Bomb (Knuckles' Chaotix)


 * This article is about character from Knuckles' Chaotix. For other uses of the term, see Bomb (disambiguation).

Bomb is a black and red Badnik and Robotnik's Mechanix that first appeared in Knuckles' Chaotix along with Heavy.

History
Bomb's sole appearance was in Knuckles' Chaotix, in which he was one of Dr. Robotnik's mechanics. At some point prior to the game's opening, Bomb seemingly defected from Robotnik's side along with fellow mechanic Heavy in order to aid Knuckles and the rest of the Chaotix. Despite this, the game's manual states that Heavy and Bomb's true intention is to slow down the Chaotix on their quest and that they may still be loyal to Robotnik. However, this is neither confirmed or denied.

Appearance
Bomb, has a circular body, taking on the classic appearance of a bomb. The top half of his body is colored black and bottom half of his body is colored red. He also has a white fuse on the top of his body. He has silver metallic limbs with yellow gloves and gray and red shoes (similar to tails but with gray instead of white)

Strengths and weaknesses
His abilities are the reverse of that of Heavy: He is very weak, and explodes when hit (albeit he can regenerate himself almost immediately afterward, while the explosion can damage both enemies and his ally) but is rather quick on his feet (though not anywhere near as fast as Espio) and has a decent height jump.

Trivia

 * In a minigame in Sega Superstars Tennis, a robot fires out red and black colored bombs, a possible reference to Bomb.
 * Bomb was one of the first robots to turn on Eggman and help Sonic's allies. Others to follow are Heavy, E-102 Gamma and E-123 Omega although their allegiance is questionable.
 * In the Archie Comics, Bomb could not regenerate himself. It is said that Heavy produced new Bombs. The process is that the new shells are in his body and Bomb transfers his artificial intelligence into a new shell, and then Heavy takes him out.
 * In Knuckles' Chaotix, Heavy and Bomb can be paired up with any of the other characters, but not with each other (unless the level select code is used).
 * If one uses an Action Replay code, they can select Heavy and Bomb at the bottom of the character select screen, where their names are listed as Heavy the Mechanic and Bomb the Mechanic. Similarly, they are listed in the manual as "Robotnik's Mechanix".
 * Early in the comics, Bomb could never really talk and only spoke through "ping" sounds. But when the Secret Service went to Angel Island, Bomb could speak like everyone else.