Napalm Man

Napalm Man (ナパームマン) is a Robot Master created by Dr. Wily to protect his secret weapons factory, where he would spend his spare time collecting and searching for weapons as strong or stronger than his own. Napalm Man is a weapons enthusiast equipped with an array of explosive weapons all over his body- he is equipped with missiles and Napalm Bomb launchers in his arms, he can fire missiles from his head and also launch six small homing missiles from his shoulders. He has treads on his feet and can increase his speed with a rocket on his back. Because he is generally considered to be a walking weapon, even his allies feel uncomfortable near him, so he doesn't have many friends.

In Mega Man: Battle & Chase, Napalm Man uses the Patriot Bomber, a resistant tank-like vehicle able attack with bombs and other explosive weaponry. He wants to use the prize money to create a weapons museum, and if the player wins using him, he successfully builds and stocks the museum with the prize money, but no one visits it. After waiting for a while, one guest visits the museum, but says it's boring. Angered by the comment, Napalm Man accidentally blows up the museum with his own weapons.

Strategy
In Mega Man 5 and IV, Napalm Man attacks with Napalm Bombs and head missiles, and is weak to Crystal Eye in both games. In Mega Man IV, he is also weak to Pharaoh Shot. In the Game Gear Mega Man, he uses the same attacks and is weak to Flash Stopper.

In Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Napalm Man uses his previous attacks and the homing missiles from his shoulders. He can also speed up with the treads on his feet and a small rocket on his back. He's weak to Gemini Laser in both games.

Mega Man: Battle & Chase

 * Vehicle: Patriot Bomber
 * Body: Full Metal Body
 * Engine: Device Engine ("Mega Torque Engine" in Japan)
 * Wing: Counter Wing
 * Tire: E-Guard Tire

Mega Man & Bass CD data


Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters data
Dr. Light: Concentrate more on avoiding Napalm Man's attack. If you could short out Napalm Man's body, he'll become weak.

Rockman Complete Works data
ワイリーのひみつへいきこうじょうをまもるロボット. ナパームボムのばくふうは、みためより攻撃はんいがせまい. 落ちついてよけよう.

Translation: (incomplete) A robot that protects Wily's secret weapon factory. Napalm Bomb way of exposure is expected to narrow from attacking created by soldering. Calm as repellent.

Rockman Battle & Fighters data

 * Power Battle: ひみつへいきこうじょうのしゅびをもくてきにつくられたロボット. こうじょうをみまわりながらじぶんにあったぶきをさがしだしてはそうびする. とくしゅぶきは、ナパームボムじゃ.
 * Power Fighters: ＰＢにもとうじょうしたナパームマンは、ロックマン５からとうじょうこうじょうでじぶんにあったぶきをそうびしていくためほとんどがミサイルによるこうげきがメインじゃ. とくしゅぶきナパームボムはいちどにこうはんいをこうげきできるため、とくにきをつけるのじゃ.

Stage enemies
Enemies in Napalm Man's stage from Mega Man 5:
 * Apache Joe
 * Bomb Thrower
 * Jet Bomb
 * Metall Cannon
 * Mizzile
 * Power Massler
 * Robot Guard
 * Rolling Drill
 * Search Mine
 * Sumatran
 * Turban

Enemies in Napalm Man's stage from Mega Man IV (Game Boy):
 * Bomb Thrower
 * Jet Bomb
 * Metall Cannon
 * Mizzile
 * Rolling Drill
 * Search Mine
 * Sumatran

Other media

 * Napalm Man has a brief cameo appearance in the opening of the Mega Man animated series, but never appeared in any episode. He was also seen in the show's pilot commercial firing all of his missiles. The commercial and the brief cameo in the cartoon intro was Napalm Man's only involvement in the series.


 * The Mega Man 5 bosses have short appearances fighting against Mega Man or helping Wily in the three episodes from the OVA Mega Man: Upon a Star.


 * In the manga Mega Man Megamix, Napalm Man appeared in the story "Holiday of Soldiers", where the eight Robot Masters from Mega Man 5 have a part-time job at an amusement park to earn money for Wily. He works at the box office and calls himself "Napalm Purple" on the job to avoid being recognized as one of Wily's robots.


 * Napalm Man appeared in the manga Rockman 5 and Rockman 4Koma Great March.


 * In the Chinese manga Rockman Battle & Chase, Napalm Man is one of the racers. He captures Chill Penguin during the race, and Chill Penguin tries to escape by attacking him several times. Angry, Napalm Man throws him off his car, but he's rescued by Mega Man.

Trivia

 * Napalm Man has a cameo appearance in Mega Man 10 as data of the Weapons Archive. His data's weakness is the Rebound Striker.


 * In Rockman Strategy, Napalm Man has 10 missiles on his shoulders instead of six, and doesn't have the rocket on his back.


 * It is believed that Napalm Man's stage is actually based off of Vietnam. Considering the tiger robots, the jungle setting, the punji traps, and the fact napalm was a flammable liquid used in the Vietnam War, this is most likely true.


 * Although Napalm Man is purple in his official artwork, he is blue in Mega Man 5- both his mugshot and in-game sprites. In every other game he was featured in, (minus Mega Man 10) he was purple.


 * Napalm Man's weakness, Crystal Eye, takes away 3 bars of his energy in Mega Man 5; while the other Robot Masters in Mega Man 5 suffer 4 bars of damage from their weaknesses.


 * The Rockman 5 Japanese game commercial's music was a remix of Napalm Man's theme.


 * There was a rumor that Mega Man 5 was never released in Vietnam, because the Vietnamese would have found Napalm Man offensive. Napalm bombs were a flammable weapon used by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam war, it was so devastating that the American government banned it due to human rights.
 * The cave in Napalm man's stage might be based off the Vietcong caves during the Vietnam war.