Doctor Albert W. Wily

Doctor Albert W. Wily, also known as Dr. Wily, is the main antagonist of the Mega Man series.
== Charactah Account ==
Dr. Wily is Dr. Light's former partner at Light Labs. Jealous of being overshadowed by Light's success, he reprogrammed the original Robot Masters and used them to take over the city, and would eventually attempt to conquer the world with them.
As the main antagonist of the classic series, Wily has many notable traits and characteristics of an archetypal villain, being cruel and yet incredibly cunning. Wily is well-versed in the art of manipulation, as shown in Mega Man 9 when he manages to convince Dr. Light’s own robots to let him "repair" them. He cleverly deduces that Mega Man would not dare shoot at him at the conclusion of Mega Man 7, and his prediction holds merit when Mega Man hesitates upon firing his buster when it is fully charged.
Wily, though a genius in his own right, has shown to be ignorant and opinionated at times. He has attacked the world many times, with his motives varying from world domination to revenge, only to see his plans foiled time and time again by his arch nemesis Mega Man. In addition, Wily is persistently hopeful that his creation Bass could one day dispose of his greatest enemy, despite knowing that Bass is disloyal and even goes as far to attack him, as shown in Mega Man: The Power Battle, Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Mega Man & Bass and Mega Man 10.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* MegaMan: Wishing upon a Star
=== Cartoons ===
* Captain N: The Game Master
* Mega Man
=== Comics ===
* Mega Man (Archie Comics)
* Mega Man (Dreamwave Productions)
* New Adventures of Megaman
* Street Fighter II
=== Manga ===
* Mega Man Gigamix
* Mega Man Megamix
* Rock'n Game Boy
* Rockman
* Rockman & Forte 
* Rockman 4-Panel Great March
* Rockman 8
* Rockman 10 -Extra F-
* Rockman Battle & Chase
* Rockman X4
=== Video Games ===
* Adventure Quiz: Capcom World
* Adventure Quiz: Capcom World 2
* Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
* Capcom Quiz: Hatena? no Daibouken
* Castle & Dragon
* Chokkan! Rockman
* Dragalia Lost
* Dragon Coins
* I Wanna Be The Guy
* Line Rangers
* Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
* Mega Man
* Mega Man 2
* Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
* Mega Man 3
* Mega Man 3: The Robots are Revolting
* Mega Man 4
* Mega Man 5
* Mega Man 6
* Mega Man 7
* Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition
* Mega Man 9
* Mega Man 10
* Mega Man 11
* Mega Man & Bass
* Mega Man Anniversary Collection
* Mega Man II
* Mega Man III
* Mega Man IV
* Mega Man Legacy Collection
* Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
* Mega Man Pinball
* Mega Man Powered Up
* Mega Man Rush Marine
* Mega Man Soccer
* Mega Man V
* Mega Man X Collection
* Mega Man X4
* Mega Man X5
* Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
* Mega Man: The Power Battle
* Mega Man: The Wily Wars
* Panic Shot! Rockman
* Puzzle Fighter
* Rockman 20XX: Tatakae! Team Shachi
* Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha
* Rockman Battle & Chase
* Rockman Battle & Fighters
* Rockman Complete Works: Rockman
* Rockman Gold Empire
* Rockman Online
* Rockman Strategy
* Rockman ×over
* SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS
* Street Fighter X Mega Man
* StreetPass Mii Plaza
* Super Adventure Rockman
* Super Robot Wars X-Ω
* Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/Nintendo 3DS
* Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
* Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
* Wily & Right no RockBoard: That's Paradise
* Zombie Cafe
== Trivia ==
* Dr. Wily takes the cake for having the most phases of any boss in the entire classic series, with six during his battle in Mega Man 11: Gears of Fate!!. The first two phases are versus Wily's eleventh Wily Machine, and the last four are against a Wily Capsule.
* Wily's first name, Albert, is taken from "Albert Einstein", opposite to Dr. Light's first name, Thomas, taken from "Thomas Edison". However, unlike Dr. Light, Wily has somewhat of a resemblance to the person he is based on. Wily being a villain was largely due to Einstein being responsible in part for the discovery of atomic energy that led directly to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
* Several succeeding Capcom villains who acted as scientists/doctors have had the first name of "Albert", including Master Albert of Mega Man ZX Advent (his name itself homage to Wily), Albert Wesker from the Resident Evil franchise, and Albert Contiello from Dead Rising.
* Dr. Wily's name appears in Area X-2 in Mega Man Zero 3. Mega Man X2 was the first game that hinted at Zero was related to Dr. Wily.
* Dr. Wily's views towards robots are paradoxical at first glance. On the one hand, he uses Robot Masters as tools to help him achieve world domination and prefers to replace Robot Masters that failed in the past with better and more advanced versions (examples: Metal Man is an improved version of Cut Man, Frost Man was designed to be the best ice Robot Master after the failures of Ice Man, Blizzard Man and Freeze Man, Wave Man was designed to be a better water Robot Master than Bubble Man and to replace him). He also has no qualms about reprogramming Robot Masters to serve him, which is most obvious in Mega Man 11 and the original Mega Man. On the other hand, in Super Adventure Rockman Dr. Wily revives old creations of his and tells Ra Moon that he "loves" his robots, he does not alter Proto Man's programming after finding him prior to the events of Mega Man 3 (and even replaces Proto Man's damaged core), and in Mega Man 10 he leaves the cure to Roboenza in the hospital he was boarding in to save the world's remaining infected robots once it's clear that his plan for world domination has failed. Other instances of Dr. Wily demonstrating compassion towards robots include giving all of his Robot Masters unique personalities, tolerating Bass despite his disobedience and aggression towards Wily, and "saving" several Robot Masters who were past their expiration date and therefore due to be scrapped in Mega Man 9. Fascinatingly, in a flashback to his youth in Mega Man 11 during which time Dr. Wily researched at Robot University, he expresses concern to a young Dr. Light that robots will never be treated as equals by humans in society even if robots become sentient. Taking all this information together, Dr. Wily's views about the proper relations between robots and humans, and whether robots having free will like humans do is a good thing or not, are interesting and complex.
* In Mega Man 6, Wily in the disguise of Mr. X says, "My scheme for world domination, has faild! But I still have enough to destroy you!". This typo was fixed in Mega Man Anniversary Collection.
* Master Albert of the Sage Trinity in Mega Man ZX Advent is named after Dr. Wily. Like his namesake, Master Albert is also a villain.
* Wily's name has been repeatedly misspelled as either Dr. Willy, Dr. Wiley, Dr. Wylie, and Dr. Waily in some sources, such as early instruction manuals, the NES version of Mega Man 3, the SNES version of Mega Man 7 and in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS.
* In the Ruby-Spears TV series, Wily claims to have been "always misunderstood" and ridiculed as a child by other children. He also laments that he had no toys as a child, implying he may have grown up in poverty. This is one of the few references made in any media to Wily's life before meeting Dr. Light.
* According to the American manual for the first Mega Man, Dr. Wily was Dr. Light's assistant and worked on his DRN series of robots. Though this story was reinforced by the Ruby-Spears cartoon and later the PAL version of Mega Man Powered Up, it is not canon to the Japanese version of Wily's backstory.
* In an article on PC World, Wily was voted as #39 of the top 47 "most diabolical video game villains of all time".
* In the English version of Mega Man 8, Dr. Light humorously mispronounces Dr. Wily as Dr. Wahwee. This has become a famous Internet meme.
* In his appearance in Captain N, Wily is voiced by Ian James Corlett, who would later voice Mega Man in the Ruby-Spears cartoon (where Wily was voiced by Scott McNeil, who also voiced Proto Man in the same series).
* Pro wrestler Kenny Omega has a finishing maneuver called The Dr. Wily Bomb.
* In Mega Man Powered Up, Dr. Wily is voice by Dean Galloway, the same voice actor of Chill Penguin from Mega Man Maverick Hunter X.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Doctor Albert W. Wily at MMKB
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