Penguinator
Appearances in other media
Color scheme
Blue, black, silver, yellow, orange
Penguinator [1] (ペンギネーター[2] , Penginētā ? ) , later known in Japan as Pen Pen (ペンペン , Pen Pen ? ) ,[3] [4] is a recurring enemy in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a mass-produced, penguin-based Badnik model created by Dr. Eggman that attacks by sliding towards its target.
Appearance
Based on penguins , the Penguinators have a black body covered in blue armor with long arm plates and a pair of black eyes with a yellow beak between them. Their silver bellies have an orange line across their lower section and they have thin, orange feet.
In Sonic Lost World , the Penguinators' design remained mostly the same, the only difference being their eyes which had been colored cyan.
Game appearances
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
This Badnik made its first appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and its locked-on version Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles , where it is referred to as Penguinator [1] (ペンギネーター[2] , Penginētā ? ) . In these games, they can be found in IceCap Zone .
In gameplay, they slowly waddle back and forth. When the player gets close though, the Penguinators will charge towards the playable character by belly sliding to attack. The player can easily dodge this attack, but the Penguinators will only turn around and repeat their attack. Regardless, the Penguinators can be defeated easily with a Spin Jump or Spin Attack .
Sonic Rivals 2
In Sonic Rivals 2 , the Penguinator appears as a collectible card that the player receives after getting the high score in Sunset Forest Zone Act 3. It also unlocks the same Zone 's Chao Detector .
Sonic Lost World
Penguinators appeared in both the Wii U /PC and Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World . During the game, the Deadly Six hijacked all Badniks under their command, including the Penguinators.
Sonic charging towards Penguinator in the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World .
In the Wii U/PC version, Penguinators appear either alone or in groups in Frozen Factory Zone 4 and Silent Forest Zone 3. Overall, they use their attack patterns from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 . In the 2.5D sections of the Zones, they waddle back and forth, but will attempt to slide into the player when approached. However, some Penguinators will keep repeating their attacks, even when the playable character is not close by. In the 3D pipe sections, the Penguinators initially stand still, but will start belly sliding towards the playable character once they are approached.
In the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, Penguinators appear in Frozen Factory. In the 3D sections, they generally appear as stationary obstacles during the Snowboarding sections or will charge towards Sonic when he is approaching. In the 2.5D sections, they use the same attack pattern from the Wii U/PC version.
In the Wii U/PC version, the Penguinators appear either alone or in groups in Frozen Factory Zone 4 and Silent Forest Zone 3, while they appear primarily throughout Frozen Factory in the Nintendo 3DS version.
Powers and abilities
Penguinators attack by charging towards their targets with belly sliding, as their regular speed is too slow.
Variants
In other media
Sonic the Comic
Penguinators in Sonic the Comic .
In the Sonic the Comic series published by Fleetway Editions , the Penguinator are a part of Dr. Robotnik 's Badnik army and are among the third generation of Badniks the doctor produced.
Archie Comics
A Penguinator, from Sonic the Hedgehog #276 .
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics , the Peguinators are models from the Badnik Horde which are employed by the Artika Egg Army in the frozen regions of Artika .
Sonic Adventures
Penguinator in Sonic Adventures comic book.
In the Sonic Adventures comic book, Robotnik sent numerous Badniks (including Penguinators) on a huge chase after Sonic and Tails when they escaped from his spaceship. One Penguinator also acted as Robotnik's right-hand assistant throughout the storyline.
At the beginning, the Penguinator assistant reported Sonic's capture to Robotnik and granted him the Chaos Emerald which Sonic had before his capture. Later, the Penguinator confirmed that the signal was still active after Robotnik thought he had gotten rid of Sonic and Princess Alucion .[5]
Trivia
Unused Penguinator sprites
Penguinators in LEGO Dimensions .
In LEGO Dimensions , Penguinators appear in the Ice Cap Zone portion of the Sonic the Hedgehog World. They remain stationary when approached and make no attempt to attack, even when provoked.
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Non-playable characters
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Levels
Worlds
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Misc.
Nightmare Zone? * | Yoshi's Island Zone ^ | The Legend of Zelda Zone ^ | Circus ^
Enemies
Badniks
Antlion | Antlion Mother * | Anton * | 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 ) | Pata-Bata * | Penguinator | Sandworm | Slicer | Snale Blaster * | Spiker * | Spikes * | Sprinkler * | Spinner ** | Tarantula * | Thunder Spinner ** | Tonber * | Turtloids * | Utsubo *
Other
Baku Baku * | Boo * | Boom Boo * | Cactus Ball | Sandworm | Sheep * | Surprise Crocodile * | Yeti *
Bosses
Zazz | Zomom | Master Zik | Zeena | Zor | Zavok | Deadly Six | Eggrobo
Moves/ Techniques
General
Bound Jump ** | Charged Dash ** | Dash | Double Jump | Duck ** | Flying Kick * | Focused Homing Attack | Grind Step | Grinding | Sky Dive | Spin Dash | Spin Jump
Parkour
Hang | Side Step | Somersault Kick ** | Wall Climb ** | Wall Jump ** | Wall Run | Wall Spin Dash | Vault Dash *
Color Powers
Black Bomb * | Crimson Eagle * | Cyan Laser | Gray Quake ** | Green Hover * | Indigo Asteroid | Ivory Lightning ** | Magenta Rhythm * | Red Burst ** | Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles
Balloon * | Bingo | Bumper | Cannon * | Cloud | Coconut * | Conveyor Belt * | Dash Panel | Dash Rail | Dash Ring ** | Fan ** | Flipper | Flower Cannon | Flywheel ** | Grind Rail | High-speed warp tube * | Hint Ring | Iron ball | Jump Panel ** | Metal nut * | Minecart | Musical note | Planetoid Spring * | Prism | Rainbow Ring ** | Seesaw | Slot machine * | Snowball | Snowblower | Spring | Spring Catapult * | Truffle Cannon * | Underground Pipe ** | Windmill *
Objects
General
5 Ring Bonus ** | Air Bubble ** | Apple | Asteroid Ring | Billiard Ball | Bound bell * | Cage | Capsule | Case ** | Casino Token * | Chaos Emerald | Floating Item Box * | Item Box (1-Up , Aqua Shield **, Big 50 Ring **, Flame Shield , Invincible , Power Sneakers , Shield *, Super Ring , Thunder Shield , Warp *) | Number Ring * | Orb ** | Red Star Ring | Ring
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Green Material ** | Yellow Material ** | Blue Material ** | White Material ** | Iron Material ** | Black Material ** | Red Material ** | Bronze Material ** | Silver Material ** | Gold Material **
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
Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) | Ryo Hirohashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot ) | Wataru Takagi (Cubot ) | Jōji Nakata (Zavok ) | Yutaka Aoyama (Zazz ) | Yumi Tōma (Zeena ) | Mugihito (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
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