Mushmeanie

Mushmeanie^[1] (ヒドゥン^[2], Hidun^?, lit. "Hidden") is an enemy that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mass-produced, mushroom-based Badnik model created by Dr. Eggman that hops around with a mushroom helmet.

Appearance

Taking the appearance of a mushrooms, the Mushmeanies are robots consisting of a purple head with two small eyes and a gray spring on the bottom. They also wear an orange mushroom cap with yellow spots as protection. Originally, Mushmeanie had black eyes, but they were later re-dyed cyan in Sonic Generations and Sonic Lost World.

Game appearances

Sonic & Knuckles

Mushmeanies first appeared in Sonic & Knuckles and its add-on continuation, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. The player encounters them only in Mushroom Hill Zone, where they hop around as tricky obstacles that will damage a reckless player upon touch. The Mushmeanies must be hit twice with the Spin Jump or Spin Attack to be defeated, as the first hit only removes their mushroom cap. It is only after their cap is gone that they can be destroyed. Also, upon their destruction, a Mushmeanie will release an Animal.

Sonic Generations

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, Mushmeanies appear in Mushroom Hill. In Act 1 of Mushroom Hill, they have orange caps, and in Act 2, they have blue caps.

In gameplay, they retain their original attack patterns and means of protecting themselves. However, they are more determined in pursuing their target, namely by continuing to follow the player over an extensive distance, even if they lose their caps. When no one is nearby them, they remain stationary, lurking below their caps. When Sonic gets in their range though, they will pop out from their hideout and bounce toward him.

Mushmeanies are defeated in the same way a in their debut, but in Modern Sonic's case they can be boosted into, instantly destroying them regardless of their caps.

Sonic Lost World

In the Wii U version and PC version of Sonic Lost World, the Mushmeanies returned as enemies. During the game, the Mushmeanies, along with the other Badniks, got hijacked by the Deadly Six. They are found in Silent Forest Zone 1, 2 and Sky Road Zone ?, where they retain their attack patterns and means of protection from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. However, in this game, the player can only remove the Mushmeanies' cap with the Flying Kick; afterward, they will be vulnerable to any attack. Also, upon their destruction, a Mushmeanie will release an Animal.

Powers and abilities

Mushmeanies possess springs that let them bounce around, and are equipped with mushroom cap-shaped helmets that can block an otherwise fatal hit once.

Trivia

In Mushroom Hill Zone Act 2 in Sonic & Knuckles, the Mushmeanies' mushroom cap changes color depending on the Zone's seasonal change.
Mushmeanies have never been appeared in Fleetway's Sonic the Comic series. However, in the 1996 Sonic Holiday Special, the Mushmeanie was featured on a pin-up, along with EggRobo, Sonic and other Mushroom Hill Zone Badniks.

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References

↑ Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Genesis) United States instruction manual pg. 19.
↑ 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)

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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, 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"
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 \| Ring Dash \| 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.

[1] Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Genesis) United States instruction manual pg. 19.

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

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