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"You made it this far. I'm impressed! You interested in a real challenge?"
―Split Mushroom, Mega Man X4

Split Mushroom (スプリット・マシュラーム) is a troublemaking mushroom-based Reploid in Mega Man X4.

Characteristics[]

Split Mushroom is a short Reploid with a mushroom-shaped body, having a large cap with a pair of short antennae on his head and a stalk-like body. His armor is predominantly orange with blue highlights.

Split Mushroom was once the administrator of a Bio Laboratory, but when the lab was shut down, he was decommissioned. Mushroom was later resurrected by Sigma as a Maverick during the Repliforce War so he could aid Repliforce's coup by reactivating the Bio Laboratory, attacking whoever entered there for fun. Split Mushroom has a cruel and playful nature, being like a child, and sees the destruction of intruders as the best game of all.[1] When X finds him, Mushroom says that he received orders to terminate X ("play" with him in the Japanese version) if he appeared. With Zero, Mushroom is impressed that he managed to reach him, and challenges him to test his strength.

Strategy[]

Split Mushroom is very quick and agile, performing acrobatic jumps and bouncing from wall to wall. He also, as his name implies, has the ability to clone himself. He starts the battle out by clinging to the wall and releasing six energy clones. He will then summon an identical clone of himself, and begin running and jumping laps around the arena. Only the real Split Mushroom can take damage, and he is naturally faster than his clone. The attack can be canceled by striking Mushroom with his weakness: Lightning Web as X, or Raijingeki as Zero. Otherwise, be prepared to follow their routine.

MMX4 SplitMushroom Clone1 Clone Attack (分身攻撃 Bunshin Kōgeki)[2]
Split Mushroom clings to the wall and summons six energy clones. They fall to the ground before launching towards the player.
Damage: 6
MMX4 SplitMushroom Clone2-1
MMX4 SplitMushroom Clone2-2
Clone Attack 2 (分身攻撃2 Bunshin Kōgeki 2)[2]
Split Mushroom summons an identical clone. The two begin running and jumping in a cycle around the arena, occasionally stopping to perform a coordinated rolling attack up the walls.
At low health, the Mushrooms may attack by bouncing off the walls and then falling on their caps, releasing toxic spores.
Damage: 9 (contact during attack), 6 (spores)

Quotes[]

Dialogues[]

Split Mushroom: Are you X? I'm under orders to terminate you.
X: What?! Who's orders?

Split Mushroom: Take a wild guess.

Split Mushroom: You made it this far. I'm impressed! You interested in a real challenge?
Zero: Who's your commanding officer?

Split Mushroom: Never mind that, it's time to fight!

In-battle quotes[]

  • Note: Many of these lines are only present in the Japanese version.
Action Japanese Translation Audio
Pre-battle 弱い友達はいらないからね。(Yowai tomodachi wa iranaikara ne.) I don't need weak friends.
Pre-battle ヒーローごっこしよう、キミが悪者ね。(Hīrō-gokko shiyou, kimi ga warumono ne!)[3] Let's play "heroes"; you be the villain!
Pre-battle 早く遊ぼうよ!(Hayaku asobou yo!) Hurry up, let's play!
Clone Attack 行けー!(Ike!) Go!
Clone Attack 2 トウィー!(Touī!) Twee!

Other appearances[]

Mega Man X DiVE[]

"Dubbed "the Little Devil of the Ruins", Split Mushroom was once the administrator of a Bio Laboratory but when the facility was shut down, he was decommissioned as a result. Split Mushroom was later resurrected by Sigma as a Maverick to reclaim control of the Lab. He would attack whoever entered the lab of fun and as a result, drawn the attention of the Maverick Hunter."
—Boss description

Split Mushroom can be fought as a boss in Boss Challenge (unlocked at player level 165), co-op stage 14-2 as well as Level 160 of the Jakob Orbital Elevator.

He can also be gained as a Boss Chip that can be equipped on Saber Weapons.

Other media[]

Rockman X4 manga[]

When X finds Split Mushroom, he realizes that Mushroom is malfunctioning and tries to stop the Maverick without destroying him so he can be repaired, remembering that something similar happened with Wire Sponge. He is successful, but Double appears and takes the unconscious Split Mushroom from him, slashing him into bits multiple times in front of X until nothing remained.

Archie Comics[]

Split Mushroom has a cameo appearance in Mega Man #35 where he was listening to Dr. Cain's conference with the Arcadia Council. He would later appear in Worlds Unite as a member of Sigma's Maverick army, created to aid in his master's plans of conquest.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Split Mushroom's attack pattern is similar to that of Gemini Man's from Mega Man 3, as they both create clones of themselves that run back and forth. However, Split Mushroom's clone does not react to X's movements like Gemini Man's does to Mega Man's.
  • Split Mushroom is the only boss in the series to be based on an organism of the Kingdom Fungi.
  • Split Mushroom is one of three Mavericks in Mega Man X4 to be affiliated with Sigma, having Sigma's insignia instead of Repliforce's; the other two being Cyber Peacock and Magma Dragoon.
  • There's a grammatical mistake in the dialog between Split Mushroom and X. X says, "What!? Who's orders?", when it should be, "What!? Whose orders?"
  • Split Mushroom is the first Maverick to be voiced by a female Japanese voice actress, and the only one of the eight bosses to have a female voice actor in Mega Man X4
  • When X faces him, Mushroom says he was told to play with him by his mysterious superior, insisting that X "get[s] to play the bad guy". It serves as a metaphor for the game's plot; both sides of the Repliforce conflict claim to be heroes attacking villains when it is a sham encouraged by a third party.
  • Depending on where the player is standing when Split Mushroom enters the field, they can be damaged by his spore emission just before the dialog exchange occurs. 
  • In the prototype version of Mega Man X5, a pink silhouette of Split Mushroom can be fought in Spike Rosered's stage; this can only be accessed through the use of a GameShark code.[4]
  • Split Mushroom's body shape, playful attitude, odd organism choice, malfunctioning premise, and nickname all draw parallels to Wire Sponge.
  • Split Mushroom is the only boss who isn't renamed from the Japanese version of X4. "Mushroom" is generally pronounced as "masshurūmu" in Japan, but he is pronounced as "mashurāmu" in the Japanese version.

See also[]

References[]

  1. Split Mushroom's profiles from the Rockman X4 official site, Rockman Memories, and Mega Man X Legacy Collection
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boss File: Split Mushroom, Compendium of Rockman X. p. 68.
  3. Rockman Memories p.82
  4. Rockman X5/Megaman X5 Prototype Unused Stages


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