G-merl



Gemerl (ジーメル), also known as G-Mel, Gemel, and other variations (there is no official English name), is a Robotnik mech who debuted in the Game Boy Advance game Sonic Advance 3. Gemerl would serve as a secondary antagonist throughout the game: Gemerl had the ability to "merge" with other machines, and as such co-piloted all of Eggman's boss vehicles. Also, Sonic and co. fight against him in Act 3 of Sunset Hill, Toy Kingdom, and Cyber Track; and also as a miniboss in Route 99 and Altar Emerald. Gemerl has a black, yellow, and grey body and red and blue eyes. Unlike Emerl however, he also has several sharp fin-like objects attached to his arms, legs and head, which he presumably uses to cause damage as he performs dashing attacks.

Gemerl bears a great deal of rememblance to (and derives his name from) Emerl, the prototype Nocturnus Gizoid whose development forms the core of Sonic Battle's story. It is stated that Dr. Eggman created Gemerl from Emerl's "data", which would seem to imply that Gemerl is merely an advanced Phi robot. However, events later in the game would suggest that Gemerl incorporates some of Emerl's hardware and memories, indicating that he is in fact be a partial rebuild of the Gizoid.

Unlike Emerl, Gemerl often uses his jetpack, either to fly momentarily, move around the arena at speed, or to perform powerful midair spin attacks. He can also teleport, fire barrages of missiles, and create a red energy shield around himself.

Gemerl appears as the extra boss of the game if the player has collected all the Chaos Emeralds. The Emeralds cause Gemerl to become unstable and destructive, in much the same way as Emerl's destabilisation in Sonic Battle as Emerl. Gemerl betrays Eggman by throwing him at Sonic, then escapes and transforms into an orb shaped machine. Sonic turns into Super Sonic and teams up with Eggman to fight Gemerl in the final boss, Nonaggression. (Notably, the music that plays during the Nonagression stage is a remix of Emerl's theme from Sonic Battle, also the song used in Emerl's stage, "Colosseum".) This orb form of Gemerl had four extendable arms with claw-like hands that could fire energy beams and missiles. His only weak point is his gem, which is protected and impossible to harm unless Super Sonic charges Eggman's Egg Mobile with energy and throws him at Gemerl.

After he is defeated, Cream the Rabbit and her mother, Vanilla, find his broken body on the beach, and take him to Tails. Tails then proceeds to repair Gemerl, who seemingly remembers Cream, becoming her friend.

Friends/Allies

 * Cream the Rabbit (in the ending)
 * Miles "Tails" Prower (in the ending)
 * Vanilla the Rabbit (in the ending)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (in the ending)
 * Amy Rose (in the ending)
 * Knuckles the Echidna (in the ending)

Enemies

 * Dr. Eggman (presumably, as of now)

Trivia

 * In Sonic Battle, if you set Emerl's colors to Tails color 1, Rouge color 2, and E-102 color 3, Emerl will look like Gemerl.
 * His battle pose when he stands still is exactly the same as Sonic's in Sonic Battle. This could confirm that he contains some memory from his Emerl form. He also uses something that looks like Chaos Control at the Altar Emerald stage, meaning that he has some memories of Shadow as well.
 * Metal Sonic 3.0 looks similiar to Gemerl because they share the same color pallete. Coincedently they are both copies of other robots.
 * Like Chaos and Metal Sonic, Gemerl survived his encounter with Super Sonic. This would imply that Gemerl is stronger than Emerl. Both robots had absorbed Chaos Emerald power and been defeated by Sonic. However Gemerl simply broke, Emerl destroyed himself because he had lost control. However it was stated by Shadow that Emerl had a program written in him by Gerald that would cause him to self-terminate if he went out of control and Gemerl most likely did not have that programing since his body was built by Dr. Eggman.
 * The multiplayer Shadow Andriod has the same color pallete as Gemerl. Coincidentally they are both copies of someone considered to be the ultimate lifeform.
 * The color pallete of Dr. Eggman Nega's jacket is also the same as Gemerl's. They are also both successors to another character.
 * Gemerl's artwork pose (as seen on the top of the page) is the same pose that Emerl does in one of his Sonic Battle artworks. This further shows how Gemerl is a copy of Emerl.
 * Even though Gemerl is supposed to be based off of Emerl's data, he is defeated very easily sometimes. This must be because he only has little data from the other fighters.