Dave the Intern

"They'll pay for this... they're all gonna pay! Wuhahahahaha! Do you want fries with that?"

- Dave the Intern, "Double Doomsday"

Dave the Intern is a character that appears in the Sonic Boom television series. He is an anthropomorphic teenage rodent and aspiring villain, employed at Meh Burger. A big fan of Dr. Eggman, he briefly served as the doctor's intern, but was fired for being too ambitious. He is also a member of the Lightning Bolt Society.

Appearance
Dave is a tall and skinny anthropomorphic rodent, though he is still only a little more that half the height of Dr. Eggman's. He has aqua fur with bangs mimicking a hairline, cowlicks on the top of his head and neck, green eyes, and an almost complete white muzzle. He also possesses a wide black nose, three freckles/zits on each cheek, and two overly large buck teeth. For attire, he wears a lavender shirt depicting yellow leaves and a tag, white gloves, and a pair of red and cyan sneakers. He also has two braces on his buck teeth.

TV series
During Dr. Eggman's infamous carrier, Dave became a fan of the doctor and aspired to be a villain like him. He would eventually join the Lightning Bolt Society, a group of low-time crooks, where he would rummage through Eggman's trash in search of noteworthy objects.

After a year and a half in the fast food industry, Dave met Eggman at his work on Meh Burger where he impressed Eggman with his admiration and was made his intern. While working at Dr. Eggman's lair, Dave heard Cubot's dislike of him and dismantled the robot in secret. Dave was soon promoted to Eggman's protégée, but when Eggman told him to wait for the bigger projects, Dave snapped and locked himself in Eggman's lab where he activated the countdown on Eggman's doomsday device to prove himself. As he and Eggman compete for who could destroy the planet best, Tails came to help Dave improve his device, but it soon turned out to be an trap which rendered Dave's doomsday device moot. Dave was then fired by Eggman and he returned to his old job, swearing revenge.

While at work, Dave made an order for Eggman, only for the doctor to take it from him without paying. Dave and the rest of the Lightning Bolt Society would later got the news that Tails destroyed an orchard, which they thought meant he was evil and went to recruit him. After Dave helped Tails reseed the orchard with the Mutant Seed Gun, they got him to their clubhouse where he was made their new leader in their criminal endeavors. As Tails revealed he was not evil, Sonic, Amy and Eggman broke into the club, where Dave was commanded by Eggman to attack Sonic. However, his attempted utterly failed and the heroes got away.

In the Village, Dave and the villagers were introduced to Eggman's Tomato Sauce by Eggman himself. After Sonic involuntary proved it was safe, Dave bought some sauce cans for himself. However, a few weeks later, he was attacked by his workplace's cash register, which had been turned into a weapon by Eggman's sauce cans. Fortunately, he was saved by Team Sonic who put a stop to Eggman's scheme. While later at work, Dave served his last chili dogs to Fastidious and an impatient Sonic. As Dave revealed his chili dog status to Eggman when the doctor tried ordering one, he mentioned they had more at the warehouse, which set Sonic off to appease Eggman. Continuing his work nonetheless, Dave would serve Sonic, Knuckles and Tails their orders when they came to Meh Burger.

Meeting with up with the Lightning Bolt Society, Dave learned from their Tree Spy that Eggman had left his lair. Dave and the Lightning Bolts therefore took over the lair, but could not figure out its systems, and, in the process, launched several random attacks on Bygone Island, especially during Dave's squabbles with the Weasel Bandit. As Team Sonic and Eggman tried to stop them, Dave and his associates prepared an ambush after seeing them on surveillance, but was forced to flee the lair when the unlikely allies outsmarted them and caught them off-guard.

Archie Comics
Dave was amongst the villagers who went to Dr. Eggman's Eggtoberfest, where he got to try the high-velocity rollercoaster.

Personality
Outward, Dave is a dorky teenager, overall dolt, and mindless fast food worker who is apparently unhappy with his job. He is a devout fan-boy and suck-up as he is overly enthusiastic about any menial task given to him by his subject of admiration. Beneath his exterior however, he is an angry, terrible and mentally unstable kid and is overly ambitious of becoming an evil genius; when he heard of Cubot's dislike of him, he ruthlessly dismantled him and when Eggman told him to wait for the bigger projects, he snapped and would go as far as to destroy the world to prove himself. He is also proven to be vengeful, promising retribution after Eggman fired him.

Powers and abilities
Dave is remarkably intelligent in the field of technology, seemingly on pair with Dr. Eggman. He was able to finish and activate Dr. Eggman's incomplete doomsday device on his own and could as well improve upon it to same level as Eggman's own upgrades using ridiculous materials, like a rubber crocodile.

Dr. Eggman
Dave is a big fan of Dr. Eggman and know all his work. In fact, when Eggman let him be his unpaid intern, Dave considered it an honor and was enthusiastic about doing all his menial tasks. However, when Eggman told him to wait a few weeks before he could work on the more prominent subjects, Dave's admiration of Eggman turned into hatred and they ended up competing for who could build the better doomsday device to prove themselves the better evil genius. After Eggman fired him, Dave swore revenge against the doctor.

Friends/allies

 * Dr. Eggman (formerly)
 * Lightning Bolt Society
 * Willy Walrus
 * Weasel Bandit
 * The Tree Spy

Enemies

 * Orbot
 * Cubot
 * Team Sonic
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Amy Rose
 * Sticks the Badger