Rush (Mega Man)

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Rush

Game series	Mega Man series
First game	Mega Man 3
Creator(s)	Keiji Inafune
In-Universe Information
Classification	Support unit
Loyalty	Dr. Light, Mega Man, Bass

Rush is a fictional robotic dog belonging to Mega Man of the Mega Man series of video games. He was introduced in Mega Man 3, released September 28, 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and has appeared in many games since.

Created by Dr. Light and Dr. Wily (in a temporary truce) to be an all around support unit, Rush has the ability to transform into at least two different forms; Rush Marine and Rush Jet. As Rush Marine, Rush becomes is a small, one-seated submarine while Rush Jet transforms his legs ino jet engines that let him take flight. Rush also has the Rush Coil, which is a spring that pops out of his back and helps Mega Man reach higher platforms that he normally couldn't.

In Mega Man 6 and Mega Man 7, he can attach himself to Mega Man and make a Jet Adapter, which lets Mega Man perform a double jump, and a Power Adapter, which lets Mega Man fire a very strong Mega Buster blast. In Mega Man 7 and Mega Man & Bass, he can also perform Rush Search, in which he in the ground, often finding items for Mega Man to use. In Mega Man 8 Rush can shoot a spread shot in his Rush Jet form, and can also transform into a motorcycle, can carpet bomb an area, and toss out healing items for Mega Man to grab.

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In the Mega Man animated series, Rush can be considered the comic relief for the show, and is usually portrayed as fiercely loyal and helpful to Mega Man, as well as a silly, bumbling dog that ends up causing as much trouble as Wily's robots. Most of his dialogue is regular dog woofs and barks, but it's also interspersed with words repeated, almost like a stutter (when excited about seeing Mega Man, he'll usually bark and yell "Mega Mega Mega!" in a rapid-fire fashion). When doing something considered humorous to the show, the ambient background music usually changes to a lone saxophone playing a jazzy, almost improvised bar of music.
In the Nintendo DS game Mega Man ZX, Rush makes a cameo appearance as a racing cart that features the same colours and has Rush's head on the front. What's more, a red colored husky puppy is seen around Vent and Aile in promotional artwork for the game and in the animated commercial for it - this is likely an indirect allusion to Rush.
In the Mega Man Battle Network series, Rush is represented by the battle chip "PopUp." Although in the games there are no direct references to Rush. However, in the anime Megaman NT Warrior, Rush was a program invented by Dr. Hikari to aid Lan and his friends throughout the series, and bares resembelence to the dog in the "PopUp" battle chip found in the games.