Spring Man

Spring Man (スプリングマン) is a Robot Master created by Doctor Albert Wily. His body has over 2000 springs, being very light and able to perform high jumps. However, this gives him trouble when moving around, especially up and down stairs. Spring Man attacks by throwing spike-tipped springs from his body with Wild Coil, extendable punches, and catching opponents to ram them into the ceiling with a high jump. If Thunder Bolt is used against him, it will cause him to become magnetized, gaining a few new attacks. If Noise Crush is fired just as Mega Man enters the room, the Noise Crush will gain too much energy to stay in the game, so it glitches the fight and kills Spring Man instantly.

In Mega Man: Battle & Chase, Spring Man uses the Surprise Boxer, a tricky vehicle that uses springs to absorb shocks and attack opponents with punches. He entered the race to buy heavy parts for his body with the prize money. If the player wins the game with him, he buys several accessories, but exaggerates and can barely move.

Strategy
Spring Man will run up to the center of the room and preform two spring punches, then when he lands, he'll use his Wild Coil (if there are not any already on-screen). The Wild Coil bounces across the room on the floor and off the walls. There are only five safe spots, which are in-between the coils; the coils bounce in the same spot every time. After this, Spring Man jumps back into the position he started and begins the pattern with. He's weak to Slash Claw, as it can cut down his springs.

Data
Stage description: Boyoyon Paradise

Stage enemies

 * Coil'n
 * Frisk Cannon
 * Petaforth
 * Sniper Joe 01
 * Spiral Gabyoall
 * Tom Daddy
 * Tripropellan

Damage Data Chart
Displays the amount of damage in units that Spring Man will receive from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 7.
 * *For Mega Buster, Wild Coil and Noise Crush, the first number is the damage done when the weapon is fired normally; the second number is damage done when the weapon is charged up.


 * *For Freeze Cracker, the first number is when the shot is whole; the second number is after it splits.

Other media
In the manga Mega Man Gigamix, Spring Man is one of the racers in the Battle & Chase competition in the story "Burning Wheel".

Spring Man also appeared in the manga Rockman 7 and Rockman Battle &amp; Chase.

Trivia

 * Spring Man and Burst Man are the only Robot Masters in Mega Man 7 who do not have Mega Man Battle Network series counterparts.
 * In his Mega Man: Battle & Chase artwork, Spring Man has a normal right arm instead of a buster, but his buster is present in the game. He has normal arms in the manga Mega Man Gigamix.
 * In Japanese games, Spring Man only speaks in Katakana.
 * Spring Man is one of the two Robot Masters in Mega Man 7 to be affected by a possible glitch, which can kill him instantly. The other is Turbo Man.
 * If Noise Crush is fired immediately as the player is entering the door to his arena, it will bounce off the walls and hit Spring Man while he is executing his intro, killing him instantly, before the battle begins. This was not changed in Mega Man Anniversary Collection.
 * I... I heard they wanted to name him Slinkyman, BUT UH... THEY COULDN'T GET THE WRITES!