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Zombots are denizens of Sonic's world that have been transformed into mindless robotic zombies by Dr. Eggman's Metal Virus. Upon physical contact with the raw virus or an infected creature, a subject becomes infected and soon turns into a shell of their former self, with no sense of identity or conscience, driven only to spread the virus to any other organic being.

The name "Zombot" was coined by Sonic the Hedgehog after he witnessed the Metal Virus' effects on the skunk brothers Rough and Tumble.

History[]

Initial tests[]

Dr. Eggman had developed the plans for the virus some time before his defeat at the Imperial City, although he had not yet tested it. After recovering from his bout of amnesia following that event, he decided to enact that plan and began to test the Metal Virus on plants and wildlife. He started with capturing and infecting small animals such as Pockies and Rickies, observing the infection rate and how they responded to commands.

Infection[]

After being notified about Sonic and Amy's intrusion into his Echo Mine base, Dr. Eggman sent Rough and Tumble to deal with the intruders, giving the skunk brothers a drilling mech. The doctor also gave them backpacks which contained the Metal Virus, only informing them to press the button if Sonic defeated them. The brothers assumed the backpacks were weapons of some sort, though Eggman did not tell them the true nature of the devices.

After Amy and Sonic wrecked Rough and Tumble's vehicle, the skunks pressed the buttons on their backpacks, expecting being given some sort of edge against Sonic. To their surprise, they got themselves covered in the Metal Virus goo. Their surprise turned to horror when it began to assimilate them and turned them into Zombots. When Sonic and Amy attacked the converted skunks, they discovered that the Zombots were immune to physical attacks, their bodies reshaping after being struck. Sonic knocked them down into a deep chasm, hoping that they wouldn't be able to get out. However, Sonic ended up getting infected by the virus.

Some time after viewing the fight between the skunks and Sonic, Dr. Eggman decided to launch his new "Faceship", intending to spread the Metal Virus across the globe and turn the population into his robotic slaves. His first target was Windmill Village, where he had been taken in by the villagers during his time as "Mr. Tinker". After giving a speech that "no good deed goes unpunished", he dumped the Metal Virus matter onto the village. Elder Scruffy tried to save a child from being infected, but ultimately, both them, and the rest of the village's inhabitants were transformed into Zombots. Under Eggman's command, the infected villagers advanced outward in every direction, infecting everything and everyone in their path.

Crisis City and The Darkest Hour[]

As Eggman began deploying the virus in other areas, the Zombots began to wander in order to spread the infection, just as the doctor wanted. Eventually, the infection reached Sunset City. During the late night radio show hosted by Nite the Owl, he received a concerning call from Gala the Hound, who said that she was seeing people acting weird and coming towards her. The Owl then not only broadcast a warning to the city's civilians to evactuate to the Grand Flicky Hotel, but also notified the Restoration of the imminent problem. Nite and his partner, Don the Rooster, barricaded themselves inside the KTBR station and awaited help, though Zombots were encroaching upon their location too.

As the Zombots multiplied within Sunset City, Team Dark assisted with evacuation efforts. Sonic, despite being infected, was able to hold the virus at bay and help with fighting off the Zombot hordes long enough for a truck carrying survivors to get away. During this time, however, Shadow the Hedgehog had become infected when he fought the Zombots up close, foolishly believing that he couldn't be infected as the "ultimate life-form". Not only did Shadow turn into a Zombot, E-123 Omega was overwhelmed by the horde and his body was destroyed. His head remained functional and was salvaged by Tails at the last minute.

By the time Sunset City had been overrun, Eggman was having difficulty controlling the Zombots. The Metal Virus had begun to mutate, and as a result, the Zombots became unresponsive to Eggman's voice commands. While Dr. Starline suggested researching alternative methods of control, Eggman wasn't overly concerned and brushed him off, stating he would fix the problem later.

The Last Minute[]

As the Metal Virus continued to spread, the situation grew increasingly hopeless. Spiral Hill Village would be struck next, resulting in the infection of most of its population. Tangle the Lemur would later return home in response to a call from Jewel the Beetle, but by the time Tangle arrived, Jewel had already become a Zombot and attacked her friend, infecting her as well.

Tasked with developing a cure for the Metal Virus, Tails returned to his lab in Central City, just as the Faceship was attacking. Having equipped Sonic with a bio-scanner, Tails was hoping to use the data gathered from the device to synthesize a cure, since Sonic's speed allowed him to hold off the infection for a time. Unfortunately, the lab was attacked and trashed by Zombots, causing the bio-scanner data to be lost. With no means of making a cure, Tails was forced to flee.

After Vector and Espio fled from Seaside City, the shuttle they were on was attacked by Zombot Flickies being led by an infected Charmy Bee. During this attack, Vector got onto the exterior of the shuttle and managed to capture Charmy inside a containment capsule. The shuttle later arrived at Restoration HQ to deposit the refugees. However, one of the refugees was infected and had managed to sneak inside the base while Gemerl was too distracted by Big the Cat to screen him for infection. The infectee soon succumbed to the virus, causing an outbreak inside the base that led to Vector, Vanilla the Rabbit and many others also becoming Zombots.

While all this was going on, Eggman and Starline were testing alternative control signals on the Zombots, with minimal success. By this point, Starline had become frustrated with Eggman's lack of foresight as the doctor hadn't developed a vaccine for the virus and his only plan to avoid infection was staying out of the Zombots' reach. Deciding that something needed to be done to manage the crisis, Starline reached out to the Deadly Six on Lost Hex, convinced that their innate electromagnetic powers would allow them to bring the Zombots back under control. Aware that the Zeti had betrayed Eggman once before, Starline was able to acquire a Cacophonic Conch to corral them in case they got out of line.

All or Nothing[]

When Dr. Starline brought the Deadly Six to the Faceship, they immediately turned on him, taking the Cacophonic Conch from him. Using the Warp Topaz, Starline created a wormhole through which he, Dr. Eggman and Metal Sonic escaped to Angel Island. With the Faceship, the Chaos Emeralds and Metal Virus in their possession, the Zeti went about conquering the world themselves. Each Zeti took a Chaos Emerald, using it to amplify their EM powers and take control of large swarms of Zombots, using them to terrorize any uninfected that remained in the territories they annexed.

As the Deadly Six went about their conquest, Sonic and his allies devised a plan to take the Chaos Emeralds from the Deadly Six so that Sonic and Silver could use them to achieve their Super forms. Using their Chaos powers and the Warp Topaz, the two hedgehogs would be able to extract the Metal Virus from every infected life-form across the planet and purge it completely. The heroes were organized into teams and sent to engage each member of the Deadly Six. This plan proved to be a success and soon, five of the Chaos Emeralds were recovered. At the same time time, Rouge - working with Eggman's lackeys Orbot and Cubot - sabotaged the Faceship, causing it to crash and destroying the machines that produced the Metal Virus. Although Zavok had lost the means of manufacturing the Metal Virus, he still had a massive army of Zombots to command. Having tracked the heroes to Angel Island, he transformed into his giant form and began throwing groups of Zombots onto the island. With the assistance of Metal Sonic and Silver, Sonic was able to take the last Chaos Emerald from Zavok.

With the combined power of the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic then transformed into Super Sonic, which ultimately purged his infection. With the power of the Warp Topaz and their own Chaos Control powers, Super Sonic and Super Silver extracted the Metal Virus from everyone and everything, curing those affected. The collected mass of Metal Virus was then hurled through a portal and into the sun, destroying it completely.

Appearance and Behaviour[]

Zombots are individuals that have been fully infected by the Metal Virus. When fully converted, their bodies still appear much how they did pre-infection, except that they are now shiny and metallic. The victims' eyes become slack and glow red while their bodies grow spikes in various places. Their teeth and claws also become sharper.

Zombots have no intelligence or will of their own and are driven by the Metal Virus to seek out and infect all organic life. They behave in a similar manner to zombies of horror fiction, walking slowly in their pursuit of potential victims. They may pick up speed when agitated, for example, when they are attacked. While Dr. Eggman was initially able to control the Zombots by voice command, the Metal Virus began to mutate as it spread and this caused the infected to become completely unresponsive. Only the electromagnetic powers of the Deadly Six could control the Zombots from then on, with the Zeti using them as simple slave labourers or driving them to attack choice targets.

Powers and Abilities[]

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Zombots can infect organic life-forms with the Metal Virus through the slightest touch. Those who have become Zombots are immune to physical damage as their bodies have been transmuted into a fluidic metal state. Any physical damage they do take is quickly reconstituted as their bodies automatically mold back into their original shape. Not only are they resilient, they do not age and are also immune to disease, hunger and most environmental hazards.

Weaknesses[]

Despite being able to spread the Metal Virus by touch, Zombots seem unable to infect Wisps. This may merely be a case of no one witnessing a Wisp succumb to infection, although it stands to reason that Wisps cannot be infected when they change into their energy forms, such as when they are equipped into Wispons.

Zombots cannot pass the Metal virus onto processed or inorganic matter, It also can't infect machines or robots as shown with Omega, Gemerl, and Metal Sonic.

As previously stated, Zombots have no intelligence. They have no powers of reason or even any sense of self-preservation, mindlessly ambling into any hazards in their path.

An analysis of the mutating Metal Virus by Dr. Eggman and Tails reveals that the Zombots are also atomically unstable. Over time, the structure of the virus breaks down, resulting in total physical disintegration. However, this process is extremely slow; according to Eggman, it would take over 200 years for the Zombot population to die off in this way. This also explains why, in Silver's future, the planet is uninhabited.

List of infected characters[]

List of those uninfected[]

Trivia[]

  • The design of the Zombots were inspired by the alternate skins for Team Sonic in Sonic Heroes. [1]
  • Both Cheese and Chocola bear a resemblance to the Dark Chao as Zombots.
  • Bracardi Curry designed Shadow's Zombot appearance. The design was based off of the Shadow Androids in the Shadow the Hedgehog video game.[2][3]
  • The Zombots' ability to reform and instantly reconstitute their body from damaging blows is similar to Mimetic polyalloy, a shapeshifting metal that T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgement Day was made from.
    • As well as the T-1001 from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

References[]

  1. ↑ Ian Flynn on Twitter. Twitter (27 February 2019). Retrieved on 27 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Bracardi Curry on Twitter. Twitter (19 July 2019). Retrieved on 24 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Bracardi Curry on Twitter. Twitter (19 July 2019). Retrieved on 24 July 2019.
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