Zavok (Sonic the Hedgehog)
ari webb-bryant에 의해Zavok (ザボック Zabokku?) is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is a Zeti who is the leader of the Deadly Six, in addition to being their species' strongest specimen.[4] Hailing from the Lost Hex, Zavok and the Deadly Six were forced to serve Dr. Eggman thanks to his usage of a Cacophonic Conch. After Sonic disposed of the conch, Zavok and the others rebelled against the doctor, taking control of his Badniks and seeking world domination using his Extractor. In the end, Zavok and his fellow Zeti were stopped by Sonic, though not for good.
Zavok is a red Zeti with a very stocky build. The majority of his upper body is pure red, as is his serpentine tail. He has five-fingered hands that are tipped with claw-like cyan nails. Zavok's body from the waist down is pure black in coloration, ending in two-clawed feet with cyan toes; a third much smaller one appears to jut out from his heels. Zavok's head is relatively small compared to the rest of his body and his lower jaw sticks out, showing a row of spiked fangs. The upper half of his head is black save for red markings around his eyes, which are purple with yellow sclera. Zavok has what appears to be a relatively thick and cyan-colored unibrow that forms a vaguely V-shaped crest. Sticking out from the sides of his head, Zavok has a pair of viciously-curved horns that are striped in dark gray on his head and a large and cyan ponytail sticking out from the back of it. Zavok has two rows of sharp and black spikes sticking out of his shoulders. His only attire is a pair of black bracelets with gray spikes across their surfaces.
Past
At some point, Zavok was taken under Master Zik's wing as the elderly Zeti's last disciple.[3] Under Master Zik's tutorage, Zavok was taught in martial arts and became quite powerful.[3][5] Many years ago, Zavok was brought into the Deadly Six when Master Zik formed the group,[6] with Zavok's skills making him well-suited for the position as their leader.[3]
Sonic Lost World
In the Wii U version and PC version of Sonic Lost World, Zavok and the rest of the Deadly Six met Dr. Eggman, who used a Cacophonic Conch to enslave them. Begrudgingly, Zavok assisted the doctor in his latest scheme for world domination by capturing Animals for an army of Badniks. As Dr. Eggman later showed Zavok how to make Badniks, he revealed how the Deadly Six would help him both conquer the world and defeat Sonic. Curious about Sonic, Zavok let Zazz fight him to learn more.
While in Windy Hill, Zavok and his team met Sonic, before coming with Dr. Eggman as he left Zazz to finish Sonic. Resuming the Animal hunt, Zavok spoke against the doctor's criticism of their efforts, only to be brought back in line by Dr. Eggman with the Cacophonic Conch. When Dr. Eggman later tested his unstable Extractor, Zavok secretly eavesdropped on the test. Zavok and the Deadly Six were later further scolded for their failures by Dr. Eggman with the Cacophonic Conch, only for Sonic to appear and knock the conch away. Now free, Zavok and his team took control of the doctor's Badniks and had them attack everyone present, before Zavok ordered his team to attack as well, effectively driving Dr. Eggman, Orbot, Cubot, Sonic and Tails away.
Now free, the Deadly Six took control of Dr. Eggman's operations on the Lost Hex, but Sonic still opposed them. When Master Zik wanted to deal with Sonic, Zavok was reluctant to let him bother himself with that. When Master Zik returned, Zavok enacted his plan to destroy Earth with the Extractor and use the energy it harvested to make the Deadly Six stronger, as a way to avenge themselves, earning him the approval of his teacher. No sooner, Zavok tricked the lazy Zeena to go deal with Sonic. He would later contact Sonic, Dr. Eggman and their allies to discourage them and mock the doctor before he was cut out. While studying Sonic, Zavok was inspired by Master Zik to make Sonic their slave by turning Sonic into a robot using what they had learned from Dr. Eggman. The Deadly Six quickly set up a trap for Sonic, only to find Tails caught in it when it returned. While annoyed, Zavok decided to use Tails to their advantage, before glaring at Zor who arrived to announce the failed capture of Sonic.
Finding Sonic himself, Zavok taunted Sonic with his plans to turn Tails into a robot and later the loss of his friends on Earth due to the Extractor, thus luring him into two separate fights with him, only to be beaten by Sonic. Frustrated at this, Zavok began the mechanization process on Tails as revenge and left the Roboticizer to finish it. Later on, Zavok confronted Sonic with Zor and Zeena, where he told Sonic to join Tails as he revealed a seemingly roboticized Tails. When Sonic refused to serve them, Zavok ordered Tails to kill Sonic, but was forced to retreat when Tails attacked him, having only pretended to be roboticized. Confronted by Sonic again, Zavok was defeated one last time by Sonic despite his Extractor-enhanced strength.
In Team Sonic Racing, Zavok joined forces with Dr. Eggman to defeat Sonic once and for all.[7] He was hired by the scientist to steal the Ultimate Energy Engine from its creator, Dodon Pa. During his mission, Zavok was spotted by Big; fortunately for him, no one paid attention to Big's observation. However, he was eventually noticed by the Chao near a racetrack, causing him to be spotted by Sonic and the other racers. When Dr. Eggman pretended that he had nothing to do with Zavok's appearance at the Grand Prix, he hastily invited Zavok to join Team Eggman and gave him the Road Dragoon to drive in. Afterward, Dr. Eggman rebuked Zavok for being discovered, to which he made the doctor even angrier when he revealed that he had not been able to find the Ultimate Energy Engine. Dr. Eggman thus hoped that Zavok would do better in the Grand Prix. After losing several races however, Dr. Eggman began to insult Zavok for his lack of driving skill, deeming him pathetic. Zavok, however, insisted that their opponents were just strong and that he respected that, before warning him to keep his mouth shut. Later, Dr. Eggman offered Zavok a task he was much more suited for – kidnapping Dodon Pa.
After Zavok kidnapped Dodon Pa and brought him onboard the Final Fortress, Dr. Eggman demanded to Dodon Pa that he handed the Ultimate Energy Engine over to him. However, Dodon Pa revealed that it was unfinished, making it useless. Furthermore, the racers had stopped racing and without them producing Ultimate Team Energy, the engine could never be finished. This prompted Zavok to point out to Dr. Eggman that this was his own fault – by kidnapping Dodon Pa, he had brought the Grand Prix to a halt and stopped the racers from producing the necessary energy. To compensate for this, Dr. Eggman deceived Sonic and his friends into racing his henchmen so that Dodon Pa could capture the heroes' Ultimate Team Energy and use it to finish the Ultimate Energy Engine. As a part of Dr. Eggman's plan, Zavok was instated as one of the racers Sonic and company had to beat. Despite Zavok's best efforts though, he lost. Zavok later took part in the subsequent races with the heroes alongside Dr. Eggman until Dodon Pa finally finished the Ultimate Energy Engine, which the doctor then stole and incorporated into his Death Egg. Afterward, Zavok took part in the villains' last race against the heroes onboard the Final Fortress. In the end, Zavok and his team lost and the Death Egg ended up driving into the Final Fortress's energy core, forcing Dr. Eggman and his lackeys to escape the Final Fortress as it began to crash.
Zavok is a merciless and cruel being.[9] He is very serious, ferocious,[10] brutal and dark, often deploying graphical threats of death and destruction, and he has little tolerance for failure. Power-hungry and ever focused on his goals, Zavok does not let anything stand in his way. Despite his intensiveness though, Zavok has occasionally displayed a sarcastically dry sense of humor, such as when he sarcastically complimented Dr. Eggman as a "mighty conqueror" and when he jokingly quoted Zor, when stating his opinion of Sonic advancing toward him and deemed the hedgehog's resolve to be "pointless".
For all his brutish intensiveness, Zavok keeps a calm demeanor and has a penchant for quick-thinking which makes him well-suited to leadership.[3] Even as his temper flares up, he manages to keep his emotions in check. Zavok is likewise quite cunning and intelligent, this also makes him hard to deceive.[11][12][13] Always observant, he studies his opponents in advance and knows how to use a situation to his advantage. He knew he would learn more about Sonic by letting Zazz fight him, regardless of the outcome, and quickly formulated a plan to use Tails to his advantage when his team accidentally caught him instead of Sonic. He is also manipulative, tricking Zeena into fighting Sonic with praise and compliments, and sending Sonic into disarray with psychological taunts. Despite his negative traits, Zavok seems to have a taste in fine art, as he shows a liking to Chun-nan's art in Dragon Road.
Zavok comes off as very prideful. He disdains the idea of being in servitude to another being which can aggravate him to the point where he will speak up despite the danger present to him. Zavok's pride transcends into arrogance, which is shown in his mockery at Dr. Eggman for attempting to enslave him and the Zeti and at Sonic challenging him. He also has a bit of an ego in that he thinks he is better than everybody else, calling himself "the one Zeti" Sonic could not defeat even after losing to the hedgehog beforehand. Regardless, he respects those that prove themselves worthy adversaries.
Like the other Deadly Six, Zavok is inherently malicious, sadistic and violent. He relishes in inflicting pain, torturing and killing others, telling Sonic how he would enjoy his screams and fear. He also finds joy in tormenting others psychologically, gleefully taunting Sonic with the losses of his friends. An homicidal monster, he has no qualms about causing global genocide for his own gain or personal reasons, as he was perfectly content with destroying the world for the benefits of his team. Likewise, Zavok is very vengeful and will seize any opportunity for retribution; once Dr. Eggman had no means of controlling him, Zavok quickly sought to make him pay for his abuse, going as far to destroy his world to spite him and plotted to turn Tails against Sonic after being humiliated by the hedgehog.
Although he is no stranger to doubt and thoughts about surrender, he nonetheless possesses an iron-clad resolve and an absolute refusal to give up.[14] Combined with his refusal to surrender to his foes, Zavok does not give up, even in situations when he has already lost, being willing to fight back with any remnants of his strength combined with his ferocity and hatred.[14][15] He likewise refuses to let any setbacks impede him; to him, defeat is only a foundation for revenge.[15] While some might perceive him as a brute and wannabe world conqueror, Zavok has a penchant for quick thinking and is quite cunning, quick.-thinking and intelligent. Always observant, he is a tactical thinker and knows how to read his opponents in advance in order to use their weaknesses and a situation to his advantage.[16][17]
Being a trained warrior himself, Zavok has great faith in the capabilities of warriors in general. While he accepts that robotic slaves are tireless, loyal, and efficient tools, he believes the flexibility, passion, and ingenuity of a warrior allow them to do all that a robot can do and more.[18] Zavok is similarly a proud Zeti, standing firmly by the principles of his species. As such, he strives to cause chaos and destruction wherever he goes and despises acts of compassion, the latter which he sees as an insult to the Zeti way.[15] Zavok also believes that all other species are inferior to Zeti.[17] Additionally, he is willing to respect anyone, even enemies, who refuse to abandon their principles out of fear of "what-if" scenarios.[19]
Despite his malice, Zavok has a calm demeanor with little tolerance for wasting time. He despises anyone who poses a threat to him and his pack, and sees himself as a figure above all others.[20] Zavok is also a very vengeful person and has no qualms with enslaving or destroying an entire world just to take revenge on someone that wronged him, as evidenced when he and the other members of the Deadly Six tried to use the Metal Virus to turn every individual on Earth into Zombots out of their respective hatred for Sonic and Dr. Eggman. However, he can still be somewhat shortsighted due to his desires for exacting personal revenge, which makes him prone to act and plan predictably.
