Bert Wily

Bert Wily is a character in in the Mega Man: Fully Charged animated series and comic book series. Bert is friends with Aki Light. In the comic book series, Dr. Wily was revealed to be his grandfather.

Overview

Bert is a young grade school boy roughly the same heigh as Aki with spiky orange hair, green eyes, and freckles. He is mostly seen wearing a pink and red shirt that bears the W logo of Doctor Albert W. Wily from the classic Mega Man series.

Bert is an aspiring inventor, having gotten into robotics because of grandfather Dr. Wily, who he states is his hero, but his inventions often go awry.

History

Animated series

TBA

Comic series

Bert appears walking alongside Aki, who states he's glad his grandfather, Dr. Wily, is ok. Aki asks if they’re close, and Bert states that Dr. Wily is his hero and that he never would have gotten into robotics or won 1st place in the science fair the year before if it weren't for him. Principal 100100 asks if the two are staying out of trouble, to which Bert states trouble is Aki's department. Aki starts to cringe, and Bert says his name in concern, but Aki states he's ok and leaves. ^{Mega Man: Fully Charged (BOOM! Studios) Issue 3}

Abilities

Bert has an aptitude for mechanical inventing. Over the course of the series he has created several inventions, including a video drone called the Wily Copter, though his youth and naivety often make his inventions malfunction.

In "License to Drill" he is shows to have a good control over his board, considerating the board was unfinished and act erratically.

Inventions

Wily Copter: He modified the Suna Drone with parts of his bike, in turn adding heat resistance to it.

Wily Pants (2.0): Cybernetic pants which enhance his speed. In "All Play and No Work" the electric problems were fixed. Its design is reminiscent of the Wily Machine 7.

Speed Chip: A device that enhances a machine's speed, but is buggy and tend to make machines malfunction.

Bike:  Bert owns a bike that has a skull reminiscent of his older counterpart from the games.

Proto Sky Board: A white fast floating board. Look line surf board with truster. Being a prototype the board have problems of stability making hard to use. He often uses a red bicycle helmet with a orange glasses added while riding it.

Gallery

Bert Wily, along with all the other characters, in the opening of Mega Man: Fully Charged.

Concept art

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Bert Wily With His Friend Suna Light.

Bert with his hat on.

Bert and Mega Man vs Drill Man

Trivia

• His voice actor, Cole Howard, also voiced Peter Punkowski, and is the voice actor for Mega Man from Mega Man Powered Up.
• In his introduction, Bert was supposed to move his eyebrows in the same way Dr. Wily does in the games, but it was cut from the animation.^[1]
• In the episode "Unfriendly Competition," the theme that plays during his introduction is a remix of the Wily Stage 1 and 2 theme from Mega Man 2.
• In the episode "Drilling Deep," he accidentally cut his hair in a way that resembles the hair style of the original Dr. Wily. Cut Man accidentally gave him the same cut again in "A Split End".

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