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This object exists primarily or exclusively within the Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series) continuity.
Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.

The Doomsday Pod[1] is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog television series. It is a mass-produced flying saucer created by Dr. Robotnik, which was a key element in the doctor's Doomsday Project operation. The task of these machines was to destroy all life on Mobius, which was the main goal of Dr. Robotnik during his coup in 3224.[1]

Description[]

Appearance[]

Doomsday Pods take the form of dark blue flying saucers. They consists of metallic frames with extremely durable high-tech armor covering them. The top of the Doomsday Pods consists of green lenses. The bottom of the Doomsday Pods on the other hand have an additional arm with projectors that shoot lasers. Each Doomsday Pod also has several other cannons around their bottoms.

Features and abilities[]

Cry of the Wolf 182

The test Doomsday Pod spreading deadly chemicals.

In addition to being capable of flight, the Doomsday Pods are armed with a number of powerful weapons, such as laser cannons, laser turrets, and toxic chemical dispersers, all of which are lethal to organic life. These weapons are capable of burning the earth down to ashes and can destroy anything in their paths.[1][2]

Each Doomsday Pod is nearly indestructible. It is able to endure explosions and laser cannon fire at point blank range and rockslides without any scratches; even when hammered into a rock wall, it only received superficial dents.[2] It took no less than a raw lightning bolt or a metal-eating chemical to destroy just one of them.[1][2]

History[]

TV series[]

Season two[]

Cry of the Wolf 270

The test Doomsday Pod chasing Sonic.

A test Doomsday Pod (referred to as the "test pod") got sent to the Great Unknown. However, it got damaged and was forced to land after the Wolf Pack showered it with bombs. Dr. Robotnik thus sent Snively out to fix the Doomsday Pod and capture the Wolf Pack. After the Doomsday Pod became operational again, it continued to destroy the environment in the Great Unknown. When it reached a dead end in a canyon however, the Wolf Pack and the Knothole Freedom Fighters appeared and hit it with a few shots from a laser cannon, pushing it into a corner. Sonic then detonated some explosives on the walls, causing an rockslide that burried the Doomsday Pod. After a while, however, the Doomsday Pod reemerged and began shooting lasers at the Freedom Fighters, destroying their weapon. In response, Sonic pulled out a Power Ring, which he used to dig under the Doomsday Pod and create a whirlwind that threw the Doomsday Pod, Robotnik's hovercraft and the accompanying Swat-Bots into the canyon walls. However, the Doomsday Pod survived this attack, which forced the heroes to flee. Sonic later lured the Doomsday Pod into a field of storm clouds, where it got hit by a lightning bolt that turned it to ashes, thus destroying it for good.[2]

Eventually, Dr. Robotnik finished his Doomsday Project's Doomsday Machine. This machine was capable of creating hundreds of Doomsday Pods each hour by immersing their skeletal structure in a special substance that gave them their almost indestructible armor. These Doomsday Pods would then be sent through a system of underground tunnels that allowed them to reach anywhere on the planet in order to spread destruction on a global scale and destroy the ecosystem of Mobius. Eventually, one of them reached Knothole Village, where it began to destroy the surrounding trees. However, it was ultimately destroyed by Sonic when he threw a Metal-eating Balloon at it. After the Knothole Freedom Fighters infiltrated the Doomsday Machine, they reached the Doomsday Pod production facility. Sally, Bunnie and Antoine soon after left the Doomsday Machine upon Sonic's insistence by hiding onboard one of the Doomsday Pods. Later, Sonic and Sally infiltrated the Doomsday Machine through an underground tunnel. There, they came across an incoming Doomsday Pod. However, Sonic quickly destroyed it by throwing their last Metal-eating Balloon at it. Soon after, Sonic and Sally destroyed the Doomsday Machine, thus putting an end to the source of the Doomsday Pods.[1]

In other media[]

Books and comics[]

Archie Comics[]

Main article: Doomsday Pod (Archie)
Waste Pod

The Doomsday Pod, from Sonic the Hedgehog #113.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs, the Doomsday Pod was a experimental hovercraft created by Dr. Ivo Robotnik to destroy the Wolf Pack. However, it was eventually destroyed thanks to Sonic.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hurst, Ben (3 December 1994). "The Doomsday Project". Sonic the Hedgehog. Season 2. Episode 26. ABC.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Allee, Pat (12 November 1994). "Cry of the Wolf". Sonic the Hedgehog. Season 2. Episode 23. ABC.
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