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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.

** ''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''.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]

** The new basic armor he sports in ''Command Mission'' has a white X on the chest.

* [[Call Forward]]: Zero's ''X7'' ending. [[He Who Fights Monsters|"Eliminate the Mavericks.]] [[Department of Redundancy Department|The Mavericks...eliminate..."]] Depressingly, this game marks the one time we see X actually try to escape his fate, so it packs a punch even though the writers [[Wangst|botched]] [[Replacement Scrappy|it]].

* [[Car Fu]]: In the opening of ''X2'', he jumps out from his speeding Ride Chaser, which then hits the Mechaniloid guarding the facility he's trying to infiltrate.

** Can be done in-game as well, in Overdrive Ostrich's stage, as well as in ''X4'' and ''X5''.

* [[Charged Attack]]: One of his main features.

* [[Climax Boss]]: He'll do ''anything'' to prevent his friend from going Maverick. [[Captain Obvious|Including]] ''[[Captain Obvious|fighting him.]]''

* [[Cool Loser]]: As of ''X5'', Zero is his only friend. [[Justified Trope|There might be]] [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies|good reasons]], especially after what happened to Zero one game earlier. There might also be [[Ho Yay|other reasons]], but that doesn't entirely cover it.

* [[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.

* [[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]].)

* [[Expy]]: Erm, yeah. [[Executive Meddling|He owes his existence to this status, in fact.]] He started the trend of having Expies in the [[Sequel Series]].

* [[Face Palm of Doom]]: Gives Sigma one in ''The Day of Sigma'', [[Shout-Out|mimicking the]] [[G Gundam|Shining Finger]], no less.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: In his ''X4'' ending, X asks Zero that if he (X) ever goes Maverick, Zero should be the one "to take care of him". Because of the [[Continuity Snarl]] between the two series, it falls into [[Fauxshadow]].

** When combined with the ending of ''X3'' stating that X will have to destroy Zero to protect mankind, this at least foreshadows that the two of them will fight in X5.

* [[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.

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]: The Shadow Armor in ''X6'', complete with [[Ceiling Cling]] ability. Like Gaea Armor of ''X5'', it provides immunity to [[Spikes of Doom|spikes.]]

* [[It Never Gets Any Easier]]: X always feels grief and doubt about those who die in the Maverick Wars, even his own enemies, because he's at heart a [[Martial Pacifist]]. It's even been argued that he deliberately does this so he always has sympathy for the enemy, because becoming callous is not the way to finding real peace. When he finally loses all sympathy centuries into the future, he retires.

* [[Laser Blade]]: In ''X6''. Unlike Zero, he can only do a single slash, but with armor upgrades, its ability gets tweaked up.

** [[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.

*** [[Super Mode]]: [[Game Breaker|Ultimate]]

** ''X8''

*** [[Fragile Speedster]]: Hermes

*** [[Mighty Glacier]] (or [[Lightning Bruiser]]): Icarus

*** [[Super Mode]]: [[Game Breaker|Ultimate]]

* [[One-Letter Name]]: In the early games, other characters would call him anything from his full name to just X. He's consistently called X from ''X4'' onwards.

** 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.

** 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.

[[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.

[[Bulletproof Vest|Body]]: Invincibility to weaker attacks<br />

[[Arm Cannon|Arms]]: 3-way [[Spread Shot]]<br />

Legs: [[Invisibility]] while dashing, as well as increased movement speed }}

*** {{color|purple|Ultimate}}: the Nova Strike returns, which gives high damage to the opponent it crosses over, but unlike in the previous games, this attack can't be quickly spammed (one use will deplete its meter, and then the meter regenerates in a few seconds). Also, it's now a [[One-Hit Kill|Two-Hit Kill]] to most Bosses.

[[Bulletproof Vest|Body]]: same as Icarus Armor's<br />

[[Arm Cannon|Arms]]: the multi-hitting [[Sphere of Destruction|Plasma Shot]]<br />

** Also, in X3, you can ask Dr. Light to insert a special chip to one of the armor upgrade when you get the access to the capsule. You can only do this to one part of the armor, though. But there's a secret way to get all of them, and it comes with a nice touch of gold color, too!

* [[Promotional Powerless Piece of Garbage]]: Despite the rarity of the card, he's effectively useless in the trading card game, having the same stats as Bass.

* [[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.

** In ''Maverick Hunter X'', he starts off more or less calm and collected. When Zero dies, he goes into full-on [[Unstoppable Rage]], and he can't communicate in anything less than a shout.

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: His death scream in ''X4'', thanks to the crappy voice acting.

* [[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.

* [[Super Prototype]]: Though only because Cain did a really half-assed job duplicating his technology. Not that it's entirely his fault, mind you, Dr. Light was just that damn good, but basically the plot of every game is the result of his inferior skills.

* [[Swiss Army Hero]]: In any game with multiple armor sets, but especially ''X5''. Drawing from the third game's opening, fandom sometimes takes this [[Serial Escalation]] and depicts him swapping through ''every armor set ever.''

* [[Technical Pacifist]]/[[Reluctant Warrior]]: He swings back and forth, depending on the game. ''X3'', ''X4'' and ''X7'' leaned more towards [[Reluctant Warrior]], the others portrayed him as a [[Technical Pacifist]].

** [[He's Back|And when he does,]] he becomes [[Game Breaker|a complete ass-whooper.]] It really makes up for having yourself tortured by playing as [[Replacement Scrappy|Axl.]]

* [[Transformation Sequence]]: Going into a level, you'll usually see X summon his [[Powered Armor]] before becoming playable (provided you've gotten it, of course).

** In ''X8'', even though he's already in the armor as he warps in, he performs the gesture anyway.

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

* [[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."

 

* [[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]].''

** [[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]]!

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

** Also when X (or himself) is beaten in Vile Mode's [[Dual Boss]] fight in ''Maverick Hunter X'', he (or X) would employ an aura, which tells the player that [[Berserk Button|he's pissed.]]

* [[Breakout Character]]

* [[Bring My Red Jacket]]: He's a red robot, and he mainly uses melee attacks, and he's a [[Glass Cannon]]. Do the math.

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Started in ''X8'' to keep X company.

* [[Celibate Hero|Celibate]]/[[Chaste Hero]]: With Iris's tragedy still fresh in his mind, he believes he's not ready to have another romantic pursuit. This is seen with Layer, although he's ''also'' just plain [[Oblivious to Love|oblivious to her advances.]]

* [[Character Development]]: Post ''X4'', in spades. After Iris' death, his character changes dramatically. His carefree personality turns into a grim, serious, no nonsense one (as evidenced by his victory pose changing from a thumbs up to a simply head turn). He's still a good friend to X, but is less willing to hold his hand through tough situations and is more than willing to [[What the Hell, Hero?|call him out]] for his naivete and idealism as seen in ''Command Mission''. His originally witty humor becomes dry, biting and cynical. Even his ''theme music'' changes from energetic rock to slow, solemn, and even outright melancholic.

* [[Chick Magnet]]: One [[The Gwen Stacy|tragic girlfriend]], and ''two'' more "admirers". It doesn't seem impressive compared to other examples, until you realize that one of those admirers is ''[[Interspecies Romance|human]]''. There's also Ferham and Leviathan, who [[Foe Yay|really]] seem to [[Yandere|enjoy]] fighting Zero, and Prairie, who loved Giro because he reminded her of Zero.

* [[Climax Boss]]: Alternative to the article that X also has above. It was all because of a little misunderstanding. [[Evil Plan|Most of it went according to Sigma's plan, though.]]

** In the path to the Bad Ending, however, [[Super-Powered Evil Side|the stakes are much, MUCH higher...]]

* [[Crutch Character]]: In his original playable appearance in ''X3'', Zero amounted to a potent [[Mighty Glacier]] who, while incredibly useful early on, paled in comparison to a fully-upgraded X. In the RPG, ''Command Mission,'' he is the strongest member of your party early on, but leaves for a long stretch of the game. When he returns, however, he's still very strong.

* [[Deus Exit Machina]]: Before he became a playable character, he was only around when the plot needed his power. And then, later, ''Command Mission'' also puts him out of commission for a good portion of the game.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Appears in {{spoiler|Bass' ending}} in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters {{spoiler|in Dr. Wily's blueprint.}}

* [[Elemental Punch]]: Some of his copied techniques involve giving an element to his saber.

* [[Expy]]: ProtoMan.EXE is half this, [[Composite Character|half the expy of Blues.]] Girouette and Model ZX are both this and the legacy-bearer of both leads.

** Zero himself, in the X series, was an expy of the Classic Proto Man in the first X game, and was even referred to as "a Blues like character" in early Japanese publications that came out before the game. Whether or not he can still count as an expy for Proto Man is up for debate, but the intention for him to be as such in the first X game is clear (obviously not counting who/what Zero was supposed to be when still in the early design stages, of course).

* [[First-Episode Resurrection]]: Well, okay, he dies in the first game and is resurrected in the second, but he otherwise fits the trope entirely. It could be considered an example of the series taking on more and more [[Anime Tropes]] (Inafune has noted the influences often), except that this was apparently ''unplanned.''

* [[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.

** [[Lampshaded]] in the same game, when he actually apologizes for acting like a jerk at one point.

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: In the official arts, his [[Laser Blade]] is often depicted in a katana-like form.

* [[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]]

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

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]

* [[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]].

* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]

* [[Shout-Out]]: Several of his ''X8'' techniques are straight out of ''[[Street Fighter]]''. His staple rising sword uppercut is also based on the [[Shoryuken]].

** In ''Command Mission'' Zero can gain a second, incredibly powerful Hyper Mode armor. It has black bat-like wings, adds smaller bat wings to his helmet, claws on his hands and dark armor on his body and legs. It's a nod to his predecessor Bass and his power armor upgrade, the Trebel Boost.

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: In ''Maverick Hunter X'':

'''ZERO''': ''Vile... You're nothing but a Maverick now.'' }}

* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Inafune wanted him to be ''the'' main character. Even after [[Executive Meddling|Capcom forced him to change his mind]], [[Writer Revolt|Inafune didn't change his plans.]]

* [[The Stoic]]

* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The Z-Saber from ''X4'' onwards.

* [[Take Up My Sword|Take Up My Buster]]: After his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in ''X1''. A more literal version occurs in ''X3'' where the Z-Saber is an [[Infinity+1 Sword]] ([[Guide Dang It|if you meet the required conditions]]) and at the end of ''X5''.

* [[Typhoid Mary]]: It is said that Zero unknowingly spread his virus around as he ventured around the globe. This leads to him {{spoiler|sealing himself, to stop the spread, in his ending in ''X6''.}}

* [[Video Game Flight]]: At least as a bug in ''X8''. Kinda funny, and it lets you bypass the worst parts of the final dungeon - could you ask for more? Oh, and Layer can do it too.

* [[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]].

 

 

::'''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.

 

* [[Anime Hair]]

* [[The Cameo]]: Appears briefly in Zero's ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' ending.

* [[Charged Attack]]: He has one in his original appearance, but the [[Bag of Spilling]] takes it away as part of his later [[Super-Hero Speciation]].

* [[Cousin Oliver]]

* [[Dual Wield]]: In ''Command Mission'' his Axl Bullets weapon is his default gun times two, and two other weapons are also dual guns. In ''X7'' one of the Maverick weapons lets him wield dual guns and attack two enemies at once [[Guns Akimbo]].

* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: Has to work ''hard'' to earn X and Zero's trust and friendship, specifically because he was ''an assassin'' for a group that straddled the line between Reploid and Maverick. His own tendency to avoid answering questions, and the fact that Red Alert was more than happy to ''go to war'' with the Maverick Hunters to get him back didn't help him at all. By ''X8'', he has earned it.

* [[Flawed Prototype]]: His copy ability doesn't work on anything more massive than he himself is. He seems to have ironed this out by the time of ''Command Mission.''

* [[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.

* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: Red is his ''adopted'' father, at least...

* [[Shout-Out]]: Briefly acquires what is quite obviously the [[Metroid|Morph Ball]] to solve one puzzle in ''X8.''

* [[Spam Attack]]

* [[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.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]

* [[X Marks the Hero]]: How he got the scars or why they are still there remains unknown. A [http://www.drneko.com/scanlation/rmseries/rmx/koma/x7/index.php?Result_Set=10 4koma] states that they're self-inflicted.

* [[Young Gun]]

== Villains ==

 

 

 

* [[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...

* [[Irony]]: Go ahead and guess. Even after all the damage his creation(s) have done, who's the one who eventually ''ended it all?''

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]

* [[My Death Is Only the Beginning]]

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

 

[[File:300px-MHXSigma.jpg|frame]]

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.

 

* [[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.

* [[Badass Cape]]: ''X1'' and ''X5''. Subverted with his tattered form in ''X6'' and ''X7''.

** [[The Coats Are Off]]: Before his boss fight in ''X1'' and ''X5''.

** The animated opening to ''X3'' depicts the first game's saber as a BFS.

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Gate revived Sigma. Unfortunately, he apparently ruined his sanity in the process.

* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: In ''X8'', which served as a twist since usually Sigma was the one who was manipulating the supposed main bad guy, instead of the main bad guy manipulating Sigma.

* [[Enemy Civil War]]: His ''X4'' plan is to set one of these up. It works perfectly because the Repliforce is...[[Honor Before Reason|not very bright]].

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Evil Scars]]

* [[Evil Plan]]: Its always to destroy the humans, somehow.

* [[Eyes Are Unbreakable]]: The attack that gave him his trademark scars did nothing whatsoever to his actual eyes. Subverted when Maverick Zero does, in fact, gouge out one of his eyes along with half of his face.

* [[Fighting a Shadow]]: Eradicate his current body, his viral self is still intact. Erase it, and a backup copy will pop up later in a new body. It takes killing him on the moon to finally destroy him, supposedly because his viral form will just fade away to nothing with no other robots to infect there.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]

* [[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.

** JUSDIE X!!

** [[Say My Name|ZELLLLLLO!!!]]

* [[Large and In Charge]]: Even before he goes [[One-Winged Angel]].

* [[Large Ham]]: ''Especially'' at the end of the ''Day Of Sigma'' [[OVA]]. He's no slouch in the other games, either.

* [[Laser Sword]]: His weapon of choice in ''X1'' and ''[[BFS|X8]]''.

* [[The Man Behind the Monsters]]: All of the humanoid Sigma's henchmen are all animaloid, save for his various [[The Dragon|Dragons.]]

* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative]]/[[Magnificent Bastard]]: Pre-[[Villain Decay|decay]], anyway. However, [[Alternate Character Interpretation|some say]] that he's still this ''post''-decay.

* [[Neck Lift]]: In the ''Day Of Sigma'' OVA, he did this twice, to Zero and then X.

* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Happens ''twice'', and ''literally'' even, both involving Zero is some way.

* [[The Paragon Always Rebels]]: He was a honorable commander of Maverick Hunters before he become a Maverick leader.

* [[The Professor]]: He uses this title as an alias in ''X7''.

* [[Right-Hand Attack Dog]]: At the end of ''X1'', he sics his robot pet Velguarder on X before confronting him personally.

* [[Scars Are Forever]]: No matter what body he uses, the trademark scars over his eyes are left intact. Usually this is because his ''head'' is left intact, but sometimes this is not the case.

* [[Slouch of Villainy]]: He does this in ''X8''.

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: Added these to his armor after his [[Face Heel Turn]]. They frequently adorn his armor in his later incarnations.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: If {{spoiler|Lumine's}} words are to be believed, {{spoiler|Sigma was actually being used by Lumine in X8}}.

* [[The Virus]]/[[Contagious AI]]: His true form.

* [[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''.

 

 

 

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

* [[Badass]]

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

* [[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:

'''Zero''': Don't ''you'' ever get tired of being Sigma's lapdog? }}

* [[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.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Thanks to a possible [[Woolseyism]].

* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Wear Purple]]

* [[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]].

 

 

 

* [[The Brute]]: 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?

* [[The Remnant]]: They (along with their eight mavericks) were part of the original rebellion six months prior.

* [[Sinister Silhouettes]]: Their first appearance.

* [[Terrible Trio]]

* [[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.

 

* [[Disc One Final Boss]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]

* [[What Have I Done]]

 

 

 

 

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

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]

 

 

 

 

* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: Colonel.

* [[Badass Beard]]: It doesn't look exactly like a goatee, but Colonel has a red one.

* [[Badass Mustache]]: General has one.

* [[Bling of War]]

* [[Colonel Badass]]: [[Captain Obvious|Colonel.]]

* [[Large and In Charge]]: General.

* [[Laser Blade]]: Colonel.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Particularly General.

* [[The Remnant]]: The Skiver/Spiral Pegacion and [[Tyrannosaurus Rex|Mattrex/Burn Dinorex]] in ''X5'', and Red in ''X7''.

* [[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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Designed as one half of the Ultimate Soldier project, along with her brother Colonel. The project was a failure as the caring nature of Iris and the fighting spirit of Colonel could not be resolved into one body. The two halves were split into two reploids who were considered brother and sister. She is introduced in ''X4'' as Zero's girlfriend who gets caught in the middle of the civil war between her brother fighting for Repliforce and her lover fighting for the Maverick Hunters. She initially helps Zero as his [[Mission Control]] (she once had to break up a fight between him and Colonel). After Zero [[Deadly Euphemism|retires]] her brother, she goes insane and installs her brother's combat skills, completing Ultimate Soldier and forming a ride armour like body around herself. She challenges Zero and he is forced to kill her in self defence. With her body consumed by the destruction of Final Weapon (not to mention her mind already being damaged due to incompatibility with her brother's fighting will), she is [[Deader Than Dead]]. This doesn't stop her, however, from appearing in the [[Prequel|chronologically earlier]] ''Xtreme 2'' or having a cameo appearance inside Zero's memories during ''X5''. [[Tear Jerker|During his dying moments, no less...]]

 

* [[Attack Drone]]: In her boss fight, ''every time'' you hit her, she will release drones that slowly home in on Zero and explode on him for good amounts of damage. Worse still, you ''have'' to hit her in order to expose the [[Attack Its Weak Point|crystal]] and to push her backwards.

* [[Go Out with a Smile]]

* [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die]]: Her death remains a huge factor in Zero's life/lives. [[Was It Really Worth It?]] indeed...

* [[Little Dead Riding Hood]]

* [[Love Hurts]]

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: She's caring, peaceful and compassionate, while her brother Colonel is battle-hardened, aloof and [[Honor Before Reason|values honor.]]

** Thanks to supplemental material, this is justified: she and her brother were the result of an experiment to create the ultimate combat reploid. The Repliforce scientists couldn't get the warrior and pacifist sides of the personality to mesh, so [[Split At Birth|they were split into Colonel and Iris]] and they have a mental link from sharing over half the same mental programming. She's literally unable to go beyond her neutral-ness if Colonel's alive.

* [[Triang Relations]]

* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: Her primary weapon during the boss fight with her.

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

 

 

 

Introduced as a rookie Hunter in ''X4'', this little fat yellow reploid acts as X's [[Mission Control]] and seems [[Not So Harmless|completely harmless]]...until it is [[The Reveal|revealed]] that he was a Maverick working for Sigma all along, with a much more sinister second form.

 

* [[Attack Drone]]: He only releases this if you use the Double Cyclone (his weakness) on him. Makes sense as the move blows off his Jello coating.

* [[Deadly Disc]]: One of his attacks involves throwing a large blue spinning energy disks.

* [[Facial Markings]]

* [[Fat Bastard]]: Subverted as it isn't his true form.

* [[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.

 

* [[Affably Evil]]: Admits right up front that he's only interested in stalling the Hunters in X5.

* [[Ground Pound]]: Which results in lasers fired out from the ground.

* [[Ho Yay]]: One line in particular in ''X5'' that's hard to interpret any other way...

* [[Informed Attribute]]: Was apparently given a combat rating of ''GA''. That's a level above ''[[Badass|Zero.]]'' In-game, he tends to be a pushover, even if you don't have his weakness weapon.

** Wiping Eurasia's entire population single-handedly is an impressive feat, to reflect on his rank. Still played the trope straight in-game, though.

* [[Spin to Deflect Stuff]]: The only time you see his beam saber in full [[Double Weapon]] Form.

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Somewhat replaces Colonel's [[Mini Boss]] status in ''X5''. In fact, Dynamo was also fought during the halfway points!

* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: It even returns after bouncing off the wall.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]

* [[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.

 

 

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: He was the subject of envy by his peers, ''including Alia''. Ouch.

* [[Big Bad]]: Only for ''X6'', even though he wasn't the [[Final Boss]]. Still notable for being the ''first'' legitimate [[Big Bad]] other than Sigma.

* [[Evil Genius]]

* [[Foe Yay]]: With Alia, as they were both on the reploid research committee.

* [[Instant Armor]]: Before the battle against him, he appears in his normal form with his [[Badass Labcoat]]. Then he swapped his labcoat aside and then his golden armor instantly appears on his body.

* [[Insufferable Genius]]

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Alia in <s> the ending credits</s> her flashback (Collect 3000 Nightmare Souls without defeating High Max or killing all of the Investigators).

* [[Social Darwinist]]

 

 

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.

 

* [[Bonus Boss]]: A variation - he can be accessed in the secret areas in the game, after you beat Nightmare Zero in another secret area. And later, he becomes the Sub Boss in one of the fortress stages.

* [[Guide Dang It]]: It's hard to figure out how to hurt him without finding a guide.

* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: In the first fight against him. After a few seconds, he'll just scoff at how unimpressive X is and leaves.

* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: In his boss fight in Gate's second Secret Lab stage, he's able to summon these to protect himself.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: His name really reflects his powers.

* [[Power Floats]]: He floats all the time.

* [[Sequence Breaking]]: After you beat him in the secret areas, you can go straight to Gate's first Secret Lab stage.

* [[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.

 

* [[Bounty Hunter]]: The Red Alert is basically this, and he's the leader.

* [[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.

 

* [[Adaptive Ability]]: his whole shtick.

* [[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!

* [[Robots Enslaving Robots]]: He plans to destroy all of the Old Generation Reploids so the New ones like him could rule.

* [[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.

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

 

== Supporting Cast ==

 

 

 

* [[Big Good]]

* [[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''.

 

* [[All There in the Manual]]: Was apparently a private investigator before joining the Maverick Hunters.

* [[The Strategist]]

 

 

 

* [[Always Someone Better]]: Played oddly with Gate, as each considers the other to be the greater of the two.

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Can be unlocked as a playable character with the same play style as X...but without the [[Powered Armor]].

* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Not remotely so in-story, but she seems destined to accidentally kill her charges throughout ''X5'' with her ill-timed "help." She gets better.

* [[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.

* [[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.]]

 

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Post-''X6''.

* [[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?]]

* [[Enemy Scan]]: Her [[Mission Control]] specialty.

* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: To Zero. [[Your Mileage May Vary|If you squint long enough]], it leads to one of the few, genuinely funny scenes whenever these two interact.

** Of course, he's carrying [[The Virus]], so this is probably for the better. Heck, look what happened to Iris!

** It doesn't help that Zero is just plain [[Oblivious to Love|oblivious]]. Unless he actually believes in his own [[Cartwright Curse]].

* [[Luminescent Blush]]

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

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]:

'''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.

* [[Item Crafting]]: She manages the research and development department, which comes close to the trope.

** She's also the most likely of the three navigators to help you find the pieces strewn about the levels, almost but not quite averting [[Guide Dang It]]. A for effort, Capcom.

* [[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]]

 

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== [[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]].

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: After being rebuilt in a normal, humanoid form, the pants she wears...[[Stripperiffic|aren't]].

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Pirate Mermaid Robot]]