Robot Master of the Week #24: Mega Man

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Mega Man (Rock Man)'s role in the original story is to battle the mad scientist Dr. Wily and his ever-growing army of robots, and stop them from taking over the planet by using their own special abilities against them. Utilizing his special Mega Buster arm cannon, and his ability to copy a defeated robot's special weapon, Mega Man must travel the world and traverse harsh environments in order to bring Wily's menace to an end. With the help of his creator Dr. Light and his assorted robotic companions, Mega Man's eventual goal is to one day achieve "everlasting peace".

Appearances
All Mega Man classic game series and media

Theme

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Fun Facts
-Being the first, Mega Man's design was decided to be the analogue and template for other characters in the series that would bear the name. Notably, what would originally be the first character to succeed Mega Man (Zero) had a radically different design, before the developers decided on another, more similar design completely (X).
-In Japan, Rockman and Roll's names are a pun of Rock 'n Roll. This pun was lost in English versions.
-The Japanese name "Rock" (Mega Man's original name) was not Americanized until Mega Man: Powered Up, when it's changed to "Mega". This change has since been retconned, however, as evidenced by the U.S. Mega Man 9 site which uses the name "Rock".
-Mega Man appears as Rock (in his human looking form) in only five games: Mega Man, Mega Man 4, Mega Man V (Game Boy), Mega Man's Soccer and Mega Man: Powered Up, being playable as Rock in the latter, where he uses a "Mega Kick" instead of an arm cannon.
-Mega Man is spelled Megaman in some games.
-Of the various "Mega Men", classic series Rockman is the only one with blue eyes. All other characters to bear the name "Mega Man" have green eyes. Curiously in the PSP remake Mega Man: Powered Up his eye color is changed to green (though the artwork for the game shows him with blue eyes).
-In MegaMan Star Force 2, if one has the event '1stMegaMan' brother data his secret is that he obtains his energy from the sun, despite players needing to collect energy pellets during the original games.
-Spiritia Rosenberg, a character from the Japanese doujin soft series, Rosenkreuzstilette, is based on Mega Man.
-In The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, in one of the houses in the first level, one of the Servbots will turn on a TV showing the 8 bit Mega Man running while the stage selected theme plays.
-Megaman's design in the first game and all the another ones is very different from the boxart of the first game.

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It had to happen eventually. (And yes, I checked, that is his theme song)