SEGA's new motto: Missed Potential.

"I am Heavy Robot guy, and this... Is my Bomb."

Heavy and Bomb are the most important characters in the franchise, more crucial than even Sonic himself.

“I don’t want to end on a HEAVY note, cuz this video is the BOMB!” -Game Apologist (2020)

I like to think Eggman spent a lot of time making Heavy and really considering how he could hinder the Chaotix, then at the last minute came to the conclusion he needed some explosive power, so he just took a random-ass unsentient Bomb from Starlight and gave it arms.

"Hello Knuckles it is us Heavy and Bomb" "Why does Knuckles don't like Heavy and Bomb"

I wasn't sure how you could make Heavy or Bomb interesting but the idea of them needing to rely on each other sounds really cool.

Since I never played Chaotix before, the footage of you playing with both Heavy and Bomb almost made the game look to me like a cute little 32x game SEGA randomly made As if it was something entirely original and from the ground up. No sonic characters, no mention of Knuckles, it just looked like it was just a simple newly made game that took advantage of the 32x hardware. It's crazy how the game never has implied that Heavy and Bomb work together, it's never implied they hang out and help each other out. And yet, through just hacking the game for them to work together, everything just suddenly clicks. It just looks seamless, as if they were made for each other, as if it was a canon thing this whole time

I mean technically Heavy was in All Stars Racing Transformed.

You actually somehow convinced me that these characters have potential, and I'm ok with that, and I'm not ok with that.

I'm just going to go ahead and spoil Christmas for some of you: Ray and Julie Sue are not getting videos for this marathon. I know they are part of the Archie Chaotix, but I got other stuff to talk about. They'll get their time to shine soon enough.

The modern interpretation of these two characters can be found at Biscuitville? Seems legit. Ad ends: Nick “here” Ohhhhh. Makes a bit more sense.

Heavy could be a very early failed egg robo prototype... Since eggrobo is designed to have psuedo sentients..... And as we know certain powers can grant them true independence (sonic mania)

I had an idea that modern versions of heavy and bomb could be powered by wisps, namely a grey quake wisp and a black bomb wisp, to have these two essentially have a symbiotic relationship with themselves - the wisps grant them power that far exceeds the above-average badnik, and in turn, they protect the wisps from harm. They could work in a gamma-style story, but without them dying at the end due to them fearing that eggman would simply recapture the wisps and build new, non-intelligent robots to put them in

"no one is asking for a review on the game!" I'd like to see that.

0:48 Also, yes, I'd love to see Heavy and Bomb with rubber band get it's own gameplay in a 2D Sonic game. Of course they'd need their own level designs

At this point, you could tell me why a trashcan is a good character and I'd believe you. Your passion is contagious.

Heavy and Bomb are so underrated.

He is heavy robots guy, and that... is his bomb.

Call It a guilty pleasure but I actually did enjoy playing as one of them as a kid.

Honestly love the thought that Heavy & Bomb were created to slow down and hinder the Chaotix, but they accidently gain sentience and choose to help the Chaotix instead.

There was so much more to these two than I was expecting ngl

Alright after watching this video I have come to the solid decision that I really wanna draw modern versions of these characters and their dynamic and personalities

I love their designs so much. They didn’t even do much in game, but their faceless, cute designs are just so damn appealing to me

Playing as Charmy with Heavy as your partner breaks the entire game. Including the Metal Sonic fight. Thank me later.

I find it really fascinating that Heavy and Bomb seemed to have been designed to be "hindrances". They really do serve a cool mechanical purpose in the game they came from.

Heavy: "You took everything from me!" Heavy King: "I don’t even know who you are!"

If SEGA isn't going to make a game staring Heavy and Bomb escaping Eggman than some loyal fan make a animated series about it. I may try to do it if it comes to it.

Got to say, Gamma's story in adventure impacted me more than I realized. I have alot of sympathy for robots created fir nefarious reasons turning traitor and joining good guys or finding whats important to them. It also feels like Sonic encrouching on a megaman plotline which we could do more with since Robotnick's creations besides more egg pawns or him harnessing some ancient power.

I always found Heavy & Bomb hilarious, I love the idea that his too derpy robots escaped to try and screw over the Chaotix. I think it would be interesting to see if they are powered by flickies inside like the other badniks, I’d love it if they came back someday and when they died it would show the flicky flying out. XD

Technically this is this "Bomb's" first appearance, but there were the Bomb badniks in games before this like Sonic 1 in Starlight Zone and Scrap Brain Zone

I honestly have a soft spot for the two doofy robots. I find them quite charming and oddly cute. Not sure if it is because they don't have faces along with having pretty simple designs which gives more room to the imagination. I would love to see them back in some way.

I like the idea of this heavy indestructible robot tethered to a light explosives robot as a game like they can swing another around, heavy could be like a wrecking ball and Bomb could slingshot themselves by having heavy standstill and having bomb run back and fire forward. Just rework Bomb exploding when he is hit to only when he is fired or thrown and give Heavy a good throwing arm so they could chuck Bomb up to high places and that seems like a fun game.

Leave it to Nick to make Heavy and Bomb likeable. You're a sorcerer, dude.

Huh, wasn't expecting to want a Heavy and Bomb spin off after watching this lol

If they're brought back, being a two-for-one with the Combi mechanic is a must.

Honestly so nice to see Chaotix plus I love this channel for it's quality not how quickly you throw out videos! Keep up the good work Game Apologist!

"I can hear all your collective groaning and it fuels me" I admire this man

we don't need a review, we need heavy and bomb

Now I want this guy to do that Cat chick from the sonic fighting game.

Im pretty sure that bomb appears as a reference in Sonic Mania too. I remember seeing them as a constellation in Stardust Speedway act 1.

Thank God for the SRB2 Chaotix mod for giving these two a lot more love as of late.

Man, the intro sure was heavy when he blew up.

Best intro so far

I was going where's the main video. Since November has passed

"engaging metal sonic...just like old times!" "Ping!"

wHeRe iS RaY

0:20 I do, Mr Nick🥺

It's really cool you talked about the two most underrated and forgotten Sonic characters, even their Archie history. 👍

This video made me realize heavy and bomb are awesome!! What If bomb can turn near by rings into fire rings and hurl them at enemies and these rings explode. But because they're rings they don't hurt the player or ally . And with heavily since he's a little simpler he can be a little slow but also when he falls he makes a shock wave that destorys every enemy on the ground and even opens item box's and even makes rings fall down so you can grab them. Also these characters can't drown. And if Bomb explodes underwater he can shoot himself out of it potentially. Maybe Heavy can be used like a wrecking ball. And he can maybe jump high thanks to those springy legs. I have alot of ideas for these cool bots thanks to this video. Toot toot Game Apologist, seeya in the next vid :)

I really like the concept of a game about two robots fleeing eggman's empire. The tether mechanic could be explained easily if they were captive, and the Levels can be the reverse of Sonic's, going from mechanical to tropical.

I honestly didn’t think of these characters besides them being cool but this videoopened my eyes it. This video and channel truly is a gift.

This is gonna sound weird, but Heavy and Bomb were a couple of my favorite Sonic characters when I was a kid. They were the first badniks to go rogue, and I loved their unique, kooky designs! I always thought it sucked how unceremoniously they were disposed of in the comic, but was happy to see them return years later once again as part of the freedom fighters. I really hope they show up again someday, somehow!

Honestly that freak out in the start has to be the best thing never

On your survey, I voted for Heavy and Bomb. I go for the deep cut Sonic characters, and I knew your review wouldn't disappoint! ;)

I jumped a little when he said Elias lmao

OK thats it this the best of these episodes! Seriously I am so glad you A.) decided to do these character essays and B.) Did one for Heavy and Bomb well done!

"Heavy and the Bomb" would make a great band name.

Bomb is actually my favorite character in Chaotix (Except Wechnia of course) because he looks so cute! And I like explosions so, yeah.

Heavy and Bomb are secretly the most important characters in Sonic history

A game where these two robots escape from Dr. Robotnik's factory sounds like a solid game I would have a blast playing! I really want this game now...

"Sally's brother Elias" Huh. I see what they did there. If it's an anagram of phonemes, is it an ananeme? Anaphone? Anaphoneme?

I didn't think you would cover these two. Glad you did.

Groaning? Not hardly, I was laughing my A$$ off. Your humor is all kinds of to my taste.

Someone needs to make a fan game or something for your Heavy and Bomb game idea, it’s just top tier stuff

Let's GO. We're getting hit back to back with you, Game Apologist. Also, I'm sorry about the chaotic questions. But also not, you're the Game Apologist

My intro to Heavy and Bomb was the end of the “Songoose” arc in the Archie comics that you mentioned. Since I knew squat about Knuckles Chaotix at the time, I thought they were comic original at first.

Cool, I never thought I'd see this topic in a video. Portal 2 had robots that remind me of Heavy and Bomb.

I didn't know that these two random robots had lore

Do you have time to talk about are lord and savior vector the crocodile

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I just want all the old characters to be acknowledged again. Bring these boiz bacc

I like heavy and bomb. I just don't like when I have to work with them. Good video as always Nick!

I already kinda liked heavy and bomb and thought they were kinda underrated but this vid game me a whole mother appreciation for them

I like to think that Heavy and Bomb want to help, they're just terrible at it

Finally a Heavy and Bomb video. Eh whatever, where's Honey the Cat?

I feel like I heard of Bomb and Heavy a long time ago, and I didnt really play Sonic games as a kid.

In 10 years, Fans of this wonderful youtuber would cry for the video that they have been waiting for... Fludding comment sections with one single phrase: "WhERe ArE YoU???1!"

You know, the idea you mention about with Bomb and Heavy being reintegrated into the franchise via taking Orbot and Cubot's role in Sonic Colors and onward covers my major problem with how characters are handled in the series: characters are always introduced to cover one role and then are usually thrown off to the side instead of just reusing characters. I think Heroes had the right idea by bringing back Team Chaotix (or at least three of the members) instead of just making a new team all together. Not to say they shouldn't introduce new characters, as I'm all for that nor do I think they should bring back characters that are dead within the universe (Like Tikal and Gamma), but I would also like the folks over at Sega to use the characters they already have at hand. Want Blaze to have a buddy in Rush Adventure? Just bring back Cream. Want to have another powerhouse in the series that isn't Knuckles? Use Mighty. Want a third protag in Forces alongside Sonic and the avatar? Just make it Shadow, they ended up using him after the game's release. My apologizes for the little tangent, it's just something that came to mind when you brought the idea up.

Gammas walking animation is based on heavys

Really should have thought about at least scripting vids in advance. Even so, great stuff as always mate. Keep up the good work!

Betting the next video will focus on the characters that were members of the Chaotix in the comics. Those being Julie-Su, Ray, and Saffron. Maybe a video that goes more in depth about the Chaotix in the Archie comics.

I now love heavy and bomb. Thank you for making this video.

A lot of people's favorite character was R2D2. Therefore: Bomb and heavy would make the best duo.

I've never played knuckles chaotix and now I really want to do a playthrough with just Heavy and Bomb!

I remember first seeing them in the Sonic Select comic collection for the first time and then reading the Comic Encyclopedia just to see they turned evil, died, and then came back good. I was so confused

"Dear Heavy how do you type with boxing gloves for hands? With crap" -Karen

should make a video about Tails little robot T-Pup at some point too, I loved Tails Adventure.

Very nice video, it's so neat to see you covering these obscure and forgotten characters. Would love to see them appear again in a sonic mania sequel

can't wait for your proper final Chaotix video. I got a 32x and Chaotix sometime in 95 or 96 after the 32x was clearanced for 20 bucks; I was like 12, and I /wanted/ the game after having seen it in magazines (and even despite whatever bullshit review GamePro gave it back in the day, I don't remember the "percent" or however they measured a game's quality, but I remember the color of the scorebox was like pink, which was somewhere around 20 or 30 percent lol). I have unironically loved the game from the first time I played it. It's not perfect, but it's nowhere near as bad as everyone makes it out to be, and once you know how to play it properly, you can tear through the stages. I do wish it were bigger, I do wish it had been a little more fleshed-out, but I'm happy to have experienced it at all... the music is also fantastic. It is in my top 3 favorite games of the Sonic series, unironically. I think it was a wonderful experiment/evolution after S3&K. Years ago when I pretended I might have the time or energy to do 'videogame reviews on youtube,' Chaotix was always at the top of my list, simply because it seems like nobody ever has anything good to say about it, yet it's a genuinely wonderful part of the franchise if you have the patience to understand it.

I have not watched the video, thank you for uploading this video :)

Wow, people’s OCD really wants ALL the chaotix to be talked about huh? Joke aside, keep up the quality uploads

0:01 Yes.

Gush the potential stuff makes me so happy but so sad, I know it'll never happen but God they're wonderful to think about

I had to stop writing on wattpad just for this

I totally have the issue with bomb on the cover!!!!!!! Wow. Totally forgot this issue.

Friendly reminder that these two still got more votes than Charmy

Love your work

KZfaq gave me this video name as "Bullying AI Chatbots"

Honestly, I’d love to see these guys come back as playable characters. I love when games have a character that you can play as just to challenge yourself.

A question. When is gonna come out the rest of the idw sonic comics because we need to know your opinion on the metal virus saga, the tangle and whisper miniseries and the bad guys miniseries