Roll (Mega Man)

Roll is one of the main characters from the Mega Man franchise.

The third humanoid robot built by Dr. Light, and a close companion of Mega Man brought up as a "sister" of sorts. Being a housekeeping robot, she doesn't do much fighting on the field, preferring instead to use her smarts and help Mega Man from the home base.

In the AWA fics, Roll is listed as a purchased prisoner from the Slave Fortress.

Appearance
Roll mostly looks quite the same in most games she appears in. Roll has a fair skin complexion and blue eyes. She also has long blonde hair with fringed bangs, tied back in a ponytail with a green ribbon, though she didn't originally have the bow. She mostly wears a red dress and red shoes.

Personality
Roll is a sweet, kind-hearted female robot. and is very supportive of Mega Man in his missions.

Despite being thought of as a sister to Mega Man by their creator, some of her quotes in Powered Up (especially during the battle with Copy Roll) give the impression that Roll is a bit too attached to her brother.

Attacks

 * Roll Buster - Roll's main weapon in this game, the Roll Buster is a gag weapon that Roll takes out from inside her shoe, places on her arm, and fires a large burst of energy from it before putting it back. It functions similarly to Mega Man's Strong Punch attack (firing a Mega Buster shot), but the blast is slightly bigger and has slightly stronger knockback; however it cannot be charged.
 * Exploding Bouquet - Roll pulls out a bomb disguised as a bouquet of flowers (similar to the one she gives to Mega Man) and tosses it at an arc. Should it make contact with an enemy or the ground, the flowers will explode, making them reasonably useful as an anti-air attack.
 * Weapon Change - Similar to Mega Man, Roll summons Eddie, who will then drop a weapon for Roll to use. These include Tornado Hold, Leaf Shield and Mega Ball.
 * Rush Drill - Rush transforms into a drilling vehicle and Roll pilots him for a short period.
 * Beat Plane - Beat transforms into a plane and Roll pilots him for a short period.
 * Hyper Roll - Roll combines with Rush, Eddie and Beat and briefly transforms into a bigger and more powerful form that attacks with several different weapons- firing beams from a pair of antennae on her head, missiles from her chest, Beat-shaped energy projectiles from her abdomen, and energy projectiles shaped like Rush and Eddie from the legs.

Trivia

 * Roll was named to match her counterpart's name ("Rock" 'n' "Roll"), with Rockman being Mega Man's Japanese name.


 * Roll wears a simple red dress in most classic series games she appeared in, but in her design was changed in Mega Man 8, making her look older. This older look was her retained design up until the release of Mega Man 9, where she has reverted to her younger design. However, for the cost of 200 screws, her dress can be changed into the one seen in Mega Man 8, and her entire Mega Man 8 design is one of her alternative costumes in Mega Man: Powered Up. Roll received a new design in Mega Man 11, which adds a white hood to her dress in addition to a black shirt, a bow in place of her ribbon and a new hairstyle. She retains the youthful appearance of her original design in this new design as opposed to her older 8 design.


 * Roll's music theme is Where The Wind Blows, known in Japan as Kaze yo Tsutaete ("Bequeath the Wind"). The song first appeared in the 1997 game Mega Man: Battle & Chase, and is also featured in Marvel vs. Capcom, the Rockman Complete Works version of Mega Man 6, and the two versions of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, and the soundtrack Chiptuned Rockman has a remixed version of the music. The song was translated to English in the 2010 game Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars.


 * In Mega Man Powered Up, Roll is hinted to have a crush on Mega Man, as Copy Roll makes note of this, using it to intimidate the original. She also implies it herself in her "Valentine Roll" description. Interestingly, in a 10 Anniversary picture with all the Mega Man and X characters, a second version included Mega Man Volnutt in Mega Man place; While Mega Man is getting kisses from Kalinka and Roll was looking really annoyed at them. Mega and Roll are also depicted as an item in some mobile games, However, this relationship is open to interpretation, since they are robots and their only relation is their shared creator and common reactor cores.
 * This thought is carried on for Mega Man Volnutt and Roll Caskett from the Mega Man Legends series, as well as MegaMan.EXE and Roll.EXE from the Mega Man Battle Network series. While the original Rock and Roll may not have a clear relationship, their other iterations show a much more visible connection between the two.


 * According to an interview with the developers, Roll was going to be the damsel in distress that Mega Man would have to save from Wily, and she was going to appear as a giant Roll robot that would shoot lasers.


 * According to Keiji Inafune, the reason Roll passed out first in Super Adventure Rockman is because she was outside watching Beat and Rush, getting exposed to the radiation of the energy, before walking inside to check on Mega Man and Dr. Light.
 * Roll's nickname for Mega Man known as "Mega" from the Ruby-Spears cartoon would later be used in Mega Man 11.
 * In her Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy, Roll is stated to have appeared in Mega Man 2. However, she did not appear at all, making the description an error in the game section.