Sprinklan

Sprinklan is a robot that has the appearance of a Spine, and the attitude of a Spring Head. It surveys floors and (if you are not playing in Easy Mode) will rush at you. If hit (either by shot or by collision with the player), its head will spring up and fire energy shots wildly. It appears in Blade Man and Strike Man's stages, as well as Dr. Wily stages 2 and 3 (in Hard Mode it also appears in Dr. Wily stage 1).