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A list of characters and tropes associated with [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Metroid]]'' , its ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' subseries, and ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''.

 

 

== The Main Two ==

 

=== Samus Aran ===

 

{{quote|"My past is not a memory. It's a force at my back. It pushes and steers. I may not always like where it leads me, but like any story, the past needs resolution. What's past is prologue."}}

 

* [[Action Girl]]: The first big example in video games.

* [[Anti-Hero]]ine: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type I and Type II]].

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Owns one in the manga, and yes, she can still kick your ass with it. Plus, a [[Nice Hat]] to boot.

* [[Beauty Mark]]: In the ''Super Metroid'' [[Word of God|developer interview]], Yoshio Sakamoto alluded to one on the left side of her lip. It's finally seen in ''Metroid: Other M''.

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Easily the greatest warrior and hunter in the cosmos, Samus is more than adequately equipped.

** This even carries over to ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'', where Zero Suit Samus is the [[Character Tiers|highest-ranking]] female on the roster.

 

=== Metroid ===

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* [[Achilles' Heel]]: They're really weak to [[Kill It with Ice|ice attacks]], but the SR388 and Tallon IV strands outgrow this weakness eventually, trading it for others.

* [[Asteroids Monster]]: Fission Metroids, the pieces don't share the original whole's weaknesses either.

 

=== General Adam Malkovich ===

 

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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Is actually seen in battle gear in ''Metroid: Other M''.

* [[Badass]]: If the INTERGALACTIC QUEEN OF BADASS respects you, it's a given.

 

=== Anthony Higgs ===

 

{{quote|"Hey punk! Don't you know how to treat a lady? Let me teach you a lesson about subtlety!"}}

 

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: He and Samus.

* [[Badass]]: Formerly [[Memetic Badass]] before he showed his true colours. See [[Big Damn Heroes]] below.

* [[Big Guy]]: He's the biggest person in Adam's squad, taller even than Samus.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Saves Samus from Ridley in his undoubted [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. In a less awesome but still important one, he puts the brakes on the Bottle Ship, preventing it from [[Colony Drop|smashing into the Federation HQ]] and giving Samus time to finish off the Metroid Queen. Finally, at the end, he interrupted the [[Government Conspiracy]] and rescued Samus by pulling rank}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Disney Death]]}}

* [[The Giant]]: He's more than a head taller than Samus, who is herself a head taller than the civilians on the Bottle Ship. He also carries around the squad's heavy artillery.

 

=== Lyle Smithsonian ===

 

{{quote|"I'm fine, but did it have to be bugs?"}}

* [[Trigger Happy]]: When confronted with a single bug, he shoots it into a pulp and keeps shooting.

* {{spoiler|[[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: He's killed offscreen after the squad splits up}}.

 

=== James Pierce ===

 

* {{spoiler|[[The Killer Becomes the Killed]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}: Strongly implied.

 

=== Maurice Favreau ===

 

* [[The Engineer]]: His official role within the squad

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]

 

=== Keiji "K.G." Misawa ===

 

* {{spoiler|[[Never Found the Body]]: The Deleter disposed of it in a pool of lava. As a result, he is officially listed as "Missing in Action" in the post-credits character log}}.

* [[The Quiet One]]: He doesn't really ''seem'' like the type who doesn't talk much, but nevertheless he only gets about two short lines in the game.

 

=== Fleet Admiral Castor Dane ===

 

{{quote|"Godspeed, Samus."}}

 

* [[Bowdlerisation]]: <s>Damn</s> NO!

* [[Expy]]: The Colonel at the end of ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'' somewhat resembles him. Though the Colonel is a [[Jerkass]] while Dane is a [[Reasonable Authority Figure]].

== Bounty Hunters ==

=== Sylux ===

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* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: Sylux is never referred to by gender-specific pronouns, leading to the common [[Epileptic Trees|fan theory]] that Sylux [[Samus Is a Girl|is female]].

* [[The Blank]]: Like Weavel, his armor gives no indication of him having any sort of face. Whether he even ''has'' one is probably going to be left unsolved until gamers actually get a peek underneath his suit.

 

=== Weavel ===

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* [[The Blank]]: Possibly. It's not entirely clear if that yellow section of his head where his face would be is a cybernetic face or just a visor. A fan theory is that he's a Ki-Hunter, which would make that yellow part his actual face if true.

* [[Bounty Hunter]]: What he has been reduced to. It is unknown whether he retains any loyalty to the space pirates or has simply decided to work for his own benefit.

 

=== Noxus ===

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* [[An Ice Person]]: By way of his [[Weapon of Choice]], the Judicator. He can release a vapor wall that freezes enemies in place when he charges a shot.

* [[Bounty Hunter]]: Though most of the industrial world considers bounty hunting to be a criminal activity, Noxus became a bounty hunter specifically to fight criminals and other forms of "evil". Times have really changed in the space age.

 

=== Kanden ===

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* [[Beware My Stinger Tail]]: His alternate form shoots explosive stingers.

* [[Bounty Hunter]]: Though, he does it less for the "bounty" part and more for the "hunter" part.

 

=== Spire ===

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* [[The Big Guy]]: He has a sympathetic goal, making him one of the more heroic bounty hunters when they eventually team up. He's also bigger than all, with the possible exception of Kanden.

* [[Bounty Hunter]]: To support his search for his kind, or find answers as to what happened to them.

 

=== Trace ===

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* [[Bio Augmentation]]: The Triskeleton is the result of this.

* [[Bounty Hunter]]: He entered this field of work in hopes he would find suitable worlds for his kin to conquer, which makes you wonder how he ever gets work. That or technology that would revolutionize his empire.

 

=== Rundas ===

 

{{quote|"Between the two of us, this should be a breeze."}}

 

* [[An Ice Person]]: He can generate ice and control the movement of the ice he creates.

* [[Badass]]: The scan visor says his threat level matches Samus's.

 

=== Ghor ===

 

{{quote|"[[Memetic Mutation|That seems... inefficient.]]"}}

 

* [[Arm Cannon]][[Guns Akimbo|s Akimbo]]: Two in his armor in addition to a [[Chest Blaster]]

* [[Beam Spam]]: When desperate, he uses his smart bombs, missile salvos and plasma beams all at once

 

=== Gandrayda ===

 

{{quote|"You know, you should never trust strangers, Sammy."}}

 

* [[Bounty Hunter]]: Aspires to be the best.

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Which leads her to try and take Samus's helmet as a grisly trophy}}.

 

=== Ridley ===

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* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Samus.

* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: There's a reason he's the leader of the space pirates.

 

=== Mother Brain ===

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* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Retconned in the ''Metroid Prime'' series as an organic machine built by the Chozo, instead of the Space Pirate leader. This is in the manga too. The manga reconciles these roles (she takes the pirates over), but ''Metroid: Other M'' seems to disregard both the ''Metroid Prime'' series and a bit of the manga (saying that the pirates can't function without her).

* [[Big Bad]]: More often than not. Could be considered the most prominent [[Big Bad]] of the main series.

 

=== Zebesian Space Pirates ===

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* [[Armored Coffins]]: Their boarding pods.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: In ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'', especially. "Surely, we are cursed."

 

=== Kraid ===

 

{{quote|"ROAAAAAAR"}}

 

* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: Not in the first game though.

* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: A giant dinosaur with the standard claws and teeth? Pretty normal as far as video game monsters go. Three eyes? That's only slightly pushing the envelope. Spikes that shoot out of its belly that Samus can jump on? Alright, now ''that's'' not exactly normal.

 

=== Phantoon ===

 

* {{spoiler|[[Bonus Boss]]: In ''Metroid: Other M'', appearing as a [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]}}.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The biggest in ''Metroid'''s lore... So far... It exists on multiple plains of reality at once and what Samus has fought so far is only its head.

 

=== Ki-Hunter Pirates ===

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* [[Airborne Mook]]: Their wings can be shot off, but they are still dangerous when grounded.

* [[Bee People]]: Exactly how their social structure runs is not clear but they are bee-like and they have a "king".

 

=== Amorbis ===

 

* [[Casting a Shadow]]: Not on their own, but once attached to the dark sphere, they will be capable of flinging safe zone-neutralizing shots of darkness or channel thick purple energy beams.

* [[Feed It a Bomb]]: The only way to damage them is to let them inhale you and then lay a bomb in their mouths.

 

=== Chykka ===

 

* [[Barrier Change Boss]]: While any weapons will damage it, during the second phase it switches between being weak to light and dark.

* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]: Chykka is a ''big'' dragonfly thing.

 

=== Quadraxis ===

 

* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: ''Nintendo Power'' had an article on this boss with a side by side comparison of its model with Samus's, asking if that was a fair fight.

* [[Demonic Possession]]: Presumably, it had joined the war against all living things before the Ing took it over.

 

=== The Chozo ===

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* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: It's stated in ''Metroid Prime'' that at least some of them have done this.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Samus and the Metroids are proof enough that you do '''not''' want the Chozo mad at you.

 

=== Metroid Hatchling (Baby) ===

 

* [[Androcles' Lion]]

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Arguably the biggest damn hero in the entire series.

 

=== X ===

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* [[Aquatic Mook]]: They create some mermaid pirates if you stick around to see it.

* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: The SA-X. Doubles as multiple [[Crowning Moment of Funny|crowning moments of funny]] if exploited.

 

=== Luminoth ===

 

{{quote|"Through vigilance and strength, we create peace."}}

 

* [[Always Lawful Good]]: Though we really only learn about their species wide interactions, founders heroes and the desperate actions they take in the face of an enemy bent on their annihilation, so anyone could come off like that.

* [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance]]: They are basically humanoid moths. So, it's natural that they would have a deep attraction to light.

 

=== Ing ===

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* [[Back From the Brink]]: All that time between Samus making planetfall and getting the Energy Transfer Module? She could very well have gotten possessed by an Ing had she not been extremely lucky.

** Not only that, but they would've succeeded in killing the few remaining Luminoth and stealing the last of the Light of Aether had Samus arrived at the Great Temple any later than when she did. The light world would've been destroyed as theirs became the default one, and they would've likely expanded beyond Aether, as warned by U-Mos. The only two known species that they probably wouldn't completely screw over are the Phazon beings, which they descend from, and the X, both of which possess similar qualities to the Ing.

 

=== {{spoiler|Metroid Prime}}/Dark Samus ===

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* [[Ax Crazy]]: Dark Samus during the events of ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'' was certainly depicted as being completely insane, namely due to being imbalanced at a molecular level, almost to [[Final Fantasy VI|Kefka Palazzo]] levels.

* [[Bag of Spilling]]: Just as much as the real Samus, it seems.

 

=== Phazon ===

 

{{quote|"Darkness... coming..."}}

 

* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: It's a mutagenic substance that the Space Pirates exploit for a power-up. Samus herself gets to experience its potential during the final battle against Metroid Prime in the eponymous game then goes whole-hog and uses it for her own power source by ''Metroid Prime 3'' (not by choice, but it has its upsides).

* [[The Corruption]]: Phazon usually prefers to kill and absorb weaker beings, but if the victim is strong enough, it is instead mutated and becomes an agent of Phazon.

 

=== Nightmare ===

 

* [[Body Horror]]: As if its organic components weren't horrific enough already, as it takes damage in ''Metroid Fusion'', its face begins to melt off.

* [[Cyborg]]: Inverted. It's a machine with organic components installed. Those organic components are what let the X infect it, much like its fellow machine-with-organic-parts, the B.O.X. security droid.

 

=== Gorea ===

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* [[Batman Gambit]]: It sent the distress signal to all of the Hunters in the galaxy so that they would find the Octoliths and set it free.

* [[Big Bad]]: Of ''Metroid Prime Hunters''.

* [[Villain Teleportation]]: Once you unlock its final stage.