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"...Hee hee hee. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! The Mavericks, Hunters and Repliforce... Idiots, all of them. They're making my job too easy!"
―Double, Mega Man X4

Double (ダブル Daburu) is a supporting character, as well as a secret secondary antagonist for X, in Mega Man X4. At first appearing to be a simple rookie Maverick Hunter, it is later revealed that he was a spy working for Sigma all along.

Characteristics[]

Appearance[]

In his first form, Double is a short and tubby Reploid. His face is pudgy and his body shape is almost entirely spherical, giving him an unintimidating and goofy appearance. His armor is yellow and brown, and his helmet has a mouth guard that somewhat resembles that of an American football helmet. He possesses a belt around his waist with several red capsules attached.

However, his true form is much more menacing. His body expands, making him much more tall and lean, and revealing most of his armor is translucent and full of what appears to be a pink fluid or gel. His feet, shoulders, and helmet gain large spikes and horns. His eyes also become red with green outlines, and his face turns into a slender sneer. His arms also possess generators that can create purple beam knives.

Personality[]

Double is initially presented as a incompetent and clumsy member of the Maverick Hunters with an earnest personality, who is eager to serve as X's aide, showing concern for him and advising him. However, this is a ruse he puts on as a double agent working for Sigma, and his true nature is that of a sadistic and violent Maverick. Upon revealing his true form, he mercilessly slaughters the Maverick Hunters who were ridiculing him before going after X, where he reveals he thinks the Mavericks, the Hunters, and Repliforce alike are fools who made his job too easy, and looks forward to ripping X apart. Despite his insane personality, Double has enough discipline and cunning to fool the Maverick Hunters with his bumbling personality before he is called on by Sigma.

History[]

Mega Man X4[]

Double first appears to assist X as his operator, after the Sky Lagoon incident and the beginning of Repliforce's coup d'etat. He introduces himself as a rookie and X finds him endearing. He can normally be seen waiting on the Stage Select Screen in X's story.

After X begins infiltrating the Final Weapon, Double is made fun of by some Maverick Hunters in the 17th Unit at a hangar base. Sigma contacts Double and finally gives the order to let loose on the Hunters, reasoning it would be bad for their plans if the Hunters went to space to reinforce X.[1] Double gleefully transforms and slaughters the bullies, before assuring X over communication that everything is normal. He then travels to the Final Weapon, where he confronts X in his fake form again before transforming for battle. X is forced to defeat Double. X is emotionally shaken by this betrayal of his trust, and Double explodes after indignantly challenging X to meet him in the afterlife.

Strategy[]

Double's body is made of a fluid metal that allows him to change his shape alongside his different personalities: a young, chubby Reploid and a tall, malicious Maverick.[2] He battles X in his true Maverick form, wielding fearsome agility and beam knives. His dash attacks are easily avoided by staying on the walls, but this makes him change strategies and attack with his energy discs instead. He also takes no damage from X-Buster shots less than a fully-charged Charge Shot.

Double's weakness is, ironically, the Double Cyclone. However, hitting him with Double Cyclone breaks blobs off his body that become attack drones. Unlike most bosses in the Mega Man franchise, using Double's weakness actually makes the battle more difficult, as the arena can become clustered by drones unless the player hits him sparingly.

MMX4 Double BodyBlow Tackle (体当たり Taiatari)[3]
Double leaps to the ceiling before descending on the player with a beam knife. Upon landing, he dashes horizontally or diagonally towards them with his beam knife again. Double cries "Evil Slash!" (or "Devil Slash!" in Japanese) when using this move.
Damage: 9
MMX4 Double LightProjectile Light Shot (光弾 Hikari-dan)[3]
Double throws a spinning energy disc at the player. After losing half his health, he throws two discs at a time.
Damage: 6
MMX4 Double WaveProjectile Wave Shot (ウエーブ弾 Uēbu-dan)[3]
Double floats on one side of the arena to release two wide energy waves, which the first has to be dashed under while the second has to be jumped over. He only uses this attack when half his health is depleted, and this attack is always preceded by a Tackle.
Damage: 9
MMX4 Double SeparationAttackCutter
MMX4 Double SeparationAttackBat
Split Attack Cutter (分離攻撃カッター Bunri Kōgeki Kattā)[3]
When struck with his weakness, Double Cyclone, Double releases two blobs that become attack drones. They may become spinning blades that bounce around the arena, or they may become a Bat Type (コウモリ型 Kōmori-gata) which floats above the player to fire shots downwards.
Damage: 4 (blade), 3 (Bat, contact), 4 (Bat, projectile)

Other appearances[]

Dialogues[]

After Sky Lagoon[]

X: ...Who are you?
Double: Call me Double, the rookie hunter. My liege, the Repliforce has begun it's coup!
X: ... Wait! ... Colonel, you're jumping to conclusions here!
Double: Sir, you've been given the order to scramble!
X: Right. I'm leaving right now!

After 4 Mavericks[]

Double: Sir, it's a message from the Colonel!
Colonel: X, I'll wait for you at Memorial Hall. Make sure you show up on time!
Double: Sir, this must be a trap!
X: ...Perhaps. But I won't run this time!

After 8 Mavericks[]

Double: The Repliforce has begun assembling!
X: Where are they?
Double: The space port! They plan to take off into space!
X: Hurry! We have to stop the Colonel!

After Space Port[]

Double: Repliforce has flown off into space...
X: Double, watch the ship for me. I'll go after them!
Double: Sir! Reconsider what you're doing, it's far too dangerous!
X: We don't have any other option! I'm leaving you in charge here, Double!

Betrayal of Double[]

Double: Oh, not again!
Hunter: Hey, watch it!
Double: I'm terribly sorry...
Sigma: It's me! Those Hunters must not be allowed in here! Terminate them!
Double: Roger...
Hunter: What a freak! Ha ha ha!
Hunter: Hey Double, what's the matter?
Hunter: This is the Maverick Hunters 17th Unit! Commander X, please respond!
X: This is X! What happened!? Report!
Double: Nothing to worry about.
X: No further transmissions unless necessary to carry out the operation!
Double: Understood...
X: I'm breaking contact.
Double: ...And now, X will be my next target! Hee hee hee hee!

Pre-Battle[]

X: Double! What... Why are you here!?
Double: ...Hee hee hee. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! The Mavericks, Hunters and Repliforce... Idiots, all of them. They're making my job too easy!
X: ...W... What are you talking about? Double, what are you saying?!
Double: Think it over in heaven! Die, X!

Post-Battle[]

X: Double!
Double: ...Damn! ...How could I lose to a weakling like you...
X: Double, tell me! Why did you do this?
Double: Hee hee hee. Ha ha ha! You're so naive, X! I was sent as a spy from the very beginning to keep an eye on you!
X: ...Double! I... I trusted you!
Double: Ha ha ha ha! That naiveness may be your fatal flaw! Good bye, X! See you in the after life!
X: Double!!

In-battle lines[]

Action Japanese Translation Audio (JP) English Audio (EN)
Pre-battle フハハハハハハハハ!(Fuhahahahahahahaha!) Hahahahahahahaha! I'm gonna recycle you!
Pre-battle フハハハ・・・ぶちのめしてやるぜエックス!!(Fuhahaha, buchinomeshite yaru ze Ekkusu!!) Hahaha, I'm gonna clobber you, X! Ha ha ha... You're gonna get hurt, X!
Pre-battle 待ってたぜ・・・お前を切り裂くこの時をな!(Matteta ze... omae wo kirisaku kono toki wo na!) I’ve been waiting… for this moment to tear you apart! I'm so anxious to rip you apart!
Tackle デビルスラッシュ!(Debiru Surasshu!) Devil Slash! Evil Slash!
Light Shot くらえ!(Kurae!) Take this! Destroy!
Wave Shot あぁぁぁぁぁ…はあああ!(Aaaaaa... haaa!) Aaaaaa... haaa! Hrrrrr... Here!

Other media[]

Rockman X4 (manga)[]

Double frames Repliforce

Double frames Repliforce with planted evidence.

RX4M Double

The shocking truth revealed.

Double appeared in the Rockman X4 manga. Like the game, he is a spy sent by Sigma to keep an eye on the Maverick Hunters and pretends to be a fan of X. He also interacted with Zero a few times. In the manga, Double was directly responsible for framing Repliforce for the attack on the city by the rampaging Mechaniloid Eregion by placing Repliforce equipment at the scene, next to Eregion's corpse after his defeat.

Double is later seen with a squad of Maverick Hunters at the scene of the disaster who are investigating the wreckage for more evidence. Amid the rubble, even more equipment from the Repliforce is found, further implicating them in the incident. Double then walks up to Zero with a box of mechanical wreckage of Repliforce equipment and happily says that with all the evidence at the scene, Repliforce will be considered guilty. Zero then angrily slaps the box out of Double's arms, but apologizes afterward for losing his temper.

After X infiltrated an old laboratory and managed to incapacitate Split Mushroom without destroying him, Double appears in his combat form and stabs Split Mushroom, following by quickly slicing him into tiny pieces while mocking X. Double says that when the time comes, he will kill X as well, but he does not have orders to do so yet.

When X went on a mission to apprehend rampaging Repliforce soldier Frost Walrus, the soldier was too powerful and defeated him while killing his comrade Blizzard Buffalo in the process. Double decides to console X after this catastrophe at the Hunter base, telling him that his true strength is justice and to not give in to the torment that Walrus inflicted on him. Double mentions how X is the only Hunter they have strong enough to go after Walrus.

Later, Double watches from afar as General kills Frost Walrus in the middle of his rematch with X as punishment for Walrus's misconduct. General then proceeds to take on a full barrage of X's blasts without damage, and then walks away. Double surmises that General was showing respect and an apology to X by letting himself be attacked, after he gave Walrus the sanction of death for breaking military regulations.

After an Ultimate Armor-powered X beats General to the point of unconscious in the Final Weapon, Double confronts X in combat form and mocks them both. Double then reveals his treachery to X by revealing his normal face, and tells him how he was the one responsible for the Maverick attack against the city that Repliforce was falsely suspected of. Viciously slashing X with his blade, Double tells him how he used Eregion to attack the city while installing Repliforce equipment in the Mechaniloid to make the military organization look guilty, all according to Sigma's plan of an "assassination game". Double says it was amusing to watch the Repliforce and the Hunters destroy each other. X is enraged by this and sheds tears of anger, and uses the power of the Ultimate Armor to tear through double with a Nova Strike charge. Double marvels in disbelief at X's power before he dissolves, and an orb falls out of his body. X then blasts the orb that fell out of Double's body to make sure he wouldn't regenerate.

Archie Comics[]

Double was one of numerous Mavericks resurrected by Sigma-1 using the power of the Genesis Portals to form an army to battle Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man's team of allies. However, he and his fellow Mavericks were then attacked by the arriving Street Fighters, with Guile giving Double a taste of his Sonic Boom technique (Sonic not being particularly impressed by the ability's name) and finishing him with a Dragon Suplex.

Gallery[]

Video[]

Trivia[]

  • The English Mega Man X4 manual states that Double was Dr. Cain's latest creation, being a prototype that had not been fully refined.[4] However, no other source mentions who created him, possibly being an error from the English manual.
  • In his decoy form, Double ends his sentences with "deshi" (デシ) in the Japanese version.
  • During Double's Tackle attack he yells "Evil Slash." However, he yells "Devil Slash" (Debiru Surasshu) in the original Japanese version, meaning it was possibly changed in the English version to censor any references to the Christian devil.
  • Although Double says to X that "the Mavericks, Hunters and Repliforce" were all idiots who made his job easier (which made it sound as though he wasn't actually loyal to Sigma or the Mavericks), this is a mistranslation and is supposed to read "the Maverick Hunters and Repliforce".
  • Double's bladed arm and evil grin upon showing his true nature is similar to Shadow, another traitor to the Maverick Hunters.
  • Double's goo-like composition and shapeshifting abilities strongly resemble that of the Devil series of bosses from the classic Mega Man series, and his Split Attack Cutters use the same kanji as the Devil series' Split Attack. No direct link has ever been made between the two.
  • The official soundtrack for Double's theme in Mega Man X4 refers to him as "Double Jello Man".

References[]

  1. In the Japanese version, Sigma tells Double: 今ハンターどもに宇宙に来られてはまずい。やれ。This translates to "It'll be bad if the Hunters go to space now. Terminate them."
  2. Rockman Perfect Memories page 51
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Boss File: Double, Compendium of Rockman X. p. 70.
  4. Mega Man X4 English game manual, pg.13. Retrieved January 17, 2021.


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