Welcome to my newest series "Who Is",where I profile various fictional characters (mainly ones that I'm familiar with). In this next edition,I'm gonna be taking a look at Ruby-Spears Proto Man...at least the Original,Pre-Multiversal Erasure,Version.
Let's get started.
Origin
Protoman's Origins are unknown as they're are 2 conflicting stories of his beginnings. One claims that He was built from scratch by Dr.Wily,while the other claims that he was originally the Little Robot boy that Dr.Light created that went crazy due to Wily's faulty programming. And that Dr.Wily eventually stole the robot and remodeled it into Protoman RS (of course,that likely happened off-screen).
Reguardless,Protoman was the worlds first Android,thus why he's called Protoman.
In this outdated continuity (as well as his early days in the new continuity) Protoman works with Dr.Wily as his righthand. Where ever Dr.Wily goes,Protoman is usually right by his side.
The first act that Proto does with Wily,(the one that we Actually see,at least),is helping him break into Dr.Light's lab to steal his 1st 3 Robot Masters (cutman,gutsman,and iceman).He also helps Wily kidnap Rock and Roll as well.
Dr.Wily takes Rock and Roll to his Fortress,with intent on reprogramming and retooling them. Protoman reveals to Rock that they are Brothers,built from the same plans. Of course,that would also mean that,Roll is also his sibling,but he doesn't mention it for some reason.
The siblings are able to escape by tricking Dr.Wily. Soon after,Wily and Protoman capture and reprogram Dr,Light's next 3 Robot Masters(bombman,fireman,and elecman),which were out on a test run and were planned to be fully showcased at the Robotics Expo (the one seen in Electric Nightmare). Now this scenario is just speculation on my part,though it IS likely that Dr.Light created the other 3 MM1 Robot Masters as well.
A week later,Protoman helps Dr.Wily with his assault on Kennedy International Airport.
Protoman and Mega Man get into fights whenever either Wily causes trouble.
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Specs
Protoman RS is 5'10" (as tall as mega man), Presumably has Brown Hair,and Presumably Brown Eyes. His overall weight is unknown,though we believe he weighs more than 200lbs.
His AI Age is about 25-30,though he does kinda come off as immature. Even though his brain is human-like,it can't hold more data than it's designated RAM capacity,similar to a PC's hardrive. In other words,if Proto wanted to learn more sweet stuff,but his RAM is full,he'd either have to self-delete some data (ie.forget what he learned) OR get Dr.Wily to increase his RAM Capacity.
Yes,like with his little brother,Protoman RS can self-program his brain and delete data.
Like with Dr.Light,Dr.Wily considered the Asmov Laws to be outdated,so he replaced them with a much simpler "Code",which tells Protoman that hurting or killing Dr.Wily,and/or working against him,is wrong. This code prevents Protoman from turning on Wily.
Should Protoman willingly go against this Code,it will cause him extreme pain,before completely destroying him.
This was a fail safe Dr.Wily wrote in the code,just in case,one day,Proto decided to go rogue. However,due to being a prototype,coupled with Dr.Wily's mediocre programming skills,the Code may be just weak enough for Protoman to override.
Protoman RS is powered by a Plasma Reactor,which gives Proto his strength. Protoman is equiped with a Plasma Canon,which fires off powerful Blue Plasma Shots. Using his Plasma Canon Arm,Protoman can temporarily copy an enemies powers just by touching them. We only saw him use this once on-screen,but he does have this power.
Proto's armor is made up of a flexable,ultra tough metal called Ceratanium RS,an improved version of Ceratanium,which is used in the construction of Robot Masters. In otherwords,his Armor is just like Mega Man's,only red and grey.
Proto's human-esque skin is made up of a thin,but very tough and stretchable material.
Protoman's abilities are the same as Mega Man's. He has High Jumping,Hyper Speed,Wall Scaling,Basic Martial Arts,and Many More. Though,as a prototype,he isn'tvas fast kr as powerful as Mega,but he makes up for that in craftyness.
Protoman's greatest strength is his self-determination and love for life,which keeps him going. Protoman also share's Mega Man's 2 weakness'. He can control how much plasma he fires,the stronger the blast the more energy he uses. He also can't handle multiple missions without re-energizing via Energy Can.
However,it's worse for Protoman,him being a prototype and all.
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Character
Protoman is a brash, arrogant punk who loves to live in the fastlane. Protoman just loves to have fun and,in typical punk-like fasion,he considers causing mayhem and commiting crimes to be fun.
He also loves to fight and eagerly battles his Brother every chance he gets. If fact,Protoman makes it his duty to be the Only one who defeats his Brother. Why? That's never explained.
While weaker than his brother,Proto's craftyness more than makes up for it. He's one clever SOB. He's also pretty damn snarky,which Dr.Wily despises about him.
Despite being a Bad Guy,Protoman does have his Good qualities. For one,he loves life. He never worries about too much and just lives in the moment,though some see this attitude as wreckless and careless.
Protoman also has a soft spot for his Brother,Mega Man,who he wants as a partner and,just maybe,as a real brother. So he tries to recruit him into Wily's army every chance he gets.
Also,Despite being a bad guy,Protoman hasn't actually killed anyone (at least as far as we know)
Due to his "Code",Protoman is incapable of betraying Dr.Wily,even if he wanted to,since betrayl would mean death for him and our Red friend isn't ready to die just yet. Besides Proto would wanna die in some spectacular way,anyway. Dying just because of his "Code" would seem way too cheap for him.
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Trivia
The reason why Protoman was made a bad guy in the RS Show was because The directors and writers never finished a single Mega Man game that was provided to them. In fact,the farthest they got in any of the games was Proto Fortress Stage 3 in Mega Man 5,due to the inclusion of Dark Sentinel 2 as Dark Man. These guys were unaware of Protoman's true alligences and only saw him as a bad guy.
As stated earlier,Protoman's Origins have 2 conflicting stories. One claims that He was built from scratch by Dr.Wily,while the other claims that he was originally the Little Robot boy that Dr.Light created that went crazy due to Wily's faulty programming. And that Dr.Wily eventually stole the robot and remodeled it into Protoman RS,which happened off-screen.
If the former is true,then Protoman is in fact the first Android Creation of Dr.Wily and that Dr.Wily was the very first person to create an android - well,if you don't consider the boy robot that Dr.Light built to actually Be an android. And thus,is only Mega Man and Roll's Half-Brother - Built via the same schematics,but by different people.
If the latter is true,however,then Wily just remodeled a robot created by Dr.Light,technically making Protoman a Light Bot and thus more realated to Roll and Mega Man - though technically not as a Full-Brother.
Another interesting note about this Protoman is the fact that he lacks the characters signature Shield. Why Ruby-Spears decided to nix the Shield is beyond me.
Well,that's all she wrote. Hope you learned something new about this version of Protoman. Expect a bio of Mega X in the future Seeing how I'm not much for closing words,I'll just end things here.
Until Next Time,Stay Gold.
For more about this Old Reality Check Out The Timeline Here:
http://gigafiction.blogspot.com/2016/12/fan-timelines-ruby-spears-mega-man.html
http://gigafiction.blogspot.com/2017/01/fan-timelines-ruby-spears-mega-man.html
