Dust Man

The Dreaded Scrapper

***"23 YEARS, LUIS!! I'VE BEEN LOCKED AWAY. Locked, in this cell... with no light... no air... next to nothing...! I have been eaten alive, Luis. Just remember... I exist. As a Scrapper, and as a prisoner, but... as your friend, right?"*** *~ Dust Man*

**Dust Man**, better known as **The Scrapper** by the Police Force, is the main antagonist of *Detective Luigi 2: Dust to Dust*. He has been locked in the Plush Kingdom Prison for 23 years and counting for his cannibalistic deeds, not only onto robots, but onto other plush as well. After he got a piece of scrap metal stuck into his vacuum, and force-swallowing the scrap, eating it fully, it drove him to not only clean out the junkyard, but also eat other living robots. He also refers to Luigi as "Luis" as a friendly nickname for him to get him onto his good side, that is until Luigi was able to see his true colors.

## Background

Dust Man was created by Dr. Cossack and reprogrammed by Dr. Wily before Megaman was able to put a stop to them (during the events of Mega Man 4). After the events, he was reprogrammed back to normal and was sent to a scrapyard to help out other robots with cleaning up the debris. Dust Man was meant to suck up all of the garbage, scrap metal, and spit them out in the dumpster. One night however, he got a large piece of scrap metal that wouldn't go in or out of his vacuum. So using all of his energy, he had to force himself to swallow the scrap whole. This immediately got him to suck up more of the scrapyard until nothing of the debris was left. It got to the point where there was nothing else to eat, except living robots.

While he makes it in his goal to make the world absolutely spotless, not only would it have to resort to eating robots, but he also resorted into eating other residents of the Plush Kingdom. The Police Force eventually got to the scene and engaged in a fight with Dust Man. He proved to be one of the most difficult opponents of the Police Force, for the vacuum on him was a superweapon, using the Dust Crusher to his advantage. Thanks to Death, however, they were able to disable the vacuum and arrest Dust Man on the spot. Surprisingly however, Dust Man was rather polite in prison, but once the Police found him of his crimes, they locked him away for 23 years.

## Appearance

Dust Man appears as a bulky robot master, with the vacuum being the most notable trait onto him. He also seems to be in blue and white colors around him. He appears to have red eyes as well.

## Personality

Dust Man appears to be a timid, intelligent, and cautious individual. He also appears to be well-mannered and refined, even when he was locked up in prison for 23 years and counting. However, as stated by Conquest, Dust Man is known to be the most manipulative, psychotic, and dangerous inmate in the Plush Kingdom Prison, manipulating others to gain the upper hand to what he needs. As such, he was isolated from the other inmates and locked in a unique-looking cell apart from the other prisoners. Being stuck in a scrapyard beforehand however, implies the twisted point of view he has, as in a robot's eyes, corpses are piled upon eachother into grotesque piles, seeking death or trying to escape. The robots that show the most fear are delicious for Dust Man, as he can take advantage of it before going in for the kill. However, despite his monstrous qualities, he is a fair sport as shown when he was defeated by the Police Force and Luigi later on. Dust Man is also known to be an artist as well, drawing, sketching, sculpting, especially on the sculpting. However, he used that ability as well to make an exact replica of him out of scrap during Wily's breakout.

## Quotes

*"Luigi! Ohhhh yes, I know all about you! The second Mario brother, the famed detective who put a stop to Mimi! I know all about you."*

*"Ahhh, Roboenza, that name does ring a bell. I was one of the few who was actually infected. **\*cough\*** But, who's to say that your friend is infected? What if he was simply an outdated model? What then, Luigi? What then?"*

*"I want you to speak with the police about granting me a new cell. Now, I know what you might be thinking: Maybe I want a new cell to escape. But rest assured, I only want to see outside. To see the trees, the clouds, the ground, the... dirt. Why I've been crammed in here for so long I forgot what birds even look like!! ... Do you understand what I mean, Luigi?"*

*"Tsk tsk tsk, impatient, Luis. You do know my currency."*

*"First I must ask you... what is a robot? They endlessly pollute, causing this world to be nothing but scrap! And if we don't stop, the world shall be covered in scrap! I plan to make this world absolutely spotless... STARTING WITH YOU!"*

*"I'm sorry, officers, but... hehehehe... you look rather dirty! Your hands are covered in prints! Allow me to SCRUB THEM FOR YOU!"*

*"The window... it let me see light. It allowed me to realize, there might have been a life outside of this cell. There could have been a chance for me. That light... is all I have left in this filthy world."*

*"The world, and the filth within, needed to be CLEANSED, Luis! This world is filthy, absolutely filthy! All I desired was making this world CLEAN, Luis! And that's what I did. So that's why I had you find the filthiest of all... robots... delicious as they are... ... Pardon me, must not bring up the past-"*

*"Ah, Luis, I thought you would have seen this sooner. But I mean, if you're dining with a cannibal... sooner or later, you're going to get eaten yourself!"*

*"Ah, finally piecing everything together, are we? You've been fun, Luis, plenty of fun. But alas, dust to dust... ashes to ashes~"*

*"Oh, but Luigi, you don't know how I viewed things. All of those years I've worked away, and in those days, do you know what I found? CORPSES! Corpses of robots who seeked death, and found it! Those who didn't desire death, and yet it snatched them up. But those whose fear was still lingering onwards... those were the most delicious of all... and then, then the world would be cleansed from the filth that you create! STARTING WITH YOU!"*

*"Now that I'm finally free... it's time this wretched world became SCRAPPED."*

*"At last... the cleansing shall commence... STARTING WITH YOU!!"*

*"Face it, Luis, you don't stand a chance against me. Turn back now, unless you desire on facing the endless depths of torment... Have at you!"*

*"What gall do you have to disrupt my feast? Of course, I always knew you were intelligent, Luis. So please, do what's best for both of us, and back down, or you'll become my next morsel..."*

*"I'm going to make you spotless!"*

*"Finish me, Luigi... you have no idea what life is going to be like for me once the police have their way with me... please... let there... be light... again."*

*"Not even close! You see, it was only inevitable that this were to happen to me. And in the end, we're all finding our way out of the darkness, and into the light. I know this won't be the last time we'll see eachother. Maybe in a new life, in a new world, who knows. All I know is that whatever is in store for me, it's bound to be greater than this. And I'm certain you had fun playing detective. It took you a little while to figure out this case on your own, but overall, I can say with a proud smile, that this outcome was rather wonderful, and you have successfully bested me. Farewell, Luigi. Farewell."*

## Trivia

* While Hannibal Lecter is a notable inspiration for Dust Man's personality, another inspiration comes from the "Let There Be Light" fan animation created by Mario Ramirez. It should also be noted that since Dust Man's level in Mega Man 4 consisted of a scrapyard, which in a robot's perspective, would be a walking graveyard of piling corpses one by one, hence Dust Man's dark nature.