Dr. Robotnik (Archie Comics)

NOTE: This article is about the Archie Comics villain - you can find information on the mainstream version in Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. For the modern version of Dr. Ivo Robotnik from Archie Comics see Dr. Eggman (Archie Comics).

Evil-doer

Full Name

Julian Kintobor of the House of Ivo

Alias

Dr. Ivo Robotnik

Dr. Robotnik (sometimes "Doctor Robotnik")
Dr. Julian Kintobor
Robotnik Prime
Uncle Julian (by Snively)
Sir (by Snively)
The great evil one (by Snively)

Origin

Sonic the Hedgehog (miniseries)

Occupation

Ruler of Robotopolis

Scientist
Warlord

Powers / Skills

Genius intellect

Above average strength
Hand-to-hand Combat

Hobby

Ruling.

Gaining power.
Making people suffer.

Goals

Maintain his rule over Mobius.

Destroy Sonic the Hedgehog.
Eliminate anyone who opposes him (all failed).

Crimes

Usurpation
Brainwashing
World domination
Unethical experimentation
Mass robotizication
Attempted populicide
Conspiracy
War crimes
Slavery
Torture
Mass murder
Kidnapping
Attempted genocide
Unlawful banishment
Incrimination
Animal cruelty
Enforced starvation
Pollution
Propaganda
Vandalism

Type of Villain

Tyrannical Mastermind

“	Dr. Robotnik: I have a responsibility to restore order from chaos! --and with the aid of my greatest discovery, I have the means necessary to carry out my plans! Behold my roboticizer--able to transform any living creature into a programmed metal automaton--free to obey my orders only! Look at them! Lining up in assembly-line fashion! --Emerging as the ultimate product of my new world order! King Acorn: This is monstrous! Dr. Robotnik: That depends on your point of view! In my version, you are the enemy-- and must be eliminated for the good of all!	„
	~ Robotnik to King Acorn, shortly before sending him to the Zone of Silence.

Julian Kintobor of the House of Ivo, better known as Dr. Ivo Robotnik and later Robotnik Prime, is a major antagonist in Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog series, serving as the main antagonist of the first few sagas.

Like most incarnations of the character, he is a tyrannical mad scientist who wishes to control the planet Mobius, and uses his Roboticizer, a device which transforms organic life into mechanical servants, to transform Mobius' populace into slaves to do his bidding; thus bringing him into conflict with Sonic the Hedgehog and the Freedom Fighters. In the initial run of the comics, due to the more comedic tone, he was depicted as being a bumbling and oftentimes incompetent villain, before gradually becoming more sinister and depraved as the series continued.

Eventually, he would be killed off during his final battle with Sonic the Hedgehog, afterwards being replaced by an alternate universe version of himself known as "Robo-Robotnik"; who later took an alias of Dr. Eggman. He is the (former) ruler of Robotopolis, the uncle and master of Snively, and the first archenemy of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sally Acorn, and the Freedom Fighters as a whole.

Personality[]

“	Sonic the Hedgehog has indeed betrayed you! But despite what you're all thinking, King Acorn has not! For this is anything but your beloved sovereign... [King Acorn is revealed to be a robot as Robotnik destroys it] How easily you were fooled by a robot duplicate of the King! [Some of the Freedom Fighters scream and insult Robotnik] Silence! Before I have you all vaporized! Ah, but that would be too easy! I'd much rather see you perish along with the rest of the repulsive non-robotic residents of this planet! And so, I'll allow you miscreants to live--for a short while... Until my latest and most powerful weapon of destruction is fully functional! Then every living being on Mobius will be annihilated including your precious monarch, who's being attended to as I speak...	„
	~ Robotnik to the captured Freedom Fighters.

Robotnik destroys a SWAT-Bot — Robotnik destroys an incompetent SWATBot.

Archie Comics introduced Dr. Robotnik as a near-omnipotent tyrant of colossal might. He was very much a successful and dangerous mastermind in his reality and almost succeeded in conquering all of Mobius, however, he was also very arrogant and cruel - two traits that ensured his downfall as Robotnik would often underestimate his opponents and would fall prey to hubris as he liked to toy with enemies rather than destroy them when he had the chance (though not to the same extent as Eggman would later).

He was also abusive towards his right-hand minion and nephew, Snively, this was another trait of the dictator that would prove his downfall as he underestimated Snively's own potential for villainy and thus didn't view him as a threat at all (when in reality Snively was much smarter and traitorous than Robotnik could have imagined).

Like his counterpart from "Sonic the Hedgehog" cartoon series, Archie's Robotnik was a surprisingly dark and heartless monster, vastly differing from his in-game counterpart. However, he would occasionally take part in humorous plots, inheriting some "laughable" traits from a version of Robotnik from the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series (as evidenced in the creation of Scratch and Grounder). He would also team up with Sonic if another villain was able to overpower them both.

Appearance[]

Robotnik was an obese, tall Overlander with a bald head, a dark orange mustache, and sinister looking black eyes with red irises. His signature attire was a sleeveless, red bodysuit with yellow lines crossed, going around his waist and up to his collar and pants on both sides, wide shoulder pads, a yellow cape, and black-ish gray boots. On multiple occasions in his career he donned a military uniform of a red coat, and smaller shoulder pads, along with gray pants. The latter outfit was when he confronted the Original Freedom Fighters and led his Combot Army. Robotnik was additionally partially Roboticized, being his left arm from the shoulder and down to be completely robotic as a result.

Biography[]

Archie's Robotnik was an Overlander who during the Great War was persecuted for conducting unethical experiments. Saved by the Mobians during his escape, he became their military leader and helped them win the war. Eventually, he used his position and Charles the Hedgehog's invention, the Roboticizer, to gain power via usurping the royal House of Acorn. This coup drove Princess Sally into hiding alongside many others in Knothole, and they would become known as the Freedom Fighters. Robotnik also mastered the art of roboticization, which he used to transform anyone foolish enough to oppose him into robotic slaves starting with the city of Mobotropolis.

This process was once thought to be irreversible and Robotnik often used it to inspire terror in the hearts of his enemies but it was later revealed that the process could be reversed. It was also possible for beings to become partially roboticized, such as Bunny, who was saved from her fate by Sonic and the Freedom Fighters.

With his last plan, Operation: EndGame, in the end it came down to Sonic and Robotnik battling it out after the doctor's most powerful weapon, the Ultimate Annihilator, had destroyed Knothole. Unbeknownst to Robotnik, Snively had sabotaged the Ultimate Annihilator to only target his DNA, and it ended up consuming the tyrant, displacing his molecules.

Much later, following the arrival of his alternate universe counterpart Robo-Robotnik, now known as Dr. Eggman, this new incarnation used a device to rearrange Dr. Robotnik's molecules, bringing him back from the dead. His return was shortlived, as the machine used to bring him back was destroyed by the Freedom Fighters.

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Trivia[]

"Robotnik" is "Kintobor" spelled backwards.
While Robotnik's appearence is largely based off his Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) television series design, which is in turn slightly based off his Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television series design, there are some minor changes such as his pants being red as apposed to black and the leggings are black instead of gray, his boots have a slightly different design with having pointy top line'ss at both of thier sides, alongside his robotic arm and gauntlets.
The Archie version of Robotnik is also the only version of Robotnik to have officially confirmed to have been killed, although he was later replaced by Archie's version of Dr. Eggman who is also very different from Robotnik's video game incarnation. After the Super Genesis Wave reshaped reality, he was either erased from history altogether or fused with his alternate counterpart, making them one in the same.
Unlike most media, where the character is a human, this incarnation belongs to a species known as "Overlanders".
The main cover of Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 0 sports the doctor in his original American design seen on the original game artworks. Despite that his latter design was unused in this comic series.
Him having some characteristics of occasionally taking part in humorous plots, inheriting some "laughable" traits, and depicted as a bumbling and oftentimes incompetent villain, along with him having his lackeys: Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts, could all be a nod to his AoStH counterpart.

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