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- "So, you are the famous Mega Man! I am Terra - and you will soon be my slave!"
- ―Terra, Mega Man V
Terra, known as Earth (アース Āsu) in Japan, is the leader of the Stardroids and a secondary antagonist in Mega Man V.
He is a greatly respected leader by his allies due to his great determination in battle. He is, however, somewhat nervous and has an obsession with cleaning. Like Venus, he likes to wash his mane of hair with shampoo and, due to this, he does not like to use hats or helmets to cover his mane. His weakness is the Deep Digger.
Mega Man V[]
Terra first appears in the opening cutscene, landing in front of Mega Man and Roll to attack them if he doesn't become his slave, promptly scaring Roll away. He defeats Mega Man as even a charged shot from Mega Man's Super Mega Buster could not faze Terra due to his extraterrestrial origin, though the Mega Arm would change this later.
He appears in the Middle Stage cutscene after the defeat of the first four Stardroids, where he is surprised with Mega Man's progress. Regardless, he sends Dark Moon to attack Mega Man and retreats to space, where he prepares an attack against Earth with the help of the second four Stardroids.
Terra appears one more time, after the defeat of the second four Stardroids. He is encountered on an unknown planet (it likely could be one of nearby planets' moons). He gets angry that Mega Man had ruined his plans, and fights against Mega Man to redeem himself from his master (who is later revealed to be Dr. Wily), but was defeated, allowing Mega Man to take his Spark Chaser weapon.
Attack pattern[]
Terra's arena floor starts out with an entire row of Deep Digger blocks, but underneath is regular flat floor. Terra only has a few attacks and spends most of the fight being stationary. His main attack is to shoot out a Spark Chaser, a laser that moves in the direction of Mega Man. However, it is rather slow and only moves three times in Mega Man's direction within 1.5-second intervals; thus Mega Man can take advantage of this to evade the Spark Chaser easily. Terra's second attack is to create a circular beam made out of 3 spiraling orbs, which expands its diameter to be taller than Mega Man before rushing forward in a similar manner to Scorch Wheel. If Mega Man gets hit by the circular beam, he will be paralyzed in place, allowing Terra to get a free hit on him with the Spark Chaser. If Mega Man gets close to Terra, the latter will jump away to the corner, then jump up high to teleport out of sight. A few seconds later, Terra will reappear on the side of arena that Mega Man isn't on, to keep his distance.
Weaknesses[]
Terra is weak to Deep Digger, which defeats him in 5 hits. As the arena is built out of Deep Digger blocks, it gives Mega Man a lot of chances to hit Terra, a target who is not hard to miss. However, pulling out more blocks will continuously affect the terrain and make it more uneven for both Mega Man and Terra. Terra also has a secondary weakness to Salt Water, and takes 2 damage from it. As with most bosses, Terra takes 3 damage from the Mega Arm.
Data[]
Mega Man & Bass CD data[]
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Damage data chart[]
Displays the amount of damage in units that Terra will receive from each Special Weapon from Mega Man V.
Mega Man V[] | |||||||||||
Mega Buster/Arm | Grab Buster | Bubble Bomb | Photon Missile | Electric Shock | Black Hole | Deep Digger | Break Dash | Salt Water | Spark Chaser | Tango | |
1:3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | -- | 1 |
Dialogues[]
Terra: So, you are the famous MegaMan! I am Terra - and you will soon be my slave!
Terra: It's been a long time, MegaMan! I didn't expect to see you in one piece again. But that is of little consequence now. I will destroy you as I did before and avenge my fallen comrades. Dark Moon, attack!
Terra: You fool MegaMan! You have mettled with my plan for the last time. We could have created a new world for all robots! How can I face my master now? I must redeem myself by blowing you to pieces!
Other media[]
Manga[]
The alien creators of the Stardroids discovered that the HEC reacted to a person’s heart and spirit at a very early stage of their research. This was largely due to the makeup of their civilization, which was not only heavily mechanized, but also focused on things humans would likely consider as magic. They thought that creating a receptacle with a strong spirit would be the best way to maximize the power that could be harnessed from HEC, and to do so, they created the device that would become known as Terra.
Yet for all that Terra was a perfectly good robot, he despised that their hopes did not manage to draw much energy from the HEC at all (although of all the Stardroids, he did manage to draw out the most).
The aliens concluded that on its own, even the strongest will could only do so much, and so rather than keep using Terra alone as a vessel, they developed a new plan: finding a way to concentrate the power of as many hearts as possible within a single container. This container of hearts was Dark Moon, which, immediately after its birth, began to feed on the naturally-occurring negative emotions of the star’s inhabitants. Exactly what happened after was unclear, though based on records left behind by the creators of the Stardroids, it can be assumed that the Dark Moon gave birth to Sunstar, who, toegther with the Stardroids, destroyed the planet.
Terra’s main weapon, the Spark Chaser, keeps firing an invisible thread of energy after launch (which itself is tied to Terra’s energy shield). The laser is literally wired to Terra; he can not only manipulate and reorient it at will, but the laser itself also acts as a sensory organ for him. He receives tactile input from each of the lasers he fires, informing him of their surroundings, and enabling him to manipulate them with perfect precision.
Provided the fancy struck him, Terra could accurately shoot the eyes out of his enemies’ heads even if they stood on the other side of a planet. He can also use that unseen energy thread in a nonlethal fashion; by shooting it at a living being, he can connect, if imperfectly, to their thoughts and emotions, and even interfere to a degree. Terra was able to communicate with people all across the planet, as well as funnel their fear to Dark Moon, by using this ability.
In the manga Mega Man Gigamix, the Stardroids are powerful space robots that attack Earth, destroying several robots in the process.[1] To power Dark Moon, he challenges and defeats Mega Man in combat, providing Dark Moon with despair from the people. Eventually, a repaired and upgraded Mega Man is able to destroy him, but his own despair and hatred provides the energy to bring forth Sunstar.
Terra also appeared in a robot museum in the manga Rockman & Forte.
Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]
Terra makes his first appearance during the time travel story in Issue 20. A time-jumping Mega Man is attacked by Terra, but Mega Man travels to another time before the battle gets very far. Though not present during Worlds Collide, Terra was indirectly mentioned-together with his fellow Stardroids-as a threat that Wily had previously believed himself to have control of, only to need Mega Man to save him. Following that crossover, the evil alien computer Ra Moon sent a signal to its children-in this adaptation Terra and the other Stardroids-informing them of its defeat.
Terra also appears in Shadow Man's flashback in Issue 42, where he informs the Kuiper Droids (including the one who would eventually become Shadow Man) that they need to get Ra Moon away from the Star Marshals while the Stardroids hold them off. The flashback also suggests that Terra was at least 20,000 years old by the time of the present-day events. He later appeared in Issue 55 in a vision of the future of Mega Man's world.
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Trivia[]
- "Terra" means "earth" in Latin, Italian, and Portuguese.
- Terra's appearance might be derived from the Earth: his blue armor may be based on the Earth's oceans and seas, his green hair may be based on the vegetation, the white of his armor may be based on the clouds, and the red may be derived from the Earth's soil.
- Terra is currently the only character in the classic Mega Man game series that has canonically defeated Mega Man in battle.
- Despite being the leader of the other Stardroids, Terra does not have a full-length stage, simply having an arena to himself.
- Although he is not a Mega Man Killer, Terra plays an identical role, being fought after all 8 Robot Master / Stardroids have been beaten.
- He also shows up a few times before the real fight goes down, similar to Ballade in Mega Man IV.
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