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[[File:Full_Metend.gif|frame|''Samus Aran is not having a good day.''|~~[[Video Game]] [[Action Adventure]]~~]]
''For the page on the Metroid Prime sub-series, click [[Metroid Prime|here]]. For Metroid: Other M, click [[Metroid: Other M (Video Game)|here]].''
 
{{quote|''[[Saving the World|Must restore peace!]] [[Collapsing Lair|Must escape!]] [[For Great Justice|Peace of the universe is once again restored.]] [[Samus Is a Girl|HOLY CRAP I'M A GIRL!!!!!!]]''|'''[[BrentalflossBrental Floss]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXluUARlaOM "Metroid" in 5 seconds]'''}}
 
'''''Metroid''''' is the story of [[Bounty Hunter]] Samus Aran, who, armed with modular cybernetic [[Powered Armor]] from an [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens|ancient civilization]], repeatedly crosses paths with a species of energy-absorbing animals known as "Metroids," usually foiling the attempts of a band of Space Pirates to exploit the creatures as a weapon.
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Technologically, the original Metroid is noteworthy as one of the first multi-way scrolling platformers. Its North American release was also the first game to use a password system to save progress. The original Japanese release of Metroid was for Nintendo's disc-based system, and allowed the players to save their progress on the disc. Since the cartridge-based US system lacked this ability, the player was presented with a 24-character password which encoded the state of the game, allowing the player to resume his or her progress later.
 
The ending of the original ''Metroid'' is also a [[Tomato Surprise]]: if the player did sufficiently well during the game, he is treated to a [[It Was His Sled|(then) stunning revelation:]] Samus Aran's armor is removed, revealing the bounty hunter as [[Samus Is a Girl|a shapely (by 8-bit standards) woman]]. This reveal is also in most of the other games -- although no longer a surprise -- at or near the ending. Those who [[Read the Freaking Manual|Read The Freaking Manual]] would find that Samus is openly referred to as a female by ''Metroid 2''.
 
Though Samus herself has never appeared on television (except in commercials), Mother Brain was featured as the [[Big Bad]] of the Nintendo-themed animated series ''[[Captain N: theThe Game Master]]''. (Reportedly, the production staff actually ''[[Did Not Do the Research|didn't know]]'' [[Did Not Do the Research|about Samus]]); the comic book adaptation introduced her as the [[Sixth Ranger]] / [[The Lancer]].
 
A live-action feature film based on the franchise was optioned after ''Metroid Prime'' was successful, [[What Could Have Been|but appears to have lapsed]].
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* [[Samus Is a Girl]] again, obviously.
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=== The Metroid series provides examples of (not including [[Metroid Prime (Video Game)|Prime]] or [[Metroid: Other M (Video Game)|Other M]] specific tropes): ===
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* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: Kraid in ''Super Metroid'' and ''Zero Mission'', Metroid Prime, the Adult Sheegoth, Flaaghra, Thardus, Chykka, Quadraxis, Mogenar...
* [[Back Tracking]]: Obtain previously inaccessible power-ups, curb-stomp previously lethal opponents with your new upgrades, and discover brand new shortcuts and secrets -- all by the magic of backtracking through every area of the game at least twice.
** It is so integral to this series that fans will frequently complain if the developers remove the ability to backtrack, such as in [[Metroid Fusion]] and [[Metroid: Other M]]. Even those at least give full access to the game world once Samus is fully upgraded.
* [[Badass]]: Samus. So very, very much.
* [[Bag of Spilling]]: Samus never manages to keep her fully powered-up suit between games, though more recent entries at least let her hang onto the Varia upgrade. Usually.
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* [[Boss Dissonance]]: ''Zero Mission'' has Mario-type '''''bad''''' on Normal. The final boss gets significantly more challenging if {{spoiler|you've got 100% completion}}, but by that point, you're so armed to the teeth anyways, it barely matters.
** Going for a <= 15% run on hard, on the other hand, turns the above on its head and into a harsh Kirby-type.
* [[Brain In Aa Jar]]: Mother Brain, the Aurora Units, and the B.O.X. security robot.
* [[Brain Uploading]]: {{spoiler|Adam Malkovich}} in ''Metroid Fusion''.
* [[Breath Weapon]]: Ridley, as he's a Space Dragon. Also Kraid and {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]-Mother Brain in ''Super Metroid''}}. In the ''[[Metroid Prime|Prime]]'' series, Sheegoths, the Parasite Queen, and {{spoiler|the titular Metroid Prime}}.
* [[Broken Bridge]]: Sometimes intentional, to [http://www.metroid2002.com at least try to] prevent [[Sequence Breaking]].
* [[Building Swing]]: Grapple Beam.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Captain Nemo in the old Metroid Manga/Strategy Guide, and moveset wise, the Zero Laser from ''[[Super Smash Bros]]. Brawl'' and the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opkOtApoqqI#38s Chozo Blood Rights]" ability from ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance|Marvel: Ultimate Alliance]]'' (she was [[Dummied Out]] from the latter game, [[What Could Have Been|however]]).
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Old Bird, one of Samus's Chozo mentors/adoptive parents, appears in the [[Regional Bonus|Japanese version only]] endings of ''Metroid Fusion'' (which you can [[Old Save Bonus|thankfully unlock]] in any version of ''Zero Mission''), and makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo appearance in ''Metroid Zero Mission'' in one of Samus's flashbacks. Old Bird first appeared in the Nintendo Power Super Metroid comic and was later imported to the manga (along with Chairman Keaton and Chief Hardy). Some speculate that the second Chozo in the engraving at the end of the game may be the other Chozo mentor, Gray Voice.
** While the character was first named and given a backstory in ''Fusion'', Adam Malkovich's actual appearance wasn't revealed until the manga. This design is then used in ''[[Metroid: Other M|Other M]]''.
* [[Catastrophic Countdown]]
** ''Super Metroid'' plays it straight, twice. When Ridley escapes the space colony in the beginning, an announcement claims that the colony's self-destruct has been activated, urging immediate evacuation. Naturally, the whole place starts shaking, steaming, blowing up, and even rocking back and forth quite impressively. Later at the end of the game, the entire planet starts exploding and flooding with acid, because a "Time Bomb has been activated".
** ''[[Metroid: Other M|Other M]]''. An AI voice announces over an intercom that a self-destruct sequence will detonate in about five or so minutes. For some reason, your escape becomes riddled with burning debris and wreckage.
** The first game is a bit of an interesting case. While the NES original averts it entirely ("TIME BOMB SET GET OUT FAST!", plus a countdown, that's it), ''Zero Mission'' retcons in a straight example (the "time bomb" causes explosions and flames well before going off) and an aversion (the Pirate Mothership).
* [[Chain -Reaction Destruction]]: Many bosses and planetary bodies exhibit that behavior.
* [[Charged Attack]]: Charge Beam, Shinespark.
** [[Charge Meter]]
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|The Etecoons and Dachoras in ''Fusion''.}}
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Every power-up becomes useful to go to unreachable areas/items.
* [[Classic Cheat Code]] By ''Accident'': The famous '''{{smallcaps|JUSTIN BAILEY}}''' code is just a side-effect of the password calculation system and is but one of many codes that bestow Samus with a leotard. The far less famous '''{{smallcaps|NARPAS SWORD}}''' ('''[[Fun Withwith Acronyms|N]]'''[[Fun Withwith Acronyms|ot]] '''[[Fun Withwith Acronyms|A]]''' '''[[Fun Withwith Acronyms|R]]'''[[Fun Withwith Acronyms|eal]] or North American Release Password) actually ''is'' a special, unique password, however.
** '''{{smallcaps|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3UyVylP7AI ENGAGE RIDLEY MOTHER FUCKER]}}'''
*** Sadly, the above code has now become a system-killer in the 3DS port.
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** And nothing will stop Ridley from trying to take her down. Not even his own "[[Joker Immunity|deaths]]."
** {{spoiler|Same with Crocomire, who comes after Samus even after ALL HIS SKIN HAS BURNED OFF. That's right. He tries to attack you as a SKELETON. [[Hilarity Ensues|And fails miserably.]]}}
** The Space Pirates, although they get their space-faring asses handed to them all too often, never give up their goal of galactic domination. Their penchant for finding Phlebotinum and [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]] lying around might support this.
* [[Destructible Projectiles]]: In various games of the series ([[Super Metroid]] in particular), certain projectiles can be destroyed for health or Missile refills [[Boss Arena Recovery|during boss battles]].
* [[Destructive Savior]]: It seems Samus cannot escape the cold hand of destruction, whether it be a large base or the entire planet. So far, her "kill count" includes Dark Aether, Phaaze, Zebes, and SR388, the third of which wasn't even her fault. Granted, the others were of her own doing, Phaaze because it kept popping out Phazon Leviathans to infect other planets, Dark Aether because it was just ''evil'', and SR388 so she could wipe out the X Parasites, but still. Not even space stations are safe, since the Biologic Space Labs orbital station dies with SR388. And Samus' first order of business on Tallon IV? Blow up the Space Frigate.
** Heartwarmingly averted with Tallon IV and Aether. You can scan the planets via satellite in Prime 3, and learn that both are recovering from the events of the first two games. The Luminoth are rebuilding their civilization and Tallon IV's native life is thriving again.
** [[Doom Magnet]]: In addition, very few characters with personal connections to Samus ever survive. [[Staying Alive|Ridley]] [[Joker Immunity|doesn't]] [[We Can Rebuild Him|count]].
** Guess what happens to the Bottle Ship at the end of the [[Playable Epilogue]] of ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''? The music is even the same as during the escape sequence in ''Super Metroid''.
** And no mention goes to the Ceres Space Colony? It wasn't her fault, but it still did collide with an asteroid and blow up right when she left it. And then there's Samus' own ship in the ''Fusion'' prologue, but again, not her fault. She lost consciousness and the ship also collided with an asteroid.
* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: The extended story of ''Zero Mission'' is kicked off by {{spoiler|Samus being shot down by Space Pirates while leaving the planet, destroying her ship and suit.}}
* [[Die Hard Onon an X|Die Hard On An Entire Planet:]] Except when it is on a space station, complete with [[Air Vent Passageway|air vent escapes]] and everything!
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Anthony Higgs acomplished this}} in Metroid: Other M with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3arI6eIPXhM&feature=player_detailpage#t=284s some clever enemy manipulation.]
* [[Doomed Byby Canon]]: See [[Foregone Conclusion]].
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Samus lives through ''two'' of these, first on K-2L and then on Zebes.
* [[Doppelganger Spin]]
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** As for Samus' trademark Varia Suit upgrade, in the original ''Metroid'' it's simply a [[Palette Swap|color swap]] of her original suit. The Varia Suit didn't gain its trademark shoulder pads until ''Metroid II'', where the change in costume had to be conveyed with a proper sprite change because of the Game Boy's graphical limitations.
* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: Lots. See also: Zebes at the end of ''Super Metroid'', Dark Aether at the end of ''Echoes,'' Phaaze at the end of ''Corruption,'' and SR388 at the end of ''Metroid Fusion''.
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Arguably, every game features at least one ([[Die Hard Onon an X|or ARE one]]), though Tourian (both versions) is probably the most classic example.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Phaaze is a [[Genius Loci|living, sentinet planet]] intent on infecting as much of the galaxy as possible with Phazon, Gorea is a starborn monster capable of assimilating anything and everything thrown at it, and Phantoon is a bizarre [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|alien parasite ghost]] that can fuck with local space-time and looks a fair bit like something out of the Lovecraft playbook.
* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]: Beginning with ''Super'', most [[Final Boss|Final Bosses]] have a weapon used only against them.
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* [[Eternal Engine]]: Tourian, and most of Fusion.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Subverted in the manga. Ridley at first seems to avoid trying to kill Samus, but was instead lowering her guard. [[Complete Monster|She's 3 years old]] [[Up to Eleven|at the time.]]
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning]]: Screw Attack.
* [[Evil Is Visceral]]: Mother Brain and the Aurora Units are [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|big brains in jars]] that do not look very pretty. Starting from the first game, the Metroids themselves have visible blood vessels of some sort. In the second game, they were given an insectoid life cycle. In the third game, one of them grows really big, letting you see even more organic bits inside of the body.
** Same goes for Dark Samus in the ''Prime'' series: the more beat-up she gets, the more glowy Phazon innards start showing. And then the same thing starts happening to Samus herself in ''Corruption.'' Let's just say it isn't pretty.
* [[Evil Twin]]: SA-X.
** And Dark Samus in Prime 2 and Prime 3.
* [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]: "Choujin-zoku" roughly translates to "bird race". The Chozo are, y'know...
** There's actually more. "Choujin" is "bird people," which is roughly what the Chozo are. However, "choujin" for "bird people" is phonetically the same as "choujin" for "superhuman."
** The Metroids as well. "Metroid" is revealed to be Chozodian for "ultimate warrior". In the early games, Metroids were near-invincible, and by far the most dangerous non-boss enemies around.
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** Other M also explains why {{spoiler|Ridley fell apart so easily when you encounter the body in the freezer in Metroid Fusion and the X parasite escapes its body. The last we see Ridley in Other M, it is a dried, gray husk after having its life sucked out of it by the Queen Metroid.}}
* [[For Massive Damage]]: The traditional way to kill Metroids has been to [[Literally Shattered Lives|freeze them with the Ice Beam and then shatter them with a rocket]].
* [[Freeze -Frame Bonus]]: Two in ''Super Metroid''.
** The more well-known one involves a small blip flying away from Zebes's ruins at the end of the game, indicating that some creatures you rescued have safely made it off the planet.
** The other is far less significant but still awesome nonetheless: During your escape from Ceres at the beginning of the game, one of the doors will actually explode behind you, leaving behind an impassible hunk of glowing hot metal. This one is a lot more likely to go unnoticed, due to all the other explosions and random chaos on screen (not to mention that your escape is timed.) It's also the only instance of a door exploding '''in the entire game.'''
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== G-L ==
 
* [[Game Mod]]: Super Metroid has several. Of the complete overhauls of the game, amongst the best are probably Super Metroid Redesign, Golden Dawn, Super Metroid Dependence, Super Metroid Limit, and Metroid Legacy. Other good ones include One Room, T-Metroid, Magma, and Reverse. Of these hacks, Metroid Legacy is by far the easiest, being only negligibly more difficult than the original game (there are a couple of segments that require the use of "glitches" like the mockball and the wall jump, but by and large there is very little trickery required to complete it). Golden Dawn is somewhat more difficult, but still not that difficult. Most of the others are at the very least [[Nintendo Hard]] and often descend gleefully into [[Platform Hell]] territory. Redesign, for example, has a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iIYJAtVrv8 segment] where you are required to go into the toxic regions of Norfair ''without'' the Varia Suit, and must progress rapidly and kill enemies in order to survive. (There is a way to get the Varia Suit before this with [[Sequence Breaking]], but the sequence break is probably even more difficult). Worth special mention is [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Super Metroid Impossible]], a "slight" overhaul of the original game that, thanks to the withholding of crucial items and strategic placement of obstacles, brings it up to [[Kaizo Mario World]] levels of difficulty. It is also worth noting that, while most of these hacks are roughly equal in size to the original game, Redesign is absolutely gigantic, being maybe three times the size of the original game. Redesign is also unique among Super Metroid hacks for significantly altering the original game's physics, which makes playing it a significantly different experience from playing any other Metroid game.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Samus herself; in addition to being twenty different flavors of [[Badass]], she is also apparently quite learned in biology and electronics, and she designed her own gunship. She also shows a fairly philosophical leaning in the few internal monologues and journal entries we hear.
** Ridley is also supposedly very intelligent, in addition to being a super-powerful space monster. It's [[All There in the Manual]].
* [[Ghost Ship]]: Literally, with the Wrecked Ship from ''Super'', with the ghost-boss Phantoon, the GFS Valhalla from ''Prime 3'', and the Bottle Ship from ''[[Metroid: Other M|Other M]]'' to a lesser extent.
* [[Go for Thethe Eye]]: Frequently.
* [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]: Grapple Beam.
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: Maru Mari means something akin to "rolling into a ball". It's the only item in the original Metroid to keep its Japanese name in some translated releases.
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** ''Prime 3'' is the only game in the series to really cut you a break on this. At a certain point in the game, you can launch exploration probes to the various planets you visit. These probes will report back every collectible you have yet to pick up. There are still a handful of items that reside on a derelict ship that you absolutely need to find yourself but otherwise, it is within reason for everyone who plays the game to get 100% without consulting a third party source.
* [[Hailfire Peaks]]: Practically every zone in Fusion is "X meets [[Eternal Engine]]". The original and Super had a lot of "[[Underground Level]] meets X".
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Samus is a [[Touched Byby Vorlons|genetically augmented human]] with Chozo DNA, and then later receives an anti-X "vaccine" made from Metroid cells, which allows her to eat the X as if she were a metroid.
* [[Happily Adopted]]: Samus considers the Chozo her "real" family as much as anything, and they certainly don't skimp on their love for her.
** Fans who'd grown to associate Samus with this trope were understandably peeved when in ''Other M'' Samus refers to Adam as "the only father figure she'd ever known".
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* [[Heart Container]]: Energy Tanks.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Happens in the manga. {{spoiler|In Samus' first encounter with Ridley after the Space Pirates destroyed her home, Ridley forces Samus to remember as she watched Ridley, whose flesh had been charred by a space ship explosion, feast upon the carcass of Samus' mother. For the entirety of the next chapter, Samus shuts down emotionally and mentally. In the first half of the following chapter, Samus begs her comrades to kill her when she remembers the sheer horror of being forced to watch Ridley murder her parents at the age of three.}}
** Happens as well in ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'', and it's a huge source of controversy among Metroid fans. {{spoiler|Samus and Anthony encounter Ridley, causing Samus to freeze up and mutter in disbelief and horror that the enemy she thought was truly dead (his body was on Zebes when it exploded) was now alive yet again (Ridley was reborn by cloning via DNA from the Federation, due to the remains that were on Samus' suit after the events of Super Metroid). Ridley then grabs Samus and ''grinds her against a wall'', causing her suit to shut off, and he lets go when Anthony attacks him. Samus doesn't snap back to reality until Ridley knocks Anthony into the lava below.}}
* [[Heroic Mime]]: In ''Prime 3,'' the first voice-acted game in the series, she has no voice acting beyond her usual grunts, on the grounds that Samus talking would be "too creepy." In ''Fusion,'' she's a veritable chatterbox, but it's mostly internal monologue.
** Now she'll be talking in ''Other M,'' which, combined with the fact that she had verbal taunts in ''Brawl,'' seems to suggest she's going the "talking hero" route.
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* [[He Was Right There All Along]]: Acid Worm, Ridley in Zero Mission, Torizo...
** Ridley is an interesting case. He was not even near the planet when Kraid was defeated, only just landing on it when Samus reaches his hideout. In Super Metroid, he plays this pretty much straight, for both encounters.
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: Mother Brain attempts to finish off Samus with the Hyper Beam at the end of Super Metroid. Before dying, the infant Metroid steals it from her and gives it to Samus...
** Also the Space Pirates in the remake portion of Zero Mission. Turns out the reason Tourian is empty is because the Metroids they were producing got loose and killed them all.
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: First fight against Ridley in ''Super''; you can sort of win, as he fumbles the hatchling if you hit him enough times, but he still takes off with it after.
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* [[Humiliation Conga]]: By the time the end credits for Super Metroid start scrolling, Ridley has been blown up, Mother Brain has been blasted to oblivion and crumbled to dust, all of the Metroids are gone, and the space pirate base ('''all of it''') has been vaporized in a planetary apocalypse.
* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: People who refer to Samus as "Metroid".
** In-universe, however, it's ironically fitting, considering that she has Metroid DNA in her as of ''Fusion''. Also, ''Metroid'' is apparently the Chozo word for "Ulitmate Warrior" (or something along those lines). Which is [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|pretty much what Samus is]].
* [[An Ice Person]]: Samus, considering all the ice power-ups. She gets this affinity turned around on her in ''Metroid Fusion''; because she has Metroid DNA, cold becomes her greatest weakness. The organism in her old suit, the SA-X, uses her old ice beam to devastating effect whenever she bumps into Samus.
* [[In Case of Boss Fight Break Glass]]: ... well, how else are you going to [[Attack Its Weak Point|Attack Mother Brain's Brain]]?
* [[Insectoid Aliens]]: The "[http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Ki-Hunter Ki-Hunter]" pirates of ''Super Metroid'', ''Fusion'', and ''[[Metroid: Other M|Other M]]''.
** The main Space Pirate species as well, particularly in the ''Prime'' series but still obvious in the main games. Metroids have some insectoid features as well, especially in their "natural" life cycle.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: To space pirates, Samus is [[The Hunter]].
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* [[Just Following Orders]]: Inverted; Samus, a bounty hunter, usually gets orders to the effect of "investigate X" and does everything else under her own steam.
** Taken a step further in ''Fusion'', where disobeying orders is actually part of the plot.
* [[Kill It Withwith Ice]]: The titular monsters, annoying as hell before you get some weapons effective against them. Though not as much with some of their later forms, the games rarely throw those at you
* [[Last of His Kind]]: ''Super Metroid'' features the last Metroid. Samus herself might even count, given that, although human, she's carrying the DNA of the practically-to-totally extinct Chozo race.
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: The ending of ''Super Metroid'' is spoiled in the opening cutscene of ''[[Metroid: Other M|Other M]]''. Then again, it's one of the most iconic games in the series, so odds are a new arrival looking up Metroid info has already stumbled across it on a message board or something anyway.
* [[Late to Thethe Party]]: ''Fusion''.
* [[Latex Space Suit]]: Zero Suit Samus.
* [[Lava Is Boiling Kool-Aid]]: In the original Metroid, lava was a red palette swap of acid.
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** The Brinstar Theme has become rather iconic in its own right, despite not necessarily being the main theme of the game.
* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Present in some form in every Metroid game.
* [[Le Parkour]]: Samus can do it in every game except Prime, and that may count too because she still has awesome [[Cutscene Power to Thethe Max|cutscene moves.]]
* [[Load-Bearing Boss]]: At least one in every game which will inevitably result in the destruction of a nearby planet (if not the planet under Samus' feet).
** ...except Metroid II. At least, during the course of the game...
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* [[Puzzle Boss]]: Many, including Crocomire.
* [[Puzzle Pan]]
* [[Raised Byby Natives]]: Samus.
* [[Rasputinian Death]]: Crocomire in ''Super Metroid''.
* [[Recurring Boss]]: SA-X in Fusion, though it's not really a boss until near the end of the game. Ridley may be a better example, considering he appears in almost every game, and twice in ''Corruption.'' Also, {{spoiler|Metroid Prime, the final boss of its titular game, comes back as Dark Samus for the second and third games of the trilogy}}.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: In the [[E 3]] 2009 trailer for ''Metroid: Other M'', a [[Power Armor]]-clad [http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Higgs man] greets Samus and says "Remember me?", opening his visor. Samus may have, but Metroid fans did not. [[Memetic Mutation|A meme was born]].
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: In the manga, Samus' pet Ponchi appears to be about half squirrel, half rabbit, and ''all'' adorable. Also, the Etecoons <ref>(monkey-koala hybrids)</ref> and the Dachoras <ref>ostrich-style creatures</ref> in ''Super'' and ''Fusion''. Played with [http://www.metroid-database.com/mom/choogle.jpg the Little Birdie] in ''Other M'', which turns out to be a [[Killer Rabbit]]. {{spoiler|Specifically, '''''RIDLEY.'''''}}
* [[Roar Before Beating]]: Some of the bosses do this.
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** There's also the Agon Wastes in ''Echoes'' and the Experimental Simulated Desert in ''Other M''.
* [[Shoulders of Doom]]: The Varia Suit adds them.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Several to the ''[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Alien]]'' franchise. Ridley is named after director Ridley Scott, and the opening shot of ''Prime'' is almost identical to that of the first film. Even the title logos have similarities (ALIEN - メトロイド).
** A non-enemy creature in ''Super Metroid'' has a turtle like shell that flies around while spinning. Likely a nod to [[Gamera]]. Or possibly Bowser.
*** Its offspring look strikingly similar to [[Super Mario Bros.|Buzzy Beetles]].
** A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example is the name of the planet that houses one Federation shipyard, where the GFS Olympus and Samus' gunship (the one used in ''Prime 2''; she goes through gunships like other people go through tissues) were built: [[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Aliehs III]].
** And then there's the fact that, as of ''Super Metroid'', Samus can [[Getter Robo|SHIIIIINESPAAAAAAAARK]]!
** Houston from the ''Super Metroid'' Comic in ''Nintendo Power'' seems to refer to Captain Dallas from the first ''[[Alien]]'' film.
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* [[Something Completely Different]]: ''Metroid Prime Pinball'' qualifies.
* [[Space Pirates]]: The primary antagonists for most of the series; only three games didn't have them as the main attackers, and in two of the three, they made cameo appearances anyways.
* [[Space Marines]]: In Prime. Space Army in [[Metroid: Other M|Other M]]. Both are [[Badass Army|Badass]], just not as badass as Samus.
** Samus herself had once been a Space Marine when she was serving under Commander Adam Malkovitch.
* [[Speed Run]]: Super Metroid and the following sequels have their maps designed so that you can solve them in a fraction of the expected solving time by using special techniques like wall jumping, bomb jumping, mock ball, etc. to get key items ahead of time.
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* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: Samus' cannon shoots various beams, including power, ice, plasma, and wave, and also missiles.
** Hell, the whole Power Suit could be a Swiss Army ''Outfit''.
* [[Sympathy for Thethe Devil]]: As the series goes on, you realize the Metroids aren't so bad -- this culminates with Samus becoming part-Metroid in ''Fusion.''
** In Other M, maybe {{spoiler|MB when you know her past and the reason of her rampage.}}
* [[Techno Wreckage]]: The Wrecked Ship in Super Metroid.
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* [[Womb Level]]: The innards of the Leviathans in "Prime 3", though that's more of a case of 'Womb Boss Chamber'. Phaaze is a living planet, too, though only a few parts of what we see of Phaaze is definitely organic.
* [[You Don't Look Like You]]: Samus herself suffered this problem until about ''Metroid Zero Mission.'' She was usually a blonde -- except when her hair was brown, green, or [[Dark-Skinned Redhead|Dark Skinned Purple]] -- and her various facial features and overall style of rendering fluctuated somewhat. However, once ''Zero Mission/Prime 2'' hit, her appearance seemed to standardize.)
** Her armor also changed drastically between Metroid 1 and 2, and all flashbacks to the first game depict the redesigned armor. It got a further redesign in [[Metroid: Other M]], which is also depicted in flashbacks to Metroid 2 and [[Super Metroid]].
** Ironically, Samus in Fusion doesn't look much like her retcon-ed self in any of the other games, though considering she had some major sugery and DNA transfusion in said game...
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: According to the official tie-in manga, Samus is only supposed to be 17 during the events of the first game, but most fans have their doubts about that.
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