- This article is about the character from Knuckles' Chaotix. For other uses, see Bomb (disambiguation).
Bomb is a black and red Badnik and one of Robotnik's Mechanix that makes his first and only appearance in Knuckles' Chaotix, along with Heavy.
History
Bomb's sole appearance was in Knuckles' Chaotix, in which he was one of Dr. Robotnik's mechanics. At some point prior to the game's opening, Bomb seemingly defected from Robotnik's side along with fellow mechanic Heavy in order to aid Knuckles and the rest of the Chaotix. Despite this, the game's manual states that Heavy and Bomb's true intention is to slow down the Chaotix on their quest and that they may still be loyal to Robotnik. However, this is neither confirmed or denied.
Appearance
Bomb has a circular body, taking on the classic appearance of a bomb. The top half of his body is colored black and the bottom half of his body is colored red. He also has a white fuse on the top of his body. He has silver metallic limbs with yellow gloves and gray and red shoes.
Strengths/Weaknesses
His abilities are the reverse of that of Heavy: He is very weak, and explodes when hit (albeit he can regenerate himself almost immediately afterward, while the explosion can damage both enemies and his ally) but is rather quick on his feet (though not anywhere near as fast as Espio) and has a decent height jump.
Archie Comics
Heavy and Bomb's Profile from Sonic Archives 9
Heavy and Bomb also made appearances in the Sonic the Hedgehog comics, first appearing in the Knuckles' Chaotix 48 page special. After that issue, all the Chaotix ended up staying together except Heavy and Bomb, who disappeared. They eventually came back, serving in King Acorn's Secret Service under Geoffrey St. John. However, on one mission, the two were reprogrammed to assassinate the Acorn family, and were destroyed by the defending Sonic and co. Later, rebuilt versions of the two were sent to assassinate Mina Mongoose. However, they were also thwarted and presumed to be destroyed, although this is never seen. The new Heavy was last seen sinking in a lake, while Bomb blew himself up repeatedly.
Heavy and Bomb were later rebuilt and reprogrammed back to their sentient selves by Rotor to serve as the protectors of New Mobotropolis as members of Team Freedom.
Appearance
Bomb as a member of the the Secret Service.
In an issue of Sonic the Hedgehog there was a short teaser preview for the Knuckles' Chaotix comic special. In this preview, Dr. Robotnik is looking at all the Chaotix on a number of monitors. One monitor shows Heavy and Bomb, who look exactly like they do in the video game. However, in the actual comic, Heavy and Bomb received a complete makeover. Bomb became one solid red color and was given eyes and a mouth. Heavy was made very tall and square, with very rectangular eyes and a mouth. When they joined the secret service, they wore berets. After they were destroyed by Sonic, Robotnik rebuilt them. Their new models looked almost identical to their game designs with the exception that Bomb only had one arm.
Trivia
- In a minigame in Sega Superstars Tennis, a robot fires out red and black colored bombs, which bear a resemblance to Bomb.
- Bomb was one of the first robots to turn on Eggman and help Sonic's allies. Others to follow are Heavy, E-102 Gamma and E-123 Omega, although their allegiance is questionable.
- In the Archie Comics, Bomb could not regenerate himself. It is said that Heavy produced new Bombs. The process is that the new shells are in his body and Bomb transfers his artificial intelligence into a new shell, and then Heavy takes him out.
- In Knuckles' Chaotix, Heavy and Bomb can be paired up with any of the other characters, but not with each other (unless the level select code is used).
- If one uses an Action Replay code, they can select Heavy and Bomb at the bottom of the character select screen, where their names are listed as Heavy the Mechanic and Bomb the Mechanic. Similarly, they are listed in the manual as "Robotnik's Mechanix".
- Early in the comics, Bomb could never really talk and only spoke through "ping" sounds understandable to Heavy. But when the Secret Service went to Angel Island, Bomb could speak like everyone else. He later reverted back to "pings."
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