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Blast Hornet, known as Explose Horneck (エクスプローズ・ホーネック) in Japan, is a hornet-based Reploid that appears as a boss in Mega Man X3. He is a Maverick Hunter who was infected by the Sigma Virus to serve the Doppler Army.

Characteristics[]

Blast Hornet is a Reploid whose body was modeled after a hornet, more specifically resembling a queen hornet. Thus he has large wings, thin legs, long antennae, and a bulbous abdomen full of eggs. His mouth is covered by a mask and his shoulderpads possess the signature stripes of a hornet. His right arm is also a buster.

Blast Hornet was once known for his calm composure and cool judgement.[1] However, he was corrupted by the Sigma Virus, turning him into an aggressive terrorist. In the manga, he was very self-aware of his flaws and eager to improve. Hornet comes back to the good person he was after being bested by Zero in battle who reminds him of his true purpose.

History[]

Mega Man X3[]

Blast Hornet is one of the eight stage select bosses. Blast Hornet used to be the second in command of the Maverick Hunter's Special 0 Unit. When his superior Zero received a message from Dr. Doppler inviting him to Dopple Town, Blast Hornet went in his stead as Zero was busy. When the Sigma Virus began infecting Reploids in the town, Blast Hornet fell victim to the virus too and became a Maverick, joining Dr. Doppler's army. He protected the army's weapons factory, and was defeated by X.

Mega Man Xtreme 2[]

Blast Hornet is one of the eight revived Reploids protecting Laguz Island, being one of the four bosses fought by Zero in Zero Mission. He commands an aerial battleship, and is weak to Sonic Slicer/Dash.

Strategy[]

Blast Hornet uses agility and strategy to his advantage, flying quickly with his lightweight body and swarming his foes with his stinger and bee bombs. When at around half health, he begins firing four bee bombs in a row as they try to home in on X's position if he is caught be the pink crosshairs. The Gravity Well will bring him down. If the player moves toward the Gravity Well ball as it is about to return, the weapon can be used rapidly, preventing Blast Hornet from attacking X altogether

MMX3 BlastHornet PoisonNeedle Stinger Attack (毒針攻撃 Dokubari Kōgeki)[2]
Blast Hornet dive-bombs the player with his stinger extended.
Damage: 8
MMX3 BlastHornet MiniBee Mini Bee Summon (小バチ召限 Ko-bachi Shōkan)[2]
Blast Hornet shoots five bees that stick to a surface (including the player) before exploding.
Damage: 2
MMX3 BlastHornet SearchAttack Search Attack (サーチ攻撃 Sāchi Kōgeki)[2]
Blast Hornet sends a homing crosshairs at the player. On contact, he begins launching bees that home in on their location.
Damage: 2

Data[]

Mega Man X3 stats[]

  • Height: 242 cm (7'11")
  • Weight: 65 kg (143 lbs)
  • Power: 3400rp
  • Speed: 8600rp

Stage[]

Main article: Weapons Factory Stage

Other appearances[]

X6 Player CentipedeChameleonHornet

Blast Hornet in Metal Shark Player's Helper Attack.

Other media[]

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Blast Hornet being captured by Bit in the Rockman X3 manga.

Rockman X3 manga[]

In the manga, Blast Hornet was originally the leader of a group of hoodlums. Three years before the events of Sigma's first rebellion, he met Zero in a park and was beaten by him with a single punch. Admiring Zero's strength, Blast Hornet decides to join the Maverick Hunters and became a good friend and comrade of Zero. Blast Hornet was brought under Dr. Doppler's control after being kidnapped by Bit, when he made a failed attempt at defeating him during Doppler's armies attack on the Neo Maverick Hunter Base.

Blast Hornet later confronts Zero at an abandoned armory piloting a small, but heavily armed combat armor. However, Doppler's upgrades just gave him more raw firepower with no real control or skill behind them, as Hornet ended up missing every shot of his blast volley at Zero because of the massive recoil snapping his hand back and forth. Zero, noticing Hornet's hesitation and inability to shoot him directly, drops his saber and disables his buster and Earth Crush to show Hornet that strength doesn't come from weapons, confident that he would not kill him. Hornet, amused by Zero's display, fires on him with his entire arsenal, but as the smoke clears Zero still stands, somewhat injured but not badly. Confused and frustrated, Hornet abandons his armor, snatches Zero's dropped saber and attempts to slice him in half, but once again hesitates, stopping short, only breaking his helmet in half instead. Zero, taking advantage of this opportunity, wrests his saber from Hornet's grasp and floors him with one swift punch. The shock breaks Doppler's hold and Hornet returns to his right state of mind. After a brief moment to recover, the two of them, with their renewed friendship, team up to clear out the remaining Maverick forces in the facility.

Later, Blast Hornet is seen alongside Blizzard Buffalo, Tunnel Rhino, and Neon Tiger being analyzed by Dr. Cain in the Neo Hunter Base to discover why they became Mavericks. After the Worms leave their bodies, the four assist X and Zero in their first battle against Bit and Byte. During the second battle of X and Zero against Bit and Byte, the four Reploids reappear alongside Volt Catfish in Dr. Cain's underground lab, talking with Dr. Cain in a cryptic manner and leaving him tied. They later return and release Dr. Cain, explaining that they pretended to have returned to their areas to retrieve the four Power Up Parts for X. While Dr. Cain went with Marty and her pirate crew to give the parts for X, the five Reploids stayed behind to hold Dr. Doppler's army

After Sigma's defeat, Blast Hornet had a brief appearance in the Zero chapters, where he informs Zero and Dr. Cain about the sudden appearance of an island.

Rockman X Mega Mission 2[]

After the events from Mega Man X3, Blast Hornet was revived by the Limited, under the name of Explose Horneck L, which increased his abilities. His bee shaped bombs are now more powerful and mobile, and able to attack in huge swarms. When Explose Horneck L attacks Zero, he defeats him with Gravity Well.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]

Although Blast Hornet himself does not appear in the crossover Worlds Collide, due to the time period taking place long before the Mega Man X series, he was briefly alluded to when Sonic the Hedgehog mockingly suggested to name Charmy Man such (although he wasn't able to say the full name due to being cut off).

Blast Hornet, or a similar Reploid, eventually made a formal appearance, albeit in cameo form, in the X Factor Part 2 in Issue 35 of the comic series, where it befriended a boy with a balloon. Blast Hornet would later appear in Worlds Unite, having been revived by Sigma as part of a massive Maverick army. He engaged Break Man and Rush during the Maverick attack on the Sky Patrol, before departing to plant Unity Engines on various worlds with his fellow Mavericks.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Blast Hornet is one of the six Mavericks of the Rockman X3 manga to survive and reform.

References[]

  1. The Mega Man Network web archive: Rockman X3 Collected Sourcebook Information
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boss File: Explose Horneck, Compendium of Rockman X. p. 52.


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