Metall

Metalls, also rendered as Metools, Mettools or Mettaurs (all from the Japanese メットールmettooru) or shortened to Mets, are small hard hat robots appearing throughout the Mega Man franchise. They debuted in the original Mega Man and have since appeared in every era except Legends, usually as enemies.

Due to their frequent appearances and cameos, Metalls can be considered mascots for the franchise.

In the Games

Classic era

Mega Man

Metalls (called Mets in the English manual) first appear in the original Mega Man on the NES, although they do not yet possess the look that is more commonly associated with them. In this game, Metalls are found only in Guts Man's stage and are nothing but black blobs with sleepy eyes hidden underneath a hard hat, lacking the mouth, ears and feet of most later appearances.

Mets hide under their helmets and are completely invincible until Mega Man comes near. When he does, the Met peeks out from under its helmet and fires three slow-moving projectiles - one straight forward, one diagonally upward, and one diagonally downward. Mega Man must time his shot and hit it before it takes cover again, which destroys it instantly and awards the player 500 points.

Mega Man 2

Metalls reappear in Mega Man 2 under the name Neo Metall, now sporting their better known look including a pair of yellow feet, yellow ears and a mouth, although the latter is only visible in artwork.

Mega Man 7

Metalls make their first 16-bit Classic era appearance in Mega Man 7, under the name Metall FX. These Metalls first appear in the intro stage and resemble their Neo Metall look, but have yellow mouth instead of black ones like their Mega Man X variety.

A Metall appears as one of the possible images used for a password. They are also referenced in a gag in the intro stage, where Auto erroneously hands Mega Man a Metall helmet instead of his own, blue one.

Mega Man 11

In Mega Man 11, Metalls appear similar to their Neo Metall look, but with grey ears instead of the more common yellow and with segmented feet. They are known simply as Metalls, with no further specifications given.

X era

Mega Man X

Metalls, known as Metall C-15, appear as enemies in the first Mega Man X. They strongly resemble their common Classic era design, but are drawn in artwork to appear slightly more detailed and robotic. They also possess yellow-coloured mouths, as they would in Mega Man 7 (which was released later). Instead of the more common three bullets, they only fire one in this game, or opt to follow X around and try to bump into him.

On the password screen, several Metalls are seen in every numbered panel, randomly peeking out from under their helmets. They are irrelevant to the level password, however.

Mega Man X2

While Metalls don't appear as independent enemies in Mega Man X2, the enemy Garakuta Robot found in the Robot Junkyard stage uses two Metall C-15s as shoulder pads. They don't appear to be functional, and do not detach from the robot.

Mega Man X8

The standard Metall returns in Mega Man X8, now simply known as Metall and using another design variation on its original design. It can be found in the Noah's Park and Metal Valley stages.

Other varieties

Several other enemies based on the Metall appear throughout the X games, with varying degrees of similarity in behaviour and design. These include the Planty, Mettaur D2, Metall T, Metall S, Cone Metall and Scrap Metall.

Zero era

In most games of the Zero era, Metalls are not normally found in the levels. However, some Cyber-elves (identified by names starting with "M-" or "Met") possess the ability to turn enemies into Metalls, resembling the varieties found in Mega Man 7.

Mega Man Zero 4

In Mega Man Zero 4, Metalls appear as enemies in the Hibernation Chamber and Living City stages, again resembling their Mega Man 7 design.

Battle Network era

Main article: Mettaur

Metalls, here rendered as Mettaurs, appear as common viruses and associated chips in the Battle Network era, debuting in the first Mega Man Battle Network. Unlike the heavy redesigns seen in the Battle Network incarnations of other characters and enemies, They resemble their common look from the Classic era very closely, but have no mouth and are seen wielding and using pickaxes.

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