Tundra Man

Tundra Man (ツンドラマン Tsundora Man) is a Robot Master who appears in Mega Man 11. He's one of the main characters from "The Gear Powers". He was created as a surveillance robot designed to monitor environment changes in some of Earth's coldest regions. He led a lonely life, though, and after watching an ice skating championship on TV, he was inspired to quit his job and become a professional figure skater. Tundra Man is able to attract people with his seductive and exquisite dances on ice. He also works as a fashion designer, always ensuring that his brothers and Pharaoh Man have their perfect outfits, although sometimes to the point of exaggeration.

Tundra Man represents the Element of Generosity.

Appearance
Tundra Man is a tall, slender Robot Master. Most of his body is covered in bluish-purple armor, parts of which have ice crystals embedded in them. He also has ice skate blades on his feet and a long braid made of ice crystals.

Personality
Tundra Man is very flashy ice skating robot and likes to show off his moves to attract people. He is elegant, handsome, attractive, polite, refined and delicate, with a formal French-style vocabulary and good manners, but he can also be boastful, arrogant, selfish and sometimes forcing others to look as fabulous as he is. He loves being in the spotlight and often hates sharing it with anyone, not even the Gear Powers, to the point of being quite rude and bossy with them. He also demonstrates an extremely feminine side, very obsessed with shiny objects, jewelry, red roses, doing hairstyle and sometimes makeup. Unlike the other fashionist Robot Masters (like Jewel Man, Diamond Man, etc.), Tundra Man has no problem to get naked to admire himself with his slender, delicate and attractive body. His fashion consciousness extends even to moments of danger, but sometimes he lets himself be carried away with his attention to detail. On the other hand, he tends to burst into tears and turn to someone for comfort, not to mention that he is also very dramatic when he loses things or when his self-image is ruined.

Despite his flaws, Tundra Man is very kind and generous towards his family, friends, and fans. He loves to sing songs whenever he wants and is also a talented violinist, playing amazing music and dazzling many people, including his brothers and Pharaoh Man. While Tundra Man cares quite a bit about his self-image, he sometimes risks getting dirty when it comes to helping a friend in distress, even willing to sacrifice his own beauty to help restore the "fabulousness" of others.

Abilities
See: Tundra Man's powers and abilities

Weaknesses

 * Scramble Thunder - Like Ice Man and Cold Man, Tundra Man is weak to electric-based weapons.
 * He has a very rude, bossy and selfish attitude towards others, mostly with Torch Man, who often humiliates and intimidates him for his bad manners.
 * He is too much of a perfectionist and constantly worries about his self-image.
 * He boasts and trusts his abilities too much.
 * He is the most emotionally vulnerable.
 * He tends to cry easily when things get worse.
 * He is afraid of insects (except butterflies, moths, dragonflies, and bees), arachnids, and mice.

Relationships

 * Torch Man: Tundra Man and Torch Man are two Robot Masters who are considered opposite poles, both in personality and element, they get along very badly, they almost always argue, they have problems between them continuously and they are the characters that have fought the most during the series. Tundra Man treats Torch Man unfairly like a ruffian because he is not very educated for his way of life despite his maturity, hates him with resentment, insults him and even intimidates him (looking angrily or pointing his face at him with the tip from his ice braid) to even force him to tell the truth; and at the same time, Torch treats him as a selfish, capricious and arrogant prince for always being a perfectionist. Despite this, when they do their best, they can become great friends.
 * Pharaoh Man: The two are brothers since they are created by Dr. Cossack and have an excellent brotherly relationship. While Pharaoh Man is not very fond of fashion, he would never deny wearing Tundra Man's fancy outfits for some special occasions. Pharaoh Man often tries to prove to him that friendship and family are more important than fashion and elegance, especially if Tundra lets his fame go to his head. Pharaoh Man is the one who often stops the fight between him and Torch Man.
 * Block Man: Although the two have totally different tastes, they have a very catchy friendship. Tundra Man sometimes gives and teaches Block Man ice skating classes, which he is surprisingly good at it. However, Block Man doesn't like it when he and Blast Man show off their abilities too much and their fame for talents goes to their heads.
 * Fuse Man: The two are best friends with an almost always inseparable, brotherly friendship. Despite the fact that Fuse Man is not interested in something related to elegance and beauty, at least let him be used as a test model for Tundra Man for his suits. At the same time, Tundra Man strongly respects him as a good co-leader of the group and treats him with great love, kindness and tenderness.
 * Blast Man: Although the two don't have much contact each other and don't live together so much, since their interests are totally different, they can get along quite well if they want to. Even if Blast Man doesn't like things related to fashion and elegance, he allows Tundra Man to use himself as a model to try on his suits at times. Both share that spirit of drawing attention although Tundra Man uses it for his ice skating shows and Blast Man for his explosion art. As with Torch Man, Tundra Man fights and argues with Blast Man because of his volatile and impulsive attitude, but they easily reconcile and care for each other.
 * Acid Man: They are both very polite Robot Masters, they have good manners and enjoy each other's company, they are even seen having a chamomile or rose tea while talking. Although Acid Man is not very interested in ice skating shows and contests, on some occasions he sees Tundra Man participate and encourages him to support him.
 * Impact Man: Despite the fact that they rarely spend time together because Impact Man is always busy with construction tasks, they both get along if they want to. Even if they haven't had big problems with each other, Tundra Man treats him like a ruffian for his stubbornness and "clumsy" way of living life to the fullest. As for the Impact Brothers, Tundra Man treats them with love and affection, and loves to use them as models for his stylish outfits.
 * Bounce Man: The two are super close and with a solid friendship, as well as in several episodes they form a perfect dynamic duo during some missions. Tundra Man is very patient and tolerant towards Bounce Man, enjoying his antics and defending him when the others become impatient with him.
 * Butterflette: They get along very well. Tundra Man gives Butterflette ice skating lessons, while she is a huge fan of him and idolizes him. She loves playing her violin with him, especially in special occasions. Tundra Man always makes sure that she has the right suit for an elegant party. Butterflette often reminds Tundra Man how important friendship is, especially when he lets fame go to his head.

Other facts and trivia

 * Tundra Man is the third Robot Master whose battling style is themed after a sport (figure skating in this case), the other two being Blizzard Man and Strike Man.
 * He's also the second one of this group to be ice-themed, as well as the seventh Robot Master in the series overall to be ice-themed.
 * Similar to Ice Man's weakness to Thunder Beam from the first Mega Man game, Tundra Man's weakness to Scramble Thunder is a reference to the minerals contained within ice that are able to conduct electricity.
 * This makes Tundra Man the fourth ice-themed boss in the franchise to be weak to an electric weapon, preceded by Ice Man, Cold Man, and Avalanche Yeti.
 * Funnily enough, all four of these bosses are in games that also feature fire-themed bosses that are weak to their weapons.

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