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Doctor Horatio Quentin Quack is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He is a mobian duck who is the royal physician and is one of the best medical experts in Mobotropolis.

Appearance

Dr. Quack is a mobian duck with yellow feathers and blue eyes, wearing a white doctor coat. He is shown in later comics with an eyepatch from being injured during a battle when Sonic was in space.

History

Service to the Kingdom of Acorn

Horatio comes from a family long involved in the medical field, and was appointed chief physician to the Royal House of Acorn.[1] In this capacity, he is known to have delivered Princess Sally Acorn. He also helped Rosemary Prower deliver her child Miles Prower.[2] When King Maximillian Acorn was turning into crystal, Dr. Quack devised a Dream Watcher that allowed Sonic to enter Max's mind to reach through to him and possibly discover the source of the crystallization.[3] The device unfortunately emitted a kind of energy that Dr. Robotnik was able to track, thus enabling him to locate Knothole. When his wife Elizabeth and children Hubert, Duane, and Louise were captured, Dr. Quack became a pawn in Robotnik's grandiose scheme.[4] He declared Sally dead, though he actually placed her in a special stasis chamber disguised as a coffin so that she could heal and recover from her fall. He also witnessed Snively interfering with Robotnik's plans and did nothing to stop him. When Robotnik ceased to exist due to his nephew's tampering, the doctor was free from coercion.[5]

Royal Physician

Dr. Quack was labeled Royal Physician once again by Sally, stating his "healing skills will help put our kingdom back on the road to recovery", and making him a member of the a member of the new council of governing during Maximillian's time in recovery.[6]

Due to the incredible recovery made by King Maximillian, Dr. Quack ran a number of tests to satisfy his "scientific curiosity." During this examination, Maximillian informed Dr. Quack the history of the Acorn Dynasty and its link to the Source of All, the latter explaining his amazing recovery.[7]

After Prince Elias and Queen Alicia were brought back to Mobotropolis by the Royal Secret Service, the comatose Alicia was left under Dr. Quack's care. He explained to the monarchy that due to the Brotherhood of Guardians' cryo-stasis chamber, Alicia's health would neither get better or worse, but would keep her in her current condition until Dr. Quack and his health team could figure out a means to cure her ailments.[8]

When Sonic and the Freedom Fighters attempted to explain it was the escapees of the Devil's Gulag who had kidnapped Nate Morgan, this claim was challenged by Geoffrey St. John, as the evidence suggested the escapees had all died. However, Dr. Quack arrived and explained that some of the injured guards of the Devil's Gulag informed him the convicts used a second shuttle to escape.[9]

Following the loss of Mobotropolis to Robo-Robotnik, Dr. Quack was baffled that Jules and Bernadette Hedgehog has retained their free will while all the other Robians had not.[10] When the two stated it was because of their wedding bands, Dr. Quack said it wasn't scientifically feasible, though Nate Morgan countered this, saying science could not take into account the magical aspects of the Super Emerald, the wedding bands had been forged from its power.[11]

Dr. Quack was also the one who, with the help of Nate Morgan, developed Bunnie Rabbot's replacement parts that her body's immune system would not reject. Because of this, Bunnie survived, at the cost of the chance of ever being deroboticized.[12]

Following a massive attack on Robotropolis to retrieve the captured Prince Elias, led by King Maximillian himself, the king was injured in the attack by a Shadowbot.[13] He was quickly brought before Dr. Quack by Sonic to receive medical treatment.[14] Thanks to the doctor, Queen Alicia made a full recovery, while Maximillian mostly recovered, though he lost the ability to use his legs and thus became confined to a wheel chair.[15]

Treating Famous Patients

Under the leadership of Prince Elias, Knothole was transformed into a more modern city, with a new Castle Acorn being built, as well as a prison, public schools, and a hospital where Dr. Quack was the chief physician. One of his first patients was Kodos Lion, who had been brought unconscious to the hospital by Sonic.[16] Kodos later awoke, went on a rampage and escaped, with Dr. Quack explaining his insanity was caused by prolonged exposure to radioactive toxins in Robotropolis, and that had he not received treatment he would have died.[17]

One of the next patients Dr. Quack examined was the original Dr. Robotnik, who had been brought back to life from Chaos Knuckles' tampering with the time-space continuum and a device created by Dr. Eggman. Dr. Quack discovered that it for certain the original Robotnik, but did not tell the villain that his molecules would disperse once again without Eggman's device. Informing the Freedom Fighters of this, the played along with a scheme concocted by Eggman and Robotnik in order to get close to the device and destroy it, thus causing Robotnik to be gone for good.[18]

Dr. Quack later treated Zonic the Zone Cop for injuries he sustained from Evil Sonic during the latter's escape.[19] Not long afterwards he examined Sonic, whose speed had been taken away by a genie and given to Muttski, which Dr. Quack could only confirm.[20]

Having been treating both Hershey Cat and Geoffrey St. John for the nanobots that were activated in their bodies for weeks, Dr. Quack was impressed when Rotor had managed to heal them completely by creating his own nanobots to attack Dr. Eggman's. He subsequently gave the two a clean bill of health.[21] Not long afterwards, he treated Mina Mongoose for a bullet wound received by Nack the Weasel.[22]

Field Missions and Return as General Physician

Following the Xorda's failed attack, Dr. Quack was forced to become a field agent for the Royal Army's all-out war between the Eggman Empire and the Kingdom of Acorn began after Sonic was transported off world. During one of his field missions, Dr. Quack had accidentally stepped on a land mine, causing him serious injuries including a damaged leg (which forced him to use a cane) and the loss of an eye. Following this, Maximillian took him off field mission assignments for good.[23]

When Sonic returned from outer space, Dr. Quack did a full body examination, and discovered the D'Novulans implant which allowed Sonic to understand almost all languages. He informed Sonic that the implant had begun to bond with his nervous system, and that removing it would do more harm than good, advising him to leave it in as it showed no signs of potential danger. Before leaving, Sonic asked him how he came to be this way. After Quack told him his story, Sonic felt sympathy for him.[23]

Quack was also responsible for treating King Maximillian and General Armand D'Coolette for the poisoning caused by Patch D'Coolette, an evil counterpart of Antoine from Moebius who was masquerading as him.[24] Unfortunately, the General's food had been laced with poison for a long time and by the time it was noticed, there was nothing that could be done, although Dr. Quack was able to save the elderly king.[25]

After Hope Kintobor was injured by the Metal Sonic Troopers, Dr. Quack was suddenly approached by Sonic and Shadow to give Hope the best medical treatment. Under his care, Hope made a full recovery quickly.[26]

Following the transportation of all of Knothole's citizens to New Mobotropolis, Dr. Quack patched up Rotor, who had sustained injuries to his back during the attack on Freedom HQ by Snively. He proceeded to examine the only person who had been subjected to the Egg Grape Chambers, Charmy Bee, stating they would not know the extent of his memory loss until some time had passed, but that his health was better than they could have expected. He then examined Sonic, who had sustained heavy injuries battling Eggman's Egg Beater. He explained to Sonic that he healed very quickly due to the residual energies from all the Power Rings he'd collected in the past. After Sonic's check-up, Dr. Quack left to spend time with his family in the new city.[27]

After the Iron Queen badly weakened Bunnie and Monkey Khan after controlling them with her Magitek, the two heroes were brought to Tommy Turtle Memorial Hospital where they became patients of Dr. Quack. In treating Bunnie, Quack had to provide her with a huge amount of electrolytes to restore the energy she lost and supervise her recovery overnight. For Monkey Khan he prescribed plenty of rest, ordering him not to leave his bed until he fully healed, something Khan ignored in order to pick flowers for Bunnie. Later when Monkey Khan went to go with Sonic to investigate what was approaching New Mobotropolis, Dr. Quack forced him back to his bed to continue resting.[28]

Later, Dr. Quack seemingly attempted to keep tabs on Max's somewhat deteriorating condition, though it seems the former king was less than cooperative, having become rather reclusive. Alicia apologized to the doctor, saying that she had thought Maximillian had been having "one of his better days" but the doctor said it was fine, saying he would see them tomorrow.[29]

Sometime after, Dr. Quack, along with Elizabeth and Hubert would look in horror as the Death Egg Mark 2 loomed over their city.[30]

After the first wave of the Genesis Wave was over, Dr. Quack's medical assistance would be needed to help a crystallized Bunnie after her efforts to stop Titan Metal Sonic. Vanilla the Rabbit had instructed Big the Cat to get Bunnie to Dr. Quack at once.[31]

Relationships

Friends/allies

Enemies

Gallery

Concept artwork

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Sonic Comic Encyclopedia, "Dr. Quack & Family"
  2. ↑ Sonic Super Special #9, "Eve of Destruction"
  3. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #43, "The Dream Zone"
  4. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #49, "Escape From the Floating Island"
  5. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #50, "The Big Goodbye"
  6. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #54, "Running to Stand Still"
  7. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #58, "Tales Of The Freedom Fighters - "The Living Crown"
  8. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #69, "A Day In The Life"
  9. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #70, "Saving Nate Morgan"
  10. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #75, "I Am The Eggman"
  11. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #77, "Rebel Without A Pause"
  12. ↑ Sonic Super Special #11, "Bunnie Rabbot: Upgrade"
  13. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #88, "Family Matters"
  14. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #89, "Thicker Than Water"
  15. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #90, "Sword of Omens"
  16. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #91, "Crash"
  17. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #99, "Blow By Blow"
  18. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #108, "Robotnik x2 = Trouble!"
  19. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #112, "Mistaken Identity Crisis!"
  20. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #115, "Meanie in a Bottle"
  21. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #118, "Heart to Heart"
  22. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #123, "Heart Held Hostage - Part Two"
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Sonic the Hedgehog #134, "Home: Epilogue - Say You Will"
  24. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #156, "Line of Succession - Part 2"
  25. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #168, "Courage and Honor"
  26. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #159, "System Reboot"
  27. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #177, "Home, New Home"
  28. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #205, "On the Run Part One: All Eggs in One Basket"
  29. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #218, "Thicker than Water - Part 2"
  30. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #224, "Chaos and the Crown Part Two: Total Authority"
  31. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #231, "Lost in the Moment"

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