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== Heroes ==

 

::'''Mega Man X/Rockman X'''

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* [[Above the Ruins]]: He does this in the endings in ''X1'' through ''X3''.

* [[The Aesthetics of Technology]]: Played with. He has a simpler-looking design than most bosses, but he is literally described as having unlimited potential, and throughout his series, developed abilities that were previously seen after he picked up armor parts or health upgrades; it's like the concept of Weapon Copy was taken to its logical conclusion and turned into an Ability Copy. Justified, he's a [[Super Prototype]].

* [[Asskicking Pose]]: He always does this after he teleports into a stage.

* [[Badass]]: X's defining moment is the first scene in the series. He lands on a highway under attack, and everyone is driving away as fast as their cars can go. X runs through them towards the enemy. Throughout the series (with one [[Shocking Swerve]] in ''X7'') he only gets more badass.

* [[Bag of Spilling]]: Unsurprising for the series, but it doesn't seem to be for lack of trying: he keeps his dash ability permanently after the first game, and both ''X5'' and ''X6'' feature watered-down versions of the previous entry's powerups, with the implication that battle damage has detracted from their effectiveness. ''X7'' and ''X8'' also see X respectively regaining the air-dash and super charge shots, which were once armor exclusive powers, for his base form.

** [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: One way or the other - a memorable boss fight in ''X5'' suggests at the very least that X can recover old maverick weapons somehow. The leading theory is that X doesn't ''want'' to have all that power, so he voluntarily gets rid of his weapons at the end of each game.

{{quote|'''Sigma:''' Hmm...I see a new clarity in your eyes. You are no longer troubled. X, that look in your eyes says you might be ready to face me...}}

** ''Maverick Hunter X'' shows what happens when X has to deal with the loss of his friend. He goes from being a little detached from the conflict and reluctant to fight to full-on scary voice, angry eyes, and absolute lethal intent. The change is ''jarring''.

* [[Dual Boss]]: With Zero in ''Maverick Hunter X'''s Vile Mode.

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Despite being the reason Reploids exist, and the one with the most potential power, X is a B class Hunter for most of the series, though those who know him realize this is ''entirely'' because he holds back and is reluctant to fight. By ''X8'' and ''Command Mission'', he's a Special A class hunter, having apparently gotten over those hangups.

* [[Everything's Better with Samurai]]: His [http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s158/clarklana05/megamanxbladearmor.jpg?t=1241052973 Blade Armor] from ''X6'' resembles a samurai armor.

* [[Evolving Weapon]]: Once you get a buster upgrade, every Maverick weapon counts as this. (Well, sort of. The second version counts as a [[Charged Attack]].)

* [[Healing Factor]]: X gets one in the third game, with either the enhanced helmet parts or the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Golden Armor]].

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: He suffers a major one during Lumine's [[Hannibal Lecture]] speech. It got so bad that Axl actually had to shoot Lumine with his gun and remind X that Lumine is their enemy to get him to at least put it aside long enough to manage to defeat Lumine.

* [[Hunter of His Own Kind]]

* [[Hurting Hero]]: It's kind of his shtick. See [[The Woobie]] entry.

** [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: The Blade Armor from the same game.

** [[Sword Beam]]: Its Giga Attack, which involves firing a crescent blade forward that does heavy damage. Shadow Armor's Giga Attack uses this differently, with 2 crescent blades that revolve around him, damaging everything in the vicinity.

* [[Let X Be the Unknown]]: His name represents limitless potential. It also carries connotations of danger, leading Light to apparently seal him because [[The World Is Not Ready]]. Then again, he might have been lying about the last part to spare X's feelings.

* [[Magikarp Power]]: Really, X himself. No match for pretty much anything at the start of the first game, he is more or less a [[One-Man Army]] by the end.

** Also created a lot of confusion with people who thought his full name ''is'' Mega Man X. His full name is X. Mega Man is just an [[Artifact Title]].

* [[One-Man Army]]: Especially in the first two games.

* [[Post Dramatic Stress Disorder]]: Immediately after scarring Sigma in the OAV. As the latter is far from defeated, this is really, really bad timing.

* [[Power Crystal]]: It blinks when his health is critical, projects the map in ''X3'', and when we see it glow full-stop in the OAV, he apparently develops [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]].

** The {{color|gray|Neutral Armor's}} (''X8'') gimmick. With the exception of the Ultimate parts, the armor pieces can be switched for different combinations. Equipping a complete set would grant a fifth ability exclusive to that armor.

*** {{color|red|Icarus}}: access to the [[Limit Break|Giga Crush]], [[Smart Bomb|a full screen-explosion attack]]. Its power and duration depends on the amount of energy in the Giga Crush meter.

{{quote|[[Cool Helmet|Head]]: [[Use Your Head|an upward helmet attack]]<br />

[[Bulletproof Vest|Body]]: halves damage, and removes recoil<br />

Legs: [[In a Single Bound|increased jump height]] }}

*** {{color|blue|Hermes}}: access to the [[Super Mode|Hyper Drive]], which will increase your movement and charging speed, as well as upgrading the [[Spread Shot]] into 5 shots. Its duration depends on the amount of energy in the Hyper Drive meter.

* [[A Protagonist Shall Lead Them]]: Eventually he becomes this in the timeskip between this and ''[[Mega Man Zero|Zero]]'' series, being the leader of Neo Arcadia.

* [[Regenerating Health]]: His X3 armor has an upgrade to his helmet that allows him to refill his health (and Tanks) by standing still and waiting.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: Gets one in ''Command Mission.'' It's not an actual scarf, but a device built into his back that projects a flowing, tattered scarf when he runs. It also comes in a variety of colors (depending on your game progress) and lengthens to a noticeable degree when he dashes. May or may not be a [[Shout-Out]] to "older brother" Proto Man and/or [[PlayStation 2]] [[Shinobi]].

* [[Screaming Warrior]]: Spends much pre-fight dialogue yelling at bosses, especially after ''X7''. Reaches [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]] territory against [[Large Ham|Sigma]].

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man|Sensitive Guy]]

* [[Shout-Out]]: His in-game attacks have included [[Street Fighter|the Hadouken and Shoryuken]] (the latter twice), and in the OVA he seems to pull off [[G Gundam|the Shining Finger]]...[[Actor Allusion|complete with shared]] [[Hey, It's That Voice!|voice actor!]]

* [[Skilled but Naive]]: He's this, at first (especially apparent in The Day of Sigma OVA). He slowly loses his naivete over time, but is still apparently idealistic and pacifistic.

* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: Unless ''[[Continuity Reboot|Maverick Hunter X]]'' is taken into account, as it gives X a good deal more focus.

* [[Tragic Keepsake]]: He keeps Zero's Z-Saber after Zero's death in ''X5'', up until ''X7''.

* [[24-Hour Armor]]: More specifically his helmet, X is the ''only'' Mega Man not shown have some kind of synthetic/artificial hair, and one of the few who does not take off his helmet when the smoke goes down at the end of the adventure; this has led many to believe that X does not have hair, just a metal plate like [[RoboCop]] without his helmet.

* [[Underestimating Badassery]]: arguably the point of ''The Day Of Sigma'', and [[What Could Have Been|probably the entire]] [[Retool]].

* [[Video Game Flight]]: His Falcon Armor from ''X5'' makes him able to do this.

* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: On occasion. ''X8'' features one as a Buster Part ''and'' [[Finishing Move]].

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: He's almost always smaller and less technically able than the opponents he faces, but he's goddamn unstoppable once he starts. Add the fact that every game still manages to have [[That One Boss]] even after he gets his 'Ultimate' armor.

* [[X Makes Anything Cool]]: his name.

 

 

::'''Zero'''

The beloved [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] of the series, Zero has been described by the series creator as "the other main character who gets all the good scenes."

{{quote|''Voiced by: [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] (JP), Lucas Gilbertson (EN, X8), [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] (EN, [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|MvC3]])''}}

 

* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: He was originally designed by a certain [[Mad Scientist]] for the express purpose of destroying all in his path before losing his memory. Come to think of it, what he currently does isn't much different...

* [[Anti-Anti-Christ]]

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Before his [[Heel Face Turn]]. He even had a [[Slasher Smile]]!

** Not to mention his [[Laughing Mad]]...

* [[Badass]]: ''THE'' physical embodiment of awesome in the series.

** [[Badass Back]]: He pulled this out after teleporting in a stage, or after killing bosses. This is brought out to ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]].''

{{quote|''"You should have read the blueprints closer. There is only'' one ''Zero!"''}}

** [[Badass in Distress]]: He was kidnapped by Vile as a bait for X in the first game. Then, after Vile gets his hands on X, Zero [[Breaking the Bonds|breaks out of the cage]] and then he does the [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to destroy Vile's Ride Armor.

*** Something similar happens in ''Maverick Hunter X'', where Zero is ''knocked out'' and Vile immediately captures him without battling him. Zero regains consciousness and then proceeds to do the aforementioned [[Heroic Sacrifice]].

** [[Badass Long Hair]]: Oh ye of the mighty [[Rapunzel Hair]]!

** [[Sealed Badass in a Can]]: [[Book Ends|Both at the beginning and the "end" of this series.]]

* [[Battle Aura]]: In his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]].

* [[Flashback Nightmare]]: In the beginning of X4, Zero has a nightmare about the circumstances of his creation, as well as slaughtering several Reploids upon being reactivated. It's also implied that he's had this nightmare at least once before.

* [[Glass Cannon]]: He's a devastating fighter with his saber, and he takes lots of damage. Even more with his Black Zero upgrade in ''X8'', which doubles the damage he deals and takes. ''Even more'' with the Red Lotus Saber in ''Command Mission'', which adds his defense stats to his power stat, but sets the defense stats to zero.

** ''X3'' takes this [[Up to Eleven]]. He's far more powerful than X to begin with, and still on par with X even after upgrades. However, if Zero dies even ''once'' in the game, whether from losing all his energy or falling into a [[Bottomless Pit]], he can't be used again unless you restart from scratch (or use a password generator to get him back).

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: He tends to shoot first, ask question later when encountering Mavericks. What makes it worse is that those Mavericks sometimes [[Straw Man Has a Point|have a point about what they did.]]

* [[Iconic Item]]: His Z-Saber.

* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: His fight against Iris, as he tries to bring her back in self-defense. Unfortunately, just after she's going back to normal, she dies because of her injuries. Cue Zero's infamous agonizing scream about his (lack of) reason of fighting.

* [[It's Personal]]: Very much so in ''X8''. Seems like he's taken way too long to hate Sigma's guts - he's mainly angry about the events of ''X5'' (surprisingly, no mention of Iris) - but other than that, it makes perfect sense.

* [[Jerkass Facade]]/[[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Deep down, he really ''is'' a very nice guy. Don't let his portrayal in ''Command Mission'' fool you.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: The games only give vague allusions to what Zero really stands for, although [[Fanon]] speculated that it has a similar meaning to X, i.e. a fixed power that cannot grow, but is already beyond comprehension, neither positive nor negative.

** Another possible meaning is "Multiple by Zero," which is to say, [[Omnicidal Maniac|turn everything to nothingness]].

* [[The Mentor]]: for ''X1''.

* [[Multi Melee Master]]: In ''X7'' and ''X8'', where he can acquire other melee weapons.

* [[Mysterious Past]]: Even after all this time, all Zero knows of his "father" is a ''silhouette''; but that didn't stop him from learning that he is the cause of most of the hardships in the world up to that point.

* [[Not So Stoic]]: His freakout in ''X4'' after Iris' death.

** After X4, he no longer throws a thumbs up at the player after beating a boss either. He just turns away.

** Even his theme music has noticeable changes. Where his theme is X4 may have been the peak of giving the feeling that Zero is about to cut down everyone [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5h4luXEc_s in the level], in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgsBH3zURt8 X5] and onward, Zero's music becomes a lot more calm and serious sounding.

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]

* [[Pillar of Light]]: His Giga Attack in ''X8''. Before that, in ''X6'', he can summon screen-filling [[Beam Spam|shower of beams.]]

* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: The "[[An Ice Person|Absolute]] [[Punny Name|Zero]]" armor from ''Command Mission''. He even resembles his brother's Treble Boost.

* [[Robo-Family]]: Sigma, at least, considers Dr. Wily to be Zero's father. Making [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Bass]] a crappy big brother [[Early-Bird Cameo|before he was even born]].

** His ending in ''[[Capcom vs. Whatever|Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]'' gives a nod to this, where Dr. Wily actually calls Zero his son.

* [[Screw Destiny]]: One of the most important character themes for Zero is how he gives destiny the middle finger and defies it every step of the way.

** Or tries to, anyway. As Colonel and Iris (and very nearly X) demonstrate, he's still a threat to those close to him under the wrong circumstances - which Sigma is all too willing to provide. And lest we forget, Omega manages to successfully lay waste to most of the world - he has to show up with a new body and team up with first X and then the Guardians to stall and then destroy him, but the God of Destruction indeed fulfills his purpose.

** ''Awakening Zero'' has plenty of these. The shots from his Buster combo become ''homing'', and he gets a one-hit kill attack that takes the [[Sword Beam]] [[Up to Eleven]].

** In ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', he ''does'' get ''that'' [[Sword Beam]] as a level 3 hyper...except that it does a lot of damage instead of being an instant kill.

* [[The Virus]]

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Post-X4, his Z-Saber becomes this. He actually receives the Saber in X2, but only uses single slashes in conjunction with Buster Shots until X4, where the Saber becomes his primary.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: In his [[Infinity+1 Sword|Zero Armor]].

* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: Aside from starring in two (arguably three) out of the 7 series, he was referenced ''and'' cameoed in two more (''[[Mega Man Legends|Legends]]'', ''[[Mega Man Battle Network|Battle Network]]'', with the latter even including a [[Captain Ersatz]]/[[Expy]]) and finally, appearing in a roster in <s>two</s> ''three'' games of the ''[[Capcom vs. Whatever]]'' series. ''Whew...''

 

 

::'''Axl'''

A former member of Red Alert (a [[Bounty Hunter]] organization), turned Maverick Hunter; since the only difference is the government sanction, this hasn't really changed his outlook on life. The prototype of the next generation of reploid evolution, Axl's copy ability allows him to effectively become anyone.

{{quote|''Voiced by: [[Minami Takayama]] (JP), Jeffrey Watson (EN, X8)''}}

* [[Mysterious Past]]: He cannot remember anything from before his Red Alert days. [[All There in the Manual|Sourcebooks]] give some hints - he retains certain responses, such as his hatred for Mavericks and admiration of X, but he cannot remember ''why'' he feels that way. Red (see [[Self-Made Orphan]] below) refuses to talk about how they met.

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Pointed out amusingly [http://glitcher.deviantart.com/art/Axl-and-Alia-koma-29802370 here] (safe for work).

* [[Quest for Identity]]: Hinted at when he first appears in ''Command Mission.''

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: the actual line was not said, but he defected from Red Alert when they started killing people who weren't bad guys.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: it's a small running gag in [[Fanon]] whether or not Axl knows how to spell his own name...

* [[Super-Hero Speciation]]: Axl's "skillset" from ''X7'' is pretty much the same set that X will use after the end of his [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]. Fortunately for Axl, ''X8'' fixed the problem by giving him a different set of skills.

* [[Swiss Army Hero]]: He's got data from all the bosses in ''Command Mission'' and can transform into any of them. ''Command Mission'' is not a platform game, and this amounts to only using an attack, but as stated above, his expy does much better in ''ZX Advent.''

* [[Tagalong Kid]]: in ''X7'' at least. He "grew up" before ''X8''.

* [[Trigger Happy]]: On par with him being a [[Blood Knight]], in contrast to X and Zero.

* [[Unnecessary Combat Roll]]: In this case, it provides immunity to projectiles.

== Villains ==

 

 

Thought to have been gone since the [[Mega Man (video game)|Classic series]], the mad doctor himself seemingly takes a page out of Dr. Light's book, in that he actually might have ''come back to life''. His influence throughout the entire conflict can still be felt with [[The Virus|the Maverick Virus]] that he (possibly) created, and, of course, his '''masterpiece''', Maverick Zero. His plans have reached its peak at the ([[Executive Meddling|supposed]]) [[Grand Finale]] of the series, ''X5''.

* [[Aborted Arc]]: Hinted to be [[The Man Behind the Man]] in ''X5'', but after that we only get a few half-hearted follow-ups.

** Revisited in ''Tatsunoko vs Capcom'', where Wily seems to come to terms with Zero being a good guy, saying how proud he is of Zero and wishing him well and to never give up, though there is a small hint towards Zero's original dark purpose...

* [[Evil Plan]]: Even though [[Spanner in the Works|Sigma]] got in the way of either destroying or corrupting X, he still got a century of war out of it. Heck, the next series starts with Zero out of commission and an evil X running the last of the destroyed world - while it's [[Cloning Blues|not the real thing]], he arguably ''won.''

* [[Hijacked by Ganon]]: If the series' conflict (through [[The Virus]] and Zero) can really be attributed to him, he easily beats the [[Trope Namer]] hands down for the top contender...

* [[Sinister Silhouettes|Sinister Silhouette]]: ''Twice''. It occurs for the third time in ''[[Capcom vs. Whatever|Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]''.

 

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The [[Big Bad|primary antagonist]] of the series. Bald, scarred and murderously insane; [[Face Heel Turn|the former leader of the Maverick Hunters]] now seeks nothing less than the destruction of the people he was built to protect.

* [[Arch Enemy]]: For X and Zero. Since Axl's a newbie to the team, he and Sigma don't really have any personal feelings towards each other.

* [[Arc Words]]: "Evolution requires sacrifice."

* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: Most of the time, his second body's weak point is located on the head.

** In the strictest sense, the only times where it seemed like his death might stick were in ''X3'', where he's first hit by a real anti-virus, ''X5'' where Zero destroys him after most of the Sigma Virus has been eradicated from the Earth, and ''X8'', where he is destroyed on the moon.

** And since the New Generation Reploids are eradicated inbetween ''X8'' and ''Command Mission'', there would be no Sigma imposter on earth. But is his virus left intact on the moon, or not? Nobody knows.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]

* [[Giant Hands of Doom]]: In his second form in ''X1'', ''X5'', and ''X7''.

* [[Grim Reaper]]: His first form in ''X4'', [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|while orchestrating a massive civil war between two armies, and then trying to use a]] [[Kill Sat]] [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|to commit genocide]]. He even comes complete with an [[Laser Blade|Laser]] [[Sinister Scythe|Scythe!]]

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: his ''X5'' and ''X7'' forms are by far the largest Bosses in the series.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: His [[One-Winged Angel]] forms tend to suffer this in one way or another. Worst possible contender? Splash Laser, a ''literal [[Bubble Gun]]''.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: He becomes this in ''Maverick Hunter X'', where his motivations are more explicitly laid out compared to the original game. He's interested on X's unlimited potential and believes that all Reploids has the same potentials, and that humans are restraining them from finding that potential. See also "[[Evilutionary Biologist]]" above.

* [[Wolverine Claws]]: Uses [[Laser Blade]] variants as his [[Weapon of Choice]] for ''X2'' and ''Xtreme 2''.

 

 

{{quote|''Voiced by: [[Mugihito]] (JP, X8), [[Hiroshi Shimozaki]] (JP, Maverick Hunter X)''}}

 

* [[Armed Legs]]: In ''Vile Mode'', he can launch bombs from his knees.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: And how! This is said to be due to a malfunctioning chip that is irreparable.

* [[Badass Boast]]: In ''X1'':

{{quote|'''Vile''': You pathetic piece of scrap metal, did you think you could defeat me?}}

* [[The Cameo]]: Yes, he also appears in ''[[Capcom vs. Whatever|Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]'', but ''not'' in Zero's ending like all the other aforementioned cameos...Instead, he showed up in the ''[[Lost Planet|PTX-40A pilot's]]'' ending.

* [[The Dragon]]: [[Lampshaded]] by Zero:

* [[Expy]]: Yes, his character design is based on Boba Fett. Why do you ask?

* [[The Faceless]]: One wonders if there ''is'' a face underneath that helmet ''at all''...

* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: Happens at the end of ''Vile Mode'', to X.

** Also at the intro stage of his mode, after you beat X, where he shoots the grounded X several times before Zero rescues him.

* [[Rocket Punch]]: He can acquire these in ''Maverick Hunter X.''

* [[Shoulder Cannon]]

** [[Word of God]] states that Vile's Japanese name was actually based on [[Mad Max|Bubba Zanetti]].

* [[Sociopathic Soldier]]: Due to an irreparable shortcut in Vile's brain, Vile has a rather...disturbing way of dealing with Mavericks (he seems to not only intensely love destroying Mavericks, but also causing as much damage as possible), which was one of the reasons why he ended up branded a Maverick and placed in the brig before Sigma released him for his revolt.

* [[Wild Card]]: Even as far back as ''X3''. Although his bio in the original ''Mega Man X'' implies that he was always a wild card (something about being rebellious towards his superiors).

** Lampshaded by himself in ''Maverick Hunter X'''s Vile Mode, in the intro stage:

* [[Writing Around Trademarks]]: The reason for his [[Dub Name Change]].

 

 

A trio of Mavericks [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|who have dedicated themselves to defeating X.]] In ''X2'', they challenge X to one-on-one fights; with Zero's rebuilt body as the bait. Their members are '''Agile''', '''Serges/Sagesse''' and '''Violen'''.

* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: At first there is no sign of Sigma.

* [[Epic Flail]]: Violen's weapon.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Serges.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Agile's rematch fight.

* [[Prehensile Hair]]: Sort of. Remember where Violen's [[Epic Flail]] comes from?

* [[Theme Naming]]: The names were originally French words: Agile ([[Captain Obvious|translating to Agile]]), ''Violent'' ([[Blind Idiot Translation|the ending 'T']] [[Funetik Aksent|is silent]]), and Sagesse, French for Wisdom.

 

 

A Reploid scientist specialising in the field of computer viruses. Prior to ''X3'', he made an amazing discovery: Sigma was actually a virus that caused reploids to turn maverick. He developed an anti-virus that cured many mavericks and they formed a city called Doppletown around his lab. However, it turned out to be a placebo: Doppler himself was infected and had just formed a maverick army under the Hunters very noses. After he is defeated by X, the virus leaves him and he reveals that not only has he revived Sigma; he had also built a massive battle body for him. [[Multiple Endings|Depending on whether Zero survives the game]], either Zero gets Doppler to install the real Virus program into his saber, or Doppler installs it into himself in order to save X from Sigma's Viral form. Unfortunately, in either ending Doppler is too damaged and is destroyed along with his lab.

* [[What Have I Done]]

 

 

 

 

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Bit seems to have shades of this.

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]

 

 

 

{{quote|''General is voiced by: [[Ryuzaburo Ohtomo]] (JP)''}}

 

* [[Stab the Sky]]: One of Colonel's attacks involves him doing this, getting the saber struck by lightning in the process, and then doing a [[Sword Plant]] to spread the electricity to the ground.

* [[Sword Beam]]: Colonel's signature attacks.

* [[Teleport Spam]]: Colonel.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: General.

 

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* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: Part of ''X4'''s shoddy voice acting.

 

 

 

* [[Lack of Empathy]]: Not only does he not have any regret for using X and betraying him upon his defeat, he actually mocks X for having a trusting nature, stating that's his fatal flaw.

* [[Laughing Mad]]: His reaction both before and after fighting X (and in the case of the latter scenario, being defeated by him), not to mention his reaction when thinking about killing X.

* [[The Mole]]

* [[Not So Harmless]]

* [[The Starscream]]: If his claims about the Mavericks being idiots because they made his job easier is anything to go by, he might have plans to betray Sigma as well.

 

 

A [[Private Military Contractors|mercenary]] hired by Sigma during the events of ''X5'' to spread the virus inside the space colony Eurasia, in order to [[Colony Drop|destabilise its orbit]]. While the Hunters were racing against time to prevent this, Dynamo challenged them to fights in order to slow them down. He reappears in ''X6'', this time on his own trying to increase his power by the use of Nightmare souls.

* [[Wild Card]]: for ''X6''.

 

 

A reploid researcher dedicated to the illegal field of reploid resurrection, in ''X6'' he was infected by a part of Zero while inspecting the wreckage of the Eurasia space colony. Driven insane by [[The Virus]] and the persecution of the scientific community, Gate resurrected eight of his [[Deadly Euphemism|retired]] creations and teamed up with the enigmatic and mysterious Isoc. Together, they created a powerful reploid: High Max, a virus-like army of drones called The Nightmare, and the Zero Nightmare: a [[Palette Swap|discoloured]] clone of Zero. He used the Nightmare to cause global chaos and "the ghost of Zero" to pull the blame off his Nightmare Investigators, who were in fact searching for something else: the real Zero. Eventually, he would be challenged by X and would reveal that he had created an almost indestructible armor based off of Zero's design; however he would ultimately be defeated.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]? The ending of ''X6'' left his fate rather ambiguous. Was he spared by Alia and restored? Or did she leave him [[Killed Off for Real|dead?]]

 

 

A powerful Reploid made by Gate using Zero's DNA. He's the leader of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Nightmare Investigators]], and tasked to gather Reploid volunteers in order to help them.

* [[Unwinnable]]: If you go into the rematch with High Max in the 8 boss stages right after beating Nightmare Zero (thus, having no boss weapons to damage him with), you are stuck. Slowclap, Capcom.

 

 

Leader of the vigilante bounty hunting organization "Red Alert", He is the main antagonist of ''X7''. Yeah right, of ''course'' the real [[Big Bad]] is still Sigma. When Axl decides to leave Red Alert, he challenges the Maverick Hunters for his return.

* [[Sinister Scythe]]: a ''[[Double Weapon|double]]''-scythe, with blades on both ends.

 

 

The overseer of the [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|Jakob Project]], a [[Space Elevator]] being constructed to allow mankind to colonize the moon. Lumine is in fact a New Generation Reploid, featuring the copy chip present in Axl. He is kidnapped by Vile at the start of the game as part of Sigma's plans. After Sigma is defeated, Lumine reveals that he was actually secretly manipulating Sigma as part of his plans to eliminate not just humanity, but also all old generation reploids as well.

* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: [[Inverted]], '''Sigma''' is the [[Disc One Final Boss]] for ''X8''. Fans have never experienced such a [[Shocking Swerve]].

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: [[Cross-Dressing Voices|Voice didn't help]].

* [[Giggling Villain]]

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Actually works at first. Of all people, ''Axl'' shuts him up!

* [[Rocks Fall Everybody Dies]]: His [[Desperation Attack|Paradise Lost attack]]. On the plus side, while charging it, he doesn't do anything else but hide in his wings and [[Villian Teleportation|teleport]]. If you fail to finish him off in about 30 seconds, the trope is invoked.

* [[Shout-Out]]: His pattern in the first phase just screams [[Mega Man 2|Wily Alien]]. His [[One-Winged Angel]] could be to [[Mega Man Zero|Copy-X]], [[Mega Man Legends|Mega Man Juno]], or even [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephy himself]].

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

 

== Supporting Cast ==

 

 

{{quote|''Voiced by: [[Tomohisa Aso]] (JP)''}}

 

* [[Brain Uploading]]: There's a theory that Light made the holograms (or is it just ''hologra'''''m'''''?) this way...

** It's almost impossible for it to be anything else, as in X5, he ''specifically refers to Alia''. Sure, he could know about Zero from the past, maybe, but ''Alia''?

* [[Energy Being]]

* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]: How ''did'' he hide all those upgrade capsules?

* [[The Smart Guy]]

 

 

An Archeobotanist who discovered X and used his design to produce Reploids, robots able to think for themselves. When they started going Maverick, he helped to form the Maverick Hunters. He appeared in ''X2'' and ''X3'' and was mentioned in the backstory for ''X1'' and ''X4'', but [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|disappeared from the series after that]].

 

* [[The Atoner]]: To a small degree, at least, compared to Zero. He was a painful subversion: ''[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|every]]'' [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|attempt he makes to rectify that mistake, only made things]] ''[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|worse]]'': Repliforce, Dr. Doppler, and ''especially'' Sigma. At least making Signas the leader of the Hunters wasn't a bad move.

* [[The Mentor]]

* [[Name of Cain]]: In the OVA ''Day of Sigma'', this is reinforced by the city attacked by Sigma's missile attack being called [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|Abel City.]]

* [[Not That Kind of Doctor]]

* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Despite his field of study being old weeds, Cain could still reverse engineer X's design to create Reploids. This reverse engineering was physically sound, but he then subverts this trope when he neglects Light's warning about morally testing the new reploids.

* [[Retcon]]: The OVA and ''Maverick Hunter X'' continuty seems to kill him off 3 games ''too early''.

 

 

The last of Dr. Cain's personal creations, he [[All There in the Manual|was once a private investigator]] before becoming the new leader of the Maverick Hunters when Dr. Cain retired from duty. He was introduced in ''X5'' and has remained in place since, but he was only mentioned [[All There in the Manual|in the manual]] to ''Command Mission''.

* [[The Strategist]]

 

 

A [[Voice with an Internet Connection|navigator]] who appeared in ''X5'' and has appeared in every game since (not including [[Gaiden Game|Command Mission]]). Her role in the game is generally to [[Captain Obvious|point out that spikes hurt]] and to [[Stop Helping Me!|pause the game at inopportune moments to tell you so]]. She gained more plot relevance in ''X6'', where her backstory was expanded and tied up with [[Big Bad|Gate's]] [[Start of Darkness]]. [[Art Evolution|Unlike the rest of the cast]], her upgrade in X8 was very [[Fan Service Pack|well recieved]] among the fans.

* [[Fan Service Pack]]: Her ''X8'' redesign can only be explained as this.

** [[Letting Her Hair Down]]

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Reverse engineering and recreating the armours from ''X4'' and ''X5'' for the following games.

* [[Hartman Hips]]: Even before the "upgrade."

** [[Exposition Fairy]]

** [[Stop Helping Me!]]: [[Lampshaded]] by ''X8'' having the option of turning off Navigator contact before going on a mission.

** [[Voice with an Internet Connection]]

* [[Out of Focus]]: She expresses personal concern about X during certain transmissions during ''X6''; nothing comes out of it and in the next games Alia has no personal ties with X, dropping their interaction back to ''X5'' status, strictly professional.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Gate in her flashback sequence in ''X6''.

 

 

This green reploid was introduced in ''X5'' as the head of the Hunters research and development department; working to repair the Enigma cannon (and later [[Luck-Based Mission|probably]] the Space Shuttle) in order to stop the [[Colony Drop|descent]] of Eurasia, as well as installing parts for X and Zero. He reprises this role for ''X6'', before [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|dropping out of the limelight.]]

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]

 

 

Introduced in ''X5'', Lifesaver acts as the head medic for the Maverick Hunters. He becomes suspicious of Zero due to his unusual reactions towards the virus. His suspicions end up provoking the fight between X and Zero fight. Unlike the other Hunters introduced in ''X5'', he does not return in any other game in the series.

* [[The Stool Pigeon]]: Of the Disgruntled Daria subtype.

 

 

A new navigator introduced in ''X8''. She specializes in analyzing Boss patterns and can determine their weakness.

 

* [[Blinding Bangs]]

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]

{{quote|"Just hearing the words "space rocket" is so nostalgic. How romantic... Oh... Sorry. Anyway, don't worry. I'll navigate properly."}}

* [[Luminescent Blush]]

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Mostly because of her...

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]:

{{quote|'''Layer''': Good work out there, X. Um.. Zero looks awfully down in the dumps...

'''Layer''': No... Um... Not really... As an operator, I'm just concerned about the overall welfare of the team. That's all... }}

 

 

The third navigator introduced in ''X8''. Specializes in the layout of levels, and can find secret areas.

* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Invoked/lampshaded:

{{quote|"Zero! Have you forgotten already? I'm Pallette. This here is Layer. We're the new navigators here. Don't forget about us!"}}

* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]

 

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== [[Redshirt Army]] ==

 

A popular extra from the intro stage of ''X2'', who died within seconds of his introduction. ''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|While popping a wheelie!]]''

 

* [[Badass Biker]]

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]

* [[Red Shirt]]

 

 

A Hunter turned Maverick. Captures X at the beginning of ''X3'', allowing players to ''finally'' get the chance to play as Zero!

 

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: One buster-buster-saber combo from Zero is enough to do him in.

* [[Mini Boss]]

* [[Mook]]: Technically a [[Mecha-Mooks|Mecha Mook]].

== [[Canon Foreigner|Manga Originals]] ==

 

 

A clone of X created by Dr. Doppler's Limited Virus, this manga-only character serves as the lead's [[Evil Twin]].

* [[Evil Twin]]

 

 

A female reploid whose design is based on a mermaid. She becomes X's [[Love Interest]].

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Her name has been translated usually as either Martei or [[Gender Blender Name|Marty]].