The Flutter



The Flutter (フラッター号 Furattā Gou) is a flying machine from the Mega Man Legends series. The ship belongs to Barrell Caskett. His granddaughter Roll Caskett usually pilots the Flutter and takes care of it. This ship is the primary means of transportation for the Caskett family, Mega Man Volnutt, and Data the monkey.

Bad things have a habit of happening to the Flutter, including its crash landing in Mega Man Legends, being set on fire by a clumsy Data attempting to cook pizza (Takoyaki in Japan) in Mega Man Legends 2, crashing twice in Rockman DASH: 5tsu no Shima no Daibouken!, and getting stuck in Namco × Capcom.

The interior is actually much larger than it appears from the outside, allowing the crew to live comfortably, as evidenced by the many luxuries one may purchase for it in Mega Man Legends 2.

Mega Man Legends
After Mega Man leaves the ancient tower, Roll comes to pick him up in the Flutter. Mega Man jumps from the side of the Tower, escaping the Hanmuru Doll and landing on the top of the Flutter. The Flutter then takes off, leaving the vicinity of the Ocean Tower. At this point, the Flutter's engine begins overheating. Needing to land as fast as possible, Roll pilots the Flutter to the closest area, which Mega Man points out is Kattelox Island. The Flutter then crash lands and gets severely damaged.

Roll starts repairing the flying ship while Mega Man Volnutt goes to the local Apple Market to find parts for the repairs. Unable to find anything that can be used for the Flutter, they wind up going on a series of digs to search for parts in the Underground Ruins.

After eventually finding a large enough Red Refractor in the ruins of Lake Jyun, the repairs are complete and the Flutter can be used to access the Clozer Woods Sub-Gate. After leaving the Sub-Gate, the Bonne family engages the Flutter in an aerial battle first with five Draches, then their flying ship, the Gesellschaft, and then finally the Focke-Wulf. Despite the odds, Mega Man manages to protect the Flutter and is able to defeat the air pirates, also lamenting their fate as it didn't appear they would survive the fall.

After Mega Man defeats Mega Man Juno and saves Kattelox Island from being reinitialized with Eden, Mega Man, Roll, Barrell, and Data use the Flutter to leave Kattelox Island and continue their adventure.

Mega Man Legends 2
Sometime between Mega Man Legends and Mega Man Legends 2, Roll purchases a new engine for the Flutter since the last one suffered severe damage and had several repairs before finally crash landing on Kattlelox Island.

While watching Verner Von Bluecher's broadcast on TV inside the Flutter, Mega Man and Roll see a woman who looks like Roll's mother—Matilda Caskett appear during the broadcast from the Sulphur-Bottom. They then use the Flutter and the new engine which allows them to begin catching up with the Sulphur-Bottom in order to investigate if the woman who appeared during the broadcast was really Roll's disappeared mother.

On the way there, Data accidentally sets the Flutter on fire while trying to cook pizza (Takoyaki in Japan). Mega Man is eventually able to extinguish the fire with the Aqua Blaster and save Data and what is left of the Flutter.

Roll then explains to Mega Man that she purchased the new engine by selling all of Mega Man's Special Weapons from Mega Man Legends as it was the only way they could afford it.

Afterwards the Flutter is used as their main means of transport to obtain the keys to the Mother Lode hidden across four different islands while using the Sulphur-Bottom as a hub between their adventures.

Mega Man can spend Zenny to purchase parts to repair the damage caused by the fire and buy decorations for the flying ship.

Rockman DASH: 5tsu no Shima no Daibouken!
During the events of Rockman DASH: 5tsu no Shima no Daibouken!, while trying to meet up with Barrell who is currently on another island, Roll attempts to try out a new feature for the Flutter called the "Charge Drive" which would make the Flutter move at incredible speeds. However, while testing out this new feature, it malfunctions, and sends the Flutter crashing into a nearby island called Sealoss Island. Mega Man and Roll are eventually able to repair the Flutter enough so that they can leave the island, but it remains damaged at this point.

While on Pauran Island, they search for more parts to repair the engine of the Flutter.

They eventually reach Ilux Island and are able to meet up with Barrell again.

They later use the Flutter to fly to another island called Urakoi Island to continue to investigate a catastrophe that is supposed to happen.

As they were flying back on their way home, they come across four towers that have risen out from the ocean and Mega Man goes to investigate them.

After that, their adventure on the five islands concluded, and they used the Flutter to leave the towers and continue their adventures.

Rooms
Mega Man, Roll and Barrell's rooms are on the same floor on Mega Man Legends along with the living room and a set of stairs that are blocked by a caution sign leading upward to the cockpit. There is also a hallway between the bedrooms and the entrance to the Flutter. There is also the engine room which can be seen in several cutscenes. The Flutter also contains its own Development Room.

The living room contains a television, a fish tank, vending machine, a portrait of two sheep, and a couch.

Mega Man's room contains a bed, a grandfather clock, a dresser, a cactus, and a first aid kit.

Roll's room contains a bed, a table, a chair, a cushion, a plant, shelves with an assortment of items laid out on them, a dresser, a computer control panel on the other half of the room, and if you collect it and give it to her, a music box.

Barrell's room contains a desk, a microscope, a map of the world framed on the wall, a globe, several book cases completely filled with books, sarcophagus, a coffin, a strange statue of a crescent moon that has a face with a pointy nose, and a totem pole.

In Mega Man Legends 2 the interior of the Flutter has a completely different appearance. The bathroom and kitchen are now accessible.They can be found on the lower deck of the Flutter. The living room has been moved to the lower deck while Barrell, Roll, and Mega Man's rooms are on the upper deck, the same deck that will lead to the Flutter's bridge. On the lowest deck, there are additional rooms. There is another bathroom, the engine room, the storage room for the Dropship, and the Development Room. Their personal rooms became smaller than its predecessor.

Mega Man's room contains a bed, a grandfather clock, a dresser, a cactus, a large box, a desk, a chair, a lamp, a bunch of books lined up on the desk, a painting hanging on the wall, and a first aid kit.

Roll's room contains a bed, a vanity, a chair, a small table (that looks like identical to the chair, so it might possibly actually be another chair) with a plant on top, a smaller dresser with a box on top, a smaller dresser with a clock and a lamp on top, a smaller dresser with her diary on top, a larger dresser full of red clothing, a painting hanging on the wall, two longer wooden-framed couches, and a longer carpet.

If you buy them for her, there will also be a stuffed penguin, a comic book, a game cartridge, a vase, wallpaper, a painting, a cushion, and a miniature model of the a flying ship (which looks identical to the Sulphur-Bottom) that will fly around the ceiling of her room.

Barrell's room contains a bed, a smaller dresser with a lamp on top of it, another smaller dresser with a miniature model of the flutter (that appears to be a bank), a larger dresser, a telescope, a book shelf completely filled with books, a long desk with many books and boxes on top of it, a chair, a large map that is framed on the wall, a presentation board, and a long carpet.

Specifications
Flutter's specifications in the first game.
 * Length: 20.94 m (60.70 ft)
 * Height: 20.94 m (60.70 ft)
 * Max. speed: 503 km/h (312.54 mph)

Other appearances
The Flutter appeared in Namco × Capcom, where it got stuck in the Third Moon and is later used by the heroes to escape from it. It then winds up stuck in the Makai, and the heroes must protect it against enemy attacks.

Other media
The Flutter, alongside a Drache, made a cameo appearance in issue 35 of the non-canon Archie Comics Mega Man comic series in The X Factor - Part 2.