Orbot (Sonic Boom)

Orbot is an antagonist in the Sonic Boom series. He is a robot and one of Dr. Eggman's loyal, though not perfect, lackeys.

TV series
While residing in Eggman's lair, Orbot, Cubot and Dr. Eggman learned that Sonic was seeking a new sidekick. Despite Orbot voicing his opinions on Sonic's demands, he was silenced by Eggman. Orbot and Cubot later accompanied Eggman to Tails' house where Eggman planned to exhaust Sonic and Tails by living with them and then sic Obliteratorbot on them. Having been allowed to stay by lying that their lair needed repairs, Orbot and Cubot helped Eggman tire out the heroes. However, Eggman's plan backfired when Obliteratorbot malfunctioned and destroyed their lair due to Orbot and Cubot not having worked out the kinks.

When Eggman planned to use Tails' robot UT to break Team Sonic apart, Orbot and Cubot secretly replaced the real UT with a duplicate made by Eggman. When Tails came and offered to become Eggman's assistant in exchange for UT's release, Orbot was assigned to draw up a contact to make it official. However, when he had finished it, Tails was already being rescued by his team. When sent on a mission to get Eggman some materials, Orbot and Cubot robbed a warehouse of mechanical parts. As Team Sonic arrived, they used their Buzz Bombers to distract them and they escaped thanks to Buster who halted Sonic.

While helping Eggman with his mail, Orbot and Cubot hard their lair was considered to be featured in Modern Lair Magazine, so they were assigned to clean the lair up. When that was not enough however, Eggman assigned Amy to redecorate the lair, with Orbot and Cubot served as her workers, and the results earned them the magazine messenger's approval. After Eggman imprisoned Amy, Orbot could only watch as all of Team Sonic broke in and ravaged the lair, resulting in the lair losing its spot the magazine. When Eggman made Dave an intern in the lair, Orbot and Cubot feared Dave's enthusiasm would make them look bad. Later, Orbot found Cubot dismantled by Dave and when Eggman would not fix him, he took his parts to Tails. Fortunately, Eggman fired Dave and Orbot and Cubot got their assignments back.

During Eggman's work, Orbot and Cubot watched in horror as the doctor concocted his scheme to turn Sonic evil by feeding him Evil Cookies. When the plan backfired by Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Sticks eating the cookies instead, Orbot and Cubot were forced to suffer under both them and Eggman when the latter taught his new allies about villainy. As such, they sought Sonic's help, who quickly restored his friends.

Upon Orbot and Cubot's urging to improve their moral with a surprise party, Eggman had them set the party up. Once they were done, Eggman erased their memories so the party could still be a surprise. When the amnesiac Orbot and Cubot recovered, they could not find Eggman and started looking. After asking Sonic and in town, it looked like Eggman had been arrested, so Orbot had them try earning bailout money. After failing performing, getting donations from Amy and having the Eggmobile stolen, they broke into the jail, but discovered the inmate was actually Willy Walrus, who told where Eggman was. At that scene however, they believed Eggman had been killed by his own weapon and went home mourning, where Eggman surprised them with the party and explained everything. As a demonstration, Orbot and Cubot got their memories erased again and could therefore not tell Eggman where the Eggmobile was.

While Eggman pulled out his schemes with Cowbot, Orbot and Cubot were confined to the lair. They eventually came out on their own, just as Eggman's schemes failed, where they tried eating some marshmallows which short-circuited them. During an laser tag exercise with Eggman and other robots, Orbot noticed the luck balance of the universe had tipped in Eggman's favor when he beat them all by accident. As Eggman though his luck made him invincible, Orbot and Cubot helped start an invasion of Bygone Island with the Mega. Everything went well, as even Team Sonic were unable to stop them thanks to Eggman's fortune, until Knuckles, who experienced a case of bad luck, tried joining them and caused the Mega to destruct. As such, Orbot retreated with Eggman and Cubot.

Accompanying Eggman to seize a meteor from Sonic, only for Eggman to be knocked out, Orbot and Cubot brought him home, where he claimed to be Sonic, having swapped bodies with Eggman. The duo did not believe him, but still accompanied him to Sonic's Shack where Team Sonic beat him up. Orbot and Cubot regrouped with Eggman, but they soon returned with their robot army to fight Sonic. When Tails arrived though, Orbot and Cubot learned that Sonic and Eggman actually had switched bodies due to the meteor, a process which was soon reversed. When Eggman recovered from a slump, Orbot witnessed his master loose all motivation when he found himself unable to make choices. While Orbot could do nothing to get Eggman back in the game, Team Sonic ultimately did.

Archie Comics
When Dr. Eggman was having his breakfast served in his lair, Orbot answered the door when someone was calling. There, Orbot met Knuckles who wanted to join the doctor. With their new ally, Orbot accompanied Eggman on his attack on Bygone Island where he helped stow away Sonic, Tails, Amy and Sticks in the Big Boy mech's cargo hold with Cubot after Knuckles and Eggman had encaged them. On their way to attack the village however, Orbot, Eggman and Cubot were betrayed by Knuckles who threw Orbot and Cubot away when they tried to protect Eggman. The duo later asked Team Sonic for a lift home after Eggman was beaten, to which Knuckles complied to by throwing them out to Eggman as he retreated.

Following their return to the lair, Orbot and Cubot were assigned to repair the Big Boy for its re-launch. Not amused by their assignment, Orbot found Cubot inside the Big Boy, fooling around with the piko hammer which had been stuck. Orbot insisted they gave the hammer to Eggman, but when Cubot refused to hand it over, they began fighting for the hammer, which Orbot quickly wanted for himself too. However, their fight trashed the Big Boy as it took off and when they lost the grip on the piko hammer, it ricocheted away while making the Big Boy fall apart. The robots soon found Eggman amongst the parts and tried explaining themselves. After repairing and upgrading the Big Boy again, Orbot and Cubot accompanied Eggman as he headed out for his appointed battle with Team Sonic. However, when Team Sonic did not show up, they tracked them down, only to hear that they forgot about the battle. While fighting, Eggman was further insulted by Sticks, who claimed she would beat the Big Boy with a rock and contemplated on going home, until Orbot restored his resolve. However, Sticks threw her rock at the Big Boy and it ricocheted into the mech where it destroyed it from the inside. Orbot therefore retreated back to the lair with Eggman and Cubot, where Eggman revealed to him that he had another creation ready for Team Sonic.

Personality
Orbot is the described as the "stiffbot" of him and Cubot, and has a polished demeanor which goes along with his smooth surface. While not perfect of character, he is loyal by default, though he will only obey orders after being threatened as dictated by his programming. He speaks calmly, formally, and without a filter. He is honest to a fault and offers unsolicited, withering assessments of his master.

Powers and abilities
Orbot has the ability to retract his body into a travel-sized sphere. He is also capable of flight and can move at speeds compatible to the Eggmobile in midair.

Orbot is equipped with a number of additional functions. His mouth works as a paper shredder for shredding letters, his eyes double as flashlights and he has a button on his back that can erase up to a day worth of memory files.

Dr. Eggman
Orbot is one of the closest things Dr. Eggman has to friends. While Orbot tries to earn the doctor's respect as much as possible, he gets noting but terrible treatment in return. In turn, Orbot has a subtle, but noticeable dislike of Eggman and is not above playing pranks on him. Regardless, Orbot does genuinely care about Eggman, as he cried out of sorrow when he thought Eggman was dead and embraced him when he found him alive and well. He also dislikes to see Eggman emotionally in the dumps and will offer him unwaveringly moral support to get him back to his old self.

While Orbot is loyal to Eggman, it is not absolutely; as put by himself, he is only "mostly-loyal" to the doctor. As such, Orbot can go behind Eggman's back and seek out Sonic's help when Eggman becomes too much to bear or keep things he should hand over to Eggman. He also has a tendency to say things Eggman wishes not to hear and offers true, unspoken judgements of his master. Nevertheless, Orbot is very much afraid of Eggman's wrath and would rather face Knuckles in a fight.

Cubot
Cubot is Orbot's companion in the service of Dr. Eggman. Despite their conflicting personalities, they are an inseparable pair. Between them, Orbot cares dearlyfor Cubot's well-being as he was horrified when he found him disassembled by Dave and was determined to put him back together. Nevertheless, he gets his patience tested by Cubot's stupidity to the point where he will lash out at him.

Trivia

 * The official artwork used for Orbot is the same as the one for his main series counterpart in Sonic Colors.
 * Orbot is no. 347 on Dr. Eggman's ranking list.