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A list of characters and tropes associated with [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Metroid]]'' , its ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' subseries, and ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''.
 
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** [[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 Byby 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...
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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 Withwith 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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* [[Combat Tentacles]]: Hunter Metroids and Metroid Hatchers.
* [[Endangered Species]]: After Metroid 2, which is after Zero Mission and the Primes.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Dinosaurs]]: The Zeta, Omega, and Queen Metroids are basically alien dinosaurs.
* [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]: They were created by the Chozo to counteract the X Parasites on SR-388. [[Gone Horribly Right|They did that]] -- and proceeded to devour everything else as well.
* [[Ground Pound]]: How Hopper Metroids attack after entering hyper mode.
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* [[Life Energy]]: What they eat.
* [[Metamorphosis Monster]]: SR388 goes Infant-Larva-Alpha-Gamma-Zeta-Omega with some becoming queens. Talon IV have even weaker than normal infant stage before larva, which becomes hunter or fission. In Prime three we see Mini-Phazon-Hopping-Hatcher.
* [[Miracle -Gro Monster]]: Instead of metamorphosing, the Super Metroid just kept getting bigger. Metroid Prime was also small at one point in time.
* [[Monster Lord]]: The Queen Metroids. Mother Brain sorta plays this role in lieu of a Queen. The Metroid Prime commanded a few as well.
* [[Personal Space Invader]]
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* [[BFG]]: The plasma cannon on his back.
* {{spoiler|[[Disney Death]]}}
* [[Fan Nickname]]: MBD, or Mysterious Black Dude, so named for his [[Remember the New Guy?]] moment in the ''Other M'' trailer.
* [[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.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]
* [[Something Only They Would Say]]: Him calling Samus "Princess".
* [[Token Minority]]: Although he isn't the only one in the team. Also wonderfully subverted in that the character avoids all the tropes and stereotypes affiliated with the trope.
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=== Lyle Smithsonian ===
 
{{quote| Debut: ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''}}
 
{{quote| "I'm fine, but did it have to be bugs?"}}
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=== James Pierce ===
{{quote| Debut: ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''}}
 
* {{spoiler|[[The Killer Becomes the Killed]]}}
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=== Maurice Favreau ===
{{quote| Debut: ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''}}
 
* [[The Engineer]]
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]
* {{spoiler|[[Kill It Withwith Ice]]}}
* [[Mr. Fixit]]
* [[Rapid-Fire Typing]]
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=== Keiji "K.G." Misawa ===
{{quote| Debut: ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''}}
 
* {{spoiler|[[Never Found the Body]]}}
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* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: The hunter, the shock coil, and the doors it opens are all blue.
* [[Cool Ship]]: The Delano 7.
* [[The End - Oror Is It?]]: {{spoiler|The apparent appearance of the Delano 7 at the end of ''Prime 3'' may count}}.
* [[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.
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* [[Parts Unknown]]: Said in the game's intro.
* [[Mark of Shame]]: His new cybernetic body is a constant reminder of Weavel being completely wasted by Samus. In fact, it's the reason why he is no longer a high-ranking Pirate.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Apparently, Weavel lost his body while fighting Samus on Zebes in the first game. In Brinstar. Which never contained any Pirates at this point in the chronology, neither in the first game nor in ''Zero Mission''.
* [[Space Pirate]]: Though technically, he is no longer officially affiliated with them.
* [[Swiss Army Appendage]]: He has the trademark Space Pirate scythe, which he only uses in his alt-form during game play. This one is actually a rather mild example as far as Pirates go, because while Weavel's scythe is merely ''attached'' to his arm, Pirate tend to ''replace'' their arms with such scythes.
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* [[Bounty Hunter]]
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: From the hunter himself, to his ice weapon, to the doors that can be opened once Samus gets his weapon, his main color is purple.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning]]: His alt. form has him curl up and spin like a top.
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: The only reason he even ends up fighting against Samus is because his goal is to keep the Ultimate Power out of the wrong hands. Presumably, Samus and the Galactic Federation would fall under "the wrong hands."
* [[I Have the High Ground]]: In the game's intro.
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* [[Magma Man]]: In fact, according to his scans, his body contains "molten ferrous compounds normally found only in ''a planet's core''." His weapon of choice shoots lava grenades, and charged shots light things on fire, doing more damage when he uses it. He can also move through lava without taking damage.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Spire seems very similar to [[The Legend of Zelda|Gorons]], in that both are rock-based creatures that role up into boulder-like balls.
* [[Silicon -Based Life]]
* [[Wall Crawl]]: his Alternate form can do this.
 
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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 Asas 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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* [[An Ice Person]]: He can generate ice and control the movement of the ice he creates.
** [[Hand Blast]]
* [[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice]]: He kills at least one enemy this way {{spoiler|and himself.}}
* [[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?"
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* [[Nice Guy]]: When not in his suit.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: His scans say that he occasionally works for free or even gives his bounty money to whoever has been harassed by his bounty targets.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: His main weapon is the Plasma Cannon. Not exactly ''fire'' but it is hot, and he even uses it to [[Hot Blade|heat up his blades]] in close quarters combat.
* [[Shockwave Stomp]]: In his flying heavy suit.
* [[Shoulder Cannon]]: two in large armor.
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*** In ''Corruption'', he lays waste to a whole Federation outpost before dragging Samus into a freefall battle. He not only survives, {{spoiler|he takes in so much [[Toxic Phlebotinum|Phazon]] he becomes a full-blown Leviathan guardian. And, unlike other powerful beings of Phazon, he ''lives through'' Phaaze's destruction at the end of the game.}}
*** In ''[[Super Metroid]]'' he attacks a science facility, steals the baby Metroid from right under Samus' nose, and fights her again. He finally dies in this game, and it takes the ''fifth'' canonical beatdown by his archnemesis coupled with being caught in an '''exploding planet''' to kill him.
*** His clone in ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'' wreaks havoc in the station and slaughters scientists and even some soldiers while still an ''infant''. {{spoiler|The frequency of his voice is driving the other beings in the Bottle Ship into a frenzy,}} meaning that even when he's not around to directly make things worse, he's making things worse. Killing the clone requires {{spoiler|no less a being than a friggin' Queen Metroid, and this is ''after'' he's worn out in another battle with Samus.}} Adam Malkovich considers the clone such a threat that {{spoiler|he chooses to make a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] rather than face it, considering Samus the only person reliably able to battle Ridley.}}
*** Even in ''Fusion'', the worn-out, dead, frozen husk of his ''clone'' is suitable for X parasite cloning. Yes, a clone of a clone, and he's still an endgame boss.
*** Let's put it this way: Adam Malkovich expressly considers Ridley to be just as much of a threat as a station full of ''invincible Metroids''. He is probably the only thing in the universe that can ''scare Samus stiff'' (though that has been attributed to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). That is how dangerous this guy is.
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* [[Genius Bruiser]]: It's [[All There in the Manual]]. Finally somewhat shown in ''Other M''.
* [[Informed Attribute]]: The intelligence that he exhibits in the manga, and which pretty much all supplementary material talks about, is never really touched upon in-game. Then again, we rarely see him when he's not fighting Samus, so who knows. Though it does get shown a bit {{spoiler|by his clone in ''Other M''.}}
** It's also exhibited during his attack on Norion in ''Corruption'', as he tries multiple times to attack Samus while she is in Morph Ball mode, incapable of really fighting back. After this fails, he drags her into a freefall battle; considering Samus can't fly, even if he lost the fight, she'd still fall to her death. [[Spanner in Thethe Works|And then Rundas shows up to save Samus, ruining all the fun.]]
* [[Joker Immunity]]: {{spoiler|Officially averted in ''Super Metroid,'' where he canonically died. The ones in ''Fusion'' and ''Other M'' are clones.}}
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: He cruelly mocks Samus for her PTSD-enduced memories of her mother being killed by Ridley, as well as that he absorbed a bit of her cells.
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* [[Archnemesis Dad|Archnemesis Mom]]: With Samus.
* [[Big Bad]]: More often than not. Could be considered the most prominent [[Big Bad]] of the main series.
* [[Brain In Aa Jar]]
* [[Death Byby Irony]]: Almost manages to kill Samus in ''Super Metroid'', but is suddenly attacked by the fully-grown {{spoiler|baby Metroid she stole}}, which chomps her head in retaliation. Ha!
* [[One Bad Mother]]
* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]}}: In ''Super Metroid''. Yikes.
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* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: They serve no practical purpose otherwise.
* [[Stationary Boss]]: Most of the time.
* [[Sympathy for Thethe Devil]]: {{spoiler|In ''Other M'' in the form of Melissa Bergman.}}
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The rising four-note phrase in her battle music from ''Super Metroid'' actually sounds a lot like the three-note motif used for Man in ''[[Bambi (Disney)|Bambi]]''.
* [[Turned Against Their Masters]]
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: In the manga, it's explained that her true goal is to bring order into the galaxy.
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* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: In ''Echoes'' only.
* [[Mooks]]
** [[Airborne Mook]]: Pirate aerotroopers, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|flying pirates]], aero mines, preeds...
** [[Aquatic Mook]]: Aqua pirates use technology similar to the gravity suit and Aquadrones are built to patrol the depths.
** [[Elite Mooks]]: Pirate commandos, dedicated to hunting the hunter.
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** [[Heavily Armored Mook]]: Armored Pirates Troopers and Armoured Militia. Advanced and assault troopers count too.
** [[Kung Fu-Proof Mook]]: Advanced pirate troopers are resistant to most beams, assault troopers can't be targeted by missiles and only the hyper missiles bother them, the beam troopers are immune to most weaponry besides the beam they are imitating...
** [[Mecha -Mooks]]: Aeromines, Crawlmines, Crawltanks and various drones.
** [[Nocturnal Mooks]]: What the shadow pirates are supposed to be, but some are too stupid to stay in the shadows.
** [[Shield Bearing Mook]]: some try this in Prime 2 and 3.
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* [[Insectoid Aliens]]
* [[Natural Weapon]]: The main difference between them and the other Pirate foot soldiers is that they never seem to brandish any weapons besides those they were born with.
* [[Taking You Withwith Me]]: In Other M, they try to latch onto you and explode if they take heavy damage. Thankfully only in Other M so far.
* [[Third Eye]]: A large one in the center of their head.
* [[Wall Crawl]]: As zeros, their larval stage.
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* [[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]]
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Some ing possessed creatures may show up while you fight it; naturally, they focus on you, not the giant bug that provoked them.
* [[Giant Flyer]]: Once an adult.
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{{quote| Debut: ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes''}}
 
* [[Attack of the Fifty50 Foot Whatever]]
** [[Humongous Mecha]]
* [[Demonic Possession]]: Presumably, it had joined the war against all living things before the Ing took it over.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning]]: Sometimes, during its first phase. Subverted, since getting sucked into a top-like mech to be battered is anything but better.
* [[King Mook]]: It is essentially a gargantuan Quad robot. {{spoiler|Even down to the Command Module and Main Body being able to fight separately.}}
* [[Mighty Glacier]]
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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 Aa 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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* [[Body Horror]]: Through the process of infecting hosts, the X either take over or mimic the body, typically while mutating the original form into something much worse. Samus doesn't have even have to be fully infected for this trope to come into play for her.
* [[Cosmic Horror Story]]: They'd fit right in one just as well as any eldritch creature, which is why Metroids were made.
* [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]: This is more or less what happened when the X made a comeback on SR-388. {{spoiler|It's also what would have happened elsewhere had the Galactic Federation gone through with their plans to capture the SA-X}}.
* [[Genetic Memory]]: They retain the intelligence and memories of what they transform into.
* [[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.}}
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* [[Rite of Passage]]: Ing are forced to fend for themselves as larva, then fight dangerous opponents after maturing. The idea is to make the young ones rely on each other and hate all other lifeforms, and it seems to work.
* [[Starfish Aliens]]: Unfriendly ones at that.
* [[Taking You Withwith Me]]: {{spoiler|After their world begins to die, several Warrior Ing attempt to prevent Samus' escape from Dark Aether so she'll die with them, but she just jumps over them and continues going.}}
* [[Wall Crawl]]: All of them that are mobile but don't fly can seemingly do this.
* [[Wall Master]]: Darkling Tentacles
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** [[Cognizant Limbs]]
* [[Raymanian Limbs]]
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]
** [[Sealed Good in Aa Can]]: One of these acts as its [[Restraining Bolt]].
** [[Oubliette]]: Tailor-made cans.
* [[Soiled City Onon a Hill]]: The Alimbics got invaded by aliens. They built a lot of weapons, chased out the aliens, declared themselves invincible, and told everyone to stay away. Gorea then came and wrecked everything.
* [[Telepathy]]: How it communicates.
* [[Verbal Tic Name]]: The Alimbics call it the first thing it said.
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