Robin

The Robin^[1] (つばめ^[2], Tsubame^?, lit. "Swallow") is a creature that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a race of bird Animals used for raising Chao.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

The Robins made their appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog CD, where they are shown to inhabit Little Planet. In this game, Robins will appear and happily fly around in Wacky Workbench alongside other Animals after certain conditions are met. The players can either ensure a good future for this Round by collecting its Time Stone or destroying the robot transporter hosted there to make the Robins appear in the good future, or they can destroy a Zone's Metal Sonic Projector to make the Robins appear in every timeframe of said Zone.

Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

In Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, Robins can alter the stats, appearance and personality of a Chao in gameplay. These animals are found inside Badniks. Simply destroy the Badnik to release the Robin inside, and then touch it to pick it up. When released, the Robins have a green sphere around them, which disappears shortly afterwards. They are found in the following Action Stages:

Upon entering a Chao Garden with a Robin, it will leave the playable character and run around the garden. The Robin will sparkle if it has not given them to a Chao in the garden. Should the player give a Robin to a Chao, the Chao will embrace it, attaining its appearance and behavior and raising its stats according to the Robin's. The Robin will then lose its sparkle and disappear shortly after.

Sonic Advance series

Sonic Advance

In Sonic Advance, the Robins appear as victims of Dr. Eggman, who used them as organic batteries for his Badniks. The Robins can be found in Secret Base Zone where they pop out of destroyed Badniks. Also, in the second Act of Neo Green Hill Zone, Secret Base Zone, Casino Paradise Zone, Ice Mountain Zone, and Angel Island Zone, the Robins pop out of destroyed capsules.

Sonic Advance 2

In Sonic Advance 2, the Robins appear as victims of Dr. Eggman, who used them as organic batteries for his Badniks. The Robins can be found in Hot Crater where they pop out of destroyed Badniks.

Sonic Pinball Party

In Sonic Pinball Party, the Robins play a role in the game's Story mode. In this game, the Robins were among the Animals that came to Casinopolis, only to get kidnapped by Dr. Eggman and turned into robotic slaves. To save the Robins and his other Animal friends, Sonic entered the Egg Cup Tournament. Once Sonic completes the game's Story mode, a shot of a Robin leaving Casinopolis together with Sonic's friends and the other Animals is shown.

Sonic Rush

In Sonic Rush, the Robins appear as victims of Dr. Eggman and Eggman Nega, who used them as organic batteries for their Badniks. The Robins can be found in Altitude Limit where they pop out of destroyed Badniks.

Stats

Sonic Adventure

Icon	Group	Color	Parts Acquired	Learned Behavior	Stat Boosts
	Fly	Purple	Feet, tail, wings	Spinning around	+2 Fly for every four Robins given^[3]

Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

Icon	Group	Color	Parts Acquired	Learned Behavior	Stat Boosts
Icon	Group	Color	Parts Acquired	Learned Behavior	Swim	Fly	Run	Power	Intelligence	Luck
	Fly	Purple	Feet, tail, wings	Flapping wings	+20%^[4]	+60%^[4]	-24%^[4]	+16%^[4]	+20%^[4]	+20%^[4]

Trivia

While described as robins in the English strategy guide for Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut,^[1] these Animals are actually swallows, as indicated by the Chao Secret Book for Sonic Adventure: Navigation Guide.^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Stratton, Bryan (17 June 2003). "Caring for Chao" (in English). Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 138. ISBN 978-0761542865.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 (in Japanese) Sonic Adventure Navigation Guide - Chao Secret Book. Softbank Creative. 16 March 1999. p. 10. ISBN 978-4797308624.
↑ Sonic Adventure - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Sonic Adventure DX - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails*
Non-playable characters		Amy \| Dr. Robotnik \| Metal Sonic \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Ricky, Pecky, Robin, Sheep)
Rounds		Palmtree Panic \| Collision Chaos \| Tidal Tempest \| Quartz Quadrant \| Wacky Workbench \| Stardust Speedway \| Metallic Madness \| Special Stage \| R2 \| Desert Dazzle* \| Final Fever*
Enemies		Amenbo \| Antlion \| Bigbom \| Dango \| Ga \| Hotaru \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Kemusi \| Kumo-Kumo \| Minomusi \| Noro-Noro \| Robot Ant \| Robot Bee \| Robot Beetle \| Robot Butterfly \| Robot Mantis \| Robot Mosquito \| Sasori \| Scarab \| Semi \| Taga-Taga \| Tamabboh \| Tentou \| Tonbo \| Yago
Bosses		EGG-HVC-001 \| Egg Tilter \| Egg Bubble \| Egg Conveyer \| Egg Razer \| Metal Sonic \| Egg Spinner \| Final Fever*
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Duck \| Propeller Flying* \| Spin Jump \| Super Spin Attack \| Super Spin Dash \| Super Peel Out \| Swim*
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Ring Spark Field \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper \| Capsule \| Chopper Block \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Zone \| Dropping platform \| Electrical conduit \| Electrical emitter \| Emerald Block \| Fan Block \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Lamppost \| Seesaw \| Shrink ray \| Snowblower \| Sphere \| Spikes \| Special Ring \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Switch \| Time Warp sign
Items		Air Bubble \| Goal Signpost \| Little Planet flowers \| Metal Sonic Projector \| Monitor (1-UP, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Super Ring, Shield) \| Ring \| Robot transporter \| Super Ring \| Time Bonus \| Time Stone \| UFO
Voice actors		Masato Nishimura (Sonic)
Music	Songs	"Brand-new World" \| "Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself" \| "Love you "Sonic"" \| "Sonic - You Can Do Anything" \| "Sonic Boom" \| "When we reach for you~Could it be right~"
Music	Albums	Sonic CD (vinyl album) \| Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix \| Sonic the Hedgehog Boom \| Sonic the Hedgehog CD Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other		Debug Mode \| Game Over \| Freeze \| Little Planet \| Loop \| Never Lake \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Time Warp \| Tunnel \| Water *Appears in the 2011 re-release only

Sonic Adventure

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| E-102 Gamma \| Big \| Metal Sonic*
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Beta (Mark II) \| Birdie \| Chao (Dark Chao, Hero Chao) \| Chaos (Chaos 1, Chaos 2, Chaos 4, Chaos 6, Perfect Chaos) \| Cream* \| Delta \| Epsilon \| Froggy \| Grandma \| Mr. Know-It-All \| NiGHTS \| Pachacamac \| Station Square Police Department \| Tikal \| 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 \| Lost World \| Hot Shelter \| 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 \| E-101 Beta \| E-101 Mark II \| E-102 Gamma \| E-103 Delta \| E-104 Epsilon \| E-105 Zeta \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Hornet \| Egg Viper \| Egg Walker \| Knuckles the Echidna \| Perfect Chaos \| Sonic the Hedgehog \| 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 \| Conveyor Belt \| Crank \| Dash Panel \| Dash Ring \| Drum Can \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| 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 \| 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 \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Carrier 2 \| Emerald Radar \| Freeze \| Game Over \| Life gauge \| Loop \| Mission Mode \| Mystic Ruins \| Shrine of Knuckles's race \| Sonic Adventure (LCD) \| Station Square \| Tails' Lab \| Tornado \| Tornado 2 \| Transporter Machine \| Water Exclusive to Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut* ^Exclusive to Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure

Sonic Advance

Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy
Non-playable characters		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 \| Glide \| Grinding \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hammer Whirl \| Jump Dash \| Giant Steps \| Insta-Shield \| Jump Attack \| Look down \| Propeller Flying \| Skid Attack \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Super Sonic Boost \| Somersault \| Swimming \| Tail Swipe
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Capsule \| Checkpoint \| Cloud \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Drum \| Fan \| Flipper \| Goal Plate \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Pole \| Special Spring \| Spikes \| Spring \| 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 \| Loop \| Moon \| Pulley \| Time Attack \| Tiny Chao Garden \| Time Over \| Tornado \| Trick Point \| Tunnel \| Water

Sonic Advance 2

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Cream \| Cheese \| Amy
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Vanilla \| Guard Robo \| Chao \| Animals (Deer, Elephant, Flicky, Gorilla, Koala, Kangaroo, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Robin, Sea Otter, Seal, Skunk)
Zones		Leaf Forest \| Hot Crater \| Music Plant \| Ice Paradise \| Sky Canyon \| Techno Base \| Egg Utopia \| XX \| True Area 53 \| Special Stages
Enemies		Balloon \| Bell \| Buzzer \| Circus \| Flickey \| Geji-Geji \| Gohla \| Hammerhead \| Kiki \| Koura \| Kubinaga \| Kura-Kura \| Kyura \| Madillo \| Mon \| Mouse \| Pen \| Piko-Piko \| Spina \| Star \| Straw \| Yado
Bosses		EggHammerTankII \| Egg Bomber Tank \| Egg Totem \| Aero Egg \| Egg Saucer \| Egg-Go-Round \| Egg Frog \| Super Eggrobo Z \| True Area 53 boss
Moves/ Techniques	General	Amy Dash \| Boost Mode \| Bound \| Chao Attack \| Chao Rolling Attack \| Crouch \| Double Spin Attack \| Drill Claw \| Double Punch \| Flying \| Grinding \| Hammer Attack \| Head Slide \| Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Mid-Air Glide \| Mid-Air Hammer Swirl \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spiral Attack \| Skid Attack \| Step Attack \| Super Hammer Attack \| Super Skid \| Super Sonic Boost \| Super Tails Swipe \| Swim \| Tail Swipe \| Wall Climb
Moves/ Techniques	Mid-Air Trick Actions	Big Air (Happy Spring, Hop Jump, Petit Step, Spiral Upper) \| Long Wind Jump (Burning Straight, Humming Top, Sweet Roll, Window Jump) \| Stop 'n' Slam (Bound, Drill Claw, Mid-Air Hammer Swirl, Propeller Descent, Soft Bomber) \| Quick Reverse (Back Attack, Back Rotor, Back Star, Milky Turn)
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Checkpoint \| Dash Panel \| Dropping platform \| Fan \| Gravity Control Switch \| Grind Rail \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Pole \| Spikes] \| Spin ring \| Spring
Items		Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Attack, Brake, Confusion, Invincibility, Maximum Speed, Mosaic, Random Ring Bonus, Ring Magnet, Shield, Warp) \| Chaos Emerald \| Ring \| Special Ring
Other		Auto Running \| Chao Bounce \| Chao Search \| Corkscrew \| Freeze \| Loop \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Tiny Chao Garden \| Tube

Sonic Rush

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Blaze (Burning Blaze)
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Cream \| Cheese \| Vanilla \| Dr. 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 \| Fire Boost \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop Jump \| Humming Top \| Jump Dash \| Jump Step \| Scroll Screen \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Boost \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bungee Rope \| Cannon \| Checkpoint Marker \| 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 \| Switch \| Winding Rope \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Item Box (5 Ring Bonus, Attract, Barrier, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Barrier, Max Tension Bonus, Max Tension Bonus (multiplayer), Random Ring Bonus, Slow, Tension Bonus) \| Ring \| Sol Emerald
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Eggman Nega) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream) \| Bella Hudson (Blaze)
Japanese voice actors		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
Music	Albums	Original Groove Rush
Other		Blaze's world \| Corkscrew \| Health Gauge \| Loop \| Rank \| Real-Time Interaction \| Time Attack \| Tension Gauge \| Water

[USGuide-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Stratton, Bryan (17 June 2003). "Caring for Chao" (in English). Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 138. ISBN 978-0761542865.

[JPGuide-2] 2.0 ^2.1 (in Japanese) Sonic Adventure Navigation Guide - Chao Secret Book. Softbank Creative. 16 March 1999. p. 10. ISBN 978-4797308624.

[3] Sonic Adventure - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.

[ChaoSADX-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Sonic Adventure DX - Animals. Chao Island. Retrieved on 26 May 2016.

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