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Roll

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This page is about the original Roll. For others, see Roll Caskett or Roll.EXE.
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Roll
Designer: Keiji Inafune
Model Number: DRN-002
Weapon: Roll Swing
Roll Buster (non-canon)
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counterpart: 		Roll.EXE
Appearances
in games: 		Almost all Mega Man classic games
Other appearances: Mega Man cartoon series
Mega Man: Upon a Star
Rockman Megamix
English voice actor: Kathleen Barr (Mega Man Cartoon)
Andrea Libman (Mega Man: Upon a Star)

Angie Beers (MMPU)

Japanese voice actor: Hiroko Konishi (MM8, MMB&C)
Konami Yoshida (SAR)
Yoshimi Ninomiya (MMPU)
Hiromi Igarashi (TxC)
Graphic: MM9

Roll (ロール Rōru?) is a kind-hearted humanoid Robot Master created by Dr. Light to be a house keeper, helping Dr. Light around the lab. She is the sister of Mega Man and Proto Man. Roll is one of the few female characters in the Mega Man classic series, and the only female Robot Master until Mega Man 9, where Splash Woman was introduced into the series.

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[edit] Appearances

[edit] Other appearances

[edit] Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes

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Roll appears in the game as the only unique unlockable character in the game (in that she has her own sprite set). She is considered to be a "joke character" , as she has the same attacks as Mega Man but weaker and with a longer startup time as she has to summon whatever weapon she uses to attack. On the plus side, Roll has the smallest sprite in the game, making her somewhat hard to hit. She also appeared in its sequel, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes.

Attacks

Roll Buster - Roll's main weapon in this game, the Roll Buster is a 'gag weapon' that Roll takes from under her skirt, places on her hand, and fires an energy blast while shouting "Roll Buster!", right before putting it back.

Exploding Bouquet- Roll pulls out a bouquet of flowers and tosses it at an arc. Should it make contact with an enemy or the ground, the flowers will explode.

Weapon Change- Similar to Mega Man, Roll summons Eddie, who will then drop a weapon for Roll to use. These include Tornado Hold, Leaf Shield and Rock Ball.

[edit] Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes

Roll as she appears in Tatsunoko vs Capcom

Roll appears as a playable character, where she attacks with a broom and bucket. She appears in three endings of the game, which include her ending talking with Dr. Light, Tekkaman's ending in a battle in space alongside other Tatsunoko property characters, and as a member of a masked superhero team compromised of other Capcom characters led by Yatterman-1 in his ending.

[edit] Data

Pop 'n Beat

Mega Man: Battle and Chase:

  • Vehicle: Pop 'n Beat
  • Body: Beat Body
  • Engine: Follow Engine
  • Wing: Feather Wing
  • Tire: Non-Drift Tire

[edit] Mega Man and Bass CD data

Roll CD data card

A house keeping robot created by Dr. Light. She is thought of as the sister of Megaman.
"Good luck, Megaman!"
Good point: Helpful
Bad point: Cowardice
Like: Cooking
Dislike: Cockroaches

Japanese CD data:

Bad point: Cowardice
Like: Cleaning, cooking
Dislike: Cockroaches


[edit] Trivia

Roll
  • She was named to match her counterpart's name ("Rock" 'n' "Roll"). Rockman is Mega Man's Japanese name.
  • In Mega Man 1 to 7, she wears a simple red dress, but in Mega Man 8 and Mega Man and Bass, her visual was changed. In Mega Man 9, she's back in her red dress, though for the cost of 200 screws, her dress can be changed into the one seen in Mega Man 8.
  • In Mega Man: Powered Up, the player can download new clothes for her such as knight's armor or a _. Two of these are "Mega Man 8 Roll" and "Rainy Day Roll" (with a Toad Man motif), breaking the continuity of the story.
  • All the weapons from the downloadable skins of Mega Man Powered Up (giant fish, lance, umbrella, etc.) have a similar usage of her weapon Roll Swing (a broom).
  • On the subject of her attack, Roll appears to have a fondness for Melee attacks. This may reference the mistake by fans that Zero was a future version of Roll, as he too has a fondness for Melee attacks (The Z-Saber).
Roll from the cartoon show
  • According to a 1999 interview with Keiji Inafune, Roll was originally intended to be playable alongside Mega Man in Mega Man 2, but the decision was made to not change the formula carried over from the first game. This was because they felt that the game wouldn't have worked as well with a co-op two player mode, and because the executives at Capcom didn't want to promote a game starring a girl when at that time they felt that their home console audience was made primarily of boys. Perhaps as an homage to this lost element, Roll appears as a navigator in the Navi Mode of Mega Man Anniversary Collection and Rockman Complete Works. Similarly, she has a Roll Buster in some depictions, and she even made it as an unlockable playable character in mobile versions of the 8-bit series.
  • Because of his predominantly red outfit and long blonde ponytail, many fans believed that Zero was a reformatted Roll, a rumor that has since been ruled out as false.

Mega Girl from Captain N: The Game Master, most likely to be that Series' version of Roll.
  • Roll and Mega Man are sometimes thought to be boyfriend and girlfriend by fans, and in Mega Man Powered Up, Copy Roll makes note of their relationship, using it to intimidate the original. She also implies it herself in her "Valentine Roll" description. This may just be fan-service, however, as it only appeared in Powered Up. Interestingly, they are also depicted as an item in some mobile games. However, Mega Man and Roll being "siblings" is a pure, US convention.
Bass and Roll in the Rockman japanese manga.
*In a Japanese Manga of MegaMan (or Rockman as it's stated in Japan) Roll has a crush on Bass (Forte). Bass uses this to bother MegaMan, but Bass has no real interest in Roll whatsoever. Whether there really is a relationship with these two is currently unknown, but the games do not seem to indicate such.
  • She and her brother Mega Man, are the first pair of significant robotic twins within the Mega Man series. Other twin pairs include Colonel & Iris (X series and Battle Network), and Prometheus & Pandora (ZX series). Aile & Vent (ZX) may be counted in this, but that is up to debate as they don't appear in each other's stories and thus may be character swaps.
    • On that note, the Zero series also contains twins, Crea and Prea, along with the Legends Series, Zhig and Zhag, and also Appo and Dah. This means that every Mega Man Robot series has had twins within their series.
Roll in Megamix
Mega Man series
Main characters
Mega Man • Roll • Dr. Light • Dr. Wily • Proto Man • Bass • Duo • Dr. Cossack • Kalinka
King • Auto • Rush • Treble • Eddie • Beat • Tango • Cut Man • Guts Man • Robot Masters
Main games
Mega Man • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge • Mega Man II • III • IV • V
Mega Man & Bass • Mega Man: The Power Battle • Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
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