Napalm Man

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Games	Classic Series - Battle Network
Cartoons	Mega Man: Upon a Star
Comics	Megamix - Archie Comics

	“	Feel the power of destruction!	„
		~ Napalm Man

Background

Napalm Man is a Robot Master from Mega Man 5 created by Dr. Wily to help defend and protect his secret weapons factory, where he would spend his spare time collecting and searching for weapons as strong or stronger than his own.

Napalm Man is a weapons enthusiast equipped with an array of explosive weapons all over his body - he is equipped with Napalm Bomb launchers in his arms, a large missile launcher in his head, and also launch six smaller homing missiles from silos concealed in his shoulders. He has treads on his feet and can increase his speed with a rocket booster on his back.

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Mega Man 5 Napalm Man is one of the eight bosses. He attacks by shooting two Napalm Bombs from his arms and then jumping, which can be avoided by sliding to the opposite side, but the player should make sure there is enough space to the side Mega Man is, for if he gets cornered, it will become almost impossible to dodge his attacks. Napalm Man also attacks by shooting head missiles which can be avoided by just jumping over them. He is weak when he has jumped and when he finishes firing missiles. His weakness is the Crystal Eye, but it should be fired at a wall, to increase the chances of two orbs hitting him. It takes him out in minimally five attacks, but more if two orbs do not hit him in the same attacks, up to a max of ten attacks. Mega Man IV Napalm Man is one of the four bosses fought in the Wily Station. He has the same attacks as he did in Mega Man 5, as well as the same weakness, but he has been added a secondary weakness: Pharaoh Shot. Crystal Eye defeats him in minimum four attacks if two crystal orbs hit him and more if that not happens, up to a max of seven attacks, while the Pharaoh Shot which defeats him in ten uncharged shots and four charged ones. Mega Man (Game Gear) Napalm Man also inherits the same attacks in this game, but now he is weak to the effects of the Flash Stopper. Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters In both games, Napalm Man uses his previous attacks and the homing missiles from his shoulders. He can also speed up using the treads on his feet and a small rocket on his back. He is weak to Gemini Laser in both games, due to its ability to short out the firing mechanisms of his weaponry. Mega Man: Battle & Chase Napalm Man uses the Patriot Bomber, a resistant tank-like vehicle able to attack with bombs and other explosive weaponry. He wants to use the prize money to create his own Weapons Museum, and if the player wins using him, he successfully builds and stocks the museum with the prize money, but no one visits it. After waiting for a while, one guest visits the museum, but says it's boring. Angered by the comment, Napalm Man accidentally blows up the museum with his own weapons. Rockman Strategy Napalm Man appears in Rockman Strategy as a recurring enemy, appearing first in Indonesia in a volcanic caldera. He was dispatched by Dr. Wily to aid Leo, along with Heat Man; later he appears as part of a "tribe" with Tomahawk Man and Pharaoh Man. He has ten missiles on his shoulders instead of six, and does not have the rocket on his back.

Statistics

Tier: High 5-B, Higher with Rage Power

Name: Napalm Man, DWN-039

Origin: Mega Man 5

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Robot Master

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 Evil (A Robot Master created by Dr. Wily to help him conquer the world and destroy Mega Man)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Large Planet level+ (Fought against and harmed Mega Man, who was able to fight on par with beings such as Duo, who 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: Large Planet level+ (Can take hits from Mega Man)

Striking Strength: Large Planet Class+, 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: FTL (Can move this fast compared to Mega Man, who can outrun black holes from Robot Masters such as Saturn and Galaxy Man), Far Higher 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, reaching this levels of speed)

Combat Speed: Massively FTL (Can keep up with Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo in combat who uses attacks that involve his travel speed, where Duo is capable of traveling through galaxies while doing his job and likely travels across the universe doing his job to destroy the Evil Energy)

Reaction Speed: Massively FTL (Can keep up with Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo in combat who uses attacks that involve his travel speed, where Duo is capable of traveling through galaxies while doing his job and likely travels across the universe doing his job to destroy the Evil Energy)

Stamina: Essentially Limitless 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)

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

Intelligence: Gifted (Can keep up with Mega Man in combat)

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Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Respiratory Self-Sustenance, Nutritional Self-Sustenance, & Restful Self-Sustenance; All Robot Masters can breathe in space just fine, with an entire game revolving around traveling through space and as robots do not require food, sleep or sustenance), Inorganic Physiology (Non-Living Objects; Robot Masters are highly developed robots in the fields of robotics. Robot Masters have a "consciousness" though it is different from the standard humans consciousness as it's at the level of a "cognitive circuit" embedded inside each one of them), Rage Power & limited Invulnerability (Physical Invulnerability; When Robot Masters are damaged to about half their health, they become invulnerable for a few seconds and perform more powerful attacks), Absorption (Robot Masters are built in with usages of solar energy to charge their bodies and use their weapons essentially limitlessly), Psuedo-Teleportation, Transformation, Light Manipulation, Intangibility (Phasing/Elemental), Transmutation (Transformative Arsenal) & BFR (Application Based; All robot masters naturally display teleportation through teleporters interplanetary distances, they do this through transforming into a beam of light, they can use this in the middle of combat to turn intangible and phase through attacks. They can also transform others into a beam of light and send them to other places with the teleporter, essentially removing them from the battlefield), Consciousness Transferal (Robot Masters can transfer their consciousness into other bodies and machines, with characters like Doc Robots having the Robot Masters programs and data directly installed with them, essentially acting as a more powerful body), Divine Protection (After defeating ViA■ and destroying the Robot Destroy Program within him, The Player was able to fully correct the Deep Log in its entirety. However, Via says The Player's story isnt over and RiCO repeats this and says that there will be future program errors in the Deep Log for them to correct and it would be insecure for her alone to manage it alone. Therefore to solve this problem that can happen in the future, RiCO will summon The Player in order to correct any irregular data in the Deep Log as she did in the start of the game), Immortality (Regenerative Immortality; Through robots and reploids ability to regenerate back their body and data. Immortal Metaphysical Aspect; Robot Masters can survive wounds such as being cut in half, with ones such as Proto Man calling it merely "just a scratch", being able to come back just fine after teleporting away to be repaired. Reliance on Concept; All robots "true existences" rely on their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". With data further being explored through here), Regeneration (Mid through Cartoon Physics; Can regenerate from being crushed by Mad Grinder. Should scale to all the other Robot Masters who all regenerate after being flattened in Mega Man Powered Up. High-Godly through their data; In Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha, Rockman Shadow's data comes out of his deceased body and regenerates a new body at the very end post-credits of the game. In Mega Man Xtreme, Sigma was trying to reproduce the past data of several mavericks in the mother computer to bring havoc to the world's peace and the only way the past data of previously defeated Mavericks from X1 and X2 could be stopped is if X goes inside as his data form. Inside the Mother Computer, X defeats Vile's data form along with the data forms of a bunch of mavericks he has previously defeated. However, despite defeating their data form, their data is still are able to come back for the rematches at the end of the game along with Vile being back in the hard mode's post game story. Despite destroying Vile's data twice, he was still able to come back and better then ever in Mega Man X8. In Mega Man ZX, Omega's soul data along with flashes of the past battle in Zero 3 are trapped in area O and even after defeat, he can come back without limit even after obtaining Model OX which contains his soul data. With data further being explored through here), Resurrection (Robots that are fought and defeated are able to be brought back as long as they still have their data, with this also extending to reploids being able to come back for rematches. With data further being explored through here), Information Manipulation & Conceptual Manipulation (Can directly interact with, harm, and destroy a robots data, which all robots "true existences" rely on their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". All data resides in the deep log of each game's data and information of the Mega Man Franchise and many other Capcom franchises, with it being stated that data makes up the characters' personality, memories are data pieces that can be used to materialize hunter programs and also have the feelings of the characters, their data is even what determines their own canonicity in reality, with all characters being considered data alongside all universes being made of data. With data further being explored through here), Explosion Manipulation (Can shoot out explosive missiles and napalm bombs, with his napalm bomb being an explosive capsule he fires from his arm), Homing Attack (Has smaller guided missiles on his shoulders). Resistance to Extreme Heats, Extreme Colds, & Weather Manipulation (Robot Masters are made to withstand extreme terrains and weather conditions), Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Despite how active Robot Masters are they do not actually possess the feeling to think, feel, and make decisions of their own as this level of technology wasn't realized until the reploids of the X era. Along with Reploids having something closer to a human soul then any robot Robot Master has. Robot Masters have a "consciousness" though it is different from the standard humans consciousness as it's at the level of a "cognitive circuit" embedded inside each one of them), Cosmic Radiations (All Robot Masters can breathe and survive in space just fine, with an entire game revolving around traveling through space), Information Manipulation & Conceptual Manipulation (Can take hits from characters that can directly interact with, harm, and destroy a robots data, which all robots "true existences" rely on their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". All data resides in the deep log of each game's data and information of the Mega Man Franchise and many other Capcom franchises, with it being stated that data makes up the characters' personality, memories are data pieces that can be used to materialize hunter programs and also have the feelings of the characters, their data is even what determines their own canonicity in reality, with all characters being considered data alongside all universes being made of data. With data further being explored through here), Plot Manipulation (As data determines one's canonicity in reality and all universes are made of data, one would need to fully change one's data in order to change their narrative. With data further being explored through here), Electricity Manipulation (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from electricity based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it), Heat Manipulation & Fire Manipulation (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from heat and fire based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it and survive the intense heats), Magma Manipulation (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from magma based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it), Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from ice based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it, even with ice as cold as absolute zero), Gravity Manipulation (Is completely immune to gravity hold. Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from gravity based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it), Black Holes (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from black hole based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it), Petrification (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from petrification based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it, with the petrification being potent enough to effect black holes), Acid Manipulation & Corrosion Inducement (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from acid & corrosive based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it), Transmutation (Robot Masters and others are unaffected by the effects of the the mystery tank, which turns all weak enemies on screen into extra lives), Space-Time Manipulation & BFR (Robot masters are able to tank and survive attacks from the likes of Centaur Flash, which creates a dimensional distortion where he warps space and sends an opponent into a black hole, with even Robot Masters that have a weakness to it surviving its hits and not being sent into a black hole. Robot Masters can also take hits from Cut Man who can cut through space itself and leave dimensional tears that he can jump in), Light Manipulation (Is completely immune to flash stopper)

Transmutation (Smaller characters are turned into mines that can explode), Power Nullification (Blocker prevents an opponent from using Special Attacks. Count Up destroys any items an opponent has and forces them to destroy 10 things before they can get new items), Explosion Manipulation (With Remote Controlled Bombs), Statistics Amplification and Invulnerability (Threefold Chance greatly amplifies the affects of items. Power Nitro greatly increases your power and speed as you can casually ram through opponents like the Super-Star in Mario Kart as well as making you invulnerable to attacks), Electricity Manipulation, Statistics Reduction, and Invulnerability Negation (Lightning bolt hits all opponents no matter where they are on a race-track it slows their speed and negates the affects of Power Nitro)

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Standard Equipment

• Patriot Bomber: Napalm Man uses the Patriot Bomber, a resistant tank-like vehicle able to attack with bombs and other explosive weaponry. He wants to use the prize money to create his own Weapons Museum, if he wins he successfully builds and stocks the museum with the prize money, but no one visits it. After waiting for a while, one guest visits the museum, but says it's boring. Angered by the comment, Napalm Man accidentally blows up the museum with his own weapons.

Patriot Bomber
Vehicle
Patriot Bomber
Game description
Has powerful weapons. Can put bombs behind or throw them away.
Maximum speed
436 km/h
Parts		Game description
Body	Full Metal Body	Can shoot the Napalm bomb forward and backward. Possesses great destructive power.
Engine	Device Engine ("Mega Torque Engine" in Japan)	The acceleration plate's effect will last longer for this engine.
Wing	Counter Wing	Grants you more points and thus makes it easier to obtain items.
Tire	E-Guard Tire	Not affected by the deceleration area. More effective on dirt road.
Losing quotes
"That was a good strategy..." "My parts..."

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Notable Techniques

• Napalm Bomb: Napalm Bomb is Napalm Man's Special Weapon. When used, he sends out a bomb that bounces about on the ground. It explodes if it kills an enemy on contact, or after a few seconds of no activity. It will change direction if it hits a wall. It is useful against low-lying enemies like Mousuberu. No boss in Mega Man 5 is immune to this weapon. It also seems that Napalm Bomb is the weakness of many big enemies, such as Dachone.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Napalm Man will shoot out missiles along with shooting out his napalm bomb.

Weaknesses: He has a weakness to Crystal Man's crystal eye. If his data is corrupted, he will be incapable of coming back.

Trivia

• Although Napalm Man is purple in his official artwork, he is blue in Mega Man 5 (both his mugshot and in-game sprites) due to color limitations. In every other game he was featured in (minus Mega Man 10), he was purple.
• Due to his appearance in the intro as well as the series' cancellation after two seasons, Napalm Man may have been planned to appear in a third season of the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon. However, Mega Man: Upon a Star, which is based on the Ruby-Spears cartoon, features Napalm Man.
• Napalm Man's interview quote in Mega Man: Battle & Chase, "I'll be back.", is a reference to a recurring line from The Terminator franchise. It is also the only one of the quotes to be stated in English instead of Japanese.
• The description given of Napalm Man in his Japanese Mega Man & Bass data and in the Mega Man: Robot Master Field Guide mentions his weapons museum, as well as the fact that no one visited it.
• The Rockman 5 Japanese game commercial's music was a remix of Napalm Man's theme.
• Napalm Man dislikes metal detectors because his body is full of hidden weapons, which metal detectors are designed to find.
• Napalm Man is one of two Robot Masters in Mega Man 5 to not make an appearance in any episodes of the 1994 animated Mega Man series (except for his brief cameo in the opening). The other is Charge Man.

Explanations

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