Dr. Froid

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Information
NetNavi:	IceMan.EXE
Misc. Information
Japanese Name:	Hikawa Seiji
Kanji:	氷川清次
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man Battle Network Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge Rockman.EXE Phantom of Network
Sprites

Dr. Froid, known in Japan as Seiji Hikawa (氷川清次, Hikawa Seiji), is a character in Mega Man Battle Network series. His NetNavi is IceMan, whom he received as a birthday present from his family. Dr. Froid is the head of the Construction Division in the Waterworks Bureau.

Appearance

Dr. Froid is tall and thin. He has almost grey hair, small black eyes and stubble on his lower face. He is shown wearing a royal blue jacket and dark blue trousers.

Personality

Froid is professional and passionate about his job, working hard to ensure the Waterworks are running properly and smoothly, and enjoys sharing his passion with others. He also has a passion for justice, and is angered when the WWW kidnap his son and force him and his Navi IceMan to work for them, later helping Lan storm the WWW base and telling him to crush the criminal organization. He loves his son and IceMan deeply, stating that he shares the same level of love for both of them.

Game history

Mega Man Battle Network

In the game, Dr. Froid is manipulated into cooperating with the WWW when his son is held hostage by the organization. Ms. Madd kidnaps his son and blackmails him into freezing the water system in return for his son safety. Lan found his son and was going to tell Dr. Froid about it, but at that time Froid wouldn't listen and insist on attacking Lan and MegaMan. After losing to Lan and MegaMan, Lan was able to relay the good news about his son and he defrosted the towns water supply. After this event, the player can visit him at the Waterworks and challenge him anytime.

Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge

Dr. Froid appears with IceMan as a normal contestant in the Battle Chip GP.

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Rockman.EXE Phantom of Network

Dr. Hikawa appears in Chapter 2, where Netto helps him investigate why the water system was malfunctioning at Akihara Elementary, where Netto faces a strange copy of IceMan. He later helps investigate why copies of NetNavis are causing chaos on the Net.

In Chapter 4 he can be found in Densan City checking on the city's water system.

In Chapter 8, Dr. Hikawa and IceMan have joined the operation to charge the MobileAreaComp with an army of other NetBattlers to cause a distraction so Netto and Rockman can confront Cache.

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Other appearances

Froid card in TEPPEN.

Froid appeared as an Unit Card in TEPPEN.

Anime history

MegaMan NT Warrior

Dr. Froid in the anime

Dr. Froid was given a much smaller role in the anime, with him being the subject of kidnapping instead of his son Tory. His NetNavi, IceMan, is operated by Tory instead of him, as well.

Dr. Froid is kidnapped by Maddy, who in turn forces his son to do dirty work for the WWW. Lan and friends discover Dr. Froid tied up when they sneak into the Waterworks after trying to escape a security droid. After being rescued Dr. Froid then asks that Dex and Lan to help him open the valves and for Maylu and Yai to stop Tory. After opening all the valves and hurting himself in the process, the network is repaired and the water supply saved. After the end of the ordeal, Tory and Dr. Froid were reunited.^{Ice Ice Baby!} He is mentioned at the beginning of N1 Grand Prix by his son.^{N1 Grand Prix!}

Later, during the Gospel era of the series, he is seen leading his team during QuickMan.EXE's attack on the water treatment plant.

In MegaMan NT Warrior Axess, he once again reappears when Lan's class takes a field trip to the water treatment plant, but when Darkloid forces led by BubbleMan.EXE attacked the waterworks, the field trip was cut short while Dr. Froid attempted to deal with the problem.^{Bubble Trouble!}

Gallery

Concept art of Dr. Froid.

Trivia

• According to a comment made by Ishihara in the Mega Man Battle Network Complete Works book (Page 36), Dr. Froid was supposed to be an 'average joe' sort of character. But because of that, he was deemed boring and a 'little too average' by the rest of the Battle Network staff.
• Froid's surname is similar in pronunciation to the Psychoanalysis founder Sigmund Freud.
  • However, the pronunciation of "Froid" in the anime is incorrect. The correct pronunciation of the word "Froid" in French is "Fwah".
• The word "Froid" in French means cold, relating to his NetNavi, IceMan.EXE and relating to what he did in the game.