BADNIK SONIC! | SonicSpeedReading (STC)

#mechamarchmadness #sonic #badnik
With all of Robotnik's badniks, you have to wonder why he never made one for Sonic? Well, turns out Fleetway answered that question for us back in the 90s...today we look at one of the weirdest robots yet: BADNIK SONIC!

[@mistersp3753]

Tortured Robot Chicken? Does Robotnik force him to watch stop-motion sketch comedy all day?

[@nellewoodruff6337]

Now I'm reminded of that ep of AoStH where Scratch and Grounder get demoted to backup dancers.

[@Londonlink]

A person of culture I see - Cartoon Network for the win

[@Danielrv2fn]

@@Londonlinkwhat does that have to do with anything*!?*

[@Mrpix3lonni]

​@@Danielrv2fncartoon network aired adult swim in the past.

[@ToastyRoyale]

I love that there's such an abundance of robot duplicates to Sonic. The fact that so many of them are poorly designed or only made one appearance really makes them feel like failed prototypes prior to Metal (I know they're from various different universes but let me have this lol)

[@tomdrawsstuffs6092]

metal is robotnik at his absolute highest genius, and even he gets beat sometimes

[@FabioliRavioli]

I just imagine that the sonic robots are all a big family

[@thesmilingman7576]

@@tomdrawsstuffs6092 he didn't even make Metalix in the Fleetway comics

[@chiptunepacifist5729]

The design really gives off Invader Zim vibes I love it

[@HotelKatz]

It's the teeth and the eyes that give off that Zim vibe to me.

[@aurawarrior1367]

Yeah I was gonna say Badnik Sonic looks like something from Invader zim

[@filipemartins2447]

I actually own this comic book translated to portuguese! I also have other one that explains the origin of Dr Robotnik and the history of brown Sonic. Thank you for bringing this content and keep it up!

[@lemonboom589]

Seeing a random mention of portuguese online always brings a smile to my face

[@rocketanimations1980]

YOOOOOO BR BORAAA

[@filipemartins2447]

Português de Portugal! Livro publicado pela Porto editora :) um abraço para o Brasil!

[@JRENZO10]

@@lemonboom589 portuguese online

[@SonicLux_Hedgeman]

I actually remember reading it on my schools library! Porto Editora as well!

[@Bofrab]

I like this so much more than Pseudo Sonic! At first I thought it looked weird, but then I realized it was drawn in a badnik style. I also love the spike ball idea.

[@ixaldorran7867]

Sonic and Tails relationship in fleetway felt like mine and my brothers relationship as kids. Specially since he was always my player two. His 'helping' with tails often got me hit as sonic in a boss fight. Much frustration and minor insults thrown his way but still loved. I think the writers nailed their relationship for Young boys at the time in the 90s.

[@dom8259]

This is the perfect explanation except I was tails

[@BlueSmash_404]

@JOVANKA----------👇💋 me encanta como este bot escribe lo importante en español en un canal de habla inglesa

[@infinitesheldon5710]

I'm starting to wonder, does Sonic the Hedgehog have more evil doppelgangers than any other fictional character? It's common for a hero to have an evil doppelganger show up as a villain in their stories. Spider-Man and Venom, Shazam and Black Adam, Iron Man and Iron Monger, Crimson Dynamo, and Titanium Man, Flash and Reverse Flash, ect. But Sonic has Silver Sonic, Robo Sonic, Metal Sonic, Mecha Sonic, Rocket Metal, Shadow, Scourge, and now this thing, not to mention all the other one-off Sonic robots and evil Sonic duplicates in the comics.

[@PhilipAJones]

Spider-Man has got a bunch of clones but I don't know how many of them are evil.

[@CarvedDaWarped]

Ben Tennyson's got plenty as well.

[@infinitesheldon5710]

@@CarvedDaWarped I totally forgot about him, honestly

[@markmorales7958]

2:50 That “HEY…” panel of Sonic, sweet Jesus…

[@ixaldorran7867]

Sooo minikui

[@Wayneisboss]

"What if Metal Sonic was powered by V O R E"

[@sliverfire7555]

I like to think all the fleetway sonic comic characters have British accents.

[@AutumnCrusader]

Which accents? We have so many

[@sliverfire7555]

@@AutumnCrusader any one of them would do.

[@sliverfire7555]

Sonic with a cockney accent would be funny.

[@nellewoodruff6337]

The Sonic Villains fan movie did this and it's great

[@theonlybilge]

@@sliverfire7555 Roight, puttin' the beans on it.

[@johnseymore4774]

“It looks more like an angry pig than a hedgehog!” So… it looks more like a hog than a hog?

[@misterzygarde6431]

Could you imagine Fleetway Sonic in the same room as the other Sonic's or him fighting against Surge or Scourge?

[@fnaf2isthegoat75]

Yes that would be such an interesting interaction

[@hoseinbmr3449]

If we use early fleetway sonic , not only other sonics but also Scourge and Surge would wonder why this sonic is such a jerk 😂

[@Gamermario-lb3rq]

Early Fleetway Sonic fighting Scourge sounds like a lesser of two evils situation.

[@Goosecognito]

@@Gamermario-lb3rq Scourge would definitely be the lesser of them. He would probably try using the anarchy beryl and just give Fleetway more power.

[@handlename88]

This isn't even related to the video

[@Graphomite]

Despite them using the word "battery," the animals inside would technically work like generators. So it's reasonable to imagine the Badnicks have an internal battery they rely on before finding an animal that allows them to function indefinitely on organic material rather than going back to Robotnick's base for a power outlet every time they need a recharge.

[@funnysonicman]

Dang, March may be coming to an end but the man is on a roll!

[@mushroomfusion245]

I always considered Rollers from Sonic 1 as a sort of Badnik Sonic, meanwhile this thing looks like a rejected FNAF character.

[@Metallicdude]

That’s what I’m saying

[@Fanatic_Foremem]

that robotnik design was later explained, out of universe its just them expermenting with the design. Also I'm sure you'll learn, but sonic and tails both develop as friends over the whole series, with them resembling their game freindship way more by the end of the series.

[@Kingbeat1]

I can’t wait for more fleetway

[@KraziShadowbear]

4:37 My guess is that these Badniks have small amounts of limited battery power that allow them to ONLY move around and launch their tendrils (probably a one time charge) to capture an animal and use it's body energy to power itself and use the weapons and spikes and other gadgets it may have stored away at first, but be able to deploy and use when it has an animal inside. Also, I can't believe I've NEVER seen this little Sonic Badnik before! It's pretty cool! It could probably function as a VERY early prototype for Metal Sonic or at least some form of inspiration for Robotnik to create an Metal Sonic, since he'd only ever focused on Badniks in the early games. Maybe he built off a Badnik and we got the Game Gear Metal Sonic! 6:32 I think Robotnik's literally a robot because the Archie comics may have given that idea, since Archie Sonic's version of Robotnik (an later on, Eggman) was ONCE a human, but was eventually killed and another version from another dimension came in and was FULLY a robot. His name was "Robo-Robotnik". (Or maybe the crazy Fleetway comics through Robotnik was a literal mustache-twirling villain and a top hat with a robot body because of his name alone.) XD If Robotnik or Eggman ever came back to this classic little Sonic Badnik, it'd make a lot of Sonic games A LOT harder, but also more interesting. Also, I think the Sonic Badnik is SUPPOSED to be ugly on purpose to fit in with the other "simple, still scary" designs of the other Badniks. 9:17 You know those moments where Sonic and a robot or enemy face off, literally face to face? Yeah, that's a perfect instance for that grenade-nose to pop off the beak and explode in Sonic's face, catching him completely off-guard. Didn't think about that, did you? XD

[@ixaldorran7867]

Considering the issue number. Fleetway probably took Robotnicks design from some concept art in Japan.

[@KraziShadowbear]

@@ixaldorran7867 Probably. I know it's not accurate or it might be WAY to early, but I was just throwing ideas around.

[@thisisasupersayin376]

@@ixaldorran7867 This comic is from 1993 but it's not like classic robotnik had a consistent design anyway

[@nellewoodruff6337]

Sonic: You may know everything I'm going to--*BOOM* ....I guess I have no clue what you're going to do... strange, isn't it?

[@Magicghost23]

This video is metal.

[@negativeneo6506]

I was waiting for this. The fact that it can shoot spikes makes me think it was an early adaptation of Robo Sonic from sonic 2. The zipper teeth really reminds me of invader zim.

[@johanroyce6324]

Please do a video on Shortfuse the Cybernik

[@dom8259]

Shortfuse was was the essence of "bad" to my 90s kid brain such a cool character

[@DemonDethchase]

I'd say Fleetway Sonic is a more a bully with a massive inferiority complex given that he gets super jealous when Tails is seen to be more popular than what is. Plus he throws a right strop when Tails defeats Metal Knuckles after the doppelganger was kicking Fleetway Sonic's the ass before the little fox cub saved his ungrateful hide, insisting that he never needed Tails help as he would have beaten Metal Knuckles eventually, despite the fact he'd already been beaten by it once before in their first encounter and was now basically smacking Fleetway Sonic around for fun before looking at putting him out of his misery.

[@JAIQMIXES]

It's hilarious

[@SmashProX]

I'll save you some time. Yes, Sonic's spikes are unique compared to other hedgehogs, no, Robotnik just wears that suit randomly for this occasion, and yes, the comic is as weird and crazy as this, and it just keeps amping up. "Why doesn't Robotnik make any Badniks to house Sonic?" Well the easy answer is that he has to be caught first.

[@Just_a_rathalos151]

AWW YEAH! ANOTHER METAL DUDE TO STE- I mean....use IN SOME ROLEPLAY FOR NO REASON AT ALL

[@greenlightning6803]

I’m convinced people knew that wasn’t sonic but they just wanted a reason to frame him sense he is a jerk in this continuity

[@banobobot]

3:47. Love how this comic forshadows FNaF Sister Location and The Twisted Ones. You know, the some of the animatronics in those narratives were designed to lure and capture innocent bystanders. In Fleetway's case, it's just without the murder part.

[@Ripevenriplier]

im gonna said it....MOAR FLEETWAY

[@tempest6027]

i love how insanely loud the mecha march madness logo is it's like the metal pipe sound effect

[@renegadedjinn5325]

I never knew about this type of Robotic Sonic doppelganger. Thank you for providing us this knowledge, Nick - Spades the Nocturne

[@brandonprater4613]

Sincere thanks for this trip down repressed memory lane!

[@joedee6879]

I adore the artwork in this comic, it's so derpy and goofy, but the posing and colouring help make it genuinely appealing as well

[@skulliothepumpkin535]

They need to bring back Fleetway Super Sonic

[@zephon6745]

The crazy destructive one or the nice kind one.

[@skulliothepumpkin535]

@@zephon6745 the crazy one

[@jamiemanning4944]

Fleetway feels like a star ge dream to me since I haven't really had much interaction with it. I have read some of the Fleetway Sonic fan comics that continue the story (Sonic The Comic Online). I love your commentary Nick!

[@mrboojay]

That’s a pretty neat robot I’ve never seen before, very cool. (I don’t need to be an organic battery though… :P)

[@Baburun-Sama]

This can be an Idea for Badnik Tower (a Sonic the Hedgehog version of Pizza Tower), like: Sonic = Peppino Blaze = Playable Noise Tails = Gustavo Tails' Tornado = Brick Dr. Eggman = Pepperman Fang = The Vigilante Shadow = The Noise Amy Rose = Noisette Badnik-ified Sonic = Fake Peppino Super Exetior = Pizzaface (Escape) Exetior's Chaos Emerald-Powered Machine = Pizzaface (Battle) Exetior = Pizzahead Knuckles = Mr. Stick Vector-like Energy Generator = Pillar John Vector = Resurrected John Espio = Gerome Silver = Snick Gray Exetior = Snick.EXE Motobugs = Cheeseslimes Golden Motobug = Snotty

[@chilistudiosvideodump4135]

To me, Badnik Sonic look like he's capable of emitting horrible mechanical screeching noises from his mouth.

[@RenSenpai7]

You're on a roll pal! Keep those gears turnin! Wooh!

[@Overbound]

I'm loving these videos. Mecha Sonics are my favorite.

[@whitetspider82whitetspider78]

I hope he talks about Neo Metal Sonic.

[@TheBlueGhoul]

Clearly you do not know about the seven chapter long story arch exploring the deep phychological issues of being a small badger in a world that has more humanoid badgers. I would definitely read that story though as much as i joke

[@WhatDillionYT]

What is 8t called

[@TheBlueGhoul]

@@WhatDillionYT What do you mean?

[@linksnivey1161]

Potential suggestions for future Mecha March Madness videos: Robo Sonic (Shogakukan): From an early manga, it kind of goes with the same Badnik basis as Badnik Sonic, but looks more like the original. Metal Robotnik from the Sonic anime movie: A giant robot version of Classic Robotnik made by Robotnik, claiming him to be his own individual that went rogue in a manner similar to Heavy King. There's an Archie Iteration of it which an army appears. Titan Metal Sonic from Archie: Basically an extension of Metal Sonic from Knuckles' Chaotix. It had about two major appearances in the Chaotix adaptation and a future arc prior to the "Super Genesis Wave" thing as its own individual model rather than transformation. X Robot from Archie Sonic X: A sleeker robot created to use powers like Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. Its not any particular imitation, but rather meant to resemble all of them in someway. And Silver Sonic 3.0, another version of Silver Sonic from the post-Super Genesis Wave time, serving as a robot on the Death Egg 2, also got a second model

[@truemetalsonic]

Looking forward to your eventual metal sonic video

[@deanlangdale7315]

I've never seen this badnik before, i didn't start reading this comic until issue 14. Looking forward to seeing your take on fleetways Metal Sonic, Metallix.

[@talesfromiDEATH]

In regards to Robotniks outfit here. There's no wider context for it. But in early stc, the staff were all basically work for hire and they mostly had no real knowledge of the franchise. This is Ed Hilyer's first strip for the comic and he almost definitely wasn't given any reference for what Robotnik was meant to look like and just made up the design.

[@mechajay3358]

Fleetway Sonic Comics were a real mindscrew.

[@SprinchelArt]

Why does tails say "miles away" if fleetway is European and there for should use metric system? Wouldn't it make more sence for him to say kilometers away? Or is it like his thing cuz he's Miles Prower?

[@JAIQMIXES]

No we use miles here too. Sorry

[@-.starryisasuperstar.-]

I'm European. I say feet, miles and inches though.

[@mushroomfusion245]

Someone make a Friday Night Funkin’ mod of this guy like Super Sonic and Extra Life did.

[@dom8259]

This has given me major flashbacks, the first STC, I ever got here, mum would only get me and bro it every two issues as I was so expensive. So got my first job to buy the the other issue as a kid when the Brotgerhood of Metalax storyline came along

[@RDSC_]

this is great! i cant wait to hear more of sonic robots that i never heard of. suto sonic was a good video to. i thought he was only a adventures of sonic the hedgehog thing.

[@SamBeta20]

I always got "fake crash" from gba crash bandicoot when I saw pictures of this sonic. Love the design.

[@Richforce1]

There was an interesting one-shot Sonic Comic in France back in the day. Only original character was Princess Alucion, who's pretty much just Knuckles in drag with a curvy figure and a leopard skin dress.

[@charleschamp9826]

Rocket Metal and Badnik Sonic both work via coin slot it seems.

[@raymariopokenic1561]

this video brings back memories

[@Gilbot9000]

Wow this is *wild*. That design is unique, but weird and unsettling. Whoever designed that has a sleep paralysis demon with that same silhouette.

[@crushersbutlessedgynow]

See tails, this is what you get for not assassinating dr.robotnik pixel brain

[@ScutoidStudios]

I have been waiting for fleetway speedreading :0

[@KodyTauros]

Nick out here with the CONTENT

[@thesmilingman7576]

I like to think this issue is why Robotnik later on allowed Grimer (the Fleetway equivalent to Snivley) to design Metalix

[@FreeViewBlog]

I feel like the Adventure games provide enough evidence to explain why Eggman utilizes only the small animals as organic batteries and not the larger anthropomorphic or even human characters: they in some way channel Chaos energy. GUN robots utilize Chaos Drives, designed to mimic Chaos Emeralds, as their batteries, while Eggman utilizes the Small Animals for the exact same purpose. Notably, Chao are able to absorb the energy from both Chaos Drives and Small Animals. While the Chaos Drives turn gray and disappear, the Small Animals are not actually eaten and can continue walking around the Chao Garden after being drained. The question, post-Adventure 2, is really why Eggman continues to utilize Small Animals rather than copying the Chaos Drive technology. If I had to guess, it's because the Small Animals provide constant energy and do not need to be replaced, while the Chaos Drives provide only finite energy. However, a consequence of using Small Animals as a battery source is their potential to impose their will upon the robot they inhabit (Gamma, Omega, etc.) This is why Eggman's robots are more lifelike and expressive where GUN's robots are emotionless and sterile.

[@maxspecs]

Underrated comment here.

[@bananabike279]

Badnik Sonic is such a deep pull, I never even knew this one existed!

[@L._Vireo]

Never actually heard of this guy! He looks very cool!

[@dprototype6431]

Had a feeling you’d do a video on this goofy lad, he’s got serious gremlin vibes. It’s funny how this guy showed up before Mecha Sonic, just like how Pseudo showed up before both Mecha and Metal Sonic in Archie.

[@superaustin6383]

I actually kind of like how this guy looks XD The Archie Sonic X comics early on have a storyline where Eggman uses robots powered by humans instead of little animals it's interesting to see any Sonic thing actually try that concept was neat to see even if it was only like 2 issues. The Archie comics did use a lot of game locations especially once Ian came around. one of my favorite things they expanded on from the games is using the Star posts to make portals to enter other universes since really that's kind of what they did in the games.

[@thepanelbiter9915]

4:45 my first thought was that the animals act as chargers rather than batteries in this universe. Like, a badnik without an animal could probably run for a few days, but die out without an animal to help recharge them

[@sonictag-teamheroes8835]

I like some of the ideas present here, it's design really dials in on the "Badnik" aesthetic and feels more like a proper "Super-Badnik" than Metal. The curling into a ball and shooting out spikes is a neat touch as well. That said, the design is really busy and the inconsistent artwork doesn't help. I think if the backside was more rounded, like Roller, it would look less janky and the transition into a spiked ball would be more believable.

[@hollowflame4852]

I love this blue scrap

[@Advanced_Noob5004]

I love the Metal Sonics!

[@rodrigomarcondes5857]

Badnik Sonic looks like a robot that would've been from Invader Zim. That "zipper mouth" and the "vertical line" eye are so much like that show's art style

[@goob_goob_gooby_goob]

Honestly, from what I've seen of Badnik Sonic here, I feel like he'd fit into something like Sonic Lost World

[@JinjoJinjoJinjo]

I'd love a video on the tails robots out there

[@SalahElmousa]

I wonder when he's finally gonna talk about metal sonic

[@hoseinbmr3449]

He would talk about metal sonic for HOURS 😂 That's why he hasn't done that yet

[@SalahElmousa]

@@hoseinbmr3449 Yeah true

[@RedTygon]

Huh I'm still learning new stuff about StC. I started reading StC somewhere around issue 20, looking back, some of the comics were really weird heh. Still, I loved the main stories in the comics. Just went to show how good they were when they tried!

[@banobobot]

I think Badnik Sonic is way better than Pseudo Sonic (great name though). I do love how early to mid Fleetway is super faithful to the games (even Sonic 1 and 2 is canon to the comic). Anyway, I don't think you'll be running out of Sonic bots any time soon.

[@CyanicCore]

The idea itself was interesting, but it's hard to justify more than one comic with it... at least here. Though many seem to like Fleetway almost or even more than Archie, from many standpoints it's the worse series. There are a couple great character arcs, but other concepts are nearly plagiarized, the series retconned nearly constantly, at least in the beginning (as seen here) backgrounds weren't drawn at all... even this special zone base idea went abandoned for months. Keep in mind, I don't hate Fleetway, it's just strange to see it hold more popular over the arguably better (and bigger) series.

[@Chillipeffer]

Badnik Sonic is interesting, I would like to see him as a common enemy in a game focused on Sonic robot duplicates

[@Lionblaze-Prime]

The image of Badnik Sonic stuffing itself with the real Sonic looks like it's from a horror game.

[@DarkSt0rm009]

Wow! A fleetway sonic comic video that *Doesn't* have the instrumental from Chaos playing? no but for real this is kinda cool, and I still wonder if Extra Life counted as a mecha

[@yuxaredd]

dear god, the metal madness keeps going, just when i think it's over you upload again...

[@cassetticons4651]

Think we'll get any Shortfuse comics? As a kid I loved that he had to announce his backstory every time he appeared

[@BlackFlash09]

Again, fans make fun of Amy for confusing other people for Sonic. And yet, back in the 90s, in-universe characters did that with Pseudo-Sonic and Badnik Sonic. Speaking of mistaken identity would you mind convering the Sonic Jam cartoon one day, Nick?

[@wattage84]

Man if you like Metal Sonic & fletway you need to read “the Brotherhood of Metalix saga” carrying on from the Chaotix story you covered starting with The Brotherhood of Metalix (STC 59-62) and continuing / ending with The Return of Chaotix (STC 67-72) a fantastic story arc

[@dahamburgalar4617]

The Badnik Sonic seemed to do just fine without an "organic battery".

[@cody2819]

I honestly think this Badnik Sonic would make a lot sense and effort if more was done with it. Remember that one Badnik from Sonic 1 that can roll into a blue ball? I always thought that was Eggman's original Metal Sonic, and Badnik Sonic would work as attempt 2 with Silver Sonic as attempt 3. After all with Silver Sonic he used an actual controller behind a glass window to control him, why would he do that?

[@Artzei]

While not really a directly Sonic robot, but hopefully you get to take a look at Shortfuse the Super Badnik which coincidentally is from the same old UK comic as this one, if you haven't already. Long story short, that one is a badnik that during the robotization process managed to keep its original organic mind intact.

[@nickporter4279]

Is this the first Fleetway on the channel since the character overviews? I'm very much here for STC features.

[@pixelation4916]

I like to think that the badniks have backup generators that can almost tide them over for long enough to find a little critter to use as a battery

[@tempest6027]

y'know what this guy's design reminds me of the gruntbots from banjo nuts & bolts especially the nut-eating one called a scoffer

[@guyonyoutube3850]

what i wanna know about badniks in this comic is what they're running on before the capture an animal. They seem to be in a fighting state even before they get their battery which makes me quetion what the flickys even do

[@kenpanderz672]

"im not Sonic, im my original robot character: Robonic!"

[@indecisiveponderer643]

I'm really hoping to see you cover Metalix(forgot how he's name is spelled) sice you're already pulling from the fleetway run. He'd be a perfect fit for mecha madness

[@matt.b5984]

I always thought that blue rolling enemy in scrap yard zone in sonic 1 was the 1ST ever metal/badnick sonic

[@mechamadness]

YAAAAYYY HE DID BADNIK SONIC!!!!

[@-.starryisasuperstar.-]

I forgot which issue it was, but it was just showing what Robotnik does in his free time ig. One thing that was shown was the badnik he had prepared just for Sonic. It went from looking like an insane pig...to just *DUCK* .

[@BasementDweller_]

Groovy video.

[@thegamingcole7144]

Wouldn’t it be “welcome back to sonic speed reading mecha march madness *addition” *or something similar to that word this way will be good because it makes it seem more like a special event/events.

[@santiagoarrieta2175]

I think the only game show the animals being put in the badnicks is Lost World were it's a cinematic were they are put as part of a production like. PD: i don't remember if Adventure show it with the e-100 series in game. I sure that happen in Sonic x were is see how the animal is put in each of the 4 robots.

[@adrijanasani5899]

I think it would be great to make one Sonic Game that would add all deleted characters like deleted metals,or that appeared before and Never again like multiverse madness all characters in one place or even show based on that it would be hella cool or very very goofy characters but still it would be cool.

[@sanstheredpikmin7363]

How much do you want to bet we're not going to see any of the main metal variants until next year

[@bagelgod946]

what is that frame at 2:37 on the right and why hasn’t it become a meme yet. Sonic looks like that baby robot from sonic underground.

[@alexkubrat3868]

From where are you getting these fleetway Sonic comic scans?