Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik
"Imposter". That's impossi... WHAT?!?!
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 quotes
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Shadow the Hedgehog
2024? I've been trapped for fifty years? [G.U.N. agents arrive and surround Shadow]
Gerald
What now, my cunning cohort?
Ivo
Just a little teamwork...!
Gerald
Hey... The lasers... don't seem to be penetrating my suit. They're conforming to the shape of my bodacious bod.
Ivo
Of course. I designed these suits to create a field of laser-bending thermal distortion. Wasn't sure it would work 'til now.
Gerald
You're heartless, son.
Ivo
Hmm.
Gerald
Rotten to the core.
Ivo
Mm-hmm.
Gerald
I'm... so proud. So, now we can just dance right through.
Ivo
That sounds like a challenge.
Ivo
[along with Gerald watching Shadow running at super-speed around the Cannon's core.]
Excuse me, Grampasadoble. What is that thermonuclear gerbil doing?
Gerald
Infusing the core with Chaos Energy. That's my little secret: the Eclipse Cannon is about to turn this planet into a flaming pile of rubble, wiping out everything in a 25,000-mile radius... including us.
Ivo
WHAT?! [laughing incredulously] We can't annihilate the Earth! By combining our genius, we can rule humanity. Together!
Gerald
Humanity is a failed experiment. If anyone should know that, it's you. All your life, you've been rejected by this world. You have nothing down there... no one who cares about you.
Ivo
But I have you now. We're family... we have each other.
Gerald
[coldly]
Oh, Ivo... you're no Maria. The moment I lost her, my family was gone forever. The only way to give Maria's life meaning is to destroy the world that took her from me... so I'm BURNING IT ALL DOWN!
Shadow
[teleports back down]
It's done.
Gerald
Good work, Shadow. I'm prepping the firing sequence. [flicks a switch] The weapon will be fully charged in ten minutes.
Shadow
[puts his hand to the window, and looks out at Earth below]
It's almost finished, Maria. You will have justice. [then notices a golden light flying up from the planet]
Gerald
What is that?
Shadow
Is G.U.N. launching missiles at us?
Gerald
Impossible. It's moving too fast.
Ivo
[takes out Sonic's quill, which changes from blue to gold before his eyes; realizing]
It's him.
Super Sonic
[The light, revealing to be Super Sonic, blitzes Shadow straight out of the Eclipse Cannon, leaving a hole in the glass window. A metal door seals the hole before the Robotniks can be pulled into space.] [enraged]
YOU'VE HURT MY FAMILY! THIS ENDS NOW!
Shadow
Now you know my anger. The pain I felt for fifty years! And you’ve made the same choice I did.
Super Sonic
I'M NOTHING LIKE YOU!
Shadow
We'll see.
Super Sonic
[Super Sonic and Shadow re-enter the atmosphere and crash-land in a volcanic region, creating a crater upon impact. Once the dust clears, Super Sonic notices that Shadow has vanished.]
SHOW YOURSELF, COWARD!
[Shadow shows himself behind Super Sonic and knocks the Chaos Emeralds out of him, reverting Sonic to his base form. They see the Emeralds falling in the air and both make a mad dash for them at the same time. A pillar of golden light shoots up from the Emeralds, and when it leaves, Sonic sees that he has regained his Super form... but Shadow has also gained his for the first time, his limiter rings glowing with power and his fur whitish gold. Super Sonic tries to punch Super Shadow, but the latter effortlessly blocks, the impact causing the earth to crack beneath their feet.]
Super Shadow
You were right about one thing... This ends NOW.
Gerald
[Super Shadow strikes back at Super Sonic, and an epic battle between the two enraged, godlike hedgehogs begins. The Robotniks watch the fight unfold around the world from the Eclipse Cannon.]
What's happening? Where are they?
Ivo
[points up]
Up there.
Gerald
[looks up]
Where?
Ivo
Higher.
Gerald
[looks higher]
Hmm?
Gerald
[Ivo chops Gerald in the neck, causing the latter to fall in pain]
Ah!
Ivo
Left yourself open. [runs for the Cannon's controls]
Gerald
[enraged; as Ivo betrays him]
Ivo! What are you doing?!
Ivo
Thwarting your evil plan!
Both
[Gerald catches up to him with a nano jetpack. Both Robotniks begin fighting each other, and they start by grabbing each other's mustaches.] [screaming]
WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA! OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW!
Ivo
Not the mustache!
Gerald
Agreed!
Ivo
Let go on three. One, two, three! [they both let go and shake their mustaches before Gerald creates a giant fist out of nanobots] Ooooh... A nanofist. I haven't seen that since I hate-watched Green Lantern in 2011!
Gerald
I was saving it for Comic-Con. But now there won't be a Comic-Con! [slaps Ivo which sends him flying]
Super Shadow
[Super Sonic and Super Shadow continue their fight all the way to Greece. Super Shadow teleports behind Super Sonic and kicks him down into the Parthenon]
Why are you alone? Where are your friends? [Super Sonic merely grunts in pain.] They tried to stop you, didn't they? But you came anyway. Your anger was too much. What kind of hero abandons his friends to pursue revenge? Abandons his family?
Super Sonic
Don't you dare talk about my family!
Super Shadow
And here I thought you cared for them. Especially the one... What's his name? Tom?
Super Sonic
HYNAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Shadow
[With rage boiling over, Super Sonic punches Super Shadow so hard that he sends him flying out of Earth and straight to the moon, knocking him out of his Super form. Super Sonic charges after him, grabs him by the chest fur, and poises his fist to deliver the final blow.]
Go ahead! Finish it! [Super Sonic pants heavily and prepares to hit, but hesitates] What are you waiting for?! Do it! [points at his heart] I’m right here!
Tom
[Super Sonic's eyes widen, remembering Tom's words in the old cave]
You didn't let your pain change who you are... [points at Sonic's heart] in here.
Super Sonic
[calms down and lets Shadow go, looking at himself with remorse]
This is not who I am.
Shadow
What are you doing? You won. Take your revenge.
Sonic
[reverts to base form, sits down sadly]
There are no winners with revenge.
Maria
[The two hedgehogs sit in somber silence. Shadow looks up at the stars.] [echoing in Shadow's mind]
Wow. Look at all those stars. They're like diamonds.
Shadow
The last time I sat beneath stars like this, I was with her. I've felt this pain for so long, it's all I know.
Sonic
When I lost Longclaw, I felt the same way.
Shadow
Did your pain eventually go away?
Sonic
No. But in time, I learned there's something more powerful than pain. The love we felt for each other. That's what you need to hold on to, Shadow. Maria might be gone, but your love will always remain.
Shadow
[at that moment, the sun peaks out from behind Earth, illuminating them both]
The light shines, even though the star is gone. [Sonic sees Shadow's understanding, along with the Eclipse Cannon still looming over the planet in the distance] This whole mess is my fault. I've been so blinded by rage, I thought... I had no choice.
Sonic
[stands up, offers his hand]
You always have a choice. [Shadow thinks for a second, then takes Sonic's hand and gets back up] Making the right one is never easy. One more thing I learned, is that when you really screw something up... you can't fix it on your own.
Super Sonic
[As a familiar tune begins to play, Shadow smiles for the first time in fifty years. The two hedgehogs transform into their Super forms once more, preparing for the final battle.]
Gotta go fast!
Super Shadow
Don't tell me you've got a catchphrase.
Super Sonic
That's right, new hedgehog, and everyone loves it!
Gerald
[at long last, the vocals of Crush 40's "Live and Learn" kick in, and Super Sonic and Super Shadow launch off the moon together toward the Eclipse Cannon] [spanking Ivo with his nanofist]
I... will... not... try... to stop... my... elders... from... destroying... the... world!
[Ivo makes a nano drill and drives it into Gerald's foot, who shouts in pain and relents, so Ivo rolls away and gets to his feet] Playtime is over! [makes a pair of nano scorpion pincers and a tail, the latter destroying the Eclipse Cannon controls]
Gerald
There's no going back now!
Ivo
[to his glove]
Set up defense. [accidentally makes a fence] Damn you, autocorrect! [Gerald lunges to attack with his pincers; to his glove] Mantis. [makes a pair of mantis blades, hovering around Gerald's next attack via mantis wings.] I'm right here, arach-nerd. [Gerald lunges again, but Ivo catches his pincer with one mantis blade and slices off part of his mustache with the other.] Hahahahaaa! That's what I call "mantiscaping".
Gerald
[furious]
That's ELDER ABUSE!
Computer
[He prepares his pincers for another attack, only to spin around and whip Ivo off the platform with his scorpion tail. Ivo hangs on the edge, but before Gerald can finish him off, the Eclipse Cannon's alarm and computer voice divert his attention.] [repeating]
Alert.
Gerald
[retracts his nano weapons and sees Super Sonic and Super Shadow on the monitor]
Shadow, I see you've chosen betrayal. And you were once so useful to me.
Ivo
[decloaks]
The Robotniks have entered the chat. [realizes] Wait. Poppy seed? Grand geezer...? ¿Dónde está--?
Gerald
I'm right here! [decloaks] If you weren't family, I could've gut you like a pheasant! [rethinks] I mean... try to keep up.
Ivo
[hanging over the Eclipse Cannon's hatch]
Please, Grampsy! Don't do this.
Gerald
Sorry, kiddo. "Bring Your Grandkid to Work Day" is over. [opens the hatch, causing Ivo to hold on for dear life] Any last words?
Ivo
Just... one thing... that I never thought I’d say.
Gerald
What is it? [mockingly] "I love you"?
Ivo
No. It was something even better, but I'm not gonna say it if that's the way you're gonna be!
Gerald
[nonchalantly]
'Kay. Bye.
Ivo
[He stomps on Ivo’s hand, sending him falling.]
AAAAAAAAAAHHH!
Gerald
[laughs evilly and sighs]
Grandchildren. All the fun and none of the responsibility.
Ivo
[However, Ivo flies back inside, carrying Knuckles and being carried by Tails through their ring, while holding Super Sonic's glowing quill]
Who said life was pointless?
Gerald
[shocked]
Huh?
Ivo
[sneers]
Oh, right. You did. [uses the quill to zap Gerald behind, sending him flying into the energy field, disintegrating and killing him instantly]
Gerald
AAH!
Tails
Whoo-hoo!
Knuckles
Victory!
Ivo
Say what you want about my granddad... He made one hell of a bug zapper. [blows on the quill and tosses it aside]
Tails
We've gotta stop that laser!
Ivo
I knew there was something I was forgetting.
Ivo
[rises out of a manhole, joining Shadow, Stone, and Gerald in an alley as "London Town" by Giggs and Mr. Eazi plays. The G.U.N. headquarters sits across the Thames.]
London, baby!
Shadow
[to Gerald]
G.U.N. headquarters is right there! Let me go in, get the key, and destroy anyone in my way! I want revenge!
Gerald
Patience, Shadow. Just let us handle this. And I promise, you'll have revenge... on a scale you can't possibly imagine.
Ivo
C'mon, granddaddio, we've got... dirt to do! [to Stone] Suits.
Stone
Right here, sir. [presents a briefcase with two suits]
Ivo
Stone, babysit the hedgehog. Keep the crab on a low boil. [to Gerald] It's time for more family bonding. [takes the suitcase, joins Gerald]
Stone
C'mon, Shadow. Got fresh avocados in the crab. We'll make guac. [goes down the manhole]
Shadow
[100% serious]
Revenge guac!
Ivo
Our destiny awaits.
Sonic
Stop right there, robo-scum!
Ivo
Let's do this...!
Gerald
Copy!
Sonic
[The Robotniks run into the vault, but a couple floor panels turn red and pull them to the floor.]
Too slow, Eggmen. Now if you don't mind, I gotta get that key-- [another floor panel turns green, suspending him off the ground] Whoa! My feet! Why can't I use my beautiful feet?
Rockwell
Because... [walks in, holding the controls] this vault is armed with variable gravity.
Gerald
No kidding?
Rockwell
Green goes up, and red takes you down, hard.
Sonic
Rockwell, listen to me. The Robotniks are planning to--
Rockwell
[spitefully flicks Sonic]
Oh, they're planning on stealing the second key, just like you are? Yes, I'm aware. [pulls the key] I called it the second Commander Walters was attacked, so... thank you for taking the bait and falling right into my trap.
Ivo
I don't believe this.
Gerald
I know, grandson. A woman in the military.
Knuckles
[screams]
It's an ambush! You'll never take us alive, foul beasts!
Tails
Calm down, Knuckles! This is a Chao Garden, one of the top ten must-see spots in all of Tokyo. It's the perfect place for us to blend in!
Japanese Girl
[to Tails]
Are you Detective Pikachu?
Sonic
Yes, he is!
Knuckles
[laughs]
He does look like a Pokémon! [Tails looks annoyed as Knuckles begins to mimic the impression of Pikachu] Pika-Pika! Ha!
Sonic
Commander Walters.
Walters
[sitting down]
Sonic. Thank God you're all okay. I'm sure you have questions.
Sonic
Just a big, ticked off, red-and-black one. Who was that guy?
Walters
Shadow's story began a lot like yours, Sonic. But where you found family and friends on this planet, Shadow found only pain and loss. [the scene cuts to 1974, where a shocked farmer walks out of his truck to have a look of a meteorite that contains Shadow inside] It begins over fifty years ago with a meteor crash in a quiet corner of Oklahoma. The meteorite contained a lifeform... the ultimate lifeform. [inside the meteorite, Shadow opens his eyes] Shadow’s power, his chaos energy, went far beyond any living creature. The scientists who discovered him believed this power would usher in a new era for humanity. But Shadow’s power proved too dangerous. A terrible accident destroyed the lab, taking human lives with it. The project leader was blamed for the incident and imprisoned. With the program cancelled, Shadow was a loose end no one knew how to deal with. Too dangerous to be walking free, too valuable to destroy. So I had to place him into stasis... [as the water rises from below the imprisoned Shadow, a young Walters watches him as the black hedgehog gives him one last angry look before disappearing completely] Indefinitely. [the scene fades back to the present]
Sonic
Wait a second. If Shadow's been on ice for fifty years, someone had to help him escape.
Walters
True, but there's only a few people in the world who even know of Shadow's existence.
Knuckles
I have dishonored my marshmallow.
Tails
It's really just a question of temperature and distance.
Maddie
It's not a competition.
Tom
This is so nice.
Maddie
Peace.
Tom
Quiet.
Maddie
Finally.
Tom
Finally. [Suddenly, a G.U.N. helicopter arrives at the campsite, much to Sonic's annoyance]
Sonic
Hey! We're trying to have a family moment down here! [he and his family walk over to the landing helicopter]
Knuckles
Just a dark, creepy hallway. Nothing to be afraid of. You hear that, ghost?! You don't frighten me! [a pipe blows steam behind, startling him.] Get… a… grip. [turns around to find Shadow right in front of him]
Shadow
Boo.
Knuckles
AAAH!
Stone
[Knuckles screams in fright. Meanwhile, with Tails and Stone...]
I'm just gonna come right out and say this... You're adorable.
Tails
Oh, um, thanks.
Stone
So, what's it like being Sonic's assistant? You have a daily routine? Paid time off? Benefits?
Tails
Oh, I'm not Sonic's assistant. We're teammates! He's the leader, Knuckles is the muscle, and I'm the gadget guy. We all have a role to play. That's what makes the team so special. That and the fact we're best friends.
Stone
...you are?
Tails
Well, yeah, just like you and Eggman, right?
Stone
[stammering, nervously chuckling]
Of course, yes! Me and the doctor, best of friends! [looks away, sadly] That's definitely what we are.
Stone and Tails
[Then they hear something suspicious, finding a rat, which scurries by. Behind them in the dark, Shadow floats down, his red eyes glowing in the dark. Stone and Tails turn around, and spot him, then scream]
AAAH!!!!
Knuckles
What happened here?
Sonic
Looks like G.U.N. got their butts kicked. Keep your eyes open. Tails, anything?
Tails
Whoa. These energy readings are off the charts.
Sonic
[Suddenly, a G.U.N. humvee is chucked their way]
Look out!
Knuckles
[Sonic and Tails brace for impact, but Knuckles steps in and catches the humvee, holding it up with one hand]
1,000,000%. [winks and tosses the humvee aside]
Sonic
[an ominous silhouette looms above in the smoke. Hearing footsteps, the team witnesses Shadow walking up a mound of fiery debris]
Whoa. Are you guys seeing this?
Tails
He looks just like you.
Knuckles
Impossible!
Shadow
You're a colorful bunch.
Sonic
Uh, excuse me. Why do you look like me?
Shadow
I don't look like you. You look like me. Why do you look like me?
Sonic
Hey, you know what? I'll ask the questions, new hedgehog! Who are you?! Why do you look like me?!
Shadow
This is a waste of time. Walk away, before you get hurt.
Sonic
Whoa, whoa. Easy, buddy. [takes out the electric handcuffs] We don't want to fight you.
Knuckles
Actually, Sonic, I would like to fight. [Sonic pushes Knuckles aside]
Sonic
Not now. [to Shadow] Would you stop throwing cars at us for a second, and come down here to talk?
Shadow
You jumped out of a G.U.N. helicopter. There's nothing to talk about. [turns to leave]
Knuckles
All right, then, enough!
Sonic
Knuckles, no!
Knuckles
[jumping after Shadow]
Let us talk with our fists!
Knuckles
[However, Shadow teleports to Knuckles, shocking him. He grabs Knuckles' fist and twists it.] [in pain]
AHHHH!!!
Sonic and Tails
[Knuckles shouts in pain, then Shadow kicks him upward, teleports, and kicks him again, repeating the combo before kicking him back down. Knuckles bounces off the pavement and crashes into a nearby store]
Knuckles! [they run over to help him up]
Sonic
Knuckles, are you okay?
Knuckles
No, not really, ow...!
Tails
[Shadow teleports down to their level]
Who is this guy?
Knuckles
[as he and his friends get into fighting stances]
He's much more impressive than the hedgehog I fought previously.
Sonic
[annoyed]
Dude, I'm standing right here. Now, come on, he can't take us all at once! [Unfortunately, Shadow uses his teleportation ability to easily take down Team Sonic within seconds.] Okay, he took us all at once. [then collapses]
Shadow
[walking past]
Weakling. [commandeers a G.U.N. motorcycle. Sonic looks up in time to see him kick up a G.U.N. energy pistol into his hand] Don't try to follow me.
Tails
[Shadow drives off while Sonic gets back up]
Sonic, I know that look! Going after him is a bad idea!
Sonic
When has that ever stopped me? [runs after Shadow, his eyes glowing blue]
Maddie
What did we do?
Tom
Or what did they do?
Tails
[to Sonic]
What did you do?
Sonic
I don't know, I do a lot of stuff.
Rockwell
Mr. and Mrs. Wachowski. [to the boys, with more spite] Aliens.
Sonic
"Aliens"? Excuse me? It's not like we're from different plan-- Oh, yeah, we are. I guess we are aliens. Please continue.
Rockwell
I'm Director Rockwell. There is a very dangerous situation unfolding right now in Tokyo. Commander Walters is requesting Team Sonic's immediate assistance.
Knuckles
"Team Sonic"? Who picked that name?
Sonic
Love it, 10 out of 10, no notes. Tom and Maddie, put the s'mores on ice, because Team Sonic is off to save the day!
Maddie
[Team Sonic boards the helicopter. Sonic waves goodbye to his family as they take off]
Remember... make good choices!
[Tom gives a thumbs up, and Ozzy waves goodbye]
Shadow
2024? I've been trapped for 50 years? [soon finds himself surrounded by G.U.N. soldiers]
G.U.N. Soldier
[via megaphone]
We've got you surrounded!
Shadow
Why... won't you leave me... ALONE?!
G.U.N. Soldier
Take him down!
[the soldiers point their guns at Shadow, who charges up his power in response.]
Sonic
And way out in front, to the surprise of absolutely no one, it's the Blue Blur, often imitated, never duplicated, the one, the only–
Knuckles
[punches through a tree]
Let's do this!
Tails
Yeah! [activates a winged jetpack] Ha-ha-ha!
Sonic
All right, boys, try and keep up!
[the team races off into the sunset in high spirits.]