Met

Met is a recurring Mechaniloid enemy from the Mega Man series that has a indestructible hard hat. The word Met is derived from the word helmet. They are also called Mettool, Metall, Mettall, and Mettaur. They didn't have an official name in English, changing between the three names through the games until 2004 when the name Mettaur was used in all western Mega Man games since. Their official Japanese name is Metall (メットール), with Mettool and similars being mistranslations. They are unofficially called Hard Hats in some strategy guides.

These robots have appeared in almost all of the Mega Man game series, except for the Mega Man Legends series. They mostly appear as enemies, but there are also bosses such as the giant Met in Dr. Wily's castle in Mega Man 4, Metall Daddy. In Mr. X's castle in Mega Man 6 there is a Met boss operating a tank, named Mettonger Z. In Mega Man ZX, there is a giant Met miniboss, named Powmettaur. Mettaurs are also popular for their cute look and curious behavior.

Mets in the original series






Met C-15
Met C-15 (メットール Ｃ－１５) is the basic Met of the first Mega Man X game, and he appears in the stages of Armored Armadillo, Storm Eagle, and the first Sigma stage. He basically acts like his classic predecessor. It hides in the helmet most of the time, and tries to attack the player from the back. The Garakuta Robot from Mega Man X2 uses parts of it.

They also appear in the Game Boy games Mega Man Xtreme and Mega Man Xtreme 2, and had appearances in the Rockman X manga.



Planty
Planty (プランティー) is a relative of the Mets that was originally created to monitor forests. It appears in Sting Chameleon's Forest Stage, and likes to ambush the player by hiding in the foliage and then popping out when X gets close. Iworms crawl out of their grassy heads.



Metall D2
Metall D2 is a spy Met equipped with a walkie-talkie antennae and night vision that first appeared in Mega Man X4, as part of Repliforce's bid for independence, and later in Mega Man X6. Similar Mets also appeared in other Mega Man X games shortly thereafter, like Metall T and the Mets in Mega Man X: Command Mission.



Metall T
Metall T is a small modification of the Metall D2. They still function the same as their predecessors.



Metall S
Metall S is a Met from Mega Man X7.



Cone Metall
Cone Metall is a Met from Mega Man X7.



Scrap Metall
Scrap Metall is a Met from Mega Man X7.



Met (Mega Man X8)
The standard Met in Mega Man X8, which acts similar to the Met C-15 from the first Mega Man X game. Most of the time they hide under their helmets, lifting only to attack with one bullet or to attack the player from behind, but can be turned around by breaking their defense. When powered up by a Bulbrite, it shot three bullets instead of one. It appears in Noah's Park and Metal Valley.



Army Metall
Army Metall is a Met from Mega Man X8 with a green helmet with a star and antennae that appears in Bamboo Pandamonium's stage. It acts in the same way as the normal Met, and shot three bullets instead of one when powered up by a Bulbrite.



Metall GM
Metall GM is a Met from Mega Man X8 that appears in the beginning of Dark Mantis's stage and acts the same way as the standard Met.



Metall Ride
Metall Ride (メットールライド) is a Met from Mega Man X8 that uses the Dice Ride Armor and attack with three bolts. When the armor is destroyed, the Met falls and attacks normally. It appears in Earthrock Trilobyte's stage.



Mettaur
The Mettaur from Mega Man X: Command Mission has a design closer to its original series counter part than previous Mets. A feature unique to it and all Mets in Command Missions was that it had a weakness to Combat-type attacks. When it ducked under its helmet, it would take significantly less damage from Shot-type attacks.



Silver Mettaur
Silver Mettaur is a Met from Mega Man X: Command Mission. It was located in a locked area of the Gimialla Mines and gave out the second largest amount of Zenny from a regular enemy upon defeat (2500).



Gold Mettaur
Gold Mettaur is a Met from Mega Man X: Command Mission. It was located in a locked area of the Gimialla Mines and gave out the largest amount of Zenny from a regular enemy upon defeat (7000).



"Mettaur Cure" (?)
Mettaur Cure is a Met from Mega Man X: Command Mission. As the name suggests, it acted in a healer role by providing health restoration and stat boosts to the entire enemy party.



"Mettaur Counter" (?)
Mettaur Counter is a Met from Mega Man X: Command Mission. Its unique trait was the ability to deflect both Combat and Shot type attacks by strengthening against the type it was last hit with.

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"Mettaur Commander" (?)
Mettaur Commander is a Met from Mega Man X: Command Mission. It served as a stronger version of the Mettaur.

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Mettaur Gigant
Mettaur Gigant is a rare Mettaur from Mega Man X: Command Mission found on Gimialla Mine. It was found in the metallic rooms of the locked off section. It was extremely powerful for a Mettaur and had a strong shield against all attack types, but was easily prone to running.

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Mets in the Zero series
The Mets appear in all four games from the Mega Man Zero series, but they don't have any new attribute, being called ancient Mechaniloids. In the first three games from the Zero series, they don't appear as normal enemies. They only appear if Hacker Cyber-elves like Metoras are used to turn almost all enemies of the stage into Mets. These Mets seens to be all from Mega Man 7, being them Metall RW (land enemies), Heli Metall RW (aerial enemies) and Swim Metall RW (aquatic enemies).

In Mega Man Zero 4, there are only standard Mettaurs (without RW in its name) in Fenri Lunaedge's stage. It's possible to use their helmets as a shield by using the Zero Knuckle.



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Pattrolaur
Pattrolaur is a overfactored patroller Mettaur designed and developed by Slither Inc..

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Remettaur
Remettaur, known as Metall RE in Japan, is a Met similar to the Metall Mommy. Produced by a factory on Slither Inc.'s request.

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Powmettaur
Powmettaur, known as Metall Powered (メットールパワード) in Japan, is the sub boss from Area H. It's similar to the Metall Daddy and Mettaur Gigant. It drops Mini-Mets from the top of its head, spits balloons with enemies in them, and can hover like a UFO. It was originally designed as a amusement park mascot.

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VMettaur
VMettaur, known as Metall V in Japan, is the latest model Mettaur from Mega Man ZX Advent that appears in the Quarry. It spits mini Mettaur bombs. Its cute looks earned it nominations to be mascot for amusement parks.

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Mets in the Battle Network series
In the MegaMan Battle Network series, the Mets are computer viruses that attacks with pickets and Shockwaves. In the first game they are called Mettool, and from the second and on they are called Mettaur. Depending of the game, there are between 3 to 6 varieties of Mettaurs. In total there are 9: Mettaur, Mettaur2, Mettaur3, MettaurEX, Mettaur2EX, Mettaur3EX, MettaurSP (MettaurΩ (Omega) in the English versions of BN3-5, and SP in BN6), RareMettaur (RareMttar) and RareMettaur2. They all have the same appearance with different colors and statistics (HP, speed, strength, Battle Chips left). If more then one Mettaur appear in battle, only one of them will attack at a time, and Mettaurs that are higher in level than the basic (2 and up) will hide under their hard hats if it is not their turn to attack.

There are three basic Mettaurs that appears in all games: The first Mettaur found in the games has a yellow helmet and doesn't hide under it. The second Mettaur, Mettaur2, has a red helmet and hides under the helmet while another Mettaur is attacking. Mettaur3 is blue and acts like Mettaur2, only having higher stats.

In MegaMan Battle Network 4, there is a Mettaur Village.

In the Anime Mettaurs have a unique language made up of grunts that sound like "Met!"

Mets in the Star Force series
In the MegaMan Star Force series there are Mets called "Mettenna". Its name is probably a combination of the words Met and antenna. Their appearance and movements are similar to the Mettaurs from the MegaMan Battle Network series. The only difference is that their helmets have a sharp point on the tip. Also the point gives off tiny ring-shaped radio waves.

Other media
The Mets appeared in various Mega Man media, like the Mega Man animated series, Mega Man: Upon a Star, MegaMan NT Warrior, Rockman Megamix, and others.

In the Mega Man cartoon series, the Met only appears in the first episode, "The Beginning." He talks by making funny sounds, yet Dr. Light seems to understand him. The Met goes out into the field with Roll and helps Dr. Light in the lab. Many items seem to come out of his hardhat, even an entire stretcher for Mega Man.

The Mets also makes short appearances in Mega Man: Upon a Star in a amusement park (Train Met and a common Met), and Rockman Megamix in a construction area.

In the MegaMan NT Warrior animes, the Mettaur is a recurring virus. In the first episode of Rockman EXE Stream and the 14th episode of Rockman EXE Beast+, one giant Mettaur virus appears.

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Similar enemies
Enemies similar to the Mets.
 * Picket Man, a special type of Met.
 * Umbrella Guard
 * Shothead
 * Shekuten
 * Brain Break
 * Brown