FriendBot

FriendBot, formerly known as FiendBot, is a character that appears in the Sonic Boom television series. He is a robot created by Dr. Eggman to destroy Sonic the Hedgehog. However, he ended up defecting from Eggman and joining up with Team Sonic. He currently serves as the guardian of the Cubot prototypes.

Concept and creation
FriendBot was inspired by the titular character of the 1999 American animated film The Iron Giant, whom Alan Denton and Greg Hahn (the writers of FriendBot's debut episode) shared a common interest in and wanted to adapt for their own story about a giant gentle robot. There were also spirited debates about whether or now FriendBot would live or die in his debut episode. To keep the episode child-friendly, it was decided to let FriendBot live.

Appearance
FiendBot is a humanoid robot taller than the Mega and Obliterator Bot. He has a muscular torso with layered yellow and red plating (the latter of which resembles a vest) over a white frame, and has black shoulder rims with cup-shaped yellow shoulders. He also has red shoulder covers with spiked grey plates on top, black humerals, thick white forearms with retractable weapons, and large hands with three black fingers. He also has black legs with white armor around the upper halves and red armor around the lower halves, and possesses yellow and black feet with three black digits each. He has as well white, box-shaped missile launchers on his back, a low-set black head with white plating around his mouth and neck, a brow ridge, and a long white fin with spikes on top of his head. The pupils of his cyan eyes switch between round and slit-like depending on his emotional state.

Season two
Created by Dr. Eggman to destroy Sonic the Hedgehog, FiendBot was programmed to predict Sonic's every move. When attacking Sonic during his testrun however, FiendBot noticed Sonic's heroism and deemed him a friend, so he defected from Eggman by driving him off and began following Sonic. Though FiendBot would get Sonic's friendship, he had a hard time convincing Team Sonic's other members. On a trip with the team though, FiendBot helped them stop an attack from Eggman's forces and even sacrificed himself to save Sonic. Repaired by Tails, FiendBot (now accepted by the team as "FriendBot") was made a part of Team Sonic, who gave him a new home with the Cubot prototypes and the responsibility for the prototypes' well-being.

Personality
A sentient Eggman robot, FriendBot initially started out as one of Eggman's typical killer robots: single-minded, merciless in battle and unquestioningly dedicated to his master's orders. Having been designed to destroy Sonic, FriendBot's purpose was his goal. After re-evaluating Sonic however, FriendBot realized Sonic's kindhearted nature and desired to become his friend. From then on, FriendBot would develop into a social, gentle and emotional robot, whose biggest interest was the companionship of friends, and would follow around those he wanted to befriend like a lost puppy.

FriendBot's desire for friendship brought about a change of morale in him. No longer looking for meaningless destruction, FriendBot refuses to inflict harm those undeserving of it. His sense of friendship also made him pick up on Sonic's heroism, which would inspire him to actively fight villains and help those in need. However, his original programming still surfaces at times, as he will threaten those that pose a threat to his friends with extermination. In the end, FriendBot would become a heroic, caring and loyal robot who does not hesitate to stand up to his former master or his mechanical brethren, and will gladly lay down his life to protect his friends.

FriendBot speaks using a very robotic and computer-based speech pattern. While intelligent, he can be a little simple-minded and will takes things very literally: when Knuckles joked about how he could destroy Sonic, FriendBot truly believed Knuckles wanted to kill Sonic.

Powers and abilities
FriendBot is easily one of Eggman's strongest robots, capable of taking down the Mega and Obliterator Bot separately on his own with relative ease. Possessing superhuman strength, FriendBot can overpower the Mega's punches and Sonic's spin attack using only a single arm, and can beat down and/or tear apart Eggman's largest robots. He is similarly extremely durable, being able to tank both Sonic's spin attack and the strikes of the Mega and Obliterator Bot without flinching for long. Covered in missile launchers, FriendBot can fire missile barrages powerful enough to blow up the Mega, and shoot lasers. Tails later also outfitted him with confetti cannons.

Besides physical abilities, FriendBot has impressive hand-to-hand combat skills, being capable of outmatching larger robots in fistfights using a combination of combos, blocks and swings. Also, due to having been programmed to know everything about Sonic, FriendBot can predict Sonic's every move, allowing him to counter his attacks and exploit his vulnerabilities.

Equipment
FriendBot wields a Communicator, a multifunctional and waterproof smartwatch-like device created by Tails. This device allows FriendBot wide-ranged radio communication between similar devices. It can as well generate its own Enerbeam (an energy tether that can latch onto objects or form a makeshift whip/rope), tell the time, and assume other powers.

Specifications

 * CPU: Sparcium-based AI processor

Team Sonic
Initially, FriendBot's only relation to Team Sonic was his mission to destroy Sonic. Although programmed to perceive Sonic as an enemy, FriendBot changed his mind upon witnessing Sonic's heroism. Perceiving Sonic as a friend now, FriendBot followed him around, hoping to befriend him. Although Sonic was uncomfortable at first, FriendBot won Sonic over when the hedgehog realized he meant no harm. Sonic would thus vouch for him when Tails, Knuckles and Amy, who were highly skeptical about his intentions, met him. Even so, some one-sided hostilities remained, as Tails, Knuckles and Amy disliked FriendBot due to his background and uncomfortable proportions. Also, though FriendBot did not hold anything against Team Sonic, he did accidently try to kill Knuckles when he thought he wanted to kill Sonic.

In the end, FriendBot's devotion to Sonic was so great that he would join his side against Eggman and sacrifice himself to save Sonic. This noble act also convinced Tails, Knuckles and Amy that FriendBot was a good guy. After the team repaired him, FriendBot would acknowledge Tails, Knuckles and Amy as his friends too, and was made an official part of Team Sonic.