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| Name(s): | Top Man, Topman |
| Type(s): | Boss |
| Group(s): | Robot Masters |
| Related Number(s): | DWN-021 |
| Lore Details | |
| Affiliation(s): | Robot Master |
| Creator(s): | Dr. Light and Dr. Wily |
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| Game Info | |
| Damage: | Mega Man 3: 4 (tops) 6 (contact) 6 (Top Spin) Mega Man II: 2 (tops) 4 (contact) 4 (Top Spin) |
| Weapon(s): | Top Spin |
| Weakness(es): | Mega Man 3: Hard Knuckle Top Spin (2nd Encounter) |
| Behind the Scenes | |
| Designer(s): | Yasushi Konjiki |
| Voice (JP): | Megumi Tano (SAR) |
| Voice (EN): | Jim Byrnes (animated series) |
Top Man (or Topman) is a Robot Master first appearing in Mega Man 3. He is one of the Robot Masters created by Dr. Light and Dr. Wily to search alien worlds for energy crystals so they could power their peace-keeping robot, Gamma. Like his fellow Robot Masters, he becomes part of Dr. Wily's evil plan, and has since been cast as a villain in most of his appearances.
Top Man is fashioned after a spinning top and is able to produce several copies of the toy from his head. He is also the master of the Top Spin, which allows him to spin around very quickly and become invincible for its duration.
Physical Appearance
Top Man is a humanoid Robot Master who has an orange helmet, boots and torso. His helmet is shaped like a top. His boots have small brown wheels on the bottom of them. He also has a black body and small yellow parts near the top of his torso. The handle of the top along with his hands are white.
Personality
Top Man is known to be a smooth talker, and utilizes this to make deals for Dr. Wily. Despite his charismatic speech, he's not great at telling stories, and tends be daring and a bit rash at times. Top Man enjoys time roller skating and will insult those who can't dance.
In the Games
Mega Man 3
In Mega Man 3, Top Man is one of the main bosses that can be selected from the start and the fifth listed on the stage select screen, in reading order. Despite being based on a spinning top, his stage has a greenhouse theme, with only a few top-themed enemies.
In battle, Top Man attacks by launching three tops into the air, which spin in midair for a while before flying down directly at Mega Man. He then begins to spin around in place, deflecting Mega Man's attacks, before rapidly whirling to the other side of the room, forcing Mega Man to jump over him. He will repeat this pattern with no variation until he is defeated, making him very predictable.
Though Top Man is weak to the Hard Knuckle, which deals 7 damage to him, he is also one of two Robot Masters in Mega Man 3 to take double damage from the Mega Buster, the other being Magnet Man. Like all of Mega Man 3's Robot Masters, he also takes 4 damage from his own weapon during his Teleporter Room rematch. Defeating him grants Mega Man the Top Spin, which functions as a short, damage-dealing twirl when used by the player.
Mega Man II
In Mega Man II on the Game Boy, Top Man is one of the second batch of Robot Masters, accessible via the top-right teleporter hatch in Wily Stage. His stage is fashioned after his original one, apart from the addition of water.
Top Man retains his weakness to the Hard Knuckle, though it now deals only 4 damage and he is no longer exceptionally weak to the Mega Buster. As before, defeating him yields the Top Spin.
Battle Network era
Top Man has a NetNavi equivalent in TopMan.EXE, reinterpreted as an old and poorly made Navi prone to malfunctioning. He first appears as a tournament opponent in Mega Man Battle Network 4 (both versions) with his operator, the elderly top maker Tensuke Takumi.
Super Smash Bros. series
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Official Data
Mega Man & Bass CD
Top Man's CD in Mega Man & Bass is located in Magic Man's stage. It is buried in the vertical section with bell ringer robots and can only be retrieved by Mega Man using Rush Search.
| 021 | Top Man | ||
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Being equipped with the auto balance system, he can spin rapidly. | GOOD POINT: Wheel-greasing | |
| BAD POINT: Storytelling | |||
| LIKE: Ice skate | |||
| "You spin me right round, baby!!" | DISLIKE: A bad dancer | ||
Mega Man Legacy Collection Database
Top Man appears under "Mega Man 3" in the Database in Mega Man Legacy Collection and is the fifth Robot Master listed for the game. Like other Robot Masters, he can be fought by pressing a designated button while viewing his data.
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Top Man | ||
| Spins at high speeds and has a shield system that renders incoming attacks ineffective. He's popular at New Year's, because he can produce toy tops from his head. | |||
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Other media
In the 1994 Mega Man (animated series), Top Man, (voiced by Jim Byrnes,) in the episode Campus Commandos infiltrates a robot school campus and pretends to be a student to befriend Roll and steal her ID card to help Dr. Wily invade the school. During the episode, Top Man deflects attacks against him with his Top Spin, and is even able to knock out Mega Man and disable his buster.
Top Man was among the last 3 Robot Masters to be defeated, only going down after Roll used the Stealth Suit to pull him into the air while he was spinning. After being dropped into a fountain below, he survives the fall and is last seen surfacing from the fountain and spewing water out of his mouth.
Captain N: The Game Master
Top Man appeared in the beginning of an episode loosely based off of Mega Man 3, called "A Tale of Two Dogs". Top Man was the last Robot Master standing and he had the last energy tank needed for Gamma to function. However, he is easily defeated by Mega Man with a single punch from the Hard Knuckle.
Mega Man Megamix
Top Man appears in the story "Metal Heart" where he attempts to recover the Yellow Devil Mark 2, but fails. He also appears again in another story called "The Strongest Enemy to Date".
Other appearances
Top Man has also appeared in numerous manga, those being Rockman World 2, Rockman: Yomigaeru Blues, and Rockman 4 Koma Dai Koushin. Top Man was also in Mega Man Gigamix
Gallery
Production notes
"I focused entirely on Top Man for an entire week, but lost all of the data in a big [computer] crash when someone tripped over the power cord. I was so devastated, but with everything so fresh in my mind I was able to get back to where I was in about three days. This incident is why I'll never forget Top Man... sometimes I wonder if my first attempt would have made a better Top Man (laughs)." - Keiji Inafune (Mega Man Official Complete Works 2009, UDON Entertainment Corp. (page 19.)
Trivia
- The quote on Top Man's Mega Man & Bass CD references the song You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive.
- Top Man's description in the Mega Man Legacy Collection Database states that he is popular at New Year's; in Japan, spinning tops (koma) are toys frequently associated with the Japanese New Year.
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