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Roll is a female video game character in the Mega Man Classic series in its many continuities, and is largely considered to be the female lead in many of them. more...

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Not much is known about Roll compared to the other characters, except she was designed for housekeeping instead of fighting. She's the younger counterpart of Mega Man (although other sources indicate they are "twins"). In Mega Man NT Warrior, Roll is Teenage Sized, the same size as Mega Man. She is also depicted as his girlfriend.

History

Classic Mega Man

The best-known version of Roll is from the classic series. There, she is the gentle and cute "little sister" of Mega Man, though they have no physical relation outside of looking slightly alike and both being made by Dr. Light. Appearancewise, she's a little blonde girl wearing a red dress, a ponytail with green ribbons and red Mary Janes. She is the third robot created by Dr. Light, built as his assistant, mainly in housework.

Roll first appears very briefly during the ending of the very first game of the series. Because so, her name was never mentioned until Mega Man 3, where her entry in Dr. Light's robot list is shown during the ending.

Roll's design changed in Mega Man 8, with a more detailed dress and boots, as well as green ribbons in her hair. Her hairstyle also changed slightly, details being added to her bangs and ponytail, and she's seems a bit taller as well.

While she was not designed for fighting, she is a combatant (intended as a "joke character") in the fighting games, Marvel vs. Capcom and Marvel vs. Capcom 2. In those games, she proves that she has about the same fighting qualities of Mega Man, only much weaker and softer, being even weaker than Dan Hibiki (another "joke character") in the latter game (she even uses flowers in some attacks). In those games, she possessed an external "Roll Buster" (theorized by some fans to be Mega Man's old Mega Buster from the first few games ).
Ironically, Roll is considered one of the most effective characters to use against the final boss of Marvel vs. Capcom, Onslaught -- her diminutive size negates Onslaught's massive beam attack, and her attacks can easily strike him. In her ending animation, she's shown to reach the "final stage" and boast she got there before Mega Man. Dr. Light compliments her, and has the robot Eddie send out an "upgrade", transforming Roll into a battle machine (the same form she takes with her "Hyper Roll" Super Combo). After Roll blasts off the screen, Mega Man rushes in, looks around and realizing there is no longer a final boss to fight he crouches to his knee and sheds a tear.

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