Robin
Features
Avian anatomy Diminutive size
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 hologram 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
The Robin in 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
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
References
Main article | Scripts (Sonic , Tails , Knuckles , Amy , Big , Gamma , Super Sonic ) | Story Screens (Sonic , Tails , Knuckles , Amy , Big , Gamma ) | Credits | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery | Re-releases (DX , 2010 )
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
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
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. "
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
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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
Main article | Staff | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery
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
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 | Life | Loop | Time Attack | Time Over | Tiny Chao Garden | Tube
Main article | Staff | Script (Sonic , Blaze , Extra ) | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery
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
Albums
Original Groove Rush
Other
Blaze's world | Corkscrew | Health Gauge | Life | Loop | Rank | Real-Time Interaction | Time Attack | Tension Gauge | Water