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- For other appearances of the character, see Robotnik (disambiguation). For the character's Japanese dub name "Eggman", see Eggman (disambiguation).
Doctor Robotnik, known as Eggman (ドクター・エッグマン Dokutā Egguman?) in the Japanese version, is the main antagonist in Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie. He is a human scientist who lives in the Land of Darkness on Planet Freedom, and is the arch enemy of Sonic the Hedgehog. Robotnik's ambition is to destroy the Land of the Sky and rule the world, with the President's daughter, Sara, as his queen. From the capital of his empire, Robotropolis, Robotnik has launched many evil schemes to conquer the world, but has been repeatedly stopped by Sonic and his allies.
Recently, Robotnik launched his most devious scheme to date where he fooled Sonic to come to Robotropolis and used the hedgehog to bring his greatest invention to date, Hyper Metal Sonic, to life. With the perfect weapon at hand, Robotnik launched an attack against Sonic and the Land of the Sky in a decisive attempt to conquer the planet.
Appearance[]
Dr. Robotnik is a human with a round head with a huge mustache, a large, round body, thick arms and long legs. He has pince-nez glasses with blue tinted lenses. When his eyes are visible behind his glasses, they are shown to be white with black pupils. He wears a red jacket with golden wrist buttons on each and he has a small yellow cape with a triangular collar that stretches down to the edge of his pants in the front. He is also seen to have black, form-fitting one-piece boots with two buttons in front.
Robotnik is also seen to have his wedding outfit in any case. It is bright cyan colored wedding apparel with a large purple bow tie, yellow buttons on the wrists and one on the jacket, a white shirt and a black cape which goes behind his back, similar to his traditional yellow cape.
History[]
Past[]
In the past, Dr. Robotnik has tried many times to destroy the Land of the Sky and conquer Planet Freedom, only for his plans to be thwarted by Sonic the Hedgehog. He also fell in love withg the President's pretty daughter, Sara, at some point in the past.
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie[]
Welcome to Robotropolis[]
Eventually, Robotnik finished building his latest creation, Hyper Metal Sonic, deep inside of Robotropolis, planning to kill Sonic the Hedgehog, take control of Planet Freedom, and destroy the Land of the Sky during the same process. However, the one thing he needs to complete Metal's AI is to infuse it with Sonic's life data so it can fully function.
Later, Robotnik appeared in the Presidential House, where Sonic and Tails arrive, while revealing himself to them, telling him and his servants that he had kidnapped Sara and President. Robotnik then commanded Sonic to listen him carefully as he was actually asking for a favor. He told that while living peacefully in Robotropolis in the Land of Darkness, he and his servants were banished by Metal Robotnik and his own army of robots. Metal Robotnik also sabotaged the Robot Generator in Robotropolis, which was now out of control and according to his calculations, would explode at sunrise tomorrow, which would destroy Planet Freedom as well. He asked Sonic to shut down the generator as soon as possible. As insecure as Sonic thought about Robotnik, he accepted his favor. Robotnik also gave a navigator to Tails, which could provide duo with the fastest route to Robotropolis while he stayed in the president's office for that time.
Later that time, Robotnik would play a fighting video game with Sara who always lost but never gave up against Robotnik. Eventually, she decided that she wanted to go riding, which Robotnik disagreed to. At the same time, the Metal Robotnik battle mech crashes into the office and opened its hatch, revealing the control room inside of it. Sara rushed inside while Robotnik tried to stop here, but both of them got stuck inside of the mech, which then blasted off from office. Using the Metal Robotnik mech, Robotnik later did battle with Sonic and Tails in the Land of Darkness, with the heroes unaware of that he was Robotnik controlling Metal Robotnik. In the end, Metal Robotnik got destroyed by the teamwork of Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, who also joined the group. Despite this set though, Robotnik emerged from the remains of his mech and proclaimed that Sonic would soon meet a far greater foe than Metal Robotnik.
Sonic Vs. Metal Sonic!![]
Robotnik later arrived from a Warp Zone deep inside Robotropolis in his broken Metal Robotnik mech, where Sonic had stopped the Robot Generator while getting the hedgehog's life data and giving it to the now functioning Hyper Metal Sonic. Robotnik soon after revealed himself from the remnants of Metal Robotnik. Sonic tried to burst through to the doctor, but Hyper Metal Sonic came in-between them. Robotnik then revealed the Robot Generator only took Sonic's life data for his creation for his goal to destroy the real Sonic and the Land of the Sky completely. Robotnik then gave Metal Sonic permission to destroy Sonic.
Robotnik subsequently took seat in his Egg Mobile with Sara while watching and encouraging Metal Sonic as he dueled Sonic. After Metal Sonic managed to beat down Sonic, Robotnik's enthusiasm rose even higher and he transported himself and Sara to the Land of the Sky, where they watched the damage on the islands and cities that was caused by Metal Sonic. He also gave an irritated Sara a white dress as he, in his own wedding outfit, started telling Sara about his plan to marry her after the destruction of the Land of the Sky, which she disagreed to and started beating him up while in the Egg Mobile. Later, Robotnik discovered that Metal Sonic had found the way to destroy the Land of the Sky at the North Pole and transported himself and Sara there through a Warp Zone.
After getting there, Metal Sonic crashed into the bottom of the Egg Mobile while Sonic landed painfully on the Egg Mobile's windshield. Robotnik wondered about Sonic's odd attitude and tried to capture him, only to miss him. He then saw Sara falling out of the Egg Mobile. Fortunately, she got caught by Knuckles. Next, Tails appeared and shot at Robotnik's Egg Mobile with the Tornado before flying away. However, Robotnik had had enough and started firing at Tails with rabbit and turtle missiles. While the rabbit missile hit the Tornado, Robotnik saw that the turtle missile was moving slowly, leaving him to bitterly regret his design choices. He then tried to kidnap Sara again, only to fail. Later, as Sonic and Tails tried to rescue the President and Old Man Owl from their crashed ship, Robotnik managed to destroy the navigator on Tails' wrist, which Tails was using to hack Metal Sonic. Robotnik then commanded Metal Sonic to attack the real Sonic. However, Metal Sonic eventually got destroyed, and the President and Old Man Owl got saved, leaving Robotnik's plan in ruins.
In the aftermath, Robotnik arrived in front of Sonic and his allies in his Egg Mobile, saying that he still had a copy of Sonic's life data on a disc. He then gloated that he would create a stronger Metal Sonic another time. However, Robotnik's turtle missile soon returned and grabbed the disc in its mouth before exploding in front of Robotnik's face, destroying the disc. As Sonic started chasing Knuckles to get back at him for getting knocked on the head, the rest of the group followed them from behind in the Egg Mobile while Robotnik was piloting it.
Personality[]
Dr. Robotnik is an egotistical, childish, and selfish man, who is seeking to destroy the Land of the Sky and does everything to get rid of Sonic and his friends. He's usually left behind while his creations are doing his dirty jobs, but even he himself is able to arrive to the event when it is important in terms of his goal. He gets excited when his plans are starting to go very well. However, he gets mad at everyone who tries to get in his way and he gets disappointed when he sees the design failures on his creations. He is also willing to please Sara, whom he is in love with and wants to become his queen. He showers her with many lavish and expensive gifts, such as a wedding dress.
Powers and abilities[]
While usually lacking any kind of special abilities, Dr. Robotnik is a genius who is able to create many mechanical creations. He is also a capable pilot in his own machines; able to control and manipulate his creations in difficult battles, such as Metal Robotnik and the Egg Mobile. Near end of the movie, Robotnik seems to also be able to handle laser guns while displaying excellent marksmanship, such as when he shot the navigator on Tails' wrist. Besides his intelligence, Robotnik is also a cunning and manipulative man, being able to trick Sonic and Tails so that they followed his plans without them realizing it until it was too late.
Relationships[]
Sonic the Hedgehog[]
Just like in the games, Dr. Robotnik has a huge dislike for Sonic and built a robotic clone of him to defeat him.
Sara[]
Dr. Robotnik is madly in love with the President's daughter, Sara, and wishes to make her his queen consort after destroying the Land of the Sky. As such, he shows a great deal of affection for her, but she refuses almost every advance. One display of his affection for Sara is that he gifts her with a very beautiful wedding dress. When Robotnik is with Sara, he has a more comical side. However, he usually disagrees with what Sara wants, while also trying to appease her with his own ideas. Nevertheless, he does genuinely care for her well-being, visibly becoming very concerned and panicked when she falls off the Egg Mobile during Sonic's fight with Metal Sonic.
Hyper Metal Sonic[]
Tails[]
The President[]
Friends/allies[]
Enemies[]
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Old Man Owl
- The President
- Sara (love interest)
- Sonic the Hedgehog
Trivia[]
- Unlike most other depictions of him in animated media, this version of him uses his original Japanese design.
- His eyes are seen in many scenes, but unlike his other animated potrayals of the 1990’s, his eyes are normal colored rather than black and red.
- Similarly, they would be carried over to the Sonic shorts produced since the late 2010's, such as Sonic Mania Adventures when his eyes are comically seen, and briefly in Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble.
Gallery[]
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External links[]
- Dr. Robotnik (Planet Freedom) at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.
Characters | Sonic · Tails · Knuckles · Robotnik · Sara · Hyper Metal Sonic · President · Old Man Owl · Metal Robotnik · President's aide · Buzz Bomber · Crabmeat · Crawlton · Snail Blaster · Robotnik's guard robots · Demonic robots | |
Voice actors | English | Martin Burke (Sonic) · Lainie Frasier (Tails) · Bill Wise (Knuckles) · Edwin Neal (Robotnik, President) · Gary Dehan (Metal) · Charles Campbell (Old Man Owl) · Sascha Biesi (Sara) |
Japanese | Masami Kikuchi (Sonic) · Hekiru Shiina (Tails) · Yasunori Matsumoto (Knuckles) · Junpei Takiguchi (Robotnik) · Yuzuru Fujimoto (President) · Masami Kikuchi (Metal) · Chafūrin (Old Man Owl) · Mika Kanai (Sara) · Akimitsu Takase (President's aide) | |
Others | Ancient Relics · Egg Mobile · Forest Town · Green Lake City · "Look-a-like" · Land of Darkness · Land of the Sky · List of voice actors · Navigator · North Pole · Planet Freedom · Presidential House · Robot Generator · Robotropolis · South Island · Warp Zone |