The Beginning (Mega Man episode)
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"The Beginning" is the first episode of the Mega Man cartoon
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, Roll, and Rush of this, thus Mega Man and Rush go to the airport to stop Dr. Wily and his minions. (Before this, Roll wants to help, but Mega Man refuses her help as it is too risky.) While stopping Bomb Man, Mega Man is crushed by an airplane, thus causing serious damage to his body. Roll, Rush, and an assisting Metool quickly rush to Dr. Light's lab to repair him. During his repairs, he and Dr. Light remember when Mega Man was first built:
Dr. Wily was originally Dr. Light's assistant. They were working on a prototype robot (apparently Proto Man) when the robot destroys anything in its way. That night, Wily steals Dr. Light's plans for many other robots (after he promised to destroy those plans), Dr. Light catches him, but Wily escapes with the plans and Proto Man. Dr. Wily then reprograms Proto Man to do his bidding.
Three months after the incident, Dr. Light builds another similar robot, Rock. That night, he introduces Roll, a housecleaning robot, to Rock. He also introduces to them his other robots, Cut Man, Guts Man, and Ice Man. Dr. Wily, along with Proto Man, reprogram the three robots to do his bidding and kidnapp Rock and Roll. At Wily's castle, Rock tells a lie (Dr. Wily was under the assumption that Rock couldn't lie, as robots cannot lie) about attack robots coming to rescue him and Roll and tricks Wily into letting him go. Back at Dr. Light's lab, Rock tells Dr. Light he told a lie in order to escape and Dr. Light tells Rock that he must rebuild Rock as a fighting machine to stop Wily. After Rock is rebuilt, Dr. Light renames him "Mega Man" and introduces to him the Scooby-Doo
-esque Rush, who transforms into vehicles.
Mega Man then wakes up from his dormant state, and goes back to the airport (with Roll). There they stop Dr. Wily and his minions and save the day.
Mega Man (TV series)
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Plot
Dr. Wily, Proto Man, and the Robot Masters (excluding Ice Man) destroy the airport to conquer the city. Dr. Light notifies Mega ManMega Man (character)
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, Roll, and Rush of this, thus Mega Man and Rush go to the airport to stop Dr. Wily and his minions. (Before this, Roll wants to help, but Mega Man refuses her help as it is too risky.) While stopping Bomb Man, Mega Man is crushed by an airplane, thus causing serious damage to his body. Roll, Rush, and an assisting Metool quickly rush to Dr. Light's lab to repair him. During his repairs, he and Dr. Light remember when Mega Man was first built:
Dr. Wily was originally Dr. Light's assistant. They were working on a prototype robot (apparently Proto Man) when the robot destroys anything in its way. That night, Wily steals Dr. Light's plans for many other robots (after he promised to destroy those plans), Dr. Light catches him, but Wily escapes with the plans and Proto Man. Dr. Wily then reprograms Proto Man to do his bidding.
Three months after the incident, Dr. Light builds another similar robot, Rock. That night, he introduces Roll, a housecleaning robot, to Rock. He also introduces to them his other robots, Cut Man, Guts Man, and Ice Man. Dr. Wily, along with Proto Man, reprogram the three robots to do his bidding and kidnapp Rock and Roll. At Wily's castle, Rock tells a lie (Dr. Wily was under the assumption that Rock couldn't lie, as robots cannot lie) about attack robots coming to rescue him and Roll and tricks Wily into letting him go. Back at Dr. Light's lab, Rock tells Dr. Light he told a lie in order to escape and Dr. Light tells Rock that he must rebuild Rock as a fighting machine to stop Wily. After Rock is rebuilt, Dr. Light renames him "Mega Man" and introduces to him the Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo (character)
Scoobert "Scooby" Doo is the eponymous character and the protagonist in the Scooby-Doo animated television series created by the popular American animation company Hanna-Barbera...
-esque Rush, who transforms into vehicles.
Mega Man then wakes up from his dormant state, and goes back to the airport (with Roll). There they stop Dr. Wily and his minions and save the day.
Trivia
- This is the only episode in which all of Dr. Wily's robots featured (not including the usual Proto Man) are from a single game - that game being the first Mega Man in this case.
- Dr. Light and Dr. Wily's robot prototype has the same color scheme as Proto Man, but is much smaller and has no helmet.
- In this episode Proto Man copies Guts Man's weapon, Super Arm. This is the only episode where he copies a weapon.
- Much like Proto Man's alliance with Dr. Wily, the history of Mega Man's origins were modified for the show. In the video game's storyline, Dr. Wily wasn't Light's assistant and they didn't built Proto Man together. Also, on the show, it was Dr. Light's idea to have Rock rebuilt into Mega Man, not Rock's own idea like in the games.
- This episode marks the only appearance of the Met, the little hardhat robot from the Mega Man games. But, unlike the games, there's only one of him and he's a good guy. He is referred to as Doc.
- For whatever reason, Proto Man was short when he was first built.
- The vehicle that Roll operates in this episode was turned into a toy in the Mega Man action figure line. The same vehicle appears in the second segment with a different paint scheme as the vehicle Rock and Roll escape from Skull Fortress in.
- In some markets, this episode did not air first, but rather second. In these few markets, it was the second episode "Electric Nightmare" that aired first.
- In the second segment when Mega Man's helmet is removed during repairs, his hair is gone. It is replaced with a metallic dome-like piece.
- This episode is an unlockable bonus exclusive to the PlayStation 2 version of the game Mega Man Anniversary CollectionMega Man Anniversary CollectionMega Man Anniversary Collection a compilation of video games developed by Atomic Planet Entertainment and published by Capcom. It was released exclusively in North America on June 23, 2004 for the Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2 and on March 15, 2005 for the Microsoft Xbox...
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- This is the first and only appearance of Fire Man.
- Elec Man, Fire Man and Ice Man have no dialogue in this episode.