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* [[Appropriated Appellation]]: "Eggman" was introduced stateside as a mocking nickname, but he seems to have embraced it.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Sonic, and seemingly small animals everywhere.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: An early Archie Comics description of him described him as Supreme Dictator, Industrial Polluter, Meglomaniac, Corrupt Politician, Underhanded Reprobate, Rainforest Ravager, [[Kick the Dog|Puppy Kicker]], Oil Spill Coordinator, Holiday Hater, and an Insurance Salesman.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Doctor Ivo Robotnik.
* [[Badass Mustache]]: He has it.
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* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: Just look at that shit-eating grin...
* [[Deface of the Moon]]: Blows up half the moon in ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'', though it seems to have been retconned in later games.
** If Sonic X is any indication, he repaired it shortly after the events of the game
* [[The Determinator]]: You do have to give him the credit, for no matter the setbacks, he'll always try to defeat Sonic. [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] in the Archie comics during Ian Flynn's run; there, the constant setbacks were slowly cracking his mind until issue 200, in which he finally suffers from a completely disturbing and realistic [[Villainous Breakdown]]. However, not long afterwards, he recovers from said breakdown by ''reasoning himself out of it''.
* [[Ditzy Genius]]: He has an IQ of 300, but is simultaneously [[Adult Child|very childish]].
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* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]
* [[Game Over Man]]: While not explicitly appearing on the Game Over screen, the Megadrive game endings depict Eggman taunting you if you missed some Chaos Emeralds. (In Knuckles' ''Sonic 3'' quest, this role is filled by Eggrobo/Metal Sonic.)
** Played straight in ''[[Sega Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' and ''[[Sonic Spinball]]''. You'll hear his digitized laugh whenever you lose a life.
* [[Gasshole]]: According to Sonic in ''[[Sonic Colors]]''.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: In his ''Sonic Adventure'' tenure.
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* [[Large Ham]]: He's this in general, especially in AoStH.
* [[Laughably Evil]]
* [[Lethal Chef]]: In ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'', Professor Pickle complained about the food he served, and neither Sonic or Chip enjoy eating anything from Eggmanland.
** In [[Sonic Colors]], Tails apparently paid an ill-advised visit to the Bucket O' Sushi food stall between cut-scenes. His only comment on the experience? "His cruelty knows no bounds".
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Of course.
* [[Malevolent Mugshot]]: Eggman must be proud of his work, because he stencils his cartoon mug on all of his inventions. The Death Egg even sported a giant mustache.
** There seems to be some history behind this. The Space Colony ARK in ''Adventure 2'' bears a similar visage when the Eclipse Cannon is revealed but there's no way Eggman contributed to that since his grandfather was the last person to set foot on the station.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: He has manipulated Knuckles repeatedly (though by the fourth time or so, it might be more [[What an Idiot!|Knuckles' fault]]) and even tricked Tails into revealing he had a fake Chaos Emerald. Also, he tricked Sonic into getting in the center of his ray to unseal Dark Gaia.
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* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Particularly in the anime.
* [[Off-Model]]: In [[Sonic the Fighters]], in the final fight against him, he is inexplicably smaller than Sonic!
* [[Opaque Lenses]]: Eggman's blue [[Lennon Specs|pince-nez glasses]].
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Wears these in ''Sonic Shuffle'' and the [[Sonic X (comics)|Sonic X comic.]]
** Sonic accuses King Sharyar of doing this in Sonic and the Secret Rings, only to find out it's ''not'' Eggman. Then again, Sonic did this to almost everyone in the [[Sonic Storybook Series]], but start to get used to it eventually, only briefly confusing the blacksmith for Tails and then only stating that Gawain ''reminds'' him of Knuckles and not even mentioning Percival's resemblance to Blaze.
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* [[Take Over the World]]: What he wants to do in most installments/adaptations.
* [[Terrible Trio]]: Outside of the games, he formed one with [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|Scratch and Grounder]] and [[Sonic X|Decoe and Bocoe]]. In the games, he forms one with Orbot and Cubot.
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: In ''Sonic Adventure 2'' in his plots going so far as to take hostages. Even partly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by our boy in blue.
{{quote|'''Sonic:''' "You turned into a BIG TIME villain, doctor."}}
** In ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' he captured Sonic in his ''super form'' and drained his Emerald energy to power a machine that ''detonates the planet''!!! Meanwhile in ''[[Sonic Colors]]'' he creates a gargantuan space station that chains multiple planets together so as to capture aliens to power his machinery ([[True Final Boss|with not a single treacherous]] [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[True Final Boss|in sight]]).
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======= Voiced by [[Masami Kikuchi]] (Japanese, [[Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie|OVA]]), [[Junichi Kanemaru]] (Japanese, games), Gary Dehan (English, ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie|STH: The Movie]]''), Ryan Drummond (English, 2004) =======
 
* [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: It's generally assumed that Robotnik made an upgrade to Metal that made him go mad with power and ego in ''Heroes''. To elaborate, Metal deluded himself into believing ''he'' was the real Sonic, and that Sonic was his "loathsome copy"!
** In the Movie/OVA, his programming is based on Sonic's mind. After a while, this eventually becomes a crapshoot in the other direction, and he does things the real Sonic would do.
* [[Art Evolution]]: The original design is more simplistic and puppet-like, while his post Sonic Adventure 2 design gave him a little more detail and played with his proportions a little.
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* [[I Have Many Names]]: Metal Sonic, Mecha Sonic, Metallix...
** Though Mecha Sonic (at least in the games) is a separate character.
** In the Movie, he was called Hyper Metal Sonic.
* [[Image Song]]: Metal Sonic has many themes, which fit him extremely well:
** From the Genesis era, there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dit471eEE0g "Metal Sonic"] from the Sega Virtual Tunes, about his purpose and personality.
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* [[Nostalgia Level|Nostalgia Boss]]: In ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles'', during the Sky Sanctuary Zone, he provides this for the first two bosses from the first two games, and then finally for his own previous incarnation at the end.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: His [[Super Mode]] form in the end of Sonic & Knuckles, where he absorbs the power of the master emerald, granting him even faster speed, as well as a energy blast attack and the ability to launch dummy rings.
** [[Clipped-Wing Angel]]: However, using the energy blast will eventually drain his power, leaving him vulnerable while he goes to the Master Emerald to recharge.
** The last phase of his fight provides a straighter example of this. After taking enough damage, Mecha Sonic returns to the Master Emerald one last time, but instead of continuing his assault as he's done previously, he simply floats around above you, periodically attacking with Dummy Rings. While he's able to continue on without stopping to recharge now, [[Phlebotinum Breakdown|he experiences frequent power failures where he reverts to his normal form and drops out the sky for a brief moment.]]
* [[Powered Armor]]: In the Archie comics, after defeating him, Sonic crawls inside him to control him as armor while fighting Robotnik, and uses him to escape the Death Egg.
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* [[Super Speed]]: While his Sonic 2 (Genesis) encounter is sluggish, he is surprisingly fast in Sonic 2 (GG) and ups the ante in his Sonic 3 & Knuckles encounters.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: To Metal Sonic, though Sonic 2 and Sonic CD had overlapping development periods.
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Considerably in Sonic 3. In Sonic 2, he was a clunky, sluggish drone that could be taken down in less than 10 seconds. In Sonic 3, he received a considerable upgrade, getting a sleeker design, as well as super speed both on the ground and in-flight, a devastating air-dash move, the ability to slide backwards, and is much more durable, managing to survive his encounter with Sonic during the game, and later taking on Knuckles.
* [[The Voiceless]]: He has absolutely no vocal dialogue with other characters in the games. In fact, the most the audience ever gets out of him is his seemingly stunted thought processes in Rivals 2.
 
 
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* [[Art Evolution]]: In ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'', Orbot had a white casing. ''[[Sonic Colors]]'' onwards, his casing was red to better contrast the yellow Cubot.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: The concept of robot buddies to work off a somewhat comically inept Eggman likely comes from at least [[The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|two]] [[Sonic X|adaptations]].
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Orbot was ''very'' disrespectful to his master in ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'', snarking on his inability to do things right, even having a different color. In ''[[Sonic Colors]]'', he's much more like a butler with much more subtle sarcasm, some guess that it may be due to having a new voice chip, or being a new Orbot altogether.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Cubot. Though his faulty voice chip doesn't help.
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* [[Portmanteau]]: "Orbot" is one of "orb" and "robot", while "Cubot" is "cube" and "robot".
* [[Remember the New Guy?|Remember The New Guys]]: Both of the robots started appearing without any fanfare, as if they've been around to witness Dr. Eggman's failures for a while.
* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]: Orbot.
* [[Servile Snarker]]: Orbot in spades.
* [[Sleep Mode Size]]: When not in use, they compress themselves into a sphere and a cube, respectively.
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Gerald, unlike his grandson, Dr. Ivo Robotnik, was not this and used his inventions to help humanity. Even the Eclipse Cannon was to be used to stop Black Doom as revealed in [[Shadow the Hedgehog]]. Then Maria died and then he definitely became a [[Mad Scientist]].
** His experiments and {{spoiler|deal with Black Doom}}, allowed him to create both Shadow the Hedgehog and his prototype, the Biolizard.
* [[Misplaced Retribution]]: Wanting to destroy all humanity when only GUN was responsible for his granddaughter's death.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: But only after Maria's death and the related plan happens far after his death.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: However, his plan to {{spoiler|destroy the Earth by crashing the ARK into it}} keeps going on even fifty years after his death.
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* [[One-Winged Angel]]: His "Devil Doom" form. Looks something like [http://dreager1.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/devil_doom_by_hypercloudstrife.jpg this].
* [[Sorcerous Overlord]]
* [[To Serve Man|To Serve The Entire Planet]]: Black Doom's ultimate goal. And he would have pulled it off if Shadow didn't turn out to be immune to his nerve gas and [[We Can Rule Together]] antics.
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: He pulls this a couple of times, though he's (arguably) really bad at it, and seems to honestly be surprised when Shadow says no.
 
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{{quote|''"Why fight at all? Why risk your life for those who will persecute you later?"''}}
 
{{quote|'''Debut''': ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 (video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]''}}
 
======= Voiced by [[Takayuki Sakazume]] (Japanese), [[Dan Green]] (English) =======
 
The [[The Man Behind the Man|true villain]] of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 (video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]'', and {{spoiler|half of the god of light, Solaris}}.
 
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Let's see, his plans essentially amount to the destruction of existence in itself, his hatred of Shadow is almost to the point of psychosis, and he also laughs exhileratedly at {{spoiler|Sonic's death}}? Seems to fit that to a T.
* [[Big Bad]]: In Sonic 2006
* [[ColourColor-Coded for Your Convenience]]: The main difference between him and Shadow; initially, Mephiles's stripes are a gray-blue instead of Shadow's red.
* [[Complexity Addiction]]: His plans could be... a bit simpler.
* [[Dark Is Evil]]: Just look at his name; Mephiles the ''[[Meaningful Name|Dark]]''.
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* [[Dirty Coward]]: He fights usually when the opponent isn't looking, he even {{spoiler|murdered Sonic}} while his back was turned.
** A dose of [[Fridge Brilliance]], {{spoiler|considering he was the ''mind and will'' of Solaris while Iblis, his counter-part, was the ''raw power''.}} It'd stand to reason he's not powerful enough to take anyone on in a head-on fight without some additional support. In other words, he [[Know When to Fold'Em|knows his limitations.]]
* [[Evil Laugh]]:
* [[Evil Twin]]: To Shadow
* [[Expy]]: Of [[The Matrix|Agent Smith]].
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** {{spoiler|[[Mad God]]: Again, Solaris, although it's "mad" as in "rage" and not "mad" as in "insanity."}}
* [[Hellish Pupils]]
* {{spoiler|[[Hero-Killer]]}}: {{spoiler|Currently the only villain in the series to successfully kill Sonic (although he does get [[Back Fromfrom the Dead|revived in the end]]).}}
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: Heavily implied by the ending of the game (via [[Grandfather Paradox]]).
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Prior villains were either somewhat comical, or had some justifications behind their motives. Mephiles possessed none of these, and clearly enjoys causing destruction simply because he could, and was also the first major villain to canonically kill a major character (and in fact also killed Sonic), as well as succeeding in destroying the world as well as the fabric of existence, with the final act being to stop Mephiles' [[Fusion Dance]] god form and restore the timeline.
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* [[Lovecraft Lite]]: Is a Lovecraftian [[Eldritch Abomination]] out to end the world, but Sonic [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|can still kick its ass]] {{spoiler|with assistance from Chip AKA Light Gaia, Dark Gaia's [[Good Counterpart]]}}.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Perfect Dark Gaia.
* [[Press X to Not Die]]: Makes the player do this [[Up to Eleven|60 times]] in its Perfect Dark Gaia form in the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]]/360 versions of [[Sonic Unleashed]].
 
== Captain Whisker ==
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* [[Big Bad]]: Of [[Sonic Generations]] {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|until it is revealed that]] [[Hijacked by Ganon|Dr. Robotnik and his past self are controlling it]].}}
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: It ''eats time and space''. Nuff said.
* [[Final Boss, New Dimension]]: Sonic and his past self fight the Time Eater {{spoiler|and both Robotniks}} in the Center of Time, where pieces of various stages featured throughout [[Sonic Generations]] float around.
* {{spoiler|[[Humongous Mecha]]}}:{{spoiler|Turned into this so Dr. Robotnik and his past self can control it to erase their past defeats at Sonic's hands.}}
* [[Reality Warper]]: Done through destroying time and space.
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