E-Series

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The E-Series is a fictional group of robots in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games. It is created by the games' antagonist, Doctor Eggman (or Dr. Robotnik in the early western version) who uses them in his quest to conquer the world. Presumably, the "E" stands for "Eggman" or "Egg", though this is not known for certain.

Contents 1 E-1 2 E-100 2.1 E-100 Alpha(α) aka ZERO 2.2 E-101 Beta (β) 2.2.1 E-101 MKII 2.3 E-102 Gamma (γ) 2.3.1 E-102 Chaos Gamma (γ) 2.4 E-103 Delta (δ) 2.5 E-104 Epsilon (ε) 2.6 E-105 Zeta (ζ) 2.7 E-121 Phi (φ) 2.8 E-123 Omega (Ω) 3 E-1000 4 E-2000 5 E-10000 5.1 E-10000R 5.2 E-10000G 5.3 Others 5.4 Type Errors 6 Trivia 7 References 8 See also

[edit] E-1

Several robots from the E-1 series appeared only in the television series Sonic X. These robots have nothing to do with the game continuity, which have only used E-100 and forward. Eggman usually uses the E-1 Series robots as basic drones, or use a single one as the main enemy of an episode.

[edit] E-100

Unlike many of Eggman's robots in previous games, the E-100 series that were introduced in Sonic Adventure were important characters in their own right. They were gunner robots, still in the developmental stages. The most prominent was E-102 Gamma, who was a playable character during the game. The names of the E-100 series are Greek letters.

[edit] E-100 Alpha(α) aka ZERO

E-100 Alpha, better known as ZERO (sometimes with the added title The Chase Master) is a large green robot that appeared in Sonic Adventure. Unlike the other E-100 series robots it does not have "E-100" on his body, but instead it has "E" on both sides of its body. ZERO is also not powered by an animal like the other E-100 robots, as nothing is seen escaping from its body after its destruction. It also appears to lack the ability to speak.

ZERO made his debut by chasing a blue Flicky in the possession of a Chaos Emerald that had fled from Eggman and taken refuge with Amy Rose. ZERO first chased Amy around Station Square and its Twinkle Park amusement park, and captured and imprisoned her on the Egg Carrier. It then tried to stop her from escaping via the Egg Carrier's Hot Shelter area but failed, and went on to try to capture her when she looked for the Flicky's relatives in Eggman's Final Egg base in the Mystic Ruins. When ZERO went back to the Egg Carrier, he saw Amy and the Flicky with the bird's relatives, who had been inside E-101 Beta and E-102 Gamma. ZERO then attacked and knocked out the small Flicky. Amy, who was furious at it and thinking the Flicky was dead due to the attack, attacked ZERO and finally destroyed it after smashing its head with her hammer, knocking it into an electric fence that fried its circuits.

ZERO's attacks include locking on to an enemy and extending its arms to punch, smashing the ground to create shockwaves, and swinging its extended arms around him. It can be temporarily disabled by smashing it in the face, although continuous attacks will cause it to grow so angry that smoke pours from his head like a smokestack, during which it is invulnerable.

Although never referred to as an E-series robot during gameplay, the Sonic Adventure website accessible via the Dreamcast's internet refers to it as E-100 "Alpha" in its character description. In addition, Gamma's profile on Sonic Channel, the official Japanese Sonic website, also states this fact.^[1] The site also states that ZERO was a prototype for the rest of the E-100 series.

ZERO also seems to make a brief appearance in Sonic Advance 2, chasing the player around the pseudo-3D Special Stage. The manual simply describes it as Dr. Eggman's Guard Robot, but he looks exactly the same as in Sonic Adventure. If he hits the player, he or she loses 10 Rings. ZERO also appears in episodes 28 and 31 of the anime series Sonic X, where it mirrors its game role during the Sonic Adventure adaption. The only notable difference is that ZERO is never actually destroyed; Amy just stuns it and runs away, and it is never seen again.

[edit] E-101 Beta (β)

E-101 Beta is a black robot that was created for the E-100 army. He has two guided missile-launchers on his arms. Eggman defined Beta as Gamma's "Big brother", and decided to pit Beta and Gamma against each other to determine which robot would leave the Mystic Ruins base to board the Egg Carrier. Gamma managed to defeat Beta, and Beta was relegated to the storage area to be used as "spare parts." Unhappy with his incompetent design, Eggman sent him to get remodeled into E-101mkII. The parts left over from the remodeling were used as spare parts for other E-series robots.

[edit] E-101 MKII

Beta was reconstructed into a "Mark II (mkII)" E-100 model – an airborne fighter with improved weapon capabilities, including advanced homing missiles, laser cannon arms, and large spiked gauntlets used for bludgeoning "charge" attacks. Beta mkII navigated with a tail "rudder" and employed an advanced tracking system in his single green "eye". Its improved capabilities included the ability to create a rainbow-colored energy shield, fire a spread of several (ranging from 2 to 10) homing missiles, and fire powerful yellow energy blasts from great distances. It could also knock away hostile projectiles with its arms.

Gamma and the "new" Beta faced off once again aboard the downed Egg Carrier as part of the former's crusade to "rescue" his brothers from Eggman’s control. Beta, despite improvements, was defeated. But he would not go down alone – with what power remained, Beta blasted Gamma at point-blank range, destroying his brother and ironically completing E-102’s mission by freeing the animal trapped within him.

Beta also appears in the Sonic X adaption of Sonic Adventure, where he plays the same role as in the game, and actually takes over most of Zeta's role. Unlike the game, Beta also has several speaking roles, though his voice actor is unconfirmed. According to an eyecather information card in Sonic X, E-101mkII is 200 cm tall and weighs 1024.256 kg.^[2]

[edit] E-102 Gamma (γ)

E-102 Gamma is a red robot which was one of the playable characters in Sonic Adventure, and has appeared in some different incarnations since. Gamma was 215 cm (7' 1") tall, weighed precisely 825.256 kg (1819.378 lbs), and had a 15.5 cm missile launcher attached to its right wrist, which shot homing missiles aided by a laser targeting system.^[1] He was voiced by Steve Broadie in English and Jyoji Nakata in Japanese. Gamma's gameplay involves the player utilizing his missile launcher to destroy enemies and eventually reach a boss within a given time limit. The more enemies the player destroys, the larger the score and extension of time are for the given level.

Gamma was placed in Eggman's E-100 army after proving himself in a fight against his older brother Beta, and he excelled, more so than any of the other E-100 robots, who were sent away by Eggman due to their inferiority. He had a change of heart after meeting Amy Rose and seeing his brother E-101 being deconstructed (though he was actually being rebuilt into E-101 mkII), and realizes that Dr. Eggman is his enemy, not his master, and decided to free the animals held captive within the remaining robots (this was shortly after being defeated by Sonic and Tails aboard the Egg Carrier, though in his own storyline, E-102 nearly defeated Sonic). Gamma was responsible for terminating E-101, E-103, E-104, and E-105 during the later half of its life. In the process of freeing the Flicky that powered E-101 Beta, Gamma exploded, thus releasing the Flicky within him. These two Flickies just so happened to be the parents of the little bird Amy had been protecting up to that point, thus ending both Amy Rose and Gamma's storylines.

Gamma also mirrored this role in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic and in Sonic X, where he was instead voiced by Andrew Rannells and Naoki Imamura in English and Japanese respectively. Gamma also appeared as an unlockable character in Sonic Shuffle, described in the manual as "revived with the power of dreams".

[edit] E-102 Chaos Gamma (γ)

E-102γ Chaos Gamma is the rebuilt version of E-102 Gamma that appears as an antagonist and playable character in Sonic Battle. While he has none of the original Gamma's memories, he looks just like his original form, except his missile launcher, "102" decal and headlight are missing (this was likely done to allow his sprites to face both left and right without needing new sprites for both directions). He fights by summoning various weapons he didn't have before, including drills, electric shock prods which attach to his hands, and a grenade launcher which attaches to his shoulder. In the story he is powered by a Chaos Emerald shard and serves Eggman, attempting to capture Emerl alongside the E-121s mentioned below, but in the game's final story, he ceases to be hostile and allows Emerl to train with him for unknown reasons. He is a playable character in Challenge and Battle modes after the player defeats him in Sonic's story. Chaos Gamma is voiced by Jon St. John in English, as Gamma's original voice actor died in 2001.

[edit] E-103 Delta (δ)

E-103 Delta is a blue robot with two Missile Launchers on his arms, just like Beta. When Delta was sent away along with E-104 Epsilon and E-105 Zeta, he looked sadly at his brother, E-102 Gamma. At first, Delta was based off Gamma with just one cannon arm, but after being discarded by Eggman, he is based on Beta, meaning he had a pair of Missile Launchers on his arms and a jet booster. Later, Gamma found Delta stranded in Windy Valley. The two brothers battled, and Gamma emerged victorious, then Delta tipped over and exploded. In the original Sonic Adventure, Delta's animal was a green Flicky, but in Sonic Adventure DX, the animal was changed to a parrot.

[edit] E-104 Epsilon (ε)

E-104 Epsilon is an orange robot with twin STINGER^{[citation needed]} missile launchers on the arms. Like Delta, Epsilon was first a recolored Gamma, but after he was sent away, he was equipped with large missile launchers on each arm. After Gamma was proved superior, Epsilon was teleported to an unknown location along with Delta and Zeta. Later, Gamma found Epsilon in a lava-filled cave in Red Mountain on Angel Island. The two fought, and Gamma emerged victorious. In the original game he released a yellow Flicky upon destruction, but this was replaced with a gorilla in Sonic Adventure DX.

[edit] E-105 Zeta (ζ)

E-105 Zeta was initially a purple robot identical to E-102 Gamma in every way (besides color), though it was later altered and reconstructed as a considerably larger stationary defense unit built into the core of the Egg Carrier, equipped with seven advanced missile launchers. Gamma fought and defeated Zeta in the Hot Shelter onboard the Egg Carrier, releasing the trapped animal inside after Zeta's head exploded. A Dreamcast console is included in Zeta's exterior design, inserted by Sonic Team as an Easter Egg. This is in all the Dreamcast, GameCube and PC versions.

In Sonic X, Beta replaced much of Zeta's role, so much that in fact, Zeta only appears on the show in Episode 31, "Revenge of the Robot". This is where Gamma comes to the Hot Shelter to destroy him.

[edit] E-121 Phi (φ)

The E-121 Phi is a series of fourteen robots based on Emerl that appeared in Sonic Battle. Dr. Eggman took Emerl's data and copied it as he stated in Rouge's story mode. The Phi robots are powered by Chaos Emerald shards, rather than whole Chaos Emeralds like Emerl. By the end of the game, all Phis are destroyed by Emerl and his friends as they collect Chaos Emeralds for Emerl to absorb.

The only physical difference between Phi and Emerl is Phi's grey hue and brown eyes, as opposed to Emerl's yellow and blue. The Phis ability to copy attacks is identical to that of Emerl, but since the ability is only powered by Chaos Emerald shards, as a whole it is weaker than Emerl's. They are about as intelligent as Emerl was when he had two Chaos Emeralds, and generally just repeat one word while speaking, such as "Located! Located!".

When battling a Phi, the Phi will have all of the techniques of a specific character, or Emerl's weak "standard" abilities. Notably, according to the Greek alphabet numbering system used for the E-100 robots, E-101 is Beta, not Alpha. Therefore, Sonic Team may have made a mistake when making Phi E-121 instead of E-120.

[edit] E-123 Omega (Ω)

Main article: E-123 Omega

E-123 Omega was the last robot of the E-100 series, deactivated when Eggman began work on his E-1000s. It's the only playable robot in Sonic Heroes. After being reactivated by Rouge the Bat, he swears vengeance on Eggman for shutting him down. Omega is seen again in Shadow the Hedgehog where he and Shadow the Hedgehog infiltrate Eggman's base towards the end of the neutral story. He is also playable in Shadow the Hedgehog (in the GameCube version) using a second controller in the middle levels of the story mode. He is only a bit over four feet, several feet shorter than Gamma. Although he looks like E-102 Gamma, he possesses stronger and more numerous amounts of weaponry, as his intentions aren't anywhere near as noble. His latest appearance is in the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog game.

[edit] E-1000

The game Sonic Adventure 2 and its remake Sonic Adventure 2: Battle presented the E-1000. The E-1000 was a mass-produced variant of E-102 Gamma that served as a normal Badnik-style enemy, sporting a pair of cannon arms. Despite being paired for what may seem like double the firepower, the E-1000 line's weaponry, with low-velocity projectiles, and no homing feature, was generally far less effective than E-102's single missile launcher. According to the hint monitors in Knuckles' and Rouge's stages in Sonic Adventure 2, they are referred to as E-01's.

[edit] E-2000

Two more E-models appeared in the game Sonic Heroes, though by that time, Doctor Eggman had progressed to the E-2000 series of robots, namely the E-2000 itself. The E-2000 is a red humanoid robot armed with a powerful energy cannon and a shield, along with the ability to transform into a plane-like shape. The game also featured the E-2000R, a gold-colored variant of the regular E-2000 with extra armor.

[edit] E-10000

Sonic Riders featured yet another branch of the E-Series, namely the E-10000 series. A difference in this branch is that they are referred to by color, as opposed to by name and number. The E-10000 robots appear to be similar in appearance to Eggman's Egg Pawns, but more advanced. Except for color, they both seem to have the same, basic structure. They are both voiced by Madeleine Blaustein in English.

[edit] E-10000R

E-10000R (called Robo 1 on the official American website) is a red robot built for speed. According to the official Japanese Sonic Riders website, it is equipped with the same kind of engine as Metal Sonic and gives orders to the E-10000Gs.^[3] In Story Mode, the E-10000R walks into a battle between Knuckles the Echidna and Storm the Albatross, and gets severely damaged. It later tries to capture the heroes with visible damage from the battle, but fails. Unlike the E-10000Gs, there is only one R.

E-10000R has the ability to split its head from its body to scare or strike opponents or simply attack them with its large fists. E-10000R's unique Extreme Gear is called the E-GearR, and the robot can be unlocked as a playable character for playing 50 hours.

[edit] E-10000G

E-10000G (called Robo 2 on the official American website) is very similar to his "brother", except it is green, has its "cap" on a different way, and is massproduced. According to the Japanese website, E-10000G was created as a work robot for the Egg Factory level, but was massproduced due to its mobility, and has an efficient data processing ability.^[3] E-10000G is a power type character in the game. However, when met as opponents in Story Mode, E-10000G has the powers of speed, flight, and power characters, likely to make the game harder. In Story Mode, E-10000G robots will fill the spots not used by other characters such as Sonic or Jet.

E-10000G is equipped with a large light in its body that it can use to blind opponents, and also punches and kicks enemies to attack. E-10000G's unique Extreme Gear is called the E-GearG, and the robot is unlocked as a playable character by playing for 20 hours.

[edit] Others

In the Egg Factory level, yellow and purple robots similar to the playable E-10000s appear as obstacles. They have no official names or designations.

[edit] Type Errors

On the American Sonic Riders website, E-10000G and E-10000R accidentally got their stats (or possibly bios) reversed, and the website claimed that G was speed and R was power (it also lists their names as "Robo 1" and "Robo 2"). The Japanese website was correct, but in E-10000G's bio, it said the name "E-10000R" instead and vice versa. When the game came out, G turned out to be power and R was speed.

[edit] Trivia

• Delta, Epsilon and Zeta only talk on one occasion in Sonic Adventure, when Gamma overhears them discussing who caught the right frog. As they are off-screen at the time, it is not known who has which voice. It is also unknown which voice actor(s) provided the voices for the three.
• In the "Gimme Shelter" hub world in Sonic Battle, pieces of E-100-looking robots can be seen in production, with a notable unknown green robot. Its official name and relation to the other E-100 robots are unknown.
• All E-100 robots except ZERO appear on collectable cards in Sonic Rivals.

[edit] References