Cubot/History and appearances (IDW)

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History[]

Past[]

From this point forward the comic is set after the events of Sonic Forces, to see the events of the game.

Main article: War to Take Back the Planet

After Dr. Eggman disappeared following the Eggman War, Cubot welcomed Neo Metal Sonic as the new head of the Eggman Empire until further notice.^[3]

At some point after Dr. Eggman disappeared, Cubot and Orbot were discovered in Eggman's last known lab by Team Chaotix, who were tracking Eggman. Although the two robots were cooperative when the Chaotix interrogated them, they knew nothing about Eggman's whereabouts.^[4]

Fallout![]

Cubot behind Orbot, who is speaking with Neo Metal Sonic, from . — Cubot behind Orbot, who is speaking with Neo Metal Sonic, from *Sonic the Hedgehog* #2.

In a secret base, Cubot and Orbot met up with Neo Metal Sonic, who was currently controlling the Badnik hordes. There, Orbot revealed in his report that Sonic was heading towards Rough and Tumble, two skunks who terrified Cubot.^[5]

The Fate of Dr. Eggman[]

Some time after, Cubot was cleaning up the base when Neo Metal Sonic decided to move onto the next phase of his plan.^[1]

Battle For Angel Island[]

Later on, Cubot and Orbot joined Dr. Starline, Rough and Tumble in the Final Egg, where Starline sought to restore Dr. Eggman's memories after he lost them following the end of the Eggman War and became a reformed handyman. After three sessions however, Eggman showed no signs of returning to his previous personality. When Starline suggested a mental trigger, Cubot tried getting Eggman to threaten to dismantle him and Orbot. Eggman only dismissed this and affectionately hugged Cubot, declaring he would protect him. This left Cubot to wonder if Eggman actually gave an insult. Soon, the group was met by a badly damaged Metal Sonic. Upon seeing Metal Sonic, Eggman regained his memories. Eggman then ordered Cubot and Orbot to get him a change of clothes. Some time after, Cubot joined Eggman when he told Orbot to call up schematics on the Metal Virus which he wished to unleash on the world. When Cubot asked Eggman if he really wanted to go through with his plan, Eggman confirmed his decision.^[6]

Infection[]

Cubot and Orbot preparing the 's launch sequence, from . — Cubot and Orbot preparing the Faceship's launch sequence, from *Sonic the Hedgehog* #16.

While assisting Dr. Eggman in preparing some backpacks loaded with the Metal Virus, Cubot was sent by Eggman to bring Rough and Tumble to the hangar. In the hangar, Rough would kick around Cubot until Eggman gave them the Metal Virus backpacks (which he said were "back-ups" to use against Sonic). After being helped back on his feet by Orbot, Cubot saw Eggman present the mercenaries with a tank to attack Sonic and Amy with in Echo Mine.^[7] When the Faceship was later finished, Cubot and Orbot got onboard it with Dr. Eggman and Dr. Starline, where they launched the Faceship on Eggman's command.^[8]

Crisis City[]

When Sonic came to Floral Forest Village in the midst of a Zombot outbreak, Eggman ordered the Zombots to pile up on him. Cubot would report, however, that the Zombots were not responding to his command.^[9]

All or Nothing[]

Cubot witnessed Starline invite the Deadly Six onto the Faceship and watched how they managed to quickly overthrow the platypus and Eggman. He and Orbot soon received a message from Rouge, who had sneaked into the Faceship days earlier; Rouge requested for Cubot and Orbot to pretend that they were happy to now serve the Deadly Six so that she could coordinate with Orbot to spy on their deployments and coordinate a counterattack. Zavok continued to ask several questions about Eggman's whereabouts. When he questioned Orbot about what Angel Island was, Cubot interrupted and lied that there was a problem down in the Metal Virus factory. After Zavok left to deal with the alert, Rouge came down and told the two robots to send Amy the latest coordinates so that they could attack immediately. After Orbot asked how she would get the Chaos Emerald from Zavok, she stated that she was still weighing her options and requested that they continue to play along.^[10]^[11]

Orbot and Cubot abandon ship, from . — Orbot and Cubot abandon ship, from *Sonic the Hedgehog* #28.

Soon enough, when the Faceship arrived at Angel Island, Rouge discreetly removed the white Chaos Emerald from Eggman's throne, depowering the ship. She revealed herself to Zavok and then told Cubot and Orbot to tuck and roll as the Faceship fell downward into the ocean. The two robots managed to survive the crash and stayed still on the land that was close down below. After both Sonic and Metal Sonic were pushed to the ground by Giant Zavok's breath, Cubot warmly greeted their nemesis while Orbot took notice of his infection and advised him to run away from the approaching Zombots.^[12]^[13]

Out of the Blue[]

A short while after Super Sonic and Super Silver undid the effects of the Metal Virus, Cubot and Orbot were found by Gemerl. After Orbot had informed Eggman of this, he sent Metal Sonic to attack Gemerl by impaling him. Metal Sonic dodged shots from Whisper and dropped Gemerl's body in order to catch Cubot and Orbot and then fly to Eggman, who was escaping Angel Island in the Restoration's Rescue Shuttle. When they got onto the shuttle, Cubot did his best complimenting Eggman. The doctor told him that there was no need to suck up to him as crashing the Faceship was a necessary evil. Some time later, in Eggman's lab, Cubot played with jacks in the doctor's office. Eggman entered the room, startling the two robots, and ordered a report. While Orbot updated him, Cubot grabbed a mop. He soon asked why Eggman was not taking a vacation from his last venture, even requesting to go somewhere nice like the basement. Eggman stated that this was because he wanted to act quickly before Sonic inevitably stopped and noted the fact that he would be powerless against the hiding Deadly Six since he did not have the Cacophonic Conch. Additionally, Eggman had Starline to consider, as he did not know where he ended up. Cubot simply replied to this saying that he liked Starline and he smelled nice.^[14]^[15]

Test Run![]

Cubot and Orbot creating new Quasi-Badniks, from . — Cubot and Orbot creating new Quasi-Badniks, from *Sonic the Hedgehog* #39.

Cubot later got stationed in an Eggman Empire tower that served as a testing facility for Dr. Eggman's various robotic creations with Orbot. While working at the computers however, Cubot and Orbot discovered that Sonic, Tails, and Amy had entered test chambers one and two. Terrified, Cubot and Orbot contacted Eggman and reported the heroes' intrusion to him. However, instead of being yelled at as they had been expecting, Eggman was happy with this turn of events and stepped in to take control of the situation.^[16] Cubot and Orbot proceeded afterward with creating new Quasi-Badniks until they were bound by Tangle. Tangle then began interrogating the duo to find out which portal in the facility she could use to find Sonic, Tails and Amy. During the interrogation, Cubot almost fell for Tangle's mind games, but Orbot kept him from telling her anything. They also wondered if Tangle's accomplish, Belle, was a Badnik. Eventually, however, Tangle forced a response out of Cubot and Orbot, which gave her the information she needed.^[17]

Following Tangle's departure into the test chambers, after Belle had snapped at Orbot for trying to inquire her, Cubot and Orbot would tell Belle about their relation to Eggman when she asked them about it. When Belle then took a call for Cubot and Orbot from Eggman on their tablet, Cubot and Orbot witnessed Belle's emotional breakdown upon hearing Eggman's personal reasons for creating his tower. However, Cubot was not surprised by Eggman's actions. Cubot then saw the test chamber portal had begun to spew energy, which was a sign that the tower would soon implode. When Tangle later returned to the tower with Sonic, Tails and Amy, Cubot got pulled along by Tangle when she and everybody else got taken to the Tornado by Sonic. The group then proceeded to escape the tower, just before it imploded. The gang then wondered what to do with Cubot and Orbot, who were open to being thrown off so that they could take a vacation. With the heroes approving of this, Cubot and Orbot jumped into the ocean and were left to float on their own.^[18]

Imposter Syndrome[]

Cubot and under 's control, from . — Cubot and Orbot under Dr. Starline's control, from *Sonic the Hedgehog: Imposter Syndrome* #4.

Arriving in Eggperial City much later, Cubot and Orbot tried sneaking inside in hopes that Eggman had not taken notice of their absence, with Cubot uncertain of what Eggman would do if he had. Unfortunately, Eggman saw them arrive and began questioning them. Cubot tried to come clean, but Orbot had him be quiet while he made up a lie. Fortunately, Eggman did not care and so had the pair hook up to the Eggnet in order to give him a sitrep about an attack on Eggperial City committed apparently by Sonic and Tails. However, Cubot and his cohorts soon learned that Surge the Tenrec and Kitsunami the Fennec were actually the ones attacking the city. As Eggman later began raging over how the pair took down Metal Sonic, Cubot brought Dr. Starline's login into the servers to Eggman's attention. Soon after, Starline took control of Cubot and Eggman's other robots across the world with an override code. As Cubot and Orbot prepared to apprehend Eggman, the pair got squashed into their compact forms by Eggman, who escaped into the Memorial Garage. Afterward, when Cubot had welcomed Starline into his seat of power in Eggperial City, Starline took notice of his compressed state. After he and Orbot had explained what Eggman had done, Starline was sure that he posed no threat.^[19]

Battle for the Empire[]

Not long after, while Cubot was fanning Dr. Starline, the former would seek cover with Orbot behind Starline's throne when Dr. Eggman returned in the Egg Emperor and attacked Starline. Cubot was soon after liberated from Starline's control following Eggman's victory over Starline, and would subsequently go to work cleaning up from Eggman's attack.^[20]

Overpowered[]

Cubot went into a storage room to find duct tape. He heard a noise coming from a trash cute and went to investigate. When he opened it, Surge reached out and grabbed him. She held him while she looked around the room for a weapon. When Surge found the Dynamo Cage, she asked Cubot about it and he refused to say anything. After threatening to dismantle him, Cubot spoke and said the Dynamo Cage is an invention from Dr. Eggman used to harness energy, even if someone doesn't willingly give it to them. Surge then let go of Cubot and put on the device.^[21] After Surge caused an explosion in the room, Eggman and Orbot went to investigate. When Egg Pawns were firing on Surge, Orbot picked up Cubot out of harms way.^[22] Sometime after Surge left, Cubot helped take inventory with Orbot and found Surge damaged his Cyber Singer Mika figurine.^[23]

Hero Camp[]

Orbot and Cubot made a scheme where they would bring kids who knew Sonic and been with the Restoration to find info on the group and Sonic's secrets. Cubot disguised himself with a wig and glasses and used the cover name Cubert. Once the campers arrived, they ran some challenges on them to test their theories. Cubot took notes while Orbot asked questions, mostly to Cream the Rabbit. At the end of the day, they challenged the campers to tell a story that would scare Sonic. His cover was blown after Orbot said he didn't know what s'mores were. Cream and the other kids, tired from all the challenges, attacked the two robots and tied them up. Despite this, Cubot was proud the campers learned something.^[2]

Urban Warfare[]

Cubot was in the control room of the central tower of Eggperial City with Dr. Eggman, Orbot, and Metal Sonic. He held up a bowl of popcorn for Eggman and got more shaky cheese for him. He asked Eggman if the computer showing an error message when Shadow overloaded the system was supposed to happen. Cubot went to get candles when the lights went out and was disappointed they weren't needed when they turned back on.^[24] When Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Tangle broke into the control room, Orbot and Cubot hid while they attacked.^[25] Cubot thought Eggman was talking about him and Orbot when he said his creations could handle Sonic. Orbot shushed him in response. Not long after, Sonic, with the help of his friends, destroyed the tower Orbot, Cubot, and Eggman where in, leaving their fate unknown.^[26]

Sonic's 900th Adventure[]

Cubot tries to use a "Topaz Control" with no success, from . — Cubot tries to use a "Topaz Control" with no success, from *Sonic the Hedgehog's 900th Adventure.*

Orbot and Cubot cheered Doctor Eggman as he tested out his new mech robot while they sat in the Eggmobile. The Warp Topaz suddenly dropped into Cubot's hands and they alerted the doctor. Sonic then arrived an Cubot tried to use the Topaz to warp away from Sonic, but to no avail. Sonic then tried to take the Topaz from Orbot and Cubot. Sonic used the Topaz to teleport him and the robots around, hurting Eggman in the process. Eggman shot rockets at Sonic as the hedgehog got a hand on the Topaz. With Cubot holding on for dear life, Sonic managed to redirect a rocket to Eggman and warped out of there before it blew up. Orbot and Cubot laid defeated as Sonic warped out of the area, with Cubot unaware they lost.^[27]

Winter Jam[]

Orbot and Cubot observed their creator watching reality TV for his research, prompting Orbot to rant about Eggman's poor work ethic, before noticing a paper drawing with the words "WINTER JAM" on it. Orbot came up with an idea, but Cubot failed to understand it at first glance. They created a TV set and kidnapped Sonic and his friends to the location. Once they arrived, Cubot welcomed them to Orbot and Cubot's "Winter Jam". Orbot revealed that the prize for winning their series of games was a purple Chaos Emerald, but only one team could have it. Omega began looking for a wall to blow up to escape, which caused Cubot to reveal they will show a new Badnik during the show, which caused Omega to stay since he wanted to destroy it. The group was split into teams and they were put through a series of games, which Orbot and Cubot directed, officiated, and commentated on.

Eventually, they came to "Sculpt Jam", where the teams had to make ice sculptures. The teams could barely start their sculpture when Froggy used laser eyes to make a statue of Eggman. It was then revealed by Cubot that "Froggy" was actually the Badnik they teased; the real Froggy escaped the Giant Chopper that kidnapped them. Omega went into a frenzy and destroyed the arena, while Rouge stole the Chaos Emerald. The commotion caused Eggman to arrive at the scene and Cubot pressed a button that sent Sonic's friends out of arena and back to Green Hill. Eggman thought the show was garbage and deleted the whole thing, including his own research. Even though he threw a fit, Orbot and Cubot still thought they did a good job.^[28]