The Ferron is an enemy that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mass-produced Badnik model created by Dr. Robotnik.
Appearance[]
The Ferrons have humanoid-shaped bodies with round torsos and a bulky build. They wear a smooth bodysuit with boots, red joint on the arms, and gloves. They also seemingly wear helmets on their heads that have an open cutout in front of their eyes, which only reveal darkness. They have small jetpacks on their backs and each carry a long, white machete in their hands.
The Ferrons come in two different color schemes. The most frequent ones are red, blue and gray helmets, white the second and less frequent ones are red, orange and yellow.
Overview[]
In the 16-bit version and 8-bit version of Sonic Spinball, the Ferrons appear exclusively in Lava Powerhouse. In gameplay, they are usually set in narrow openings of upper pathways, blocking the player's routes. They will not move from their position, unless they are destroyed. Some of Ferrons also hover around the pinball arena as well.
An orange-colored type of Ferron only appear in the room of Robo-Boiler. Despite the color scheme, they have the same pattern as blue Ferrons, who fly around in a linear pattern below The Roboboiler, trying to block the player's path to the boss.
To destroy a Ferron, the player has to hit it while Sonic is curled into a ball by launching him with a Flipper, which will in turn free the Animal from inside it. Once a Ferron is destroyed though, another one will appear a couple of seconds later to replace it. In the 8-bit version of the game, destroying one of these robots awards the player 35,000 points.
Powers and abilities[]
The Ferrons possess a build-in jetback on their back which lets them fly through mid-air or just hover in one place.
In other media[]
Archie Comics[]
Ferrons, from Sonic the Hedgehog #6.
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, a group of Ferrons were created by Dr. Robotnik to halt Sonic the Hedgehog's progression through the Veg-O-Fortress.
| Playable characters | Sonic | |
| Non-playable characters | Tails · Eggman · Animals (Flicky, Cucky, Locky, Wocky) · Sally · Bunnie Rabbot · Rotor · Muttski · Hip and Hop | |
| Stages | Toxic Caves · Lava Powerhouse · The Machine · Showdown · Bonus Stages | |
| Enemies | Buster · Buzz Bomber · Cluckbird · Clucker · Crawl · Ferron · Krondor · Magma Worm · Rexxon · Robohead · Scratch | |
| Bosses | Scorpius · Roboiler · Veg-O Machine · Robotnik's Ship | |
| Moves/techniques | Cliffhanger Flip · Crouch · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump | |
| Gimmicks and obstacles | Balloon · Bumper · Capsule · Flipper · High-speed warp tube · Minecart · Sewer Warp · Triangle Bumper | |
| Items | Chaos Emerald · Drop Target · Ring | |
| Albums | Sonic the Hedgehog Boom · Sonic Spinball (vinyl album) | |
| Other | Life · Mount Mobius · Planet Mobius · Sonic Spinball (LCD game) · Sonic Spinball (Life Savers) · Star Circle · Veg-O-Fortress | |
| Playable characters | Sonic | |
| Non-playable characters | Tails · Eggman · Animals (Cucky, Flicky) · Hip and Hop | |
| Stages | Toxic Pools · Lava Powerhouse · The Machine · Final Showdown · Bonus Stages | |
| Enemies | Cluck · Ferron · Forebot · Magma Worm · Robohead · Vulture · Wasp | |
| Bosses | Toxic Pools boss · Roboiler · Veg-O Machine · Final Showdown boss | |
| Moves/techniques | Crouch · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump | |
| Bosses | Bumper · Flipper · High-speed warp tube · Sewer Warp · Spring Catapult · Triangle Bumper | |
| Moves/techniques | Chaos Emerald · Item Box (1-Up, Continue Monitor) · Drop Target · Ring | |
| Music | Sonic the Hedgehog Boom | |
| Other | Life · Mobius · Veg-O-Fortress | |