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"That was fun!"
—Buster Rod G, Mega Man & Bass database

Buster Rod G (バスターロッドG Basutā Roddo G) is a Robot Master from Mega Man: The Wily Wars based on Sun Wukong, a character from the Chinese novel Journey to the West. He is the leader of the Genesis Unit and a master of martial arts. Because of his rowdy personality and inexperience, he and Mega Water S often get into arguments, and Hyper Storm H tries to avoid conflicts between them.

Buster Rod G is fought twice in the game. In his stage he attacks with a rod that can extend (based off Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang), and can spin it fast to protect against attacks. He also creates illusions of himself when he jumps to other side of the room. After his defeat, he escapes (having only 1 HP left) and is fought again in the third Wily Tower stage, where he attacks with shots from his arm cannon and jumps from platforms that are constantly falling down. His weakness is Hard Knuckle.

Data[]

Mega Man & Bass CD data[]

CDData-79-BusterRod.G


Damage data chart (1st encounter)[]

Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Mega Buster Rolling Cutter Super Arm Ice Slasher Hyper Bomb Fire Storm Thunder Beam
1 3 -- 1 8 1 1
Metal Blade Air Shooter Bubble Lead Quick Boomerang Crash Bomber Time Stopper Atomic Fire Leaf Shield
1 4 4 2 1 0 1/3/9 1
Gemini Laser Hard Knuckle Magnet Missile Needle Cannon Search Snake Shadow Blade Spark Shock Top Spin
1 8 1 2 0 1 0 0

Damage data chart (2nd encounter)[]

Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Mega Buster Rolling Cutter Super Arm Ice Slasher Hyper Bomb Fire Storm Thunder Beam
1 3 -- 1 -- 1 1
Metal Blade Air Shooter Bubble Lead Quick Boomerang Crash Bomber Time Stopper Atomic Fire Leaf Shield
1 4 0 1 1 0 1/2/3 4
Gemini Laser Hard Knuckle Magnet Missile Needle Cannon Search Snake Shadow Blade Spark Shock Top Spin
1 6 4 2 0 1 0 0

Stage enemies[]

Enemies in Buster Rod G's stage:

Image Enemy
Busterrodsprite
Buster Rod G (boss)
WWBigSnakey
Big Snakey (sub-boss)
WW HammerJoe sprite
Hammer Joe
MmwwBeakred
Blaster
WWMetallDX
Metall DX
WWBombFlierCloud
WWBulletFlier
Bomb Flier
WWMatasaburo
Matasaburo
MmwwBladerblue
Bunby Heli
WWKomasaburo
Komasaburo
WWrobbitsprite
Robbit
WWYellowPipi
Pipi
WWYellowCopipi
Copipi
WWPetitSnakey
Petit Snakey
MMWW PicketMan
Pickelman
WWChangkeyMaker
Changkey Maker
MMWW PickBull
Pickelman Bull
MMWWBatton
Batton
WWMetall
Metall

Other media[]

Mega Man Megamix[]

In the manga, Buster Rod G was created with lightweight materials to make him fast, but as result he has low resistance to damage. He has a hologram generator similar to the one used by Gemini Man, allowing him to produce multiple images of himself and confuse enemies. He appears in the side story "Mega Gandhara" and has a cameo appearance in the last story from Mega Man Gigamix.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]

"That's "Buster Rod G" to you, hedgehog!"
―Buster Rod G, Worlds Collide

Buster Rod G first appeared in issue 20, where the Genesis Unit and the Mega Man Killers help Dr. Wily invade the Chronos Institute in an event that will happen in the future. He appears again during the crossover Worlds Collide, joining the rest of the Genesis Unit and Copy Robot to attack Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Proto Man, Tails, and Rush. Buster Rod G battled Sonic, but was defeated by the Hedgehog. He and the rest of the Genesis Unit had been completely destroyed by Mega Man beforehand in the altered timeline created by the Genesis Wave, down to their IC chips, which should have made reconstruction impossible. However, due to the altered laws of reality in the Skull Egg Zone, they were revived by Dr. Wily and Dr. Eggman. Buster Rod and his comrades were later revived again as part of a large Robot Master army that battled the blue heroes and their force of allies, but the monkey-like Robot Master was once again overpowered by Sonic.

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Trivia[]

  • The "G" in Buster Rod G's name stands for "Gokū" from the name Son Gokū. Son Gokū is the name for Sun Wukong in Japan.
  • Buster Rod G's Japanese dislike of Rush and Treble comes from a Japanese belief that dogs and monkeys don't get along.
  • Buster Rod G is one of the few Robot Masters in the original series to have a tail, the others being Centaur Man, Pluto, and Splash Woman.
  • During the fight between Buster Rod G and Sonic in Worlds Collide, Sonic notes that he got an odd sense of déjà vu. This may be a nod to Monkey Khan from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, who was also based on Sun Wukong.


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