Welcome to the Gear Powers!, Part 1

Welcome to the Gear Powers!, Part 1 is the first episode of the season one from The Gear Powers and of the series in general, as well as the first of the two parts of the episode of the same name.

Synopsis
This episode is about Pharaoh Man, the only Robot Master (other than Tundra Man) created by Dr. Cossack who survived for an entire century which was the time of the Maverick Wars. So, the pharaoh robot decided to move to Japan to avoid certain conflicts Russia and some other places in the world had suffered. When he finds a big castle, called Castle Double Gear, he's friends with the Light Numbers. The story is about how they become the Gear Powers.

Summary
The episode begins with Pharaoh Man on a long monorail ride on a rainy night. The next morning, arriving in the city of Tokyo, the capital of Japan, he and the other passengers get out of the vehicle with their luggage. Pharaoh Man creates a fire aura to carry his two suitcases and is impressed when he observes the city around him. Strolling all over the place, the people cheerfully give him a warm welcome to Japan, and Pharaoh Man saves a boss of the builders from falling on the roof of a construction room. While he walks away from the city looking for a new home to live in, a dark shadow appears with luminescent red eyes and a sinister smile among the trees.

Night comes, and we find a huge and beautiful golden castle, with many towers around it, with a variety of doors of different colors, and two giant red and blue gears (representing the Power Gear and the Speed Gear) above the roof, named Castle Double Gear. The eight Light Numbers, who are Robot Masters from Mega Man 11, live there, they are: Fuse Man, the leader of the group and the most serious; Block Man, a construction robot with a bad temper and is the smallest, but at the same time he has a big heart of gold; Blast Man, a pyrotechnic robot with a volatile, dangerous attitude; Acid Man, a scientist bot who is the intellect of his brothers; Tundra Man, a professional ice skater with an effeminate, elegant personality; Torch Man, a martial artist considered to be a ruffian with bad manners but he is also one of the most mature of the group; Impact Man, other construction robot who works along with Block Man and is actually made up by three pile driver robots known as the Impact Brothers; And Bounce Man, the youngest of his brothers with a cheerful, optimistic personality and a hyperactive attitude. Continuing with the story, they prepare to go to sleep. Later, a tremor is felt inside the castle that awakens the Light Numbers, they go to Bounce Man's room and discover that he was the one who caused the tremor. Enraged, Block Man orders him to return to his bed, but Bounce Man ignores him and continues to bounce around his room, until Blast Man manages to make him sleep with two rubber balls Boyorn.

Meanwhile, Pharaoh Man continues to walk the streets of Tokyo in search of a new home for him, but he also feels very tired despite not giving up easily. To his good fortune, he finds the Castle Double Gear and decides to enter it without warning. Silently, the same suspicious shadow appears behind the castle spying on the Egyptian robot.

The next morning, the Light Numbers eat Japanese white rice for breakfast which Torch Man is upset about being his daily breakfast. Suddenly Blast Man realizes that someone left the front door open and Fuse Man also discovers that the same thing happened with the attic door. Then, the eight decide to investigate and cautiously climb the spiral stairs, but Bounce Man loses his balance and falls bouncing. Tundra Man activates his Speed ​​Gear and quickly skates down the railings before the pink robot is popped by a cactus, and manages to stop his fall with his Tundra Storm. Once they reach the attic, Fuse Man trusts himself to be the first to enter for the sake of his brothers and slowly approaches the "intruder" who is asleep on the floor. Bounce Man sees baby spiders through the curtains and Tundra Man freaks out causing a brief fuss. However, Fuse Man is still focused, watching the intruder and the light from his fuses reveals a sleeping Pharaoh Man. Acid Man has the feeling that no one knows him, although for Tundra Man it sounds somewhat familiar to him. Bounce Man sneezes loudly which bounces him around the attic due to dirt dust. This caused Pharaoh Man to wake up and the Light Numbers immediately moved away from him. They doubt his presence a little, but realize that he was the intruder who entered their castle without permission. Pharaoh apologizes for that and introduces himself to the eight robots. A little shy, Fuse Man greets him and introduces himself and his brothers. While they are glad to have met a Cossack Number like him, Acid Man is deeply jealous of the Egyptian robot and begins to do questions about him. Pharaoh also meets Fuse Man's pet rabbit Watt, and Tundra Man is very happy to see him again as they are both Cossack Numbers. When the polite ice skating robot asks about his other siblings, Pharaoh Man sadly replies to him and the rest of the Light Numbers that Dr. Cossack and his daughter Kalinka did survived from the many crises in Russia for unknown reasons but the rest of the Cossack Numbers didn't. Shocked to hear such bad news, Tundra Man begins to cry and the Egyptian robot gives him a comforting hug. The others feel sorry for the loss of their loved ones and Pharaoh thanks them for their compassion. Also, they want him to be their best friend through a song about the power of friendship.

On the other hand, we can see another castle which is considered as the opposite pole of the Castle Double Gear, named Devil Gear Kingdom. The main villain of the series, Queen Marysalis Shimmer (who was the same suspicious shadow spying on Pharaoh Man), lives there and is enviously enraged when he joined the Light Numbers. Going to her laboratory, she prepares the mix for her own Double Gear system which has two gears (one black, the Power Gear; and another one gray, the Speed Gear) and places it in there turning into robot energy. Marysalis is happy with the result and is ready to build her latest greatest creations, the Shimmer Numbers, giving them a role to not only defeat Pharaoh Man and his new friends but also help her fulfill her greatest dream: The Reign of the Universe exclusively for robots and zero humanity, singing Let's Start This War Right Now.

Meanwhile, in Castle Double Gear's throne room, the Light Numbers plan to surprise Pharaoh Man with a gift, the Double Gear Scepter, as a token of their friendship and then name him as the official leader of the group while Fuse Man will be the co-leader. Acid Man enters surprised and angry at the same time because Pharaoh Man answered all his three hundred questions in less than twenty minutes. Impact Man assumes that he is jealous of the Egyptian robot for his intelligence and wisdom, but Acid Man keeps that feeling hidden and lies that he is exasperated because he doesn't remember where in his room he kept the Double Gear Scepter. Then, he goes right there leaving a confused Impact Man. Subsequently, something is heard to collapse and the scene reveals that it was Block Man's brick wall. The little teal robot is impressed by what happened, unfairly blames Bounce Man and they both briefly argue, but Torch Man stops the fight and honestly admits that he was the one who knocked down the brick wall even though it wasn't his intention since he was practicing Torch-jutsu as he always does. However, Block Man forgives him and thanks him for his honesty. Out of nowhere, a red Blazing Torch-shaped crystal (Torch Man's Special Weapon) appears in the sky and falls into the right hand of the Fire Robot Master, bringing him curiosity to know what the reason is. At Acid Man's room, the scientist robot finishes preparing and polishing the Double Gear Scepter. He is about to leave quickly until he stops for a moment and refuses to give it to Pharaoh Man because he is still jealous of the Egyptian robot. So, looking sinisterly at the Scepter, Acid Man plans something malicious so he can become the most intelligent scientist robot in the world.

At Nakaume Heavy Machinery, Impact Man and the Pickelmen perform construction and excavation tasts. Suddenly, a thunderstorm lightning bolt strikes the roof causing an earthquake, and all the Pickelmen run off as rocks and dirt fall. Impact Man barely makes it to the main entrance when the rocks suddenly block the door, leaving the two-color robot trapped in the construction room. Fortunately, to the Pickelmen's relief, he is still alive and well, so he persistently tries to destroy the rock wall with all his might, but it is too thick. However, Impact doesn't plan to give up now and must continue pushing himself. Activating his Power Gear, he transforms into a jackhammer and begins drilling the rock wall. The Pickelmen encourage him, knowing that he can overcome any obstacle around him, and he manages to destroy the rock wall. They praise him and rejoice at his success, while an orange Pile Driver-shaped crystal (Impact Man's Special Weapon) appears in the sky and falls on the Light Number's right arm, also wondering what's going on in this case.

Back at Castle Double Gear, in the throne room, Fuse Man calms his rabbit Watt scared by rain thunder. Torch Man asks if something bad happens to Pharaoh Man and worries about his well-being. Later, Impact Man runs into the castle and tells them that he also has a crystal like Torch Man although he doesn't know how it appeared either but that it could be a mystery that the Light Numbers will manage to solve it together. Furthermore, he also tells them that he found a note from Pharaoh Man in an E-Tank that is attached to his back. Without hesitation, Blast Man grabs the E-Tank and reads what it says, realizing that Pharaoh gave them a note for help because he is in danger. Then, as the Light Numbers prepare to spring into action, Acid Man appears with the Double Gear Scepter on his hand sliding down the railings with his acid and gives the Scepter to Fuse Man for this dangerous adventure in case of need. However, Impact Man is upset by Acid Man's attitude when he sees him laughing silently, realizing that he is up to something.

Meanwhile, back at Devil Gear Kingdom's laboratory, Marysalis Shimmer finishes building the Shimmer Numbers. The Dark Double Gear system fires black and gray energy beams at each of them to function and awaken, forming a round around their creator. She introduces herself to her creations and tells them of her evil plans, that Pharaoh Man is currently her greatest enemy since joining the Light Numbers. Also, she and Sigma were friends and colleagues who have been responsible for the Maverick Wars in the age of Mega Man X, but they failed and Sigma passed away for unknown reasons, leaving a frustrated and furious Marysalis. Therefore, the function of her Shimmer Numbers is to defeat the Light Numbers and help her fulfill her dream of conquering the Universe so she can create a world exclusively for robots and without humans. The Shimmers agree and immediately leave the laboratory.

The Light Numbers walk through a strange mysterious forest, listening to the sound of singing crickets, owls, and cracking branches. Later, spirit lions confront the heroes. When the other robots try to forcefully subdue them, Fuse Man tells them to stop. He kindly approaches a lion cub and it shows him a thorn stuck in its paw. He removes the thorn and the grateful lion cub licks him. Fuse Man tells Torch Man that even if he didn't know about the thorn, sometimes we need to show kindness especially to the most dangerous animals on planet Earth. He is about to leave when a yellow Scramble Thunder-shaped crystal (Fuse Man's Special Weapon) appears floating and the electric bot catches it.

The Light Numbers enter through a dark cavern, but can't see where they are going and push each other. Blast Man angrily asks Fuse Man to light the place, but Fuse Man tells him that the light from his fuses is limited and that the path is too long. Acid Man asks him to use the Double Gear Scepter to illuminate. Although he doubted him a bit, Fuse Man uses the Scepter screaming "Night light!" and, to his surprise, he fires an explosion that causes a tremor inside the caves. They all run while trying to reach the entrance, but it is too late, as the rocks block the way, leaving the eight trapped, with Acid Man pretending to realize that he was wrong with this ability for the Scepter. The episode continues.

Debut of the series

 * Pharaoh Man
 * Block Man
 * Fuse Man
 * Blast Man
 * Acid Man
 * Tundra Man
 * Torch Man
 * Impact Man
 * Bounce Man
 * Watt
 * The Pickelmen
 * Marysalis Shimmer
 * Shimmer Numbers

Transcript
See: Transcripts/Welcome to the Gear Powers!, Part 1

Other facts and trivia

 * The episode of the same name has two parts instead of one as it was previously.
 * Also, some scenes from another old two-part episode, "Team Power", have been used for this new one.