Gun Beetle
Appearances in other media
Color scheme
Blue, white, red, yellow, black
Skills
Flight Energy beam emission
The Gun Beetle (ガンビートル , Ganbītoru ? ) is a recurring enemy in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a mass-produced robot model deployed by the military organization Guardian Units of Nations , and a part of Beetle series.
Appearance
Resembling the Mono Beetles , the original Gun Beetles look like grey balls with blue outlines and armor on the front. On top of them, they have a sharp blue cap with a red-striped edge. Below this cap, reaching from just behind the edge of their front armor to far behind their back, they have a horizontal yellow turbine disk with a red and blue-striped frame. On their "face", they also have a single yellow, red and white lens. Unlike the Mono Beetle, however, the Gun Beetles come equipped with a thin red gun barrel on their bottom and box-shaped magazines on their lower rear.
In Sonic Generations , the Gun Beetles' design was slightly tweaked. Here, their lenses were made more red and white, their cap was emblazoned with GUN's symbol and the number "01", and their gun became more advanced.
Game appearances
Sonic Adventure 2
The Gun Beetle first appeared in Sonic Adventure 2 and its remake Sonic Adventure 2: Battle . When attacking the player, it shoots one projectile at a time. It awards one hundred points when destroyed. They appear in the following stages:
The Gun Beetle shooting at Shadow in Sonic Adventure 2 .
Each Gun Beetle has different ways of attacking. Some Gun Beetles do not attack unless the player is close to them, while others will attack with two shots per second, even if the player is far away (especially in Hard Mode). In rare cases, the Gun Beetles may not even shoot at all. Gun Beetles are not immune to their shots however, so, if a Gun Beetle is hit by another one's shot, it will be destroyed.
When the player is within a Gun Beetle's range, its eye will start glowing red. It will then track the playable character's movements before taking aim and shooting at them.
Shadow the Hedgehog
In Shadow the Hedgehog , the Gun Beetle carries a variety of guns that it can use during battle, which can be picked up by Shadow the Hedgehog when it is destroyed. These weapons include:
Sonic Generations
In Sonic Generations , the Gun Beetle appears in City Escape and fires single projectiles again.
In other media
Sonic X
Sonic fighting Gun Beetles in Sonic X .
In the anime series Sonic X , the Gun Beetles debuted during the Sonic Adventure 2 adaptation saga. In this media, they were constructed after the Perfect Chaos incident to combat Dr. Eggman 's forces.
Trivia
In Shadow the Hedgehog , in a number of stages (such as Circus Park ), its full name is a "G.U.N. beetle drone sentry".
Gallery
Artwork
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Enemies
G.U.N troops
Blue Eagle | Bomb Beetle | Bomb Wing | Gold Beetle | Gun Beetle | Gun Hawk | Gun Hunter | Gun Wing | Hornet-3 | Hornet-6 | Hornet-9 | Laser Hawk | Laser Hornet | Laser Hunter | Mono Beetle | Phoenix | Rhino Cannon | Rhino Jet | Rhino Metal | Rhino Spike | Shield Hunter | Sky Hawk | Spark Beetle | Spring Beetle
Misc
Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-1 , Artificial Chaos P-100 , Cell , Float Type , Guard Type ) | Badniks (Buzz Bomber , Chopper , E-1000 , Gola , Unidus , Kiki ) | Boo | Boom Boo | Egg Beetle
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1P Stages
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2P Stages
Downtown Race | Grind Race | Planet Quest | Pool Quest | Deck Race | Pyramid Race
Locations
Black Market | Central City | Chao Garden (Dark , Hero , Neutral ) | Chao Kindergarten | Chao Stadium | Prison Island | Station Square | Space Colony ARK | Moon
Bosses
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Moves/techniques
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Level Up Items
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English voice actors
Ryan Drummond (Sonic ) | Connor Bringas (Tails ) | Scott Dreier (Knuckles /GUN Soldiers ) | Jennifer Douillard (Amy Rose ) | David Humphrey (Shadow the Hedgehog ) | Lani Minella (Rouge /Omochao ) | Deem Bristow (Doctor Eggman ) | Moriah Angeline (Maria Robotnik ) | Marc Biagi (Gerald /GUN Soldiers ) | Steve Broadie (President ) | Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) | Jon St. John (Big ) | Elara Distler (Tikal ) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Kazuki Hayashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Kanna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) | Yuri Shiratori (Maria ) | Kinryū Arimoto (President ) | Shun Yashiro (Big ) | Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
OST / Vocal Collection / Official / Sampler / 20th Anniversary / Passion & Pride
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Other
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*Appears or is playable only in the 2P mode **Stage is also playable in 2P mode ^ Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure 2 only
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Enemies
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Moves/techniques
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OST / Lost and Found
All Hail Shadow | Almost Dead | Chosen One | E.G.G.M.A.N. | I Am... All of Me | Never Turn Back | Tripod Baby | Vengeance is Mine | Waking Up | Who I Am
English voice actors
Jason Griffith (Sonic , Shadow ) | Sean Schemmel (Black Doom ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman , Gerald ) | Amy Palant (Tails ) | Dan Green (Knuckles ) | Lisa Ortiz (Amy ) | Kathleen Delaney (Rouge ) | Rebecca Honig (Cream , Maria ) | Carter Cathcart (Vector ) | David Wills (Espio ) | Amy Birnbaum (Charmy ) | Jeff Kramer (Omega ) | Andrew Rannells (GUN Soldier ) | Marc Thompson (Commander ) | Maddie Blaustein (President ) | Bella Hudson (Secretary )
Japanese voice actors
Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Black Doom ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman , Gerald ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) | Yuri Shiratori (Maria ) | Kenta Miyake (Vector ) | Yūki Masuda (Espio ) | Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy ) | Taiten Kusunoki (Omega ) | Takashi Yoshida (GUN Soldier ) | Banjō Ginga (Commander ) | Yutaka Nakano (President ) | Junko Kitanishi (Secretary ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Additional Chao )
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