- For the episode of the same name, see Coachnik (episode).
The Coachnik[1] is a character that appears in the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series. He was a large and powerful Badnik designed by Dr. Robotnik to coach Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts.
Appearance[]
Coachnik was taller than Dr. Robotnik and Scratch, and wider than Robotnik as well. He was designed to be impressive in this way, being made out of playbooks, game films, strategies, plenty of grit (a large sack of sand), nerves of steel (several steel bands), and a literal 300 pounds of ham. He wears a large pink coaching shirt, binoculars, a whistle, and a red cap.[1]
History[]
TV series[]
Season one[]
Robotnik was tired of Scratch and Grounder's failures at trying to capture Sonic and them constantly falling apart so he built a coach to improve their abilities. In spite of their protests, the Coachnik quickly put the two robots to work with various exercises and a training course.[1]
A week later, Sonic and Tails went to investigate the stadium where they were training. Coconuts had also heard about this and was determined to join the team, in spite of Scratch trying to warn him away. Coachnik's efforts had helped Scratch and Grounder show genuine improvement, however, every time Sonic appeared they still failed to catch him and all of the badniks fell for Sonic's traps. Built for motivation and optimism, Coachnik assured Robotnik that they learned a lot from this match up and would be ready next time.[1]
Doubting this, Robotnik built the Long Bomb, an extremely powerful metal bomb in the shape of a football. He hid it inside Grounder's head and retreated to his fortress just outside the blast radius, but it fell out after a long skirmish and a game of hot-potato with Tails and Sonic. Coachnik noticed it on the ground after the heroes fled and he kicked it an impressive distance, over 5 miles, so that it blew up the fortress instead. Robotnik was furious, but Coachnik was ignorant or unconcerned about this because Robotnik had refused to tell him about the bomb whenever he asked. Robotnik then produced a small pellet (from the bomb's remains) and blew Coachnik to pieces in retaliation. However, Coachnik was still functioning and angry. He moved his leg, chasing and kicking Robotnik repeatedly in vengeance. It is unknown what happened to the Coachnik after that.[1]
Personality[]
The Coachnik is an aggressive motivator who always wants the best for his team. He shows clear discipline and strength when solving a problem, and puts up a forward-thinking, optimistic pitch to convince Dr. Robotnik to let him continue training the S.S.S.S.S. Squad even when things have not always gone their best.[1]
Trivia[]
- Despite being one of the largest Badniks built by Robotnik, some Badniks are much bigger than Coachnik. Arnold Robonegger and the Music Destroyer are two examples.
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