Dark Man

Dark Man (ダークマン) is the name of four robots created by Dr. Wily in Mega Man 5, one of which was created to frame Proto Man taking his form. They appeared in the Proto Man Fortress, each in a stage:

Dark Man 1
The first is a green Dark Man with treads instead of legs, that shoots at and tries to run over Mega Man. His speed increases as he receives damage. He makes a cameo in the left of Wily's stage from Marvel vs. Capcom, where he has hands and carries a bag. He was removed from the PlayStation port of this game because of memory limitations.

Dark Man 2
The second is a silver Dark Man that can create electromagnetic barriers around him. He is the only Dark Man without an arm cannon and the only one that appeared in the Mega Man cartoon series. He appeared in the Episode 15:The Day The Moon Fell and Episode 23:Brain Bots.

Dark Man 3
The third is a purple sniper Dark Man that can paralyze enemies with a ring shaped beam, and his right arm is a rapid fire weapon. Many find him the hardest of the Dark Men.

He also may have been the inspiration for Vile from the Mega Man X series. Both have a cannon and are capable of rapid fire. And both purple and are able to freeze their foes with one of their attacks.

Dark Man 4
The fourth is the red Dark Man that impersonated Proto Man to frame him for Dr. Wily. The fake Proto Man didn't have a scarf (as he lost it when kidnapping Dr. Light) and his whistle is different. When Mega Man reached the fourth Dark Man, he didn't want to fight against him (due to the fact that he thought he was the real Proto Man), getting hurt and surviving with only 1 HP. Luckily, the real Proto Man appeared and blasted away the disguise and revealed the final Dark Man, giving an L-Tank to Mega Man before the battle to recover him. His attacks appear to be a combination of the previous three Dark Man. He uses an electromagnetic barrier around him like Dark Man 2, but it's launched to the sides of the screen when he jumps, and returns to him after landing. He also uses a buster that launches 4 vollies of shots at a time.

Other media
Dark Man 2 appeared in episodes 15 and 23 from the Mega Man animated series.

The four Dark Men appeared in the manga Mega Man Megamix. Dark Man 1 and 2 first appear stealing a bank, but are stopped by Proto Man.

All four Dark Men also appeared shortly in the first episode of Mega Man: Upon a Star.



Trivia

 * The Dark Man robot may be a nod to the movie hero "Darkman", who, with his synthetic skin, can disguise himself as his enemies. Darkman had to apply his artificial skin on himself due to severe burns when his enemies attacked him. The main flaw is it disintegrates when exposed to 99 minutes of sunlight.