- "Gahahahah! Welcome to my silly, silly stage! Here goes nothing, yah! Bo-woing! Gahahahah!"
- ―Tornado Tonion, Mega Man X7
Tornado Tonion, known as Tornado Debonion (トルネード・デボニオン Torunēdo Debonion) in Japan, is a Maverick from Mega Man X7. He wreaked havoc in the city's Radio Tower, broadcasting silly, annoying messages across the airwaves. Modeled after an onion, Tonion is one of the few Mavericks not based on an animal.
Characteristics[]
Tornado Tonion is a considerably large Reploid with a design loosely based on an onion. He has a green, conical head resembling an onion sprout, and his torso is round and bulbous. The onion scales on his torso can be removed to reveal his thinner, pale interior. His arms are also not connected to his body, floating independently near the coils on his shoulders.
There are discrepancies between Tornado Tonion's design in official art and in his game model. His game model lacks the pointy red nose, has a shorter pelvis, and lacks the orange triangular pattern on his leg armor.
Tornado Tonion has an obnoxious and arrogant personality. He enjoyed entertaining others, and was disappointed when Zero found his dance annoying. There seemed to be very little animosity between him and Axl compared to the other members of Red Alert, as they jovially talked about Tonion's silly antics and how Red would probably be annoyed with them. Interestingly, he is one of three members of Red Alert who is fully aware that "the Professor" is manipulating them (the others being Red and Soldier Stonekong) and regretted being used thusly, actually requesting that X kill him in their battle and go on to stop Red Alert. In the English dub of X7, he has a vaguely high pitched Slavic accent and an effeminate voice. In the Japanese version, he often ends his sentences with -dasu (ダス), much like Auto.
Strategy[]
Tornado Tonion's body is protected by his onion scales, which can be dispelled with enough of the player's attacks but also leave his body during most attacks, leaving him open to damage. Tonion's attack pattern has two phases, before and after losing half his health. First, he attacks by spinning after the player with Tornado Dance three times, then returning to the center of the arena to use Circle, and repeating. In his second phase, he attacks with Wall and Wiper, and Storm if the player gets too close.
Tonion's weaknesses are the Gaea Shield and Gokumonken, which send him spinning away on contact. Although the Gaea Shield is easy to use, the amount of damage it inflicts is extremely low. Zero's Gokumonken, on the other hand, deals much more damage.
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Tornado Dance[1] Volt Tornado (ボルトルネード Borutorunēdo)[2] |
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| Tornado Tonion "blooms" and spins towards the player surrounded by a spiral of electricity. If he catches the player, it swirls them into the air and throws them onto the floor, dealing heavy damage. | |
| Damage: 3:6 (catch), 8:16 (fall) | |
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Circle (サークル Sākuru)[1][2] |
| Tonion stops in the center of the arena and spins his scales in a revolving circle. He performs this attack after three Tornado Dances. | |
| Damage: 2:4 | |
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Wall (サークル Uōru)[1][2] |
| Tonion spins after the player, arranging his scales into a wall that advances towards them. He performs this attack after losing half his health. | |
| Damage: 2:4 | |
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Wiper (ワイバー Waibā)[1][2] |
| Tonion arranges his scales into a line, sweeping high or low and then sweeping again at the other height. He performs this attack after losing half his health. | |
| Damage: 2:4 | |
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Storm (ストーム Sutōmu)[1] |
| Tonion stops to summon a spiral of electricity and spin his scales. He performs this attack if the player gets too close, after he's lost half his health. | |
| Damage: 6:12 (contact), 2:4 (scales) |
Data[]
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Quotes[]
Dialogues[]
Tornado Tonion: You be X, hmm? I ask you favor, yes? Stop us...Stop Red, please, yah?
X: What?!
Tornado Tonion: It professor...professor redesign us... We no longer...
X: Professor?! Who the heck is that?
Tornado Tonion: Gahahahah! Welcome to my silly, silly stage! Here goes nothing, yah! Bo-woing! Gahahahah!
Zero: ...
Tornado Tonion: What? No funny?? But I try so hard, so hard! OK, try again, yah!
Zero: OK, I get the picture. Let's get this over with.
Tornado Tonion: Gahahah! Axl, you grow up handsome boy, yah! But I grow up handsomer boy, a-hah! Bo-woing! Gahahahah!
Axl: Heheh... You haven't changed a bit, buddy!
Tornado Tonion: So, you come up Electric Tower to stop broadcast of my groovy dance, hmm?
Axl: Yup. If Red saw it, he'd get mad and smash the monitor, anyway.
In-battle quotes[]
| Action | Romaji | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle | Saa, iku dasu! | さあ、いくダス！ | Here I go! |
| Circle | Saa, kuru dasu! | さあ、くるダス！ | It's fun, so fun! |
| Storm | Kurukuru dasu! | くるくるダス！ | Around and around! |
| Storm | Arai no uzu dasu! (Vortex Washer!) | 洗いの渦ダス！ | It fun to spin, ya? |
| Wall | Higo dekiru dasu! | ひごできるダス！ | I make wall, ya! |
| Wall | Kakkoii dasu! | かっこいいダス！ | It's so good! |
| Wiper | Waiyā Podasu! (Wire Pod!) | ワイヤーポッダス！ | I whip your butt! |
| Wiper | Waipā dasu. | ワイパーダス。 | See the wiper! |
| Taking damage | Kaaaan! | かあああん！ | Ahh! |
| Hit by weakness | Dokkan! (Bang!) | ドッカン！ | Aaaahhhh! |
| Health reduced by half | Waaaandasu! | わああああんダス！ | Urgghhh! |
| Defeated | Samukatta dasu kā!? | 寒かったダスかぁーーーっ!? | You didn't like it! |
Other appearances[]
- He appeared as a Battle Memory in Rockman Xover.
- Tornado Tonion appeared in cards from TEPPEN.
Other media[]
Tornado Tonion appeared in the Rockman X7 4Koma Manga Kingdom shorts. In two of them Zero proves that he is better with jokes, and Tonion asks him to be his teacher. Zero cries after his defeat due to cutting an onion.
Archie Comics[]
Tornado Tonion was one of the many Mavericks revived by Sigma-1 in preparation for his conquest of reality in Worlds Unite. During the attack on the Sky Patrol, he notably crushed the Egg-Wily Uppity Robot Scrambler Cannon, preventing its use against Sigma or the Maverick army.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Tornado Tonion's Japanese name "Tornado Debonion" may come from the Japanese word debu ("fat").
- Tornado Tonion is the only Maverick from X7 that doesn't appear in the last issue of the Dreamwave Mega Man comic book.
- Aside from Tornado Tonion, there are four other Mavericks in Mega Man X not based on animals: Wire Sponge (although his English name implies the contrary), Split Mushroom, Spike Rosered, and Optic Sunflower.
References[]
| Mega Man X7 | |
|---|---|
| Red Alert | |
| Tornado Tonion • Splash Warfly • Flame Hyenard • Ride Boarski • Snipe Anteator Wind Crowrang • Vanishing Gungaroo • Soldier Stonekong | |
| Other Bosses | |
| Mega Scorpio • Mole Bore • Red • Sigma | |
| X and Axl's Special Weapons | |
| Volt Tornado • Splash Laser • Circle Blaze • Moving Wheel • Sniper Missile • Wind Cutter • Explosion • Gaea Shield | |
| Zero's Special Techniques | |
| Raijinshou • Suiretsusen • Bakuenjin • Zankourin • Hieijin • Souenbu • Hadangeki • Gokumonken | |
| Other | |
| - X - Glide Armor - Zero - D Glaive • V Hanger - Axl - Copy Shot • Double Bullet • G-Launcher • Ray Gun | |
| Stages | |
| Crimson Fortress • Highway • Radio Tower • Battleship • Lava Factory • Central Circuit • Cyber Field • Air Forces • Tunnel Base • Deep Forest • Palace Road • Crimson Palace | |