Handy

Handy
In-Game Information
Virus Genus:	Handi/Handy Family
Variants:	Handi/Handy, HandiEX, Hando/Handy2, HandoEX, Handum/Handy3, HandumEX
Virus Battle Chips:	TimeBomb
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man Battle Network Mega Man Battle Network 2 Mega Man Battle Network 5
Other Appearances:	MegaMan NT Warrior

Handy (ハンディース, Handīsu), named Handi in Mega Man Battle Network 5, is a virus in the Mega Man Battle Network series that is a floating, mechanical arm appearing rather frequently throughout the game installments.

Handy viruses do not physically attack, but rather wait motionless for a few seconds, after which, use wormholes to move onto the player's field (closes panel to the enemy side only) and plant a Time Bomb. When the Time Bomb detonates in three seconds, it sends an area-wide explosion onto the side of the field it was located. However, it can be destroyed before it explodes with a strong attack. In the first Mega Man Battle Network game, the explosion hits columns one at a time, but in the following games, the explosion ended up instantly hitting all the panels upon detonation.

In Mega Man Battle Network 5, Handies occasionally plant a Time Bomb with an X in place of a number, which only explodes if the player hits it, and goes away on its own after a short period of time. Also, they quickly retreat back after the Time Bomb is set, being prone to close range attacks, by shifting randomly across their own panels to the column in the back.

Appearances

Handys appear in the first two Mega Man Battle Network games as normal enemies. In the third and fourth games, Handys have been temporarily wiped out and don't appear, but the TimeBomb chip itself appears as a collectible (only one chip in the series). Just like other viruses that do not appear in subsequent games, the picture of Handy is blacked out and monochromatic on the TimeBomb chip. Handys resurface in Mega Man Battle Network 5, but once again vanish in Mega Man Battle Network 6, with a different art appearing on the TimeBomb chips images (three chips in the series).

Handy Family

Handi/Handy

Handi / Handy are pale colored hand-like viruses with black accents, black palms, and yellow fingertips.

Hando/Handy2

Hando2 / Handy2 are light-blue colored hand-like viruses with black accents, black palms, and light-pink fingertips.

Handum/Handy3

Handum / Handy3 are pink colored hand-like viruses with purple accents and palms, and yellow fingertips.

HandiEX

HandiEX are yellow colored hand-like viruses with dark-blue accents and palms, and green fingertips.

HandoEX

Handy2EX are green colored hand-like viruses with black accents, black palms, and greyis-blue fingertips.

HandumEX

Handum3EX are grey colored hand-like viruses with dark-purple accents and palms, and orange fingertips.

Virus stats by game

Mega Man Battle Network

Handy		HP:	80	Element:		Damage:	30
		Dropped:	TimeBom1 (J, L)
		Location:	School 4/5, WWW 2
Handy2		HP:	200	Element:		Damage:	100
		Dropped:	TimeBom2 (C, J)
		Location:	Jack-In Testing Machine, Internet 14
Handy3		HP:	300	Element:		Damage:	200
		Dropped:	TimeBom3 (B, G, O)
		Location:	WWW 1/2/4

Mega Man Battle Network 2

Handy		HP:	80	Element:		Damage:	50
		Dropped:	TimeBom1
		Location:	Yumland 1, Bomb Comp 1/3/4
Handy2		HP:	120	Element:		Damage:	80
		Dropped:	TimeBom2
		Location:	Air Comp 1/2/3/5, Netopia Castle Goddess Statue
Handy3		HP:	200	Element:		Damage:	200
		Dropped:	TimeBom3
		Location:	Apartment Comp1

Mega Man Battle Network 5

Handi		HP:	80	Element:		Damage:	50
		Dropped:	TimeBom1
		Location:	SciLab 2/4
HandiEX		HP:	100	Element:		Damage:	70
		Dropped:	TimeBom1
		Location:	Oran Isle (past)
Hando		HP:	120	Element:		Damage:	???
		Dropped:	TimeBom2
		Location:
HandoEX		HP:	150	Element:		Damage:	???
		Dropped:	TimeBom2
		Location:
Handum		HP:	180	Element:		Damage:	160
		Dropped:	TimeBom3
		Location:
HandumEX		HP:	210	Element:		Damage:	200
		Dropped:	TimeBom3
		Location:	Liberation Mission 9

Battle Chips

Not to be confused with the Battle Card of the same name

TimeBomb

Time Bomb, known as Count Bomb (カウントボム, Kaunto Bomu) in Japan, is a series of Battle Chips that can be obtained with Handies. In Mega Man Battle Network 2, 5 and 6, Time Bomb chips are capable of triggering a Program Advance, TimeBomb+.

Mega Man Battle Network

The TimeBomb Battle Chips are set in the enemy area. After 3 seconds, the bomb explodes in the enemy area row by row.

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Rarity
Standard Chip 83		TimeBom1	Sets time bomb in enemy area	80	None		**
Standard Chip 84		TimeBom2	Sets time bomb in enemy area	120	None		***
Standard Chip 85		TimeBom3	Sets time bomb in enemy area	160	None		****

Mega Man Battle Network 2

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Size	Rarity
Standard Chip 95		TimeBom1	An area-wide time bomb!	70	None	C, G, K, M, Z	32 MB	*
Standard Chip 96		TimeBom2	An area-wide time bomb!	120	None	F, G, K, Z	48 MB	**
Standard Chip 97		TimeBom3	An area-wide time bomb!	200	None	E, G, K, Z	64 MB	***

Mega Man Battle Network 3

Summons a bomb that counts down and explodes after 3 seconds damaging all enemies at once. Can be destroyed.

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Size	Rarity
Standard Chip 129		TimeBomb	An area-wide time bomb	150	None	L,M,N,O,*	32 MB	***

Mega Man Battle Network 4

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Size	Rarity
Standard Chip 97		TimeBomb	An area-wide time bomb	150	Obstacle	J,K,L	55 MB	***

Mega Man Battle Network 5

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Size	Rarity
Standard Chip 113		TimeBom1	Explodes 3 seconds later	100	Obstacle		MB	*
Standard Chip 114		TimeBom2	Explodes 3 seconds later	140	Obstacle		MB	**
Standard Chip 115		TimeBom3	Explodes 3 seconds later	200	Obstacle		MB	***

Mega Man Battle Network 6

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Size	Rarity
Standard Chip 145		TimeBom1	Explodes 3 seconds later	150	Obstacle		20 MB	**
Standard Chip 146		TimeBom2	Explodes 3 seconds later	190	Obstacle		30 MB	***
Standard Chip 147		TimeBom3	Explodes 3 seconds later	230	Obstacle		37 MB	****

Trivia

• Handy and Piranha viruses are the only viruses to ever reappear after their blacked-out chip image status, unlike viruses such as Miney, Ammonicule, and Fanner, that appear only in the first game, and never show up again, resulting in a permanently blacked-out chips in the subsequent games.
• In Mega Man Battle Network if a TimeBomb is placed on top of MegaMan, then he will be sent back one square. This can occur with a TimeBomb placed by a Handy or by another player during a Net Battle. In addition to being pushed back, MegaMan will immediately take damage as if the bomb exploded and remove the bomb.