Robot Master of the Week #43: Splash Woman

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Splash Woman (スプラッシュウーマン, Supurasshu Ūman?) is one of the Robot Masters from Mega Man 9 whose period of use had expired and was scheduled to be scrapped. She is a robot that was designed to rescue victims of sinking ships and beach accidents. She is fond of karaoke bars so she can show off her singing voice. Splash Woman attacks by singing to call fish and using her weapon, the Laser Trident. She appears as a playable character in the mobile phone game Rockman Diver. Her weakness is the Hornet Chaser. The bees will then fly around and can easily demolish the fish, and damage Splash Woman as she goes to the top of the screen.

Appearances
Mega Man 9
Rockman Diver
Rockman Megamix

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Fun Facts
-Splash Woman is the first fightable female Robot Master.
-Splash Woman, along with Roll, Kalinka, and Plum, are the only female characters in the entire Mega Man Classic series so far.
-Splash Woman's stage contains a bubble puzzle extremely similar to the one in Wave Man's stage.
-Splash Woman is one of the few Robot Masters to have abnormal legs. Some of the others include Centaur Man, who had 4 robotic hooves; Astro Man and Cloud Man, who hover in midair and did not have legs; Blizzard Man, who is attached to skis; and Napalm Man and Dark Man 1, who have treads in place of legs.
-Her in-game sprites give her a vague resemblance to Leviathan (element, attacks, and tendency to flood the room to distort the player) and Pandora (costume, attacks and the fact she floats, although outside water).
-Her Laser Trident is the Robot Master weapon that deals the most damage to Mega Man in Mega Man 9.
-Splash Woman is the only boss in Mega Man 9 that takes 2 bars of damage from the Mega Buster. Every other Robot Master takes one. However, she does make up for this by remaining out of its range for most of the fight.
-Splash Woman has the same interest as Guts Man, karaoke.
-In the end credits picture, she is seen at the beach having a picture taken by Auto, having been rebuilt after the events of Mega Man 9.
-In terms of timeline, Splash Woman is the third Robot Master to be based on a mythical creature (she is based off a mermaid), after Centaur Man (who is modeled after a centaur), and Tengu Man (modeled after a Tengu); though, she could be the fourth if you count Shade Man (who is based off a vampire).
-Her interest in karaoke may be based off old stories that tell of sirens (often depicted as mermaid-like creatures in some folklore) singing so beautifully that young men would be lured to their doom.