Gold Beetle
Appearances in other media
Color scheme
Gold, red, dark blue, white
The Gold Beetle [1] [2] (ゴールドビートル , Gōrudobītoru ? ) is an enemy that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a mass-produced robot model deployed by the Guardian Units of Nations , and is a part of Beetle series.
Appearance
Nearly identical to Mono Beetles design-wise, the Gold Beetle basically resembles a golden ball with dark blue and red outlines, and armor on the front. On top of them, they have a sharp golden cap with a dark blue-striped edge. Below this cap, reaching from just behind the edge of their front armor to far behind their back, they have a horizontal turbine disk with a blue-striped frame. On their "face", they also have a single lens.
Game appearances
Sonic Adventure 2
A Gold Beetle in White Jungle , from Sonic Adventure 2 .
In Sonic Adventure 2 and its remake, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle , the Gold Beetle appears once in every stage, except for Route 101 , Weapons Bed , Route 280 , and Green Hill . Additionally, due to a bug, it does not appear in Pumpkin Hill in all versions of Sonic Adventure 2: Battle .
Unlike most other robots deployed by G.U.N. , the Gold Beetle does not have any method of attack, nor does it even attempt to attack the player. Instead, they appear for few seconds when a character comes close, before disappearing permanently. They will only reappear if the character loses a life or the player restarts the stage. Destroying a Gold Beetle will award the player 1000 points .
Most of the time their locations in Hard mode are the same as Normal mode, but there are several cases where they shift positions slightly, such as in Prison Lane , or are moved to a different place like in City Escape . Rarely, though, they will disappear entirely, much like in Dry Lagoon . Sometimes, it is obligatory for the player to use the Gold Beetle to proceed forward, like in Radical Highway .
Shadow the Hedgehog
A Gold Beetle in Death Ruins , from Shadow the Hedgehog .
In Shadow the Hedgehog , the Gold Beetle appears again as an enemy. In this game, they appear in hidden positions in Westopolis , Air Fleet , Iron Jungle , Death Ruins , Prison Island , Digital Circuit , Circus Park , The Doom , Lost Impact , and The ARK .
In gameplay, the Gold Beetles can move slightly faster than the Gun Beetles and are twice as resilient, requiring two Homing Attacks to be defeated instead of one. However, they cannot teleport and their coloration is not as golden as before.
The Gold Beetles can either have fixed positions or fly from afar and toward the screen. Like the Mono Beetle , the Gold Beetle can track the player's movements precisely, and fire almost consecutively at the player while following them.
Sonic Generations
A Gold Beetle, from the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations .
In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations , Gold Beetles from somewhere across spacetime appear as enemies in Radical Highway .
In gameplay, they have reverted back to their behavior from Sonic Adventure 2 , as they appear in places where the player can use the Homing Attack on them to reach higher paths. If given the chance to disappear, the player will lose their chance to reach the new path. One of the unlockable missions requires the player to destroy three of them within the time limit.
In other media
Animation
Sonic X
A Gold Beetle in Sonic X .
In the anime series Sonic X , the Gold Beetle appeared during the Sonic Adventure 2 adaptation saga. In this media, they were constructed after the Perfect Chaos incident to combat Dr. Eggman 's forces. A handful of them served as guards of Prison Island .
References
↑ Prima Development (20 June 2001). "Enemies" (in English). Sonic Adventure 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide . Prima Games. p. 16. ISBN 978-0761536147 .
↑ Kaizen Media Group (22 November 2005). "Enemies". Shadow the Hedgehog: Prima Official Game Guide . Prima Games. p. 90. ISBN 978-0761551959 .
Gold Beetle
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Level Up Items
Air Necklace | Air Shoes | Ancient Light | Bazooka | Booster | Bounce Bracelet | Flame Ring | Hammer Gloves | Iron Boots | Jet Engine | Large Cannon | Laser Blaster | Light Speed Shoes | Magic Gloves | Mystic Melody | Pick Nails | Protective Armor | Shovel Claw | Sunglasses | Treasure Scope
English voice actors
Ryan Drummond (Sonic ) | Connor Bringas (Tails ) | Scott Dreier (Knuckles , GUN Soldiers ) | Jennifer Douillard (Amy ) | David Humphrey (Shadow ) | Lani Minella (Rouge , Omochao ) | Deem Bristow (Eggman ) | Moriah Angeline (Maria ) | Marc Biagi (Gerald , GUN Soldiers ) | Steve Broadie (President ) | Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) | Jon St. John (Big ) | Elara Distler (Tikal ) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Kazuki Hayashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman , Gerald ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) | Yuri Shiratori (Maria ) | Kinryū Arimoto (President ) | Shun Yashiro (Big ) | Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Music
Songs
"A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup " | "Believe In Myself " | "Deeper " | "Dive into the Mellow " | "E.G.G.M.A.N. " | "Escape from the City " | "Fly in the Freedom " | "For True Story " | "It Doesn't Matter " | "Kick the Rock! " | "Live and Learn " | "My Sweet Passion " | "Rhythm And Balance " | "Space Trip Steps " | "Supporting Me " | "The Supernatural " | "Throw It All Away " | "Unknown from M.E. " | "Vengeance is Mine "
Albums
Multi-Dimensional Sonic Adventure 2 Original Sound Track | Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era | Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sampler | Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack | SONIC ADVENTURE 2 OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK VINYL EDITION | Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition | Sonic Adventure 2 Vocal Collection: Cuts Unleashed
Other
2G Hi-Speed Shoes | Altar of Emerald | Angel Island | Auto Running | Black Market | Central City | Chao Adventure 2 ^ | Chao Garden (Dark , Hero , Neutral ) | Chao in Space | Chao Kindergarten | Chao Lobby | Chao Machine | Chao Race | Chao Stadium | Chao Transporter ^ | Chao World | Corkscrew | Cyclone | Eclipse Cannon | Eggman Bombom | Eggwalker | Emerald Radar | Fake Emerald | Game Over | Gerald Robotnik's diary | Health Gauge | Kart Race | Life | Loop | Master Emerald | Prison Island | Project Shadow | Rank | Space Colony ARK | Station Square | Teleporter | Totem pole | Tunnel | Water
*Appears or is playable in only the 2P mode ^Appears in only the original Dreamcast version
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Non-playable characters
Black Doom (Devil Doom ) | Dr. Eggman | Chao (Cheese ) | Charmy | Commander | Cream | Gerald | President | Researcher | Secretary
Stages
Westopolis | Digital Circuit | Glyphic Canyon | Lethal Highway | Cryptic Castle | Prison Island | Circus Park | Central City | The Doom | Sky Troops | Mad Matrix | Death Ruins | The ARK | Air Fleet | Iron Jungle | Space Gadget | Lost Impact | GUN Fortress | Black Comet | Lava Shelter | Cosmic Fall | Final Haunt | The Last Way
Enemies
Ark Missile Turret | Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-100 , Cell ) | Black Assassin | Black Hawk | Black Oak | Black Volt | Black Warrior | Black Wing | Black Worm | Big Foot Type A | Big Foot Type B | Death Leech | Death Worm | Egg Bommer | Egg Pawn | Egg Pierrot | Giant Walker | Giga Trooper | Gold Beetle | Gun Beetle | GUN Soldier | GUN Trooper | Jack Bommer | Killer Plant | Mono Beetle | Rocket Beetle | Sand Worm | Shadow Android | Spark Beetle
Bosses
Black Bull | Black Doom | Blue Falcon | Devil Doom | Diablon | Egg Breaker | Egg Dealer | Heavy Dog
Moves/ Techniques
Chaos Blast | Chaos Control | Chaos Spear | Crouch | Dark Spin Dash | Grinding | Grind Step | Homing Attack | Hover | Jump Dash | Light Dash | Mid-Air Attack | Missile Fever | Overturn | Pawn Fever | Pick up | Punch | Ring Fever | Shadow Fever | Slide | Spin Dash | Spin Jump | Strafe | Swift strike | Tail Swipe | Triangle Jump
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Air Saucer | Convertible | GUN Motorcycle | GUN Vehicle | HMMWV | Jump Vehicle
Gimmicks and obstacles
Barrier | Black Slab | Case | Cell Cannon | City annihilator bomb | Coaster | Color Panel | Electrified Rail | Fan | Firewall | Gravity Control Switch | Green energy fluid | Gun Lift | Gun ship | GUN turret | Hint Ring | Jump Panel (Prison Island) | Jump Panel (ramp) | Junction switch | Lantern | Laser field | Laser turret | Light-speed circuit | Meteorite | Pole | Pulley | Red fruit | Red Slime | Rocket | Secret Door | Shield switch | Shooting Gallery | Small bomb | Spinning Wheel | Surveillance camera | Toxic marsh | Toxic river | Vine | Warp Hole | Wide spring
Items
General
Black Tank | Bomb Unit | Chaos Emerald | Car | Container (Special Weapon Container , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) | Core program | Defense Unit | Egg Balloon | Energy Core | Floating Item Box | Goal Ring | Heal Unit | Item Box (1-Up , Barrier , Damage Recover , Heat Barrier , Invincible , Magnetic Barrier , Rings ) | President's escape pod | Ring | Secret Key | Temple jewel
Weapons
4-Shot RPG | 8-Shot RPG | Bazooka | Big Worm Shooter | Big Barrel | Black Barrel | Black Sword | Bomb Fever | Egg Bazooka | Egg Gun | Egg Spear | Egg Vacuum | Environment Objects | Flash Shot | Gatling Gun | Grenade Launcher | Heal Cannon | Heavy Machine Gun | Heavy Shot | Laser Rifle | Light Shot | Omochao Gun | Pistol | Refractor | RPG | Samurai Blade | Satellite Gun | Semi-Auto Rifle | Shadow Rifle | Splitter | Sub-Machine Gun | Survival Knife | Tank Cannon | Vacuum Pod | Wide Worm Shooter | Worm Shooter
English voice actors
Jason Griffith (Shadow , Sonic ) | Sean Schemmel (Black Doom ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman , Gerald ) | Amy Palant (Tails ) | Dan Green (Knuckles ) | Lisa Ortiz (Amy ) | Kathleen Delaney (Rouge ) | Rebecca Honig (Cream , Maria ) | Carter Cathcart (Vector ) | David Wills (Espio ) | Amy Birnbaum (Charmy ) | Jeff Kramer (Omega ) | Andrew Rannells (GUN Soldiers ) | Marc Thompson (Commander ) | Maddie Blaustein (President ) | Bella Hudson (Secretary )
Japanese voice actors
Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Black Doom ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman , Gerald ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) | Yuri Shiratori (Maria ) | Kenta Miyake (Vector ) | Yūki Masuda (Espio ) | Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy ) | Taiten Kusunoki (Omega ) | Takashi Yoshida (GUN Soldiers ) | Banjō Ginga (Commander ) | Yutaka Nakano (President ) | Junko Kitanishi (Secretary ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Additional Chao )
Music
Songs
"All Hail Shadow " | "Almost Dead " | "E.G.G.M.A.N Doc. Robeatnix Mix " | "I Am... All of Me " | "Never Turn Back " | "The Chosen One " | "Tripod Baby " | "Vengeance is Mine " | "Waking Up " | "Who I Am " (unused)
Albums
Lost and Found: Shadow the Hedgehog Vocal Trax | Shadow the Hedgehog Official Soundtrack | Shadow the Hedgehog Original Soundtrax
Other
Battle Mode | Black Comet | Central Information Agency | Dark Gauge | Dark Rider | Eclipse Cannon | Egg Monitor | Eggman Fleet | Expert Mode | Fire in the Sky Festival | Guardian Units of Nations | Health Gauge | Hero Gauge | Life | Loop | Mother computer | Prison Island | Prosperity ritual | Rank | Shadow the Hedgehog Flash | Space Colony ARK | Tails' Spaceship | Team Chaotix | White House
* Only playable in the Nintendo GameCube & PlayStation 2 versions ** Only playable in Battle Mode
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Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic ) | Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic )
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Wisps
Cyan | Red
Stages
Green Hill | Casino Night | Mushroom Hill | Emerald Coast | Radical Highway | Water Palace | Tropical Resort | Special Stage
Enemies
Blue Eagle | Butterdroid | Buzzer | Buzzer (Classic) | Chopper | Chopper (Classic) | Crabmeat | Crabmeat (Classic) | Crawl | Dragonfly | Flapper | Egg Pawn | Gold Beetle | Gun Hunter | Kiki | Klagen | Knight Pawn | Madmole | Mono Beetle | Moto Bug | Moto Bug (Classic) | Mushmeanie | Newtron | Rhinotank | Sea Pawn | Spinner | Sweeper
Bosses
Metal Sonic | Big Arm | Shadow the Hedgehog | Biolizard | Silver the Hedgehog | Egg Emperor | Time Eater
Moves/ Techniques
Playable characters
Air Boost | Boost | Crouch | Freestyle Tricks | Grind Step | Grinding | Homing Attack | Hop | Jump Dash | Roll | Slide | Spin Dash | Spin Jump | Stomp | Super Sonic Boost | Wall Jump
NPCs
Chaos Spear | Ring Spark Field | V. Maximum Overdrive Attack | Warping arm attack
Color Powers
Cyan Laser | Red Burst
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bomb | Bottomless pit | Bumper | Conveyor Belt | Crusher | Dash Panel | Dash Rail | Dash Ring | Drop Target | Exploding Balloon | Fan | Flipper | Grind Rail | Horizontal Bar | Jump Panel (plate) | Jump Panel (ramp) | Meteorite | Mushroom | Prism | Pulley | Rainbow Ring | Rocket | Seed Propeller | Seesaw | Slot machine | Spikes | Spring | Spring Catapult | Spring Pole | Star Post | Zip Line
Items
Air Bubble | Boss Gate | Chaos Emerald | Container (Steel Container , Wooden Container ) | Crank | Goal Plate | Goal Ring | Item Box (1UP , Explosion , Invincible , Magnetic Shield , Shield , Super Ring , Time Item ) | Ring | Sphere | Stomping Shoes | Wisp Capsule
English voice actors
Roger Craig Smith (Modern Sonic , Wisp announcer) | Mike Pollock (Classic Eggman , Modern Eggman ) | Kate Higgins (Classic Tails , Modern Tails ) | Kirk Thornton (Shadow ) | Quinton Flynn (Silver )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Modern Sonic ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Classic Eggman , Modern Eggman ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Modern Tails ) | Takuto Yoshinaga (Classic Tails ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver ) | Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
Music
Songs
"Back 2 Back " | "Vengeance is Mine "
Albums
20 Years of Sonic Music | Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack | History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack Blue Edition
Other
Sonic's birthday | Boss Health Gauge | Boost Gauge | Collection | Corkscrew | Death Egg | Egg Emperor | Life | Loop | Orca | Rank | Sonic Generations (manga) | Sonic Generations of Skate | Time Attack | Time Hole | Totem pole | Tunnel | Water | White Space | Wisp Gauge