PharaohMan.EXE

PharaohMan.EXE is a Solo NetNavi that appears as a boss in several games of the Mega Man Battle Network series.

Personality
PharaohMan has been mainly shown to be arrogant toward others because of his great power and ruthless towards his enemies. He is also power-hungry and megalomaniacal in the anime series after he got infected by a virus, leading him to try and take over the Cyberworld.

Mega Man Battle Network
PharaohMan appears as a secret boss. To encounter him, the player must have beaten the Life Virus and reached at least Level 70. After the first fight with him in Internet Area 12, he will reappear as a random encounter in that area from then on.

Mega Man Network Transmission
PharaohMan appears as the guardian of the data of the Legendary WWW Area when MegaMan attempts to retrieve WWW data from the area. The two engage in battle and PharaohMan is defeated, allowing MegaMan to collect the OldData.

Hit Points: 1000

Element: Neutral

Abilities: When PharaohMan is defeated, the player either receives an Anubis battle chip or a PharaohMan battle chip.
 * Sarcophagus Laser (120) - PharaohMan drops a coffin that fires a laser.
 * Poison Anubis (40) - PharaohMan drops an Anubis statue that slowly damages MegaMan. Can be destroyed.
 * Ratton (10) - PharaohMan drops a coffin that releases a Ratty.

Interestingly, before the fight, MegaMan comments how he hadn't seen that Navi type before, implying the post-events for the first are non-canon and this may be his only canon fight with MegaMan, assuming he didn’t just forget.

Mega Man Battle Network 2
PharaohMan appears in the WWW Area 1 and tries to stop MegaMan from advancing, but is defeated. He then reappears in that area for rematches.

Anime History
PharaohMan was given a much more notable and significant role from within the anime series as it's revealed that PharaohMan himself is an extremely powerful Solo NetNavi who was created 20 years ago by Tadashi Hikari (the father of Yuichiro and grandfather of Lan), being intended to monitor and guide the flow of data across the Net and had full access to it as a result, but had to be sealed away due to him being infected by a virus.

Manga History
In the manga, PharaohMan.EXE appears in Volume 3 and 4. In this version, he is portrayed a bit more comical, often falling down when getting angry and requires help to get back up although he still shows an air of authority and great wisdom along with a strict, almost no-nonsense attitude. He tests MegaMan.EXE by making him fight four great warriors which assume his image as well as style-changing to upgrade themselves. After realizing what MegaMan.EXE has that the warrior doesn't, MegaMan.EXE then gains the ability of Perfect-Synchro, as well as Hub-Style. PharaohMan.EXE and the four warriors then ascend into the "afterlife" after Hub-Style's energy surge.

Abilities
PharaohMan generally relies on his two sarcophagi to fight opponents. These can attack as well as shield him.


 * The sarcophagi open when MegaMan steps in front of them, and release one of these:
 * A powerful green laser that covers an entire row.
 * A Ratton. In BN2 is Ratty attack in v1, Ratty2 in v2 and Ratty3 in v3.
 * Randomly generate a huge block on the player's field.
 * A wind effect that constantly blows the player to the back column. (In BN2)


 * Pharaoh Trap: An inscription is released from PharaohMan. A trap is then placed on the player's field, which, when stepped on, will release:
 * A snake that will track MegaMan until it is destroyed.
 * An Anubis that poisons the player's field until destroyed.
 * Meteors that track MegaMan's movement. In BN2 is Meteor9 chip in v1, Meteor12 in v2 and Meteor18 in v3.

Trivia

 * During the production of the original Mega Man Battle Network, PharaohMan originally was supposed to have an Operator who would wear a one-eyed mask, but this idea was scrapped.
 * PharaohMan may be the series's counterpart to the Morris worm; a program made with good intentions to monitor computers and data, but an unexpected error drives them into becoming incredibly dangerous, leading to their fate of being sealed in a physically-isolated location. (PharaohMan inside a computer chip suspended with metal rods, the Morris worm inside a floppy disk.)