Fuse Man

Fuse Man (ヒューズマン Hyūzuman) is a Robot Master who appears in Mega Man 11. He is one of the main characters from "The Gear Powers" and is the co-leader of the group. He was created to manage and fine-tune power transformer stations. He's designed to handle massive electrical currents, but if he ever encounters a current that's too strong for him, the fuses on his head will blow, saving him from a critical overload. He's a crucial part of the city's power supply system, so he treats his job with a sense of responsibility and duty, putting speed above all else when a problem arises. Fuse Man is also an animal lover and caretaker although his main priority is his pet rabbit Watt who calms his stress during or after his work which requires him to be alert 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

With an alert and on-edge disposition coupled by his electrifying nature, Fuse Man uses his electric-based powers to attack his opponents at lightning-fast speed. His Special Weapon is Scramble Thunder.

Fuse Man represents the Element of Kindness.

Appearance
Fuse Man is a tall slender robot with a black skin-tight suit that is protected by yellow and blue armor. His helmet is also yellow and has two energy tubes that stick out from its sides, somewhat resembling horns. A lightning bolt symbol is also engraved on each of Fuse Man's boots. In addition, a green circle is engraved on Fuse Man's left chest plate, and yellow spikes protrude from the sides of Fuse Man's lower torso.

Personality
Being the co-leader of the group, Fuse Man is the most mature, serious, quiet, and stoic, yet at the same time surprisingly a little shy. However, he is also bit of a show-off, even when he competes against Blast Man at times, moving at the speed of light to demonstrate his agile prowess after activating his Speed Gear. Always when Fuse Man is in the most stressed moments, he communicates with his animal friends, they support and encourage him. Furthermore, when he feels someone mistreating them, he will unleash a dominant force and an incredibly powerful burst of fury that even Marysalis Shimmer and other more evil villains would be scared to death.

Of all the Gear Powers, Fuse Man is the most introverted and rarely smiles. Also, he has a tendency to hide a lot of his emotions or feelings, especially the negative ones, in order to stay strong, but when a situation worsens, he finds it difficult to control them, which even makes depression dominate and affect his mental health completely. In the episode Lost and Found, when Fuse loses his rabbit Watt before leaving work, he begins to get stressed and tries to hide his sadness towards the others and the Gear Powers which to Block Man's anger, but at the same time was unable to control it because he couldn't help but fear the worst.

Abilities
See: Fuse Man's powers and abilities

Weaknesses

 * Bounce Ball - Because rubber doesn't conduct electricity, Bounce Man's weapon deals heavy damage to Fuse Man on impact and will make short work of him.
 * His shyness sometimes makes some robots and reploids impatient, mostly Block Man.
 * Although he doesn't like to brag, when he and Blast Man fight, he lets his pride go to his head.
 * Every time Watt or any of his loved ones disappear, Fuse Man hides his sadness from others, even though this is a disadvantage since keeping too many negative emotions in oneself can make him/her mentally ill and depressed.

Relationships

 * Pharaoh Man: After Pharaoh Man arrived in Japan and when the Gear Powers were curious to find out who entered Castle Double Gear, Fuse Man was the first to take over investigating it and, entering the attic on his own and for his brothers' well-being, he finds Pharaoh Man lying on the ground and was confident enough to dare to speak to him, and then Pharaoh becomes a good friends with him and other Gear Powers. The two are super close and have a strong and inseparable brotherly relationship. Pharaoh Man often encourages Fuse Man and tries to help him overcome his deep shyness, especially in the role of the co-leader of the group. Even if he doesn't express it openly, Fuse Man always shows a greater concern for Pharaoh Man than the other Gear Powers, keeping the promise of taking care of each other.
 * Watt: Fuse Man is very responsible and gentle to his pet rabbit Watt, as he helps calm his stress during his constant work. Nonetheless, Watt sometimes accidentally causes disasters that make Fuse Man more stressed and angry at him, but he always apologizes for screaming and calming Watt down with a hug, proving that despite the trouble, he would never hurt Watt and his other animals to learn to behave well since he hates animal abuse. On the contrary, Fuse Man always treats them with great affection, kindness and love.
 * Block Man: They are very good brothers, although Block Man sometimes gets mad at Fuse Man for being shy or hiding his emotions/feelings towards him and the other Gear Powers, but still strongly respects him as a good co-leader and supports him if necessary.
 * Blast Man: The two are very competitive with each other and can show off their skills, especially in the sports field. Although they mostly tie, both argue and fight, but they are still easily reconciled. In fact, Fuse Man doesn't always get along with Blast Man as his explosive temperament, volatile character, and teasing never leave him alone. However, they are able to forget their differences and get along better as big brothers if they agree.
 * Acid Man: They have a good brotherly relationship and are usually there to give advice to each other, just as the two are very responsible when it comes to work, although unlike Fuse Man, Acid Man is a great perfectionist by nature. They occasionally go to the hot spring wells to rest and chat a bit. They share an amazing taste for the natural sciences and often experiment together.
 * Tundra 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.
 * Torch Man: Torch Man has a fatherly attitude towards Fuse Man and, for that reason, both build a father-son relationship. Being the most empathetic of the group, Torch Man helps him not only overcome some of his fears but also understand his emotions when Fuse Man tries to hide them from others, as in the case of the episode Lost and Found where Torch was the only one who knows that Fuse was not feeling well after losing Watt.
 * Impact Man: They are good brothers although they don't always interact and respect each other's way of being. Like Torch Man, Impact Man is another father figure to Fuse Man, but unlike the fire-type Robot Master, he gets impatient and quite upset when Fuse Man tries to hide his feelings for himself and the other Gear Powers. Still, they both know how to do great teamwork and support each other to keep going. Fuse Man also has a good brotherly friendship with the Impact Brothers.
 * Bounce Man: Bounce Man strongly respects Fuse Man and constantly admires him for his amazing electric abilities, and many times he's chasing him to give him big hugs. Even if Fuse Man is used to his follies, he gets impatient when Bounce Man becomes too restless. However, they treat each other like best friends no matter if their personalities are opposed, and Bounce Man usually watches over Fuse Man so that no one messes with him.
 * Butterflette: They get along very well and have a brother-sister bond. Butterflette openly admires Fuse Man's great qualities of leadership, responsibility and duty. She can relate to him because of his deep shyness and does her best to help him overcome some of his fears. While Fuse is at work, Butterflette sometimes takes care of his pet rabbit Watt.

Other facts and trivia

 * Fuse Man is one of the two Robot Masters in Mega Man 11 who has a mouth, the other being Blast Man.
 * Fuse Man's stage theme was used for the Mega Man 11 announcement trailer in December 2017.
 * Fuse Man's weakness to Bounce Ball is a reference to rubber being a strong electrical insulator, just like how Sheep Man is weak to Rebound Striker from Mega Man 10.
 * Fuse Man owns a pet eel (unagi) named "Watt" instead of a pet rabbit (usagi) in the Japanese version.

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