Mega Man (video game): Difference between revisions

== S-Z ==

* [[Scoring Points]]: Only in the first game. Completely useless since [[Every Ten Thousand Points|scoring a lot of points didn't give you an extra life]], the game didn't keep track of High Scores, and getting a [[Game Over]] would reset your score back to 0! Perhaps the only reason the score counter was there was because the game was originally intended to be an arcade game.

* [[Sentry Gun]]: Numerous robots in this series take a form of a simple gun which fires at player.

* [[Shifting Sand Land]]:

** Pharaoh Man's and Commando Man's stage. Pharaoh Man ditches his halfway through in favor of a tomb, though.

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** Heat Man looks like a man-sized Zippo lighter.

** You remember Proto Man's CMOA from ''Mega Man & Bass''? Turns out he took after [http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/6550/silentchujo.jpg Silent Chujo] from a certain [[Giant Robo|OVA that came out half a year earlier]]. [http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/959/protoman.jpg Compare].

** The Genesis Unit in the ''Wily Wars'', [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|Buster Rod]] '''[[Everything's Better with Monkeys|G]]''', [[Making a Splash|Mega Water]] '''[[Kappa|S]]''', and [[Blow You Away|Hyper Storm]] '''[[Everything Is Messier With Pigs|H]]''', are pretty much robot versions of Son '''G'''oku, '''S'''ha Gojyo, and Cho '''H'''akkai from ''[[Journey to the West]]''.

** This series is known for its musical [[Theme Naming]], right? Then you have a dog named [[Rush]]...

* [[Skip of Innocence]]: In ''Powered Up!'', Roll does this after saving the day.

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]:

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]:

** Light/Right/Wright.

** Crash Man/Clash Man.

** Also, would Splash Woman be a Robot Mistress? This has never been explained.

* [[Spread Shot]]:

* [[Springs Springs Everywhere]]: Plant Man's stage and Knight Man's stage (although springs there are more like circles) and especially Spring Man's stage. In the latter, almost the entire level is full of springs.

* [[Status Quo Is God]]: In the past 22 years, the only major plot advancements have been the introductions of Proto Man and Bass.

* [[Stealth Pun]]:

** ''Sheep'' Man is [[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?|an electric-type robot]]. Lampshaded in his OST title: 'CYBERSHEEP'S DREAM'.

* [[Stout Strength]]: Hard Man.

* [[Strictly Formula]]: As the numbers of NES series games increased, this became obvious.

* [[Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids]]: This crops up a lot, even with Mega Man himself. Quite a few of the Robot Masters were built for mundane purposes (like tour guides and arctic exploration.) When Wily brainwashes them into his minions, they turn out to be much better equipped and deadlier than you'd expect for someone in their line of work. Mega Man himself was made as a lab assistant, and his system for handling tools helped him [[Victor Gains Loser's Powers|get new powers]]. Note that the robots built by Wily (which were made specifically for destruction) do not have this problem, although a lot of their gimmicks are really, really weird.

* [[Super Title 64 Advance]]: The Japanese version of ''The Wily Wars'' is called ''Rockman Mega World''. A double pun, since "Mega" is not only part of Rockman's overseas name, it is also a reference to the Mega Drive itself.

* [[Tank Goodness]]:

** Napalm Man is essentially a humanoid tank.

** Commando Man is a more direct example of this.

** Of course, there are many more enemies and bosses like this as well, from [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|Guts Tank]] to [[Humongous Mecha|Mettonger Z]].

** Mars, like Napalm Man, is a humanoid tank. [[Recycled in Space|From SPACE]].

* [[Transforming Mecha]]: Rush, Tango, Treble, Turbo Man, Ground Man and Nitro Man. The various machines that Wily controls are also somewhat of an example, as they "peel" away into different forms that have different appearances and attacks as they take damage.

* [[Trial and Error Gameplay]]:

** This could extend to finding out which weapon beats what boss. [[Moon Logic Puzzle|Some boss weaknesses are counter-intuitive]] or otherwise inconsistent from game to game.

* [[Tunnel King]]: Drill Man. Ground Man.

** Bassnium, a substance created accidentally by Dr. Wily, takes its place in the later series, used for building Bass, and later, [[Mega Man X|Zero]].

* [[Unwinnable]]: The most famous examples are the Magnet Beam requirement and Buebeam Trap boss. Run out of weapon energy (or, in the Magnet Beam's case, fail to get the weapon), and you might as well just commit suicide.

* [[Victor Gains Loser's Powers]]: Each time the blue bomber defeats a Robot Master, he gets the main attack that master had.

* [[Victory Fakeout]]:

** In the fourth Game Boy ''Mega Man'' game, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWkHvCR_lns the final boss] does this not once, but ''twice''! At least he's generous enough to let the victory fanfare play out in its entirety both times.

** Averted in {{spoiler|''Mega Man V'' on the [[Game Boy]]}}. After beating {{spoiler|[[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|Sunstar]]}} and watching the credits, {{spoiler|Wily suddenly comes back and looks like he's ready for one last bout, but his heavily damaged Wily Capsule falls apart and dumps him onto the ground, causing him to do his usual beg routine and flee}}.

* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]:

* [[Villains Want Mercy]]: Dr. Wily, in nearly every game.

* [[The Virus]]:

** Zero apparently uses Evil Energy as a power source, and it is part of what makes him so incredibly powerful (and potentially dangerous).

* [[Wall Jump]]: Cut Man in ''Powered Up'' can perform this, although he can't climb up a single wall like ''[[Mega Man X]]'' or Zero.

* [[Wasted Song]]:

** Same goes for Proto Man's Theme in the same game. You only hear about half of the song during the ending.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: It's usually the weakest or the hardest to use weapon in your arsenal that winds up being the final boss's weakness

* [[When Trees Attack]]: Played with in Wood Man, a robot with a tree motif for camouflage.

* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: Sheep Man went from a sheepherding robot to working in the static resistance test division of a circuit board manufacturer, and he's already considering a job change. The reason? Sheep Man gets bored ''really'' easily.

* [[The Worf Effect]]:

** In the case of the latter, it's probably been a ''long'' time since their combat abilities were upgraded.

* [[You Can't Thwart Stage One]]: While played with throughout this specific subseries, the fact that Mega Man is [["Three Laws"-Compliant]] and thus cannot ''ever'' finally put Wily down goes on to screw over ''the entire world'' '''countless times over'''.

* [[You Have Researched Breathing]]: One of Bass's greatest advantages over Mega Man and Proto Man is the ability to aim his gun in directions other than directly in front of him.

** Conversely, his greatest ''disadvantage'' over Mega Man is that he can't move while shooting.

* [[Youkai]]:

** And Mega Water S from the Genesis Unit was based off a Kappa.

* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]:

*** Also, in the [[Game Boy]] games, Wily often flees to a second fortress, usually located in space.

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