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The Egg Hornet (エッグホーネット[1][2] Eggu Hōnetto?) is a vehicle that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It was a modified Eggmobile that was created by Dr. Robotnik, who used it early into the Chaos incident.

Description[]

Appearance[]

Basically, the Egg Hornet was a fighter that consisted of the Eggmobile with an attack attachment.[1] On each side, it had a drill, and on the rear, it was equipped with a large rocket thruster.

Features and abilities[]

Described as a powerful aircraft,[2] the Egg Hornet was capable of flight and was equipped with homing air-to-surface missiles and two rapidly-spinning drills for ground combat. When charging, it could also envelop itself in an energy field.

History[]

Sonic Adventure[]

In Sonic Adventure and its enhanced port Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, Dr. Robotnik used the Egg Hornet near Tails' Work Shop to take Sonic's and Tails' Chaos Emerald "the hard way" when the duo refused to hand it over. Although the Egg Hornet was destroyed, Robotnik still managed to get away with the Chaos Emerald.

Other game appearances[]

Sonic Rivals[]

In Sonic Rivals, the Egg Hornet makes an appearance as one of the collectible cards in the game.

Battle[]

The Egg Hornet is the second boss of Sonic's storyline in Sonic Adventure, its enhanced port Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut and the 2010 remaster; and the first one in Tails' story in said games. In Adventure Mode, it is fought when the player approaches Tails' Work Shop at the Mystic Ruins Station Area. In Trial mode, it is the second boss in the Boss Sub Game as Sonic and the first one in said Sub Game as Tails.

The Egg Hornet is fought as Sonic or Tails. In Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut and the 2010 remaster, it can also be battled as Metal Sonic in the Boss Sub Game.

Boss guide[]

The Egg Hornet attacks at first by flying far away from the player and starting to fire homing missiles at the player. The player can dodge this attack by constantly moving in different directions. This can be done easily using Sonic's Spin Dash or Tails' Propeller Flying. The player is unable to hit the vehicle without taking damage though.

The second attack of the Egg Hornet is charging into the player with its drill attachments. The Egg Hornet locks on the place where the player is standing and then charges towards the that position. After Robotnik rams the Egg Hornet into the ground, the vehicle gets stuck for couple of seconds, giving the player the change to hit the cockpit with the Spin Jump (or Homing Attack as Sonic). After getting hit once, the Egg Hornet gets up and repeats its pattern. After hitting the cockpit three times, the Egg Hornet's attachments are destroyed.

Trivia[]

  • As Sonic, the player can use a glitch to beat the Egg Hornet after it dives into the ground. After it dives into the ground, if the player keeps using the Homing Attack, the Egg Hornet will stay in place and keep taking damage.
    • Another humorous glitch involves the player getting hit below the Egg Hornet without having any Rings right after its attachments explode. As the player would normally loses a life, the camera direction will instead quickly change to the one with the result screen, except it shows Sonic fainting.
  • The theme of this boss battle is re-used in Sonic Dash as the Eggman's boss theme.

Music[]

Name Artist(s) Length Music track
"Egg Mobile ...Boss: Egg Hornet" Jun Senoue 2:08

Videos[]


In other media[]

Animation[]

Sonic X[]

Main article: Egg Hornet (Sonic X)
Sonic X Egg Hornet

Egg Hornet, from "A Chaotic Day".

In the Sonic X anime series, the Egg Hornet was used by Dr. Eggman to steal two Chaos Emeralds from Tails. While Sonic destroyed the Egg Hornet with a Ring-powered Spin Attack after a prolonged battle, Eggman managed to escape from the explosion.

Trivia[]

EGG-HO

The code name "EG1" displayed below the windshield of the Eggmobile.

  • All three boss vehicles in Sonic Adventure share the code names that are displayed on them. The Egg Hornet name is "EG1", which is below the Eggmobile's windshield. The placement of the code name is inconsistent, as it can be only seen during the battle with the Egg Hornet, but it is never seen on the Eggmobile for the rest of the game.

Gallery[]

Artwork[]

Screenshots[]

Gallery

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "SONIC" (in Japanese). ソニックアドベンチャー オペレーションガイド. SoftBank. January 1999. p. 33. ISBN 978-4757203006.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "TAILS" (in Japanese). ソニックアドベンチャー オペレーションガイド. SoftBank. January 1999. p. 75. ISBN 978-4757203006.

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