Future

"WHY DO YOU JEST?! I AM DEATH! I AM YOUR END! I AM FUTURE!"

―Future, obviously unhappy about what his new job is doing to his publicity

Ghost of Christmas Future

Artwork by ACESpark

CDN-003

Information In-Game Information HP: 28 Weapon: Twinkle Buster (Mega Man's Christmas Carol) Future Scythe (Mega Man's Christmas Carol Remix) Weakness(es): Hornet Chaser Affiliations: Dr. Light Type: Shadow Occupation: Museum Curator McWily's Worker Main Stage: McWily's Misc. Information Designer(s): ACE_Spark Programmer(s): The Stove Guy Gender: Male Eye Color: Red Series Information MaGMML Game Appearances: MaGMML2 (boss) Other Appearances: Mega Man's Christmas Carol (Remix)

The Ghost of Christmas Future, also known simply as Future, is a boss from the Sprites INC fangame Mega Man's Christmas Carol, and its remake, Mega Man's Christmas Carol Remix. Modeled after the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come from the Charles Dickens book A Christmas Carol (albeit with a different, less clunky name), he was originally created by Dr. Light to serve as a curator for the Victorian Museum in England, but was later modified for combat.

Future appears in Make a Good Mega Man Level 2, where he serves as the boss of Tier 7, McWily's. After his defeat, he can also be found as an NPC in the Chateau Chevaleresque.

Battle

Future has a random attack pattern. After blocking off the boss gate with flames, he will float back and forth at a height that Mega Man cannot reach, while summoning blue scythe projectiles that home in on Mega Man. At certain points, Future will stop to use one of the following attacks before he continues floating:

• Summon 4 homing scythes at once
• Throw his own scythe, which returns to Future like a boomerang. He may throw the scythe a second time before his pattern continues.
• Summon an hourglass, and slow Mega Man down temporarily

The height that Future floats at changes at certain points throughout the fight, which gives Mega Man an opportunity to attack. Once Future's health reaches 0, several flames will erupt from his body, which can still hurt Mega Man. If these flames are avoided, Future will explode and drop the Energy Element.

Damage Table

1/1/2	2.5	1	1	1	N	1	2	1	2	2
Other Notes

Trivia

• In the pre-release version of MaGMML2 (as seen in Flashman85's initial streams of the contest results), Future's battle theme was the boss theme from the original Flash version of Mega Man's Christmas Carol. In the final game, his battle theme is instead the theme for the fight against the Light Devil from Mega Man's Christmas Carol 2, which was re-used in Mega Man's Christmas Carol Remix as the standard boss theme. Both themes are NES-styled renditions of the song "Carol of the Bells".