Grounder (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

Grounder Robot is one of the secondary antagonists of the AngieYaz/RoseOfSharon reboot of the Sonic Underground television series, emigrated from the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series. He is a Badnik robot, created by Dr. Ivo Robotnik (by roboticizing a sea-green Mobian mole) as an adversary of Sonic the Hedgehog and his siblings. Along with Scratch, Coconuts, Skarlet, Sleet and Dingo, he is one of his main henchmen.
Grounder and Scratch serve largely as the comic relief in the series. Though he and Scratch are in charge of capturing Sonic and his family, they are incompetent and almost always fail (though not as much as Sleet and Dingo). These repeated failures frequently result in Grounder and Scratch receiving a lot of abuse (both verbal and physical) from Dr. Robotnik, but he shows significantly more favor to them than to Sleet and Dingo because they were of his own creation.
Like in Adventures, Grounder is voiced by Garry Chalk.
==Appearance==
Grounder is a small, short, stocky teal robot with tank tracks for feet, an antennae on the back of the top of his head, compass belly button as well as drills instead of his hands (though he can switch out his drills for hands at will) and nose, vaguely resembling a mole. He also carries a plate on his back that reads "X-14".
==History==
===Past===
In the recent past, Grounder was conceived by Dr. Ivo Robotnik to be a super-robot that could catch Sonic the Hedgehog and his siblings (along with any other Freedom Fighters) easily. He was created by roboticizing a captive Mobian mole. Despite both being on the same team, Grounder and Scratch did not get along well (at first) and fought each other over which of the two was Robotnik's favorite.
===Season one===
Grounder and Scratch first appeared in Beginnings. Grounder stated that Sleet and Dingo would be some new targets for his drills. He then witnessed his "father" force the two into his service, joining the two as their partners.
While not appearing much during the Sonic Underground's quest to find their mother and father and thus the fulfillment of the Oracle of Delphius' prophecy, they were occasionally fought by the Underground. Manic in particular saw them as little more than "distractions".
==Personality==
Easily the most dim-witted of Robotnik's henchmen, Grounder is amazingly stupid and incompetent, possessing an IQ of 25 (before being upgraded to 25,000), and fails at almost everything he does. He is highly gullible, easily being deceived by the simplest or bizarre of Sonic's disguises, and falls for practically any trick. Regardless of all his failures, however, Grounder is quite persistent and keeps trying no matter what. Although he is typically able to re-assemble himself, Grounder is prone to losing pieces of himself, especially his own head, and is seen having problems while trying to repair himself.
Grounder tends to fear Dr. Robotnik's wrath, which is why he tries to serve him at his best. Whenever things start to get out of control, he will not hesitate to lie. He is also shown to be kind of sensitive, which was shown when he cried after Robotnik threatened to turn him into a paper-weight.
Despite his incredible stupidity, Grounder is a malevolent robot who carries out his leader's orders without question. He is likewise very competitive, always trying to prove himself to be the better robot, specially in comparison to Scratch.
==Powers and abilities==
Grounder is the basically the brawn/artillery of Robotnik's henchmen - his robot body is filled with accessories, most of which are stored in his arms, which can be reconfigured into any number of weapons or tools, such as ropes, ray guns, helicopter blades, rocket engines, gas guns, Glue Guns, parachutes and boxing gloves. He also stores assorted equipment (like his Robocom Phone) in his torso and even has the components of a Swiss Army knife installed into his tongue.
Besides his gadgetry, Grounder is also noticeably stronger than Scratch, often doing the heavy lifting involved in setting up traps or assembling machinery. His treads also allow for considerable speed, usually carrying Scratch on his shoulders in attempts to catching Sonic. His treads can also turn into Rocket engines to increase his speed. Despite his low intellect, Grounder is also shown to be a competent cook.
Grounder is also fairly durable. Whenever he gets damaged, he is often dented up and sometimes, even broken to pieces, but never completely destroyed. Grounder has withstood great falls, being crushed, and even explosions. Sometimes, he is even capable of putting himself back together.
==Trivia==
*Grounder is based on a Badnik of the same name, from the game Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The largest difference between these versions is the Badnik found in the game is colored maroon instead of teal, and features slit-like eyes.
*Grounder is capable of replacing his drills with human-shaped hands should he need the use of hands. The appearance of Grounder's hands change from episode to episode, appearing as lined-metal hands.
**Grounder's most often used pair of hands resemble the hands of Burrobot.
*Grounder shares the same voice actor as Big the Cat.
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