Buzz Bomber

The Buzz Bomber, known as Beeton (ビートン) in Japan, was a first-generation Badnik created by Dr. Robotnik in the original Sonic the Hedgehog video game. It features in both the Genesis and Game Gear versions, more specifically in Green Hill Zone, Marble Zone, Spring Yard Zone and Bridge Zone.

Physical Appearance
The Buzz Bomber resembles a mechanical wasp or similar species with a blue and black metal coloring. The stinger at the tip of its tail stores energy for use in attacks. Mechanical devices resembling wings give it the ability to hover. Engines installed at the bottom of the Badnik allow it to travel at very high speeds.

Attack Pattern
Buzz Bombers glide across the landscapes of their territory, waiting for enemies to show themselves. When a Buzz Bomber targets an enemy, it will halt in mid-air, retract its stinger, and fire an orb of concentrated energy at the target. Sonic exploited their halting programming to his advantage, destroying them before they were able to fire.

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie
Buzz Bombers appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, when Sonic and Tails head towards Robotropolis in the Land of Darkness.

Sonic the Comic
Buzz Bombers appeared in numerous issues of the British publication Sonic the Comic, in which they occupied much the same role as in the games as part of Doctor Robotnik's badnik army.

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Three Buzz Bombers chased Sonic and Tails at the beginning of the episode "The Mystery of the Missing Hi-tops". They looked a bit different in that they were green with red glowing eyes and had drills for noses much like Grounder. They were easily defeated by Sonic.

Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)
Buzz Bombers also appeared in the pilot episode of Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM), entitled "Heads or Tails". In this series, they possessed a more sinister design, although as with Buzz Bombers in other continuities they possessed both wings and rockets, and could fire lasers from the sting in their tails. The leader of a group of Buzz Bombers was called "Bomber One".

A single Buzz Bomber was first used to captured Tails, in an attempt to flush out Sonic the Hedgehog. It worked, but the Buzz Bomber was destroyed when its own laser ricocheted off a rock and rebounded back on the Buzz Bomber.

A larger group of Buzz Bombers were later used to carry Robotnik's new defoliating chemical, with the intention of spraying it over the Great Forest and killing all the trees. However, the chemical tanks were destroyed by Sonic, and the Buzz Bombers were then pelted by water balloons from the Freedom Fighters' catapults, short-circuiting them. Although Robotnik ordered them to press on with the attack, the Buzz Bombers fled.

They did not appear in any other episode of the series.

Trivia
In Sonic the Hedgehog CD a enemy named Poh-Bee looks very much like Buzz Bombers.