Doctor Eggman
Doctor Eggman is a male video game character who features in Sonic the Hedgehog.
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Biography
Origin
Doctor Ivo Robotnik (Japanese: ロボトニック, Hepburn: Robotonikku?) was a male human who came from a large family of brilliant scientists and geniuses. When he was a child, he never had a chance to meet his cousin, Maria, before she died in the aftermath of Project Shadow. Even then, he would somewhat bear her ill will due to everyone speaking of her when she was gone instead of giving him attention. In contrast, he deeply idolized his grandfather, Professor Gerald Robotnik, because of all of his achievements and accomplishments in his life. This inspired a young Ivo to become a great scientist who would help humanity like his hero did. During his career to fullfil his dream, Robotnik allegedly followed a teaching degree, apparently because he liked telling people what to do, but did not get it for unknown reasons.
At one point, Dr. Robotnik began dreaming of building his own utopic city, dubbed Robotnikland. Also, most likely during this time, his arrogance and immaturity led to him becoming deeply eager to establish power and dominance over the entire world and constantly be at the center of attention, or in other words, have the whole planet under his rule. These factors would eventually make him so obsessed with annexing all of the planet into his own Robotnik Empire that he was utterly convinced by his own twisted beliefs and lack of common sense that the results of a world conquest orchestrated by him would make it a better place and benefit all its inhabitants.
In the past, Dr. Robotnik met the heroic Sonic the Hedgehog and the two became enemies, with the villain facing his new adversary in at least one skirmish before the time of the South Island incident. While very little is known about their conflicts in this period, the doctor would have an intense, mutual hatred towards the hedgehog, who would always thwart all of his plans for world domination with seemingly little effort; and in turn considering him his sworn enemy. At a later point, Sonic also began to mock his nemesis with the nickname 'Eggman' due to his egg-shaped body; Robotnik himself would eventually get so fed up with this name that he would adopt it as his own as a sign of empowerment. However, some sources state that the two adversaries would not meet until the start of the South Island incident.
After returning to his evil ways once again, Dr. Robotnik planned to invade South Island to get the legendary Chaos Emeralds, whose power he sought to exploit to annex the entire world into his Robotnik Empire with his scientific prowess as a stepping stone to build Robotnikland.
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Overview
Personality and attributes
He was often known by his alias which was Doctor Eggman (ドクター・エッグマン, Dokutā Egguman?).
Powers and abilities
He was noted genius-level intellect with him possessing an IQ of 300.
Though known for his intellect, he was also quite physically powerful.
Robotnik maintained an army of machines that were referred to as Eggman's robots (エッグマンのロボット Egguman no Robotto?) or Badniks.
Notes
- Doctor Eggman was created by Naoto Ohshima where he made his first appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog (1991).
In other media
Television
- In Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Doctor Ivo Robotnik appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series where he was voiced by actor Long John Baldry.
- In Sonic the Hedgehog, Doctor Julian Robotnik appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series where he was voiced by actor Jim Cummings. This version was a warlord who sought to cover Mobius in machinery and transform its population into robotic slaves by roboticizing them.
- In Sonic Underground, Doctor Robotnik appeared in the setting of the 1990s animated television series where he was voiced by actor Garry Chalk. This version was an evil dictator of Mobius who after conquering the world renamed Robotropolis that was under his tyrannical rule which was enforced by his army of Swatbots.
Films
- In Sonic the Hedgehog, Dr. Robotnik appeared in the setting of the 2020 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Jim Carrey. This version was depicted as a twisted scientist who served as a consultant often hired by the United States Department of Defense.
Comics
Appearances
- Sonic the Hedgehog: (1991)
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