Burrobot

Burrobot is a mole-based badnik created by Dr. Ivo Robotnik for excavation work. Its specialty is digging with its drill-nose.

Early Battles
Burrobot was first seen underground guarding an emerald that Robotnik had acquired. Sonic the Hedgehog dropped into its lair and Burrobot tried to drill him. Sonic kept Burrobot away by running circles around Burrobot, making it dizzy. Burrobot lost the emerald and its equilibrium. (OSM: #2)

Because of its digging skills, Burrobot wasused for several tasks. It often tries to dig its way into Knothole Village without luck. One Burrobot tried planting Krudzu seeds in the Great Forest to root out the Knothole Freedom Fighters, but the Krudzu short-circuted in the rain, and Burrobot was planted in the recycling bin. (StH: #1)

Undaunted, Burrobot was enlarged in an attempt to lure Sonic to his doom. Burrobot managed a lucky shot and almost ran over Sonic, but Bunnie Rabbot tossed Burrobot upside down. While Burrobot was trying to right itself, Sonic dug a deep fissure around the Burrobot, whose wight caused the trench to collapse on itself, crushing the giant Burrobot. (StH: #3)

A normal sized Burrobot was then used in assault at a former park, turned toxic dump. Burrobot tried to drill Tails and accidently stuck its nose into a barrel of acid. Later assaults at a (unknowingly staged) wedding were just as unfortunate. Before long, it was seen at the Robo-Hobo Jungle, where Sonic smashed it again. (StH: #7, #18, #40)

Later Battles
Burrobot didn't show up again until years later, when Sonic decided to visit the Island of Misfit Badniks. As usual, Burrobot, like everyone else, was trashed. Pseudo Sonic was more of a challenge to Sonic, and that fight sunk the island. When the misfit Badniks tried to repair Pseudo Sonic, Burrobot discovered a Ratio Redoubler, similar to the one that made an older Burrobot a giant. They tried using it to enlarge Pseudo Sonic, but the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters interfered with them, and Burrobot had to finish repairs himself. Burrobot succeeded, but that jerk thanked Burrobot by knocking it out along with the other badniks, and the freedom fighters. Then Big Fluke smashed Pseudo Sonic, and the island, and all of the badniks, Burrobot included. (StH: #170, #185)

Abilities
Burrobot's treads imply an all-terrain type travel, but its main ability is its drill-nose, which allows it to drill through just about anything, from cave walls, to acid drums. Additionally, the large version could fire lasers from its hands, but the normal version was never shown to use it.

Background Information
Burrobot is based on the like-named badnik (known as Mogurin in Japan) from the Genesis and Game Gear Game Sonic the Hedgehog. Wheras the game version was red, blue, and grey, comic Burrobot was yellow and blue with a red cap (that is detachable in the comics). Burrobot's Genesis counterpart lurks underground with its nose sticking out, popping out of the ground when approached, and appears in Labyrinth Zone and Scrap Brain Zone. The Game Gear version just rolls back and forth, but turns into a jumping fool on approach, and is only found in Labyrinth Zone. Thankfully, comic Burrobot does not appear to be capable of jumping. A similar robot, with the Game Gear version's abilities, appeared in Gimmick Mountain Zone in the Game Gear Game, Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Another similar badnik is Grounder.