Klagen
Appearances in other media
Color scheme
Blue and purple
Skills
Levitation Bomb dentation Immobilization field Electric generation
The Klagen (クラゲン , Kuragen ? ) is an enemy that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a mass-produced, jellyfish-based Badnik created by Dr. Eggman .
Appearance [ ]
The Klagens are gray robots with purple and cyan coloration that appear to resemble jellyfish. It has a UFO-like disc for a head that has a single purple eye, and two arms that hang down with a disc at the end of each arm.
Game appearances [ ]
Sonic Heroes [ ]
In Sonic Heroes , the Klagen will approach the player upon getting in range. If it hovers over a character, it will capture said character by suspending them in mid-air with a tractor beam. Each Klagen can only capture one character at a time. When captured, that character cannot be switched to, which is signified by a white restricted sign over the character's icon. If the leader is captured, the player will automatically switch to a random, available teammate. Once the player destroys the Klagen, the captured teammate will be usable again. However, if all three characters are captured by separate Klagens, the player will lose a life .
Sonic Rush [ ]
In Sonic Rush , Klagens are common enemies that can be found in the underwater sections of Water Palace , though they are visually different from its appearance in Sonic Heroes and not able to capture characters in this game. Instead, there are two variants of the enemies each with different abilities; one drops bombs on Sonic or Blaze and the other generates electric shields in intervals to defend themselves, similar to the Kuraas from Sonic Advance , harming the player if they touch it. In both cases, the Klagens can be destroyed with a Spin Jump /Axel Jump and the electric shield Klagens can also be destroyed using the Super Boost /Fire Boost even while the electric field is active without harming the player.
Sonic Generations [ ]
Two Klagens, from the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations .
In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations , Klagens from somewhere across spacetime appear as enemies in both Acts of Water Palace . In gameplay, they retain their appearance and attack patterns from Sonic Rush .
In Water Palace Act 1 and Act 2, they remain stationary on spots above underwater ground, holding their bomb. Once they spot the player, an exclamation mark displays above them. Then, they immediately leave their bomb to fall below them, causing a small explosion on the ground that is capable of damaging the player if they come with contact with it. After that, they instantly reload another bomb and so the mentioned pattern gets repeated.
In Act 1 of the Water Palace, they are rarely seen; being randomly scattered among the plentiful Electric Klagens . While in the second Act, they are more in number and mostly appear in groups.
Variants [ ]
Gold Klagen [ ]
There is a gold variant of the Klagen named the Gold Klagen that teleports the captured team member to another dimension after a set period of time in captivity. Tails' description of this Badnik is "If that Gold Robot captures one of us it will take them away, we have to destroy it before any of us get caught."
In other media [ ]
Books and comics [ ]
Archie Comics [ ]
Klagens, from Sonic the Hedgehog #269 .
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics , several Klagens appear. They are decommissioned Badniks that work as security guards under the supervision of Scratch at Breeze Media .
IDW Publishing [ ]
A Klagen, from Sonic the Hedgehog #51 .
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing , when Metal Sonic used his V. Maximum Overdrive Attack to damage Sonic , Tails , and Belle 's stolen escape aircraft, two Klagens were among the group of Badniks attempting to avoid the rapidly descending ship.[1]
Trivia [ ]
The Klagen has a time of about twenty to thirty seconds before it releases the captured team member.
However, sometimes the Klagen's programming will glitch and it will keep the Team Member forever, until either the area is left or it gets destroyed.
The name Klagen comes from the Japanese word "kurage ," which means "jellyfish."
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Artwork [ ]
Sprites [ ]
Models [ ]
Screenshots [ ]
Playable characters
Team Sonic
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails (Super Tails ) · Knuckles (Super Knuckles )
Team Dark
Shadow · Rouge · Omega
Team Rose
Amy · Cream · Cheese · Big
Team Chaotix
Espio · Charmy · Vector
Non-playable characters
Eggman · Metal Sonic (Neo Metal Sonic ) · Chocola · Froggy · Shadow Android · Omochao · Dark Chao · Chao
1P Play stages
Sea Gate · Seaside Hill · Ocean Palace · Grand Metropolis · Power Plant · Casino Park · BINGO Highway · Rail Canyon · Bullet Station · Frog Forest · Lost Jungle · Hang Castle · Mystic Mansion · Egg Fleet · Final Fortress · Special Stage
2P Play stages
Action Race
Seaside Hill · Grand Metropolis · BINGO Highway
Battle
City Top · Casino Ring · Turtle Shell
Bobsled Race
Seaside Course · City Course · Casino Course
Expert Race
Frog Forest · Rail Canyon · Egg Fleet
Quick Race
Road Rock · Mad Express · Terror Hall
Ring Race
Egg Treat · Pinball Match · Hot Elevator
Special Stages
Special Stage 1 · Special Stage 2 · Special Stage 3
Enemies
Bomb Flapper · Cameron · Cannon Flapper · E-2000 · E-2000R · Egg Bishop /Egg Magician · Egg Hammer · Egg Knight · Egg Pawn (Casino version ) · Falco · Flapper · Gold Cameron · Gold Klagen · Gun Flapper · Heavy-Egg Hammer · Klagen · Laser Flapper · Needle Flapper · Pumpkin Ghost · Rhinoliner · Search Flapper · Solid Flapper · Solid Pawn
Bosses
Egg Hawk · Team Sonic , Dark , Rose , Chaotix · Robot Carnival · Egg Albatross · Robot Storm · Egg Emperor · Metal Madness · Metal Overlord
Moves/ techniques
Speed
Homing Attack · Jump Dash · Kick · Light Dash · Lightspeed Attack · Propeller Hammer · Rocket Accel · Shuriken · Spin · Spin Jump · Swinging Hammer Attack · Tornado Jump (Black Tornado , Blue Tornado , Leaf Swirl , Tornado Hammer ) · Triangle Jump
Fly
Ascending Flight · Cheese Attack · Dummy Ring Bomb · Spin Jump · Sting Attack · Thunder Shoot · Quick Ascent
Power
Auto Homing · Body Press · Bubblegum Descent · Fire Combination · Fire Dunk · Fire Launcher · Fireball Jump · Forward Power Attack · Hammer Down · Jump Fire Knock · Jump Fireball · Remote Power Attack (Fireball , Fire Knock ) · Spin Jump · Triangle Dive · Umbrella Descent · Wide Power Attack (Big Fishing , Omega Arm , Vector Breath , Volcanic Dunk )
Team Blasts
Sonic Overdrive · Chaos Inferno · Flower Festival · Chaotix Recital · Super Sonic Power
Other
Chaos Control · Crouch · Crystal Attack · Grind Step · Grinding
Gimmicks and obstacles
Ball Switch · Bingo · Bobsled · Bomb · Bumper · Bumper wall · Cannon · Check Point · Conveyor Belt · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Detonator Switch · Drop Target · Fan · Fireball · Flipper · Flower · Formation Change Gate · Giant Frog · Giant Switch · Grind Rail · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Kao · Laser field · Mushroom · Orb switch · Pole · Power Gong · Propeller · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spring · Target Switch · Track switch · Triangle Bumper · Trolley · Vine · Warp Flower · Weight · Wide spring
Items
Capsule · Car · Casino chip · Castle Key · Cell key · Chaos Emerald · Container (Cage , Case , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) · Emblem · Engine Core · Floating Item Box · Goal Ring · Hermit crab · Item Box (1 UP , Barrier , Fly Charge , High Speed , Invincible , Rings , Power Core , Team Blast Ring ) · Light spider marking · Power Core · Ring · Special Stage Key · Sphere · Torch
Voice actors
English
Ryan Drummond (Sonic , Metal Sonic ) · Deem Bristow (Eggman ) · William Corkery (Tails ) · Scott Dreier (Knuckles ) · David Humphrey (Shadow ) · Lani Minella (Rouge , Omochao ) · Jon St. John (Omega , Big ) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy ) · Sarah Wulfeck (Cream ) · Bill Corkery (Espio ) · Marc Biagi (Vector ) · Emily Corkery (Charmy )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic , Metal Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) · Taiten Kusunoki (Omega ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) · Takashi Nagasako (Big ) · Yūki Masuda (Espio ) · Kenta Miyake (Vector ) · Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy ) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao )
Music
Songs
"Sonic Heroes " · "We Can " · "This Machine " · "Follow Me " · "Team Chaotix " · "What I'm Made of... "
Albums
Complete Trinity: Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrax · Triple Threat: Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax · Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack · Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other
Alligator · Armored train · Audio Room · Chaotix Detective Agency · Dummy Ring · Egg Bazooka · Egg Emperor · Egg Fleet · Egg Gun · Egg Spear · Fly Type · Health Gauge · HEXAeco · Life · Loop · Moon · Orca · Palm plant · Power Type · Rank · Sonic Heroes Official Guidebook · Sonic Heroes: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Heroes Puzzle · Speed Type · Super Hard Mode · Team Blast Gauge · Tornado 2
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Blaze (Burning Blaze )
Non-playable characters
Cream · Cheese · Vanilla · Eggman · Eggman Nega · Animals (Camel , Cat , Elephant , Gorilla , Koala , Kangaroo , Lion , Mole , Monkey , Parrot , Peacock , Penguin , Rabbit , Robin , Seal , Skunk , Flicky , Ricky , Pocky , Wocky )
Stages
Leaf Storm · Water Palace · Mirage Road · Night Carnival · Huge Crisis · Altitude Limit · Dead Line · Unknown · Exception · Special Stage
Enemies
Battle Flapper · Bomb Hawk · Cannon Flapper · Egg Bishop · Egg Hammer · Egg Pawn · Egg Pawn Bunny · Egg Pawn Manager (gun) · Egg Pawn Manager (SF gun) · Falco · Flapper · Gun Hunter · Klagen · Knight Pawn · Laser Flapper · Rhino Cannon · Sea Pawn · Solid Pawn
Bosses
Egg Hammer Mega · Egg Turtle · Egg Scarab · Egg Libra · Egg Hammer Fortress · Egg Eagle · Sonic /Blaze · Egg King · Egg Salamander
Moves/techniques
Axel Jump · Axel Tornado · Boost Mode · Burning Fire Boost · Burst Dash · Burst Hover · Crouch · Fire Boost · Grinding · Homing Attack · Hop Jump · Humming Top · Jump Dash · Jump Step · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Super Boost · Super Sonic Boost · Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bungee Rope · Cannon · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Electrical emitter · Giant Waterwheel · Grind Rail · Hang Glider · High-speed warp tube · Jump Panel · Rainbow Ring · Special Generator · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post · Switch · Winding Rope · Zip Line
Items
Air bubble · Chaos Emerald · Floating Item Box · Goal Ring · Item Box (5 Ring Bonus , Attract , Confusion , Invincible , Magnetic Shield , Maximum Tension Bonus , (multiplayer ), Random Ring Bonus , Shield , Slow , Tension Bonus ) · Ring · Sol Emerald
Voice actors
English
Jason Griffith (Sonic ) · Mike Pollock (Eggman , Eggman Nega ) · Amy Palant (Tails ) · Rebecca Honig (Cream ) · Bella Hudson (Blaze )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman , Eggman Nega ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) · Nao Takamori (Blaze )
Music
Songs
"A New Day " · "Right There, Ride On " · "Back 2 Back " · "Ethno Circus " · "Ska Cha Cha " · "Jeh Jeh Rocket " · "Get Edgy " · "What U Need " · "Metal Scratchin' " · "Vela Nova " · "Bomber Barbara " · "Wrapped in Black " · "Raisin' Me Up "
Albums
Sonic Rush Original Groove Rush
Others
Corkscrew · Health Gauge · Life · Loop · Rank · Real-Time Interaction · Sol Dimension · Sonic Rush Strongest Strategy Guide · Time Attack · Tension Gauge · Water
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