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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Seeing as the Mega Man series is awash in this stuff, some useful notes:

** Wily and Light are old partners, as in the US manuals. Wily's [[Fallen Hero]] status is a major force in their characterization, as Wily wasn't always evil. A lab accident made him insane.

** Rock deals with minor levels of the [[Fantastic Racism]] which will only get worse until the Zero series. He's not quite a full android, but he's the closest robot to one throughout his existence (Zero notwithstanding, and he's just a puppet of [[The Virus]] at this point).

** X sticks mostly to the "noble warrior hamstrung by his doubts" interpretation, with forays into the "macho killer" whenever his hand is forced. These are half CMOA and half [[Nightmare Fuel]]; the characters, including X himself, treat it as such.

* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Many.

** Given the latter's eventual track record, Rock fighting Zero to defeat is definitely this.

** But Blues gets the big one - in the verse, teleportation is incredibly dangerous to humans. Which means that in the ''Mega Man 4'' endgame, he could not merely warp in with Kalinka in tow. No, he rescues Kalinka - a small, helpless child - and keeps them both alive on a weeks-long journey through the wilderness with Wily's forces pursuing all the while. He succeeds just in time to stop Mega Man and Dr. Cossack from killing each other. [[Big Damn Heroes]] indeed! The best part of it all is just how understated it is in his narration - Rock is utterly in awe of the feat, but Blues just glazes over it.

* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Much of ''The Sound of Mavericks'' revolves around X's severe distrust in an easy, peaceful solution to the Maverick problem. Guess what he spends ''Mega Man X7'' doing?

 

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