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Completely full of himself, with the IQ and evil ambitions to match, Dr. Robotnik is a scientist hired by the US government in their attempts to detain Sonic. He invents and controls various machines, most of which are piloted remotely.

* AllThereInTheScript: His first name is never mentioned in the movie, but [[https://youtu.be/ALDqbbbYysE a Nickelodeon TV Spot]] suggests that it's still Ivo like in the games. The second episode of ''Knuckles'' later confirms this is the case.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Robotnik is this ''in spades'':
** When he was punched in the face by a bully as a child, he retaliated with extreme vengeance. Now that he's an adult, he acts like a bully himself, treating everyone else he interacts with contempt and disdain, and hunting down an innocent blue hedgehog just to steal his powers for his own self-benefit.
** He constantly harps on how machines are better than people because machines are efficient and obey him without fail, yet he gets mad at Agent Stone for prioritizing his safety over taking the initiative and chasing after Tom and Sonic when they get away.
** When chasing Sonic, Robotnik gives a shaming remark about Sonic not being allowed to run on the Pyramids ''after he blew the Sphinx's head off!'' And ''then'' he shoots at Sonic, damaging the pyramid ''anyways!''
** In spite of all his statements about how worthless every other human being who isn't him is and how he prefers the company of machines, he ends up [[GoMadFromTheIsolation going mad due to isolation]] at the end of the first film, because without other humans to demean and lord his superior intellect over, his ego has no way of receiving any sort of gratification.
** Related to the previous point, Robotnik berates Agent Stone about how he won't miss him if he's gone at one point, yet [[CompanionCube he recreates his likeness with a literal stone]] to carry around and chat with when he is stranded on the Mushroom Planet. It also doubles as a PetTheDog moment, as it shows he truly did miss Stone.
** This conversation alone:
--->'''Major Bennington:''' Listen pal, I don't know if you realize who...\\
'''Dr. Ivo Robotnik:''' [[BaitTheDog I'm sorry, Major.]] What was your name?\\
'''Major Bennington:''' Benningt--\\
'''Dr. Ivo Robotnik:''' (''interrupts'') --'''NOBODY CARES!'''
** [[spoiler:When Robotnik catches Knuckles invading his mech alongside Tails, he remarks the echidna being "disloyal", even though he's the one who betrayed him first. Knuckles [[ShutUpHannibal has none the mad doctor's hypocrisy]] and just goes straight to punching him.]]

* OnlyKnownByHerNickname: She's only called by her real name once, by her ex-husband. She promptly returns the favor.

* AlliterativeName: ZigzaggedTrope. He's the only known Whipple whose first name doesn't start with a W, but his nickname provides a source of alliteration: '''P'''istol '''P'''ete.

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* MakeAnExampleOfThem: He destroys an Egg Drone Badnik with a welding torch during "Reno Baby" to show Agents Willoughby and Mason how he would kill them if they failed him.

* CompositeCharacter: Being a genius human inventor with a fat body who makes two henchmen go after his enemies and acts like a BadBoss makes him more similar to Robotnik in his earliest incarnations, but his plan of going after Knuckles and him once working for Robotnik make him similar to Eggrobo when playing as Knuckles in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''.

* FatBastard: He's chubby, sociopathic, and the main villain of the Knuckles series.