Sonic the Hedgehog movie

Yeah, Carrey really brings across that sort of "entitled and petty bastard that no one likes" mood that Robotnik often has.

But the all-black outfit, actually being part of human society, having musical interests and latee preferences, the whole "evil truck" and modular design of the Eggmobile, working for the gobernment, heck him being subtle at all when he tried to investigate Tom's house.

They got his personality but everything else about him would have made me go "why did this need to be added?"

I think it's mostly Jim Carrey's raw charisma. He's always been a great actor, comedic or otherwise, and his performance was the only thing people liked in the early trailers back when the sonic design sucked.

You sure about that?

Yes, I know this isn't canon

Speaking of the bad guy, I've often wondered: why do they keep switching between calling him "Eggman" and "Dr. Robotnik"? :S

Eggman's a nickname (which he takes a liking to despite being made as a taunt) while Robotnik's his actual name.

^^Or rather, one is the western name other is japanese original name

This started in Sonic Adventure 1, where the western side of Sonic had to integrate the Japanese stuff, like humans and such, so they came up with Eggman being an insult. In the first confrontation with Sonic and Robotnik, Sonic mockingly calls him Eggman, while Robotnik angrily states his name is Robotnik. So yeah, the heroes call him Eggman, while Gamma calls him Dr. Robotnik.

Though the Japanese version has acknowledged Robotnik as a last name, like for Gerald, Eggman's grandfather among others cameos, it has never aknowledged Robotnik as a name for Eggman. Some sites even say Eggman's real name is unknown.

But i think we can all agree Dr. Robotnik is an infinitely cooler name than Eggman.

Edited by RedHunter543 on Mar 31st 2020 at 8:40:57 AM

I always assumed even as a child that Robotnik was his real name & Eggman is a nickname that stuck & he just rolled with it.

As a kid who's first 3d Sonic game was Heroes, i was confused on who this Eggman was, and where Dr. Robotnik was.

Oh lost innocence.

My first sonic was the cartoon with Scratch and Grounder

To my understanding

• the original name in Japanese was always Eggman
• the Western games changed this to Robotnik and the cartoons/comic most of us grew up with stuck with
• then came Sonic Adventure 2 where they decided to use Eggman
• the comics/this film/fanon took advantage of this, and the movie was the first time Sonic using it as an insult got acknowledged

Adventure 1 is where they started using Eggman, while 2 is where Eggman actually stuck. Ironically giving the name Robotnik to his grandfather.

My first game was Sonic 2, and the Eggman name was in use in English even then. Jump to the Trivia section.

x7 ...Eh, I'm fine with Eggman, don't really find "Robotnik" that much "cooler"...

Is it weird that I actually find Eggman cooler than Robotnik just because its song reference?

Maybe that's where that AoSTH episode and that early Archie Sonic ish got Eggman from XD

AOSTH constantly had Robotnik making egg puns, iirc, even though they were going with the altered name.

When someone says 'Eggman' to me it conjurers up a specific image,that of a comical rotund guy,bold as egg too,when I hear Robotnic I see the mad scientist

I think the film goes with 2 because they assume you couldn't take a guy named Eggman as seriously as you would Robotnic

I mean... That's kinda the point? Just look at him◊.

You wouldn't expect a guy looking like that to use animals as living batteries for killer robots, build huge space stations or using supernatural forces to mess up with reality in order to build amusement parks of evil... And yet that's what he'll do.

'Cause he's Eggman

He's also a cartoon character,hard to translate into a live action actor and not make them look ridiculous

In a bit of a Rewatch Bonus, I hadn't noticed that not just the drones, but nearly all of Robotnik's robots had an egg-theme until way later. The Fridge Brilliance of them ditching the "animal" or "soldier" themes in favor of just everything looking like eggs made me smile.

@Carrey's Eggbotnik antics.

My favorite part of Carrey's Eggman is how well he hits what makes the character fun and unique, even when he's doing stuff that aren't literally in the series already. It's an odd comparison, but it's like how Heath Ledger's Joker is on the surface little like the comics version, but perfectly hits the spirit and concept of the character.

His loyalty to the government aside (I felt like they were leading up to a "he wants to take over" plot, but then never actually did it), I could imagine Eggman doing most of the stuff he does in the movie in the games - even the dance scene.

Also, if we're gonna E.G.G.M.A.N., we gotta do it right:

Edited by KnownUnknown on Mar 31st 2020 at 12:49:08 PM

I'll do ya one better.

This is one thing I never got... People who prefer "Robotnik" and think "Eggman" is silly, what do they think about Death Egg and all other egg-named inventions he has?

Carrey definitely captured the idea that Robotnik/Eggman has to be both hysterical to watch and a threat to the hero.

^ I mean, the series has the Badniks, most of which are animal themed rather than egg shaped. While the egg-themed robots are common, this movie is when the robot drones are really obviously egg shaped (to justify Sonic giving him the nickname) rather than cartoony robots.