Blast Man

Blast Man (ブラストマン Burasutoman) is a Robot Master who appears in Mega Man 11. He's one of the main characters from The Gear Heroes: Friendship is Powerful. He is a volatile robot with a flair for the theatrics and a taste for explosions. He's a pyrotechnician (or in his words, an explosion artist) who was manufactured by B.B. Bomb Company to design the explosive special effects for movie studios and theme parks. Blast Man was creating an explosion-themed attraction for the theme park Flower Land. He's added several personal touches, including a number of signs featuring himself as the star of "Blast Man Adventure".

Blast Man represents the Element of Loyalty.

Appearance
Blast Man is a tall, slender humanoid robot with a black skin-tight body suit that is covered in blue and red armor. His waist is covered with a red belt. Blast Man also has red "hair" consisting of six spikes that stick out from the back, giving it the appearance of a bomb explosion. In addition, Blast Man has grey/green knobs covering parts of his body armor. Two larger knobs are placed on his helmet and attached by a metallic strip, which resemble headphones. Blast Man also shows a sinister grin to reflect his insane and unstable nature.

Personality
Described to be dangerous, volatile, and a bit short-tempered, Blast Man is fond of explosives and uses his bombs to create them for his own enjoyment. He also has an egotistical and narcissistic side and a flair for the theatrics; However, he's usually very reckless with his explosives. He often boasts of his great abilities, talents and achievements, even likes making fun of couples (whether they are heterosexual or gay) and comically interrupting their private moments with his friend Crash Man. He's so competitive that he is even seen participating in contests. Accidentally or not, his volatile and dangerous attitude gets out of control many times, which can endanger his friends, humanity, nature and even (in some cases) the entire Planet Earth, but he knows when to stop himself so he won't hurt or kill someone or something. Also, he has an exaggerated overreaction, as shown in the episode The Return of Midnight Shadow when Blast Man gets furious every time he thinks about the Stardroids and doesn't want anything to do with them.

Despite his flaws, Blast Man shows a strong optimism and great value for loyalty to the Gear Heroes, he will never abandon them without a good reason or turn his back on them, especially for things he desires for. He also has a great sense of humor and enjoys the jokes, pranks, tickling, and tender hugs of Bounce Man. In his spare time, he writes a column for his favorite magazine, Boom Monthly. Besides the explosions, some of his most favorite things are rock music, he enjoys singing, dancing and playing any musical instrument as many times as he wants.

Special Weapons

 * Chain Blast - Blast Man launches four floating bombs that home in on his enemies and explode after a few seconds.

Weaknesses

 * Blazing Torch - Extreme heat can cause the bombs stored inside Blast Man's body to explode prematurely and damage him, making Torch Man's weapon the ideal method of attack against him.

Other facts and trivia

 * Blast Man is one of two Robot Masters in Mega Man 11 who has a mouth, the other one being Fuse Man.
 * Blast Man is one of the four robots whose stage is centered around an amusement park. The other three are Clown Man, Magic Man and Bounce Man.
 * Blast Man's weakness to Blazing Torch is a reference to explosives having the tendency to detonate when exposed to high temperatures, much like Bomb Man's weakness to Fire Storm in the original Mega Man series. Also, a single flame can ignite a bomb's fuse and result with the explosive detonating.
 * Blast Man's line of stating Explosion as an Art is similar to the character Deidara from the Naruto manga/anime series.
 * It's also similar to Launch Octopus's death quote in Maverick Hunter X, where he says that "even his explosion is beautiful."
 * Blast Man is one of the three Robot Masters whose purpose is for entertainment (pyrotechnics, in this case). The other two are Clown Man and Magic Man (who are circus performers).
 * "Flash in the pan" is an expression used to describe something that might seem showy or flashy at first, but ultimately has no effect at all. This is an allusion to the fact that Blast Man works in pyrotechnics, creating explosions solely for entertainment.