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Wikipedia escribió:Naming variations

Due to a split storyline between the Japanese and English Sonic games, the character of Eggman has been known by different names in Sonic media. In Japan, the character has forever been known as "Doctor Eggman". However, in early American and European games and media, he is known as Doctor Ivo Robotnik. Yuji Naka explained the name change as not being a name change, "Robotnik" is the character's "real name" while "Eggman" is a "common name taken after his shape."[13]

Robotnik's first name, Ivo, is reverse of Ovi, a prefix based on the Latin word for "eggs".[14] His surname, Robotnik, is the generic Polish word for a worker.[15] In Fleetway's Sonic the Comic, the character's name was originally Ovi Kintobor. An explosive accident involving a rotten egg reversed his kindly personality (along with the letters of his name), transforming him into Ivo Robotnik. The Sonic the Hedgehog animated series expanded on his history further, revealing his first name to be Julian. The Sonic the Hedgehog comic book, which is closely based on the cartoon, gives Robotnik's full name as Julian Kintobor of the House of Ivo, with "Kintobor" being his family name (apparently, "Kintobor" is "Robotnik" spelled backwards).

Beginning with Sonic Adventure, Sega began a process of reverting the character to the Japanese version. In the English dub of the game, he continues to refer to himself as Robotnik, while others mockingly call him "Eggman" due to his round physique. In Sonic Adventure 2, he adopts the alias "Dr. Eggman", though his grandfather and cousin both share the family name of Robotnik.

In later games (as well as the English dub of Sonic X), usage of the name Robotnik becomes rare. The airboards in Sonic Riders are labeled as being built by "Robotnik Corp." It is also featured occasionally in Sonic X: in the character's eyecatch profile card from the Japanese version of Sonic X[16], and again in Gerald and Maria's family name.

FaSCoRP escribió:Gracias por la info Hary, la verdad no se me habia ocurrido meterme en wikipedia a buscar info de esto

Esquilax escribió:En realidad, lo malo del nombre Megaman es que pierde el juego de palabras con Roll. ROCKman y ROLL. Lo peor es que es cierto...