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This article is about the original Robot Master. For others, see Fire Man (disambiguation).
"Evil! Remember my name! For I am Fire Man! My flame of justice will have its revenge on you! "
―Fire Man, Mega Man Powered Up

Fire Man (ファイヤーマン Faiyāman) is a Robot Master from the original Mega Man. He was built by Dr. Light to work in an incinerator at a waste management facility and is able to wield flames that can reach 7000-8000 degrees.[1] Fire Man can melt or burn through almost anything with his Special Weapon, the Fire Storm, whose weapon system excellently combines offense and defense. Fire Man's and Bomb Man's development began at the same time, and despite being warned by Rock that working with both explosives and fire could be dangerous, Dr. Light went on believing that Ice Man could handle the situation in case anything happened. A few flash fires did occur, but Ice Man ran away saying he doesn't like saunas.[2]

Physical appearance[]

Fire Man is a medium-height robot with blue eyes and a silver suit with red pieces of armor. His helmet resembles that of a medieval knight, as well as a torch which emits a flame; it also holds a piece covering his mouth. He also has both of his forearms as red arm cannons, with which he shoots his Fire Storm.

Personality[]

A hot-blooded and charismatic, albeit hot-tempered individual, Fire Man sees himself as something of a hero, obsessed with fire and the ideals of justice, often referring to himself as the "Flame of Justice". He enjoys camping in the summer, but has a particular dislike for rainy days and the cold, particularly from his weakness, the Ice Slasher.

Video game appearances[]

Mega Man[]

Dr. Wily reprogrammed Fire Man and Dr. Light's other industrial robots to help him conquer the world, appearing as one of the six Stage Select Screen bosses. Mega Man fights against Fire Man and defeats him.

Stage[]

See also: Fire Man Stage

Attack pattern[]

Fire Man is one of the easiest bosses in the game, but his difficulty is wildly dependent on how much you know about his pattern. Fire Man’s movement is restricted to walking back and forth, and he will continue to do this until he is triggered to attack. He will only attack if he takes damage, or the player crosses a set distance. He will attack by shooting a huge Fire Storm wave, which quickly travels forward. Upon passing Mega Man, it leaves a small ember underneath him, so the player has to jump and move. He always runs away from the player after he finishes an attack. Basically, if you go in spamming, he will spam back. If you instead keep close to him and just follow him, he will not attack unless he gets shot, making the fight extremely easy.

In The Wily Wars, his ability to spam Fire Storm has been removed, making it more plausible to fight him from afar.

Weaknesses[]

Fire Man's weakness is Ice Slasher, which will defeat him in 7 hits. If that is not available, the Mega Buster is a secondary weakness that does 2 damage. The Rolling Cutter also does 2 damage, but is a bit harder to use.

Mega Man Powered Up[]

As a remake of the first game, Fire Man appears as a boss, but he becomes a playable character if he is defeated by Mega Man using only the Mega Buster. He can use his Fire Storm whenever he wants, but if he runs into water or touches Water Blocks, he will lose the ability to launch waves of fire (though he will still be able to summon a fiery sphere around him) until he comes back into contact with Fire Blocks. While ignited, any snow platforms that Fire Man stands on or touches will melt away though it is possible to not melt the platforms if Fire Man quickly jumps after landing on it.

Strategy[]

In Mega Man Powered Up, Fire Man's projectiles no longer stall even in Old Style.

In New Style, Fire Man's Fire Storm projectiles also no longer ignite the ground below the player, thereby making the fight much easier compared to the original game and Old Style. In Hard difficulty, he will also jump and shoot mid-air. In Normal and Hard, Fire Man gains a new attack which he sends a wave of fire that travels slowly along the ground and disappears after reaching a wall though in Hard, after the fire wave reaches a wall, it continues travelling in the other direction and disappears after reaching the other side. He uses this attack when his health is down by half in Normal and in Hard, he can use this at anytime.

Dialogues from Mega Man Powered Up[]

As a boss[]

Mega Man
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiire! Burn! Burn! My justice burns hotly! Evil beware!
  • Mega Man: Fireman?! Why are you...? I haven't done anything to you!
  • Fire Man: By the fire of justice, I am certain you are evil!! Fiiiiiire!!
Cut Man
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiire! Burn! Burn! My justice burns hotly! Evil beware!
  • Cut Man: Huh? I'm no bad guy! I'm fighting against world domination!
  • Fire Man: Woo hoo!! The heat! My flames engulf all!! No mercy! Fiiiiire!!
Guts Man
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiire! Burn! Burn! My justice burns hotly! Evil beware!
  • Guts Man: Having workers take that kind of a tone with me really burns me up!
  • Fire Man: What's the matter, can't take the heat? Yeehaw! Fiiiiiire!!
Ice Man
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiiire! Burn, baby, burn! My body's on fire! And this fever's catching!
  • Ice Man: Um... I didn't quite catch the last part, sir... A good soldier always stays cool in battle.
  • Fire Man: You may think life's all about ice, ice baby... but I'll show you that the fires of justice burn red-hot!
Bomb Man
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiiire! Burn, burn! Burn everything, everything in sight!
  • Bomb Man: Booooombs! Boom, boom! Blast everything in sight!
  • Fire Man: Yes! That's what I like! What a great match this will be! Fiiiiiire!!
Elec Man
  • Fire Man: Burn, burn! My justice burns bright! Fiiiiiire!
  • Elec Man: That light of a million watts... To have to extinguish it... No, I must for your sake. I can't hesitate now...!
  • Fire Man: As long as my justice burns, it will fry your evil to a crisp! Fiiiiire!!
Time Man
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiire! Burn, burn! Burn everything!!
  • Time Man: You are nothing but garbage, my friend.
  • Fire Man: Getting hot yet?! Are you mad?! Burning mad yet?! Fiiiiiire!!
Oil Man
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiiire! Burn, burn! Burn everything, everything in sight!
  • Oil Man: Hey, you add fire to me, and we're in for some serious trouble! Not a thing'll be left!
  • Fire Man: Ain't nothin' more flammable than oil, partner! You're in for it now! Fire!!
Roll
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiire! Spread, spread! You'll feel the heat soon, too!
  • Roll: Oh, dear! Your eyes are really scary, Fireman!
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiiiiiiiiire!
Proto Man
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiire! Burn, burn! My justice burns hotly! Evil beware!
  • Proto Man: Yes, that's the spirit, Fireman. Just use it the right way next time you awaken.
  • Fire Man: Fiiiiiiiiiiiire!!

As a playable character[]

Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge[]

Fire Man is part of the first wave of 4 Robot Masters, which all come from Mega Man 1.

Stage[]

See also: Fire Man Stage

Attack Pattern[]

Fire Man is one of the easiest bosses in the game. He retains the same movement from Mega Man 1, but has been heavily simplified. Fire Man now only shoots his Fire Storm (which has been scaled down in size) once he is a set distance from the player. Fire Man also only shoots one Fire Storm at a time, no longer being able to spam. The Fire Storm itself does not spawn a little flame underneath the player, so jumping in place is all that is needed to dodge the attack. This brings along 2 strategies to defeat him:

  • The player can simply stay in one spot and keeping jumping straight up to dodge the Fire Storm. Fire Man will not move at all as long as the player doesn't go left or right.
  • The player can stay close to Fire Man and keep shooting him as he runs away. As Fire Man does not counterattack if he gets hurt, he will just run back and forth provided the player can stay close to him.

Weakness[]

Fire Man's weakness is Ice Slasher, which will kill him in 5 hits. He also has a secondary weakness to Rolling Cutter, taking 2 damage from from each hit, though the weapon's nature will allow it to deal multiple hits in one throw.

Wily & Right's RockBoard: That's Paradise[]

Fire Card

The Boss Card Fire Card (ファイヤーカード) can be used to summon Fire Man, who will incinerate (discard) one of the opponent's cards of the player's choice.

Mega Man's Soccer[]

Fire Man is a balanced player. In the Capcom Championship mode, a team formed by eight Fire Men in one of the eight team bosses. One Fire Man joins Mega Man's team after his defeat.

In Tournament mode, his team consists of three Fire Men, Ice Man, Bomb Man, Air Man, Gemini Man and Top Man. In League mode, his team contains three Fire Men, two Bomb Men, two Flash Men and Enker.


Yamato Man's spear tip
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Yamato Man

Super Adventure Rockman[]

If RockMan is defeated by Crash Man, Fire Man will appear to save him, giving the player the chance to fight against Crash Man again.

Chokkan! Rockman[]

In the mini-game Isoge! Rousoku Ignition (急げ!ろうそくイグニッション "Hurry up! Candle Ignition"), Fire Man skies down a "Rockman 20th Anniversary" cake while lighting candles to gain more time and taking strawberries for extra points.

Rockman ×over[]

Fire Man is one of the four bosses from World 3. He also appears in Battle Memory.

Rockman Strategy[]

Fire Man is a recurring enemy in this game, first appearing during the Opening Stage in Japan along with Cut Man. He also appears in Sagittarius' Magma Inferno stage in Northwest Africa with Burst Man, and can become a member of the player's party.


Yamato Man
END OF UNLOCALIZED MATERIAL.

Other appearances[]

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Mega Man loading screen in Mega Man Anniversary Collection

Data[]

Mega Man & Bass CD data[]

Fire Man CD data card


Rockman Complete Works data[]

やく8000どの火をあやつる、はいきぶつしょりロボット。ファイヤーストームはよけにくいので、弱点武器で攻撃しよう

Mega Man Legacy Collection text: A waste disposal robot who controls flames reaching temperatures of around 8000 degrees. His Fire Storm is tough to dodge, so be sure to attack with a weapon that plays on his weakness.

Damage data chart[]

Displays the amount of damage in units that Fire Man will receive from each special weapon from the original Mega Man.

Mega Man
Mega Buster Rolling Cutter Super Arm Ice Slasher Hyper Bomb Fire Storm Thunder Beam
2 2 0 4 1 1 1

Other media[]

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Fire Man in the Ruby-Spears Mega Man TV series.

Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)[]

Aside from his appearance in the intro to the Ruby-Spears Mega Man animated series, Fire Man made only one appearance in the series, in the very first episode, "The Beginning" - in fact, he was the only Robot Master from the first Mega Man game to appear only once. He appeared with the other five Robot Masters from the first game, where they all attacked an airport. He was completely silent and was taken out near effortlessly by Roll's vacuum. He strongly resembled his game counterpart, but his armor had a very muscular appearance and his joints were red, and he had flames painted on his arms.

Mega Man: Fully Charged[]

Fired Up

Fire Man's appearance in Mega Man: Fully Charged

Fire Man is a bulky robot that worked as a welding robot until he lost his temper, being recruited by Sgt. Night to help him start a war between humans and robots. He is the first robot fought by Mega Man.

Captain N: The Game Master[]

Fire Man appeared along with the rest of the Robot Masters from the first Mega Man game in the fifth episode. He looked nothing like his game counterpart aside from flamethrower arms and a flame on his head.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]

Fire Man is a Robot Master created by Dr. Light to be a waste disposal robot, but he was reprogrammed by Dr. Wily to help him conquer the world. After Dr. Wily's defeat, Fire Man's programming is restored and he now works as a disposal robot and occasionally assists Mega Man.

Mega Man Megamix[]

Fire Man was created by Dr. Light as a waste management robot that uses his flames to burn away the world's waste, which is piling up on a daily basis. He is in charge of the worker robots who take care of more simple tasks at the waste management duties himself. His Fire Storm burns at 7000 to 8000 degrees celsius, and it is capable of burning through just about anything. His body is covered with a fireproof material, and his internal components are also heat resistant. The metal components of Fire Man's body are used to launch his flames. His personality is better described as a quietly burning flame, rather than a chaotic and rampart wildfire.

In Mega Man Megamix, Fire Man was reprogrammed by Dr. Wily to help him conquer the world, but he is stopped by Mega Man and Dr. Light repairs him. Dr. Light's robots are considered dangerous and are set to be disposed, but Dr. Wily sends Wood Man to retrieve them and give a chance to join him again and avoid destruction. Fire Man and his brothers refuse the deal and assist Mega Man against Dr. Wily's robots, fighting against Air Man, Metal Man, and Crash Man alongside Cut Man, Guts Man and Bomb Man. Due to the heroic actions from Dr. Light's robots, the orders to destroy them is cancelled and they return to their works.

In their day off, Dr. Light's robots go to an amusement park and have fun until Bass appears and starts causing trouble. They attempt to stop Bass, but are no match for him and are heavily damaged. They are later repaired by Dr. Light, but Proto Man damages them before they leave Dr. Light's lab to avoid their interference in the battle between Mega Man and Bass. When a false Mega Man declares that humans are his enemies, Dr. Light and his robots are temporarily placed under arrest, but Ring Man assists them to escape so they can help prove the real Mega Man's innocence.

In Mega Man Gigamix, Fire Man gives assistance in the battle against the Stardroids.

Other appearances[]

Fire Man appears in Rockman 4Koma Dai Koushin, Rockman wo Tsukutta Otokotachi - Rockman Tanjou Densetsu, and Rock'n Game Boy.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Fire Man is the only Robot Master from the original Mega Man to have the same weakness in all of the games he appears in.
  • Fire Man is the first Robot Master in the original Mega Man series not to have any hands. It is also the first Robot Master to have at least one arm cannon.
    • In Mega Man Megamix however, Fire Man can turn his cannons into hands, like Mega Man (see Gallery above).
    • Additionally, his Powered Up incarnation shows him able to climb ladders, implying that his arms end in hands that he can fold into said cannons.
    • Fire Man is also shown with a hand on his left arm on the cover for the Mega Man Dreamwave Productions comic book.
  • In Rockman Strategy, Fire Man's name was mistakenly switched with that of Flame Man during the translation to English.
  • Fire Man is the second least utilized member of the original six Robot Master bosses from the original Mega Man game, notably being absent from Mega Man: The Power Battle. Additionally, he appeared with less frequency than any of the other Robot Masters in the first fifty or so issues of the Archie Comic, and never unaccompanied by his fellows except during his battle with Mega Man.
  • Fire Man is also the first Robot Master ever to not have a visible mouth. However, in Mega Man Megamix he can open his face plate.
    • In Issue 4 of the Archie Comics, Fire Man is mistakenly drawn with a mouth in the first panel he appears in.
  • Fire Man has blue eyes, but he is portrayed with red eyes in Mega Man Powered Up and the Ruby-Spears cartoon.
  • In Mega Man Powered Up, Fire Man speaks in a southern drawl. This trait was carried over into his Archie Comics incarnation.
  • In Mega Man Powered Up, if the player plays as Fire Man in the Boss Attack Challenges that includes CWU-01P, Fire Man cannot re-ignite himself after the CWU-01P battle due to the lack of fire blocks, forcing him to fight the remaining bosses at melee range.
  • If Fire Man goes through his own stage in Mega Man Powered Up, Fire Man's theme will be warped to a major key to emphasise that something isn't right.[Citation needed]

References[]

  1. Mega Man Powered Up US game manual. 2006. pg.26. Retrieved on December 3, 2011.
  2. The Reploid Research Lavatory: Weird Science


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