Mono Beetle

Mono Beetle
Games: Sonic Adventure 2, Shadow the Hedgehog (game), Sonic Generations, Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS)
Affiliation: G.U.N.

The Mono Beetle (モノビートル) is a mass-produced G.U.N. robot that is part of the Beetle series. It's the most basic of the series, and is used as a base from where all the other models are designed and modified from.

It has no attacks and stands still only to excitedly move up and down slightly when it spots a character, serving little more than surveillance drones for the military. Their purpose in gameplay is often to serve as Homing Attack stepping stones, much like the Spinners.

Game appearances

Sonic Adventure 2

A group of Mono Beetles in Metal Harbor.

In their debut appearance in Sonic Adventure 2, Mono Beetles are among the most common enemies in the game and as such can be found in many stages. Sometimes, it might be invisible and suddenly appear when a character comes near their position. Each Mono Beetle awards 100 points when destroyed.

Mono Beetles can be found in the following stages:

Character	Stage
Sonic	City Escape, Green Forest, Crazy Gadget
Tails	Prison Lane, Eternal Engine
Knuckles	Aquatic Mine
Shadow	Radical Highway, White Jungle, Sky Rail
Dr. Eggman	Iron Gate, Sand Ocean, Lost Colony, Cosmic Wall
Rouge	Security Hall

Shadow the Hedgehog

The Mono Beetle returns in Shadow the Hedgehog as a very common enemy that appear in stages where G.U.N. troops can be found, such as Westopolis.

Sonic Generations

The Mono Beetle returns again in both versions of Sonic Generations where they can be found in their respective stages from Sonic Adventure 2: City Escape in the console/PC version, and Radical Highway in the Nintendo 3DS version. Their behavior and appearance are the same as they were in Sonic Adventure 2.