Flying Eggman

The Flying Eggman is the name of the boss fought in act three of Metropolis Zone from Sonic 2. This boss also reappears in Sonic & Knuckles and it's locked-on form, Sonic 3 & Knuckles in Sky Sanctuary Zone as a sub-boss. This boss is basically Dr. Robotnik with smaller clones surrounding him. If the player manages to hit Robotnik (Mecha Sonic in Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic 3 & Knuckles) a small clone will appear and the Egg Mobile will fly to the top of the screen until the clone is destroyed. The clones are extremely harmless and will only hurt the player if he/she doesn't attack. After all the clones are destroyed, Robotnik (or Mecha Sonic) will fly to one side of the screen and fire lasers. This will continue until the Egg Mobile is hit. As at that point, the Egg Mobile would have sustained about 7 hits.