The Egg Breaker is an antgonist that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It was a massive Super Badnik created by Dr. Eggman to defend various Eggman Empire-owned bases such as Hidden Base^[1] and Egg Base Alpha.^[2] The Badnik itself was directly inspired by the mech of the same name.

Appearance[]

The Egg Breaker is a large Super Badnik with a humanoid shape and a dome-shaped head akin to an Egg Pawn's, although it possesses a large gray mace with yellow spikes in place of either its left^[2] or right^[1] hand. It also features a round red body, a tall gray collar around its head, two green eyes, a drill-like gray nose, a set of sharp white teeth, and gray limbs with yellow and blue armor covering its lower limbs. It also has a yellow and gray rectangular piece on the right side of its chest and a round yellow bit on the left side.^[2][1]

While the Badnik itself borrows a lot of visual similarities to the mech of the same name, with the most noticeable difference being the lack of a cockpit on the robot's head. While originally the mace of the Egg Breaker Badnik was on its right hand similarly to the mech it was based on,^[1] later on, the mace would replace the left hand of the Badnik instead.^[2]

History[]

Imposter Syndrome[]

The Egg Breaker was stationed to guard Egg Base Alpha, and as such, Surge and Kit encountered it when they attempted to infiltrate the area. Despite Dr. Starline ordering them to be silent, Surge caught the attention of the Egg Breaker, and chose to fight it while Kit disabled the base's communications. Despite Suge rapidly attacking the Egg Breaker with her lighting-based powers, the robot managed to withstand them despite the severe damage it received, and eventually managed to knock Surge into a wall with a powerful blow from its spiked mace. Before the Egg Breaker could finish Surge off, however, Kit picked up its detached spiked mace with his hydro-coil tails, and flung it back at it, damaging it enough for Surge to destroy it.^[2]

Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings[]

In Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings, shortly before the events of the Time Eater incident, the Egg Breaker was the last part of the defense force for an Eggman Empire supply depot located at Hidden Base, alongside several samurai armor-cladded Egg Pawns. The Egg Breaker attacked Team Dark after they had infiltrated the base and destroyed the Egg Pawns accompanying it, but the trio managed to work together to defeat the large Badnik by severing its leg and arm before Shadow crushed it with a blow from above.^[1]

Powers and abilities[]

The Egg Breaker has incredible physical strength, being able to hurl opponents great distances and tear through walls with a single punch. It can also make great leaps with ease, and launch its spiked mace as a high-speed projectile. It is also quite durable, being able to take several of Surge's non-stop attacks in succession and continue to operate despite the damage.^[2]

Even during its more earlier usage, the Egg Breaker was still able to fight on par with Team Dark and continue to engage in combat even while its limbs were being severed off by the trio.^[1]

Relationships[]

Allies[]

• Eggman Empire
  • Badniks
    • Pawn Series
      • Egg Pawns

Enemies[]

• Team Dark
  • E-123 Omega
  • Rouge the Bat
  • Shadow the Hedgehog
• Kitsunami the Fennec
• Surge the Tenrec

Trivia[]

• The Egg Breaker is the second Badnik in the series to be based on one of Dr. Eggman's mechs, the first being the mass-produced variant of the Death Egg Robot.
• The Egg Breaker is the first Badnik from the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing to appear outside of the comic series, due to its appearance in the Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings episode "Finding the Way."

References[]

External links[]

• Egg Breaker at IDW Sonic Hub Wiki, the IDW Sonic wiki.