Pipi (ピピ Pipi) is a robotic bird designed for aerial surveillance from Mega Man 2 that drops egg-shaped capsules filled with small Pipis. The Metal Blade is the most useful weapon to use against them as Mega Man can aim it upward or diagonally and destroy the Pipi preventing it from releasing the Copipi's, or, failing that, kill multiple Copipis with each Metal Blade, which often result in many energy pickups. As Pipis never stop appearing in the areas they are present, Mega Man can stand still with the Leaf Shield to destroy the Copipis and gather items. They appear in Crash Man's stage, Wood Man's stage, Air Man's stage, and the first Wily Castle stage.
Pipi also appears in Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge in Wily Castle and Wily Station stages.
In Mega Man II they also appear in Air Man and Crash Man's stages, and the last Wily Stage.
They appear in the Mega Water S's stage and the second stage of the Wily Tower in Mega Man: The Wily Wars.
They also appear in Super Adventure Rockman, where they drop their Copipis as usual.
DeluPipi
DeluPipi (デラピピ Derapipi) is a larger version of the Pipi that appeared in Mega Man 7 and carries a much larger-sized egg. They also appear as Air Man's support in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters. In Mega Man 7 they appear in Cloud Man's stage, and Wily Castle stage 1. They would have reappeared in Mega Man: The Power Battle, had they not been cut from the game.
Copipi
Copipi (子ピピ Kopipi) is the mini-bird from Pipi's egg. A whole flock of them emerge when the egg hatches. In Mega Man 7, they emerge in various patterns.
Other media
A fleet of Pipis is seen attacking the city in the Mega Man cartoon show opening, but they only appeared in the show when Dr. Light builds a "spy" Pipi in the episode titled "Ice Age".
Pipi also had brief appearances in the Mega Man: Upon a Star episodes Wishing Upon a Star and Future Beware, in the Variant Cover of Mega Man #50, and in the manga Mega Man Megamix and Rockman & Forte.
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Trivia
- "Pipi" is a Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound made by birds.
- In the Mega Man 2 manual section titled "How to Beat AirMan", the Pipi is called a Flying Fish. Also, the Copipis are said to be Pipi's feathers.
- In Mega Man 2, holding the A button when selecting a Robot Master will change the stars in the background of the boss introduction into Copipis.
- Pipi is one of the enemies that would have appeared in the cancelled game Mega Man Universe.
- In the video game DELTARUNE, the secret boss of Chapter 2, Spamton NEO, fires small blue eggs that explode into miniature projectiles. These eggs are labeled "Pipis" in game, and are likely a reference to the Pipis of Mega Man 2.
| Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge | |
|---|---|
| The eight Robot Masters | |
| Cut Man • Ice Man • Fire Man • Elec Man • Bubble Man • Quick Man • Flash Man • Heat Man | |
| Other Bosses | |
| Enker • Wily Machine I | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Rolling Cutter • Ice Slasher • Fire Storm • Thunder Beam • Bubble Lead • Quick Boomerang • Time Stopper • Atomic Fire • Mirror Buster | |
| Support Item | |
| Carry | |
| Locations | |
| Cut Man Stage • Ice Man Stage • Fire Man Stage • Elec Man Stage • Wily Castle • Wily Station | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Damage Data Chart • Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge Script • Enemies | |
| Mega Man II | |
|---|---|
| The eight bosses | |
| Metal Man • Air Man • Crash Man • Wood Man • Needle Man • Magnet Man • Hard Man • Top Man | |
| Other bosses | |
| Quint • Wily Machine II | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Metal Blade • Air Shooter • Crash Bomber • Leaf Shield • Needle Cannon • Magnet Missile • Hard Knuckle • Top Spin • Sakugarne | |
| Support Items | |
| Rush Coil • Rush Jet • Rush Marine | |
| Locations | |
| Metal Man Stage • Air Man Stage • Crash Man Stage • Wood Man Stage • Wily Castle Needle Man Stage • Magnet Man Stage • Hard Man Stage • Top Man Stage • Wily Station | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Damage Data Chart • Enemies | |
| Super Adventure Rockman | |
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| Characters | |
| Mega Man • Beat • Rush • Dr. Light • Roll • Proto Man • Dr. Wily • Ra Moon Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man | |
| Bosses | |
| Metal Man • Bubble Man • Heat Man • Flash Man • Quick Man • Shadow Man Wood Man • Air Man • Crash Man • Snake Man • Needle Man • Gemini Man Magnet Man • Hard Man • Top Man • Spark Man • Ra Thor • New Yellow Devil | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Metal Blade • Bubble Lead • Atomic Fire • Time Stopper • Quick Boomerang • Shadow Blade Leaf Shield • Air Shooter • Crash Bomber • Search Snake • Needle Cannon • Gemini Laser Magnet Missile • Hard Knuckle • Top Spin • Spark Shock | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Enemies • Energy Tank • Information Card • Item Box • Lanfront Ruins • Proto Shield | |
| Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters | |
|---|---|
| List of Playable Characters | |
| Mega Man • Proto Man • Bass • Duo | |
| List of Bosses | |
| - Search for Wily! - Shadow Man • Plant Man • Gyro Man • Centaur Man • Bubble Man • Heat Man Mad Grinder - Rescue Roll! - Cut Man • Stone Man • Shade Man • Elec Man • Dive Man • Slash Man Yellow Devil - Recover the new parts! - Guts Man • Pharaoh Man • Air Man • Quick Man • Gemini Man • Napalm Man Mecha Dragon - Dr. Wily - Wily Machine | |
| List of Special Weapons | |
| Shadow Blade • Plant Barrier • Gyro Attack • Centaur Arrow • Bubble Lead • Atomic Fire Rolling Cutter • Power Stone • Noise Crush • Thunder Beam • Dive Missile • Slash Claw Super Arm • Pharaoh Wave • Air Shooter • Quick Boomerang • Gemini Laser • Napalm Bomb | |
| Support Items | |
| Rush • Beat • Treble | |