Zomom

"I think I'll have you for dessert."

- Zomom

Zomom (ゾモン) is one of the primary antagonists in Sonic Lost World. He is a Zeti and a member of the Deadly Six. When Dr. Eggman came to the Lost Hex, Zomom and the other members of the Deadly Six were forced into serving the doctor due to the effects of the Cacophonic Conch. After Sonic the Hedgehog arrived and got rid of the conch, Zomom and the others rebelled against Eggman and took control of his forces. Afterwards, Zomom followed Zavok's plans to make him and the other Deadly Six stronger by using Eggman's Extractor, while destroying Earth, but was ultimately defeated by Sonic.

Physical Appearance
Zomom's entire body is somewhat circular in shape, giving him a rather chubby appearance. His upper body is a vibrant orange color. His thick arms end with equally large five-fingered hands with yellow nails. His lower body is pure black, and Zomom's legs are so stubby to be nearly non-existent. His flat feet are each tipped with a pair of yellow claws, with a third on the heel. Zomom appears to have some sort of stubby tail.

Zomom has thick yellow lips and he appears to be missing some teeth and others seem chipped. Unlike the other Zeti however, Zomom's teeth are square in shape instead of sharp fangs. Zomom has small red eyes with yellow sclera, with black markings surrounding each eye. As seen in the cutscenes, both of Zomom's eyes rarely point in the same direction, (such as the cutscene preceding his fight in Lava Mountain, where neither of them looked towards the camera). Zomom is fully bald, unlike the other Zeti. On the top of his head Zomom appears to have four relatively short yet sharp horns, each one being striped black and red. On his wrists Zomom wears a pair of black bracelets with grey spikes.

History
Many years prior to the events of Sonic Lost World, Zomom was brought into the Deadly Six when Master Zik formed the group.

Shortly before the events of Sonic Lost World, Zomom and the other Deadly Six met Dr. Eggman, who used a Cacophonic Conch to enslave them. Now forced to work for Eggman, Zomom began begrudgingly assisting Eggman in his latest scheme for world domination by capturing the animals Eggman needed to build an army of Badniks to take over the world.

When Eggman returned to his factory after an attempt to kidnap more animals, Zomom was present when Eggman showed him and the other Deadly Six how to make Badniks and when he revealed his intention for him and the other Deadly Six to help defeat Sonic the Hedgehog. Soon after that, he witnessed Zazz take off to fight Sonic.

Later on, Zomom was in Windy Hill with Eggman and the other Deadly Six, when they were found by Sonic, and Zomom was introduced to Sonic, along with the other Deadly Six. When Eggman then left Zazz to finish Sonic, Zomom and the other Deadly Six left with Eggman. Afterwards, Zomom and the others resumed gathering animals for Eggman. However, the animals they got were deemed underwhelming by Eggman, and Zomom and the other Deadly Six were punished by hearing the Cacophonic Conch when Zavok spoke up.

A while later, Zomom was send out by Eggman to defeat Sonic. Though Zomom did not like it when Eggman called him fat while giving him this assignment, he quickly left once Eggman gave him a giant sandwich, accidently smashing the factory in the process. Soon after, Zomom found and fought Sonic in Desert Ruins, but was defeated. Later on, as Zomom was eating a colossal sandwich, Sonic arrived, and Zomom was angered when Sonic criticized his health habits. Before they could fight, though, Zomom left to get some mustard for his sandwich. Eventually, Sonic caught up to him, and Zomom fought him again, but was defeated once more.

Some time afterwards in Desert Ruins, Zomom and the other Deadly Six were scolded by Eggman for their failures, with Zomom withdrawing from it, and were punished by hearing the Cacophonic Conch's sounds again. However, Sonic then appeared and knocked the conch away. Now free to use their powers, Zomom and the other Deadly Six took control of Eggman's Badniks and used them to attack everyone present. Upon Zavok's orders, Zomom proceeded to attack Eggman alongside Zazz, knocking Eggman out of his Egg Mobile, before Eggman, Orbot, Cubot, Sonic and Tails choose to flee.

After being freed by Sonic, Zomom and the other Deadly Six took control of Eggman's operations on the Lost Hex, though Sonic still opposed them. When Master Zik offered to go deal with Sonic, Zomom was involuntarily used by Master Zik to demonstrate to Zavok that he still had some fight left in him, where Zomom had his sandwich snatched from him. When Master Zik later reported back, Zomom cared little for that and rather wanted to kill and eat Eggman. Zomom was then told by Zavok that he planned to destroy the Earth with Eggman's Extractor and use the energies that it harnessed to make himself and the other Deadly Six stronger, which in turn would kill Eggman as punishment for their enslavement. Though Zomom was more interested in eating, he went with Zavok's plan as it was enacted.

Some time later, Zomom and the other Deadly Six set up a trap to capture Sonic so they could turn him into a robot in their service. When the trap returned with Sonic seemingly caught in it, however, Zomom discovered that they had instead caught Tails. He then found Zor arriving, who tried to tell them that they had failed to capture Sonic, to which Zomom and the others replied that they already knew.

Later on, Zomom helped Zavok prepare the machine that would turn Tails into their robotic slave, before leaving the machines to fulfill the process while Zomom left (unknowingly leaving his sandwich behind, which Tails used to stop the machine). Not long after, Zomom and Zazz attacked Sonic, Eggman, Cubot and Orbot when they arrived at Lava Mountain. With their strength enhanced by the Extractor's harvested energy, Zomom and Zazz threw boulders at them while on a bridge, and seemingly managed to knock everyone except Sonic into a lava pit. Shortly after, Zomom teamed up with Zazz and Master Zik to attack Sonic after he had avoided their first assault. Despite having his strength enhanced by the energy from the Extractor, however, Zomom was defeated for good. What happened to Zomom afterwards is unclear.

Personality
Zomom's two dominant traits are his lack of intelligence and his boundless appetite for food. He is not very bright and possesses very simple way of thinking, a one-track mind, and can sometimes accidently end up embarrassing himself with the wrong choice of word. He is somewhat bumbling and slow, stumbling his way through factories while oblivious to the damage he causes and it takes him some time to pick up on things, not catching up on Sonic's figure of speeches and not realizing at first that they had caught Tails in their trap when he thought they had caught Sonic. Regardless, Zomom is aware that he stands out as stupid and embarrassing (believing it is in the worst kind of way), though he does not wish to appear any worse than he already is.

Zomom is a gluttonous Zeti with an unlimited appetite, and just seeing or mentioning anything food-related can stir up his appetite, as can seeing physical activity. He loves to eat to the point where he is almost always seen eating and he can easily be motivated or distracted by food. He relishes in eating to the point where he will eat everything in sight, even showing interest in eating other people, such as anthropomorphic animals like Sonic and humans, whole.

Zomom is somewhat sensitive about his size. While not showing any dislike of his own about his chubby appearance, bordering on denial of it, he gets hurt emotionally when someone calls him "fat" or makes fun of his size, which will result in him getting agitated or making threats.

Like the other members of the Deadly Six, Zomom is inherently malicious and violent. He takes great enjoyment in causing pain, inflicting physical punishment and killing others, and finds fun in hostile violence. He also has no qualms about causing massive genocide or widespread destruction for his own gain. Zomom also comes off as vengeful, given that once he was freed from Eggman's enslavement by Sonic, he launched an attack on the scientist with the other Deadly Six, and afterwards, he wanted to squeeze Eggman to death and eat him.

Powers and Abilities
Zomom possesses a high level of physical strength, enough to easily crush people to death. Despite his size, Zomom is also capable of very fast movements; he can spin around himself at such high speeds that he can form large dust tornadoes around himself that have strong enough wind currents to lift thick and solid blocks. He also has incredible jumping skill, allowing him to leap high into the air and across very large distances in an instant.

Besides physical abilities, Zomom is a very profound burrower, capable of digging through ground and rock at speeds rivaling that of the Yellow Drill. He can also has the ability to project harmful yellow energy blasts from his body. In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World, Zomom is also shown being capable of flight.

In practice, Zomom is able to use his massive build to his advantage. By using his girth to launch downward impacts on the ground, Zomom can create violent tremors across a wide area that can tear up the environment and make people lose their footing, or flatten foes with devastating force.

Zomom also possesses very high eating capabilities, as he is capable of performing feats such as eating a turkey leg in one bite without removing the bone, or consuming excessive large amounts of food that surpasses the proportions of even his own size.

As a Zeti, Zomom possesses the innate ability to manipulate magnetic fields, which allows him to take control over electronics. This allows Zomom to take control of and command robots, such as Badniks, by touching his forehead and then using his hands to issue commands, and to remotely pilot mechs without using physical control interfaces.

Battle
Zomon is encountered at Desert Ruins on the Wii U version of Sonic Lost World. His boss fight includes him jumping on a 2.5D view while trying to crush Sonic. He will also spin around his arms in a fast movement, similar to a tornado of sorts. He moves at a fast pace despite his weight. He is shown to be encountered in Zone One and Zone Two of Desert Ruins.

Archie Comics
Zomom made a brief appearance in Sonic Halloween Comic Fest 2013 and Sonic Super Special Magazine #9 published by Archie Comics, which are both comic book prequels to Sonic Lost World. In the comics, after Dr. Eggman had enslaved the Deadly Six with his Cacophonic Conch, Zomom and the other members of the Deadly were rounded by Zavok, and went down to Earth to capture animals for Eggman.

Quotes

 * "Wow! You're barely a snack!"
 * "Urh! You're the worst meal ever!"
 * "Who are you calling fat?"
 * "Does this mean no dessert?"
 * "Hey! I forgot the mustard! Be right back!"
 * "My dinner is served!"
 * "I gotta go, it's dinner time."
 * "Now that I'm free, I want to squeeze Eggman until he pops."
 * "Uh, how come he's not blue?"
 * "It'll be fun to have your little buddy scramble you like an omelet. Omelet...mmmmm."
 * "Blue! My favorite flavor."
 * "Mom was right, I'm a failure!"
 * "Oh boy! Sandwich!"
 * "Aw man! Now you made me hungry!"

Trivia

 * Zomom has more horns than any other member of the Deadly Six.
 * Zomom is the heaviest of the Deadly Six.
 * Zomom's attacks bear a striking resemblance to Boom Boom's attacks from New Super Mario Bros. U.
 * Interestingly, both bosses are fought in a desert-themed level with interactive dessert objects (though Boom Boom has been fought in a variety of places in the Super Mario series).
 * Just after his second defeat at the hands of Sonic, Zomom mentions "Mom was right, I'm a failure!" This suggests that there are other Zeti, or at least that there were other Zeti. Zomom is also the only Zeti to mention even having a family.
 * Zomom is probably based on "Nom nom" noises, a reference to his eating habits.
 * At one point in Lava Mountain, Zeena makes a reference to Zomom, by saying: "That's it! I'm going to turn you into a blue snowcone and feed you to that glutton Zomom, because I'm on a diet and can't eat snowcones!" This marks the only time during the events of Sonic Lost World, where Zomom is referenced by his name.