VectorMan (Character)

Vectorman, from Vectorman 2.

> "Chicken, fight like a robot!" -Vectorman
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Vectorman (Japanese: ベクターマン Bekutaman) is the main protagonist of his series, sharing the same name. He is an Orbot who has defeated two antagonists.

## History

He was an ordinary Orbot, cleaning Earth after it became polluted in 2049. He was delivering garbage to the Sun when he came back to find that Raster, a more powerful being, became slightly insane after a nuclear weapon was attached to him. While VMan was gone, attendants had made a mistake to Raster by placing a nuclear weapon on his body by accident.

It was unknown what happened to the attendants, but VMan wanted to save Earth from Raster, now WarHead. He made it through a ton of areas like Terraport, Bamboo Mill, and many others and finally confronted the enemy barely above dark clouds.

### VectorMan 2 History

The second game was different from the first game. When VMan was in his sludge barge listening to music, he was attacked by a missile. He had to freefall to Earth and found out about a large amount of vicious bug-like creatures. He started to fight them and then took on the first boss, a gigantic two-headed creature. He kept going and at some point went underground to take on Dreamsnake. Then he kept going and confronted the strange source of the creatures, the Black Widow Queen.

## Concept and Creation

This section is in need of an expansion.

Sega and BlueSky Software employees had originally wanted all characters in the game to have only spherical shapes. After some time, they had decided that other shapes were to be used.

## Appearance

Vectorman is a green and blue Orbot with strawberry-colored eyes. Most of the orbs on his appendages are blue, but some remain green. Also, he has a triangular chest piece that isn't visible in is in-game sprites. He also has three fingers on each hand. When flying (as shown in Geronimo) he gains a propeller which is all green and three orbs for each propeller.

A planned third game for the Sega Saturn was going to have a complete redesign of him, making him look entirely different.

## Abilities

His most notable attack is the shots he has and can change color depending on power-ups, as he turns bright red with a Fireball power-up. They can be changed to different types with certain power-ups, collected from TVs. He can also double jump and use some power-ups to transform into forms like Missile Morph, Fish Morph, and the Scorpion Tail power-up in the sequel. He can also stay underwater for as long as he wishes to, and his stamina is limitless.

### Transformations

Like other Sega characters, he has a large array of attacks, including transformations. Below is a list of known transformations:

* Drill Morph
* Bomb Morph
* Jet Morph
* Parachute Morph
* Missile Morph
* Scorpion Tail
* Rhino Charge
* Tank
* Contest Winner

## Personality

VMan has a reckless personality most of the time. He is powerful and humorous at the same time, cracking jokes whenever he can. When he has Invincibility, he prefers to run straight into lines of enemies and say certain quotes when they die. In VMan 2, when a boss dies, he has some even more humorous quotes. Interestingly, he also likes a good challenge and will usually laugh at opponents or insult them when they are defeated by him, but only if they are an enemy. He also tends to show off and get overconfident sometimes.

He also dislikes tyranny, hatred, and oppression. He took on his first enemy quickly without hesitation.

Despite this careless behavior, he is also a kind benevolent Orbot. Due to this good-hearted side, he will not let humans or any other Orbot be tormented or hurt in any way and cares deeply for Earth and will protect it and its species as much as he can.

Although he has many good traits, it is implied he dislikes tears or crying. He is annoyed by those who give up easily or are sad but will not hesitate to help them in need. Those who wait also annoy him as he will try to get their attention if left idle long enough. He also dislikes being made fun of, mocked, or laughed at.

It is implied that he likes music and quietness bores him, and attempts to make boring things more fun or enjoyable for him. Also, he seems to like those who try hard, especially if it is for him, and will praise them for their good work.

If angered he will throw one of his orbs at the one who annoyed him, or start shooting them if they are an enemy. However he will forgive them quickly if they are a friend.

## Relationships

### Warhead

It is a well-known fact in the series that the two hate each other. Even though they were both mute during the battle, they were trying hard to destroy each other and leave no remains.

## Quotes

"Chicken, fight like a robot!"

-After defeating bosses in VMan 2.

"Toasted!"

-When using a Nucleus Shield, or destroying an enemy quickly and efficiently.

"Yeah."

-Collecting some power-ups in VM2.

”You’re history.”

-Defeating bosses.

“Later.”

-Defeating bosses.

(laughs)

-Defeating bosses.

”Uh oh.”

-Seconds before getting hit by a stray missile.

“VectorMan.”

-An unused audio file.

”I’ll take that.”

-Taking power-ups.

"What a mess."

-Unused quote.

## Trivia

* His sprite is composed of 23 different sprites programmed to move together. This is noticeable in the game, especially his idle animations and Dethblo.
* His name is a pun on the computing term, Vector graphics, which are the opposite of Raster graphics.
* When a boss dies in VectorMan 2, there is a chance he says "Chicken, fight like a robot." This is his longest phrase and also a reference to Berzerk.
* His box art in the first game depicts him as all green. The cutscenes show him with lighter green colors and yellow eyes.
* The Sonic franchise has a character named Vector Man. This is an obvious reference. This was further referenced when Sonic said that the name reminded him of a trash collector.
	+ In its crossover with Capcom's Mega Man series, the character was also going to be a reference to "Wheel Gator," but was removed to add in the VM reference.
* The Sonic franchise also has a character named Orbot.
* NiGHTS, another Sega character, can change into different forms (similar to this character) known as "personas."

## Gallery

*Main article: Vectorman (Character)/Gallery*

Official artworkWaiting sprite.VMan 2 Box artVMan 1 Box artVMan double jumping.Victory poseIdleIdleIdleCrouchingWaitingFlyingShooting with a Rapid Fire Gun.Metal SkatesVectorman featured in the Welcome to the Next Snowy Level, posted on Sega's Twitter.