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Doctor Ivo Gerald Robotnik,[29][30][31] referred to as Eggman by Sonic, is the main antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog film series produced by Paramount Pictures and its spinoffs. He is a misanthropic scientist who plots to conquer the multiverse and enslave humanity to force them to service his machines. He is also the archenemy of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Originally a US operative with a technologically-advanced Badnik army at his disposal, Dr. Robotnik and his assistant Agent Stone were sent to investigate a power outage originating from Green Hills, Montana. He found Sonic, an extraterrestrial with chaos energy powers. After Sonic escaped from him with the aid of Tom Wachowski, Robotnik began hunting Sonic in order to dissect him and uncover the secrets of his power. Upon learning the magnitude of Sonic's power, Robotnik set his sights on using Sonic's power to conquer the world, but was ultimately defeated and banished to the Mushroom Planet, where he would plot his return.
Months later, Robotnik allied himself with Knuckles the Echidna to take revenge on Sonic, although his plans changed when he discovered the existence of the Master Emerald and sought to obtain its power by manipulating Knuckles. After obtaining the Master Emerald, the doctor used his newfound power to start his plans of conquest and have his genius recognized across reality until Super Sonic and his team defeated him. However, Robotnik managed to survive this encounter and went into hiding, being cared for by his assistant, Agent Stone.
Spending months in retirement and gaining weight, Robotnik was reunited with Team Sonic, who believed him to be behind a recent Badnik attack. As such, he formed a temporary alliance with them to solve the mystery, leading to a reunion with his grandfather, Gerald Robotnik, and a new ally in the form of Shadow the Hedgehog, with whom he joined forces to pursue world domination by using Gerald's Eclipse Cannon. However, upon finding out that Gerald planned to destroy Earth along with them and only manipulated him into activating the cannon, Robotnik turned against his grandfather and rejoined Team Sonic to save the planet. In the end, both he and Super Shadow sacrificed themselves to send the Eclipse Cannon away from Earth, his current whereabouts are unknown.[32]
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Appearance[]
Dr. Robotnik is an average-sized human. He originally possessed dark brown (almost black) hair, light peach skin, brown eyes, a short mustache with curles at the sides and ample stubble across his jawline. His hair was usually combed back, and his mustache was usually thin and dark brown (once again almost black) with handlebar curls at the ends. For attire, he usually wore a black trench coat with customized tails and red piping, a dark grey tunic, black trousers, black shoes, black control gloves, small rectangular sunglasses and a pair of black Robotnik Control Gloves. When later piloting his Eggpod, he donned a red flight suit with black, maroon and reddish gray accents with matching fingerless gloves and black shoes.
In-line with all the above, he also gained black conjoined welding-like suction goggles having red photochromic lenses that alter to orange, yellow or black (now aquamarine). These styled goggles became his signature set of headgear ever since, although he kept on replacing them over and over again due to the overall amount of times he had damaged the lenses.
After spending nearly 3 months alone on the Mushroom Planet, Robotnik adopted a significantly different appearance: he shaved his head completely bald, he let his mustache become overgrown, unkempt, and more mahogany in color, his nose gained a notable pinkish-red sunburn, his flight suit was worn also with the sleeves been torn off and the left lense of his goggles were smashed. Additionally, his eyes became sunken with dark circles around them and have notable wrinkles, likely due to all the stress he had on the said planet and retained these ever since. Overtime, his flightsuit got dirtier and darker, his mustache was also very slightly trimmed and got greasier as a result of his lack of hygiene for all these months.
After escaping the Mushroom Planet with Knuckles' help, Robotnik cleaned himself up and changed his outfit, wearing a red and black overcoat with a high collar having four triangular golden buttons at the front, a black shirt underneath, black pants, black shoes with golden lines at the front and new Robotnik Control Gloves similar to the ones he was first seen wearing in his debut. He also replaced his old damaged goggles with a new pair which are the same design as his previous ones (with some detail added at the sides).
When transforming into his Emerald form, his attire turns all black with green accents and the lenses of his goggles turn into blue or green.
After spending unknown amount of time in hiding, Robotnik has overgrown hair, his mustache was drooped and more unkempt than it was on the Mushroom Planet, one of the lenses of his goggles is once again cracked (like what happened to his original set), he also gained some weight, becoming slightly obese, and wore a red dressing gown alongside a white vest with a head vomiting something out and saying "Artificial Indifference"[33] and stone gray jogging bottoms and his eyes look a lot more depraved than before. After that, Agent Stone shaved all his hair off his head, fixed his mustache back to a neater position as to it was previously, albeit a is a bit shorter as it was before, and gave him a new pair of suction goggles identical in design to his previous ones, albeit this time, with blue-changing to green photochromic lenses. After that, he still gained his previous jacket, albeit it was all worn and torn up from the previous battle and continues to wear it when going on his mission with Sonic. Since his suit no longer fit him, he ripped off Agent Stone's shirt to enlarge it alongside using various fabrics and had some black and red cloth wrapped around his waist. Once Stone finished sewing, Eggman put on his suit and used it to travel with the team and Stone to the imposter's facility.
Once arriving in London, he, alongside his grandfather, gained a swivel-patterned red and black bodysuit that he invented to prevent being killed by the lasers they aimed to go and dance through in the G.U.N headquaters.
Once boarding the Eclipse Cannon, as a gift from his grandfather, he received new attire being a big red zip-up jacket with 2 white lines with black accents going on top of each other surrounding his waist to the front and connected to a total of four detailed golden ingot-like parallelogram-shaped buttons at the front and a silver zip in the center and one at the back and an additional four buttons at the back, a highly detailed giant golden circle at each side at the front of the coat's waist surrounded by circuitboard-like patterns and wears a black top underneath and silver zip-like lines go at the sides of the shoulders with circuitboard patterns surrounding them. His coat's collar has black ridges on the inside and two white lines go at the back of his shoulders connected to red buckles seen on top of the chest area once again surrounded by circuitboard-like patterns. He even gained new control gloves, albeit this time in white connected to black gauntlets with gold trim with some silverish-gold fingertips. Gerald received the same-styled suit as Ivo's albeit in his signature color of white etc.
Ever since losing his sanity on the Mushroom Planet, Robotnik has a new unique fashion style of his own; he is shown to always wear his signature goggles, even in somewhat silly occasions, including his control gloves.
Personality[]
Dr. Robotnik is a brilliant yet unstable malevolent human who has been described as "pure, unbridled evil"[34] and a "psychological tire fire". Usually, he comes across as an assertive and self-confident person who does not let his convictions waver in the face of others. However, his genius intellect makes him very narcissistic and is considered the smartest being on the planet (which he happily and heavily admits). Notably, he will declare himself the head of any operation he is involved on, voicing out his supposed superiority to those he comes across without hesitation or consideration, and viewing everyone else around him as inferior and basic. Arrogant and condescending, he thinks that the hardest thing about being "the smartest person in the world is that everyone else is stupid". He similarly prides himself on his intellect, and refuses to acknowledge surprise, instead falling back on the excuse that his movements of surprise do not count since he is "expecting not to expect something." These traits mainly stem from Robotnik's own severe inferiority complex, which originate from childhood neglect. As a result, he sees himself as an insignificant speck, and yearns for acknowledgment and recognition. This often results in him bringing up personal accomplishments in order to make himself feel superior. Robotnik really hates society as a result of not being nurtured, loved, or guidance in his early life, and that's what he's become the epitome of that, and hates the world so much that it "abandoned him". He also wants to be so special to everyone and "the king of everyone" and feels the need to conquer those who betrayed him.[35] In the second and third films, Robotnik occasionally speaks with an alveolar trill.
In-line with being a crazed man, despite his high intellect, he is extremely silly, immature and childish; often displaying inappropriate behaviors in social interactions and can even be seen doing childish stuff in the VR dreams with his "grandpal", such as running and attacking his grandfather dressed as Santa Claus at bedtime and screaming out of excitement alongside being childishly overjoyed seeing when his grandfather gifted him a new suit once they made it to the Eclipse Cannon, proceeding to crawl to him and smooching his legs in an excessive and somewhat obscene display of gratitude. He is also characterized by his quite eccentric behavior. This includes sudden mood swings, mimicking robotic noises and movements, using large and complicated words in conversations to describe a simple situation, and dancing wildly to his own fantastical scenarios when he believes he is alone. He also has a huge love for lattes with steamed Austrian goat milk. Gerald's modern personality which is similar to Ivo's, may very well be where the roots of Ivo's traits originate from. The reason for this behavior, especially seen in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is most likely because he wanted to fill the void of his lonely childhood since he was never loved by anyone as a child, especially by spending time with his grandfather who treated him like an actual grandchild. However, this kindly treatment didn’t last long, as it was revealed that Gerald ultimately planned on sacrificing himself alongside Ivo once he managed to destroy the human race. This ended up being unsuccessful.
Despite all the negative traits he commonly displays, there are some rare times where he takes things seriously, albeit while also appearing angered. For instance, when Sonic damaged his Eggpod in their first final battle. This ended up causing Ivo to furiously charge at Sonic once he realized that this electric blue creature means business.
Robotnik is also a very rude person. He talks down to almost everyone around him and tends to be a jerk. Additionally, he usually can't go a single sentence without insulting or threatening the person he’s speaking with in some manner. To name just a few examples, he mocked Major Bennington by telling him that no one cares about his accomplishments and who he is and called him "Major Nobody-Cares", calling Sonic slightly rude names such as "Dork-upine" etc. telling Wade in his office to "just sit there and be Useless" and when Gerald asked if he was wondering why he bought him to his lab, Ivo reacted in a pushy manner, claiming that he didn't bring him there but rather used his "unparalleled intellect" to track him down. He even talked down to his assistant Agent Stone multiple times, and after Stone tried to warn Ivo that Gerald and Shadow were up to something, Ivo not only fired and blocked him, he even mocked him by calling him a loser. Although Shadow also formed an alliance with him ever since he met his grandfather, Ivo also briefly had a bad attitude towards him before he even got to know him by calling him "another stinking hedgehog". When the two formed an even friendlier alliance at the end, Ivo called him said insult in Spanish while happily cooperating with him to stop the Eclipse Cannon.
Robotnik is not one who tolerates failure and is very quick to lose his temper when it occurs, which prompts his violent mood swings. Lacking any concern about morality and collateral damage to boot, Robotnik is willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish his goals, as evidenced by the numerous lethal measures he took to capture Sonic and get rid of anyone helping him, and the destruction he caused to San Francisco and the Great Pyramids of Egypt. Despite his claims of wanting to improve the Earth, he is happily aware that he is "evil" and thus wishes to achieve improvement the way he envisions it, having for example put a label on his lab's light switch that says, "evil lab". He also has a large chip on his shoulder about being bullied as a child and hates being reminded of how he used to be at the mercy of unintelligent brutes.
Robotnik also has an incredibly sadistic streak, seizing any opportunity to inflict pain upon other people, and relishing every second of it. Notably, he would happily talk about how he wanted to dissect Sonic and "see what makes him tick", and smiled as he threatened to kill Tom while interrogating him and reciting the US Code.
An egomaniacal and sociopathic misanthrope, Robotnik, as said above, often voices his distaste for humanity, viewing human beings as inefficient creatures of hubris and desire. Humans similarly bore the doctor to the state that he considers their lives meaningless and therefore he has no desire for having friends, which he is proud of not to have. Robotnik is similarly completely devoid of empathy for any life form, be they humans, animals, or those in-between, being unable to understand why Tom would risk everything to help Sonic, and hunting Sonic in order dissect him for his own scientific inquiries. As such, Robotnik hates everybody around him, although he is shown to tolerate Agent Stone, whom he compliments for his lattes, albeit very aggressively, and high intellect.[36] Due to his arrogance and having a mindset based on science and computational thinking, Dr. Robotnik sees human society as a computer system and people as programmable toy monkeys, with his approach to both aspects being based science and how to methodically rewrite such "programs" in his own favor without regard for the moral implications.[36] Interestingly enough however, despite Dr. Robotnik openly stating that he would not miss Agent Stone during the San Francisco incident, he did create a stand-in of him to keep him company on the Mushroom Planet, but this only implies that he needs a lackey to abuse.
Owning to his hatred of humanity and being a staunch perfectionist, Robotnik values only robotics, which he sees as practical and functional since they always follow their programming and do what they are told. He is especially proud of his Badnik drones, which he displays affection for and praises them for being relentless and effective. In his own words, his machines are everything to him, and he considers them to be a part of the further evolution of humanity. Despite it however he draws the line with destroying with humanity as he disagreed with his grandfather's plans as he wanted to rule the world instead of destroying like Gerald wanted.
Over the course of his hunt for Sonic's power, Robotnik's sanity would degrade to the point where he became completely obsessed with obtaining Sonic's power by any means necessary, eventually becoming willing to place himself in life-threatening situations where he would fail to realize the danger until it was too late.
After spending almost 3 months alone on the Mushroom Planet, his grip on sanity would degrade even further despite his claims to the contrary, as he would talk to a stone as if it was a real person. Eventually, after spending over 8 months on the Mushroom Planet, the prolonged isolation has had a significant negative effect on the doctor's psyche, with his sanity having nearly completely disintegrated, and losing what little control and restraint he had, acting completely erratic and psychotic.
Robotnik is also treacherous, which would ultimately lead straight to his downfall; right after he managed to gain access to the Master Emerald, Knuckles, whom he betrayed and used for the said Emerald, formed an alliance with Sonic and Tails and helped to deprive Robotnik of the Master Emerald.
After spending unknown amount of time in hiding, as Robotnik's new fat belly suggests, Robotnik has a new trait of being lazy as he was lying on a chair leaving piles of garbage around in his lab and not bothering to clean it up.
Robotnik viewed the concept of family with contempt, loudly voicing his disdain while watching telenovelas and while he and Sonic are searching Maria's room in the abandoned G.U.N. base. This stems from the fact that Robotnik spent his entire life completely alone, with no relatives or partners. However, upon learning that he has a living grandfather, his bitter facade drops, and he becomes overjoyed at the notion of having a family. Ivo then exhibits a more playful and affectionate side, possibly regressing to a more childish personality to make up for the childhood he never had. This is best seen when Ivo and Gerald spend the day in Ivo's "Eggmanland" simulation engaging in grandfather-grandson activities that one would typically expect from a child. That might mean that much of his behavior can be traced back to his loneliness and abandonment since when he was a child.
According to his own grandfather who got disappointed when Ivo disagreed with him about burning down humanity, he tried to make him agree with him by claiming (which Ivo supposedly told him off-screen) that all his life he had been "rejected by the world" with no-one caring about him down there. While Ivo felt emotionally wounded by feeling that, meaning that he did want respect by society, he replied and tried to explain to his old man that they "now have eachother" which Gerald coldy shut him off to and responded to him by calling him "no Maria" and was extremely hurt once he said that right in front of his face, showing that he really admitted to have loved and cared for his grandfather and was overjoyed to see him alive in the first place. Even when he was moments away from being dropped to his death, Ivo still wanted to tell Gerald that he loved him, though he went against it once the latter mocked him over it. Speaking of this, while Ivo initially claimed that him being bullied as a child never affected him and that he’s happy not to have friends, the third film reveals it all actually did and he does legitimately wish for companionship deep down.
After being betrayed by his own grandfather who wanted to destroy Earth with his own space invention, Robotnik showed some redemption of disagreeing with Gerald’s evil actions (in fact, after the latter told him his actual said plan, Ivo suggested to him that they could instead just rule humanity with the canon as opposed to just taking the inhabitants lives with it), so he formed a bigger and friendlier alliance with Sonic and his friends including the help of Shadow and wanted to rescue the planet from Gerald’s evil creation. So he had no other choice but to kill Gerald with Sonic's quill, launching the latter into the Chaos energy reactor. After killing the old man, he didn't show any form of remorse for it, probably meaning he lost love for him back completely.
At that final time, Ivo had a change of heart and decided to sacrifice himself in the exploding spaceship to save the world. Before his (apparent) death, he would stream his last words to the world but which he mainly dedicated to his assistant Agent Stone whom he recently betrayed. Ivo admitted him as a friend and that he was more than sycophant to him and a "syco-friend". and proved to have admired his lattes with steamed Austrian goat milk, much to the tragedy of Stone losing the doctor.
Powers and abilities[]
Dr. Robotnik with his Badniks, from Sonic the Hedgehog (film).
Dr. Robotnik has a genius intellect, boasting 5 PhDs and an IQ of 300.[37] Growing up, he was a child prodigy, apparently being able to articulate formulas around the time Tom was an infant. In adulthood, his intellect has enabled him to create various types of highly advanced and revolutionary remote-controlled machinery and robot drones. He is so intelligent in fact that he was able to accurately determine Sonic's exact height, weight and entire skeletal structure based on nothing but a footprint of his, and determine and harness the power of Sonic's alien biology. He has also been expertly trained to spot tracks by the Native American Shadow Wolves. He is also multilingual, being able to speak at least English, Japanese,[38] French, Spanish and possibly more. He also has keen vehicle intuition, being able to expertly pilot his Eggpod through the narrow streets of San Francisco at speeds compatible to Sonic's while taking accurate shots at Sonic. Notably, Robotnik is also shown to be a very neat man in acting skills.
Robotnik also has impressive survival skills. After being stranded on the Mushroom Planet with nothing but his wrist device and the scrap of his Eggpod, he was able to survive for 8 months and built complex booby-traps, an interplanetary signal beacon, and other complex contraptions, primarily using the local fungi. Despite his bodytype, Robotnik also appears to be quite a strong man as he was able to directly punch an oversized man out of the window without even trying, although in some occasions this was the opposite for him where he slightly struggled to lift a somewhat heavy rock. He is also a capable fighter as he could hold his own against his grandfather and completely overcome Tom. Robotnik also claims that he never lost a fight before meeting Tom. And although Ivo is now obese, he doesn't appear to have any problems with it.
Equipment[]
Dr. Robotnik's glove controller, from Sonic the Hedgehog (film)
Dr. Robotnik wears a uniquely designed controller on the glove of his left hand; with a few buttons presses and finger-thumb movements, he is able to program and command his technology, or secretly and non-verbally control his machines. This controller also has standard internet functions. A variation of this device was later incorporated into the doctor's flight suit, which sported a radio recorder and a date counter.
Transformation[]
Emerald Eggman, from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film).
By harnessing the power of the Master Emerald, Robotnik can attain a higher state of being. Described as all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-seeing in this form, Robotnik possesses the ability to turn thought into reality while in this state, allowing him to perform various reality-bending feats that include, but are not limited to, telekinesis, heightened senses, flight, energy manipulation, teleportation, and technokinesis,
Weaknesses[]
Robotnik is shown to have low durability, as a single punch to the face from Tom was enough to stun him long enough for Tom to escape with Sonic.
Robotnik also has a massive, but very fragile ego. As his hunt for Sonic continued, he became more unhinged with every defeat, until he was driven completely insane from his plans being foiled. He is also very cocky.
After his first defeat at Sonic's hands, Robotnik has also developed an obsessive hatred of the hedgehog which can be used against him, as seen when Sonic got the doctor to focus all of his attention on him by taunting him.
Relationships[]
Sonic the Hedgehog[]
Dr. Robotnik tries to trick Super Sonic, from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film)
Sonic the Hedgehog is Robotnik's archenemy whom he loathes with a passion. Dr. Robotnik resents Sonic in particular because he represents the youth and happiness the doctor himself never had.[39]
Originally shocked upon seeing Sonic in person, Robotnik soon came to see Sonic as a specimen he was eager to dissect and examine for his own benefits. However, after discovering the true potential of Sonic's abilities and the hedgehog's juvenile behavior, he saw Sonic as both his key to world domination, as well as a defiant, smart-mouthed teenager. Dr. Robotnik's resentment of Sonic likewise grew throughout his first encounters as he was continuously bested and embarrassed by Sonic, whose attitude, irritating jokes and self-confidence that rivaled Robotnik's own ego. He was likewise greatly irritated by Sonic's mocking jokes and remarks towards him, seeing his confidence as a fool's substitute for intelligence and believing that he should not stand a chance against his intellect. By the time of his first personal battle with Sonic, Robotnik was determined to defeat him no matter the cost and seize his power for himself, being willing to literally destroy anything and anyone who got in his way. Regardless, he did have a small measure of respect for Sonic, having called him an "astonishing little creature".
After stewing in hatred for 8 months on the Mushroom Planet, Robotnik made it one of his foremost goals to get revenge on Sonic, seemingly abandoning his desire to harness the hedgehog's power in favor of simply destroying him, a goal of which is almost on the same level as his desire for conquest of the multiverse and the enslavement of the human race. However, his obsession with Sonic inadvertently became Robotnik's greatest weakness, as his desire to defeat the hedgehog and show his superiority, despite the constant jokes and taunts, tend to make Robotnik so obsessively focused on Sonic that he fails to realize any other threats around him, which ultimately leads to his own defeats.
After his first conflict with Sonic, Robotnik has grown to fear the hedgehog, or at least his power, as evidenced by his uneasiness at the Labyrinth when Sonic prepared to fight. His fear was mostly shown when he was terrified when he saw Sonic transformed into Super Sonic and tried to trick him with his last efforts to try to kill him with the Giant Eggman Robot, but ended up being defeated.
During the Project Shadow incident, it is revealed that the two enemies had no choice but to team up to find who's behind attack on Commander Walters and Badnik usage on one condition. While exploring the Shadow Base, Ivo appears to be pretty open to Sonic, revealing that he doesn't have any parents after Sonic asked him about the possible life where Ivo had family.
Agent Stone[]
Dr. Robotnik sharing his ideals of revenge against Sonic with Agent Stone, from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film).
While Robotnik appreciates what Agent Stone does for him at times, he is shown treating him with nothing but contempt most of the time, even being severely peeved when Agent Stone thought to check on him (after Tom punched him in the face) instead of going after Sonic and Tom. Later on, when Agent Stone comments on Sonic and Tom escaping Robotnik's drones, Robotnik chides him by saying he will not miss him when he and other humans are replaced with machinery. After losing all his sanity on the Mushroom Planet, Robotnik created a stand-in of Agent Stone from a stone to keep him company, though throwing and mocking it as he did with his lapdog. Also, despite Agent Stone's firm loyalty towards him, Robotnik only sees him as a person to push around or take advantage of. At some points though, there is a certain bond between; while Agent Stone himself admires Robotnik, the doctor loves his Austrian goat milk latte. After his return from exile, Robotnik appeared more appreciative of Agent Stone and treated him substantially better than before. Also, in addition to having Agent Stone accompany him as his co-pilot onboard the Giant Eggman Robot, Robotnik would eagerly listen to his praise, although he did so with apathy while recognizing Agent Stone as a bootlicker. He also displays at least a sliver of care for Agent Stone's well-being, as evidenced by his concern when Agent Stone was knocked unconscious.
While Robotnik sees Agent Stone as inferior to him in every way, he nonetheless recognizes him as practically a genius in comparison to regular humans. Seeing Agent Stone as doomed without him, Dr. Robotnik created a contingency plan for Agent Stone in the form of his manifesto so that Agent Stone could survive in his absence. However, rather out of care for Agent Stone, it was more on the grounds of allowing Agent Stone to rebuild himself into a tool of pure science so that he could rebuild Robotnik's own glory on a massive scale that he would provide Agent Stone with such instructions.[36]
During the Project Shadow incident, Ivo still treated Stone as inferior. After Stone called to Ivo by telling that Gerald and Shadow are up to something, Ivo fired and blocked him due to being manipulated by Gerald. After realizing Gerald's true intentions and killing him, Ivo prepares to save the Earth and through a live stream he finally admitted that he sees Stone more than an assistant, and that he sees him as a friend.
Tom Wachowski[]
Robotnik fighting Tom, from Sonic the Hedgehog (film).
Upon meeting Tom Wachowski, Dr. Robotnik immediately viewed him with the same contempt he holds for humanity: a nobody who thinks they are something special because of their own personal achievements. As a seemingly average small-town police officer, Tom represents the "mediocrity" of humankind that Dr. Robotnik so despises, prompting Robotnik to consider him an enemy. Robotnik similarly treats all of Tom's achievements lightly. However, it also leads to him greatly underestimating Tom's intelligence and cunning. He would also take a greater dislike towards Tom due to the latter's uncooperativeness and how he outsmarted him in their first meeting. This was further bolstered when Tom punched him in the face, an indignity he had suffered only once before, and successfully helped Sonic escape him in their first encounter. As Sonic and Tom continued to elude and humiliate him, his vendetta for Tom would grow. By the time he cornered Tom and his associates on top of the Transamerica Pyramid, he would hold a deep-seated hatred for Tom, and anyone associated with him, second only to his hatred of Sonic, and wants him to die as much as he wishes for Sonic.
In Robotnik's time on the Mushroom Planet, his hatred towards Sonic and the Wachowskis increased. When confronted by G.U.N. agents, Robotnik met Tom again, nicknamed him "Pastry King" and defied their taunts following his empowerment with the Master Emerald. Robotnik celebrated happily after believing he crushed Sonic and the Wachowskis with the Giant Eggman Robot, but the family Wachowski managed to survive, causing Robotnik to be defeated by Super Sonic.
The two would later meet again in London where Tom mocked Robotniks suit and asked who the "fossil" was near him.
Knuckles the Echidna[]
Dr. Robotnik tries to betray Knuckles, from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film).
When he first ran into Knuckles the Echidna, Dr. Robotnik saw him as a threat. When he realized that he also wanted revenge on Sonic however, he would eagerly help get him to Earth, in exchange for getting him off of the Mushroom Planet. While Robotnik would (sarcastically) declare himself and Knuckles best friends "forever and ever" after that, his true intentions were to use Knuckles to humiliate Sonic. When he later found out about the existence of the Master Emerald, he used Knuckles as his unknowing lackey to take him to the Emerald so he could seize its power for himself.
When it came to his treatment of Knuckles, Robotnik treated Knuckles like a pet, such as when he suggested sticking his head out from his Egg Mobile. Also, while Robotnik would pretend to be polite and benevolent in his presence, he considered Knuckles to be an imbecile. He also took no consideration of Knuckles' unfavorable opinion about his lack of loyalty towards Agent Stone.
When on the cusp of acquiring the power of the Master Emerald, Robotnik remorselessly betrayed Knuckles by showing his true intentions while mocking the echidna with a "lesson" about the latter's own lack of intellect and how friends make others weak. From then on, with the Echidna having befriended Sonic after the scientist's betrayal, Robotnik and Knuckles would view and treat each other as enemies.
However, after Tails and Knuckles appeared to save Robotnik in the Space Colony ARK, Tails, Knuckles, and Robotnik work together to steer the Eclipse Cannon away from Earth. But after the cannon hits the Moon instead, Robotnik quickly blames them for cutting it in half.
Miles "Tails" Prower[]
Dr. Robotnik is distracted by Tails' holograms, from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film).
Although Robotnik never directly interacted with Tails until the final battle, it is apparent that he views the fox in the same light as his other enemies. However, he does acknowledge Tails' intelligence (which he sees as vastly inferior to his own), being impressed by the fox's maneuver to save Sonic and evade Knuckles.
However, after Tails and Knuckles appeared to save Robotnik in the Space Colony ARK, Tails, Knuckles, and Robotnik work together to steer the Eclipse Cannon away from Earth. But after the cannon hits the Moon instead, Robotnik quickly blames them for cutting it in half.
Wade Whipple[]
Dr. Robotnik orders Wade to sit down, from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film).
Dr. Robotnik actively refused to take Wade Whipple seriously, considering him insignificant in his hunt for Sonic and Tom Wachowski, calling him "Officer Brainfart", and then berating him for doing "nothing" in his job as deputy sheriff. He also doesn't openly acknowledge either of their previous meetings when he appears at Mean Bean Coffee Café, instead pointing out that Wade "smells like a snack plate". Robotnik became an enemy of Wade when the latter threatened him at gunpoint to save Sonic and Tom, but when he acquired new powers thanks to the Master Emerald, Robotnik humiliated Wade by poetically having him sit in the same chair that Stone was in.
The Buyer[]
The Buyer used to work directly under Robotnik back when the doctor worked for Guardian Units of Nations, long before it was even called that then. He had some respect for the doctor, claiming that he was very brilliant, although he also claimed that Robotnik was very difficult to work with. After Robotnik went rogue, his buyer came to think of him as insane, claiming that Robotnik had lost his "big bald" mind.
Gerald Robotnik[]
Robotnik and his grandpa in VR, from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (film).
During the Project Shadow incident, Dr. Robotnik met his grandfather; although before realizing this when he met him, he was initially hostile towards him when he met him and considered him as an "imposter" until Gerald proved himself to actually be his grandfather via showing his genius intellect which astonished Ivo and was relieved to finally see his grandfather he never met in his life he hugged him, showing that Ivo Robotnik is not completely a sociopath and genuinely cares for his grandfather, although quickly after this, he loud-mouthed and angrily replied “Wait, where have you been... MY ENTIRE LIFE!?“ and quickly calmed down once Gerald answered that he was locked in a top secret prison for decades. Although he was very happy to see him, when the old man asked if he was wondering why he bought him to his lab, Ivo slightly aggressively reacted in a pushy manner that he didn't bring him there but used his "unparalleled intellect" to track him down, and in the process of trying to steal the key, he forced his grandfather to test laser-bending suits by pushing him in unexpected to the old man, and he casually admitted that he didn't think they would work to protect anyone wearing them up until exactly that moment. Despite all of this however, as the moments went on when he got to know him even better, he showed more and more respect for him. He eventually teamed up with his grandfather. During flight to London in Mecha Crab, Ivo and Gerald were having "one perfect day with your new grandpal" session in VR, to tighter their bond by filling the void in Ivo's childhood. He thus treated him like that of a stereotypical grandson, such as helping him ride a bike, celebrating his birthday, etc. and even spending a peaceful time with him at their park, sitting at the pond and eating cotton candy together.
However, after realizing that he was only being used for Gerald's suicidal scheme and nothing further more because he is not Maria, Ivo broken heartly betrays him, but still cared for Gerald, even pleading to not kill him, but when Gerald stomped on his hand so the latter could fall into space, he had no other choice but to kill Gerald with Sonic's quill, sending the latter flying into the Chaos energy reactor. After killing the old man, he didn't show any form of remorse for it, probably meaning he lost love for him back completely even mocking him saying Gerald made one hell of a bug sapper.
Ivo loved giving him nicknames just for fun, even after his betrayal.
Shadow the Hedgehog[]
Super Shadow and Ivo working together, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (film).
While Ivo didn't interact with Shadow that much, he still counted him as a teammate, but loved insulting him, due to the fact that he is a hedgehog like Sonic. However, unlike other anthropomorphic animals, Ivo didn't mind Shadow's presence.
When the Eclipse Cannon begun self-destructing, due to core overload, they both prevented it from destroying the Earth.
Friends/allies[]
- Badniks
- Team Robotnik
- Agent Stone (best friend)
- The Buyer † (former assistant)
Neutral[]
Enemies[]
- Crazy Carl
- Gerald Robotnik † (grandfather, attempted killer and victim)
- Green Hills Sheriff's Department
- Tom Wachowski (attempted victim)
- Wade Whipple
- Guardian Units of Nations (former employers)
- Maddie Wachowski (attempted victim)
- Ozzy
- Roadhouse Thug
- Scavengers
- Team Sonic (former allies and attempted victims)
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Sonic the Hedgehog (arch-enemy)
See also[]
References[]
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