Doctor Eggman

(formerly)

*"I'm going to enslave humanity and force them to serve as my machines. First Green Hills, then the universe, then the multiverse, then who knows?! Maybe it'll be enough? Full disclosure: you won't be there."*
―Doctor Eggman to Sonic the Hedgehog[src]
Doctor **Ivo Gerald Robotnik**, also known as **Doctor Eggman**, is an electrical engineer with five philosophy doctorates and an abnormally high IQ. He has created many robots, referred to by him as Badniks, with the purpose of tracking targets and combatting enemies. He was contracted by the United States Armed Forces to investigate the Green Hills Energy Surge. As his hunt for the cause of the blackout progressed, he discovered that it was executed by an extremely powerful alien named Sonic the Hedgehog, whom he would begin to track. After confronting him in Green Hills, Montana, he was defeated and stranded on the Mushroom Planet.

Robotnik fulfilled his vowed return when Knuckles the Echidna arrived on the Mushroom Planet and teams up with him to return to Earth and get revenge on Sonic. He soon had new plans to find the “source of unlimited power”, the Master Emerald, to conquer the world and defeat Sonic when it was first mentioned by Knuckles. Sonic and Tails teamed up to find the Emerald before him and thwart his plans, but Robotnik, betraying Knuckles, managed to absorb the Emerald’s power and became insane and all-powerful and began destroying Green Hills using a giant robot resembling himself, with plans to conquer the universe and further.

Knuckles teamed up with Sonic and Tails in a final showdown against Robotnik and managed to take the Emerald from him. About to finally kill Sonic, Tom, and Maddie, Sonic used the fragmented parts of the Emerald, the Chaos Emeralds, to transform into an extremely powerful being and finally defeats Robotnik by destroying the robot. In the aftermath, the Guardian Units of Nations began cleaning up the battle's leftovers and were unable to find Robotnik’s body, presuming him dead.

## Biography

### Early Life

*"I want you to know that the only person who ever punched me in the face was the school bully. He hit me in the cafeteria, causing a blunt-force contusion to the soft tissue surrounding my orbital bone. Humiliated me in front of the entire school! And you know what I did in response?"
"Uh, I'm assuming that you reported him to the principal's office 'cause , you know, that kind of behavior is really unacceptable."
"No, I examined the inefficiency of a world where brawn trumped brain, and I used technology to resolve that inefficiency. The boy ate his meals through a straw for a year. And I have never lost a fight... until today."*
―Ivo Robotnik and Tom Wachowski[src]
Ivo Gerald Robotnik was abandoned by his parents as a new-born and lived as an orphan in his early life. Because of this, he drank formula for sustenance. His intelligence developed rapidly in this time.

During one of his school years, the school bully had punched him in the face. The blunt force of the punch had caused a blood force contusion, or a nosebleed, and damaged the tissue around his skull. Robotnik was humiliated in front of the entire school, and instead of going to the principal's office to report the bully, he instead used his technology to seek revenge on his bully in response. Due to this, the bully consumed meals through a straw for a year.

### Working With the United States Government

*"He has a perfect operations record."*
―Sam Walters to the United States Armed Forces[src]
In his adulthood, Robotnik's mechanical intellect granted him contractual positions in the United States Armed Forces. Through these contracts, he became acquainted with agent Stone, who would go on to work as his assistant. He received training from the Native American Shadow Wolves, trackers of illegal immigration from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

#### Coup in Pakistan

*"Remember the Coup in Pakistan?"
"No."*
―Sam Walters and the Army Chief of Staff[src]
Ivo was contracted by the United States Armed Forces to invade the government of Pakistan and replace it with their own government. Robotnik succeeded, giving the United States of America jurisdiction in the region.

#### Uprising in Azerbaijanistan

*"Or the Uprising in Azerbaijanistan?"
"That's not even a country."
"Exactly. And you can thank Robotnik for that."*
―Sam Walters and the Navy Chief of Staff[src]
Robotnik was contracted to reclaim the territory of Azerbaijanistan, which had been taken in an uprising in the region. He succeeded, returning the region's jurisdiction to the government of Azerbaijan.

### Green Hills Energy Surge

#### Being in Charge

*"Now, you do what you're told. Stand over there on the edge of your personal abyss... and watch my machines do your job."*
―Ivo Robotnik to Bennington[src]
After being assigned to investigate the Green Hills Energy Surge by the Pentagon, Robotnik and his assistant Stone arrived in Green Hills, Montana, deciding to lead the further search of the anomaly's cause as opposed to Major Bennington. He sent his drones out into the forest, capturing an image of the currently unknown creature's footprint. He found out that the aforementioned footprint belonged to a being outside the ordinary animal kingdom.

#### Visiting the Wachowski Residence

*"Mr. Wachowski, are you familiar with US Code 904, Title 10, Article 104?"
"Yeah, who isn't-"
""Anyone who attempts to aid an enemy of the United States shall suffer death." And if I'm the one who catches you, it'll be even worse."
"Worse than death?"*
―Ivo Robotnik and Tom Wachowski[src]
Robotnik traced the footsteps of Sonic the Hedgehog to the Wachowski Residence, where he met Tom Wachowski. Robotnik attempted to enter using a clever lie, which was outsmarted by Wachowski. He managed to enter nonetheless, eventually finding a quill that belonged to the hedgehog. Demanding the reveal of its whereabouts, he counted to five, but his drone attack on Wachowski was halted by Sonic himself, who had freaked out Robotnik. Due to a punch he immediately earned from Tom, the drone next to Robotnik attacked and severely damaged the house. Sonic and Tom fled once the robot itself was destroyed. As Robotnik's agent Stone arrived, Robotnik recovered, asking the assistant to call Optical Illusions for new glasses and to take the quill along.

### Contacting Tom Wachowski

*"Hi. I'm so glad that you called. Uh, so, some guys came in asking some questions. Uh, they're a little creepy. Kind of reminded me of, uh, the guys from *Men in Black*, but not as likable or, uh, charming as Will Smith."*
―Wade Whipple to Tom Wachowski[src]
When Tom Wachowski and Sonic the Hedgehog stopped near the Piston Pit, Tom went out to call Green Hills Sheriff's Department. He talked to Wade Whipple until the phone was taken by Robotnik. He and his team had previously questioned Wachowski's actions. Robotnik threatened Wachowski, telling the story of an injured bully. Tom hung up, however, which Whipple clarified. After ridiculing Wade, Robotnik and his team left the building.

#### Arriving at the Piston Pit

*"Now that's what I call good cop, bad cop."*
―Ivo Robotnik to Stone[src]
Robotnik and his team later came to the Piston Pit to investigate the happenings that occurred prior to said investigation. Robotnik and Stone interviewed a thug largely involved in the fight. The man revealed little to nothing, leading to the two injuring him more than he was before.

Robotnik and Stone analyzed the current location of Tom Wachowski and Sonic the Hedgehog, sending Badniks to defeat them.

### Highway Ambush

*"Eeny, meeny, miny... Mayhem!"*
―Ivo Robotnik[src]
From his mobile lab, Robotnik controlled the Egg-Tank to capture Tom Wachowski and Sonic the Hedgehog. He launched a harpoon in an attempt to halt them. As the duo's argument escalated, Sonic unintentionally held onto the front of their escaping car. Tom then devised an idea to unplug the harpoon by hitting the brakes. This also boosted Sonic upwards, who eventually performed an unintentional attack upon the tank. Sonic celebrated his victory, yet to find out about Robotnik's backup Badnik. The tank deployed a smaller vehicle, one capable of harming electrical devices with discs. Previously used on a family's car by accident, Sonic used these discs to disable the vehicle. But once done so, the buggy-type Badnik transformed into a unicycle, attempting to pop the car's tires. Tom hit this one, destroying it. Yet again, the Badnik deployed a mini helicopter that acted like a sticky bomb and a destructible laser. It used these capabilities against the two opponents, which relieved Robotnik. He later found a quill from Sonic, one he would later use to empower his Egg-Pod.

### Chase of San Francisco

*"Can I give you one genius piece of advice? Don't run. It'll only hurt more if you do. And it's bad for your joints, they proved it."*
―Ivo Robotnik to Sonic the Hedgehog[src]
Using the now completed Egg-Pod, Robotnik hindered Sonic the Hedgehog's escape, confronting him and the Wachowskis with his variety of Flying Eggs. After Sonic pushed the family off the Transamerica Pyramid, Robotnik fired his Badniks' missiles and enabled an enhancement of speed while Sonic was distracted on destroying said robots, wounding Sonic who later saved the falling Wachowskis. With Sonic plummeting from the Transamerica Building, Robotnik descended upon him and advised him to quit running away, despite Sonic challenging him to a race to catch him, traveling through San Francisco, Paris, China, and Egypt.

### Skirmish at Green Hills

*"Now, you've done it!"*
―Ivo Robotnik to Sonic the Hedgehog[src]
Eventually able to strike his rival down, Robotnik arrived in Green Hills, seemingly victorious. However, he was shortly fought by Tom Wachowski, who told him Sonic was his friend despite his alien nature. Sonic regained consciousness, now equipped with extraordinary amounts of chaos energy, extracting the power of his quill Robotnik used.

Robotnik was now determined to face a being that constantly destroyed his Egg-Pod with his ball form. With a broken-down vehicle, Robotnik charged at Sonic, who, having called Tom to deploy a ring portal to the Mushroom Planet, launched him to the aforementioned place, seemingly never to be seen again.

### Life on the Mushroom Planet

*"My grasp on sanity remains... absolute. Isn't that right, Agent Stone? Why don't you get a head start? Do some rock-connaissance! Hahahaha! Rock-connaissance! Come on, that's hilarious! What's the matter with you?!"*
―Doctor Eggman to Agent Stone[src]
Following the Skirmish at Green Hills, where Robotnik's banishment from Earth took place, Robotnik's sanity declined while recording daily events in his 'Doctor's Log'. Along with his rock friend "Agent Stone," he traveled around the Mushroom Planet searching for a chance of return by Christmas.

He wandered about the mushroom-infested realm and came across a blue one. After consuming said blue mushroom, he followed a trail which led to a cave fully covered in blue edibles. Plucking one of them, Robotnik nearly faced near consumption, yet was able to survive the attack by enflaming the chomping fungi. Victorious, he exited the cave, vowing destruction to anything that interrupted his way, and his assured thought of returning to Earth to defeat Sonic the Hedgehog.

#### Eggman's Escape Plan

*"If my calculations are correct, and there is no reason to say this, because they always are... This quill... is going to power my masterpiece. Lets light this candle... and see who comes a-knocking."*
―Doctor Eggman[src]
On the 243rd day of his banishment, Eggman developed a mechanism which delivered him distasteful mushroom juice over time. Besides this, he also created a beacon, made up of his destroyed Egg-Pod, that would transpire chaos energy waves throughout the galaxy when hooked to his arch-nemesis' quill. He did exactly that, with the wave knocking him off the mushroom the beacon was based on.

Later that night, with Eggman remaining unconscious, scavengers looking for Sonic the Hedgehog arrive on the Mushroom Planet, defeated by Eggman's many booby traps in order for Eggman's chance of return. He is halted by another entity who slowly reveals himself, questioning the origin of the quill Eggman has in hand. Eggman explains from where he got it, and happily applies to showing him the way.

### Attack on the Wachowski Residence

*"Hello, hedgehog. Did you miss me?"*
―Doctor Eggman to Sonic the Hedgehog[src]
Through a ring, Eggman arrived at the Wachowski Residence, much to his nemesis', Sonic the Hedgehog, surprise, introducing him to Knuckles the Echidna's fist. A fight between Sonic and Knuckles transpired as Eggman watched from afar, holding a bowl of popcorn. With Knuckles pinning Sonic to a tree, he demanded the location of the 'ultimate power', a mention that interested Robotnik. However, a soon-to-be-ally of Sonic, the savior Tails, rescued Sonic from his possible demise, although Eggman tried to stop them by jumping on the car, seeming to be infested with rabies.

#### Re-recruiting Agent Stone

*"Hmhmhm. Foxy move... Want something done right, you'll have to hire someone you can push around. All-caps."*
―Doctor Eggman[src]
Catching up in a lawn mower, Eggman stared at his foes flying off into the distance, now calling his sidekick to deploy his upgraded set of an outfit and Badniks. As Knuckles, who followed Sonic and Tails, climbed up a cliff he fell off of, Eggman struck a deal with him, searching along for the Master Emerald if only used to destroy his rival and sealed the deal with a firm handshake, traveling to the Mean Bean Coffee Café with his new Egg-Mobile.

Upon arrival, Eggman tasted one of Stone's famous lattes, but his tastes had been altered due to his supply of mushrooms. Stone shook hands with Knuckles and reformed his coffee shop into Eggman's new base.

### Spying on Sonic

*"According to my worldwide network cell tower triangulation, he's lying, all the way... from the majestic hinterlands of eastern Siberia. He's a long-distance liar!"*
―Doctor Eggman to Knuckles the Echidna[src]
Eggman and his teammates hacked into Sonic the Hedgehog's phone, now able to see private phone messages. As dots, signalizing an incoming message, appeared on screen, Knuckles began to recite them, leading to Stone questioning his relevance. Eggman revealed to Stone that he was a part of his plan of universe domination. The message unveiled, mentioning 'home', hence Knuckles believed Sonic and his new ally Tails were in Green Hills. Eggman debunked Knuckles' claim, as he had tracked Sonic and his friend in Siberia. Revealing a holographic image of his nemesis, flickering it, Knuckles destroyed the panel it was on.

#### Stealing the Compass

*"Heads up, my little stalagmites. Someone call an Uber? Hey, thanks for doing all the hard stuff."
"But we’ll take it from here."*
―Doctor Eggman and Knuckles the Echidna to Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails[src]
Going on to ditch Stone at the Mean Bean Coffee Café, Eggman and Knuckles the Echidna met Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails in Siberia in an Owl temple with his Badniks, barricading any exits. Launching a missile from his Egg-Mobile, Sonic sent it to the Owl statue trying to hit Eggman's acquaintance. Leaning to an exit, Sonic made use of Eggman's broken Flying Eggs by snowboarding on one of them as Tails flew high, although Eggman constantly fired at him while Tails tried to save Sonic from trouble.

Later, as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles came to a halt, Tails tasered Knuckles in order for Sonic to throw him the Master Emerald Compass, but Eggman snatched it from them, shooting Tails unconscious in the process. He left with Knuckles, looking down upon Sonic's ridiculous sense of friendship as he tried to awaken Tails.

### Duel at the Master Emerald Shrine

*"Wait! That wasn't the deal."
"You poor, naïve creature. It's not your fault. A more advanced intellect would have seen this move coming a mile away. Or 1.6 kilometers."
"But I trusted you! You were my friend!"
"I'm sorry. That just hit me funny. Let this be my final lesson to you, you dim-witted celestial skin tag. Friends… Are open, honest and vulnerable with each other. Which means x squared times the hypotenuse of y squared, divided by the absolute value of friendship, equals… Dookie!"*
―Knuckles the Echidna and Doctor Eggman[src]
From Siberia, Eggman traveled to an island nearby Hawaii, Sonic and Tails' current location, with Knuckles, who placed their stolen Master Emerald Compass into the sand, revealing the Master Emerald Shrine's labyrinth.

With a few Flying Eggs, he and Knuckles raced through a maze plastered with all sorts of booby traps. Eggman eventually decided to pass this maze more conveniently, equipping a device leading them directly to the Master Emerald. They were unfortunately confronted by Sonic, who battled Knuckles for the emerald's safety and protection. Admiring the fight, Eggman approached the sacred relic, ultimately betraying Knuckles. He obtained the Master Emerald nonetheless, teleporting to Green Hills.

### Battle Against a New Order

*"Oh, it's like that? Okay. We're not friends! Later, hater!"*
―Doctor Eggman to Sonic the Hedgehog[src]
Appearing in the Mean Bean Coffee Café, Eggman met Wade Whipple interrogating Stone, who was tied on a chair. After making them switch places, the Guardian Units of Nations rushed to the building, with Eggman exiting the coffee shop and unveiling his newly acclaimed powers, ripping scraps of metal throughout Green Hills. Now having created his finest Badnik, the Giant Eggman Robot, Eggman charged the robot with his Master Emerald abilities, marching toward the town. Unluckily for him, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles had teamed up to stop Eggman, with Sonic and Tails taunting Eggman as they flew past him with their *Tornado* biplane. Despite ordering Stone, who was at the control panel, to fire missiles, Eggman did it himself as Stone hesitated, successfully hitting Sonic. Knuckles dashed towards Eggman's mechanism, hitting his hand with little effect, and Tails fired bullets upon the robot, also delivering no effect. After Sonic hit the robot with a missile, rendering Stone unconscious, Eggman deployed Badniks and fired lasers towards Team Sonic as they approached him. Sonic, having figured out a plan, garnered Eggman's attention upon himself, leading Eggman to follow him into the forest as Tails and Knuckles were heading to infiltrate the robot.

Now in the woods, Eggman's eventual plan was questioned, to which Eggman responded he would take over the universe with Sonic exterminated. Firing lasers at Sonic, Eggman eventually heavily wounded Sonic, but was met by Tails, who distracted him before Knuckles extracted the Master Emerald from Eggman's grasp via punching. Eggman had to recharge the mech manually and tried to stop Sonic, who was rescued by Tom and Maddie Wachowski. Nonetheless, Eggman trapped them in a ring of fire, granting him more chance to defeat Sonic once and for all, until Sonic acquired the Chaos Emeralds' power. Although Eggman tried to fight Super Sonic, he was thwarted again as Sonic tipped his now broken machine, leading to his seeming demise. He was later searched for by G.U.N., who had also found links to Project Shadow's secret facility when wiping Eggman's files on their database.

## Personality

*"I know, he's a little weird–"
"*Weird?! *He's a psychological tire-fire!"
"But he's also brilliant."*
―Sam Walters and the Air Force Chief of Staff[src]
Robotnik is a malevolent human who has been described as "pure, unbridled evil" and a "psychological tire fire." Usually, he comes across as an assertive and self-confident person who does not let his convictions waver in the face of others. However, his genius intellect makes him very narcissistic. Notably, he will declare himself the head of any operation he is involved on, voicing out his supposed superiority to those he comes across without hesitation or consideration, and viewing everyone else around him as inferior and basic. Arrogant and condescending, he thinks that the hardest thing about being "the smartest person in the world is that everyone else is stupid." He similarly prides himself on his intellect and refuses to acknowledge surprise, instead falling back on the excuse that his movements of surprise do not count since he is "expecting not to expect something." These traits mainly stem from Robotnik's own severe inferiority complex which originate from childhood neglect. As a result, he sees himself as an insignificant speck, and yearns for acknowledgment and recognition. This often results in him bringing up personal accomplishments in order to make himself feel superior.

Robotnik is also characterized by his quite eccentric behavior. This includes sudden mood swings, mimicking robotic noises and movements, using large and complicated words in conversations to describe a simple situation, and dancing wildly to his own scenarios when he believes he is alone.

Robotnik is not one who tolerates failure and is very quick to lose his temper when it occurs, which prompts his violent mood swings. Lacking any concern about morality and collateral damage to boot, Robotnik is willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish his goals, as evidenced by the numerous lethal measures he took to capture Sonic and get rid of anyone helping him, and the destruction he caused to San Francisco and the Giza Pyramid Complex. Despite his claims of wanting to improve the Earth, he is happily aware that he is "evil" and thus wishes to achieve improvement the way he envisions it, having for example put a label on his lab's light switch that says, "evil lab." He also has a large chip on his shoulder about being bullied as a child and hates being reminded of how he used to be at the mercy of unintelligent brutes.

Robotnik has also an incredibly sadistic streak, seizing any opportunity to inflict pain upon other people, and relishing every second of it. Notably, he would happily talk about how he wanted to dissect Sonic and "see what makes him tick," and smiled as he threatened to kill Tom while interrogating him and reciting the US Code.

An egomaniacal and sociopathic misanthrope, Robotnik often voices his distaste for humanity, viewing human beings as inefficient creatures of hubris and desire. Humans similarly bore the doctor to the state that he considers their lives meaningless and therefore he has no desire for having friends, which he is proud of not to have. Robotnik is similarly completely devoid of empathy for any lifeform, be they humans, animals, or those in-between, being unable to understand why Tom would risk everything to help Sonic, and hunting Sonic in order dissect him for his own scientific inquiries. As such, Robotnik hates everybody around him, although he is shown to barely tolerate agent Stone, whom he compliments for his lattes, albeit very aggressively, and intellect. Due to his arrogance and having a mindset based on science and computational thinking, Robotnik sees human society as a computer system and people as programmable toy monkeys, with his approach to both aspects being based science and how to methodically rewrite such "programs" in his own favor without regard for the moral implications. Interestingly enough however, despite Robotnik openly stating that he would not miss Stone during the San Francisco incident, he did create a stand-in of his lackey to keep him company on the Mushroom Planet. This may imply either that he does desire human company on some level, or that he just needs someone to abuse.

Owning to his hatred of humanity and being a staunch perfectionist, Robotnik values only robotics, which he sees as practical and functional since they always follow their programming and do what they are told. He is especially proud of his Badniks, which he displays affection for and praises them for being relentless and effective. In his own words, his machines are everything to him, and he considers them to be a part of the further evolution of mankind.

Over the course of his hunt for Sonic's power, Robotnik's sanity would degrade to the point where he became completely obsessed with obtaining Sonic's power by any means necessary, eventually becoming willing to place himself in life-threatening situations where he would fail to realize the danger until it was too late. After spending almost three months alone on the Mushroom Planet, his grip on sanity would degrade even further despite his claims to the contrary, as he would talk to a stone as if it was a real person. Eventually, after spending over eight months on the Mushroom Planet, the prolonged isolation has had a significant negative effect on the doctor's psyche, with his sanity having nearly completely disintegrated, and losing what little control and restraint he had, acting completely erratic and psychotic.

Robotnik is also treacherous, which ultimately lead to his downfall; right after he managed to gain access to the Master Emerald, Knuckles, whom he betrayed for the Emerald, formed an alliance with Sonic and Tails and helped to deprive Robotnik of the Master Emerald.

## Powers and Abilities

### Former Powers

*"Chaos... is... power!!"*
―Doctor Eggman[src]
* **Master Emerald Empowerment**: After merging himself with the Master Emerald, Robotnik was granted ultimate power and could turn his thoughts into power, being able to summon a kaiju-sized Giant Eggman Robot made out of all types of machinery. However, Knuckles manages to infiltrate the robot and punch the Emerald out of Robotnik, returning him to normal.
	+ **Bio-Electricity/Chaos Energy Manipulation**: His electrical chaos energy can also shock those who come in contact with it, hence Stone evading the bolts when Robotnik was close.
		- **Technopathy**: The Master Emerald granted him chaos energy, a sort of electrical charge. He could also feel electricity that runs through things and manipulate every electrical object.
			* **Techno-Telekinesis**: With his electric abilities, he could move objects simply by twiddling his fingers.
			* **Mechanical Construct**: He could form objects together into one construct.
	+ **Teleportation**: Eggman possessed the ability of sudden travel, having used upon harnessing the emerald's might.
	+ **Aerokinesis**: To develop his Giant Eggman Robot, Eggman had developed a tornado swarming with metallic parts he can build it with.
	+ **Levitation**: The Master Emerald gave Eggman the power to hover above the ground.

### Abilities

*"Five PhDs, IQ off the charts, and his drone-tech is* revolutionary!*"*
―Sam Walters[src]
* **Genius-Level Intellect**: With an IQ of 300, Robotnik is one of the most brilliant scientists in modern time, even by government standards. He is so intelligent in fact that he was able to accurately determine Sonic's exact height, weight and entire skeletal structure based on nothing but a footprint of his and determine and harness the power of Sonic's alien biology. He was also able to analyze the exact coordinates of Tom Wachowski's truck while it was on the move, simply by deterring the quickest route to San Francisco, the speed of the vehicle, and local weather conditions. With impressive foresight, Robotnik built a series of traps ahead of time on the Mushroom Planet, and each of them are utilized against the three warriors that enter through the ring portal. He managed to measure the timing between each trap in the temple going off, allowing to dodge them before deciding to send out a drone to scan for traps and give him exact directions on how to avoid them.
* **Master Engineer**: Boasting five PhDs and once described as a "lab rat with teeth," Robotnik possesses intent knowledge of computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering. He created a line of revolutionary robotic drones he called the Badniks, which he controls with his remote control glove. While trapped on the Mushroom Planet with limited resources, He managed to construct an energy beacon from the parts of his Eggpod in hopes of producing an energy signal that would attract the attention of those off-world. Robotnik has great skill in setting booby traps out of mushrooms that took out the warriors working with Knuckles. By combining his mastery of engineering with the power of the Master Emerald, Robotnik constructed the Giant Eggman Robot, using G.U.N.'s arsenal and various other components from the environment which he pulled in with his newfound powers.
* **Master Scientist**: Robotnik is a genius with overwhelming scientific prowess, particularly with applications of engineering. He is said to have 5 PhDs and has doctorates apparently regarding biology, mathematics, mechanics, physics and robotics.
* **Master Tactician**: Robotnik can be a brilliant and cunning strategist when properly motivated to achieve his goals. He has proven to be prepared for virtually any situation he gets into. He had the foresight to design an armed robotic vehicle to deploy a smaller one from its underside in the event it gets tipped on its side, and the smaller vehicle can in turn continue functioning so long as it has even one wheel left. And even if it loses that, its eye can take flight and has some manner of cutting laser. If it stops working in that form, it becomes a sticky bomb that render Sonic unconscious. Robotnik managed to trick three alien warriors into falling into traps he personally made with impressive precision. He exploited Knuckles' determination and gullibility by convincing the echidna that he would help him find the Master Emerald so that he could use it to destroy Sonic. He made sure the Giant Eggman Robot had backup power to keep trucking on in case he somehow managed to lose the Master Emerald.
* **Expert Combatant**: He is quite formidable with hand-to-hand combat. Even as a child, he was able to severely injure his school bully, who had to eat through a straw for a year. Into his adult years, he is physically strong enough to toss an over-sized man straight through a window and completely overcome Tom Wachowski.
* **Master Pilot:** Robotnik is a skilled aviation operator with keen intuition and reflexes, being able to expertly pilot his chaos-energy quill-powered Eggpod through the narrow streets of San Francisco at speeds compatible to Sonic's own speed while taking accurate shots at Sonic. He managed to match Tails' flying speed through piloting his Egg Mobile. Even without the Master Emerald powering the Giant Eggman Robot, Robotnik managed to pilot it using its instrument panel and a backup power.

*"Here's the sitch: Uninhabited planet, no resources, no supplies, no apparent way home... a lesser man would die here. I'll be home by Christmas."*
―Doctor Eggman[src]
* **Master Survivalist**: After being stranded on the Mushroom Planet, he was able to fend for himself with only a pack of salvaged scrap, his wrist device, and his intelligence.
* **Multilingualism**: Robotnik can speak English, Japanese, Latin, Spanish and French.

## Equipment

*"You know what I love about machines? They do what they're told, they follow their programming! They don't need time off to get drunk and put the boat in the water!"*
―Ivo Robotnik[src]
* **Badniks**: Robotnik's robots and drones are his most prized possessions.
	+ **Flying Eggs**: Robotnik’s drones are armored machines that help him search, research, and attack Sonic the Hedgehog.
	+ **Buzz Bombers**: Eggman's pod had laser-targeted drones installed.
	+ **Crabmeats**: Stone used Eggman's crab-like Badniks to attack his former coworker's car.
	+ **Dual Egg-Copter**: Robotnik used Badniks equipped with two rotor blades and an optical scanner in search of Sonic.
	+ **Egg-Tank**: Robotnik controlled a set of Badniks all-in-one to pursue Sonic and Tom Wachowski.
		- **Egg-Buggy**: He deployed a four-wheeled Badnik capable of emitting EMP discs.
		- **Egg-Unicycle**: He deployed a Badnik equipped with spikes on its only wheel.
		- **Egg-Copter**: He deployed a small aerial Badnik using material-cutting lasers. It was also a mine that knocked Sonic out.
* **Sonic's Quill**: After Tom Wachowski found it and brought it home out of curiosity, Agent Stone took it T for further investigation on the Green Hills Energy Surge. Robotnik rather used it to apply power to his Egg-Pod and enlarge his chances of world domination.

### Other Equipment

*"It's a flight suit, designed to modulate my body temperature and reduce drag!"
"Yeah, and you still are one."*
―Ivo Robotnik and Tom Wachowski[src]
* **Doctor Eggman's Suit**: Eggman had a suit he wore when piloting the Egg-Pod. He got a new one when returning to Earth after being trapped on the Mushroom Planet with his old damaged suit on.
	+ **Control Gloves**: Eggman owned gloves that can be utilized in many circumstances. He had an old one lost to the First Bank of Walla Walla.

### Vehicles

*"Road trip! I'll let you stick your nose out the window."*
―Doctor Eggman to Knuckles the Echidna[src]
* **Egg-Pod**: Robotnik's vehicular Badnik was a prototype fueled by Sonic the Hedgehog's electrical power. Following it's destruction, Robotnik carries scraps of it.
* **Egg-Mobile**: To transport himself, Robotnik possessed an egg-shaped ship called the Egg-Mobile that had missiles and speed just like his original Egg-Pod.
* **Giant Eggman Robot**: Thanks to the power of the Master Emerald, Robotnik formed a giant robotic version of himself to destroy Green Hills together with Agent Stone and dominate all realities. The robot was attached to him and could feel what the robot felt until Sonic the Hedgehog destroyed the robot along with Robotnik.

## Facilities

* **Unknown School**: Robotnik attended school in his younger years. He was bullied and decided to severely use violence back at bullies via his inventions.
* **Mushroom Planet**: Following a stand-off between him and his nemesis, Eggman saw himself stranded upon an unidentified planet. He spent 243 days planning his return to Earth.
* **Mean Bean Coffee Café**: Stone had his café turn into a base of operations for Eggman would he return. He'd use it to locate Sonic when he did.

## Relationships

Allies* Stone - Assistant
* Agent Stone - Rock Friend
	+ Sonic the Hedgehog - Arch-Enemy and Attempted Victim
	+ Knuckles the Echidna - Former Ally and Attempted Victim
	+ Tails - Attempted Victim
* Green Hills Sheriff's Department
	+ Tom Wachowski - Attempted Victim
	+ Wade Whipple
* United States Armed Forces - Former Employers
	+ Sam Walters
	+ Bennington
* Maddie Wachowski - Attempted Victim
* Carl
* Scavengers
* Guardian Units of Nations

## Appearances

In chronological order:

* *Sonic the Hedgehog*
* *Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill*
* *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*
* *Sonic Drone Home* (mentioned)

## Trivia

* In the video game series, **Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik** is a evil mad scientist, a mastermind in both mischief and machinery, constantly holding hope to his Eggman Empire, which would dominate the world if it wasn't for Sonic and his allies continuously halting Eggman's operations.
* In *Sonic the Hedgehog*, Sonic mocks Robotnik with the name "Mr. Eggman," alluding to his egg-shaped drones. This is an obvious reference to his video game variant's nickname "Doctor Eggman."
* In some instances, Eggman may sound like his video game counterpart, voiced by Mike Pollock. For example, when Robotnik shouts "*What's the matter with you!!??*" on the Mushroom Planet at the ending scene of *Sonic the Hedgehog*.
* This iteration of Doctor Eggman appears lean and skinny, unlike many others. In Fleetway Publications' *Sonic the Comic*, Robotnik appears as such under the name "Ovi Kintobor" before turning evil. In the profile of him seen at the right of the 16-bit credits scene of *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* when he utters ''*Hello Hedgehog! Did you miss me?''* he in addition is very similar in appearence to his Kintobor form from the said comic series*,* despite this probably being a coincidence.
* His game counterpart's Eggman Empire decal appears at the end of *Sonic the Hedgehog*'s credits. The same logo appears on a rock used for making Eggman's mushroom coffee in *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*.
* Concept art for *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* depicts Eggman in a trench coat that resembles his game counterpart's "modern" design much closer.
	+ The storyboards also depict him in a bodysuit that has a similar design to his one in the original '90s animated incarnations like in the *Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog* television series and onwards. He has a belt going around the waist with a circular buckle in the center with a line going up to the collar.
* In the sequel he gained visible dark circles around his eyes which may be a partial nod to the ones of his aforementioned incarnation where he is known for having dark circles around his eyes.
* In *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* in a scene where Agent Stone looks at various costumes for the doctor, an ensemble based on his original classic design from the original *Sonic the Hedgehog* games can be seen on the display screen.
* Doctor Eggman is usually called as such in overall Japanese *Sonic the Hedgehog* sources, but was named Ivo Robotnik in western media. Eggman would become Ivo Robotnik's nickname. Japanese dubs of Sonic Cinematic Universe media refer to Eggman as "Robotnik," like the original English version does.[*citation needed*]
* In *Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Novelization*, it is stated that Robotnik's middle name is "Gerald," an allusion to the video game character Gerald Robotnik, Ivo's grandfather and the creator of Shadow the Hedgehog.

## Behind the Scenes

* It was reported that Jim Carrey would've wanted to wear a fat suit for Doctor Eggman in *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*.
* Jim Carrey announced he had plans to retire. Producers Neal Moritz and Toby Ascher said that, would he go through on the decision, Carrey would not be re-casted in the role of Doctor Eggman.
	+ This further leaves Doctor Eggman's supposed death as in *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* ambiguous.
* Writer Pat Casey claimed in an interview that Eggman's origins would be visualized in a flashback scene, where he is having a terrible time at his orphanage run by nuns. The events that allowed his descent into evil would also be explained further. Deemed a pointless plot point, the scene's suggestion was dropped.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 *Sonic the Hedgehog*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*
3. ↑ *Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill*
4. ↑ *Sonic the Hedgehog 2* Deleted Scene
5. ↑ Sonic Movie 2 - House Ambush Storyboard (By Chase Conley)
6. ↑ Sonic Movie 2 - Labyrinth Part 2 Storyboard (By Chase Conley)
7. ↑ Classic Design
8. ↑ *Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Novelization*
9. ↑ Jim Carrey Wants to Wear a Fat Suit for ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Sequel
10. ↑ Jim Carrey ‘Fairly Serious’ About Retiring From Acting: ‘I Have Enough. I’ve Done Enough’
11. ↑ Sonic Movies 'Wouldn't Even Try' To Replace Jim Carrey If He Retires
12. ↑ 34) Writing Sonic Movie 2 w/ PAT CASEY

## External Links

* Doctor Eggman on Wikipedia
* Doctor Eggman on Sonic Wiki Zone