Zap family

The Zap family, known as the Electel family (エレキテル家) in Japan, is a high-class family seen in the Mega Man Battle Network video game series as well as the MegaMan NT Warrior anime series. They are a wealthy family from Kingland that themes themselves around electricity, owning Elec-type NetNavis, and even enjoy being electrocuted themselves.

Members

 * Tesla Zap (anime only)
 * Count Zap (anime appearance)
 * ElecMan.EXE (Given to Ann in the games)(anime appearance)
 * Ann Zap (anime appearance)
 * Gauss Magnus (anime appearance)
 * MagnetMan.EXE (Given/taken away by Tesla in the game/anime)(anime appearance)
 * Tesla Magnus (anime appearance)

In the games
At a young age, Jack (Count Zap) and his brother Gauss Magnus were part of a poor family that could barely survive, and Jack was adopted by a rich family. Shortly after, Jack's biological parents got sick and passed away. Count Zap’s relation to Gauss is only mildly hinted at during a Quiz (which he is mistranslated as "Jack Electricity", furthering the relation), and his relation to Tesla is not mentioned at all, though one can infer it by knowing Gauss is Zap’s brother.

It is unknown how Count Zap's life was in the Zap family, except that at one point he married with Ann Zap and he turned to a life of crime. In the games, Count Zap and Ann are depicted as middle-aged and still together, despite Count Zap’s crimes during his time in the WWW. After Count Zap was arrested, the family fell into ruin and its name dimmed. Ann works hard to restore the family's name, and she implied that Zap was recuperating and giving up of his criminal ways.

ElecMan.EXE and MagnetMan.EXE were given to Ann and Tesla respectively after Count Zap and Gauss were arrested, with ElecMan helping Ann restore the Zap family name, and MagnetMan joining Team ProtoMan.

In the anime
In the anime, Count Zap and Gauss Magnus were both raised by Tesla Zap and they do not get along very well. The reason for Gauss and Tesla’s last name being “Magnus” rather than Zap is unexplained. Count Zap and Ann are depicted younger than their game counterparts.

ElecMan.EXE would remain with Count Zap for the whole series, though later on in Rockman.EXE Beast+, Ann Electel attempts to take custody of him away from Jack. MagnetMan.EXE would come under the ownership of Tesla, however rather than him being given to her, she takes him forcibly from her father while breaking the two out of prison.