Pump Man is a Robot Master from Mega Man 10. He can create a shield of water droplets around himself and release them in several directions.
Before contracting Roboenza, Pump Man worked at a wastewater treatment plant, purifying the water that came through. He also volunteered his time to wash graffiti off of walls in the neighborhood. Pump Man has also been described as a "neat freak".
This dropdown contains the synopsis of Pump Man’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!
Pump Man is a humanoid robot who has green eyes. He has a blue helmet with a gray lining on near top and pump handle connected on top of his helmet, a blue cylindrical torso, a gray pipe on the center of the torso, white spherical shoulders, yellow vacuum hoses for arms, a white hand on the left arm, a gray pipe on the right arm, black legs, and blue boots.
Pump Man starts off by creating a Water Shield. He then jumps around trying to tackle the player's character. He eventually fires off his Water Shield.
On Easy Mode, Pump Man's Water Shield only has four bubbles instead of eight. He also jumps only one time before spreading the Water Shield.
On Normal mode, Pump Man's water shield has eight bubbles.
On Hard Mode, Pump Man has an extra attack in which he tosses his pump handle at the player like a boomerang.
His weakness is Thunder Wool, as it can hit him multiple times, and it also pierces and destroys his shield; however, only the lightning bolt has these properties, and Pump Man will effectively cancel out the attack if he hits the wool itself, so make sure that he can't do this. The Mirror Buster can also be used against him in Hard mode when he throws his pump handle.
Alignment:Lawful Good (Pump Man worked at a wastewater treatment plant, purfying the water that came through, he also volunteered his time to wash graffiti off of walls in the neighborhood, and follows the laws of robotics), Chaotic Evil once corrupted by Roboenza (Corrupted by the Roboenza virus which made him go berserk and try to attack anyone he sees)
Water Shield: Water Shield is Pump Man's Special Weapon that the player obtains in Mega Man 10. A rotating shield of water surrounds the user. Unlike other shields the Water Shield isn't all together, but instead 8 water droplets slowly form around the user. Pressing the attack button once more deactivates the Water Shield and hurls the water out at high-speeds that spiral outward. Despite being a shield weapon, projectiles are still able to make it through due to the spacing between each water droplet.
Other
Standard Tactics: Pump Man will form a water shield around him to block attacks and then send it outwards to hit enemies.
Weaknesses: Has a weakness to Sheep Man's thunder wool. If his data is corrupted, he will be incapable of coming back.
Trivia
Pump Man and Chill Man are the only Robot Masters in Mega Man 10 to have visible faces; the others just have black slits with eyes in them.
Despite having a cannon in his right arm, he does not pump any of the Water Shield bubbles from it. Instead, it is used to pump water into him to turn it into the Water Shield.
In his official artwork, Pump Man has white shoulder spheres and yellow arms. However, due to color limitations, his shoulder spheres are blue and his arms are light blue in his sprite. In addition, Pump Man has a yellow ring around his chest cannon and a red belt around his waist. Neither of these are visible in his in-game sprite.
The design of Pump Man's arms is quite similar to Oil Man's and Dynamo Man's.
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↑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.
↑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.
↑Weapon: Transforming Rockbuster, fires a solar bullet
↑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.
↑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!!
↑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!!
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑Weapon: Transforming Rockbuster, fires a solar bullet
↑Power Source/ R.S. Power Reactor (Micro-sized) Right Solar Power Pile Dr. Right-made Solar Energy Generator
↑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.
↑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!!
↑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.
↑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…
↑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.
↑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!!