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Characters in Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM).

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The Freedom Fighters/Mobians

Sonic the Hedgehog

Voiced by: Jaleel White (English), Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese)

"Let's do it to it!"

Leader of the Freedom Fighters and main character of the series.

• Ace Pilot: It's shown in Sonic and the Secret Scrolls that he's an excellent pilot. In that episode, he appraises an airplane that Sally and Rotor built (accurately comparing it against Robotnik's defenses), and in the finale, demonstrates that he can fly it far better than either of them can.
• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: This trope comes as a natural result of being a Darker and Edgier adaptation of the original Sonic the Hedgehog premise.
  • In the games of the time, Sonic is fighting to free innocents from being used to power Robotnik's Badniks - there's no indication that Sonic has any actual angst over this fact. In the cartoon, he's fighting for essentially the same reason, but Robotnik is far more successful than he is in the games: most of Planet Mobius is functionally Robotnik's domain. Add to that the fact that roboticization is far worse than what happens in the games, and the fact that Sonic saw his own uncle get roboticized when he was only a minor.
• Adaptational Badass: It's a well-established fact in multiple media that Sonic cannot swim at all. In this cartoon, Sonic can swim just fine.
• Adaptational Dumbass: He's significantly more impulsive, arrogant, and ignorant than in the games and most media.
• Adaptational Jerkass: In the games, Sonic is an All-Loving Hero who never holds grudges and is always ready to give his enemies a second chance if they give him a chance. Here, Sonic is much more spiteful and abrasive; he's outright willing to leave Antoine to be roboticized and has to be talked into saving him by Sally. He's also much more prone to amoral behavior if it could net a victory against Robotnik. For instance, it's hard to see most incarnations of Sonic trying to recover an Artifact of Doom to use against Robotnik as he does in "Super Sonic".
• Adaptational Wimp: Unlike in the games, he's not powerful enough to singlehandedly destroy Robotnik's bases, and a group of SWAT-bots is enough to present a threat to him, so he has to use stealth when infiltrating Robotropolis.
• Affectionate Nickname: Bunnie calls him "Sugah-hog", and Uncle Chuck calls him "Sonni-boy".
• Anatomy Arsenal: As in his video game, Sonic typically fights by running towards and enemy and then curling up into a spiny ball to ram them with his quills. Additionally, he styles his quills into a razor-thin mohawk - combined with his Spin Attack, it both sounds and acts as a circular saw. It is freakishly sharp, allowing him to be very precise with his cuts. It can even slice through forcefields.
• Antagonist in Mourning: Inverted. Having defeated Robotnik, he says, "No more Robotnik. Too bad." Sally looks confused until he adds, "Without a villain, what's a hero for?"
• Anti-Hero: Sonic is the hero of the series. He is also arrogant and egotistical, and willing to engage in some distinctly less-than-heroic behavior.
• Arch-Enemy: To Robotnik, as per usual. Sonic holds a personal grudge against the doctor for roboticizing Uncle Chuck and Muttski - the former in front of him - and goes out of his way to torment Robotnik as best he can. For Robotnik's part, Sonic is the only Freedom Fighter he acknowledges as a genuine threat and despises him equally as much.
• Asskicking Leads to Leadership: He's the most powerful Freedom Fighter by far, and is also their leader.
• Battle Couple: With Sally. She's his primary teammate in most of the episodes, and they are definitely an item at the end.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: He's got a thing for Sally. He often expresses it by deliberately pushing her buttons, resulting in conflict. That said, he's been known to bring out a softer side on occasion.
• Berserk Button: Incompetence in general seems to set Sonic off. He's willing to let bygones be bygones even with people who betray him, but he genuinely hates Antoine for his ineptitude to the point he's willing to leave him to die. It does make sense, as Anotoine's bumbling can and has led to people dying, but it's still undeniably cold.
• Big Brother Instinct: Sonic tends to have a rather aloof "cool guy" attitude, and doesn't like to be weighed down by less skillful allies on missions. That said, he's compelled to act as Tails' big brother in spite of himself.
• Big Brother Mentor: He takes Tails on numerous missions and teaches him the finer points about being a Freedom Fighter.
• Big Eater: He is a complete glutton when given the option, probably due to how many calories he burns.
• Blow You Away: Sonic's great speed allows him to weaponize air against his foes very easily. His Tornado Move notably averts Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud.
• Book Dumb: He's apparently had an extremely minimal formal education. That said, he has several notable showings of resourcefulness, and has shown that - unlike Sally - he's a very quick thinker under stress.
• Bouncing Battler: He becomes this when he builds up enough momentum.
• Break the Haughty: Suffers this at times, given the show's tone, especially when Sally and Uncle Chuck are involved. Luckily, he's not down for long.
• Character Catchphrase: He has several: "Way past cool!", "Gotta juice", and "Let's do it to it!"
• Clothes Make the Superman: An extremely downplayed example - while not the source of his speed, Sonic's shoes are frictionless technology that contain a built-in anti-gravity system that can slow his descent from a long fall and allows him to freely adhere to walls and ceilings. They were built by his Uncle Chuck.
• Combat Parkour: Sonic fights like this at lower velocities, using his incredible reflexes and jumping abilities to stay out of harm’s way, while opportunistically dashing in to do damage whenever he spots an opening.
• Combat Pragmatist: His fighting style uses literally anything and everything as a weapon.
• Cool Big Bro: Naturally, he's this to Tails.
• Criminal Amnesiac: In "No Brainer", after Snively erases his memories and convinces him he works for him.
• Deadpan Snarker: He definitely had his moments of this.
• Fastest Thing Alive: He's the Trope Namer via his Bragging Theme Tune.
• Fatal Flaw: Pride. Sonic is very proud of his speed and power, and will (violently!) reject any notion that he can be outrun. This was used against him by Robotnik more than once.
• Flanderization: In Season 1, Sonic was somewhat egotistical and Book Dumb, but otherwise a thoroughly competent and quick-thinking Guile Hero who was far more kind than he lets on. In Season 2 he became a brainless Jerk Jock that constantly looks down on his friends and endangers them with his arrogant blundering: more than half the episodes in that season revolve around Sonic causing a problem by rushing into things. His initial rivalry towards Antoine also transformed into naked contempt, to the point where he is rarely able to even look at Antoine without bursting into snide insults.
• Foe-Tossing Charge: At full speed, Sonic simply obliterates anything and everything in his way.
• The Gadfly: He loves to tease. His favorite targets are Princess Sally and Antoine. He also uses his wisecracks as a deliberate tool against Robotnik, to make him lose focus.
• Gasshole: Whenever he's had a chili dog, he belches, much to Sally's disgust.
• Good Is Not Nice: He's smug, rather rude, can hold a grudge, and may very well leave someone to die if he hates them enough. He's also the leader of the Freedom Fighters and their most powerful combatant, and he's far nicer than he lets on.
• The Hero: Sonic is both The Leader of the Freedom Fighters and the most powerful of them.
• Hidden Depths: He seems like an uneducated and painfully smug showboat with a distinct mean streak, and that's exactly what he is. However, it cannot be argued that he doesn't care for his friends, as he demonstrates that care constantly. Also, despite his Book Dumb nature, he's an improvisational genius who is able to create working weapons and effective tactics from almost nothing at all. Even without the ability to use his speed, he's a fully competent Freedom Fighter.
• Humble Pie: He's forced to accept this several times over the course of the series.
• Iconic Outfit: Just like in the mainline games, Sonic is almost never seen without his iconic red shoes.
• Idiot Hero: Especially post-Flanderization; Sonic repeatedly refuses to think things through and often causes problems for the others because he keeps recklessly rushing into things. Lampshaded in "Sonic Conversion":
  Sally: Why don't you use your brain?
  Sonic: It gives me a headache.
• Improv Fu: When Sonic is involved, basically anything that isn't nailed down can and will be used as a weapon. That, and the land, too.
• Improvisational Ingenuity: Sonic is really, really good at turning a situation to his favor with limited time and resources.
  • He often uses his position as a priority one target and Robotnik's most hated nemesis as a diversion.
  • When he discovered that his girlfriend had been replaced with a robotic duplicate, he deliberately avoided destroying it. Instead, he disabled it and used its stored data to find her actual location.
  • He came up with a plan to use his speed to power an EMP weapon - built by Rotor - to take down a Stealth-Bot. It worked.
  • In one of his greatest moments, he took out an airship... with an abandoned oil derrick.
  • He got into - and out of - Robotropolis without the use of his powers, on two separate occasions. He did so by hitching rides on hoverpods and using mines to prevent SWAT-bots from pursuing him.
• Interspecies Romance: His love interest is supposedly a chipmunk. She's not a hedgehog in any case.
• In the Hood: He wears a red hooded cloak in "Sonic Racer" when he arrives in Robotropolis to race against the robotic cheetah.
• Irony: In "Blast to the Past", he bemoans the war against Robotnik and questions the possibility of stopping it from happening in the first place. When the opportunity to do so arises through time travel, he botches it by sending himself and Sally back to the day of the coup as opposed to a week prior. As a result, it’s too late to stop Robotnik. Retroactively, Sonic is entirely at fault for the war.
• Jerkass Has a Point: For as cold as he is towards Antoine, it's hard to deny that Sonic isn't wrong to have such a negative view of him. Antoine is incompetent to the point of being a genuine liability, having gotten Cat captured and let Robotnik capture a Power Ring through his bumbling. Even his decision to leave Antoine at Robotnik's mercy in "Hooked on Sonics" makes sense pragmatically. Antoine's proven he'll put his own selfishness above the Freedom Fighters and he's already The Millstone, so tactically it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to expend the effort to save him.
• Jerkass to One: He's an arrogant, reckless loudmouth, but is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold all around. Nonetheless, he seems to outright hate Antoine, enough that in "Hooked on Sonics," he flat-out refuses to rescue him from Robotnik, and by Season 2, it seems he can't even look at Antoine without insulting him. He can be sympathetic towards Antoine during his more noble moments, but often the latter's arrogance and stupidity brings things back to square one.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Sonic can be incredibly arrogant and frequently butts heads with the other Freedom Fighters (usually Sally or Antoine, even if the latter usually deserves it). He is altruistic to a fault however and in his reckless enthusiasm, he is only looking out for others.
• The Leader: Sonic is the "Headstrong" type. He is full of bravado and unwavering determination, and always leads from the front.
• Leeroy Jenkins: He became this in the second season. His recklessness is often Lampshaded.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: Typically, he's a bigmouthed showboat who spends his time joking around and not taking things seriously. Heaven help you if he stops showboating: when that happens, he stops holding back and becomes a Pragmatic Hero who will use whatever he has on hand to win as quickly as possible.
• Lightning Bruiser: In the games, Sonic is traditionally a Fragile Speedster: while he's great at dodging, he's far from being the hardest hitter, and can't do much damage at all if he doesn't take the time to get up to speed first. Here, he can punch and kick robots with enough force to launch them several feet (though it makes sense that he could kick that hard), and when already running, he can use his momentum to throw armored things multiple times his size with enough force to shatter them. He is also the only Freedom Fighter to have broken security cameras by throwing junk at them... from meters away with only ONE hand.
• Malicious Misnaming: He almost always refers to Robotnik as "Robuttnik."
• Manly Tears: He cries openly at the end of "Ultra Sonic" when he fails to save Uncle Chuck.
• The Most Wanted: His status among Robotnik's forces is wrapped up in one line: Alert! Priority One: Hedgehog. Any nearby bots drop whatever they're doing to pursue. Robotnik has proven savvy enough to know when Sonic is manipulating this as a diversion, in which case he orders his forces to ignore Sonic and attack the other Freedom Fighters regardless.
• Mr. Vice Guy: He's very prideful and at times ruthless, but he's a decent guy for the most part and fighting to free his planet from a despotic tyrant.
• Murder by Inaction: In a couple of instances, his hatred of Antoine actually reached such a level that he seriously considered leaving him at the mercy of a villain. In this world, that would certainly be fatal. Sally always goaded Sonic into rescuing him however.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In Season 2, his overconfidence, impulsiveness and ego can lead him to make mistakes that threaten or even ruin plans to oppose Robotnik.
• One-Man Army: He is the single most powerful Freedom Fighter by a very wide margin. On one occasion, he destroyed an entire island in the process of taking down one of Robotnik's aircraft with an oil derrick. He did this without using a Power Ring.
• Opposites Attract: Sally is very educated and serious while Sonic is freewheeling and Book Dumb. He loves her anyway.
• Past Experience Nightmare: He saw his uncle get roboticized right in front of him when he was only five years old. Since then, he's had nightmares about losing his friends the same way. He doesn't need to be asleep to have them.
• Polite Villains, Rude Heroes: Sonic is coarse, arrogant, and sarcastic and he isn't shy about bragging or slinging insults. Robotnik, meanwhile, is superficially polite and charming when he's in a good mood and styles himself as a cultured gentleman.
• Power Glows: Whenever he uses a Power Ring, he develops a golden halo.
• Pragmatic Hero: He's much more coldly pragmatic than other incarnations of the character. He's willing to use Lazaar's computer - an Artifact of Doom filled with highly dangerous and evil magic spells - against Robotnik because it's still a powerful weapon that could give them an edge against him, and he's willing to leave Antoine to die because Sonic knows he's a liability to the Freedom Fighters.
• Randomly Gifted: He was randomly with both Supersonic speed and the ability to directly absorb and use the magic stored in both the Power Rings and Deep Power Stones by touch. He's the only one who can do either without using technology to harness the magic indirectly. No one knows why he can do this or how.
• Rebel Leader: He is the leader of the Freedom Fighters.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Sally's blue. Despite being blue.
• Refuse to Rescue the Disliked: In "Hooked on Sonics," Antoine ends up captured by Robotnik in a reckless stunt with a power ring. While the other Freedom Fighters are horrified, Sonic just snarks it's his own stupid fault and refuses to go on a rescue mission. When Sally's chiding doesn't budge him (even she can't earnestly suggest Antoine wouldn't do the same to him), he begrudgingly goes through with it after she points out the more pragmatic issue of Robotnik using his power ring against them.
• Right Way/Wrong Way Pair: Not at first. Originally, Sonic was the creative, on-the-go tactician while Sally was the strategic planner, and both had their ups and downs. Starting in Season 2, Sonic becomes a moron who never thinks ahead at all, making him consistently the Wrong Way to Sally's more cautious and meticulous approach.
• Rude Hero, Nice Sidekick: You can count on Sally being far more polite and diplomatic than him.
• Sergeant Rock: There are shades of this in his characterization. Despite his powers and personality, Sonic is both willing and able to get into and out of Robotropolis without using his powers at all, and shows concern for every Freedom Fighter^note that is, every Freedom Fighter except Antoine and is fully aware of how much they are risking their lives to fight. Case in point: to save the noncombatant refugees of Lower Mobius, he was willing to part with half of the Power Stone that makes his Power Rings, reducing them from being available every 12 hours, to every 24 hours. He did this despite the fact that their leader, Griff, tried to steal the stone.
  Griff: "You're the best, Sonic.
  Sonic: "I know."
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: In "Blast from the Past", it is shown that Sonic was in line for roboticization right behind his Uncle Chuck, and saw him get roboticized when he was only five years old. It still gives him nightmares. In "Sonic's Nightmare", Sonic had a dream of Sally being put in the roboticizer - she chastises him for his lack of foresight before screaming horribly as she is converted into a mechanical slave. On occasion, he's had visions like these in broad daylight.
• Smiting Evil Feels Good: He's always ecstatic when it comes time to trash some robots.
• Smug Super: Several of Robotnik's schemes were specifically designed to manipulate his ego. Sonic is genuinely competent and heroic, and he has absolutely no problem constantly bragging about it. In the second season, this trait was exaggerated to the point that he would screw up missions due to his overconfidence.
• Strategy Versus Tactics: Sally is the strategist: Sonic is the tactician.
• Street Smart: Living on Planet Mobius isn't easy. Sonic makes it look easy (a fact he takes a little too much pride in). He's gotten into and out of Robotropolis many, many times, and it shows - despite being Book Dumb, he knows essentially all there is to know about Robotnik's war machines through experience. On one occasion, he even survived the place without his powers.
• Strong and Skilled: He was inexplicably born with Super-Speed, and has been fighting against an Evil Overlord scientist and his army of death machines for a decade.
• Super-Empowering: Sonic is the only one who can control the Power Rings. Said rings run on the energy of the Deep Power Stones - when he and Sally combined the Deep Power Stones, he used this ability to temporarily give her the ability to run just as fast as him.
• Super-Reflexes: He can casually reflect a laser beam with a hand-mirror or dodge a laser beam from a standing position, and can not-so-casually evade rapid laser fire.
• Super-Speed: He got his name for his ability to casually run faster than the speed of sound. He also comes with the Required Secondary Powers, including incredible reflexes, extreme durability, and special friction-proof shoes.
• Super-Toughness: Compared to everyone else in the series, he can take a ridiculous amount of punishment. Like, getting repeatedly shot with an artillery-grade Plasma Cannon and walking it off.
• Took a Level in Dumbass: After the aforementioned Flanderization, Sonic became noticeably more idiot prone, and more reliant on other teammates strategizing for him or clearing up his errors.
• Totally Radical: As typical of a '90s "cool" character.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Chili-dogs.
• Unique Protagonist Asset: Sonic is the only individual that can use the Power Rings, which temporarily boost his already impressive speed and power to utterly incredible levels.
• You Already Changed the Past: In the time-travel episode "Blast to the Past," it is shown that present-day Sonic is responsible for both the loss of most of Snively's hair and Robotnik's roboticized arm.
• You Killed My Father: Robotnik roboticized Sonic's uncle Chuck.
• The Worf Effect: Naugus defeats Sonic effortlessly with his magic. He only survives because Naugus willingly lets him go, plus his vendetta is with Robotnik instead.

Princess Sally Acorn

Voiced by: Kath Soucie

The king's only daughter, the Freedom Fighters' strategist, and Sonic's love interest.

• Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: In Season 1, she only ever wore thigh-length boots. In Season 2, she suddenly has a sleeveless blue jacket as well. Despite this, whenever she appeared on official merchandise, even years later, it was without the vest.
• Action Girl: As The Leader of a group of freedom fighters, this is a given.
• Affectionate Nickname: She has an awful lot of them: Sonic calls her "Sal", her father nicknamed her "Bean", Bunnie calls her "Sally-Girl" and Tails calls her "Aunt Sally".
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Her Love Interest is Sonic the Hedgehog; an arrogant, egotistical showboat with a minimal formal education, who also has superpowers that allow him to ignore most of these shortfalls.
• All There in the Script: Her surname 'Acorn' is never mentioned in SatAM, though it is stated in the show's bible.
• Anger Born of Worry: Sonic's tendency to charge headfirst into messes gives her unending stress.
• Appropriate Animal Attire: She wears far less clothing than Bunnie; her typical outfit is just an open jacket and boots. Despite her more humanoid shape, there is nothing visible beyond her fur.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: In "Blast To The Past", she's skeptical of the existance of the timestones due to time travel supposedly violating the laws of physics. This despite knowing magic exists, one of her fellow freedom fighters being a fire/ice breathing dragon and the fact that her best friend/main crush can run faster than the speed of sound!!!
• Ascended Extra: Originally, Sally Acorn was a very minor character from the original Sonic the Hedgehog; specifically, she's one of Sonic's animal friends who Robotnik captured, and is freed when Sonic breaks her out of a Badnik. She had her own official merchandise as early as 1991. The cartoon upgrades her to Sonic's love interest and main ally. Her presence in the cartoon made her so popular that an official statue of her standing alongside Sonic was placed near the entrance the SegaWorld theme park in Sydney, Australia, and on arcade cards from the same place.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: Her mind is a honed analytical tool, to the point where she's been known to offhandedly mentally record and time events down to the decimal point.
• Badass Bookworm: Sally is very well-educated — having a working knowledge in everything from botany to history— and is also one of the most competent Freedom Fighters. She is also an adept acrobat and martial artist, and particularly deft at hacking and infiltrating computer systems.
• Badass Normal: Sally doesn't have Sonic's Super-Speed, Bunnie's Super-Strength, Tails' ability to fly or Dulcy's draconic powers. But she is an excellent, strategist, hacker and problem solver — on top of being a skilled fighter and acrobat — so she's more than capable of fighting alongside them.
• Battle Couple: With Sonic. She's his primary teammate in most of the episodes, and they are definitely an item at the end.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: She has a thing for Sonic. She expresses it by teasing him... and by getting bent out of sorts whenever he does something stupid or hurts her pride. Which is pretty often.
• Borrowed Catchphrase: She uses Sonic's "Let's do it to it!" on numerous occasions, the most notable being in "The Doomsday Project", after she and Sonic connect the Power Stones.
  Sally: So this is what Power Rings feel like. Wow! Let's do it to it!
• By-the-Book Cop: She constantly tries to keep Sonic in line and endlessly chastises him for taking risks or going outside of her plans, regardless of whether or not they work.
• Character Catchphrase: "Oh, my gosh".
• Chessmaster Sidekick: She's easily smarter than Sonic and forms most of the team's plans, but she will casually confirm that he's the leader if asked.
• Closer to Earth: Albeit balanced by occasional bouts of arrogance and childishness equal to Sonic.
• The Comically Serious: She often becomes this when paired against Sonic, though she is often more jovial than most examples.
• Compassionate Critic: She is very critical of Sonic's extreme confidence and devil-may-care attitude, specifically because she's absolutely terrified that he might go out to Robotropolis one day and never come back. As such, her criticism of him is quite harsh and occasionally even hyperbolic.^note As an example, she occasionally implies that Sonic never uses his brain, even though he very clearly does, sometimes in ways that blatantly surpass her creativity. This trope is openly discussed multiple times in conversations between Bunnie and herself, as Bunnie is probably the only person aside Tails that she'd openly admit this to.
• Condescending Compassion: She is only looking out for Sonic and trying to get him to reign in his cockiness before it gets him into trouble. Unfortunately, her frequently snide and holier-than-thou attitude in doing so doesn't exactly win him over.
• The Consigliere: When Sonic makes up his mind to do something foolhardy or immoral, Sally is usually the one to talk him out of it. She also handles correspondence between Freedom Fighter groups, keeps information on Robotropolis' layout to plan each attack, and monitors Robotnik's transmissions to keep Sonic up-to-date on the doctor's plans.
• Cool Big Sis: To Tails, to the point where he considers her his honorary aunt.
• Cute Indignant Girl Stance: She does this in some of her exceptionally childish arguments with Sonic, even adding a tantrum-esque foot stomp to the mix.
• Daddy's Girl: She dearly loves her father, and one of her main goals is to reunited with him. She eventually does meet up with him in the Void, but it can't last.
• Deadpan Snarker: She's usually the most sarcastic and snarky of the team. Only Sonic even comes close.
• Defiant Captive: Whenever she's in Robotnik's clutches, expect to her to insult him.
  Sally: (quietly furious) In your dreams, Doctor.
• Disappeared Dad: Her father, the rightful King of Mobius, went missing when Robotnik took over. it turns out he was trapped in an otherworldly prison.
• Distress Ball: Despite being The Strategist of the team, she often got captured rather handily.
• Damsel in Distress: Played with. She is one of the most competent Freedom Fighters, but also one of Robotnik's favorite hostage choices.
• The Ditherer: A few episodes play her as this, especially when conflicting with the very blunt Sonic. This was less liable to happen in the Second Season, where her negative attributes were downplayed so that she could act as a far more competent alternative to Sonic's increased recklessness.
• Don't Call Me "Sir": She is a Princess, but prefers people not to address her as such, as her title is a rather hollow one while the kingdom is under Robotnik's control.
• Early Installment Character-Design Difference: In the pilot episode, Sally has pink fur and brown hair, has a more childlike voice, and is somewhat chubby. In all later episodes, she has brown fur, red hair, the voice of an adult woman, and a more svelte figure.
• Empowered Badass Normal: She becomes this in the finale, as Sonic uses the Deep Power Stones to give her the ability to run just as fast as him.
• Face Death with Dignity: In the end of Sonic and Sally, Sally attempts to do this as she's mere moments from being roboticized: she becomes completely silent and stoic, in sharp contrast to her usual defiant snark. Fortunately, Sonic shows up just in time.
• Fallen Princess: She lost her status, her home, and her family when Robotnik took over. She's now part of a resistance movement out of Knothole village.
• Fatal Flaw: Most of Sally's rare Not So Above It All moments were triggered by her prideful nature, which led her to being competitive and hyper-focused on proving Sonic wrong. Because Sonic actually has more experience in Robotropolis than she does, he's right surprisingly often... until the second season.
• Fiery Redhead: She has her moments, especially when Sonic is involved.
• The Finicky One: In contrast to the brash reckless Sonic. Though she is played more primarily as The Straight Man than other examples, her neuroses are a large source of comedy for her character.
• Flanderization: In Season One, while the more lucid and strategic of the two, Sally was still as error-prone and stubborn in her own methods as Sonic was with his, with both making up for one's follies as often as the other, making them equals. Sally had her positive qualities more focused in Season Two, making her more a Hyper-Competent Sidekick to accommodate Sonic's increased recklessness and lack of intellect.
• Foil: She's largely a foil to Sonic, since her meticulous and cautious personality contrasts his spontaneous and reckless persona. Both share a similar arrogance and ego that only fuels their bickering more. She's also a foil to Bunnie, but much less so.
• Gadgeteer Genius: She became this in the second season when her intelligence got exaggerated. Normally, she's good with computer software (especially hacking), specifically.
• Hollywood Hacking: Her main skill and asset to her team beyond her strategic planning is her computer skills. On missions she is often the one who is tasked with infiltrating or sabotaging Robotnik's computer systems and data gathering.
• Honorary Uncle: To Tails, who calls her "Aunt Sally".
• Hot Librarian: She has shades of this in her portrayal.
• Humanoid Female Animal: Out of the main Freedom Fighters, she has the most humanoid body overall.
• Humble Pie: Her arrogance can and has led her to make some pretty serious mistakes, forcing her to admit to her own hubris more than once.
• Inferiority Superiority Complex: Sally is often overbearing and condescending to her team about their blunderings, especially Sonic, though under pressure will often admit she is just terrified of what Robotnik might do to them. Spotlighted in "Sonic Racer".
• Insufferable Genius: She becomes this towards Sonic, and Sonic alone, as a defensive reaction to his egotism. This attitude can and does backfire on her.
• Interspecies Romance: She's a chipmunk, and her love interest is a hedgehog.
• The Lancer: Sally was specifically made as a Foil to round out Sonic's character flaws: Sonic is Hot-Blooded and smug, making him very prone to charging headfirst to meet any danger head on. Sally is far more calculated, and acts as both his voice of reason and moral conscience.
• The Lightfooted: She's quite agile, and can often be seen performing complex acrobatics just for the fun of it.
• Little Miss Badass: She's a sixteen-year-old strategist, martial artist, computer hacker, historian, archaeologist, and Freedom Fighter. She's well proud of it.
• Luminescent Blush: She tends to do this, even though it shouldn't be possible through her fur.
• Magical Computer: She owns NICOLE, a handheld computer that allows her to bring up blueprints, research of all kinds, and encryption cracking software. It has a personality of its own as well.
• Mama Bear: A downplayed example, but she's very protective of Tails, getting mad when she finds out that Sonic took him near Robotnik, though she gets over it when they reveal the positive results.
• Meaningful Name: It's probably more a coincidence than anything else, but her name comes from a Hebrew word meaning "princess".
• Missing Mom: While we know her dad is trapped in the Void, what happened to her mom is never mentioned. It's implied her father may have been a widower in the Time Travel episode.
• Modest Royalty: As she herself puts it:
  Sally: In the Great Forest, such titles are meaningless.
• Ms. Fanservice: Sally's curvy and athletic physique, minimal attire and Barbie Doll Anatomy often lead to her receiving specific focus from the camera.
• Nice Girl: While sometimes irritable and bossy, she's still mostly humble, gentle, and down-to-earth. She only ever gets particularly irate when she's afraid for someone else, or Sonic manages to seriously annoy her.
• Noble Fugitive: Aside from the King — who is indisposed for the foreseeable future, on top of being trapped in an otherworldly prison — Sally is the last remaining Mobian of Royal blood. Her kingdom is occupied by Robotnik, and he is out to have her either killed or roboticized.
• Non-Mammal Mammaries: Although she isn't as stacked as Bunnie, Sally has a visible, human-like bustline despite her lack of attire.
• Not So Above It All: Despite acting like she's the only person on the team with a brain, she isn't infallible: she can prove quite arrogant when corrected, and that pride can make her act carelessly. This more commonly happened in the first season. Also keep in mind it is often her that insists on bringing Antoine on missions.
• Number Two: She is the rightful heir to the throne of Mobius. She could easily take the title of "Queen" and rule with absolute authority. Instead, she willingly takes the position of being Sonic's second, officially referring to him as the leader of the Freedom Fighters.
• Omnidisciplinary Scientist: She supplies mainly in computer knowledge and hacking, but is also shown to have extensive archeological knowledge, and is implied to be as profound a mechanic as Rotor. Given a lot of this was expanded as her role became larger, it may also count as The Main Characters Do Everything.
• Only Sane Woman: Thanks to the rampant Flanderization in season two, she's this to Sonic and the Freedom Fighters.
• Opposites Attract: With the exception of their shared proneness to being egotistical and reckless, Sonic is absolutely nothing like her. In spite of this, she dearly loves him.
• Parental Substitute: She treats Tails very much like her own son at times, and is very protective of him. Tails loves her right back, calling her "Aunt Sally".
• Parenting the Husband: She treats Sonic this way. In the second season, it's actually justified.
• Princess Protagonist: She hasn't changed her title to "Queen" because she is insistent that her father is still alive. She's right, but given his circumstances, she may as well not be.
• Princesses Rule: She would be the ruler of Mobius if Robotnik hadn't taken over. Instead, she seeks to retake her throne as part of a resistance movement, which she doesn't actually lead.
• Promotion to Parent: With Tails' parents and Rosie the nanny gone, she became the closest thing to a mother in the kit's upbringing.
• Real Name as an Alias: When she travels back in time and meets her past self, she introduces herself as "Alicia". Past Sally comments that's her middle name.
• Red Is Heroic: She's the main heroine and her hair is a dark red hue.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Sonic's red, ironically enough.
• Rightly Self-Righteous: Sally is often condescending to Sonic for his potentially reckless and destructive approach. She's usually proven right. However, she is known to be just as reckless.
• Right Way/Wrong Way Pair: Thanks to Flanderization, her methodical approach becomes the Right Way to Sonic's more reflexive Wrong Way in Season Two. This was not the case in the first season, in which Sonic was more competent and she was prone as much to indecision, arrogance and recklessness, making them more equals. However, Season Two writer Ben Hurst openly viewed Sally as the more reasonable of the two:
  "The wonderful thing about Sal is that, not only is she strong and capable, she can give as well as get in any exchange with Sonic. She doesn't order him around — she cajoles, persuades, convinces him to go in the direction she suggests — but as we all know — if Sonic really doesn't want to go in her direction — it just plain old ain't gonna happen."
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Granted; when your kingdom is now controlled by a megaolomanical tyrant intent on turning all living creatures into soulless machines, the options are few but to get some dirt under one’s fingernails, royal stature notwithstanding.
• Smooch of Victory: She gives these all the time.
• So Proud of You: Sally had this reaction at the end of Drood Henge toward her adopted nephew/son, Tails, when Sonic told her and Dulcy that tricking Robotnik with a fake Deep Power stone was all his idea.
• Squishy Wizard: Sally is the strategist for the Freedom Fighters. She is also a hacking and computing expert, and has almost as prominent mechanical skills as Rotor. The only thing she seems inept in is physical power.
• Steamrolled Smart Guy: Tries perpetually to convince, chide, or outright scream at Sonic to follow a basic strategy, which he nearly always ignores and zips off. Deconstructed more often in Season Two where often Sonic lands into danger as a result and Sally needs to rescue him, with him acknowledging he should listen to her sometimes (at least until the next episode).
• The Strategist: This is her main role in the team. She makes the plans, the rest of the team carries those plans out, but she'll also frequently be involved directly.
• Strategy Versus Tactics: Sonic is the tactician: Sally is the the strategist.
• Talented, but Trained: She's naturally adept at math and the sciences, but not perfect at either. During the war with Robotnik she's trained her mind to be a precision instrument capable of some astounding snap problem-solving.
• Team Mom: It comes with being the most mature and level-headed Freedom Fighter aside from Uncle Chuck. In Tails' case, she acts as his surrogate mother/aunt.
• The Tease: She occasionally teases Sonic.
• Teen Genius: Though Rotor may be the Mr. Fixit of the group, Sally is no slouch when it comes to fixing machines herself. She's also an excellent hacker and a skilled strategist.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Sally is the "tomboy" to Bunnie's "girly girl". Ironically, Sally is the weaker and less physical of the two, and is a literal princess.
• Tomboy Princess: This trope comes as a direct result of the world that she lives in. The world she lives in is a world where a genius totalitarian madman rules over her rightful kingdom with near-total control. The world has been that way since she was five years old. To fight back, she was specifically groomed from a young age to be an active Freedom Fighter, learning to use her mind to give her team the best possible chance of victory. The reason she's not a stereotypical princess who lives in a castle, is because she cannot be.
• Too Clever by Half: She is intelligent and resourceful, but occasionally competes with Sonic in terms of haughtiness.
• True Blue Femininity: She wears a blue jacket and blue boots. To add to that, she has blue eyes.
• Uptight Loves Wild: She's an uptight, sensible planner, while Sonic is a brash, reckless daredevil. While she does get irritated by his attitude, she loves him very dearly.
• Vocal Dissonance: In spite of her appearance as a cute chipmunk barely in her teens, she has the voice of a mature young woman. The episode Drood Henge reveals in a roundabout way that she's 16 years old: she was 5 when Robotnik took over ten years ago, and she will "come of age" (turn 18) in two years.
• Vocal Evolution: Her voice sounded younger and shriller in the pilot episode. For the rest of the series, Kath Soucie used her natural speaking voice, albeit with occasional slight fluctuations between lower and higher pitched.
• Warrior Princess: She has royal blood, and is fighting a war to restore her kingdom. That said, it's not her profession: she was forced into this trope by Robotnik.
• Weak, but Skilled: Compared to the other Freedom Fighters, who tend to have superpowers, she can hardly fight at all. Her mind and skills make up the difference.
• Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: Sonic's comparative lack of good manners and tendency to get into scraps without thinking first almost constantly provokes this trope from her.
• Wet Blanket Wife: Downplayed case. Sally is humorless, uptight, and constantly on Sonic's back for showing off, but in a dystopian world where his recklessness often risks getting him robotocized or worse by a sadistic Evil Overlord, she's usually in the right to be.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: She's only sixteen, yet she has the maturity of someone twenty years older and the voice to match. Possibly a result of having to grow up early due to Robotnik.
• Women Prefer Strong Men: In "Hooked on Sonics", Rotor suggested to Antoine that this is why Sally prefers Sonic over him.
• You Killed My Father: Sally was very close to her father, the King of Mobotropolis. The King has been missing ever since Robotnik overthrew the Kingdom, and could easily be either roboticized or dead. He's trapped in The Void, where he can see his former Kingdom but cannot do anything to help.

Tails

Voiced by: Bradley Pierce (EN), Nariko Fujieda (JP)

A young fox who was born with two tails. He can use them to fly by twirling them.

• Abandoned War Child: Though he wasn't born to any member of the cast, he easily fits the trope. His parents are nowhere to be seen - they were likely Roboticized or killed by Robotnik's army. Sally serves as his surrogate mother.
• Adaptational Intelligence: In the games of the time, Tails was a powerful fighter, but overall he was simply a kid character that followed Sonic around. It wouldn't be until Sonic and Knuckles that we'd get even a slight reference to him liking machine maintenance, and that fact had no specific impact on the game itself. In this series, Tails is far weaker in a fight, but makes up for it by taking down power stations with a keypad, recognizing lifelike robots as fake when no one else does, disabling a Surveillance Orb by pulling out the correct wire, and tricking Robotnik with a fake Power Stone.
• Adaptational Wimp: In the games of the time, Tails was almost as fast and powerful as Sonic. Here, his role is changed from Sonic's sidekick and main ally to a little kid who was nearly always made to stay home while the others fought Robotnik.
• Adorably Precocious Child: Tails desperately wants to prove he can be trusted with the responsibilities of a full-fledged Freedom Fighter, but he's not yet competent enough to pull it off.
• Affectionate Nickname: Sonic often calls him "Big Guy", or "T2" on one occasion.
• Age Lift: His age was lifted up from eight to ten.
• Ambiguously Absent Parent: We can assume his real parents were captured and roboticised (or possibly killed), hence why he sees the other Freedom Fighters (notably Sonic and Sally) as parental figures.
• Audience Surrogate: In the pilot, it seems the main reason Sonic lets him tag along to Robotropolis is so he can have someone to explain the show's setting and mythos to.
• The Baby of the Bunch: He's doted on and fussed over by the whole team of Freedom Fighters, probably due to his being the youngest of their group.
• Big Brother Worship: To Sonic, naturally. One of the more prominent examples of any Sonic medium.
• Character Development: He started out as a Tagalong Kid with moments of minor usefulness. In the second season, his role was substantially expanded in the last few episodes to TV Genius. He was also supposed to become even more prominent if the show hadn't been canceled: he would have gone from incapable kid who idolized Sonic to holding his own as a Freedom Fighter ("Drood Henge" showed the first hints as to what this would have been like).
• Characterization Marches On: He acts like a four year old in the pilot, as opposed to his eight-ten year old self. He's also a lot clumsier.
• Cheerful Child: Considering the situation, he has a generally upbeat attitude.
• Child Prodigy: It's revealed in Drood Henge that Tails is actually quite precocious with machines and a good planner. Unfortunately, the show ended before this trait could be further explored.
• Constantly Curious: He's a bright, inquisitive boy with a lot of questions (mostly aimed at Sonic).
• The Cutie: He's universally considered an adorable little brother by the Freedom Fighters. He's really sweet, but can put up a fight when called for, especially when harm is given to Sonic and Sally.
• Defiant Captive: When he gets captured and brought to Snively, he not only shows no fear, but mouths off at him. He probably got it from Sally.
• Eager Rookie: He's chomping at the bit to rush off and fight robots and free Mobius, much to everyone's concern.
• Everyone's Baby Brother: The rest of the Freedom Fighters are very protective of him for this very reason. They have very good reasons for keeping him out of harm's way.
• Fan of the Underdog: He's one of the few who can tolerate Antoine, and is the only one who will listen to his exaggerated tales of bravado (possibly because he's naive, nice or both). He still finds his perfume repulsive.
• Girls Have Cooties: Typical for a young child, Tails was disgusted when he saw Sonic kiss his aunt Sally in the mouth.
• Heli-Critter: He can use his two tails to fly short distances by spinning them like rotors.
• Hero-Worshipper: He's Sonic's biggest fan, hanging on his every word and practically worshiping the ground he runs on.
• Innocent Prodigy: Tails is definitely very precocious - he's a very quick thinker, is very quick to pick up on how machines work, was the only Freedom Fighter who recognized Sally's robot clone for what it was, he tricked Robotnik with a fake Power Stone, and irreparably shut down a power generator in just a few seconds with a keypad. However, he's still only 10 years old, and has naive immaturity to match. He's not allowed to be a Freedom Fighter for his own safety, which closely matches the way adults would realistically treat a ten year old.
• Keet: This little guy is full of enthusiasm.
• Leeroy Jenkins: He sometimes jumps into situations too fast due to his eagerness to participate.
• Meaningful Name: He has not one, but two tails, and he can use them to fly.
• Missing Mom: He mentions his mother twice - once Played for Laughs in the pilot ("Hi, Mom!") and once played for pathos in "Sonic Past Cool" when he tearfully tells Sonic that he misses her. Thankfully, he has Sally to fill that role in his life.
• Nice Guy: Mild-mannered, sweet natured, and kind, he has a huge heart for everyone he meets (Robotnik and Snively, excluded).
• The Nose Knows: If "Fed Up with Antoine/Ghostbusted" is anything to go by, he has a strong sense of smell, as he's able to track Antoine through his awful perfume.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name, Miles Prower, is never mentioned once in the series.
• Playful Hacker: In "Drood Henge", he reveals that Sally taught him a thing or two about computers, and proceeds to easily shut down a power station.
• Reckless Sidekick: Much like Sonic, he has a tendency to leap into a situation without thinking first. This gets him into trouble a few times.
• The Smart Guy: He recognized Robot Sally as a fake, personally shut down one of Robotnik's power stations, and devised a plan of tricking Robotnik with a fake Power Stone.
• Tagalong Kid: To a degree, but not to the extent he tends to be in the games. Begins to be averted in "Drood Henge", in which he revealed that Sally taught him some hacking skills, and he proved himself to be resourceful, clever, and great at coming up with plans.
• Took a Level in Badass: He went from a kid that didn't go on missions to fully-fledged freedom fighter. The planned third season would have taken this further, culminating with him single-handedly saving Knothole from disaster.
• TV Genius: He becomes this in the second season as part of his character development.

Bunnie Rabbot

Voiced by: Christine Cavanaugh (English), Rica Matsumoto (Japanese)

A rabbit whose super-strong cyborg body allows her to be the Freedom Fighter's heavy hitter.

• Affectionate Nickname: Tails sometimes calls her "Aunt Bunnie".
• Armed Legs: Her roboticized legs are incredibly strong, and kicking is one of her main methods of attack.
• The Artifact: She was a supporting powerhouse in Season one. In Season 2 (when Dulcy was introduced), she was reduced to merely existing. She rarely went on missions and hardly ever used her cyborg powers or martial skills.
• Artificial Limbs: As a byproduct of being partially roboticized, her left arm and both of her legs are fully cybernetic. They require regular maintenance to function properly.
• Badass Adorable: She's a cute (inching towards sexy) female bunny anthro with a Southern Belle accent... who also has a cybernetic arm and legs that she can use to smash tanks into pieces, and the martial skill to be incredibly quick and effective about it.
• Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Played With. In-Universe, Bunnie considers herself to be a subversion of this. Thanks to a partial roboticization, she is stuck with Artificial Limbs, which she utterly hates and would gladly be rid of despite their utility.
• Beware the Nice Ones: She's a kind and sweet-natured girl who can easily smash open armored doors and destroy soldier robots in hand-to-hand combat.
• The Big Guy: She's a female example by virtue of her being a Cyborg.
• Body Horror: By way of Unwilling Roboticization. She was captured by Swat-bots and slated to be roboticized, only to be rescued at the very last possible instant, leaving her with a half-organic, half-machine body.
• Character Catchphrase: "Oh my stars!".
• Combat Parkour: Don't let the bulky cybernetics fool you - she's amazingly agile.
• Cool Aunt: To Tails. Whereas Sally takes on a paternal role, Bunnie is more sisterly.
• Cool Big Sis: She acts as this towards both Sally and Tails. In Sally's case, Bunnie is more understanding and level-headed, especially when it comes to dealing with Sonic.
• Cursed with Awesome: She is a victim of partial robotocization, which grants her amazing strength and a few other abilities. She hates it.
• Cute Bruiser: She's a cute-looking bunny rabbit with a sweet personality and a girlish disposition. She's also a martial artist who is strong enough to tear open fortified steel doors with her bare hands.
• Cyborg: True to her last name, she is partially roboticized, such that her left arm and lower torso are mechanical.
• Demoted to Extra: In Season Two she was largely reduced to being a background character.
• Dismemberment Is Cheap: Her mechanical limbs are freely detachable.
• A Dog Named "Dog": She's a Funny Animal rabbit. Justified in that "Bunnie" is an actual name.
• Ears as Hair: She uses curlers on her ears.
• Extendable Arms: All of her mechanical limbs are able to extend to great lengths and collapse back to their original size at will.
• The Fashionista: Aside from Antoine, she is the only character in the show who is genuinely fussy over her appearance in any way. She wears purple eyeshadow, wears a Cucumber Facial to bed, uses curlers on her ears, and generally keeps an eye on the way she looks.
• Faux Action Girl: She doesn't fight at all in the second season.
• Girly Bruiser: She has Super-Strength, and she is certainly willing to bash robots into metal fragments, but she is very much the girly-girl of the team: she'd rather be doing more conventionally feminine stuff like gardening than fighting.
• Good Bad Girl: Bunnie is unambiguously a G-rated version of this trope^note  She is a rabbit, after all. At one point she casually, yet seriously jokes about eyeing Uncle Chuck. She is very flirty, and wears a somewhat skimpier version of a well-known sexy outfit. She's also easily the sweetest character in the cast, and has a good rapport with nearly everyone: a Femme Fatale she is not. Page 12◊ of Sonic SatAM's Universe Bible reveals that she isn't at all picky about love - she has her eye on nearly every male in the cast except Tails.
  Bunnie: "Speaking of be-hinds,... I dearly love boys. I can sit for hours and watch em' walk by one by one. Um-um."
• Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Bunnie's dialogue tends to contain mild expletives, including "doggone" and "heck". That said, some of her dialogue isn't as child-friendly as it may seem to be:
  Bunnie: "What in the hoo-hah just happened?"
• Hair-Raising Hare: She's a Child Soldier and martial artist with Super-Strength and an arguable case of PTSD. Angering her is not a good idea.
• The Heart: She often fills this role in Season 1, acting to relax Sally's constant worrying and providing a voice of reason that Sonic would actually listen to, as opposed to Sally's more arrogant approach.
• Heroes Fight Barehanded: Thanks to her cybernetic upgrades and martial arts skills, she needs no weapons to put the hurt on a tank.
• Honorary Uncle: Tails calls her "Aunt Bunnie".
• Human Weapon: Due to her cybernetic body parts and martial training, she is easily the second most destructive Freedom Fighter behind Sonic himself, far and away stronger than most roboticized individuals.
• I Just Want to Be Beautiful: Along with Antoine, Bunnie is one of only two characters in the show who will fuss over their appearance, and is the only one to wear makeup. She also happens to be a victim of the roboticizer, which - very painfully - transformed roughly half of her body into bulky mechanical parts, leaving her awkwardly lopsided. The upshot is that her new robotic limbs are very strong. She didn't take it well. At all.
• Impossibly-Low Neckline: Her top somehow stays on despite being both backless and strapless.
• Kiai: She always cries out loudly with each strike.
• Kung-Fu Kid: She knows martial arts despite being a fugitive since she was 8 years old. The Series Bible identifies Sally as her tutor.
• Messy Hair: Her ears take the place of hair for this trope: they will frizz up at the slightest of provocations.
• Nice Girl: In spite of her robotic strength, she's the sweetest character on the show, being well-mannered and even a Cool Big Sis to both Tails and Sally.
• Non-Mammal Mammaries: Bunnie unambiguously has breasts. They are notably more pronounced than Sally's.
• Out of Focus: She hardly does anything in the Second Season. Even the odd time she takes part in a mission she rarely acts as little more than a generic teammate.
• Phlebotinum Rebel: Robotnik put her into the roboticizer to take away her free will and make her far stronger than she ever could have been naturally. However, the process was stopped halfway through, granting her immense strength, but leaving her brain - and her free will - untouched. She hates everything about what she became, and would like nothing more than to use her newly bestowed Super-Strength to take Robotnik apart.
• Physical Scars, Psychological Scars: According to the Series Bible, her roboticization is the reason she jpg joined the Freedom Fighters in the first place. It's also a serious source of angst for her throughout the series.
• Playboy Bunny: Just look at her outfit.
• Power-Upgrading Deformation: Her partially roboticized body grants her Super-Strength in exchange for making her look bulky and lopsided.
• Proud Beauty: She used to be one of these. Then she got turned into a powerful cyborg.
  Bunnie: " ...my worst nightmare started comin' true before me very eyes. When I looked down and saw my bodacious bunny-bod turnin' into a ...a you know what! (...) Lucky I have such a perky personality, 'cause boys sure don't chase me for my hard body. Can't hardly blame 'em either."
• Punny Name: Bunnie Rabbot. Her comic version eventually rectons her last name with a different pronounciation ("Rab-bow" instead of "Rab-bot"). When she is half-roboticized, her last name refers to her Cyborg look.
• Righteous Rabbit: She's not only a key Freedom Fighter - she's the nicest and most well-mannered character in the cast.
• Scars Are Forever: The Freedom Fighters try to reverse her Roboticization in Sonic Conversion. It doesn't take, causing her to break down into tears.
• Sexy Backless Outfit: Her outfit doesn't have any back on it at all.
• Southern Belle: Definitely. Interestingly, she is much more of a tomboy than most examples of the trope, and still manages to be the most girly person in the cast.
• Super-Strength: Her robotic limbs give her this. She can jam open the jaws of a massive Mechanical Monster with nothing but raw force. Interestingly, her remaining organic limb is also very strong, and she has used it to force open heavy doors, catch a running Sonic, and help her other arm carry several tons of metal.
• Sweet Home Alabama: She's got the accent and the mannerisms down pat.
• Telescoping Robot: Her robotic limbs are extendable and detachable.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Ironically, Bunnie is the "girly girl" to Sally's tomboy, despite being the group's primary bruiser and Sally being a literal princess.
• Vapor Wear: She definitely isn't wearing a bra. In addition, her tail would tend to make underwear impractical.
• Verbal Tic: Being a Southern gal, she tends to address people as "sugah". She also uses folksy euphemisms.
• Weakness Turns Her On:
  • In the bible, she has a huge crush on the geeky Rotor and in the intro is seen dancing with him.
  • This seems to be the case: despite directly acknowledging his panicky tendencies, she has an obvious crush on Antoine. As she herself indicates in a part of the show's Universe Bible:^note SatAM's Universe Bible reads like an extended self-demonstrating character page.
  Bunnie: "I'm a sucker for shy boys"

Antoine Depardieu

Voiced by: Rob Paulsen

A pompous and cowardly young fellow who wears the outfit of a palace guard.

• Anti-Hero: Like Sonic, he is often arrogant and self-centered. Unlike Sonic, he is also a clumsy, panicky coward. Even so, he is still totally loyal to the princess, and is a member of the Freedom Fighters.
• Bodyguarding a Badass: He guards Sally with his life, and saved her life on two occasions. When she's in danger, his cowardice doesn't even exist.
• Butt-Monkey: He's the usual butt of Sonic's jokes, is constantly reprimanded, and only Tails ever listened to his stories. This gets magnified in the second season, where he’s there for the sole purpose of being a wimp and giving viewers a good laugh.
• Can't Catch Up: To Sonic, both literally and figuratively. He was nowhere near as powerful or competent as Sonic is, and despite his efforts, he couldn't make Sally admire him as much as she does Sonic.
• Cartoon Creature: Antoine's species is never mentioned in the series, not even in the bible or promotional material, which simply use generic terms. Robotnik once called him a rodent, but that was probably an insult. Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) later identified him as a coyote, but earlier issues identified him as a fox, indicating this was a decision made later. The french dub of the show also labels him a fox, but we can't say if this was the original attempt.
• Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: He is a coward, a bungler, and easily the worst fighter in the group. Ready to fold or stay behind at a moment's notice. Not that he can anyway. There are rare acts of bravery, though.
• Child Soldier: While this is true of nearly all of the Freedom Fighters, Antoine is the only one of them who wears a military uniform. It's implied that Antoine was slated to be trained as a royal guard, and might have even been in the cadet program when Robotnik took over. His cowardliness could stem from his lack of training, but despite that, in honor of the position he would have had, he goes along with the others on missions to protect the Princess, as he is the closest they have to a royal guard now. This is backed up by his over protectiveness of Sally in season one, and the fact that he will put his life on the line to protect her without hesitation, despite his fears.
  Antoine: "I would gladly to sacrifice my life for you, my princess."
• Cowardly Lion: Antoine prefers to stand back (or run away) rather than face danger. That said, given the right motivation he proves to be surprisingly competent.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass:
  • Antoine is definitely the Butt-Monkey of the series. That said, on the rare occasion that he overcomes his cowardice, he shows himself to be startlingly competent. Unfortunately, his personality was so heavily Flanderized in Season 2 as a result of executive mandate that it actually manages to overshadow any competence he formerly had.
    • In Season 1's Hooked on Sonics, Antoine grows ever the more jealous of Sonic's relationship with Sally, to the point that he tries to capture Robotnik alone in order to get her attention... and proceeds to almost pull it off by deliberately manipulating his ego. Taking a Power Ring, Antoine sneaks into the city, handily evades the security, and intentionally addresses Robotnik through one of his surveillance drones, informing him that he will give him the ring if he agrees to meet him at the city limits in one hour, alone. Robotnik replies by dispatching hover-units to his position to take it by force, only for Antoine to disappear. Robotnik immediately orders Snively to ready his hovercraft so he can make the meeting.^note Being a sociopath, one of Robotnik's biggest flaws is his impulsiveness - a flaw which Antoine just manipulated. At said meeting, Antoine proceeds to lure Robotnik into a simple trapping pit. The plan worked in every single way, except for the fact that Robotnik can fly.
    • In Season 2's Spy Hog, Antoine is searching for Uncle Chuck to warn him that Robotnik's onto him. Chuck finds Antoine first, and whispers a greeting, which startles Antoine and causes him to fall through an air vent]] and land right next to Snively, who just happened to be nearby. Snively has Antoine strapped to a chair, looks up his personality file on a computer, and proceeds to "torture" him by preparing French cuisine incorrectly. Sonic, who also just happened to be nearby, drops in and saves Antoine effortlessly. Later on in the same episode, he manages to save Sally - she, Antoine, and Bunnie are using electromagnets to ride underneath one of Robotnik's fuel tankers when her magnet malfunctions, and he catches her.
  • In Fed Up With Antoine - one of the mandated breather episodes, Antoine takes out a Nasty Hyena who is five times his size with a flying kick.
• The Dandy: He's rather obsessive over his appearance.
• Dirty Coward: The second season largely turned him into this.
• Dogged Nice Guy: He is always trying to prove his affection for Sally. She's not interested, though she considers him to be a good person.
• Dub Name Change: In France, he was known as Antoine Gontran de la Renardière. The "renard" in his name counts for a Species Surname as he is identified as a fox in their dub. Gontran is a stereotypical Snob name in french pop culture.
• Dub Species Change: In the english version of the show, his species is never mentioned anywhere. In the french version, he is identified as a fox on the DVD bios.
• The Ditz / Dumb Blonde: A Rare Male Example. His hair is dirty blonde, and he's certainly not the smartest member of the team.
• Flanderization: He was originally rather pompous and cowardly, but had some amount of lucidity and nobility, and even competence. In Season Two however he more or less devolved into a full time Straw Loser, barely able to spend five seconds without saying or doing something stupid or narcissistic and acting like a full blown Dirty Coward.
• Funny Foreigner: His french accent and mannerisms are played for laughs. Interestingly he was going to be brittish early in the series.
• French Jerk: In spades. He has a very haughty opinion of himself.
• Giftedly Bad: His attempt to write Sally a romantic poem leaves a lot to be desired.
• Glory Seeker: He once attempted to capture Robotnik on his own for personal glory and to win Sally's heart. Suffice to say, it didn't go very well.
• Gratuitous French: Constant "Frenchisms" spill from his lips, as part of his obvious stereotyping.
• Green-Eyed Monster: In "Hooked On Sonics", he's so jealous of Sally's adoration of Sonic that he attempts to capture Robotnik on his own in the hopes of winning her hand. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
• Hopeless Suitor: He has his eyes on Sally... she has her eyes on Sonic.
• Innocent Innuendo: Thanks to his speech issues he accidentally calls fertilizer "fraternizer" on one occasion.
• Insufferable Imbecile: He is a pompous, cowardly, French Jerk who is also clumsy to the core and extremely incompetent.
• Interspecies Romance: He's obviously not a squirrel, but has an unrequited crush on Sally.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite being being a cowardly, pompous oaf, he has proven to be unquestionably loyal to Princess Sally, and on occasion shown traits of Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass when one of the others was in trouble, like when Sonic was about to be ambushed from behind by a Nasty Hyena.
• Large Ham: Has a habit of Chewing the Scenery, particularly with his French accent. It helps that he's voiced by Rob Paulsen.
• Lethal Klutz: In Season One, he is more awkward and clumsy than downright stupid, and continuously botches stealth missions with his pratfalls. Taken almost literally in "Sonic Boom" when Cat has to perform a Heroic Sacrifice after a very badly timed moment of clumsiness by Antoine busts the group.
• Leitmotif: He has his own theme tune in Season 2.
• Limited Wardrobe: In "The Odd Couple", it is discovered that his wardrobe contains multiple copies of the same outfit.
• The Load: He is incredibly cowardly and almost never contributes anything of value, yet for some reason they frequently bring him along on action missions.
• Lovable Coward: This is what Antoine was aimed towards, until Flanderization leaned him more along the lines of a Jerkass Dirty Coward and an Upper-Class Twit.
• Malaproper: In his world, a fool is a fuel, bingo is pronounced gringo, and fertilizer is fraternizer.
• Miles Gloriosus: He acts so much like a professional (if ineffectual) soldier that it's hard to remember he's supposed to be the same age as the rest of the group.
• The Millstone: He is generally very useless when put on any mission, and is most likely to screw up.
• The Münchausen: Antone has gone on various legitimate adventures, and on some occasions has proven to be genuinely helpful. That said, he tends to exaggerate his importance in anything he talks about, and no one believes him regardless of the reality of his experiences.
• Neat Freak: In "The Odd Couple" Sonic's messy habits eventually drive Antone insane when they're forced to share a hut.
• No-Respect Guy: Absolutely no one respects Antoine, and he's frequently insulted by the rest of the Freedom Fighters. He actually does have moments of legitimate competence, but they're almost never acknowledged.
• Phrase Catcher: "Shut up, Antoine".
• Plucky Comic Relief: In Season 1.
• Poirot Speak: He painfully mixes English and French in his sentences and his accent makes certain words almost impossible to interpret, much to the confusion of the other characters.
• Rich Language, Poor Language: The french dub adapted Antoine's french accent by having him talk in a very upper class tone and being unfamiliar with the modern lingo used by the other freedom fighters, whom spoke using middle class French with a lot of expressions. Instead of adopting a german accent to turn off an Abhorrent Admirer, french dub Antoine adopts the lingo of a lower class french dockworker.
• The Rival: For Sonic in terms of winning Sally's affection.
• The So-Called Coward: He saved Sally's life at least twice ("Sonic Boom" and "Spyhog") without the slightest hesitation. Even someone as bumbling, cowardly and self-important as him realizes that the princess' safety comes first.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: He's the star of the second season's mandated 'comedic' mini-episodes.
• Straw Loser: In Season two. All the Freedom Fighters have noticeable flaws: Sonic in particular is incredibly arrogant and prone to endanger the team in his recklessness or lack of tact. Antoine however, is a bastion of negative human qualities and has few redeeming ones to compensate. In general, if one character has a flaw, Antoine has it ten times more.
• Two Guys and a Girl: Antoine is Sonic's rival for Sally's affection. This fact is played up in Warp Sonic.
• Unexplained Accent: He has a French name and accent despite everyone else around him having some sort of American accent. This is unexplained, except for a throw-away line that he had training in the "Delmont Province". The accent seems to be mostly there to have him fit the stereotype of a Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey (er...animal). ^note In the comic continuity it's established that Antoine comes from a foreign family that immigrated to Knothole and his way of speaking reflects that, but this explanation never comes up in the cartoon
• Weaksauce Weakness: In "Spyhog", Antoine is being held captive and interrogated by Snively. Antoine insists that Snively can visit whatever horrors he wants upon the beleaguered freedom fighter — his lips are sealed. Then Snively nearly breaks him... by preparing French cuisine incorrectly (making escargot with margarine?!).

Rotor the Walrus

Voiced by: Mark Ballou (Season 1), Cam Brainard (Season 2)

A Walrus who serves as the team's smart guy.

• Art Evolution: While several other characters go through minor design changes, Rotor's are most evident, gradually becoming chubbier and more anthropomorphic. He goes through at least two drastic design changes throughout the show's run (once after the pilot, another during the second season).
• The Artifact: He was originally a lovable loser and Ditzy Genius who provided tech support, however as both Sally's intellect and Antoine's clumsiness got Flanderized in the second season, his role became more superfluous, only having odd moments of importance.
• Big Brother Instinct: While he and Tails are the characters who interact the least, there are a couple of moments where he looks out for Tails, like stopping him from falling into the lake while holding a power ring and stopping him from touching a hot satellite.
• Cannot Talk to Women: Rotor gets nervous talking to girls, though this only appears in the episode, "Dulcy", though its played up alot in the bible.
• Characterization Marches On: In the pilot and odd early episodes, he was more clumsy and dorky, a role that was associated more with Antoine and Dulcy afterwards. The series bible also reveals him to be fond of practical jokes, particularly involving Antoine's hair. This never got past the outline.
• Demolitions Expert: He's the man who makes the Freedom Fighter's grenades and other such weapons.
• Demoted to Extra: He's given far less focus in season two as Sally took his brainiac role and Antoine took over the comic relief role.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: Rotor has a goofier design with a purple color scheme in the pilot episode. His design would be changed again halfway through the show's run. His personality is also a lot more buffoonish in the pilot, having more a Plucky Comic Relief role that Antoine and Dulcy would later usurp.
• Endearlingly Dorky: In the bible for the series, Bunnie considered his shy and nerdy nature cute.
• The Engineer: He's the group's inventor, engineer, repairman, and general tech-wizard, whilst Sally and NICOLE handle strategy and hacking.
• Gadgeteer Genius: He builds all of the cool toys that the Freedom Fighters use.
• Genius Bruiser: While he may be more of a stay at home engineer type, he's also very strong, and is both able and quite willing to throw his ample weight around if he needs to.
• Humble Hero: He's a modest, humble fellow who prefers being a handyman to being a hero.
• Mr Fix It: If the group needs something mechanical designed, invented or repaired, he's the guy they see.
• Nice Guy: He's easily one of the nicest characters in the show.
• Out of Focus: In season two, he gets Demoted to Extra due to Sally and Antoine taking his roles.
• Same Character, But Different: Rotor's design was given an overhaul twice over in the series.
• Straight Man: After Antoine fully took on the role of the clumsy comic relief in season 2, Rotor often acted as such as him and tended to yell at him whenever he inevitably screwed things up.
• Warm-Hearted Walrus: He is a walrus, and he is not only loyal to the Freedom Fighters, but also one of the kindest characters in the show.

Uncle Chuck

Voiced by: William Windom

Sonic's genius uncle who was roboticized when Sonic was very young.

• And I Must Scream: Like all roboticized Mobians, Chuck was fully aware of everything he was doing while under Robotnik's control, but was unable to stop himself.
• Animal Facial Hair: He sports a large, bushy mustache.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: Like all roboticized Mobians, he's compelled to obey Robotnik's directives, no matter what.
• Brainwash Residue: He has to constantly fight his programming in order to function. He can also summon his programming to disguise himself more effectively as a spy.
• Cool Old Guy: He's an understanding father figure to Sonic, a well-renowned genius inventor rivaled only by Robotnik himself, and a super spy. This trope is part of the reason the Freedom Fighters are so fond of him.
• Crazy-Prepared: He anticipated that Robotnik would find his workshop, so he had a backup one just in case.
• Dirty Old Man: A very minor example - he once stole a quick kiss from Bunnie during a brief victory celebration. Apparently, she didn't mind.
• Famed In-Story: Everyone knows him. Even Sally seems breathless upon first meeting him.
• Gadgeteer Genius: He's a very, very capable scientist and engineer who can build complex machines on the fly. He invented Sonic's Power Sneakers, the Power Rings, and the Roboticizer.
• Gentleman and a Scholar: He's not only incredibly intelligent. He's also understanding and very respectful.
• Heroic Sacrifice: He delayed Robotnik's attempts to roboticize Sonic and his friends when they were children so they could escape, but he was caught and roboticized in the process.
• Heroic Willpower: He resists Robotnik's control through sheer force of will.
• Honorary Uncle: Everyone refers to him as "Uncle Chuck".
• Miniature Senior Citizens: He is pretty short compared to the younger King Acorn. That said, he's the same size as Sonic, so the King may just be very big.
• The Mole: After they manage to break his programming and compelled loyalty to Robotnik, he stays in Robotropolis so he can spy on Robotnik for the Freedom Fighters undetected.
• Mortality Phobia: His fear of death was his motivation to build the Roboticizer.
• My Greatest Failure: Inventing the Roboticizer is this to him. He made it so sick and dying people could live a normal life, but was horrified to find it stripped them of their free-will and couldn't find a way to reverse it.
• Nice Guy: Other than Bunnie, he's the nicest character in the cast.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He was the original inventor of the Roboticizer, which was made to help old people live longer. Unfortunately, it had the terrible side effect of taking away their free will, which is why Robotnik stole the blueprints for it.
• Obi-Wan Moment: He gets one of these in Ultra Sonic as his roboticization starts to take over again.
• Papa Wolf: He sacrifices his wellbeing repeatedly for the sake of Sonic and his comrades. He even stays as a spy in Robotropolis simply to help them fend off Robotnik.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Like all Roboticized Mobians, he has glowing red eyes.
• Reluctant Mad Scientist: He built the original Roboticizer to cure aging. He never intended it to be used as a weapon to enslave the masses.
• Sympathetic Sentient Weapon: Like all roboticized Mobians, he's been unwillingly granted increased strength, longevity and durability in exchange for his free will, and is programmed to fight against the Freedom Fighters no matter what he actually desires.
• Team Dad: He's an elder statesman among the Freedom Fighters and a father figure, particularly to Sonic.
• Token Adult: He's the only regular adult among the Freedom Fighters.

Dulcy the Dragon

Voiced by: Cree Summer

A dragon who was very suddenly introduced in Season 2. She may not be the smartest member of the team, but she's willing to get in and bash bots all the same.

• Beware the Nice Ones: Her size is matched only by her heart, but make her proper mad and you will regret it.
• Big Eater: Implied. In her self-titled episode, she says she needs to lay off the chocolate.
• Captain Crash: She almost always messes up her landings. The only time she doesn't is when she's carrying another dragon's egg.
• Cousin Oliver: She just shows up in the first episode of season two. Everyone acts like she'd been there all along.
• The Ditz: She's kind of a thick-head.
• Flying Firepower: She can fly, and she can also exhale fire or ice at will. She prefers ice.
• Garnishing the Story: She seems to exist just because dragons are cool: there is little narrative purpose for her presence.
• Giant Flyer: She's the only Freedom Fighter who can fly long distances, and she is so big that she can carry several of them on her body as she does.
• An Ice Person: She can fire streams of freezing cold vapor out of her nostrils.
• Last of His Kind: Thanks to Robotnik, she is quickly approaching this, if she isn't already. He's been roboticizing her entire species.
• Lazy Dragon: She tends to snooze quite a lot. Ties into her childish nature as she also sucks her thumb sometimes while doing so.
• Lightning Bruiser: She's both very strong and very fast, especially when she "Cracks The Whip".
• Meaningful Name: Her name is Spanish for "sweet", and she is a very nice dragon.
• Missing Mom: Her mother, Sabina, was captured and roboticized.
• Non Sequitur, *Thud*: Basically her defining characteristic. She acts like she's being scolded by her "Ma" every time she crashes.
• Our Dragons Are Different: Unlike other lore, she's a complete klutz with a child-like mentality, and while she retains flight and other mythical powers, only once do we actually witness her breathe fire (to destroy an antenna). She generally breathes ice instead.
• Remember the New Guy?: She just suddenly appears in the second season premiere as if she was one of the Freedom Fighters the whole time.
• Watch Out for That Tree!: A drowsy Dulcy hits one in "Game Guy". Given Rotor's expression when she lands in his workshop, it's happened before.

King Acorn

Voiced by: Tim Curry

Former King of Mobotropolis and father of Princess Sally. He was deposed by Robotnik and exiled to the Void.

• All There in the Script: Again, the family surname Acorn is only stated in the show's bible. In the show itself, he is known only as "the King".
• And I Must Scream: From within the Void, he can see everything that's happening to Planet Mobius, everywhere. However, he can't do anything about any of it. That is, he can't until Sonic and Sally show up in the Void with him. When they do, he gives them a list of all of the other Freedom Fighter groups on Mobius.
• Cool Old Guy: He's not as old as Uncle Chuck, but this still counts.
• Defiant to the End: His last words to Robotnik before being sent into the Void were: "You'll regret this Julian, you'll regret this!"
• Departure Means Death: Thanks to how long he's been there, he cannot exit the Void without dying.
• First-Name Basis: He refuses to recognize the name "Dr. Robotnik," calling him "Julian" up to the very end.
• Forced to Watch: Robotnik banished him to the Void so that he could witness every single horrible thing that would happen to Mobius over the years.
• The Good King: He was a benevolent and much-loved monarch, when he held the throne.
• Horrible Judge of Character: He really shouldn't have put so much trust in Robotnik.
• Incurable Cough of Death: In The Void, the King suffers from this to the point where he can barely stand. Instead, he keeps to his bed. It's actually Naugus in disguise. The real King is completely healthy.
• King in the Mountain: A literal case: he's the rightful King of Mobitropolis, and he's sealed in Another Dimension. Unfortunately, he's likely to stay that way.
• Large Ham: He's voiced by Tim Curry.
• Nice Guy: Like father, like daughter.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He is at least implied to be this. Everyone seems to respect him out of genuine reverence.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: In the brief moments that we see him before Robotnik's takeover, he's seen managing the Kingdom. Specifically, he's in the middle of approving Julian's plans to dismantle the military, and planning to subsequently promote him to the Ministry of Science. We also know he was the one who approved Julian's robot army in the first place during the Great War.
• Sealed Good in a Can: Robotnik exiled him to the Void ten years ago. All those years he's in the Void have affected his body; If he's outside of it for too long, he begins to slowly crystallize.
• Take Care of the Kids: His last request before going back into the Void was for Sonic to take care of Sally.
• You Can't Go Home Again: He cannot leave the Void - without its magic to sustain him, he will turn into crystal and die.

Cat

Voiced by: David Doyle

An elderly Freedom Fighter.

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• Cool Old Guy: He's stalwartly loyal, calm under pressure, and willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good.
• A Dog Named "Dog": A cat names after his own species.
• Heroic Sacrifice: He has a chance to be rescued by Sonic from Robotnik's detention center, but he urges Sonic to save Sally and Antoine from being ambushed by Badniks. He winds up being ...dealt with... by the time Sonic gets back.
• Red Shirt: He's only around to hammer in how dangerous Robotnik is, and what kind of stakes the Freedom Fighters are up against.
• Sacrificial Lamb: He gets a good deal of focus and characterization throughout the pilot, only to be roboticized by Robotnik to establish the series's Darker and Edgier tone.
• Uncertain Doom: It's left unclear if Robotnik had Cat roboticized or flat-out killed him. It's a toss-up which is worse.
• Undying Loyalty: To the Freedom Fighters. He refuses to give Robotnik any information, even knowing he'll almost certainly be roboticized for it.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: He only appears in the first episode and is either roboticized or killed after being captured by Robotnik.

Ari

Voiced by: Dorian Harewood

A leader of a separate band of Freedom Fighters.

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• Forced into Evil: Robotnik forces him to help him capture Sonic by holding his team hostage and threatening to roboticize them if he doesn't. Robotnik being Robotnik, he does it anyway, pushing Ari to turn on him.
• Heroic Sacrifice: He saves Sonic from being trapped in the Void, but at the cost of being stranded there himself. He's eventually rescued in "The Void".

The Robotnik Empire

Julian Robotnik

Voiced by: Jim Cummings

"I despise that miserable hedgehog, Cluck. Despise him with all my metallic heart."

Robotnik: Snively, what color is my heart?
Snively: I-I don't see a heart, sir.
Robotnik: Exactly.

Dr. Julian Robotnik, responsible for overthrowing the king of Mobotropolis, and converting the city into a heavily industrialized war factory. He rules with an iron fist, roboticizing the entire populace in order to quell any and all rebellion.

• Abusive Parents: Though not his birth father, he is Snively’s uncle, and he treats him like crap. As a result, Snively has grown an utter dislike of Dr. Robotnik and plans to overthrow him. Which he does in the series finale. The series ended immediately after that.
• Acrofatic: Downplayed. He's not as athletic as most incarnations of the good doctor, but Robotnik is very quick on the draw and is able to move fairly quickly whenever he's in a hurry.
• Adaptational Badass: Doctor Robotnik plays it straight. In the games, he's portrayed as a clownish and whimsical Mad Scientist who is suprisingly threatening in a fight but largely incapable of gaining or maintaining his goal of world domination.^note Despite the West's best attempts to harden him up In this series, he is a high-ranking military genius and war hero who became the de-facto reigning Overlord of Mobius in a very carefully planned hostile takeover. He has so much power now that he usually doesn't need to fight his enemies directly: he just uses his Swat-Bot army from a distance, living quite comfortably in his lair - though some enemies can spur him into more direct action. He is also treated very seriously until his Flanderization in the second season, and even then he was a major threat to the point of possible global genocide.
• Adaptational Jerkass: Tying in with his Adaptational Villainy, in the games Robotnik is generally depicted as having a plethora of standards and genuinely loving his family. Here, Robotnik is utterly ruthless and has absolutely no affection for Snively; the closest he comes to treating him kindly is not roboticizing him, and even then it's only to keep him as a servant.
• Adaptation Name Change: His first name is actually Julian rather than "Ivo", which is his name in the game series.
• Adaptational Seriousness: In the games and most adaptations, Robotnik is Laughably Evil and something of a childish goofball, if a competent one. Here, he's grim and treated deadly seriously. He does have a sense of humor, but it's bitter and sardonic and always has a dark edge to it.
• Adaptational Villainy: As Robotnik always had a cruel edge to his villainy, even in his first appearance, the games usually balanced this with a genuinely affable side to him as well, with later installments giving him a somewhat sympathetic backstory. This incarnation not only lacks all of the character's sympathetic qualities, it also amplifies his sadism and cruelty to a degree that hadn't been displayed at the time of the franchise's history.
• Adaptation Personality Change: In the original games, he was a silly and childish, yet competent and effective Mad Scientist. Here he's a downright scary Diabolical Mastermind.
• Adaptational Intelligence: In the games, Robotnik rarely thinks things through, with his plans often failing because he's overlooked numerous key details. Here, while Robotnik is prone to Bond Villain Stupidity, he's very much calculated and cunning in his approach, with his plans generally failing due to interference from the Freedom Fighters.
• Adipose Rex: He is the de-facto ruler of Mobius, and he is incredibly fat.
• Ain't Too Proud to Beg: When Naugus confronts him, Robotnik begs for his life and insists trapping him in the Void was an accident. Naugus doesn't buy it, and sets too work tormenting him as revenge.
• All Take and No Give: Snively dedicates himself to pleasing Robotnik and is often forced to perform complex tasks under heavy pressure by the not-so-good doctor. Robotnik rewards this by often violently punishing him for any sort of failure, and rarely expresses gratitude when Snively succeeds.
• Allegorical Character: Robotnik represents industrialization and the ecological damage it can cause. He despises nature and constantly destroys entire environments in the sake of nebulous "progress" and shows total disregard for its effect on the native population.
• Ambiguously Human: While his metallic arm is explained as having been accidentally roboticized, Robotnik possesses Black Eyes of Crazy which flashbacks indicate he had even prior to the events of the series and his ears are implied to be cybernetic. He also repeatedly claims to have a "metallic heart" and possesses a shocking amount of Stout Strength. It's implied he's a Cyborg, but it's left ambiguous whether or not he can even be considered human.
• Ambition Is Evil: Robotnik was once a famous war hero beloved by the populace and respected even by King Acorn himself, but he's so egotistical that even that wasn't enough for him. He's only satisfied by taking over Mobius and turning most of the population into his brainwashed slaves, and even then he's still doggedly determined to kill the remaining Freedom Fighters because nothing less than total control will make him happy.
• And I Must Scream: At the end of the show he gets trapped in the Void, and due to the series being cancelled and ending there, he's presumably trapped in there forever.
• And There Was Much Rejoicing: Both the Freedom Fighters and Snively are quite glad when Robotnik is taken out of the picture.
• Angrish: Whenever he's really angry, Robotnik devolves into incoherent screaming and throttling whatever's closest to him.
• Arch-Enemy: To Sonic. While all of the Freedom Fighters have a personal reason to despise him, Sonic's mutual enmity with him is given the most focus. And while Robotnik dismisses the other Freedom Fighters out of hand, he acknowledges Sonic as a genuine threat and has a virulent mutual hatred with him as a result.
• Aristocrats Are Evil: Prior to his coup, Robotnik was a member of the Mobian aristocracy and second only to King Acorn in terms of importance. It's safe to say that he's also evil down to the bone.
• Ax-Crazy: When sufficiently angered, Robotnik completely loses it and becomes devoted to killing the source of his frustration at any cost. In the second season, this almost becomes his default mode much to his detriment.
• Authority Sounds Deep: He's the Evil Overlord in total control of most of Mobius, and he has a deep, commanding voice.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: In "Cry of the Wolf", after taking a single look at the caves lining the canyon walls, Robotnik realizes the Wolf Pack is camouflaging the entrances to their base and orders Snively to start searching for them.
• Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: While he freely admits to being evil, Robotnik does genuinely believe that the dystopian, industrialized wasteland he's created has genuinely improved Mobius thanks to his hatred for all organic life besides himself.
  Robotnik: [overlooking Robotropolis] I do miss the beauty of this place while I'm away.
• Baritone of Strength: He speaks in a deep, mechanical drawl provided by Jim Cummings, and for as evil as he is Robotnik is more than capable in a fight.
• Badass Cape: He wears a yellow one, which helps highlight his sophisticated, almost regal personality and his menace.
• Bad Boss: Along with executing a Swatbot for failure in "Hooked On Sonics", he frequently takes losses out on Snively, even ones he had no direct responsibility for. He outright sentences Snively to die in their imploding lab out of fury of his final defeat in the show (ironically, this would end up saving Snively, who escaped through safer means than him, while ensuring his own demise). Even in his better moods, his relationship with his nephew is not affectionate to say the least.
• Bad People Abuse Animals: He seeks to roboticize every living thing on Mobius, including non-sapient animals. The only species he hasn't completely enslaved are the terapods, and only the Freedom Fighters' interference stops him from succeeding.
• Baddie Flattery: At times, Robotnik admits to respecting Sonic to a degree right before continuing in with his latest attempt to murder him.
• Bald of Authority: He's bald and the Evil Overlord of Mobius, having total authority over most of the planet. It's justified, as his followers consist of robots programmed to be totally loyal to him and Snively - his one henchman with free will - is too scared of his wrath to step out of line.
• Bald of Evil: There is not a single hair on his forehead, and he's as evil as they come.
• Berserk Button:
  • Sonic, just by himself. His mere presence already puts Robotnik in a foul mood, but as he increasingly inconveniences him Robotnik starts to go into a rage at the mere mention of his name.
  • He'll casually cop to being called a horrible person, but anything that even remotely insults his intelligence really sets him off. Notably, when Sonic calls him a chump in "Sonic Racer", Robotnik goes into a state of utterly terrifying Tranquil Fury.
• Big Bad: He's the ultimate cause of the almost complete extinction of life on Mobius.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He acted like a loyal, good-natured man during his time working under King Acorn to the point he and Uncle Chuck were shocked at the suggestion Robotnik could be planning a Military Coup. It was all an act, and he turns on them without an ounce of regret.
• Black Eyes of Crazy: They’re black pits with ominous glowing red lights. It's directly implied they're cybernetic; the irises can light up like flashlights, as was shown in an episode when the power is knocked out and his room is plunged into darkness.
• Blatant Lies: When Naugus confronts him, Robotnik desperately claims that he hadn't betrayed him and him trapping the sorcerer in the Void was an accident. Naugus understandably doesn't buy it.
• Boomerang Bigot: He despises organic life and views the industrialized Polluted Wasteland he's created as beautiful. However, while Robotnik is a Cyborg and clearly thinks of himself as a machine, he's still at least somewhat organic and part of his grudge against Sonic is for roboticizing his arm during his coup.
• Bond Villain Stupidity: Particularly in Season 2 due to his mild Villain Decay, Robotnik is prone to drawing out whatever plan he has to kill Sonic just to make him suffer. Even in Season 1, he's prone to shooting himself in the foot by indulging in Evil Gloating for too long. This only really applies to Sonic though; anyone else will just be roboticized as soon as possible.
• But What About the Astronauts?: Season 3 would have revealed that he and Snively were on a space colony and thanks to Time Dilation, returned to an Earth where aliens wiped out humanity years ago.
• The Caligula: He's much more composed than other examples (most of the time), but Robotnik named his capital city after himself shortly after he conquered it, and he's prone to fits of violent rage at the drop of a hat. As his Sanity Slippage gets worse, he becomes increasingly prone to arbitrary, spite-fueled decisions that have no tactical benefit and quelling even mild questioning from Snively with violence and death threats.
• Can't Take Criticism: He frequently lashes out even at light critique. In the finale, when Snively suggests he might be underestimating Sonic and points out he should take precautions to ensure his plan succeeds, Robotnik strangles him and threatens to murder him unless he takes it back. He'll admittedly cop to being called evil; it's just insinuating he's not as smart as he thinks he is that sets him off.
• Card-Carrying Villain: Not as prominent as one would expect. He can be quite boastful of his evil if and when can actually gain something by boasting, but otherwise he cares far more about expanding his influence than bragging about how evil he is. Case in point, upon learning that a slumbering Evil Sorcerer with a Magical Computer awaits someone "vile" enough to awaken him, Robotnik uses his evil reputation to convince the wizard's Guardian Entity to let him pass... just so he can try to steal the computer.
• Character Catchphrase:
  • "Shut up, Snively."
  • "I hate that hedgehog.", although he doesn't use it nearly as often as his Adventures counterpart. Notably, it winds up being his last words.
• Character Tics: He often strokes his chin or mustache in idle moments. He's also prone to tapping the arms of his chair with his fingers, particularly when he's spying on the Freedom Fighters.
• The Chessmaster: How he managed to usurp the king. Robotnik clearly knows how to play the long game.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Robotnik betrays everyone he ever works with. Naugus and Julian wind up trapped in the Void, Ari is nearly roboticized, and Snively - while spared roboticization - is treated as Robotnik's personal punching bag and left to die in the series finale.
  Robotnik: Deals only exist to be broken.
• Classic Villain:
  • Pride and Wrath. Robotnik is very arrogant, often underestimating his opponents because he's genuinely convinced he's unstoppable. He also has a very short temper, making him prone to fits of rage usually directed at Snively and motivating him to try and draw out whatever plan he has to kill Sonic to make him suffer for all the annoyance he causes Robotnik.
  • He also got quite a bit of Greed to him, though it's not as pronounced. Robotnik was once a celebrated and wealthy war hero who had the respect of even the King himself, but that wasn't enough for him and he took over Mobius because only total control over everything will satisfy him.
• Cold-Blooded Torture: He's heavily implied to have inflicted this on Cat after capturing him in an effort to get him to talk. Cat keeps his mouth shut, and Robotnik eventually has him roboticized.
• Cold Ham: Robotnik typically speaks in a low, slow, nearly monotone voice with a general tone of casual indifference to everything around him. Until he gets mad. Then he's screaming at the very top of his lungs, sometimes struggling to form a coherent sentence.
  Robotnik: Come here, Snively.
  Snively: We tried to stop him, sir, but he destroyed the Shredder and-
  Robotnik: Come here. How can a puny hedgehog DESTROY A TWO-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY TON MACHINE!?!?
• Color Motifs: He's associated very much with red; his pupils, hair, and costume are all some shade of red. And Robotnik is a very intense individual prone to fits of explosive and often violent rage.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Julian fits this trope when you compare him to just about any version of Ivo Robotnik. In most incarnations, Ivo is selfish, cruel, and rather sadistic. However, he's also a humorously over-the-top showboat who's as likely to accidentally defeat himself via his own incompetence as he is to be defeated by someone else. It's difficult to hate him for long. Julian is what happens when you take Ivo Robotnik's malicious intentions, and wrap them in a cold, calculating and competent personality instead; a truly repulsive and despicable being. ^note It should be remembered, the games were only up to two when this series came out and years before the current personality would would know Eggman as today. There wasn't much for the writers to really go on other then Robotnik being a mad scientist. So his personality here was pretty much made from whole cloth.
• Control Freak: Robotnik has a pathological need for control of everything around him. He goes to great lengths to ensure that Mobius is transformed into somewhere suited entirely to his liking and where the population - from the people down to the wildlife - is entirely loyal to him. And even then, the fact that the Freedom Fighters exist outside his control is enough to set him off, especially as he really starts losing it over the course of Season 2.
  Robotnik: These Terapod beasts will be the final species to be roboticized, Snively. When they're done, I will control every living thing on this planet.
  Snively: Except for the Freedom Fighters, sir.
  Robotnik: I am aware of that, Snively. You DON'T HAVE TO REMIND ME!
• Cut Lex Luthor a Check: He actually did use his technology in a legal, justifiable way: he built his robot army to help the King of Mobius win a war. Then, when the war was over, he turned that army against the entire kingdom.
• Cyborg: Implied. His arm is a cybernetic prosthetic with a built-in laser. Also, as mentioned above, his eyes are artificial as well. He also appears to have cybernetic ears. He also states (as do other characters) on numerous occasions that he has a metalic heart.
• Deadpan Snarker: His most comedic output is his occasionally snide wit, especially around Snively or Sonic.
  Snively: I don't understand, sir.
  Robotnik: I know.
• Death by Irony: He spends the second half of Season 2 planning to kill off the remaining inhabitants of Mobius via the Doomsday Project, and boasts about its magnificence repeatedly. However, he ultimately ends up being the only one killed by the machine when it explodes due to a Deep Power Stone-fueled Sonic and Sally's assault on the machine.
• Defiant to the End: He spends his last moments before being killed when the Doomsday Machine explodes screaming about how much he hates Sonic, cursing his Arch-Enemy with his final breath.
• Dehumanization: He clearly doesn't view the Mobians as people in any meaningful sense. He treats the Freedom Fighters as pests rather than a rebellion, and refers to any Mobian he meets in person by mockingly polite honorifics or general terms rather than their real names. The only exception is Uncle Chuck due to their former friendship, and even then Robotnik simply does so to mock him.
• Despotism Justifies the Means: Every single action Robotnik takes works towards one goal: making sure that no one and nothing on exists outside of his control, from sapient beings all the way down to cattle and insects. He doesn't at all care how much he has to destroy to make that happen; his efforts thus far have turned much of Mobius into a Polluted Wasteland, and his Doomsday Project was specifically designed to wipe out all remaining organic life on the planet simply because it was taking too long to hunt them all down the hard way.
• Detrimental Determination: He's determined to kill Sonic, but as the series goes on it evolves into a self-destructive obsession. Robotnik makes it very clear he considers any potential risks or setbacks as Worth It if it means seeing Sonic dead, which winds up leading to his defeat in the finale.
• Didn't Think This Through: He's not as bad about this as most incarnations of Eggman, but his hatred for Sonic tends to blind him to very obvious and unnecessary risks he's taking. Even before his Villain Decay, he was prone to this; he nearly kills himself twice in the first season just because he had a slim change of killing Sonic.
• Dirty Coward: Zig-Zagged. When Naugus breaks free of the Void, Robotnik spends the entire time cowering and when Naugus finally confronts him he pathetically begs for his life (though admittedly it's not like there's much else he can do). However, when faced with other threats he's remain generally angry and defiant, and he's willing to fight Sonic up close despite knowing he's not a physical match for the hedgehog.
• Disproportionate Retribution: His Hair-Trigger Temper increasingly flares up as Sonic and the Freedom Fighters make headway in fighting him, resulting in him violently assaulting Snively for even the mildest annoyances. He even nearly strangles him to death in "The Doomsday Project" for even insinuating Sonic might have a chance against him.
• Dying Declaration of Hate: He spends his last moments screaming about how much he hates Sonic.
  Robotnik: I really hate that hedgehog! I hate him! I HATE HIM! HATE HIM! HATE! HATE! HATE! HAAAAAAATE!!!!!
• Dystopia Justifies the Means: While his motivations primarily stem from a desire for absolute power, Turing all of Mobius into a Polluted Wasteland is something Robotnik takes a lot of pride in. All of the devastation of the planet's plants and wildlife is all completely intentional, as Robotnik genuinely likes things better that way.
• Ecocidal Antagonist: Robotnik's industrialization of Mobius has transformed the planet into a Polluted Wasteland, and he actively wipes out any native life standing in the way of said industrialization.
• Empathy Pet:
  • Cluck is Robotnik's empathy pet. His emotions towards anything are closely synchronized with his master's, whether it's felt towards his subordinates or enemies. Robotnik also dotes on Cluck constantly, so much so that he talks to it in his first appearance.
  • In Sonic's Nightmare, there's a moment where Sally, Antoine and Bunnie are captured by SWAT-bots. Ever the Defiant Captive, Sally expresses her distaste by implying that Robotnik is "too chicken" to face them himself. Robotnik appears immediately afterwards, having clearly overheard her. Though he maintains a placid tone, Cluck can be seen expressing his carefully repressed anger by snapping at her face.
  • However, in the second season, Cluck is completely absent, removing whatever redeeming aspect that Robotnik had left.
• Emperor Scientist: He designed almost all of the machines in the entire setting, and rules the planet with a literal iron fist.
• Enemy to All Living Things: Many of his plans involve laying waste to the surrounding plants and wildlife, whether it be to flush the Freedom Fighters out or simply out of his sheer hatred for organic life.
• Enraged by Idiocy: While Robotnik tends to get angry at Snively for any reason, Snively's more blatant moments of incompetence tend to piss him off even more than usual.
• Establishing Character Moment: His first scene in the pilot has him admiring the dystopian wasteland he's created, before insulting Snively and sending one of his robots to go after Tails in order to draw Sonic out. It all serves to establish who Robotnik is: an utterly ruthless Emperor Scientist and a Bad Boss who is fully willing to kill anyone in his way.
• Evil Colonialist: Word of God is that he was formerly from a human space colony before making his way to Mobius, and he clearly believes himself as superior to the natives, viewing everyone and everything on the planet to be little more than resources he can exploit for his own ends.
• Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: While usually quite serious, Robotnik occasionally cracks morbid jokes about his own cruelty. A notable instance is in "Blast to the Past, Part 2", where he announces Uncle Chuck invented the Roboticizer to a crowd of soon-to-be roboticized citizens all while laughing his head off.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • He sounded surprised that Antoine seemingly betrayed his friends in order to give him the Power Ring in "Hooked on Sonics"; he even asks Antoine why he did it, though he might've just been suspicious and seems more confused than anything. This is ultimately subverted when Robotnik learns that it was all a trap set up by Antoine in an attempt to have them delivered to the Freedom Fighters and win Sally's heart.
  • One of the reasons his former master Naugus terrifies him so much, is because for as vile as Robotnik is, he does love himself and his ego. ^note His hatred for Sonic first-stemmed after causing his left arm to become roboticized. The dark wizard was more than happy to mutilate his own body in the name of furthering his research. Robotnik has no qualms with experimenting on others, but draws the line on himself.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Subverted. While he may have chosen not to have Snively roboticized - a courtesy most of Robotnik's erstwhile collaborators weren't extended - it's less out of any familial love and more so he can have someone to alternatively toady to him and serve as a human punching bag. In the finale, Robotnik even leaves Snively to die simply because he couldn't be bothered to save him.
• Evil Brit: He has a (somewhat inconsistent) upper-class British accent, and fitting with the archetype he's both a Wicked Cultured aristocrat and as bad as they come.
• Evil Chancellor: While he served as King Acorn's second-in-command, it was all part of Robotnik playing the long game to overthrow him and take over the planet. The second he had a chance, he enacted a coup and trapped the king in the Void without a lick of remorse.
• Evil Costume Switch: During his time as head of the Ministry of War, Robotnik wore a white uniform. It's only during his coup that he switches to his signature Red and Black and Evil All Over costume.
• Evil Feels Good: Robotnik takes a lot of joy in what he does, often sadistically toying with the Freedom Fighters for his own amusement or just delighting in whatever plot he's set up to kill or root them out. Him shivering with sheer sadistic glee at the suffering he's causing is not an uncommon sight.
  Robotnik: Oh, if the hedgehog knew what was in store for him… It warms my metallic heart.
• Evil Former Friend: He was once Uncle Chuck's friend before betraying him and stealing the Roboticizer to help conquer Mobius, having Chuck roboticized without remorse. By the present day, Chuck understandably loathes Robotnik and Robotnik often taunts him by bringing up their prior friendship. Notably, their friendship was one-sided in the first place; Robotnik was just manipulating him and is too much of a sociopath to care about anyone besides himself.
• Evil Genius: For as evil as he is, he's a savant at designing machinery and comes up with numerous inventions and robots to use against the Freedom Fighters. While he did steal the idea of the Roboticizer from Uncle Chuck, he's solely responsible for the design of all his other machines. He's also a rare example that is genuinely capable at fighting.
• Evil Gloating: He's very prone to doing this, always gloating whenever he has the Freedom Fighters and Sonic in particular at his mercy. It tends to bite him in the ass, especially in the second season where he can't stop gloating whenever he's winning to save his life, which tends to give the heroes enough time to figure out how to beat him.
• Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: Besides the occasional cruel sarcasm, Robotnik has almost no sense of humor and thinks in rigid, concrete terms. As such, he has his moments of this trope every now and then. One such incident occurs in the pilot episode.
• Evil Is Bigger: He towers over the rest of the cast in both height and body mass.
• Evil Is Hammy: While more collected and menacing than most incarnations of the good doctor, Robotnik has plenty of moments of scenery-chewing and can be dramatic without even raising his voice above a whisper.
• Evil Is Petty:
  • He takes much pleasure in the fact his industries are polluting and destroying the planet, actively belittles his minions (usually Snively), and gloats over his roboticized slaves.
  • He decides to destroy Dragon's Nest not for any tactical reason, but just so he can destroy the last remnants of the dragons' civilization out of pure spite.
• Evil Laugh: He has a series of evil laughs, ranging from low, menacing chuckling to full on deranged cackling. The fact that he's voiced by Jim Cummings certainly helps matters.
• Evil Only Has to Win Once: Technically he's already won by the time the series begins, but his plans usually involve either cataclysmic environmental destruction or simply the death of Sonic and friends.
• Evil Overlord: There's a reason the Freedom Fighters want him overthrown. Unlike his portrayal in the games, where he invents various ineffective superweapons to try and conquer the world, this Robotnik already has control of most of the world; with all the legwork basically done, he can afford to sit on a mechanical throne and rule from a distance with his SWAT-bots. That said, he still considers the Freedom Fighters - especially Sonic - to be a prime threat, and has taken the time to personally invent various weapons specifically to kill them, from toxic bombs and missiles that only track hedgehogs to radar-guided plasma cannons that only track supersonic targets, to a robotic duplicate of Sonic's girlfriend.
• Evil Redhead: While bald, Robotnik has vividly red facial hair and he's a ruthless, despotic tyrant with no scruples to speak of.
• Evil Sounds Deep: Deep voice? Check. Absolutely monstrous? Check.
• Evil Sounds Raspy: His voice is fairly raspy, particularly in the first season. He's also as vile as they come.
• Evil vs. Evil: His conflict with Naugus boils down to this. Both men are evil and highly dangerous, but they also are equally determined to see the other dead.
• Exact Words: He promises to release Ari's captured friends if he helps Robotnik capture Sonic. When Ari fulfills his end of the deal, Robotnik technically releases them, but only after they've been roboticized. And it's subverted shortly afterwards when he casually admits he lied.
• Fallen Hero: Subverted. He was a famous war hero prior to his coup and subsequent takeover of Mobius, but it's implied he was always evil and simply biding his time until he could take over.
• False Friend: To King Acorn and Uncle Chuck prior to his Military Coup. The two genuinely liked him and thought of him as a good man, but Robotnik subjects them both to a Fate Worse than Death without an ounce of remorse. He even taunts Acorn as he does it.
• False Reassurance: He's prone to taking the time to "reassure" his victims while implicitly threatening them at the same time and usually as a lead-up to him trying to do something horrible to them.
• Fantastic Racism: He thinks of Mobians as an inferior species to humanity, worthy only of subjugation. Not that he actually respects the only other human on the planet in any way.
• Fatal Flaw:
  • Pride. While he has a certain respect for Sonic, he considers himself unmatchable and frequently underestimates him and the other Freedom Fighters' abilities, even as Snively warns him not to. This later becomes his undoing.
  • Sonic being around gives him a bad case of tunnel vision. Holding back on simple methods of killing the hedgehog in favor of drawing it all out by toying with him, ignoring any other possible threats to focus on Sonic, actively imperiling his personal safety trying to kill Sonic...
• Fat and Proud: Downplayed. He doesn't openly brag about his weight or call attention to it, but he's fine with Snively referring to him as "your immense density" and even seems to take it as a compliment.
• Fat Bastard: He's definitely one of the bigger Robotniks, even larger than the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog incarnation, and every single fiber of his being is incredibly repulsive.
• Faux Affably Evil: He can appear to be polite and gentlemanly, but don't let that fool you. He's notorious for his skills of deception and persuasion. He maintains this demeanor even when he's not even pretending, just to mess with people.
  Sally: (to SWAT-bot) What's wrong with your "great leader?" Is he too chicken to confront us himself!?
  Robotnik: (appears from the shadows) My, such a challenging tone, hardly appropriate for a princess. Not to mention the slander of poor Cluck's species.
• Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence: Robotnik's hatred for most organic life besides himself stems from his insatiable need for control. Even wild animals existing and doing things outside of heeding his every beck and call infuriates Robotnik to no end.
• Fiery Redhead: While he's bald, Robotnik's facial hair is red and while generally calm and methodical, he has a nasty Hair-Trigger Temper and is easily pushed into a screaming rage.
• Final Solution: After getting fed up with dealing with the Freedom Fighters' resistance, Robotnik decides to kill all organic life on the planet besides himself with the Doomsday Project.
• Finger Firearms: His mechanical arm conceals a laser pistol.
• Finger-Tenting: He's prone to making this pose whenever he's working on his latest plot or spying on the Freedom Fighters.
• Flanderization: Downplayed. While his sadism and hatred for Sonic were very prominent traits from the beginning of the series, he tended to keep a pragmatic, No-Nonsense Nemesis approach and was would prefer to just have Sonic dead rather than draw it out. In Season 2, he's reached Bond Villain Stupidity levels and often sets up elaborate death traps just to toy with Sonic before killing him; he's never portrayed as less of a threat for it, but he's noticeably more prone to screw-ups. It's also worth noting that it only applies to Sonic; anyone else at his mercy is as good as dead or roboticized.
• Foil:
  • To Sonic. Both are prideful and are prone to grudges, but Sonic is uneducated and an ultimately good-natured person who cares about his friends. Robotnik, meanwhile, is a Wicked Cultured megalomaniac concerned only with himself and who sends anyone foolish enough to help him up the river.
  • To Uncle Chuck as well. They're both gentlemanly genius inventors who were renowned during King Acorn's reign and are capable of running long, multi-layered plans. However, Chuck is a kind, noble man who wanted to use his creations to help people, where Robotnik is a cruel despot who uses his machines to cause suffering and only for his own benefit.
• For the Evulz: Right before having his captives become some of his first Worker Bots, Robotnik announces to them all that Chuck had invented the Roboticizer just so they know who designed the machine about to subject them to a Fate Worse than Death. There's no real pragmatic reason for Robotnik to do it; he just wanted to make Chuck suffer.
• Forced to Watch: He imprisoned King Acorn in the Void so he'd be forced to watch every horrible thing Robotnik did to Mobius over the course of his reign.
• Forgot Flanders Could Do That: In Season 2, Robotnik's status as a No-Nonsense Nemesis was reduced as he underwent Villain Decay and became more prone to Bond Villain Stupidity. He then reverts back with frightening speed towards the end of the season when he reveals that he's fed up with the Freedom Fighters' resistance and has decided to solve the problem by eradicating all organic life on Mobius besides himself.
• Four-Star Badass: Robotnik was the head of the king’s Ministry of War before he took control of the world. Even after the takeover, he will occasionally leave Robotropolis in order to hunt for Freedom Fighter cells on his own despite the fact that he generally doesn't have to.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: Robotnik started off as the much-abused servant of Naugus, before working his way up to becoming the tyrannical dictator of the entire planet.
• Gadgeteer Genius: For all Robotnik's faults, he's very good at designing weaponry. His inventions can range from his army of Mecha-Mooks to complex missile guidance systems designed to track Sonic to even his own mechanical chair.
• Genre Savvy: When Sonic turns himself in in "Sonic Conversion", Robotnik knows he's plotting something and doesn't fall for the ruse, ordering him roboticized on the spot.
  Robotnik: Oh, please. Something is rotten in Topeka… wherever that is. Now what are you up to?
• Give My Regards in the Next World: A non-lethal version. Before trapping King Acorn in the Void, he tells him to send Naugus his regards.
  Robotnik: Be sure to give Naugus my regards! He's the sorcerer who invented and… (snickers) your new neighbor. Safe journey, sire!
• Glowing Mechanical Eyes: His eyes are implied to be mechanical, and when he's really angry, they glow bright red.
• A God Am I: Implied. He never actually states this, but both his extreme narcissism and the fact he's out to create a world where everything bends to his whims and his alone indicate he likely has this sort of view of himself.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: It wouldn't be Robotnik without it. Basically everything Snively does sets him off, and any inconvenience can send Robotnik into a fit of violent rage.
• Hat of Authority: He wore a large bearskin hat as part of his uniform during his days as head of the War Ministry. He ditched it during his takeover in favor of going bare-headed from that point forward.
• Hated by All: In the second season, even his formerly sycophantic nephew absolutely hates his guts.
• Hate Sink: While most incarnations of Eggman are both too funny to hate and have some redeeming aspects, Robotnik is simply vile to the core. Even outside of his despotism, he's cruel, egotistical, and takes sadistic glee in all the suffering he causes.
• The Heavy: With very few exceptions, he drives the plot of nearly every episode, typically in the form of him doing something to obtain a powerful artifact, create an unstoppable weapon, and/or destroy the Freedom Fighters.
• Hero Killer: There have been many Freedom Fighter groups made from survivors across all of Mobius. Robotnik has mercilessly annihilated most of them to the last man.
• Hey, You!: A curious trait for this Robotnik. He seldom ever refers to Sonic by name, only disdainfully as "The hedgehog". Usually the only times he uses his real name are for pragmatic purposes like directions to his robots or Lazzar's device in "Super Sonic".
• Hidden Depths:
  • Downplayed in "Drood Henge", where he is first seen reading a book detailing the ancient language, and upon gaining the first two scrolls from Snively, he inputs the data from the book to fully translate the scrolls, thus detailing the location of the first Deep Power Stone. Granted, while Robotnik carefully studied the ancient language by himself, this is just only to ensure his success of gaining the first Deep Power Stone.
  • In "Super Sonic", Robotnik immediately recognizes Lazaar's Guardian and is able to recall his story instantly. This implies he has a good grasp on Mobius's history, especially given that most of the Freedom Fighters had no idea what the Guardian was until Sally identified it.
  • He genuinely seems to genuinely enjoy designing his machines even beyond his love of hurting people with them. He frequently gushes with pride over his own designs, and during some of his idle moments he'll be seen working on his own gear himself.
• Hidden Disdain Reveal: He acted like King Acorn and Uncle Chuck's friend for years, but after he betrayed them Robotnik spent the entire time sadistically taunting them and made it clear he never cared about them in the first place.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Robotnik banished the King of Mobitropolis to the Void, a different dimension from which the occupants can see everything on Mobius but cannot return. This was done so that he would live to see all the devastation Robotnik would bring to his kingdom. Later on, Robotnik manages to banish Sonic to the Void as well. As turns out, the Void is not inescapable: Sonic's speed is actually the key to exiting it. While the King himself cannot leave, he gives gives Sonic a list of all the Freedom Fighter groups on Mobius, allowing them to combine efforts and mount a major offensive that devastates Robotnik's empire and destroys his Doomsday Project.
• Hope Crusher: While he won't go out of his way to do this, he takes some noticeable in crushing people's hopes and dreams. It's given particular focus in "Hooked on Sonics", where after freeing himself from Antoine's trap he takes glee in crushing his dreams of winning over Sally by capturing the doctor.
  Robotnik: A nice dream. But dreams are meant to be… broken.
• Humans Are Bastards: One of the very few human characters in the series, and one of the most despicable.
• Humiliation Conga: In "The Void", once Naugus confronts him he transforms Robotnik into numerous animals and forces him to eat dirt. Fortunately for the doctor and unfortunately for everyone else, Naugus isn't able to finish the job due to his body now being dependent on the Void to survive.
• Hypocrite: He loathes organic life and wishes to blanket the planet in metal and robots, yet he resents Sonic for roboticizing his arm.
• I Control My Minions Through...: Fear and mind control. His Worker Bots are all Mobians roboticized and brainwashed into his loyal servants, and his other robots are programmed to be totally loyal to him. His minions with free will on the other hand are controlled through fear; Snively is kept in line by fear of Robotnik's wrath and penchant for brutal punishments, while Ari is forcibly recruited by Robotnik holding his team captive and forcing him to obey him in exchange for their safety.
• I Lied: When Ari calls him out for breaking their deal and roboticizing his team, Robotnik smugly admits to it.
  Ari: We had a deal!
  Robotnik: Deals only exist to be broken, dear boy. Don't worry. You'll feel better once you've been roboticized.
• I Reject Your Reality: As his mental state declines, Robotnik becomes convinced that Sonic is no match for him and that he'll be unable to beat the doctor. This is in spite of Sonic's track record of successes against Robotnik; it gets to the point where he throttles Snively for saying Sonic might stand a chance against him.
• I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure: He takes Ari's team of Freedom Fighters captive and threatens to roboticize them unless he lures Sonic into a trap. Ari complies, only for Robotnik to reveal he roboticized them anyway and mocks Ari for actually thinking he'd keep his word.
• I'll Pretend I Didn't Hear That: Robotnik doesn't seem oblivious that his contempt for Snively is perfectly mutual, and often menacingly gives him an opportunity to backtrack whenever he insults him within dangerous hearing proximity. In "Cry Of The Wolf", his especially bad mood over the Wolf Pack's resistance leaves him in no mood for this Running Gag when Snively is foolish enough to grumble insults near him again, yanking him violently and snarling at him to knock it off and finish his job.
• Implied Death Threat: Fitting with his Faux Affably Evil personality, he's prone to making threats of death and torture all the while sounding totally polite and refined.
  Sonic: I don't have all day, Robuttnik!
  Robotnik: That's right. You don't.
• Individuality Is Illegal: His regime doesn't tolerate any sort of freethinking or individualism. The entire point of roboticization is so he can turn everyone on the planet into little more than like-minded, personality-free drones dedicated only to pleasing him.
• Insufferable Genius: Robotnik is both very confident in his own intelligence and he's not shy about boasting about it nor the fact he thinks everyone around him is inferior to his genius.
• Insult Backfire: Any attempt to insult Robotnik by calling or insinuating he's evil is an either brushed off or actively embraces by the good doctor.
  Uncle Chuck: You are scum, Julian.
  Robotnik: [chuckles] I sincerely hope so.
• Intercom Villainy: He frequently uses intercoms scattered across Robotropolis to communicate with Sonic and the other Freedom Fighters, generally for the sake of Evil Gloating or making death threats.
• Invincible Villain: While the Freedom Fighters manage to stop his short-term schemes and survive to the next day, at the end of the day Robotnik has control over the entire planet and a near-limitless army they're barely able to make a dent in. This is subverted in Season 2, where he goes up against Naugus, who for all Robotnik's power and intelligence is on a different level than him entirely.
• It's All About Me: A massive case. Robotnik's take-over of Mobius stems from the fact he wants the world to literally revolve around him, having brainwashed most of the population into his slaves via roboticization. He was already wealthy and respected, but even that wasn't enough for him.
• Jerkass: When not being a diabolically malicious and calculating villain, Robotnik kills time engaging in petty abuse and insults, mostly directed towards Snively.
• Kevlard: When an amnesiac Snively charges into him in "No Brainer", he just bounces off Robotnik's body fat and is slammed into the wall by the recoil.
• Kick the Dog: If there's something pointlessly cruel Robotnik can do to twist the knife in with whoever he's tormenting, he will do it. The first episode opens with him trying to murder Tails (a child) just because there was a chance it could lure Sonic out and he goes downhill from there.
• Killed Off for Real: It's heavily implied in the Series Finale that he was killed when his base exploded. This would have been subverted in the cancelled Third Season, where he would have been revealed to have survived the explosion and got teleported into the Void.
• Knight of Cerebus: Unlike most other counterparts of the doctor, Robotnik's actions are depicted in a very serious and sinister light, his comedic aspects being generally subtle and sparse. The second season definitely softened this up, but not enough to reduce the impact of the trope.
• Lack of Empathy: In spades. Robotnik has absolutely no regard for the lives of anyone around him, and repeatedly brags about the fact he can't feel any sort of concern or even pity for the people around him.
• Large and in Charge: He towers over most of the cast in both height and size, and he's the despotic, tyrannical Evil Overlord of most of Mobius.
• Large Ham: He's generally a Cold Ham, but when he's enraged enough he'll go off on loud, scenery-chewing rants. It only serves to make him more terrifying, especially since the usual results of him really losing his cool tend to be brutal for whoever - generally Snively - winds up on the receiving end of his rage.
• Large and in Charge: He's as tall as he is fat, and is the leader of Robotropolis.
• Laser-Guided Karma: The climax of "The Doomsday Project", if not the entirety of it. As his lair gets torn apart by Sonic and Sally, a very frustrated Robotnik storms off into his only escape pod, spitefully refusing Snively access. The pod fails to escape and is caught in the energy blast with the rest of the lair, while Snively, having expected as much from his uncle, escaped fine with his own planned method of transport.
• Laughably Evil: Heavily downplayed. Robotnik is a fairly grim and serious character for the most part, but his morbid and sardonic sense of humor leads to a few darkly comic moments.
  Robotnik: Well, well. Dr. Hedgehog has captured his own nephew. Who says family values are dead?
• Leitmotif: He's almost always accompanied by a foreboding, haunting piano melody.
• Light Is Not Good: During his days working for King Acorn, he dressed in a white naval uniform. However, he was still just as evil then, simply biding his time until the time was ripe for him to spring a coup.
• Madness Mantra: As he realizes he's going to be caught in the destruction of the Doomsday Machine, Robotnik endlessly repeats his catchphrase "I hate that hedgehog" in a fit of pure rage as the machine starts to explode.
• Malicious Misnaming: He gives as good as he gets in this regard, referring to Sonic consistently as "hedgehog" or "rodent", conveying just how little regard he has for him.
• Manipulative Bastard: There's probably not a single character in the whole show that didn't get used by Robotnik.
  • His use of roboticized Mobians as slave workers showcases this side of him nicely. Aside from the practicality of turning his enemies into mindlessly loyal robot slave-workers instead of just executing them, he can then use the love and loyalty of any escaped Mobians against them. Even if they don't succumb to the urge to try and "rescue" a roboticized Mobian (who would then capture them for Robotnik), the Freedom Fighters can't use more dramatic methods of fighting against Robotnik's rule. After all, everyone knows that roboticization can be undone; with that in mind, how can Mobians countenance killing their unfortunate family, friends and loved ones by doing things like blowing up Robotnik's factories, even if that would impede Robotnik's empire far more than generator sabotage and virus uploads would?
• Manly Facial Hair: He still sports his signature mustache here, and he's a lot more capable in a straight-up fight than most incarnations of the character.
• Meaningful Rename: He named himself Robotnik when he took over Mobitropolis. The importance of this name is revealed if you understand Polish: the word "Robot" comes from the play Rossum’s Universal Robots, in which soulless machines built to serve humankind conquer the Earth and force humanity into slavery. Robotnik himself is soulless, served under the King of Mobius, and he turns nearly the whole population of Mobius into his slaves.
• Metallic Motifs: He's associated primarily with metals, frequently mentioning his "metallic heart" and surrounding himself with machinery. It's used to show how Robotnik values efficiency over compassion and plays into the Green Aesop of the show; Robotnik is obsessed with industrialization for its own sake, while the Freedom Fighters embrace nature and seek a better future.
• Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds: According to Word of God, Robotnik attempted to take over the space colony he was a resident of but accidentally destroyed it in the process.
• Military Coup: He was head of the Mobotropolis military and used his robots to serve as soldiers, but as soon as the Great War ended he overthrew King Acorn and went about taking over the entire planet.
• Misanthrope Supreme: He despises all organic life besides himself, and seeks to either roboticize or exterminate every living thing still outside his grip entirely. It stems both from his general narcissism and his controlling nature; he's obsessed with having everything under his total control, and people and animals with free will tends to get in the way of that.
• Narcissist: While less preening and flamboyant than most incarnations of Robotnik, he's very self-absorbed and spends a lot of time boasting to Snively about how great his latest invention or plan is. He also renamed Mobotropolis after himself, and it's telling that his idea of a perfect world is one where literally everything alive is slavishly devoted to him.
• Near-Villain Victory: He's on the cusp of victory for the entire series. Robotnik has essentially already won, with Mobius being almost completely under his control save for a few isolated pockets occupied by Freedom Fighters. It's only towards the end of the second season where the various Freedom Fighters join together to oppose him that things really start falling apart for him.
• Never My Fault: Regardless of what caused his latest plan to fail, Robotnik's general reaction is to blame Snively for it. Even if Snively did absolutely nothing to cause its failure, he'll still generally wind up suffering a beating for it.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: In "Super Sonic", Robotnik grabs a Swatbot's gun while its shooting at Sonic to prevent it from damaging Lazaar's computer. This results in the Swatbot accidentally shooting down a light fixture that blocks off a vent Sonic was fleeing through, letting him escape.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: In Season One, Robotnik was plainly shown to be completely without limitations. In his very first appearance in the Lighter and Softer pilot episode, it was shown very plainly that he actually would just kill or immediately roboticize any of his enemies at the first opportunity he got, with no warning or scruples. In the Darker and Edgier episodes that followed, this trait was only magnified, resulting in him using any personality flaws and or feelings of attachment he could see in others as weapons against them. This is not as prominent in Season Two, but still factors into his characterization late into the series.
• Not So Above It All: Though this Robotnik boasts a far more sinister and fearsome demeanor than his counterparts in other media, he couldn't go completely without comical moments. His fear-driven demeanor throughout "The Void" in particular, though completely justified, is quite clownish.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: Downplayed. He never exactly becomes harmless, but he's less of a No-Nonsense Nemesis and more of a Smug Snake in Season 2 who often screws himself over through Bond Villain Stupidity. However, following his most openly comedic appearance in "The Void", he reverts back to being utterly terrifying when he gets fed up with his war of attrition with the Freedom Fighters and decides to solve it by committing genocide against the remaining population.
• Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Zig-Zagged. Robotnik's fairly self-aware that he's a terrible person, but he genuinely seems to believe that the horrifyingly dystopian Polluted Wasteland he's turned Mobius into is a genuinely good thing and that the Lack of Empathy inherent to him and his machines is something to be proud of. During his take-over, he outright stated he was creating a "city of the future". However, it's very obvious that Robotnik's doing it more to satisfy his own narcissism and insane need for control more than anything else.
• Obviously Evil: It's very easy to tell that this version of Robotnik is a bad guy just by looking at him. King Acorn and Uncle Chuck still fell for his act regardless however.
• Offscreen Villainy: He's been quite busy. He almost exterminated The Wolfpack Freedom Fighters, and he did destroy a Freedom Fighter uprising in the Northern Frontier. This is in addition to his constant expansion projects.
• Oh, Crap!:
  • He noticeably panics as he and Snively try to pilot an escape pod out of the crashing Cloud Burster, screaming at him to pilot the damn thing to safety.
  Robotnik: Hurry, Snively! We are going to crash!
  • He spends the entirety of "The Void" in an uncharacteristic panic once Naugus escapes the Void, and for good reason, too. He has a particularly funny one when he realizes Sonic and Naugus are working together.
  Robotnik: [stroking his chin] Could he possibly be working with… [The realization swans on him] ALL UNITS, PURSUE THE HEDGEHOG!
• Omnicidal Maniac: He wants all organic life to be roboticized or destroyed. This is best shown in the Season 2 finale: his Doomsday Project was designed specifically to wipe out all remaining life on Mobius.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: It makes clear just how dangerous an entity Naugus is when even the sinister Robotnik is terrified of him to the point of grovelling before him. When Snively considers taking precautions against even the slightest chance of Naugus returning, Robotnik frantically agrees with him with zero of the usual chiding for questioning him. When faced with him again, Robotnik is reduced to pleading for mercy and insisting that trapping him in the void was an accident, and the minute he gets an opportunity, he flees.
  Robotnik: Get us out of here, Snively!!
• Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: He tends to oscillate between a British accent and Jim Cummings' natural American accent at random.
• Orcus on His Throne: Most of the time, he's content to hang back in his lair and let Snively handle most of the legwork for whatever scheme he has planned. It's only when a task is very important or necessitates his presence that he'll go out into the field himself.
• Percussive Therapy: Whenever he's particularly angry, he's prone to expressing his rage by beating the nearest piece of machinery in sight. Or Snively, depending on whichever's closer. He'll also do it whenever he's particularly elated too, even beating his fist into a computer out of sheer joy of having trapped Sonic in the Void.
• Plagiarism in Fiction: Downplayed. Robotnik was known to having stolen the plans for the Roboticizer, which was created by Sir Charles Hedgehog as a misguided attempt to make elderly people live longer. In spite of this, following his successful coup, Robotnik willingly gave Sir Charles full credit by admitting to all captured citizens of Mobotropolis that Sir Charles is the true creator of the Roboticizer. However, this act of giving full credit to Chuck only serves to rub salt in Chuck's wounded pride rather than maintain academic integrity; even Chuck himself shows complete remorse over this before being roboticized by Robotnik himself.
• Pet the Dog:
  • He dotes over Cluck devotedly in Season One. In Season Two, Cluck is inexplicably gone, removing Robotnik's single redeeming aspect.
  • He also gives a rare compliment to Snively when he thinks up a legitimately good plan in "Sonic Racer". When said plan starts to go wrong however...
• Planet Baron: He's taken over almost the entire planet of Mobius outside of a few pockets of Freedom Fighters thanks to having roboticized most of the population, and rules it with an iron fist.
• Polite Villains, Rude Heroes: Sonic is coarse, arrogant, and sarcastic and he isn't shy about bragging or slinging insults. Robotnik, meanwhile, is superficially polite and charming when he's in a good mood and styles himself as a cultured gentleman.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: He has a case of Fantastic Racism against the Mobians, viewing them as an inferior species to be either enslaved or killed. During the latter half of Season 2, he even starts planning to commit genocide upon those who are still outside of his control.
• Pre-Mortem Catchphrase: He spends his last moments before the Doomsday Machine explodes with him still inside it screaming his catchphrase, "I hate that hedgehog!" It also doubles as a Dying Declaration of Hate.
• Pride: While this version of the doctor is genuinely calculating and dangerous, his Fatal Flaw is still his arrogant belief that he is invincible. As the series progresses, he starts to display more foolish and delusional tendencies, and ultimately his downfall is caused by his own careless oversights and blunt refusal to accept any possibility that Sonic was capable of defeating him.
• Rank Scales with Asskicking: Unlike Snively, Robotnik is a genuinely competent fighter whenever he chooses to actively engage his opponents. His cybernetic enhancements and the weapons he keeps installed on his person make him a force to be reckoned with, though he isn't able to take Sonic on in a straight fight, forcing him to rely more on trickery when dealing with the hedgehog.
• Rapid-Fire "No!": He reacts this way when Sonic destroys his oil platform in "Sub Sonic".
  Robotnik: No, no no. This can't be happening. No, NO, NO!
• Real Men Wear Pink: His robe is purple and pink, with a giant collar for some reason. He also has pink sheets on his bed. It in no way takes away from him being an absolute menace to the protagonists, and he's a very dangerous and crafty opponent.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: His suit has a red and black color scheme, and he's as evil as they come.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: The red lights in his eyes flare whenever he gets pissed.
• Red Is Violent: He has a red Color Motif, and Robotnik is undeniably a violent man. He frequently inflicts beatings on Snively, he's quick to resort to murder to get his way, and he's prone to spectacularly explosive fits of rage.
• Red Right Hand: His roboticized left arm and cybernetic eyes only add to the creepiness of his design.
• Revenge Before Reason: He prioritizes killing Sonic above everything else, even his own life. It gets especially bad as his Sanity Slippage sets in, with Robotnik making increasingly risky moves just for the sake of seeing Sonic suffer. He's even seriously tempted to let himself and Snively die just so he can murder Sonic at one point, and is only stopped by malfunctioning equipment.
• Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: On the giving end. After Ari helps Robotnik lure Sonic into a trap in return for his team being allowed to go free, Robotnik reveals he's already roboticized them and orders them to take Ari away to meet the same fate.
• Right-Hand Cat: Cluck - a roboticized chicken - serves as Robotnik's favorite pet. He dotes on it endlessly, and it seems to feel the same things he does.
• Robot Master: Of all the robots in the setting, he invented every last one of them except for the "worker bots", which are roboticized Mobians.
• Rocket Boots: He wears these on his person at all times just in case he needs them. He winds up using them to escape after Antoine's able to successfully capture him.
• Rogue Soldier: He was formerly the head of Mobotropolis's military, until he performed a Military Coup and seized power after overthrowing the current government. By the time of the series, he's taken over nearly the entire planet.
• Sadist: While he constantly mistreats Snively, he doesn't seem to take any unique joy in doing so; it's just a byproduct of his Hair-Trigger Temper. The same cannot be said for his treatment of Mobians - he derives actual joy from putting them through intense emotional trauma, and takes all of their resulting rage-filled epithets as compliments... unless they imply that he lacks intelligence.
• Sanity Slippage: Towards the end of Season 1, Robotnik's behavior becomes increasingly erratic the more victories Sonic scores against him, before losing it completely in the latter half of Season 2. Where before Robotnik was generally calm and rational outside of the occasional outburst of rage, he's constantly on the verge of losing it and his plans shift from roboticizing the remaining Mobians to wiping out all organic life on the planet.
• Satanic Archetype: He was once a trusted friend and the right-hand man of King Acorn, before betraying him to take over Mobius. Robotnik is similarly defined by his tendency to make deals he has no intention of keeping, and always screws over whoever made the deal with him in the first place. And he's undeniably narcissistic and even has a red Color Motif.
• Shadow Archetype:
  • To Sonic. He has Sonic's egotism and cockiness, but where Sonic values the people around him Robotnik is a narcissistic monster who won't be satisfied unless literally the entire world bends to his whims and his alone.
  • He's also one to Sally. They're both well-educated, intelligent members of the upper class who serve as leaders and are driven by their ambitions (Robotnik's desire for control and Sally's desire to see her father again). However, where Sally is selfless and kind Robotnik is consumed by his goals to the point of selfishness and callousness.
• Shoulders of Doom: He wears massive shoulder pads and cape for maximum Evil Overlord affect.
• Sinister Surveillance: He commands legions of flying drones which patrol Robotropolis and which he often uses to spy on the Freedom Fighters.
• Sketchy Successor: He gets the job of dictator of Mobius by kicking the previous ruler into another dimension. He then proceeds to turn Mobius into a polluted, mechanical wasteland where he alone gets to live in luxury (barring his nephew Snively, who while being regularly put down is at least not actively hunted).
• Skewed Priorities: His Fatal Flaw is his tendency to prioritize on killing Sonic above all else, even his own well-being. It results in his downfall in "The Doomsday Project", where his hyper-fixating on finally beating Sonic leads him to ignore very real and obvious threats which bites him in the ass hard.
• Slasher Smile: He's very prone to grinning sadistically whenever his plan is working or he has someone at his mercy, taking no small amount of joy in his opponents' suffering.
• Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: Part of the reason the Freedom Fighters hate so much isn't because he took over their planet, but because he used the roboticizer to turn hundreds if not thousands of people into his slaves and carry out manual labor for him.
• Smug Snake: He becomes this in the second season, as his overconfidence and increasing obsession with Sonic begins to hinder his plots (as well as becoming slightly more comical and bumbling in tone).
• The Social Darwinist: Robotnik ascribes to this philosophy, viewing everyone around him as tools to be used and deserving his inevitable betrayal for not seeing it coming. During his Evil Gloating to a captured Sonic in "The Doomsday Project", he admits he sees life as game where there are winners and losers, and he's very much convinced he fits into the former category.
  Robotnik: Oh, I'm almost sorry that it's over. If nothing else you have been a most worthy adversary. But, in every game there are winners and there are losers. And as you know in this game... Losers. Get. Roboticized!
• Sorcerous Overlord: He temporarily becomes this when he gets hold of Lazaar's computer full of magic spells in "Super Sonic". Fortunately, Sonic is able to recover it and permanently cut off Robotnik's access to the computer.
• The Spock: An evil version. Unless he's emotionally compromised, Robotnik will always choose the simplest and most effective way to victory.
• The Sociopath: A very chilling, and very accurate example. Robotnik only cares about himself and his empire. Everything else is just something for him to use or destroy.
• The Starscream: He serves as Naugus and King Acorn's seemingly loyal right-hand man right up until he betrays them. He even subjects them to the same fate - trapping them in the Void. He's hardly any better with his underlings either: everyone who works for Robotnik winds up betrayed.
  Robotnik: Never trust anyone, Naugus. Especially me.
• Stout Strength: He's noticeably overweight, but he's strong enough to crush a piece of metal with his bare hands.
• The Strategist: The Doctor is dangerously competent as a war general. Prior to his rise to power he won a civil war that had gripped the world while serving under King Acorn.
• Straw Nihilist: In the episode Hooked on Sonics, Robotnik has a brief conversation with Antoine that gives us a glimpse into Robotnik's philosophy.
  Robotnik: "And what will you do with me?"
  Antoine: "I bring you to the Freedom Fighters, where you will stand trial for your terrible crimes. I will be a large hero, and win the hand of the princess."
  Robotnik: "A nice dream. But dreams are meant to be... broken."
• Suddenly Shouting: While usually a Soft-Spoken Sadist, he's prone to bursting out into shouting the second he's angered and often while in the middle of an up-til-then calm sentence.
• Sugary Malice: In keeping with his Faux Affably Evil demeanor, whenever he's talking with one of his enemies Robotnik speaks in a polite, calm tone and refers to whoever he's talking with with somewhat cutesy nicknames such as "dear girl" or "old boy". The only times he drops this is when he's dealing with Sonic or if he's really mad.
• Taking You with Me: During the climax of "Sonic's Nightmare", Robotnik tries to fire a missile at Sonic in a last-ditch effort to kill him despite knowing it would destroy his and Snively's escape pod. He's only stopped because the missile launcher malfunctions, but he clearly considered dying worth it so long as he took Sonic with him.
• Targeted to Hurt the Hero: One of Robotnik's defining moments in the pilot comes when Snively informs him that Tails - who the two are currently spying on - is a friend of Sonic's and frequently seen with him. Robotnik immediately orders his robots to go after Tails with intent to kill in hopes of luring out Sonic.
• Terms of Endangerment: He's very fond of coming up with mockingly formal honorifics for people he has at his mercy. While interrogating Cat in "Sonic Boom", he refers to him as "old boy" all the while trying to get Knothole's location out of him. He also refers to Sally as "dear girl" after he captures her.
• They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: During the early hours of his take-over of Mobotropolis, Robotnik made sure to outline to Snively exactly where he stood.
  Robotnik: From now on, everything will answer only to my voice. Do you know what that means, Snively?
  Snively: No, Uncle Julian.
  Robotnik: It means you call me SIR!
• Torture Technician: It's implied as much as a kid's show can allow that Robotnik personally tortures his captives, as he's heavily implied to have done to Cat offscreen.
• That Man Is Dead: Regards his former identity of Julian as such, as he states to the King in "Blast to the Past."
  King Acorn: You can't win this, Julian!
  Robotnik: The name is no longer Julian; from this day forward, I am Robotnik.
• This Cannot Be!:
  • He has this reaction when Sonic proves able to dodge his previously effective Sonic Radar in "Hooked on Sonics", angrily asking how Sonic is always able to outwit him.
  Robotnik: The hedgehog! How does he always do this?!
  • He mutters this to himself as Sonic destroys his oil platform at the end of "Sub Sonic" in the middle of his Rapid-Fire "No!".
• This Is Gonna Suck: His reaction when Sonic floods the Cloud Burster with oil in "Sonic's Nightmare". He knows Sonic's done something to screw up his plan and is clearly dreading it, but is more annoyed and angry than anything and is just waiting to see what it is.
• Tranquil Fury: The best case scenario when Robotnik gets mad is that he'll stay outwardly calm while still being clearly livid and barely holding himself from beating the snot out of anything in range (usually Snively).
• Troubled Abuser: While Robotnik was never nice to begin with, a long period as Naugus' tormented underling likely only exacerbated his thrill in punishing and bullying his subordinates, especially Snively who laughed at his abuse at the hands of Naugus.
• Tyrant Takes the Helm: He overthrew the king and turned Mobius into a Crapsack World, which the Freedom Fighters are trying to undo.
• Underestimating Badassery: One of his main flaws is that he views the Freedom Fighters as a mere annoyance and not a real threat. Even Sonic, who Robotnik acknowledges as dangerous, isn't really a threat in his eyes so much as he is a particularly persistent pest. It comes back to bite him in the finale, where his arrogant belief he can easily deal with a United attack by the Freedom Fighters leads to the destruction of his empire.
• The Unfettered: Robotnik has no scruples or moral limitations to what he'll do whatsoever. Murder, treachery, genocide, and deforestation are all viable options in his mind as long as it means he and he alone has total control over Mobius.
• Ungrateful Bastard:
  • Snively's help is invaluable to Robotnik. He played a crucial part in helping him take over Mobius, and Robotnik's schemes to take down the Freedom Fighters wouldn't get nearly as far without Snively's legwork. Robotnik almost never shows any sort of acknowledgment of this, and uses Snively as his own personal punching bag to vent his frustrations. He even leaves him to die in the series finale.
  • King Acorn treated Robotnik with nothing but respect and full backing for his projects. The worst he ever does is force Robotnik to go to a party, and even that's simply a necessity of politics. Robotnik rewards him by trapping him in the Void so he can take over Mobius, sadistically taunting him the whole time.
• The Usurper: He used to be King Acorn's Minister of War, but Robotnik imprisoned him within the Void and used his robotic army to take over the rest of the planet and roboticize most organic life.
• Unwilling Roboticisation: He is the Trope Namer and Trope Codifier. His modus operandi is transforming every living thing he encounters into robotic slaves. He's also a victim of the machine himself - his left arm is bionic because Sonic tossed him into an active roboticizer.
• Verbal Tic: A dark version. He's prone to beginning or ending his sentences with uncontrollable chuckling, generally when he's doing something really sadistic. It gives off the impression Robotnik can barely contain his glee at his own crimes.
• Villainous Valor: Zig-Zagged. When Naugus re-emerges from the Void, Robotnik reacts with pathetic cowardice and even begs for his life. However, when faced with other threats he'll never express fear. He even takes on Sonic personally quite a few times despite knowing he's no match for him in a physical fight and is willing to risk blowing up the aircraft he's on just for a shot at killing him. And when he's about to die in the explosion of the Doo,sadly Project, Robotnik doesn't cower but instead spends the last moments of his life defiantly screaming his hatred of Sonic.
• Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: Where his right-hand man Snively is a comical Butt-Monkey, Robotnik is a grim, vicious tyrant played entirely seriously.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: This version of Robotnik is much scarier than other versions of the character. He's dangerously competent, grim, and any levity immediately vanishes the second he shows up. The show also makes no bones about how utterly ruthless or brutal Robotnik can be; it's made very clear that he will either kill or roboticize anyone he captures, even children.
• Villain Decay: Downplayed. Like much of the cast, he was Flanderized in Season 2. While in his past he was able to maintain lengthy charades and carefully laid his plans to expand his power, in Season Two, Robotnik just can't resist wasting huge amounts of time gloating over his enemies and building overly complicated death traps instead of just finishing them off, which in some cases even leads to the same bungling outcomes expected of other Robotnik incarnations. This doesn't mean that he's any less evil and ruthless than he was before however, with the Freedom Fighters still regularly treating his schemes with genuine sincerity.
• Villains Want Mercy: When Naugus confronts him, Robotnik begs for his life and desperately insists that he didn't betray him. Naugus doesn't listen, and sets to work tormenting him.
• Villainous Breakdown:
  • In the last episode, Robotnik loses it and goes into a screaming rage about how much he despises Sonic.
  Robotnik: I really...hate...that hedgehog. I hate him. I HATE him. HATE HIM! Hate! Hate! HATE! HAAAAAAATTTTTEEEE!!!!
  • Robotnik suffers a more minor one in "Blast to the Past, Part 2." During this time travel adventure, it turns out that Sonic accidentally caused Robotnik's left arm to be roboticised, by spinning him around and tripping him into the Roboticiser. Robotnik was not happy.
  "Get that hedgehog! Get him! GET HIM!!!"
• Villainous Demotivator: He treats Snively like dirt. It comes back to bite him when Snively gets fed up and turns on him.
• Villain with Good Publicity: In the years before his conquest, Robotnik landed a good name for himself by using his technology to improve the quality of life, and to fight a war for the King. Unfortunately, he was able to maneuver himself into power with his robot army just after the war ended.
• Villain Respect:
  • As much as he hates Sonic, he does respect him and declares him a "most worthy adversary." It only goes so far, as he throttles Snively for even implying they could be equals.
  • It's downplayed, but he shows some slivers of respect for Uncle Chuck. He's one of the only characters Robotnik calls by their actual name, and Robotnik acknowledges that Chuck is a brilliant inventor. He still takes a lot of joy in sadistically tormenting hkm, but that's par for the course for Robotnik.
• Villains Act, Heroes React: Downplayed in that some episodes involve the Freedom Fighters trying to score a victory over Robotnik, but usually the episode plot involves a scheme of his and it's up to the Freedom Fighters to stop it.
• Villains Never Lie: He mockingly invokes this in "Super Sonic" when Sally realizes he's gotten hold of Lazar's computer and used it to capture her. It's otherwise averted, as Robotnik lies freely if he'll get something out of it; he generally only tells the truth if it won't cost him anything.
  Sally: You found Lazaar's computer, didn't you?!
  Robotnik: I cannot tell a lie, Princess. I did. [To a Swat-Bot] Secure her!
• Visionary Villain: He dreams of converting the entire world into an industrialized Polluted Wasteland with all of its inhabitants having been roboticized into his slavishly loyal servants. He even lampshades it in "The Doomsday Project" as he makes his final attempt to take total control over Mobius by wiping out the rest of the inhabitants.
  Robotnik: In 24 hours, I will control every inch of this planet! Every! Inch! The dream begins…
• Vocal Evolution: Along with originally having a mechanical reverb, Season One's Robotnik was more monotone and raspy sounding. Come Season Two, where Robotnik becomes more bombastic and arrogant, Jim Cummings starts to instill a bit of his usual hamminess into him.
• The Warlord: He was the leader of Mobotropolis's military prior to his coup, and he still essentially serves as the lead general for his empire. Most of his tactics involve inflicting massive devastation in the name of taking over what few remnants of the planet are not yet under his control.
• We Have Ways of Making You Talk: When Cat proves unwilling to spill information on Knothole, Robotnik shifts from offering concessions to threatening torture.
  Cat: I'm telling you nothing about nothing, Robotnik!
  Robotnik: Oh, I wouldn't be so sure, old boy. I have machines of all kinds, marvelous machines. They can do things… you would not believe.
• We Will Meet Again: He proclaims this at the end of "Hooked on Sonics" after Sonic stops his latest plan to destroy the Great Forest.
  Robotnik: We will meet again, hedgehog. I promise.
• Who's Laughing Now?: His abuse towards Snively can be seen as this, given the latter's heckling over his own abuse from Naugus. In flashback, even when transformed into a crow, you can tell he's dwelling on how he'll get back at the little runt.
• Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: While prone to Bond Villain Stupidity, he actually averts this on several occasions. The second he has Sonic at close range, Robotnik immediately tries to shoot him dead every time and won't even bother trying to roboticize him. Unfortunately, no one's quick enough in the draw to successful gun Sonic down, but still.
• Wicked Cultured: Julian is eloquent, has a sharp wit, and can be very suave and persuasive. He used this to maneuver around the Mobian royalty and upper-class before his takeover. He also has a good grasp on linguistics and is something of a historian, as "Drood Henge" and "Super Sonic" show.
• Worthy Opponent: Despite his grudge against Sonic, he considers him his "most worthy adversary". When it seems he's finally about to roboticize him, he admits that he's almost sorry that it's over.
• Would Hurt a Child: He's perfectly willing to harm children as seen the Pilot and again in "Blast to the Past". He already has roboticized almost every child on the planet. This would have been taken further in the third season with the revelation that he kidnapped, brainwashed and murdered Nicole - who was only 5 years old - by hooking her consciousness up to a computer so he could take advantage of her genius.
• Xanatos Speed Chess: He's very good at this. When a plan of his goes badly, he will very often calmly improvise a workable solution in seconds with whatever remains, and even when his plans fail outright he remains extremely dangerous until the heroes are fully outside of his sphere of influence.
• You Have Failed Me: He once destroyed a Swatbot for failing to capture Sonic. He's also prone to inflicting a non-lethal version of this in Snively, often subjecting him to vicious beatings for his latest failure to capture Sonic.

Snively

Voiced by: Charlie Adler

Robotnik's nephew and right-hand man. Often used as the doctor's punching bag, Snively has gained a conniving and ambitious personality intent on overthrowing his uncle.

• Actually Pretty Funny: He laughed like a hyena at the sight of Robotnik being tormented by Naugus' witchcraft. This almost certainly done no favours for Snively's own treatment once Robotnik finally took over. Who's Laughing Now? indeed?
• All Take and No Give: Snively dedicates himself to pleasing Robotnik and is often forced to perform complex tasks under heavy pressure by the not-so-good doctor. Robotnik rewards this by often violently punishing him for any sort of failure, and rarely expresses gratitude when Snively succeeds.
• Amnesiac Villain Joins the Heroes: In "No Brainer", Sonic pays him back for using him as a Criminal Amnesiac by blasting him with his own Memory Scrambler and convincing him to attack Robotnik. When Snively gets his memories back, he's only barely able to talk Robotnik out of murdering him on the spot.
• Bald of Evil: He's bald and he's cruel.
• Beleaguered Assistant: Robotnik isn't incompetent, but he is prone to great outbursts of rage, usually with Snively as the only target. As a result, Snively grows to hate both his job, his life, and Robotnik.
• But I Read a Book About It: Snively is easily as well educated as Sally is, and is shown doing research on ancient history, biology, and culture. When Robotnik needs info on an unknown, Snively's his resource.
• Butt-Monkey: He was always used as a punching bag by Robotnik, but that's a given - Robotnik abuses everything he touches. Starting in Season 2, though, he was also being treated as a joke by the Freedom Fighters. Even Sally, who greatly spurns underestimating any of Robotnik's forces, deals with him like nothing in "Cry of the Wolf".
• Cassandra Truth: He often warns Robotnik when he's overachieving. He never listens.
• Character Development: He was actually a sincere Yes-Man to Robotnik in Season One, doing his honest best to facilitate his plans more effectively and taking pleasure in what rare praise he received from him. By Season 2, he's come to loathe Robotnik for his abuse and ultimately turns on him when Robotnik tries to leave him to die.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: In addition to his plotting against Robotnik, had the show not been Screwed by the Network, he would have fled to the freedom fighters in Season 3. Then he would betray them as well.
• Crazy-Prepared: While Robotnik is often overconfident to a fault and tends to endanger himself, Snively is much more cautious and conservative with his resources: he doesn't like danger, and always takes steps to ensure his own safety. This ends up saving his life.
• Creepy High-Pitched Voice: Snively, The Dragon, is aptly named for his snivelly high-pitched voice. This is a strong contrast to the Big Bad, Dr. Robotnik, who has a menacing deep voice. In the last episode, when Snivelly takes over as the new Big Bad, he does an especially high-pitched Evil Laugh.
• Dirty Coward: As you'd expect.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He's genuinely horrified when Robotnik traps Naugus in the Void, though he goes along with it anyway out of fear.
• Evil Brit: He has a British accent and while less threatening than Robotnik he's still a willing participant in his tyrannical regime.
• Evil Counterpart: To Sally in Season Two. While Robotnik is arguably a greater technical mastermind than either of them, he shares Sonic's arrogance and penchant for thoughtless risk taking, with Snively playing a more cautious and practical foil. However, while Sonic and Sally's dynamic is turbulent it is still respectful, and Sally can still often reel in Sonic or at worst bail him out of his worst mistakes (with Sonic doing the same when Sally reaches her own limit), Robotnik and Snively's dynamic is purely hatred, with Robotnik valuing Snively as little more than a punching bag and dismissing, if not lambasting Snively for any suggestion that implies he is not invincible. Ultimately Snively resented Robotnik enough he was willing to withhold info and plot behind his back, and even took spiteful pleasure watching the Fat Bastard inevitably land on his ass whenever his spurnings cost him dearly.
• Evil Laugh: He has a menacing chuckle, and a crazy, high-pitched cackle.
• Failed a Spot Check: While Snively never underestimates Sonic he has blundered a few times with how resourceful the Freedom Fighters are:
  Robotnik: Snively... Where are the other guards?
  Snively: Pursuing the hedgehog, Sir.
  Robotnik: You fool! It's a diversion! Recall the guards and stop the convoy!!
• Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Apparently, the rush of wind from a time-travelling Sonic blasting by tore most of the hair from his head, leaving him with just a few long strands poking wildly out of his scalp.
• Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Snively is a treacherous weasel whose ruthlessness only pales compared to his uncle. He is also a pitiful, bumbling coward that nobody takes seriously. Sonic and even the highly cautious Sally have problems viewing Snively as a serious threat. He's got a terrifying brain, but in terms of brawn, you can tell by his spindly, twig-like physique he's a pushover, and you would be quite justified in calling him spineless.
• It's Personal: He neither cared for nor regarded Sonic as a threat, but when their encounter in the past ruined the pride and joy that was his hair rendering him bald, he developed a deep-rooted hatred for the blue hedgehog.
• Karma Houdini: Thanks to the show's abrupt cancellation, he never got his comeuppance in the finale, quite ironically being about the only time he wasn't The Chew Toy.
• Lack of Empathy: He directly helped his Uncle orchestrate the conquest of Mobius, and continues to assist him in hunting down the Freedom Fighters - he isn't at all resentful about any of it. One scene in particular stands out: in Sonic and Sally, as Sally is about to be Roboticized, she looks directly into his eyes. He impassively begins to activate the machine anyway. Luckily, Sonic arrives just in time.
• Lame Rhyme Dodge: Has a habit of insulting Robotnik under his breath, only to invoke this whenever he hears him.
• Large Ham: He's voiced by Charlie Adler after all.
• Laughably Evil: He's not much more pleasant than Robotnik, though he is far more blundering and goofy.
• Manchild: Snively's prone to childish temper tantrums when things don't go his way (which is often).
• Nerdy Nasalness: His voice is quite nasally. Isn't helped by his large nose.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: While he is definitely pathetic compared to Robotnik, he is very quick to take advantages where and when he sees them - this trait has actually gotten closer to discovering and conquering Knothole than his uncle ever did. If his uncle had any respect for him, the Freedom Fighters might not be here. He also makes a few shrewd moves behind Robotnik's back - he built an escape system into Robotropolis' War Room that was only big enough to fit his own diminutive size, just on the off chance that he might need it. He did.
• Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: For helping his Uncle Julian overthrow the King, and assisting in the coup and robotocization of millions of innocent people, Robotnik "promotes" his nephew to the position of his personal toady and punching bag.
• Sadist: He's more subtle about it than Robotnik and rarely lets it interfere with his work, but Snively does enjoy what he does.
  [As they prepare a Death Trap for Sonic]
  Robotnik: It warms the cockles of my heart.
  Snively: I know exactly what you mean, sir.
• Screams Like a Little Girl: He has several comical traits: a nasal voice tone, a goofy appearance, and when he is on the receiving end of abuse from his uncle Robotnik, a high-pitched scream that reminiscent of Ned Flanders.
• Servile Snarker: He often makes snide remarks about his uncle behind his back, especially in Season 2.
• Sinister Schnoz: He has an exaggeratedly long, pointy nose to accent his evilness.
• Slimeball: A nice guy, he ain't.
• Smug Snake: While he's not as openly ruthless as Robotnik, and is a fraction the menace he is, he is still arrogant and cruel, and partakes in plenty Evil Gloating to Sonic and the Freedom Fighters any time he thinks he has the upper hand on them. It is a key reason they don't feel remotely sorry for routinely provoking his bad situation with Robotnik.
• The Starscream: Zigzagged. In the Second Season, He constantly grumbles over having to serve the Doctor, but doesn't actually attempt to harm him. He simply plays along until Robotnik is killed in the final episode, then is seen donning a new, imperialistic outfit and declaring that it's "his turn". He does, however, resemble Starscream in voice, especially considering his voice is done by Charlie Adler.
• Sycophantic Servant: In the first season, he is far less hateful towards his uncle and is a fairly loyal toady constantly looking for his approval. Both the abuse he suffers and Robotnik's ingratitude lead to him becoming somewhat more outspoken against his uncle.
• This Is Gonna Suck: His reaction when Sonic floods the Cloud Burster with oil in "Sonic's Nightmare". He knows that Sonic's ruined Robotnik's plan and that Robotnik is going to flip his lid in response, but is more resigned than anything else.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: He goes through a lot of pain and suffering at Robotnik's hands, but while he's not in an ideal situation Snively ends the series at large and planning to take a shot at conquering Mobius for himself.
• The Trickster: Compared to Robotnik, Snively is far less rigid and far craftier: his plans more often involve taking advantage of personality flaws or using hidden traps instead of using brute force. It was actually Snively's idea to take advantage of Sonic's ego in Sonic Racer, and it almost worked.
• Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: He's generally comical compared to his evil uncle, Dr. Robotnik.
• Villain Team-Up: It was planned that he'd do this with Naugus in the early part of Season 3, only for Naugus to betray him.
• Villainous Friendship: He's implied to have had one with Naugus, having been genuinely horrified when Robotnik betrayed him. Naugus repeatedly humiliating Robotnik might have something to do with it.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: He wanted Julian to acknowledge his contributions and treat him like another human, and partner in their ambition for global conquest. He once attempted an attack on Knothole while Robotnik was gone, just to impress him. Eventually tired of the lack of respect, Snively began to hate his uncle intensely.
• Yes-Man: Enforced: Robotnik made it quite clear to Snively that his sole purpose is to fulfill the doctor's schemes and compliment his brilliance. Snively wouldn't even mind if it weren't for the fact that he gets absolutely no recognition for his own accomplishments.
• You Have Failed Me: Robotnik attempts this indirectly in "The Doomsday Project", leaving him to die in his imploding base out of spite. Snively however had predicted as much from his uncle and had made his own method of escape.
  Robotnik: Only room for ONE, Snively! *closes escape pod*
  Snively: *flees via a secret tunnel* You don't give me enough credit, Julian!

Swat-Bots

Voiced by: Frank Welker, Jim Cummings

A mass-produced series of robots used as Robotnik's primary enforcers and soldiers.

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• Characterization Marches On: The pilot depicts them as being sentient, at least enough to laugh at Snively's Amusing Injuries. Throughout the rest of the series, Swat-Bots are depicted as mindless drones only really capable of following Robotnik and Snively's orders.
• Faceless Mooks: Justified. Unlike most Faceless Mooks, they literally don't have faces, being robots. And given Robotnik's hatred of organic life, it makes since he'd design his personal enforcers without distinguishing characteristics.
• Mecha-Mooks: They're robot soldiers loyal to Robotnik and unlike his Worker-Bots they are not roboticized civilians, meaning Sonic and co. can tear through them without guilt.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: Sonic tears through them like toilet paper, but only because he's backed up by his powers. For the rest of the Freedom Fighters, the Swat-Bots can be very dangerous especially since they have the numbers on their side.
• Punch-Clock Villain: Following Robotnik's coup, he had all control of the robots switched from manual to voice control. They respond to his orders only (which can be delegated to his lackey Snively when its required). Robotnik's unwillingness to share power subtly results in Artificial Stupidity. Their programming is now wholly dependant upon the success of his orders, and if he fails, they end up as collateral damage against Sonic and friends.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: They each have red visors that function as their eyes, and they're mindless servants of Robotnik. They're also genuinely dangerous to anyone who isn't Sonic, since they both outnumber and outgun the Freedom Fighters.

Worker-Bots

Robotnik's labor force, which consists primarily of Mobians forcibly roboticized and brainwashed into his loyal servants.

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• And I Must Scream: Chuck reveals that every Worker-Bot is fully aware of what's been done to them, but are unable to resist against their programming and forced to carry out Robotnik's orders.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: Robotnik's programming has left them mindlessly devoted to him. They are fully aware of what's been done to them, but are totally unable to fight against their brainwashing for more than a few minutes.
• Slave Mooks: They're innocent people that Robotnik has brainwashed into serving as laborerst his behest. If any of Robotnik's creations are going to be used to build his latest project, it's generally them.
• Tragic Monster: The Worker-Bots are just as much victims as anyone else, being innocent people that Robotnik has brainwashed into serving him.
• Unwilling Roboticisation: All of them are people who Robotnik forcibly roboticized into his servants.

Muttski

Voiced by: Frank Welker

Sonic's pet dog, converted into a Worker-Bot by Robotnik.

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• Angry Guard Dog: After being roboticized, Muttski serves as a vicious guard on the outskirts of Robotropolis.
• Big Friendly Dog: He's a large dog, and he's very affectionate and friendly when not affected by Robotnik's brainwashing.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: He's a Big Friendly Dog by nature, but Robotnik's brainwashing has left him aggressive and hostile.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Despite Sonic promising to rescue him someday, Muttski never appears following "Heads or Tails".
• Fighting from the Inside: After reuniting with Sonic, he's able to fight off Robotnik's programming and revert to his original personality for a few minutes before it takes over again.

Other Villains

Naugus

Voiced by: Michael Bell

A wizard from the Void. Though he was antagonistic only towards Robotnik, he was slated to become season three's Big Bad.

• Affably Evil: He seems surprisingly friendly and easy-going when the Freedom Fighters meet him. However, he's just as ruthlessly ambitious as Robotnik, and willing to do anything in order to get his revenge on Robotnik.
• Bad Boss: Robotnik used to work for him. Naugus was shown to be a highly arbitrary boss, often punishing his underlings for quite seriously nothing at all. As shown when he went to explore the Void for the first time:
  Naugus: Recall me in ONE HOUR, Robotnik. And should you have any thoughts of betrayal...
  (snaps his fingers, causing Robotnik to become a crow)
• Chekhov's Gunman: If the series hadn't been cut short, as Season 3 would've seen him replace Robotnik as the Big Bad. Season 3 never aired.
• The Dreaded: Robotnik is terrified of Naugus and dreads the possibility that he'll eventually escape the Void.
• Evil Sorcerer: His Modus Operandi. He wields magic so powerful that he can arbitrarily change the shape of anything with the snap of a finger.
• Eviler than Thou: To Robotnik. For all the doctor's intelligence and power, Naugus's sorcery puts him on a different level entirely.
• Evil vs. Evil: He's an Evil Sorceror no better morally than Robotnik, but he's still out to see the doctor dead for imprisoning him in the Void.
• Forced Transformation: He can transform a person into seemingly anything by just snapping his fingers. He enjoys tormenting Robotnik by transforming him into ridiculous shapes.
• For Science!: Before becoming trapped in the Void, Naugus seemed to merely be interested in understanding the limits of magic - like Lazaar, he possesses extreme power, but wasn't doing anything with it aside from research. His discovery of the Void happened exactly because he was messing around with powerful magic, with Robotnik as his understudy.
• Horrifying the Horror: Naugus makes Robotnik, the man who happily turned most of Mobius into a Polluted Wasteland and roboticized most of the organic life forms on the planet, quiver in terror.
• Invincible Villain: He's so powerful that it's near impossible to beat him, and even Robotnik can't do much more than cower at his feet.
• Irony: He discovered the very dimensional Void in which he's trapped.
• Machiavelli Was Wrong: He seemed aware of Robotnik's duplicitous side even early on, though kept him as his understudy, assuming his petty bullying would instill enough fear to dissuade him from ever betraying him, even when leaving his fate in his hands as he entered into the void. Needlessly to say, he was wrong.
• Manipulative Bastard: He basically forces the Freedom Fighters to free him from the Void in order to get at Robotnik, in the process causing more problems than he needed to. He needs Sonic's speed to exit the Void. So, he sends out a magical artifact that snatches away Sally and Bunnie and brings them into the Void. Of course, this provokes Sonic to follow them in. Once Sonic arrived, he disguised himself as the King in order to get Sonic to free him from the Void using his speed. Sonic was infuriated at being tricked and was about to attack him, but Naugus effortlessly freezes him in place before pointing out that Sonic should be glad he's been released, since he's going to get rid of Robotnik. After that, he just lets Sonic go back and rescue his friends from the Void. This seems benign enough until you realize he could have just used the artifact as a call for help instead of directly resorting to kidnapping. Word of God is that he'd have become more antagonistic towards the Freedom Fighters in Season 3.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: Compared to Robotnik, Naugus' character on surface level is largely that of a grouchy, semi-affable troll. He is however extremely powerful, able to transform or neutralise opponents with a mere fingersnap, holds deadly grudges, and, had Season Three came along, also proved to be ambitious and power hungry, usurping Robotnik and Snively as Evil Overlord. There is a reason that Robotnik reduces to a simpering Nervous Wreck before him.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Most of his punishment on Robotnik is slapstick, with him snarking jovially throughout all of it. After transforming him a few times however, he takes on an angry scowl and his hands glow an imposing red, implying he was Just Toying with Them before and now he was really going to make Robotnik suffer for his betrayal, only stopped by him starting to crystalise that very moment.
• Pet the Dog: Despite having tricked Sonic into having him escape the Void and later freezing him, Naugus willingly releases Sonic and allows him to rescue King Acorn and the others from the Void while he deals with Robotnik himself.
• Professor Guinea Pig: When you look at his monstrous appearance you realize he's more than willing to experiment on himself with his own dark magic and technology. Little wonder Robotnik is terrified of him.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Robotnik sealed Naugus in the Void, using his technology to keep him there at any cost. Naugus spent years trapped inside before he finally managed to escape, but willingly returned once he realized that spending all those years in the Void has affected his body; If he's outside of it for too long, he begins to slowly crystallize.
• The Unfettered: He wants the same thing the Freedom Fighters want: to kill Robotnik. The problem is, he will do absolutely anything to do it, with zero concern for anything that gets in his way.
• Villain Team-Up: It was planned that, in the Third Season, he would initially do this with Snively (hence the ominous red eyes beside Snively in The Stinger for the show), as well as bringing along Robotnik as his tormented slave. However, he'd then betray Snively and take over himself, forcing Snively into an Enemy Mine with the Freedom Fighters.

Lazaar

Voiced by: Dan Castellaneta

An evil sorcerer put into a magical slumber for thousands of years.

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• The Atoner: He wants to make up for everything he's done by protecting his computer - which contains hundreds of powerful spells - from other evil-doers and making sure no one can use its powers again.
• Heel–Face Turn: Upon being awakened, Lazaar reveals he's come to regret his evil ways and now seeks to make sure the knowledge in his computer is hidden forever so that no one can ever use it again.
• Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about him without revealing the twist of "Super Sonic"; that Lazaar has repented and become The Atoner.

The Guardian

Voiced by: Tony Jay

Lazaar's Undying Loyalty loyal guardian, tasked with protecting him while he sleeps.

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• Anti-Villain: He's not evil and never does cruelty for the sake of it, even if he still believes Lazaar is still the Evil Sorceror he once was. He just wants to look after his master's best interests, and willingly joins him in his Heel–Face Turn.
• Undying Loyalty: To Lazaar. Robotnik's efforts to bribe him are useless, and the Guardian only lets him in because Robotnik convinces him he wants to simply meet with Lazaar. He also willingly joins him in eternally guarding the secrets in his computer, even if it requires a Heel–Face Turn.

The Nasty Hyenas Gang

Voiced by: Jim Cummings, Alaina Reed Hall

A roving gang of cannibalistic bikers.

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• Blue-and-Orange Morality: They operate on a very different moral wavelength from everyone else. They sincerely seem to think that eating Antoine will honor him, and are actually willing to stall eating him when he orders them to season him with paprika rather than pepper due to having run out of the spice.
• I'm a Humanitarian: They make it a point to always devour their king, mainly due to their Blue-and-Orange Morality.
• Mysterious Past: They apparently hailed from a cannibal tribe, but wound up splintering off somehow. Most of their history is left fairly vague otherwise, namely the reasons behind the split.
• Villain of the Week: They only appear in "Fed Up With Antoine", and serve as the villain for that episode.
• Villain Respect: They become genuinely convinced Antoine is their king after he's able to (accidentally) destroy their motorcycles, and do seem to respect him. Of course, their way of honoring him is to eat him, so it's something of a double-edged sword.
• Wacky Wayside Tribe: Unlike most antagonists, they have no real connection to Robotnik or the overarching plot. They're just a group of criminals that Antoine idiotically gets himself involved with.

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