Wheel Gator

Wheel Gator
Evil Fanged Heavy Tank(凶牙の重戦車)
In-Game Information
HP:	32
Attack Damage:	All games: 3 (contact) 2 (Spin Wheel) 1 per hit (Bite) 2 (Shot Devour shot) 3 (Lunge) 2 (wall spike, X2 only)
Weapon:	Spin Wheel
Weakness:	Mega Man X2: Strike Chain Mega Man Xtreme: Magnet Mine Mega Man Xtreme 2: Tornado Fang (X) Drill Crush (Zero)
Main Stage:	Dinosaur Tank Stage
Misc. Information
Japanese Name:	Wheel Alligates
Script:	ホイール・アリゲイツ
Rōmaji:	Hoīru Arigeitsu
Eye Color:	Red
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man X2 Mega Man Xtreme Mega Man Xtreme 2 (Boss Attack)
Other Appearances:	Rockman X (manga) Rockman Remix Rockman X Mega Mission
Theme Music

Wheel Gator, known as Wheel Alligates (ホイール・アリゲイツ, Hoīru Arigeitsu) in Japan, is a Reploid from the Mega Man X series modeled after an alligator. He is a former Maverick Hunter who joined Sigma's rebellion.

History

Mega Man X2

Wheel Gator was an officer serving in the Maverick Hunters' 6th Naval Unit with Bubble Crab, though the two did not get along at all. Due to his ferocious nature, Gator once attacked a fellow Hunter during a mission, causing him to be labeled a criminal and a Maverick. To satisfy his destructive impulses, he joined Sigma's Maverick army and was given control of a massive dinosaur-modeled tank, which he tried to use to raze an entire city. Fortunately, X infiltrates the tank and destroys Gator, taking his Spin Wheel.

Wheel Gator later reappears in X-Hunter Stage 4 as part of the boss rush.

Mega Man Xtreme

Wheel Gator is one of the four bosses from Hard Mode, appearing as data from previously defeated Mavericks inside the Mother Computer. As replicated data, his attack pattern is exactly the same from Mega Man X2. His weakness is Magnet Mine.

Strategy

Wheel Gator may move and attack slowly, but he uses his personalized arena to his advantage, hiding in the murky waters to attack from below. With the floor unsafe, he also commands the walls with Spin Wheels that climb up, or by carving spikes into the surface. He can even nullify and retaliate against X-Buster attacks. He is weak to Strike Chain, which stuns him and can overpower his Shot Devour counterattack. However, it also forces him to dive back underwater, which can make the battle drag on.

	Spin Wheel (above water) (スピンホイール（水上）, Supin Hoīru (minakami))
	Wheel Gator launches two bladed wheels from his shoulders, which stick into the wall before falling.
	Damage: 2
	Spin Wheel (underwater) (スピンホイール（水中）, Supin Hoīru (suichū))
	Wheel Gator launches a bladed wheel while submerged, which climbs up the wall to the ceiling before falling. He may also release a second wheel randomly.
	Damage: 2
	Biting (噛みつき, Kamitsuki)
	Wheel Gator leaps out of the mud to grab the player in his jaws. On hit, he pulls them down and causes damage until they mash buttons to escape.
	Damage: 1 (per hit)
	Shot Devour (弾を食べる, Dan o Taberu)
	Wheel Gator opens his mouth. If the player shoots him, he eats the projectile and becomes briefly invincible, spitting back four projectiles.
	Damage: 2
	Charge (突進, Tosshin) Screw Dash (きりもみ突進, Kirimomi Tosshin)
	Wheel Gator hops before dashing forwards like a spinning drill. This carves a non-lethal spike in the wall, which stays there for the rest of the battle. Gator only uses this move with low health.
	Damage: 3

Data

Mega Man X2 stats

• Height: 210 cm (6'11")
• Weight: 206 kg (454 lbs)
• Power: 9800rp
• Speed: 1800rp

Other appearances

• Wheel Gator appears in the Boss Attack mode from Mega Man Xtreme 2, with the other Mega Man Xtreme bosses. He is weak to Tornado Fang/Drill Crush.
• Wheel Gator is fought alongside Bubble Crab in the X Challenge in Mega Man X Legacy Collection.
• He appeared in Battle Memory from Rockman Xover.
• He is a unit card in TEPPEN.

Other media

Rockman X2 (manga)

After obtaining the last armor part in the Rockman X2 manga, X enters in a room from the tank filled with oil and is surprised by Wheel Gator. They fight for a short period, and Wheel Gator is destroyed with a double charge shot.

Rockman X Mega Mission

Wheel Gator was revived by Dr. Doppler with the Limited as Wheel Alligates L. Despite his increased power, he is quickly defeated by Zero.

In the manga adaptation from Rockman Remix, Schmitt sends Wheel Alligates L, Bubbly Crablos L and Flame Stagger L to attack X and cover his retreat, but this doesn't work as the three are easily defeated by X's Clear Buster.

Archie Comics

Wheel Gator was revived by Sigma during the Worlds Unite crossover event, in which he served as part of Sigma's massive Maverick army. He and his comrades attacked the Sky Patrol and its crew of heroes, with Wheel Gator engaging Knuckles the Echidna before departing to attack other worlds.

Gallery

Artwork

Alternate artwork for Wheel Gator.

Wheel Gator's back.

Wheel Gator in the Rockman X2 Carddass.

Wheel Alligates L from Rockman X Mega Mission.

Wheel Gator in the Rockman X2 manga.

Wheel Alligates L in Rockman Remix.

Wheel Gator card in TEPPEN.

Wheel Gator in the TEPPEN card Cruel Game.

Mega Man X - Mega Man X8 Mavericks in Worlds Unite.

Sprites

Trivia

• Out of all the eight Maverick bosses of Mega Man X2, Wheel Gator possesses the highest power value, rendering him the strongest of the group. In addition, his power value is the same as Agile's, meaning he even matches one of his superiors.
• There were plans to liken Vector Man to Wheel Gator during Sonic the Hedgehog's banter with the Roboticized Chaotix group in Worlds Collide, but they couldn't find a way to incorporate the reference, and decided to give a nod to one of Sega's other game franchises instead, VectorMan.
• Wheel Gator's spinning Lunge attack resembles M. Bison's "Psycho Crusher" move from the Street Fighter series.
  • It also greatly resembles the "death roll" used by alligators and crocodiles in real life to overpower large victims caught in their jaws or force them into deep water, as well as to tear limbs or chunks of flesh.