Plot Synopsis
The show starts off with some kid running from
some strange armored men shooting at him with plasma guns... hmm... they look familiar some how? Anyway, they chase him to a robotic dog show where Mega Man is with Rush. I think the moment we start putting robots in dog shows is the moment our society has really lost its mind personally. The kid starts screaming that the guys chasing him are humans turned into robots and, oh for fucks sake are you serious Ruby-Spears?!Mega Man tries to take them down without filling them full of hot plasma and finds a wallet on one of them. This is enough to convince him that these strange familiar looking dudes are actually human-robots. This kid, Bobby, apparently lost his parents to this robo-process at an amusement park so Mega Man, Dr. Light, Rush and Roll go to investigate.
Along the way they get attacked by Ring Man. Now, let me describe this sequence for you shot by shot. Mega Man gets out of his helicopter with Rush Jet and shoots at Ring Man. Ring Man fires Ring Boomerang which Mega Man dodges, then jumps on as they are returning and rides them into Ring Man's helicopter, which explodes. Suddenly, the helicopter is sinking down the bottom of the ocean, and then the helicopter crashes into the water. Mega Man is laughing at Ring Man on Rush Jet, then takes off again on Rush, who has switched to the Rush Jet-Ski looking form between shots for no apparent reason.
It's obvious they cut something there to save time for the show or something, but did they have to edit the god damned thing so fucking badly? Ring Man is fucking falling through the water before he hits the god damned ocean! What the hell? Not only that, but this scene accomplishes nothing at all, at least what's left of it now, Ring Man doesn't even show up the rest of the show. Don't they have any fucking quality control on these episodes?
Mega Man finally gets to the theme park and Dr. Light and Bobby, being human, are offered free souvenir rings. They don't put them on, Bobby doesn't want it, and Dr. Light's fingers are too big. The souvenir girl takes off and then we see she is reporting to Dr. Wily! Oh no! Mega Man is accosted by a Kangaroo and Duck Mascot, but when Rush rips off the Kangaroo's tail, Mega Man instantly recognizes GutsMan by his... uh... distinct features.
Cut Man and Hard Man are there too and a battle ensues. Mega Man takes them out, and tries to locate Wily by riding the rides? Some how this strategy actually works and after a couple more battles here and there, they end up at Wily's haunted mansion ride where we see what is going on. People wearing the rings are brought into the ride, hit with a hypno-beam and then given robotic armor and plasma pistols. So they're not actually turned into robots, just hypnotized! Hooray, the premise is almost redeemed!
Mega Man finds the giant Hypno-machine and goes to take it out, but in a battle with Guts Man, Cut Man and Hard Man, loses all of his energy. Just as Guts Man is about to finish him off, Mega Man grabs one of the energy pistols and blasts Guts Man. Mega Man then takes out the hypno machine and everyone turns back to normal and Wily escapes for next week.
Critique
A problem often cited about this show is that it isn't for Mega Man fans, but this one actually is, but not for obvious reasons. The human-robots are designed to look exactly like the original US Mega Man box art, and if you recognise that, you'll get the joke right away. There's actually some Meta Humor going on here, and having Mega Man actually use the plasma pistol at the end is almost a stroke of genius to tie it all together!
Aside from the horrible Ring Man fiasco, the rest of the episode is actually animated pretty decent, and the action sequence in the amusement park is actually pretty enjoyable. And since the premise actually isn't that humans are being turned into robots, it's a lot easier to enjoy in the end as well. It's not like I'm surprised any of the characters believed it was possible, as I've learned from watching the show, Dr. Light, Mega Man and Roll are all morons. At least Bobby has the excuse of being young. As for Bobby, his performance isn't some plucky twat most kids are on this show, so for that he gets a pass.
If you get the joke of this episode though, you'll enjoy it.
Rating: Thumbs up!
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