases, Roboticization is only carried out on some parts of the body, making the subjects resemble cyborgs, although there are exceptions where the body will be fully converted. The effects of Roboticization are generally believed to be irreversible and no methods of deroboticization has ever surfaced.

Roboticized subjects typically lose their free will as a result of roboticization, becoming almost mindless automatons. While the subjects' memories of their former self remain, they are stored separately from their post-roboticized self and cannot be accessed. However, there have been cases in which roboticized subjects' mental capabilities were restored while the bodies remained robotic. This can be done with the combined energies of the Sonic Underground's Medallions, although this effect is only short-lived and spends all of the Medallions' energies.

History
The origin of the Roboticization procedure is unknown. Following Dr. Robotnik's takeover of Mobius, the doctor used the Roboticization procedure on countless lesser citizens of Mobius, creating a personal force of slaves for himself, while the aristocrats were left generally untouched to preserve Robotnik's source of income.

List of known Roboticization subjects

 * Argus
 * Chuck
 * Ferrell
 * Ifyoucan
 * Lady Windermere
 * Lionel
 * Raphi (partially)
 * Reeno
 * Speed-Bot
 * Titus
 * Tod

Trivia

 * The Roboticization process is based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series' concept of roboticization, where an Animal is forcibly stored inside a robot shell and is used as its respective power supply. Unlike the extremely difficult process of de-roboticizing in the comics, the restoration process for Animals in the games is done by merely breaking open the robot to free its captive within.
 * Interestingly, Roboticized subjects still speak in robotic voices even when their mouth remains organic.