Cullination Royalty: Dr. Robotnik Part 1

That's right! The rotund mastermind, Dr. Robotnik is this week's Royalty crown-bearer!

In light of a brief vacation, Shawn has been given the week off, and yours truly (Joe) will be taking the reigns for the week! I'm very happy to be back after getting a little taste of Royalty way back when Cyrus was our featured character. But that's enough chitter-chatter, let's get down to business!

Mostly known these days by his alias, Doctor Eggman, but also known by his real name, Doctor Ivo Robotnik is the main antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, a comically obese scientist with an IQ of 300, and the arch nemesis of Sonic the Hedgehog. He is a short-tempered, loud and pompous evil genius who plans to take over the world. However, his plans have always failed thanks to Sonic and his meddling allies!

The original Dr. Ivo Robotnik appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog, with a black pants/shoes suit, a red shirt with two downward yellow triangles on it, a pair of white gloves, and of course, dark blue, clip-on-to-nose, one-way glasses. The official continuity gives no real official origin for Robotnik, but it is known that Sonic is Robotnik's arch-enemy, always out to stop the Doc's schemes. Although Eggman has appeared mostly as the enemy, he's also been playable in games like Sonic R, Sonic Riders, and Sonic Adventure 2.






He has built immense warships, such as the Death Egg and the Egg Carrier, as well as escape units such as the Egg Mobile. In fact, his most famous machine is an Egg Mobile with a wrecking ball attached to the bottom, which appears in Green Hill Zone as a boss. His plans to create the ultimate utopia, the Eggman Empire, are always in full swing, and he doesn't care where to create it. His abominable laughter and maniacal declarations contrast his self-professed softer side as both a romanticist and a gentleman. Despite his and Sonic's constant feud, he has secretly developed a begrudging respect for the hedgehog, an attribute that sets Robotnik apart from his villainous counterparts like Bowser. Although Eggman is a villain, he helps Sonic and co. when the world is at stake, most likely because if the world is destroyed, it defeats his whole purpose.

Sadly, despite all of his accomplishments, Robotnik has become one of the largest wastes of intelligence in the video game villain world thanks to Sega's constant undercutting and underplaying of the mastermind, his creations, and his schemes to take over the world, downplaying them to the likes of "being thwarted by running really fast, collecting rings, and jumping on a few heads." It's about time Eggman gets some praise for all of his hard work, and we at Cullination are here to provide just that to our newest Royalty character.


Come back on Tuesday for Part 2 and the continuation of Dr. Robotnik's Royalty!


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