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This page deals with characters from the ''Mega Man'' franchise, featuring general background information on them and tropes they provide examples of. More specifically, this page refers to characters from the original eight (and [[Retraux|current two]]) ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' games, often called the "Classic series". ''[[Mega Man Battle Network/Characters|Mega Man Battle Network]]'', ''[[Mega Man Star Force/Characters|Mega Man Star Force]]'', ''[[Mega Man X/Characters|Mega Man X]]'', ''[[Mega Man Zero/Characters|Mega Man Zero]]'', ''[[Mega Man ZX/Characters|Mega Man ZX]]'' and ''[[Mega Man Legends/Characters|Mega Man Legends]]'' have their separate character pages.
The characters' names will be formatted in this style: English Name/Japanese Name (Serial Number, if applicable, though not mandatory).
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* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore|American Mega Man Is Hardcore]]: At least, [[Vaporware|he was going to be]] in ''Universe''. The original character was also present under the name of Rockman.
* [[Arm Cannon]]
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: Actually, his personality never went deeper than being a regular run-of-a-windmill [[Kid Hero]]'s.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Has the looks and personality of a child, yet is able to kick ass like no one's business.
* [[Bag of Spilling]]: Outside of ''Wily Tower'', Mega Man never keeps his old weapons. By ''[[Mega Man 9]]'', however, he's even throwing away signature abilities seemingly for good!
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* [[Evil Twin]]: Wily sure likes doing this to him. There's the double in ''1'', ''Mega Man?'' in ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]'', the Triplets in ''[[Mega Man 3]]''...
* [[Expy]]: Rock is an Expy of ''[[Astro Boy]]''.
** In addition to this, Mega Man is very similar to [[Tatsunoko Production]]'s ''[[Neo-Human Casshern]]'': converted into a battle-bot for the purpose of hunting down and destroying robots that have taken over the world, a father who invented robots meant to serve humankind that eventually went rogue, a [[Robot Dog]] [[Transforming Mecha|capable of assuming multiple forms]]...this is ''very'' noticeable when Casshern and Friender are pitted against three members of the collective Mega family (Roll, [[Mega Man Legends|Mega Man Volnutt]], and [[Mega Man X|Zero]]) in ''[[
** In-universe, his personality is much like that of his creator.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: According to his ''[[Mega Man and Bass]]'' profile, he likes animals.
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* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]
* [[Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids]]
* [[Theme Naming]]: The beginning of a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|symphony]] of musical-related names. It doubles as [[Theme Twin Naming]] with Roll as Rock.
=== Dr. Thomas Light/Dr. Thomas Right ===
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* [[Big Good]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Elmuh Fudd Syndwome]]: Fine Dogta Wawwey!
* [[Light Is Good]]: Literally.
* [[Mission Control]]
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* [[Hitbox Dissonance]]: In Capcom's crossover titles, Roll's small size makes her a hard target to hit. ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' takes this up a notch by giving her a broom, a weapon with good reach, '''further''' disjointing her hitbox. See "[[Lethal Joke Character]]" below.
* [[Image Song]]: First appeared in ''[[No Export for You|Battle & Chase]]'' and has reappeared throughout the ''[[Capcom vs. Whatever]]'' series. It's a freaking [[Ear Worm]], too!
** For those of you who are curious, here's the ''Battle & Chase'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKwnOB_qZGc original], the ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxuvJGQclQU version (sans vocals)], and the ''[[
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: If ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]'' and ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' are any indication, her [[Weapon of Choice]] is a broom.
** In ''Powered Up'', the Roll Swing changes depending on which costume she's wearing. It doesn't change if she's ''8'' Roll, however.
** ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]]''. Come with explosive vases.
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* [[Nerf]]: In ''3'', Rush Jet gave you free range of movement, and jumping while riding it greatly reduces the amount of energy it uses up. This makes it incredibly easy to skip the tougher segments of most levels. It was changed in later games so that he automatically moves straight forward and disappears as soon as it touches something.
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: He's there to assist Mega Man in the [[Mega Man (animation)|animated series]] with his transformations, but his secondary function is this. Often there to provide a [["Everybody Laughs" Ending]].
* [[Powered Armor]]: Has three versions, with the third being a combination of the other two. [[Bag of Spilling|And then...]]
* [[Robot Dog]]: Duh!
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{{quote|Robot Masters designed, controlled, or modified by Wily usually bear the serial number ''DWN-XXX'' ('''D'''octor '''W'''ily '''N'''umber), although some special-purpose Robot Masters such as Bass have the serial number ''SWN-XXX'' ('''S'''pecial '''W'''ily '''N'''umber). }}
* [[Anti-Villain]]: In ''10'', he {{spoiler|leaves behind cures for Roboenza following his escape}}, and in ''[[
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]: He was mainly responsible for the events of almost all of the games, sometimes even doing it in such a way where the blame couldn't possibly be pinned on him. In fact, the only game that had something happen that he was not responsible for at all (or at least, he certainly didn't intend for it to go that way at all) was Rockman and Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha, where, although Wily did technically create Rockman Shadow, he was not involved in Shadow's attack at all.
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** He's also survived being crushed under the rubble of at least one crumbling castle, ''two'' crash landings (which, naturally, resulted in a [[Stuff Blowing Up|huge explosion]] each time), and {{spoiler|[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|catching a cold]]}}. Clearly, that man has great physical health!
* [[Joker Immunity]]: It took 6 games for Wily to simply go to jail, and even that only lasts for half a year.
* [[Laughably Evil]]: Arguably for the entire series, but ''less'' arguable in ''10''. Say it with me, guys: {{spoiler|"The World is mine! [[Evil Laugh|HA-HA-HA-HA...]]''[[Mood Whiplash|achoo!]]''"}}
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[McNinja]]: He claims to be a ninja in the Japanese [[OVA|OVAs]].
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: After so ''many'' times that he has [[Villain Decay|decayed]], you'd think that he isn't a credible threat anymore, right? Tell that to the [[Mega Man X|future]] [[Mega Man Zero|generations...]]
** Let's not forget ''Megaman and Bass'', where one of his creations, King, ''chopped Proto Man in half''.
** And ''10'', where {{spoiler|if not for [[Spanner in the Works|Roll]], he would have ''won''.}}
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* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: You mean to tell me Mr. X is really Dr. Wily in disguise? But Mr. X has a beard! And opaque glasses! And a cape! And [[Fauxreigner|a dot on his forehead]]!
* [[Pet the Dog]]: In ''Super Adventure'' Wily says he loves his robots and would never give them up .
** {{spoiler|In Zero's ending in ''[[
** {{spoiler|But, it is shown, in ''10'', he leaves the hospital, the clincher? He left probably about enough Roboenza capsules to cure an entire population.}}
* [[Pride]]: He decided to [[Take Over the World]] essentially because he was sick with being in Dr Light's shadow.
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* [[Future Badass]]: Oh ''so'' subverted. He's resorted to trying to kill {{spoiler|himself, he of the charging [[Arm Cannon]] and eight or so other weapons}}, with a pogostick/jackhammer hybrid, and his pattern is pathetically easy.
** This was then subverted ''again'' in ''[[No Export for You|Rockman & Forte: Challenger from the Future]]'', where Rockman Shadow is believed to be a much, much, ''much'' more dangerous Quint. It turns out that {{spoiler|he's a ''prototype'' (quite possibly a [[Super Prototype]] at that) of Quint who traveled back in time to prove himself worthy to Wily. The ''real'' Quint inexplicably has a cameo at the end.}}
* [[My Name Is
** We ''do'' know what the question marks represent though. Want to know? {{spoiler|Just look at the number for the first character listed on this page.}}
* [[Theme Naming]]: Continuing the music theme, his name references a Quintet.
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* [[No Sell]]: As his body was constructed from extraterrestrial materials, conventional weapons (i.e. the ''Super'' Mega Buster) don't work on Terra. Luckily, that's where the [[Rocket Punch|Mega Arm]] (and Deep Digger) come in handy...
* [[Pretty in Mink]]/[[Fur and Loathing]]: Pluto. According to his official bio, he's got other [[Rich Bitch]] qualities such as a love for manicures (which he confuses with pedicures, but since he doesn't have claws on his feet...)!
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Jupiter's Electric Shock, which is powered by a ''megaton bomb''.
* [[Stealth Pun]] and [[Visual Pun]]: some of the Droids' designs (Neptune and Jupiter's power over water and thunder respectively, Saturn's use of rings, etc.).
** Mercury's power to melt into a liquid state is a double pun -- Mercury the planet is the closest to the sun (meaning any metals would melt almost instantaneously when on its surface), while mercury the element is the only metal that's liquid at room temperature
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{{quote|Robot Masters recruited by King (except Tengu Man and Astro Man) have the serial number ''KGN-XXX'' ('''K'''in'''G''' '''N'''umber).}}
* [[An Axe to Grind]]
* [[Badass Cape]]
* [[Combining Mecha]] [[Humongous Mecha]]: His [[One-Winged Angel|third form.]]
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* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Obsessed with proving his superiority over Mega Man, and won't let anyone else fight him.
* [[Power Copying]]: He shares Mega Man's abilities to mimic other Robot Masters' weapons.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Any post-''7'' appearance. In ''7'' (perhaps due to sprite limitations), Bass's eyes were brown, possibly to convey him as a new ally. [[The Mole|Yeah, right.]]
* [[Reliable Traitor]]: He and Wily frequently alternate between enemies and allies.
* [[The Rival]]
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