Mega Man X: Difference between revisions

* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: The opening of ''X3'' has X and Zero's home base besieged by Dr. Doppler's Mavericks.

* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: The Fortress Levels of ''X5'' qualify.

* [[An Ice Person]]: Chill Penguin, Blizzard Buffalo, Frost Walrus, [[Guns N' Roses|Duff]] [[Stealth Pun|McWhalen,]] [[Awesome McCoolname|Blizzard Wolfang,]] Avalanche Yeti.

* [[Anime Theme Song]]: "''Makenai Ai ga Kitto Aru''" ("We've Definitely Got a Love that Won't Lose"), "Monkey", "Moon Light"/"The Answer", "CODE CRUSH", "WILD FANG", and "Don't Wanna Be" for ''X4'', ''X5'', ''X6'', ''X7'', ''X8'', and ''Maverick Hunter X'' respectively.

* [[The Hunter|The Maverick Hunters]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Aside from the obvious examples (see [[Theme Naming]] below), let's take a look at ''X4's'' [[The Mole|mole]]. In addition to the aforementioned reveal as a ''double'' agent, he also has two forms to go along with his role, and he's weak to the ''Double [[Blow You Away|Cyclone]]''.

* [[Mechanical Evolution]]: Done rather uniquely; all reploids are 'replica androids' derived from the titular X, who was designed with 'limitless potential,' the capability to evolve to (hopefully) overcome any obstacle he was presented with. As X is forced to fight and evolve, more and more powerful reploids can be made based on him, allowing the species itself to evolve over time.

* [[Mega Manning]]: X's Variable Weapons, Zero's Command Arts, and Axl's Special Arms.

* [[Technology Marches On]]: Zero started having dreams where he {{spoiler|sees Dr. Wily's silhouette}} in X4, which came out in the late 90's. With the introduction of online resources like Google and wikipedia, it's a little baffling why Zero doesn't spend some time on the internet looking through historical databases of old robotics experts.

* [[Thanking the Viewer]]: Capcom games love to do this, and this series is no exception.

* [[Theme Naming]]: the main three characters of the series (X, Zero and Sigma) are all named after symbols from various "alphabets" (zero's a number, but you know what I mean).

** The name X represents the infinite possibility as stated by his creator, Thomas Light. He even has a theme song that is named [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUBQOmnU8bM Variable X].

** Plus, the map shows that the stage is located in a different place, implying that the Computer Core was duplicated for the North Pole facility.

** Subtly implied in ''X5'' when X or Zero goes to fight Sigma. In the background of the first fight are two dilapidated capsules, one red and one blue...

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Zero's copy in X2 (and the Black Zero armor that is based on said copy), and Dynamo.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Gate. The unlucky bastard may have been a prick beforehand, but the guy got infected by the ''Zero Virus''. Anything that makes you crazy enough to think resurrecting [[Big Bad|Sigma]] is a good idea has ''got'' to be nasty. Also, the Investigators were his creations that he resurrected after they were killed off by his old bosses instead of being reassigned.

* [[World Half Empty]]: Especially after the [[Colony Drop]].