Top Man

Top Man (タップマン) is a Robot Master created by Dr. Light and Dr. Wily to work on other planets in search for resources needed to build Gamma, but was modified for combat by Dr. Wily in Mega Man 3.

Top Man is equipped with a auto balance system that allows him to spin rapidly much like a top, which he uses as an attack called the Top Spin to injure enemies, and as a defensive mechanism cause the high rotational speeds make attacks deflect off of him. However, he can't spin for a long time because he gets dizzy and because maintaining such high speeds could damage his internal components. Top Man also attacks by tossing rapidly spinning tops from his head or shooting tops from his arm cannon.

In Super Adventure Rockman, Top Man was revived by Ra Moon. When the room Mega Man is in fills with acid after defeating Hard Man, and Mega Man tries to climb up through the pillars of the room, but Top Man fights against Mega Man in the top of the pillars and lines. The game doesn't show what happens to Top Man after the fight, but he probably was melted in the acid like Hard Man, as Beat takes the Top Spin before it falls in the acid. If the player loses, Top Man will shoot a top from his arm cannon and make Mega Man fall, but he is rescued by Rush and Cut Man and the player will have the option to restart the fight. Top Man and the other Wily Numbers are later revived by Ra Moon again, and after Ra Moon betrays Wily, they help Mega Man by giving all their energy to him, becoming inactive after this.

Top Man also appeared as a playable character in Mega Man's Soccer.

Strategy
Top Man attacks by throwing three tops from his head that home in on Mega Man. After throwing his tops, he uses the Top Spin to move to the other side of the screen and then repeats his attack cycle. His weakness is the Hard Knuckle.

Mega Man & Bass CD data


Stage enemies
Enemies that appears in Top Man's stage.
 * Mecha Kero
 * Metall DX (normal type)
 * Nut & Bolt
 * Picket Man Bull
 * Tama
 * Top Fiend

Enemies in Top Man's (Game Boy) stage.
 * Mecha Kero
 * Metall DX (normal type)
 * New Shotman
 * Picket Man Bull
 * Tama
 * Top Fiend

Damage Data Chart
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Mega Man 3

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 * style="text-align: center; width: 120px; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Needle Cannon
 * style="text-align: center; width: 120px; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Magnet Missle
 * style="text-align: center; width: 120px; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Gemini Laser
 * style="text-align: center; width: 120px; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Hard Knuckle
 * style="text-align: center; width: 120px; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Top Spin
 * style="text-align: center; width: 120px; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Search Snake
 * style="text-align: center; width: 120px; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Spark Shock
 * style="text-align: center; width: 120px; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Shadow Blade
 * style="text-align: center;"|2
 * style="text-align: center;"|1
 * style="text-align: center;"|1
 * style="text-align: center;"|0
 * style="text-align: center;"|7
 * style="text-align: center;"|4
 * style="text-align: center;"|1
 * style="text-align: center;"|1
 * style="text-align: center;"|1
 * }
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 * }


 * *For Top Spin, more or less damages is inflicted depending on the strength of the hit, and other unknown variables.

Mega Man
In the Mega Man animated series, Top Man appeared in episode 14, where he infiltrated a robot campus pretending to be a student and befriended Roll to trick her.

Captain N: The Game Master
Top Man appeared in the beginning of the episode "A Tale of Two Dogs", which is based on Mega Man 3. He was the only Robot Master remaining and had the last energy tank needed for Gamma to work. He was defeated by Mega Man with only one punch of the Hard Knuckle.

Other Appearances
Top Man also appeared in the manga Rockman Megamix, Rockman World 2 and Rockman 4Koma Great March.

Trivia

 * Top Man's quote is a reference to the hit 80s song "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive.
 * In the background, many player jokes that the plants are marijuana as this is the spinning green house.
 * In the game boy version, when Top Man tries to ram mega man and if the player jumps over him, Mega Man gets a jump boost.