Gerald Robotnik
Professor Gerald Robotnik is a fictional character in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe.
Backstory
The grandfather of Doctor Eggman, Professor Gerald Robotnik is the creator of Shadow the Hedgehog, and was introduced in Sonic Adventure 2. He also created the Space Colony ARK, and was noted as "one of the most brilliant minds of all time."
Sonic Adventure 2
While on board the ARK with his granddaughter Maria Robotnik, the professor began work on the Ultimate Life Form Project, a creation that was intended to benefit humanity. The end result was Shadow the Hedgehog. During this time, he also came across an ancient robot known as the Gizoid, which was able to copy melee and weapon abilities and use them. The government and its military organizations became uneasy about Project "Shadow", believing that is could be a potential threat to Earth. To buy some time, Gerald gave them the Gizoid to use for their own purposes. However, this did not change their feelings about "Shadow", and eventually attacked the ARK. Maria was killed, Shadow was launched toward earth, and the Professor was captured and imprisoned.
After the time of the military attack, Professor Robotnik began to lose his grip on sanity. Whether or not he completed the trap involving Biolizard as punishment for humans stealing the life of his beloved Maria and destroying everything he had ever worked for at said time is somewhat debatable, due to the fact that his final recording in Sonic Adventure 2 was done while he was in custody (and apparently moments from execution). Some speculate that he took the time during the military's invasion to 'program' Shadow for the destruction of humanity, while others suspect it was done in secret during Professor Gerald's time in prison. Some even speculate that Gerald ended up with a split personality, and when his sane self realized that his insane self had modified Shadow, making it next to impossible for him to fullfill his original purpose (Maria's last wish), Gerald began work on a new Shadow, but the insane Gerald found out and tried to stop the project, but the new Shadow just ended up in suspended animation for 35 years. The theory even goes to explain that this new Shadow is none other than Sonic the Hedgehog.
"All of you ungrateful humans, who took everything away from me, will feel my loss and despair." - Gerald Robotnik
Shadow the Hedgehog
In the storyline of Shadow the Hedgehog, Black Doom reveals to Shadow that Gerald teamed up with him to create the ultimate lifeform. Shadow's purpose was to serve both of them, as part of an agreement: Gerald would have Shadow to further his research, while Black Doom would have Shadow to collect the Chaos Emeralds for his own sinister purposes: to use Chaos Control to bring the Black Comet to Earth and conquer it.
Creations of Gerald
Here is listed the robots and lifeforms that Professor Gerald created.
Artificial Chaos
Artificial Chaos are Gerald's first noteworthy creations. When first created they began acting out and attacking the ARK, but Shadow soon stopped them. They were later fixed, and even later adopted by the government to protect the ARK. They are several types of Artificial Chaos, that are listed below.
Artificial Chaos P-1
A basic Artificial Chaos. They are tall and blast lasers from their eyes. Appears in Sonic Adventure 2. Some are able to stretch their tentacles and attack you with those, too.
=Float Type Artificial Chaos
Large and bulgy and float. Are able to use their tentacles. These appear in Sonic Adventure 2, but in Shadow the Hedgehog there are others that can spawn three little cells around them. These ones are much stronger than the tentacled ones.
Artificial Chaos P-100
This intresting type does not have a liquid-like body, but when provoked they can spawn swarms of tiny cells to attack you. They will not die until you hit the head.
Biolizard
- Main article: Biolizard
A prototype for the Ultimate Lifeform (In other words, Project Shadow.) It is a gigantic powerful lizard that runs on a life support system. After Gerald went insane he created a program to activate the incarcerated Biolizard (along with making the ARK go on a crash course to Earth) when someone got all the Chaos Emeralds and put them in the Eclipse Cannon to get revenge on earth for shutting down the ARK, halting the research, killing Maria and capturing Shadow. The Biolizard was injured by Shadow, giving Sonic and Knuckles time to reach the shrine and put the Master Emerald on the podium but it used Chaos Control to transport itself onto the ARK to make sure the crash course didn't stop. Shadow then teamed up with Sonic and the two defeated the Biolizard once and for all, however Shadow (seemingly) died doing so.