This article is about the character from Knuckles' Chaotix. For other uses, see Bomb (disambiguation).

Bomb^[1] is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is a robot mechanic created by Dr. Robotnik who, together with Heavy the Robot, form Robotnik's Mechanix.^[1] Apparently, he later left Robotnik's forces to help Robotnik's enemies.

Appearance[]

Bomb has a spherical body resembling a cherry bomb. The top half of his body is black and the bottom half of his body is red. He also has no facial features and a white fuse on the top of his body. He has also silver metallic limbs with yellow gloves and white and red shoes.

History[]

Knuckles' Chaotix[]

During Dr. Robotnik's operations in the Newtrogic High Zone, Bomb worked as one of Robotnik's mechanics alongside Heavy the Robot. Claiming to have escaped Robotnik's clutches, Bomb and Heavy joined up with Knuckles and his crew to help them challenge Robotnik's machinations, although it is speculated that the duo's true goal was to slow the heroes down for Robotnik.^[1] Regardless of Bomb and Heavy's true allegiance, Knuckles and his allies succeeded in foiling Robotnik's plans. What happened to Bomb afterward remains undisclosed.

Personality[]

Bomb has a tendency to blow up when things look bleak.^[1]

Powers and abilities[]

Bomb is able to induce harmful explosions by detonating himself. Bomb's explosions have little effect on himself, however, as he is able to recover from them fairly quickly.

Weakness[]

As his small stature would imply, Bomb is not very strong or quick.^[1]

Relationships[]

Friends/allies[]

• Heavy the Robot (best friend)
• Knuckles the Echidna
• Mighty the Armadillo
• Team Chaotix
  • Charmy Bee
  • Espio the Chameleon
  • Vector the Crocodile

Enemies[]

• Eggman Empire
  • Dr. Eggman
  • Metal Sonic

In other media[]

Archie Comics[]

Main articles: Bomb (Archie) and Bomb (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, Bomb and his partner, Heavy, were created by Dr. Ivo Robotnik but defected upon becoming self-aware. After temporarily joining the Chaotix, Bomb and Heavy disappeared. They eventually came back, serving in Royal Secret Service under Geoffrey St. John. However, on one mission, the two were reprogrammed to assassinate the Acorn family, and were destroyed by the defending Sonic and co. Later, rebuilt versions of the two were sent to assassinate Mina Mongoose. However, they were also thwarted and seemingly destroyed. Bomb and Heavy were later rebuilt and reprogrammed back to their sentient selves by Rotor to protect New Mobotropolis as members of Team Freedom.

Trivia[]

• Bomb was one of the first robots to turn on Eggman and help Sonic's allies. Others to follow were Heavy, Gamma, Gemerl, and Omega.
• Bomb's abilities are the reverse of that of Heavy: He is very weak, and explodes when hit (the explosion can damage both enemies and his ally), but is faster on his feet and has a decent height jump.
• In Knuckles' Chaotix, Heavy and Bomb can be paired up with any of the other characters, but not with each other (unless the level select code is used).
• If an Action Replay code is used, the player can select Heavy and Bomb at the bottom of the character select screen, where their names are listed as ""Heavy the Mechanic" and "Bomb the Mechanic".

• Multiple copies of Bomb can be seen in the Combi Catcher, implying Robotnik may have built more than one model of him.
• In Knuckles' Chaotix, Bomb will always explode upon taking damage, even if protected by a Shield.
  • Additionally, Bomb's explosion will always be the same size, even if Bomb himself is smaller or larger as a result as a result the of Shrink or Grow power-ups.

• In the Minecraft Sonic the Hedgehog DLC add-on for Minecraft, Bomb makes a cameo appearance. He can be seen deactivated sitting on a shelf in Tails' Lab.

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