“ | The leader of the Hard-Boiled Heavies. Commands his elite troop with a watchful eye and a powerful scepter. | „ |
~ The manual description for the Heavy King. |
The Heavy King is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Classic Eggman) of the 2017 platform game Sonic Mania, as well as the main antagonist of both its DLC, "Encore Mode", and the Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Special comic.
He is the leader of the Hard-Boiled Heavies, an elite group of EggRobos who were empowered by the Phantom Ruby. After seemingly serving Eggman throughout the entire game, the Heavy King betrays his master to take the Phantom Ruby for himself and rule the world.
In the IDW Comics, he is rebuilt by Dr. Eggman to be the commander-in-chief of the Eggman Empire and the leader of not only the Hard-Boiled Heavies, but the entire Badnik army as a whole.
Appearance[]
Heavy King[]
Like the other Heavies, the Heavy King was once an ordinary Eggrobo. However, after being exposed to the Phantom Ruby's power, its appearance and personality changed.
Matching the Heavy King's name, it has a quite stereotypical knight/king design. It has a curved protuberance on its head, golden-bronze armor, a white crown symbol on its upper red and black colored body, spiked knee joints, spiked metallic shoulder pads, a red cape, and red-golden feet.
Phantom King[]
In this form, the Heavy King retains most of its older features, like the red and golden color scheme. However, its white crown is now a very intense red color and its armor is even more gold. It also has notably bigger arms and loses its legs, but instead gains the ability to fly. Although its most notable feature is its huge size.
Personality[]
Unlike the other members of the Hard-Boiled Heavies, The Heavy King is played more seriously. It is strongly hinted that he rules the Heavies with an iron fist. He is also certifiably insane just like the rest, though this is the fault of the Phantom Ruby as he was once a normal EggRobo before excavating it. He also watches his colleagues closely, implying that he is extremely quick to notice any potentially dangerous circumstances of a situation. In the IDW comics, he is also revealed to be just as, if not more self-absorbed than Eggman himself.
Biography[]
Sonic Mania[]
The Heavy King was once an ordinary-looking elite EggRobo created by Dr. Eggman to simply follow his commands. But one day Eggman ordered him to retrieve the Phantom Ruby and it's power transformed him alongside other elite Eggrobos into the Hard-Boiled Heavies, with the Heavy King now acting as their group leader.
The Phantom Ruby then transported Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and the Heavies to Green Hill Zone, where the robots fled with the ruby in search for Dr. Eggman. However, after locating their creator, the Heavies refused to give him the ruby, forcing Eggman to snatch it from their grasp.
The Heavy King reappeared as the 2nd Act Boss of Lava Reef Zone where he attempted to steal the Master Emerald but is prevented from doing so by its guardian Knuckles the Echidna. However, the King didn't give up so easily and used the Emerald's power to increase his own, gaining the ability to levitate and fire energy from his scepter. Although this wasn't enough to defeat Knuckles, which forced Heavy King to retreat without the Master Emerald.
The Heavy King is seen again in Egg Reverie Zone as the Phantom King, after being further transformed by the Phantom Ruby. Despite this, the King still desired more power and tried to take the ruby for himself, leading to a three-way battle against Super Sonic and Dr. Eggman. Eventually, Phantom King was defeated by Super Sonic, who is sent with the Phantom Ruby to an alternate dimension.
Sonic Mania Plus[]
In Encore Mode, it is shown that the Hard-Boiled Heavies were dumped in a pile on Angel Island. The Heavy King appears to be barely functional as he is given the Phantom Ruby by Heavy Magician and then uses its power to restore himself and the other Heavies to complete working order. Depending on whether or not all Chaos Emeralds are collected in Encore Mode, Heavy King may either finally succeed in obtaining the Phantom Ruby for himself or turn over a new leaf and offer the heroes a sundae at Mirage Saloon Zone.
Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Special[]
In the comic book special celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, the Heavy King is the main antagonist in the story "Seasons of Chaos". After the events of Sonic Mania, Eggman rebuilt the Heavy King to serve as his commander-in-chief. However, this turned against him as the Heavy King betrayed Eggman once again, taking over the Eggman Empire and stealing the Chaos Emeralds. Eggman teams up with the protagonists to defeat Heavy King, who, after a long battle, was defeated by Sonic. Heavy King pleaded to Eggman, who told him that he can have his old job as his commander-in-chief back. Heavy King accepted, and was given a software patch to prevent a situation like that from ever happening again.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the opening of Sonic Mania, when the Heavy King appears as a silhouette, the Heavy King does not have red eyes, which he has in the rest of the game, but actually yellow eyes.
- It is possible that the Heavy King may be linked to the Prime EggRobo from Sonic & Knuckles, as they both are intelligent EggRobos who attempt to steal the Master Emerald and are the ones who fight Knuckles, but it is unconfirmed as the Prime EggRobo was destroyed, unless Eggman somehow recovered the Prime EggRobo's remains from Angel Island and rebuilt it.
- In a panel of the Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary comic, the Heavy King is paired with Eggman, Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, and Metal Knuckles in a similar manner to the way EggRobo was paired with those characters in the racing game Sonic R.
- His design is similar to that of Metal Robotnik from the Sonic the Hedgehog OVA. His plans and personality are also similar to the made-up story about Metal Robotnik that Dr. Robotnik tells in the film.
- While the rest of the Hard-Boiled Heavies are confirmed to have very specific animals inside of them, it is unknown what animal is inside of the Heavy King, or if he even has an animal in him at all.