Flame Mammoth, known in Japan as Burnin' Noumander (バーニン・ナウマンダー, Bānin Naumandā), is a boss in Mega Man X, a Reploid based on the Naumann's elephant. He is a former Maverick Hunter who joined Sigma's Maverick uprising.

Characteristics[]

Flame Mammoth has an arrogant and cocky attitude, and is extremely proud of his large size and strength. Flame Mammoth enjoys causing destruction, as it feeds his ego. His tendency to look down on those smaller than him puts him on bad terms with his subordinates, as well as highlighting the potential cause for the tension with Chill Penguin, one of the few higher-ranked members of the Maverick Hunters who refused to work with him.

Flame Mammoth's appearance is of a humanoid mammoth with red armor on his chest bearing the Sigma symbol. His shoulder pads are green with yellow frames. His left arm ends in a pentadactyl hand wearing a white glove with his right arm ending in an arm cannon that shoots fire. His trunk, which shoots oil, is segmented. Being a mammoth, he has large, orange ears. Flame Mammoth also wears boots with blue kneecaps, a red marking near the toes, and black soles. His Summer Mammoth alter ego is white with blue accents.

History[]

Mega Man X[]

As a member of the 4th Land Unit, Flame Mammoth has fought in many missions in the Middle East. When Sigma begins his Maverick rebellion, Flame Mammoth joins him, seeing it as an opportunity to use his large size to go on full-scale rampages without holding back.^[3] Sigma orders him to guard captured factories, planning to convert them to produce weaponry. X confronts Mammoth there and defeats him, obtaining his Fire Wave.^[4]

Flame Mammoth reappeared in the third stage of Sigma's Hideout as the final Maverick boss rematch.

Strategy[]

Flame Mammoth attacks slowly, but has an impressive jump that covers great distance and causes tremors when he lands. He throws oil onto the floor so that he can light it into fireballs with his Fire Wave buster. His arena is quite wide, and thus he can go off-screen if distanced enough from his opponent; the player's attacks cannot hit him there. He has control over the arena's conveyor belt, and occasionally trumpets with his trunk to change its direction.

Three hits from the Boomerang Cutter will cut off Flame Mammoth's trunk, preventing him from lobbing oil or manipulating the conveyor belt. The Storm Tornado is his weakness, though it has no stun effect and only causes increased damage. However, an uncharged Storm Tornado can put out his oil fires. In Mega Man Xtreme 2, Marine Tornado is his weakness instead.

	Earthquake (地震, Jishin)[3] Jump Press[5]
	Flame Mammoth leaps, attempting to land on the player. On impact, he causes a tremor that stuns the player if they're on the floor.
	Damage: 4
	Oiling (油, Abura)[3][5]
	Flame Mammoth launches a blob of flammable oil from his trunk.
	Damage: 0
	Flame (炎, Honō)[3] Fire Wave[5]
	Flame Mammoth shoots fireballs from his buster, which fall to the ground. If one touches a blob of oil, it bursts into a formidable fireball.
	Damage: 2

In Mega Man Xtreme 2, Flame Mammoth uses a new attack called Flame Drop (炎を降らす, Honō o Furasu), where he casts four fireballs upwards off-screen which rain on top of the player sequentially.^[6]

Data[]

Stage[]

Main article: Factory Stage

Mega Man X stats[]

Flame Mammoth (Burnin' Noumander)
Height: 321 cm (10.5 ft)
Weight: 327 kg (721 lbs, mistakenly shown as 719 lbs in-game)
Attacks: Fire Wave, Oiling, Jump Press

Other appearances[]

• Flame Mammoth is one of the eight Mavericks in the remake of the original Mega Man X, Mega Man Maverick Hunter X.
• In Rockman ×over, Flame Mammoth is one of the four bosses from World 1.
• Flame Mammoth appeared in Street Fighter × All Capcom.
• Flame Mammoth appeared in TEPPEN.

Mega Man X DiVE[]

Flame Mammoth is the boss of the story stage 12-6, in the Power Control Center. His strategy is similar to previous appearances, with some changes:

• Flame Mammoth will often use his oil attack first before using his flames.
• His flames are always red, but when they land on an oil pool, a blue flame rises from it like in Maverick Hunter X.
• Flame Mammoth's room lacks a conveyor belt, so he won't waste time changing its direction and any oil will stay where it landed.
• When he jumps, the quake will not stun the player, but any oil glob on the floor will split in two.
• His trunk cannot be cut.
• If the player stays too close, Mammoth may catch the player, causing some damage before throwing the player.

Flamme Mammoth appeared as the boss of the second summer event, Summer Treasure Hunt, as Summer Mammoth. Instead of oil blobs, Summer Mammoth releases bouncing water blobs that leave water pools where it hits, and when he jumps, the pools will form a water pillar and disappear. He releases a water spray from his trunk.

Other media[]

Rockman X[]

Flame Mammoth is the fifth Maverick fought by X in the manga Rockman X.

When en route to the Point Z-O-R-X, X passed by a factory, where he met and fought against Flame Mammoth in a large room where Flame Mammoth used Reploid bodies hung from the ceiling to repair himself.

During the battle, Flame Mammoth kept repairing himself whenever X destroyed, giving X a hard fight. However, after shooting Flame Mammoth with a series of buster shots, X noticed that Flame Mammoth's left chest (where the Sigma insignia was located) was so resilient that it was immune to attack and reflects buster shot upon contact. X then decided to take the gambit by letting his buster to merge with Flame Mammoth during his regeneration. By doing so, X was able to shoot directly at Flame Mammoth's weakness, destroying the Maverick's regeneration function. Flame Mammoth's gigantic body then began to collapse, revealing his true form — a small CPU ball with arms and legs.

When X unintentionally addressed the fact Flame Mammoth was tiny, he became very angry and told X that he joined Sigma's rebellion in order to have his revenge against those who despised him and called him "small". X replied that a friend once told him "strength had nothing to do with size and rank... it's pride that counts the most." and he finally learned that applied to not only hunting down Mavericks, but also life. X further noted that he was an example as he able to defeat Flame Mammoth, who was much larger than him in size. Regretting his actions, Flame Mammoth opened an exit to the factory for X. Before X left, Flame Mammoth asked X to take his life, while X replied that it would not be right as there had been enough lives lost in the factory. This makes Flame Mammoth the only one of the top eight Mavericks to not die in the Rockman X manga.

Irregular Hunter Rockman X[]

Flame Mammoth fought alongside with X and Sigma alongside the other Maverick Hunters that did not join Vile and Chill Penguin's rebellion. He would work with Storm Eagle and Armored Armadillo though the three struggled against the Anglerge. By the time they reached Launch Octopus' base, they found X already present, having defeated Octopus by himself.

With most of their associates dead, only Vile and Chill Penguin remained, and the latter threatened to make use of recent winter snow to cause an avalanche on a nearby town. Although X was assigned the mission alone, Flame Mammoth would infiltrate Chill Penguin's base while X was busy fighting RT-55J. Despite his weapon being effective against his rival, Flame Mammoth was unable to keep up with Chill Penguin's speed and was severely damaged by the time X arrived. With little time left, Flame Mammoth gave X his Fire Wave chip before Chill Penguin destroyed him. X would later use the Fire Wave to incinerate Chill Penguin, avenging Flame Mammoth.

Flame Mammoth was the only boss from the game who did not go Maverick in this comic.

Rockman X Mega Mission[]

In the Carddass, Flame Mammoth is revived by Dr. Doppler as "Burnin' Noumander L" (Flame Mammoth L). Some of Flame Mammoth's changes include his red colors being changed to black and the inclusion of long tusks.

Rockman Remix[]

In the Mega Mission history from the manga, Rockman Remix, Burnin' Noumander L attacks X with Storm Eagleed L (Storm Eagle L) and Sting Chameleao L (Sting Chameleon L). Initially, X doesn't want to fight them, but he's forced to by iX/Limited to kill them with one blast, leaving only debris.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]

Flame Mammoth is briefly mentioned in issue #40 of the comic when his unit is called in to manage the area after the Wily Walker's attack. He would be mentioned again in issue #50's backup story, where he alongside his 4th Overland Unit was one of many former Hunters Zero desperately tried to contact on The Day of Σ.

During Worlds Unite Flame Mammoth was one of the Mavericks from across time resurrected by Sigma and deployed as part of a Maverick army intended to conquer all of reality. After joining in the assault on the Sky Patrol, he departed to attack other worlds at Sigma's behest.

Gallery[]

Flame Mammoth performing Jump Press.

Flame Mammoth's concept art.

Detail design of Flame Mammoth's sole.

Character animation from Mega Man X.

Flame Mammoth in Mega Man X DiVE.

Summer Mammoth in Mega Man X DiVE.

Flame Mammoth in Street Fighter x All Capcom.

Flame Mammoth in TEPPEN.

In the TEPPEN card Heated Debate.

Flame Mammoth using a Ride Armor in Irregular Hunter Rockman X.

Flame Mammoth in the Rockman X Carddass.

Burnin' Noumander L in Rockman X Mega Mission.

Mega Mission manga.

Etymology[]

• Flame Mammoth's Japanese name "Noumander" (ナウマンダー, Naumandā) is a portmanteau of Naumann's elephant (ナウマンゾウ, Nauman zou) and Commander (コマンダー, Komandā).

Trivia[]

• The fact that Flame Mammoth died to Chill Penguin in the Irregular Hunter Rockman X manga is ironic, considering his Fire Waves serve as Chill Penguin's weakness.
• X managed to destroy Flame Mammoth's trunk in the manga Rockman X. However, he did this with the buster shot since he did not possess the Boomerang Cutter yet.
• In the manga, Flame Mammoth uses the uncharged Fire Wave similar to how X does in-game instead of using a fire projectile during the boss fight.
• In-game, Flame Mammoth use roars to change the direction of the conveyor belt, while in the manga, he roars to collect parts from victims hanged on the ceiling to repair his damaged parts.

• Flame Mammoth's weapon, Fire Wave, is featured as a weapon known as Burning Spray Gun in Mega Man X DiVE. The weapon's appearance is based on his buster in Marverick Hunter X but with a longer nozzle; while its Japanese name, Noumannoder (ナウマンノダー, Naumannodā), is named after Flame Mammoth's Japanese name and a pun meaning "It is Noumann's!" ("ナウマンのだー！" Nauman no dā) The weapon is also used by Mad Joey in the New Year event of 2021. However, the weapon shoots fire balls instead of the Fire Wave.
  • Additionally, Flame Mammoth is the only of the original 8 bosses in Mega Man X DiVE who does not provide a Boss Chip in Boss Challenge mode. Instead, a segment of Purgatory Machine Gun is provided.

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