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Grounder
Species: Robot (Badnik)
Gender: None (referred to as male)
Series: Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
First seen: "Super Special Sonic Search & Smash Squad"

Grounder is a robot in the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog universe, based on the Grounder from the original Sonic 2. He is a loyal, yet dim-witted robot who serves Dr. Robotnik throughout the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series (which is where he is mostly recognized from), along with the chicken-like Scratch.

Appearance

He is a short, green machine with tank-like treads instead of feet. He has a drill for a nose as well as for hands. Grounder specializes mainly in gadgetry; he can turn his drill "hands" into any number of weapons or tools, stores assorted equipment (commonly, a telephone) in his torso, and even has the components of a Swiss Army knife installed in his tongue.[1] Grounder also seems to be the most fragile of Robotnik's robots (himself, Scratch, and Coconuts), getting blown to bits slightly more often than the others.

History

Dr. Robotnik created Grounder as a clone of Scratch to fill out the ranks of the Super Special Sonic Search & Smash Squad. Despite his best efforts, most of Grounder's attempts to capture Sonic and Tails end in complete failure. His constant failure makes Robotnik shout abuse and threaten him most of the time. Grounder is also easily tricked, as is Scratch; Sonic would often appear in disguise, as anyone from an old lady to a pizza delivery guy. Fooled time and time again by the hedgehog, Scratch and Grounder never really stand a chance, and are mainly used for comic effect.

In other media

Archie Comics

Grounder, along with Scratch, appeared in the earliest issues of the Sonic the Hedgehog comics published by Archie Comics where the two worked for Dr. Robotnik. However, the team's limited AI and armaments lead to many embarrassing defeats. As the Classic Badniks faded out of use, Grounder found new work in Casino Night under Mammoth Mogul. After the Super Genesis Wave, Grounder now worked for Breezie the Hedgehog.

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

Grounder is also a character in Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, a game which used many characters from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog as opponents. He is the eighth opponent in the game, and his AI is based on that of Witch from the original Puyo Puyo.

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Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog characters
Main Sonic the Hedgehog | Miles "Tails" Prower | Dr. Robotnik (Supreme High Robotnik) | Scratch | Grounder | Coconuts
Recurring Breezie | Momma Robotnik | Wes Weasley | Mad Mike | Big Griz | Professor Von Schlemmer | Sergeant Doberman | Robotnik Jr. | Professor Caninestein
Others Spelunk the Mole | Rocket the Sloth | Smiley the Shark | Sketch Lampoon | Dr. Warpnik | Prince Charnok | Splog | Boom-Boom | Big Daddy | Catty Carlisle | Music Destroyer | Lucas | Lucinda | Captain Rescue | Edgar Eagle | Ellie | Farmer Peck | Henrietta Peck | Harry the Hucker | Hodgepodge | Sonnette | Goobster | Wallace A. Ditso | Torch | O-Zone | Peeper | Chef Wolfgang Puke | Pseudo Sonic | Lawrence | Hacker | Surff | Princess Bubbles | King Saline | Boogey Man | Dream Meister | Miss Saccharine | MacHopper | Miss Sniffed | Updike | Mayor Fumfer | Guido | Dr. Quark | D.U.F.U.S. | Omletta | Katella | Collie Chang | Angus MacGull | Jebediah Wee | Coachnik | Bert Whoo | Roxy | Professor Turtle | Miss Possum | Six Gun Pete | Black Bot the Pirate | Merlynx | Princess Gwendolyn | King Arfur | Masonic | Penelope | Robotnikhotep | Magma the Volcano God | McMole | Andy Pandatelly | Merna the Merhog | Queen of the Merhogs | Captain John Paul Memo | Lt. Bananas | Colonel Stench | Robot | William Le Due | King Kommamachs | Easy Eddie | Throbbin Screech | Screech's Niece | Henry Walrus | Kwai Chang Crane | Grasshopper | Princess Sally Acorn
DRMBM-specific Has Bean | Arms | Frankly | Humpty | Davy Sprocket | Skweel | Dynamight | Spike | Sir Ffuzzy-Logik | Dragon Breath
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comics) characters
Pre-Super Genesis Wave
Main Sonic the Hedgehog | Princess Sally Acorn | Miles "Tails" Prower (Turbo, Titan) | Rotor Walrus | Bunnie Rabbot | Antoine D' Coolette | NICOLE | Knuckles the Echidna | Dr. Robotnik
Recurring Geoffrey St. John | Ixis Naugus | Julie-Su | Mammoth Mogul | Mina Mongoose | Monkey Khan | Scourge the Hedgehog | Snively | Uncle Chuck | Shadow the Hedgehog | Dr. Finitevus
Others Harvey Who | Isabella Mongoose | Arthur Mongoose
Post-Super Genesis Wave
Main Sonic the Hedgehog (Werehog) | Princess Sally Acorn | Miles "Tails" Prower | Rotor Walrus | Bunnie Rabbot | Antoine D' Coolette | NICOLE | Knuckles the Echidna | Amy Rose | Dr. Eggman
Recurring Cream the Rabbit | Cheese | Big the Cat | Shadow the Hedgehog | Rouge the Bat | E-123 Omega | Vector the Crocodile | Espio the Chameleon | Charmy Bee | Silver the Hedgehog | Blaze the Cat | Metal Sonic (Neo) | Orbot | Cubot | Walter Naugus | Eclipse the Darkling
Others Uncle Chuck | Muttski | Black Death | Professor Pickle | Chip | Gemerl | Deadly Six (Zavok, Zazz, Zomom, Master Zik, Zeena, Zor) | Gold the Tenrec | Professor Von Schlemmer | Wendy Naugus
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (16-bit)
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