Jellygnite

Jellygnite,^[1]^[2] or Jellies,^[3] is an enemy in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mass-produced, jellyfish-based Badnik created by Dr. Eggman.

Appearance

Jellygnites are based on jellyfish; their main body is a metallic cap with a pair of eyes and three tentacles sprouting from their bottom. Each tentacle consists of four ball segments.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2013)

In the 2013 re-release of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the Jellygnites appear as enemies. In this game, they are only found floating around in the underwater sections of Hidden Palace Zone.

Similar to the Grabbers, the Jellygnites have more realistic movements. If a character gets caught in their long arms, it will electrify them and blow themselves up a short while afterward (without releasing an Animal) to damage the player. Like the Grabbers, the player can escape the Jellygnites' grasp by tapping left and right repeatedly. To destroy a Jellygnite, the player has to hit it from above to avoid being grabbed.

Sonic Mania

In Sonic Mania, and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus, the Jellygnites reappear as enemies. In terms of design, they look much like how they did in their debut, except their spots are now yellow. In these games, they appear underwater in both Acts of Hydrocity Zone.

In gameplay, the Jellygnites behave just like in their debut game: they swim up and down, and will catch those who get near them before trying to self-destruct. Also, upon destroying a Jellygnite, it will release an Animal.

Powers and abilities

The Jellygnites have an ability to swim. When they manage to catch their prey in their tentacles, they are able to self-destruct to inflict damage to their captive.

Trivia

Being the only new Badnik to be featured in the 2013 re-release of Sonic 2, Jellygnites do not appear in any known prototype versions of the game and were likely an original concept for the Zone's official re-creation.^[4]
Jellygnite's name may be a pun on "jellyfish" and "gelignite", a type of gelatin-like explosive.

References

↑ An administrator of the website Sonic Retro asked about the jellyfish Badnik's wiki entry, dubbing it "Jellygnite". http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=31061&st=2325
↑ Browsing through the files in Sonic Mania reveals that the Badnik is refered to as "Jellygnite".
↑ Simon Thomley (Stealth), through text, seems to have written "We call it Jellies!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLInKn8py9A#t=66m
↑ Interview with Craig Stitt, the mind behind Sonic 2's Hidden Palac (3 June 2014). Retrieved on 24 September 2017. “Craig Stitt: It's been SO long since I last played 'my' version of HPZ that I can't be specific about changes to the level, enemies, music.”

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Playable characters	Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails**)
Non-playable characters	Dr. Robotnik \| Animals (Becky, Cucky, Flicky, Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Picky, Rocky, Locky, Wocky, Micky, Tocky)
Zones	Emerald Hill Zone \| Chemical Plant Zone \| Aquatic Ruin Zone \| Casino Night Zone \| Hill Top Zone \| Mystic Cave Zone \| Oil Ocean Zone \| Metropolis Zone \| Sky Chase Zone \| Wing Fortress Zone \| Death Egg Zone \| Green Hill Zone* \| Hidden Palace Zone** \| Genocide City Zone* \| Sand Shower Zone* \| Rock World Zone* \| Wood Zone* \| Egg Gauntlet Zone \| Boss Attack Zone \| Proto Palace Zone** \| Special Stage
Enemies	Aquis \| Asteron \| Balkiry \| Banper* \| Batbot** \| BFish* \| Bubbler* \| Bubbler's Mother* \| Buzzer \| Cactus* \| Chop Chop \| Clucker \| Coconuts \| Crawl \| Crawlton \| Flasher \| Frog* \| Gator* \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Grounder \| Jellygnite** \| Lobster* \| Masher \| Nebula \| Octus \| Rexon \| Shellcracker \| Slicer \| Snail* \| Spiker \| Spiny \| Stegway \| Turtloids \| Redz \| Whisp
Bosses	Drill Eggman \| Water Eggman \| Hammer Eggman \| Catcher Eggman \| Submarine Eggman \| Drill Eggman II \| Hidden Palace Zone boss** \| Submarine Eggman II \| Flying Eggman \| Barrier Eggman \| Mecha Sonic \| Death Egg Robot
Moves/Techniques	Crouch \| Glide \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Jump \| Super Dash Attack \| Super Spin Attack \| Swim
Gimmicks and obstacles	Bomb \| Booster \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Fan \| Flipper \| Giant spear \| Goal Plate \| Gondola \| High-speed elevator \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Metal nut \| Seesaw \| Slot machine \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Star Post \| Stone pillar \| Switch
Items	Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Monitor (Eggman, Extra Life, Flame Shield, Invincible, Lightning Shield, Power Sneakers, Random, S, Shield, Super Ring, Teleporter, Water Shield) \| Ring \| Star Circle
Music	Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack
Other	Continue \| Corkscrew loop \| Death Egg Robot \| Debug Mode \| Egg Jet \| Mega Mack \| Perfect Bonus \| Shuttle loop \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Totem pole \| West Side Island \| Winding Tunnel Exclusive to the prototype versions of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. * Exclusive to the 2013 re-release version.

Sonic Mania

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles) \| Mighty* (Super Mighty) \| Ray (Super Ray*)
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy King, Heavy Gunner, Heavy Shinobi, Heavy Magician, Heavy Rider) \| Phantom Heavies (Phantom King, Phantom Gunner, Phantom Shinobi, Phantom Magician, Phantom Rider) \| Metal Sonic (Giga Metal) \| Animals (Becky, Cucky, Flicky, Locky, Micky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky, Tocky, Wocky) \| Jimmy \| Rock Drill
Zones		Angel Island Zone* \| Green Hill Zone \| Chemical Plant Zone \| Studiopolis Zone \| Flying Battery Zone \| Press Garden Zone \| Stardust Speedway Zone \| Hydrocity Zone \| Mirage Saloon Zone \| Oil Ocean Zone \| Lava Reef Zone \| Metallic Madness Zone \| Titanic Monarch Zone \| Egg Reverie Zone \| Special Stage \| Bonus Stage \| Pinball Stage*
Enemies		Armadiloid \| Aquis \| Asteron \| Ball Hog \| Batbrain \| Blaster \| Blastoid \| Bloominator* \| Bugernaut \| Bumpalo \| Buzz Bomber \| Cactula \| Canister \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chopper \| Clucker \| Crabmeat \| Dango \| Dragonfly \| Eggrobo \| Fireworm \| Flasher mk.II \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Hotaru \| IceBomba \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Jellygnite \| Juggle Saw \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Madmole \| Matryoshka-Bom \| Mega Chopper \| Mic Drop \| Monkey Dude* \| Moto Bug \| Newtron \| Octus \| Pointdexter \| Rattlekiller \| Rexon \| RhinoBot* \| Robot Bee \| Robot Beetle \| Roller mk.II \| Scarab \| Sentry Bug \| Shutterbug \| Silver Sonic \| Spiny \| Splats \| Sweep \| Technosqueek \| Toxomister \| Tubinaut \| Turbo Spiker \| Turbo Turtle \| Vultron \| Woodrow
Bosses	Mini-bosses	DD Wrecker \| Amoeba Droid \| Heavy Gunner \| Big Squeeze \| Shiversaw \| Hotaru Hi-Watt \| Dive Eggman \| Uber Caterkiller \| Meter Droid \| Drillerdroid \| Egg Pistons mk.II \| Crimson Eye
Bosses	Zone bosses	Death Egg Robot \| Mean Bean Machine \| Weather Globe \| Spider Mobile \| Heavy Shinobi \| Metal Sonic \| Laundro-Mobile \| Heavy Magician \| Mega Octus \| Heavy Rider \| Heavy King \| Gachapandora \| Phantom Egg \| Phantom King and Klepto Mobile
Moves/Techniques		Air Glide* \| Bounce Jump \| Climb \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Drop Dash \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Hammer Drop* \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Ring Spark Field \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Peel Out \| Swim \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Beanstalk \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bungee Rope \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Electrical conduit \| Fan \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Ice Spring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pulley \| Ruby Mist \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Spikes \| Spring \| Star Post \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Giant Ring \| Giant spear \| Item Box (1-UP, Blue Shield, Bubble Shield, Character, Hyper Ring, Eggman Mark, Fire Shield, Invincible, Lightning Shield, Player Swap, Power Sneakers, Random, S, Super Ring) \| Little Planet flowers \| Master Emerald \| Metal Sonic Projector \| Medallion \| Ring \| Robot transporter \| Schrodinger's Capsule \| Sphere \| Star Circle \| Time Warp sign \| UFO \| Warp Point
Music		Sonic Mania (vinyl album) \| Sonic Mania Original Soundtrack (Selected Edition) \| Sonic Mania Plus Original Soundtrack
Other		Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Continue \| Death Egg Robot \| Debug Mode \| Egg Mobile \| Freeze \| Klepto Mobile \| Level Select \| Little Planet \| Mega Mack \| Phantom Ruby \| Perfect Bonus \| Popgun \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Mania Adventures ("Sonic Returns", "Sonic and Tails", "& Knuckles", "Mighty and Ray", "Metal Mayhem", "From: A. Rose", "The Complete Mini-Series") \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Time Warp \| Tornado \| Winding Tunnel Appears in Sonic Mania Plus* only

[Sonic_1_and_2_getting_the_Sonic_CD_treatment_by_Taxman_and_Stealth-1] An administrator of the website Sonic Retro asked about the jellyfish Badnik's wiki entry, dubbing it "Jellygnite". http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=31061&st=2325

[Sonic_Mania_internal_files-2] Browsing through the files in Sonic Mania reveals that the Badnik is refered to as "Jellygnite".

[Sonic_2_Mobile_Launch_Stream_.28Debug_Mode.29-3] Simon Thomley (Stealth), through text, seems to have written "We call it Jellies!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLInKn8py9A#t=66m

[CraigStittInterview-4] Interview with Craig Stitt, the mind behind Sonic 2's Hidden Palac (3 June 2014). Retrieved on 24 September 2017. “Craig Stitt: It's been SO long since I last played 'my' version of HPZ that I can't be specific about changes to the level, enemies, music.”

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