Editing Doctor Eggman (section)

==Cultural impact==
===Critical reception===
The character has been well-received, going on to become one of the most well-known villains in gaming. GameDaily ranked him number one on their list of "Top 25 Evil Masterminds of All Time" article, stating "Out of all the evil masterminds in video games, none are more despicable, more cunning, or more menacing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/top-25-evil-masterminds-of-all-time/?page=25|title=Top 25 Evil Masterminds of All Time|publisher=GameDaily|accessdate=29 November 2008}}</ref> IGN listed him at number nine above ''Mario''-series villain Bowser in their "Top 10 Most Memorable Villains" article, calling him "PETA's videogame public enemy number one",<ref>{{Cite web|author=IGN Staff|date=7 March 2006|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/694/694399p1.html|title=Top 10 Tuesday: Most Memorable Villains|publisher=IGN|accessdate=14 December 2008}}</ref> and has also commented that his character is a "pretty clever riff on Teddy Roosevelt" that has added to the attraction of the series.<ref name="IGN wrong">{{Cite web|url=http://retro.ign.com/articles/955/955741p2.html|title=Where Did Sonic Go Wrong?|date=February 2009|accessdate=27 February 2009}}</ref> He was featured at number three in a "Reader's Choice" edition of GameSpot's "Top Ten Video Game Villains" article, which noted a massive complaint from fans at his exclusion from the original list.<ref>{{Cite web|author=GameSpot staff|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/vgs/universal/tenspot_villainsreader/p4_01.html|title=TenSpot Reader's Choice: Top Ten Video Game Villains|publisher=GameSpot|accessdate=30 December 2008}}</ref> Eggman was also named the 15th most diabolical video game villain of all time by PC World.<ref>{{Cite web|author=GamePro Staff|publisher=PC World|url=http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;338891934;pp;2|title=The 47 Most Diabolical Video-Game Villains of All Time|date=February 2008|accessdate=6 August 2008}}</ref> ''Game Informer'' notes that in ''Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'', "Eggman's villain ego shows some amusing tarnish after constant defeat at the hands of Sonic."<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Bryan|title=Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood: The Time Has Come|journal=Game Informer|page=187|date=November 2008|issue=130}}</ref>''Boy's Life'' magazine listed "Dr. Eggman / Dr. Robotnik" as number one on their top five video game villains, saying "Two names, one big problem for Sonic the Hedgehog". In the "Top 100 Videogame Villains" of IGN, in 2010, Dr. Eggman was ranked at 11th place.

In an official 2006 ''Sonic'' character poll by [[Sonic Team]], Dr. Eggman was voted the seventh most popular character in the series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/event/016/002.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221142/http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/event/016/002.html|author=[[Sonic Channel]]|title=Official Popularity Poll results|date=23 June 2006|archivedate=4 October 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref>

===Science===
A potential macrocycle inhibitor of the [[Wikipedia:Sonic hedgehog|Sonic hedgehog]] gene, discovered by a Harvard University research team, was named "Robotnikinin" after Dr. Robotnik. The researchers felt that since Sonic hedgehog was named after the Sega video game character, they should "adhere to the convention" in naming the inhibiting compound after the character's arch-enemy.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.biotechnews.com.au/article/273516/robotnikinin_takes_sonic_hedgehog?fp=4&fpid=1013|title= Robotnikinin takes on Sonic hedgehog|accessdate=2009-02-22 |work= |publisher= www.biotechnews.com|date= 19/01/2009}}</ref>