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* [[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 ''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.
* [[Bounty Hunter]]
* [[Building Swing]]: The grapple beam in Super and grapple lasso in Prime. This becomes less important with the space jump/screw attack, but Prime 3 gives the lasso more functions to keep it relevant.
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** For Metroid Prime 3, Retro Studios initially planned for Samus to do some actual bounty hunting. She'd get a list of possible jobs to do, earn rewards, and use the cash to buy upgrades for her equipment. Nintendo didn't like the idea, and after some back-and-forth, Retro realized there was a language issue, and that "bounty hunter" isn't exactly the best description of what Samus is supposed to be. The Retro developers started joking that she was a "pro-bono hunter" instead.
* [[Powered Armor|Power Suit]]
** [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: Although she is still a bit agile outside the suit, Samus is unable to take down even a basic Space Pirate trooper without its help. Averted in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'', for [[Competitive Balance]] reasons.
*** That might be because she was basically unarmed (that paralyzer doesn't really count) without it.
* [[Raised by Natives]]: By the Chozo.
* [[Red Baron]]: [[Mook Horror Show|Space Pirates call her]] ''[[Mook Horror Show|The Hunter]]''.
* [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?]]: In ''Echoes'', logs left by the troopers mention the two planets full of Space Pirates she's blown up. One of the ones who mentions the story thinks that the act was too much for a single human to accomplish...
** Although it's worth pointing out that, chronologically, she had not yet blown up any planets when that comment was made.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Implied that she has a very massive one against [[Big Bad|Mother Brain]] and [[The Dragon|Ridley]].
** In ''Corruption'', the final battle on Phaaze is implied to be this as well, considering Samus' reaction {{spoiler|to each of the Hunters' deaths}}, making it clear that by the time the final fight comes, she's ready to rip the one responsible (Dark Samus) apart.
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** Or at least drove the latter into hiding beyond the corporeal world.
** And {{spoiler|my adopted Metroid hatchling.}}
** And my {{spoiler|[[Metroid: Other M|friend/possible boyfriend and made my 2nd adoptive father commit suicide.]] }}
** Rule of thumb: if you know Samus Aran on any level (just ask K.G. or Lyle) you'll probably be killed.
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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.
* [[Attack Animal]]
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* [[Badass]]: Formerly [[Memetic Badass]] before he showed his true colours. See "[[Big Damn Heroes]]".
* [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
* [[Big Guy]]
* [[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.}}
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* [[Lightning Gun]]: The Shock Coil: its stream jumps to the nearest target, so little aiming is required, but it is sort of short ranged. Sylux can recover health when using it.
* [[Roar Before Beating]]: In the intro, though Sylux had already beaten someone, presumably the fighting wasn't over.
* [[Rocket Jump]]: So far the only example to rival, possibly even surpass Samus, taking this trope to [[Not Quite Flight]] levels. The jumps you can make are impressive, and in low gravity, you really can fly in Sylux's alternate form, the lockjaw.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: {{spoiler|Again, the possible Delano 7 appearance, which fits in line with the Sequel Hooks from the first two games}}.
* [[Tron Lines]]: Both on Sylux's armor and ship.
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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]]
* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Weavel's suit has a mild green tint and the battle hammer is green.
* [[Cool Ship]]: Though it's not as prominent as the Delano 7, it can be seen in the intro movie, where Weavel is using it to evade the GF Police. It's also briefly seen on {{spoiler|the Oubliette}}.
* [[Parts Unknown]]: Said in the game's intro.
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* {{spoiler|[[Deadly Upgrade]]: The P.E.D. makes some of his attacks almost impossible to dodge.}}
* [[Destructible Projectiles]]: He can stop certain shots with his powers, but given their nature, certain shots can stop his powers.
* {{spoiler|[[Dying as Yourself]]: Maybe. When he is beaten, he seems to look around, confused. He almost tries to speak, but is impaled by an ice spike. It is uncertain whether this was him euthanising himself, or possibly Dark Samus killing him. But it makes it even ''more'' [[Tear Jerker|sad]]}}.
* [[Elemental Armor]]: Sometimes encases himself in it, other times uses it to provide cover. It's surprisingly durable but not unbreakable; the easiest thing to do is trick him into helping you with it.
* [[Expy]]: He visually resembles Noxus and has ice powers (to Noxus's freeze gun). He fights much differently, however, and is not a Knight Templar.
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* [[Irony]]: When he is attempting to halt the argument, he mentions that they are the good guys, justice will prevail, and all that stuff. Guess what happens to each of the Hunters barring Samus a few weeks to a month later?
* [[Justice Will Prevail]]: He claims this as the hunters are all arguing: "Hey, relax. We're the good guys. justice will prevail and all that stuff... right, Samus?"
* [[Literally Shattered Lives]]: to a pirate
* [[Little No]]: When his personal armor starts to break. So little you might not even recognize it.
* [[Mega Manning]]: {{spoiler|Samus gets Ice Missiles from Rundas}}.
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* [[The Dragon]]: He's not only an actual dragon, but he's the penultimate boss in all of his appearances. <ref>Except for [[Updated Rerelease|Zero Mission]].</ref>
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The American art for the first ''Metroid'' game showed Ridley as a weird dragonfly thing instead of the more familiar space dragon. This might have been due to the art being based on his in-game sprite, which admittedly was rather vague on his appearance beyond "winged monster."
** Not to mention him being the same size as Samus.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Perhaps this is [[Alternate Character Interpretation]], but he and Samus tend to parallel one another, with being extremely powerful and intelligent. They are also presented with the same option of killing or sparing {{spoiler|each other as}} a child with opposite results. Additionally, Ridley and Samus are just as unkillable; Samus as a player character can "continue" if killed, and Ridley "continues" every time he dies.
* {{spoiler|[[Genetic Memory]]: His clone in ''Other M'' seems to know EXACTLY who Samus is.}}
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* [[Unexplained Recovery]]
* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]: Meta-Ridley and later Omega Ridley.
* [[Your Size May Vary]]: This led to discussions about whether he wasn't a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' because he was [[Memetic Mutation|"too big."]]
=== Mother Brain ===
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* [[Hermaphrodite]]: Self-impregnating, no less.
* [[Marathon Boss]]: One of the longest boss battles in the series.
*** [[Deader Than Dead]]: You can scan [[Marathon Boss|Chykka's]] corpse after the battle is over (nearly every other boss either fades away or explodes), which basically goes to ensure you in no uncertain terms than the creature is finally dead:
{{quote|"''Bioscan complete. Target Chykka has been terminated. Lifesigns are at flatline. No regenerative ability in effect. No evidence of symbiotic corpse possession. [[Department of Redundancy Department|Resurrection does not appear likely.]]''"}}
* [[Rapid Aging]]: It started out as an egg.
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* [[A Fate Worse Than Death]]: The Chozo on Tallon IV returned from their Higher Plane of Existence to deal with Phazon, but many were twisted into insane ghosts by it while sealing the bulk of the stuff away.
* [[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.
* [[Doom Magnet]]: Whatever they touch, be it planet, species, or individual, is universally ill-fated in some way. Planetary destruction and being driven to the brink of extinction happen a ''lot'' where they've been.
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* [[Hidden Depths]]: {{spoiler|At first, they seem like a mindless species of parasites running purely on instinct. Over the course of the game, you begin to learn that they're ruthless, intelligent, and capable of [[Suicide Attack|acting against instinct]] for their own ends.}}
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Aside from the SA-X, their efforts to mimic humans end up failing, as it results in them becoming gelatinous humanoid blobs wearing lab coats instead. {{spoiler|They end up refining the process eventually, to the point where a Core-X perfectly mimics a scientist in order to set Sector 3 on the fritz}}.
* [[Intangible Man]]: Yes they can go intangible and ignore most physical barriers. However, it is implied by the powerbomb that large enough explosions can still affect them, and it'd stated by Adam that [[Earthshattering Kaboom|big enough ones]] can kill them.
* [[Stealth Pun]] The X infect a machine with the acronym B.O.X. {{spoiler|So, it's the X-Box.}}
* [[The Soulless]]: Never had one to begin with.
* [[The Virus]]
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* [[Bilingual Bonus]]/[[Punny Name]]: Their species name is basically a combination of the Latin "lumen" for light and "moth."
* [[Badass Preacher]]: The Luminoth usually speak about peace and all that, through strength and if neccessary war, and come off as a race that would rather not fight. But as soon as the Ing invade, they wasted little time in preparing for war, and while they failed, they still did a pretty good job. Added to the fact that if you scan the bodies of some of the dead ones, you'll see that the grand majority went down fighting, or at least holding their post; a notable example of the latter would be one female Luminoth that held her post even though she was ''starving to death''. The Luminoth are pretty hardcore.
** Special mention should go to J-Stl and A-Kul. J-Stl killed at least 100 Ing in ''his last stand'', and who knows how many he killed in total. A-Kul: went into Dark Aether, a god awful dimension filled to the brink with Ing that would kill her the second they got a chance and whose very air was deadly, found one of the ten keys to the temple that had all been hidden by the Ing, fought her way to the Sky Temple, and managed to place it there AND leave clues to the other keys before dying.
** The Sentinels of the Temples are perhaps the epitome of this, especially since they probably really are preachers. Scans reveal every one of them went down fighting. The one in Agon died while fending off innumerable Ing hordes, finally succumbing to superior numbers. The one in Torvus was possessed numerous times, and fought off ''each of them''. The Ing finally realized that they couldn't break his will and killed him. And the one in the Sanctuary Fortress was so badass, the Ing had to turn his own weapons of war against him, unable to defeat him themselves.
* [[Higher-Tech Species]]: They developed their unique technology through a combination of contact with the Chozo and their own experimentation on Aether. In fact, they might very well have gotten the chance to join the Chozo as [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] had they not gotten embroiled with the Ing.
* [[Insectoid Aliens]]: They're basically giant moths.
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* [[Demonic Possession]]: What they're good at.
* [[Elite Mooks]]: Hunter Ing and Ing Storms, both capable of flight.
* [[Endangered Species]]: The only Ing still alive are the ones who managed to possess another creature, as they can't live on Aether by themselves. The space pirates have a darkling Metroid on display at one of their bases, as revealed in a Prime 3 scan.
* [[The Heartless]]: ''"The Ing are creatures of shadow and darkness, knowing nothing of peace or mercy."''
* [[Intangible Man]]: Hunter Ing; they still can't handle the light of Aether, but Samus's light beam is trivial to them.
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: Despite her psychopathic nature, she actually shows some degree of compassion towards Metroids held captive by the Space Pirates in the second game. {{spoiler|This makes sense because she ''is'' a Metroid.}}
* [[Recurring Boss]]
* [[Red Baron]]: She is referred to by the space pirates as the Dark Hunter. After she took over, they take to calling her the Dark One, and the Black Demon.<ref> These come from bonus material called ''Another Side Story''.</ref>
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Inverted: She starts out as being completely insane in Metroid Prime 2 Echoes. By the time of Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, however, she has become sane enough to make complex plans that ensure that she succeeds, although she does retain a high degree of instabilitiy.
* [[Shadow Archetype]]: To Samus, obviously but given the series continuity, this is partly retroactive. In fusion Samus talks about how the SAX must be stopped before it ever realizes potential and becomes a threat to the galaxy, which is exactly what we see Dark Samus do. {{spoiler|The kicker is that by becoming part Metroid she is even more like Dark Samus, despite having an opposite motivation and is fighting what functionally might as well be her old self since it has most of her old abilities.}}
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** Though that depends on to what extent you consider Phazon to be sentient/separate beings or just a substance.
*** And, somewhat more literally than the trope above it suggests, {{spoiler|as the Chozo once referred to it only as "The Worm."}}
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Despite her name and her comfort in its atmosphere, Dark Samus is not from Dark Aether, nor is she a Darkling. {{spoiler|Meaning the Light Beam is worthless against her, but the Dark Beam is devastating.}}
=== Phazon ===
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