Zavok

**Zavok** (ザボック, *Zabokku*), is both a fictional character and antagonist from the *Super Kingdom Bros.'s* *Sonic* series created by Masahiro Sakurai and Yuji Naka. He is a Zeti who is the leader of both the Deadly Six, and his entire Zeti race.

When Dr. Eggman came to the Lost Hex, Zavok and the Deadly Six were forced into serving him due to the effects of the Cacophonic Conch. After Sonic arrived and got rid of the conch, the Deadly Six rebelled against Eggman and took control of his forces.

Zavok then enacted his plan to achieve world domination and revenge by using Dr. Eggman's Extractor to make himself, his Deadly Six, and the other villainous Zetis stronger, while destroying the world, but was ultimately defeated by Sonic.

"*Playtime is over, hedgehog.*"

—Zavok, to Sonic the Hedgehog.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Travis Willingham (English), Jōji Nakata (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Benoît Allemane (French), Not Known (Galician), Klaus Lochthove (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Gianni Gaude (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Miguel Jenner (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Mandarin Chinese)

### Appearance

Zavok is a red Zeti with a very stocky build. The majority of his upper body is pure red, as is his serpentine tail. He has five-fingered hands that end with sharp cyan-colored nails. Zavok's body from the waist down is black in coloration, ending in two-clawed feet with cyan toes. His head is relatively small compared to the rest of his body and his lower jaw sticks out, showing a row of spiked fangs.

The upper half of his head is black save for red markings around his eyes, which are purple with yellow sclera. Zavok has what appears to be a relatively thick cyan-colored unibrow that forms a vaguely V-shaped crest. Sticking out from the sides of his head, Zavok has two vicious curved horns that are striped in varying shades of dark grey. Zavok has a large cyan piece of hair sticking out from the back of his head.

Zavok has two rows of sharp black spikes sticking out of his shoulders. His only attire seems to be a pair of black bracelets with grey spikes jutting out.

* Hair Color: Cyan
* Skin Color: Red, Black, Cyan
* Eye Color: Purple (Irises), Pale Yellow (Sclera)
* Age: 148
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 155 cm (5' 1")
* Weight: 80 kg (146.4 lb.)

## Personality

Zavok is a merciless and cruel being. He is very serious, ferocious, brutal and dark, often deploying graphical threats of death and destruction, and he has little tolerance for failure. Power-hungry and ever focused on his goals, Zavok does not let anything stand in his way. Despite his intensiveness though, Zavok has occasionally displayed a sarcastic, dry sense of humor, such as when he sarcastically complimented Eggman as a "mighty conquerer", and when he jokingly quoted Zor, when stating his opinion of Sonic advancing toward him, deeming Sonic's plan "Pointless".

For all his brutish intensiveness, Zavok keeps a calm demeanor and has a penchant for quick-thinking which makes him well-suited to leadership. Even as his temper flares up, he manages to keep his emotions in check. Zavok is likewise quite cunning and intelligent. Always observant, he studies his opponents in advance and knows how to use a situation to his advantage. He knew he would learn more about Sonic by letting Zazz fight him, regardless of the outcome, and quickly formulated a plan to use Tails to his advantage when his team accidentally caught him instead of Sonic. He is also manipulative, tricking Zeena into fighting Sonic with praise and compliments, and sending Sonic into disarray with psychological taunts.

Zavok comes off as very prideful. He disdains the idea of being in servitude to another being which can aggravate him to the point where he will speak up despite the danger present to him. Zavok's pride transcends into arrogance, which is shown in his mockery at Eggman for attempting to enslave him and the Zeti and at Sonic challenging him. He also has a bit of an ego in that he thinks he is better than everybody else, calling himself "the one Zeti" Sonic could not defeat even after losing to the hedgehog beforehand. Regardless, he respects those that prove themselves worthy adversaries.

Like the other Deadly Six, Zavok is inherently malicious, sadistic and violent. He relishes in inflicting pain, torturing and killing others, telling Sonic how he would enjoy his screams and fear. He also finds joy in tormenting others psychologically, gleefully taunting Sonic with the losses of his friends. An omnicidal monster, he has no qualms about causing global genocide for his own gain or personal reasons, as he was perfectly content with destroying the Earth for the benefits of his team. Likewise, Zavok is very vengeful and will seize any opportunity for retribution; once Eggman had no means of controlling him, Zavok quickly sought to make him pay for his abuse, going as far to destroy his world to spite him, and plotted to turn Tails against Sonic after being humiliated by Sonic.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Deadly Six
	+ Zazz
	+ Zeena
	+ Master Zik
	+ Zomom
	+ Zor

### Enemies

* Eggman Empire
	+ Dr. Eggman
	+ Bocoe
	+ Decoe
	+ Bokkun
	+ Cubot
	+ Orbot
* Team Rose
	+ Amy Rose the Hedgehog
	+ Big the Cat
* Team Sol
	+ Blaze the Cat
	+ Silver the Hedgehog
* Team Dark
	+ E-123 Omega
	+ Rouge the Bat
	+ Shadow the Hedgehog
* Team Sonic
	+ Knuckles the Echidna
	+ Tails the Fox
	+ Sonic the Hedgehog
* Team Chaotix
	+ Vector the Crocodile
* Omochao

## Powers and Abilities

### Attacks

* Grind Step
* Item Box Transfer
* Skim Boost
* Slide
* Slingshot
* Spin Jump
* Rival Takedown
* Team Ultimate

### Move Skills

* Driving skills
* Enhanced jump
* Enhanced durability
* Enhanced speed
* Fireball projection
* Flight
* Great fighting skills
* Grinding
* Leadership skills
* Longevity
* Magnetism manipulation
* Size enhancement
	+ Energy beam emission
	+ Fire ball breath
* Super strength

### Weaknesses

* Cacophonic Conch: Like all other Zetis, Zavok's powers are greatly inhibited when the Cacophonic Conch is blown, which causes him great pain.

## Theme songs

* In *Sonic Forces*, Zavok's theme song is a remix of "Battle with Zavok" called "Battle with Death Queen" that plays during the *boss fight* with his replica and the Death Queen.
* In *Team Sonic Racing*, Zavok's theme is "Team Ultimate: Zavok", a remix of "The Deadly Six Theme" that plays during his Team Ultimate.
* In *Sonic at the Olympic Games* (2020), Zavok's theme is a remix of "Battle with Death Queen" that plays during his boss fight.

## Etymology

* Zavok's name may be based on the word "havoc", fitting his role as a world-destroying villain.
	+ Zavok's name may also be a reference to the game engine "Havok", which is used to program many of the physics of certain modern *Sonic the Hedgehog* games including *Sonic Lost World*.

## External links

* Zavok *Sonic News Network*
* Zavok *Villains Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

* Zavok's final battle is similar to the fight with Bowser in *New Super Mario Bros. Wii* and *New Super Mario Bros. 2*. In addition, the way he is defeated is done in a similar way to Bowser's battles in *Super Mario Galaxy 2*. Also, both Zavok and Bowser shoot fireballs and both fall into the lava when defeated.
	+ Zavok and Bowser's physical appearances are also similar too, as they both have spiked wrist bands and hair tufts hanging backwards from their heads, and feet with claws.
	+ The similarities are noted in the intro to *the Rio 2016 Olympic Games*, where the two are shown facing each other in a boxing match.
* Zavok is the only member of the Deadly Six (and the only boss other than Eggman) to have his own theme for boss fights. That being said, Zavok's battle theme also plays during Master Zik's rematch in the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, as both of them are fought in the same Zone.
* Initially, Zavok was given the subtitle "Master of Chaos", but it was later changed to "King of Chaos."
* In the Wii U and PC version of *Sonic Lost World*, Zavok is the only one of the Deadly Six who can withstand Sonic's Focused Homing Attack.
* During the Zavok *boss fight* in *Sonic Forces*, when the replica of Zavok is defeated by Sonic, he will say "*No! How could I lose to the likes of you again?*", implying that the replica has the memories of the original Zavok.
* Zavok and Zeena are the only Deadly Six members whose names are never mentioned in *Sonic Lost World*.