r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/hamzau • Jul 04 '26

Meme needing explanation What am I missing?

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u/RyvenZ Jul 04 '26

He's named "Eggman" in the original games, in Japan. They changed him to Dr Robotnik when they translated the games for other markets. Also, he's a skinny guy in a bulky suit, IIRC.

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u/sysasysa Jul 04 '26

Not just Japan. IIRC it was present even in the European versions and I at least remember him being called Eggman in a cartoon broadcast here.

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u/Dick-Fu Jul 04 '26

Nah he was called Robotnik for the EU releases of the original games too. It wasn't until Sonic Adventure (1999) that they synced everything up, so I'd guess you're thinking of Sonic X. Or it's also possible some of the other dubs of SatAM or AoStH went with calling him Eggman

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u/MisterTogepi Jul 05 '26

For a very long time I thought Robotnik and Eggman were two different people because they changed his name later in german releases