Art by Carl Flint
Roger Bodge is a former resident of the Jade Hill Zone. Bodge is a rabbit obsessed with DIY, taking it to the extremes of performing all construction and repairs completely by himself. Roger lives with long-suffering wife Gladys Bodge and did so in their hand-built house in Jade Hill until Bodge's robot butler, actually a re-programmed Trooper, self-destructed at the sight of Sonic the Hedgehog. Earlier, Sonic had saved Bodge's life when a public bridge he had built collapsed while walking over it.
Bodge became renowned for his poorly-designed inventions but it did not stop him when he later moved to the Emerald Hill Zone (with or without Gladys in tow). His next design to be unveiled was a portable helicopter made from a lavatory and some flimsy rotor blades. With Tails' bi-plane clamped, the fox had no choice but to accept Bodge's invitation to use the helicopter to defeat Windy Wallis. Unfortunately, the helicopter fell apart after briefly being subjected to a snow flurry and Bodge was nowhere to be seen once Tails returned to land.
Roger's last outing was during Enviro-Fete '98, a competition to reveal inventions designed to help the environment. Bodge's offering was his Self-Warming Bath, a bath strapped to a radiator, which allows you to use the same water to bathe in every day. Although Bodge intended to save water with this creation, it still made the judges feel sick.
Trivia
- Bodge's attire is that of a yellow shirt and dungarees that vary from brown to red. Whether untentional or not, they make him heavily resemble Grouchio Marxio and, therefore, Mario from the Super Mario games.