Plant Man

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This flower is so beautiful!
~ Plant Man

Background

Plant Man is a Robot Master from Mega Man 6 designed as a flower, which can be used as camouflage. He was originally created as a keeper of a botanical garden, and is said to be able to communicate with plants. Because of his popularity, he became the mascot of the garden. After hearing of the First Annual Robot Tournament, he was modified for combat and equipped with the Plant Barrier, a Special Weapon that creates a barrier of energy that takes on the appearance of spotted flower petals. In the tournament, he was reprogrammed by Mr. X to help him in his plan to conquer the world.

In the fighting games Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Plant Man can also shoot from his arm cannon and create small robot plants to help him. His weaknesses are the Blizzard Attack in Mega Man 6 (he's also semi-weak to the Flame Blast), Gyro Attack in Mega Man: The Power Battle and Atomic Fire in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Plant Man’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Mega Man 6
Plant Man is one of the eight bosses. His pattern consists of activating a Plant Barrier, jumping, throwing it at Mega Man while standing in place, and running at him when the Plant Barrier leaves the screen, then repeating the pattern again from start. The player has to stay in the side of the room where there is more space for Mega Man, then jump over the Plant Barrier and shoot at Plant Man while still having time, and finally jumping to avoid contact damage when he runs at Mega Man.

His weakness is Blizzard Attack, but it cannot hit him when Plant Man uses his Plant Barrier. It defeats him in seven hits. Also, Flame Blast is his semi-weakness, but just as Blizzard Attack, it cannot hit him when he uses his Plant Barrier. It defeats him in fourteen hits.

If the Power Adaptor is used fully charged against him after throwing his Plant Barrier, it will cause him to jump again, without a barrier, and he will resume his pattern of attack. Interestingly enough, when he lands, the barrier firing sound will play again.

Mega Man: The Power Battle
Plant Man is one of the six bosses from the "Mega Man 3~6" course, being fought in the Wily Land. Besides using Plant Barrier like Mega Man 6, Plant Man can shoot with his buster, drop four petals while jumping, and release blue seeds that bloom into small flower enemies in his likeness that can interfere with the fight by getting him in Plant Man's place and firing projectiles from the mouth. His weakness is Gyro Attack.

Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Plant Man is one of the six bosses from the "Search for Wily!" course. He behaves similar to the previous game, but with improved attacks. His weakness is Atomic Fire.

Plant Man's pattern depends on the order the bosses are fought. Regardless of the order, Plant Man will primarily focus on using buster attacks and sowing the small plant enemies. The plants can't turn, firing only on the direction they are facing.

If Plant Man is the first boss, he can either fire one bullet straight ahead or quickly fire in five directions. After losing half of his health he will fire two bullets instead of one. His small plants fire the same amount of projectiles as his straight shot.

If Plant Man is the last of the six bosses, he will fire three bullets straight ahead instead of one. As his small plants have the same fire rate, they become faster and more dangerous.

If Plant Man isn't one of the first bosses fought, after losing half of his health he will start using Plant Barrier. Instead of a set pattern, his timing and jumping vary before launching Plant Barrier. He can also launch Plant Barrier in the player's direction while jumping. Also, his straight shot will have four bullets instead of three, and the plant enemies he creates will change. Instead of dropping the seeds on the ground, they are released on the air, creating flying plant enemies that "bounce" around and drop petals.

General Information

Name: Plant Man, DWN-045

Origin: Mega Man 6

First Appearance: Mega Man 6

Company: Capcom

Creator: Tokuro Fujiwara

Gender: Male

Assigned Gender: None (Plant Man is a robot and is not biological)

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Classification: Robot Master

Species: Robot

Occupation: Keeper of a Botanical Garden

Status: Alive, Unknown in the X Series (Takes place many years in the future where the fate of prior classic series characters are unknown, with it being implied their data still exists as Cut Man's data exists still)

Alignment: Lawful Good (Was originally created as a keeper of a botanical garden, becoming the mascot of the garden due to his popularity and will follow the laws of robotics), Lawful Evil after being reprogrammed by Dr. Wily (Reprogrammed by Dr. Wily to help him conquer the world and destroy Mega Man)

Codex Statistics

Grade: A

Tier: At most High 6-A, Higher with Rage Power

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At most Multi-Continent level (Potency) (Fought against and harmed Mega Man, who was able to fight on par with beings such as Duo, whose fight with Evil Robot caused a cloud explosion on Jupiter which was at this level), Higher with Rage Power (When Robot Masters are damaged to about half their health, they become invulnerable for a few seconds and perform more powerful attacks)

Durability: At most Multi-Continent level (Can take hits from Mega Man)

Striking Strength: At most Multi-Continent Class (Potency), Higher with Rage Power

Lifting Strength: Class G (The Robot Masters are normally made to be on par or superior to Mega Man, who was able to hold up Dr. Wily's fortress at end of Mega Man 5, with Robot Masters such as Guts Man being superior in strength and Robot Masters such as Splash Woman having comparable feats such as lifting entire ships from the ocean)

Travel Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Can move this fast compared to Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo, who can travel around the earth destroying evil energy around this timeframe), Faster Than Light with Teleporters (Robot Masters teleporters should scale to Mega Man and Proto Man’s teleportation, where they are able to travel planets and solar systems in a short time frame[1], reaching this levels of speed)

Attack Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Can keep up with Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo in combat who uses attacks that involve his travel speed)

Reaction Speed: Massively Hypersonic Can keep up with Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo in combat who uses attacks that involve his travel speed)

Stamina: Mimics Limitless Stamina (As long as they are powered by solar energy. All Robot Masters bodies are powered by solar energy, effectively giving them limitless stamina and ammo[2][3][4][5])

Range: Standard Melee, Hundreds of Meters with attacks, Interplanetary with Teleporters (All robot masters naturally display teleportation through teleporters interplanetary distances[6])

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Expert level (Can keep up with Mega Man in combat)


Powers and Techniques



Multilingualism (Is noted that he's able to speak with plants), Camouflage (Modified for combat and given a camouflage coating), Plant Manipulation, Energy Manipulation & Forcefield Creation (With the plant barrier, an orbital shield of condensed energy that takes the shape of flower petals, protects himself with the barrier and can launch it at his opponents. Can cause vine-sprotuing capsules and helper flowers bearing his likeness).



Resistance to Plant Manipulation (Is completely immune to plant barrier), Space-Time Manipulation (3+1-D) & Battlefield Removal (Dimensional Removal; Is completely immune to centaur flash)

Equipment

Nothing notable.


Notable Techniques

  • Plant Barrier: Plant Barrier is Plant Man's Special Weapon. It is a barrier of condensed energy shaped like flower petals that spins around the user and protects him from some attacks.

Other

Standard Tactics: Plant Man will develop a plant barrier around him to protect himself from attacks and launch them as an attack.

Weaknesses: Has a weakness to Blizzard Man's blizzard attack, Gyro Man's gyro attack, and Heat Man's atomic fire. If his data is corrupted, he will be incapable of coming back.

Trivia

  • Although Plant Man has an arm cannon, he does not use it in Mega Man 6. However, his data file in Mega Man Megamix says that his arm cannon is his Plant Barrier discharger, suggesting that it was meant to fire off the weapon. This is further supported by the fact that, in Mega Man 6, Plant Man will raise his arm cannon as he fires off the Plant Barrier and the petals of the Plant Barrier emerge from his arm cannon in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters.
  • Plant Man's stage features flowers with a flashing center, though the center is actually a small health pickup.
  • In Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Plant Man's music is a remix of Crash Man's music.
  • In Mega Man: The Power Battle, Plant Man is weak to the Gyro Attack. In Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, the reverse is true -- Gyro Man is weak to the Plant Barrier (Plant Man's weakness having been switched to Atomic Fire).
  • Plant Man's official artwork shows him with vines, but none are seen on his original sprite; this is likely due to the restrictions of the NES's capabilities. He did appear with them in Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, however, due to both games being developed on more powerful systems.
  • Plant Man is believed to represent Brazil and the Amazon rain forest. However, because Plant Man's design is thought to be based on the Rafflesia flower (which grows in Southeast Asia rather than South America), some speculate he may be from Malaysia or Indonesia instead. It is worth noting that he is definitively from Brazil in the Archie comics.
  • Plant Man, or the Archie Comics depiction of the character, technically shares his Robot Master production number with Prometheus.

References

  1. PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
    Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
    “GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
    Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
    –However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
  2. Q. What kind of foods does Rockman like to eat?
    A. Well… Actually, Rockman’s body is powered by “Solar Energy.” Therefore, he doesn’t really eat, but there are some things that are okay for his consumption… Around the lab, he enjoys drinking “Energy Juice.” As responsibly as he behaves, he’s still a kid after all.
  3. Q. The shots that the Rockbuster fires from the hand, what are those exactly?
    A. The Rockbuster on the arm fires something called a “Solar Bullet”, essentially emitting a compressed form of solar energy that’s very powerful.
  4. Weapon: Transforming Rockbuster, fires a solar bullet
  5. Q. Do robots like those made by Dr. Wily or Dr. Cossack have self-awareness, and can they talk? And do they run on solar energy like Rockman does?
    A. I take it you’d like to know if Wily and Cossack’s robots possess “sentience”? Naturally, they each have a “consciousness”, although the level of every “cognitive circuit” embedded inside each one of them varies, producing as many different “personality” types as found in people… Just like you or I, they can speak, and have emotional responses like shyness, or anger, just as we do.
    Regarding their energy systems, many of them do utilize “solar energy” in some way.
  6. PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
    Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
    “GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
    Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
    –However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
  7. Mega Man V Pluto
  8. Mega Man 5 Star Man
  9. Mega Man V Saturn
  10. Mega Man 9 Galaxy Man
  11. PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
    Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
    “GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
    Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
    –However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
  12. Q. What kind of foods does Rockman like to eat?
    A. Well… Actually, Rockman’s body is powered by “Solar Energy.” Therefore, he doesn’t really eat, but there are some things that are okay for his consumption… Around the lab, he enjoys drinking “Energy Juice.” As responsibly as he behaves, he’s still a kid after all.
  13. Mega Man 2 Opening
  14. Mega Man 4 Opening
  15. Mega Man 6
  16. Mega Man: Powered Up
  17. Q. Do robots like those made by Dr. Wily or Dr. Cossack have self-awareness, and can they talk? And do they run on solar energy like Rockman does?
    A. I take it you’d like to know if Wily and Cossack’s robots possess “sentience”? Naturally, they each have a “consciousness”, although the level of every “cognitive circuit” embedded inside each one of them varies, producing as many different “personality” types as found in people… Just like you or I, they can speak, and have emotional responses like shyness, or anger, just as we do.
    Regarding their energy systems, many of them do utilize “solar energy” in some way.
  18. Mega Man Powered Up Cut Man Boss
  19. Mega Man Powered Up Oil Man Boss
  20. Mega Man Powered Up Elec Man Boss
  21. Mega Man Powered Up Bomb Man Boss
  22. Mega Man Powered Up Ice Man Boss
  23. Mega Man Powered Up Cut Man Boss
  24. Mega Man Powered Up Cut Man Boss
  25. Mega Man 8 Aqua Man
  26. Mega Man 8
  27. Mega Man X4
  28. Mega Man X4
  29. Mega Man X4
  30. Mega Man Zero
  31. Mega Man Zero Copy X
  32. Mega Man ZX Model W
  33. Dr. "I’m Always" Right Breaks It Down Q. What kind of foods does Rockman like to eat?
    A. Well… Actually, Rockman’s body is powered by “Solar Energy.” Therefore, he doesn’t really eat, but there are some things that are okay for his consumption… Around the lab, he enjoys drinking “Energy Juice.” As responsibly as he behaves, he’s still a kid after all.
  34. Q. The shots that the Rockbuster fires from the hand, what are those exactly?
    A. The Rockbuster on the arm fires something called a “Solar Bullet”, essentially emitting a compressed form of solar energy that’s very powerful.
  35. Weapon: Transforming Rockbuster, fires a solar bullet
  36. Power Source/ R.S. Power Reactor (Micro-sized) Right Solar Power Pile Dr. Right-made Solar Energy Generator
  37. Q. Do robots like those made by Dr. Wily or Dr. Cossack have self-awareness, and can they talk? And do they run on solar energy like Rockman does?
    A. I take it you’d like to know if Wily and Cossack’s robots possess “sentience”? Naturally, they each have a “consciousness”, although the level of every “cognitive circuit” embedded inside each one of them varies, producing as many different “personality” types as found in people… Just like you or I, they can speak, and have emotional responses like shyness, or anger, just as we do.
    Regarding their energy systems, many of them do utilize “solar energy” in some way.
  38. PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
    Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
    “GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
    Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
    –However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
  39. Mega Man 3
  40. Mega Man X
  41. Mega Man 7 Versus Mode
  42. Mega Man 4 Dr. Cossack Boss
  43. Mega Man 10
  44. Mega Man 10
  45. Mega Man 10
  46. Mega Man 3 Doc Robots
  47. By swapping out the program data of all the robots Dr. Wily has constructed, this robot is able to adapt other robots’ moves as its own. With the powers of all robots combined into one, this is truly one dreadful robot.
  48. This all-purpose robot can take on the same abilities of every other robot merely by switching its program data. Still, if it just copies the powers of robots that Rockman has already been able to defeat, one might expect for Rockman to overcome them again…
  49. Mega Man XDIVE Chapter 20 - 6 Deep Log
  50. Mega Man X DiVE: Story Stage 20 - Deep Log
  51. Mega Man XDIVE Chapter 20 - 6 Deep Log
  52. Mega Man XDIVE Offline Ending
  53. Mega Man XDIVE Chapter 20 - 6 Deep Log
  54. Mega Man XDIVE Offline Ending
  55. 《ROCKMAN X DiVE》來自於深層記錄檔的消息
  56. 《ROCKMAN X DiVE》來自於深層記錄檔的消息
  57. 《ROCKMAN X DiVE》來自於深層記錄檔的消息
  58. 《ROCKMAN X DiVE》來自於深層記錄檔的消息
  59. Mega Man X Dive Offline
  60. Mega Man & Bass
  61. Mega Man & Bass (Mega Man) - King's Fortress Stage 2
  62. Mega Man XTreme
  63. Mega Man Xtreme 2
  64. Mega Man X6
  65. Mega Man ZX
  66. Mega Man Legends Official Prima Strategy Guide Page 11
  67. Mega Man Legends Game Manual
  68. Mega Man Zero 3
  69. Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
  70. Mega Man Powered Up Oil Man
  71. Mega Man Powered Up Ice Man
  72. Mega Man Powered Up Elec Man
  73. Mega Man Powered Up Elec Man
  74. Mega Man Powered Up Cut Man
  75. Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha Ending
  76. Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha Ending
  77. Mega Man Xtreme
  78. Mega Man Xtreme
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  80. Mega Man NES
  81. Mega Man NES Wily's Castle Robot Masters Rematches
  82. Mega Man X8 Cut Man Secret
  83. Mega Man XTreme
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  85. Mega Man XTreme
  86. Mega Man X8 Cut Man Boss
  87. Mega Man Zero 3 Hidden Phantom and Baby Elves 2nd Encounter: Sub Arcadia
  88. Mega Man ZX Omega Boss
  89. Mega Man X8 Cut Man Boss
  90. Mega Man Xtreme
  91. Mega Man Xtreme 2
  92. Mega Man X6
  93. Mega Man ZX
  94. Mega Man Legends Official Prima Strategy Guide Page 11
  95. Mega Man Legends Game Manual
  96. Mega Man Zero 3 Hidden Phantom and Baby Elves 2nd Encounter: Sub Arcadia
  97. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  98. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  99. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  100. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  101. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  102. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  103. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  104. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  105. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  106. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  107. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  108. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  109. Mega Man Robot Master Field Guide Cut Man
  110. Mega Man Robot Master Field Guide Magma Man
  111. Mega Man Robot Master Field Guy Pages 40-41
  112. Mega Man Powered Up Ice Man Stage
  113. Mega Man Powered Up Fire Man Stage
  114. Mega Man Robot Master Field Guy Pages 98-99
  115. PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
    Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
    “GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
    Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
    –However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
  116. Q. Do robots like those made by Dr. Wily or Dr. Cossack have self-awareness, and can they talk? And do they run on solar energy like Rockman does?
    A. I take it you’d like to know if Wily and Cossack’s robots possess “sentience”? Naturally, they each have a “consciousness”, although the level of every “cognitive circuit” embedded inside each one of them varies, producing as many different “personality” types as found in people… Just like you or I, they can speak, and have emotional responses like shyness, or anger, just as we do.
    Regarding their energy systems, many of them do utilize “solar energy” in some way.
  117. The exact type of degree isn't noted, but due to it being an American manual, it's likely referring to Farenheit
  118. Mega Man 11
  119. Mega Man 11
  120. Mega Man 6
  121. Mega Man & Bass Data Base Centuar Man File
  122. Mega Man 6 Wind Man
  123. Megaman 2 The Power Fighters Cut Man

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