Metal Sonic (IDW)

Metal Sonic is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing. He is a villanous robot created by Dr. Eggman to rival the skills of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Appearance
Metal Sonic was created in the image of Sonic the Hedgehog, and is thus mostly built of blue metal. He has a yellow circular depression in his chest with a black center, mirroring the peach skin on Sonic's chest. His head has metal fins resembling Sonic's quills, and a pair of triangular "ears." Metal Sonic has a muzzle, shoulder plates, and upper arms, legs, and fingers made out of silvery metal. His palms are black, while the backs of his hands are square yellow plates. His forearms and lower legs are blue metal like his head and torso, and he has red feet with white stripes designed to resemble Sonic's shoes. He has optic sensors with black sclera and red irises.

Past
Metal Sonic had once assumed the form of Neo Metal Sonic, where he gained an independent personality. The robotic hedgehog devised a plan to copy the lifeform data of Sonic and his friends, a task he accomplished by kidnapping his former master Dr. Eggman and using metallic copies of him to fool the heroes. Metal's plan was later discovered, and was soon defeated through the combined efforts of Team Sonic. Eggman has since removed Metal Sonic's independence and made him a more obedient robot.

In a recent war between the Eggman Empire and a ragtag resistance group, Eggman decided to upgrade Metal Sonic to Neo Metal Sonic once again, planning to use him as a last resort. During his upgrade, Eggman had phantoms of Metal Sonic fight in his place. By the time Metal Sonic's upgrade was complete, the war was won by the Resistance.

Allies

 * Eggman Empire
 * Badniks
 * Cubot
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Orbot

Enemies

 * Team Sonic
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Sonic the Hedgehog