The Big O

Roger Smith and The Big O

Roger Smith is a Negotiator in Paradigm City, a city whose residents lost all memories 40 years ago. He negotiates nearly anything from kidnappings to pet ownership for nearly anyone, provided both sides play fair, but refuses to work with the Paradigm Corporation unless necessary. He pilots the Big O, a Megadeus giant robot, to defend the city from threats like other Megadeuses or giant monsters.

Roger Smith - The Watch

Uses watch to summon Big O to his location (source) (1)
Alerts Roger that he has been locked onto with a missile launcher (source) (1)
Deploys grappling line from watch (source) (2)
Grabs the top of a building after jumping out of a window with grappling line (source) (4)
Grabs the railing of a walkway and pulls himself and Angel up with grappling line (source) (8)
Grabs the fender of his car while it’s on top of a factory roof with grappling line (source) (16)
Swings from a gargoyle with grappling line (source) (17)
Ascends a building, grabbing Norman along the way with grappling line (source) (23)
Takes down Vera from a distance with grappling line (source) (25)
Has a radar that shows Big O’s position (source) (7)
Communicates with Norman via watch (source) (8)
Laser from watch cuts through a metal cuff (source) (18)

Roger Smith - The Griffon

Armors itself to prevent theft (source) (1)
Uses watch to fire missiles from the car (source) (1)
Missiles blow a hole in the roof of a factory and drop two missiles into it (source) (16)
Has a radio and video screen inside (source) (1)
Machine guns on the front tear through wooden signs (source) (6)
Can self-drive (source) (9)
Picks up police radio and changes its color (source) (9)
Drives through a brick wall (source) (9)
Bulletproof with armor activated and drops mines to blow up robots (source) (25)
Guns, missiles, and mines destroy robots and a road barricade (source) (25)
Warns Roger of danger (source) (25)

Roger Smith - Physicals: Strength

Pulls Dorothy free from wiring and carries her; Dorothy weighs 130 kg and a man can’t move her (source) (2)
Throws a chair through the window of a submerged building (source) (7)
Snaps the device controlling Dorothy in half (source) (9)
Breaks out of metal cuffs (source) (18)

Roger Smith - Physicals: Durability

Gets knocked out by a taser (limit) (source) ([Limit] 2)
Gets knocked out by a blow to the head with a rifle (limit) (source) ([Limit] 3)
Jumps out of a window unharmed (source) (4)
Falls off a ladder (source) (4)
Runs through fire (source) (4)
Shrugs off getting knocked back by an explosion at his feet (source) (6)
Gets smashed through the top of a stone column (source) (8)
Gets crushed by Dorothy for a time; Dorothy can lift and throw a bicycle and two men with one hand and knocks a locked prison door out of its frame (source) (9)

Roger Smith - Physicals: Speed/Agility

Catches up to a small submarine on foot (source) (7)
Dodges bullets (source) (8)
Jumps a fair distance through a window and lands in his car as it’s driving (source) (9)
Dodges a crane (source) (9)
Dodges swipes from an android (source) (15)
Blocks a surprise stab from behind with a book (source) (25)

Roger Smith - Skill/Misc: Resources

Has an informant (source) (1)
Butler Norman maintains and repairs his car and Big O; Norman carries a big gun (source) (1)

Roger Smith - Skill/Misc: Skill/Intelligence

Can tell that the Griffon’s brake efficiency has dropped by 1/8th (source) (1)
Uses Dorothy as a decoy to draw enemy fire (source) (1)
Repositions Big O so that the Megadeus trying to reel him in is pushed back (source) (2)
Gets out of the ropes he’s tied up in (source) (3)
Though he doesn’t carry a gun and refuses to shoot people, he’s a fairly accurate marksman (source) (8)
Explains how to negotiate kidnappings (source) (9)
Blinds Big Duo with the Chrome Buster, allowing him to dodge its attack unseen (source) (12)
Uses his jacket as a decoy while fleeing a pursuer (source) (13)
Hears Alan ready his gun from a distance away (source) (15)
Grabs a pipe to counter Alan rushing him with a sword (source) (17)
Throws Alan over his shoulder (source) (21)

Roger Smith - Skill/Misc: Misc

Makes pretty good scrambled eggs (source) (3)
Not very good at painting faces (source) (9)

Roger Smith - Misc Gear

Activates a briefcase with jets attached to it using a remote (source) (1)
A key mold pen (source) (4)
A flashlight (source) (4)
Binoculars (source) (16)
A zipline briefcase (source) (16)
His house has a defense system (source) (23)

Big O - Physicals: Strength: Striking

Sticks its hand through a parking structure to catch a van driving away (source) (2)
Stomps through the street to reach underground (source) (2)
Breaks a Megadeus’ faceplate with a punch (source) (2)
Tackles a giant chimera through a laboratory complex (source) (8)
Punches through a giant sword and knocks back a Megadeus (source) (15)
Knocks the Leviathan down the street (source) (17)
Punches through a wall and destroys two robots (source) (23)
Clashes with Big Duo’s diving punch, making a shockwave that shatters windows on a nearby building and tosses cars, though it ends up with a damaged arm (source) (24)

Big O - Physicals: Strength: Lifting/Throwing

Tosses aside a smaller Megadeus (source) (4)
Yanks a Megadeus to him using the Mobydick Anchors and lifts it with one arm (source) (9)
Throws a giant robot high into the air (source) (10)
Lifts the Behemoth, a massive Megadeus, and destroys it off-screen (source) (25)

Big O - Physicals: Strength: Pushing/Tearing

Pushes a Megadeus into a building hard enough to shift it back (source) (1)
Tears apart a giant sea monster’s tongue (source) (3)
Tears apart the chimera’s tendrils and rips off its arm (source) (8)
Tears off the plating covering Big Duo’s pilot area (source) (12)

Big O - Physicals: Strength: Other

Overpowers Big Duo (source) (12)
Catches Big Fau’s rocket arms right after they plow through a building (source) (26)

Big O - Physicals: Durability: Impact

Blocks a bunch of blows from a Megadeus with its arm plating; the Megadeus was strong enough to lift Big O (source) (1)
Gets hit by a glancing attack from a Megadeus (source) (2)
Gets tackled by a smaller Megadeus (source) (4)
Gets knocked over by a smaller Megadeus after throwing it (source) (4)
Gets continuously blasted by a Megadeus’ sonic weapon; an accident with the weapon left a massive crater (source) (6)
Gets tackled across a dome and through a building by Big Duo (source) (12)
Blocks a dropkick from a Megadeus (source) (15)
Gets thrown into a building by a Megadeus (source) (20)
Gets tackled by the same Megadeus that matched Big O in strength (source) (20)
Blocks more punches from the Megadeus with its arm plating until it gives up (source) (21)
Gets tackled through a bridge by the Hydra (source) (22)

Big O - Physicals: Durability: Piercing

Takes a hit from a Megadeus’ drill; another Megadeus with the same drill pierced concrete (source) (14)
The Megadeus’ drills bounce off its arm plating (source) (21)
Blocks Big Duo’s machine guns with its arm plating (source) (24)
Blocks Big Duo’s drills with its arm plating (source) (24)
Blocks Big Fau’s saw with its arm plating (source) (26)
Big Fau’s saw shaves off its crown but doesn’t damage the head underneath (source) (26)
Takes a hit from Big Fau’s saw to the torso (source) (26)

Big O - Physicals: Durability: Energy

Gets shocked by a sea monster twice; the electricity disabled a car and lit up a city (source) (3)
Gets hit by a bunch of fireballs from a Megadeus (source) (5)
Lasers that carve through buildings and a dome bounce off its arm plating/crown (source) (9)
Takes electricity from three Megadeuses; a Megadeus made from their components shoots electricity that carves through buildings, a bridge, and tanks (source) (14)
Blocks a Megadeus’ laser with its arm plating; the laser blew up Military Police vehicles (source) (15)
Gets hit with the Hydra’s electricity that caused large explosions (source) (22)
Blocks several laser blasts from Big Fau (source) (26)

Big O - Physicals: Durability: Explosives

Blocks missiles with its arm plating (source) (7)
Tanks missiles from a Megadeus (source) (9)
Blocks Big Duo’s missiles with its arm plating (source) (12)

Big O - Physicals: Durability: Limits

Its arm is ripped off by a point blank sonic attack (source) (14)

Big O - Physicals: Speed

Uses the Mobydick Anchors to dodge explosive fireballs (source) (5)
Intercepts missiles (source) (7)
Grabs a giant chimera as it leaps at him then slams it down (source) (8)
Avoids finger lasers from a Megadeus (source) (9)
Blocks Big Fau’s laser blast (source) (26)

Big O - Physicals: Misc

Big O is 30 m tall (source) (the-big-o.net)
Escapes a Megadeus’ tendrils after being lifted into the air (source) (1)
Destroyed a power plant off screen (source) (3)
Either tanks or avoids two missiles from Big Duo (source) (12)
Moves on its own to come to Roger’s rescue (source) (13)

Big O - Equipment: Sudden Impact

Uses the pistons on its arms to enhance the strength of its punches, blowing a hole through a Megadeus’ torso (source) (1)
Gives a van a good shake (source) (2)
Pulling back the piston knocks the sea monster entangling it off (source) (3)
Boosts itself back to the surface while underwater (source) (7)
Destroys a Megadeus’ head; the Megadeus was undamaged by missiles that knocked it back into a building hard enough to crater it (source) (7)
Beheads a Megadeus without harming the people inside (source) (9)
Punches a hole in a giant tree and the building it enveloped (source) (11)
The air pressure punches through two skyscrapers (source) (12)
Destroys Big Duo’s head and makes a large crater in the ground beneath it (source) (12)
Knocks back two Megadeuses, leaving craters in their chests (source) (14)
Destroys a piece of space debris; the debris was undamaged by the Chrome Buster (source) (16)
Blows a hole through the chest of a giant construction robot (source) (19)
Punches a Megadeus through a very thick concrete wall (source) (20)

Big O - Equipment: Mobydick Anchors

Fires a hip-mounted chain-linked anchor that stabs into a Megadeus (source) (9)
Catches Big Duo as it’s flying away (source) (12)
Hooks to the top of a dome (source) (12)
Fires anchors in a spread around it, piercing through three Megadeuses (previously damaged by Sudden Impacts) as well as a ship (source) (14)
Have claws and can be finely controlled for delicate operations (source) (23)
Lift Big Duo into the air (source) (24)
Stops itself from falling over (source) (26)
Pulls Big Fau into the water as it’s falling in (source) (26)

Big O - Equipment: Missile Party

Launches a bunch of missiles from its abdomen, lifting a smaller Megadeus into the air and destroying it in the explosion, which also damages the area above ground (source) (4)
Precisely blows off just a Megadeus’ sonic weapons while leaving the pilot unharmed (source) (6)
A few missiles damage a giant tree and the building it enveloped (source) (11)

Big O - Equipment: Cannon Party

Fires machine guns out of its chest, exploding and burning off Big Duo’s bandages (source) (12)
Breaks part of Big Duo’s armor (source) (24)

Big O - Equipment: O Thunder

Fires an array of machine guns in its arm to destroy a Megadeus (source) (15)
One shots Beck’s Megadeus (source) (18)
Blows off Big Duo’s head and blows a hole through the line of skyscrapers behind it (source) (24)

Big O - Equipment: Arc Line

Shoots beams out of its eyes that destroys chunks of buildings (source) (5)
Blows a hole in a Megadeus (source) (5)
Blows up a giant robot containing bombs (source) (10)
Cuts through part of a giant tree (source) (11)

Big O - Equipment: Chrome Buster

Fires a beam of energy from its head that tears through a giant sea monster (source) (3)
Blows a hole in a dome (source) (12)
Destroys the Leviathan’s head (source) (17)
Cuts off and destroys two of the Hydra’s heads (source) (22)

Big O - Equipment: Plasma Gimmick

Makes an energy shield that blocks the Hydra’s electricity, then expands with a powerful shockwave to annihilate it (source) (22)

Big O - Equipment: Final Stage

Produces an energy cannon that does massive damage to Big Fau and the surrounding area of the dome; requires Dorothy to perform and appears to break after being used once (source) (26)

Big O - Equipment: Misc

Travels the city via an abandoned railway system and rises through the ground wherever it is, including through an entire skyscraper (source) (2)
Tracks down the location of a man who was remotely piloting the Megadeus he just fought (source) (2)
Determines the position of a Megadeus using holograms by tracking the path of the projectiles it fired (source) (5)
Has a compartment in its hand that holds Angel (source) (7)
Identifies that a giant robot is carrying bombs (source) (10)
Has a garage in its foot for the Griffon (source) (20)
Releases a smokescreen (source) (21)

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