Bass

“You’re one to talk, Blues - we’ve been together for this long, and your puppy faces still work on me!”

-Bass, to Blues

Bass is the seventeenth Robot Master created by Dr. Wily and the oldest of his brothers, which are Zero and the seventh line of Robot Masters. He is the owner of Treble, husband of Blues, and one of the two main protagonists of Robotic Romantics and its sequel, Android Ardor.

Appearance
Bass is a tall robot with a generally dark color scheme. He has black armor with yellow accents, white gloves, and white feet, as well as a gray skin-tight bodysuit and a pelvic plate. His helmet has a chin guard, white knobs on the sides, and large fins with yellow on the insides. He also has a triangular blue solar lens on his chest plate, which has shoulder guards, and his right arm can become his Bass Buster. Armor or not, he is always shown with purple stripes running from his red eyes down his cheeks - these are later revealed to be facepaint.

Without his armor, Bass is shown to have short and messy black hair. The tops of his eyes are level with his hairline, so he lacks a forehead and eyebrows - thus, his hair is always in his eyes, though he cannot help it. He normally wears dark clothing, and when he wants to look presentable, he sticks to elegant robes and kimonos.

Personality
Bass was formerly a strict and short-tempered fighting robot who did not love anyone in the world, not even Treble. He had an ego and excessive pride, and he would do whatever it took to prove that he was stronger than everyone he considered inferior. He would fight anyone without a moment’s hesitation, especially Rock, since he was built specifically to mock and destroy the latter. He was also rather annoyed at Blues’ quiet and mysterious demeanor, hoping to deal with him after he beat Rock, which never ended up happening.

A few months after the eleventh line of Robot Masters was rescued from Dr. Wily, Bass fell in love with Blues; in order to win his crush’s heart, he drastically changed his ways. Now, he is often compared to Rock in terms of personality - he is friendly, caring, sensitive, and willing to sacrifice himself to protect his loved ones. Thanks to this, he was successful in hooking up with Blues, and now they’re married and they adore each other. Towards strangers, Bass is usually shy and tries to keep a low profile. When he is around his friends and brothers, he enjoys being a dork and pulling corny jokes and puns, whether the humor is kid-friendly or not. In spite of this, he does his best to refrain from ruining the innocence of children, since he is revealed to have a soft spot for them once he meets Viper Man - however, he will not hesitate to tell the truth when it is absolutely necessary.

He still has a temper, though this only shows when he is pushed to his absolute limits. When this happens, he can easily lose his sanity and be subjected to blind rage, which can cause massive destruction and chaos.

He is also a specialist in the field of robotics, and of all robots, he is the most skilled. He enjoys rambling about the complicated things about robotic science - he shares this habit with Acid Man and Shadow Man, and as such, the three are a known trio of geniuses.

Powers/Abilities

 * Bass Buster - can fire consecutive shots in any direction
 * Wall jumping - useful for escaping, and can also cling onto objects on the walls
 * Rocket boots - can fly around freely, but after 12 minutes, his flying fuel reaches 40% and he must let it recharge back to 100%
 * Super Adaptor - can fuse with Treble to become Super Bass, which will enhance his strength; however, he cannot slide
 * Variable Weapons System - can copy and use the weapons of other Robot Masters
 * Built-in translator - can understand everything Treble says

Strengths

 * Acute hearing
 * Quick reflexes
 * Extremely advanced CPU, highly skilled with robotics
 * Powerful buster
 * Completely honest
 * Persistent, not willing to give up

Weaknesses

 * Slow thinker
 * Easily stunned
 * Cannot handle two busters
 * Cannot fuse with Treble if he is at more than 78.3% damage
 * Nervous
 * Slightly low stamina
 * Very sensitive
 * Submissive
 * Clingy
 * If provoked enough, his temper can make him lose his sanity

Trivia

 * It seems easy to emotionally move Bass, as he even blushes at the sight of other cute couples.
 * This also relates to his weakness for innocent children, perhaps because he finds them very cute and amusing.  They also have a lot of innocence that he lacks, and he doesn’t want them to lose it as quickly as he did.


 * He likes to howl at every full moon, along with Treble and any other canine that wishes to join.  While he is notorious for this and multiple people find it ridiculous, this is the one thing that doesn’t make him sad to hear, as he simply does not care.
 * Speaking of doglike behavior, he will also bark at anyone insulting or hurting him or Blues, whether it’s a joke or not.  He also does this on this on the battlefield.


 * Whenever he loses his sanity, almost all of his vocal communications are screams or shouts.  In this angered state, he also tries much harder to do anything and will not follow instruction from anyone, not even Blues.
 * Bass fell in love with Blues when he thought of how stupid it would be if he had a love interest.  Thinking of it as a joke, he tried to find something adorable about Blues, but once he imagined this, he couldn’t get it out of his head.