Hornet Man

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Information In-Game Information Command Mission Stats Type -- Level Life Energy -- -- Fire -- Exp. -- Water -- Zenny -- Thunder -- FME -- Power Armor Shield Speed -- -- -- -- Steal Drop -- -- List of Abilities Ability Effect {{{ability1}}} --- {{{ability2}}} --- {{{ability3}}} --- {{{ability4}}} --- {{{ability5}}} --- {{{ability6}}} --- {{{ability7}}} --- {{{ability8}}} --- {{{ability9}}} --- {{{ability10}}} --- {{{ability11}}} --- {{{ability12}}} --- {{{ability13}}} --- {{{ability14}}} --- {{{ability15}}} --- HP: 28 Attack Damage: 4 Weapon: Hornet Chaser Weakness: Magma Bazooka Misc. Information Eye Color: Blue Series Information In-game Appearances: Mega Man 9 Other Appearances: Rockman Megamix

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Hornet Man (ホーネットマン, Hōnettoman^?) is one of the Robot Masters from Mega Man 9 whose period of use had expired and was scheduled to be scrapped. Hornet Man was designed to manage a flower park. It was his job to pollinate the flowers using his vast knowledge of flowers from around the world, and he loves gardening. He attacks by releasing robot hornets from the honeycomb in his chest.

StrategyEdit

He walks to one side of the arena, flies up and shoots three Hornet Chasers, which follow the player; he then drops to the floor, runs to the other side, and repeats.

His weakness is the Magma Bazooka. Its diagonal fire blasts will destroy all the bees when the center shot hits the center Hornet Chaser. When charged, it will also blast through them toward Hornet Man. Another viable weapon is the Black Hole Bomb which, when positioned properly, will suck in all three Hornet Chasers as they move towards Mega Man, and will then damage Hornet Man as he runs through it to the other side of the room.

Stage enemiesEdit

• Sub-boss: Hanabiran
• Big Stomper
• Bokazurah
• Caricarry
• Flower Presenter
• Scissascissor

Appearance in other mediaEdit

Hornet Man appears in the short Mega Man Megamix manga story "For Whose Sake?" included in the booklet of Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack and in Rockman Maniax.

GalleryEdit

Honey Woman, Hornet Man's predecessor.

Concept art of Hornet Man and Honey Woman.

Hornet Man in the Mega Man Megamix manga.

Hornet Man in the ending credits of Mega Man 9.

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TriviaEdit

• Mega Man 9's producer Hironobu Takeshita, revealed that early in games development, Hornet Man was originally intended to be a female robot named "Honey Woman" (ハニーウーマン, "Honey Woman"^?). But, when Keiji Inafune presented his idea of placing a female robot in the ocean as mermaid (thus creating Splash Woman), Hornet Man's design went through many revisions, including being changed to a male.^[1] More earlier artworks of Hornet Man show a slimmer male robot with wings, antennae, and a stinger-like buster on his right arm. This design was called Sting Man (スティングマン, Sting Man^?).
• In the credits of Mega Man 9, he is watering a flower field with a few bees and Beat.

• Hornet Man's attack pattern is somewhat similar to Blast Hornet's, as both move to the far sides of the room to fire their weapons.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ GameSpot (Staff). Mega Man 9 Special Stage Q&A. Oct 16, 2008. Retreived September 21, 2011.