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E-102 Gamma (Ｅ－１０２ “ガンマ” E-102 “Ganma”?) is a character that appears in the anime series Sonic X. It is a robot created by Dr. Eggman, and the second unit in the Doctor's E-100 Series.[2] Gamma, along with its brethren, were created during the Chaos incident to aid the doctor. However, Gamma would in time rebel against its creator and set out on its own to free its brethren from their allegiance to Eggman, a mission of which it completed at the cost of its own life.
Appearance
E-102 Gamma was a humanoid robot colored in mainly red and white. It possessed no neck, its head and torso coming together in an almost ellipsoid shape. Its torso was red with a wide and white vertical stribe down the middle, and possessed a head light with a hexagonal gray frame on the right side. It also had gray mufflers surrounding the pelvis area, and had the number "102" painted in white on the right of its large vertical stripe and the left side of its rear. Its head meanwhile was small and platform-like with a yellow shade and green cylindrical eyes. It also had a hexagon-shaped disk hovering behind its neck, and a laser targeting scope on the right side of its head.
Gamma's shoulders were black vertical cylinders. Attached to each of them were Gamma's arms, which were long and designed with two joints; its left arm held Gamma's black-gray blaster while its right arm had a tri-digited hand with two points of articulation on each digit. Also, Gamma's right upper arm was red with yellow-orange cuffs, while the parts between its upper arms and forearms were gray. Gamma also possessed two long and inverted legs with five points of articulation and large, black feet with two sharp toes and roller wheels on the heels. The upper sections of its legs in particular were red while the rest of them were gray, except from its calves, which were thick and red with gray and yellow-orange cuffs.
History
Anime
Chaos Saga
Gamma after coming online.
E-102 Gamma, along with Beta, Delta and Epsilon, were created by Dr. Eggman as a part of the Doctor's new E-100 Series of robots, which used small animals as batteries (Gamma himself received a pink Flicky). Upon its activation, Gamma was given a shooting-range test, which it passed with flying colors, before being given its codename.[3]
Gamma and the rest of its brethren were soon after assigned by Eggman to find a frog with a tail, which was essential to Eggman's plans. While looking for the frog in the wilderness, Gamma spotted it with Big and Chris. Taking the frog from the two heroes, Gamma returned to the Egg Carrier, where Eggman praised it for a job well done. However, because Gamma's brethren had wasted Eggman's time by bringing him the wrong frogs, Eggman had them discarded, a sight of which worried the silent Gamma.[4]
Gamma starting to experience new feelings.
For its next task, Gamma was ordered by Eggman to retrieve a Flicky called Lily from the prison cells. On the way there however, it had visions of Lily. Gamma soon after came across a robotics lab on the way to the cells where it saw Beta, whose parts laid scattered about, undergoing a torturous remodeling procedure. Though somewhat disturbed by this sight, Gamma returned to its mission. Arriving in the prison, Gamma found Lily in the care of Amy, and demanded that she handed Lily over. However, Amy refused and instead pleaded for Gamma to release them. Unable to understand Amy's devotion to Lily, Gamma refused out of its obligation to obey Eggman. After this, Lily flew up to Gamma and looked into its eyes, sensing that the Flicky powering Gamma was its lost relative. Experiencing new emotions, Gamma destroyed the cell holding Amy and told them to flee. Amazed, Amy told Gamma that it was not like Eggman's other robots and left with Lily.[4]
Gamma facing Sonic.
Still plagued by visions of Lily, Gamma was called by Eggman to the Egg Carrier's control deck. There, Gamma was tasked by Eggman to kill Sonic, who had just invaded the Egg Carrier. In spite of Amy's protests, Gamma quickly fought Sonic, but was soon defeated. Before Gamma could be destroyed however, it was saved by Amy when she stood in Sonic's way and convinced him to spare it. Recovering soon after, Gamma found Amy looking over it and asked her why she saved it, to which Amy replied that she was just returning the favor. As the Egg Carrier then began to crash, Gamma saw Amy being taken to safety by Tails before flying off the Egg Carrier itself.[1]
Down on the ground, Gamma reflected on everything it had been through, eventually concluding that its fellow E-101 Series brethren needed to be saved from Eggman. Deleting Eggman from its master registration, Gamma set off to find its brethren, its plan being to reprogram each of the E-100 units by removing Eggman from their master registration and shut them down, as well as releasing the animals powering each unit. Locating Delta in Windy Walley, Gamma proceeded to Epsilon after "saving" Delta. Finding Epsilon in a cave, Gamma "saved" it as well before destroying a sculpture of Eggman in the cave. Unable to detect Zeta and Beta however, Gamma headed to the crash site of the Egg Carrier, suspecting that both robots were sill onboard.[5]
Amy witnesses Gamma's final moments.
Onboard the ship, Gamma found and "saved" Zeta. Immediately after however, Beta, now having been rebuilt into E-101 "Kai", appeared and attacked Gamma. Gamma tried to convince Beta that Eggman was the enemy, but Beta, unable to verify Gamma's deleted master, ingored him. Eventually, the robots' fight ended when they shot each other through the torso. After watching Beta's Flicky being released, Gamma declared its mission complete and succumbed to its wounds following one last vision of Lily and its family, causing it to blow up and release its Flicky, which reunited with its family afterward. Having watched Gamma's final moments at the scene, a grief-stricken Amy gave Gamma's remains some heartfelt parting words.[5]
Personality
Unlike most of Dr. Eggman's other E-Series robots, Gamma possessed a mind of its own and a degree of emotional capacity, being capable of being frightened and disturbed.[4] Initially however, Gamma started out as a seemingly emotionless automaton with no personality to speak of. As such, he was blindly obedient towards his creator, Dr. Eggman, whose orders he would follow without question, as per his master registration.[4][1] Gamma would therefore also ignore subjects not related to his assignments, like when it ignored Big and Chris when they trespassed on the Egg Carrier while it was out to get Lily for Eggman.[4]
Despite having a robotic mind, Gamma did have an emotional connection to its E-100 Series brethren. Gamma thus slowly began to develop an identity of its own after witnessing the extend of Eggman's cruel treatment of its brethren, which shook Gamma internally. Amy's further bravery in the face of mortal danger let to Gamma questioning the morality of its actions. However, it was somewhat uncomfortable to vivid emotions, to the point that the emotional conflict of its loyalty pained it.[4] Later on, after further interactions with Amy, who showed it kindness by saving its life and advising it to not do the bad things Eggman told it to, Gamma came to gain a basic understanding of right and wrong, which led it to delete Eggman as its master and becoming a fully sentient individual who viewed Eggman as its enemy.[1][5]
Befitting its nature as a robot, Gamma spoke in a drone-like robotic dialect.
Trivia
- In the English version, Gamma's voice is high-pitched instead of deep like Sonic Adventure.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Urasawa, Yoshio (9 October 2004). "Head's Up, Tails!". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:Sonicx-ep29-eye1.jpg
- ↑ Yoshimura, Kiyoko (18 September 2004). "Pure Chaos". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 27.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Houjou, Chinatsu (2 October 2004). "A Robot Rebels". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 29.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Shiraishi, Masahiko (16 October 2004). "Revenge of the Robot". Sonic X. Season 2. Episode 31.
