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!!Anime I've watched

I realize I have to make a list because I forget way too easily

* Anime/AgentAika
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* {{Manga/Berserk}}:
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* Anime/TheBigO
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** Original OVA
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** A.D. Police OVA.
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** SIGN
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** Toei anime 137 episodes
** Toei Movie
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** Anime/MobileSuitGundam: Series and compilation movies.
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* WebAnimation/InfernoCop
* Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure
** Series
** OVA
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* Anime/KillLaKill
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** Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion
* Manga/RurouniKenshin: Original Anime and Shin Kyoto Hen OVA.
* Manga/SailorMoon
* [[Anime/CaptainHarlock Space Pirate Captain Herlock The Endless Odyssey]]
* Anime/SpaceDandy

* Anime/SpaceDandy
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* Creator/StudioGhibli
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Sandbox for Dr. Eggman.

Sandbox for Dr. Eggman.

!!Eggman Empire

!!!The Good Doctor

[[folder:Dr. Robotnik]]
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The original BigBad of the series. Born Julian Kintober of the House Ivo, Dr. Robotnik was an egotistical yet slightly childish MadScientist and leader of the Eggman Empire, a criminal organization determined to conquer the world. He was a weapon developer for the Overlanders but was arrested because of his inhuman experiences. He escaped imprisonment and defected over to the Mobian's side, eventually rising to the position of Warlord under King Acorn. Robotnik was vital in winning the war and during peacetime, launched his coup. King Acorn was banished into the Zone of Silence and Robotnik spread his reign of terror and pollution over the land. Only Sonic and the Freedom Fighters stand in his way.


Dr. Robotnik was killed in the ''Endgame'' Arc only for an alternate universe counterpart, Robo Robotnik, to travel to his world to fill the void. The original Dr. Robotnik was designated as Robotnik Prime whilst Robo Robotnik picked up the nickname Dr. Eggman.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: By the time the comic started Robotnik had burnt all of his bridges. He became the defacto enemy of Mobian kind and the Overlanders saw him as a war criminal and traitor. Robotnik tended to surround himself with nonsentient allies and warriors, recognizing he could only count on them as support. All of Robotnik's allies capable of thought, ala Crocbot or Snively, hated and plotted against him.
* BigBad: For the first 50 issues, Robotnik was the main cause of all of the antagonism and suffering in the series. Other gambits of greater scale, like those of Naugus and Mogul, were only revealed after his demise.
* CainAndAbel: While the Abel part of this is somewhat questionable, Colin was none the less dedicated to serving and protecting his people, whereas Julian was a traitor who attempted to use his fellow Overlanders as test subjects for weaponry and later went on to become a genocidal tyrant. The set-up is also inverted with regards to age; Colin was Julian's older brother rather than a more moral younger sibling.
* CardCarryingVillain: In the very first issue, there is a sign on Robotnik's desk which reads "Dr. Robotnik: Supreme Dictator, Industrial Polluter, Megalomaniac, Corrupt Politician, Underhanded Reprobate, Rain Forest Ravager, [[KickTheDog Puppy Kicker]], Oil Spill Coordinator, Holiday Hater, Insurance Salesman. Rights violated while U wait!"
* CompositeCharacter: Robotnik combined his depiction in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' with ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM''. Visually he was the latter but for much of the initial comic he acted like the former: prone to zany schemes and ButtMonkey antics. His character swung much more towards his Satam counterpart as the comic went on.
* DeadAlternateCounterpart: Robotnik Prime is this to Dr. Eggman, at least until [[spoiler: the Super Genesis Wave rewrites everything]].
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Dr. Eggman's Super Genesis Wave collapsed the multi-verse and remade it. In the new timeline, it was Eggman and only Eggman who sought help with and betrayed the Mobians. Robotnik Prime was completely erased from the timeline altogether.]]
* EmperorScientist: He was the ruler of Mobius for 10 years. Even after being overthrown, most of Mobius was still under his control.
* FatBastard: Dr. Robotnik, utilizing the Satam design, was the most notable with the fat jokes toned down as he got more dangerous and artists emphasizing his grotesqueness in a number of scenes.
* FantasticRacism: The original Robotnik wished to vaporize all Mobians, or at least those he hadn't yet roboticized, with the Ultimate Annihilator.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Robotnik looks out for #1 all the time. Even his grand schemes involve a world enslaved with only himself as the last sentient being. Dr. Eggman had some care for other characters, but Robotnik was selfish to the core.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Dr. Robotnik would at times have potentially funny moments or almost-sympathetic points (like his love for King Gong) that would ultimately show him to be rotten to the core with his funny moments never really negating how cruel he could be and his near sympathetic points founded entirely on self-interest. While in many ways Eggman is a more heinous character, he ended up being given more concrete moments of sympathy, which Robotnik never had.
* KilledOffForReal: Robotnik Prime was killed in issue 50, but made a brief return thanks to Eggman, only to get put down for good. [[spoiler:And thanks to the temporal damage done by the Super Genesis Wave rewriting his entire universe on a historical and molecular scale, not only does he not exist anymore, he ''never even existed in the first place''.]]
* PsychoticSmirk: A memorable one in the "Endgame Arc" wherein Dr. Robotnik dreams of his life when he was still Julian Kintober and how he was rescued by Jules and Charles; all to help escalate the war between Overlanders and Mobians. The suspended and still not fully conscious Robotnik let's out a deranged grin at the memory of the carnage.
* RageQuit: He once had a backup plan if Sonic and the Freedom Fighters were to ever win called "Operation: Wasteland". It essentially had every last Badnik and [=SWATBot=] turning around and destroying ''everything''.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: As children, Julian and Colin looked very similar, Julian simply being the fatter of the two. As they grew older they began looking more and more different with Colin's buff physic and full head of hair contrasting Julian's obesity and baldness.
* WouldHurtAChild: Shows signs of this in #25, the same issue Amy is introduced. He holds Amy and Tails hostage. In various other issues, he (and his goons) attack plenty of teenaged and kid heroes, so...yeah.

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[[folder: Dr. Eggman]]
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A Dr. Robotnik from another timeline. He also failed in his endgame scheme and was forced to roboticize himself becoming Robo-Robotnik but still succeeded in destroying his Mobius with nuclear weapons. He escapes to the Prime universe and replaces the then deceased Dr. Robotnik. Taking on the moniker of Dr. Eggman, he took over as the comic's primary villain, providing Sonic and the Freedom Fighters a new menace. Though he's from an alternate dimension much of his past is identical to the original Dr. Robotnik.

After Eggman unleashed the Genesis Wave and rebooted the comic, his background as Robo-Robotnik has been completely erased. In the new timeline, he was always Dr. Ivo Robotnik and his characterization and demeanor draw much more heavily from the video games.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Pre-reboot most of his sub-bosses hated him and sought to usurp him. Averted post-reboot, with a number of his minions being very loyal.
* AdaptationalBadass: Games Eggman is a NotSoHarmlessVillain, the comics Eggman however has '' already'' taken over the world, although that's no longer true after the Super Genesis Wave. Nevertheless, the comic version of Eggman remains much more dangerous than his video game counterpart.
* AdaptationalHeroism: ''Very'' downplayed, but he's a fair bit less monstrous post-reboot. He's still an evil {{Jerkass}} and BadBoss, but he's been given more PetTheDog moments, fewer overtly horrible acts, and is in general more like his video game self. It helps that the universal reboot means most of his pre-reboot actions technically no longer happened.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Pre-Reboot he was '''MUCH''' more monstrous compared to his video game counterpart. He had more in common with [[VideoGame/SonicRush Eggman]] [[VideoGame/SonicRivals Nega]]. This got downplayed post-reboot; see above.
* AppropriatedAppellation: "Eggman" was supposed to be in mockery, but he eventually took the insult and turned it into something of power, i.e: the Eggman Empire.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: An early description labeled him as Supreme Dictator, Industrial Polluter, Meglomaniac, Corrupt Politician, Underhanded Reprobate, Rainforest Ravager, [[KickTheDog Puppy Kicker]], Oil Spill Coordinator, Holiday Hater, and an Insurance Salesman.
* BadBoss:
** Pre-Reboot he was ''insanely'' cruel to his henchmen, robot or Mobian. When he had the Dark Egg Legion, he intended to "use" them to the last man, and hoped they proved durable enough that he didn't run out of them too quickly. When Lien-Da asked him why he would brutally attack them one minute, then rehabilitate and upgrade them the next while praising Lien-Da's ruthless and traitorous practices, he says, with a psychotic grin, "Because it's all part of the '''game!'''"
** Post-Reboot he's not ''quite'' as bad. He's still a jerk and tends to shout his head off whenever his minions mess up, but he's at least not actively tormenting them and will actually compliment them on a job well-done. The worst he's done so far is use threats to stamp out thoughts of betrayal and [[spoiler: lock-up the Foreman's cybernetics after he screwed up ''really'' badly.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: Originally, Eggman came from an alternate timeline where he managed to accomplish this and sought to do so on Mobius Prime as well. [[spoiler:Post-Worlds Collide, Eggman's managed to replace Julian in the timeline. This could lead to an extended [[ForWantOfANail butterfly effect]], where the alternate universe's digital Robotnik never left his satellite, effectively undoing all of this.]]
* BigBad: The de-facto main villain of the Archie Comics. Eggman's tenure as the "real" Dr. Robotnik was far longer than the original and his schemes had far greater, far more reaching consequences than the original's ever did. Past the Reboot, he's this trope once again, with Mogul gone and Naugus not nearly fit to oppose him, Eggman is the top dog once more.
* BoredWithInsanity: A few issues after his VillainousBreakdown in issue 200. Snively even noticed this, stating he ''reasoned'' himself back from the brink.
* BornLucky: When he was first discovered by Charles and Jules, Robotnik (and by extension Eggman) was being shot at for undisclosed but obviously serious crimes. In the years between his discovery and eventual takeover, ''nobody'' in the royal court stopped to both think about ''why'' he was being shot at and/or plan ahead in case he tried something. He stole the roboticizer from Uncle Chuck, who seemed way too open about it given what it could do, gaining the means to build up his robot army. Even King Max, who was being guided by a primordial intellect, was taken by surprise by Robotnik's takeover. As the book has gone on and revealed all the powerful wizards, factions, and occasions that could've ended in his defeat, but have obviously not, he really seems to be this. To the point that Sonic's Chaos Factor (see SpannerInTheWorks in Sonic's section) is really just someone finally getting a counter ability.
* CameBackStrong: Ho-lee shnikies. [[spoiler: Dr. Eggman kind of went into a spiraling insanity that resulted in outright ''amnesia'' due to repressed psychological trauma. He then proceeded to, in about one day, ''reason himself back to sanity'' so hard, he practically became a FourthWallObserver.]] He would then proceed to use this newfound understanding and resolve to ''surpass'' the original incarnation of Robotnik by turning the war entirely. Even after the CosmicRetcon, he's fully retained this newfound nature.
* CatchPhrase: He is prone to shout "I ''HATE'' THAT HEDGEHOG!!!" whenever Sonic foils his plans or otherwise defeats him.
* ConflictKiller: Oh, he's the BigBad no doubt, but [[spoiler: interfering with Sonic's attempt to restore Mobius at the end of the crossover]] certainly canceled a number of subplots.
* ControlFreak: The entire reason for his conflict with the Freedom Fighters during the Shattered World Crisis. ''He'' wants to be the one in charge of when Mobius is put back together.
* CripplingOverspecialization: In issue 175, he breaks out a suit of PoweredArmor which is specifically designed to fight and counter Sonic, which it did [[CurbStompBattle spectacularly]]. However, Sonic [[ExploitedTrope correctly deduces]] that said suit is ''only'' designed to deal with him and thus brings along the other Freedom Fighters and Chaotix for the rematch; Eggman loses pathetically as a result.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Eggman's said that the Super Genesis Wave collapsed the multi-verse and remade it, with the remake altering the universe so thoroughly that it has replaced the original verse on both a historical and molecular level. Robo-Robotnik not only didn't exist, but ''never existed in the first place.'' Quantum physics are a doozy.]]
* TheDeterminator: You do have to give him credit, for no matter the setbacks, he'll always try to defeat Sonic. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] during Ian Flynn's run, where the constant setbacks were slowly cracking his mind until issue 200, in which he finally suffers from a completely disturbing and realistic VillainousBreakdown. However, not long afterwards, he recovers from said breakdown by ''reasoning himself out of it''.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: At the end of ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide Worlds Collide]]'', he's so pissed off that Sonic has ruined his plans [[spoiler: for the Super Genesis Wave that he deliberately interferes with Sonic's ResetButton attempt, outright stating that he'd rather let reality be destroyed than let Sonic restore it back to the way it was. Not only does Eggman's interference directly result in a CosmicRetcon, but the residual energy left over from the Super Genesis Wave eventually ends up tearing Mobius apart, resulting in a ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' adaptation]]. With all of this, Eggman admits that his actions were "a bit hasty." Also, the fact of assembling the essence of a dark god ''in the middle of his base'' shows he didn't foresee the consequences of Dark Gaia taking form and destroying Eggmanland.
* TheDreaded
* EmperorScientist: Robo-Robotnik took over his Mobius and ruled with an iron fist and a victory far more complete than Robotnik Prime could have hoped for. When he becomes Dr. Eggman he goes about setting this trope back up again by reestablishing his empire.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Interestingly, post-reboot he seems to care about Metal Sonic a lot, possibly viewing him as a son figure. He treats him a lot better than the rest of his minions and seems to genuinely enjoy Metal Sonic's company. He's also twice dropped everything to personally save Metal from danger. Ironically, it's implied that the feelings aren't mutual on Metal Sonic's part.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Yes, that may be difficult to comprehend for this particular character, but it did happen once. He did not take it kindly when he figured out A.D.A.M. had gone rogue, and tried to end him. [[BrainUploading That did not stop him, though.]]
** Had "M" self destruct when duped into thinking she was turning on him. Despite going through with the act, he calls off his conflict with Sonic to mope, sincerely upset over what he was made to do and showing he did care for her.
* EvilUncle: Towards both his nephew Snively (though in Sniv's case it's more like Eviller Uncle) and his niece Hope.
* EvilerThanThou: Pre-reboot, Eggman was said on multiple occasions to be many times more cruel and vicious than the original Dr. Robotnik ever was. Considering the fact that the original Robotnik roboticized countless Mobians, overthrew King Max, and polluted much of Mobius, as well as planned to use his Ultimate Annihilator to wipe out Knothole Village completely, that's saying something.
** This also applies to other villains in the series, Pre-Reboot. Even if they're immortal, even if they've strange mystical powers, it's almost unanimously agreed upon that Robotnik represents the greater ''evil'' even when he's not the most immediate threat.
* EvilOverlord
* FatBastard: Though not utilized quite to Robotnik's extent, Dr. Eggman's game design is still fairly girthy and his personality is still fairly rotten.
* FatalFlaw: Pride. Eggman is one of those types that ''really'' wants you to know he beat you and gleefully rub it in your face. This is the reason a lot of his plans fall apart if he has the advantage because he doesn't bother to check for the slightest hole in his plans or dismisses warnings from those that serve him until it far too late.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Much more murderous and irredeemable than his games counterpart, but with nearly all the same whimsy and charm.
* FantasticRacism: Pre-Reboot Eggman had a dislike of Mobians, though not nearly to the same extent as Robotnik, with his largest cases of slaughter having a pragmatic side. No longer seems to apply Post-Reboot; he's yet to mention any particular dislike for Mobians as a whole and his non-robot henchmen are made up entirely of Mobians.
* ForTheEvulz: For starters, he actively chooses to use the [[SoulPoweredEngine Egg Grapes]], which drain the life force out of their users to power his machines. When M points out that he could easily find a different power source, Eggman responds:
-->'''Eggman''': Oh, I'm sure I can. But where would the fun be in that?
* GadgeteerGenius
* ItsAllAboutMe: Cares for no one but himself (though somewhat subverted slightly with M) and has the ego to boot too.
* JokerImmunity: Subverted. The Dr. Robotnik that the book started with died in issue 50, which was considered the final issue at the time. Dr. Eggman however, is an alternate universe version of Robotnik with a near-identical history that moved to the comic's world to fill the void left by the original's passing. The original came back for an issue, but died again. Eggman's still around because, according to the Zone Cops, "Sonic Prime has to fight Robotnik". The current writer has been avoiding the subject directly to avoid confusing new readers, somewhat acknowledging the original's death, but generally referring to both doctors as the same character. He's even gone so far as to give Eggman a identical enough backstory to Robotnik that they're interchangeable. No longer applies in the reboot, where the trope is played straight.
* KickTheDog: When asked if he could't [[PragmaticVillainy create an more efficient power source]] then the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath soul destroying]] [[SoulPoweredEngine Egg Grapes]], he admits he could, [[ForTheEvulz but this is more fun]].
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Seemed to have learned his lesson in the new continuity. After getting beaten by Were-Sonic and recovering, he sees Dark Gaia, the Gaia Colossus and Super Sonic duking it out. Knowing there's no way take advantage of the situation now to refuel his Death Egg at the current, especially with Dark Gaia reclaiming all it's power. Ultimately he decides it best to pull out while he can while the Freedom Fighters are distracted. He's seen later moping in his control room after Dark Gaia is defeated and the world is restored.
* LaughablyEvil: Flip flopped pre-reboot. He began the series as a comical slapstick villain, slowly evolving to fit his more sinister WesternAnimation/SonicSatam counterpart. After returning as "Eggman", he began to drift back towards goofy antics to better match his video game counterpart. This led to massive MoodWhiplash; Eggman was guilty of some genuinely horrible, monstrous things, all the way up to GENOCIDE, but was often characterized much as his cartoony game counterpart is and given the same kind of treatment Eggman receives in the games. Post-Reboot most of his atrocities no longer happened, so he's solidly back to being this, albeit with a hidden dangerous side.
* NeverMyFault: The reason he crashed in the middle of nowhere after ''Worlds Collide''? It has to be Dr. Wily's fault. The reason Dark Gaia destroyed his foundry? Sonic must be to blame!
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** After all that has happened the Freedom Fighters finally get a break thanks to Eggman. Because he was so desperate to stop Super Sonic from fixing his world after the Super Genesis wave during the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide crossover]] story, he ended up doing more good than harm. He neutralized all of the book's original enemies, reducing the number of threats to the world. His old victories never happened; Knothole and Mobotropolis still exist, he never conquered Mobius, and the original Freedom Fighters are more powerful and skilled than they were before, backed up with friends like Amy, Cream, Big, and Uncle Chuck. The Eggman Empire's gone from controlling the majority of the planet to struggling to keep whatever limited territory it has in each country and kept at bay by G.U.N. and Freedom Fighter groups, a complete reversal of the Empire's position from the previous universe. And the shattered world crisis has made whatever control Eggman had even shakier. Nice going. Subverted a few issues later however as he notices that due to his actions in said crossover. He also ''broke'' the world as well since in trying to reshape the world he did too much damage for the universe to self-repair causing it to start imploding on itself. In 255, Eggman stated that eventually, his memories of the new timeline would replace the old ones. Eggman recovered from his VillainousBreakdown by realizing that Sonic has an innate ability to win no matter what; it's what drove him to create the Genesis Wave tech and adapt his more successful tactics in the first place. Now that he's lost his memory of the old universe, his understanding on how to efficiently deal with Sonic is now lost also.
** And indeed at the climax of the ''Shattered World'' arc, he manages to kidnap Chip and gain the Chaos Emeralds and Gaia Keys and uses him to summon the Gaia Colossus with the intent of using it as a guard for the Death Egg. However Sonic eventually invades his fortress, defeats him and frees Chip just in time for Dark Gaia to appears. Since Eggman did most of the legwork for them, both Sonic and Chip are able to take control of the Gaia Colossus and go super to deal with the threat. Thanks Eggy!
* PetTheDog: Post-Reboot he's been given a few. He genuinely cares about Metal Sonic and treats Thunderbolt, Abyss, and Axel surprisingly well compared to his other Egg Bosses, seemingly because he appreciates their loyalty.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: The comics Eggman tends to stay in the sidelines far more often than other counterparts, having his minions do most of the grunt work while he plots in his base. Some old school mech action does take place at times however.
* OhCrap: When he starts to realize the effects the Super Genesis Wave had on Mobius...
* ReplacementGoldfish: One of the most convoluted in history, as Eggman is technically one of these for himself; after Robotnik died in issue 50, THIS Eggman succeeded in winning in his own Zone, and came to Mobius Prime in the hopes of reliving the thrill of conquering Mobius all over again.
* RevengeBeforeReason: At the end of ''[[ComicBook/SonictheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide Worlds Collide]]'', [[spoiler: he's so extremely pissed at having been defeated that he directly interferes with Sonic's efforts to undo the Super Genesis Wave, declaring that if he can't have the universe ''his'' way, then he won't let Sonic have it ''at all''. This leads to a CosmicRetcon and the subsequent [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Shattered World Crisis]]]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Hits Sonic with one in issue 175 saying that he has accomplished nothing in all his years fighting him and has only survived so long because he had fun fighting him, and later Snively during the Iron Dominion arc, owning him despite being locked in a jail cell.
** Also got handed one back in #200 by Sonic (inadvertantly breaking him in the process). Following his breakdown, Snively would spend many enjoyable visits to his cell mocking Eggman in a such a manner, until he was sane enough to [[ShutUpHannibal hand it all back to him]].
* SmugSnake: Eggman does have quite a success rate to warrant an ego, but due to this, he has a ''very'' bad habit of believing that his {{Evil Plan}}s are foolproof even when the flaws are quite obvious. Such instances include whipping up a Metal Scourge and siccing it on Sonic and Scourge on the fly, ignoring the fact that the Egg Grape Chambers needed to be retooled to successfully contain [[PhysicalGod Enerjak]], and explicitly ''telling'' Dimitri about the ExplosiveLeash he installed in all members of the Dark Egg Legion.
* UnwillingRoboticisation: Once his modus operandi, though thanks to the alien BEM for a long time he could not do this. Recently though, it has made a return.
* VictoryIsBoring: The whole reason Dr. Eggman (then Robo-Robotnik) invaded Mobius Prime in the first place. In his original universe, he succeeded in completely taking over the world and wiping out the Freedom Fighters there in a nuclear strike, but soon ended up bored to death with nothing left to conquer or destroy. When he discovered Robotnik Prime's death, he immediately made his way to Mobius Prime to "fill the void."
* VillainousBreakdown: Descends into insanity after issue 177, and completely loses his mind in 200--for a while.
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When Dr. Robotnik was blasted by his rogue creation EVE he was in actuality transported to a satellite alternate dimension. On-board said Satellite was an alternate version of himself who underwent roboticization in a final failed effort to defeat Sonic. He failed and this Robo-Robotinik uploaded his mind onto a satellite that was slowly going offline. He rescued the Prime Robotnik and sent him back to his universe, but not before scanning his mind for a means to rebuild himself. With this new knowledge in hand, Robo Robotnik rebuilt himself and wiped out his version of the Freedom Fighters just as the Prime Sonic wiped out the original Robotnik. Robo-Robotnik transports himself to the Prime dimension and sets himself up as a new threat ultimately coming to be known as Dr. Eggman. Though from a different dimension, Eggman's history is largely the same as Dr. Robotnik, having begun his life as Dr. Julian Kintober of the House Ivo, and betraying his people and the Mobians for power.

* WouldHurtAChild: Shows signs of this in #25, the same issue Amy is introduced. He holds Amy and Tails hostage. In various other issues he (and his goons) attack plenty of teenaged and kid heroes, so...yeah.

* BigBad: Naturally.

The definitive BigBad of the series, Dr. Robotnik is an egotistical yet slightly childish MadScientist and leader of the Eggman Empire, a criminal organization determined to conquer the world. He was once an ally of the Kingdom of Acorn, but betrayed and manipulated King Acorn as part of his first villainous plan. Since he's become the persistant archenemy of Sonic and the Freedom Fighters, seeking new ways to defeat them and make his dream empire a reality.

* FantasticRacism: The original Robotnik wished to vaporize all Mobians, or at least those he hadn't yet roboticized, with the Ultimate Annihilator

* EmperorScientist: Pre-reboot, he was the ruler of Mobius for 10 years. Even after being overthrown, most of Mobius was still under his control.

FantasticRacism: The original Robotnik wished to vaporize all Mobians, or at least those he hadn't yet roboticized, with the Ultimate Annihilator

* CainAndAbel: While the Abel part of this is somewhat questionable, Colin was none the less dedicated to serving and protecting his people, whereas Julian was a traitor who attempted to use his fellow Overlanders as test subjects for weaponry and later went on to become a genocidal tyrant. The set-up is also inverted with regards to age; Colin was Julian's older brother rather than a more moral younger sibling.

[[folder:Dr. Ivo Robotnik]]

The original BigBad of the series. Born Julian Kintober of the House Ivo, Dr. Robotnik was an egotistical yet slightly childish MadScientist and leader of the Eggman Empire, a criminal organization determined to conquer the world. He was a weapon developer for the Overlanders but was arrested because of his inhuman experiences. He escaped imprisonment and defected over to the Mobian's side, eventually rising to the position of Warlord under King Acorn. Robotnik was vital in winning the war and during peacetime, launched his coup. King Acorn was banished into the Zone of Silence and Robotnik spread his reign of terror and pollution over the land. Only Sonic adn the Freedom Fighters stand in his way.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating

* CardCarryingVillain: In the very first issue, there is a sign on Robotnik's desk which reads "Dr. Robotnik: Supreme Dictator, Industrial Polluter, Megalomaniac, Corrupt Politician, Underhanded Reprobate, Rain Forest Ravager, [[KickTheDog Puppy Kicker]], Oil Spill Coordinator, Holiday Hater, Insurance Salesman. Rights violated while U wait!"

* DeadAlternateCounterpart: Robotnik Prime is this to Dr. Eggman, at least until [[spoiler: the Super Genesis Wave rewrites everything]].
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Eggman's said that the Super Genesis Wave collapsed the multi-verse and remade it, with the remake altering the universe so thoroughly that it has replaced the original verse on both a historical and molecular level. This means that Robotnik Prime and Robo-Robotnik not only don't exist, but ''never existed in the first place.'' Quantum physics are a doozy.]]

* FatBastard: Dr. Robotnik, utilizing the Satam design, was the most notable with the fat jokes toned down as he got more dangerous and artists emphasizing his grotesqueness in a number of scenes. Dr. Eggman is also similiarily fat, but utilizing the game design it's not as prevalent as with Robotnik.

* FantasticRacism: Pre-Reboot the original Robotnik wished to vaporize all Mobians, or at least those he hadn't yet roboticized, with the Ultimate Annihilator and Eggman had a similar dislike, though not nearly to the same extent, with his largest cases of slaughter having a pragmatic side. No longer seems to apply Post-Reboot; he's yet to mention any particular dislike for Mobians as a whole and his non-robot henchmen are made up entirely of Mobians.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Dr. Robotnik would at times have potentially funny moments or almost-sympathetic points (like his love for King Gong) that would ultimately show him to be rotten to the core with his funny moments never really negating how cruel he could be and his near sympathetic points founded entirely on self-interest. While in many ways Eggman is a more heinous character, he ended up being given more concrete moments of sympathy, which Robotnik never had.

* KilledOffForReal: Robotnik Prime was killed in issue 50, but made a brief return thanks to Eggman, only to get put down for good. [[spoiler:And thanks to the temporal damage done by the Super Genesis Wave rewriting his entire universe on a historical and molecular scale, not only does he not exist anymore, he ''never even existed in the first place''.]]

* RageQuit: Robotnik Prime once had a back up plan if Sonic and the Freedom Fighters were to ever win called "Operation: Wasteland". It essentially had every last Badnik and [=SWATBot=] turning around and destroying ''everything''.

* WouldHurtAChild: Shows signs of this in #25, the same issue Amy is introduced. He holds Amy and Tails hostage. In various other issues he (and his goons) attack plenty of teenaged and kid heroes, so...yeah.

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