- "What wishes for destruction... is this world. We're just helping it along and giving it what it wants..."
- ―Bamboo Pandamonium, Mega Man X8
Bamboo Pandamonium, known as Bamboo Pandemonium (バンブー・パンデモニウム Banbū Pandemoniumu, a one letter difference) in Japan, is a calm New Generation Reploid from Mega Man X8 based on a giant panda.
History[]
Pandamonium was in charge of the rocket center in Booster Forest, a space research facility in China used before the Jakob Orbital Elevator was built. He was tasked with management of space development research documents. Pandamonium eventually became a Maverick and refused to leave the overgrown ruins of the launch center after its abandonment.[1] Pandamonium instead chose to collect data on the center's rockets for Sigma, his new boss and master.
The Hunters arrived at the facility and ordered him to stop his actions but he refused, and he fought against them instead. They destroyed him in the battle.
Characteristics[]
Bamboo Pandamonium was a massive Reploid, easily standing twice as tall as the Maverick Hunters. His body was mostly white and black in color, similar to a panda, and he had the head of a panda as well - the resemblance was much closer than other animal-based Reploids, even possessing black eyes. The tubes and canisters on his back were green, meant to resemble bamboo shoots. His fingers were composed of three large claws, which he could extend and retract into his forearms at will.
Bamboo Pandamonium was level-headed and thoughtful. He was aware that he had been labelled Maverick, but saw it as more of a pity and a hindrance than anything. He believed the world wants to be destroyed, as its history has been spent making destructive things like missiles and Reploids, and he liked Sigma's plan to create a new world.
Strategy[]
Bamboo Pandamonium's large frame makes him easy to hit, but his far-reaching attacks can deal loads of damage on an unprepared player. He can easily control the arena with his bamboo shoot walls and explosives, along with devastating physical attacks if the player gets too close to him.
If the player is able to bring a Ride Armor all the way through his stage, the player can actually use the Ride Armor to fight Bamboo Pandamonium, giving them a significant edge. He is weak to fire, so the weapons gained from Burn Rooster are effective against him. Zero's D Glaive can also be very effective, as it can reach Pandamonium through the bamboo drills.
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Green Spinner (グリーンスピナー Gurīn Supinā)[2][3] |
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| Bamboo Pandamonium fires a slow-moving missile that curves upwards, disappearing off-screen. It later returns from above, coming down to explode on the player. Pandamonium later fires multiple missiles at a time. | |
| Damage: 4 (contact), 2 (explosion) | |
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Bamboo Spear (バンブースピア Banbū Supia)[2][3] |
| Pandamonium summons four bamboo shoot-shaped drills, which rise from the floor to form poles. He then runs through the poles, which can be dodged by wall kicking up them. Later in the battle, Green Spinner missiles may also come down through the remaining gaps. | |
| Damage: 4 | |
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Bear Hug (ベアハング Bea Hangu)[2][3] |
| Pandamonium lunges to grab the player. On hit, he begins squeezing them and dealing constant damage until they escape with Escape Capture. | |
| Damage: 1 per hit | |
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Renyoudan (連葉断 "Chained Leaf Sever")[2][3] |
| Pandamonium performs a rush of claw stabs, ending with a powerful uppercut. The uppercut can knock the player out of a Ride Armor. | |
| Damage: 8 | |
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Blast Launcher (ブラストランチャー Burasuto Ranchā)[2][3] |
| Pandamonium lobs grenades from his backpack cannon. At first he launches one grenade at a time, launching up to three in Hard Mode. | |
| Damage: 4 (contact), 2 (explosion) | |
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Youdantotsu (葉断突 "Leaf Severing Thrust")[2][3] |
| Bamboo Pandamonium's Overdrive Attack. He pauses before lunging towards the player, dealing heavy damage with a claw stab. It instantly destroys any Ride Armor the player is piloting, and is almost a guaranteed instant kill in Hard mode. | |
| Damage: 16 |
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Alia: The target is a power type Reploid. It possesses incredible attack strength. Be careful not to get caught up in the close range attacks!
Layer: It has the ability to attack targets from a great distance, though it seems that its greatest asset is its powerful close range attacks. Its defensive power is too strong. If only we had some sort of powerful weapon... We could attack it head-on from the front and break through its powerful defenses.
Quotes[]
Dialogues[]
Before defeating four Mavericks[]
Bamboo Pandamonium: Did you know that the earliest form of rocketry was missiles used for war?
X: .........
Bamboo Pandamonium: All of history has been spent making things whose sole purpose is to destroy. Missiles... Reploids...
X: You talk like a Maverick. No Reploid wishes for destruction.
Bamboo Pandamonium: You mean to tell me you've never thought such things yourself, Zero? That the world wishes for destruction and nothing more?
Zero: .........
Bamboo Pandamonium: That's why space rockets were invented. To escape this destructive world.
Zero: Gimme a break. This perfect world you Mavericks keep blabbering about doesn't even exist.
Bamboo Pandamonium: You have the same copy ability that we new generation Reploids enjoy.
Axl: ..........
Bamboo Pandamonium: Have you ever thought that power could change the world?
Axl: The only thing I think is how it comes in handy in whipping you Mavericks!
After defeating four Mavericks[]
Bamboo Pandamonium: Did you know that the earliest form of rocketry was missiles used for war?
X: .........
Bamboo Pandamonium: Destructive inventions like that are what has brought the world to its current state.
X: Is that what you Mavericks believe? What Sigma believes? But... That's...
Bamboo Pandamonium: You mean to tell me you've never thought such things yourself, Zero? That the world wishes for destruction and nothing more?
Zero: Is that what Sigma tells you?
Bamboo Pandamonium: Perhaps. Perhaps my master has also seen a little of himself inside of you...
Zero: Whatever. It's finished between me and Sigma.
Bamboo Pandamonium: You have the same copy ability that we new generation Reploids enjoy. Why do you think my master overlooked you when he assembled the others?
Axl: Your joy at being chosen by that worm proves just how Maverick you've become!
In-Battle Quotes[]
| Action | Romaji | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bamboo Spear | Suisei! (Decline!) |
衰勢！ | Here I go! |
| Bamboo Spear | Nigasanai! | 逃がさない！ | You can't get away! |
| Contact while running | Ei! | えい！ | Hey! |
| Contact while running | Yaa! | やああ！ | Yaah! |
| After Bamboo Spear | Toēi! (One of the kiai or kakegoe) |
とえぇい！ | Take that! |
| After Bamboo Spear | Tōta! | 淘汰！ | Natural Selection! |
| Green Spinner | Gurīn Supinā! | グリーンスピナー！ | Green Spinner! |
| Green Spinner | Bakushin! (Go forward!) | 驀進！ | Dash! |
| Blast Launcher / Phase change | Ei ei ei! (One of the kiai or kakegoe) |
えいえいえいっ！ | Hey hey, hey! |
| Blast Launcher / Phase change | Gekitai! (Repel!) |
撃退！ | I'll break you! |
| Bear Hug | Shiro kuro tsukeru yo! (Let's make it clear! or Let's see things in black and white!) |
白黒つけるよ! | Black or white! |
| Overdrive: Youdantotsu | Shikkai shūen! | 悉皆終焉！ | It's all over! |
| Overdrive: Youdantotsu | Aaruararuraruraruru! | あぁるぁらるらるらるるっ！ | Arrrrgh, abubububububuuh! |
| Hit with weakness | Nuwaaaa! | ぬわぁぁぁっ！ | ARRRGH! |
| Defeated | Ko...Kore de...owari da...? | こ…これで…終わりだ…？ | Is this...the end? |
Other appearances[]
- Bamboo Pandamonium is one of the bosses from World 7 in Rockman Xover.
- Bamboo Pandamonium appeared as an unit card in TEPPEN.
Other media[]
Archie Comics[]
Pandamonium was one of many Mavericks across time resurrected by Sigma-1 during the events of Worlds Unite. Unlike most of the Mavericks featured, he was not known to have engaged the Maverick Hunters previously due to the events of Mega Man X8 not having taken place at the time of the crossover.
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Trivia[]
Bamboo Pandamonium's unused eye textures.
- In the files for Mega Man X8, Bamboo Pandamonium has unused textures for open eyes. In the final game his eyes remain dark the entire battle.
- In the Japanese version of the game, when Pandamonium lunges at the player to grab them, he yells "Shirokuro tsukeru yo!" (白黒つけるよ!, Let's make it clear! ). This is a pun as the phrase has the kanji for "white" (白, shiro) and "black" (黒, kuro), and pandas are black and white in color.
- “Pandamonium” is the combination of panda, the species that he is based on, and pandemonium. Pandemonium is the capital of Hell in 17th-century English poet John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost. Paradise Lost is also the Japanese subtitle for Mega Man X8.
- It's possible to bring a Ride Armor to Bamboo Pandamonium's boss room, which makes him the third Maverick in the series who can be defeated with Ride Armor. The first is Magma Dragoon, and second Vanishing Gungaroo.
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