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- "After rain comes, destruction!"
- ―Toad Man, Mega Man: Robot Master Field Guide
Toad Man (トードマン Tōdoman) is an agricultural Robot Master that was created by Doctor Mikhail Cossack for irrigation of crops during periods of drought. When Dr. Wily forced Dr. Cossack to fight against Mega Man in Mega Man 4, Toad Man was modified for combat. His Special Weapon, the Rain Flush, is an unavoidable attack based on his original rain-making technology, that can summon deadly acid rain to a wide area.
Appearance
Toad Man is a humanoid robot based on a toad, hence his name, and his head is fused with the torso. He has a green body, pale skin tone, red eyes, a white area on his front body, a small yellow area on the same body, a light greenish area on the back of his body, white pauldrons, black arms, green bracers, white hands, black legs, and green boots.
Personality
Befitting his original agricultural purpose, Toad Man is surprisingly skilled in the field of natural science, and like the amphibian he is based on, he also has the ability to jump incredibly high. He enjoys practicing long-jumping and triple-jumping in his spare time, but he is known to be somewhat tone-deaf, and quickly gets uncomfortable when in the company of Snake Man.
Video game appearances
Mega Man 4
Toad Man is one of the eight Robot Masters, and defeating him will reward the player with both Rain Flush and Rush Marine.
Attack Pattern
Toad Man is by far the easiest boss in the game, and is widely considered one of, if not, the easiest boss in the entire series. If left alone, Toad Man will stand still forever. If the player shoots while he is standing, he will leap onto the player's position. If Toad Man stands still for too long, he will start dancing, which will eventually trigger Rain Flush. Rain Flush is an unavoidable screen nuke of acid rain that does massive damage. However, if the player shoots Toad Man while he's dancing, the Rain Flush gets cancelled. With this, there are 2 strategies to easily defeating Toad Man: the first is to shoot at him constantly, which will trap him in a loop of jumping forever. The second is to only shoot once when he's dancing, which will stop him from summoning Rain Flush and keep him stuck in place.
Weakness
Toad Man's weakness is Drill Bomb, which will kill him in seven hits. As with most other bosses, Toad Man takes 3 damage from a fully-charged buster shot and a fully charged Pharaoh Shot.
Mega Man IV
Toad Man is part of the first wave of 4 Robot Masters, which all come from Mega Man 4.
Attack pattern
Toad Man has the same pattern from before. He jumps high enough that he touches the ceiling, and his startup to jump is slightly longer. His dancing startup to summon Rain Flush is a little shorter. Despite this, he is even easier than before, as Mega Man doesn't even have to hit Toad Man to cancel his Rain Flush: simply just pressing the shoot button will not only cancel the attack, but force Toad Man to jump. Mega Man also has an easier time simply walking underneath Toad Man when he's airborne instead of sliding.
Weakness
Toad Man has two main weaknesses: Ring Boomerang and Napalm Bomb. Both of them do 2 damage and defeat him in 10 hits, but the latter can only be used in the rematches. As with most other bosses, Toad Man takes 3 damage from a fully-charged buster shot and a fully charged Pharaoh Shot. Using these charge-up moves is a bit tricky, however, as Toad Man will be ready to unleash Rain Flush just as Mega Man finishes charging.
Mega Man's Soccer
Toad Man is a balanced player that doesn't have his own team. In Tournament mode he is a member of the Cut Man, Wood Man, Needle Man, Dust Man, and Dr. Wily teams. In League mode he is part of the Needle Man and Pharaoh Man teams.
Mega Man (Game Gear)
Toad Man is one of the bosses fought in the final stages. His strategy is similar to Mega Man 4, but he becomes a lot more difficult here due to being much faster and hopping around more erratically, making it much harder to stop him using the Rain Flush.
Rockman ×over
Toad Man appears as one of the four bosses in the 25th Anniversary Special World of Rockman ×over, and also in Battle Memory. A special event has as boss an upgraded Toad Man with fire attribute.
Other appearances
- Toad Man has a cameo appearance in Mega Man Powered Up as a decoration in the back of Roll's "Rainy Day Roll" costume. However, he can barely be seen in-game due to his small size.[1]
- Toad Man appears in the CD database from Mega Man & Bass.
- Toad Man appears on the loading screen for Mega Man 7 in Mega Man: Anniversary Collection, despite not appearing in the seventh game.
Data
Mega Man & Bass CD data
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Rockman Complete Works data
きめられたひにアメをふらすようせっていされたノウギョウ用ロボット。レインフラッシュはよけられないがそしできる。
Translation: An agricultural robot set to bring rain on a predetermined day. Rain Flush cannot be avoided, but it can be stopped.
Stage
Damage data chart
Amount of damage in units that Toad Man receives from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 4.
| Mega Man 4 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Buster | Flash Stopper | Rain Flush | Drill Bomb | Pharaoh Shot | Ring Boomerang | Dust Crusher | Dive Missile | Skull Barrier | Wire Adaptor | ||
| 1:3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1:3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
*For the Mega Buster and Pharaoh Shot, the first digit is when the weapon is fired normally and the second is when it is fully charged.
Other media
Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)
- "We could use some rain...ACID rain."
- ―Toad Man
Toad Man appeared in the episode Robosaur Park from Ruby-Spears' Mega Man animated series. In the series, his body was aqua green instead of grass green, and he had a mouth with a long prehensile tongue, making him slightly more similar in appearance to an actual toad. He also has flippers similar to Wave Man, and his shoulder pads were green instead of white. He also liked to make croaking or ribbit sounds like real frogs and toads. Instead of dancing to use Rain Flush, he simply fires a pod into the air to generate a cloud of acid rain, similar to how Mega Man uses it.
Mega Man Megamix
Toad Man is a farm worker robot capable of causing rainfall in regions suffering from a drought. His Rain Flush ability is comprised of a two-step process: the environmental preparation, then the actual rainfall. In step one, Toad Man emits a spray of high-pressure liquid. (The liquid in this spray is a special ionized colloidal mixture.) The resulting water vapor rapidly expands and reaches its freezing point in the atmosphere. In the second step, Toad Man sprinkles ice crystals into the forming clouds to force the development of rain. When working on farms, Toad Man mixed fertilizers and pesticides into his rain, but after being modified for combat in preparation for his battle against Mega Man, Toad Man instead created acid rain.
Toad Man first appeared in the story "Grim Reaper of Resurrection", which happens after Mega Man's battle against Dr. Cossack. When Skull Man attacked Dr. Cossack's Citadel, Toad Man is one of the three robots left behind, and he informs Mega Man what happened. He and Dive Man are repaired by Bright Man and they help Mega Man search for Dr. Cossack.
Mega Man (Archie Comics)
Toad Man also appeared in the Archie Comics Mega Man series, making his debut during the Worlds Collide crossover event with the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. As a result of this, he appeared before the comic's adaptation of Mega Man 3, as part of an army of Robot Masters who battle Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and their allies. He is found fighting against Blaze the Cat.
Other appearances
Toad Man also appeared in the manga Rockman 4, Rockman: Yomigaeru Blues, and Rockman 4Koma Dai Koushin.
Gallery
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Trivia
- Toad Man appears as No. 29 (DWN-029) in the credits of Mega Man 4; this is actually Ring Man's number. Ring Man, in turn, appears with Pharaoh Man's number, and Pharaoh Man appears with Toad Man's number.
- Toad Man's dislike is Snake Man, and Snake Man likes Toad Man. This most likely comes from Sansunumi-ken, the Japanese original version of Rock Paper Scissors, where Snake eats Toad, Toad eats Slug, and Slug scares Snake.
- Many players consider Toad Man the easiest boss in Mega Man 4, as well as one of the easiest main bosses in Mega Man history. If the player shoots Toad Man after every hop, he will never attack. In the Game Gear game, however, Toad Man hops considerably faster, making avoiding his jumps and attacking him more difficult.
- The inspiration for his design was the fact that toads are a sign of good rain in some cultures.
- The fact that Toad Man is hard of hearing- if not completely tone-deaf- results from all amphibians having poor hearing, if any at all.
- Toad Man's fire upgrade in Rockman Xover could be a reference to the fire-bellied toad.
References
| Mega Man IV | |
|---|---|
| Robot Masters | |
| Bright Man • Toad Man • Pharaoh Man • Ring Man Stone Man • Charge Man • Napalm Man • Crystal Man | |
| Other bosses | |
| "Satellite Cannon" • Ballade • "Bridge" • Hunter • Wily Robo Iron Golem | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Flash Stopper • Rain Flush • Pharaoh Shot • Ring Boomerang Power Stone • Charge Kick • Napalm Bomb • Crystal Eye • Ballade Cracker | |
| Support items | |
| Rush Coil • Rush Jet • Beat | |
| Locations | |
| Dr. Light's Laboratory • Bright Man Stage • Toad Man Stage • Pharaoh Man Stage • Ring Man Stage Wily Station • Stone Man Stage • Charge Man Stage • Napalm Man Stage • Crystal Man Stage • Wily Battleship | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Damage Data Chart • Enemies • Script | |
| Mega Man (Game Gear) | |
|---|---|
| Robot Masters | |
| Bright Man • Stone Man • Star Man • Napalm Man • Wave Man • Toad Man | |
| Other Bosses | |
| Wily Capsule II | |
| Mega Man's Special Weapons | |
| Mega Buster • Flash Stopper • Power Stone • Star Crash • Napalm Bomb • Water Wave • Rain Flush | |
| List of Enemies | |
| 100 Watton • Apache Joe • Asteroid • B Bitter • Baby Metall • Battan • Bomb Thrown • Bounder • Changkey Maker • Dachone • Daidine • Dompan • Gas • Giree • Gyotot • Hirarian 427 • Irucan • Jet Bomb • Lyric • Metall Cannon • Metall Mommy • Minoan • Mizzile • Mousubeil Power Muscler • Puyoyon • Rackaser • Ratton • Rider Joe • Rock Thrown • Rolling Drill • Scworm • Sniper Armor • Space Metall Springer • Swallown • Subeil • Sumatran • Taban • Tatepakkan • Teckyun • Tondeall • Toss Machine • Totem Polen Twin Cannon • Yudon • V | |
| - Sub-Bosses - | |
| Escaroo • Octoper OA | |
| Locations | |
| Bright Man Stage • Stone Man Stage • Star Man Stage • Napalm Man Stage • Wave Man Stage • Toad Man Stage | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Mega Man (Game Gear) Damage Data Chart | |