Dr. Doppler (Ｄｒ．ドップラー Dr. Doppurā) is a Reploid scientist who serves as the main antagonist of Mega Man X3. Originally a benevolent researcher and supervisor of Dopple Town, a town made in his honor, one day the Reploids whom he had supposedly vaccinated against the Maverick Virus went Maverick, revealing that it was a ruse and he was Maverick himself. He is the creator of the Nightmare Police, a vaccine against the Sigma Virus, and also responsible for resurrecting Vile and Sigma. Dr. Cain was his friend.
Appearance[]
Dr. Doppler resembles an elderly man with a curved white beard and a wild head of hair that flows upwards. Despite his apparent old age, he has an advanced Reploid body covered in grey and blue armor. Two large canisters or dynamos of some kind protrude from his shoulders, with tubes connected to his back and wires connected to a band on his forehead. Also holes on each of his figertipes. He normally wears a labcoat with holes accommodating the size of his shoulders, though he removes it for battle revealing his giant red shoulders.
Personality[]
Dr. Doppler was originally a selfless genius who wanted to improve the lives of both humans and Reploids alike. He desired to help Mavericks reintegrate into society, and was working on a vaccine to cure the Maverick Virus. After becoming infected by said virus, he became dangerous and fanatically loyal to Sigma. He was a cunning strategist who studied X's battles and sent the Nightmare Police to hunt him, preferably alive so he could study his abilities a decision that was mocked by Vile who claimed that he was being too kind, Doppler showed confidence and annoyance telling Vile to watch his mouth.