Doctor Robotnik (Paramount)

Doctor Robotnik is the main antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog film. He is an eccentric scientist that plots to capture Sonic the Hedgehog, and is the arch nemesis of the hero. He is scheming to drain and neutralize Sonic's powers to have the power for full-world domination. The government is currently allied with him.

Appearance
Dr. Robotnik is an average sized man with dark brown (almost black) hair that is combed back, brown eyes, and a thin dark brown (almost black) mustache with handlebar curls at the ends. For attire, he is usually seen wearing a black trench coat, black trousers, black shoes, black gloves and black sunglasses. In addition, he also wears a red jacket and black goggles that feature red lenses.

At an unspecified point in time, Robotnik has a much different appearance: he is bald, has a much larger, and thicker, mustache that is a much lighter shade brown and features more wavy and frayed tips, and his clothes are tattered and torn.

Sonic Dash
In promotion of the film, Dr. Robotnik makes an appearance as a boss in Sonic Dash.

Personality
Dr. Robotnik's high intellect makes him somewhat of a narcissist, as he immediately declared himself to be superior to Bennington. He is also somewhat eccentric, as while talking to said military officer, he briefly moves stiffly and makes robotic noises as he does so. He also enjoys dancing wildly when he believes he is alone, and loves the lattes prepared by his lapdog, Agent Stone. Additionally, due to his high intellect, he is capable of using large and complicated words to describe a simple situation. Robotnik is not one who tolerates failure, and is very quick to lose his temper when it occurs (yelling quite frequently as he does so).

Described as "pure, unbridled evil", Robotnik is willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish his goals, as evidenced by the numerous lethal drones that he sends after both Sonic and Tom Wachowski.

Powers and abilities
Dr. Robotnik has a high intellect, with an IQ of 300. This enables him to create various types of machinery and robots that obey his command.

Reception
On April 29, 2019, a first look at Jim Carrey's rendition of Doctor Robotnik was leaked, a day before the first trailer got released. Fans and media reacted mostly with surprise at Robotnik's first look. On 30 April 2019, the first official trailer for the film was released, as well as its official poster. The trailer received mixed-to-negative reactions from the fans and media, mostly because of Sonic's initial design, however, Jim Carrey as Robotnik received mostly positive reactions, with some fans remarking that he's channeling his '90s era portrayals in a good way, and also that his appearance at the end of the trailer was more similar to Robotnik's game counterpart.

Friends/allies

 * Agent Stone
 * Bennington

Enemies

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Tom Wachowski