Mega Man Zero/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** [[It Was His Sled]]: Thanks to that long-standing argument, no one would be surprised about Zero's fate now.

** Well, kind of. The Official Complete Works didn't really elaborate on his fate, and at best stated that he was missing in space. For a thing that would elaborate on a lot of things in the ''Zero'' mythos, it really seemed to screw up when it came to revealing Zero's fate.

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* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Zero, now [[The Hero]] this time around, gets a tad bit ''too'' many of these, even compared to the previous series. And no one is complaining. Shining example: Zero vs. [[Climax Boss|Omega]].

** Don't forget the series' ending theme ''Freesia'' by Rie "Ciel" Tanaka.

** And ''Awakening Will'', the theme of the first level and the credits of ''Z2'', but to make the long story short, let's just say: The whole soundtrack.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:

** Harpuia. Also one of the most well developed characters in the franchise, which contributes to this.

*** [[Love to Hate]]: In contrast to Weil.

*** Possibly because of the [[Awesome Bosses/Video Game|climactic confrontation]] with Zero being a highlight of the series.

** Ciel's unnamed ancestress provides one: Is she the one {{spoiler|who created Zero's clone body?}}

** A popular theory was that [[La Résistance]] {{spoiler|later become the Guardians of ''ZX''.}} This theory was backed up by the fact that {{spoiler|the Guardians}} also wear green in their uniforms, and other [[Epileptic Trees]] that Alouette and Perroquiet are {{spoiler|Prairie and Fleuve, as [[Expy|Expys]] of Ciel and Cerveau, respectively.}}

* [[Faux Symbolism]]:

** At the end of the first game, Cyber-Elf X starts projecting an image of himself in a blue robe when talking to Zero. A

** Copy X, even moreso. If his first form full of angelic wings aren't enough, in his [[One-Winged Angel]] form, he almost literally turned into a seraphic angel. Add to the fact that he's fighting Zero, a crimson-horned reploid.

* [[Foe Yay]]: Three of the Four Guardians have this going on with the titular Zero (the ones that isn't Phantom).

** Somewhat related: in ''X2'', Zero, {{spoiler|freshly [[Back From the Dead]]}}, ''very easily'' destroys a weak clone of himself that the [[Big Bad]] made. Cue the third game, where {{spoiler|Omega (the same one mentioned above) is the original body of Zero, while ''[[The Hero]]'' is the clone}}. But it was subverted, {{spoiler|the clone Zero didn't mind the irony of the situation he was in, and goes on to defeat Omega Zero ''easily''. Also, [[The Hero]] may be using a duplicate body, but the mind is real; he is still the ''real Zero''. Omega Zero is now just a mindless puppet}}.

* [[Generic Doomsday Villain]]: Omega - Technically, since he's completely mindless (he's simply programmed to kill, period) and having destroyed the world once.

** Ciel with Zero...maybe...well, it ''is'' a popular pairing.

*** [[Ship Tease]]: ''Lots'', which warranted the [[Robo Ship]] "theory" above. In fact, some of the tropes listed in her bio are [[Ship Tease]] in themselves ([[Anger Born of Worry]] and the [[Tear Jerker]], anyone?).

*** [[Star Boarding]]: Unfortunately, because of Zero's mentality in this department, fans have settled for this.

* [[Ron the Death Eater]]: A rare canon (at least, [[What Could Have Been]]) example: {{spoiler|X becomes a tyrant [[Knight Templar]] dictator and Zero is the hero with a different body. Though probably Keiji Inafune had a reason for X becoming bad... At least, we can see the potential of it from the backstory for this game.}}

* [[That One Boss]]:

** Aztec Falcon from ''Zero 1'', the first mission boss from Zero is almost impossible the first time you fight him. You have no charge attack (unless you spent time grinding it out by going back to the Underground Base; if you're playing on Hard, you're screwed), he isn't vulnerable to combos, and the Z-Buster actually ''bounces off'' when the chance to shoot him presents itself.

** [[Stoic Woobie]]: After looking at Harpuia's motives, personality and the situation he's in, it's pretty easy to feel sorry for him.

** [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Some find Elpizo quite sympathetic.

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