Chill Penguin/Maverick Hunter X

Chill Penguin
Lord of the Snowy Plains
In-Game Information
HP:	32
Weapon X gains:	Shotgun Ice
Weapon Vile gains:	Distance Needler, Serotinal Bullet, Infinity Gig, Parasite Sword, Sea Dragon's Rage, Frozen Castle
Attacks:	6 (contact) 2 (Shotgun Ice) 4 (Ice Sculpture) 0 (Ice Sculpture, breath) 0 (Blizzard) 6 (Air Shotgun Ice, Hard Mode)
Weakness:	X: Fire Wave Vile: Wild Horse Kick, Dragon's Wrath, Green-Eyed Lamp, Burning Drive
Main Stage:	Abandoned Missile Base
Misc. Information
Japanese Name:	Icy Penguigo
Rōmaji:	Aishī Pengīgo
Gender:	Male
Eye Color:	Green
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X
Japanese VA:	Ryuuzou Ishino
English VA:	Dean Galloway
Theme Music

For his main timeline incarnation, see Chill Penguin.

"Sigma has paid for the use of my power. Working for him is a million times better than piddling around on the South Pole with nothing to do."

―Chill Penguin, Mega Man Maverick Hunter X

Chill Penguin, known as Icy Penguigo (アイシー・ペンギーゴ, Aishī Pengīgo) in Japan, is one of the eight Mavericks in Mega Man Maverick Hunter X. Originally a Maverick Hunter in the 13th Polar Battalion, Chill Penguin was an acquaintance of X and Zero, but having grown bored and dissatisfied with his position at the South Pole, Chill Penguin joined Sigma's rebellion as it was much more fulfilling.

Overview

From the instruction manual:

LORD OF THE SNOWY PLAINS

Reploid specifically designed for extremely cold regions, formerly of the 13th Polar Battalion. Had been operating on a wholly unsatisfying mission at the South Pole, but once he heard Sigma's call to rally Reploids, Chill Penguin started operating with the 17th Battalion. His thought circuits are designed to be flexible so he can perform missions with his small-size body, but this has gained him a reputation among other Reploids of being somewhat warped. He's on bad terms with Flame Mammoth, who relies solely on brute strength.

Shotgun Ice

Absorbs moisture in the air and fires it in crystallized form. If it hits an enemy or a hard surface, it breaks into 5 pieces and hits everything around it.

Appearance

Chill Penguin has a just about the same design as his original appearance, with him wearing black armour and carrying a red tank on his back. However, his boots are pointed, their points being curved upward. In his artwork, the Sigma logo on his belt is missing, but it is reinstated in his in-game model, bust, and dialogue portraits. His in-game model no longer portrays his black armour as blue.

History

The Day of Σ

Chill Penguin was a Maverick Hunter in the 13th Polar Battalion, stationed at the South Pole. Shortly before Sigma's rebellion, he was transferred to the 17th Elite Unit under Sigma's command; it is implied that Chill Penguin was aware of Sigma's plans at this point and had already agreed to join his army. Within the Elite Unit, Chill Penguin led a company called the "Chill Penguin Company," identified by light blue armor-clad humanoid Reploids.

Chill Penguin advises X.

Chill Penguin and his company were called in to deal with a Maverick Mechaniloid. His troops were put in danger by the Mechaniloid, and he assisted from afar by freezing its legs to the ground. He frantically commanded X to shoot the Mechaniloid's generator and was exasperated when X hesitated, requiring Sigma himself to step in. In the battle's aftermath, Chill Penguin reprimanded X for his mistake endangering the mission.

Later, Chill Penguin attended a briefing at Hunter Base that revealed the Mechaniloid had been hacked. He was sent to track down the perpetrator alongside Storm Eagle.

Mega Man Maverick Hunter X

After Sigma publicly announced his rebellion, Chill Penguin joined his forces and occupied an Abandoned Missile Base in a snowy climate, implying that he may have planned some sort of missile strike. When confronted by X, Chill Penguin reveals that Sigma has paid for his services, and that he joined the rebellion so he could escape his boring post at the South Pole, and partly also to spite X due to feeling sore about the latter's "high and mighty" status. He then attacks X, but is destroyed in the ensuing battle.

In Vile Mode, Chill Penguin is startled yet amused by Vile's sudden rampage, calling him a "Maverick who thought he was a Hunter." He fights Vile and is destroyed.

Strategy

Chill Penguin is a relatively straightforward boss, maintaining an attack pattern nearly identical to his Mega Man X incarnation. In Hard Mode, he gains an aerial form of Shotgun Ice that creates shrapnel and can be difficult to dodge. He is briefly stunned when hit by a Charge Shot, as usual. He is especially weak to X's Fire Wave and Vile's Flamethrower weapons, which wreathe him in flames.

	Shotgun Ice
	Chill Penguin spits four chunks of ice. Some travel straight through the air, others slide along the floor. In Hard Mode, Chill Penguin may perform a variant where he leaps across the room and spits three chunks, which each ricochet into shrapnel off the far wall.
	Damage: 2
	Sliding
	Chill Penguin slides on his belly, bouncing off of walls on contact.
	Damage: 6
	Ice Sculpture
	Chill Penguin breathes snow, creating two penguin-shaped ice sculptures that cause contact damage. The player can shatter them with attacks. If the player is caught in the snow breath, they are frozen solid.
	Damage: 4
	Blizzard
	Chill Penguin jumps to pull the hook on the ceiling, causing a blizzard. The blizzard pushes the player and any ice sculptures, which shatter on walls. He may also jump without grabbing the hook to land on the player.
	Damage: 0

Quotes

Dialogues

• X (Normal Mode)
• X (Free Play/Hard Mode)
• Vile

X: Chill Penguin! Why have you sided with Sigma?
Chill Penguin: Sigma has paid for the use of my power. Working for him is a million times better than piddling around on the South Pole with nothing to do.

X: How could you!? What Sigma's doing is treasonous!

X: Chill Penguin... Why...!?
Chill Penguin: Why? I wouldn't expect you to understand.
X: ...

Chill Penguin: Just look at you, X... You act so high and mighty... I can't stand it!

Chill Penguin: Vile... I've never seen a Maverick who thought he was a Hunter before.
Vile: Hunter? Ha! I've never once entertained such thoughts.
Chill Penguin: Wah ha! Good answer, but you're still acting crazy. What exactly do you plan to do?

Vile: Same thing I always do... Crush anyone and anything who gets on my bad side!

In-battle quotes

Action	Romaji	Japanese	English
Pre-battle	Yaru, kuwa!	やる、クワッ！	I'll get you!
Pre-battle	Yappu, yaru kuwa!	ヤップ、やるクワッ！	You're finished!
Ice Sculpture	Kōre ga!	凍れガ～！	Freeze!

Other appearances

Chill Penguin as he appears in Maverick Hunter X appears in TEPPEN as a unit card alongside his original look.

Gallery

Concept art of Chill Penguin.

Bust of Chill Penguin.

Chill Penguin's first dialogue portrait.

Chill Penguin's second dialogue portrait.

Chill Penguin render.

TEPPEN

Trivia

• In Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, Chill Penguin is voiced by Dean Galloway, the same voice actor of Dr. Wily in Mega Man Powered Up.
• In the Japanese version, Chill Penguin is voiced by Ryuuzou Ishino, the same voice actor as Chousokabe Motochika in Capcom's Sengoku Basara series. He usually ends his lines with "kuwa'" (クワッ). This is a Japanese onomatopoeia, one of the bird's crying sound. Even in Mega Man X DiVE, Chill Penguin and Summer Penguin say the same lines in Japanese script.