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* Zero's decision to kill Weil seems to be spitting on the laws of robotics that were so important to the series. However, his decision is actually in accordance to the obscure Zeroth Law of Robotics which in essence is a threshold law designed to protect the human race from a [[Complete Monster]], as obeying law 1 would cause humanity to be harmed through inaction. Made especially ironic given that Zero was never built with the laws in mind, yet he unwittingly follows the most important law.
** Also: ''[[Meaningful Name|Zer]][[Punny Name|oth]]'' Law.
*** He was also designed and programmed by Dr. Wily, a scientist who probably ''wouldn't'' have programmed any of his creations to be three-law compliant. For all his genius, Weil ''[[Villain Ball|didn't]]'' [[Villain Ball|bank on this]].
* Omega, the [[Ax Crazy]] psychopath whose [[Hate Plague]] powers and ceaseless thirst for blood that ended up killing 75% of sentient life. The horror kicks in when you realize that Omega was exactly what Dr. Wily ''intended Zero to be.'' In fact, given what happens in the whole timeline, actually ''letting Dr. Wily win'' seems to be genuinely preferable to just thwarting his plans. As bad as his schemes got, they never went as far as what Sigma or later villains wanted.
** Remember, Wily became evil because his pride was hurt. Meaning if he won, it would be more or less just to prove he's better than Dr Light. If he won, mankind would probably just have to deal with his ego for a couple decades until Dr Wily dies(he's already quite old.) Compare that with [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Sig]][[Kill All Humans|ma]] and [[It's All About Me|Doc]][[Fantastic Racism|tor]] [[Dystopia Justifies the Means|We]][[Complete Monster|il]], and [[Rooting for the Empire|you'll be rooting for Dr Wily in no time.]]
** Omega is exactly what Zero originally was before he [[Heel Face Turn|joined X's team]] and the Maverick Virus jumped to Sigma.
* Think of the attitudes humanity has towards genuinely non-violent robots: in [[MM 9]] we see {{spoiler|the Robot Masters are still online when Wily finds them.}} In [[MMX 6]], Gate's Reploids are killed off due to their potential risks instead of merely reassigned; in the context of this series, robots are basically sentient, so humans are willing to leave living people ''to basically starve to death, or outright kill them, out of convenience.'' Yet, people like Dr. Wily and Weil get to live, with no "kill on sight" orders established before being captured. How ''horrifically'' skewed are humanity's priorities towards robots and humans to even allow this to happen? The worst part about this? This means that [[Complete Monster|Dr Weil's]] [[Hannibal Lecture]] ''[[Straw Man Has a Point|has ground.]]'' [[Humans Are
** This goes double when you read [[All There in the Manual|Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works]]; his reason for starting the Elf Wars was that he thought Reploids were getting off too easy for the massive destruction caused in the Maverick Wars, especially once the plan to solve the Maverick problem was to basically install anti-virus software and call things even. On the surface it makes sense; each X series game chronologically takes place a few months after the last one, meaning not even half a decade had passed since Reploids were made before Sigma caused multiple wars and a [[Colony Drop]]. And similar to how Weil fails to grasps his exile was his own fault, the wars were humanity's fault for making Reploids so powerful in the first place.
** All of them makes Weil [[Up to Eleven|even more terrifying.]] How? Because it means he had a good reason behind his [[Fantastic Racism]]. ''The [[Complete Monster]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|ha]][[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|d]]'' '''JUSTIFICATION.'''
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