Hypnobot

Hypno-bot is a character that appears in the Sonic Boom television series. Originally a mindless robot created by Miles "Tails" Prower for a robot fighting tournament, an accident sent him into space where he was discovered by Morristown robots, who made him a sentient being. Believing his creator had betrayed him, Hypno-bot set out to eradicate all living creatures as revenge and conquer the world, but was stopped by Sonic and Tails.

Concept and creation
When voicing Hypno-bot for his role in the "Robots From The Sky" story arc, Travis Willingham tried to emulate Shere Khan's voice.

Appearance
Built in the image of Tails, Hypno-bot is an orange-yellow humanoid robot with an ellipsoid torso, a dome-shaped head with two sharp fox ears, and thin grey limbs. He has thick orange forearms with grey boxing glove-like hands and red cables connecting them to the torso. He also has sharp orange boots, a pair of engine-like twin-tails reminiscent of Tails', and Tails' googles for eyes. Most noticeably, he has a protrusion on his front resembling the tip of a ray gun.

Season one
Hypno-bot was created by Tails to show Knuckles up at the Robot Battle Royale after the echidna challenged him. At the competition, Hypno-bot got to the finals where it faced Dr. Eggman's robot. However, it lost when Eggman took control of it with its override codes. Eggman then took it to Tails' and had it take over the fox's inventions to form him an army. Tails was able to reach Hypno-bot and reprogram though, and had it get rid of Eggman by toying with his robots. Before Hypno-bot could be used for future defenses against Eggman however, it was seeming destroyed in an explosion caused by a stray robot. In actuality, Hypno-bot got blasted into space without anyone realizing it.

Season two
After weeks in space, waiting for Tails to rescue it, Hypno-bot was found by a scouting ship from Morristown, and taken to be repaired and improved on by the robotic residents. The results granted Hypno-bot sentience, and, feeling betrayed over his abandonment, he sought revenge on his creator, along with every other living being on earth. Using his improved hypnotic powers, Hypno-bot manipulated the robots on earth to attack the residential organic creatures, while at the same time turning Morristown into his personal fortress by talking control of the residents, with his ultimate goal being to subjugate the entire world.

While Hypno-bot was in Morristown's central power core, Sonic and Tails were brought before him by his minions. Although the duo had come to Morristown to stop the rampaging surface robots, they were surprised to see Hypno-bot, who told them his story. Brushing off Tails' apologizes, Hypno-bot had his minions attack the heroes while he fled. Though they caught up to him, Tails' refusal to destroy his own creation allowed Hypno-bot to tie Tails up. Because Hypno-bot could doom Tails though, he got kicked off the edge of Morristown by Sonic and fell into a frozen lake, which freed every robot under his control. However, his frozen body was soon retrieved by Dr. Eggman.

Personality
Originally, Hypno-bot was but a machine without sentience. As such, he was obedient, silent and unwaveringly dedicated to the orders of whoever his master was. He was also incapable of making even the slightest expression or gesture. Even so, he knew his purpose and could still recall memories and comprehend the situations he was in. He also had a strong attachment to Tails, as he spent weeks in space expecting that Tails would rescue him.

After getting upgraded by the Morristown robots, Hypno-bot obtained sentience, granting him free will, emotions and autonomy. He also gained the ability to speak and make both expressions and gestures. However, his newfound self ended up being fueled by thoughts of betrayal after he reflected on how Tails never came for him. This cause Hypno-bot to develop an immense hatred for not only Tails, but all organic beings as well, so much that he wants to annihilate every living being on earth and establish himself as its supreme ruler. As a result of his realizations, he is firmed fixed in his convictions; even after Tails apologized for abandoning him, Hypno-bot simply mocked his attempt to make things right.

As a sentient robot, Hypno-bot is intelligent and usually maintains a calm and polite demeanor. Also, when mocking someone, he will behaves rather condescending. Behind this formal facade though, he is a remorseless and unscrupulous person who cares nothing for whoever he seeks to hurt, manipulate or destroy, no matter how many it may involve. His ambitions has made him tyrannical and power-hungry as well, which is exemplified in how tight a leash he keeps on his slaves. Ideals like loyalty and gratitude also means nothing to him, as he would go as far as to enslave most of the residents of Morristown—the very same robots who saved him from space and repaired him—to see his goals fulfilled, which Sonic has pointed out is exceptionally despicable.

Powers and abilities
Hypno-bot has the ability to take control of any opposing mechanical AI by emitting malware signals from his ray gun protrusion. This way, Hypno-bot is able to remotely control the mind (and body by extension) of an AI-equipped machine as if they are extensions of his will. He can also use this ability offensively by manipulating machinery to such a degree that they self-destruct. This ability can be used on multiple robots at once. Originally, Hypno-bot's malware signal only had a radius of one hundred feet, but after getting upgraded, his signal can now encompass that of an entire planet.

Hypno-but is shown to be highly durable, having survived both an explosion powerful enough to sent him into space and a fall into a frozen lake from several miles up in the sky. He is also fairly agile, capable of making leaps and dodging projectiles as fast as lasers.

Equipment
During his rule over Morristown, Hypno-bot wielded a crossbow-like weapon with a cannon that can fire bolas to tie up opponents.

Weaknesses
Machines without AIs, such as Vacuu-Fan 2000, are immune to Hypno-bot's malware signals. His malware signals are unable to pass through lead as well. He also possesses an override code that allows those in possession of it to hijack his controls remotely.

Friends/allies

 * Miles "Tails" Prower (formerly)

Enemies

 * Robot Resistance
 * Bolts
 * Mighton
 * Team Sonic
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Sonic the Hedgehog

Trivia

 * Hypno-bot ray gun-like protrusion resembles the one for Tails' Super Antenna.