| 1 | [[center:[[WMG:''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehog characters index]]\ |
| 2 | [- [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogSonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]]) | [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]] ([[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogTeamDark Team Dark]]) | [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogEggmanEmpire Eggman Empire]] ([[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogDrIvoEggmanRobotnik Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik]]) | [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogOneShotCharacters One-Shot Characters]] | [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogClassicEraAntagonists Classic Era Antagonists]] | [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogModernEraAntagonists1 Modern Era Antagonists 1]] | '''Modern Era Antagonists 2''' | [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogGroups Other Groups and Species]]-]]]]] |
| 3 | A list for the second half of Modern Sonic antagonists, the ones who debuted with the boost formula in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''. Like other modern era villains, they often directly antagonize Sonic alongside Dr. Eggman. Sometimes they work with him, sometimes they're controlled by him, and most of the time, they either turn against him or become too powerful to the doctor to control, causing them to take the stage as the FinalBoss or the main villain. |
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| 5 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 6 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: They make nearly every major enemy prior to ''Unleashed'' look like wimps, with many of them having powers capable of not just affecting Earth, but on a cosmic scale. |
| 7 | * EvilerThanThou: Some of them were willing to cross lines [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Eggman wouldn't cross]]. |
| 8 | * ForcedIntoEvil: Nega-Mother Wisp and the Titans are the only ones so far that weren't antagonizing the heroes of their own accord. [[AmbiguouslyEvil The Time Eater's case, however, is different (and weird) to explain]], and Dark Gaia's role is only 'evil' in that it represents '[[DestroyerDeity destruction]]'; as an actual entity, it really [[BlueAndOrangeMorality is just doing the job it's been doing for as long as it and Light Gaia have been alive, and isn't even really known to have any concept of 'good' or 'evil']]. |
| 9 | * SerialEscalation: To say they're all '''much''' stronger than any of Sonic's previous foes would be an understatement. Many of their power levels and abilities put not only Sonic's world at far greater risk than it ever was in previous installments, '''but the rest of the universe too.''' And at least a few of them proved to have enough raw power to [[BeyondTheImpossible even hurt]] [[SuperMode Super Sonic]]. |
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| 15 | [[folder:Dark Gaia]] |
| 16 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dark_Gaia_741.jpg]] |
| 17 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click to see Dark Gaia's Perfect form]]\ |
| 18 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdarkgaiav1.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
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| 20 | ->'''Debut''': ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' |
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| 22 | Born at the beginning of time, this massive monster is the incarnation of night, darkness, and destruction. Sealed within the Earth for millions of years, Dark Gaia is awakened by Dr. Eggman as part of a scheme to dominate the world by harnessing its vast energy to fuel the creation of Eggmanland, though its premature unsealing causes it to fracture apart into countless smaller dark monsters that plague the shattered world at night and amplify the negative emotions of the planet's inhabitants. Sonic also ends up absorbing some of Dark Gaia's power during the process of awakening, becoming the werewolf-like "Werehog" whenever the sun goes down. |
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| 24 | * AlienBlood: It has bright green blood. |
| 25 | * AmbiguousGender: Unlike Light Gaia, a gender is never mentioned for Dark Gaia. |
| 26 | * AsteroidsMonster: The dark creatures that plague the world at night? Those are [[PiecesOfGod pieces of its body]]. |
| 27 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: In its first form in both versions, Sonic must attack its green eyes. As Perfect Dark Gaia in the [=PS2=]/Wii version, Sonic must again attack its eyes. |
| 28 | * BigBadEnsemble: With Dr. Eggman in ''Sonic Unleashed''. Eggman may have set the plot in motion by unleashing Dark Gaia from the Earth and intends to harness the entity's power for his own plans, but Dark Gaia threatens the world through its [[PiecesOfGod shattered pieces]] at night and upon being reborn thanks to Eggman gathering many of said pieces, it wastes little time in trying to fulfill its DestroyerDeity mission. |
| 29 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Dark Gaia isn't so much a villain as a force of nature. It and Light Gaia exist to perform a cycle of destruction and rebirth on a cosmic scale where Dark Gaia fractures the planet so Light Gaia can recreate it. The problem is that Eggman woke it up far too early, causing Dark Gaia to believe the time of destruction is now and forcing Sonic and Light Gaia to stop it. |
| 30 | * BodyHorror: When it goes OneWingedAngel, four arms sprout out of its body, complete with AlienBlood. Its ''jaw splits open'' to reveal seven large green eyes and lots of tongues. |
| 31 | * CastingAShadow: When fully matured, it can shroud the earth in darkness. |
| 32 | * CombatTentacles: Large purple ones that can form a barrier around it and can impact targets with explosive force. |
| 33 | * CompleteImmortality: Much like Light Gaia, Dark Gaia can never die, as he is necessary for the planet's cycle of death and rebirth. Being defeated by Sonic will only render it dormant until it gains enough negative energy to destroy the earth. |
| 34 | * DarkIsEvil: Just in the case the name wasn't enough of a giveaway. PlayedWith, however, in that Dark Gaia isn't technically ''evil'', more an amoral force of nature doing what it's supposed to do. The issue is that Eggman woke it up far too early and so it's trying to destroy the world long before it's supposed too. |
| 35 | * DelinquentHair: The singular "spiky" purple streak of glowing energy at the top of its head that's running down its back vaguely captures the appearance of a "mohawk". |
| 36 | * DestroyerDeity: This is Dark Gaia's role in the ''Sonic'' world's cycle of creation, purging and breaking the planet so that Light Gaia can recreate it. |
| 37 | * DemonicPossession: The Dark Gaia monsters can possess others, instilling negative emotions in them. |
| 38 | * EldritchAbomination: Lives within the Earth and tries to bring its destruction, was born at the beginning of time, is the representation of night, darkness, and destruction, and is a colossal, immensely powerful monstrosity with a head-mouth full of eyes, teeth, and tongues. Then it goes OneWingedAngel and manages to become even ''more'' monstrous. |
| 39 | * EmotionEater: It's stated that according to one of the Gaia manuscripts that Dark Gaia is able to gain strength by feeding on negative emotions; for example, the Ice Cream Vendor in one cutscene who was shown sobbing, grieving, and going into absolute despair after knowing that the Earth was split apart. |
| 40 | -> '''Gaia Manuscripts, 4:11''': The abomination grows strong on the negative energies of the world, sleeping for millennia in wait… |
| 41 | * EnergyWeapon: Its SignatureMove is to fire large beams of energy. |
| 42 | * EvilCounterpart: Of Light Gaia, [[spoiler:AKA Chip]]. |
| 43 | * EvilIsNotAToy: As usual, this EldritchAbomination betrays Eggman when the good doctor tries to boss it around. |
| 44 | * EvilLaugh: At several points during cutscenes and the fight itself, it makes vocalizations which sound a lot like [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy]] laughs. |
| 45 | * EyeBeam: It can unleash beams of energy from its eyes as Perfect Dark Gaia. |
| 46 | * EyeScream: Sonic inflicts this on him during the final battle and ultimately defeats it by charging straight into its center eye. |
| 47 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: It gains three green eyes on top of its head and has seven more ''inside its mouth.'' |
| 48 | * FinalBoss: Of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''. |
| 49 | * FisticuffsBoss: The [=PS2=]/Wii version is basically a boxing match between Dark Gaia and the Gaia Colossus. |
| 50 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: Dark Gaia has no real motivation for its actions or characterization. Justified in that Dark Gaia is a malevolent force of nature instead of an actual plotting villain. |
| 51 | * GoForTheEye: It's all that Sonic can do to take down Dark Gaia. |
| 52 | * TheHeartless: The Dark Gaia monsters are basically negative emotions given form by its dark energy. |
| 53 | * {{Kaiju}}: One of the ''biggest'' opponents fought in the video game continuities, to the point it's comparable to a mountain. |
| 54 | * LovecraftLite: Is a Lovecraftian EldritchAbomination out to end the world, but Sonic [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu can still kick its ass]] [[spoiler:with assistance from Chip AKA Light Gaia, Dark Gaia's GoodCounterpart]]. |
| 55 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Perfect Dark Gaia has ''a lot'' of huge teeth. |
| 56 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has six arms as Perfect Dark Gaia. |
| 57 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: His elongated serpent-like body seems to likely give off the illusion that he looks to be legitimately "fragile", but upon hearing Chip's highly strained grunts of effort when he's using the physical power of the Gaia Colossus when the two were engaging and tussling with one another purely demonstrates that Dark Gaia has a lot of strength behind those twig arms of his. In certain points of the [=PS3=]/360 versions the boss fight, he's chucking meteor-sized boulders as if they were baseballs. |
| 58 | * NecessarilyEvil: [[DestroyerDeity Its job]] is ''horrible'' to modern sensibilities, but as Professor Pickle explains, its role in the ''Sonic'' world's cosmology is vital in allowing the world to be wiped fresh for its next rebirth. Though it can come off as deliberately antagonistic, it's ultimately just doing its job — the central conflict of ''Unleashed'' is that it's just been let out ''way'' too early, and Eggman's efforts are putting it together so that it can do a job it ''thinks'' it's supposed to do well before it's ''actually'' supposed to. |
| 59 | * OneWingedAngel: Perfect Dark Gaia, where it grows two more pairs of arms and opens its seven true eyes inside its mouth. In this state, it's capable of shrouding the world in its darkness in order to begin the process of wiping out all life on the planet. |
| 60 | * OverlyLongTongue: Perfect Dark Gaia has two long, thin tongues on the sides of its big one. |
| 61 | * PhysicalGod: As an ElementalEmbodiment of primordial darkness, night and negative emotions, it's hard to call it anything else. It also shares a rare role with Solaris in that it's capable of knocking rings out of Super Sonic as Perfect Dark Gaia and even with the Gaia Colossus backing him up Super Sonic is still forced to the point of exhaustion fighting it. |
| 62 | * PressXToNotDie: Makes the player do this 60 times in its Perfect Dark Gaia form in the [=PS3=]/360 versions of ''Sonic Unleashed''. |
| 63 | * PurpleIsTheNewBlack: Dark Gaia's energy is shown as purple-colored. |
| 64 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Has many purple tentacles out of its body along with having attacks that include a purple-colored BreathWeapon, is able to shroud most of the Earth in a sinister purple shadow and is by far, one of the most deadliest entities in the series, as it can effortlessly break apart the entire Earth ''just by existing''. |
| 65 | * SealedEvilInACan: Has been inside the Earth since the beginning of time and constantly undergoes a process of breaking free, destroying the world, and going back in once its done. Eggman opens the can prematurely at the beginning of the game (which is why it explodes into millions of pieces that scatter across the globe and become monsters), and it's back in the can by the end of the game. |
| 66 | * ShooOutTheClowns: Gives the equivalent of a DopeSlap to Eggman upon its revival in the Earth's core and knocks him clear out of the area to fight Sonic [[spoiler:and Light Gaia (Chip)]]. |
| 67 | * SlasherSmile: Dark Gaia appears to sport one due to the eyes above its closed head-mouth. |
| 68 | * SnakesAreSinister: It's never clear or known if Dark Gaia actually possesses any kind of legs of the sort since it's body is always viewed from the waist up while it's lower body is within magma. Its purple tentacles also mimic the movements of snakes where even Chip referred to them as "snake-like" beings. |
| 69 | * SuperStrength: After becoming Perfect Dark Gaia, he can match and overpower Chip's Gaia Colossus with ease, and is the first real enemy since the Egg Salamander, and Solaris that can actually '''hurt''' [[SuperMode Super Sonic]] through sheer force alone. |
| 70 | * TimeAbyss: Has been around since the beginning of time. |
| 71 | * ThroatLight: As Dark Gaia. |
| 72 | * WaveMotionGun: Perfect Dark Gaia unleashes a giant laser beam from its eye in the [=PS3=]/360 version. |
| 73 | * WorldsStrongestMan: For the longest time [[spoiler:until both [[HumongousMecha The Titans]] and [[AlwaysABiggerFish THE END]] were revealed]], it was '''the''' most powerful enemy Sonic had ever faced till that point (though [[RetGone Solaris]] was stronger). Capable of destroying the planet many times over, and requires both Super Sonic and the Gaia Colossus together to stop it. And even after its defeat, the sheer fight it put up caused [[StoryBreakerPower Super Sonic]] to do something he never did with any prior enemy once the fight was over: '''[[PostVictoryCollapse He collapsed.]]''' |
| 74 | * YourSizeMayVary: When Eggman fires the cannon from his space vessel right into the Earth, the primordial beast is so vast that his hand covers parts of the planet. In his boss fight though, he looks much smaller by being inside of the Earth's core when Sonic and Chip were fighting him. |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[folder:Nega-Mother Wisp '''(Unmarked ''Sonic Colors'' (DS) Spoilers)''']] |
| 78 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/negamotherwisp.png]] |
| 79 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Mother Wisp's uncorrupted form.]]\ |
| 80 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/motherwisp.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | The progenitor of the Wisps and the creator of Planet Wisp who was corrupted, presumably by Eggman's processes, into a dark monstrosity. Fortunately, after being defeated by Super Sonic, she is returned to her normal self and returns to Planet Wisp with most of the Wisps. |
| 83 | |
| 84 | Mother Wisp is exclusive of the DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicColors''. |
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| 86 | * BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: She must be defeated by Super Sonic to restore her from her corrupted state. |
| 87 | * ContinuityCameo: She helps out the racers on Mother's Canyon by repairing a broken bridge with her powers in ''Team Sonic Racing'' and makes a brief appearance in the non-canon ''Sonic Runners''. |
| 88 | * TheCorruption: She's been corrupted into a Nega-Wisp. |
| 89 | * {{Cyclops}}: As Nega-Mother Wisp, she has one eye, on a stalk. |
| 90 | * EldritchAbomination: A corrupted tentacled alien monstrosity with two long arms that are tipped with mouths. |
| 91 | * ExtraEyes: Mother Wisp has three eyes. |
| 92 | * EyeBeams: Uses them frequently. |
| 93 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Shadow and Omega's final mission in Asteroid Coaster show plans for something called "Project: Mother", who had escaped. With this stated, [[GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere not completing this mission will have her arrive extremely sudden]]. |
| 94 | * GoForTheEye: Ramming into her eye is the only way to permanently damage her. |
| 95 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Mother Wisp has pink skin, obviously as the mother of the Wisps. |
| 96 | * PurpleIsPowerful: As a Nega-Wisp, she has a purple color. She's also the strongest of them all. |
| 97 | * ShowsDamage: The petals on her eyestalk fall off as she takes damage. |
| 98 | * StarfishAliens: Mother Wisp is basically a giant pink space jellyfish. |
| 99 | * TrueFinalBoss: Of the DS version of ''Sonic Colors'', battled as Super Sonic after obtaining all the Chaos Emeralds and beating Eggman. |
| 100 | * WalkingSpoiler: Almost nothing leads to her existence in the DS version of ''Colors'', outside of a piece of missable dialogue with Shadow and Omega if the player doesn't finish Asteroid Coaster's final mission. Her appearance is a big surprise and can only be found by unlocking the conditions for her TrueFinalBoss fight. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Time Eater]] |
| 104 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/time_eater.png]] |
| 105 | ->'''Debut''': ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' |
| 106 | |
| 107 | An EldritchAbomination capable of [[SpaceTimeEater destroying time and space]], [[RealityWarper as well as altering time and space in various ways.]] Time Eater starts destroying history and [[TakenForGranite petrifies]] Sonic's friends during Sonic's birthday, making Sonic team up with his past self to stop the Time Eater in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. |
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| 109 | * AndIMustScream: Does this to Sonic's friends, as they are TakenForGranite due to it, but implied to still be aware, judging by what Tails says upon his rescue. |
| 110 | -->'''Tails''': I thought I was dead! Floating without a body in a black limbo... ''(shivers)'' I'm gonna have nightmares for ''weeks''. |
| 111 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: "Charge into the core!" |
| 112 | * BigBad: Of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope except]] it turns out to be controlled by [[HijackedByGanon Modern and Classic Eggman]]]]. |
| 113 | * CastingAShadow: Can fire dark energy blasts that immobilize opponents. |
| 114 | * ClockworkCreature: The Time Eater is basically a mass of purple smoke with clock gears sticking out of it. |
| 115 | * DetachmentCombat: Its Warping Arm Attack sends its arms through time holes to attack unsuspecting opponents. |
| 116 | * EldritchAbomination: It is far more monstrous than any other creature ever battled by Sonic and has a bizarre set of powers, including the ability to tear through space-time itself. By the end of the game, it's still uncertain what the Time Eater even is or where it came from. [[WordOfSaintPaul Ian Flynn]] would suggest that [[spoiler:they are what's left of Solaris, or rather Mephiles's malevolent nature, after being RetGone.]] |
| 117 | * EnergyWeapon: Can fire small green laser beams in the 3DS version, as well as a large laser from its mouth in both versions. |
| 118 | %%* FangsAreEvil |
| 119 | * FinalBossNewDimension: Sonic and his past self fight the Time Eater [[spoiler:and both Eggmen]] in the Center of Time, where pieces of various stages featured throughout ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' float around. |
| 120 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: The Time Eater is once again more of a malicious force of nature, rather than a plotting villain, and has no real motivations for trying to erase time as we know it. |
| 121 | * GetBackHereBoss: The fight with it in the console version mainly consists of the two Sonics chasing it through the center of time. Only Modern Sonic has to do so in the 3DS version, as Classic merely has to dodge its attacks until the core is exposed. |
| 122 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Unlike the other EldritchAbomination villains in the franchise, the Time Eater is never given an explanation as to what it is. It's barely even hinted at existing until just before the climax of ''Generations''. |
| 123 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: Its perfected form has cybernetic wings. |
| 124 | * HomingProjectile: Its main attack is this, which gets announced ''ad nauseum'' by your teammates. |
| 125 | --> "That looks like a Homing Shot!" |
| 126 | * HumongousMecha: [[spoiler:Turned into this so that the Eggmen can control it to erase their past defeats at Sonic's hands.]] |
| 127 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Has two versions, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EkbV8VW3-4 Modern]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XOJ8BrsK6s Classic]]. |
| 128 | * LivingShadow: Its initial appearance invokes this trope. As the plot progresses, its form takes shape and gets progressively more mechanical [[spoiler:as a result of the Eggmen modifying it to fit their own ends]]. |
| 129 | * ManBitesMan: Time Eater in the 3DS version will not hesitate to chomp on Modern Sonic after he manages to dodge all its other attacks. |
| 130 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: The creature's final form has four arms, but only in the Console version. The 3DS one has a simplified design to comply with the handheld's limitations. |
| 131 | * PlayingWithFire: Its final, strongest attack in the console version is a massive fireball. |
| 132 | * PowerFloats: Justified in that it doesn't have legs. |
| 133 | * RealityWarper: Done through destroying time and space. [[spoiler:Eggman intends to exploit the creature's ability to damage the fabric of reality to erase his past failures and improve his chances of defeating Sonic]]. |
| 134 | * SuperStrength: Able to easily knock out Sonic and his past self and nearly crush them, while holding back, with one arm. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Sonic's friends cheering on both of them allows them to get up and defeat the Time Eater.]] |
| 135 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Shares multiple characteristics with Solaris from ''Sonic 06''. [[invoked]][[WordOfStPaul Ian Flynn agreed]], and wondered if the Time Eater is what remains of Solaris after the ResetButton. So far, Sega hasn't given an answer. |
| 136 | * SpaceTimeEater: Its name is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. By devouring the space-time continuum, the Time Eater damages the fabric of reality, leaving only the White Space. |
| 137 | * TakenForGranite: The Time Eater kidnaps Sonic's friends and [[TimeStandsStill freezes time for them]], turning them into blank statues in the White Space. |
| 138 | * TimeMaster: Can manipulate time and space, either by slowing down the flow of time or erasing pieces of the timeline. |
| 139 | * TheVoiceless: It does grunt and growl sometimes, but is incapable of speech. |
| 140 | [[/folder]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[folder:Jackal Squad]] |
| 143 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jackal_squad.png]] |
| 144 | -> '''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' |
| 145 | |
| 146 | A group of mercenaries led by Infinite hired by Eggman to protect the Phantom Ruby. They were [[NeverSayDie destroyed]] by Shadow six months before the events of ''Forces''. |
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| 148 | * DubNameChange: Jackal Squad in English, Team Jackal in Japanese. |
| 149 | * TheGhost: They never appear in the game. They only appear in the promotional comic ''Rise of Infinite''. |
| 150 | * KilledOffscreen: They died in their fight against Shadow a few months before he runs into Infinite. However, Shadow's fight with them is never shown neither in a cutscene, nor in gameplay. |
| 151 | * NoNameGiven: All of them are unnamed, except for their leader. |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:Infinite]] |
| 155 | !!Infinite |
| 156 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/SonicForces''\ |
| 157 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakashiKondo (Japanese); Creator/LiamOBrien (English)[[labelnote:additional [=VAs=]]]Creator/PatrickBorg (French), Andrea Bolognini (Italian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 158 | [[quoteright:271:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_4139.png]] |
| 159 | ->''"You may call me... Infinite... in the brief moments that remain to you."'' |
| 160 | |
| 161 | A vile individual who joins Eggman's bid for world conquest in ''VideoGame/SonicForces''. Originally a self-styled "Ultimate Mercenary" jackal hired by Eggman and leader of his own "Jackal Squad", a crushing defeat by Shadow led him to start wearing a mask and pursue power even greater than Shadow's Chaos abilities — which he believes he has now thanks to Eggman's Phantom Ruby. |
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| 163 | |
| 164 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: He is hated by just about everyone around him; even his own allies. |
| 165 | * AllThereInTheManual: |
| 166 | ** His past as a mercenary and how he was employed by Dr. Eggman were only revealed in the prequel comics. |
| 167 | ** His ultimate fate after the final battle was left ambiguous until the Encyclo-speed-ia came out, in which it was revealed that he and his prototype were "consumed by the original Phantom Ruby." |
| 168 | * AchillesHeel: |
| 169 | ** [[spoiler:The Phantom Ruby's illusions are powerful, but they can be countered by someone who has a Phantom Ruby as well, and being in close proximity to a Phantom Ruby weakens his own. The Avatar manages to find a Phantom Ruby prototype left behind by Infinite, allowing them to survive Infinite's illusion during their fight with him, and allowing them to ultimately foil Eggman's plan to destroy the Resistance with a virtual sun.]] |
| 170 | ** Infinite's character bears one perhaps even more noteworthy than the rare possibility of [[spoiler:a second Phantom Ruby nullifying his powers]]: namely, [[{{Sadist}} his hopeless addiction to sadism]]. Infinite isn't interested in pragmatism; [[TheBully his personal agenda is domination]], to relish in the fear, suffering, and subjugation of others as much as possible, constantly playing it off as it "not being worth the time" to finish off the enemy. Even after Eggman calls him out on letting Sonic live when he had him cornered, ''the one person who could absolutely ruin everything'', Infinite tries to rationalize it away. [[spoiler:Even beyond that, [[CreateYourOwnHero Infinite failed to recognize what he'd inadvertently created when he subjected the Avatar to the same experience that led to]] ''[[CreateYourOwnHero him]]'' [[CreateYourOwnHero becoming so powerful]].]] |
| 171 | ** [[spoiler:The Phantom Ruby can't function without an external power supply of some sort. If all power supplies are destroyed, Infinite would no longer have access to his greatest weapon and be substantially weakened. This one isn't fully exploited, as Eggman had a backup power supply when the primary one, the Death Egg, was destroyed.]] |
| 172 | * AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:He's reduced to pathetically pleading for his life [[YouHaveFailedMe after failing Eggman one too many times]].]] |
| 173 | -->'''Infinite:''' [[spoiler:No, wait! ICanStillFight]] |
| 174 | * AlwaysSecondBest: |
| 175 | ** [[spoiler:Episode Shadow reveals that he was this to Shadow. He was the captain of a mercenary squad and touted himself as the "Ultimate Mercenary" until he was dealt a crushing defeat at the hands of the UltimateLifeForm. The humiliation drove Infinite to seek power so he'll never be weak again.]] |
| 176 | ** His seeming mastery of his powers [[spoiler:granted by the Phantom Ruby]] makes it appear as though he's the only one who could use them. [[spoiler:However, the prequel comics reveal that Eggman was the Ruby's original wielder — however brief — and he could utilize it with far greater ease, and when he takes it back at the game's climax, he immediately demonstrates a greater level of power in projections than Infinite ever had.]] |
| 177 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He has Sonic's number in hand-to-hand combat, able to defeat him effortlessly. Of course, as the game progresses, Sonic eventually returns the favor. |
| 178 | * AmbiguousSituation: |
| 179 | ** [[spoiler:The game reveals that the gem embedded into his chest is the Phantom Ruby, or rather, the finalized version of a prototype Phantom Ruby created by Eggman. What happened to the original and ''how'' Infinite is connected to said Ruby remains unknown... Unless you play Episode Shadow, wherein you learn that Infinite was the leader of the Jackal Squad Eggman hired to protect his base in Mystic Jungle, where the ''real'' Phantom Ruby was being analyzed.]] |
| 180 | ** [[spoiler:It's also left vague on whether the Phantom Ruby's abilities are just illusions, outright reality warping, or a mix of the two. While the villains are revealed to be virtual reality constructs and the obstacles that appear during his boss fights are illusions manifested by the Ruby's power, Infinite's energy attacks and the Phantom Ruby's ability to distort gravity and create Null Space implies that there's more to the Ruby's power than what has been told.]] |
| 181 | * AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Never outright confirmed, but strongly implied by the "Sonic Encyclo-speed-ia" to be his ultimate fate -- "consumed" by the Phantom Ruby alongside the prototype Ruby. It largely depends on whether or not he's still alive and conscious in there]]. |
| 182 | * AnimalStereotypes: He's a black-furred jackal who started off as a thief and later grew to be a menacing villain, a common stereotype of jackals. |
| 183 | * ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:He nearly pulls off a Class 6 when he tries to erase the resistance by dropping a construct of the sun onto them.]] |
| 184 | * ArchEnemy: |
| 185 | ** Can be seen as one to the Avatar. [[spoiler:The Avatar's fellow soldiers were killed by Infinite, and since then, they have developed a fear of him, something Infinite uses to torment them. [[CharacterDevelopment However, some encouragement from Sonic helps the Avatar to conquer their fear of him]] and [[TookALevelInBadass help Sonic take him down for good]].]] |
| 186 | ** [[spoiler:Infinite views Shadow as one, considering he's the reason Infinite sought to become who he is today. After Infinite accepts that Shadow [[ButForMeItWasTuesday has no reason to remember him]], but also proves in his mind that he has become more powerful than Shadow by toying with him in an illusory world, Infinite moves past this as well.]] |
| 187 | * ArtificialPerson: Infinite is shown to be this in the opening, as Eggman's latest and most powerful experiment, [[spoiler:though he most certainly wasn't always]]. |
| 188 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Shadow was cruel to him and his team... but they'd already put their lot in with Eggman to help take over the world and get power at that point.]] |
| 189 | * AttackDrones: His red energy cubes serve as these for him, as his main fighting style is to send his cubes to attack opponents, arranging them in various shapes and formations. |
| 190 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He's TheLeader of the Eggman Army, and by far and away its most powerful member. |
| 191 | * AuthoritySoundsDeep: Has a deep, commanding, echoing voice, and is clearly one of the powerhouses of Eggman's army. |
| 192 | * AxCrazy: [[MaskOfSanity He hides it well]], but it's pretty clear that Infinite is quite unhinged underneath it all, as he relishes in causing death and destruction. [[spoiler:In the final issue of the tie-in comic, when Infinite strikes the Phantom Ruby with his sword, he's shown what he desires most: a desolate, destroyed world, implying that he was crazy even ''before'' he gained the Ruby's power.]] |
| 193 | * BadassArmfold: His default pose. |
| 194 | * BadassNormal: [[spoiler:The final tie-in comic shows that before he gained the power of the Phantom Ruby, he was a highly skilled mercenary captain. He managed to fight his way through hundreds of Eggman's robots and came within a hairsbreadth of actually ''killing'' the good doctor, only failing due to the Phantom Ruby's interference.]] |
| 195 | * BattleAura: Gains one when using his powers, but how it looks depends on the version. In the [=PS4=]/XBOX One version, he glows with a red aura and is surrounded by a purple haze that occasionally flickers with red, glitching static. In the Switch version, he has a simple red outline. In the comics, his aura resembles crimson flames. |
| 196 | * BerserkButton: He does not like being called "weak" very much. |
| 197 | * BraggingThemeTune: His theme is essentially just bragging about how dangerous and awesome he is. |
| 198 | * BigBad: He’s the secondary villain of Sonic Forces and the main villain of Episode Shadow. |
| 199 | * BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Episode Shadow reveals that prior to the game, he was the captain of a mercenary team called Jackal Squad, and touted himself as the "Ultimate Mercenary". That all changed one fateful day when he and his squad were hired by Eggman to protect one of his laboratories in Mystic Jungle, where they encountered Shadow the Hedgehog. Shadow effortlessly destroyed his entire squad and handed Infinite a humiliating defeat, which would lead to Infinite's vow to become stronger and lead to him obtaining the power of the Phantom Ruby.]] |
| 200 | * BringIt: Makes this gesture to Sonic at the beginning of their final battle, right before growing to giant size. |
| 201 | * BondVillainStupidity: In his second fight with Sonic, despite still being more powerful than him, Infinite decides against killing him, deeming him [[NotWorthKilling not worth the effort]]. Eggman [[WhatWereYouThinking utterly blasts him for this]], and indeed, it comes back to haunt him later as Sonic eventually becomes strong enough to defeat him. |
| 202 | * BossRemix: An instrumental version of his theme song plays during the first two boss fights with him. |
| 203 | * TheBully: When you get right down to it, at his core, Infinite is nothing but a superpowered bully who enjoys flaunting his power and superiority over others. He constantly insults Sonic and his allies, hovers above his opponents so he can literally look down on them, and shows no respect for anyone. [[spoiler:His backstory in Episode Shadow reveals that the reason he became Infinite in the first place was that he was handed a humiliating defeat by Shadow and wanted power so he'll never be weak again, much like how real-life bullies are often motivated by a need to feel powerful.]] |
| 204 | * CharacterTic: His mask appears to be very loose-fitting, as he has to frequently adjust it. |
| 205 | * ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:During his fight with Silver, Infinite drops one of the Phantom Ruby prototypes he was supposed to destroy. The Avatar would later find that same prototype, allowing them to survive Infinite's illusion during their fight with him, and allowing them to ultimately foil Eggman's plan to destroy the Resistance with a virtual sun.]] |
| 206 | * ClassicVillain: He has a distinctly evil appearance, acts as an EvilCounterpart to the Avatar, and is guilty of ''all'' of the SevenDeadlySins. |
| 207 | * ColdHam: Despite his calm demeanor and subdued voice, practically every line of dialog that comes out of him is an over the top BadassBoast. |
| 208 | * ColonyDrop: [[spoiler:Eggman and Infinite's plan to destroy the Resistance? Use the Phantom Ruby to create a virtual reality construct of the Sun and drop it on them.]] |
| 209 | * ColourCodedTimestop: While not exactly a time-stop, his teleportation produces the same effect as the Phantom Ruby. [[spoiler:This is not a coincidence.]] |
| 210 | * CoolSword: The final issue tie-in comic for ''Sonic Forces'' shows that Infinite's weapon [[spoiler:before gaining the power of the Phantom Ruby]] was a red sword curved like a scimitar. |
| 211 | * CreateYourOwnHero: [[spoiler:Infinite himself would inevitability create someone who would oppose him — the future Rookie of the Resistance, who would go on to be the key player in stopping Infinite once and for all.]] |
| 212 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:He was hired by Eggman to protect the facility the Phantom Ruby was being studied in — then Shadow rolled around and mercilessly crushed him. Infinite was so taken by terror and humiliation that he more or less sold his soul for the sake of power, giving himself over to Eggman to become the Ruby's testing grounds.]] |
| 213 | * CunningLikeAFox: His mask is modeled after a fox's head and he has a bushy tail like a fox, [[spoiler:even though he's actually a jackal]]. |
| 214 | * CurbStompBattle: He's an undisputed master of this. |
| 215 | ** [[spoiler:An unmasked Infinite is on the receiving end of this to Shadow in Eggman's Facility in Mystic Jungle, which would lead to his StartOfDarkness and him becoming Infinite.]] |
| 216 | ** In Issue Three of the ''Sonic Forces'' prequel comic, ''Looming Shadow'', Eggman dispatches Infinite to deal with Omega when he rampages through his Arsenal Pyramid as a test of his abilities. It's not a spoiler to say he won decisively. |
| 217 | ** His first meeting with Sonic has him and the other villains dealing out a ''brutal'' one to Sonic, with Infinite in particular not even using his hands. The Blue Blur is unable to fight back at all and is soundly defeated. |
| 218 | ** [[spoiler:A flashback shows him dealing out one to the Avatar and his team, frightening the Avatar so much [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere that they ran away in fear]].]] |
| 219 | ** In Mystic Jungle, Silver tries to hold his own against Infinite. Key word is ''tries''. It ended as well as you'd expect, and Silver would've been killed had Sonic not stepped in. |
| 220 | * CutscenePowerToTheMax: All those energy attacks Infinite uses? You won't see them in his boss fights. [[spoiler:Possibly justified by his need to prove himself stronger, and thus holding back.]] |
| 221 | * {{Cyborg}}: The heroes believe he was built by Eggman, but in actuality he seems to be this. If nothing else, he has [[spoiler:Eggman's perfected artificial]] Phantom Ruby embedded in his chest and some sort of upgrades that increased his physical abilities. |
| 222 | * DarkIsEvil: He's one of the villains and his predominant colors are black and white, with hints of red here and there. When his aura is active, his entire body, sans the gem on his chest, turns black. |
| 223 | * DashAttack: One of his attacks during the Avatar's boss fight with him has him dashing at the player like a rocket, similarly to Sonic's Homing Attack. |
| 224 | * DeadpanSnarker: Has a few moments of this, surprisingly. |
| 225 | -->'''Infinite:''' More ants to crush. I wonder if this world can give me a real challenge.\ |
| 226 | ''(the Avatar slowly approaches Infinite)''\ |
| 227 | '''Infinite:''' And as if to answer, the world sends me a trembling child. |
| 228 | * DealWithTheDevil: ''Issue Four: Rise of Infinite'' reveals exactly who Infinite once was: [[spoiler:he was the leader of a band of thieves before Eggman offered him and his band the chance to work for him, having been given a glimpse of Infinite's own secret desires and tempted him with the chance to see them realized. And true to the trope, Infinite finds out too late he was on the losing end when Eggman decides [[YouHaveFailedMe he's screwed up one time too many]] and shows Infinite he was just a disposable pawn the entire time.]] |
| 229 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the {{Sadist}} and DarkerAndEdgier archetypes. Infinite is extremely dangerous, but his constant need to relish in the pain and suffering of others screws him and Eggman over on several occasions, such as letting Sonic live when he could have easily finished him off, or [[spoiler:killing the Avatar's squadmates, an act that would inspire the Avatar to become stronger and ultimately be the one to foil Eggman's plan to incinerate the Resistance with a virtual sun. His motives also turn out to be due to him being little more than TheBully, reveling in pain to support his own wrecked confidence after Shadow [[CurbStompBattle handily beat him]]]]. |
| 230 | * TheDragon: Is Eggman's right-hand man in ''Forces''. The fourth comic that was released alongside the game reveals [[spoiler:that Infinite's squad was raiding Eggman's base to make quick cash. Eggman offers Infinite the chance to help take over the world]]. |
| 231 | * DragonInChief: [[Main/SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Eggman ''probably'' couldn't have defeated Sonic and taken over most of the world without him. [[spoiler:Though Infinite would be absolutely nothing more than a sellsword without Eggman giving him the power of the Phantom Ruby, so it really all evens out. Ultimately, in spite of Infinite's impudence towards Eggman heavily implying a betrayal, it is the doctor that ultimately dismisses him and takes the Phantom Ruby for himself after he fails too many times.]] |
| 232 | * TheDreaded: |
| 233 | ** To the Resistance. Infinite defeating Sonic gave him quite a fearsome reputation, and Knuckles states that most soldiers that see him flee in terror. |
| 234 | ** To the Avatar. [[spoiler:The Avatar's fellow soldiers were killed by Infinite, and since then, they have developed a fear of him, something Infinite uses to torment them. [[CharacterDevelopment However, some encouragement from Sonic helps the Avatar conquer their fear of him]] and [[TookALevelInBadass help Sonic take him down for good]].]] |
| 235 | * DrivenByEnvy: [[spoiler:Everything he is today is a desperate attempt to one-up Shadow.]] |
| 236 | * DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler:Overlapping a bit with GoMadFromTheRevelation, when Infinite tries to avenge his squad's destruction at Shadow's hands, Shadow delivers an absolutely '''''brutal''''' NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, mocking him as he lies broken and trembling at Shadow's feet. The sheer terror this instilled in the mercenary positively ''broke'' him, and he became obsessed with obtaining power so that he would never be driven to that point again. Though it should be noted the vision he was given by the Phantom Ruby (a wrecked, desolate world) and that he completely willingly signed up with Eggman to take over the world implies he was somewhat insane to begin with and Shadow just made him more overtly so.]] |
| 237 | * DrunkOnTheDarkSide: It's pretty clear he's drunk with power and ''loves'' lording it over everyone else and abusing it to no end. Though slightly unusually for this trope, he's more of a ColdHam. Unfortunately for him, he's so caught up in his own power and believed superiority that he makes serious mistakes that screw him and Eggman over on multiple occasions. |
| 238 | * EvilCounterpart: Infinite is a dark foil to the Avatar, making the conflict of ''Forces'' less of a battle between Sonic and Eggman and more of a match between their allies. |
| 239 | ** Both of them had their entire squads destroyed by a powerful enemy and were belittled and mocked, leading them to vow to become stronger. However, the Avatar wants to be stronger to protect the world and his/her friends, while Infinite seeks power for his own sake. |
| 240 | ** In a meta example, they are both nameless characters working for the main hero and villain, [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything and thanks to them]], [[TheHeavy most of the plot moves forward]]. The rookie is a custom character who wants to help save the world, while the so-called Ultimate Mercenary "gave up on his face" to help Eggman conquer the world, and took on the name of Infinite for his new identity. This likewise help differentiate Sonic and Eggman in how they treat their allies: the rookie [[CharacterDevelopment grows and becomes a hero]], while Infinite is betrayed ([[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse supposedly]]) by Eggman due to failling him too much. |
| 241 | * EvilGloating: '''Constantly'''. Infinite just ''loves'' to talk on and on about how invincible he is to all his opponents. And, yes, while he can back it up, this trait likewise showcases how much his power blinds him to the potential danger that leaving his opponents alive poses in the moments they ''do'' overcome his power. By the time Sonic faces him for the third and final time, he indirectly tells him YouTalkTooMuch in their banter. |
| 242 | * EvilerThanThou: Asserts that he sees himself as this compared to Eggman. [[spoiler:Eggman later reveals he had no intention of Infinite being his end goal and already had a replacement prepared from square one in the form of his final mecha. When Infinite fails one time too many, Eggman disposes of him and takes his place without a second thought.]] |
| 243 | * EvilIsPetty: His motivation for wanting to destroy the world and seek power? [[spoiler:Because Shadow destroyed his squad, defeated him [[DisproportionateRetribution and called him weak]].]] There's also a part of ForTheEvulz in that as well due to his {{sadis|t}}m. |
| 244 | * EvilLaugh: Will do this occasionally, such as when you die during the boss fights with him. |
| 245 | * EvilTastesGood: Tying in with his sadism. During his first meeting with the Avatar, he reflects that he can "taste" his fear, anxiety, and doubt, and finds it "delicious." |
| 246 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Has a deep, scary voice that contains a noticeable [[PowerEchoes echo effect]], though that's likely due to the [[spoiler:Phantom Ruby, as his voice before he had his mask was less intimidating, but still pretty deep]]. |
| 247 | * EvilWearsBlack: Wears black gloves and boots and is one of the villains. |
| 248 | * ExoticEyeDesigns: The mask and Phantom Ruby give him a golden pupil with red sclera. When not wearing the mask, he has a blue eye and a yellow eye. |
| 249 | * ExtremityExtremist: In his first battle with Sonic, he manages to defeat him without even using his hands (save for using his energy blasts), literally kicking him around like a big blue ball. |
| 250 | * TheFaceless: He's never seen properly without his creepy mask on. [[spoiler:''Episode Shadow'' obscures his face in every angle possible, even while he's being screwed up by Shadow. However, game files reveal his face...or rather a placeholder for his face that looks incredibly static and devoid of emotion.]] Averted if the comic tie-in is considered, as it shows [[https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/927955925721161728 his face]] in full. |
| 251 | * FacialHorror: He has a patch of fur over his right eye that makes it look like he has a scar. |
| 252 | * FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:He dropped one of the Ruby prototypes and didn't notice it and the Avatar dropping that same Ruby later and Infinite not even seeing it right in the Avatar's hand.]] |
| 253 | * FatalFlaw: |
| 254 | ** {{Pride}}. Infinite is undeniably powerful and dangerous, but he's so caught up in his own power and superiority that he never considers the possibility that he ''can lose''. This pride causes him to make some careless errors, such as [[BondVillainStupidity letting Sonic live]] [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim when he could've easily finished him off]]. This is partly what makes his boss fights so satisfying, as you get to show Infinite the hard way that he's [[NotSoInvincibleAfterAll not as invincible as he thinks.]] |
| 255 | ** His InferioritySuperiorityComplex also lends itself to this; [[spoiler:his [[{{Sadist}} sadism]] is largely about proving to himself he's stronger than anyone else, and as noted, his desire to draw out the pain backfires on him more than once.]] |
| 256 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Infinite speaks in a calm, eloquent manner. However, it's blatantly obvious that his politeness is merely a smug facade… a facade that quickly [[MaskOfSanity cracks]] when things don't go his way. |
| 257 | * FeetOfClay: Infinite presents himself as an extremely deadly, nigh unbeatable monster no one stands a chance against...[[spoiler:but he's actually a psychopathic bully who's power is ''literally'' all illusions. On top of this, he proves to be ''extremely'' incompetent, due to putting his [[{{Sadist}} sadism]] over actually being effective.]] |
| 258 | * FlashStep: He's quick enough to perform these. |
| 259 | * {{Flight}}: He's capable of flying. [[spoiler:Mostly because of the Phantom Ruby.]] |
| 260 | * FlunkyBoss: After damaging him enough during the Avatar's boss fight with him, Infinite will summon Eggman's robots to assist him. |
| 261 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Infinite wasn't born with his powers, back then he was just [[spoiler:a jackal. Episode Shadow reveals that he was once a mercenary who joined Eggman after taking his offer to help take over the world and was assigned to protect his lab in Mystic Jungle, where he encountered Shadow. After a humiliating defeat at Shadow's hands, he vowed to become stronger, leading him to become Infinite.]] |
| 262 | * FriendlessBackground: Infinite keeps reiterating that friendships are just illusions and keeps ignoring friendship speeches about how friendships are important. This implies that he never had any friends. |
| 263 | * GeneralFailure: Infinite is Eggman's [[TheDragon main enforcer]] and genuinely dangerous, [[spoiler:but he's also an AxeCrazy {{Sadist}} more fixated on relishing in his enemies' pain than actually doing his job effectively or pragmatically. Eggman's ultimate defeat in the game is ''entirely'' on Infinite for playing with his food too much.]] |
| 264 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:Upon realizing that Shadow has made him feel legitimate fear for the first time, Infinite completely breaks down and eventually allows himself to be Eggman's new guinea pig in exchange for power.]] |
| 265 | * GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:His descent into madness was caused by his desire to exceed Shadow's level of power. After doing so, he shifts his focus to trying to one-up Sonic himself.]] |
| 266 | * HateSink: Overall, Infinite is a PsychopathicManchild with a constant {{Sadist}} streak, he may appear to be a badass, but by the end, it's clear that he's nothing but [[TheBully a bully]]. |
| 267 | * HandBlast: He is able to fire [[EnergyWeapon laser beams]] and {{Energy Ball}}s from his hands. |
| 268 | * TheHeavy: He takes leadership of Eggman's army in ''Sonic Forces''. |
| 269 | * HeroKiller: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that the only people he actually kills are [[spoiler:the Avatar's teammates]], but he effortlessly defeats other powerful characters such as Sonic, Silver, and Omega. |
| 270 | * HiredGuns: He was a mercenary before [[spoiler:[[BerserkButton Shadow]] [[CurbStompBattle inspired]] [[FaceHeelTurn him]] to become more powerful.]] |
| 271 | * HopeCrusher: Infinite thrives on driving his opponents to despair with his immense power. As he tells Silver: |
| 272 | -->'''Infinite:''' This wasn't part of my agenda, but I'm always happy to crush a hero. It keeps the rabble in line. Shows them that there is no hope. |
| 273 | * HumanoidAbomination: He appears to be the same kind of FunnyAnimal species as the main cast, but his design incorporates traits from different animal species, he possesses powers beyond anything seen so far, and Tails is unable to make sense of the readings he gives out on the Miles Electric. [[spoiler:He's really a FunnyAnimal (a jackal, specifically) like everyone else, but powered up by the Phantom Ruby.]] |
| 274 | * ICanStillFight: [[spoiler:His final words before he disappears.]] |
| 275 | * ImageSong: Aptly titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjOJuPjiu4 Infinite]]". |
| 276 | * ImaginationBasedSuperpower: The Phantom Ruby allows him to conjure up anything he feels like to attack Sonic and the others with, ranging from lasers to cannons to [[spoiler:an outright ColonyDrop using a localized burning star that fills the sky]], the requirement being that they have to come in contact with the Phantom Ruby's red cubes or be in close enough physical proximity to Infinite. [[spoiler:They're actually just illusions, but they will still be injured or killed as if the illusions were real.]] |
| 277 | * ImmuneToFlinching: PlayedWith during his boss fights. If struck by Sonic's Homing Attack or the Avatar's Wire Attack, he'll recoil from the impact. But if struck by the Avatar's Wispon attacks, he won't react outside of grunts of pain. |
| 278 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Heavily implied to have one. [[spoiler:Episode Shadow reveals that prior to the game, he was the captain of a mercenary team and touted himself as the "Ultimate Mercenary". That all changed one fateful day when he and his squad were hired by Eggman to protect one of his laboratories in Mystic Jungle, where they encountered Shadow the Hedgehog. Shadow effortlessly destroyed his entire squad and handed Infinite a humiliating defeat, which would lead to Infinite's vow to become stronger and led to him obtaining the power of the Phantom Ruby.]] This is why he constantly boasts about his power: to make himself feel strong. This is also why he objects to Eggman's strategy to retreat after [[spoiler:the Death Egg is destroyed]]. To him, retreat is a sign of weakness. |
| 279 | * {{Infinite}}: It's his name. ''Duh''. Fittingly enough, Hoobastank sings the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI97jY3FZ9Q main theme]] of ''Sonic Forces'', and their name is often stylized as h∞bastank, also containing an Infinite symbol. He also has the infinity symbol decorated on the soles of his boots. |
| 280 | * InformedSpecies: [[spoiler:He's a jackal, despite looking ''very'' little like one.]] |
| 281 | * InterfaceScrew: Throughout the Capital City stage, Infinite will occasionally pop in and use the [[spoiler:Phantom Ruby]] to [[GravityScrew screw with the gravity]]. |
| 282 | * IWorkAlone: Espouses this sentiment during the final battle with him. [[spoiler:Having his entire squadron wiped out by Shadow likely inspired a desire to never again rely on others.]] |
| 283 | -->'''Infinite:''' Friends are nothing but a fleeting illusion. You can count on nobody but yourself. |
| 284 | * {{Jerkass}}: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]]. Infinite spends nearly every second of his screentime behaving like a smug, sadistic bully that earns the ire of everyone from the Resistance, to the player, to even Eggman himself. |
| 285 | * JustToyingWithThem: Infinite rarely actually fights seriously and enjoys toying with his enemies for his own amusement. [[spoiler:This is a FatalFlaw, as playing with his food rather than being pragmatic ultimately royally screws him and Eggman over.]] |
| 286 | * KickTheDog: Does this near-constantly, but the shining example happens early on, when he massacres all of the Avatar's friends and spares the poor kid solely to mock them for being afraid. |
| 287 | * KnightOfCerebus: |
| 288 | ** While ''Sonic Forces'' is one of the darker ''Sonic'' games to date, it still has some lighthearted scenes at times. Any scene involving Infinite, however, is utterly devoid of humor or levity. Notably, he is one of the few ''Sonic'' villains to be explicitly seen killing people onscreen. |
| 289 | ** This is best shown in Stage 16, Capital City. Knuckles, learning that Eggman's army is undermanned in his home base in Metropolis, decides to order a full-scale assault on the city. Things quickly go to hell when Infinite arrives and, at the doctor's command, [[spoiler:activates the Phantom Ruby's power to create giant, grotesque illusions of himself, throwing the Resistance into chaos]]. By the time the stage ends, 80% of the Resistance is utterly annihilated. |
| 290 | * LackOfEmpathy: Infinite only cares for causing as much destruction and suffering as he can. He considers friendship to be a waste. |
| 291 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: He remarks to Eggman that Sonic has beaten him "for decades." |
| 292 | * LiteralMinded: [[spoiler:After Shadow [[CurbStompBattle wrecked his shit]] two months before the start of the game and told him to never "show your pathetic face around me ever again", Infinite took that to mean he should start wearing a mask.]] |
| 293 | * LivingShadow: He resembles one quite well, especially when his BattleAura is activated, and bears some similarities to [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/e16e8c9de4026ccc9804d1df97b8008b/tumblr_n8thieEJ0J1ta883ho2_r1_500.png Blaze's concept art]]. |
| 294 | * LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: After decimating the Avatar's squad, he deliberately allowed them to run away and live for this reason. |
| 295 | -->'''Infinite''': Give in to your fear. Flee, screaming, and I'll let you live. |
| 296 | * MadnessMantra: ''[[spoiler:I AM NOT WEAK!]]'' |
| 297 | * MalevolentMaskedMan: Wears a metallic mask shaped like a fox's head and is one of the main villains of the game. |
| 298 | * MaskOfPower: Whenever he gets ready to attack, the [[GlowingEyesOfDoom right eye on his mask glows red.]] |
| 299 | * MaskOfSanity: Despite what his composed, [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily polite]] demeanor may imply, Infinite is nothing more than a petty {{Sadist}} who revels in the carnage he inflicts and melts down whenever things don't go his way. |
| 300 | * MasterOfIllusion: [[spoiler:The Phantom Ruby's true power. It doesn't actually warp reality, but it [[MindRape mind-rapes]] anyone within range with illusions and hallucinations that seem so real that [[YourMindMakesItReal whatever happens in said hallucinations happens for real]]. In his boss fights, this is done through his energy cubes. Contact with them sends the player into a glitching illusion where they are attacked by objects manifested by the Ruby's power.]] |
| 301 | * MineralMacGuffin: [[spoiler:He has some relation to the mysterious purple gemstone that is referred to as the "Phantom Ruby" by an [[AllThereInTheManual in-game guide]] that everyone was after in ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', implied by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3BkwugNsS0 sound]] it makes. The game reveals that the Ruby was given to him by Eggman.]] |
| 302 | * MirrorCharacter: Presumably the reason he loves tormenting the Avatar: [[spoiler:He lost his squad and was called weak by a much more powerful opponent. It reminded Infinite of himself that day when he takes out the Avatar's squad and calls them "weak". Except now Infinite's the big dog who [[PitifulWorms belittles]] his opponents, much like Shadow.]] |
| 303 | * MoreDespicableMinion: Despite being taken a bit more seriously than usual in ''Forces'', Dr. Eggman remains somewhat [[LaughablyEvil comical and buffoonish]], and overall prioritizes PragmaticVillainy over wanton destruction. Infinite, by contrast, is just a sadistic warlord who is taken dead seriously and prioritizes indulging in petty cruelty over actually following Eggman's orders. [[spoiler:Eventually, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Eggman]] gets fed up with his excessive bloodlust and [[StupidEvil poor decisions]].]] |
| 304 | * MysteriousPast: Little is known about Infinite's backstory in the main game. While the prequel DLC and comics do shed some light on how he ended up working for Eggman, everything prior to that remains a complete enigma that will likely never be uncovered. |
| 305 | * MysteriousStranger: Infinite is presented as this, during the main story anyway. Sonic never discovers Infinite's backstory during the game. Only Shadow knows what he was before becoming what he is now. |
| 306 | --> '''Sonic''': I don't know anything about you. Not even your name. |
| 307 | * {{Narcissist}}: Infinite goes around flaunting his power and declaring himself superior to anyone who crosses him, and gets ''violently'' upset anyone bruises his ego. As ''Episode Shadow'' reveals, [[spoiler:his entire reason for adopting his new persona was due to being defeated and humiliated by Shadow, and his fragile ego couldn't handle being considered "weak" by anyone]]. |
| 308 | * NeverBeHurtAgain: A completely [[HateSink unsympathetic]] example. [[spoiler:After being beaten to a pulp and humiliated by Shadow, Infinite decides to subject himself to Eggman's experiments in order to become so powerful that nobody will ever be able to make him feel afraid or weak again. After obtaining the Phantom Ruby, he goes on to [[TheBully gleefully inflict those exact same feelings onto others]].]] |
| 309 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Tormenting the Avatar, dropping the prototype Phantom Ruby and leaving Sonic alive screws him and Eggman over in the long run.]] |
| 310 | * NoNameGiven: Even before taking the moniker "Infinite", we only know his nickname "The Ultimate Mercenary". His actual name is never revealed. WordOfGod would later clear this up and reveal his name [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep actually]] ''[[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep is]]'' [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep Infinite]]. |
| 311 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Used intentionally to give Infinite an otherworldly, alien feel to him. While designed in the same CartoonCreature style as other characters, his design incorporates both foxlike traits as well as the hairstyle used by both hedgehogs and echindas. He also has a red outline around him and is constantly emanating a purple aura that occasionally flickers with red static, as if he's out of sync with the ''Sonic'' universe. |
| 312 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: When confronting the Avatar in Metropolis, he teleports right next to the Avatar, his mask mere inches away from his face, taunting him on whether he'll fight or run away again. |
| 313 | * NotWorthKilling: His initial reaction to Sonic after their second fight, [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight similar to King Arthur]]. |
| 314 | -->'''Infinite:''' As I predicted. You're not even worth the effort to finish off. |
| 315 | * ObviouslyEvil: Let's see: [[EvilWearsBlack Has black fur and clothing?]] Check. [[MalevolentMaskedMan Wears a metallic mask shaped like a fox's head that hides his face]] save for an eye that has a [[SupernaturalGoldEyes gold iris]] and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red sclera?]] Check. [[PowerGlows Glows with a red outline and emanates a purple haze]] with [[OminousVisualGlitch red glitching static?]] Check. [[TheDragon Is the right-hand man to the main antagonist of the series?]] Check. [[VoiceOfTheLegion Has a demonic, echoing voice?]] Check. [[AxCrazy Openly relishes death and destruction?]] Check. Yep, definitely a bad guy. |
| 316 | * OminousVisualGlitch: His aura occasionally has a glitch-like effect in some spots. The official ''Sonic'' Youtube channel's upload of his theme also has the image glitching out. [[spoiler:His virtual reality constructs have the same glitching effect]]. Just before the final level of the game, [[spoiler:Eggman is able to make him vanish like his constructs by recalling the Phantom Ruby, implying that part or all of his physical form had become a phantom construct.]] |
| 317 | * OmnicidalManiac: |
| 318 | ** Infinite and Eggman's plan in ''Sonic Forces'' is to destroy the world and rebuild it from the ashes in their image. |
| 319 | --->'''Infinite:''' We move forward with the plan?\ |
| 320 | '''Eggman:''' Of course! When it's complete, the Resistance will be erased. The world will be nothing but ashes, from which a glorious Eggman Empire will rise!\ |
| 321 | '''Infinite:''' And the Resistance will yield to the [[spoiler:Phantom Ruby's]] power. All will submit. |
| 322 | ** [[spoiler:The vision he got from the Phantom Ruby in the prequel comic implies he may have had ambitions of being one of these ''before'' he became what he is now.]] |
| 323 | * ParodySue: Has many traits of one of the "Villain Sue" variety. He's portrayed as faster than Sonic, able to curbstomp some of the strongest heroes in the series, forms a LegionOfDoom of some of its strongest villains subservient to him, and spends every other sentence bragging about how powerful he is... [[spoiler:because his one true, definitive power is the ability to make YourMindMakesItReal illusions that make himself appear all-powerful. In actuality, he's nothing more than a {{sadist}}ic [[TheBully bully]] with more power than he has any right to, and once ways around his power are found, he's not nearly as invincible and perfect as he thinks he is.]] |
| 324 | * PitifulWorms: Constantly insults and belittles Sonic and the Resistance, referring to them with such terms as "rabble" and "ants" and "pests". In the Japanese version, he's quite fond of calling them "trash". |
| 325 | * PowerCrystal: [[spoiler:The source of Infinite's power is the gem on his chest, a finalized version of the Phantom Ruby prototypes created by Eggman.]] |
| 326 | * PowerIncontinence: Implied. [[spoiler:After being defeated by Sonic and the Avatar, Infinite's body begins to glitch and warp like his virtual reality constructs, implying that they did so much damage to Infinite that his body couldn't contain or control the Phantom Ruby anymore.]] |
| 327 | * PowerOfTheVoid: He can attack with HardLight cubes of PureEnergy. [[spoiler:A more straightforward example is the Phantom Ruby's ability to create Null Space, a seemingly inescapable void in space-time where nothing exists. He uses this in an attempt to kill Sonic, but Sonic manages to escape with help from the Avatar.]] |
| 328 | * PowersDoTheFighting: [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Gameplay-wise, anyway.]] In cutscenes, he's a dynamic, hands-on fighter who pelts opponents with energy attacks. In his boss fights, he mainly floats around and attacks with his cubes, [[ShapingYourAttacks arranging them in various shapes]]. [[spoiler:Of course, given the [[MasterOfIllusion nature of his powers]], it's not entirely clear how much of what Infinite does is actually him and how much is an illusion created by the Phantom Ruby.]] |
| 329 | * PsychoForHire: He's a {{Sadist}} who ''really'' enjoys his work as Eggman's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. [[spoiler:He also really enjoyed being a mercenary and willingly joined Eggman. Deconstructed to a degree, as his sadism is a FatalFlaw that ultimately bites him and Eggman in the end and causes him to make mistakes that even Eggman realizes were blunders.]] |
| 330 | * PsychopathicManchild: Pretty much the definition of the trope. [[spoiler:His whole motivation basically boils down to him throwing a massive tantrum over being humiliated by Shadow.]] |
| 331 | * PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler:He was originally just another hired goon in Eggman's employ. Then Shadow wrecked his shit, driving him over the edge and turning him into what he is today.]] |
| 332 | * ReadingsAreOffTheScale: While no numbers are given, Tails states that the readings he's getting off of Infinite don't make sense. [[spoiler:Given the true nature of his powers, this was likely because what it was picking up and what Tails and Sonic saw happening didn't match up.]] |
| 333 | * RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Of a sort. Infinite can't control ''conventional'' reality per sé, but he possesses absolute control of reality for anything caught in the Phantom Ruby's field of effect, [[MasterOfIllusion casting a world of illusion]] [[YourMindMakesItReal that becomes tangible reality for all afflicted]]. This can have varied results ranging anywhere from confusing the senses, losing sense of time, altering the terrain, or ''dropping a star from the sky''.]] |
| 334 | * RecurringBoss: You fight Infinite [[RuleOfThree three times]] throughout the game. The first fight is with Sonic, the second fight is with the Avatar, and the final battle is with [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Sonic and the Avatar together]]. |
| 335 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: He's colored black and red, and radiating reddish energy, and he is ''certainly'' not to be trifled with. |
| 336 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted. He appears to have red sclera, but Episode Shadow reveals that it's just the red-tinted glass of the mask. His sclera is actually white. |
| 337 | * RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Eggman's red. Best shown in their reaction to [[spoiler:Sonic and the Avatar escaping the Phantom Ruby's Null Space]]. While Eggman is naturally having a FreakOut, Infinite merely responds with an unamused scoff. Ironically, [[spoiler:Eggman is more of a CrazyPrepared NoNonsenseNemesis (Blue), while Infinite is a StupidEvil {{Sadist}} (Red)]]. |
| 338 | * RestrainingBolt: [[spoiler:Exactly how it works isn't made clear, but when Infinite fails one time too many, Eggman proves capable of effortlessly recalling him and reclaiming the Phantom Ruby and Infinite is powerless to do anything about it.]] |
| 339 | * {{Sadist}}: ''Hoo boy''. Infinite absolutely relishes in causing terror and pain in others and he is not afraid to let it be known. A throwaway line in his theme song outright says that Infinite is at his best when people are at their lowest. [[spoiler:Deconstructed, as his rampant sadism costs him and Eggman in the end.]] |
| 340 | -->'''Infinite:''' (''To the Avatar'') Fine, I will teach you fear, then pain, and then... Well, at least the fear and pain will end.\ |
| 341 | '''Infinite:''' (''To the Avatar'') I can taste your terror, child. All that anxiety and doubt... it's delicious. (''Fires an energy blast in front of the Avatar, [[{{Troll}} intentionally missing just to startle them]]'') Give in to your fear. Flee, screaming, and I'll let you live. (''EvilLaugh'') |
| 342 | * SanityHasAdvantages: While Infinite ''is'' extremely dangerous, he's also clearly an insane {{sadist}}. This screws over him and Eggman on several occasions, as he prioritizes his sadism over pragmatism. |
| 343 | * SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:In issue four of the prequel comic, Infinite was a ruthless mercenary, but a relatively stable guy (though his Phantom Ruby-induced vision of a desolate world implied there was some element of insanity). However, the death of his squad and his own humiliating defeat at Shadow's hand brought all of that madness to the surface.]] |
| 344 | * SevenDeadlySins: Fitting his role as a ClassicVillain and HateSink, Infinite embodies all the cardinal sins throughout the game: |
| 345 | ** Lust: Infinite takes pleasure in spreading chaos and destruction wherever he goes, and was shown in the game's prequel comic to [[spoiler:have already dreamed of a world in ruin before he even joined Dr. Eggman.]] |
| 346 | ** Gluttony: Infinite has a constant and insatiable desire to [[{{Sadist}} relish in the terror and suffering of others]] to the point that it prevents him from acting pragmatically, which possibly also influenced his decision to [[NiceJobFixingItVillain spare Sonic and the Avatar]] in the times they showed that they didn't fear him as much as he'd wanted them to. |
| 347 | ** Greed: Infinite also has a desire for raw power and domination, both to sate his desires of making others suffer and for the glory of becoming the most powerful warrior who ever lived. |
| 348 | ** Sloth: Infinite completely relies on the power of the [[MineralMacGuffin Phantom Ruby replica]] that Eggman made for him. Even then, he isn't even that ''good'' at using it on his own [[spoiler:despite it giving him an ImaginationBasedSuperpower]]-- his fighting style throughout the game typically involves using raw energy to create laser blasts or simple energy constructs that attack his opponents for him, and the only physical ability he ever thinks to utilize is a DashAttack. |
| 349 | ** Wrath: Infinite ruthlessly hurts and kills others for the sake of showing his dominance over them, and as stated above, desires rampant chaos and suffering more than anything else. He's also incredibly petty on top of it, and tries to psychologically torment his enemies any chance he can. |
| 350 | ** Envy: Infinite is driven by a [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex crippling inferiority complex]], and his entire motivation for becoming Eggman's champion, as revealed in [[DownloadableContent Episode Shadow]], is that [[spoiler:Shadow [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] him after beating his flunkies and told him not to "show [his] pathetic face" around him ever again. Hence, Infinite donned a mask and the power of the Phantom Ruby purely out of a desire to be a bigger deal than Shadow, and the ColdHam persona he picked up afterwards could possibly even be imitating Shadow's own [[TheStoic stoic demeanor]] and tendency to [[SmugSuper belittle his opponents]].]] |
| 351 | ** Pride: Infinite appropriately has this as his true FatalFlaw, with all the other sins discussed here meant to affirm it. Infinite believes himself to be the most powerful being who ever lived, constantly looks down upon his enemies and [[EvilGloating brags about how powerful he is]], and is so rife with overconfidence to the point of believing he's invincible, which leads to him screwing over Eggman's plans on multiple occasions, to the point that [[spoiler:Eggman pulls a YouHaveFailedMe when Sonic and the Avatar beat him for the final time.]] |
| 352 | * SkywardScream: [[spoiler:In his breakdown.]] |
| 353 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Even before taking up the mask and becoming ''reborn'', he considered himself to be the "ultimate mercenary" before Shadow [[CurbStompBattle took him down in one battle]]. [[spoiler:Even after his upgrade, Infinite isn't as big of a fish as he ''thinks'' he is, as he was little more than a pawn for Eggman that the good doctor disposes of the moment he's screwed up one time too many.]] |
| 354 | * SmugSuper: Infinite has a bigger ego than Sonic and Shadow combined, ''and'' has all the power to justify it [[spoiler:now. He was a relatively weak MilesGloriosus originally]]. |
| 355 | * TheSocialDarwinist: Espouses this sentiment during his fight with the Avatar. As revealed in Episode Shadow, [[spoiler:this sentiment is likely the result of his effortless defeat at Shadow's hands. He never again wanted to be as weak as he was that day, and that conviction and self-loathing seems to have inspired a hatred for those who are weak.]] |
| 356 | -->'''Infinite:''' (''To the Avatar'') You must be a straggler who got left behind. The strong will always vanquish the weak. You have only your own frailty to blame. |
| 357 | * TheSociopath: Infinite is utterly [[LackOfEmpathy devoid of empathy]], [[{{Sadist}} takes pleasure in inflicting pain on others]], and almost always speaks in a [[FauxAffablyEvil polite]], yet condescending manner. However, he also lacks foresight, making him prone to screwing up his own plans due to poor impulse control and excessive need to be stimulated. |
| 358 | * SoftSpokenSadist: Rarely raises his voice above a cold, CreepyMonotone, even when committing acts of mass slaughter. |
| 359 | * SoreLoser: Infinite is motivated by his maniacal desire for a desolated world where he remains at the top, but his firsts actions once reborn is to trap [[spoiler:Shadow in a world of illusions purely because Shadow defeated him and destroyed his squad.]] |
| 360 | --> '''Infinite, pretending to be Omega''': "Affirmative! [[BlatantLies I have never known d-d-d-defeat!]] I am not defeated. [[MadnessMantra I am not weak, I am not weak, I AM NOT WEAK, I AM NOT WEAK... I AM NOT WEAK...!!!]]" |
| 361 | * SpaceMaster: [[spoiler:While the Phantom Ruby's powers are mostly centered around illusions and virtual reality, it does give Infinite some degree of spatial manipulation, mostly centered on [[GravityMaster controlling gravity]]. In Central City, Infinite uses the Phantom Ruby to screw with the gravity and he's also capable of creating Null Space, a seemingly inescapable void in space-time where nothing exists.]] |
| 362 | * TheStarscream: Subverted. While Infinite [[TeethClenchedTeamwork does disagree with Eggman at times]], he remains loyal (or at least subservient) to him to the end. However, [[spoiler:given that Eggman had full control of the Phantom Ruby and could recall it at any time, it's likely that Infinite wouldn't have had a say in the matter.]] |
| 363 | * StartOfDarkness: |
| 364 | ** [[spoiler:Episode Shadow reveals that he was once an ordinary jackal and a mercenary hired by Eggman to protect his lab in Mystic Jungle, where he encountered Shadow. After a humiliating defeat at the dark hedgehog's hands, he vowed to become stronger, leading him to become Infinite.]] |
| 365 | ** The fourth and final tie-in comic shows it started a little sooner when [[spoiler:despite failing to steal anything from Eggman, Eggman offers Infinite and the Jackal Squad the chance to become stronger and take over the world. Infinite is more than happy to [[EnemyMine oblige]]]]. |
| 366 | * TheStoic: To the point of DissonantSerenity. Infinite is never seen to be anything other than unnervingly calm, barely raising his voice outside of the occasional EvilLaugh and two ThisCannotBe moments. It helps that the mask hides his facial expressions. Episode Shadow shows that he was more emotive prior to the game. |
| 367 | * StoryBreakerPower: [[spoiler:Infinite is able to create "[[EvilKnockoff virtual reality constructs]]" that have the personalities and powers of the characters they are based on, so it's possible for him to create an army of giant [[UltimateLifeForm Shadows]], [[PhysicalGod Chaoses and distorted versions of Perfect Chaos]], Zavoks, and [[EvilKnockoff Metal Sonics]].]] |
| 368 | * StupidEvil: His primary flaw is that he prioritizes indulging his own sadism over the mission, with disastrous results for both himself and Dr. Eggman. |
| 369 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: Well, only one eye, but his eye has a gold iris with red sclera. |
| 370 | * SuperpowerLottery: [[spoiler:The Phantom Ruby's illusion powers are incredibly versatile and dangerous. With the Phantom Ruby Prototype, Infinite can create [[MasterOfIllusion intricate illusions that are so realistic]] that [[YourMindMakesItReal anything that happens to the victim in the illusion affects them for real]]. Infinite can also use this power to create virtual reality constructs of ''any'' character, complete with the memories, powers, and personalities of the original, ''and'' he can alter them to make them stronger and more dangerous, such making Metal Sonic bigger and granting him electrified versions of his energy cubes. Infinite can also use the Phantom Ruby to [[PowerOfTheVoid create Null Space, a seemingly inescapable void in space-time where nothing exists, much like a real-life black hole]]. Apart from that, Infinite [[FlyingBrick has flight, super speed, super strength, energy blasts, and incredible durability]].]] |
| 371 | * SuperSoldier: [[spoiler:Episode Shadow reveals that he's basically one for Eggman. Infinite was already a highly skilled mercenary, but the "super" part didn't come in until he gained the power of the Phantom Ruby.]] |
| 372 | * SuperSpeed: He's quick enough to FlashStep. It’s implied that it's not just actual speed, as he can seemingly teleport. [[spoiler:Infinite's ''real'' power and the strange readings imply he can't even do that and is more using the Phantom Ruby to ''appear'' capable of it. In practice, Sonic is capable of keeping pace with him once the Phantom Ruby's power isn't at play.]] |
| 373 | --> '''Tails:''' Whoa. This guy is faster than Sonic! |
| 374 | * ThisCannotBe: His normally unshakable demeanor has faltered on two occasions, the first being [[spoiler:when the Avatar manages to survive Infinite's illusion during his fight with them]], and the second being [[spoiler:when he's defeated for the final time]]. |
| 375 | * TooImportantToWalk: Highlighting his SmugSuper nature, Infinite is never seen walking and prefers to just fly around as a demonstration of his power. |
| 376 | * TrashTalk: In the Japanese version, he frequently dismisses all his enemies as "trash". |
| 377 | * UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:While it is implied that his body started fading away after it was too damaged to handle the Phantom Ruby's power anymore, and made clear ([[LostInTranslation in the Japanese version especially]]) that Eggman himself recalled him [[YouHaveFailedMe once he lost too many times]], it's not made explicit as to whether he actually died following his last fight with Sonic and the Avatar, only that Eggman likely placed his Phantom Ruby into his Death Egg Robot. The Sonic Encyclo-speed-ia proposes that he and his prototype Phantom Ruby ended up getting absorbed into the original Phantom Ruby, though that doesn't clarify if he's gone for good, especially since the Ruby is still intact.]] |
| 378 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: |
| 379 | ** Throughout the game, Infinite never considers Sonic and the Resistance to be a credible threat, passing up an opportunity to kill Sonic because he felt he was NotWorthKilling. Eggman even blasts Infinite for that, [[ProperlyParanoid knowing that as long as Sonic was alive, he'd continue to be a thorn in their side]]. This would end up being a costly mistake, as Sonic eventually becomes strong enough to defeat him. |
| 380 | --->'''Eggman:''' You let the hedgehog ''live?!'' That is a ''great'' source of concern!\ |
| 381 | '''Infinite:''' For you, perhaps. [[TemptingFate He's beaten you for decades, but I defeated him in our first encounter.]] |
| 382 | ** [[spoiler:This caused his StartOfDarkness to begin with; despite claiming to be the "Ultimate Mercenary", he hadn't counted on being beaten by [[UltimateLifeForm Shadow]].]] |
| 383 | ** [[spoiler:He also shows to be dismissive to Eggman and outright brags about defeating Sonic when Eggman couldn't. Cue Eggman effortlessly pulling a YouHaveFailedMe on Infinite after one failure too many on the jackal's part.]] |
| 384 | * UnskilledButStrong: [[spoiler:Implied. While Infinite has some skill in hand-to-hand combat thanks to his mercenary background and can steamroll through a good chunk of the cast, he is entirely reliant on the Phantom Ruby in combat. His boss fights mainly consist of him letting his energy cubes do all the work, with his only physical attack being an easily avoidable DashAttack. In cutscenes, his fighting style basically boils down to "throw energy blasts at opponents until they die". He's shown to have trouble when its powers are weakened or neutralized. In addition, Eggman shows himself to be far more proficient in the Phantom Ruby's use.]] |
| 385 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Infinite thinks he's a lot higher on the totem pole than he ''actually'' is and the more important one in him and Eggman's relationship. In reality, Infinite is little more than a disposable pawn that Eggman already has a replacement ready for and can get rid of with casual ease when he feels like it. Infinite doesn't realize Eggman has played him like a fiddle the entire time until Eggman decides YouHaveFailedMe after one screw up too many.]] |
| 386 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: Infinite skirts the line about as razor-thin as you can get. His constant death threats and assurances that he will make things slow and painful for any opposition still avoid bumping the rating above "E-10+" (so no worse than the highest-rated games in the franchise like ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', or ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'') and don't necessarily remove the usual ''Sonic'' feel from the scenes he's not in, but he definitely changes the tone of the game in comparison to the rest of the franchise. |
| 387 | * VillainBall: After defeating Sonic in the Mystic Jungle, he lets him live, deeming him NotWorthKilling. Eggman calls him out on doing so, knowing that Sonic will continue to be a threat as long as he's still alive, and is ultimately proven right. |
| 388 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:He has a huge one after Shadow humiliated him, going into a insane freak-out which pushes him into becoming Eggman's weapon. He also has another (albeit brief) one when he starts to disappear after being defeated for the last time.]] |
| 389 | -->'''Infinite:''' [[spoiler:''[notices his hand shaking]'' I... I'm shaking... Me!? Me... Afraid...!? Urgh. Pathetic!? Me... he's calling ''ME'' weak!? No! I am not weak! I'm... I'm not. I'm not weak! I AM NOT WEEEEAAAAAAK! URRRAAAAAAAAAAAGHH!]] |
| 390 | * VillainSong: Has one that can be heard [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjOJuPjiu4&t=0s here]], which goes out of its way to describe just how dangerous and powerful he is and how he'll destroy anything in his way. |
| 391 | * VisualPun: Infinite's habit of hovering above the heroes means that he's ''literally'' "looking down on them". |
| 392 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: His voice sounds truly demonic. |
| 393 | * WasOnceAMan: He used to be a [[FunnyAnimal regular guy]] like Sonic and his friends before aligning himself with Eggman. [[spoiler:Episode Shadow reveals that he was once an ordinary jackal and a mercenary hired by Eggman to protect his lab in Mystic Jungle, where he encountered Shadow. After a humiliating defeat at the dark hedgehog's hands, he vowed to become stronger, leading him to become Infinite.]] |
| 394 | * WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Eggman offers this to Infinite after a fight with him, and Infinite accepted the offer.]] |
| 395 | * WeHaveBecomeComplacent: The only reason he was able to beat Sonic the first time was because he had four of his replicas backing him up. That victory only made Infinite too overconfident in his abilities, which leads to his sadism making critical mistakes for Eggman. |
| 396 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:After his final defeat in ''Sonic Forces'', he fades away into a light and flies into a tower, after which Tails tracks his Phantom Ruby leading to Eggman's final mecha with Infinite nowhere to be seen. It was later revealed in the [[AllThereInTheManual Encyclo-speed-ia]] that he and his prototype were "consumed" by the ''original'' Phantom Ruby.]] |
| 397 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has ghostly white hair and he's one of the bad guys. |
| 398 | * WhosLaughingNow: [[spoiler:His main ambition for utilizing the Phantom Ruby. Rather expectedly, Shadow, the one who started his embitterment, is the first person he personally toys with before starting about capturing Sonic.]] |
| 399 | * TheWorfEffect: His first meeting with Sonic ends with the hero utterly trounced. |
| 400 | * WorthyOpponent: Averted. He treats everyone he fights with utter contempt, but his interactions with Omega, Shadow and Sonic imply that he sees them as the ones to defeat in order to prove he's the strongest. Once he defeats Sonic though, he doesn't bother taking him seriously afterwards. |
| 401 | * YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:All but said. After the virtual sun plan fails thanks to Infinite's screw-up and he's defeated by Sonic and the Avatar, he's teleported away against his will. Tails then tracks his Phantom Ruby underground… leading directly to Eggman's final mecha powered by it, with no sign of Infinite.]] |
| 402 | * YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:Revealed to be the actual power of the Phantom Ruby: it creates illusions that nonetheless feel real to the victim's brain, causing injuries taken in the illusion to occur to the victim in reality.]] |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:The Titans]] |
| 406 | ->'''Debut''': ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' |
| 407 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/titans_sonic_frontiers_2.png]] |
| 408 | [[caption-width-right:350:From top-to-bottom: GIGANTO, WYVERN, KNIGHT, and SUPREME]] |
| 409 | Four enormous robotic entities found on the Starfall islands that Sonic is unable to fight against normally, their power being just that great. Sonic has to collect the seven Chaos Emeralds to assume his Super form and fight them on even footing. |
| 410 | ---- |
| 411 | * AllYourPowersCombined: SUPREME takes traits from the previous three Titans, having GIGANTO's basic build, WYVERN's flight ability, and KNIGHT's weapon capabilities (just with a {{BFG}} and drones versus a {{BFS}} and shield). |
| 412 | * AutobotsRockOut: Every Titan is accompanied by supremely hardcore rock music to fit the intensity of the battle. |
| 413 | * BarbarianLongHair: KNIGHT has some sort of apparatus behind its head that gives the impression of long hair locks, emphasizing how much of a warrior it is. |
| 414 | * {{BFG}}: SUPREME is equipped with a cannon that extends to be even larger than itself. |
| 415 | * {{BFS}}: KNIGHT wields an even bigger sword as its main weapon. It's longer than KNIGHT is tall, and can engage a special mode that makes it even ''longer''! |
| 416 | * ClimaxBoss: They're the primary target on the Starfall Islands, with Sonic having to gather Chaos Emeralds to go Super and face them head-on. |
| 417 | * CompanyCrossReferences: They're HumongousMecha with builds that belie their actual capabilities for things such as speed and are effectively piloted by the souls of their creators. In other words, they're [[VideoGame/VirtualOn Virtuaroids]]. |
| 418 | * ColossusClimb: Barring SUPREME, each of them contains the last Emerald Sonic needs to go Super. He has to carefully ascend their bodies and get to their heads where the last Emerald is located while trying not to get swatted off. |
| 419 | * DavidVersusGoliath: Powerful as Super Sonic may be, he's still extremely tiny compared to these towering monstrosities, and it's all the more impressive that he's able to take them down. |
| 420 | * EnergyBall: [[spoiler:THE END-possessed SUPREME in the ''Final Horizon'' update finale will fire balls of cyber corruption from its multiple arms that permanently decrease Sonic's ring count with each successful hit. If Sonic is hit by one during the second phase of the fight, a cutscene initiates where THE END creates a ''massive'' sphere of cyber corruption and hurls it at Sonic, knocking him out of Super Sonic 2 state and taking away so many rings that, no matter how many he had beforehand, when he reassumes Super Sonic 2 he only has 100 rings left. And if Sonic already had less than 100 rings at the time, it's an instant kill.]] |
| 421 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: Each of them has several sensors resembling BlackEyesOfEvil scattered across their bodies. |
| 422 | * EyelessFace: GIGANTO and WYVERN don't ''appear'' to have any eyes, their huge mouths taking up the entirety of their faces. KNIGHT and SUPREME have small eye-like features. |
| 423 | * {{Expy}}: The Titans are clear homages to the titular giant robots from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', sharing a few key elements (ScaryTeeth, gangly proportions, roaring like monsters, [[spoiler:containing the souls of their previous pilots]]) with them. GIGANTO has often been compared to Unit 01, mainly with it being the first Titan Sonic faces and so leaving the biggest impression (also see ShoutOut below). WYVERN resembles Gaghiel, and dies in a similar manner as him (except that the missiles Super Sonic fed him were launched by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard WYVERN itself]] instead of an enemy ship). SUPREME also appears to be an allusion to Sachiel (Third Angel in the original, Fourth in ''Rebuild''), due to its whiteish exterior, broad shoulders, round head, and a red spherical structure on its body. [[spoiler:Not to mention how SUPREME contained THE END, an entity that Ian Flynn had compared to the Angels in a Q&A panel.]] [[spoiler:The ''Final Horizon'' altered finale completes the homage by having SUPREME be powered up via attaching what's clearly an Eva's umbilical cable to the same location in the top of its spine, which causes it to enter a bestial form with the body language of a berserk Eva.]] |
| 424 | * GiantFlyer: WYVERN is comparable in length to its fellow Titans yet still has no problems soaring through the sky. It does have [[LeanAndMean less bulk]] than the others, likely to help its aerodynamic ability. |
| 425 | * GiantFootOfStomping: During the first encounter with GIGANTO, the Titan initially attempts to crush Sonic by repeatedly stomping the ground with enough force to dislodge massive boulders high into the air. |
| 426 | * GodzillaThreshold: Sonic needs to become [[SuperMode Super Sonic]] just to fight them. Please keep in mind that these days, Super Sonic is usually reserved strictly for the TrueFinalBoss of a given game. |
| 427 | * HealingFactor: [[spoiler:In the ''Final Horizon'' altered finale, THE END provides this to SUPREME by directly interfacing a large purple tendril into the Titan's head, allowing it to quickly restore health even as Cyber Super Sonic repeatedly strikes away. Only by attacking and dodging to the side can Sonic [[AchillesPowerCord target the cord and disconnect it with repeated attacks or a Cyloop]], allowing SUPREME to take damage the normal way. THE END will do this several times during the fight.]] |
| 428 | * HeroAntagonist: It turns out that they are functionally this, as they were [[spoiler:created by the Ancients to fight and seal away the real enemy of the game — THE END]]. |
| 429 | * HighAltitudeBattle: Super Sonic and WYVERN battle entirely in the air, flying around and over the island. SUPREME's second half has him generate wings and take to the air. |
| 430 | * HoistByTheirOwnPetard: |
| 431 | ** WYVERN is finished off by Super Sonic forcing its mouth open and [[FeedItABomb feeding it its own misdirected missile barrage]]. |
| 432 | ** KNIGHT would be all but impossible to damage if it didn't insist on [[ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks throwing its shield at Sonic]], allowing him to redirect the shield into its face. At the end of the fight, KNIGHT is [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe sliced in half vertically]] by its own {{BFS}} once Super Sonic manages to knock it out of its grip. |
| 433 | * HumongousMecha: These guys are simply gargantuan, dwarfing absolutely everything on the Starfall Islands. [[spoiler:It turns out they were intended to be piloted by the Ancients.]] |
| 434 | * ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: All four of them move with such speed and fluidity that shouldn't be possible for their size, and yet, they do. To wit: |
| 435 | ** GIGANTO can do 720-degree turns for [[SpectacularSpinning spin attacks]] in under a second, and is able to snatch Sonic out of the air in their first encounter. |
| 436 | ** WYVERN can fly at speeds that outpace ''Super Sonic'', yet can stop on a dime to swipe at him. |
| 437 | ** KNIGHT is equipped with roller skates that let it circle around a massive caldera at breakneck speeds. |
| 438 | ** SUPREME, like GIGANTO, is capable of striking out with its arms at a speed that would be more reasonable if it was the same size as Sonic. It's also capable of flight. Additionally, DummiedOut [=QTEs=] show that it can perform a FlashStep and [[InASingleBound leap thousands of feet in the air]] effortlessly. |
| 439 | * TheJuggernaut: Sonic can't fight them '''period''' without the Chaos Emeralds. Their thick armor makes it impossible for them to be damaged through conventional means. And even as [[SuperMode Super Sonic,]] the Titans can still give him a hard fight, and can even outright [[NotSoInvincibleAfterAll KILL Super Sonic]] if he's not careful. [[spoiler:This is because they were made and ''powered'' by the Chaos Emeralds in the first place.]] |
| 440 | * LeanAndMean: All of them share this in some way. |
| 441 | ** GIGANTO and SUPREME have skinny limbs compared to their bulky torsos and chests. |
| 442 | ** WYVERN has a very thin and lean serpentine build overall. |
| 443 | ** KNIGHT has a lean build that looks deceptively bulky at first due how its lower body consists of multiple limbs and along with its upper body looks much thicker compared to its thin torso. |
| 444 | * LightningBruiser: They're huge, strong enough to withstand Super Sonic's blows to a degree, able to move with agility that flies in the face of the laws of physics, and can knock Super Sonic back with ease while unleashing all manner of retaliation. |
| 445 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: |
| 446 | ** WYVERN regularly fires tons of missiles at Super Sonic during their battle. Super Sonic can easily turn the tables on it by parrying its missile back into it, as well as engaging in two Quick Time Events that involve directing its entire barrage of missiles back toward it. |
| 447 | ** KNIGHT will continuously launch a missile barrage at Super Sonic once he jumps on and takes control of its shield in order to knock it off-course from hitting it back. |
| 448 | * MechanicalAbomination: Far from your average HumongousMecha, they feel more like colossal synthetic entities with bestial features, like massive tooth-filled maws and very thin limbs. They're also unbelievably tough, capable of lasting a good while against Super Sonic where almost every other foe he's fought in that form fell rather easily. |
| 449 | * MonstrousMandibles: WYVERN's jaw splits into four parts, which is most prominent when it roars. |
| 450 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler:In the ''Final Horizon'''s altered finale, after beating SUPREME'S retained first phase, THE END's possession of the Titan causes extra arms to emerge out of the jetpack openings for the rest of the fight, from which it fires its {{Energy Ball}}s.]] |
| 451 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: Downplayed for GIGANTO, as the Titan has an astronomically thickened upper body, its arms however are abnormally thinner than its ShouldersOfDoom. The beast was able to ''one-shot'' Sonic in his normal form as well as being able to throw down against [[PhysicalGod Super Sonic]] with its own might. |
| 452 | ** WYVERN has an abnormal serpentine/centipede-like body, although that alone doesn't stop it from combating Super Sonic as well. |
| 453 | * NestedMouths: GIGANTO has several layers of teeth, prominently shown in its boss title card. |
| 454 | * NoSell: No matter how many times the player spams Sonic's Homing Attacks right into GIGANTO's face, the Titan doesn't even show a single reaction to feeling any kind of pain from them. At all. Sonic, by then, suffers TheWorfEffect '''horribly''' when it starts fighting back. |
| 455 | * OurTitansAreDifferent: They're a group of almost-eldritch HumongousMecha that are [[TimeAbyss positively ancient]] and incredibly powerful, each one requiring the cosmic-like power of Super Sonic to put down [[SuperToughness and making him work for it]]. [[spoiler:It turns out they were created and powered by the Chaos Emeralds originally, explaining how they can compete with Super Sonic.]] |
| 456 | * PaletteSwap: SUPREME looks like GIGANTO but with a new head, a color scheme that emphasizes white over black, and a huge jetpack on its back. |
| 457 | * PowerGivesYouWings: When SUPREME TurnsRed, rather than extra projectiles (which would be rather redundant due to the fight already bordering on BulletHell), the pillars jutting out of its body conjure a series of feather-like energy constructs that take the form of four long wings, allowing it to fly without even using its jetpack. |
| 458 | * PowerUpFullColorChange: [[spoiler:When THE END fully takes over SUPREME in the ''Final Horizon'' updated finale, it turns its previously white-colored body black as it powers it up and makes [[MultiArmedAndDangerous other alterations]].]] |
| 459 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: GIGANTO, WYVERN, and KNIGHT are mostly black and white, with red highlights. SUPREME focuses more on [[WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver white over black, but still has plenty of red]]. All of them are colossal bosses that stand in Sonic's way of saving his friends. |
| 460 | * RollerbladeGood: KNIGHT has four legs with wheel-like structures, letting it zoom around and run circles in its arena. |
| 461 | * ScaryTeeth: They all have rather menacing-looking maws of teeth that make them look more like giant monstrous creatures. |
| 462 | * ShrineToTheFallen: [[spoiler:The Titans are walking memorials to the four tribes of the Ancients that didn't survive THE END's destruction of their planet. The tribe that escaped (known for their intelligence) modeled the Titans after the lost tribes: the tribe with big and powerful bodies (GIGANTO), the tribe that grew tails instead of legs (WYVERN), the tribe that walked on four legs (KNIGHT), and a winged tribe (SUPREME).]] |
| 463 | * ShouldersOfDoom: Both GIGANTO and SUPREME are strongly built with having gargantuan-looking shoulders that gives them definitively hulking and monstrous images. |
| 464 | * ShoutOut: When GIGANTO grabs Sonic for the first time, the camera is positioned to mimic Unit 01 holding Kaworu in its fist in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. |
| 465 | * SpinAttack: At low health, WYVERN will shoot off into the sky and prompt a QuickTimeEvent where Super Sonic has to catch it as it power-bombs down right on his head, spinning its body so rapidly in descent it's wreathed in purple-pink energy. |
| 466 | * SuperStrength: Sonic wasn't powerful enough to fight GIGANTO's strength, as the mechanical monstrosity demonstrates its power by stomping the ground hard enough to create a ChunkyUpdraft, and has chucked the rapid hedgehog far enough to have him get plowed through 2 ginormous pillars, and into the side of a mountain just to knock him out cold. During its boss fight, if Super Sonic isn't quick enough to perform a CounterAttack in time, GIGANTO will basically BitchSlap the golden hedgehog a considerable distance. |
| 467 | * SuperToughness: Whatever they're made of, it's preposterously tough, as proven during Sonic's encounter with GIGANTO when multiple attacks right to its face [[NoSell do absolutely nothing]] when Sonic's Homing Attack alone shattered the massive boulders it stomped into the air. Sonic needs to go Super just to do any damage at all. [[spoiler:When SUPREME is [[SuperEmpowering powered up]] by THE END in ''The Final Horizon'' update, even Super Sonic is reduced to doing at best ScratchDamage even if you focus on cutting its AchillesPowerCord as soon as possible to negate its HealingFactor before he needs to [[NextTierPowerUp unleash the cyber corruption to achieve his next state]].]] |
| 468 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: These things combining gargantuan size with being {{Impossibly Graceful Giant}}s means under normal circumstances it would be nearly impossible for Sonic to climb them, reach the last Chaos Emerald, and become Super Sonic, so each of them (except SUPREME, whose fight ''starts'' with Sonic in Super form) provides something for Sonic to use: GIGANTO has foot-mounted launchers directed towards its arm, WYVERN generates a solid-energy runway that eventually reaches its head and KNIGHT periodically stretches out its arm and slams it at Sonic to create a usable rail. |
| 469 | * ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks: KNIGHT has a shield with buzzsaw-blades on the rim it can hurl through the air like a guided boomerang. [[AttackBackfire Super Sonic can deflect and ride it]] right back at KNIGHT for extra damage. |
| 470 | * TopHeavyGuy: GIGANTO and SUPREME have incredibly bulky and wide chests, but their legs and arms are incredibly skinny. |
| 471 | * TurnsRed: When their health is low enough, they engage a new set of weapon systems involving battery-like pillars jutting out of their bodies, which fire additional projectiles like lasers to try and take Super Sonic down. |
| 472 | * WakeUpCallBoss: The fact that Sonic seriously needed to gather all the [[GodzillaThreshold Chaos Emeralds]] just to even stand a chance against the '''first''' one says it all. |
| 473 | * WaveMotionGun: GIGANTO and SUPREME can launch enormous energy beams to blast Sonic to dust. GIGANTO fires a single beam from its mouth, while SUPREME uses two of its drones to fire two beams at once. WYVERN can fire relatively weaker lasers from its own mouth. [[spoiler:If Super Sonic 2 uses a Cyloop on THE END-possessed SUPREME, it will retaliate by firing a red-black beam from its mouth to knock Sonic away while it's trapped.]] |
| 474 | * WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver: This is SUPREME's color scheme, the final Titan that stands in Sonic's way. [[spoiler: It also contains the true BigBad of the game, THE END.]] |
| 475 | * WolverineClaws: WYVERN has massive curved claws on its arms comparable to scimitars. |
| 476 | [[/folder]] |
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| 478 | [[folder:THE END '''(Unmarked ''Sonic Frontiers'' Spoilers)''']] |
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| 483 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/endmoon.png]] |
| 484 | [[caption-width-right:350:''Since time immemorial, I have languished here.\ |
| 485 | The locks are broken.\ |
| 486 | Now I shall tear down the walls between dimensions and consume all.'']] |
| 487 | -> '''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' |
| 488 | -> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/CindyRobinson (English, Female Voice), Creator/MikePollock (English, Male Voice), Creator/GaraTakashima (Japanese, Female Voice), Creator/HochuOtsuka (Japanese, Male Voice)[[labelnote:additional [=VAs=]]]Creator/ValentinaPallavicino (Italian, Female Voice), Creator/AldoStella (Italian, Male Voice)[[/labelnote]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | An ancient malevolent entity that once fought the Ancients in the past before getting sealed away by its opponents. When Sonic arrives on Starfall Islands in the present day, it tricks him into defeating the Titans so it can resume its consumption of worlds, including his own. |
| 491 | ---- |
| 492 | * AbsoluteXenophobe: It explains in the final battle of the main game that it views all life other than itself as nothing but a “teeming chaos” that must be “brought to order”, and it also spends the fight bragging about how superior it is to everything that exists. |
| 493 | * AliensAreBastards: It came from deep space, and it's a truly nasty piece of work. |
| 494 | * AllegoricalCharacter: THE END is an embodiment of the death of the universe as well as a loss of hope. In regards to the Ancients, it represents the pain and toil they've suffered after having their planet destroyed. |
| 495 | * AmbiguousGender: Either this or [[NoBiologicalSex no gender at all]]. It speaks in Sonic's head with a feminine voice, but once it breaks out, it sounds [[VoiceOfTheLegion both masculine and feminine]], though towards the end of its monologue during the battle, it goes back to just a feminine voice. Sonic refers to it as "he" when urging the Titans to help in the final battle, but every other instance in the game refers to the being as "it"[[note]]Including in Sonic's speech in an early version of the script[[/note]]. Given how incomprehensible this thing is, it's impossible to determine if it even has a gender. |
| 496 | * AncientEvil: THE END has apparently existed for at least tens of thousands of years if not aeons, and quite possibly existed since the beginning of time itself. The Japanese dub of the game specifies that it was around since at least the beginning of our universe. |
| 497 | * ApocalypseHow: Pulls a Class X on The Ancients' homeworld and plans on doing this on Sonic's planet. It is either going for an [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 Class X-4]] for its overall goal at its worst, but it may be going for a [[ApocalypseHow/ClassZ Class Z]] given how after it breaks out of Cyber Space it says it'll tear down the walls of entire dimensions and consume everything. |
| 498 | * AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: In a [[https://youtu.be/m0Csr9bdD0E Japanese stream]], [[invoked]]WordOfGod mentions that THE END's true form has yet to be revealed, as its appearance differs based on how the entity looking at it perceives the incarnation of death. The fact that it looks like the moon is because the moon is the form that the ''player'' sees, while it is currently unknown what THE END looks like through the eyes of Sonic or Sage, '''or without the manipulated perception of others'''. |
| 499 | * AstralFinale: The base game’s final boss fight with THE END takes place in space, directly above the Earth in a clash to prevent it from destroying the planet, as well as the entire universe. |
| 500 | * BadassBoast: Overlapping with BossBanter, during the base game’s final boss fight, THE END gives a [[VideoGame/SystemShock SHODAN-esque monologue]] about its inevitability and power, and how it surpasses all threats known and faced by Sonic before. |
| 501 | -->'''THE END:''' [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Mortal, you have served your purpose]]. Now face your End. I am the all-consuming void. What can one mote of golden light illuminate within the abyss? [[PlanetEater Countless stars. Countless worlds]]. [[OmnicidalManiac Countless lives. All fell to me. All brought to nothing]]. All the teeming chaos of creation? Brought to order. To neutrality. To nothing. I saw your mind as you ran through my prison. You have fought [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogEggmanEmpire machines]] and [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogModernEraAntagonists1 gods]]. They were mighty. [[EvilerThanThou They were finite. I am infinite]]. I am nothing. You struggle as so many have done before. You will be consumed like all those before you. I saw your mind. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Your courage never wavered. Why? Arrogance? Ignorance? Stupidity?]] I was contained, once. ''Once.'' Is that why? My captors bent time and space. My captors built a whole reality to contain me. My captors burnt their souls away to fuel their engines. And you? You glitter. You fly above me like a gnat. I am inevitable. I cannot be denied. You strike this incarnation with all your might. It changes nothing. You are not brave. You are not victorious. No matter what form I take... '''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt THE END comes for you all!]]''' |
| 502 | * BatmanGambit: Its plan to break free involves using Sonic's love for his friends against him. Since it's been sealed by the Chaos Emeralds, THE END captures Tails, Amy, and Knuckles, leaving collecting the Emeralds as the only thing that can free Sonic's friends. Once Sonic collects all but one, THE END breaks loose. |
| 503 | * BeastOfTheApocalypse: It likely would have destroyed the universe had the Ancients not sealed it away. The mere possibility of it being freed [[CosmicHorrorReveal horrified]] Sage to the point of sealing her own creator in Cyber Space and antagonizing Sonic in a desperate effort to protect them both. And when THE END is eventually unsealed, it takes the combined efforts of Super Sonic and Sage (piloting the [[HumongousMecha Titan SUPREME]]) to take it down, and not without Sage [[HeroicSacrifice giving herself up]] to stop its [[TakingYouWithMe suicide attack]]. |
| 504 | * BigBad: It's the main villain of ''Frontiers'' that desires the Chaos Emeralds of the Ancients and consumes worlds. |
| 505 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: It seems very polite to Sonic when it tells Sonic to get the Chaos Emeralds and free his friends, but once it's freed it truly shows that it is an incredibly depraved being that wishes to consume all of existence. |
| 506 | * BossSubtitles: THE END is referred to as "The True Enemy", further cementing its GreaterScopeVillain status, in its respective boss battle. |
| 507 | * BreakingOldTrends: THE END is the first main villain in a Sonic game for quite a while that wasn't just Eggman, or Eggman using the entity. Although he had plans to use it when he gets freed from Cyber Space, he stood absolutely no chance at controlling it. The thing has autonomy, and had primarily worked against Eggman all throughout the game, rather than work for him. |
| 508 | * BulletHell: In its own boss fight, it attacks mainly by firing constant barrages black and white bullets in the style of ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' (complete with being able to destroy/absorb shots of the same polarity), and its later patterns reaching the complexity of that game's. It also is fond of [[BeamSpam spamming lasers]] that ''can't'' be absorbed by either color. |
| 509 | * CallBack: The premise of THE END's base game boss fight is very similar to [[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Ultimate Gemerl's]]. Both fights take place in space, require Super Sonic to work with an antagonistic figure and both of them have melancholy boss themes. |
| 510 | * CardCarryingVillain: It casually mentions some of the heinous crimes it has committed and considers itself [[EvilerThanThou far more evil and powerful than any of Sonic's previous foes.]] |
| 511 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Is this to Infinite in almost every way, right down to their names. |
| 512 | ** Both act as subversions of Eggman's usual EvilIsNotAToy plots, but Infinite was a deliberate creation of Eggman’s who was dismissed as expendable when he screwed up one too many times. THE END is an independent AncientEvil who Eggman didn’t even know about until it was already too late. |
| 513 | ** Both have strong connections to the anti-villains of the Adventure games: Infinite was completely beaten down by Shadow in a one-sided fight, and inspired to go FromNobodyToNightmare when Shadow didn't think him important enough to finish the job. THE END was just barely sealed away by Chaos' ancestors, who unlike Shadow, went out of their way to make sure it never menaced the world again. |
| 514 | ** Infinite is a major presence throughout his game, mocking the heroes and relishing in his power as publicly and often as possible. THE END also has a major presence in its own game, but is far subtler about it, manipulating everything from behind the scenes, and its true nature isn’t revealed at all until shortly before the final battle. |
| 515 | ** Infinite is a rare Sonic antagonist with no connection or interest whatsoever regarding the Chaos Emeralds, to the point of using a completely different magic gem for his purposes. THE END is the reason the Chaos Emeralds came to Earth in the first place. |
| 516 | ** [[SolarAndLunar Towards the end of his game, Infinite creates an artificial sun illusion to destroy the entire resistance. THE END takes on a form resembling the moon at the end of its game to destroy the Earth]]. |
| 517 | ** It's also a direct contrast to prior EldritchAbomination EvilIsNotAToy antagonists as well. Prior Eggman plots usually had him trying to control a dangerous being to varying degrees of success, from total control (Time Eater), believed control until betrayal (Perfect Chaos, Dark Gaia), or just being undermined as the villain by the machinations of others (Gerald Robotnik and the Biolizard, Solaris and its components Mephiles and Iblis), which usually results in his being knocked out of the picture, and needing Sonic to ultimately defeat his mistake. This time, THE END is an entirely independent AncientEvil who pretty much outright ignores Eggman, instead dedicating its efforts into manipulating ''Sonic'' instead, with Sage (and by proxy Eggman due to being his creation) having to save Sonic and help deal the final blow. |
| 518 | * ControlFreak: It sees itself as the ultimate enforcer of order and wants to eliminate all other life because it views life as a chaos that threatens its order. |
| 519 | * CorruptedCharacterCopy: It is directly based on the Angels from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''; like them, it is a powerful entity with ambiguous origins that desires to wipe out all life on Earth so as to become the sole remaining lifeform. But while the Angels are artificial creations simply following their programming and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality have no real malice in their actions]], THE END is an arrogant, [[KnightTemplar self-righteous]], and overtly malicious ControlFreak that [[AbsoluteXenophobe sees all life other than itself]] as a chaotic blight on its perfect order that must be wiped out. |
| 520 | * DarkIsEvil: Its colour is entirely a dark purple in its moon form, and the mist it uses to turn into its moon form is also a dark purple colour, and it's one of the darkest Sonic villains yet in the franchise and the GreaterScopeVillain of the series. |
| 521 | * TheDreaded: So dreaded, in fact, that Sage even advises Eggman to go back to Cyberspace in order to avoid its reign of terror. |
| 522 | * DubPersonalityChange: The [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=12985657500A57372900&page=2798#comment-69930 Japanese version]] has THE END outline its motivations more, as its goals are explicitly stated to bring peace to a chaotic universe and functioning more as a force of nature akin to Galactus. It even has a GracefulLoser attitude as it realizes what hope and life mean. |
| 523 | * EldritchAbomination: It's a PlanetEater that wants to break free from containment and consume more worlds, and [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm it doesn't even have a comprehensible form]]. That being said, while it's extremely focused on consuming, it's [[ItCanThink far from mindless, being an omniscient being intelligent enough to exploit the problems between Sonic and Sage to free itself]]. |
| 524 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: It doesn't seem to understand why Sonic is so confident in facing off against it and why he wants to stop it from consuming all existence, believing Sonic to just be arrogant and stupid. In addition, it didn't expect Sonic's friends to help him and for Sage to ally with him. |
| 525 | * EvilerThanThou: [[CardCarryingVillain It considers itself]] to be worse than any threat Sonic had faced before, dismissing them as "finite" while declaring that it is "infinite". |
| 526 | * EvilIsBigger: One of the largest villains in the series, if not the largest. While controlling SUPREME, it absolutely dwarfs Super Sonic (though this isn't unusual for Super Sonic fights)... but when it breaks out of the Titan and heads into space, its "Dark Moon" form utterly dwarfs SUPREME itself, now controlled by Sage. This form even dwarfs Earth's moon itself, as it appears to be 3 to 5 times as big as it. |
| 527 | * EvilIsPetty: If its actions weren't already bad enough before, then after losing, it [[TakingYouWithMe attempts to kill Sonic and destroy the planet by blowing itself up in pure spite]]. If it wasn't for Sage performing a HeroicSacrifice, then everyone on Earth would be dead. |
| 528 | * EvilVersusOblivion: The latest in a long line of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s trying to blow up the planet and all life on it, forcing would-be conquerer Dr. Eggman to team up with the heroes to stop it. |
| 529 | * ExactWords: The entire gambit it exploits Sonic for in its plans to escape its seal boils down to being as vague as possible about its "aid" and [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom letting him do the rest from there.]] By simply saying, "Tear down the walls between dimensions," it ''seems'' like they're telling Sonic how to free his friends, and that's technically correct; it's just that this would also allow it to escape Cyber Space as well. |
| 530 | * {{Expy}}: Taking ''Frontiers''' inspiration from ''Evangelion'' a little further, THE END's moon form resembles the Black Moon from that series. In ''Evangelion'', the Black Moon is also a large purple-ish moon that emits reddish particles, and it has also been concealed for centuries in a sort of prison on Earth. Also like in ''Frontiers'', where the moon form is said to be a shell for THE END's true form, the Black Moon is also said to be the shell for Lilith. Ian Flynn would later allude to this comparison in a Q&A panel, particularly comparing THE END to The Angels from Evangelion, though he also claims that any parellels the game may have to ''Evangelion'' likely don't go beyond this. |
| 531 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Pretends to be an ally of Sonic and even after its true nature is revealed, it still speaks to him politely and eloquently, often alternating between complimenting his bravery and insulting his mortality. As its boss fight progresses, however, [[VillainousBreakdown the mask begins to slip]] and THE END shows itself to be a remarkably arrogant and spiteful being. |
| 532 | * FlatCharacter: PlayedForHorror. THE END's backstory is a complete mystery, its true form is never revealed, and while it's implied to have [[HiddenAgendaVillain some kind of deeper agenda]], all the audience (or Sonic) learn is that it wants to destroy the universe seemingly ForTheEvulz. The complete lack of CharacterDevelopment or proper motivation compared to other major ''Sonic'' villains are [[NothingIsScarier exactly what make THE END so terrifying]]. |
| 533 | * {{Foil}}: THE END can be thought of as the exact inverse of Sonic himself more than any other villain before it. THE END is a looming EldritchAbomination that wants to box others into a world anathema of light or existence, and tries to crush the hope of those that confront it, thereby being an embodiment of order. On the other hand, Sonic is a free-spirited being that embraces the freedom of others, and always pushes forward no matter how hard things seem, and encourages others to do the same. This makes him an embodiment of chaos ([[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics sometimes literally]]), thereby being a giant middle finger to everything THE END believes in. |
| 534 | * ForTheEvulz: THE END [[HiddenAgendaVillain doesn't really give much of a reason]] for why it's destroying so much life, but it seems to be doing it because it can as it is far beyond mortals in power. The closest to a motive it gives is [[OrderIsNotGood enforcing pure order on a chaotic existence]]. |
| 535 | ** Despite having its own agenda and [[OrderIsNotGood philosophy]], it doesn't really have a reason to be such a cosmic {{Sadist}} about it. For example, back when it was fighting the Ancients, instead of painlessly blowing them up again along with the Earth, it took its sweet time waging a space war that slowly rendered them extinct. [[LaserGuidedKarma This bit it in the ass when the prolongued conflict allowed the Ancients]] [[SealedEvilInACan to seal it away]]. |
| 536 | * GenocideBackfire: It attempted to wipe out the Ancients, but the few remaining were able to successfully flee and managed to trap it with the Chaos Emeralds. |
| 537 | * GenreRefugee: Dark villains are as common as common could be for the Sonic series, but THE END is a GameChanger to the series in that it is precisely a Lovecraftian Horror, making the overarching story of the series into one of cosmic horror. It would have fared better in more mature/seinen game series like ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' or ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. |
| 538 | * GodOfEvil: Is considered a god stated to be stronger than any other god Sonic has fought in the Sonic franchise[[note]]Aside from possibly Solaris, [[RetGone but he got wiped out from existence]][[/note]] and is an OmnicidalManiac that wants to consume all of existence. To the point of being the GreaterScopeVillain for the franchise. |
| 539 | * GreaterScopeVillain: It's the ultimate villain to the entire franchise as a whole. For starters, [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure it is the reason why the descendants of the Ancients/Kocos, the Chao and Chaos, just wanted to be left alone in peace until Pachacamac and the Echidna clan wanted the Chaos Emeralds for their own gain]]. Its actions are also what even got the Chaos Emeralds to Earth in the first place, and thus served as a catalyst for various villains throughout the series, who had wanted to exploit the Emeralds' powers for their own evil plans. Adding to that is that Sonic has essentially been using the power source that's been keeping this thing under control to fight some of his most dangerous foes all throughout, and that many different ancient civilizations have been fighting over and using for centuries. Continued usage of them was apparently enough for THE END to emerge, and have them travel to the Starfall Islands. |
| 540 | * TheGrimReaper: It's a somewhat unusual take on the trope. Its physical appearance depends on its viewer's perception of death, it seeks to destroy any life it comes across, and it claims itself to be a force above any other godlike beings which Sonic previously fought. |
| 541 | * HardModePerks: You cannot fight THE END's second phase in the base game unless you play the game on Hard. Even then, the thing proves to be pretty hard in a literal sense too, as it can withstand quite a lot of damage from SUPREME's attacks. |
| 542 | * HatedByAll: Once THE END [[OmnicidalManiac revealed its true colours]], all of the main cast went completely against it, with [[EvilVersusOblivion even Dr. Eggman wanting to stop it]]. |
| 543 | * HeroKiller: When it blows itself up in an attempt to kill Sonic and destroy the planet after losing as a form of TakingYouWithMe, Sage manages to stop it, causing her to seemingly die as a result. TheStinger reveals that Dr. Eggman manages to repair her. |
| 544 | * HiddenAgendaVillain: It's not really known why it wants to destroy everything or where it even came from in the first place, or why it targeted the Ancients. |
| 545 | * HopeCrusher: It toys with Sonic to make Sonic think he can win before sending him into despair by beating him. [[FatalFlaw It doesn't work out well for it.]] |
| 546 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Despite its claims about bringing "order" and "neutrality" to the universe, all THE END really does is bring wanton amounts of death and destruction to the rest of the cosmos, and seems to hold all other life forms in contempt. |
| 547 | * IAmNotLeftHanded: Throughout its encounter once freed, THE END taunts Super Sonic that it can end this fight any time it wants and consume the planet that Sonic is on. It's just toying with him because [[HopeCrusher it wants to let Sonic think that he's almost won before crushing his hope completely]]. |
| 548 | * IShallTauntYou: Spends the entirety of its boss battle delivering monologue to Sonic that combines this with a BadassBoast. |
| 549 | * ItCanThink: Despite being a giant planet-eating monster, it's intelligent enough to exploit Sonic's lack of knowledge and desire to save his friends and Sage's inability to share knowledge due to circumstances with her creator to aid in breaking itself free from its prison. |
| 550 | * {{Jerkass}}: During its monologue in the game's finale, THE END alternates between explaining its true nature in a condescending manner and just flat-out insulting Sonic. |
| 551 | -->'''THE END:''' I saw your mind. Your courage never wavered. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Why?]] Arrogance? Ignorance? [[IShallTauntYou Stupidity?]] |
| 552 | * KillSat: Its primary method of wreaking havoc. If it's not toying about by bombarding civilizations from space via tons of lasers, it can fire a massive WaveMotionGun that can ''tear a planet in half''. |
| 553 | * KnightOfCerebus: Easily the biggest one in the franchise, as it brings the entire franchise into CosmicHorrorStory territory. And when your rival contenders for the title consist of people like [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Black Doom,]] [[HeroKiller Mephiles,]] [[MadGod Solaris,]] [[OmnicidalManiac Eggman Nega,]] [[ApocalypseHow Dark Gaia]] and the sort, that is no '''easy''' feat to accomplish. |
| 554 | * KnightTemplar: Even without taking into account THE END's personality change in the [[DubPersonalityChange Japanese dub]], its dialogue in the final boss fight strongly implies it sees existence as a [[StrawNihilist meaningless, jumbled mess of uncontrollable chaos]], and its actions of wanting to destroy the universe and all of existence by wiping out as many worlds, lives and dimensions as it can to revert it all to nothing is a righteous one performed in order to bring order, neutrality and peace. |
| 555 | * LackOfEmpathy: Doesn't seem to care at all about any of the lives lost when it destroys planets and stars, and even gleefully admits that it's killed countless amounts of people. |
| 556 | * LeakingCanOfEvil: Despite being sealed in Cyberspace, THE END has just enough influence over the outside world to project a voice telling Sonic what to do and where to go. |
| 557 | * ManipulativeBastard: Taking advantage of Sage capturing Sonic's friends, as well as his escape from Cyber Space, it manipulates Sonic into getting all the Chaos Emeralds to free his friends with Cyber Space, so it also can be freed and destroy countless amounts of planets and stars. |
| 558 | * MaximumHPReduction: In the revamped SUPREME/THE END boss fight in ''The Final Horizon'', it shoots energy orbs that shave off Super Sonic's maximum ring count. In the second phase, if Sonic is hit with these attacks, a cutscene plays showing Sonic being knocked out of his Super form. If Sonic has enough rings to survive it (more than 100, to be specific), he'll transform again, but he'll have only 100 rings left. |
| 559 | * MeaningfulName: In more ways than one, especially considering all of its aliases. |
| 560 | ** True to its name, THE END is an embodiment of finality and order in the universe. It also destroys civilizations, thus putting an "end" to them. |
| 561 | ** THE END, in its truest sense, is simply a void that consumes all, thus it really is the "All-Consuming Void". |
| 562 | ** THE END is referred to as "The True Enemy" in its BossSubtitles. This in reference to the fact that this thing was essentially the root cause of all of the strife that's happened in the series up to this point. |
| 563 | * MysteriousPast: Absolutely nothing is known about this thing's origins, except that it wiped the Ancients’ home planet out in the distant past before following the survivors to Earth. Sage claims that the Ancients never lost control of their technology, so it seems unlikely they created it. |
| 564 | * TheNameless: THE END does not seem to have a proper name, as it is also referred to several other aliases all throughout the adventure. In its monologue, it refers to itself as "The All-Consuming Void". |
| 565 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: You can't get more overwhelmingly ominous than an unknowable entity known only as '''THE END'''. |
| 566 | * {{Narcissist}}: THE END considers itself very highly of, referring to itself as the TopGod of the Sonic universe, claiming everything else Sonic has fought is merely "finite" while it is "infinite". In addition, it attempts to destroy everything that isn't itself, seemingly just to satisify its own ego or because it craves destruction. |
| 567 | * NearVillainVictory: Were it not for Sage convincing Eggman to ally with Sonic and Sonic's friends willing to help him, then THE END would've won and destroyed the universe. |
| 568 | * NonHumanNonBinary: THE END doesn't seem to have a confirmed gender, and it has both a feminine voice and a masculine voice. |
| 569 | * NothingIsScarier: It is this trope incarnate, and it even calls itself ''nothing''. In its truest sense, THE END is an endless void that grows and grows by destroying everything around it. Very little is known about what THE END actually is, its origins, or its true motivations. It also proves to be one of the most vile villains in the series, as well as the most destructive, succeeding even Solaris in its kill count.[[note]]Though that's only because Solaris was stopped; Consuming all timelines and collapsing time into nothingness would be pretty tough to beat.[[/note]] To top it all off, the thing doesn't have a concrete form at all. Its "true form" varies between person to person, as it is a projection of their eventual death. |
| 570 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Even though it claims to be bringing "order" and "neutrality" to the chaos of the universe, it's clear that THE END relishes in the destruction and despair it causes, and is simply imposing its own nihilistic philosophy onto the rest of the cosmos. |
| 571 | * OminousVisualGlitch: Even putting aside the cases of such tied into Cyber Space and the Cyber Corruption, when THE END hijacks and transforms SUPREME, the Titan's very ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou title card]]'' glitches into the name of the EldritchAbomination currently puppeteering it. |
| 572 | * OmnicidalManiac: Being a PlanetEater, this is its main goal. It wants to destroy and consume the planet and THE END has stated that it already consumed an innumerable amount of other stars, worlds and people. |
| 573 | -->'''THE END:''' Countless stars. Countless worlds. Countless lives. All fell to me, all brought to nothing. |
| 574 | * OneWingedAngel: |
| 575 | ** In the base game, after Sonic has defeated it while inside of the Titan SUPREME, it retreats into space so that it can begin assuming its true form. Sonic and Sage seemingly interrupt this however, as the latter tosses Sonic into its moon incarnation, causing lasting damage onto it. |
| 576 | ** In the ''Final Horizon'''s version of the finale, [[VillainOverride it takes more direct control of SUPREME]], giving it a hand [[MultiArmedAndDangerous or five]] with its augmentations. |
| 577 | * OrderIsNotGood: It's the greatest summation of the concept in a world where "Chaos" is a quantifiable energy that can be used for good and ill. THE END is the absence of chaos and all it's responsible for, including and especially life. |
| 578 | * OutsideContextProblem: [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]]. Despite THE END's actions being the catalyst to the entire franchise's lore, most records of its existence have been lost to time, and neither Sonic, nor Eggman are even aware of its existence before arriving on the Starfall Islands… [[ManipulativeBastard which THE END happily uses to its advantage]]. |
| 579 | * PlanetEater: THE END is described as a consumer of worlds. This is the entire reason it was made a SealedEvilInACan in the first place by the Ancients, who lost their own world to it and barely managed to stop its attempt to do this to Sonic's world, and what it intends to resume being once freed, starting with the very planet it was denied last time. |
| 580 | * ThePowerOfTheVoid: If its words are to be believed, THE END ''is'' the orderly, destructive, cosmic nothingness upon which all chaos, creation, and existence is adrift and counter to. With incarnations such as its moon form merely being avatars to interact with (and destroy) the rest of existence. To paraphrase. |
| 581 | -->'''THE END:''' I am the all-consuming void. What can one mote of golden light illuminate within the abyss? Countless stars. Countless worlds. Countless lives. All fell to me. All brought to nothing. All the teeming chaos of creation? Brought to order. To neutrality. To nothing. ... I am nothing. ... No matter what form I take... '''THE END comes for you all!''' |
| 582 | * PurpleIsPowerful: One of the strongest beings in the entire series, capable of destroying entire worlds, and it takes the form of a purple moon to really highlight its level of power. |
| 583 | * PuzzleBoss: In "The Final Horizon" Update, it will repair and recharge SUPREME no matter how many times Super Sonic depletes its HP. In the first phase, Super Sonic instead has to Cyloop or repeatedly attack [[AchillesPowerCord the umbilical cable]] to break it off, then Cyloop SUPREME's rifle port to make it eject the rifle, then finally Cyloop the rifle itself so Eggman can use it, all before THE END sends down a fresh cable. The second phase then has Super Sonic duke it out in a "proper" boss fight of completely depleting its health (and detaching the cable if it reattaches before that can be done). |
| 584 | * RealityWarper: As soon as it escapes Cyber Space, it indicates its presence by exhibiting static effects in the atmosphere. It also apparently has the ability to tear down the walls between dimensions when it actually does escape, something it previously couldn't do while still imprisoned. During the ''Final Horizon'', it even gives SUPREME extra arms it implicitly didn’t have before. |
| 585 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Or rather, the closest thing it has to eyes. During its boss battle, it will shoot reddish lasers from a part of its moon form. You'll know in advance where it is from the glowing red part. |
| 586 | * {{Sadist}}: It enjoys causing as much destruction as possible, doesn't mind seeing Sonic getting trapped in dimensions which causes Sonic to feel absolute agony and also [[HopeCrusher attempts to destroy all of Sonic's hopes of winning]]. |
| 587 | * SecondaryColorNemesis: Its moon and mist forms are a purplish-red, and it's pretty much the ultimate evil of the series. |
| 588 | * SealedEvilInACan: It's been sealed on the island archipelago by the Chaos Emeralds. However, it breaks free when Sonic is tricked into setting THE END loose. |
| 589 | * SmugSnake: In the base game's final boss, it boasts about how all-powerful it is and how much it took the Ancients to seal it away, but goes down with relative ease through the efforts of Sonic (as Super Sonic) and Sage (piloting the SUPREME Titan) albeit, the latter had to sacrifice herself to do so. To its credit, in the "Final Horizon" Update's revised final boss, Sonic had to harness his cyber-corruption to boost the power of his super form to overcome it and then boost it again when that proved insufficient, so its boasting isn't without ''some'' merit. |
| 590 | * StarKilling: While it hasn't been seen doing this onscreen, it has claimed to have destroyed stars alongside planets. |
| 591 | * StrawNihilist: THE END undoubtedly embodies nihilism and through its perspective, life, existence and the universe is worthless, meaningless and in its words, teeming with chaos, due to how unpredictable it is, and so, by destroying all of existence and reverting the universe to nothing, The End believes that true order can be obtained and took on the role as a personification of death to do so, intending on bringing about the end of everything as we know it. However, its "noble" goals are merely delusions brought on by its arrogant nature and nihilistic thoughts, as it forces its beliefs onto countless civilizations because it views itself as the ultimate authority, showing that its delusions are solely motivated by ego. Subsequently, while it does believe what it's doing is right, it isn't above toying with others for no reason other than sheer sadism, showing that it takes pleasure in what it does. It also believed that the combined efforts of Super Sonic and the Titan SUPREME wouldn't be able to defeat it, comparing them to the lengths that the Ancients went to when imprisoning it. It declared Sonic’s past foes finite, while declaring itself infinite, even to the point of considering itself as "nothing”. To drive this home, the last lines of its monologue are as follow: |
| 592 | -->'''THE END:''' You strike this incarnation with all your might. It changes nothing. You are not brave. You are not victorious. No matter what form I take... '''THE END comes for you all!''' |
| 593 | * SuperToughness: It easily brushed off quite a bit of firepower from the Ancients, including from huge energy turrets that Tails claims are only slightly weaker than the planet-cracking Eclipse Cannon individually. It takes the combined effort of Super Sonic and the Sage-controlled Titan SUPREME (itself comparable to Super Sonic) to finally land a meaningful blow in the base game ending, and the full power of Super Sonic supercharged on his Cyber Corruption to finish it and the enhanced SUPREME off in the ''Final Horizon'' update. |
| 594 | * TakingYouWithMe: It decides to blow itself up after losing in an effort to kill Sonic and wipe out the Earth, causing Sage to stop it by sacrificing herself. |
| 595 | * ThatsNoMoon: After THE END escapes from SUPREME, the camera cuts to a shot of the moon from space, only for a different purple-tinted moon to appear in front of it. Then the camera zooms in very close while BossSubtitles appear, revealing that THE END ''is'' that purple moon. |
| 596 | * TimeAbyss: At the very least it is as old as the Ancients, if not even older, and it claims that the time it's been sealed in Cyber Space is "time immemorial". |
| 597 | * TopGod: Confirmed at best and Zig-zagged at worst. On the one hand, it claims to be beyond any machine or god Sonic has fought before, with Sage noting even Super Sonic can't stop it completely--and in the DLC, it's powerful enough to de-power a boosted Super Sonic, needing Cyber Super Sonic to beat it in a far more timely manner than the base game. However, on the other hand, [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative it DOES limit this boast to only gods Sonic himself knowingly fought]]. *But*, one the OTHER other hand, while that may ''SEEM'' to exclude Solaris due to the time reboot at the end of his game, Sonic ''HAS'' been hinted and alluded to have retained his memories of Sonic 06 and thus Solaris by extension (albeit in Japanese scripts). Even then, though, remembering or not, THE END has achieved things that Solaris has not despite the latter's supposed superiority. Hence the "Zig-zagged at worst" above. Officially speaking however, as far as approved material goes until word from the likes of Iizuka or Kishimoto say otherwise, THE END is a tenuously confirmed case for now. |
| 598 | * TreacherousAdvisor: Encourages Sonic to rescue his friends, take down the Titans, and obtain the Chaos Emeralds, just so it can resume consuming worlds. |
| 599 | * TrueFinalBoss: In the base game, it can only be properly fought by the player in [[HardModePerks Hard Mode]]. ''[[BulletHell And it's a completely different monster than anything else Sonic fights usually are]]''. Averted in the "Final Horizon" Update, where it takes more direct control of SUPREME no matter what difficulty is selected. |
| 600 | * UnexpectedShmupLevel: The fight against its moon form in the base game is this. You are controlling both Sonic and Sage as you are shooting projectiles at it. |
| 601 | * VilerNewVillain: THE END claims to be the most heinous and least sympathetic villain in ''Sonic Frontiers'', and one of the darkest in the series due to it attempting to destroy everything for [[ForTheEvulz seemingly no reason whatsoever]]; being exceedingly arrogant, boastful, [[EvilIsPetty petty]], and a {{Narcissist}} with a LackOfEmpathy; and seemingly going out of its way just to drive species to extinction, to the point where it chases the Ancients to kill the remaining few left after they flee from their planet's destruction. Dr. Eggman is shown to have plenty of sympathetic qualities in ''Frontiers'' [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes such as his love for Sage]] and Sage herself is also an AntiVillain who wants to keep THE END sealed from Cyberspace due to the damage it'll cause, and holds no ill will towards Sonic and wants a family relationship with Dr. Eggman. |
| 602 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: THE END is the main reason why ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' is one of the darkest games in the franchise. It's [[GreaterScopeVillain responsible for a large majority of the bad events in the franchise]], and is a massive OmnicidalManiac that wants to destroy the universe, making it one of the most twisted villains in the series, alongside [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Black Doom]], [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Mephiles/Solaris]], [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings Erazor Djnn]] and [[VideoGame/SonicForces Infinite]]. |
| 603 | * VillainousBreakdown: Considering everything it said beforehand, it likely does not take being defeated by Sonic and Sage well at all, and resorted to blowing itself up in order to kill the both of them and wipe out Earth at the same time. All because it cannot accept the reality of being defeated by "lesser" beings. |
| 604 | * TheVoice: It presents itself as a disembodied voice to Sonic when he escapes Cyber Space for the first time, and all throughout his adventure. |
| 605 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: As the voice credits above may show, THE END speaks in both a masculine and feminine tone. |
| 606 | * WalkingSpoiler: It's impossible to talk about THE END without revealing where it comes from, what it wants, and its greater impact on the overall story of ''Sonic'' as a franchise. |
| 607 | * WaveMotionGun: In the memory where the Ancients unleashed their energy turrets (which Tails noted individually were likely only slightly less powerful than the planet-destroying Eclipse Cannon) on THE END, it responded after tanking all their fire by unleashing a massive laser beam bigger than ''all'' the turrets combined. A weaker version is also one of its attacks during the base game’s TrueFinalBoss. |
| 608 | * WorfHadTheFlu: It was basically ''unbeatable'' despite fighting against ''four'' Titans in its prime, and needing to be sealed away inside of the Titan SUPREME instead. Each of those Titans ''individually'' were so powerful that Sonic needed to go [[SuperMode Super Sonic]] just to level the playing field, and he ''still'' had a rough time, given those Titans were still capable of killing him. If THE END hadn't been weakened from being sealed for so long, and he had to fight it alone [[EnemyMine without the aid of Sage]], Sonic very likely would have ''lost'' against it. The fight against it in "The Final Horizon" only further cements this, as only by [[NextTierPowerUp supercharging his Super form with Cyber Corruption]] (plus the minor help of Eggman, Sage, and his friends) is Sonic able to stand up to THE END powering up the Titan SUPREME for the final showdown. |
| 609 | * WorthyOpponent: Begrudgingly sees the Ancients as this, and views Sonic and his allies as {{Sucksessor}}s (which makes its aformentioned VillainousBreakdown all the more cathartic). |
| 610 | -->'''THE END:''' My captors bent time and space! ...My captors built a whole reality to contain me! ...My captors burnt their souls away to fuel their engines! ...And you? ...You glitter! ...You fly above me like a gnat! |
| 611 | * YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: [[invoked]][[WordOfGod Going by Koshimoto]], THE END's true form isn't revealed because it depends on how the character perceives death. |
| 612 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Sonic gets tricked into freeing it from Cyber Space, it attempts to kill Sonic and the entire planet. It even says that Sonic has served his purpose in the final battle. |
| 613 | * YourSizeMayVary: It looks the size of an actual moon or planet in some cutscenes. During the actual FinalBattle, however, it only looks to be about a mile or so across (based on [[HumongousMecha SUPREME's]] size relative to it, and it seems even smaller in the scene where Super Sonic rams into it. |
| 614 | [[/folder]] |
| 615 | |
| 616 | !!! The Deadly Six |
| 617 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 618 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deadly_six_group_2942.png]] |
| 619 | [[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Zazz, Zor, Zavok, Zomom, Zeena, Master Zik]] |
| 620 | ->'''Debut''': ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' |
| 621 | |
| 622 | The villainous team in ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld''. They are Zeti, a race of creatures who reside on the Lost Hex, where the game takes place. After Eggman tries to control them to take over the world, they rebel and decide to take it over themselves. They are composed of Zavok (red), Zazz (pink), Zeena (green), (Master) Zik (blue), Zomom (orange), and Zor (purple). |
| 623 | ---- |
| 624 | * AVillainNamedZrg: They and their species name all share the first letter "Z". |
| 625 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: With the exception of Master Zik, who seems to be the only member that wears proper attire. |
| 626 | * AchillesHeel: The Cacophonic Conch, which emits a BrownNote that neutralizes their electromagnetic powers and debilitates them. So it really sucks for everyone when [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Sonic kicks the conch away]], letting them run amok uninhibited. |
| 627 | * AliensAreBastards: You can't get much more bastardly than trying to render an entire planet inhospitable just to spite ''two people'', the one who controlled you and the one who defeated you. (And enhance your own powers.) |
| 628 | * AllThereInTheManual: |
| 629 | ** The official Japanese Sonic Website/{{YouTube}} channel featured a [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VPCD5rYJ0_s video introducing the Zeti]], with the description revealing their roles in the Deadly Six. Zavok is the leader, Zazz is the special attack combatant, Zomom is the saboteur, Zik is the advisor, Zeena is the info manager, and Zor is the spy. |
| 630 | ** Strangely, not all of the Zeti are properly introduced in the story; Zor and Zomom are indirectly named by Zavok and Zeena's BossBanter, while Zavok and Zeena themselves are never named at all, despite the former in particular becoming the main antagonist after they overthrow Eggman. |
| 631 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: The Deadly Six are quite the QuirkyMinibossSquad. With each of their unique personality traits (Zazz's BloodKnight tendencies, Zomom's [[ExtremeOmnivore appetite]], Zeena's [[{{Narcissist}} narcissism]], and Zor's [[StrawNihilist nihilism]]), they're very comical. But they're ''far'' from harmless and they truly live up to their title. |
| 632 | * BossBanter: Oh you ''bet'' they do. Even in the levels ''before'' their boss fights they are constantly talking to Sonic from the background. |
| 633 | * BringIt: Zik does this gesture before his second fight, as does Zavok before his first fight, right after flexing his shoulder. |
| 634 | * BrownNote: The Six are kept in line by Eggman blowing into a Cacophonic Conch, making a noise which causes them pain. |
| 635 | * ColorCodedCharacters: They've each got one predominant color: red (Zavok), pink (Zazz), green (Zeena), blue (Zik), orange/yellow (Zomom), and purple (Zor). |
| 636 | * TheComicallySerious: Zavok and Master Zik's attempts to come off as intimidating are usually ruined by their teammates' wackiness. In fact, Zavok is treated quite seriously and lacks quirks in his appearances. |
| 637 | * CreepyShadowedUndereyes: All of them have this to some extent. |
| 638 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Wanting revenge for being enslaved by Eggman? Understandable. [[spoiler:Destroying the world and stealing its energy]] to do that? Overkill. |
| 639 | * TheDogBitesBack: Once Eggman's Cacophonic Conch is kicked away by Sonic. |
| 640 | --> '''Zavok:''' Strike, brothers! Make the fool ''pay'' for our abuse and enslavement! |
| 641 | * TheDragon: Unwilling ones to Eggman at the beginning of ''Sonic Lost World'', kept in line by the Cacophonic Conch. Zavok reprises this role in ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' for reasons unknown. [[spoiler:Subverted in that the Zavok in ''Forces'' is revealed to be an impostor.]] |
| 642 | * DragonAscendant: Once [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Sonic kicks the conch away]], [[TheDogBitesBack they quickly hand Eggman their resignation.]] |
| 643 | * DubNameChange: The Deadly Six are known as the “(Eggman) Six Oni Band” in Japanese. |
| 644 | * EmergingFromTheShadows: Strangely, even though the Zeti are openly displayed on the game's cover and in advertisements, the game keeps all of them except Zavok in shadows until the part of the story where each one becomes relevant. |
| 645 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Seems to be Zavok's relationship with the others. They are all on a first-name basis with each other, Zavok even calling them "brothers" at one point. And though they do frustrate him at times, he rarely mistreats them (besides an off-hand comment from Zazz about impending punishment for losing to Sonic). |
| 646 | * EvilVsEvil: Zavok and his Deadly Six are enemies to both Eggman and Sonic... DependingOnTheWriter. |
| 647 | * FangsAreEvil: Zavok, Zazz, and Zeena. Though hers is a case of CuteLittleFangs. |
| 648 | * FlatCharacter: Each Zeti was explicitly written and designed around one defining trait so that their personalities could be deciphered from a quick glance. |
| 649 | * {{Flight}}: The 3DS version give them all the ability to fly. |
| 650 | * {{Foil}}: To Dr. Eggman. Eggman is a MadScientist while the Deadly Six are all mystical beings. Eggman wants to conquer the world while the Zeti wish to destroy it and everyone on it. Eggman, despite his frequent BewareTheSillyOnes moments, is more prone to comical moments while Zavok, the leader of the Zeti, is a full NoNonsenseNemesis. Eggman is a BadBoss to most of his creations while some the Zeti have some degree of respect towards each other. |
| 651 | * GoKartingWithBowser: Zavok and Zazz are playable in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]''. Zavok also apparently ditched the Deadly Six to join Team Eggman in ''Videogame/TeamSonicRacing'' for some unexplained reason. |
| 652 | * HollywoodMagnetism: The Six have the innate ability to manipulate electromagnetic fields, allowing them to take control of machines. |
| 653 | * InASingleBound: They are all capable of leaping incredible heights and distances. The 3DS version gives them the ability to outright fly. |
| 654 | * LaughablyEvil: Unlike many previous examples in the series, however, they're evidently quirky and try to make a laugh out of their antics. By [[invoked]]WordOfGod, they were described as made to "bring a sense of danger and humor" to ''Sonic Lost World''. |
| 655 | * LeanAndMean: In addition to being bad guys, Zazz and Zeena are pretty thin. |
| 656 | * {{Leitmotif}}: They have three variations of it: |
| 657 | ** One that's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPmz4tHi70 jazzy]] (played in their Zone 2 fights). |
| 658 | ** One that's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK9QLqzAXzg orchestrated]] (played in Zone 4 fights and Zavok's Sky Road Zone 2 fight). |
| 659 | ** A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUoefmJGm-Q chaotic mix]] played during [[spoiler:the refights in Lava Mountain]]. |
| 660 | ** Zavok has his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvpPFmqZ3Xc own leitmotif]] when fighting him in Sky Road Zone 4 and [[spoiler:in the Lava Mountain refight before he turns giant. The boss fight with him in ''Forces'' has an aggressive, techno remix of his theme from ''Lost World'']]. |
| 661 | ** And aside from their collective Leitmotif, they each have their own themes that play in cutscenes. |
| 662 | *** Zavok is accompanied by a sinister violin theme. |
| 663 | *** Master Zik's theme sounds like woodwind music that plays in kung fu movies. |
| 664 | *** Zazz has a punk rock theme that befits his rock star appearance. |
| 665 | *** Zomom has a tuba that plays in his theme. |
| 666 | *** Zeena's Leitmotif is accompanied by a {{Sexophone}}. |
| 667 | *** Zor's theme is a somber piano mix of the Deadly Six theme. |
| 668 | * LightningBruiser: Zavok and Zomom stand out as the physically strongest of the Six and are much faster than their sizes imply. |
| 669 | * MagnetismManipulation: They can manipulate electromagnetic fields. |
| 670 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[SarcasmMode Oh, surely these "Deadly Six" guys wouldn't hurt a fly?]] |
| 671 | * NoNameGiven: Zavok and Zeena's names are never mentioned in-game by any of the characters in ''Sonic Lost World''. It's specially baffling considering how relevant Zavok became in later games. |
| 672 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: They're based on oni, so their designs are rather striking compared to the anthropomorphic animals that the series is known for. |
| 673 | * NotQuiteDead: They [[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse disappeared]] in the last cutscene of ''Lost World'', leading to some fans presume they died. Further appearances from ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' and the LooseCanon ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'' means they are alive (one of the mandates of the comic is that villains who passed away cannot return, though they did definitively survive the 3DS version which could be a loophole). |
| 674 | * ObviouslyEvil: Zavok and Zazz do not look like the members most likely to cuddle Cream the Rabbit. They are creatures with horns and fangs, looking like a stylized Japanese demon. |
| 675 | * OlderThanTheyLook: You thought Zik was old? Zazz is '''127 years old!''' In fact, they're '''''ALL''''' aged over 100. The former, however… appears to be '''1,036 years old.''' |
| 676 | * OmnicidalManiac: The Six plan to use Eggman's unstable Extractor machine to drain all the energy of the world at once, destroying the planet itself as revenge for their imprisonment. They '''don't''' like the inhabitants of the planet. |
| 677 | * {{Oni}}: The Six are based on oni, and are known in Japanese as the "Rokkishu" ("Six Oni Band"). |
| 678 | * PersonalityPowers: Some of the Six have powers that reflect their personality. |
| 679 | ** Zor is a gloomy, [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] {{Goth}} with shadow powers. |
| 680 | ** Zavok is a HotBlooded, ArrogantKungFuGuy with fire powers. |
| 681 | ** Zazz is an AxCrazy BloodKnight who fights with a [[{{Lunacy}} moon-shaped robot]]. |
| 682 | * PlanetLooters: Eggman's plan was to use his Extractor machine to drain the planet's energy and power his machines, but as it was unstable, he decided to drain a little bit at a time. The Six plan to use the machine to drain all of the planet's energy at once, thus destroying it and making themselves stronger. |
| 683 | * PstandardPsychicPstance: They're shown placing their fingers on her foreheads before activating their MagnetismManipulation on Eggman's Badniks. |
| 684 | * QuirkyMinibossSquad: With the slight subversion in that they become the {{Big Bad}}s by World 2, but they never lose their quirkiness. |
| 685 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: An ArrogantKungFuGuy, an OldMaster, an AxCrazy BloodKnight, an ExtremeOmnivore, a [[StrawNihilist nihlistic]] [[{{Goth}} goth]], and a [[{{Narcissist}} narcissistic]] AlphaBitch. |
| 686 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: All of them are at least a century old, yet still look fairly young (except Master Zik, who's over a '''millennium''' old). |
| 687 | * RecurringBoss: Each of the Deadly Six are fought three times throughout ''Sonic Lost World''. They also are the most recurrent enemies not affiliated with Eggman throughout the series, reappearing in several spin-off games. |
| 688 | * RecurringElement: A demonic monster who overthrows Eggman as the BigBad. However, this time there's six of them, and it happens at the beginning rather than the end. Unlike previous monsters, the Zeti have cartoonish personalities rather than the force of nature monsters Chaos and Dark Gaia. [[spoiler:May also count as one in relation to ''Generations'', as Eggman reclaims the BigBad status from them after their defeat.]] |
| 689 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Six are all opposites of each other in some way. Bonus points in that they resemble actual demons. |
| 690 | ** Zavok is the red to Master Zik's blue, even reflected in their colors. And the two of them serve as the blue to the others' red. |
| 691 | ** Zazz is the red to Zomom's blue. |
| 692 | ** Zeena serves as the red to Zor's blue. |
| 693 | * RestrainingBolt: Eggman tortures them with a Cacophonic Conch to keep them in line. Once Sonic [[NiceJobBreakingItHero kicks it away]], [[TheDogBitesBack the Zeti bite back]]. |
| 694 | * RoarBeforeBeating: Zazz and Zomom let out a roar at the start of their second and third fights, though in the latter's case, it's technically just a really loud burp. Zavok also starts his final fight in ''Lost World'' and his sole fight in ''Forces'' with a roar. |
| 695 | * {{Sadist}}: All of the Deadly Six display some level of sadism, though Zazz stands out among them as the most sadistic. |
| 696 | * SevenDeadlySins: More or less based on this, though there is only six of them. |
| 697 | * TheStarscream: They initially served under Dr. Eggman, but rebel against him after he loses his means of controlling them. |
| 698 | * SuperStrength: While all of them have this to varying degrees, [[spoiler:especially when they're hopped up on Earth's energy]], Zavok and Zomom stand out. |
| 699 | * ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Their plan for Eggman. After he spends the early parts of the game enslaving them to do his bidding, they proceed to use their technomanipulation to exploit ''his'' powers for their own purposes. |
| 700 | * {{Technopath}}: Through their innate ability to manipulate electromagnetic fields, they are able to control machines, including Eggman's robots. |
| 701 | * ToughSpikesAndStuds: Zavok, [[BloodKnight Zazz]] and [[{{Acrofatic}} Zomom]] wears spiked bracelets. Zazz also wears a spiked collar, and Zavok has spiky shoulders. All three are as deadly as their team name implies. |
| 702 | * TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: While initially working with Eggman, they very quickly decide to rebel. They also invoke this on Eggman's badniks. |
| 703 | * UncertainDoom: It's not really clear what happened to them after [[spoiler:their final encounters with Sonic in ''Sonic Lost World'' — at least in the Wii U version, though it is worth noting that Zazz, Zomom, Master Zik, and Zeena fall motionless and explode in a puff of smoke, while Zor and Zavok fall into lava. In the 3DS version, all of them are shown flying away after being defeated at Lava Mountain]]. |
| 704 | * UngratefulBastard: Even though Sonic freed them from Eggman's control (which was the only reason they'd been fighting him in the first place), he isn't spared from their rebellion. |
| 705 | [[/folder]] |
| 706 | |
| 707 | [[folder:Zavok]] |
| 708 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zavok_slw.png]] |
| 709 | [[caption-width-right:350:''One by one, your friends are falling. Soon you'll be all alone.'']] |
| 710 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JojiNakata (Japanese); Creator/TravisWillingham (English, 2013-2017), Creator/PatrickSeitz (English, 2019-present)[[labelnote:additional [=VAs=]]]Benoît Allemane (French), Gianni Gaude (Italian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 711 | |
| 712 | The leader of the Deadly Six, and a proud and strong Zeti. After being liberated by Sonic from Dr. Eggman's control, Zavok led his group against both Sonic and the doctor. He then took over Eggman's Extractor machine, using it to suck the life out of the planet and empower himself and his allies. |
| 713 | |
| 714 | Zavok was cast as one of Eggman's top minions by Infinite in ''Sonic Forces''. By the time of ''VideoGame/TeamSonicRacing'', Zavok apparently no longer leads the Deadly Six and is hired by Eggman to help steal tech from Dodon Pa. |
| 715 | ---- |
| 716 | * AdvancingBossOfDoom: Zavok's final battle with Sonic in ''Sonic Lost World'' has him growing to giant size and chasing the blue hedgehog as he climbs a tower. |
| 717 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Zavok is proud of his strength. His second boss battle in ''Lost World'' has him fighting Sonic mano a mano, but [[PragmaticVillainy he knows when he is beaten, and chooses to destroy the mecha dragon they're on]] just to stop Sonic. |
| 718 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Zavok at his "full strength" turns giant. He doesn't particulary change his appearance, only his size. |
| 719 | * BadBoss: Aside from Zik, his master and former leader, Zavok doesn't appear to hold his subordinates in high regard. When [[spoiler:the fake animal capsule captures Tails instead of Sonic]], Zavok chastises his subordinates as too incompetent to handle anything despite their lack of input in the matter. His background monologue in Sky Road Zone 2 has him comtemplate replacing them with new Zeti when the hedgehog that keeps besting them initially doesn't seem like a big deal. Zazz fears that he'll get a beating from Zavok after his final loss to Sonic. |
| 720 | * BaritoneOfStrength: Zavok is a force to be reckoned with, and most of his incarnations have a deep [[FauxAffablyEvil faux]] voice. Comes with the voice acting of Creator/JojiNakata, Creator/TravisWillingham and Creator/PatrickSeitz. |
| 721 | * BigBad: Of ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld''. Well, for [[DiscOneFinalBoss most of it]], anyway. |
| 722 | * BigOlEyebrows: Zavok is the only one with eyebrows (well, a unibrow). And it's thick and cyan, emphatizing his oni/Japanese demon influence. |
| 723 | * BondVillainStupidity: In ''Lost World'', [[spoiler:instead of personally supervising the roboticization of Tails, he and Zomom just leave him all alone in the lab. Being TheSmartGuy he is, Tails successfully modifies the machine he's bound to to his own advantage.]] Though in fairness, it's not his fault alone. |
| 724 | * BreathWeapon: Zavok can fire beams and fireballs from his mouth during his final battle in ''Sonic Lost World''. |
| 725 | * TheCharmer: Zavok knows ''exactly'' what to say to convince Zeena to attack Sonic. |
| 726 | -->'''Zavok:''' Why are you still here?\ |
| 727 | '''Zeena:''' I'm just getting ready.\ |
| 728 | '''Zavok:''' Well you seem to be taking your time.\ |
| 729 | '''Zeena:''' Well it ''is'' my time to take now, isn't it?\ |
| 730 | '''Zavok:''' Well what if I told you that you were the only one I trusted to be fast enough...\ |
| 731 | '''Zeena:''' Oh?\ |
| 732 | '''Zavok:''' smart enough...\ |
| 733 | '''Zeena:''' Mmm-hmm.\ |
| 734 | '''Zavok:''' ...and pretty enough...\ |
| 735 | '''Zeena:''' Go on.\ |
| 736 | '''Zavok:''' to beat the blue nuisance?\ |
| 737 | '''Zeena:''' Well, I'd say you got the right girl for the job! (''gets up, does a HairFlip and leaves.'')\ |
| 738 | '''Zavok:''' Well, that was so easy I almost feel guilty. |
| 739 | * DeadpanSnarker: Zavok has his moments. His first line of dialogue is mocking Eggman as a "conqueror". |
| 740 | --> '''Eggman:''' Transformation 101, bunnies to badniks! Boom! Instant army! Instant army! It needs to be a big army if i'm taking over the world below!\ |
| 741 | '''Zavok:''' You are quite the mighty conqueror. |
| 742 | * DependingOnTheWriter: Zavok has a different interpretation in his three game appearances. The one in ''Forces'' is justified, as that's an illusion, but that doesn't explain his appearance in ''Team Sonic Racing'', where he is fine and dandy working with Eggman again despite the fact he hates him in ''Lost World''. He's also considerably hammier than he was in ''Lost World''. His later apperances in the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW comics]] would bring him back to be more in line with how he was in ''Lost World''. |
| 743 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Despite being the main threat for most of ''Lost World'', Eggman ultimately lands the role of the game's FinalBoss. |
| 744 | * TheDragon: For some reason, he is Eggman's lackey in ''VideoGame/TeamSonicRacing''. See DependingOnTheWriter. |
| 745 | * DragonRider: Zavok controls [[CyberneticMythicalBeast mechanical, serpentine dragons]] with his color scheme in Sky Road. Zone 2, with the theme "Dragon Dance", largely consists of Sonic racing over platforms before they're destroyed by the dragons charging into them or roaring. Zavok rides on one for his first battle, and the second one takes place entirely on one which Zavok gradually breaks. The boss fight with him in ''Forces'' has him riding a robotic wasp instead. |
| 746 | * EnergyWeapon: The boss fight with Zavok in the 3DS version has him commanding his dragon mech to form rotating ring around him while firing red laser beams. His wasp mech in ''Forces'' can also fire lasers from its six legs. |
| 747 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first cutscene showing Zavok tells you what you need to know about him: quiet and patient, interested in learning about his foes before attacking, while sarcastic towards his "boss" and praising his comrade. |
| 748 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While his relationship with most of the Deadly Six is questionable, Zavok does appear to genuinely respect his master. In the Japanese version, he addresses him with [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseLanguage keigo]] even while currently outranking him. |
| 749 | -->'''Master Zik:''' It would seem the peaceful days of tending my garden will have to wait while I take care of these matters the rest of you cannot.\ |
| 750 | '''Zavok:''' Please, Master Zik; this is not something you should trouble yourself with. It's beneath you. |
| 751 | * EvilCounterpart: To Knuckles. Not only are the both of them red brawlers who're native to floating landmasses, they were also pitted against Sonic by Dr. Eggman in their respective debuts (on a minor note, they were also both voiced by Creator/TravisWillingham in ''Lost World''). However, that's where the similarities end. Knuckles's RedIsHeroic while Zavok is RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver. Our favorite echidna is a [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold loner]] who's the LastOfHisKind, in contrast to Zavok, who's the leader of the Deadly Six, a vicious gang of fellow Zeti. Knuckles only antagonized Sonic due to being tricked by Eggman and would go on to become one of his closest friends. While Zavok was initially enslaved by the mad doctor, the moment Sonic frees Zavok and his kin, they instantly prove themselves to be even ''worse'' than him. |
| 752 | * EvilGloating: He and Zazz contact Sonic and Eggman halfway through Frozen Factory to brag about destroying their world to strengthen themselves with Eggman's Extractor. Zavok's then confronts Sonic in Sky Road to rattle him with their plan to [[spoiler:turn their captive Tails into a robot.]] |
| 753 | * EvilKnockoff: [[spoiler:The Zavok shown in ''Forces'' is revealed to be a Virtual Reality construct created by Infinite with the power of the Phantom Ruby.]] |
| 754 | * EvilLaughter: Zavok does this on occasion. |
| 755 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Zavok has a cold, deep sounding voice, and is the evilest of the Deadly Six. |
| 756 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Speaks in a very calm and eloquent tone most of the time, even while plotting to murder Sonic and destroy the planet. |
| 757 | * FlunkyBoss: The boss fight with Zavok in ''Forces'' has him summon smaller versions of his wasp mech. |
| 758 | * GeniusBruiser: Zavok is not only a powerful fighter, but capable of using Eggman's technology after the Zeti overthrow him. |
| 759 | * GetBackHereBoss: Zavok's second boss fight combines this with RingOutBoss. Sonic and Zavok fight on top a robot dragon and after taking damage, Zavok will retreat to another part of the robot. The final leg of the fight involves Sonic attempting to knock him off the robot dragon. |
| 760 | * GoKartingWithBowser: Zavok, [[DependingOnTheWriter for some reason]], is playable and working for Eggman in ''VideoGame/TeamSonicRacing''. This is despite the fact he isn't getting paid for his work. |
| 761 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: Zavok mainly uses his fists in battle. This gets taken to its logical conclusion in the ''Rio 2016 Olympic Games'' where he serves as both the main opponent and a playable character in Boxing matches. |
| 762 | * HiddenDepths: For all of his villainous tendencies, Zavok in the non-canon ''Rio 2016 Olympic Games'' is shown to be a SpiritedCompetitor and enjoys the chance to improve his skills. |
| 763 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: His final battle in ''Lost World'' starts with him on red blocks which he can stomp down on Sonic. Once he grows giant and starts chasing Sonic upward, the hedgehog defeats him by bouncing those same blocks down on him. |
| 764 | * KnightOfCerebus: While the rest of the Deadly Six are LaughablyEvil caricatures, Zavok is a cold, calculating NoNonsenseNemesis, who even [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Sonic]] takes seriously. |
| 765 | * KnuckleCracking: Zavok does this at the beginning of his second fight, in which he attacks primarily with punches. He also flexes his right shoulder in the first fight, even though he's fighting much less directly. |
| 766 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: Zavok's final fight with Sonic in ''Sonic Lost World'' has him growing to a giant size while chasing him up a tower. |
| 767 | * ManipulativeBastard: Zavok knows exactly what to say to motivate Zeena. He does the same to Zazz in the non-canon ''VideoGame/SonicRunners''; he knows very well that Zazz can't beat Sonic, no matter how hard he tries, but the data Zazz collects may one day allow them to defeat Sonic. |
| 768 | * NoMouth: At first glance, Zavok appears to have an underbite with [[FangsAreEvil large red fangs]], but this is merely a protrusion obscuring his actual mouth. |
| 769 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: Zavok's cunning and cruelty serves to contrast him from his generally quirky Zeti comrades. The closest he gets to comedy is joining in on the group's "We know!" when Zor starts telling everyone that their trap didn't catch Sonic [[spoiler:after they've already seen Tails inside.]] His first boss fight forgoes the Deadly Six's initial theme in favor of its more menacing orchestral reprise generally reserved for the Zetis' second fights, and his own second fight uses an even more sinister personal theme. |
| 770 | * PlayingWithFire: During his final fight with Sonic in ''Lost World'', Zavok initially shoots fireballs from his hands. Once he grows giant and starts climbing up the walls, he shoots them [[BreathWeapon from his mouth]] instead. |
| 771 | * PragmaticVillainy: Though he despises being enslaved by Eggman, Zavok still commits to the role for a while in order to learn more about Sonic since he knew full well that Sonic would end up opposing him whenever they broke free. |
| 772 | * PrepareToDie: |
| 773 | -->'''Zavok:''' Your fate is to be destroyed. [[WhyWontYouDie Why don't you just accept that, lie down and die?!]] |
| 774 | * PunnyName: "Zavok" sounds similar to "havoc". |
| 775 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Zavok prides himself as the strongest warrior of the Zeti race, and takes joy in competing against others and improving his skills. |
| 776 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Zavok's primary color is red with elements of black, and he's the leader of the villainous Deadly Six. |
| 777 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: Zavok in ''Forces'' would be much harder to fight if he remained in midair throughout the fight, but he constantly tries to impale Sonic with the wasp mech's stinger, the force of the impact launching Sonic high enough into the air to land a Homing Attack. |
| 778 | * TurnsRed: After being reduced to half health during the boss fight in ''Forces'', Zavok reduces the size of the platform Sonic is fighting on and starts using a DashAttack with the stinger on his wasp mech.] |
| 779 | * WorthyOpponent: Zavok ''would'' consider Sonic one if he wasn't such a nuisance. |
| 780 | [[/folder]] |
| 781 | |
| 782 | |
| 783 | [[folder:Zazz]] |
| 784 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zazz_speed_battle.png]] |
| 785 | [[caption-width-right:350:''I've been itching for a fight all day!'']] |
| 786 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YutakaAoyama (Japanese); Creator/LiamOBrien (English)[[labelnote:additional [=VAs=]]]Creator/GilbertLevy (French), Creator/DiegoSabre (Italian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 787 | |
| 788 | The most manic of the Deadly Six, characterized by his love for fighting and his erratic outbursts. |
| 789 | ---- |
| 790 | * {{Angrish}}: Delves into incoherent rage halfway through his final fight with Sonic. |
| 791 | -->'''Zazz''': I'm gonna... ARRGHAUUUGH! |
| 792 | * AxCrazy: Zazz is the most feral and manic of the Six. |
| 793 | * BloodKnight: Zazz likes fighting quite a bit. So much so that his official profiles state he loves fighting more than eating three meals a day, and that holding him back from a fight will send him into a rage. |
| 794 | -->'''Zazz:''' I feel like destroying something!\ |
| 795 | '''Zavok:''' That's what I like about you, Zazz. Always ready for a fight, even before you know what you're fighting.\ |
| 796 | '''Zazz:''' You bet! Bring it on, and I'll rip it up! |
| 797 | * BoisterousBruiser: Zazz in spades. It helps that he has NoIndoorVoice. |
| 798 | * DelinquentHair: Zazz sports a purple mohawk. |
| 799 | * FangsAreEvil: The first thing to notice about Zazz is his wide mouth, full of fangs. It gives him the impression of being a maniac, which is quite accurate. |
| 800 | * FlayingAlive: During his second fight with Sonic, Zazz explicitly threatens to skin him alive. |
| 801 | * FragileSpeedster: He's fast enough to keep up with Sonic, but is weak without his Moon Mech backing him up and doesn't take many hits to defeat. |
| 802 | * HairTriggerTemper: Zazz has the shortest one of the lot. |
| 803 | * HiddenDepths: Zazz in the non-canon Rio 2016 Olympic Games is shown to be surprisingly good at tennis. |
| 804 | * HotBlooded: Zazz has a low temper, wants to constantly fight, and threatens people. He's not exactly calm, to say the least. |
| 805 | * KiManipulation: Zazz can create energy attacks when hopped up on Earth's energy. |
| 806 | * LargeHam: You can tell Creator/LiamOBrien was having fun with Zazz, as in every scene he's in, he chews the scenery all the way. |
| 807 | * LeanAndMean: Zazz is the thinnest of the six, and the most violent of them all. |
| 808 | * ManiacTongue: He's an unstable villain who leaves his tongue out. |
| 809 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: Zazz's lanky physigue doesn't stop him from being able to lift, carry, and throw his Moon Mech like it's nothing. |
| 810 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Zazz gets all up in Sonic's face during the cutscene before their second fight. |
| 811 | * OverlyLongTongue: His thin blue tongue constantly hangs from his mouth. |
| 812 | * PromotedToPlayable: Zazz is playable in the [[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Olympic Games]]. |
| 813 | * PsychoPink: A male one; he's violent, unstable, evil, and has pink. |
| 814 | * RaginCajun: Zazz sports a slight, but noticeable Cajun accent. |
| 815 | * RealMenWearPink: Zazz has magenta skin, and has no feminine attributes to his personality. |
| 816 | * {{Sadist}}: All of the Deadly Six display some level of sadism, though Zazz stands out among them as the most sadistic. |
| 817 | * SlasherSmile: Zazz's default expression, complete with a vicious laughter. |
| 818 | * SirSwearsALot: In the Japanese version, he yells "[[GratuitousEnglish Kill Sonic!]]" (written in English within Japanese subtitles) as Zavok sends him out to fight the blue hedgehog. He also yells "Go to hell!" halfway through his first fight with Sonic, and toward Sonic and Eggman's group while mocking them over their dying planet. |
| 819 | [[/folder]] |
| 820 | |
| 821 | [[folder:Zomom]] |
| 822 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonic_lost_world___zomom_1.png]] |
| 823 | [[caption-width-right:350:''I think I'll have you for dessert!'']] |
| 824 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/{{Chafurin}} (Japanese); Creator/PatrickSeitz (English)[[labelnote:additional [=VAs=]]]Frank Sportis (French), Creator/PietroUbaldi (Italian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 825 | |
| 826 | A not so bright Zeti, who has a passion for eating. |
| 827 | ---- |
| 828 | * AbusiveMom: Zomom apparently had a mother with zero faith in him: |
| 829 | -->'''Zomom:''' Mom was right — I'm a failure! |
| 830 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Zomom is quite agile for such a big guy. |
| 831 | * BaldOfEvil: Zomom is the only member with no hair. |
| 832 | * TheBrute: Zomom isn't particulary bright, and is instead very slow-witted. He is however a force to be reckoned with due to his physical strength. |
| 833 | * DigAttack: Zomom changes the location of his second fight by digging, with Sonic using a Drill Wisp to follow him. He also tries to attack Sonic from underground in his final fight. |
| 834 | * DumbMuscle: Zomom is a fighter and he isn't very bright. Like Big the Cat, he speaks with a SimpletonVoice. |
| 835 | * ExtremeOmnivore: Zomom is said to "eat everything in sight" and threatens to eat Sonic and Eggman at different points. |
| 836 | * FatAndProud: Zomom will freely admit that he's big. [[BerserkButton He won't react well to anyone else calling him fat, though...]] |
| 837 | * FatBastard: Zomom, again. He's overweight and openly hostile to his enemies who he wishes to devour. |
| 838 | * FatIdiot: He's overweight and unintelligent. |
| 839 | * FoodSlap: Zomom repeatedly swats Sonic with his excessively large sandwich for annoying him while trying to eat it. |
| 840 | * {{Gonk}}: While the Zeti in general have [[NonStandardCharacterDesign unusual designs]] for the series, Zomom in particular is obese, has FishEyes and messy teeth, and lacks hair. |
| 841 | * GroundPound: In his first fight, Zomom slams down on the arena to make it rotate and occasionally knock it far below Sonic's feet. In the first half of his second fight, his ground pound now functions as a ShockwaveStomp, stunning Sonic if he's still on the ground when Zomom lands. |
| 842 | * GroundShatteringLanding: When Eggman tosses a sandwich to Zomom as incentive to defeat Sonic, he breaks part of the floor after jumping up to catch it, nearly making the Doctor fall over from the vibration. |
| 843 | * HiddenDepths: Zomom has low self-esteem, wondering if it's possible to make him look worse, telling Sonic not to make fun of his size as it's hurtful, and upon being defeated for the last time, saying that his mother was right about him being a failure. This can be seen during the scene where Eggman scolds the Deadly Six, with Zomom being the only one hurt by the doctor words. |
| 844 | * InformedAbility: [[AllThereInTheManual According to official Japanese material]], Zomom acts as the group’s saboteur. A bit hard to believe given his in-game portrayal as a FatIdiot with a one-track mind for eating. |
| 845 | * OutOfCharacterMoment: The ever-hungry Zomom inexplicably leaves a half-eaten sandwich behind so [[spoiler:Tails can use the toothpick to sabotage his own UnwillingRoboticisation.]] |
| 846 | * PrimalChestPound: Zomom begins his final fight with Sonic by drumming his large gut before letting out a large burp. |
| 847 | * SimpleMindedWisdom: Zomom isn't particularly smart, but his more simplistic mindset and motives mean Sonic's usual quips meant to throw his opponents off don't dig quite as deep. |
| 848 | -->'''Sonic:''' One word of helpful advice: diet and exercise. |
| 849 | -->'''Zomom:''' [[DumbassHasAPoint That's]] ''[[DumbassHasAPoint three]]'' [[DumbassHasAPoint words.]] |
| 850 | * SpinAttack: He spins around fast enough to create a sandstorm in his second fight, though he leaves himself vulnerable from dizziness afterward. |
| 851 | * VillainousGlutton: He's practically gluttony personified. He's always eating something or complaining that he's hungry. During his boss fight, he holds a large piece of meat. He mentions wanting to eat Sonic, Tails, and Eggman several times. In one cutscene, Eggman even specifies getting the Six a large sandwich while [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking angrily listing the things he did for them]], and Zomom looks very ashamed. |
| 852 | [[/folder]] |
| 853 | |
| 854 | [[folder:Master Zik]] |
| 855 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zik.png]] |
| 856 | [[caption-width-right:250:''I shall prepare for you a lesson in respect. A painful lesson.'']] |
| 857 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/{{Mugihito}} (Japanese); Creator/KirkThornton (English)[[labelnote:additional [=VAs=]]]Creator/PhilippeCatoire (French), Creator/RiccardoRovatti (Italian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 858 | |
| 859 | The oldest member of the Deadly Six, being 1000 years old. Master Zik trained Zavok in the arts of fighting. |
| 860 | ---- |
| 861 | * AbnormalAmmo: Zik uses mechanical fruit as attacks in his boss fight. |
| 862 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The only aversion in the group. He wears a black suit. |
| 863 | * CarryABigStick: Zik wields a staff that's bigger than him. He usually stands on top of it. |
| 864 | * EvilMentor: Master Zik is Zavok's master. Zavok holds him in high regard, and Zik respects his student as well. Zazz also addresses him as "Master". |
| 865 | * EvilOldFolks: Zik is the oldest of the team. While the other five are a hundred years old, Zik is a thousand. |
| 866 | * MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Zik is by far the oldest member of the six, as well as the shortest. |
| 867 | * OldMaster: Zik is this to Zavok. He's even sometimes known as Master Zik. |
| 868 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: Zik is the smallest of the group, yet is just as deadly as the rest. |
| 869 | * RetiredBadass: Master Zik founded the Deadly Six a long time ago (hey, he's only '''1036''') and, while having let his pupil Zavok take up the role of leader, still remains a part of the Six and is just as dangerous as he ever was. |
| 870 | * SmallNameBigEgo: After a couple of defeats for the Deadly Six, Zik throws his figurative hat into the ring, under the impression he must do so to "take care of these matters the rest of you cannot." The sentiment vanishes after his own trouncing at Sonic's hands. He goes into his final fight proclaiming that he won't hold back, [[HypocriticalHumor only to shame Sonic for beating an old man]] when he loses once more. |
| 871 | [[/folder]] |
| 872 | |
| 873 | [[folder:Zeena]] |
| 874 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zeenasfsb.png]] |
| 875 | [[caption-width-right:200:''You're going to pay for that![softreturn][[SkewedPriorities ...As soon as my nails dry.]]'']] |
| 876 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YumiTouma (Japanese); Creator/StephanieSheh (English)[[labelnote:additional [=VAs=]]]Valérie Nosrée (French), Loretta Di Pisa (Italian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 877 | |
| 878 | The sole female member of the Deadly Six, Zeena is a narcissistic but lazy creature. |
| 879 | ---- |
| 880 | * AlphaBitch: A vain female Zeti who isn't pleasant to be around. She is written almost like a girl in high school. |
| 881 | * AnimalMotifs: Zeena's single, curved horn, curled tail, green hair, and green skin tone make her look rather chameleon-like. |
| 882 | * BeautyIsBad: She's by far the best-looking member of the Deadly Six. She flirts with Sonic, but he doesn't have any interest in her. She's easy on the eyes at worst and at best is very pretty, although her personality makes her detestable. |
| 883 | * BrilliantButLazy: Zeena is far from stupid and no slouch in combat, but prefers to work on her nails more than anything else. Zavok has to flatter her beauty (English version) or her talents (Japanese version) just to make her to work, and Sonic has to insult her (English version) or imply he is going easy on her (Japanese version) so she fights. |
| 884 | * CowardlyBoss: Zeena in her first fight. She never attacks directly and runs away when Sonic forces her out. |
| 885 | * CuteMonsterGirl: Zeena is the least feral looking of the Deadly Six, and is instead quite pretty to look at. She is aware of her cuteness, and is narcisistic about it. |
| 886 | * DubPersonalityChange: In the English version, Zeena is very vain and obsessed with makeup. In the Japanese redub, she is instead characterized as prideful and with a desire to be flattered in order to get motivated. Her cutscene with Sonic shows this difference: |
| 887 | ** In the English version, she gets annoyed with Sonic because last time they met, he ruined her nail art. Sonic [[DeadpanSnarker pretends to be sorry]], only to clarify he is "[[BackhandedApology sorry]]" she has nothing better to do in life. Zeena is infuriated, but says she'll only face him once her nails dry. |
| 888 | ** In the Japanese version, Zeena gets annoyed with Sonic because he is ruining her reputation, proclaiming that she'll fight him seriously this time. Sonic pretends to be sorry, only to clarify he's "[[BackhandedApology sorry]]" that he wasn't fighting her seriously either, which spurs her to angrily declare she'll give it her all now. |
| 889 | * EvilIsPetty: In the English version, Zeena calls out Sonic for ruining her nails during their last fight. In the Japanese version, is her image she blames Sonic for ruining. |
| 890 | * FashionableAsymmetry: The boys all have at least two horns, but Zeena only has one. |
| 891 | * TheFightingNarcissist: Zeena, who is always seen painting her nails and values them (English version) or her image (Japanese version) above everything else. |
| 892 | * GirlyBruiser: She's more concerned with doing her nails than she is with taking down Sonic and co. She also has some of the more challenging boss fights in both versions. |
| 893 | * GreenAndMean: She's villainous and has green skin and hair. |
| 894 | * GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: It's likely no accident that {{The Smurfette|Principle}} of the gang is the one with green skin; it might even be a ShoutOut to the TropeNamer. |
| 895 | * GroundPound: Does this in her final boss encounter. |
| 896 | * GustyGlade: Both her encounters in the 3DS version involve traversing a windy arena in order to land hits on her. |
| 897 | * HairFlip: She does this at times. |
| 898 | * HartmanHips: Zeena has a bit of them, seemingly to show her feminity and vanity. |
| 899 | * AnIcePerson: Zeena attacks with snowmen and a giant snowman head during her fights, though whether she actually has ice powers or is just being an ImprobableWeaponUser is rather ambiguous. |
| 900 | * LongHairIsFeminine: Zeena's hair is the longest and most voluminous of the gang's--it trails down to her calves. |
| 901 | * MiniDressOfPower: Zeena's body markings make her look like she's wearing one. |
| 902 | * {{Narcissist}}: Zeena would prefer to be flattered or polish her fingernails rather than work or fight Sonic. She almost seemed willing to let Sonic go went he seemingly apologized to her. |
| 903 | * PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales: Averted. She's the only female to not wear clothes in the games. Sally Acorn from the TV shows/Comics was also topless in some designs, but her features aren't emphasized. |
| 904 | * PrimpOfContempt: Zeena files/checks/paints her nails and flips her hair to show how she's more concerned with her physical appearance than anything else. |
| 905 | * PuzzleBoss: Her first fight with Sonic. Zeena hides in snowmen during the fight and Sonic must destroy them all to draw her out. If he takes too long or hits a snowman with a bomb on it, the snowmen will reset, forcing him to start over. |
| 906 | * SarcasmBlind: Zeena is so narcissistic she takes Zavok's fake compliments and Sonic's BackhandedApology at face value. This is consistent in both versions. |
| 907 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Zeena is the only female member of the Deadly Six. |
| 908 | * SpinAttack: Zeena swings a snowman head around like an Olympic hammer in her boss fight. |
| 909 | * VanityIsFeminine: The one female member of the Deadly Six is characterized by her vanity, and being too lazy to work unless she's flattered into it. |
| 910 | * WhyWontYouDie: She'll say this during her boss fight. |
| 911 | --> '''Zeena:''' You're seriously still here? Why won't you just die?! Ugh! You're like a cockroach with a horrible fashion sense! |
| 912 | [[/folder]] |
| 913 | |
| 914 | [[folder:Zor]] |
| 915 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slw_zor.png]] |
| 916 | [[caption-width-right:250:''Another pointless conflict is about to begin...'']] |
| 917 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YuukiTai (Japanese); Creator/SamRiegel (English)[[labelnote:additional [=VAs=]]]Luc Boulad (French), Creator/DavideGarbolino (Italian)[[/labelnote]] |
| 918 | |
| 919 | The apathetic member of the Deadly Six, with a love for all things somber and a moody look on life. |
| 920 | ---- |
| 921 | * CastingAShadow: Zor is able to do this, combining it with SelfDuplication to make shadowy copies of himself. |
| 922 | * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Zor is able to use powers so dark and forbidden that none of the others dare use them. |
| 923 | * DeathSeeker: He doesn't care about anything, thinks life is meaningless, and the only thing he enjoys is making others feel sadness. When he is defeated by Sonic in their final encounter and falls into lava, he's ''happy'' about the idea that he might meet his doom. As Zor falls, he says ''"I welcome death's cold embrace."'' |
| 924 | * DubPersonalityChange: Zor is originally written in the Western version of ''Lost World'' as a parody of emo teenagers. In the Japanese dub, he is written as [[{{Chuunibyou}} melodramatic, talking like a stereotypical anime villain]]. |
| 925 | * TheEeyore: He's constantly pessimistic. |
| 926 | --> '''Zor:''' Gotta go tell the others the bad news... giving bad news is the one thing I actually enjoy... |
| 927 | * EmoTeen: Zor's got the attitude and the look to match. The "teen" part, though, is pretty much off the table. |
| 928 | * {{Flight}}: Zor during his second boss battle. |
| 929 | * {{Goth}}: Zor, with his gloomy expression, white skin, comb-over purple hair, and general "woe is me" personality, brings this to mind. |
| 930 | * HidingBehindYourBangs: Zor is a depressed, nihilistic Zeti whose right eye is obscured by his hair. |
| 931 | * LongHairIsFeminine: The only boy in the gang to wear his hair down is also the SissyVillain with a flower. |
| 932 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: In the Japanese version, Zor states that he and Sonic are very alike. |
| 933 | * SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Zor always says the word, "Sigh" rather than just sighing whenever he talks. |
| 934 | * SelfDuplication: Zor can make shadowy copies of himself. |
| 935 | * SomethingAboutARose: Zor carries a blue rose with him at (almost) all times. With the somber music, you would think he would start reciting poetry with it. |
| 936 | * StrawNihilist: Zor is this trope in ''spades''. He's constantly depressed, [[PerpetualFrowner never smiles]], doesn't care if he wins or loses, and is apparently [[DeathSeeker suicidal]]. |
| 937 | * YouthfulFreckles: Zor has a line of freckles dotted across his face, representing his being the youngest of the group. |
| 938 | [[/folder]] |
| 939 |
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