It's the not-too-distant future, a time when internet technology has swept the world into the Network Age! Everyone carries around a portable communications deviced called a ""PET."" Each PET contains a unique personality program, or NetNavi, that freely navigates the CyberWorld. Lan, an enthusiastic 11-year-old, is introduced to his own, custom-build NetNavi, MegaMan. At first, Lan only wants to use MegaMan to play in cyber NetBattles against his friends' NetNavis. But when computer systems all over town begin to burst into flames, Lan and MegaMan team together to fight against a mysterious criminal syndicate that calls itself World Three!

Disguised as Higsby, Yahoot gives Maylu an evil BattleChip, which she uses in her team match with Lan--against Mr. Match and Maddy. This ""twisted chip"" has now taken over her PET and put Roll under the control of Count Zap and World Three! Every time Lan sends MegaMan into action, Roll, now calling herself Empress, steps in his path and attacks our blue hero! Finally the real Higsby appears and tells Maylu the secret to stopping Roll from her rage. With Roll back to normal, Lan and Maylu easily win the match. Up next, Chaud and ProtoMan are teamed up with a teen NetBattler and his singing NetNavi, ShiningMan--against WhaleMan and RocketMan. Not exactly team players, Chaud and ProtoMan take out their opponents and ShiningMan in one blow!

No one knows what to make of the mysterious new NetNavi Bass, but everyone is intruiged when it seems that he alone can resist the CyberBeast that's slowly destroying the entire Cyber Network! What will he do with that kind of power? What does he want? And whose side is he on: MegaMan's? Grave's? Taking no chances, Kid Grave sends FreezeMan to delete Bass. Then Bass makes off with an unconscious MegaMan, launching Lan and his friends on a desparate search to find him. And worst of all: Mr. Wily has returned.

The BlasterMan/StoneMan clones attack PharaohMan, but he escapes unscathed. Roll and the others are not so lucky and are turned to stone by PharaohMan. As this part of the Cyber Net begins to collapse, ProtoMan succeeds in saving MegaMan's frame. SharkMan, SkullMan, and WoodMan work at shutting down SciLab's main computer, while ProtoMan takes on PharaohMan single-handedly. Just when it seems ProtoMan will be deleted, MegaMan returns and the two NetNavis attack PharaohMan with the Double Program Advance. BlasterMan and StoneMan reappear and take the weakened PharaohMan to Mr. Wily at World Three Headquarters. MegaMan follows them but is immediately set upon by BlasterMan and StoneMan, so Lan engages MegaMan's new ability, StyleChange, which allows MegaMan to easily defeat the Solo NetNavis. In the end, Mr. Wily and PharaohMan's showdown of wills ends in the destruction of World Three Headquarters.

All contact with NetNavis in DenTech City's moon station has been lost! While Commander Beef rockets to the moon to investigate, Lan and his friends are trying to learn more about the mysterious new ""ExtraCodes"" rumored to make NetNavis mightier than ever! Then Commander Beef encounters a dangerous new NetNavi, PlanetMan, who's trying to take over the moon. But before the Commander can react he's locked outside the lunar station with only two hours of air left! With Mr. Famous's help, Lan and his friends rush to the space center and beam MegaMan and GutsMan to the moon's cyber station to battle PlanetMan. But even with MegaMan now wielding an ExtraCode to get the amazing AquaCustom Style, will he be able to handle its awesome, energy-draining power?

AyanoTech is hosting a NetMobile Grand Prix in NetCity! MegaMan and his friends, plus World Three and the Net Agents, all compete to see who has the fastest NetVehicle! But the winning car will have to be more than just speedy, because in this race, anything goes, including using BattleChips to sideline your opponents. It's all legal! And, as if driving under those conditions weren't tricky enough, the CutMan Brothers, who vowed to take revenge against MegaMan, join the race and create utter mayhem! In all the confusion, who will take the lead and win?!

The wildly popular TV personality and Yoga master, Yahoot, is in cahoots with World Three! The menacing mystic uses his powerful NetNavi MagicMan to take over the airwaves and hypnotize the devoted viewing audience--turning the entire town into animals! MegaMan jacks in to confront MagicMan, but things get pretty tricky. Our hero is outmatched by the nasty Navi. Just when MegaMan is about to receive the final blow, ProtoMan, controlled by the mysterious champion NetBattler Chaud, comes to his defense, and takes down MagicMan!

The N1 Grand Prix rages on, and TorchMan and MegaMan are locked in a heated battle (continued from previous episode)... It seems like MegaMan has the upper hand when Mr. Match downloads a nasty virus to take control of the solar panels on the roof of the Floating Arena's dome. He mercilessly channels the sun's rays into a beam that showers agonizing heat down upon Lan. As MegaMan and Lan suffer the scorching onslaught, Dex, Yai, and Tory jack in their NetNavis to vanquish the viruses one by one. Just as MegaMan's about to become toast, the gang clears the last of the viruses. The Dome opens up, and Lan and MegaMan turn in a blazing victory. Higsby and NumberMan fight the last battle of the day against sweet Sal and WoodMan. Thinking that they can easily defeat the flower girl, Higsby and NumberMan receive an ego smashing as Sal and WoodMan take them out in one blow!

In order to revive MegaMan, his back-up frame must be retrieved from the SciLab network. However, PharaohMan has taken over the network and turned it into a barren desert wasteland. Roll and the other NetNavis jack-in to retrieve the frame, but PharaohMan intervenes.

Lan visits Netopia's Heaven City, but as soon as he arrives, his PET is stolen. After chasing the thieves down, he befriends a man named Raoul with NetNavi ThunderMan. Meanwhile, the mayor of Heaven City has plans to bulldoze Raoul's downtown home, but Lan agrees to help fight back. Meanwhile, Mr. Match arrives to Jawaii islands to have a rematch with Lan, but he arrives too late: Lan left Jawaii islands.

The five younger brothers of CutMan declare revenge against MegaMan for deleting their older brother. Luring MegaMan into a fake China Town district, they begin attacking with a barrage of origami warriors. ProtoMan appears and assists in the rescue of MegaMan.

Tora, world-class NetChess Battling Champion and his NetNavi KingMan, have come to DenTech City to challenge Lan and MegaMan. Tora never plays for free though, and demands that whoever loses the NetBattle must give their NetNavi to the winner! Lan accepts the challenge, but soon realizes he has no idea how to play chess! Luckily, Maylu does and partners up with Lan. As the incredible battle nears its end, ShadowMan mysteriously appears on a mission to delete both KingMan and MegaMan!

Kyuta, a new student in Lan's class, is the son of famous baseball player Kyuma Hoshida, but he's depressed about having to move from his old town. To cheer him up, Lan and all of his friends in DenTech City invite him to a game of NetBaseball.

The Grave VirusBeast continues absorbing the internet. Lan and his friends team up with former WWW members to try and stop Grave. However, Mr. Gauss and MagnetMan intervene, and a strange bug left behind by Bass in MegaMan's system begins to consume him. Meanwhile, Bass attempts to absorb the VirusBeast, but is himself absorbed instead.

A robotic cat seems to have its wired crossed as it clamps its jaw onto Dex's calf. Lan and Maylu visit him in the hospital, but are greeted by a less than welcome reception. Meanwhile, Mr. Wily unleashes an electronic rampage of malfunctioning merchandise on DenTech City. Just as Dex is released from the hospital, he's attacked again--this time by a robotic dog! The cyber-pooch escapes, but leads Lan and Maylu on a pursuit that ends on a subway train. Unfortunately, Count Zap and ElecMan have launched a nasty net attack that causes the train to go careening out of control! It's up to Lan and MegaMan to stop the speeding bullet train before it becomes the ""disaster express!""

Feeling like he's lost his inner fire, Mr. Match decides the only way to ignite it again is by defeating MegaMan once and for all. To lure him into his high-temperature trap, Mr. Match sends TorchMan out on a spree of overheating chaos throughout DenTech City. Maylu happens to be at the salon at the time, her hair gets fried, and Lan makes the mistake of laughing at her. Meanwhile, MegaMan hasn't replied to TorchMan's mayhem, causing Mr. Match to grow impatient. He sends TorchMan to challenge MegaMan directly, but the message stops at Roll, who also happens to be mad at MegaMan! Maylu and Roll decide to take on TorchMan, falling right into the terrible trap. Will MegaMan show up before Roll gets toasted?

Schoolmates Maylu and Tory, with their NetNavis, Roll and IceMan, battle it out in Week Two of the N1 Grand Prix! After Roll defeats IceMan, the games shift to a more challenging event: the Tag Team Matches, as pairs of NetNavis battle each other. First up, the mysterious StoneMan and BlasterMan challenge GutsMan and WoodMan. By the end of the match, it's revealed that StoneMan and BlasterMan are actually Mr. Wily's secret weapons. The two are revealed to be Solo NetNavis, which means they have free will and can battle without NetOps! After soundly defeating GutsMan and WoodMan, the two Solo NetNavis set their sights on MegaMan and SharkMan! With the undefeated StoneMan and BlasterMan at his side, will Mr. Wily succeed in finding the NetNavi with the Ultimate Program?

It's the semi-finals at the N1 Grand Prix and MegaMan and Lan are teamed up with ProtoMan and Chaud against the Solo NetNavis, StoneMan and BlasterMan. Before the match, Chaud gets stuck in an elevator with Yai, but makes it back to the arena just in time. As the match begins, MegaMan is temporarily taken out of the battle by ProtoMan who then faces off against BlasterMan, and literally blows him away. MegaMan gets back in the action, but StoneMan buries him under a ton of viruses. Barely missing a beat, Chaud sends ProtoMan in to finish the job and blows StoneMan to pieces. But StoneMan has a regenerative program that allows the brute to pull himself back together again! Lan tells Chaud to use the Program Advance, but Chaud can't because he lost two critical BattleChips while saving Yai in the elevator incident. MegaMan returns and he and Lan unleash the Program Advance, taking StoneMan down. Now, it's on to the finals, where MegaMan and ProtoMan face off for the title of N1 Grand Pri

The match begins. Chaud insists on working alone, so he takes on BlasterMan and StoneMan single-handedly. BlasterMan is deleted, but StoneMan has a regenerative core that makes him difficult to delete. However, ProtoMan becomes overcome when Chaud realizes he lost the chips needed for the Program Advance in the elevator shaft with Yai.

At long last the waiting is over! The Championship Battle of the N1 Grand Prix has finally arrived, and the contestants are Lan and Chaud with their NetNavis MegaMan and ProtoMan! But as the teams clash in a dramatic battle, they unleash so much power that the hydraulic support beams holding up the Floating Arena are damaged and the arena starts sinking! While the terrified crowd evacuates, the gang realizes that Lan and Chaud are continuing their heated battle--and both plan to battle to the end, even if it means going down with the arena! While the gang watches from afar, Lan and Chaud's NetBattle climaxes with a never-before-seen Double Advance! As the crowd cheers, the energy the titanic Double Advance unleashes a powerful and malevolent NetNavi from his secret tomb. PharaohMan is released back into the world!

PharaohMan has returned, and he's back with a vengeance! Mr. Wily sends an army of StoneMan and BlasterMan clones to capture the NetNavi, but PharaohMan has plans of his own. Meanwhile, Lan gets a shock: Chaud actually feels bad about MegaMan being deleted and offers to help him! But maybe MegaMan isn't gone after all, since Lan and his friends find strange data on their PET's. While they try to figure out how to rebuild MegaMan, PharaohMan, angry because he was imprisoned for twenty years and had his ""kingdom"" taken from him, uses the Cyber Network to cause disasters in the real world. And then, Lan's father shows up to help Lan and his friends--surely he can bring MegaMan back.

While in Brand City, Lan sees a purse he'd like to buy for his mother, but it's too expensive. He learns of an underground NetBattle game where he can win the purse, but it's really a trap set up by Ms. Millionaire to capture NetNavis for her own personal museum. Meanwhile, Mr. Match arrives to Netopia's Heaven City, but he's too late again: Lan left Netopia's Heaven City.

Lan's last venture of his vacation is to try all kinds of different curry—his favorite food. WWW members Mr. Match, Maddy, Count Zap, and Yahoot reunite to trap Lan during his all-you-can-eat curry buffet, but Lan's own friends make a surprise turn to help take the WWW down.

Back home, Lan is introduced to NetCity, an online city for NetNavis to interact in. Meanwhile, a NetNavi named AirMan traps Yai in her bathroom and fills it with hot steam. MegaMan goes to stop the NetNavi who claims to be a member of Grave, a new net-crime syndicate.

Mysteriously, Higsby has become very wealthy, and Yai's family has gone broke. Mr. Gauss is responsible, a member of Grave who is using MagnetMan to switch people's bank accounts around. Lan and Chaud investigate the situation, but Gauss escapes.