Rhinotank

Rhinotank^[1] (リノタンク^[2]^[3], Rinotanku^?) is an enemy that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mass-produced, rhinoceros-based Badnik model created by Dr. Eggman.

Appearance

Rhinotanks are based on rhinoceros, and possess turquoise and gray armor. They are bulky robots with motor engines on their backs, a pair of black tracks on each side, small ears and a yellow horn on their noses. Above each of their tracks are also grey frames with yellow and black hazard stripes.

In Sonic Advance, the Rhinotanks were slightly modified. Here, they lack ears and back engines. They also have two horns on their heads instead of one, and they have only a single track that rises up horizontally from behind.

Game appearances

Sonic Adventure

First appearing in Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, Rhinotanks are encountered in the following Action Stages for each character:

Character	Action Stage
Sonic	Emerald Coast, Windy Valley
Tails	Windy Valley
Gamma	Emerald Coast, Windy Valley

In gameplay, Rhinotanks move around the terrain until they notice the player when they get nearby. They will then slowly start charging towards the player in a straight line. The player can easily dodge their attack and use the Spin Jump, Homing Attack or gun fire to defeat them.

Sonic Advance

In Sonic Advance. Rhinotanks are encountered in the Neo Green Hill Zone and Angel Island Zone. In this game, their attack patterns are similar to the RhinoBots' in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Usually rolling back and forth, they will start charging towards the playable characters when they get close. Using the Spin Jump, Spin Attack, Spin Dash or melee moves will defeat a Rhinotank easily. Also, upon their destruction, they will release an Animal.

Sonic Rivals

In Sonic Rivals, the Rhinotank appears as one of the collectible cards in the game, They player can collect this card randomly from racing in Story and Challenge Modes.

Sonic Generations

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, Rhinotanks from somewhere across spacetime appear as enemies in Emerald Coast. In this game, they have their original design.

In gameplay, much like in Sonic Adventure, they either appear alone on in groups and will slowly move back and forth until they notice the playable character, upon where they will slowly charge towards him. A Rhinotank can only feel the playable character's presence if he is close to it though, and it usually loses sight of the playable character during a charge when the player dodges it using a Spin Jump. Hence, it is easy to attack a Rhinotank before it charges by using the Spin Jump or Homing Attack. Alternatively, the player can just dash through them with the Boost.

Powers and abilities

Rhinotanks possess sharp horns that are capable of skewing an opponent.

In other media

Books and comics

IDW Publishing

Main article: Rhinotank (IDW)

A Rhinotank, from *Sonic the Hedgehog: Imposter Syndrome* #3.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing, the Rhinotanks are Badniks created by Dr. Eggman. Their past is virtually identical to their game counterparts', up until after the events of Sonic Forces.

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Models

Screenshots

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Sonic Adventure Sonic Advance Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS) Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS) Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS)

References

↑ Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) United States instruction booklet, p. 31.
↑ Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) Japanese instruction booklet, p. 34.
↑ "敵キャラクター紹介" (in Japanese). ソニックアドベンチャーオペレーションガイド. SoftBank. January 1999. p. 151. ISBN 978-4757203006.

Sonic Adventure

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Gamma \| Big \| Metal Sonic**^
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Beta (E-101 Mark II) \| Birdie \| Chao (Dark Chao, Hero Chao) \| Chaos (Chaos 1, Chaos 2, Chaos 4, Chaos 6, Perfect Chaos) \| Cream** \| Delta \| Epsilon \| Froggy \| Grandma \| Knuckles Clan (Pachacamac, Tikal) \| Mr. Know-It-All \| NiGHTS \| Station Square Police Department \| Unnamed Sonic robot \| ZERO \| Zeta \| Animals (Deer, Elephant, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Koala, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Robin, Seal, Sea Otter, Skunk)
Adventure Fields		Egg Carrier \| Mystic Ruins \| Station Square
Action Stages		Emerald Coast \| Windy Valley \| Casinopolis \| Icecap \| Twinkle Park \| Speed Highway \| Red Mountain \| Sky Deck \| Hot Shelter \| Lost World \| Final Egg
Sub Games		Sky Chase \| Sand Hill \| Hedgehog Hammer \| Twinkle Circuit \| Boss
Enemies		Beat \| Bladed Spinner \| Boa-Boa \| Buyoon \| Cart Kiki \| Cop Speeder \| Egg Keeper \| Electro Spinner \| Fighter Aircraft A \| Fighter Aircraft B \| Gola \| Ice Ball \| Icecap's unnamed aircraft \| Kiki \| Leon \| Mechanical fish \| Pirate \| Rhinotank \| Sky Deck's unnamed jet fighter \| Spiky Spinner \| Sweeper
Bosses		Chaos 0 \| Chaos 2 \| Chaos 4 \| Chaos 6 \| Beta \| Mark II \| Gamma \| Delta \| Epsilon \| Zeta \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Hornet \| Egg Viper \| Egg Walker \| Knuckles \| Perfect Chaos \| Sonic \| ZERO
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Bolt of lightning \| Climb \| Dig \| Flight Mode \| Glide \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hover \| Homing Attack \| Homing Missile Launch \| Jump Attack \| Laser Gun \| Light Speed Attack \| Light Speed Dash \| Lure Attack \| Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack \| Pick \| Propeller Flight \| Punch Attack \| Rapid Tails Attack \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Hammer Attack \| Spin Jump \| Tails Attack
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Arm Punch \| Bomb Attack \| Bomb Gun Attack \| Charge \| Double Punch \| Earthquake Attack \| Electric Arm \| Energy Ball Attack \| Flame Thrower Attack \| Guiding Missiles \| Instantaneous Liquefaction \| Laser Beam Attack \| Homing Tail Slice \| Inhale Attack \| Marble Attack \| Phantom Shadow Move \| Punch \| Quarter Attack \| Scorpion Attack \| Shockwave Attack (Chaos 6) \| Sonic Boom \| Spin Attack \| Spinning Spike Attack \| Spouting Attack \| Squash Roll Attack \| Swing Punch
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper \| Bumper Car \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Car \| Conveyor Belt \| Crank \| Dash Panel \| Dash Ring \| Drum Can \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flame dart \| Flipper \| Fountain \| Giant Ring* \| Goal Balloon \| Hanging Bell \| Helicopter \| Hint Box \| Hint Orb \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Jump Ramp \| Laser field \| Lit Panel \| Mirror \| Monkey Detonation Switch \| Orca \| Point Marker \| Power cube \| Rocket \| Satellite \| Slot machine \| Spiked bar \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Switch \| Teleporter \| Wide spring \| Wind Path \| Zip Line
Items	General	Air Bubble \| Cart pass \| Chao Egg \| Chaos Emerald \| Doll \| Emblem \| Emerald Shard \| Employee ID Card \| Item Box (5 Rings, 10 Rings, Extra Life, High-Speed Shoes, Invincibility, Magnetic Shield, Random Rings, Shield, Smart Bomb) \| Key Stone (Gold statue, Ice Stone, Silver statue, Wind Stone) \| Ring \| Sandboard \| Snowboard \| Sonic Token
Items	Level Up Items	Ancient Light \| Crystal Ring \| Fighting Gloves \| Jet Anklet \| Jet Booster \| Laser Blaster \| Life Belt \| Light Speed Shoes \| Long Hammer \| Lure \| Power Rod \| Rhythm Badge \| Shovel Claw \| Warrior Feather
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Corey Bringas (Tails) \| Michael McGaharn (Knuckles) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Jon St. John (Big) \| Elara Distler (Tikal, Station Square train voice, default menu voice) \| Steve Broadie (Gamma, Pachacamac, Mystic Ruins train voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kazuki Hayashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Shun Yashiro (Big) \| Kaori Asoh (Tikal) \| Jōji Nakata (Gamma) \| Tōru Ōkawa (Pachacamac) \| Kaho Kōda (Station Square train voice) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Mystic Ruins train voice) \| Elara Distler (Default menu voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Music	Songs	"Believe In Myself" \| "It Doesn't Matter" \| "Lazy Days (Livin' in Paradise)" \| "My Sweet Passion" \| "Open Your Heart" \| "Unknown from M.E."
Music	Albums	Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era \| Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album \| SONIC ADVENTURE OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK VINYL EDITION \| Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition \| Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation) \| Sonic Adventure Remix
Other		777 Slots Pinball \| Altar of Emerald \| Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Black Market \| Card & Pinball \| Chao Adventure* \| Chao Garden (Station Square Garden, Mystic Ruins Garden, Egg Carrier Island) \| Chao Race \| Chao Stadium \| Chao in Space \| Chao Machine \| Chao Search* \| Corkscrew \| Debug Mode \| E-100 Series \| Eggmobile \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Carrier 2 \| Emerald Radar \| Freeze \| Game Over \| Life \| Life gauge \| Loop \| Master Emerald \| Mission Mode*^ \| Mystic Ruins \| Shrine of Knuckles's race \| Sonic Adventure* (LCD) \| Sonic Adventure: Navigation Guide \| Station Square \| Tails's Work Shop \| Tornado \| Tornado 2 \| Transporter Machine \| Water * Appears in only the original Dreamcast version ** Appears in only Sonic Adventure DX ^ Appears in only the Sonic Adventure DX DLC of the 2010 remaster

Sonic Advance

Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Chao (Gold Chao) \| Animals (Deer, Elephant, Flicky, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Koala, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Picky, Pocky, Rabbit, Ricky, Robin, Sea Otter, Seal, Skunk)
Zones		Neo Green Hill Zone \| Secret Base Zone \| Casino Paradise Zone \| Ice Mountain Zone \| Angel Island Zone \| Egg Rocket Zone \| Cosmic Angel Zone \| X-Zone \| The Moon Zone \| Special Stage
Enemies		Buzzer \| Drisame \| GaniGani \| Hanabii \| KeroKero \| Kiki \| Kuraa \| Leon \| Mirror \| Mogu \| Oct \| Pen \| Pierrot \| Rhinotank \| Senbon \| Slot \| Tentou \| Wamu \| Yukimaru
Bosses		Egg Hammer Tank \| Egg Press \| Egg Ball \| Egg Spider \| Mecha Knuckles \| Egg Snake \| Egg Mobile-H \| Egg Drillster \| Egg X \| Super Egg Robot
Moves/technique		Climb \| Giant Steps \| Glide \| Grinding \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hammer Whirl \| Jump Dash \| Insta-Shield \| Jump Attack \| Look down \| Propeller Flying \| Skid Attack \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Super Sonic Boost \| Somersault \| Swimming (Tails) \| Swimming (Knuckles) \| Tail Swipe
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Capsule \| Checkpoint \| Cloud \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Fan \| Flipper \| Goal Plate \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Pole \| Spinning Wheel \| Special Spring \| Spikes \| Spring \| Volcanic Bullet \| Zip Line
Items		Box (? Ring, 5 Rings, 10 Rings, Barrier, Blind, Brake, Confusion, Extra Life, Invincible, Magnetic Barrier, Speed Boots, Transparency, Warp) \| Continue \| Ring
Other		Chao Search \| Life \| Loop \| Moon \| Pulley \| Time Attack \| Tiny Chao Garden \| Time Over \| Tornado \| Trick Point \| Tunnel \| Water

Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS)

Main article | Script | Staff | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Modern) (Super Sonic (Modern)) \| Sonic (Classic) (Super Sonic (Classic))
Non-playable characters		Biolizard \| Eggman (Classic) \| Metal Sonic \| Tails (Classic) \| Eggman (Modern) \| Tails (Modern) \| 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 (Modern) \| Buzzer (Classic) \| Chopper (Modern) \| Chopper (Classic) \| Crabmeat (Modern) \| Crabmeat (Classic) \| Crawl \| Dragonfly \| Flapper \| Egg Pawn \| Gold Beetle \| Gun Hunter \| Kiki \| Klagen \| Knight Pawn \| Madmole \| Mono Beetle \| Moto Bug (Modern) \| Moto Bug (Classic) \| Mushmeanie \| Newtron \| Rhinotank \| Sea Pawn \| Spinner \| Sweeper
Bosses		Metal Sonic \| Big Arm \| Shadow \| Biolizard \| Silver \| 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 \| Drop Target \| Exploding Balloon \| Fan \| Flipper \| Grind Rail \| Horizontal Bar \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Meteorite \| Mushroom \| Prism \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Rocket \| Seed Propeller \| Seesaw \| 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 (Sonic (Modern), Wisp announcer) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman (Classic), Eggman (Modern)) \| Kate Higgins (Tails (Classic), Tails (Modern)) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic (Modern)) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman (Classic), Eggman (Modern)) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails (Modern)) \| Takuto Yoshinaga (Tails (Classic)) \| 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 \| Death Egg \| Egg Emperor \| Life \| Loop \| Orca \| Rank \| Sonic Generations (manga) \| Sonic Generations of Skate \| Time Attack \| Time Hole \| Totem pole \| Tunnel \| Water \| White Space \| Wisp Gauge

[SA1-1] Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) United States instruction booklet, p. 31.

[SA1Jap-2] Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) Japanese instruction booklet, p. 34.

[AdventureGuideJP-3] "敵キャラクター紹介" (in Japanese). ソニックアドベンチャーオペレーションガイド. SoftBank. January 1999. p. 151. ISBN 978-4757203006.

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