Friender (フレンダー Furendā), known as Hot Dog in the Mega Man 2 instruction manual for the U.S., is a blue wolf-like robot from the Mega Man series that was originally created to protect forests, having a fire extinguisher on its tail, but Dr. Wily modified it to breathe fire. It appears as a sub-boss in Wood Man's stage in Mega Man 2 and Mega Man II, and in the second Wily Tower stage in Mega Man: The Wily Wars. It is weak to Leaf Shield and fully-charged Atomic Fire, as they both defeat it in one hit.
Hits Data Chart
Amount of shots/hits from Special Weapons it takes to destroy a Friender.
| Mega Man 2 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | Mega Buster | Metal Blade | Air Shooter | Bubble Lead | Quick Boomerang | Crash Bomber | Time Stopper | Atomic Fire | Leaf Shield | ||
| Normal | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Y | 10:4:1 | 1 | ||
| Difficult | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | Y | 20:7:1 | 1 | ||
| Mega Man: The Wily Wars | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Buster | Rolling Cutter | Super Arm | Ice Slasher | Hyper Bomb | Fire Storm | Thunder Beam | |||||
| 20 | 10 | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |||||
| Needle Cannon | Magnet Missile | Gemini Laser | Hard Knuckle | Top Spin | Search Snake | Spark Shock | Shadow Blade | ||||
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
- Damage values for Mega Man 2's weapons in The Wily Wars are equivalent to those of its "Difficult" setting.
Petit Friender
Petit Friender (プチフレンダー Puchi Furendā) is a smaller version of the Friender that appears in episode 1 of Super Adventure Rockman.
Other media
Friender appears in the 20th episode of the cartoon Captain N: The Game Master, where he resembles a bulldog. It also appears briefly in Mega Man #9, Rockman: Dr. Wily no Inbou, and Rockman World 2.
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- Friender may be based on the blue dog from the anime Casshan (Casshern), which is also called Friender and can spit fire. Velguarder and Karumuna Bash also bears resemblance to both Frienders. Rush may also be related to this Friender, as both can turn into a transport for the main character.
- Friender has a cameo appearance in the Opening Stage in Mega Man & Bass.
- In Mega Man Network Transmission, there are several Spikey viruses, which act similarly to these robots. In Mega Man Battle Network and its sequels, they just shoot fireballs at you.
| Mega Man 2 | |
|---|---|
| List of Robot Masters | |
| Metal Man • Air Man • Bubble Man • Quick Man • Crash Man • Flash Man • Heat Man • Wood Man | |
| Other Bosses | |
| Mecha Dragon • Picopico-kun • Guts Tank • Boobeam Trap • Wily Machine 2 • Alien | |
| Mega Man's Special Weapons | |
| Metal Blade • Air Shooter • Bubble Lead • Quick Boomerang • Crash Bomber • Time Stopper • Atomic Fire • Leaf Shield | |
| Mega Man's Support Items | |
| Item-1 • Item-2 • Item-3 | |
| List of Enemies | |
| "Acid" • Anko • Batton • Big Fish • Blocky • Changkey • Changkey Maker • Copipi • Claw • Fly Boy • Goblin • Kaminari Goro • Kerog Kukku • M-445 • Matasaburo • Mole • Monking • Neo Metall • Petit Goblin • "Petit Kerog" • Pierrobot • Pipi • Press • Returning Sniper Joe Robbit • Scworm • Shotman • Shrink • Sniper Armor • Springer • Tanishi • Telly | |
| - Sub-bosses - | |
| Friender | |
| Locations | |
| Wily Castle | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Game Script • List of Enemies • Damage Data Chart • Miscellaneous Data | |
| Mega Man II | |
|---|---|
| The eight bosses | |
| Metal Man • Air Man • Crash Man • Wood Man • Needle Man • Magnet Man • Hard Man • Top Man | |
| Other Bosses | |
| Quint • Wily Machine II | |
| Mega Man's Special Weapons | |
| Metal Blade • Air Shooter • Crash Bomber • Leaf Shield • Needle Cannon • Magnet Missile • Hard Knuckle • Top Spin • Sakugarne | |
| Mega Man's Support Items | |
| Rush Coil • Rush Jet • Rush Marine | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Damage Data Chart • Enemies | |
| Super Adventure Rockman | |
|---|---|
| Characters | |
| Mega Man • Beat • Rush • Dr. Light • Roll • Proto Man • Dr. Wily • Ra Moon Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man | |
| Bosses | |
| Metal Man • Bubble Man • Heat Man • Flash Man • Quick Man • Shadow Man Wood Man • Air Man • Crash Man • Snake Man • Needle Man • Gemini Man Magnet Man • Hard Man • Top Man • Spark Man • Ra Thor • New Yellow Devil | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Metal Blade • Bubble Lead • Atomic Fire • Time Stopper • Quick Boomerang • Shadow Blade Leaf Shield • Air Shooter • Crash Bomber • Search Snake • Needle Cannon • Gemini Laser Magnet Missile • Hard Knuckle • Top Spin • Spark Shock | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Enemies • Energy Tank • Information Card • Item Box • Lanfront Ruins • Proto Shield | |
