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''Mega Man ZX'' is another entry in Capcom's flagship series, set about two centuries after the events of ''[[Mega Man Zero]]''. The wars between Human and Reploid have finally been ended through the process of modifying both races until they're completely indistinguishable from one another. Even so, the threat of Maverick attacks still remains, although the cause of these outbreaks are entirely different.

* [[Electric Jellyfish]]: Leganchor in ''ZX''; subverted, he's [[An Ice Person]].

* [[Emotion Eater]]: Model W feeds on negative emotions (anger, sadness, fear, etc) to grow and be activated. This is probably because Model W is {{spoiler|the essence of Complete Monster Dr. Weil, whose sole enjoyment in life was causing people to suffer}}. This is also justified on a deeper level; if you read the sourcebooks and [[Alternate Character Interpretation|extrapolate a little]], it's implied that {{spoiler|Dr. Weil}}'s insanity was shaped partially by [[He Who Fights Monsters|his]] ''[[He Who Fights Monsters|own]]'' [[He Who Fights Monsters|fear of Mavericks]]. Serpent powers up Model W by ''feeding'' it what is explicitly stated to be ''the souls of people who died while in the grip of fear!''

* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Pandora, on the outside at least.

* [[Empathic Weapon]]: Technically speaking, the Biometals.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: After Grey/Ashe [[Save the Villain|saves the mischievous Raiders,]] they thank him/her and want to join the Hunters. They also provide supplies for the broken train.

* [[Henshin Hero]]: All of the ZX protagonists qualify, with the [[Transformation Trinket|Biometals]]. Since the major villains use Biometals too, there are Henshin Villains as well.

** Grey, Master Albert, Pandora, and Master Mikhail's English VAs were (respectively) X, Zero, Alia, and Sigma from ''[[Mega Man X|Mega Man X7]]''.

** [[Sanae Kobayashi]] voices [[Talking to Himself|both Vent and Aile]] in ''ZX''. Kobayashi still voices Aile in the sequel, but Vent is now voiced by [[Kenji Nojima]].

##Albert can use the attack of the Enemy Mega Men, as well as Model A's homing shot and Model ZX's charge saber. He also has 6 wings, a tail and a halo (as Mega Man Model W.)

* [[Hulk Speak]]: Buckfire of ''Advent''.

'''Buckfire''': Me not Maverick! Me Pseudoroid. Me Buckfire! You get away from Prometheus and Pandora, but not from I! Buckfire obey rule! Buckfire will pummel you into ground! }}

* [[The Hunter]]: The Hunters organization in ''ZXA'', which acts as [[Bounty Hunter|Bounty Hunters]] or [[Treasure Hunter|Treasure Hunters]], as well as their [[Evil Counterpart]], the Raiders.

* [[I Am the Trope]]: When the 6 Biometals in ''ZX'' gives out their passwords to unlock the door leading to Model W, we got this:

'''Model Z''': I am the courage that fights for beliefs, Fortitude Creed... }}

* [[An Ice Person]]:

** Model L enables you to control ice. In the second game, Thetis is its Biomatch.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]:

** Giro tells Aile to [[Screw Destiny]] in the first game's ending:

'''Giro''': Yes. Forget the past. It means nothing. The power you contain within is the key to creating your future. }}

*** Then in ''Advent'', after the Quarry mission, she gives this to Grey:

'''Grey''': My destiny... My future. }}

** In the first game, Girouette pulls out a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment when Aile/Vent fights the second boss, by [[Dynamic Entry|appearing from out of the screen in midair and delivering a strong slash to it.]] Later in ''Advent'', when Grey/Ashe fight a seemingly-undefeatable boss in the Quarry mission, Aile/Vent saves him/her with the exact same action.

** After Grey beats Aile and before he goes down to destroy the fallen Model W, we have this:

'''Grey''': That's not why I'm here. }}

*** And then, when Grey has trouble destroying the Mechaniloid revived by Model W, Aile [[Big Damn Heroes|comes to the rescue]] and destroying the Mechaniloid. Then we have this exchange:

'''Aile''': That isn't why I came here either. }}

* [[Meaningless Lives]]: The games has some extra lives scattered in easy-to-reach places. Combined with the save feature (especially since you can have an option to load your saved game if you get a Game Over), it becomes easier to farm extra lives.

** Jumping from the above two, there's a "earth vs sky" theme within the good guys and the bad guys. Discounting Serpent, of course; but since he was formerly a good guy (a former Guardian member), this still sticks.

* [[Title Drop]]: The name "Model ZX" is referenced during the Slither Inc's invasion to the Guardian HQ:

'''Prometheus''': [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs|Or should we just say Model ZX now?]] }}

* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: Aile and Ashe are revealed to be distant descendants of Master Albert, while Grey {{spoiler|turns out to be one of his backup bodies}}.

* [[Transformation Trinket]]: The Biometals, which can produce [[Instant Armor|Instant Armors]] as well as [[Cool Helmet|Cool Helmets]].

* [[Triang Relations]]: A minor one, mostly stemmed from this dialogue:

'''Aile''': Hahaha! Maybe [[Loving a Shadow|Giro]] [[Expy|resembles]] [[Mega Man Zero|someone you cared about]]. Every time you talk about him, you look so happy. Don't worry, I won't hold it against you if you did like him. It's thanks to all of you that I'm finally able to fight for what's important.<br />

'''Prairie''': Aile... }}

* [[Wake Up Call Boss]]: Chronoforce in ''ZX Advent'', especially if he spams his pendulum attack. If you're ''really'' unlucky, he'll use it while using the Time Bomb, which makes it faster and harder to dodge.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Atlas and Thetis. In hindsight, Aeolus' and Albert's goals are actually nice too, it's just that they're too heavy on the "Extremist" side.

** This seems to be what happened with the names of all the Biometal Users in ZXA. While Atlas, Helios/Aeolus, Siarnaq, Tethys/Thetis, Prometheus and Pandora were all supposed to be Saturnian moons, when you look at them in the context of Greek Mythology, they appear to be a random collection of Titans and other mythological figures with no other real meanings behind their names.

** Also, the Sage Trinity has nothing to do with a Trinity, God, or Christianity. Apparently, they are named that just because there is three of them and it's just a translation choice anyway (their Japanese name translates to the connotation-free "Three Sages").