Eggman
Lord Eggman
Ro-butt-nik
Doc
Doctor
Eggy
Eggface
Egg-head
Eggpants
Eggplant (by Marsha)
Skin: Beige
Eyes: Blue
Kingdom of Acorn (formerly)
Eggman Empire
Designing and building robots
His plans succeeding
Outsmarting and/or defeating Sonic and friends
His empire
Obtaining the Chaos Emeralds
Roboticization
Torturing others
Robots
Everything obeying his every command
Being defeated by Sonic or his friends
Losing
When his plans fail
Anyone who betrays him
Being insulted
His robots or empire being destroyed
Failure
His lackeys being incompetent
Royal Advisor (formerly)
Evil Warlord
Brilliant expert mechanic and inventor
Advanced piloting skills
Dr. Ivo Robotnik, also known by his alias Dr. Eggman, is an evil human scientist and dictator, whose primary ambition is to conquer the world and reshape it into the Eggman Empire. With the aid of his Egg Army, Badnik Horde, and airships, Dr. Eggman has time and time again proven a formidable foe and persistent force, despite his constant losses at the hands of his most hated enemy, Sonic the Hedgehog, and his many allies.
Appearance
Dr. Robotnik as his younger self.
During his service to the Kingdom of Acorn, Eggman had a round torso and wore a red shirt/jacket with yellow triangles (which can be described as either a collar or part of a cape, which can be seen on his back), with black pants with connected boots, and mirrored pince-nez sunglasses.
In the present day, Eggman remained obese but has become somewhat burlier, taller and less flabby with long, almost disproportionately thin arms and legs. He now wears both tinted glasses and goggles as headwear, through his mustache retains its length, density and mass. Gone are the cape and his suit-like clothes, in their place an elegant, red coat sporting two square metal buttons on both sides of the chest in gold with white stripes and yellow cuffs on the sleeves with white gloves covering his hands, and a pair of black pants with matching boots seemingly attached to them bearing circular plates on the both sides of the ankles and three square ones riding up the shin.
Early History
Dr. Eggman was born as Ivo Robotnik, the grandson of the brilliant scientist Professor Gerald Robotnik. In childhood, Robotnik looked up to his grandfather as a hero, and believed him to be a great man who had done his best to help mankind. Thus the doctor decided to follow in his grandfather's footsteps and became a scientist. However, at some point he became obsessed with the idea of the entire world under his rule, and using his unmatched genius, began his plans.
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Snivley looking over Dr. Eggman's plans
Robotnik started his career as a technical researcher for the Guardian Units of the Nation. It was not long before a fellow coworker of his, Dr. Julian Snively, stumbled across his plans for world domination. Not wanting to let it slip out, Eggman bribed him into becoming his chief mechanic.
Dr. Eggman as King Acorn's advisor
With help from the royal wizard, Walter Naugus, Dr. Robotnik became the royal adviser of King Nigel Acorn, the ruler of the Kingdom of Acorn. He claimed that the United Federation was launching an invasion against the kingdom, but it was all a ruse created by him and Naugus to prepare an army of robots to aid in their takeover of Mobotropolis. Thanks to his "contributions", Robotnik was granted full access to the kingdom's resources, which assisted in his conquest to obtain the Chaos Emeralds and construct his super-weapon: the Death Egg. At some point during this time, he secretly invaded a small village in Eurish and destroyed the small resistance that tried to protect the village, the leader being Marsha's father. After conquering Mobotropolis 3 years later, he banished King Acorn and Naugus to the Special Zone, and was able to establish his Eggman Empire.
However, a young Sonic the Hedgehog would begin foiling the plans of Dr. Robotnik (now giving himself the alias "Dr. Eggman"), and later joining him were the group of heroes would later be become known as the Freedom Fighters, who would end his rule over Mobotropolis and soon after free King Acorn. Eggman however had still managed to create a powerful empire for himself and was able to use it to spread his evil ambitions across the globe but would continually come into conflict with his mortal adversary Sonic and his allies each time.
Some time after this, he launched his first Death Egg, only to have it be thwarted time and again by Sonic. This was despite his briefly tricking Knuckles the Echidna, Guardian of Angel Island, and gaining control of the Master Emerald. Later, Eggman would construct the incredibly lethal Metal Sonic, who he used to kidnap a young Amy Rose and seize control of Little Planet. Once again, he was defeated by Sonic, who not only rescued Amy, but liberated Little Planet and outmatched Metal Sonic in a race.
Sonic and Dr. Eggman captured by Walter Nagus.
An attempt of Eggman's to eliminate Sonic following his loss of Mobotropolis involved the Super Special Sonic Search & Smash Squad and a "captured" Breezie the Hedgehog. Breezie fed information to Eggman that allowed him to deploy robots against Sonic such as the original Silver Sonic. In return, Eggman would reward Breezie in such a way as to insure her financial security. Sonic eventually faced off against Dr. Eggman in the Egg Storm Chamber, where Eggman held Tails captive. However, the Naugus twins, Walter and Wendy, arrived nearby seeking revenge on both Eggman and Sonic. Eggman let Tails go free in an attempt to keep Sonic from chasing after him while Eggman fled before the twins could find him. However, he was intercepted and trapped in crystal by the twins before he could escape, and Sonic caught up with him moments later, only to be trapped in crystal himself by Wendy. In the end, the twins were defeated, and both Sonic and Eggman were set free.
At some point in time, Dr. Eggman and his forces invaded Lupe the Wolf's village. Sonic, Sally Acorn and
Sonic defeating Dr. Eggman during the invasion of Lupe's village
Antoine D'Coolette came to her aid, and Sonic ran off to follow and defeat Dr. Eggman while Antoine defended Sally and Lupe. Using the terrain of the Thunder Plains Zone to his advantage, Sonic lead the evil dictator into a lightning bolt, destroying the doctor's vehicle and sending him fleeing while his hated nemesis mocked his name.
At a later point, he was known to have devised a plan involving the water beast Chaos his flying airship the Egg Carrier, and the Final Egg, but was stopped by Sonic with the aid of Tikal. Eggman would also uncover his grandfather's diary, leading him to awake Shadow the Hedgehog, who would aid him in another attempt at world domination by gathering the Chaos Emeralds for the powerful Eclipse Cannon. Sometime after that, his creation Metal Sonic rebelled against him and became the Metal Overlord, forcing him to rely on the aid of the Chaotix (and later Sonic and his friends) in order to stop it and after its defeat he was able to place a safeguard on Metal Sonic to ensure its continued obedience. Sometime after that, he was caught up in the Black Arms invasion, in which he was one of the many inhabitants of the planet to be rendered immobile by a toxic gas released from the Black Comet. Later, he initiated the first Genesis Wave on the planet, dividing it into pocket dimensions, but eventually Sonic and his friends restored the world to normal. At another time, he created a massive Interstellar Amusement Park in order to take control of other planets and enslave a small race of aliens called Wisps in order to harness their Hyper-go-on power for his Mind Control Cannon, luckily this interstellar invasion plan was put to an end thanks to Sonic and Tails.
Personality
Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik is misanthropic, xenophobic, and a passionate technophile. Meeting the criteria of a classic sociopath, Eggman cares for no-one apart from himself and his machines. He will happily stab anyone in the back and use them for his personal gain without thinking about it twice. He is the ruthless and megalomaniacal ruler of the Eggman Empire. He is a power-hungry tyrant who believes that his superior intellect makes him the rightful ruler of the world, a view which makes him incredibly arrogant and gives him a psychotic sense of self-entitlement that urges him to not just rule over the planet, but over the entire universe as well. Eggman is a strict man of science and technology, and has little care for the environment, magic, plant life or other living creatures, preferring to have his territories be completely dominated by factories and machinery with no sign of natural elements. His ultimate goal is to turn the world into his ideal robotic empire which he has dubbed "Eggman Land" and is determined to cause as much chaos and destruction to achieve this goal.
He is a manipulative individual who will do whatever it takes to further his plans and will gladly take control over the minds of animals, Humans or even divine beings against their will all for the sake of achieving his goals without caring about the harm he does to them or the world. His uncaring personality is mostly due to his over-inflated ego, as he only views himself and his machinery with utmost pride; the only other individual Eggman has ever admired is his grandfather Gerald Robotnik, whose life would play a major role in influencing Eggman's views. Eggman has no problem boasting about his superior intellect and mastery of science, often making long-winded proclamations about his superiority and looking down on anyone who would disagree. While Eggman's overly prideful views are the core parts of his personality, they are also his greatest weakness, as they cause him to become far too overconfident and arrogant when facing those who challenge his attempts at world domination and it usually leads to his downfall.
Eggman's psychotic mentality makes him a very dangerous man, but it also seems to make him somewhat eccentric and he often acts like an immature and short-tempered blowhard, especially when things do not go his way. Nonetheless, he is still a cruel and conniving individual under the right circumstances, and when he has complete control over the situation, and his plans go accordingly he prefers to toy with his enemies rather than finish them off from the start, but this arrogance as mentioned before is what usually leads to his own downfall. Eggman has a peculiar fascination with the word "Egg", having given himself the name "Eggman" and giving many of his creations egg-themed names and appearances, such as the Egg Fleet, the Egg Pawns, the Death Egg and the Egg Mobile.
According to Breezie, Eggman hates the idea of his robots fighting each other.
Powers and Abilities
Eggman is a brilliant scientist and inventor with an IQ of 300 whose mastery of technology knows no bounds, able to create machines that can cause mass destruction or harness the power of nature and the divine itself. His remarkable skills as an engineer and programmer are best evidenced by the armies of robots and mechs he's created for his numerous world domination attempts, some of which he has been able to build and program in only a matter of hours. He is an incredibly skilled pilot: able to manipulate many different kinds of his own mechs, robots and vehicles in difficult battles with Sonic. His most well known ability is his masterminded plots and schemes, however even when successful his plans usually meet with failure due to Sonic and his friends and Eggman's own arrogant overconfidence.
Relationships
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic is Eggman's arch nemesis, due to the latter having constantly foiled his schemes for world domination. Despite Sonic's massive streak of victories, he's occasionally had to team up with the doctor for the greater good, such as when the Space Colony ARK was plummeting towards the planet, or when the super-dimensional tyrant, Sigma, had begun wreaking havoc across multiple worlds, Sonic's included.
All the same, though, while Eggman will stop at nothing to defeat Sonic, and vice versa, Sonic has never really been shown to take much account of his adversary; he takes his fights with Eggman and his goons very lightly, cracking jokes and remaining fully confident that he can ruin his enemy's day, even when being confronted by the madman's deadliest of forces.
Miles "Tails" Prower
Tails is the only person to match Dr. Eggman in wits because their both mechanical geniuses. Tails is Dr. Eggman's second threat to his plans for world domination, the first being Sonic.
Metal Sonic
Metal Sonic is one of Eggman's greatest creations, and his only robot that has come the closest to defeating Sonic. Although Metal Sonic still displays rebellious tendencies, it has not stopped Eggman from using him for different missions.
Knuckles the Echidna
The two were once partners, until he tricked Knuckles, then subsequently electrocuted him so that he could snatch the Master Emerald. Ever since, Eggman has become the one person that Knuckles can't trust at all, yet still seems to fall to victim to his plans, especially if Sonic's involved. However, Knuckles has gotten better with this over the years and is more aware of Eggman's tricks. Knuckles is the third greatest threat to Eggman because he helps Sonic and Tails foil his plans.
Shadow the Hedgehog
Since Shadow was created by Eggman's grandfather, Eggman was after Shadow because he was stated as the "Ultimate Lifeform" which could help him conquer the world. When he released Shadow from his capsule, he thought that Shadow was Sonic, but then he realized that the hedgehog merely looked like his rival. After this schemed failed, Dr. Eggman grew a dislike for Shadow. They appear to be enemies whenever Eggman is the villain, Eggman does have great faith on Shadow's capabilities whenever they encounter a dangerous evil.
Gerald Robotnik
Eggman and Gerald Robotnik had not been known to interact with each other, although Eggman had immensely respected his grandfather, who likewise acted as the reason why he desired to become a scientist. It is also implied that his desires to form the Eggman Empire were rooted at feeling his grandfather was unfairly tried and executed. However, his respect for his grandfather was shaken somewhat after learning of Gerald Robotnik's irrational desire of destroying all life on the planet via a collision course from the Space Colony ARK due to insanity caused by grief from Maria's death. His trust was even further decreased when he learned from Black Doom that his grandfather had sold out the Earth to the Black Arms in exchange for completing Project Shadow, although he regained most of his respect for his grandfather when he learned about Gerald's intention of wiping out the Black Arms with the Eclipse Cannon.