Moto Bugs are motorised beetle-shaped Badnik robots created by Doctor Ivo Robotnik. These were among the first generation of Badniks Robotnik produced, threatening the people of Mobius since the earliest days of the doctor's reign of terror. They first appeared in Issue 1 of Sonic the Comic and over the course of the comic's run their appearance has altered slightly. In various stories, they have actually appeared as Buzz Bombers, capable of flight and carrying weaponry.
After Doctor Robotnik was deposed, he stopped building many of his older Badnik models, Moto Bugs among them. However, the Doctor Robotnik Appreciation Tribe (D.R.A.T.) had acquired the plans to build their own without the need for organic batteries like most Badniks.
Several notable Moto Bugs have appeared in Sonic the Comic, particularly one being the very first Badnik to be smashed in the comic (housing a chicken). The next one to appear was the only one to survive Sonic the Hedgehog's attack on the Marble Zone and almost got Sonic crushed. One was seen leading the fight against the Hidden Zone. They were the main focus in No More Mr. Nice Bug, where Porker Lewis designed a virus that turned them into a Nicenik variety of robot. Moto Bugs were also the basis of two of The Seven Badniks, namely Metamoto and Motobotnik.
Appearances
- Issue 1 - Enter: Sonic
- Issue 3 - Mayhem in the Marble Zone
- Issue 12 - Hidden Danger!
- Issue 25 - Prologue: Once Upon a Planet...
- Issue 26 - Kintobor spelled backwards is...
- Issue 31 - The Pretender
- Issue 32 to Issue 34 - No More Mr. Nice Bug and cover
- Issue 41 - pin-up
- Issue 42 - A Day in the Life of Doctor Robotnik
- Issue 45 to Issue 46 - Enter the Cybernik
- Issue 59 to Issue 62 - The Seven Badniks
- Issue 89 - A New Hope
- Issue 95 - pin-up
- Issue 121 - Hobson & Choy
- Issue 227 - R.B.R
- Issue 229 - The Syndicate
- Issue 240 - Robotnik Forever!
- Issue 250 - The Battle For Mobius
- Issue 251 - Encyclopedia Badnika
- Issue 252 - Ebony & Ivory
- Issue 256 - Spooks and Mirrors
- Issue 256 - Rivals
- Issue 258 - Sky Chase
- Issue 264 - Rise of the Detoniks
- Issue 265 - Sonic vs. Silver
- Issue 265 - How Big the Cat Saved Christmas
- Issue 265 - Nack Requests Your Allegiance
- Issue 268 to Issue 269 - The War Machine
- Issue 269 to Issue 270 - Night of the Livid Pet
- Issue 271 - The Battle of Emerald Hill
- Issue 272 - cover
- Issue 272 - Final Act
- Issue 272 - The Fallen
- Issue 273 - Tekno the Cybernik vs. Shortfuse the Freedom Fighter!
- Issue 273 - Paying Back
- Issue 274 - The Wrong End
- The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbooks - cover
- The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbooks - Double Sonic
- The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbooks - Robotnik's Badniks
- Sonic the Summer Special - Sonic's World
- Sonic the Poster Mag 9 - Trapped in the Vortex!
- Sonic the Poster Mag 2007 - pin-up
- Christmas Special 2012 - The Christmas Shift
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External links
- Moto Bug at Sonic News Network, the Sonic Wiki