Friender

Friender
In-Game Information
HP:	Mega Man 2: 10:20 Mega Man II: 16
Attack Damage:	Mega Man 2: 4 (fire breath) 8 (contact) Mega Man II: 5
Weakness:	Mega Man 2: Quick Boomerang Atomic Fire (Fully Charged)
Misc. Information
Script:	フレンダー
Rōmaji:	Furendā
Alt. Name(s):	Hot Dog
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man 2 Mega Man II Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Other Appearances:	Captain N: The Game Master

A 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. They have a fire extinguisher on their tail, but Dr. Wily modified them to breathe fire. The enemy appears as a mid-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. But in normal playthroughs of Mega Man 2, it is impossible to use Leaf Shield on them, since it's obtained from Wood Man and Robot Master stages can't be revisited once they've been completed.

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
Misc. Information
Script:	プチフレンダー
Rōmaji:	Puchi Furendā
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Super Adventure Rockman

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 (being tended to along with a normal Robbit by his master Wood Man), Rockman: Dr. Wily no Inbou, and Rockman World 2. In Mega Man Maniax, Doctor Wily attempts to introduce one for his "Doctor Wily's Animal Kingdom" segment, but the Friender ends up scorching Wily with his fire breath.

Gallery

Hot Dog in Captain N: The Game Master.

Friender in Mega Man #9.

Friender in Rockman: Dr. Wily no Inbou.

Friender in Rockman World 2.

Trivia

• Friender may be based on the blue dog from the anime Casshan (or Neo-Human 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 of 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.