Madmole

Madmole^[1] (モグモグ^[2], Mogu-Mogu^?) is an enemy that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mass-produced, mole-based Badnik model created by Dr. Eggman that pops out of metallic holes and throws mushrooms at its targets.

Appearance

Based on moles, Madmoles have blue and grey armor with yellow helmets on their heads and short hoe-shaped hands. They also wear protective blue glasses and have long noses.

The Madmoles' design have remained fairly consistent since their debut, except in Sonic Lost World where they had clamps for hands. Also, the Madmoles onboard the Flying Battery have a color scheme consisting of yellow shoulders and torsos, grey helmets and yellow glasses.

Game appearances

Sonic & Knuckles

In Sonic & Knuckles, Madmoles hide in metallic holes in Mushroom Hill Zone. When the player approaches, the Madmoles will pop out of their holes and throw mushrooms at the player. The mushrooms will not damage the player, but they will push the playable character backwards, usually into hazardous obstacles. The player has to avoid the mushrooms and defeat the Madmoles with a Spin Jump at the right time.

Sonic Generations

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, the Madmoles appear in Mushroom Hill (in Act 1 they can even be found in the same spots they were in their debut game). In this game, they retain their attack patters and methods from Sonic & Knuckles. The player can easily defeat them with a Spin Jump or Homing Attack.

Sonic Lost World

In the Wii U version and PC version of Sonic Lost World, the Madmoles returned as enemies. During the game, the Madmoles and the other Badniks got hijacked by the Deadly Six. They can be found in Silent Forest Zone 1 where they hide in groups in small burrows. Like in Sonic & Knuckles, Madmoles will pop out of their holes and they will pelt Sonic with bouncy mushrooms when he approaches them. The player can easily defeat them by using the Focused Homing Attack; the Flying Kick is useless against them as they will simply avoid it. Also, upon destroying a Madmole, an Animal is released.

Sonic Mania

In Sonic Mania, and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus, the Madmoles returned as enemies. Physically, the Madmoles look like they did in their debut game, except they are colored like those piloting the Flying Battery in Mushroom Hill Zone back in Sonic & Knuckles. In these games, they only appear in Flying Battery Zone Act 2, although they also make a cameo on a television screen after the fight with the Weather Globe in Studiopolis Zone.

In gameplay, Madmoles reside on plaforms outside the ship. In these areas, they sit in individual pods, from where they periodically send electrical currents through a network of connectors that are connected by orbs at their joints. When electricity courses through these otherwise-passable connectors, they become damage-inducing barriers that are impossible for the player to pass. By destroying the Madmoles with the Spin Attack, the connectors will be stopped for good, although the player can also destroy the connector's orbs in order to stop the flow.

Powers and abilities

Weapons

The Madmoles employ a form of highly bouncy mushrooms as projectile weapons against their foes. While they are not harmful, their resilience make them adequate for pushing foes back.

Trivia

Madmole's Japanese name "Mogu-mogu" comes from "mogura", which is Japanese for "mole."

A Madmole-like Badnik on the Flying Battery.

After completing Mushroom Hill Zone Act 2 in Sonic & Knuckles, a recolored Madmole can be seen on the Flying Battery, as it flies overhead. This Badnik was not seen again, not even in Flying Battery Zone itself, until Sonic Mania.
In the Wii U/PC version of Sonic Lost World, when Sonic gets caught by a mushroom thrown by a Madmole, it can sometimes clip Sonic through the floor and die.
In Sonic Mania, Madmoles are referred to as "Tuesday" in the game's files.

Gallery

Artwork

Screenshots

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Sonic & Knuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS) Sonic Lost World (Wii U) Sonic Mania

References

↑ Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Genesis) United States instruction manual pg. 20.
↑ Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Mega Drive) Japanese instruction manual pg. 31.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic, Hyper Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles, Hyper Knuckles)
Non-playable characters		Dr. Robotnik \| Rock Drill \| Mecha Sonic (Mecha Sonic's Super State) \| Animals (Flicky (Flicky's Super State), Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Rocky)
Badniks		Batbot \| Blaster \| Blastoid (Carnival Night Zone) \| Blastoid (Hydrocity Zone) \| Bloominator \| Bubbles \| Bugernaut \| Butterdroid \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chainspike \| Clamer \| Cluckoid \| Corkey \| Dragonfly \| EggRobo \| Fireworm \| Flybot767 \| Hyudoro \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Madmole \| Mantis \| Mega Chopper \| Monkey Dude \| Mushmeanie \| Orbinaut \| Penguinator \| Pointdexter \| RhinoBot \| Ribot \| Rock'n \| Sandworm \| Skorp \| Snale Blaster \| Spikebonker \| Spiker \| Star Pointer \| Technosqueek \| Toxomister \| Turbo Spiker
Zones	Sonic 3	Angel Island Zone \| Hydrocity Zone \| Marble Garden Zone \| Carnival Night Zone \| IceCap Zone \| Launch Base Zone \| Special Stages \| Bonus Stages
	Sonic & Knuckles	Mushroom Hill Zone \| Flying Battery Zone \| Sandopolis Zone \| Lava Reef Zone \| Hidden Palace Zone \| Sky Sanctuary Zone \| Death Egg Zone \| The Doomsday Zone \| Special Stages \| Bonus Stages
	Competition	Azure Lake \| Balloon Park \| Chrome Gadget \| Desert Palace \| Endless Mine
Bosses	Sub-bosses	Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft \| Doctor Robotnik's Whirlpool Machine \| Tunnelbot \| Self D-Struct Machine \| Iceball \| Swing'm Spikez \| Hei Hou \| Gapsule \| Barrier Eggman \| Guardian \| Heat Arms \| Egg Mobile-H \| Flying Eggman \| Red Eye \| Death Ball
Bosses	Zone bosses	Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft \| Doctor Robotnik's Waterspout and Depth Charge Machine \| Doctor Robotnik's Jet Drill Pod \| Doctor Robotnik's Energy Ship \| Doctor Robotnik's Freeze-O-Matic \| Ball Shooter \| Beam Rocket \| Big Arm \| Jet Mobile \| Hang Mobile \| Egg Golem \| Hot Mobile \| Knuckles \| Mecha Sonic \| Mecha Sonic's Super State \| Great Eggman Robo \| Final Weapon
Moves/Techniques		Bound Jump \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Gliding Knuckles Attack \| Hyper Flash \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Swim \| Wall Climb
Items		Air Bubble \| Balloon \| Banana \| Bomb \| Booster \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Change \| Chaos Emerald \| Cloud \| Continue \| Electrical emitter \| Fan \| Jump Stand \| Monitor (Water Shield, Flame Shield, Invincibility, Lightning Shield, Super Ring, Super Shoes, Extra Life, S, Eggman) \| Movable box \| Mushroom \| Pulley \| Ring \| Signpost \| Self-Propelled Bomb \| Slow-Down Shoes \| Snowboard \| Sphere \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spinning Top \| Star Post (Star Circle) \| Super Emerald \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Other		Conveyor Belt \| Corkscrew loop \| Crusher \| Death Egg \| Debug Mode \| Drum \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Floating Island \| Flywheel \| Freeze \| Giant spear \| Goal \| Gravity Control Switch \| Gumball \| High-speed elevator \| High-speed warp tube \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jewel Radar \| Perfect Bonus \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pole Elevator \| Relief \| Reverse \| Ring Shooter \| Seesaw \| Shuttle loop \| Slot machine \| Snowblower \| Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 \| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (LCD) \| Strange Relief \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Warp Point \| Winding Tunnel \| "Wonderman"

Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS)

Main article | Script | Staff | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters		Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic)
Non-playable characters		Biolizard \| Classic Eggman \| Classic Metal Sonic \| Classic Tails \| Modern Eggman \| Modern Tails \| Shadow \| Silver \| Time Eater
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 \| Chopper \| Crabmeat \| Crawl \| Dragonfly \| Flapper \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (spear) \| Gold Beetle \| Gun Hunter \| Kiki \| Klagen \| Madmole \| Mono Beetle \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie \| Newtron \| Rhinotank \| 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
Moves/ Techniques	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 \| Exploding Balloon \| Fan \| Flipper \| Grind Rail \| Horizontal Bar \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Meteorite \| Mushroom \| Prism \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Rocket \| Seed Propeller \| 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) \| 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)
Music	Songs	"Back 2 Back" \| "Vengeance is Mine"
Music	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 loop \| Death Egg \| Egg Emperor \| Orca \| Rank \| Sonic Generations (manga) \| Sonic Generations of Skate \| Time Attack \| Time Hole \| Totem pole \| White Space \| Winding Tunnel \| Wisp Gauge

Sonic Lost World (Wii U)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Virtual Hedgehog*
Non-playable characters		Amy \| Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky) \| Clawz \| Cubot \| Deadly Six (Master Zik, Zavok, Zazz, Zeena, Zomom, Zor) \| Dr. Eggman \| Gillwing \| Gulpo \| Jackle \| Knuckles \| Link* \| Nightopian \| NiGHTS \| Omochao \| Orbot \| Puffy \| Reala \| Tails \| Wizeman \| Yacker* \| Yoshi*
Wisps		Black \| Crimson \| Cyan \| Gray* \| Green \| Indigo \| Magenta \| Orange \| White* \| Yellow
Levels	Worlds	Windy Hill \| Desert Ruins \| Tropical Coast \| Frozen Factory \| Silent Forest \| Sky Road \| Lava Mountain \| Hidden World
Levels	Misc.	Circus* \| NiGHTMARE Zone \| The Legend of Zelda Zone* \| Yoshi's Island Zone*
Enemies	Badniks	Antlion \| Antlion Mother \| Aquis \| Balkiry \| Ball Hog \| Batbrain \| BFB \| Blowfish Transporter \| Blaster \| Bomb \| Burrobot \| Buzz Bomber \| Caterkiller \| Chopper \| Clucker \| Cluckoid \| Coconuts \| Crabmeat \| Crawl \| Crawlton \| Dragonfly \| Dung Beetle \| Egg Pawn \| Galaga Bee \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Gustav Turtle \| Jaws \| Laser Grabber \| Madmole \| Manbou \| Manta \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie \| Nebula \| Newtron \| Octus \| Orbinaut (Uni Uni, Unidasu) \| Penguinator \| Robot Ant \| Robot Butterfly \| Sandworm \| Slicer \| Snale Blaster \| Spiker \| Spikes \| Sprinkler \| Tarantula \| Tonber \| Turtloids \| Utsubo
Enemies	Other	Baku Baku \| Boo \| Boom Boo \| Cactus Ball \| Deku Scrub* \| Keese* \| Piranha Plant* \| Sandworm \| Sheep \| Shy Guy* \| Stalchild* \| Surprise Crocodile \| Yeti
Bosses		Zazz (Puffy) \| Zomom \| Master Zik (Gulpo) \| Zeena (Clawz) \| Zor (Jackle) \| Zavok (Gillwing) \| Deadly Six \| Eggrobo
Moves/ Techniques	General	Bound Jump \| Charged Dash \| Dash \| Double Jump \| Duck \| Flying Kick \| Focused Homing Attack \| Grinding \| Skydiving \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Sonic Boost
Moves/ Techniques	Parkour	Hang \| Side Step \| Vault \| Vault Dash \| Wall Climb \| Wall Jump \| Wall Run \| Wall Spin Dash
Color Powers		Black Bomb \| Crimson Eagle \| Cyan Laser \| Gray Quake* \| Green Hover \| Indigo Asteroid \| Magenta Rhythm \| Orange Rocket \| Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Billiard Ball \| Bumper \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Cloud \| Coconut \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Flipper \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Metal nut \| Minecart \| Musical note \| Prism \| Seesaw* \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Truffle Cannon \| Windmill
Items	General	1-Up \| Apple \| Asteroid Ring \| Blue Chip \| Bound bell \| Cage \| Casino Token \| Chaos Emerald \| Floating Item Box \| Invincible \| Item Box (Warp) \| Number Ring \| Power Sneakers \| Red Star Ring \| Ring \| Ring (NiGHTS) \| Shield \| Thunder Shield
Items	RC Vehicles	Helicopter \| Fighter Jet \| Stealth Jet \| Hovercraft \| Balloon \| UFO \| Omochao
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Zavok) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Orbot, Master Zik) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot) \| Liam O'Brien (Zazz) \| Patrick Seitz (Zomom) \| Stephanie Sheh (Zeena) \| Sam Riegel (Zor)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Yutaka Aoyama (Zazz) \| Yumi Tōma (Zeena) \| Makoto Terada (Master Zik) \| Chafūrin (Zomom) \| Yūki Tai (Zor)
Music		Sonic Lost World Bonus Soundtrack (Special Selection) \| Sonic Lost World: Wonder World EP \| Without Boundaries: Sonic Lost World Original Soundtrack
Other		Auto Running \| Cacophonic Conch \| Egg Mobile \| Extractor \| Havok \| Life \| Lost Hex \| Miles Electric \| Mission \| Moon Mech \| Rank \| Roboticizer \| Roboticization \| Secret Bonus \| Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween ComicFest 2013 \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Totem pole \| Wisp Away* \| Wisp Gauge \| Zeti "*" Wii U version only.

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

[1] Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Genesis) United States instruction manual pg. 20.

[2] Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Mega Drive) Japanese instruction manual pg. 31.

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