Eggman's robots
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The nefarious Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik is a scientist par excellence in many fields, but his greatest genius lies in robotics. Eggman's robots have been hassling Sonic and friends since the very first Sonic the Hedgehog, with Eggman designing more and more deadly automata in each and every game. Deployed everywhere from tropical paradises to industrial hellscapes, on orbital battleships and inside cyberspace, his robots are the fat man's key tools in his quest to take over the world!
Badniks
- Main article: Badniks
Used mostly to designate an enemy robot in the early North American and European versions of the Sonic games, classic badniks were usually powered by an animal trapped inside as an "organic battery". These robots often parodied nature by looking like metallic animals themselves; Motobug and Buzzbomber being archetypical examples.
E-series
- Main article: E-Series Robots
As the games progressed into 3D from Sonic Adventure onwards, Eggman's design preferences took a distinct swing towards humanoid, rather than animal-shaped, robots. These included the E-100 series of E-102 Gamma and its brothers. Double- and triple-digit E-series models were still powered by animals, but by the time of E-1001 (the ubiquitous Egg Pawn) in Sonic Heroes, the Doctor had apparently done away with the need for an organic battery in every robot.