Mega Man (film): Difference between revisions

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In the year 20XX, Nobel Prize winning roboticist Dr. Light unveils to the public his new DRN series of Robot Masters in a televised interview, designed for commercial use in hazardous environments for the betterment of mankind. Off-camera, he also reveals his robot daughter Roll. Unfortunately, all is not well. Dr. Wily, colleague and equal partner of Dr. Light has always been thirsty for recognition, which he never receives. Already frustrated being rebuffed by the interviewer, Dr. Light reveals his intent to build a new android son, and not to include Wily in its design. Already jealous of Light's successes, he sees this as Dr. Light's attempt to cut him out completely.

Watch it [http://www.megamanfilm.com/ here] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcLqmH77g_s here].

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* [[Adult Child]]: Wily has moments of this, being very petty at times.

* [[Always Someone Better]]: Dr. Wily's main motivation is getting overshadowed by Dr. Light. ''Constantly''.

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Elec Man.

* [[Attention Whore]]: Dr. Wily.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Bomb Man.

* [[Cheerful Child]]: Roll's perpetual mood.

* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: Mega Man vs. all six Robot Masters? He forces them to retreat. Mega Man vs. Elecman? He almost dies.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Dr. Light.

* [[Cool Shades]]: Blues, even without his armor.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Considerably more so than the games it is based on. This film is quite serious and dramatic, and has some rather dark and depressing moments. Not to mention the considerably brutal nature of some of the fights.

* [[Dull Surprise]]: Dr. Light and Mega Man's perpetual mood.

* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Dr. Light brings this up when Mega Man gets his first Robot Master power.

* [[Evil Is Petty]]: Wily.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Mega Man faces one, but [[That One Boss|unlike the game]], it doesn't put up much of a fight.

* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Mega Man pines for a purpose in life beyond being a scientific curiosity. What's this, a robot invasion? Good thing that plasma buster came in his size.

* [[It's Personal]]: Said when {{spoiler|Wily kidnaps Roll}}.

** Outbursts like "What a schmuck!" also make him [[Ambiguously Jewish]].

** Whatever the case, it makes him sound like [[Phineas and Ferb|Dr. Doofenshmirtz.]]

* [[Knight Templar]]: Fire Man.

*** Well, it looks like it was filmed in New York, so...it's just the regular state of New Yorkers to not give a damn, be it robots or what have you.

* [[Obviously Evil]]: Guess.

* [[Posthumous Character]]: {{spoiler|Light's wife}}.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Wily gets a few.

** There's also the implication that Roll may be {{spoiler|the replacement for Light's wife}} while Rock and Blues are {{spoiler|the twins.}} Wily explicitly tells Roll that she was made {{spoiler|because Dr. Light's wife died, with no mention that she had been pregnant.}}

** The motivations are likely a nod to Mega Man's [[Astro Boy|source material.]]

** [[Fridge Logic]] kicks in though when you realize Rock and Blues act similiar because Rock isn't given any programmed purpose, and was built by Dr. Light to "live" any way he wants. He only mimics free will but could probably easily have it taken away if someone hacked into his brain. Also, during his first moments he's constantly trying to find what he was built for or his "purpose", he's trying to find his programming so he can execute it, just like a real robot.

* [[Ring Ring CRUNCH]]: Rock punches out a special, pyramidal alarm clock the first day he wakes up.

* [[Robot Girl]]: Roll, natch.

* [[Rule of Cool]]: {{spoiler|Skull Castle's solar-powered laser-shooting satellite dish}}.

** At least half of the robot masters have their silly personality quirks from [[Mega Man Powered Up]]. Ice Man's split personality, Fire Man's rants about justice, and Cut Man's belief that Mega Man is the real bad robot.

** And Elec Man's arrogance is very similar to [[MS Paint Masterpieces|another version of Elec Man]]. The director/writer/etc. has said he was a fan of ''[[Bob and George]]'', so this isn't too far fetched.

** Light and Rock's first conversation ("Are you my father?" "In a sense.") is taken from the cartoon.

** Mega Man plays Contra and loses badly.

** Dr. Light's computer has a picture of Solid Snake drawn in the ''[[Awesome Series|Metal Gear Awesome]] style.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Elecman and the Yellow Devil both thrash Mega Man, {{spoiler|and Blues shows up and one-shots them}}.

** Later, {{spoiler|Wily's floating death fortress}} can't land a hit on Mega Man despite Wily bragging about it earlier.

 

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