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==Background information== |
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| − | Motobug is based on the beetle based badnik of the same name (known as Motora in Japan) from the Sonic video games. They are often the first badniks encountered in the original Sonic the Hedgehog game in the Genesis and Game gear. As usual, the only difference is the color, as the game version is red with a blue face and yellow claws, instead of pink with a yellow face and grey claws. In either version of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', Motobug has only appeared in the Green Hill Zone, obviously used to test abilities. They only roll around and never even try to use their claws. Retools of Motobug have appeared in Undergound and Green Hills in ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' (Game Gear only), Turquoise Hill and Mecha Green Hill in Sonic Chaos, and curiously as an obstacle in Hill Top in Sonic Drift 2. |
+ | Motobug is based on the beetle based badnik of the same name (known as Motora in Japan) from the Sonic video games. They are often the first badniks encountered in the original Sonic the Hedgehog game in the Genesis and Game gear. As usual, the only difference is the color, as the game version is red with a blue face and yellow claws, instead of pink with a yellow face and grey claws. In either version of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', Motobug has only appeared in the Green Hill Zone, obviously used to test abilities. They only roll around and never even try to use their claws. Retools of Motobug have appeared in Undergound and Green Hills in ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' (Game Gear only), Turquoise Hill and Mecha Green Hill in Sonic Chaos, and, curiously, as an obstacle in Hill Top in Sonic Drift 2. |
| − | The only time Motobug's claws have been used effectively was in an Off-Panel in StH #147, where a long retired Motobug bonked writer Mike Gallagher and artist Dave Manak in the heads, and then punctured their superhero stomaches. Thankfully Off-Panel is not |
+ | The only time Motobug's claws have been used effectively was in an Off-Panel in StH #[[Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 147|147]], where a long retired Motobug bonked writer Mike Gallagher and artist Dave Manak in the heads, and then punctured their superhero stomaches. Thankfully Off-Panel is '''not''' considered to be canon by this site's [[Archieverse|canon policy]]. |
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Revision as of 01:03, 8 April 2009
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Motobug was one of the original Badnik models. Largely ineffective against Sonic the Hedgehog, they were only useful as scouts. One Motobug did learn of a wedding between Sonic and Princess Sally, but Dr. Ivo Robotnik considered it rubbish, and it was revealed to be a play anyway. Motobug's model ended up in the Robo Hobo Jungle with the other outdated droids. One Motobug model was also located in the Island of Misfit Badniks, though this was destroyed by the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters. The remaining Motobugs now act as waiters in Mammoth Mogul's casino. (StH: #1, #18, #40, #170, #185, #187)
Abilities
Motobug units can only rely on their speed and agility, using their single wheel. Of course, they are not nearly as fast as Sonic. Their only weapons are a pair of claws that could puncture some materials, but have never been used effectively in the normal continuity. Needless to say, this limits their work to scouting, which is hampered by their belief that everything is urgent.
Background information
Motobug is based on the beetle based badnik of the same name (known as Motora in Japan) from the Sonic video games. They are often the first badniks encountered in the original Sonic the Hedgehog game in the Genesis and Game gear. As usual, the only difference is the color, as the game version is red with a blue face and yellow claws, instead of pink with a yellow face and grey claws. In either version of Sonic the Hedgehog, Motobug has only appeared in the Green Hill Zone, obviously used to test abilities. They only roll around and never even try to use their claws. Retools of Motobug have appeared in Undergound and Green Hills in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Game Gear only), Turquoise Hill and Mecha Green Hill in Sonic Chaos, and, curiously, as an obstacle in Hill Top in Sonic Drift 2.
The only time Motobug's claws have been used effectively was in an Off-Panel in StH #147, where a long retired Motobug bonked writer Mike Gallagher and artist Dave Manak in the heads, and then punctured their superhero stomaches. Thankfully Off-Panel is not considered to be canon by this site's canon policy.