Moto Bug (Sonic the Comic)

The Moto Bug is a character that appears in the Sonic the Comic series published by Fleetway Editions. It is a motorized beetle-shaped Badnik variant created by Dr. Ivo Robotnik. These were among the first generation of Badniks Robotnik produced, who has threatened the people of Mobius since the earliest days of the doctor's reign of terror.

History
In the early days of Dr. Ivo Robotnik's tyranny, the first Moto Bugs that Sonic met tried incorporating Johnny Lightfoot as its organic battery, but Sonic destroyed it with his newly taught "Sonic Spin Attack." Later, Moto Bugs and several other Badniks were sent to distract Sonic from Robotnik's latest doomsday device, but go quickly torn apart by the hedgehog.

A Moto Bug along with others Badniks cornered Tufftee, who had walked into a trap in his attempt to become a hero, in a pit in Marble Zone and threatened to drop him into a lava pool instead of crushing him. As the Badniks prepared to turn Tufftee into a Badnik with the Portable Badnik Processor, Sonic came and destroyed the Badniks. Rather than getting destroyed by Sonic, the Moto Bug attempted to run into the lava and burn the animal friend inside it. However Sonic cut the Moto Bug off and destroyed it, freeing its animal and saving Tufftee.

One time, when Sonic and company ran away from Robotnik's Badnik army (Sonic had lost his memory during the events), the Moto Bug acting as the army's leader taunted Sonic and expected more of a fight from him. However, Sonic's memory suddenly returned and at that time Badniks noticed this, they tried to escape but got destroyed by Sonic.

During one of the Freedom Fighters' missions, Porker Lewis invented a virus that turned Moto Bugs into a Nicenik variety of robots, which temporarily worked on Bim and Bom, but only ended up as a partial success due to B.A.R.F.. That same duo later used the Moto Bugs as templates for the Seven Badniks, including Metamoto and Motobotnik.

After Dr. Robotnik was deposed, he stopped building many of his older Badnik models, Moto Bugs among them. However, D.R.A.T. had acquired the plans to build their own Moto Bugs without the need for organic batteries like most Badniks, but Sonic and Tails handled them easily thanks to previous experience.

Noticeable Moto Bugs

 * Bim
 * Bom

Trivia

 * Like in the games, the Moto Bug was the first Badnik featured in the Sonic the Comic series.