Pump Man

Pump Man (ポンプマン) is a Robot Master from Mega Man 10. He can create a shield of water droplets around himself and release them in several directions.

Before contracting Roboenza, Pump Man worked at a wastewater treatment plant, purifying the water that came through. He also volunteered his time to wash graffiti off of walls in the neighborhood. Pump Man has also been described as a "neat freak".

Strategy
Pump Man starts off by creating a Water Shield. He then jumps around trying to tackle the player's character. He eventually fires off his Water Shield.

On Easy Mode, Pump Man's Water Shield only has four bubbles instead of eight. He also jumps only one time before spreading the Water Shield.

On Normal mode, Pump Man's water shield has eight bubbles.

On Hard Mode, Pump Man has an extra attack in which he tosses his pump handle at the player like a boomerang.

His weakness is Thunder Wool, as it can hit him multiple times, and it also pierces and destroys his shield; however, only the lightning bolt has these properties, and Pump Man will effectively cancel out the attack if he hits the wool itself, so make sure that he can't do this. The Mirror Buster can also be used against him in Hard mode when he throws his pump handle.

Damage Data Chart
Displays the amount of damage in units that Pump Man will receive from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 10.


 * *For Proto Buster, the first is normal hit; the second is charged up.
 * *For Commando Bomb, the first is normal hit; the second is explosion hit.
 * *For Thunder Wool', the first is wool hit; the second is thunder hit.

Stage Description
Pump Man's stage is home to three main setpieces, and these change on the route you take. On Easy Mode, there are increased amounts of pickups and many pits have been sealed off. The bubble generators activate slower and are fewer in numbers. Enemy density decreases by a noticeably.
 * Bubble Producing Machines that trap the player and drives them into spikes
 * Water Downpour that reduces your jump height
 * Haiker N's that block sewer tubes to fire at you

On Hard Mode, both paths become more difficult and pickups decrease. The lower path has increased numbers of bubble generators, while the upper path makes platforming harder with the addition of Furaibons over pits, Sola 0's and Returning Machine Gun Joes. Enemy density increases on both paths.

Stage enemies
Enemies in Pump Man's stage, a sewer containing bubble-making devices that try and take you to some Spikes in the ceiling:
 * Darspider
 * Haiker N
 * Numetall
 * R Suzy
 * Shrimparge 91
 * Furaibon (Hard Mode only)
 * Returning Machine Gun Joe (Hard Mode only)
 * Sola 0 (Hard Mode only)

Mega Man (Archie Comics)
Pump Man first appeared in the Worlds Collide crossover, as part of the Robot Master army fighting agains the heroes. Along with Aqua Man, he teamed up with Splash Woman to attack Amy Rose, only for Tails to swoop in and carry her away. He later attempted to fire a blast at Proto Man, also hitting Blaze the Cat in the process, but he used his shield to defend himself.

He later made his official debut in issue 32, where he aided in the restoration efforts of the planet in the days following Ra Moon's destruction, by pumping out excess water.

Other appearances
Pump Man appeared briefly in the manga Rockman 10 -Extra F-.

Trivia

 * Pump Man and Chill Man are the only Robot Masters in Mega Man 10 to have faces; the others just have black slits with eyes in them.
 * Despite having a cannon in his right arm, he does not pump any of the Water Shield Bubbles from it. Instead, it is used to pump water into him to turn it into the Water Shield.
 * In his official artwork, Pump Man has white shoulder spheres and yellow arms. However, due to color limitations, his shoulder spheres are blue and his arms are light blue in his sprite. In addition, Pump Man has a yellow ring around his chest cannon and a red belt around his waist. Neither of these are visible in his in-game sprite.
 * The design of Pump Man's arms are quite similar to Oil Man's and Dynamo Man's.
 * Pump Man was one of Bubble Man's early names.