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This character exists primarily or exclusively within the Sonic Underground continuity.
Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.
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It's over, hedgehogs! The prophecy will never come true!


— Dr. Robotnik, Sonic Underground

Doctor Robotnik is the main antagonist of the Sonic Underground television series. He is the evil dictator over Mobius who is assisted in his schemes by Sleet and Dingo.

Appearance[]

Robotnik has many different design changes. First off, he has a longer and more colored mustache than in the normal games. He also has a roboticized arm after an incident that happened to him in the Underground. He wears a long belt going around his waist. His boots are shorter and more colorful. Finally, he sports a cape, supported by big, heavy shoulder pads. Dr. Robotnik was modified specifically to look like he was a mechanic.

While planning for his alleged wedding to Queen Aleena Hedgehog (and later during the royal adoption ceremony), Robotnik wore a white militaristic uniform with red ribbons across the front, black-and-red epaulets, a red, fur lined mantle, medals on the left side of his breast and a bearskin hat.

Personality[]

Robotnik is a self-centered, narcissistic, sociopathic, manipulative, paranoid, and elitist control freak who desires absolute authority over everyone and everything, and he will go to extreme lengths to maintain his powerful position. In fact, he would sooner allow the world to be destroyed, along with himself, than see his grip of power be relinquished back to the Hedgehog Dynasty, the rightful ruling family over Mobius. On top of that, not even mass infanticide is off the table for this madman, as he would destroy Sanctuary, a place where freedom fighters raise their infants and children, just to permanently quell any and all resistance. Like any corrupt politician, Robotnik can lie, deceive, and manipulate people, and Robotnik's "leadership" carefully blends coercion with manipulation, as those loyal and useful to him enjoy prosperous lives, while enemies or underperforming minions are disposed of quickly (usually through roboticization). While the loyal elite live comfortably, the lower classes live in abject squalor thanks to overtaxing, and those who fail to work hard enough face roboticization.

Powers and abilities[]

History[]

TV series[]

Dr. Robotnik began his rule by seizing the great city of Mobotropolis from the current monarch, Queen Aleena, and had it converted into his capital city: Robotropolis. After a bounty was placed on the newborn children of the queen, she was forced to go into hiding. Meanwhile, Dr. Robotnik roboticized each citizen but keep the wealthy around to help fund his polluted factories. Queen Aleena was forced to separate with her offspring after hearing a prophesy from the Oracle of Delphius. Dr. Robotnik would have each of the children's foster parents (Chuck, Lady Windermere and Farrell) captured and roboticized. Yet resistance was met in the form of the queen’s children, who were now grown. Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonia, and Manic, now part of a musical band would grow to be the biggest enemy in Dr. Robotnik's rule since he came into power.

While Robotnik mostly stayed on the sidelines during the ongoing war with the resistance, one of the major things he did in the beginning was where he tried to destroy Sonic. However, it backfired when Sonic foiled his plans. He only captured Sonic successfully one time, Sonia a couple times, and Manic multiple times. One of the more famous incidents was where Sonia was faced with a choice to save either Manic or Sonic; if she refused, both would be subject to the Roboticizer. Another instance was when he falsely found Bartleby MontClair guilty of treason in a show trial meant to be a trap for the triplets (rather than merely condemn him with an bill of attainder/act of attainder that would strip him of his wealth, lands, and possessions), sentencing the aristocratic mink to roboticization and never allowing him to speak in his defense.

Archie Comics[]

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Dr. Robotnik, from Sonic Super Special #10.

Evil Sonic would come to invade Robotnik's dimension one day, seeking out pieces of the Giant Borg, only to be captured by Dingo and Sleet. When brought in, he would mistake Dr. Robotnik for an alternate version of him called Robo-Robotnik. Likewise, Dr. Robotnik would also mistake Evil Sonic for his version of Sonic. Evil Sonic would give him all the pieces of the Giant Borg, but Dr. Robotnik had him sent away anyway to be roboticized.[1]

Dr. Robotnik would reassemble the Giant Borg and used it to seek out Sonia, Manic, and the rest of their resistance. To his surprise, Sonic would come out to challenge him, even though he thought he captured him. Using a heat-seeking-missile, Dr. Robotnik fired upon Sonic, only to be taken by surprised by two other versions of Sonic: Zonic the Zone Cop and Sonic Prime. Sonic would then turn the missile back at the Giant Borg, destroying it and ending Underground Robotnik’s rampage. He was last seen hanging from a pole above a building, mocked by the free and deroboticized citizens.[1]

Due to being part of the old multiverse, it is highly likely that Dr. Robotnik was wiped from existence when the multiverse collapsed.

Quotes[]

"I'm declaring war on the resistance!"
—Dr. Robotnik
"Next time, Hedgehogs!"
—Dr. Robotnik
"Now, for starters; I'm going to close my eyes and count to 10. It'll make this finale very interesting, not for you, but, for me."
—Dr. Robotnik
"Mr. Sonic Hedgehog. Before the sun sets today, you too, will be walking down the aisle to the Roboticizer!"
—Dr. Robotnik
"HEDGEHOGS!!!"
—Dr. Robotnik's final line in the series

Trivia[]

  • This version of Robotnik reuses his design from the Sonic the Hedgehog television series, though changing minor things such as changing the lower half of his outfit from black to red, the soles and toe caps of his shoes from red to yellow, also his cape changed from yellow to red, his collar being orange instead of yellow, and completely covering the skin of his right bicep.
  • His artwork also notably retraces his one from his SatAM counterpart, albeit with the said changes.
  • Some artworks depict his shoulder pads as yellow, whereas in the actual show they are red.
  • Although unlike his previous appearance from SatAM, some scenes show his red eyes having visible black pupils which his Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series design has.
  • There are multiple scenes where his black pants are incorrectly coloured red.
  • His voice actor Garry Chalk, also played Grounder in the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series.
  • According to an early production document, Robotnik was going to have a thin twin brother named Grotty (short for "grotesque").[2]
  • Robotnik's defeat in his Archie Comics appearance is the closest possible to a canon ending for Sonic Underground, as the series was cancelled before an official ending could be written.
  • Even though he is defeated in the final episode, his defeat was implied to not be permanent just like his previous defeats, and due to the series' cancellation, its never been revealed if Sonic and his siblings reunited with their mother (thus fulfilling the "Council of Four" prophecy told by the Oracle of Delphius) and restored peace and freedom on Mobius, or if Robotnik otherwise successfully defeated and roboticized/killed them.
    • And not only is this version of Dr. Eggman a Karma Houdini (as he was never completely punished for his actions), but also one of the few versions of him who was overall successful in dominating the planet, as the three protagonists were merely infants when they family was overthrown and their planet was taken over.

See also[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sonic Super Special #10, "Zone Wars: A Tale of Two Hedgehogs"
  2. [1]
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