Tubinaut

The Techicolor Orbinaut is an enemy that appears in Sonic Mania. It is a mass-produced Badnik model created by Dr. Eggman and a variant of the Badnik sub-series with same name.

Appearance
As part of the Sea Urchin-like Orbinaut series, Techicolor Orbinaut have a spherical, orange body with wide eyes and three spheres (each having their own separate color, which are green, blue, and purple) orbiting their body. They also usually have black eyes.

Overview
Technicolor Orbinaut appear in both Acts of Studiopolis Zone. They will levitate around the stage, swinging their spheres around their bodies to make an impenetrable rainbow shield. Spin Attacking their orbiting bodies will cause the Technicolor Orbinauts to get more depressed with each of their orbiting spheres they lose. When none of their orbiting spheres are gone, a Spin Attack will put the Badnik out of its misery, releasing an Animal that was inside.